TTmrsdav. December 13, 19. .
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Am IndrprtMirnf Newpiiwr
TRANK B. Al'PLKBY
FMItor and PublUhf
HRVWT V MATTM RWH pu4nM Minnr
Pnhllithfri vnin. fxcnt 8 u nil it y, at 1414 Adam Avenu.
1a (Iramta. Orton. Tha Obarrr-8Jar published mry Find jr.
Kntri1 ai Ilia fotifrti' m I. OriimU, Orftfon, Sacond
Matt Mmtw tinder mt of Mur.-b J, laf.
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lMpUy. iocJit. per column Inrh ..... . , 4c
Tim a ewtrmct prKaa on aupllcatlob.
vK AN'I Soil IMiW -W h li.ilh wi? wlt hmh trrivk
). biiih rtutfatlnno? w h.i l;ith it4Milh:? u ho halh ttetnri
ii runl tTitu who h:th ril of fv Th-y that tirry l-iuit
..( id utnr. ihy lb.. t nt 10 'r!; mlid m i r. lrv. Jm.
Nearly everytwdy runs m rubier, urn! the i ubler mileage
i ..tuir.llv t-ttetch?&.
IMwen us, it's just as well to fl-jvtl.il thus Nordic
: tuff while we're pii-tvilin Liitin-America.
Just nine more shopping days until Christmas. The two
n nutininjt week-ends will U husy periKis for gift seekei-s
; rd gift seller alike.
"Tvixt the optimist and the pessimist tiie tiiffernce is
holl the ojtimist sees the doughnut, the pessimist the
hole." Some uch wisdom is from a column in the Chicago
Paily News conducted in the late nineties by C C. Chap
man, now publisher of the Oregon Voter. Our compliments
m a recent "mophet of pessimism" in our own city.
The money you spent last year for Ked Cross Christmas
Mais will hardly help fight tuberculosis next year. Your
penniea thus sHMit are well spent. Ninety-five per cent
if the muney raised stays in the state for tuberculosis work.
A big share remains in this community, buying seals is
r.i.t only to piovide Christmas "stickers" but to fight a battle
for health.
Never in the last four years, to The Observer's direct
knowledge, has the chamlnT cf commerce sought to bring
into Ia Grande any Ciimpetitive Uisiness of any kind. In
; II known instances of that kind, the chamler officials
have discouraged new business enterprises and is directly
icsponsiUe for the fact that more cmpetitive i'inns are not
'vated here. To indicate that any other policy would even
In ctinsidciv .is absunl.
mi it iri:rti:.vrs
xfw first rnv
f'omtmfl from Vug 7)
ny ih' lr '1tcl nvi nrp nnli rcd. i
Mm. Hoover uua a ;immk a plum
i J ark ftrint1 vWvt ilr-a. itn hfr i
houl'it-r mm pmn i n litilo Hi-,
phunt of brijliunia. a -iitttijca j
iri. nnd lht ujih h-r only j-vlry.
While jriifAta irif thrtmKinir t" u 1
(onK-allnte and r)olrt-. nnl wer
rr iluiu nhout the tithh w hen
'( Ion rvturnB were f(nif re- ,
fly. it. MiHiVer a i'ihily
;;hs.irht-J in the tltlllt of h si . 1
jiiukifir sure thai to' p-r men
uml iM'CretJirit -m orklnx In t he
lo--r part o1 the hou?e wer rom
fortahh and v, ell di. m.h a ell a
4 hi- ir ! uptjor.
When nrttstre'! men who hud ac-i'..rnrini.-d
the Jf.xivi r.x nn iSelr
rjinpiiiKQ trips KAn nliOMititr Ilie
pi'tureti thy had taken durint; lh
suiniiier. Jloovt-r mMiimit w i-nt to
he noiiried, fishtnic up north,
-m nkintt in varioiiK , rith-n, Mr.
JIo.iv r wa afruUi her uouUI
l.e iitin-d allh "too murh llnov.r,"
and upoUnrtfted ulxo.it It.
In tht lusin-w if heitir liosie.
Mr. Hoover haa hd wide eeri-
-nee. In fhe d;tya poon after ntar
r i iter, thrp ht-r iiushiiud orrupied
a tu5itin of Irtipurtunt'f In i'hiria.
she was r.tlhd on to pr..-ie ov.-r
n nil-o! f n t.il entertain men t Hut
skilled a hh im in rwr)' wtihW
lul HiiMlHHt. Vr. Hoover l not
intereMMl tn not u ty a mmy.
She h.ts let if tuke v ry little her
tune in V;ishint:in. In the White
House sh iiHfhit-a. ,o the
niiuinintn nutotirit of -ntert.itnintr
demand hy i ti- pnion.
