PAGE FOUR
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1910
U
Published Dallj Except Sondaj
'BRITE DEXMS
. Editor and Owner.
'' I'nifed I'ms Telegraph Service
subscription RATtx
Dally, single copy.. Cc
Dally, per week.............. 15c
Daily, per month... Cue
Entered at the pomomce l'Ls. tj'vntfu
as second-class matter
, This paper will notpubllsh 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
' dlsappolntmew
COJTMEJifEMEXT.
Last evening ' La Grande's public
school graduated a class and the com
mencement exercUes were held ac
cording to precedent. While everything
was extremely sueessful, tho fact re
mains that merely going through
vu..wccczv l-r. for not h-
lng. ; ' '
The pupils who last night addressed
the audlen-e in their final Bchool ef
fort have hardly begun to live. They
are' JuBt "commencing." They are
now ready to run against the first
bard problem a problem that may
leave a scar. Up until now they had
parents, close dear friends and teach
ers to guide them. But after com
mencement they must to a great ex-
At An that nmn BiiMinfr arA nnffirtm
lng to the history of every Individual
each will And himself in tight places
occasionally. He will see the folly of
many acts and wish he had, acted dif
ferently. This Is to be expected and is bound
to follow. But there are a Uv car
dinal principles, .which I"' UMwrA by
young paople, will carry t'::.:.i safely
through no matter Low many times
they "may stub their toes and fall
down.
Tlift 1 .-r, nil la Vi j-t ( 1 Xla tirft-
est with yourselves above everyone
else for you never can get away from
yourself, i Hesort, to no hypocrisy of
any sort, for hypocrisy Is one of the
curses of the world today. At all
times be decent for the sake of your
self. It pays. Temperate In all things
Is essential to round a properly lived
life. By that Is meant temperate in
thought as well as action. Almost
anything is harmful If not done tem-
neratelv.
t Remember, it Is the Individual who
must make good. The Individual must
say yen, and he must Bay no. No one
else can do it for you. And above
all do not expect legislation and law
making to mould your career.
Listen to t the small voice called
conscience, which nature has given us
all. When It says, no, heed it and
you will never go very far wrong.
Treat your fellowman with the same
consideration you would like to have
bestowed upon you if you were him.
Never turn from a man who Is down
for you may he the next to fall. On
the other hand, give him a helping
hand. Aid him to Btand erect, but af
ter doing this If he continues to pre
fer the fallen life let him remain
GEORGE PALMER, Vrtt
F. J. HOLMES, TIce-Fres EARL ZUNDEL H Ass't Cash.
F. L, METERS, Cashier.
LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK
OF LA GRANDE, OREGON
United States Depository
Capital and Surplus $180,009.00
DIRECTORS
GEORGE PALMER
F. J. HOLMES
W. J. CRURCn
F. L. METERS
Tf.M.
With oar ample resources and facilities we can reader 7011 efficient
service and handle your business to year entire stalsfactlon
down. :
And one thing that should be im
pressed upon every clilld whether a
graduate or a beginner at school, is
the honor of being respectful and obe
dient to parents and older people. It
costs nothing and it is one of u:
greatest dividend payers to be found.
. HON (Hi THE HEROIC BEAD.
On next Monday the annual exer
cises for decoration day will be goac
through and a few more graves of sol
diers will be decorated than tbarc
were to decorate last year. Tomor
row Memorial services will be held
and the public is asked for two days
to stop at least for a portion of the
day and pay proper respect to those
who wore the blue and the gray.
To honor one and not the other
would Indeed be maH and un-American
for the man who enlisted from
the sunny southland and bared bis
breast to the Yankee bullet believed
with all his heart that he, was right
or he never would have endured the
hardships fighting for his cause. Men
may start to uphold something they
do not believe in but they do not con
tinue in that path for long if they
meet reverses. ,
The reverses met by the men of
the south are too well known to he
i.i th!2 '' iifflre to
say, It was a battle between brave
and honorable men on either Bide and
the cause which we now unanimously
believe to be right prevailed, v :
But throughout the country Monday
the beautiful flowers will be spread
over the private under Lee and the
private under Grant alike. The coun
try has overcome what sectional strife
It once held and today the old saying
of "No north, no south" Is very true
Indeed. Senator Heyburn of Idaho
found this to be true a short time ago
when he tried to make a "bloody
shirt" speech in the senate and was
almost hissed from the floor. Ameri
can people are thinking, along broad
lines nowadays. The Spanish-American
war forever settled the north and
south question, although there was lit
tle to settle even at that.
