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i' :h Page Four Tuesday, November 5, 1921) LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. J n M i s i! (Incorporated) ' An Independent Nn ipajwr TOANK B. APPI.BBY.. -...Editor and PubUahar , HABVBT f. MATTHEWB Bmlneaa atanagar Publlah.d avanlima, except Sunday, at 1411 Adama Avanua. La Grande, Ororon. The Obaerver-iJlnr published every Friday, Entered at the Post office at La Grande, Oreon, aa Second Claw Mull Mailer under net of March I, 187. OKFlCtAXi PAPKK Of UNION COUNTY AND THH CITY OP LA ORANDB MEMBKR OP ASSOCIATED PRESS The Aaaoclalfd Praia la exclualvely entitled to uaa tor publica tion of all newe dlepatchea credited In It or not otherwlee oradltad l( publlabed heroin. All rtKhta of republication of apaolai dU. patches In thlt paper, and aiao the local nawa herein alio ara reeerred. - National Advertlaing RepreaenUttlT ' ' M. C. MOOKNtfEN A CO. Ino, San Pranclwo, boa Ancclea. Seattle, PorUand, CtalcafO, Detroit, New York SUBSCRIPTION RATES Uf Carrier Dally, per month In advance Dally, ill monthl In advance Dally, alngle copy By Mall Dally, per month In advance Dally, per all months In advance Dully, per year in advance Weekly Oherrr-War, per year Tlo H.iO io (Oo I1.60 la.OS ...ll.Ot ADVERTISING RATES Dlaplay, foreign, per column Inch Dleplay. local, per column Inch rime contract prices on application. 41a 404 JESUS' CONCESSION The liiisli prlcil neked him, and said unto hint. Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Josus mild. I am. Than the hish priest rent his clothes, and luiith. What need 'o nny further witnesses? Ye have : leant the bliiaphemy: what think ye? And they nil condemned Mm to bo guilty of dcuth. .Mark H.61, 6:, 3, 61. Some people have a peculiar idea of fame. The birth of n baby in a plane flying over Miami is an example. "First child to be bom in the air!" and now we suppose the parents will put the young lady on the vaudeville stage. - of tho nhlpmentH have topped the market. Tho cost of putting I lie stock to market has been held to ii low figure resulting In u nice margin of proril for the men v. ho have sold their stock in this manner. Koine freezing weather bus been i experienced In this section tluriim I tho past several nights and on the I north slopes where the sun rurc- I ly strikes tit this time of Die yeai-j the ground remains frozen. The dnys continue to be quite nice with i sunshine nearly every day. The j moisture conditions however, arc . still much below that of usual scu j ' sons and grass and grain is iiiak- j fng a slow growth. According to j reports from farmers of the Vow- I i nnlka section as well as other I communities n few miles away the : I recent showers w lilcli wet the. ! ground considerably in '.bis com- j munlty did not extent! over the en-1 lire county. George Coleman who farina in the I'owwntkit ridge sec tion was H business visitor in town II,.. I..tl nf tltn u-nb ti ml rnnnr'. everything very dry In bis com- munlty and says that lnu;h of the i fall sown w heat has not come up yet duo to the soil being too dry. ! The public Kile held at the II. 1 J. Martin farm in tho Whiskey j creek section Saturday was tiuit.'j well attended by farmers rom this' community and nlso some from Pow-walkn and l.ostlne. The live stock sold consisted of work ( horses, cowa and sheep and hogs, i Some farm machinery was sold al- so. A band of 6" ewes sold at : around 16 per bead, being bought by Hoy Huun of Evans. The horses ' which were mostly old went at low prices, while a bunch of stra-k hugs ; aold at very good figures. j I,. W. Minor moved his sheep ; from the Whiskey creek rango tho first of the week to pasture at his j homo ranch a few miles east of : town. j