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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER LA GRANDE, ORE.
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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-.
" " "
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THOUSAND
WANTS
Haven't you often
wished for an Alad
din's lamp? You have
one right in the
Want Ad section of
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arc able to get the
things you want for
surprisingly little.
Furniture for the liv
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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.
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