La Grande evening observer., September 07, 1910, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVE! WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1910.
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THE CXIT OF LOCAL OPTIOX.
("Homlletlc Review for September.
Funk A. Wagnalls publisher.)
The savage outbreak of the mob that
lynched a detective in Newark, 0., fol
lowed by the defeat of Mr. Bryan in
the Nebraska democratic primaries
and state convention on the county
option question calls attention to
some of the difficulties of that kind of
prohibition. In New York, Massachu
setts and some other regions, the unit
municipality. In this system a unity
Is reached between the law and the
official machinery on which the law
depends for Its enforcements The ma
jority , that votes "dry" also elects
the officials charged, with the execu
tion of the law. In county option, on
the other hand, which has been on the
whole eminently successful, the coun
ty goes dry, but each town or city
elects Its own officials. Newark Is a
case In point; Jackson, Michigan, Is
another. These "wet" towns In a "dry"
county are typical of many where
county option Is tried. The latter is a
town of about 30,000 people, It cost
a large majority against prohibition,
but the county Option prevailed by a
bare margin. The county, however, has
no power to enforce prohibition in
Jackson. That city elects Its own of
ficers. In view of the actual senti
ment of the city It would be useless to
expect that the majority, would elect
men Intent on enforcing a law that
the city has emphatically repudiated.
It is, of course, easy to condemn re
creant officials, and . they chould be
, condemned, but the practical situa
tion is the thing that must be faced.
If local option were left to the vote of
this and many other cities similarly
situated, prohibition would be longer
in coming, no doubt, but If ever at
tained it would have a majority of the
votes and might have a board of en
forcing officials that would favor and
enforce the law.
There Is another difficulty with
county option quite as serious as the
one we have named. To cite Jackson
again as a typical Instance the ma
jority against prohibition in .that city
almost defeated the proposition. There
must be many counties In which sa
loons have been saddled upon hamlets
and rural districts, purely because
the county has some large town that
defeats prohibition In the county. On
the other hand we have rural popu
lations Imposing an unwelcome law
ou cities, and, on the other hand, cit
ies forcing saloons on people who have
GEORGE PALMER, Pres.
F. J. HOLMES, Tlee-Pres.
F. L. METERS, Cashier.
LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK
OF LA GRANDE, OREGON
United Stales Depository
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $200,000.00
DIRECTORS
Jf. L. B2XXII0LTS
F. L.HETER3
YT. X. FIERCE
GEGSss msza
W. J. CETOCH
F. J. ECLBZS
WU& m wsple Mfweei an facilities ire caa render 701 efficient
smlce asfi handle jsax fcsslaei 1 to year entire satisfaction.
voted against them.
With those who rightly believe that
J county option has met with great suc
cess, such conditions nevertheless are
known to work demoralization in pro
hibition sentiment. A central city,
where the Jaw Is despised or neglect
ed, becomes a powerful argument in
the hands of the opposition against
the law itself. There are probably
many democrats in Nebraska, who
agree with Mr. Bryan as to the baleful
nature of the liquor traffic, who do
not see. In county option, the best
method of dealing with it. Option for
townships, and In .cities, for wards
or precincts, is probably a better plan,
if actual prohibition Is the thing
sought. ' :
This applies with still greater force
against making the state the unit In
stead of the county.
MR. 1UTFMAX WRITES OX I lilt I
GATIOX. Editor Observer:
', Sometime ago you asked me for my
views on the question of Irrigation in
this valley and the practicability of
the present district plan of obtaining
the same.
I have delayed answering the same
In hope of hearing from others. My
land is so located that I do not need
much water so It Is hardly fair for
me to say Just how this question
should be decided but am willing to
abide by the majority of those con
cerned. As to the necessity of irrigation and
vast amount of Kood to come , from
the economic use of water, in the
Grande Tlonde valley, there Is no
question with me, and the Meadow
Brook proposition is surely the very
best available, but owing to the vast
amount of land covered by the district
being already supplied with water
and much of it will be actually dam
aged by the application of more water.
It does not look hardly right to ask
the owners thereof to bond their
lands to promote the plan under the
circumstances. As I have said all the
time' If we had a district that would
all be benefited alike there would be
no question about putting In the sys
tem by bonds or otherwise. But to
ask the farmers to put a bond on
their lands that will require them to
pay Interest for twenty years and not
b? benefitted to any great extent Is In
my opinion asking a great deal.