Many largo bands of ewes hnvo i been taken through this commun- , ity during the past two weeks on their way lo winter rango In the . Snake river and Imnaha sections, j These lunds have been ranged in ; the high mountains since June and . the most of them appear lo be in , fairly good condition. The feed on the upper ranges is said to have lemained unite plentiful through i season but come much Hoover replied to a Florida republican's letter on patron age in no uncertain terms. He said that appointments were !nc dry' an executive privilege, not a matter for organizations to dryer and tougher than m normal ... ' , . ... i . r . years. Reports reaching this sec- decide. He pointed out that his job as chief executive was , jlon .c.nti. indicate that ronstd- to give good government to Florida, that such was to be his erabie rain has foil over iiv winter . . .. . . . . range areas and that the grass was primary concern m making appointments. It was a reply lM,,.7nnlnK 1o start ui m good that can hardly le misinterpreted in that southern state, shape. . , i , ii . .i i i - A number of people from tin" It is rough on politicians but thoroughly pleasing to thought- llJir, f InP ,11Illy h:m. ,.,,. Mv, lul cif.rensnip. Ullice holders and party workers may brand recently to various pan .,i moo . .. .... , i . i . , . j county for their supply of winter' it as poor polities. Maybe so. Our own idea is that good; ., amno crop ns bee, government is never poor politics. ' exceptionally short in tins com munity this year w on loany o -rbanls having practically no f villi at all and on many other the np- coiH " " NOT Gl'ILTY OF MLRDKR "I am not asking for excessive punishment' French prosecutor, "but this startling case develops the tre mendously vitar question whether societvw permit one human beuigVo take the life of another and remain un punished. Your verdict will echo around the world. The state must contend that there is no right to kill. poor quality K. A. and William llownlng. of l-cap. were business visitors here tfmaarly part of the week. Mrs. John I'ouch and daughter were Enterprise visitors the early I part of the wek. Hoy Gnstin has been busy the ,k r;..i r. . : :.. ,u. i:..i. - j past several days rebuilding a vuv ....... ....vu.i.t.iv vu uc jui. iii uie ihuc i-uuii cnU.ken nos. ;, his fal.m a f,. house at Drsguinan, France. The pivsecutor was right. The ' nuies east of town. verdict of not guilty did echo 'round the world. From Tokioj,B7,1 tZJVrZ to Oskaioosa the acouiUtl of Richard Corbett of the confessed , shipment to market with the shu- association whicn sent out Ping of the Amunc some of those -who at tended the slock show- from this community wei-c: t. A. Hunter and crime of killing his mother is today a topic of conversation, iet the decision is not one that will le condemned by many! ny o.istin ami c.eoi-ge cussn.s ruv.ir.ln V.,;(K..e J. il .... !),., ,. , 11 ; ; 1 ' were Joseph visitors the latter part ,o i. v., tunk urn, c i.iiniucr, cin.uuin;u , Qf n Hpt.k' uthci-s to tjike human lives with the expectation of such inercy as Vas shown by this jury of Frenchmen. Facts of . . .. ; lu iuiiiii C4V. . . ... i.iiiu.'i ao.t the case incline one to the lxlief that Fi-ench junn-s are much ' son r k. iiuntvr. k. h. weinhaid like American jurors burdened with human lynipirthmc '"c'''a- ,,, that may at infivquent inten-als produce a verdict outside ':u'h KUer was the giri wi... the law. I ashc.l the public to please force! 0 , . . 