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Kionr pa PAGE FOUR. EVENING OBSERVER. tA GRANDE, OHEGON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1"8. J i 1 la . telle Evenm ODserver Published dally except bunday. - CURREY BROTHERS. EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. United Press Telegraph Service. per month.. i .! Daily, single copy..,. OS Dally, one year In advance. .... $4 50 -Daily, six month, in advance... l.Ei Weekly, one year In advance. . .$1.00 Weekly, six months, In adnnce. ."S Catered at the postoffUa at . Iv Grande as second-class matter. Tula paper will not public any ar . tide appearing over a nom rte piumi i lgned articles will be received s.ib lact to the discretion of he edit rs Please sign your articles and sav9 dli appointment ' Advertising Rates. ' f Display td. rates furnished upon I application. Local reading; notices lOo per line ; Ortt Insertion; 6 a per line for each , subsequent insertion. Resolutions of condolence, So a line. Cards of thanks, to line.' ; WHERE LA GRANDE LEAD Just as much desirable publicity as La Grande has gained In the past week, so much extremely damaging news will be scattered over the state and northwest about Pendleton. Pen- dleton business men got together the other night to hear Tom Richardson, ana Insteaa of raising about 15000, as r dltfLa Grande, the business men of , the Wheat Town were mum.- When T La Grande started its booster fund papers from alt parts of the'northwest ! as any exchange table will testify 1 to picked up the news Item . and . spread it still farther. The same thing is going to be true with Pendle ton on the effects, and results will be , a Jolt to the life and enterprise of that city. Pendleton may have ex- cellent business now, but there Is no business, enterprise or municipality that is so good that it could not be made better. A municipality cannot stand still It either forges ahead or retrogrades. Pendleton Itself has no excuses to 'offer. The following, edi torially, published in the Pendleton East Oregonlan, no doubt reflects the -sentiment of the wide-minded business men of that city, notwithstanding that ' the moneyed Interests of that city failed to respond with their gold when called upon; . Pendleton hag no excuse to offer for the failure of her property owners to raise a publicity fund and start a campaign for new settlers In the county. The people of Pendleton and Umatilla county are simply too pros- perous. They have too much money, too large Incomes, are too Independ ent to bother with, publicity funds ,hd booster programs, That was the most representative ""body of citizens brought together for a long time, which greeted Tom Rlch ' ardson at the court house last night, but it was absolutely Irresponsive to his appeals for funds, totally heedless of his glowing accounts of booster's programs elsewhere In the state. As long as the land yields well In this vicinity, as long as rents come In regularly, as long as Incomes are cer tain and business Is good, what Is the . use for the property owner to spend lila money In advertising the country or boosting? That Is the attitude of a large part of the west. But when the productiveness of the land reaches Its senlth 'and then be gins slowly to recede; when business tops growing for lack of new blood In the country; when rents begin to slip downward and vacant buildings become more plentiful, then people will awaken to the resources of the country and there will come an era of genuine boosting such as Salem has . experienced In the past year. DEATH RUV TO GAMBLING. The state supreme court. In a de cision rendered Monday In the case of Charles Preston, a Walla Wnlln Km bier, convicted In the superior court of conducting a gambling game, holds that any game, whether conducted In a private or public place, when It In operated for g;itn. Is unlawful and Ik therefore punlHhable' under the slate law relating to gambling. The decision is an Important one, ax It sets at rest the contention raised by the gambling fraternity, that It Is not unlawful to iramble when the games are run privately. Preston's offense was that of operating a roulette wheel in me basement of a Walla Walla saloon. His defense was that he was aot guilty of a felony and could only rga with mlsaemaenor as til M W.A I. ...... men conducted behind '(""s aoors-Wt.Ua W f alia Statesman. The Portlaid Journal, referring to a proposed "love feast'" to be held In the near future by the successful can didates, calls It a "lose" feast. This Is likely a typographical error, but a real lose feats would be more largely 'tended than the one proposed If all those concerned should fall in line. Ex. . The public would be as anxious for a speedy marriage of De Sagan and Anna as the principals themselves evidently are. If It would serve to re move them from the public