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Paw Four LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. 'fMxtmbt fatting (Bbzzxbzx (Incorporated) An Independent Newipapet Ptaont Mala '00 HAROLD M. ITNLAY . . Bullosas Manager PubuahMl evening!, except Bundsy, At 1710 Blxtn treat, a Qrande, Oregon. stored at the Poetofflce of La Grande. Oregon, at Second Olaai Hall Matter under act of Karon a, 1878. OFFICIAL PAPER OP UNION COUNTY AND TBI CITY OP LA ORANDB MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRB88 The Aaaoolated Press la exclusively entitled to use for publication of all nam dispatches credited to It or not otherwise cerdltedlf pub lished herein. All rights of republication of special dl patch In Uxti paper and also tbe local news herein also are reserved. National Advertising Representative M. O. MOOEN8EN CO., I no flan Franc 100, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Detroit, New York SUBSCRIPTION RATH 11 Carrier Dally, one month In advance Dally, six months in advance Dally, single copy 760 M.M 00 By MaU Dally, per month In advance . Dally, per tlx months In advance . Dally, per year In advance - Boo -2.80 -W.00 ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, per column Inch . Dla play, local, per column Inch o -ioe Time contract prices on application OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in, from this time forth, and even for evermore. Psalm 121:8. UNHAPPY Americans have come to look upon Europeans and Asiatics as people who are unhappy politically, socially, and econom ically. So it is with considerable surprise that we find a British author classifying Americans as the unhappiest race in the world. In anticipating our questions he explains that "Americans are unhappy because they have before them the wrong pur pose of life to make good. The cry, 'Make good! 'is hurled out into the world with its brother, that stupid, tricky, in sidious label, 'Service'. Wherever you go in America you hear the cry echoed and re-echoed, 'Make good'!" But we Americans could never be satisfied to accept the life-purpose of Englishmen, Orientals, and African negroes, which ho says consists of "finding happiness in the thrills, the ecstatic moments of life, that come from the simple, primitive things, and from contemplation rather than action." In this, as in all other great problems of life, it depends upon how you look at it. Americans may be uphappy until they 'make good', but these other races which the English author says are happier than ours, while they may not know the disappointments and sacrifices which come to those try ing to 'make good', never know the satisfaction of reaching the goal. Another thing is to bo said for this American purpose of making goodi the millions of American men and women who are trying to make good are producing the wealth and the intellectual and material progress which bring greater comfort, happiness, and ease of mind to the whole nation. Then, too, the American temperament is such that it is able to find happiness in the struggle to make good. There is certain satisfaction in knowing that we are putting up a good fight, that we are making progress, that we are over coming obstacles, and that even if we go down we will come up again. So perhaps, though the English author would bo unhappy in such circumstances, he should not judge another race by his own. VMM ATS HE DOiMCr, 7 ) CWEATIMCr ? ; VyJ OVsJOO! WERE, SAA AW-Woo ( I Wmow-honestV r3 ,lr- Li-iT-rue. snip V is -rue Best 1 MERE, ARE VOO CWEA-TiMOr poUW , BUT km. sooKJCr I MEEEE ? SILENCE. IS GOLOEKj' FELLOW.' IrVOU SE GODS! WO,NJE j IS THAT I WOO JJA.OU U START-O SOMETHiMCr, VSfrW MOTHERS GET GffrW. mX,.: Other Papers Say: MIOIIIIJI I IO NOT EN'POIM KI Political parties have formulated their platforms In re guru! to the :lquor problem and national prohibition A fjreiit i-ffcantinff of tlio Issue has taken plnco 'inU cundltlntea for office have made theh pronouncement upon It. It Is time, perhaps, that tho Monitor Bticuia sinto us pout ti on unci fiuin mnrlwj iU views of the situation pre sented. First The Chrlatlnn Science Moni tor has held and still holds that na tional prohibition In the United States, If granted public support, rep resents the logical, ideal and probably lultlmnto solution of the liquor prob 1 1cm. It holds that the beneficial re sults of 12 yenrs" operation of the j loth amendment and the VoKUend act, even imperfectly enforced ami ob served, are vostly greater thun Its critics admit. I Second The Monitor recognizes, however, that public support is an essential factor In tho workability nnd 'success of the law. Such