4 her after she got married. Let's ! Coiwtt had no criminal lawyer to plead his case. He pre-!"', whom ii,i m- mam-, sented his own defense, which was, after all, no defense' Xt "" ' whatever, lie freely admitted his crime, admitted that it'liaS iSeVer SeCIl was premeditated, admitted that he felt no regret. He! Sllfh A MpHlYillfV cxpresstvl willingness to suffer any punishment the jury! ".uiuhl might determine, no matter how severe. He also expressed 1 . my fri" ' k" " c, (1, . l-w I I j . ... . '-x'"r--"' I think Sargon Is a blessing to ha. sorrow that rrench laws do not permit physicians to end , "i.niy: the suf feting of incurables, as he had done "i"'10'"1' - ar old. I was a Last M:.v r,-h..M-. r.,..,i... rl c. i,ry n"""l' ,,u"" ' . vv..vvv, u. uig tit rancvr, ne was suffering horribly and knew that recovery was impossible. She plead w ith her son to end her terrible miserv Tt c . mother's plea to a son whose love she knew and cherished. His agony at her suffering w.ts as great as her own. He did ; her bidding and attempted to iay the price society exacts ! or sucn an act hy killing himself immediately after. ; His suicide was unsuccessful and the trial for matricide was necessary. It was cxmipleted yesterday and the verdict was flashed around the world. Not guilty. Not guiltv of a crime against organiied stviety. Not guiltv of muitler in ' the accepted sense. Guilty only of k,ve for ones suffering, mother. Guilty oi humanitarianism in a strange setting. j Teihaivs Coibott should have been punished. Perhaps he! vt.s fumy of a wrong. But twelve French jurors heart! his' oovious.y sincere statement of an unusual case, heard his l.ar.k desire for punishment and set him free. It mav be a senous indictnxnt of human justice but we fear that iuin-l tiieds of juiie thi.-ughout the world would have rendered ai Similar vonirct in this case. ! M k. fki m its' .A v Association In Wallowa Countv Shippinu: Ho tr i ! .. f. M.ti WAIJ.OWA. ;- .SP.!U The Wi!le -osjity jstk M..t Vettr.g ai. lv,.e h.is 1-m n .cry ive recent !y tMlmt nisnv large l.'jnch f.t yt ;r ,s. fanners of th.. aw,. SatorJay l"ur v-srs Kr.i tn.- IH.rt Urvd martrts it. .mi tl,. evanty, o twlntr Ua.W out At lx..-iT!e aid two from ibis t-otm. A w. Jolm aon who k eh-rsv ot lh' shirp li from this end o( the !tcy Kndd OM at N th points and at rreer. h- is be).ir.c a:'l-r the biPniVK lor beih f,i ,1 ,nr llMUct. l"ut;.utj 41,. kaJj; vl -r hoes c.ieg out re of er!y s.'rmc Inters n-J mostly of a lin i-M"- lirp'Mt fiim arious fro.. ef of th .-ointouuity indi-Te xh:.? durtr-g lb1 i-rtrs mt mt h,:- m t;i rx tor '.',lvrt(fr. Hoc r-is'-r 1r-t tv's for ;rvlU (rpni thw Sirtr ilh 1h( iiruxs hoMinc txtt' t ic n.'il ly A (hi Pfvn. . IftrjCv T.i lu in of tu4tit ;ij tiaiion thinnt: Ut fourteen mnihjs it h-An Um in oirticn anvj ; any of tt taitntni hai i.ail4 ihntmKis or ihe o'jw. t-Jiuty of puuit-r thrir own tok onio U;t- iiwrVn ir ihi maimrr. ratlhrr lhin wiling to VaoAl bujtrrv iHtr a ix ncl ot 9ter tnont m s-Mptmc i ho Afocutton b iih t MAItTIN . At IV ii t.H ;n., lo- my ol-l-l'i jtr-Ticth n.l i-ii.-rc. My (..i;i:. i.Mn'y Ctl in ; i.X rt " :n.! tht ln-.k' into U' ,ii5 Jlk-m- ! I' )t' 1 tlMit'l hav- nt i ;i out all tht1 t i-t-. I .:i.t..( !t ;.k- .hi ii.w Kit swi ;r t'-t 1 ! "Utlit I rv.ie-.. i! 1 ".is f.;i:,:t nsili! toi'c - Ivh1 was t.-i- Iiik CHf. 1 .-at M. ms. .1 A r.ti'-'i-rnr (or hnifilii'C Mith! M , tLi.M- r Kl'lni tK-n l ivor ' iltt- HO ml I I t:t min! Jratly. unl 1 1.1 o troti)t Bin.l t-ti rs tic I hon otly U tv v 1 11 tiv' tv (r. huHUnrMth MnVUy. Jnnm r.i ( W ttnythtnjC I f vrr w for rir:rhi nmc out ;h- liv.