A llvmo lt4 ;ui hi r atmplirhy
of nianrnr. dre- and life, in Mr
Hoowf' rreti. liij;ty. .She d'1
5ipn th pAiteraK tor th e:.,,.
r.te pieN,- a( net.)eworit hr doei.
she d"airned the 1eau!Erul Huover
home In I'alo Aitn.
The home n t-utlt nn a hilltop
in Hwpj luJua alyle. It f rlannn1
to Ke ( 4i-h mrmlirr of t hr family
as much aunlticht and outdoor ia-
as a hou- ran pwihjy giv-. Kaeh
room has it a on unroof d urvh
hre then U van and no wind,
and a ehunr for ech one to
al"ne. at timea. tn the Quaker wiy
of cMud.
Kvrn th aeranta have 1 Seir
own porch. and parden. hrrr
they ean he alone. Hut In the
f. n' that divide the Hom--r
jrround from earh of tli-ir neigh
bors there are d4ora, and iLu. (o,
teits jotn.-thln of the ort of folk
they are.
The morning after election Mm.
Hoover kit lom- In the w n on oi.e
of her uptirt iKvnhea. She wits
readttur Sinte of the tfcouaumS of
ti lecr.tni that had reat h .) her
A Noah's ark and lt iuJtOA-s were
mattered at her f.-ec. Sne had on
a simple durk di and u:i hat.
She hud an atutort.inc via of tri
umph t-for- hrr to thtnk uhout.
And he tooked up and mi, she
hud Uen aprnduMT her nm plan
r.tnp how h!t to anwer a m
to a friend in an out-of -tht-.r
f.oi.F tominfv ri,.Nrn
f'HAG IW. 13 AIM A
ItolC tournament Involving the ftr
Honun'a national opn title will h
held In t'lilruKO next year under
the direction of the wcmm'it went
ern Kfiir U-Hortatlon. .
The tournament will he aiinilcr W m. IVnn 5 n nt. . ;axl C"irr
to the men national open 72
holes of mdal iny. T-'ohnrrally
tin Uampioauihip uij he the wo
men' weatern no-dAl pUjr cham
pionship, which formerly has ti
dtidt -er &4 holea; artually It
will he aa much a national rham
plotjjihip nn the national ojn.
pU to
mominv ouM in cm n v-
deal.
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A GIFT
YOU'RE PROUD
TO GIVE
A grift of our Candies is sure to
Ik? received with enthusiasm.
They'll prove a real solution to
your Christinas ifift problem.
Whitman's Box Candy.
California Glared Fruits.
Metal & Cedar Chests.
And Manv Xmas lieu Novelties.
The Tiffin
No one has yet offered a UHler mentis of oliserving Christ
i.ias than thut which we now have not sufficiently letter
u Kf t 8 great ntajority of eople to adopt it. TTiere U much
:;id ajfuinst our puh and rinh prior to the holiday in order
that gift jrtvinjr properly acci iiiplished lut the tmth of
he nutter is that ift Kiving oritrinated us a means of
si reading happiness and md feeling at Christmas time.
How e roukl letter express the holiday de.siiv to lie tin-,'
M'lfish and to seek the happines of others is questionable.'
lleardless of what critics ni.v think, we f:nd pi ple hatTMer
lir.d none friendly at Christmas time than any other. That's
wmth a lot.
ADVICK TO CHRISTMAS (JIVKRS
Pew of our national cuUv.s siv more praiseworthy than
i ur hatvit of providing gifu. food, clollung and so on to the
i verty-stricken at tTiii.-tmas ume. We do imire of this
each year than ever befoi. and it is a ood thir.r.
IUit there aie certain things we miptit !e:,r in niirul in
conrux'tion with this Christmas lv'ief woik. The Welfare
Council of New York City summarizes them in a current
1 iilletin which is woith rx'j : tw.'g here. It recommends the
i. Slowing:
'Know to whom and for what purie year Christmas
contributions nre made. Indiscnmir.ate siv.r.j: is worse than
c.o j-iving Ixvause it tends to p.uijvnie, embarrass or de
jriade the twipient.
"Oive piesents to c!uiren of the needy thnmgh their
families or known fne:is mther than yuihhc.y thlHigh
-trangviu. if the c!..i' w'.f.iv.;t is to t-e i..intained.
Childivn lix.V f:it to '..heii f.;m;hes far Ch:is:::ii,s gifts.
