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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.
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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.
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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-
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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
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Evening Observer Want Atfs' Pay
FPU
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It is more than is paid in
other places
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