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Tuesday,' August 6, 11)20 Page Four LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER LA GRANDE, ORE. afemte gating (tercfor (Incorporated) An InAi'pendinit NowwpR tHT FRANK B, APPLEBY Editor and Publleher HARVEY F. WATTHKW8 Bimlnewi Manner Published evenlnKu, except Sunday, at 1410 Adams Avenue, La Grande, Oregon. The Obaorvor-Star published every Friday. Entered at the Poatofflce at La Grnnde, Oregon, as Second Class Mall Matter under act of March 2, 187!). OFFICIAL PAPER OF UNION COUNTY AND TUB CITY OF LA GRANDE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to use for publica tion of all news dlepatchcs cioditcd In It or not otherwise credited If published herein. All rights of republication of special dis patches In this paper, and also tho local news herein also aro reserved. National Advertising Representative M. C. MOGENHEN & CO., Inc. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, V Detroit, New York SUBSCRIPTION RATES Hy Carrier Dally, per month In advance - 76o Dally, six months In advance.......... .. $4.60 Dally, single copy ........ ........... . ........ 6o Ily Mall Dally, per month In advance 60o Dully, per six montlm In advance ......... $2. 60 Dally, per year In advance -.. $6.00 Weekly Observer-Star, per year $2.00 ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, per column Inch 42o Display, local, per column Inch 40o rimo contract prices on application. SELF-SEEKERS EXPOSED Howaro of false prophets, which come to you In sheep's clothing, but Inwardly they ure ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grupos of thorns, or figs of thistles? Matthew 7:10, 16. OFFICE CAT VKAOt HANK fO By Junius , ; We hope this community doesn't wake up some day to j :nd a passenger air route in existence with La Grande only ft "whistling post" because of poor airport facilities. I; i ' .,. , Farm relief, if realized, should make the inefficient farmer 'moderately successful, the efficient fanner notably so. Then government should undertake tho job of merchant relief. ' jitistics show that 90 of the merchants in this country fail to make money only 10 are efficient and prosperous. There are many applicants for the three places to be sold from the New York office for the round-the- world cruise of the Graf Zeppelin. The fare is $9,000 but what is nine thou 4 sand to a rich man who wants to be able to tell his grand children (not to mention his friends) that he was one of the i '.first to fly, around the world as a passenger? Maybe it's :, worth it to. people who value the variety of thrills highly. .We prefer waiting until the trip is more commonplace and : the fare somewhat reduced. Some day people will fly around i tho world more easily than they sail around now. I.', For thqlast q .vent's Jowa lias. been known, fwvher mud . roads quite as much as for her corn and hogs. The last year or two she has'decided to have pavement and at the end of this year , will have more concrete highways than the entire highways' 'system of Oregon and only a third of the job . done. Iowa's trouble has been in doing a hit-and-miss job of . road building for too long. There were hundreds of miles of ' pavement but not one completed road across the state. It will be next year before a cross state highway will be paved ' all the way. Until recently Iowa bad no system. That's where Oregon has been ahead of most states. A definite j system of state highways was laid out here and is rapidly being completed before new units arc added. The result is ; , that Oregon roads are known as the best in the Union though in mileage they number far less than some other states. ' "RUSSIA" AND "CHINA" ' , , Newspaper headlines, even when they follow the facts as ; hecuratoly as the copy-readers can make them, sometimes ; '. give a false impression. This has been the case in the recent ' ' btories telling about the Rus.so-Chinc.se difficulties. I The headlines have told us that "Uussia' did this and that ; "China" did that; that "Uussia" was prepared to take strong ;) measures, that "China" was going to insist on something or ; other, that "Russia" was adopting a firm lone and so on, , day after day, with dozens of variations. On the surface, all of these headlines were correct enough. I'tit it is precisely this kind of talking and thinking that makes us look upon , war as a more or less necessary evil. What, for instance, do we mean when we say that "Russia" was deeply offended by China's seizure of a thousand miles of : railway tracks? Ho we mean the Russian foreign office? If ' so, wo ought to say so. For "Russia" is a nation of some ' 140,000,000 men, women and children ; and at least 90 per cent of these people would Mot care if the Chinese Kastein ; Railway went up in smoke overnight. Similarly; "China," likewise, ought to mean, not a foreign . secretary and his advisors, but a tremendous land filled with ! 