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SEE
D
eral Interest taken regarding legisla
tive candidates as there was under the
old system. This Is easy to account
for, however, as during the period of
factional fights In the republican par
ty In this state, each leader In each
county tried to out-general his op
ponent In securing the best legislative
timber that could b obtained. In or
jer to secure, his nomination and
election. Then It was often the case
that If some good man waa found
who waa not financially able to make
the campaign, funds were provided
Ahli h were supposed to come from
the man who was seeking the t'nlted
'States senate. This all was considered
practical polltcs for many years In
this state, but the primary law has
changed all this, and it Is just pom-l-
ble "that it will require a few years'
education before the stronger men
the several parties will personally
come out ami seek the nomination.
The primary law practically banlHhes
the Idea of the office seeking' the man.
We notice, generally .xpcklnr.
ne few candidates for the. legislature
Announcing themselves throughout
the state. The tickets will all be tilled,
however, before the time limit expire
and It will duubtleiis be found tha
the personnel of the legislature will be
fully up to the standard of former
years. .
New and Second Hand. Just What You Want and at,
Prices You will Appreciate
Thone Black 041.
21S FIR STREET.
F. D. MAISTEN
Thone Red 1181.
1111, 1413, l'15 Adams Avenue.
WHAT IS LENT?
As the ancient ecclesiastical season
of Lent begins tomorrow, the follow
ing Items concerning It, which have
been furnished us, will be of Interest:
. From the earliest time in the his
tory of the church the days preceding
Easter have been days of fasting.
Some fasting absolutely for two or
three days, others following their
Lord's example, fasting 40 days. By
the fourth century the 40-day fast
had become the general custom. Just
how the fast begun with Ash Wednes
day we do not know, but the custom
had the aproval of Gregory the Great,
before the end of the sixth century.
' Lent a familiar word, -a much
, ftbused word, oftentimes a lightly or
Jestingly spoken word, and yet a word
of marvelous power to every earnest,
honest man, woman and child. Its
lessons are lessons of devotion; Its
truths of manhood; Its plea Is for real
ity triumphing over the shams of life.
Its many-sided truths commend them
selves to different people In very dif
ferent ways; but thfe Is a spirit un
derlying nil Its ways that makes men
better, nobler, holler In their dully
lives and that It what we want.
Lent appeals to some with irreRt
force because of Its antiquity. It runs
all through the Christian centuries
back through Jewish history to the
days when Israel was delivered from
Egyptian bondage. In all the genera
tions, with deviation only as to de
tails, there have been days of prepara
tion for the great Pascal feast known
In our day as Easter. Its antiquity
proves Its value. Think of the saintly
lives It has fostered and developed; of
the careless, aimless lives to which It
has given direction and force; of the
good resolutions of millions of souls
It has watered with prayers and self
denial; think of the multitudes who
enjoy the bliss of paradise because of
itslnsplrations. Its memories are sa
cred. It is holy ground, representing
God's presenco among His people. As
Moses drew nearer to the burning
brush with reverence because God was
manifested there; so we approach this
sacred season. Who dare speak light
ly of It? Who dare treat t with unconcern?
The Kentucky legislature reminds
one of his boyhood days after com
mitting some act of Indiscretion which
Is generally followed by some better
deed as a hope of restitution. After
a sufficient number of democrats hud
gone over to the republicans und
elected a republican t'nlted Suites
senator, the democratic party felt
guilty and in order to redeem itself
and restore Its own conscience, passed
a prohibtlon bill, which in a measure
had a "get even." spirit more or less
mixed with the desire. We trust the
gentleman elected to the senate will
so conduct himself that his state or
nation may never have cause to re
gret his election, and as far aa the
prohibiton movement is concerned. If
his election brought about the restric
tion of liquor in his own state. It Is
possible that he has already accom
plished more for his people than many
predecessors.
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MEET HERE
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pensea of administration, and you are
required to make said showing within
it) uay ii om the date of the service
of this citation and not later than the
time fixed, as above stated, for hear
' I.:g salJ petition.