eye, but It won't. There are the divorce pro ceedings to follow. Ex. MISSIONARIES BUSY IK . CONFERENCE AT-UNIOH Union, April 29. (Special.) The annual Grande Ronde Presbyterian Missionary society convened here this afternoon at 2 ' o'clock. Many La Grande members are on the program for papers and the meetings, which continue until noon tomorrow, give promise of much Instructive and In- the run program which has been ar ranged, and which will likely be car rlcd out with but few changes: .. Wednesday, 2 P. M. Devotional service. ....... .Mrs. Loyd Greeting Mrs. Townley Response , Mrs. J. K. Wright Roll Call of Delegates. Appointing of Committees. "Resume of Missions" (a) Home Mrs. J. K. Wright (b) Foreign Mrs. Cuslck "How to Win and Hold Our Boys,' Mrs. Kirk "Methods of Raising Money for Mis slons" Mrs. Ramsey Wednesday Evening, 7:80 P. M. Song Toung ladies' chorus Devotional service Mrs. Haskell Sool Mrs. Bater Address, Rev. P. Hayden, Baker City Cornet solo Mr. Bater Song Toung ladles' chorus Offering. Benediction. Thursday, :30 A. M. Devotional service; . .Mrs. L. J. Davis Reading of Minutes. Reports of Officers. Roll Call of Societies. "Round Taible." Reports of Committees. Election of Officers. "Duties of Presbyterlnl Officers." Prayer for the Work. Much Property Destroyed. Niagara Falls, N. Y., April 29. Three men were injured and property to the value of 180,000 was destroyed when the 10,000-horse power goner atlng plant of Niagara Falls hydraulic power plant. burst today. Guild Rummage Sale. St. Peter's Guild will hold Its spring rummage sale In the Slater building Friday and Saturday. Parties having rummage to donate please notify Mrs. Mac Wood. - BOOK REVIEW. "The Shepherd of the Hills." By Herold Bell Wright. A spell binding story of love, mystery, heroic daring and moral courage. - It will stir the warm blood of any true-hearted man or woman who reads It, For sale by Newlln Drug Co. Tlie Barrier." 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A very In- tcrestlng love story that begins and ends on a Colorado ranch; the hero Is a young cowboy who Inherits a talent for painting and goes to New Y.irk to develop It; the horolne Is a New York widow who "discovers" him; the ell max grows out of a mystery In the birth of the hero and the revengeful p trp;se of a man who poses as his I FREE! TH E ACME 'Phone Black 641 213 FIR STREET 4444444l443444444$S4f4 benefactor. For sale by Newlln Drug Co. The Great Secret." By Oppenhelm E. Phillips. Tiie plot deals with a stupendous Interna tional conspiracy and ,a captivating American girl Is the heroine. The London Standard says of the book. "The finest and most absorbing story of adventure that Mr. Oppenhelm has ever written." For sale . by Newlln Drug Co. "Old Wives for New." By David Graham Phillips. This romance reveals a picture of married life that places the responsibility for the success and happiness of the con jugal relations solely In the hands of the wife, showing to what a man Is driven by a sloven woman who falls to keep In touch with her husband. For sale by Newlln Drug Co. .) "The Metropolis." By Upton Sinclair. More powerful than "The 'Jungle.". Mr. Sinclair treats of the reign of extravagance In New York city In a memorable way. For sale by Newlln Drug Co. "Uncle William." By Jennette Lee. A delicious story of an old Nova Scotia fisherman. A book of great charm, having In it both humor and pathos. For sal by Newlln Drug Co. "Tlie Murk Bag." Louis Joseph Vance., The author of "The Brass Bowl" offers his admirers another story of rapid action and equally rapid love-making. Although the hero is an American, all his stren uous adventures take place in Eng land and on the continent. For sale by Newlln Drug Co. "Rosalind at Red Gate." By Meredith Nicholson. A mystery story, the scene of which Is near that of "The House of a Thousand Can dies" by the same author. Two estranged brothers, heirs to a large fortune, bear a striking resemblance to each other, as do also their daugh ters, and on this the plot is hinged. For sale by Newlln Drug Co. "Tlie Shuttle." By Frances Hodgson Burnett. Never has a novelist so reached the heart of social conditions In England and America as has Mrs. Burnett, in this, her masterpiece. For sale by Newlln Drug Co. ' "The Weavers." By Gilbert Parker. A novel that can be called truly great. In its sweep and immensity, a tale of rural England and the glittering orient; in Its novelty and heroism, a sturdy Quaker youth In the tolls of Moham medan Egypt; In Its web of cross-purposes and contrasted types strangely linked together, "The Weavers" pre sents a story intensely human, a story of love, high resolve, and wonderful achievement. For sale at Newlln's. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 PHOTOGRAPHS.- THE SORT THAT PLEASE. 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