40,000,000 peasants. The vast majority of these 400,000,000 , do not even know that a country named Russia exists. They neither know nor care about the difficulties in Manchuria. Our loose usage of words gives us a false impression the j impiession that die common people of both countries are really concerned in what is happening. They aren't. All they want is peace the chance to live out their lives in their ! own homes, undisturbed and secure. The tragedy, of course. lies in the fact that it is precisely these unconcerned and ; ignorant Chinese and Russian peasants utho would have to go out and get killed if the two nations should go to war. Mr. Dawes really did wear long pants to court which makes him a good American. If the ambassa dor is as candid In his correspon dence as he Is In his speeches. I Imnglne that a letter to Secretary Htlmson would read something like this: Dear mini: So this Is London! Well, If this Is London, give me Peoria. Went to the Queen's court lust night, and wore pants sumo us at home. What's good enough for Chicago Is good enough for London. Lloyd Gcorgo camo around for tea one urternoon, althought I'd had It put In all the papers thut I wasn't serving hootch at the Em bassy. The J'Yench Ambassador called too. As it was tho hired girl's day off, I took him out to a. restaurant. I took the opportunity to remind hhn that he owed us a lot of money, nnd If Andy Mellon didn't have a check by tho first of the month, he'd put It In the hands of collectors. Dinner on Tuesday night with Lord lllghhat. He Invited tile to visit him In Aug ust for tho shooting, but I rcfua cd. I left Chicago to get away from the shooting. Yours, Charley. P. H. The coffco hero tastes like the Chicago drainugo canal used to smell, Then again there Is the story or tho 8cotchuan who stood on tho corner of one of New York's bus iness tlioroughfures with two pieces of bread In his liunds, wait in for the Jam to puss. "My mother-in-law has u habit I'd liko to break her or." . "Thut ho? What Is it?" "Breathing." It's hard to bcllevo exercise will lako off fat when you study some chins. ' Tho man who cun laugh at him self can 'also luugh ut the wholo world. ... Mr. Smnrt.. .My, but yon look like a beautiful snapshot. I .MbiM Pllllllll thltlNllimr. not. fur iously) How's Hint'.' Mr. Smart: Yoy'io so well developed. Chicago Via Atlantic Is Goal of Polish Airmen V . "w"' Py XV : . Chicigo may huve two nlr miiidcd visitors direct frum lOuropc soon. Tho noted iol IhIi aviators, Kuwule.ylc . (left) and IvIIhz arc inciting final pro purutions to fly from Milan. Italy, to the mid - western .American metropolis with only ono stop en route fit Dublin Ireland, A hove you see the mam moth biplane t'olontu hi which they ox petit to make; the eastward hop over the Atlantic. Nearly 50 pcrsoiiM grouped be neath tho craft givo a vivid im prcMHion of Us tremendous wlnssprcad. Health Talks SHIK CIIANCiK IV". DISPO SITION SIGNIFICANT IN IMHJS. Hy O. ANOKItSON, M. I)., .': Stule Health Officer, Auatln, Tqx Ah lon us stray dogs are allowed to roam Ihe utreeta , hulf slarveil and unmuzzled, just us long will rubies be prevulent. ( J-ok, , particularly 1 stray dogn, inust be placed undi-r restraint if the lives of humans are to be uufe guarded against rablos. Dorh ure so frequently tho playmate of children, that every such dog should be constantly watched for any of tho following symptoms: 1. Refusal to eat. 2. (.'hange in voice. i 3. Unusual nervousness or Irrit ability. A. Sudden change In disposition. 5, Tendency to leave home. 0. Tendency to . nap or bite without provocation. 7. Weakness or paralysis of the lega or lower jaw; , Any dog. known to have been bitten by it rabid dog, should either bp killed, or flimruntincd for a per iod or threw months. - , Ages ago, Joseph us said ''Our chief ambition is for the nurture of children," but of what avail is Ihe most wutchful and tenderest nurture If rabid dogs are permitted to roam at will over the public highways? 1 tables Is spread almost exclu sively by stray dogs, and control of the disease is, therefore, contingent upon the control of this large pro portion of the dog population. When rabies becomes epidemic in a locality, house clogs are likely to become infected. The best im-thod of control yet devised consists In the en fo reed restriction of the lib erty of dogs. Vaccination against rabies has been advocated in certain cities and states, the value of which has not bi-en thoroughly established. The countries free from rabies re quire that all dogs be muzzled. Vaccina Hon Is a useful measure of control ir the procedure Is repeut ed at frequent Intervals. LA GRANDE STORE rrnrS to NEWEST & CO. ' THE FLORSHEIM SHOE "For The Man Who Cares." Most Styles $10.00. mill of the lumber company plant at Pondosa and pronounced tho experience one of rcul educational value. Miss Llllle Lewln who has spent tho last week at the home of her mother, Mrs. Helen Lewln, return ed to Sun Francisco Monday. Cyrus Williams loaded a cur of cattle at the Junction on Saturday to ship to Portland. He went down with the load and will return on Tuesday. Maxlne Harris came up from Caldwell last week to spend a ....mile nf weeks with her father, I John Harris. In Union. