LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER . THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1910.
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MORE INSURGENCY.
The victory of Pointdexter In the
state of Washington only adds to the
handwriting on the wall that has been
plainly visible for several weeks. If
theer is a state in this whole Union
that has been enjoying the blessings
of prosperity it is the state of Wash
ington. Everything the state . pro
duces has been abnormally high, the
people all have money, banks are
loaded with cash, and wheat, the chief
product, commands a high price. ,
K Yet with all this the wave -of .In
surgency ' struck Washington square
In the face and carried her, off her
feet. The people have chosen a gal-
like, loves the spotlight and will have
it regardless of whom or what he
hurts. But the decision was so tre
mendous, the majority so grat that
It seems to mean but one thing. In
surgency must be tried out before the
country is satisfied. Business must
again be paralized, and extreme must
overtake the nation before anything
else will be accepted. '
AlmoBt every one rememberB the
memorable campaign' of 1896 when
the country was all upheaved and it '
seemed apparent that the" president's
chair would be filled by Mr. Brvan. It
was then from out of the army of bus-
iness men oi the. nation stepped onei
Mark Hanna who' conducted a cam
paign of education such as the world t
had never seen before and saved the
nation from a period of depression.
We are not pessimistic enough to
believe that a repititlon of the times
of the nineties Is upon us; or that it
will come soon, but lnsurency Is the
best conductor of such events that we
know of. nd the great work will be
to find a second Marcus A. Hanna.
A SHORT CATECMStf.
(Portland Oregonlan.)
What la Insurgency? ; ,
A sort pt an epidemic which has
spread all over the United States.
For what object?.
To split the Republican party Into
two factions. -. , : -
, What fs the result?
Thus far, the election of Democrat
ic Congressmen In districts that have
always been safely republican.
Is the disease spreading?
Read the returns from Maine. "As
Maine goes, so goes the Union."
What is the remedy?
There Is none. The democrats are
playing both ends against the middle.
That party presents a solid front. 1
Will the next congress be demo-
GEORGE PALMER, Pres.
F. J. nOlMES, Ylce-rres.
F. L. MEYERS, Cashier.
LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK
OF LA GRANDE, OREGON
United States Depository
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $200,000.00
DIRECTORS
W. In BSXiniOLTS
F. I. MITERS
YT.Jf. TIERCE
GE0SQ2 rusza
w. j. carmen
F. J. IIOLEIS
fFlUi u ample rrwarcei an4 facilities we can rem
service Bad fcaadle jtar fcietaes i te jour entire ia f i
cratlcT
Maybe two to one.
What about Oregon?
The worst duck in the puddle. The
partnership heretofore existing be
tween the free-Bilver-Populls'-sore-head
republican wing of the dominant
party and, the unbroken democratic
party, whose fruits are Bourne and
Chamberlain, has not been dissolved.
The firm is still doing business at the
old stand.
Will Oregon elect a democratic gov
ernor In November.
Possibly. That parly's candidate is
likely to poll more votes than the
assembly candidate or the anti-assembly
candidate. Up to Monday night
4911 electors in Multnomah had reg
istered" as Democrats. Watch tha'i
number multiplied by two and a half
or. three at the November election.
Bourne has publicly declared that he
would vote for a democrat against
an assembly candidate for any office!
How about congressmen?
We are worried. But what's the
use? : .
Then is the republican party of
Oregon, numerically twice as strong
as the democratic party, to have no
voice in national affairs. 1
There is no 'republican party for
Oregon, 1
What has become of the party that
elected Taft?
Ask Roosevelt.. s ' i
Honestly, do you think the jury
drank the evidence in the Townsend
case? Once upon a time a man was
being tried for selling beer In a dry
town. The prosecuting witness was a
physician and he was placed on the
stand to give expert testimony. Upon
cross examination . attorney for the
defense asked if the , doctor knew it
was beer he had drank and received
an affirmative reply, "You may state
doctor, " 6aid the attorney, "your ex
perience with beer as a beverage."