support has jbcen regrettably lacking In a number of tho most populous centers. In a democracy laws should represent the coimensus of tho people governed. If it should appear convincingly that, at the present stage of public education and moral growth, the prohibition method Is unsuitable for largo uec tlons of the i.atlon nnd can bo nl Iteretl without graver Injustiro to other sections, then it might reason ably be considered whether and how a chnngc should bo undertaken. While tho law stands It should be observed nnd enforced. j Third The best available test or i whether disagreement with tho law I Is. as tho wels assert, so wldeopreod I R3 to destroy Its usefulness lies In whether, with all who really believe in tho dry law voting their convic tions, Us critics can obtain the ma jorities constitutionally required for a change In the election or congress men and In the ratification of a sub stitute amendment. For a genuine ex pression of public opinion each per son should follow his own Immediate observation or the results of the law and such Information as he knows to be authentic rather than rely on hearsay and loose talk or be govern ed by what someone else with a self ish Interest wants the law to be. Fourth If under these conditions a change should bo proved necessary, we consider tho second best policy short of prohibition to be the adop tion of a system of manufacture by a federal government-controlled mo nopoly and distribution and sale by state government unity somewhat along tho lines of the Anderson plan In the Wickersham commission re port. This Involves the repulsive pros pect of putting the government Into the liquor buslnet. and would neces sitate fully as great vigilance against official corruption -as does prohibi tion, but It offers the Important ad vantage of removing the Incentive of private profit from the legalized liquor trade and so eliminating adver tising, competitive sales promotion and sumo other of the worst features of the old brewery syutcm. Only such a pian, among all of those thus far dlscutMd. would give even reasonable a.ssuiiince against tho return of the Haloon or of respect for the rights of dry states. Fifth The voters havo a right to doma.id unci should demand of candi dates nnd organizations opposing pro hibition that they present a specific plan which may bo relied upon to uuce uie pioce or tne lath amend ment U that should bo abandoned.; Return to n situation wherein weti Et:i.es or cities can Hood their dry neighbors Is Intolerable. Simply tO; repeal the amendment, relying on thej force-- which accomplished It over-' throw to assume responsibility for the liquor problem and set up effective state control, would be the height of political guellblllty. Sixth Tho outstanding necessity is that public opinion, whether under national prohibition or under some alternative, shall take up a renewed attack, on the liquor evil under what ever guise it appears. Men should recognize that alcohol itself not pro hibition is the source of mo3t of the evils complained of. and that It is an obligation of society to dis courage and prevent, so far as pos sible, the use of Intoxicants. To this end education in the advantages of sobriety should have wider operation and enforcement of the law be steadily strengthened. This would be aa necessary probably more neces sary under any system of liquor "regulation" as under prohibition. Seventh and finally For these rea sons The Christian Science Monitor will, other things being equal, sup port candidates who show the great est Interest in preserving such effec tive safeguards as may be possible against the abuses of the liquor traf fic. The Monitor further pledges its efforts to the dissemination of pub lic knowledge on the subject to the end that the use of beverage alcohol with Its resultant evils may ultimate ly bo eliminated from the social sys tem. Christian Science Monitor. Democratic Efforts in Maine Show Wide Scope of Presidential Campaign Uy IKron Trlie The public can have Its choice of a confusing variety of opinions as to the full meaning of the Democratic gains In the Maine election, but on one point everybody appears In sub stantial agreement: It Is that the returns give visible testimony that a compact, deter mined and hopeful Democratic or ganization has been at work In Maine and means to continue at work everywhere between now and November. It Is not easy, In a state which has been going for one party regu larly and overwhelmingly, to get the voters of the opposition party really interested. The Republicans know that from long experience In the south. The Democratic effort in Maine