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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1910)
' : Published Dally Except Sunday BRUCE BEXMS Editor and Owner ., JtaltedJ'rfM Telegraph Service SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Daily, single copy..... ' 5c Dally, per week. 15c Dally, per month ............... 65c Entered at the postofflce at La Grande . as second-class matter . This paper will not publish an ar ticle appearing over a nom de plume. Signed articles will be revised sub ject, to the discretion of the editor. Please sign your articles and save disappointment. ' . ' ' TIFT AND THE HISSING LADIES President Taft, was recently sub jected to what might ordinarily have teen considered a humiliation when be was hissed for making a frank statement regarding woman suffrage. As a matter of fact Taft believed ex actly what be said, and the refresh ing part of the whole matter was that he possessed enough courage i . and honor to state his position in the premises. This is an epoch of. such extreme : diplomacy , among most! public men that it is really hard to distinguish where diplomacy ceases and hypoc risy begins. Frequently hypocrisy is the proper definition of . the atti tude of public men bue the whole country is too charitable to openly make the charge, although the case .maj be apparent. We believe that the president was .eminently right In his . opinion of JffOFJW 8Uffrage,. and that great j -majority bi good women today i3 1 Jjot tyahl III Fallot. Where states have given suffrage to the feminine ex it has been anything but suc cessful and no one will Bay that it has changed results. Take Colorado, for instance, probably one of the latest states in the union to shake off her open corruption. Senatorial offices were purchased and repur chased openly and bribery was pre valent in Colorado even when the , women could and did vote, which In dicates that there Is little to the claims made by those who are hon estly "in fayor and are stoutly sup porting the plan of granting suff rage to' "women. The best illustration we have ev , er beard regarding this matter oc curred on the floor of the United States senate. An aged and able senator from an eastern state was addressing the senate on a measure in which suffrage leaders were vi tally interested and naturally the galleries were well filled with wo men of national character. Suddenly that grand old soul, Susan B. An thony, arose from her Beat In tho gallery and interrupted the sqnator with the question: "Seantor, don't you think women , are good enough to vote?" ' The senator was some what amazed but presently he re plied, "My dear Miss Anthony, I think womort are entirely too good to vote." And in that utterance the aged senator voiced the opinion of the ma jority of the ' men of this nation. President Taft told the ladies the truth and he is receiving proper cred it for it in the nation today, or course there was hissing but that Amounts to . nothing. And besides Taft will not go about the country posing as the only president who was ever hissed, cither. K A certain insurance company has adopted the slogan, "kepp your mon ey in Oregon'." -It might well be cop led to read, "keep your money in I.n Grando." ' Fortunately tho - spirit of "patronizing lioino Institutions Is inuc'i bettor here tnan in most titles, and all will admit thi't T,a Rrajido Hs never crippled h'"-Hlf hy m do!;'.". WliPn Corcrpor r--sra o;it oi recorJ rf:ii'i-,t. f.rjcrntUer for : . Fourth ir- Jiil; ' i'fl ' i-:i.;.-n i c.vi dentlv . for-ot iVrt rll of the. hy of today will lm.ti voto i:r th r.f.-i future. Aid nnsrn U rot nearly j ..old tnon?h to quit the political trr.P yet At cuy r.!e tlvro pro V e,-e?J WRny pcoil.v. ft Union county rrt' nil oyer 'Oregon v)io do not va'-.t' ' Um to. ii it. : ' ,..:'. .. ,r 3'nr ?or TrJul rrori ss('. New ' York, April "19. Alhort Wbl ' ter, charged with the murder of Huth Whoeler, a stenographer, movel rap laly todpy. The Jury was Completed i!s tfterpoon, and sworn in. . HCSTIKG A HOUSE" If there lives within the corporate limits of this city any man who is so blind to conditions that he will openly tell people La Grande is not prospering in every sense of that term, let that poor, deluded individ ual start out to rent a home for him self, or rent a building for business purposes. We believe, if there are any of those parasites in I Grande