La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 10, 1908, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Texti rt - i-i -ar 4. uitii.ttc. tvtiiiiijj OtoSMWr Published dally except bunday.. CCRUtrV BUOTHJERS. EDITOR8 AND PROPRIETORS United Prt-u Telegraph Service. jally, per month 6" Dally, single copjt .05 Ostfly, one year in advance 80 Otlly. six months, in advance... 8.5 Weekly, one year In advance. . .11.00 Weekly, six months, in adronce. .71 Catered at the postofflcs at m ' Orande aa second-class matter. ii.u-J-ui 1 11 1 This paper will not publish any ar ticle appearing over1 a nom de piume lined arttclea will be received t ib iae! to. the discretion of he edlt.ira Please sign your artlclea and aava dls Appointment ; Advertising Ratea. Display ad. ratea furnished upon , ppica.tlon. Local reading notices 10c per line rst Insertion; So per Una for each ubaequent insertion. Resolutions of condolence, to a Una. ' ' Cards of thanLa. Bo a Una. ECONOMIC, NOT SENTIMENTAL. The following extract, an editorial vn from - th Portland Oreronlan. j.ahows the trend of public opinion as reflected the past few years, and em phasized once more In the recent elec tions. The elections of April 7 show pretty clearly that the tide of feeling against the aaloona Is still rising. The liquor interest lost ground both In Illinois and Michigan. In the former state, after a bitter contest, 20 more coun ties voted to abolish the saloons, mak ing 26 In Illinois where no liquor can now be sold legally. In Michigan,, out of 14 counties which voted upon the license question 10 wrent dry. It re . oulres very little argument to prove thai If this process continues the time will come before a great while when there will be no licensed saloons ex cept In the larger cities, and even the assertion that the large cities will never adopt prohibition has less force than formerly, because It Is now the policy of the Anti-Saloon league to hem them in with a wide cordon of dry territory and finally swamp the urban vote under that of the rural districts. The tendency la to destroy the liquor trade In large ictles by force of general state laws when It cannot be done under home rule. In recent campulgna against the saloon It has been noticed frequently that economic arguments have almost displaced the old moral and sontlmen tal appeals which were employed by primitive temperance' orators. Both the liquor men and tliolr opponents talk of dollars Instead of souls. The saloon Is attacked and defended from the point of view of Its Influence upon the wealth-producing and wealth-sav Ing power of the community. The liquor men aver that prohibition throws many men out of work and annihilates large sums of capita: which have been invested In breweries .' and aaloona. It thus directly strikes t the prosperity of the country, while indirectly It beggars families and de stroy homes. The psohiultlon orators admit all this, but they reply that If It throws some men out of work to close the saloons, their energies are merely diverted to more beneficial channels. There Is sufficient useful work waiting to be done, they Insist, to employ every Idle hand. ,. One phase of the subject Is the, rev enue side. Suppression of Jhe lhiuor trade would cut off from the vnrlniiH treasuries, national, stato and munici pal, revenues approximating, perhaps exceeding $300,000,000 a year. Sup pression of the manufacture and sale Would cut off more' than one-third of .the present available revenues of the United states. What species of taxa tion would make up tho deficit? For there I clamor also for tariff reform, or rriluutltm of duties . wn imports, neveuue irom. smo or lliiuors Is a .great matter nlo in cvrry lonslilci a tile city. The niUI-sftlonn forces nlso contend that If prohibition annihilates Hie cap- ; ltal which Is Invested In saloons and breweries, It Is quickly replaced . In savings banks 'and farms, so that the community as a whole gains rather .than loses. It i an hardly he main tained that, the manufacture and sale f liquor do anything toward keeping the human race -alive, or making It vMentlnlly healthier or' happier. It la conceded everywhere that the use of liquors Is probably Injurious to the majority of mankind and 'even In those rare cases where It does no harm - ti finds difficulty In showing that It does any good. Moralists are agreed t.:at t.ic world would b better off if no liquor were manufactured, so far as health and happiness go. One can not Regret, therefore, that working men are being diverted from an In dustry of dubious character to others which are undeniably beneficial even if the transfer Involves temporary hardship. The argument that prohibition de stroys