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. -.-.r-,. iri i-cnw liuril 2. 1809. j , - wvt-vim; i BSEUVF.K. LA gkasi'h. rw., j. - I PAGE TWO. J ' t t ' I: ftwWWwm,mTwf' - ? - . - La Grande Professional Directory . . J PHYSICIANS. PEmBTO. J. H. HUBBARD. M. P pbTsleiaa and Burgeon. " Dffloa in New Bank Building. Rooms - "Phone: Residence, Main ii; Of flue, Main 7. DR. A. It. RICHARDSON.' Physician and tiargco. ,. Office over Hill's Drug Store. Office 'Phone !! Relden Main CB N. MOLITOR, K ., Pbyaictaa and Barfeon. Corner Adam Are. and Depot 8t Offloa Main tl -:- Residence Main 19 BACON HAUL Phvdctan and Bsrgoon. etfloe L. Grande National Bank J Building. 'Phone Main 1. e. T. Bacon, Residence, Main 18. M. K. Hall, Residence, Main 61 StV. F. E. MOORB DR. H. C. P. MOOR Osteopathic Phyelelana. Ctrkivllle Graduates Under Founder Office 8'immer Building. Phone: Office Main (3; i.es. Main (4 C. U. UPTON, ni. G., M. D. Physician and Surgeon, peclal attention given to Bye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Office In La G-ande National Bank Building. 'Phones Office, Main 2; Residence, Main 12. v- m . . . 1 . I . -J VM'KUINABY SURGEONS. DR. P. A. CHARLTON, Veterinary Surgeon. Office afc Hill' Drug Store. La Graodi Residence 'Phune Red 701. Office 'Phone Black 1261. Independent 'Phone tl. Buth 'phones at rtsidence. DR. W. H. RILEY, Graduate Ohio State University. Vaccination, Dentistry and Surgery f art kind Country calls promptly .answerod. Office HH Adams Avenue. Phohes: Pacific Black 1901. Independent, 278. OK, T. W. KiniJELIj, M. 1). C. Graduate feterlnailnn. Office Red Crow Drug Store. Phones: Pacific, Main 4. Home, 121. Im CSrand .... Oregon VIAVI. MRS. GRACE McA LISTER, Teacher and Manager. Telephone Farmers 1971. MunZan Pile Remedy Is put up In a'tube with nozzle attached. May. he applied directly to the affected parts. Guaranteed. Price 50e. Sold at Sil verthorn's Fnmlly drug store. DAILY OBSERVER 65c a Month ! FIRST-CLASS PIANOS at reduced prices. .We will give special prices on all our line for 30 days. It will pay you to investigate. BRAMWELL PHONE BLACK toil. I : C. B. CAUTHORN, DentlHt. Of'lce over Hill's Drug Store. La Grande Oregon J. C. PRICE, D. M. D. ' Dentist. Room 23, La Grande National Hani Building. 'Phone Black 1991. TEACHERS OF MUSIC PROF. E. PORTER DAT, Prlnclpa La Grande School of Music. Mrs. Day, assistant. School, 101 Greenwood Ave., one door south of . Adams Ave. 'Phone Black 1831. MISS STELLA OLIVER, Teacher of Piano and Harmony. Studio at residence of Turner Olive' corner Fourth and O avenue. MISS ROSE HOUSE, Instructor In Piano, Hunnony , Technic. 2103 North Spruce Street. La Grande, Oregon. and ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS. L. A. PICKLE R. Civil, Mining, Irrigation Engineer!, and Surveying. Estimates, plans and specifications Office In Bohnerkamp Building. La Grande Orego C. R. THORNTON. Architect and Engineer. Surveying, CIvW and Structural Engl neering. Twenty Tears' Experience. ROBERT MILTER, Architect. Office 1107 Adams avenue. 'Phones Pacific, Main 1. Home Independent No. 8. ATTORNEYB. ( haw. E. Cochran Geo. I. Cocbnu COCHRAN A COCHRAN. Attorneys. La Grande National Bank Building i a Orande - - - - Oregoi R. H. LLOID. v Attorney at Iv. rietlce In all the courts of the Stat, and United States. Elgin - - - - - - Oregon C. H. CRAWFORD. Attorney at Ijaw. Practices In all the courts of the Stnh and United States. Office In La Grande National Ban! Building, La Grande, Oregon. 