Witness the Hond. J. C. Henry,
Judge of said court, and tne leal of
said court affixed, this, the 17th day
of February, 1908.
n.i.1 Felhm, to llermiston. i Better Than Spanking,
a mnnir the prominent Odd Fellows Spanking does not cure children of
, . H..rm.uin thi, afternoon to bed-wetting. There is a constitution.
usslst In the institution of the new
The Willamette valley Is going Into
walnut culture on an extensive scale
We may refer to this period as the
dark ages In after years.
Honor ConinoHrr of "Camion."
Paris, March 3. At the Opera Com
Ique tonight a special, production of
"Carmen" will be given as a memorial
to the composer, Bizet, who died short
ly after Its premiere at the Opera
Comlque on March S, 1875.
The first production of the now pop
ular composition was a total failure,
the audience expressing its disappro
bation by constant hisses. Before the
final curtain Bizet rushed Into the
street, weeping violently, and died
shortly afterward. The blow .to his
ambition had been too much for his
sensitive soul.
Had he lived a few years longer he
would have heard his work applauded
vigorously In the very theater where
It had at first so dismally failed. In
the last two decades the fame of the
work has spread throughout the musi
cal world.
There should be little opposition to
the plan to pay our legislators $10 per
day. If they are worthy of any emol
uments whatever, they should be
worth this amount. We now have a
law, und a Jtut one, prohibiting our
law. maker from accepting railroad
passes. Again, since we elect our
t'nlted States senators direct, there la
no chance of picking up a little easy
money on the aide, consequently there
seems to be no other way than to pay
these men something near what their
services are worth. The last few lines
above might be taken too seriously,
while It Is well known that a few men
go to the legislature for the purpose
of making all that la possible, but
they are few. Indeed, compared with
(he whole number. But one thing Is
noticeable, that there Is not the gen-
Itllllon Ikillar In Treasury.
The strength of the United States
treasury at the present time was com
mented on In the house today by Mr.
Boutell of Illinois, aftys a Washington
dispatch. He said he had Just been
Informed by Treasurer Treat that for
the first time the gold coin and bullion
In the United States, had reached and
paused the sum of one thousand mil
lion dollars, "an event so extraordin
ary," he said, "that It will be chron
icled and commented upj with sur
prise and amazement In ery finan
cial center in the world; an event
of our republic.
regard to party affiliations.
may well contemplate with satisfac
tion and pride." '
which all citizens
without
Ohio Itcpiihliran convention.
Columbus, O., March 3. With a
member of President Roosevelt's cab
inet. Secretary of the Interior James
r. Garfield, as chairman, and with
very one of the 815 delegates solidly
in favor of the presidential aspira
;lons of Secretary Taft, the Ohio re
publican state convention was called
to order here today. The four delo-gutes-at-large
to be selected will be
for Taft first, last and all the time,
and it is now certain that Foraker has
been defeated all along the line and
that the Buckeye delegation of 41
will be solidly for Mr. Taft,
To eliminate all factional combats,
to stand put on the republican ticket
as it will bo put in the field at the
June election, and back It to the last
ditch, to encourage larger republican
registration, tells in brief the results
of a meeting of the Union county re
publican central committee meeting
held at the Commercial club this af
ternoon, in response to a call from
Chairman C. E. Cochran, who presid
ed. There was no election of officers or
anything of that sort, but there was a
spirited series of talks on various
phases pertaining to the coming elec
tion. Representatives of the O. O. P.
were here from all parts of the coun
ty, and the club rooms were filled with
party adherents.
The matter of selecting a central
committee man was likewise brought
up and discussed.
At press time the committee and
others, for republican candidates and
party laymen were requested to at
tend, and many of them did, the busi
ness session was still on. A full and
detailed account of the meeting will
be published In The Observer tomor
row.
CITATION.
In the county couit of Union county.
State of Oregon.
In the matter of the estate and last
will of Mellnda Wardwell, deceased:
To William McCatl. zacnarlah McCall,
Jonathan Newman McCall, Rebecca
E. McCall, Llnna McAllster, Fanny
Wilson, Lillian Kinney, William A.