And tomorrow when the La Grande
church bells ring out the solemn oc
casion; when little children dressed
In pure white go to the churches to
hear a review of that dreadful tinio
which made history very rapidly,! let
all Join the little ones and by bo donls
pay respect to the man who carried
the musket that we might today HVa
in a nation" that is not rent asunder
by internal strife.
And on Monday pick the- choicest
flowers from the garden and Inter
twine them with a few flowers from
your soul thus decorating the cold
grave that holds a soldier, either blue
or grey, not. only with a floral tribute
but also with your choicest thoughts
reflecting the admiration you hold the
heroes who have passed away.
Notice for Bids.
Bids for the exclusive restaurant
concessions and alst for the exclu
sive confectionery stand concessions
on the chautauqua grounds for the
coming chautauqua season, July 3 to
13, 1910, will be received by the chau
tauqua committees at the next reg
ular, meeting of the committee which
will bo held on Thursday, June 2 at
8 o'clock at the commercial club room
The committee reserves the right to
refuse any or all bids.
GEO. COCHRAN.
W. L. BRENHOLTS, Asst Cash. Q
C, C. PENISGTON
O. L. CLEATER
F. M. RTREIT
H. L, BRENHOLTS
FIERCE
DIG TO LIVE,
URGESWSOIJ.
Secretary of Ajr lecif ore's Rsrn
edy For Fid Cost ProHsin. ,
NEED OF GREATER PRODUCT 103
Cabinet Officer Points Out Importance
of Soil Coneervation Before Confer
ence at New York Produce Exchange
to Consider Problem of Labor and
Best Methods of Farming.
James Wilson, secretary of the de
partment of agriculture, who recently
addressed the New York Produce Ex
change on the food cost problem and
its relation to the farm, said that con
serration of the soli both east nnd
west would determine future prosperi
ty and promised
government aid in
any state move
ment to Increase
the productivity
and Improve the
condition : of . the
soil. V A
The exchane bad
called a conference
ou thia subject and
Invited . the secre
tary, congressmen
and the heads of
the various bis
JAKES WILSON.
railroads In the enxt. As an outcome
of the dls-tivniiiii n permanent orgaul
ration wua Xoruual, on which the rail
roads are represented, to educate the
farmers of the state of New York lu
the best Interests of production and of
Inducing residenti In cities to go
"back to the farm." '
"We cannot afford to buy food from
foreign countries," said Mr. Wilson.
"We must see to It that our western
farms produce enough, not only for
home consumption, but also to sell
abroad and square up the balances of
trade. : , y
"It costs more to get anything done
In our country than la most others.
Production does not increase ns fast
as population. Price:; f.) i.;;. It costs
more, to pay carriers, dealers, manu
facturers, all classes. The farmer gets
bg prloos now, but It costs h!m tv.-!?e
as much to grow things as it old ten
years ago.
Cannot Afford to Buy Abroad.
"The fact that population Increases
faster than food sets us thinkinc. We.
cannot afford to buy food from foreign
countries. The balances of trade for
goods bought and sold since the civil
war, Independent of . farm products,
have been heavily against us during
that time and have been 'paid by ex
ports from the farm. 1
"Most of our people in the east are
being fed from the Mississippi valley,
ana the states from the south dratv
much from the same source. For the
last half century the young people of
the farms have been educated to leave
them. No teacher until recently taught
a scholar the way to make more of his
day's work on the farm or how to
make the acre respond better, and for
a very good reason. The teacher had
never learned it himself. Education
flows downwurd from the university
regarding everything but agriculture.
ir applied science along this line Is not
understood at the fountalnhead there
will be no stream from -which to
drink. . '
"Ignorance permitted the soil to be
come unproductive. The hlchest Intel-
ligence Is required to bring back fer
tility. Generally speaking, our farms
are managed with too little capital or
the farm Is too large for the means of
the operator. Help is dearer than It
has been, nnd it Is scarce In all sec
tions of the country. Illgher'prlces
for farm products will Justify more
pay to the farm hand and have a tend
ency to keep workers on the farm.