capital deserve serious consid eration, for capital Is h"t:ilH of civ ilisation, and ur.y pro-v which de creases the total nm-m-it that the world possesses in bunt'f.il In the Ions run, no matter hew lelij,: tftil Its Im mediate results may appear. But does prohibition decrease the total of the world's capital? The economic re turns from districts where prohibition has been In force, for a long time In dicate the contrary. The taxable vaW uatlon of such districts Invariably In creases. It Is said that the Increment has In every case surpassed the value of the property which prohibition threw 'out of use. Moreover, the Maine and Kansas saving banks hold deposits far out of proportion to their relative population and far in excess of what can be shown In similar ter ritory where the sale of llc;uor is per mitted by law. To these facts we must aid one more, that offenses against the law are enough fewer In prohibition territory to cause an ap- penses and therefore diminish taxes. The economic argument la therefore against the aaloons, and we suppose this la the reason why they must pre pare to meet their doom at some time or other. ROMADKA READY ACCESS TRUNK TJAISING the cover brings everv i-N- corner within reach without re moving trays. Saves 'A ne me of an ordinary trunk to pack er nn oack. Easy to operate. Nothing to Jet out of order. Will stand all the knocks and hard usage of traveling. Costs no more than a common trunk, '4 ! at ...$5.00 and Something Good in Trunks, Ba.g5, and Suit Cases. Call at Our Stores and Examine These Lines . . ''.' ' , This week we will show new patterns in Carpets and Linoleum. We have a new stock in Feather Pillows, Feather Beds, and Feathers in bulk for sale, ary quantity. Trade us your old stoves and securs an ACME RANGE, fully warranted. Good Plows, a. bargain in these. . Thone Black 6 11. SIS FIR BTREET. Phone Kcd 116 1411, 1413, 1113 Adams Ave F.D.HAISTEN CANDIDATE FOR DEMOCRATIC One advantage of the primary law Is that It In a very large measure pro duces clean methods. The nomination does not necessarily mean an election. Therefore, the successful candidate, after securing the nomination, must conduct his primary campaign so as to merit the support of his opponent at the general election. Each and every candidate before the primaries must of necessity bear this in mind. Hence, as a rule, we have clean pri mary campaigns. It does not pay to be otherwise, y . e La Grande Korimisly Misjudged. The city Is progressing on all lines, religious, educational and commer cial. Every progressive citizen re joices In every advancing step. The Market day will become a blessing to the city and valley. It Is true, how ever, that the management of this en terprlse has seriously misjudged his people. He has assumed that In "crying" his goods and chattels It Is necessary to degress, occasionally, and dispense with profanity and vulgarity. both disgusting and Incriminating for the entertainment of his hearers. It was Mr. Lincoln who said, "No gentleman will swear before ladies.' The times have dawned when the bet ter sentiment proclaims no gentleman will swear at all. Vet It go forth that La Orande would be free from crimin al profanity, both in her home-born and visiting citizenship. W. H. QIBSOX. Pastor First Baptist Church For Sale. High grade strawbt-.i. pTants at the J. C. Miller place, t-one mile west of Elgin. Price $4.00 per 1.100, at the ranch, and 15.00 per 1000 f. o. b. cars at Elgin. Prizo winnlit varieties Dornon, Win. Belt and tho Marshall. These berries ceptured the prize at the Portland exposition. wt-10-17 FIiicm In tlip City. Wo have Just received the finest line of lailles' shirtwaists ever brought to La (lrando. Ijidles are Invited to call and see the ussortmeut. Over two hundred styles. TMK VAX M'TX CO, Whut a .:i.T si:iys ut hn:uo machine w il! ii dan Music . unniiHATinni rno rinniiT hint iiuiiiinn i iuii iuii uiibun juuul !'The law's delays!" . Hamlet enum erated that aa among the chief rea sons why men would "shuffle off this mortal coll" if It wers not for the fear of the unknown beyond the grave. So cent occupants of the bench, but Is a system Inaugurated years ago when there was but little court business In either Union or Wallowa county. At present the court work In two if HON. DAXIFXi W. SIIEK1IAX, Of r.iitT)rlse. Camllduto for nemocratlc nomination for Circuit Judge. there were vexatious and unnecessary counties Is such that a Judge should delays In Justice when all the world be at work practically all the time to was. a stage for the Bard of Avon , keep the dockets clear, before Coke's time; many, many years' Hon. D. W. Shechan, the leader In before Blackstone required a whole years of service, as well as in other vol u nine to tell of the excellencies of respects, of the Wallowa bar, has seen the common law and was too near- and suffered from the delays as have sighted to see a single defect. . othor lawyers. He Is a candidate for There were delays centuries before tne democratic nomination for circuit tU people of Wullowa and Union Ju''Ke und' ,f -'lcted, will surely put .