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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1908)
riGIlT FACFS. evesixo osi nvi:n, u graxdf. ohegox, TrrsDAV, pncrjnnn 8, iooa. PACK FIVE. Councilman S. N. Bolton Is In Im l)',.:' t'r.iy trcnsactlng business. J. D. Cncy cnme down from HII- K-'.-.-l tMs n'.ornlng for the day. Joseph Palmer la In Baker City to day on b unifies matters. MIh Dorothy Zuber has a alight At tuck of typhoid fever. - Gustav Anderson arrived today from Baker City. ' - . V. J. Furnish of Pendleton, la in tne city on business.' '-'..-" C'harlea Gore la In North Powder to- day on ' business for the tight com pany. , Mrs. Robert Brttt went to Spokane this morning to visit friends for a short time. Mrs. W. H. Gibson left this morn Ing for Elgin, where she will visit her sister. Mrs. D. W. Ilug. Mrs. Lloyd Scrlber la Buffering with a severe cold, and may not be able to leave her home for a few days. D. M. Hunt and E. E. Scott, loft this morning for Imbler, where they go to drill a well on the Howell ranch. Mra. William Mosby, who formerly lived here, but for the past few years at Caldwell, Idaho, died there this week. Receiver Walter Nledner went to Baker City this morning on matters pertaining to the Farmers & Traders' National bank. ' Mrs. Jay Van Buren left on the morning train for ' Caldwell, Idaho, where she . will visit' relatives' for a few days. Dr. George O'Connell Is one of the many from this city and county to at- tend the apple show at Bpokane. He left last evening. Will French left this morning for Elgin, where ho will proceed to dis tribute a carload or two of Wadhanis & Kerr groceries. . Hope Chapter No. 13, O. E. S., will hold their annual election next Wed nesday evening, December 9. Mem bers will please take notice and at tend. . Fred Jasperson Is the latest to be promoted to the west-end firemen service to fill the vacancy caused by Oraybeal going on the Wallowa coumy run. .... - -v Mesdames Lapp and Metteur, wives of the managers of the Geyser Grand at Baker City, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vr J. Lindsey, on Washington avenue today. Information received from Portland says that Mrs. A. E. Adcook, who Is being treated In a hospital there, is very much better. Her friends will be pleased to learn the glad tidings. Mr. and Mrs. James McKenzle of Summervllle, took their departure last evening for an extended trip in the east, expecting to return in the early spring. Union county continues to help sup ply the demand for good horses and the prices received are remunerative. Four hundred dollars per span Is an attractive price and we have shipped out many such spans the past year. Messrs. Dell Jackson and Frank Lenvitt. round house employes, and Engineer Frank Pike, are shooting goslings at Umatilla. Their ' friends expect a shipment of feathers on No. 2 tonight. Miss Nell Depeat, manager of the Western Union office fn this city, arW who is due to return from her vacation In other parts of the state, Is, ill at Portland. A letter from there says she is suffering with nervous break down and may not be In La Grande for some time. Willie Fournter, the Aberdeen catcher who was drafted by McCredie, and whose picture appears on this page, is looked upon by McCredie as one of the most promising young play ers In the northwest' He Is a cool, heady young catcher, and Is also ratt ed as a good hltter.-'-Mornlng Ore-gonlan. 60CIETY. , ' ItollllUMin-C'lKTMCWriKllt. MUa Cynthia cheesewrlght, an ac complished and charming young lady of La Grande, and Gale 8. Robinson of Chicago, will be married tonight at 1:30 at the home of Mr. and Mrs; E. H. Foster, of the Foster-Lilly Hard ware company, with a few out-of-town guests and a . few of the most Inti mate friends of La Grande, In attend ance. Rev S. W, Seemann will per form. th cvrji;:vnj . Thu FvfWj; totiv wlll be artistically decorated In ferns, smllax and carnations. , The cere monies will ' be quiet and unostenta tious,. Mr. Foster giving away the bride, who will otherwise be unaccom panied. The bride's wedding attire will be white organdie and lace, she carrying bride's roses. A wedding dinner Is to constitute the post-nuptial program. La Grande ' guests wlil be: Mr. and Mra. J. W. Lindsey, Mr. and Mra. F. L. Lilly and daughter, Ceclle, and Mra. J..V, Foster. Out-of-town guests who are here for the wedding are Mrs. L. C. Metteur, Mra. John G. Foster, Mrs. J. N. Lapp and Miss Vic toria Wellman, all of Baker City. Tbe bride haa made her home with Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Foster, now of this city, since childhood, and during her short stay , here haa formed many, warm friends. The groom-to-be is a valued traveling representative of a promi nent wholesale Jewelry firm of Chi cago, and immediately after the furc- tlons this evening takes his brldo his Chicago home, via Seattle. IIoiino Warming. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Houston, who have Just completed their new home In North La Grande; inaugurated it last night with a social dance. About SCt of their friends assembled and it was 3 o'clock this morning before the merry young people departed for their homes. George Gibson handled the bow and rosin, Willie Gibson the ban- Jo and Solomon Bridges manipulated the ivories of the organ. ' . Park Benefit Ball. ' The final preparations for the park benefit ball tomorrow night have been attended to, and at. this time It appears that the event Is going to be one of the huge successes of the year, and one that will net a large sum of money to the park. People of Union. Island City and Elgin have signified their intentions . of coming to Ln Grande tomorrow night, and in -thi way the ball will become a county af fair. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE (Continued from page 4.1 , DENTIST. du. w. d. mcmiixan. Painless Dentistry. Expert Gold Work a Specialty. Special attention to children's teeth. Office: La Grande National Bank Building. Both ThoMc. Gentlemen's dressing rolls and cases, leathered and leatheretts, at Silver thorn & Mack's drug store. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given that the un dersigned has been appointed by the county court of Union county, state of Oregon, executor of the last will and testament of Duncan McBeth, deceas ed, and all persons having claims against said estate are required to present the same with proper vouch ers, to the said executor at his resi dence in Elgin, Oregon, or to R. H. Lloyd, his attorney, at hla office in Elgin, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated this 21st day of November, 1 90S. - . WILLIAM" M.McBKTH. -R. H. LLOYD, Executor. Attorney. Novll-2S-5-lt-:i The most ridiculous coward In the World Is the man who fear ridicule. The Scenic. ' The program last evening at the Scenic was the best offered for many weeks. The pictures were all that could be desired. The subjects, were all new and sparkling with fun and clean sentiment. The fleet pictures were the best yet offered. The vau deville stunts were especially good. Thjj black faee work of May Hart was a complete success. Her work is clever and her songs are well sung. Gordon and Price in the songs and dances completely captivated the au dience. Their acting has that finished effect which brands them as actors of a high order. As a matter of fact, the Scenic program this week Is the best seen there for a number of weeks. The Pnstlme. There were numerous opportunities offered last evening for the patrons of the Pastime to laugh and make merry. Two of the pictures were manufac tured with the Special object in view. The man who could see the New Sten ographer and not feel his features break up Into rippling smiles and oc casionally make the fact known he was pleased by a hearty outburst of laughter, was indeed a "dead one." The. other pictures were Interesting and Mr. Ferrln's songs were indeed a pleasure. The same bill will be of fered this evening. If you wish to en Joy life, attend the Pastime this evening. Shopping bags and purchases make pretty and useful presents for Christ mas. You' will find them at Silver thorn A Mack's drug store. legalizing, for Instance., those forms of the aecondary boycott which' the anthracite coal strike commission ao unreservedly condemned; while the right to carry on a business was ex ploit ly taken out from under that pro tection which the law throws . over property. The demand was made that there should be trial by Jury In con tempt cases, 'thereby most seriously '.mpntrlng this authority of ".ho courts. All this represented a course of policy which, If carried out, would mean the enthronement of class privilege In Us crudest and most brutal form, and the destruction of one of the most essen tial functions of the Judiciary In all civilized lands. ' The waguworkers, the worklngmen, the laboring men of the country by the way In which they repudiated the effort to get them to cast their votes In response to an appeal to class hatred, have emphasised their aound patriotism and Americanism. The whoe country has cause to feel pride in' this attitude of aturdy Independ ence, In thla uncompromising Insist ence upon acting simply aa good citi zens, as good Americana, without re gard to fancied and Improper class Interests. - Such an attitude is an ob ject lesson ln good citizenship to the entire nation. k ' """re Is also, I think, ground for ':; belief that substantial Injustice j often suffered by employes In con sequence of the custom of courts is suing temporary injunctions without notice to them, and punishing them for contempt of court in Instances vhere, aa a matter of fact, they have no knowledge of any proceedings. Outside of organized labor there is a widespread feeling that this system often works great injustice to wage- workers when their efforts to better their working condition result ln in dustrial disputes. A temporary in junction procured ex parte may as a 'natter of fact have all the effect of permanent injunction In causing dis aster to the wageworkers' side ln such dispute. Organized labor is chafing under the unjust restraint which comes from repeated resort to this pnv of procedure. Its discontent has been unwisely expressed, and often Improperly expressed, but there is a sound basis for it, and the orderly and )aw-abiding people of a community woud be ln a far stronger position for upholding the courts if the undoubt edly existing abuses could be. provid ed against. For. many of the shortcomings of Justice in our country our people as a whole are themselves to blame, and the' Judges and Juries merely bear their share together with the public as a whole. It Is discreditable to us as a people that there should be diffi culty; ln convicting murderers, or in bringing to Justice men who as pub lic servants have been guilty of cor ruption, or who have profited by t'ie corruption ' of public servants. , The result is equally unfortunate, whether due : to hairsplitting technicalities In tne Interpretation ot law ly juukkm, to sentimentality .and class consciousness on the part of Juries, or to hysteria and sensationalism in the dally press. For much of this failure of Justice no responsibility -whatever lies on . rich men as such. We who make up the mass of the people cannot shift, the responsibility from our own shoulders. But there is an important part of the failure which has specially to do with Inability to hold to. proper account men of wealth who behave badly. ' The huge wealth that has been ac cumulated by a few Individuals of re cent years, In what has amounted o a social and industrial revolution, has been as regards some of these Indi viduals made possible only by the im proper use of the modern corporation. A certain type of modern corporation, with Its officers and agents, its many issues of . securities, and Its constaut consolidation with allied undertakings, finally becomes an Instrument so com plex as to contain a greater number of elements, that, under various Judicial decisions, lend themselves to fraud and oppression than any device yet evolved In the human brain. Corpor ations are necessary instruments of modern business. They have been permitted to become a menace largely because the governmental representa tives of the people have worked slow ly in providing for adequate control over them. 1 P.Aftl damage hs been dnn? by th manifold and conflicting Interpreta tions of the interatate commerce law. Control over the great corporatlona doing' interstate-busintoa can be ef- (Continued on page .) HOBDAY The largest line of Holiday Goods ever shown in Union County will soon be on d Rule ' ' Remember the Golden Rule store has always been V . the Headquarters for Santa Claus and this year will be no exception i Me Golden M e Co Evening Observer Want Atfs' Pay FPU h Dollar for Extract' ing? It is more than is paid in other places 1M HERE FOR THE P URPOSE OF BREAKING UP THE COMBINATION I E. SMEW D. D. S.