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4 ETZMXA OhSEBTkRLA GRVSZJK. 'JELG' WtDSESDAY, M)TfBER 21. ISWt. i THE LA GRAND EVENING OVBSERVER s , Published Daily Except Sunday. United Press Telegraph Service. j a.vc 7 ' GEORGE H. CUItREY, j ' EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Entered at the post office at La Grande, Oregon as second - class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Daily, single copy 5; Daily, per month . .... .63c Daily, six months in advance .$3.50 Daily, one year in advance . $6.50 Weekly, six months in advance .75c "Weekly, one year inadvance .$1.00 ADVERTISING RATES. Local reading notices 10c per line first insertion; 5c per line for eacn subsequent insertion. Kesolutions of condol ence, 5c a line. This paper will not publish anyarticle appearing over a non de plume.. Signed articles will be received subject to tne discretion ot the editor. Flease sign your articles and RflVA disaTvnnintmorit. The New National Museum. Interest in the Smithsonian institute has been im Teased , since Theodore Roosevelt has associated himself with its ixpeditionto Africa, and a large proportion of the fut.irc risitora to Washington will wish to see the specimens of ig game which the ex-persident has secured for the nat ional museum. 4 But the museum's attractions have not been ignored in the past by the American people for whose instruction and amusement they are gathered together from all parts of the earth. Nearly 1,000,000 persons enter the building an nually and now that a new and attractive structure ha? provided to house the collections, there will naturally be more callers than formerly. The new building, which will soon be occupied was t. r . ,t ed at a cost of $3,500,000 and is larger than any other eminent building in Washington except the Capitol. It of granite and is four stories high with a frontage of 5 J. feet and a depth of HG5 feet. The ceiling of the rotunda 127 feet above the floor. Though there is a total floor space of ten acres, it will all be occupied the moment that the building is completed. The old museum' building and the Smtihsoniau institute; biulding will be used for the purpose of hosing a vast col. lection representing the arts and industries. Congress will sometime provide a new home for these exhibits. Hie fact is, the museum has been cramped for quarters for many years. By 1886 the old buildings were. completely full and since then the directors have had to store great quantities of specimens and exhibits in quarters provided for that purpose. The shops and laboratories have been established in rented quarters. When the new museum is in order there will still be reserve collections in storage , which would go far, so it is said, towards stocking a second building like the one soon to be erected. It may appear to some people that in view of this cmbat rassmcnt of riches there was no need of the present expe dition to Africa. With all its collections however, the hil. seum lacked specimens of the rapidly disappearing an imals of the dark continent. 444 - To Reorganize The Navy. It is stated that Secretary Meyer has secured the full approval of his naval reorganization plans from President Taft. The plan will be the chief feature of the next report to be submitted by the Secretary of the Navy to cougress. Theodore Roosevelt desired to bring about this reform, which logically follows the reorganization of the army bv ElihuKoot. But various things have conspired to delay action. Con gressmen view the plan with some misgivings. TheyTseTe that they are threatened with the loss of certain privileges." It is possible to raise the cry that the reorganizaion of the navy is just a scheme' by which the executive branch of the government seeks to increase its power at the expense of the legislative branch. But no power, would be taken from congress by the new navp plan, for congress would contiuue to control the ap- propriation by winch the navy is manipulated. The orly thing that congress would lose is the chance to interfere in the matters of detail. At present each bureau chicw has to make his own plea before the committees o nnaval af faire and there is a fine opportunity for congressmen with, friends who have things to sell to the navy to influence the bureau unduly. 4 4 See that my f riends get contracts , " a congressman may say to a bureau chief, 44and T will help you to get the ap propriation fro which you ,isk." Or this understanding Vl " cv" luut. ujiiWit nnviliina )oiu? said at nil. Such a situnTtv.it vsptnins il ..art ifie extraordinary cv pensivencss of our naval establishment as compared 'with that of England. Reorganization will doubtless result in great economies and.it ought to mean greater effectiveness too. The seperate bureaus do not always work in harmony. The new plan contemplates doing away with the independ- nt bureaus and vesting the direction of the navy in the ;eneral board of which Admiral Dewey is still the chief. The government has been severely criticized or keeping ip the present number of naval yards some of which are .lmost useless on account of their lack of facilities for dock Eg the new battleships. It is supposed that Secretary Mey :r will recommend that the number of navy yards be cut rom about a score to about six or seven, aere is sure to e lively opposition to this measure on the part of congress nen fro instates which woul dlose naval stations if the dan were approved. , - 444 , Old Newspapers. The St. Louis Republic has just issued a pamphlet con aining brief