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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1910)
LA GHANDE EVENING OBSERVER . FRIDAY, JULY. 8, 1910 PAGE FOUR .L4 6BARDI EVEH1H6QBSEBVFR- PnblShfd Dally Except Sunday ; K DZX5IS Editor uuU Owner. Entered at the oostowce l iruo as second-class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ; Dally, single copy........ 6c Daily, per week 15c Dally, per month..... 5c indication points to Jay Bowennan as the Btrong man for lue place, Lowtr man is good timber and he is of suf flclent size to carry the gubernatorial robes both physically and mentally. Especially is Jay Bowennan a man of value to tbe eastern part of this state. Not that the Observer wishes to - . 1 raise the question of location, for as Called PrtM Xeltgraftfc Service j a rule we think that is overworked, causing one side of the state to be pitted against the other without Just and proper cause. . But Bowennan comes from the little town of Condon j a strictly Eastern Oregon settle ' ment. He knows tbe needs of this j ponion and has the courage to stand by what he believes to be right This was illustrated in tbe fight against the state normal schools during tbe last legislative session. The following brief history of Bow ennan may be of Interest to many readers: , Acting Governor Jay Bowerman was born in Iowa on August 15. 1876. He came to Oregon in 1893. with his parents and settled on a farm near Salem. He was educated in the com mon schools of Salem, and the pre paratory department, of Willamette University, and afterwards read law, and was admitted to the bar at the age of 20. In 1899 he moved to Con don, where he has built up a luera- j tive practice and accumulated a com ntnr: H was elected to ihe state senate in 1904 and re-electd in 1908. At the session of 1909, he was chosen president of the senate, and by virtue of that office, and because of the ab sence from the state of the Governor Secretary of Stat Benson, is now fill ing the governor's chair. Mr. Bower- j man Is a sound lawyer, and a life-long republican. His family consists of a wife and two children. He Is regard ed by many republicans as the log leal man for the nomination for gov ciuui (, me aepiemper primaries and it is known that his name will be presented to the republican assembly at Portland on July 21. Thli paper win not publish an ax t.cie appearing over a nam de plume. Wgned articles will be revised sub ject to the discretion of the editor. Please sign your articles and save UsappointHieww CONCRETE HISTORY. The speech delivered .-. by Joseph Folk last evening, extracts from which are printed In today'a issue of the Observer, was well worth remem bering. Realizing that Joe Folk was raised In aa atmosphere of graft In St. ' Louis; realising iimt i nwuli Jivc been very easy and very natural in those days for him to have sunk Into the game as was played by Ed. Butler and his lieutenants, for Folk was a bright and promising young man just the kind that tbe old St Louis machine would have been delighted to add to its list. Bearing in mind all of these conditions, there la but one conclusion to draw, and that is, Joe Folk was blest with a concrete his tory. His blood was free from graft, and perhaps he looks back over his history and gives thanks to a good mother whose teachings stayed with him. A mother who like most moth ers, wanted her boy to do right He did right, but the point we are mak ing was the temptation he overcame in order to accomplish what he be lieved was right. Money In St Louis was freely given to politicians. Political money was to be had at every hand and the amount that Joe Folk could have shaken down If he had been so disposed, was very large indeed. , He hit the keynote last evening when he said that one man with right on his side was more powerful than the great majority , In the wrong. When he said a man would not stay In the minority long if he battled for right, he merely told the story of his life. ' ' V- - ( La Grande was glad to have Folk "here. She waB glad to hear from his own Hps facts of record . that have revolutionized Missouri, placed Her bert Hadley in the governor's chair, and sent Major Warner to the United States senate. j Folk is a democrat and Is glad of It, I Just as many of us are republicans. But there Is a time In the existence! of every commonwealth when even j the strongest partisan who Is blent with Folk honestly cannot stand for j some political transactions. , ' . ! HOWKRMA.N, THE STROMJ MAN. TOta the time for choosing a gov ernor only a few months away every Pril ef th Hair Cut OucnT' cried the barber and some thing besides. He stuck the end of his thumb in bis mouth and began sucking it. "Cut yourself?" asked tbe man la the chair. "No; it's an ingrowing balr." replied the barber an Ingrowing hair nnder my thumb nalL" . The man in tbe chair laughed. "Fact" said the barber. -It isn't so uncommon thing either. In giving a customer a bair cut a bit of hair often lodges under the finger