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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1910.
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MAX FAMED FOR HIS PECULIAR
TRAITS VISITS HE HE.
Comes In on the Rods and Lcavs' on
the Bods A Reformer.
On rocks barns and s'aeds between
La Grande and Perry today are cab
alistic signs painted by A. No. J, tbo
most famous tramp In America today.
A No, 1 was In La Grande yesterday
. he came in on the rods and went
out -on the rods. During the short
time that he was in the city he walk
ed to Perry and painted an f.r-ow
with the head pointed east and un
der It, the date and signature. . "A
No. 1." Railroadmen especially know
of A. No. 1 and newspaper reader
too are familiar with the philanthro
pist Driven away from home wheu
a boy, be commenced to wander about
and now at the age of 40 years he
has the wanderlust so bad that he
cannot break it, but his chief motive
In life Is to keep boys from "K.in
on the road." He pays young tramps
money, for learning mottos and ev-
erytime he sees a youngster who has
not worn out bis first pair of shoes
on the road, he pleads with ntua to
return home. His "log" yesterday
showed that when he reached La
Grande he had traveled 476.784 miles
with a total traveling expense of
$7. '
, This unusual man prefers to sleep
In the railroad yards and takes to the
kUel only because of the novelty. He
I slightly' below' the medium and
heavy set and Is a slendld conversa
tionalist, i
He was well known to all the lo
cal railroad men, yet no one ever
heard his story, nor that his fame
reBts on actual facts. It will, no doubt
bo Interesting to repeat the same
here:
Tin tiaa tinhna,! ilnn. 1004 TT. v..
j unw iivj otuiu jooa. lie una
been around the world three times
Ho is a linguist; speaks and writes
four languages. Has prevented twen
ty wrecks. Wears a $40 suit of clothes
and a gold watch. Keeps his name a
secret. Does not chew, smoke, drink,
swear or gamble.
How did he adopt this Queer name?
That Is a story, too. When he first
started on the road it was with an
older man. The latter was atttracted
by the IngenlouBness of the younger
companion, by his bright ways, his
naturar aptitude for a life in box
cars, and riding the rods beneath the
grinding wheels beneath the heavy
frlenghts where release for a mo
ment of the bar of iron would have
meant a horrible death. "Kid, you're
all right," declared the older one
at the end of a particularly hard Jour
ney. "You're A. No. .1'" The title has
since stuck and the wanderer has
more than lived up to It, for If even
a hobo's life could be said to be a
success It Is that of this fellow. He
travels In overalls and Jumpers, but
after arriving in a town, divests "him
self of these and appears in a neat
suit, Is always clean shaven and has
a very prosperous appearance. .
He has a profession, which is carv
ing potatoes, and in this he has no
equal. Hundreds of times hp has carv
ed faces for persons In return for
small favors. He Is also a wood carvej
of ability.
He has a memorandum book full
of cards and letters given him by
railroad officials. Several of these
state that he has prevented the pos
sible Jobs of human life and property
by telling train operators when beat
ing his way, or broken'car wheels or
other disarrangement, he has prevent
'ed serious wrecks and disasters. He
has been In four wrecks, but luckily
, has never been hurt, until the other
day and he limped slightly yesterday
while in La Grande.
He also has an autograph letter
from Jack London, the author, telling
of their companionship on the Toad
together In 1894.
During his travels "A No. "1" has
learned four languages English,
German, French and Spanish. His par
ents were of the French and German
nationality, but he was born In San
Francisco.
His toilet set Is complete, though
It takes little room -to carry it. It
consists of a tooth brush, soap, shav
ing soap, comb and a few other ne
cessaries. His carving tools are two
knives kept very sharp.
He was asked why h9 had not writ
ten hla book sooner, as It Is an Illus
trated and highly Interesting story
ana ne btatea, lately, arter 2J years
of roving he has come to the conclu
sion that the dangerous, senseless
and pitiful life he has led 'all these
years has been wasted and that per
haps by telling his own pitiful exper
ience he might possibly prevent oh
ers from following his steps. He said
that to force a boy after he once starts
to wander to stay at home, is almost
Impossible, as the malm, "Once a
tramp, always a tramp," has been
many times proven to him by actuaj
experiences, as he has met many a
boy of fine family, and home K who
never knew the filth, misery and dan
gers a tramp comes constantly In, con
tact with, yet can not resist the call
to wander. Had these lads read" a
book like his own or Jack London's
or Josiah Flint's showing the pitiful.
dark side of tramp life, perhaps they
would never have left their homes and
friends in exchange for a roving. resU
less"-existence. When asked why he
did not stop he replied: "Do you know
that call to wander is so Irresestable
that often on dark and rainy nights I
find myself walking about railroad
yards looking. for, a chance to move
on. . - -.
