La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, September 06, 1910, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextLA GKAKDE EVEMXG OKSERVEK TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER G, 1910. THE OBSERVER PublMied Dally Except -"umlay Bruce Dennis, editor and Owner. Entered at the postoiHce at La ijnd" as second-class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Daily, single copy Dally, per week Daily, per month Ec 15c CEc This paper will not publish an ar ticle appearing over a nom de plume. Slgrned articles will be revised sub ject to the discretion of the editr.r. Please sign your articles and save lisappoIntme&L THE Ht'MJKK FOB FOLIC LAM)S Regardless of the many lotteries conducted by the government at pub lic land openings, regardless of the hardships that have attended the set tling of new lands, people of the Unit ed States still yearn and hunger for Uncle Sam's domain and are willing to take any chances or do anything that the government may direct In or der to get a piece of timber or a homestead. This is best Illustrated by the in - tense interest now being shown in the "Wallowa land opening of October 22." Each day the mail at the land office Increases and stenographers are kept busy sending literature and Informa tion ii verjia(e in tfie tnion. Yes, they are coming. Hundreds and hundreds of people will make La Grande their point of destination on . the main transcontinental railroad. Here they will visit the land ofllce and then hasten to the lands to be opened for settlement. After spending a rea sonable time upon the land they will return to La Grande and transact their business with the Jand office. This will take some little time for everyone must take his turn and the government is not providing for extra help In the office. ' See the point? It is beneficial to 'La Grande. Not for the few dollars each horaeseeker may chance to spend for food and shelter, but It will give the real estate men of this city an opportunity to spend their time In the hotel lobbies telling of the opportun ities, of the land values and bargains on their lists. The storyof the Grande Ronde's richness should get wide cir culation by word of mouth while this crowd of people Btays in La Grande. Not only is it the duty of the real es tate men to ply their trade, but every public spirited citizen can assiBt by J doing a little publicity work. Wear a smile and tell the stranger that every thing is all right. Do not buttonhole him and then begin by stating frost is liable to come late in the spring and kill the fruit; refuse to discuss the Indian massacre of years ago In this valley, and above all things do not let the petty questions that now confuse La Grande get Into your con versation. Tut the bright side for ward, for this valley and this city Is entitled to have the bright side told. The quarrels and dissension are work of but few, and why should they take up the attention of busy people who want to do things 'in the world? If the fight course is followed this valley and Wallowa county Bhould have several hundreds of new people, GEORGE PALMER, Pres. F. J. IIOLMES, Tlce-Pres. F. L. MEIERS, Cashier. LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK OF LA GRANDE, OREGON United States Depository Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $200,000.00 DIRECTORS OE0S6I PALMES W. J. CHUEC1I F. J. HOLMES W. L. 3KIMI0LTS F. I METERS W. M. PIERCE With our ample rrources and facilities we can render yon efficient service aa handle jtar bifcines to jonr entire satisfaction. af!Je frc:n those who are sueeessul in obtaining government lans. I.a Grande's band ia r.o longer an experiment. It is a valuable ad.!i:ion to the social life of the city. The last concert was well attended and the ap preciation shown fcy vigorous ap plause was good. The next step Is to piovlde for somo fund with which to pay the boys and encourr.se them -to work up to a higher grado of music. The manhood of President Taft as serted Itself In no unmistakable man lier when he referred in yesterday's speech to Mr. Roosevelt's ideas of con servation. Taft is a big man in every way. He is unfor.unate in following the most popular man the world has ever seen, but the work Taft is doing will be lasting and live long after he has ceased to sit In the presidential chair. "The town where all the4 citizens put their shoulders to the wheel of progress, is the model town that has tot yet been built. Town building is much like college football, where a dozen of the students do all the play ing while th'e others sit in the grand stand and look on." Contributed by a subscriber to the Observer. Acting Governor Jay Bowerman finds the duties of the office so strong that he cannot make the dates he had planned for the campaign. To be a governor, the kind that Bower man is making, means work and plen ty of it. One man figures: "If Lafferty eets 2.000 majority in Portland and breaks ven at" but what's the use. Ellis will get that 'possum