C. D. HUFFMAN.
The story of local option In Grant's
Pass as related by the Grant's Pass
Observer is strongly denied by a citi
zen of that city In a signed article
in the Oregonian. Which side to be
lieve remains for those who are fa
miliar with Grant's Pass, but La
Grande people do not have to go to
Grants Pass to see examples of the
loca"! option law that are entirely tin-
satisfactory.
.That flaming meteor which dropped
at Midway was probably sent out by
U'Ren to warn the people that the
world will come to an end If the as
sembly ticket is nominated and elect
ed. .
Even In Germany meat is reaching
as high a point as it did when the cow
Jumped over the moon. ,
No, the government will conduct no
lottery on the Wallowa land opening.
It will be another Cherokee strip rush
and the man who is first to land will
be the one who gets the claim.
W. L. BREXnOLTS, Ass'fc Cash.
EARL ZUXDEL, 2d Asst Cash.
G. C rEXIXGTOX
a, i cleaterT
F. M. BTRKIT
There always wa3 a suspicion tbat
Maxine was an admirer of the g:H.
VERSE WHITER Hi CITY
(Continued from Page Three.)
"Thousands of tourist3 annually
make the trip north on palatial steam
ers and railways, all unconscious of
the hardships, privations and Buffer
ings of the early pioneers. In those
days we were dumped down from the
steamers on the beach at Skagway. All
Alaska was ours. Two-thirds of the
argonauts turned back as they gazed
upon an unbroken mountain range
that must be crossed on foot.
"Every man was his own transpor
tation company a good pair of 'trail
boots' and a pair of 'pack straps.' A
50-pound pack was enough for most
of us. It required about two months
packing by slow tedious relays back
and forth over the pass to land a
year's outfit at Lake Bennett, where
we whlpsawed lumber, made our
boats and embarked for Klondike. '
"We will never know how many
hundreds of adventurers ended their
Journey on the bottom of the Yukon.
Those were stirring times and now as
I look back upon them I would not
go through the first fbur years of my
northern experience for all the gold
in Alaska.
"But then there were, bright spots
too, and I shall never regret the ex
perience. ; , '
r "The tale of that historic rush con
tains enough human interest, thrill
ing adventures, tragedy and comedy,
humor and pathos to command the in
terest of generatlons'to come."
Mr. Robinson has made a place for
himself in literary circles' by his orig
inal style of portraying northern life.
"Slwash Pett," a story of an Indian
boy, a hero of thn famous White Horse
Rapids and Miles Canyon, has been
pronounced by Ople Reade and other
well known writes to be superior , to
John Hays' , famous "Jim Eludsoe."
The McKlnley Memorial poem has re
ceiyed world wide recognition for the
author and Is conceded to be an Amer
ican classic.
Humor and
Philosophy
Pr WiCAJi M. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
JF It were as easy to be criticised as
it is to criticise life would be a
heap more pleusunt.
A good kicker is one who knows
when to make a kick that will make a
record. ; '. ' '' .-. .
The most amusing thing that most
of us do is taking ourselves seriously.
Anybody can find fault, but many of
us don't know what to do with it aft
er we have found it.
Telephone communication is apt to
corrupt good manners when things go
wrong. : ; :. ,.-
A man who is lacking In imagination
Is sure to regret bis wasted time if be
goes fishing. . ' '
Nothing is so apt to wake up a man's
conscience as getting the idea that
some one is camping on his trail.
A greengrocer matures quickly when
hlsj business Is In a neighborhood
where people are transitory.
The sickly smile that struggles on a
great man's countenance is there be
cause he does not know just when a
camera may be aimed in his direction.
Playtime. ,
O worker In the field and mine,
The factory and store,
Betide the close, exacting desk .
Or where the engines roar, .
Put by your hammer and your pen.
Shelve what you have to eell,
Forget your dally task and take
A little breathing spell!
The woods an Invitation wave,
The fields are cool and sweet.
Andthere are rest and peace afar
Prom city noise and beat.
And many little shady nooks
There are where you may find
Forgetfulneaa of work and car
And eaee and peace of mind.
The busy work will Jog along
And all the wheels will turn
If you forget your little part .
And give It no concern. 1
When you return refreshed and fine
And feeling to the good
There still will be a place where you
May Dually aaw wood.
Get out the folder and the maps
And nick your place to play.
Seek ome secluded, sylvan spot
And toward It fad away.
Vacation la a boon that not
For Just the chosen few.
