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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1910
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BRUCE DEXMS
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matter which Dr. House baa so viv
idly placed befi-e the public Is that
women are not Included. Juet.the
men are crazy mere men, not wo
men. .
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THE AUTOMOBILE FRATERMTI.
As the wagon train of early' days
cultivated friendship and fraternal
feeling, so the automobile is doing
the same thing today. Years - ago
when iionnlA were crossing the plains
and met with an accident, we are told
no task was too great for the next
wagon train to perfornl In order to
, relieve those in distress.
This was brought forcefully before
us when the Union commercial club
was making Its tour over the valley
, yesterday and the day before. They
had 11 machines and some of them
went to the bad, which is liable
to occur to any automobile. But
when one would go down the others
would join in and pull it to where
repairs could be made. And not only
: did" the autos In the procession take
part in these acts of courtesy, but
every rancher along the road was
alert and ready to assist In aiding n
crippled machine.
The automobile is a decided factor
. in bringing men closer" together. It
Is somohlng one would nevr Uiinfc
.of until on observation r.;rf eyes
like those relatu! by t'.i; Union party
While there are no Ezra Meekers
driving automobiles, thore are a lot
of men driving them who have Ezra
Meeker hearts and Ezra Meeker prin
ciples.
Chauncey Depew takes the centc;
of the Btage to Impress upon the peo
ple that Major McKlnley was forced
into war with Spain. Shame" on ye;:
Chauncey, a whole lot of us thought
a great deal of you until now. No
wonder New York thinks the sennit;.'
Is In his dotage. s
Louis Hill returns from the inter
ior with a story of success on his
lips. Good for Louis, and he has on
ly seen one tenth of Oregon's great
ness. Wait until he makes a visit to
the Grande Ronde valley and Wallo
wa county. Ils ideas of Oregon will
be swelled to the bursting point.
it roruancwum not hold a rose
show every year she should be vis
ited by an earthquake and wiped
from the map. A city that has been
so blessed with floral adornment by
Providence is doing nothing when it
does not honor such a handsome gift.
a mine by one man is the latest story
from Baker City. And that is a pret
ty good story. But the mine Is locat
ed in Mormon Basin and there .Is
data to show how many days the
man worked. .
The Portland Journal says woman
suffrage is a thorough success In Ice
land. But come to think of it, Ice
land must be a mighty fine place for
euchdoctrine.
Fanners Attention.
All fruit and vegetable men of the
Farmer's Union are requested to be
present at the meeting Saturday May
28, as improtant business will be
transacted. JOHN MeALLlSTER.
PIONEER NOW
AT REST
IT'S ALWAYS THE OTHER FELLOW
According to Doctor J. E. House
and other eminent physicians the
average man Js insane. By scientific
proof they attempt to show that most
men are a l'ttle "bughouse" to use
the street 'slang. And this reminds
us of the old Quaker who said to his
wife, "everyone Is more or less crazy
but me and thee and sometimes I
think thee acts a little queer."
This mild Insanity is a good deal
as the Individual may look upon it.
AH of us must take Dr. House's view
without nrgument for who is equip
ped to take issue with the learned
medical profession. Let It be thor
oughly understood that all but a few
men are crazy. Would it not be safe
to guess if this Idea once crystalizes
that nearly all of us will say, It s
the other fellow and not ourselves?
Willing to admit the frallltles of n
fellow being is a habit, but there Is a
difference when our own citadel Is
stormed.
The refreshing part of this whole
KSEW LA FAYETTE, BODDOX THE
FIRST RAILROAD TRAIX.
Iter. Gillilnn Recalls .Moments of Itit
portauce In Her Life
Despite the rain, a large delega
tion of friends formed a cortage to
escort the body of the late Hannah
Pulmer to Us last resting place this
afternoon from the M. E. church
District Superintendent Gillilan and
Rev. II. E. MeLeod conducted the ser
flees and Mr. Gillian said In part:
Hannah Falmer wife of the lats
Robert Palmer, ws born Hannah Pal
nier In Pennsylvania, April 7. 1811
Married in 1835 before Halley's comet
was visible that year, she remained
In the ancestral neighborhood until
18Fi7 when the family went to Iowa.
then the far west. In 1864 they
"crossed the plains" and landed in
Grande Ronde valley July 4 of the
same year. There she remained rear
ing a large family (eleven born, six
GEORGE PALMER, Tres W. L. BRENHOLTS, AssH Cash.