"The cheap food of the Past has been
one of the great advantages the manu
facturer has had. lie has it no lontrer.
Neglect of the soil will very soon Im
press ltBelr on all classes.
Soil Conservation Urged.
"Importations of food will brln
about a change In our economics, a
revolution In our policies, which may
be avoided by better farming and a
comprehensive view of the situation
by those who deal In big things, wheth
er carrying commerce, manufacturing
or finance. If the America w know
today la to continue with Its opportu
nities for all classes, high price for
skill and labor, home ownership' for
every Industrious man, education for
very child, an easily acquired com
petence for every frugal, industrious
family, we must look to the soil and
Us power of ' production. : Other na
tions prosper by commerce and manu
facturing, but their working classes
are not as comfortable as ours.
"Every state should organise' to con
serve fertility of Its soils. The depart
ment of agriculture would gladly co
operate with all of them. This de
Wrtffl1 J&aS.corM JH'j?ciBtlsts.thaJ
win i
could be made useful In this regard.
There Is no kind of conservation that
compares at all In importance with
Boll conservation, while all are Impor
tant -We are late in beginning, but,
high prices are Impelling and Insistent
from every standpoint
"Some political economists tell us
that boys leave the farm because land
yaluea ar so filch, but land values
east of the Alleghenles bave gone down ,
because the boys left the farms and :
renters without capital got possession j
to grow grain and hay for sale."
' Medicines that aid nature are always ni":
EuccesKful. Chamberlain's Cough Keroecly
v aril on tliis plan. It loosen ide coujili, re
. lievesihe lungs, opens the secretions and aids
r"m in reftDr'B? the vvon health?
Wing-tip
' Collar to match
A Wise Ste
toT
Step into our
s tore, to-day !
Permit us to' snow
you styles,
leathers and stapes
tliat Circ different
Natural Shape
Most styles $5.00
AVc are sole agents
c. c.
ton
( Blue Stem f
If 10 urI
t Crown and Ground here y
Money refunded if not sal- jj
? lehdory- a
J PHONE, BLACK 81 f
PATTISON
I BROS j
Alamo
ttSM."rt;'lhlnf'iJ""if--'-r-IJ"MM"Mj'il
Penning
O
o
o
o
o
Lao
The
Quality
WHITE GOODS GALOit
: Now is the time TODAY to buy your supply of ;
White Goods for Summer. You will find our stock I
A w .
.more complete than ever
. The largest stock of
Read These Items
Extra good values in India Linohs. .12 1-2 to 30c vd
O . . , ,. ,
T T i T ' "ta... I
? x-ereian ljawns
J Nainsook, mercerized and
Sheer Sylvia Lawns ..... ...... .40, 45 and 50c yd
$ Mercerized Batiste
elegant line of
patterns and weaves
ll axir tin 1 1
Just received, a shipment of neat new tailored
waists in white and colors.
Prices $1.25 to $2.50
Semi-Annual Clearance t
J of Tailored Suits and Millinery. 1 Every Ladies Suit Y
Y in the store reduced 25
1 rnmnmgs rcduccu per cent.
N
O ii LO
WE QUAUTY STORE
The
HOSIERY
4
I JUNE
NOW IN STOCK.
X T. SCOTT
Kertzman, Steinway, Wellington, and Ludwig Pianos.
mm
Storel
4
before. -
high quality merchandise $ f
V
and zoc vd !
plain . ; . , . . .20 to 35c vd
. . . .45 and 60c vd X
. . : ; . .15 to 50c yd r
,
per cent. "All 'Millinery and
est
mmmmmm vsh sk.v&
W
Call at our store and look over
our line of the famous J. and
TVf. SllfiP .'A clino fn-r rronflo-
men in every sense of the 4
word. None better made. I
best- fitting shoe on the 5 j
marKei. . - .
SMITH & GREEN,'
Depot Street
Shoe Repairing Shop
J.
a
a. r
X
X
5 L
m
4
m h
1
5
r
n
1
saai