La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 24, 1910, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextLA GKANDE EVENING ODSEUVEU "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1910. PAGE FOUH THE OBSERVER TnlUi Pms Jilt 71 Mnke Bruce Dennis, Editor and Owner. Entered at the posiouice at La ij'-ar.de at aecond-clasa matter Published Dally Except Sunday SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dally, single copy E Dally, per week 15c Dally, per month. 6c This paper will not publish aa 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 Uaappointireiii. r QUESTS A PUBLIC ASSET. A few days of light winds and the rest fire situation became appalling, says the Telegram. Several hundred soldiers and a few thousand settlers and hired fighters have combated to the limit of human endurance, with little effect. Houses and an occaslon J homestead may be protected and perhaps a town or vlHw aved In the line of forest fire advance, but odds r . Avon this Hiicr.ess. esD- tiaiir tte d r,Bes- Mo8tof ihe W'r'gy Pi funds expended In' fighting C8 conflagrations are In aln the puny contributions of weak manViU Permit latUFaj ror once, to get beyond control. Prevention is the cure, the 1 hope of an appreciable euccess. Every j fire that hag swept away millions in value and taken human life was pre- ... t.- L..MOH AIM. ventaoie Dy reasonauie uumou n.- j gence. with very rare exceptions. Of-1 ten that which called Into active ef fort hundreds of men, was In Its very inclplency a match which a finger would have extinguished, or a camp-; Are ember which a cupful of water would have quenched. How much, easier it Is to educate or compel care-' less persona to observe stringent fire roles In the forest during dry.. sea sons, must dawn upon the Northwest In time, and this season of Ions, which may surpass any property or life toll we have ever known, la the time when ' a more Intelligent, effective vigilance should be Inaugurated. ' 1 Popu'ar conceptions of timber losses Is erroneous. That which , burns on the National reserves la not a Federal debit In any . Important sense, but essentially a charge against the community and state. Timber on private holdings, where the title rests ; with the greatest of the "tlmb-r bar ons" Is private property in every con sideration of that term, but Its real An Indian can be happy without a Piaio. But who wants J to be an Indian? i SSTEIHWAY, LUDWIG, KERTZMANN, A. B. CHASE and CONOVER Pianos for sale bv O J. J. SCOJJ GEORGE PALMER, Pres. W. L. BREMIOLTS, Ass'L fash. F. J. HOLMES, Ticf-rres. EARL ZUNDEL, ti Ass't Casta. F. L. MEIERS, fa shier. LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK OF LA GRANDE, OREGON United States Depository Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $200,000.00 DIRECTORS GE0SS3 riiBzi W. L. bkxmiolts c c, femngto W. J. CSCCBCH F. I METERS C L. CLEATEB F. J. E0LSZS W. M. PIERCE F. X. BTRKIT fTItk ear mtircei mI facltttlei we cat render yoa efficient tervlce tad bandle yamr bssUet i to year entire aatlsfactloa. rzcz. vital -.a'a? is t tie o - 1 !n"T)'ty vt !i'r whl h will prt fowi or f!v t:Ti ?k uiuth from protect ing and u-ing that timber as tb t!:u lar owner. At present the bight: valuation given our timber is atou. $2 a thousand feet in the forest. I:, tutting, logging and manufacture.': Into lumber, the community .must have the benefit of J8 or $10 per thou sand, nearly all of which is a lalo; outlay. Our timber cannot be utilizes unless the owners give to the local communities this additional sum Is labor, whether the stand Is on Federa! reserve of private tract. Xo natural resources Is surer of eager demand In the near fuuter than this timber and all in the broad world that car prevent Oregon reaping millions and millions of dollars annually from this industry. Is forest fire. For each dollar's Interest had by the timber owner, the community has four or flve, giving forest fires an en tirely different aspect fro many other claBS of destruction. It resolves th? whole question not Into the simple problem of saving private property, as In a city where community fire pro tection Is enforced by law, but into the greater and more popular Issue of saving what directly effects all the people, and what is in any liberal con struction, a present. Immediate popu lar asset, where no intelligent effort has ever been made to protect any thing. WHAT THE LADIES ARE DOIXtJ FOB LA CRAXDE. Without the energy of La Grande's ladies, this municipality would feel a sluggishness which does not now ex ist. Without the women who are ever alert to push the city La Grand would not have so good a reputatlou for doing things as she lias, Undoubtedly the feminine portion f this city's citizenship accomplishes much In the course of a year. We can look at the city park and trace Its pur chase to the ladies, we can look at tv..; Astor show and trace its success t the ladies. The same view can be t:i ken of many of the good things of this communities. The ladies say Huh but they work. And that means every thing. Results are what count uni when a stranger hears the story of the city park purchase he cannot help feeling an Inward admiration for the women who took the initia tive In so large and important an un dertaking. In many cities the women are to b : credited with the better things ac complished, end It would seem thai this city la In that class. Any support rendered a club or organization of Ln Grande ladies Is support that will bring returns. This has been demon strated and the only way to judge fu ture events Is by those of the past. Good leadership and strong commit tee workers' Is a combination that can accomplish almost anything. The la dies here possess both In their organl- I I III zationa. The Observer takes pleasure in publishing to the outsUe worl i the achievements ?rr oir.;)ljsh?d by the good wcco-3 of La Grzzl. The J -y r Cry H-r.