11.1.1 AM M. II M.SKY, Attorney and Councilor at Law. Rooms 15 and 16 Sointner Block. La Grande Oregon i MUSIC CO. ADAMS AVEHUE t i ..! PRESENTS A PLAUSIBLE LABOR TROUBLE SOLUTION One of the bcit defined and clear f.) tint point solutions of tin? labor problem was given last Sunday eve nlng In the Presbyterian church, by Dr. S. W. Scemann, pastor. In purt. the address follows: "The l.ulor Problem." Ex. 20:9. Sis days shalt thou la bor, and do all thy work. Thin part of the decalogue Is often neglected. Rut It Is as Imperative as the requirement of rest on the seventh day. Every man ought to work, and make his fair contribution to the wealth of the world. Whoever does not give a Just return for his living Is a parasite on society, be he hobo or millionaire. It Is the law of life that every one shall work. "If any will not work, neither let him eat." -With this In mind we may approach the discussion of the labor problem Kvniiiathetlcallv and rationally. To labor Is necessary; Is honorable; Is right, and Is eminently respectable. Tou will grant, I am sure, that 1 am to deal' with the moral aspects of this question. I am a teacher of mor- ln and preacher of religion. So here It may jutly be supposed that I am ut home and have a right to bo- heard. Hut to propose a program for the In- lustrlnl world is the task of men who ire at home in that sphere. However, he it remembered that the' light that must guide men in that program streams from the moral Implications and demands. Permit me also to say that I am not speaking to please any one to night. I um giving what appeals to me as the truth. This I speak free ly. I am entitled to this privilege and i are you. The development' of a omptex civilization and the invention t machinery has given rise to the la lor problem. Once all labor was per 'ormed In the home. Rut the machine made the shop nnd factory and men rathered about these. The machine held the situation. Production was astly Increased, and all should have been benefited. Rut the profits large ly went to the owner of the factory. There was no desire to share equita bly. The employed was compelled to take what he could get. Of course, the theory was that the laborer was free to refuse to labor. Rut his cir cumstances prevented his going else vhere, and he was helpless. Ills only ourse was to accept what was offered. So a state of conflict existed. Cap ital contended desperately to maintain Its advantages and vested interests, and intrenched privileges. Rut labor lias made its demands, and with de termination and often with great snc- ..tri,...- .1 fi . ft , ! . r.n".f. r rn ' contest. The result has been that la bor has succeeded in gaining some ihtng nearer a living wage, fewer hours of labor, better, safer and more healthful conditions and arrange ments In shops and factories and stores and better opportunities for life and development f,f true manhood. In this contest labor has been atn disadvantage. Legislation has been in the Interest of the rich. Corpora tions have been able to buy favorable legislation, and so it has been framed to enable them to exploit the people. I can prove It out of the month of the heneflelarles. You remember that Mr. Carnegie was before th tariff committee not long since. You re member he made merry with the com mittee over the idea of the liigli tariff on steel. Ho declared it was not need ed, lie had grown licit on govern ment pap. His fabulous wealth was taken from the people. So legislation has discriminated against labor. And we all knov !( the courts of Justice1 have al:: - fi:nd It easier to con vict a man than a rich man; u labor. : than a coi porutlou official. A man :'.: steals an overcoat can speeu Py !. convicted and s"nt to the pelil- j tentiary. Put It does not seem so j eny to bring the man who steals a; large amount, to Justice. The mar who steals an overoo.it ouht to be punished. So ought the Krenter thief and scoundrel. And. if the courts of yi'.U ( v.-r !. th-y '!it.h--ti-t f-.- tr-.