no matter how hard Mr. Lafferty works. Labor Day was properly observed In La Grande. It is an occasion that never should ibe overlooked, and for once each year everyone who possibly can is entitled to a day off. Those pleasant days of fall are now to be experienced in the Grande Ronde valley. Nothing better in the world. Col. Hofer has one paper that is earnestly working for him. It Is the Salem Journal. lie owns It. BIOGRAril SKETCH William K. Vanderbilt Jr. He may spend hours learning about the workings of some new automobile driving wheel, or he may devote the week-end to trying out thorough-bred horses. Or he may spend nights re lating stories to fellows at the club about his experiences in the Squaw zump, or his popularity with the opera singers, but do not think for a mo ment there la not a streak of business ability about William K. Vanderbilt. Jr. He Is long on sports and the man agement of railroads, but very, very short on the society gig, though he is ever so eligible to swing corners with social leaders in a lancers or quadrille, but through it all he never forgets that he Is a Vanderbilt and a railroad magnate. At thirty-two young Vanderbilt finds himself the acting head of the greatest railroad system in the world the New York Central nnd Hudson River Railroad. President William C. Brown, who has always seemed ready to be interviewed on almost any sub ject whatever, has been recommended to take a vacation In Europe; Just how long a vacation no one la pre pared to say. but ad interim young W. L. ItREXIIOLTS, Ass't. Cash. EARL ZUM)EL, 2d Ass't Cash. C C PEMSGT0N . h. CLEATER" F. M. BYRK1T YA'IIHp lv as hiu friprula Vnnw him in hodlng down the Job. With the Van- derLiIts the .W.v York Central is a i f i sacred as a noociowd jewel to an i.a?i , ! to an i.a?i has never in the Van - Vanderbilt . Inc'ian potentate. There btn a truly peaceful hour i derbilt household since a gave up the presidency to be succeed e l by an outsider, no matter how cow- j pereni or now eioseiy in sympatny with Vanderbilt Ideas. The news that a Vanderbilt 13 to resume manage- j ment of the great system S3 not a surprise, but the fact that these great I Interests will fall under the charge o' one so young and the truth might as well come out generally consid ered as unstable. Is something of a shock. As a matter of record, how- J ever, Willie K. Junior has been put ting In all the time he could spfcre 1 from planning international automo- j bile races, designing prize cups and 1 following up the opera, studying the various possessions of the New York Central and their needs. Of course their is an eminent board of directors to hold him in theck, but young Van derbilt has a mind of his own and an ambition to be a great railroad mag nate. He is now thirty-two, of med ium size, rather good looking, seldom serious, hut always on the job.. He can play tennis and he likes to golf, but he has a perfect passion for get ting the greatest speed possible out of an automobile. As a matter of fact he has done as much as any other man in the country to put the sport of automobile racing on a high scale. He has figured In several accidents but has never been hurt. He is mar ried, but there is a cloud over the do mestic skies or the young William K. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Vanderbilt was Miss , .ra.u.n i iui, uauKiiier ot ex-Senator Fair of California, and sister of Mrs. Herman Oelrlchs. Both are well known in New York and Newport so ciety. Mrs. Vanderbilt spends much of her time In the west, which has.led to the rumors that she will "establish a residence in Reno, for the purpose of -benefitting her health but being a devout member of the Roman Cath olic church she looks upon the ques tion of a divorce with disfavor. An Open Letter Rusk to Hockett. Joseph, Oregon, Sept. 1, 1910. To Dr. C. T. Hockett, Enterprise, Ore. Dear Sir: Inasmuch as you were a delegate to the late republican assembly at Portland, and as you state in your announcement for the republican nom ination for Joint representative, Un ion and Wallowa counties, that you fa vor holding assemblies in this state, I as a candidate against you and pledg ed to uphold the Primary Law, State ment No. 1, and opposed to assemb lies, do hereby challenge you to pub licly discuss the assembly proposition before the voters of our district, you may fix the times and places during the primary campaign and defend while I shall oppose the assembly Bcheme. I also Invite you to discuss adverse ly, if you please, my record last ses sion or any part of It. . No "pussy footed" campaign for me. Let us see If the people deem themselves capable of choosing their own officials. Respectfully, JOHN P. RUSK. Republican candidate for renomlna tlon joint-representative Union and Wallowa counties. Flowers In Greece. In Greece the lunguajre of flowers is developed with such detail and is so generally understood that a lover and nis sweetheart sometimes carry on an Ideal correspondence by means