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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1908)
i - : ' 1 Vs' It!) " " !' " PArtE FmJtfc ETEWIJfQ O OTERVKR, LA GRARDK. OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRCART T, 1908. i4 You Li We Evening ODsmer Published daily except bun day. CURKEY BROTHERS, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS Onlted Preee Telegraph Service. telly, per month..., .6t Daily, single copy .OS Dally, on year in advance ft. SO. Dally, els months, In advance... 1. 5 J Weekly, one year In advance. . .11.00 Weekly, els months, In adunce. .76 Entered at the postofflcs at I Orande as second-class matter. This phper will not public any ar ticle appearing over a nom de piume Blgned articles will be received sub ject to the discretion of 'he edit rs Please sign your articles and save disappointment. t Advertising Rates. . Display ad. rates furnished upon application. Local reading notices l"c per line first Insertion; 6c per line (or each Resolutions of condolence, le a line. Cards of thanks, lo a line. to be accomplished. Chief of Police Jackson has received orders from Mayor Johns to close all gambling games on March 1. Mr. Bryan for many months has been trying to ride Into power on President Roosevelt's popularity. Mr. Roosevelt has not made an utterance, for lo! these many moons, but what Mr. Bryan would immediately rush to the telegraph office and tell the world, "Them's my sentiments, too," and add a postscript: "President Roosevelt Is not playing fair; he In stealing all my thunder." A cleaner and prettier La Orande Is the motto of the Neighborhood club for 190K. A move that In worthy ol the support of all, Mm fill) frolDEN I In Which Ten Can Buy at Days Wholesale Cost For CASH Left Only furniture: $ 9.75 Dressers $ ti.85 20 00 Iron Beds 14.25 8.00 Mattresses 5.50 1.00 Feather Pillows 3.25 Gomforts 20.00 Range KINDS $ 4.75 .50 11.00 No exception, every aitlcle goes at like reduction, uilirc prices 35 fine Ccal and Wood Heaters, OF ALL. $ 8.00 Childs Iron Cribs 65 Garpet 14.00 Steel Davenports 10.00 Cupboards 25.00 Side Boards 55 50 Acme Range Let us furn,sh ,o Tinware. U,, Ware. Cas, and $1 to Sl'.EO. No trouble U show our gocos .u r- .70 2 25 1400 7.85 17.45 45.00 'Phone Black 041. 213 FIR STREET. F. D. liAISTEN 'Phone Ked 1101. 1411, 1413, 1 i IS Adorns Avenue. VOTE NO. . Until schemers realize that only J.he most meritorious measures have any chance whatever of receiving the sup port of the people It will be a safe rule to vote against any and every measure that you are not thoroughly convinced should become a law. At the coming June election there are a number of proposed measures that are purely local in their nature to Illustrate, the division of Wasco coun ty. As a matter of fact, there should not be a single vote cast for that sub' division by a single county outside of the county directly Interested. There are other similar measures. The Inl tlatlve can be abused and is being abused now, but a few crushing de feats by the people will serve notice that just because a proposed bill gets on the ballot that it Is not necessarily worthy of suffrage. If you do iiot know what you are voting for, vote "No." This Is a liberty that few tates in any republic enjoy. That f Introducing and voting upon laws di rect. This Is suffrage in its hlgheiit sense, but It must be remembered that this Implies a higher duty of citizenship. Heretofore this responsi bility was delegated to the Individual members of the legislature; now the voters are ' the legislature, with full power to Introduce and make and un make laws. ' Powers that were hardly thought possible BO years ago. A dangerous power, In fact, unless the great majority of the voters meet the new condition with a boldness and earnestness that such powers imply. Jt Is just possible that our people will have to pass a few notoriously, vicious laws before they realise the responsibility of their ballot. The people of Oregon have as yet mad no blunders, no more so than have our previous legislatures. It will require ' a little time for us all to measure up to our duties, but we will. There Is ft desire In some quarters to throw discredit upon the Initiative and ref erendum law; there is the same de sire to repeal the primary Jaw, but it la largely from the would-be political bosses who were completely dethroned by the new change. ( The alfalfa crop Is