-!i ".'as rv cr!. lengthened its c;!u:i!ns. purh?.s new head rules and column rules, jn;: a new blanket on the pres3 aud is now issued In a form that Is very attract ive. Colonel Kennedy, the editor and publisher, Is gradually; satisfying his ambition to give Baker City a. first class evening paper and be is receiv ing & proper support to reward hie efforts. , Sometimes a ticket tgent can separate a msn and his wife quicker Jhan the legal machine. This was il lustrated a few days ago, when Mr. and Mrs. Harry Foreman, of Baker City, started home, after their wed ding in Indiana. The ticket man rout ed Mr. Foreman over the Canadian Pacific and Wrote Mr. Foreman's tick et for the Great Northern. t All who have passed through the excitln? stage of getting married will realize the confusion that followed. It goes without saying that Mr. Foreman did not let a railroad ticket accomplish Its purpose, and the agent that sold the pasteboard will have to answer to a higher official for his negligence. Governors In the Limelight G OVEENOR A. 0. EBEU HART of Mln- nesota is holding his bead pretty high these days. And no wonder. v - r jusi idiuk or Deing iSS..J governor of a' state A?' ' having so much cash In Its treasury that It probably won't be necessary to levy any taxes la 19111 The situa tion is one that bns A. 0. EDERHART. likely never before occurred In Minne sota or any other state. At present the treasury Is groaning onder the burden of a surplus which has never been duplicated. On Oct. 1 there will be nearly J4.000.000 in the state treasury. On Oct. 1. 1009. there was approximately $2,000,000. The unusual surplus has arisen through the successful settlement of cases which have netted the state large sums of money. The largest of these Items came from adjusted lumber cases, tbe gross earnings tax cases, the Inherit ance tax cases and others. - Not only have large sums of money come Into tbe trensury through them, but there will be a constantly aug mented stream, so that Minnesota bids fair to become a state uuique In tbe history of taxation. Covernor B. F. Carroll of Iowa, who was recently Indicted for criminal li bel, tells tunny amusing political ex periences. Ouce at a caucus tbe only attendant besides himself wns a citi zen of very tall stature and ponderous build. Mr. Carroll bad some resolu tions to pass which besran by repre senting that they were presented to a "laj-ge and ros;."".tii,p" mtfcerlng of T There are a great many struggling and plodding business men today, who would have been financial successes years aro, had they been quick to ac cept modern Ideas and modern meth ods as they came out. But they either didn't keep their eyes open, or were not progressive enough to keep up with the times. It Is needless to mention that your stock must be up-to-date or your store or advertising will avail nothing. Did you ever know a girl to cut a dash In a gown five years out of date? Not on your life! Well then, how can a business man expect to cut one, when its a question whether his present business methods were considered up-to-date twenty years ago? It's a lamentable thing, but these men have been riding in a stage coach, when theye should hav been using more modern means. The up-to date modern methods employed by HEACOCK the eye sight specialist puts him years ahead of his competetors. His glasses Ail give satisfaction, r A AT X, votir j iu read udo rote tbui ou to the recoup of tbe cau cus. no!d onT cried the other man. "We can't pass that, for it ain't true." "What Isn't true?" demanded Carroll. "It ain't a large and respectable cau cus." objected tbe. other member of OOTEBNOB B. . CABBOLL. the assembly. "There's only two of no." That's all right, brother; that's all right," assured Carroll. "It goes as read. Just you keep stllL This Is a large and respectable caucus, all right. Ton're large, and I am respectable." And the resolution passed ... further demur. without rroli la tbe out growth of an Investigation by the grand jury of affairs at the Iowa In dustrial School For Girls at Mltchell Yille. It Is alleged Id the bill that tbe governor made libelous statements con cerning John Cownie, former chairman of the state board of control. In an ar ticle published In the Des Moines Cap ital of May 24. a which the governor set forth at length his reasons for de manding the resignation of Mr. Cow nie. If you Imagine that a governor doesn't know what real hard work U you should visit the farm of the chief executive of Missouri. When a bunch of polltlclnns swooped down on Gov ernor Hadley at his farm recently they found him shy of band? and facing the thrashing of his wheat from fifteen acres. . "A h a! ex- claimed the gov ernor. "You're Just in time. I'll feed .you all If you work. I need bands just now more than I need advice. Is It a bargain?" "Sure!" John Swanger. bank examiner, and Mr. Lee. insur ance commis sioner, responded 11. 