It it 1 good for other men
It' good enough for you.
a
For this season's wear we are now displaying a
complete line of tailored dress and street hats in the
very latest shapes and patterns. Our milliners hve
returned from their annual inspection and are prepared
to show you a very attractive line of fashionable
millinery. 'Ivr
J.:: .
Vie cordially invite
Cool ai You Please. ''
The boy stood on the burning deck.
All others put to rout.;
; He dipped his bucket In the sea
And put the fire out.
Nor would he let them pass the hat
:. For such a little thing as that
Small Roosting Place.
"The sun never sets on Great
Britain."; ", .
'. "Great Britain Is lucky." ' ;
"It is indeed."
"It is more than that If the sun
were to set on Great Britain it would
smash that tight little island so that
its friends wouldn't recognize It"
Workd Out Wrong.
"Jones has a hard luck story
"Yes." .:. . v.
"lie spent half an hour trying to
convince his girl that ice cream was
poisonous." ' . "
"And did it impress her?"
"So much so that she ordered lobster
instead."
Certain.
"Jack and Ethel will soon be en
gaged." ' .'' ' ;.
"How do you know? . . '
"Jack was finding out in the Jewelry
store the other night whether be could
stand the price of a ring."
Simplified Matters.
- "lie is so practical I do not see bow
be ever managed to make love."
"He didn't."
"But he is married."
"Yes; he brought bis bank book and
laid it at her feet."
. Paradoxical.
"He is a great fellow."
"Is that sor
"TJn-bun."
"What is be great in?"
"Ob. his littleness is stupendous."
Cheap Mdicin.
; The newest cure for everything
To which the flesh Is heir
Is Just to cut the eating down
Till nothing Is the fare.
Have you the measles or the mump.
The hookworm or the gout,
. The can be chased away If you
Will cut the eating out.
Deep breathing for the morning meal,
A toothpick for your lunch.
A glass of water then at night
ies, that's the latest hunch.
If roor variety you'd add '
To this small, modest stock
For one meal you may substitute
A walk around the block.
Those who have tried this remedy '
Its noisy booster are.
They mink a secret they hav found
To glv disease a Jar.
For thirty days they go without
Their dally food supply.
And then they are so weu and strong
That they can almost fly.
Then try It on. If nothing else, :
Twill make the grocer bUI
Look like a hollow in the plac
Wher once loomed up a niU.
If long enough you but subsist
On water, light and air
A cur twill bring for vrythnif
To which the flesh 1 heir.
Finnouncemem
ft
no
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EXCLUSIVE STYLES.
you to visit our Millinery Department
. Where to Find Them. 5
Though Hanging in the closet or
Upon her back, 1 find ;
A woman's clothes, where'er she goes.
Are always on her mind.
V 'i r .Chicago Tribune.'.-'
Thos Cocked Hats. r r-Dilly-My
salary is knocked into
locked hat this week. '
Dally-Why? , ,
DIUy-My wife's chanticleer will take
ft alL-Town Topics.
Th Troubl Huntar.
1 The man who by habit
Hunts trouble each day
Will run like a rabbit
When some comes his way. ,
' Washington Star.
Political Announcements
This column is open to any candidate regardless of Faction
or Party and is paid advertising T
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, strict 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 aa 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 voterB at the primary
nominating election to be held on
September 24th, 1910. If nomlna
ted and elected I will work for the
Interest of all the people of my
district to the best of my ability.
favor the maintenance of the di
rect primary law ana 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 yours,
C A. BARRETT.
DB. C T. BACON, La Grande, Oregon.
.' The Observer la authoriied 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
I
""m""" 1 ' im in ii
Th Fisherman.
The flshprmnn now sits for hours
Out In the broiling sun.
And. though he doean't get a bite,
His nips are more than one.
' ' , ... Detroit Free Press.
v l 4 A Bitter Tonau. ' -
ne This article says, my dear, that
men's heads grow until they are sixty
five, i wouder what effect thut has.
She Merely Increuseij the vacuum, 1
Buppose.-Clereland Plain Dealer.
Th Maidan's Dream.
' My bonnet spreads over the ocean.
My bonnet spreads over the sea.
To merely spread over th sidewalk
Is not enough tor me. v
-Chicago Journal.
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.
An Open Letter Ensk 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 Btate, I
as a candidate against you and pledg
ed to uphold the Primary Law, State
ment Na 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 fit the times" and places during
the primary : campaign and defend
while I shall oppose the assembly
scheme.
! 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 renomina
tlon Joint-representative Union and
Wallowa counties. . '
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