McCall, Hugh McCall, Edna Settz,
Florence McCall, Marjorie . McCall
and Mary M. Couch, Helri at Law
and Devisees of Said Mellnda Ward
well, Deceased:
Whereas Ulysses Q. Couch, aa ad
ministrator de bonis non of the estate
of said Mellnda Wardwell, deceased,
(with the will annexed), has present
ed to the county court of Union coun
ty, state of Oregon, his petition In due
form, praying said court to grant him
in order thereof duly authorizing him
to sell, according to law, either at
public or private sale, aa said court
may determine, all of lota five and six
of block twenty-six (36), In Sterl
ing's addition to the town of Island
City, In Union county, state of Oregon,
o obtain funds to pay the legacies pro
vided by said will and expenses of ad
admlnlstratlon; and said court having
by order thereof fixed Tuesday, the
7th day of April, 1908, at ten o'clock
i. m. of said day, at the April term of
ald court as the time, and the usual
place of holding said court at the
court house In La Grande, In said
county and state, as the place, for
hearing said petition and objections
thereto, and directing the irsuance
und service of a proper citation In
ald porceedlngs; Now, therefore, you
and each of you are hereby cited and
required to appear In said proceeding
it said time and place and then and
here show cause, If any exists, why
the prayer of said petition should not
e granted and why said court should
not make an order thereof authoriz
ing aald petitioner to sell all of said
real property In accordance with the
'aid prayer of said petition, to obtain
funds to pay said legacies and ex-i
(SEAL)
18-25-3-10
Clerk of Said Court
F. C. BR AM WELL,
Deputy.
Sew Brunswick's Elections.
St. John, N. B., March 3. General
elections are being held In New Bruns
wick today, after a hot campaign at
tended by much political excitement.
Federal partly lines are not closely
drawn in this province and the per
sonality of the candidates has been
the principal issue.
For Sale.
Some well-leaned white seed oats,
No. 4. Also some fine black barley
seed. This barley Is more valuable
for hog feed than wheat. Inquire of
Hermna Vehrs.
.odge there tonight, were J. E. Beam,
John D. Brown, G. W. Bradley and S.
A. Newberry. The lodge will be Insti
tuted by Grand Muster Richard Scott,
who went down this morning. There
will be a charter membership of about
to. Pendleton fcast Uregoniau.
Grounded Steamer Docked.
New York, March 3. The steamer
Coama, which went aground on Fire
Island yesterday, was docked this
morning without any apaprent dam
age resulting from her accident.
Odd Fellows In Parade.
Fort Worth, Texas, March 3. Many
additional delegates arrived today for
the annual encampment of the Odd
Fellow and Rebekah lodges of the
state. A parade and a concert by
children from the Odd Fellows' home
at Corslcana are the features of to
day's program.
If your Observer Is not delivered as
it should be, please notify this office.
'Phone Main 13. We will consider It
a favor.
al cause for this trouble. Mrs. M.
Summers, Box W, Notre Dame, Infl.,
will send free to any mother her sue.
cessful Instructions. Send no money
but write her today If your children
trouble In 'ths way. Don't blame
the child, the chances are it can't
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urine difficulties by day or night.
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Having purchased ibe Heacock stock of Jewelry from the Trustee in Bankruptcy at a
small per cent of its real value, it is our intention to dispose of the entire slock with
in as short a time as possible and in order to accomplish this result we have marked
down the original price to nearly
ONE-HALF
PRICK
The Heacock stock Is one of the largest and contains the most varied assortment of
strictly high grade iewelry in Eastern Oregon. The stock contain a cnlonAlA
nenf of Watches, Clocks, Cut Class, Hand painted China, Rings, Chains and Lockets. I
llllnc: li IS P,ated5Jmare '!.as fine 35 can be hund outside of Portland. f
m... ...u. never oerore nave me people of Union county been offered re-
are not'iewelers, and do not expect
to become such. We simply purchased this stock as an investment and in order to
make it a satisfactory one we must dispose of it at once. We have made the orice Z
,7'?'V'a'Wna,tort',meentf"' hsv' been d posed
of. A calllat the store will convince you that we have marked prices down to tt X
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