demonstrated that Democratic lead ers do not intend to let anything go by default as they have done, to all Intents and purposes, in some past campaigns. ROOM FOIl IllSI'l TK Since only local officials were voted for, tho politicians have room for dispute as to how far the Maine figures can be considered a valid poll of strength between Hoover and Roosevelt. Beyond this is a disagreement as to how much polls taken this far In advance amount to, anyway. To a noticeable degree the pres ent Democratic optimism appears to bo based, on various pons tuKcn in widely-scattered sections. Governor Roosevelt himself recently remarked publicly that these polls indicated Democratic victory in November. Of course there are elements In volved in poll taking which fre quently discount the value of the results. Sometimes It matters great ly who is taking the poll. Sometimes sentiment changes rapidly after the poll is completed. Jso the uemocrats will continue to work at top speed, no matter how encouraged they may bo by early nose-counting. in some instances tins year poii- takers have found a marked reluc tunco by voters to express any pref erence at all. In one case only ft small fraction of those circularized responded. Whatever this may mean It gives no Joy to political planners. III'KIN.ISS IMIJ.Y C'lTKU On tho Republican side the recent upturn of morale appeals to center largely around the business rally, reflected politically by on Improve ment in campaign contributions. One Republican stalwart who sold six months ago he did not know where to tarn to raise campaign money now has reported that he hopes to ralfo 6200,000 in his sec tion. That is only a small part of what he collected in the same terri tory four vears tuio, but the Interest ing thine is the basis of his expecta tions. He reported that certain small merchants and manufacturers en couraged by business conditions, now were willing to make moderate contributions. He expects this at titude of mind to Induce these same husiiitsa men to embark on expan sions, increasing employment, and that the ?nen given Jobs will vote for Hoover. That line of reasoning, too. mny bo open to question. Even If it is correct, ft prominent Democratic publisher recently has pointed out that as many as a million can be given work and still leave several times that number unemployed. WILL I KillT TO EMI Thus each side is able to dispute the basis on which the other stele is resting its optimism at the present stage. , , Tho one inescapable conclusion from the Maine returns and all of tho other factors Is that both, sides are preparing to put everything they havo into the fight, right up to the last minute that the last voting booth remains open on Nov. 8. No More American Parrots The only species of parrot which was native to the United States Is now extinct. It was the Carolina parrot, formerly found as fur north its New York. JL XORSHEIM Shoes leave no doubt as to quality . . . you take no chances when you buy them . . . they cost less by the year than any other shoes. Most I Styles $8 FALKS Because It's Better at Folk's - - It's Cheaper I.EON JANNKY papular young tcreun tlar CAROLINA FOOTIIAl.I, TEAM i TO I'KKSKNT I(KI .MKXAC'K' RAI.E10H. N. C. (PI There nrc ! i no RUKSinn names In the North Cnro-1 ilina State college football lineup, but; ' Coach John "Cllpprr" Smith will have i a Kootl Bupply or "Reds." There's "Ret!" Espey, captain ,at center: "Red" Utley, 205-pound tackle candidate: "Red" Stephens, heavy weight boxer and end, and if "Red" Blair returns, as is expected, he'll make tho third red-head In the line, us he will try for a tackle post. In the backfleld will be two auburn-thatched halfbacks "Red" Goodwin and "Red" McAdanvs, both sophomores. aWimsiaiilsi nail tWiiaa-siia mm ROOSEVELT'S RECEITION We picked up tho Portland papers this morning; to find out what kind of welcome Roosevelt found in the Oregon metropolis. But after rending: accounts in the Journal and in the Oregonum we were unable to decide as to the facts in the case. Tho Journal reporter writes, 'Not to bo outdone by any other city . . . Portland turned out . . . and greeted him in a manner that made him feel that here in the West he had found favor." Tho Orogoniun says, "but the reception was in sharp con trast to tlm crowds which trm'tod Roosevelt '21 hours before I in Seattle." The Journnl says, "lie seemed deeply impressed with the greeting he received in this normally Republican strong hold." ii,. ;, Tho Oregonian writer observes that, "Although smiling, Roosevelt commented that the reception here was a frost." 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