historical sketches of newspapers in this-coun ry, a hundred years or more old. There are 82 of them in he list. Pennsylvania has 19; New York, 15: Ohio, 9; and nassacnusetts, (. me oldest papers are the Philadelphia -forth American and the. Saturday Evening Post, both of f hich were founded in 1728. Two German papers are in the ist: The Reading Adler and the Lancaster Valksfreund md Baebachter. Germany, Sweden, Holland, England, France and Scot- and nil claim to Viavp oMov npwananopa than this COHHTY Hie 'Frankfort Journal was established in 1615; the Ant verp Nieuwe Tijdinghen in 1616; the London Weekly Jews in 1G22; the Paris Gazette de France in 1631, and the Stockholm Post och Inrikes Tidende in 1643. But it is only mtural that the older countries should have the older news apera. - OO Vftut Pretty Pictures Only. Members of the Women's Press Assn.nntirm nf TWn have adopted a resolution against the cartooning of the womeu. xi is an ngnt, tney say, to make fun of men in drawings of this kind, but when it comes to women, the case is different. There is some eround. no doubt for protest the Texas ladies make. Some of the comic artists have been a little rough with the members of the gentler sex. But if women want a 44wider sphere" thev will have to take things'somewhat as they come, just as the men do. men who get into the limelight of publicity have to take . n lit unsure as wen as raise, ana tney cannot prevent the illus trators from having a little fun with them, thmio-ii t.w io the libel law if the cartoonist goes too far with them. 444 To dare the fierce banco in its lair is the nnrnos of ihn expedition with Col. Theodore Roosevelt at its head which left Nairobi today for Entebbe in Uganda. The former pros mem; aiso expects to bag a tew giant pigs and mav add a hon or two to his death list of the kings of the jungles while on this trip. The party will reach Entebbe on Mon day and will establish camn and Commence stnlkino' rrnmn about Wednesday. : We Want Your Wan'ts IN Our Want Ad Column Vour want is placed before a thousand or more want -seekers very day Caa you afford to spend one cent per'word of your want ad where result are the keynotes? HMMBMW(MM.MtiIMMlMMI1iMiMl,Wt,M' jeiUJll I andget a (jdeal l?i (jsssSSfdoWil DO YOU CATCH 02ft if you do, come to us and get our prices, get our goods as well, they are good goods. For woodworkers, tool handlers, we have the tools, you buy them, give them to your men Any body go on astrlke with our tools? Bring them back. Wa will setl tt even to the price. A LOVER O? FIXE CHINA. will find our lino of dinner and Vi mu everything that good taste and re finement can demand. Artistically uud 'exquisitely decorated, novel In shapa .and pattern, these goods will bear the closest, scrnnlty and comparison with any manufactured. F. L. LILLY. HARDWARE AND CROCKERY ESS SJ53 n Out - Cream- Wafers ARE ALWAYS FRESH E D. SEIDERS FOR SALE. rOR SALE Set of 11-inch oonea for power belt, shaft 1 1-4 Inches with haigers. Brand new coat la 935; wfll be told at a bargain. Apply at Observer office. (S-16-tf) r jx i-v.j At a bargain, two hornet cn Pe-n. Tn. Cs'l on Fred irrr. a Ctiuiiucrt'.ia.' Oiuo- rouius. lm, Ctiaaaa .NauuiuU ufc building. lost Ain roum LOST Signet ring, Initials H. E. g. Lost either near tabernacle or the high school building. Finder return to Obserter office. FOUND In one of the stores on Av ams avenue a gentleman's gold sfg J net ring. Information may be obtained by calling at this office. FOR SALE Farm ol acres near La Grande. Imptavcd. Phone to Back 181 or write w i'est Office box 545, La Grande, Orv FOR SALE House of 8 rooms, two ntn with Mwnil fralt fmm rm tha corner of Grandy Avenue and First streets. Phone Black 1192. (025N25) FOB KENT. FOR RENT Two four room modern cottages. Cnqulre f Mrs. 8. C. Zuber. fob nmrteax mmm wm m m west ens ox mam avenue. Ireur acres may go with this property. Enquire C. L. England, 1519 Monroe. Are. HORSES FED Horses fed hay $4.1)0 per month. J. E. Reynolds ft Son. Phone Farmers 64. (N15-27) j?OR RENT Three rooms for light housekeeping. Phone black 822 or call at 1311 O Avenue. BUSSETTS HACK LINK. Best ef eenrlce. Pay and Night. Hack vurniBhfcS ror funerals and private parties, Baggage transferred Day and . Stand at Paul's Cigar 6 tore. 'Phone Red 841. Night 'Phone Main 31. K. Ii. BTJSSET. , . 4S4wt WANTED. WANTED Some one to take charge of delivery and circulation of one of the state's leading papers. A good reposition to the right parly. See A. D. Smith. 1313 Manrno $5 rv. m- ,14-tT. of superb, dainty, little novelties in gold, silver, copper, nickel, and also In pottery, things for the brlc-a-brv etc., Just the things for a briday gift by the one who doesn't desire to spend heavily yet give something of high, in trinsic value and that will ever be re- J. H. PEARE 3 Days oo VANDUYN REALTY CO. No. 220 Depot Street Burglary, Theft and Larceny Insurance 'o AU onitheU goods aad persona! affects, belonging ot any memVr of the faoxSr get, against loss by burglary, theft or lareeay, ! clatef tmttU bj serTsnig or other employees, ALSO C0TEBS DAXIO'E T martg, fluViag and ether fiitures. Allows six months varan exirfchawt attlea. No re-tusnrance. St Inventory of the araserly 1 Beoessary . KATES FOR A TEAR. Private Sesldences and Apartment nooses. fl.000, 111.50; $1,000, 122.50; $3,000, $30.00; $4,000, $S.0; $5,000, $40. Each Additional $1,000 $5.00 Stables. Each $1,000 t .. ........ ..$1600 Taeaat koaies (plnmbfng flxtares and damage to hoisei each $i,ooo.. .. .. , ; ;io.oo LOGAN-SHERWOODIiEALTy CO