extending Its area away to the north. In North Pakota. up near to the Cnnadlan boundary, many are beginning to sow It and with encouraging success. The experience with It during the past two or three seasons where It has been tiled. Is uf the most encourag ing character. Some fitrmers claim they have pastured It In the autumn the first season, nnd that the plants, notwithstanding, have wintered well. It would seem to be true of alfalfa that soils lime n high adaptutlon tor it, as a rule, wist of the Mississippi And that such ndaplalton, viewed from ttio standpoint of soils, ' In creases continually toward the went until the crest of the mountains Is reached. The department of agricul ture will have to reconstruct the map slionlrg the nlf:i!fi hell. New York, Feb. 7. J. P. Morgan has been nominated for the presl- dency of the United States by Carroll Brewster, a Pennsylvania lawyer of some prominence. Brewster believes that oMrgan should be the head of new party. He argues that Mogran would have the confidence of the fl nanclal element and conservative class and as a financial expert could restore good times. Otherwise Brews ter fears that the country may be robbed of Its constitutional safeguards, IS LOIC HER CARLOS' ASSASSINATION TOO MUCH FOR CZARINA. For Months She Has Been Worrying and Living in Constant Fear That the Csar Would Meet With a Similar Fate Klie Is a Nervous Wreck Physicians Advise the Csar to Take Her Out of tlio Country. Bt. Petersburg, Feb. 7. It la fear ed that the cxarlna may lose her rea son as a result of the shock occasion ed by the news of the assassination of King Carlos and the crown prince? For months she has been worrying, living In fear that the csar will be as sassinated and these tears are great ly Increased since Carlos and his son died. She Is a nervous wreck and it Is feared her life will be short unless the strain Is removed. Physicians hold that the czar must take her away from Russia to undergo treatment for her nervous disease. ' CRIMINAL ACTIOS i May Re Instituted-Against the U. P. and Hie S. P. Washington. D. C, Feb. 7. It Is hinted that criminal action may be taken against the 8. P. and Union Pacific, which are accused of Illegal ly holding valuable lands in Oregon. The department of Justice will take steps to announce the Intended scope of tho prosecution shortly. . Painful Accident. Yesterday afternoon Will Oliver, after making his first trip downtown or 12 weeks, slipped and fell as he was entering his home and rebmkc his thigh bone. It will be rcinem- ed that Mr. Oliver fell from a tele phone pole, which caused the original hreak This last accident will cause confinement to his homo for another period of suvral weeks. THERE A There is room for all and to spare in Union county. Every day large holdings are being subdivided and thereby opportunity is given those who wish to purchase choice fruit tracts or who desire to farm on a small scale. Nowhere in the state can so many desirable selections be made, or where there is such an opportunity for individual selection. If you are looking for a fruit tract, hay ranch, a wheat farm, a dairy ranch or poul try farm or even a cattle ranch, come to Union county. You will find exactly what you have been looking for and at a price you can afford to pay. The following illustration will explain better than words just the kind of prosperity that is in store for you if you cast your lot with the citizens of Union county. , J' IVJHI I'll l 4 'V'k VJfrH " - . 1 Heading Grain In. the (iruu.lo Hondo, Tho righteous tndignntlon of the Ministerial association of linker City, may have caused them to over-reach the lino of discretion, when they is sued their' "pink circular," which has since the publication become famous all over the state. Nevertheless, the Yery thing they have been trying to bring about for many months Is soon After Many Yours. Samuel Steel, now located In Spo kane, but formerly a resident of I'nlon county, Is again slinking hands with ohl-tlmo friends In Iji Ornnde after having been absent more than ;5 years. Mr. Steel came here to re move tho remains of his father who died here a number of years uko an. was burled on the Sterling farm nen Island City. The body will be rel.i lerred In the Peach cemetery. p r'- 'trriiiii i irvanii LOOKING OVER PART OP LA GRANDE'S RESIDENCE DISTRICT.. S t Apple Onlumls o u,t. (;,ndo Itomle, "' ' ' - . TJJ llnyluir In the Crande Rontle. ft :-. 1