Saturday, January 1, 1927.
Tuna Six
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V. FINISH Till-; WAItK "He strum: Mini of K"'l ciiniiikp, and
ilo it; fear mil, nor he fllHUHiyuil, for the Lord find, even my
'.find, will he Willi Ihee; He will not fall thee, nor forxnlle thee,
lilllll Ihrm hiiMt flulHhed all Hie wnrk." I Chi nn. - H : a .
-Happy, is the land where the most urprent pro))lem i.s
how to reduce one s weight.
j;;Gunbont activities in China thow, nmonp; other things,
-that; with all her Imckwaidr.OHB that country has kept her
rivers navigable. .., ' '
yDrinking one's health on New Year's is more than ever
out 'of style. If there's much drinking done in this boot
leg" agd it is likely to be to one's death.
v icThe fact that the Associated Press said New Year's reso
lutions were out of style is not going to decrease'swearing
offe i .It never has been in stylo-.-merely a topic for January
conversation. .
' "Someone has congratulated us on reading that the Aimee
Ciije,' is not, after all, to bo dropped insinuating that 1027
wijj;be a newsy year. Don't congratulate us; console us.
Subscribers may read or pass by, but think of the poor proof
reader who has to rend the stuff whether she wishes to
ortjiot. " ; -v ( '
V "The Legion New Year's frolic, contrary, to the law of
avtfrjlge! with shows, proved all that 'wits 'claimed foT"it,
tinij more. The post members are to be congratulated on pro
viding such an event. In addition to that, the participants
in ;lhe program deserve the thanks of both the Legion and
the hundreds of people "in attendance for' an enjoyable en
tertainment. Their services were all given, without charge,
astwas the theater and practically every thing, in, connection
with the affair. Perhaps it can become an annual means of
celebration. ' ,' . ' , -
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' ; ,: COURT TECHNICALITIES .
fCourt technicalities have become a byword in this coun
try, localise they are so regularly invoked for the obstruc
tion of justice. It i.s usually felt, however, that the correc
tion of this evil is a tremendously difficult task.
The legal profession seems to dodge responsibility for it.
Lawyers insist that they are within their rights, and more
over that if the rules were ignored, the whole system of jus
tice would crumble. Judges protest that they are helpless.
The buck is passed to legislatures.
sThis is all a mistake, says Judge Marcus A. Kavanagh,
of Chicago, who has been on the bench for IH) years. Speak
ing of the way England, from which our judicial system is
borrowed, has swept away this maze of entangling tech
nicalities, he says:
V'This relief can be had in the United States without the
aid of any legislation whatever. The courts themselves have
ih themselves the power and duty to correct these absurd
technicalities." , ,
''.They were not created by legislatures, he says. "They
ar? nil judge-made laws, and have been followed by other
judge's until they become precedents." These precedents are
not compulsory. The courts have the power to disregard
them, and in most of the states are expressly commanded
by 'the legislatures "to disregard the errors and to affirm the
judgment unless they c:m see that the error has caused
injustice." Hut for the most part, this has not been done. '
;:The innate conservatism of the bar and bench has pre
vented the reform. And when a judge has the courage to
cut through the red tape and insist on taking a straight line
to essential justice, in spite of technical errors, he is likely to
be called by his legal brethren a "dangevous radical."
nam
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" ' THAVEL, 1IY MOTOU HTAfiB
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I Cirando fur .lotcph o no A. M. s -oop M
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" liaker only 6 SO M
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"Connection at Pendleton for Walla Walla, Pasco and Port
iantl; at l'orllund all polnis South and North.
, la fiimle Depot tione 7t
All Modern Clialr lar Bt-csa.
TO'KKA, Knn., Jan. I (NBA
Speelut) Thirty yeurs ago J)r.
Charles M. Hheldoil, Topeka cler
gyman, wrote the religious novel
"Jn His Htep."
I Today, more thnn ''33,000,000
copleH of "in His Steps" have lieen
sold. Jt Is one the "best sellers"
or all time.
I A royally of; lull a nlckid a copy
would have made the author a
i iplllinnalre. IteeailKe of copyrlKlit
law riiiirks, - fir. Sheldon's actual
I money Jirofils lotal J less than
,' 3,00.