"Oive what Die nvipi-nt needs nv-t and ih t what yvu like
O-al. h'arikets. ot:'.:-g or i-.ed.c.i! atter.tion would
a givat lVHn to mar.y .,.
i'or Cntm;i i fxvl ei.ough
"The pint of Clirtstn as can
gift to large givujvs of ii.iIa
the ivguiariy eoiututxl puM c
which diinr.g the ent:;v e.r ,-oiv
the ci ippled. the unerr.pa-ye'.. t'-.t ;
those otherwise undeiTrix .Vj-.-.t
t..nce of any s.it-
"He!p the needy to r.e!p ther.-.s.-
ii Christmas Dv neaiiv aw.:
.vul
:.en aa liiey r"CVivc
il,y vr week,
tect'vely e;ivvsed by
! us thivtigh
o.-grtious
;w.e hi mele.s.
dtcapped an.l
t ii:-i.n asis-
A t.ri
Wtowing werk or r.vr.th
wili not take the place of a .iob, jiu-.i.c..', .
tu r.al cajv. IVnu-iis in d;tie. sJiLu'J i
..'.'.entioii of a weifaic sor!) ."
These ate und suggestions, wor.h K
! o'idav chsritr wvrk.
.i' i;i jiee!
a .i:!c iicx'd the
...'m: (.r dli'.ntr
OV:,V . l!l.tl-
f lj.!.!.t to the
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Ask to see this success! Ask to have it attached to your antenna
for a FREE TRIAL that you may decide privately and uninflu
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quality ARE ACTC Al.l.V SUPERIOR to many a radio twice and
moiv i:.s price.
Crosley also makes an S ml? AC SHOWBOX wi;h push-pull 171
output ti;!vs - - - - ?8o.(H).
Auk for names of our many delighted owners
In La Grande
SERVICE OCR SI CCESS
J. P. Morelock
im Wash. Ave.
T'EALER- Rhone 411-J.
Own Evenir.e and Sur.da-s.
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Specials
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Toys
Sewing Machines
98c
Clamps on the uMe and
it'allv sew s.
1 Ten Pins
i 98c
l A fine game for loth
younff and old.
Toy Wagons
98c
Metal or wood wagons
for two-vear-olds. Size
12x14.
Roller Skates
Por Litt'e Tots
98c
Ball Pearing Skates for
lxys and girls up to S
veal's of age.
Toy
Wheelbarrows
$1.49
Highly decorated wvden
wheeliwrrows with a
shove!, rake and hoe to
match.
Fire Trucks
$6.9.5
30 inches Ion? 10 inches
high made of heavy steel
const! uction with niiber
tire steel wheels.
Guns
The biggest stock in
U.-R. All kinds at the
lowest prices.
Paisv Air P.ifies
98c to $4.49
$2.98
renian-.an Air Cms
S33S
Top and Coik Gi'r.s
25c to Toe
$4J8io $l$.r9
Savage Plav Guns
$4.49
Electrical
Gifts
IJ.IJTIIHU,
l'i:ll(ll..tTlltS
$7.95
Fsnteus
MANNING - HiAVMAV
"iDstitnt TyiH-" full copr X
Na k-I I'en oiiilot.
-I.IIil HTV" TATi:ii
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$3.15
Highly NirkleJ.
Kini Quality Toii.-Jtws A
nn tail tor ih- hon:-
H I, A TKRS
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II eaters
S235
,rt-jle U'rouc'it
M TjiI lifc-. with ttn V
i"on Type ,i(mnt.
Waffle Irons
$7J95
MANNING - BOWMAN
K'.i y Jrar(t--l Moti'ilo
fjr. iir.il ct an nusiaily
Electric Irons
S2J)8
3r.xr.A!crrKn. ;- tkak?
-IW.Vac" y-ar ir.ps.
WaffV Mi.l IU Cl.e
(OMIIIN 1 ION-
$18.00
7-l'iete IteiTV Sets
59c
Each set consists of one
8 inch Innvl and 6 4-inch
leny dishes in colored
glass.
100 7-riece
Opalescent Water Sets
79c '
Each set consists of one
two qt. pitcher and six
table tumblers.
23 I'yrex
I'ie Plates & Frames
$1.00
Pyres pie plates in
' nickled frames
23 Pyrex Pie Plates
in Silver Frames
$2J95
10 inch Pyrex pie plates
in silver plated frames.
23 Pyrex Casseroles
in Silver Frames
$4.95
Round or oval covered
casseroles in silver plated
frames.
Silverware
1-3 Off
We nre closing out all of
our silver pieces at one
third less than regular
price.
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Wooden Toys S
39c J
Highly colored in non- v
poisonous enamel repre- I
renting Mother Goose, l
Goosie Gander. Ducks,
Pups, Horses, etc.
Dolls
98c
14 and 16 inch fullv
dressed MA-MA Dolls.
An exceptional value at
98c.
Extra Special
Colored Handle Curlinff
Irons
69c
Guaranteed Torrid Curl
ing Irons with silk cords
and colored handles. A
wonderful value at 69c.
Percolator Sets
$25.00
manning - bowman
niKt-i f;r,;sh. Tu-5t art
W.K. Gilbert Co.
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