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Pursel Jr., and small daughter spent Sunday with Mi-s. Viola Parker in Union. They aro returning to their homo in Bend. Ore., after a vucatlon at Wallowa Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Cuy Klshcr and son Roscoe of Mullan, Ida., huvo been visiting at the home of his sister. Mrs. Belle Buslck. On Fri day the Fisher's, Mrs. Busick and Miss Doris went to Wallowa Lake fnr the rljiv. Thev renort that the Wallowa Valley farms were unin jured by the recent storms und give prospects of a wonderful harvest. They paid L. Couch a visit unci re-, poi't him making rapid recovery from Injuries sustained in an auto accident some tlnio ago. Jlo Is Mrs. lisick's brother-ln-hiw. Mr. and Mrs. Hal Kees aro miiv ing from the West properly that was sold lust week to tho Hurry Mcr.'luy house near : the Al. K. church. , Mrs. George Winshlp und Anna Mae returned Sunday evening frum u two weeks visit In Pendletun. Mrs. Bell Wright nnd Mrs. ISdith Phy motored to Maker, Tues day to visit Chas. Wright and family. UNION PERSONAL? MICK, lildi i .wi nr im,Ij SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. II (Al') Tho condition of Mrs. Fred A. Britten, wife of the chairman of the house of representatives naval af-' fair committee, who underwent an uporatlou on the liner .Leviathan in mid-Atlantic last weeks was not; so favorabl today as It was yestcr- I day. Patrolman Tony l.luhnm of At lanta has walked a beat At years yet made less than -0 arrests. He rules smilingly but rules. Hy Mr. Ij. . Torrull (Observer Correspondent) UNION, Ore., (Special) Mr. and Mrs. Orval Jensen recently en Joyed a visit with Mr. Jensen's brother, Randolph 'and hiH family ! from Salt Lake. They made a stop over in Union on their way to Portland and other coast cities. Mr. Jensen Is u professor in the Univer sity of Utah. While here he and his family made a trip through the KEEP WELL HEAITH PAYS DAILY DIVIDENDS Dr. Belle Myers Chiropractor Hours 2 to 6 4c 7 to 8 West. " Jaeohson Hldg. La Grande, Ore. Oregon Fair T o Be Largest In History, Belief - SAT. KM, Ore., Aiitf. (1 With the' $16ti.oou grandstand Hearing com pletion, the grounds undergoing an oxteuHlvo renovation, and entries for exhibits and races already com ing In from all over the northwest, tho (ifilhOivgon Htato Kair, to bo held here .September 23, to 2H, promises to bo tho largest ever held. j With a sealing capacity of six t thousand, t he grandstand, a new reaturo or this yenr'H fair, will aT- ford an etcellt'iil view of the half mile racing track on which tho speed and running contents will be held. . K:it I'ies In Ihe speed contests, which closed July d, have exceed-j ed those of any previous year, ac- cording to Mrs. Klhi S. Wilson, sicretury ol Ihe fair board. Keal uro races at this year's fair are the 2 : ex pace, I he Z:t I rot and the free-for-all trot and pace. Kn-j tries numbering i:t!i have been made from stables in Oregon, Washington, ( 'allfornta. Montana, Colorado, Utah, Itrllish Columbia and Kankiiehewan. I The finest of agricultural ox-1 hlblts rrnui Oregon and all over! the northwest, are expected to be J shown here during the six days of' oxhihi'lon. as well as numerous ' enimilerelal and al l 1st Ic I eat tires. Premiums and purses amounting to $so.m are to be awarded tho prt.e winners at the end of the, judging. I one nf the most Important and hiti'ie.Hting lentil res of t hn fall wilt be the exhibit and demonstra tions given by the boys and girls of the 4-11 club contents, who will have agricultural, domestic art and science, and stork exhibits here, anil will gie demonstrations of juilKlug, eooKtng, sewing and many other accomplishments. The Magic Lamp 7. A FIN vu4 vHUf jfA TRY W. K. GILBERT 0. FIRST Hi Somvhow or other children who eni Ninety hi mhmii to prefer the open one.-. "U omen's work Is ihmit tlone In right,' slip's jtlltu riibbiu' off or itmair iart. The New Yolk Merchants' Asso ciation Is trying to discover tho seven wonders of Manhattan. Wo have a hunch t hese might uo found among the nli;ht club cus-tuittcr-. " " " FOR A THOUSAND WANTS Haven't you often wished for an Alad din's lamp? You have one right in the Want Ad section of THE OBSERVER Thru its magic you arc able to get the things you want for surprisingly little. Furniture for the liv ing room, dining room or bedroom . . dishes . . . rugs . . . clothes . . . automo biles ... in fact, al most anything you could name is offered at one time or another in the Classified Ads. That's why it pays you to advertise . in these columns when ever you have any thing to sell . . . that's why you should read them every day if you need merchandise of any description. I J '