nail, and if It Isn't removed it is apt to fester and get sore. Sometimes we don't aveu know It's there until It begins to get In its fine work. It hurts like the dickens sometimes. If you don't be lieve me. ask any barber and be'll tell you the same thing." New lork Times. i i A Gun Club's Treasure. Thirteen million can ridge shells, tbe result of eleven years of shooting by the members of a gun club, have been gathered iuto a huge pile by one of the leading sporting organizations of Eng land. Eleven years ago one of tbe members conceived tbe Idea of baring the members save all their shells and deposit tbem on tbe pile. The shell bank Is now the club's roost prized possession. If a single man were to shoot one cartridge a second day and night It would take bim ubout twenty five years to discharge 13.000.000. Tbe club maintains a vigilant guard over Its precious shell pile. , SALVE FOR HIS WOUND. A Strenuous 8cn That Was Not on the Bill of the Play. Giovanni Grasso. a Sicilian actor of unusual dramatic energy, was playing In Florence in uue of bis fiercest parts, where lie bad to stub his enemy with a dagger. Suddenly. In tbe heat of bis passion, Grasso let tbe weapon slip out of bis band. It alighted In tbe pit oo a man's beud, cutting It slightly. An indignant member of the audi ence flung the knife back to the stage, where It whs dexterously caught by Crnsso. Raising It aloft In bis band and as if it were accursed, Grasso mashed it In two and then stamped upon It. " Thon, with a swifw bound. Grasso was in tbe pit beside tbe Injured man. The next n.Inute be bad climbed back to the boards, with the victim in his arms. After settling him in a chair Grasso! threw himself on bis knees and begun a luug entreaty for forgiveness. This was rspldty granted by the much em barrassed piaygropr, who on bis side begged to be allowed to return to bis sent Hut this was not to be until Grasso. weeping copiously, had bestowed no fewer than fifty resounding kisses on the man's blushing cheeks. The action wus greeted ' with loud cheers, and after Grasso had grace fully bowed hi thanks the play was resumed and Kuecessfully concluded. London Express. Filial Repartee. Richard Briusley Sheridan, who was always distressed for money, was one day hacking bis face with a dull razor when be turned to bis eldest son and said: "Tom, If you open any more oysters with my razor I'll cut you off with a shilling." "Very well, father." said Tom. "but where will you get tbe shilling?" WHYNOT SAME to $1 Suit The Prixo Holder. "I understand you bnve n One track team here." mild tbe visitor to tbe man who wnx showing bliu over tbe college campux. "What Individual holds most of the medals? "Tbe town pawnbroker" answered his guide after due deliberation. New York Journal. FARMERS' BUSINESS i IV GIVE ' PARTICU LAR MENTION TO THE BUSINESS OF FARMERS. Y1EC0R DIALLY INVITE THEM TO MAKE THIS WEIR BANKING HOME. The United States National Bank, LA CRANDE, OREGON. Wn Yoiur New At West's MidSeason Clearance Sale? Reduced 25 Per Cent Benjamin Clothes .for Men, Eiderheimer Stein Young Men's Clothing, Xtragood Boys' Suits, La dies' Coats and Jackets, Ladies' Wooltex Suits and Skirts, Parasols, Hair Goods, Muslin Under wear, Boys and Men's Pants. You save 25 cents on every dollar's woriii of each lieni named above. Think of it. Reduced 1-3 Kenyon Long Coats for Ladies, Ladies and Misses'- Wash Suits, Boys' Wash Suits. Means a saving of 33 1-3 cents on each dollar's worth. Millinery 1 42 Price 150 Boys and and Men's Suits 1-2 price. Every Article in the Store Reduced for 10 days. . M WEST, THE QUALITY STORE Undergoes Operation. Roy McBath of Wallowa was opera ted upon last evening by Doctor Moni tor for appendicitis. He is a son of . Sam McBath, a well known resident of Wallowa county. JCot a miii:;tJ should be lost when a child shows viujiunis of croup. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given as soon as the child becomes Ii.wdvS, or even after the croupy cough appears, will prevent the attack. lid Society Wants Assistance The Ladles Aid Society of the M. E. church going to maintain a restaurant at the Chautauqua grounds and will be glad to have friends of the church supply necessaries for the meals, when convenient. Vegetables, fult, . butter, eggs and other food supplies may be left at the Blue Mountain creamery where they will be given proper attention. Fancy BJng and Lambert cherries f ,r sale at 4 cents per pound. R4MSEI WAREHOUSE. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera snJ Diar rhoea Remedy is today the best known med icine in use far the relief and cure of bowel complaints. It cures griming, diarrhoea, dvsenterr. and shnuM lie iumm ! ' unnatural looseness of the bowels. It is equally taluable for children and adults. It always cures. . &BALTQNQ I, W AME) IS SLE o See window Display Starts T Values up to 25c, now 10c. Values up to 35c, now 15c. Values up to 75c, now 25 Come to this Wonderful Sale. You will be Surprised what you can buy for little money