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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1906)
t 11 ...S ..j OFF 1 4 Until January ON I THE GOLDEN RULE COMPANY LOCAL ITEMS ' Ff i W I J I' 1! Promised to tell you here all about their great BARGAIN FEAST but as this space will not permit half they want to say, they are obliged to ask you to refer to their large ad. on another page of this issue. : READ EVERY WORD, IT WILL SAVE YOY MONEY I THE GOLDEN RULE COMPANY 1308, 1310, 1312 Adams Avei ue.' , V ' -t ; Largest Store- ; - Smallest Prkcj : ABOUT HIE SCHOOLS In a former article I gave my idea cf how a school or college should be started, la this I will endeavor to state whatclass of children should be reached by such an institution. When a young lady, or a young man arrives at the age of maturity, they must take up a profession, or a trade whereby they will be enabled to make a living for themselves, and those who will be de pendent upon them, therefore the absolute necessity for all of our children to fit themselves for this object, and how im perative it is that the parents of today should set forth every effort within their reach to help their children fit themselvts for this life long battle. Our parents and their parents wholt Hir wu that their bovs. I will leavi out the boys for we had no woman suff rage, should study for a public profession and become an Aristotle, a . Cromwell, Washington, a Lincoln or a Huxely, and others of this class; one who could sit In his easy chair and make a living without manual labor. Were they right or were they wrong? 'Would we all become such? Nol and what If we .had? This I will leave the reader to answer. Let us open the boc& of the past and look into its dark recesses, behold! you see Aristotle instructing Alexander the Great in warfare; you see Greece fall; you see Rome fall; Charlemagne succumb; Cromwell overcome; Napoleon robbed of his laurels; Washington warring for free dom; Lincoln save the nation. What did you see? War, war, war. You see there were only two classes, aristocracy and laborer; so you see our dear old parents were trying to make aristocracy ' out of A.Y. ANDREWS N9. 975 Was (he lucky number, and the owner can have the By $40 StllT calling at A. V. Andrews' Store SUIT CLUB WINNERS KH. Atkinson. $35 Suit New Club A.- V. ANDREWS, Aen's Furnishings and Tailoring SPECIAL SALE ON LL HOLIDAY : GOODS I have a few heating stoves left, both coal and wood, which I will close out at greatly reduced prices. " " . ' ' ' s. ' W. H. BOHNENKAMP, us, they did not succeed and I am glad of it, for anstccracy produces war, and peace prod uc as science and education. We dp not want our boys and girls to ecome lawyer, statesmen,- politicians .nd doctors, for at present there are to nany. Webster's saying, "there is room n the upper story" will not do now. Of course there should be enough to fill the places, but our towns and our cities are congested with this class and the minds of the coming generation should be di verted into channels of such sciences as will provide for their maintenance.. , The children whose education has been the most sadly neglected are thote living in the rural districts. What class of people should -receive at more thorough education in all branches than a farmer? He should be a chemist, biologist, a doctor, a carpenter, a machinist, a blacksmith, a botanist, an electrician, a salesman, a laborer and a gentleman, therefore we should have here in La Grande a school that would have for its object, the educa tion of the rural class. No boy or girl would go amiss in taking this kind of a course for most every book is a step to a higher and more advanced studies. While I believe that all studies that tend directly to the farmers benefit should be taught, I believe that some of the useless studies that are now taught, should be dispensed with, such as ancient history and Latin. But above all things Latin is the most useless of any study imaginable that our small schools are compelled to teach. Why does not our school superintendent have German, Jap anese or even Chinese in its place? Ger man is an everyday language and should have recognition before those that have become dead and obsolete. If a boy or girl wants to become a classical scholar let him go to a higher school but do not encumber our every day schools in such manner. " But I hear some one say that we "must have these taught so that our hildren will know the root from which our words are derived. Has not our ancient history been properly translated into English? If so what do we care (as cqmmon class) from where the root came?, and it should be, the last taught. Those stud es that pertain directly to the organic matter of the earth, the fer tilization and the preservation of it in the soil; the process to be followed in releas ing it to the entire benefit of the growing crops; the scientific breeding of stock; the caring for the orchard; the beautifying of the home; taking care of the machinery; and numerous studies that pertain direct ly to the farm and its managemeht for it is absolutely imperative that this must be brought about so that we are better able to meet the coming conflict. The farmer, from the beginning of his tory, has been a slave unto the aristocracy and money kings of every nation. They have been the avenues through which the coffers of the land have been filled to overflowing.' The have been the "meek and lowly." Are they to continue s"? I say no! a change must soon take place and it will be through the two great agencies that are directly interested, viz., finance and depletion of natural resources. The great commercial financiers of our nation