of clus ters of loose blossoms. Leeks In Wales. In Wales It is cousidered very lucky to have huuse Iwks grow on the houses, this bring supposed to insure all those lu the house from disease or disaster. Vanadium. Vanadium oxidizes la air with great difficulty, melts at 2.000 degrees and becomes red hot iu hydrogen. Neither hydrochloric acid nor nitric acid at tacks it. It is used in coloring glass end in making Indelible inks. Animals In Turkey. In Turkey the partridge is detested because once ft betrayed the prophet to his enemies, and Its leps are red be cause they were dipped In the blood of Ilassan. If a man kills a panther be Is imprisoned for twenty-four hours and then Is handsomely rewarded The crane is respected, and it is a crime to kill it Canned Goods. In spite of printed directions on cans it Is never perfectly snfe to put a sealed tin in hot water to heat It is best to empty the contents out into a sauce pan; otherwise an explosion is possible. m i i H , f 'h . If ! j i Fv u i M -1' ...... MM 44 mot mm A S.-:;. ; I i'n till h i i ft J!M See our stock while it is complete in M Grindstones. If a grindstone be left eroosed to th sun the side held uppermost by the weignt or the handle will harden and the wheel will be ground out of a true circle. Stirrups. Stirrups were unknown to the nn- clents. Along the roads therA placed stones to enable the horsemen tO ITiniinf: WhcpQ aiisih ' v kuvu diuuvs were not to be found they had to get upon fhnll hftdona V A, 4L - . . uieir norses as best they coula. Stir rups were used to some extent in tho fifth century, but were not common even so late as the twelfth. Porto Rico. The Island of Torto Rico u in miina long, 38 miles broad and contains hnn 3.300 square miles, being about three- fourths the size of the state of Con necticut The Dilatometer. A delicate instrument known na a dilatometer. devised to measure the expansion of metal used for watch wheels, will register the change in length of a piece of steel raised In temperature to a single degree. The Crocodile. The crocodile's lower Jaw is not sock eted In the skull, as is the case with other animals, but the skull ia socket ed in the jaw. so that the animal can lift the upper part of its bead as upon a hinge and so capture whatever prey may be at hand without going to the trouble of getting upon its legs. Horseehoeing. Horseshoeing is very ancient It is represented on a coin of Tarentnm f about 350 B. C. It is said that William the Conqueror brought the first Iron horseshoes to England. Nye on Wagner. Bill Nye. the humorist once told Dean Hole that when be met Rlch:inl Wagner he said to him. "Your music is beyond my comprehension.' but 1 :il ways feel sure when 1 hear it thai It Is really much better than it sound." Palladium. Palladium, which has the small-st '( fi;:ient of dlliitstion. is used for t r.i uiitinir of itsiriitioinicnl iusirumei;;. i'tn- standard unterof France is tun 1 uf p;.'.l.;uij.i. " T mm HA, i f, J A FOR SCHOOL WEAP Every detail in a Wooltex garment is perfect in material workmanship and style. 0f Ipfi! n Mir U K WOOLTEX Suits for Ladies shows thing new in style and patterns. Every garment sirktly all Wool. Unir.gs guaranteed 2 seasons. WEST Political Announcements I This column is open to any I or Party and is ' 1 s F- WILSON, Athena. Oregon, candi- i date for Joint senator for Umatll 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, strict and prompt enforcement of law, the square deal and eternal progress of man and Ms 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. If nomina ted and elected I will work for the Interest of all the people of my district to the best of my ability. Iron Pens. The iron Den mentioned bv Job in the book of that name In the Bible is supposed to have been a Kteel graver used for cutting inscriptions on stone. Rainwater. riiny said that thunder is rarelv heard in. winter and that the great fertility of the soil la due to the fre quency ol thunder rain In spring. Sci ence nas discovered the cause of the nourishment in rainwater to be the presence of great quantities of nitro pen and nmmonia in the thunder rain and in bail. Heat and Cold. Man is able to stand extreme cold bettor than extreme heat more ner- sons twlng killed by sunstroke than oy ireezing. -xivO Misses Ccats and Misses anrl . sizes and style Coats THE QUALITY STORE candidate regardless of Faction paid advertising favor the maintenance of the di rect primary law and people'i choice for seuator and believe th people are as competent to nom inate as they are to elect their of ficers. Very respectfully your, C. A. BARRETT. DR. C T. BACON, 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.: A Passing Parody He drove a golf ball through the air. It fell to earth, he knew not where Until he heard the luckless yell Of him upon whose head It fell. Washington Star. Modern Sweets Make Welcome Treats GuaranU if Fur f Whoittom Candy PatrtmUt tU "Madev Dealer Modifa CmfKt'iwitrT C., Sir., rortlini 0t"