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PAGE FOUR LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVEft DNESDAY, MAY 18, 1910. Published Daily Except Sunday -ItKCt'E DEXXIS Editor and Owner United I'ms Tcit graph fieri Ice :, SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dally, single copy..... .... Ec Dally, per week 15c Dally, per month ............... Cfc Entered at the postofllce 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 edltcr. Please sign jour articles and save disappointment ' QUIT IT, QUIT IT, QUI IT. At the railroad station a passen ger alighted from a through train asking the usual questions about the city and valley. vA man .who bau Jivwl nere for a long time answered the questions, closing "his remarks by Baying this Is a very good valley except for . And with this he enumerated a lot of foolish things that do not happen here once In a generation. He dated bis line of talk back to the Indian massacre and came down the line telling of every disaster he , could think of. But he failed at the close of the talk to tell the man how long between happenings hdd elapsed. This sort of a citizen is a Benedict Arnold to the Grande Ronde valley, lie is a viper In a garden; he Is too lazy to do things hhnse f and prefers that others do not become active around him. If any reader of this paper has an , inclination to point - wlinjt defects might be Imagined . existed In ' t,hla valley. or ; pity's sage reorganize yourselves. ' Quit this habit of croaking. Quit It. Ella Wheeler Wilcox says where there is one lifter there are twenty leaner She Is right and she may have gained this knowledge by travel ing in Eastern Oregon. Surely there are too many leaners ' around La Grande. , ; Brace up and turn a business deal. Make a few dollars on a trade and you will feel better. Don't think you must trade with your neighbor all of the time, for there are plenty ,of trad ers passing through and It you can raise prices, Inject more life In trans : actions and do things, but there is a small per cent, of the laggards wno if their mouths are permitted to run, will do more harm than Ella Wheel-( er's lifters can repair. The first thin? to do is to revise the ones who art j talking, if possible, and if net poasi-. j ble, well you know what is then best I to do. You must first believe what you say about this valley. If. you can't believe it is a great .place, move out The valley does not .need you. A garden spot like this Is entitled to energetic citizens. Don't be afraid to say land is worth a good price and then show people why that Is true. Don't be afraid to say La Grande is the be3t town In Eastern Oregon, then go about to proving It. But quit the croaking, quit It, quit ., . . : . La Grande people should lay aside any petty differences that may exist among them. The calendar is chock full of big things for this city and they require fill of the energy our people can muster. So do not pend your tim8 In getting even with some neighbor; do not take notice of some citizen's eccentricities, but Join the big army of pushers to put this cltj - ha front. Ioff-r the enclosed phrase as a 'war cry for La Grande. Teach it. to the school children and 1 would suggest that It be printed on the front ria2e margin of the Observer: 'Watch thej Crowin? nifv ?,a fii-ande or if ! 9 !0 omo$ooooooo $OO$$$0$OOOO 000000?F A WOLTEX preferable, you might use thl3 verse: Look out for La G.-pnde, bud; Then investigate the town. Tour the country all around. , And In future you'll be found At La Grande. Respectfully, . - M. L. CAR7EER. Mr. Carter's Idea Is a good one. He not only covers the city but he also calls attention -, to the surrounding country, which Is the foundation ' of the city and a necessary adjunct to La Grande. " Let others come forward with thei offering before this matter Is sub mitted to the commercial club Will Satire THE LABOR PROBLEM.. Spokane Is awakening to the fact that the season Is slipping by and she Is behind with ijer paving. This is due to scarcity of labor. Railroad building in Oregon is progressing with slowness. This also is due to lack of labor, Of the number of men sent Into the Deschutes country to work in the two railroads building that wav only forty per cent stay to do any work. Free transportation is given to all who will agree to work and they are sent out by the companies, but many of therii have no Intention of working when they leave Portlanl, As a result everything is moving very slowly considering the amount of money that Is being spent. Expense is enormous in any undertaking. Bus iness men In Portland are pelling their concerns to avoid the labor problem. Tliis BeeMs untrue but in vestigation will prove that It is cor rect. ' ' : - X Where It will all end Is , a mere guess. Certainly there will be little change until something happens. The laborer Is always worthy of . his hire, but bo frequently he does riot give returns for the wage paid him. This Is the sole reason for .import ing foreigners, and that importation Michigan Musical Festival. ' Ann Arbor, Mich., May 18. This evening the University of Michigan Mmjcal Society, will give the first of a series of five performances consti tuting the program for the seven teenth annual May Music Festival. The Theodore Thomas Orchestra, the University Choral Union or aw voices and some of the most famous opera singers of Europe, will take part. . ;ier i for Goldmark. Budapest, May 1J. Carl Goldmark. the Internationally famous Hungarian composer, tatr v!:v-ated his eigh tieth birthday, a::d u:i music-loving Hungary Joined In observing the an nlversary. . Tonight and "during the week following performances will be given of all his best known operas and orchestral works. ; '.' ,' v. MAN'S THREE DUTIES. Is bound to Increase unless Amerl- not hold your own with them. thpnVns see fit to work 'more. The admit that you are a dead one. Every , country la moving along at a, tremen time you trade thorn land in this