-e greater thief would be dcatt with more summarily than the petty thief. Ther are strange inconsistencies. One of the eastern papers calls our attention) to on of thes A burglar was re cently captured in Philadelphia, who wu found to have a well-worn Pib: tied up with his burgiar tools. His favorite pissage were marked with pawn tickets, nnd when he was asked what he did with the book, lie replied: "I like to read it." The reason why ho liked to read U was not explained, neither did he attempt to make plain how he reconciled his work with .his nible. The Incident has been herald ed far and wide as something unique In' the annals or crime. It Is not so unique after all. Its oddness is only a mutter of degree. Why Bhould the burglar be any less conscientious in finding excuse for his burglarious acts than the masters of high finance, who have seemed to see nothing In their carnival of graft that was Inconsist ent with their pose as Christians and philanthropists. The master of high finance Is far the worse of the two. But'our courts of Justice have no Jus tice for the greater criminal. The problem of labor Is to so adjust the Industrial order as to be best adapted to make or develop manhood. If It were a mere question of material things. It would be scarcely worth while. But It Is not. It Is aquestlon of manhood. And It is this for the employer and the'employed. No un just Industrial order can be favorabl to the development of the highest manhood In either employer oi em ployed. There must bo a Just dlstribu tion of the products of labor. Thi laborer ought to receive a fair wage, and he ought to be treated and dealt with as a man. The employer ought also be fairly treated by his men and he should be given honest labor an 1 a just return for the wages paid There can be and often is, wrong on both sides. In the working out of this problam every man ought to be furnished at opportunity to work. If a man is too lazy, too worthless, too incompetent to be employed, there ought ot be pro vided a place where he will be taught to work. Hut every capable man has a rlcht to the opportunity to work. Tou say every capable man can get work If he wants it. No. You art mistaken. You are not informed on the subject. Never a day passes ovoi our heads when there are a large number of capable men who cannot find employment. This is wrong. It is an outrage. And a social system that makesthis condition is at fault somewhere. Not only are men entitled to an op portunity to work, but to work at n living wage. Here, again, we fall short. A living wage Is not merely enough to exist upon, but enough to enable a man to enjoy life and de velop manhood and character and give to children an opportunity in life. A living wage means good food, suffi cient clothing, a comfortable home, books to read, with time to read them, means and time for an occasional trip, and a square deal for the children. Many men and women do not receive sufficient to live decently. A New Y'ork merchant coolly told a girl who complained of the insufficiency of her wages: "Most of our girls hnve gentlemen friends who provide for them; you had better do the same,"' The beast! oh, that there should be one such a heartless, brutal wretch! 1 am well awarcthat there Is much poverty and suffering and destitution because of Improvidence, immorality, bad and foolish habits, silly extrava gance and general shiftlessness. Hut that does not change the situation. Many are not receiving a living wage, and some are receiving an unfair pro portion of the products of labor. t'hi Istianity's relation to labor Is most Intimate and sympathetic. Jesus was a carpenter. His apostles were, with a few i-xceptions, laborer.' His sympathies, as his recorded words and deeds indicate, were with "the pro- pie." "the multitudis." The heart of the labor movement has been Inspired j by Christianity. There are three prin ciples common to Christianity and the labor movement. 1. The worth of the individual soul N emphasized by both. Christ is the discovered of the Individual. In His estimation one sou; is worth more than all thw world. To him the soul of the humblest man was of Vqual value With the soul of the wealthy or great. 