I "I'm glad of It," he said. "Tor
) me to 'have made u million from
I 'In His Step' wouldn't have lieen
I very ("hristllko, - i
, "I haven't ll wiiiKle, solitary re-
. . :.. . ' .... . i
. 1 1111 in win-1 i"u iu K"t, rirn, im
( juMi iI, Iip n(-v-r woul l havo cn-
ttcrt-d tht iriliil.stry In tho flint i
I plilCP.
Ilcil Aivtuml Tho World '
l-'irtv (llfffTfril I'.'iiKllhh clitiorm
of "In Hln HlfpH" hiive bi'tn pub
IlKhorl. Tin work him been trnns
lali'fl Into '21 UHTen-nt IimKuafr
and iJiulfctH, )in bi-fn produced
In (Inutiatlf rnnn on the Htttffo, and
I oven tins hren mt to innslc as a
chur-h cantata.
! I'Vw If any novolH in all literary
hlRtory Jihvc enjoyed a larifr or
moiP widcsiwnd populnrlly. And
yi't
-Willi nil nf thft 22,000,00(1
copl(-H," Mr. Hhcldun di-rlnrcd. In
lltf Hiudy of hlu ColloffH uvtnui'
honic In TopcUu, "J never have re
eelved ft pnny of real royalty and
hav hern paid In all conMderuMy
leuM than $;i.0ini in purely volun
tary Kl'ts rroin four publisher."
A KfiiiiiiiMt fiT Itenl Jiifn
Tim ' story of how It happened
that tho book never was oopyrlKht
(d proporly, and thus beeunio with
out font tho property of any pub
lisher who fancied it, and huw It
happenn now that Uh uuthor aetn
nily in haffpy at Iho twist of fate,
which deprived him of riches, Ih
ono of, literary hlstory'M inoHt rp
nnintlc talcK.
Soon ufler Dr. Sheldon awHumed
hiH present pauloralc! ut tlin Cen
tral ronKi'ctcational ohureh In T
peku, bark In January JHSif, hu
adopted a new plan for Kunday.
evcntiiK Hervlces In tho. church.
"You'iiK peoplo wimo' not Inter
filed In sermons and didactics In
t Iioho dayn," 1 r. 'Hhcjdon recullH
now, "but they woro Interested In-
tcnscly In life. Bo-1 wrote of l(io,
to IntoreHt thoin and keep them In
the church."
Ni'v Way of I'rcm hlntc
lurln thu winter of a si l. Or.
Hheldon read tho slory of itichard
Uriioo to his conKt'eirution, each
(.'lutplcr servtnK as a Sunday even
ing Hermon and boltiK followed by"
a Kiifnil dl.seuHslon.
t Tho novel way of preaching
("lirlrtt met wllh approval, and tho
uddltlnnnl bonks to "In His Steps",
In- 1 KlMi. In this 'Hovel. nilnlMter.
Ittrrftr ultrtrr. 'SH-Staper '4Hor,
ralli'oud shop Hiipcrlulciidimt, col
lepii president, merchant sur
Koon, author, hctreHs tuid ot hers
were placed In quest of a life pui
pono that would bo In His Htepw,
KncouraRed by Iho Interest hlu
hearers manifested In the story,
Dr. Kholdon offered .It to several
ChleaKO publishing houses, ull of
which declined It. .
'Then ho submitted It to the. edi
tor of tho Advance, a conKrctfntlon
al church weekly periodical pub
lished In f'hlcaKu. Jn 1 s ( U "In
Ills Hteps" bewail to appear In this
publication as a serial.
instead of sendbiK two complete
copies of Iho novel to tho copy
rlKht bureau In Washington, how
ever, tho munaKctiHMit of tho Ad
vance forwarded only a part of
ono. No copyright, linos wcro car
ried alonx with tho serialized ver
sion. Theso biunders Resulted In the
KrnntltiK or a defectlvo copyriKht
to lr. Sheldon, which was not dtH
cOVered, liowtjver, unlit alter tho
novel had been published In book
lonn, a Hit in 1 1 edition of loO.nmi
copies, pupcrbound.