vnl ley you are doing them a kindness If that land Is priced at $H00 an acre and has not even a fence around It... This croaking, such as whs heard at the depot, would ruin the land of Paradise, Had Los Angeles possessed that kind of people there would be Doming tnere today but a desert. If 'dous pace. Instead of slackenine the momentum is Jncreaging.. The cost of living is even higher than in crease in wages but no one tan' get results on contracts and public works that they should. The tradesmen, skilled laborers and men who are a part of big concerns do not come in A Good Husband, a GnnA Ctt... j , . m.ii.1 riQ . Good Neighbor. I have made a code for my own guid ance which may lnteretit you. I hold that a man's first duty Is to be a good husband, which implies, of course, that he ought to marry and then make his wife bellever be can, that she has been the most fortunate of women. It Isn't ensy-but, my, how It pays! He must be lover, husband, son and even father by turns and occasionally Just nobody-he must get clear off the earth. But when be comes back A man's second dutr is to' hn n mnA father., which implies, of course, that he ought to have children adopted, if necessary. He ought to be to them the standard bv which nil th Ol" tn an r vKiv-i 1UV.U are measured and .found" wanting, be cause he is their daddy and they love him. - . . . ; A man's third duty is to be a good neighbor, to carry his share, no matter how small or how great It miiy be, of the community's worthv enrernHsPs to share the, sorrows and the joys of iuose arounu mm. to make bis home a real asset td his community. 'After a man 1ms done these three things, If he Iin.s time and means and strength, he can and should think In wider circles. Hut the man who does these three well ia doing more than if he contributed millions ami neglected We looked at all the best jo known garments for women be fore deciding to carry Wooltex Garments. Our decision was in i their favor because we found in t, them the high aualitv. in everv detail that we demand in every- thing that is m our store. - It matters not what hard ser- vice you give a WOOLTEX Skirt, it will keep its shape for I . That's because it's all pure wool, chemically tested, steam I shrunk and cut with the warp. Prices from $6.50 to $12.50 A beautiful line dresses in silk, linen and linge- 'rift: 5n fn S9 k nn ft f REDUCE Onalllvli INCLUDES PATTERN Plumes and CE llinerv Trimmings HATS, FRAMES, 1 at a saving of the class mentioned, bnt It la tint nrmv M4fAr,i hA ... .1....'- .t. ... . ; Be fontrlbul Bhe would never have taken a start. , that Is hard to obtain and much hiswife'or 'his children or'hteS And it Is Bald that Corvallls has made "nrdcr to- keep, , j bors. no matter what other apparently H bo warm for the Old Man Well " . .' ' great things he may have done, will Knouiihs that' they have either been! ANOTIIKR SLOI.AX OFf EHl'I). Ltlir Gul"'iol's trumpet very faintly If converted into live ones 'or rentnro.1 ! rw i. i . 1 from the country. - a glogan for La GrRnde is j.miiili That Is exactly what will happen shown by the followfng letter which In this valley. Most of the people are ' explains Itself : nil right and willing to get In and "Allcfl. May C-Editor Observer:- t at all on the morning of the treat ilnv. -Krmnn J. llldgwny In Delineator, Xi'ilwi'l'jiiSL.'.i OMM.E I AI.MKIl, l'res W. L BRESIIOLTS, Ass't Cash. V. J. JIOLMKS, VIce.l'rfs KAItL ZtTM)EL 2-a Asst t'lisli. F. I,. MEYFliS, Casbler. LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK OF LA GRANDE, OREGON TTnrii TiwwMiBiiBiiiiiiiimMiMiiiii,,i mil United States Depository Capital and Surplus $i80,009.00 DIRECTORS Henderson Corsets. A ' Ml ma mmm ' ' ' - . . . ' .' " '' :I.M.o lio VV Ib I o Ill ifv . - . ' : - ' " i! Black Cat Hosiery THE Store! op JVotlce to Contractors Notice Is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office-of ne Recorder of the City of La Grande Orefepn, fdr the construction of 43,920 square yards of macadam pSvement, 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 25th,; 1910. and must be accompanied-by a cer tified check of 5 per 'cent of the amount of the bid. The Council re serves the riKht to relect any and all bids. U E. COX, Recorder of the City of la Grand2. '. ' . - May 12-23. XOTICE FOR lTBLICATIo'x ISO ; LA TED TRACT The George Palmer RETAIL DEPARTMENT We, solicit your orders for Shingles, Rubberoid Roofing, : Deadening Felt, Building Paper. ' We are prepared to furnish, and deliver material - ; ' . promptly. Phone Main 8. GEORGE PALMER F. J. IIOLMtS W. J. CHURCH F. L. METERS C. C, FEMXGTOX ; G. h. CLEATER F. SI. BIRK1T W. L. RREXnOLTS W.M. FlEltCK With onr ample resources and facilities we can render yoa efficient errlce and handle yoar bnslness to your entire stalsfactloa Bairingtoiillall IfW Coffee Not the Last Chance! But a Good J'iiMIc Lnnd Sale.': 'Department of the Interior, V. S. Land Ofiice nt La '' Grande, Oregon,-'April Ctb, 1910. (1IAXCE TO TRl TIMS TALKED OF COFFEE. Midi TUT COFFEE GRET. WITHOUT A RE- til and get a flnd-out package of 'three separate quarter pound cans of the three flavors. PATTISON BROS Notice is hereby given that, as di rected by the . commissioner of the General Imd OIHce; under provis ions of Act of Congress approved June 27, 1906 (34 Stats., 517). we AV. offer at public sale, to the highest bidder,, at 10 o'clock a, m., on the To day of June. 1910, at this ofJ!f. th" following descried land: The S 1-2. SE . 1-4 Sec. 32: SW 1-4 bW 1-4 Sec. 33, T. 2 S. ,and the NYT 1-4 NW 1-4 Sec. 4, T. 3 S. R. 37 E. W. M... Serial No., 06729. Any persons claiming adrereely the rbove-descrlbed Jad are advised to file their claims, or objection on or before the time designated foi. F. C. BRAMWELL, Register. COLON R. EBERHARD, RecelTtr, reeaoi Animals WITH THE BEST Hay and Grain the Market Affords We can supply you cheaper than ever, and that's "going some' Waters-Stanchfield Produce Co. FLOUR, WOOD, P0UL1RY SUPPLIES. 1410 Adams Ave. X i