LA GKANDE EVENING ODSEUVEU "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1910.
PAGE FOUH
THE OBSERVER
TnlUi Pms Jilt 71 Mnke
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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.
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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.
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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.
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