-r." M-'ir tin lu,v SJ-1 4ih uvv., S. Ss-A'.itt. Falk's 61 Anniversary Sale ; :: THRIFT :: Thrift the buying of things you need NOW and for the holidays for less! This is the keynote of Falk's 61st Anniversary Sale! Now, for the first time', the people of Lit Grande have an opportunity of joining in Talk's Anniversary Sale right here at home. Now you have the opportunity to reap "the savings presented in a Falk Anni versary Sale. For Gl years Falk's have been do ing business in Idaho. Offering always dependable merchandise at fair prices. And once each year at Anniversary time they fea ture values that are almost'unbe lievable. Right here in La Grande you are presented, with the same values as in every other Falk store. Right now is the time to buy and to save. P'or The More You Uuv (he More You'll Save! UNUSUAL MILLINERY Values to $7.50 $4.95 Smart Fall vol. vets, felt and vel vet and felt com binations in pop ular autumn col 01s, black, brown, blue and greens. BOYS' 4-PIECE SUITS $14 Values Other Groups. S1.H5 $2.95 S3.95 $0.61 l!oys J-piece suits tan j'.nd brown mix t u r e herringbone weaves, with t w o trousers, one knick ers and one long "or two pair of knickers according: to the size. 1 Boys' Slip-On Sweaters All Xe'W ratterns Sizes 26 to 3t. iplS $2-61 A typical anniversary item. Hoys' Mveatei-s in ,,cw colors and combina tions, .all sizes. $1.5C CHENEY TIES $1 Cut silk and silk & w o i 1 jpr e n u i n e Cluney tics, now I'llois ami designs thai a r c b e i n jj shown everywhere this season. mii-I f o r Anniveisiiry "vde at SI. . .Men's Pai l Wool Unions tlrcy Mixed S1.50 rw A t A ! a I t W:- I men's garment in a jttivy mix- u I e i n ail sues, a real tin -deiive.ir value at ?t.."0 a ?;.r-merit. T) it V i r r-?' 75 Pairs Enna Jetliek Shoes $3.95 This group of slightly imper fect shoes are varied in styles and materials from black kid, brown kid, brown calf and patent leather, al having Cu ban heels and arch supports. Bed Cross Arch Preserver LADIES SHOES Values to $12.50 .7 (t A few discontinued lines of Arch Preserver and Red Cross shoes in strap and tie styles in kid and patent leather, reg ular $10 to $12.50 values. Childs Shoes Sizes 1 to S $1.61 Men's Hi Cut Leather Boots $4.61 A 16-inch high cut leather boot for men. Well built with reinforced back stay heavy sole rubber heel, all sizes. Work Shoes $1.61 Men's black scout work shoe ccr.position sole, rubber heel, comes in all sizes. Specially priced at S1.61. Wool Mixed Blankets S4.95 A cotton and wool mixed blan ket in attractive colors of pink, lavender, green, blue and maize in size 66xS0, a regular $6.00 blanket value at fl.'.)."'. Jungle Bobes Manv Colors $1.29 This popular high colored jungle lolv convs in' several patterns and blight colors, an all puijuse rube of merit piievd at Si. 29 each. 500 Yards Silks Regular $2.50 to $4 a yd. Values While They Last $11.39 JL yard Lustrous, full 40-ineh silks (all plain colors) in every color of the rainbow! T7ili X J , nut ciu ju, sunn lciueu uieue, kcuic- nvr"s: ette, 'satins,' etc.! in values unheard 'of m Mil lipfrvro in T.n fli'anrto Thooo lnvplv silks 'jA.'imil 'C. . . . . . . ,5 sU,t V.V iiV AX : 71K I come in lengths of one yard to one and seven-eighths and are priced at $1.3'J a v llfM yard. " CHILD'S WASH FROCKS $1 to $2.95 Values 95c Clever little styles for girls between the ages of 7 and 14 years. Styles, colors and combinations that are now most popular, specially priced f or Anniversary Sale at 95c. ; i SMART LITTLE FROCKS Regular $18 Dresses Utility Frocks suitable for most any occasion at this unheard of price of $10.61. Dresses you wouldn't hesitate to pay $18.00 for any time, in the most popular of Autumn stvles, in sizes of 11 to -11. Long Sleeve House Frocks Fast Colors Values to $ w $1.19 LUXURIOUS NEW COATS Regular $29.50 to $39.50 Values $23-61 Richly furred featuring low placed fullness of the princess types so exceptionally popular now. Lovely fabrics and linings combined with deft tailoring make these unusual values at S3.61. Ladies' Leather Bags $1.95 THE MORE YOU BUY THE MORE YOU'LL SAVE s
