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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1910)
LA GRANDE KVKNl'C GL'SiS::V- PAGE TWO t 5 Just Arrived Car of North Powder Flour. Be sure that you get the best North Powder Flour, v Grande Ronde Cast Co i Shall the Fourth &e$ Made Safe? Excursion TO AWL During lyiU iron all points on tne AND "-Y Rates i The celebration of America's Independence day results yearly In many being killed or maimed and In the destruction of thousands of dollars worth of property. In recent years the "sane" plan has been tried effectively by several communities. This year a country wide campaign for a safer Fourth Is In progress. By Mayor JOHN E. REYBURN of Phlls- delphla. I ureffo ailroad Navigation Company .To ' ' : Rates Chicago 2.50 Council Bluffs . ... .'. . ; . .... .... ... $00.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00' 63.90; 60.00 63.90 66.90 67.50 6750 I- Omaha Kansas City St. Joseph . ' St. Paul ... St. Paul via Council Bluffs, . Minneapolis direct Minneapolis via Council Bluffs. Duluth direct ... w '. . . . . . Duluth via Council Bluffs. . . . ... St. Louis Tickets will be on sale May 2d and 9th; June 2d, 17th and 24th; July 5th and 22d; August 3d; September 8th.- Ten days provide for the going trip, Stop-overs iwthiri limits in either direc tion. Final return limit three months from date of sale, but not later than Oct-' ober 31st. One way through California $15.00 additional. ; Inquire of any 0. R.& N. Agent for more com plete information. 1 Wm. McMurray; i General Passenger Agent Portland, Oregon DRY r CHMHW00D I am prepared to furnish Dry ChainWood, al- so partly seasoned wood, to all comers. Kind- . ly phone your order to :"eS;b Aw PHONE RED 3741 '31 for the Fourth of July and all it implies. .The Fourth is patriotic, and it TEACHES PATRIOT ISM. ; When I was a boy we used to lay awake nights waiting for the Knnrth t1 nlflnnino' what we would do. But at the same time it got me to reading up history to learn just what the Fourth meant The story of George Washington and his Jittle hatchet does not appeal to every one. - SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO GO SWIMMING, WHILE OTHERS EN JOY BOATING AND OTHERS SOME OTHER FORM OF SPORT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT, BUT THERE ARE SOME WHO . LIKE TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH. I know I used to load ilp an old musket, just cram it full of pow der, then lay a train to it, set fire to the fuse and -run with the rest just as hard as I could until it went off. Yes, we used to make up our own fireworks. Of course a regular program ar ranged for the celebration of the day in an orderly and safe manner ia a good thing. But' at the same time I would like to see plenty of fireworks exploded under safe reg ulations, i Br HENRY J. PAIN, flr.workt Minu- i " facturtr. & VERY accident and death that occurs on the Fourth of July is set down as the result of dangerous fireworks. Eighty , per cent of these accidents are really due' to TOY- PISTOLS, CANNON CRACKERS, TOR PEDOES AND REVOLVERS in the hands of men who have CELEBRATED THE DAY NOT WISELY, BUT TOO WELL NO FIRECRACKERS MORE THAN FIVE INCHES LONG SHOULD BE USED. THEY AND THE TOY PIS TOLS' ARE THE MOST DANGER OUS THINGS A CHILD CAN HAN- DLE. , , ; The law could not be made too severe to abolish, such things. : By Mn. ISAAC L. RICE. Antt-nois Ad vocate. HE. casualties on the last Fourth of July were about six thousand. The total losses to the Continentals at the , h battles of Lexington, Bunker IJill, I Fort Moultrie, White Plains, Fort ' Washington. Monmouth' and Cow-. pens were 1,119. ; " - : !: 1 NO LONGER NEED ONE FEAR TO BE BRANDED WITH-THE STIG MA OF DISLOYALTY TO COUNTRY IF ONE INVEIGHS AGAINST, THE MADNESS , OF PARENTS WHO PLACE DANGEROUS EXPLOSIVES IN THE HANDS OF THEIR LITTLE ONES OR PROTESTS VEHEMENT LY AGAINST THE CRIME OF PER. MITTING WEE CHILDREN TO BE MAIMED AND KILLED IN THE CELEBRATION OF A HOLIDAY. Partly as a result of the untir ing efforts of some real patriots in compiling statistics of the cost of our celebration of the Fourth a WAVE OF INDIGNATION IS SWEEPING OVER THE COUNTRY, and the time now certainly seems ripe for some con certed action for the protection of our girls and boys. Wjpk-: special 1 ill - ; -: ----r-. 1 U U : in ENV . who have- never yet been able to find ready. to-wear garments that pleas ed them In fabric, workman- ship or fit' are specially font. ed to Inspect our Spring gu Spread. . . . . ' The Mills have excelled themselves this season by turning, out fabrics more beautirul than ever before. ' Expert Tailors, the best that money can employ, have- made up our Suits in new and handsome Models anj they're ' ; ; ARTISTIC CORKECT ani i pleasing' ;- sucn auns as ouiy tne highest equal. priced Tailor can , ; We ask Men who are "overly Clothes particular" to call to see our Spring Suit showing now whil e it's so Interesting ASH BROTHERS, THE OUTFITTERS 3 lW jiil i n ifrpyi.i By Governor JOHN BURKE of North Dakota. HE celebrating of Tndfmflnrt- dj, ence day is BECOMING ALUxvxi irxlrtXLOUb Jfi V- ERY YEAR Why should the child be allowed to handle the dan gerous firecrackers which many grown persons fear! ' THERE IS NO PATRIOTISM IN LETTINQ A YOUNGSTER PUT IT. SELF AND ALL THOSE AROUND IN DANGER, IS THERE?, When I was a boy there was NO SUCH THING AS GIANT FIRECRACK ERS, and the firecrackers used were small and almost harmless compared with those of today.' Children can be instilled with patriotism with much better re-, suits and with little or no danger to life, limb or property by the PAGEANT IDEA which prevails in England. It Is ',"S THE GEORGE PALMER RETAIL DEPARTMENT ,"' We Solicit Your Orders for SHINGLES HUBBEROID ROOFING DEADENiNG FELT BUILDING PAPER oraMn rwnua aUfff imUtftal lUla t. .. STEWARD'S Sl 9 -- 'A i W. , ... HOOKED; NOW FOR THE GAFF ! OBSERVER m MIS PAT f PL One Night Only. May 9th Monday F'rederic Beiasco PRESENTS II II III..! ft 11 s TheDramafle Sensation of the Season, from Augusta ' tvans Book of the same name. r a S 4 Prices: $1.50, $1.00, 75c, 50 cts. Sale of Seats Opeis for Sitae ribers on Friday, Kaj eth, at Barea's IJews Stand. Regular Seat Sale next day ; JfOTE A fall noase for ST. E1I0 Seeares all the Beiasco Attrac tions ror L Grande In the fatare. . -All., t Ottroit Fr Pnu. Gornplete equipment for resetting", and repairing rubber buggy tires. , 'z,.,; LAr grande; iron works , , v D. F.J 2 GERALD. 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