"Tou would not' believe me, yet it
Is a fact, that I realize that m v Ann
will be the same as that of 90 per
cent of all tramps an accident1 This
Is why I have at least provided for
a decent burial. , In 1894 I received
11,000 cash and this beautiful medal;
from the Police Gazette for tramping
from New York to San Francisco in j
eleven days -and six hours and with
$750 of this prize I bought a tomb
stone in a cemetery ' at Cambridge
Springs, -Pa. Seems strange that al
most every night that silent white
monument seems to beckon yonder
green hillBide in my dreams entreat
ing me to stop my roving. This I have
tried to do many times, but in .vain,
and my epitaph which I hope will be
a silent everlasting warning to others
who seem to be afflicted with this
strange longing to roanl very aptly
called "wanderlust" Is simply:
"A NO. 1,
The Rambler,
At Rest at Last."
During the past three winters at
Washington Congressman Ellis has:
Secured appropriations, for thres
fine federal buildings for Oregon cit
ies. - ,
Been honored by being placed on
.the ranking committee In the
House of Representatives Ways
and Means. This is. the first time
Oregon has ever had a place on
this great committee with the In
fluence it gives.
Been a consistent friend of the
"old soldier" having supported ev
ery bill introduced in his behalf;
secured passage of many private
h!!I frtp vrrv naorfv nA v'stirani
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and their widows; and handled
many hundreds' of different claims
for pensions which, were acted on
by the pension bureau. '
The Second Oregon district
stood at or near the head In the
sums appropriated in the last
House bill for its rivers and har
bors. ($1,800,000.
Congr.'ssman Ellis has lived in the
district over 26 years; he knows the
people and what they want'and need.
He has been in congress ten years,
and gained an experience on the floor
of the House and in the committee
rooms and an acquaintance with the
membership of Congress which puts
him in a better position to satisfy
the needs of Oregon than any new
man could be for many years.
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PEOPLES FORUM.
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The Expense of Enforcing the Law.
We hear a great deal about the ex
pense to the taxpayer in the prose
cution of "bootleggers." This racket
ia worked over time these days. It is
reported that a Juror while he' was
being examined the other day said
that "his sympathy was with the tax
payers in the matter of expenses in -
volved in the trial of these caseB."
Now all this talk about expenses in
these liquor cases Is amusing and
absurd. There is nothing to Justify It
if there is a vigorous and efficient
prosecution and the Jurors and the
court rise to the occasion. In Wallowa
county the expenses of the prosecution
or the violators of the prohibition law
have been met by the fines and a bal-'
ance has been left in the county treas-j
ury. If you do not believe It write
the County Judge of Wallowa county.
Up to this term in our own county the
fines, have more, than covered the ex
penses, and there are four convictions
in wnich no fines have yet been as-
sessed. For the future let us do a j
little calculating. There are about'
one hundred indictments. If convlc-
tions are secured and a fine of one
hundred dollars assessed for each con-
victlon ten thousand dollars will go
iwu iw utosui), iius win more man
meet the expenses. Or if half that
number of convictions are secured
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there wlll still be sufficient to pay the
cAycuaeo. auu we nave a ngnt to ex-
pect that the fines will be much great
er than I have estimated. The ex
perience of the past is that the fines
more than pay the expenses. 'If they
do not here It will be a strange ex
perience. Let us hope that this fool
ish talk about expenses will cease and
let us do our duty.
This talk about enforcing the law is
also unpatriotic. A self-respecting,
law-abiding, patriotic people will not
permit a few dollars to stand In the
way of enforcing the law. If the peo
ple of Union county will do this I do
not know them. I believe that our
citizens are of the type that appreciate
law and order and decency. I have
the conviction that (hose who raise
this cry about expenses underestimate
our citizens. They are not ready to
submit to anarchy. They are not so
mean and cowardly as to permit a
few "bootleggers" to defy the law.
I will not believe this at this time.
We may approach this subject from
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another side. Wherever the prohi
bition law has been fairly well en
forced the cost of the administration
i oMaw and government has been re
duced. Portland, Maine, is a prohi
bition city. Boston, Mass., has a very
stringent system of regulation of the
liquor traffic, and the highest license
of any large city in the connti-v.