com monly called knockers in most places (and we doubt very much that they are here) that a lesson in civic pride could easily be taught by forcing them out to find a house. We speak advisedly when we say that it is nec essary to go on the waiting list here to find a. suitable home to live in, and you will not be at the top of the list for some time to come either. Whadoes that indicate?. Answer it yourself or . ask any stranger.' He 'will tell you, and if you should ask ten strangers or a hundred strangers, they will all tell you the same thing. CANNOT AFFORD TO LAG Throughout Oregon La Grande is known for one thing above all else her commercial club. Not that there are no other cities In Oregon with clubs possessing as large a member ship but becauae La. Grande has maintained her organization without the aid of artificial injection of out side "boosterism." In Portland. Eu gene, in Medford where cities are paying high prices for men to do nothing else but organize .one can hear of the splendid club La Grande has and invariably the fact will be mentioned that the organization ex ists because the community wants Jt and because It Is a very important pari of the community. Now, this being true, It Is not only J a pleasant duty, but a bounden du ty as well, for the club to continue a campaign for membership thereby spreading out its Invigorating man ner and inspiration to every portion of the Grande F.onde valley There is absolutely no danger whatever of the La Grande commercial club en tering a comatose condition, but there is danger. of letting well enough alone which In this case will never io. S' The commercial club, has been a pillar for the community to lean up on in the past and it should continue to be even more so in the future. To confine its efforts to La Grande ia a thing that has never been prac ticed and never will be for business people are big enough and 'broad enough to realize that no city can get very far without the backing of a growing community; without the ranchers, the stockman, the fruU growers, and along that line the commercial club in this city has a remarkable field for activity. The Wallowa country that splen did granary that could if necpsaory feed half of New York's population-. Is in a great measure a part of l.a Grande. What benefts'La' Grande benefits Wallowa county and vice ver- - Roys! -p &0&z DddagPovdor ''wMs 4 f J Improves tho flavor 00 health fulnosa - SA, r , o f (ho food ' lp 7 h (.. v ' . . i a r . . ! j a " j a & i .-v-ii ( J o - - r d - :d , :.. -..' ... purring it on to action and giving no possibility of lagging. Let us perpetuate the story that is already in the mouths' of commer cial bodies pertaining jto La Grande's commercial club. Let us even make them (open their eyes wider, , and wider still, at results achieved by home men, ,whb. after all, are really the only ones who count for a great deal'in what is popularly termed to day a "booster campaign." Oh, Such Fanny, Clothes. When the hotels were - changing a few days ago' the manager of the Foley house ordered his sample rooms cleaned up. After this had been done one of the employees has tened to the desk with a queer look ing package which had no 'marks of identification. A hotel clerk IS sel dom excited oyer anything but when be undone that package .and -found some dainty laces, short sleeved gar ments and other things that he was not familiar with his surprise could no longer be concealed. Whoever left the vaulable belongings may have the same if they call and iden tify the property. Gillilan a Biisj Man District Superintendent J. D. Gil lilan Is a busy man these days. He manages to get into La Grande of ? b!t it if v""?!'j iz " of the night only to leave the next morning on the first train. His vis Its of late have been confined to Haines and North Powder where he Is making some improvements in the church work. IS PREFERRED JOE CONNERTY HELD OYER ON SERIOUS CHARGE Placed in Jail to Await Trial When He Fulls to (Jive Bonds Joe Connerty, of Union, is in the county jail today awJting trial on a charge of forgery,:, He wis ar raigned this morning before Justice of the Peace Williams and waived examination. Not giving bonds, he was Jailed. The forgery is alleged to have been committed in connection with the ac count of W. West, of North Powder. The amount said to have been forg ed Is not very large, being less than $100. Connerty will no doubt be lone- sonje, for the jail was. empty when he was incarcerated. HEACOCK'S CLASSICS FITASK ANYONE. Are you frequently hoarse?, Do you have that annoying tickling in your throat? Does your cough annoy you at night, and do you raise mucus in the morning? Do you want roKufV If ...!