8 HADLEY. gayly. "nere'a where we make a hit with the farm ers." The governor thrashed 155 bushel from his fifteen acres, or ten bushels to the ncre. Finally Swanger had to give up; it was too hot. The dinner of fried chicken was a dandy. This was where Swanger had a chance to shine. "Tolerance" In Coins. The mint allows a certain degree of "tolerance" In coins. For example, the gold double eagle's standard weight is &16 grains, and the "tolerance" allowed la half a grain. A coin of this denom ination may weigh as little as 515 grains or as much as 51GV grams, but never less than tbe first nor more than the second figure. Tbe standard weight of the silver half dollar Is 192.9 grains, and tbe tolerance allowed is 1.5 grains. This coin may weigh as little as 101.4 grains and as much aa 194.4 grains, but never less than the first nor more than the second figure. Tbe standard fineness of all gold and silver coins la 000. In tbe gold coins a devia tion of only one one-thousandth from this Is allowed and In tbe sliver coins of only three one-thousandth. Tbe so called five cent nickel coin Is really only 25 per cent nickel, the rest being copper. One cent pieces are 95 per cent copper and 5 per cent tin and alnc.-Philadelpbla Record. Sir Walter Scott's Debts. Tbe Ballantyue failure threw upon Sir Walter Scott tbe responsibility for 130,000. or $050,000. and the grand old man Immediately set about tbe mighty task of paying It: bat, notwithstanding the most heroic efforts on his part, be never succeeded In paying it all. He did the best he could, but he bad to depend solely upon his writings, and tbe task was more than mortal man eonld accomplish. As bis powers fail ed be became possessed of tbe idea that all his debts were paid and that he waa a free man. and In this belief he happily remained till his death. New York American. n-l him&i.iimmmmt mm t rim Ms urnn imsj -.fifty 'xtw km : - r , 7? LADIES TAM OXFORDS Your choice of any Ladies tan oxford or pump in the store for Regular prices $3.50 to $4.50 ALL THIS SEASON STYLES Special Petticoat Sale 60 Black Heatherbloom petti coats full 18 inch shirked flounce with full width dust ruffle of same material $Qo(B8) You canno afford to miss these two specials I. ICo Tfte Quality Store Political Announcements I ; ' . I This column is open to any candidate regardless of Faction or Party and is paid advertising ' I S. F. WILSON", Athena, Oregon, candi date for joint senator for Umatil la, Union and Morrow counties sub ject to decision of republican pri maries. "I firmly believe in the di rect primary law, economy In the use of public funds, good roads, better schools, Btrlct and prompt enforcement of law, the square deal and eternal progress of man and his Institutions." C. A. BARRETT, Athena, Oregon. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the nomination for joint senator for the district embracing Union, Umatilla and Morrow coun ties, subject to the choice of re publican voters at the primary nominating election to be held on September 24th, 1910. It nomina . ted and elected I will work for the interest of all the people of my. district to the best, of my ability. PERT PARAGRAPHS. If we could recognize our own fool ishness as easily as we can recognize ttat oi our next door neighbor It cer tainly would belp some. There are people who get on rapidly In the world because It always seems to them that theirs plus yours equals theirs. A thick puree has a long range and la easily and accurately aimed. Loafers are geniuses out of a Job. There Is this one advantage that death has over taxes death never "nines but once Sale of, favor the maintenance of the di rect primary law and people's choice for Senator and believe the people are as competent to nom inate as they are to elect their of ficers. Very respectfully youra, a A. BARRETT. DR. C. T. BACO.X, La Grande, Oregon. The Observer is authorized to announce the candidacy of Dr. C. T. Bacon for coroner of Union county, subject to the decision of the re publican voters at the primary elec tion DR. CLYDE T. HOCKETT, Enterprise, Oregon I wish to announce my candidacy for Joint representative for the 24th representative district subject to the voters of the republi can party at the primary nominat ing election to be held in said rep resentative district, September 24, 1910. CLYDE T. HOCKETT. The 8ong of the Aviator. (After Ben King.) Nothing to to but fly, over the hill and town; Nowhere to go but up, nowhere to fall but down. Nothing' to eee but clouds; nothing to breathe but air; Nothing to dodge but winds; nothing but death to dare. Nothing to do but go, wherever the rnad wlrt wills; Nothing but storms to faco: nothing to feel but thrills. Nothing but necka to risk! Alas, and again, alack! Nothing but arms to break; nothing but kulls to crack. Tls a tame and a quiet Uf.t Mora stirring by far to be In tho path of a wild Joy rid. when th. rWer. are on a apree. -St. Loula Post-DlspatcB. V up V