The physician thought for a moment
and then replied, "I drank a glass of
beer In 18GS, Just after the civil war.
I drank another glass in 1873 and I
just drank some of this beer on ex
hibit." A smile went around " the
court room and the attorney said,
"well, doctor, it seems to me that it
has been a long time between drinks
with you." And it may have been a
ldng. time between drinks with the
Jurymen, provided, of course, that the
Jurymen did drink the contents of the
evidence bottle In the Townsend case,
and did not throw it Into the sewer,
as some have stated might have been
the case .
By the way, where does E. Hofer,
editor of a little country newspaper
at Salem, get the title of "Colonel?"
There is no record of bis i having
served In either the civil or Spanish
American war, and a search of the
army roster does not reveal hlnras a
member of the regular army. He is
not a Kentucklan and therefore is not
entitled to the southern title. If It
Is a self-styled handle why did he not
call himself "general" or "major gen
eral ?" Listen, from across the Iowa
prairies: comes a faint voice which
sayB. "he is entitled to the handle for
he was once an auctioneer and every
man who has cried three sales Is then
entitled to be called "colonel." That
is sufficient, let the game go on.
Thus far no one has heard the
s,nort of Col. E. Hofer'a automobile.
Let us hope we will have a few days
more of quiet before the ordeal comes.
W. L, BREN1I0LTS, Ass't Cash.
EARL ZUNDEL, 2d Ass't Cash.
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BOOSTERS SEE
FAIR PROMOTERS FROM ENTER
PRISE RETURN 1I03IE.
Confident La Grande Will Send Large
Di'lepnlion to Enterprise Fair,
A dozen prominent business men re
turned to their homes in Enterprise
this morning after having spent
twelve busy hours here working up
enthusasm for the Union county ex
cursion to Enterprise during the fair.
The men are enthusiastic boomers and
went' home feeling that La Grande
looks kindly toward the Enterprise
fair and that the city of La Grande
will sepd a large delegation, to En
terprise when the special is run late
this month. The visitors were prom
inent business men of that county,
but dropped in unannounced, and the
enly meeting which resulted from
the visit, was arconference with the
local fair people.,
La Grande and all Union county is
planning on attending the Enterprise
fair and in return hope to se.e a large
delegation from Wallowa county
when La Grande holds its fair.
The men in the delegation from the
sister county included.
S. A. GARDNIER FAYSIX THOCS
AND FOR TWO LOTS.
Theatre and Store Room to be Built
on the Site at Once.
. Rapid increase In realty values Is
represented in a deal closed last night
when S. A. Gardinier purchased two
lots each 30x110 from Mrs. Gangloff,
paying $6,000 for the property. It Is
located Just west of the postofllce
building between the present building
and the government building site, and
a modern vaudeville house Is to be
running in an $8,000 building within
forty days. In addition to providing
theatre facilities, the place will give
a store room facility of 20x110.
Contractor Slater is drawing the
plans for a modern threatre building
provided with comfortable seating ca
pacity and a gallery. The Arm now
working on the new school house is
computing the cost of brickwork on
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NEW BUILDING
GOING IIP
Xtra. Good Clothe
For School Wear
They're just what the name signi
fies. They're made for Boy's by
Boy's Tailors that make a study of
Boys Needs in Clothing.
LOOK FOR THE "XTRA" GOOD LABEL
It means satisfaction. Boy's suits
- ith 2 pair pants, lined throughout.
We're showing
Xtra Good Suits and Overcoats
Eiderheimer, Stein and Co's Young
Men's Clothing. Educator School
Shoes. Hats, Caps, Etc. Our
prices and quality are right.
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the place. Mr. Gardinier will join the
Fisher circuit in vaudeville, drawing
artists that now make Ogden Salt
Lake, Boise and Portland.
Poshing Work on School Houry.