An unusual demand for tho story
attracted the attention of pub
lishers Koncrally, Tho Irregular
ity of I r. Sheldon's copyrfRht was
found huiuediately and tho work
was thua thrown on tho open uinr-
ket, to bo .seined upon eHKorly by
sixteen d I I'll1 rent publishers with In
threo months.
Htinllnrly, tho lack of an lnttr
nat tonal cupyrtght permit tod the
wave of popularity of the book to
swoep neroM tin Atlantic to Kuk
lund, where twenty different pub
lishers bctrau IhhuIiik editions al
most simultaneously.
Since then "In Ills Steps" has
been translated Into almost every
Important lahKUUKo. Thcro ' are
Home editions even in the dinlccts
of West Africa.
Next to the Itlhto It Is doubtful
tf any book has hud as lure a
Circulation as "In His Steps' dur
ing tin last thirty yours.
As lr. Sheldon,' the author, has
had no opportunity, neither has
he hud a desire to cash in on ihe
veritable krold mine the novel,
properly copyrighted, inisht have
boon,"
"After nil", ho reasoned, "the
main thinK about a book Is to have
it read, and not particularly to
hav it roup n 'Income for Jts
mithor." if 1 hud wished to reap
bis profits, I never would Jiuve
entered the ministry in the. first
place. , . ,
"Too, 1 feel tho fact thM tho
copyriKht' was found defectlvo'.un
douhtedly incf eased Iho . cjroula
liou of the novd. ' Publishing,
liunsei that might never have
touched it otherwise took It up and
made it available to common poo-ph-
everywhere,
It woubt have been wholly out
of keeping with the spirit of the
wojk for a pastor to writo a story
about whut ' he believes Jesus
would do If Ho were on earth,
ami then turn ;t 1. 000,000 or more
from Iho Bale of It."
' lr. Sheldon accounts for the
wide circulation of tho book by
asserting that "nothing1 ever lum
been ,or ever will be more Ihler
HSiintf to people than reliKlon."
ir. Sheldon will bo 70 years of
BE BE DANIELS
STRANDED IN PARIS
Wild and
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STRANDED 'i ! iStwmlVinwbtr' 1,
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pleasure i jnf y v Y ?. Atli
after-Bldniht mm' s' y ) Iw br
Pari, rl. ''jiLj&3.
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with JAMES HALL, . FORD STERLING and IRIS STUART
..- Dirtcui bn ARTHUR ROSSON
Hal Roach
Sunday
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TODAY
J. Oliver Cunvood's "COUNTRY BEYOND"
We wish to thank our customers for increased
business the past year and we M ill do our best
the coming season to give the highest quality
merchandise to be had for the price.
Stai-ting Monday, January 3rd, we will sell all
discontinued items at less than Half Price, and
all other merchandise will bo sold KYVa to 30rr
Off.
Ot Your Children's Shoes at Special
98c and $1.98 Prices
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Starting
Monday Morning
West's Greatest
4
January
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ugp l'Ybrunry 2Q, .1112 7. Toduy hp
Is a "f'hriat Hoolallat," aa ho terms
himself ono who applies th teach
ings of tho .Sermon on the Mount
to evoryduy life.
Ho Is a man nfl decision who
speaks firmly and deals not in pla
titudes. ' Hfl hits well-defined con
victions, and the courage of them.
Jn other words, in meeting his
puts to tho imaginary characters'
iu Ills world, (umous story, "Whut,
Would Jesus Do?" and he lives as
he believes a minister should live
own problems, J)r. Sheldon con tin- j if ho is to follow accurately In Ills
iinlly nsks himself the question ho steps.
"A XKW YEAR'S RESOLUTION"
mukin' nnv
La Grande National
Bank
I'LL
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MORE
AND
ILL
HAVE
MORE
make it keep it
A Happy. Healthful
and Successful
New Year!
With the passing of 1926 we completed the
most prosperous year in our history. Ap
preciating the. patronage and encourage
ment of our many friends and customei-s,
wo extend to you our most sincere
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
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