F. J. HOLMES, VIce-Fres EARL ZUJfDEL 24 Asst Cash.
F. L. MEYERS, Cashier.
LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK
OF LA GRANDE, OREGON
United States Depository
Capital and Surplus $180,000.00
DIRECTORS
GEORGE PALMES
F. J. HOLMES
Yf. J. CHURCH
F. L. MEYERS
Yf.M. PIERCE
C C FENIN'GTON
G. L. CLEAYER
F. M. BY REIT
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THE QUALM
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yet living) and i: earthly i state and in Iowa. She.'witn her has
life May 24, 1910. liy birth a' .Friend,
she and her Quaker husband became
members of the .MUliodfst E;.:j;c'.j;.1
church In Grande. Her comnainlori
preceeded her heavenward several
years since.
She shook hand with La Fayette
on the occasion of his second visit
to American shores in 1824. She rode
on the first train of railroad cars in
the United States, when she was
born, James Madison, the fourth pres
ident was In the chair of state, pre
siding over fewer that seven and one
half million people, one in every four
being a negro. Then there were but 18
very proud, but very poor states In
the Union and our western boundary
line followed very Irregularly the ve
ry indefinite course of the" Rocky
Mountain range. Mexico and Spain
claimed the whole Pacific coast and
in 1819 by treaty, our government
secured the Spanish title to all of
their claim north of 42 degrees; this
gave us the original right to Oregon.
The War of 1812. was at its height
and Gen Ross of the army of George
III devastated Washington and burned
the capltol building , and the presi
dents' mansion when she was a year
old? the British officer, Gen. Pak
enham wag defeated at New Orleans
the same year. Florida yet belonged
to Spain.
She who afterwards become Queen
Victoria was not born until Hannah
Palmer was past five, and the Qneeu's
eon, Edward VII died recently, aged
69 yearB. , ; V ;
Napoleon had not yet seen the dire
ful field of Waterloo and the Popet he
hated, Plus VII, was in the papal
chair at the Vatican. It required a
very long year, and ' one filled with
great uncertainties to get news around
the globe.
The journey of 96 years was a long
one, and tiresome. She said to the
writer not long before her going: "No
one need ever want to live bo long
as I have; It's hard work. Why do
you thing I have to say so long heref
The reply was, "In order to let peo
ple know saints can live outside of
heaven, probably." She smiled bash
fully and changed the subject.
No queen of the realm was ever
better cared for that was she at the
splendid home of her son Joseph,
where love spared neither time nor
attention.
OBITUARY.
Mrs, Hannah Palmer was a pio
neer of the early days, both In this
band, the late Robert II. Palmer, mov
ed with their family from Pennsylva
nit In 1857 and settled In the western
part of Iowa, which was then very
sparcely settled. In 1864 they car.e
with their son Joseph who had spent
the preceeding year in this state
to La Grande and settled near where
the town now stands.
She reared a large family, all of
whom survive, except five. Being a
pioneer she necessarily suffered many
hardships and privations, and at the
advanced age of 96 years she could
relate many instances of the early;
times. Among the things of which
she was proud, was of haviug Bhaken
hands with La Fayette when a girl
of 12 years and having ridden on
the first 13 . miles of railroad that
waB built in the United States.
In her early days she was a Qua
ker and later, having moved to the
West where that sect was unknown,
sheaffiliat ed with the M. E. church.
At the time of her death she was of
a retiring, kind and unselfish dispo
sition, strewing, flowers of kindness
and cheerfullness in the path of oth
ers. After the death of her compan
ion of C5 years, she has often expres
sed ' the desire to Join him in the
promised land and her wish has been
finally granted. Should we mourn?
"We shall meet but we Bhall miss
her."
She was the mother df eleven
children, eight ofwhom grew to man
and womanhood. Two, John of Baker
City, nd B. F. of Portland died within
the past four years. Those alive to
mourn her death are Joseph Palmer,
Mrs. Beulah Newlin, Mrs. B. W
Grandy, Mrs. Emma Harding, of La
Grande, Mrs Anna E. Jones of Tort
land, and Cr L. Palmer of Baker City.
The Golden Rule
YOC ALWAYS C0.UE HOME
WITH A FULL BASKET
There is something about our Tack,
le particularly attractive both . to
the Fisherman and Fish, to the
first It Is the price, to the latter
well they go after It anyhow.
The Golden Rule
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