Wallowa, Oregon, Sept. 15. Special
The work on the new! school house
Is progressing rapidly and Mr. Hoist,
contractor for the bricR work,, is
leaving nothing undone to have the
building completed at as an early a
date as possible. It will be, when fin
ished, one. of the best buildings in
eastern Oregon. Bay & Zweifel, of
La Grande, have the plumbing con
tract. MAJiY 1MTORTANT MATTERS ARE
CARED FOR.
Traction Engines Most Keep off Pave
ment Unless Using Long Planks.
All councllmen were attending
last evening when Mayor Myers call
ed the. special meeting of the council
to order to run through a big grist of
important business matters. The meet
ing started oft with reading of re
ports. '. "
Commissioners reported that the es
timated cost of improving Jefferson
from Fir to Greenwood with ' side
walks and gutters, would - be, $1,
5G3 and that the sidewalk Improve
ments of Pennsylvania from Fourth
to Washington would cost about
$1440.
Metallic signs will be purchased
and on them will be printed a sum
mary of the important ordinances in
La Grande now effective. They will be
posted at important' places so that
no one can plead ignorance of the
law.
Only one town, Pendleton, has re
sponded to the letttr of inquiry sent
out to owns now having paved streets,
to learn the nature of ordinances
dealing with traction engines and the
like in the pavtd districts. In Pen
dleton no team is allowed to stand in
one place longer than necessary to
unload passengers or merchandise.
The chief of police was Instructed to
keep teams off the streets when
Btandlng idle, until an ordinance could
be framed up. .
Residents of the block bounded by
Washington, Fir, Greenwood and Ad
ams, prayed the council to enlarge
the sewer pipes from eight to ten
inches in the alley of that block. The
matter was referred to the proper
committee.
The Batley tract of land near the
river has been made into a city gar
bage dump. The land cost $699 but
Mr. Batley is meeting a part of the
COUNCIL MEETS
SPECIALLY
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Political -Announcements
This column is open to any candidate regardless of Faction
or Party and is paid advertising
B. 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 ihe
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 la 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
Septembetf 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,
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 fhey are to elect their of
ficers. Very respectfully yours,
C. A. BARRETT.
DR. C. T. BACON, La Grande, Oregon.
The Observer ' is authorized 1 to
announce the candidacy .of Dr. C. T.
Bacon for coroner of Union county,
Bubject to the decision of the re
publican voters at the primary elec
tion DR. CLYDE T. HOCKETT, Enterprise.
Oregon I wish to announce my
expense in having the cribbing put
in and excavations made as It will
benefit his property. Hence the con
tract was awarded to John Wilson
at a cost which will amount to about
$90 per year for a period of five years.
This is considered cheap dumping fa
cilities. The land is available to dump
garbage on now, but it must be done
with system and Mr. Batley will be
given authority to Instruct the public
how to use the facilities at hand.
Several important ordlnances'were
read the third time and passed, ' and
several contracts were entered Into.
One was In compliance with' the action
taken at the last meeting that Mr.
Wilson, a Sutherlin official, be named
inspector to Bee that the Bewer sys
tem Is built right and John Slater
was selected to look after .the correct
building of the septic tank.
police to Contractors. J
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the Mayor
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candidacy, for Joints representative
for the 24th representative district
subject to the voters of the republi
can party at the primary nominate
ing election to be held in said rep
, resentative district, September 2t,
, 1910. ' CLYD3 T. HOCKETT.
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 nub-
licly discusB the assembly propositloa
before the voters of our district, you
may fix thV times and places during
the primary campaign and defend
while I shall oppose the assembly
scheme. : ' "'t '
, 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 Unlan and
Wallowa counties.
Paid advertisement
and Council of the City of La Grande,
at the office of the City Recorder, un
til 4 o'clock p. m. September 21st,
1910, or the construction of a cement
walk five foot wide along the North
elde of the west half of Lot, 5, Block' i
of Grady's addition to the City of La
Grande, said walk to be constructed
according to plans and specifications
on file In thla office. Council reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Certified check of five per cent of
the bid required. . "
La, Gfande, Oregon, September 15th.
1910.". rf .
D. E.'COX, .N.'
Recorder of the City of La Grande.
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