2. Christianity stands for life, life more abundant. So it demand that every man. woman and child shall have a chance for the realization of his highest and best self. The aim of Christianity is that every man shall be (Continued oa pc T.) We Want Our Want Your want is placed before a thousand r mora want-seeker very day Can you afford to spend one cent per word of your want ad whe:e result art the keynotes? FOR HEMT. FOR RENT Seven-room house. ' In quire of Mr. Zuber. 18-tf FOU RENT Four-room cottage, quire of Mrs. Zuber. in- FOH RENT A barn; close In. In quire at 1609 Fifth street 2-28-3-4 WANTED. WANTED Herse for pasture, 13 er month. Hay feed and rum to afaw. Inquire ef J. E. Reynolds. WANTED Help wanted In small family. Call at this offic or 'phone Red 1321. 2-22tf wTEn Olrl to do eeneral house work. 'Phone Red 1312. or call at the Grande Ronde Electric company, WANTED To buy or lease a gasoline engine; 1V4 to 8 horsepower. In quire of C- M. Graham, R. F. D. No. 1 2-26-3-5 LOST AND FOTJK D. FOUND A suit case on the roud r.ear Moss chapel. Owner may recover same by calling at . this office and paying for this notice. LOST A small black purse with si.- j a class by useii, says JJrr. it. m. ver and jewelry, In this, city last shire, of Gwynnevllle, Ind. "I take night. Finder leave at this office, j great pleasure in testifying to the re- - - - suits of Chamberlain's Cough medi FOUND On Valley Ave., between Alliance mill and McAlister farm, a pair of spectacles In leather case. Owner can have same by calling at this office and paying charges'. 2-27tf A PletiMint Physic. When you want a pleasant physic give Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets a trial. The yare mild and scntle in their action .and always pro duce a pleasant cathartic effect. Call at all good dealers for a free sample. 4 ."iVi 'AM? rT lr .1 lrnvn for Tiu'llir rCi .m mi . l-vl'-y ie. a-' .iril... t r OH- r ... t'.x in.? lino - t V- - II ft !l''U,'t f,l' lt',M rtt,ipt soil mi! r.-i-'ue ' t'.'H." ' .III. v ,.,'T IllMrUhdrlml . 'r. . ,u' il til' r, i? ti : wi' i -1 i. a i ',.,.) ...... , J. E. STEVENSON, D. D. S. : j Tfye Dentist Your Wants IN Ad Column FOB 6ALR. FOU SALE Two to four acre t suburban property, well improve! VhoneUlack 1532, or te E. W, Kammerer, 2004 Adam avenue. land for Sale. . 40 acres of fruit, garden or alfalfiu i land for sale cheap If taken oon. C D. Huffman, R. F. D. 2. La Orande. FOR SALE 700 tamarack post, lfc, in La Grande. See 1-21-ltn LA GRANDE INVESTMENT CO. Ooanfilots Th resiling Outfit. , For sale at a bargain. Ha bees . run about 100 day. Thne given, oi approved security. LA GRANDE INVESTMENT CO. FOR SALE-Seal blue barred Plym out Rock eggs, 31 per 15. B Blood, Frultdale. Mrs. A. 2-l-2t FOR SALE New house, containing S room and tath; one acre flrst-clasa garden land with water right; trees, bushes, barn, woodshed, chicken park, etc. Close In. A bargain If taken at once. N 43, Observer. 2-16tt An Ideal Cough Medicine. "As an Ideal cough medicine I re gard Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in I . ... t-x t- a ll'Il. cine. In fact, I know of no other preparation that meets so fully tho expectations of the most exacting it cases of croup and coughs of children. As It contains no opium, chloroform or morphine, it certainly makes a mo;t. safe, pleasant and efficacious remedy for the ills it is Intended." For sale by all good dealers. Plowing. Orchard or garden plowing on hort notice. 'Phone black 1011. Careful and painstaking. Young trees plowed around with care. 2-25tf A. HERMAN, South La Grande. It Saved His Leg. "All thought I'd lose my leg," writes J. A. Swenson, Watertown, Wis. "Ten years of eczema, that 15 doctor could not cure, had at last laid me up. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured It sound and well." Infallible for ski- eruptions, eczema, salt rheum, bolls evo rsuies, iiuius, seal us, culs una piles. 2!ic at Newlin Drug Co.'s, 4