- i I. i. r u Remedy and you will be pleaml. FORGERY CHARGE Absolutely Puro 1 ices ard. ro'unarv 3C OLD PEN PUSHER IN NEW LOCATION RAISED IX OREGON AND EXPECTS TO DIE IX SAME STATE Extreme Sooth of state, Xorth and East, too, his fields. ' Among the genial inn keepers along the pathways of Oregon travel by rail, is George B. ' Good, who Satur day assumed management of the Ho tel Sommer, following a period of rennoyatlon and repairs that, have made the place as good as new. Mr. Good bears all the earmarks of an Oregonlan in spirit and body. ' . No warmer friend of Oregon lives, for he has always lived within the bor ders of the, state, and expects to live here as long as his life's can dle keeps burning. Perhaps the root of his wide acquaintance and popu- f GEORGE E. GOOD larlty is his newspaper experience. Many years ago, as he himself ad mits, he was affiliated with the Salem Statesman, and did well In the busi ness. The Dalles Itemlzer was also one of his productions at one time, but. he finally left the streuous life to -assume one more remunerative, perhaps that of the hotel business. Twelve years ago he left Portland, where he' had a hotel, and went to Grants Pass, and for eight years he owned the stamping ground of com mercial men and transients in that cectlon. Four years ago he came to La Grande and brought with him the same old geniality. When forced to relinquish his lease on the Foley Ho tel, he immediately leased the Som mer, being loath to leave the city. Mr. Good, like many other hotel men, declares that La Grande is the best paying city in the state for its size io owners and managers of popular inns. Notice to Contractors. Notice Is hereby given that sealed bids will be reclved at the office of the Recorder of the City of La Grande Oregon, for the construction of 43, 920 Cu. Yds. of macadam pavement, to be constructed according to the plans and specifications now on file in this office. Bids will be received until 4 o'clock, p, m., May 4th, 1910, and must be accompanied by a certi fied check for 5 per cent of the amt. o fthe bid. The Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. D. E. COX, Recorder of the City of La Grande. Merchants! Save $10,000 In 1907 1 he Merchants o Oregon saved ove $W,000 by carryin"! a pari of hhsir Insurance in their own ccmpsny, the Oregon toerchsrtls Mutual Fhe As surance Association, of Dayton, Gicgon. In 9QS ftcy will s.ive $15,000 During tks same period Ihtir nekhlcts mie hand ing eve? $1,5C0,CC0 in profits Mcrchzn's IXSUPMXt AT COS! ' Ik LlulT TO YOUR UPiBIL- : IWS t FROtiPT SETTLEMENT OF losses ; . IV. OLIVER, Agent . t i K ' .4.l y N. BnUdiBg Through Wire. J. W. Buis superintendent of a telegraph line from Portland to Ba ker City, was In' the city yesterday. The line is now built to Umatilla and rawfeer We will have them I Now Hav SWHI 0M.li.fiS Asparagus H. H. Lettuce Rhubarb Radishes Spinach Celery and G een Onions CITTf IfiCER YOUR EYESIGHT We do tTs, 0ur Plant I all our own M ffj (vW is the H .. ; T gr nding. Largest f ;. Broken f jffA MosiComptete ! Unses . H$?tffrtlA.$ . X and Most I . -! Replaced V 4W;J Modem in' j; While You Eastern ;"-.- Wait - ti&ii Oregon .. (. We Have Optical Machinery for Making Every Kindof Tests of the Eyes 3 years in La Grande and all my glasses are giving satisfaction. Ask anyone. Some Symptoms of Seriously e Trouble . Dimness of vision Seeing spots, specks, etc. dance before your eyes The atmosphere seems foggy You may see better some days than others ' See better sideways than straight ahead See objects double or multiplied Pain in or about the eyes Gonstant or periodic headaches ft 0mm n:A't'V''i'-j':';. ,!' HEACOCK'S CLASSES ARE GUARANTEED Frames kept in repair and lenses exchanged kr one yesr without ex'n charge. ... - 111 l t lt V: KYHSinHT : id ) ' is i !i-i s y III LOCATED OVtR KilVtl.VS DRUG STORE V will reach La Grande in about. three weeks. ' A ecoad through wir froni , Portland to San Franclscopalco to be built through to I.pCraude soon, according to reports. ; EMS in about a veek AND TOUR u n HEALTH i, ! v i V. i i U-1 -i i I i t n .7 .AA