-rl-lTlr. 1 "Hubby V talking Uiivls-Jor- 1'i r Siil,-. . V.pst trtm l!us, , Inland i)if , I-, 'purpose birdi'pooU 1 $1.00 Fox '; !i Tthnde K;nral' ers; good Firat-iclans stock. Eggs,' per 18. 'Phono lted 612. T. E. WRIGHT, l. La Grande, Oregon. . . 1J STH1NGIIAM, AUCTIONEER.. . Sale cried on short notice. I Satisfaction guaranteed.. 4 ' No extra charge for distance. LA QnANPE ... OTtEOOV Route No. I. 'Phone No. ittxt counties found Just cause for com plaint, but that makes it none the easier to bear In this year of our Lord. A county with two terms of court li yeiir ti nl ul! the remainder of tiie time the court of Jtistlre a "sealed book," must neec warily see tho w.irst .'hie of the iiumi-.iiMi'a:in -..f jcsti.o. Litigants, Juri.is and witnesses enlled f :'om . tli. li- hom.-s lu:slii"Ss n.ul (l.taltled !.jys aiul.'wc-ks lt... ,',t ny heitiit lritiu;ht to -y .i-.tKi- iii ;.s. Vrnn;.l !tiii:i !a ail f; lv.cn d mviiy by t, ils untjl the whole s'-m in di;p: NWallcWed up in i r- ,;u, j,...r, and state v. li'i.-- i- ut v!!e:-.i for many .i.niie,e.i:y s a-id wce'ts S)''iit at c v:n, utitii !!;; total Is a very lars.. s;i;-. U-.at a l i-.. !r ,in on' ev. ii sa fat a i K. ::., k ns Hi, Wallowa county t-eas-.y. T.: ,-;-e few of the Ills that i ast ron.;i:!iis hilv e lev lejiei! li.-re. In t'nlo:i county long-drti ,vr. ut J;i:y terms, the Jt-.vy t-ylnr l-;t one case a week, fa s not a- s;:, and a I I- e:;p .nc pl'!3 up cv,, day. This may not be t-.e f.valt rr -e. a working plan In force that would save thousands of dollars to Wallowa and 1'nlon county perplc. Ho would keep the (lockets l,i l)( TH COl'XTIK? OVF.S ALL TH? T.'VE,1 thus fllspo ini; of ,.verythl'ic- i tween J ary i.-rnis that dosn't i-.iire. a Jury". Th'm nil the jury wiivk w.ia' i he rra !y when Juv.irs tire ceiled. "n:id he would k.-cp u.e juvoi-i laiyy c.t. ihat T.or'f was fti'll!(. 1. Tlitci;-!' iH- U'S ili'.'t W..- r"o fv ice ' Irv ! A ' l.'i 11 l-e I'ill a:id d ; (. f.h l,y n '. .)'! d ill-,, r '-a iciy ,! ti'e statement. s,.rv-d. ua'il It alJ f i-y tit. t: V s '. Tin--.-t.T-av ii'n;. . hut l-.l (. r. cn .e: !, in oide. TI Is 1 : l.i: client f .Itltfliily ud. na .-i -Vhom lie ha in defatlc-aMy. His Indasiry Is r.m. positive that he would ke p ,:,!r) P"i a fitll working day. Hj, r,'.,t. 'i.m calls for Impartial, sneedy nr.d -conomlcal iidMilnlstratlon of Jitstl e. To him as Judwnll men would be tHke without rerard to race, rslinn. riches, present or previous politic. Judge Sl'ech.ia numbers umonrr hit dler.U th lead.lp- men of Cio ciur.f. and the poor are never turned from his door for lack of the fee. He Is always on one side or the other of every Important Jury case, and the people he has done business for in the last 20 years are his strongest sup porters lor circuit judge, regardless of party. It Is an even score of years since Mr. Sheehan came to Enterprise. He was born In 1861, in Mason county, Illinois, where he received bis early education. He came to Union county, Oregon, in 1883, after which he com pleted his law studies and waa ad mitted to the bar by the supreme court. His success In the practice of law in this county is known of all men. For seven years he and Colonel Ivanhoe were partners. He has been associated with or pitted against the best lawyers In the state, practiced In all courts, state, federal and the in terior department, and his 20 years of experience has added to his gre: natural fitness for the bench. Mr. Sheehan has served In all t. offices of honor, without profit, which leading men are expected show their spirit of personal sacrtflj ior tne puuuc weal, such as mavn, etc. If he Is elected lmi ,. Judge of the circuit court ev5( uuiii n aiiuwtt. ins Denn a .l whole county will not oniv r,-o. time and money,1 but will be rn sented by one In whom thv ..l Just pride. News-Record. Land for Rent. We have 820 acres of excellent 1 for rent. Call at once. F. S. BRAMWELL, C. J. BLACK. c - " r- - .x..viaj Ul CSB- iiiutAtri h. lMi til nt' rn npnn onn v ru A. James. lew n.TiT? a ! We are nw prepared to furnish first-class Ice Crtai n any quantity, at the following prices: am 20c 40c $1.25 per pint per quart per -gallon Nodelive-ics made for less quantities than one gaVji. BLUE MOUNTAIN CREAMERY. CQ, w i H1 SN0DGRASS GROCERY I Main 43 phof ,o -.1 I IT1UMI .