Boston arrests 426 in every KJJOOO for
drifnkenness; Portland, 84. Boston
f pays 3.00 per capita for police;
j Portland, $1.05. Boston pays 29 cents
' per capita for Jails; Portland 2 cents,
' Boston has 33 criminals per 10,000 of
1 population ; Portland 13. I could fill
columns with similar showings from
the two classes of cities. Medford and
Ashland present an interesting study,
Ashland is dry and Medford is wet.
A Jackson county paper gives this
exhibit: '
f ' Medford Ashland
Population ... 5500 6250
Assessment ... ...2,407,39 $2,496,647
City tax in mills ....... 17 14
! Number of Saloons ... 9 0
Arrests in Recorder's Court, Jan. 1
Dec, 7. 1909:
Drunkenness
IT B se
162 7
36 0
20 0
2. 0
3 0
3 0
3 0
34 .17
263 24
10 1
Fighting
Obscene Language . . . .
Selling liquor to minors.
Gambling ;
Using Profane Language
Boisterous Conduct ....
Violations of minor City
i, Ordinances
Total arrests
Crimmal cases In Sep
tember term of Dis
trict Court ..........
The fact Is every intelligent man
knows that the saloon, the breeder of.
crime poverty and Insanity, is the ex
pense maker for the taxpayer. An ex
change illustrate what I mean In' this
news item: .
.. It cost Grant county for one crimin
al trial, this year, $7500.
In a saloon row one man killed an
other. The murderer was arrested by
a deputy sheriff. This deputy, under
the Influence of liquor. Joined with
ilhree other men, similarly "elevated,"
to commit a horrid crime. They took
the 'prisoner and without warrant of
law, hung him by the neck until he
was dead.
The four men were arrested. They
were charged with murder. After a
lengthy trial all were found guilty.
The deputy sheriff was. sentenced to
bo hung. The other three to spend the
rest of their lives in prison. The
trouble originated In a Grant county
.saloon. The saloons were running In
Peters Shoe,
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Grant county because, at the election
In 1908, the sheriff of that county
failed to do his duty, and because a
Judge In that county defeated the will
of the people by deciding the county
wet on a technicality.
. That' Grant county saloon paid a
$400 license, for the right ,U exist.
The result was two men killed, ano
ther to die on the scaffold, three more
to die in prison. Six men lost to the
county. $7500 of costs charged np to
the tax payers. The question natur
ally arises, "How do the taxpayers
save money by the licensed saloon?"
The unanimous testimony of cities
and states which have been dry some
time is that taxes are less than they
were when they were wet. The moral
Is, Be wise and crush out saloons and
Joints and blind pigs and reduce the
taxes.
S. W. SEEMANN.
STOMACH FEELS FINE
Two Ml-o-na Tabets Drive Away Dis.
, tress from Stomach.
Get a 50-cent box of MI-O-NA tab
lets at the Newlln Drug Co. today and
learn for yourself how easy it is to
put your out of order stomach In per
fect condition.
. MI-O-NA stomach tablets give In
stant relief and do more.
They build up the stomach so quick
,ly that in a few days belching, sour
ness, heartburn, heaviness, blllious
ness, headache and dizziness will dis
appear. j MI-O-NA stomach tablets are euar-
anteed by the Newlln Drug Co. to cure
indigestion and all stomach ills, or
money back.
"I have had trouble with my stom
ach for two years. I tried everything
I ever heard of. MI-O-NA stomach tab
lets did me more good than $25.00
worth of good: They are the best in
tahe world." Dennle Stephen, Coud
erBport, Pa., Feb. 1.
Fifty cents for a large box of MI-O-NA
at the Newlla Druf Co. and drug
glBts everywhere. " Sept 6-15-27
Sotiee of Taxpayert League.
Notice is hereby given to all con
cerned to meet In La Grande, Oregon,
on the 16th day of September, 1910.
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, for the
purpose of organizing a Taxpayers'
Ltague of Union county in accordance
ta.tAL. Aft.
"n ine agreement heretofore circu
lated. JOHN W. MCALLISTER,
President of County Union
Sept 9-10-13-14.
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' '.Yanderbilt Improves.
Newport, Sept. 15 Reginald Van
derbllt who has been 111 the last three
weeks at his home here, is recovering
rapidly, it was rumored he had been
shot by a man but this is, denied by
the family. Officially It was given out
as typhoid fever.
Marriage License Issoed.
' County Clerk Ed. Wright has issued
a marriage license to Mark Christian
sen, a local barber, and Alexandria
Prenzlau.
For La Grande People.
Wo have found that a SINGLE
Dose of Alder-l-ka, the simple Ger
man . appendfcltls remedy, relieves
wind or gas on the stomach or bow
els, sour stomach or constipation al
most, instantly. A. T. HILL.
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