began to realize this when they brought about and had established the agricultural deportment at Washingtor, D. u ana as years rou oy mey realize more keenly the great importance that the farmer must be educated to meet the failure of natural production. The farm er is. the great master - wheel around which, through which, and by which a industries are enabled to revolve and fill the granaries of the speculation world. Stop! Think! What would this nation be if it was not for the tiller of the foil, the pruner of the orchard, the shepherd of the hills, the axmen of the forests? Chao. barbarism and intellectual darkness. Why are you enabled to sit in the sacred confines of your home surrounded by all the comfort that money can giv if it was not for the product of the tiller of the soil? upon which you are enabled to trad and traffic with ths world and gather In the gold. You see too plainly that the great natural store nous h be coming weakened and there must be brought about system to educate the farming das, whereby the person of un developed science can stretch forth hi hand and help stay and curie the foot step of mother nature. The aupenn- tendentajof public instruction could not Our public school opened this morning after the holidays. The registration books for the primaries are now open at the county clerk's office. County court convenes tomorrow and the board will make the annual tax levy at this term. -' Tomorrow evening is the regular month ly meeting of the city council. Fast driving on Adams Avenue does not seem to be quite so popular this morning- Dr. P. A. Charlton, the veterinary spent Saturday at J. W. Riley's logging camp, and state that the snowfall Satur day evening was over two feet. Mr. and Mrs. A. Buckley have returned from a vh t on th i oSi n ' and Fo t'and. 0. W. Dart left for Uma, Aoizbna. Monday, where he becomes head sales man in the clothing rooms of a department store. Grant County News. Mr. and Mrs. 0. T. Galloway and son Walter, returned to their home in Union this morning after having spent the holi days in this city. ' Mrs. to Meyers, or Penaiewn, ws visitor in the city yesterday, the guest of Mr. and Mr. T. M. Stubblefield and fam ily. ' The La Grande Commercial Club foot ball team was defeated New Years day at Pendleton by the foot-ball players of that city. Score IS to 0 this closes the foot-ball season. . Ticket 975 captured the forty dollar suit New Years day at A. V. Andrews. Lucky number. J. W. Cook, prosident of the Wallowa Valley Railroad, arrived in the city last evening and left this morning for Elgin. Mrs. C. W. Noyes' and children, who spant a part of the holidays near Hilgard with Mrs. Noyes' mother, Mrs. David Hawes, who accompanied her home. James Stanford, of La Grande, chef at the Sommer house, was in Baker City yesterday attending to business interests he holds here. Mr. Stanford was chef at the Crabill hotel in Baker City when that hosterly was run by J. T. Giroux. SURPRISE PARTY About 75 friends and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Huffman gathered in a body and descended upon that family at their home east of this city la st night. During the evening games were played and later a lunch brought by the guests was served. Their visit was a complete surprise but the willing and surprised hosts entertained the large company so well that they wish New Years came every few days. improve their time to better advantage than to bring their influence to bear upon the financial world and ask private assist ance to accomplish this object I hope some of the seed of my weak en deavors will -fall upon good ground and will spring forth and bear good fruit" . A. P. Davis 2 I will give ONE FOURTH OFF FANCY CHINA AND CUT CLASS 10 per cent Off "HEATING STOVES i . J This is to reduce my stock for stock taking em I MRS. T.N. MURPHY j ION 1 0 jSjjMSjpsjd GIFTS f OR SMOKERS Christmastide offers no better oppor tunity than can be found in the Our line of thesis favorites embrases all sizes, and there is not one but would be treasured and prized by any "lover of the weed." C. E. HACKMAN, Avenue and Red 1641 Factory Comer Adams Greenwood Street. MISS HASH THE WIN if R Miss Nash was notified this afternoon that she was victorious in the Journal contest over Miss Mollie Proobstel. re ceiving a majority of 1 1.000 votes. NOT AN ARREST Up to the hour of going to press there had not been a warrant issued out of the city recorder's court so far this year. Not an arrest on Christmas or New Years day. That is a record any city may be proud of. LACHNER IN PORTLAND W. J. Lachner of Baker City, candidate for the Republican nomination for con gressman from the second district, is in the city today. He has been in confer ence with a number of political friends in Portland and is said to have received some strong encouragement Portland Journal. GOOD SIEIGHING r j n , .. . . uranae rtonae vauey is now enjoying the best general sleighing for years. The roads were smooth and solid when the sno w fell and in every direction the cut tsrs are coming into the city. USE YOUR TELEPHONE We do the rest Newlin Drug Company. Phone red 81. DINE WELL ON NEW YEARS .. and you will fare well all the rest of the , year. To be sure of the right start eat your New Year s dinner HERE It w 11 include all the delicacies of the . season and some out of season. Tne The service will be perfect, and the cook ing a delight The bill will show you that the cost of living has not increased here at any rate. The Model Restaurant J. A. At buckle, Proprietor aND niuht Wewii wetklT i en meal tickets lor "P4 U W44 WE Will ha ve some- thin a to say in a few days LISTEN! Chicago Store ? is: t i ) r V...
