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PAGE SIX LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER MONDAY,SEPTEMBER 19, 1910. 1 vi AY- I ill I,: Have You an Old Quilt at Home? Or a quilt with a history? If so, enter it in our REVOLU TIONARY QUILT CON TEST which begins next , ; Monday and "continues all we&7'.vi" 5' 'r mmms ME OFFERED for the thirty most interesting, oldest, most unique or most artistically" made quilts entered in the contest and y you will perhaps gain a distinction of owning the most Get one of the Books of Rules THEY'RE F.'REE FOTK THE ASKING No purchase is necessary to enter your quilts in the con test, and the entries may be seen at the store next week ' absolutely free. ' ' 1 We want some woman in La Granda to win tha first nri. which is now being contested for by women all over the country. - , . t , Get a Booklet today i AM) LEA.HJV ALL ABOUT IT And while at the store ask to see "REDDISODE" COT TON BATTS-stitched. together in full quilt size ready for the covering. , e leopleslSfore ssnc 3E3 TAe George Palmer We 'solicit your orders for Shingles, Rubberold Roofing r ' Deadening hit, Building taper. ,i r-i - ' we are. prepared to furnish and deliver material, promptly. Phone Main 8. ' mwm IE OBSERVER "D0:i7 TALK POLITICS TO fc'En 5 .w... .1 'r Aifr KBMPIt Nw York Prtss.' gooaooooootoaooeooootoeoooeo9otoooooeo n?7r Trusts Are Holding America Back. By BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER. President of tb University of California. o 9 o u O o -o 1 A ofoeooj(oooooooo0ooooo9ooooo)otoo)oo EOPLE ABROAD SAY THAT THE CHIEF MATTER FOR $ CONCERN ABOUT THIS COUNTRY IS THE WAY THE TRUSTS ARE "INCREASING. THEY THINK THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL THEM I THAT THE OPPORTUNI TIES WE HAVE GIVEN THEM, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE TARIFF, HAVE ENDOWED THEM WITH POWER WE CANNOT OVERCOME. No doubt the tariff is at fault It has built up an artificial false work which some day will have t6 fall, and the trouble that day will be very serious. It has ENCOURAGED THE MAKING OF MONEY BY INDIVIDUALS here and there in enormous sums, but this money has not been distributed among the people. Germany is having remarkably prosperous times. I should say the cause is the diffusion of industrialism. They HAVE NO BAR BIERS, 'and their export trade is ADVANCING TREMEN DOUSLY. , .V ' y',- They proceed with manufacturing in a scientific manner, train ing men to study and to learn the requirements of trade. Science Will Soon Make ' Us AH Vegetarians. By Or WILLET M. HAYS. Auiitant Seeretiry of Agriculture.' HE SCIENTIFIC BREEDING OF PLANTS IS DESTINED IN THE NOT DISTANT FUTURE TO GO A LONG WAY TO- .WARD KEEPING DOWN FOOO PRICES IN THIS COUNTRY AND MAKING US ALL VEGETARIANS. ' . h n s 'J ".: Were it not for this prospect we should, with an expectation of two hundred millions population sixty years from now, have reason to fear a condition of affairs wherein good things to eat would be beyond the reach of most folks. - ; Take the case of corn, for example. It is our greatest cereal, the American grain crop par excellence. At the present time it yields a little more than, twenty-five bushels to the acre. With improved methods we shall be able, by planting better varieties, to make the OUTPUT FIFTY BUSHELS. , , Again, consider the case of wheat. Our output of this grain, enormous though it is in the aggregate, averages LESS THAN FIF TEEN BUSHELS TO THE ACRE, jn England it averages thirty bushels and in other European countries even higher. Why should this be so? Mainly because our wheats were originally bred for the moist and cool climate of Europe. We are ' RAISING THE SAME VARIETIES IN A DRY AND WARM CLIMATE, What we are now starting in to do is to cross breed the best of these wheats and obtain a new set of varieties suited to our cli mate and soil. ', 7." . : Undoubtedly as our population increases we shall eat more grains and vegetable? and mat. Plant products, you must remember, are !vav h 'imjMti!iun with live stock. Primitive peoples depend chiefly on the if unlinals for food, but when a country becomes crowds! the ton.l. u. y hio KAT WLHAT COMES DIRECT FROM TITK SOIL . ' , Thus in China, 'which I; a very crowded part of the world, cattle and sheep are not raised to any extent for slaughter. The inhabitants CANNOT AFFORD TO FEED THEIR PLANT PRODUCTS TO ANIMALS and then to eat the latter, this being always a more. expensive mode of deriving sustenance from the soil. .,'jt , RELATIVELY SPEAKING. THEREFORE, WE SHALL COURSE OF TIME BECOME VEGETARIAN IN HABIT. oeyend Mi Capacity. "Didn't you come back rather tud lenly from your vacation r "Well, you aee. I was the only man imonff ten wonieo at the resort. "What wu the matter with that?" ' "Nothlns only before 1 knew It I iras engaged to the entire ten." "And dl'i they make It hot for yon?" "No; they were pleasant enough iboat It" "Then why didn't you tUyT "I docked when three more women rot off the train." ' Practical Teat. "What are you looking bo glum iboutr "I have a raging toothache." .',' "Pshaw! I'aln is all imaginary." "Think so?" "1 know It Just think yoi haven't lot it and It will vanish." "Would you mind letting me drop :hl& flat Iron on your toe?" - . " - Longing. v If Cook did not discover The very northmoat epot I'd like ta be aa cloaa to It Aa tba aipiorer tot. "Finiahed Product 80 Different "It la awfully funny." "What Is awfully funny r , "Tou know Mrs. Brown?" "Tea." "Well, she takes in washing." 1 -Whatofitr "And she lets out rooma." - It Is 'easier to want the good opinion' f others than It is to get It " - The pan who works for $2 a day induct , . ' , $65,000 City of La Crznde, Oregon Improvement Bonds Notice Is hereby given that seal ed proposals will be received by the Mayor and City Council of the City of La Grande.' Oregon, until Wednesday. . . ' ' October 5th, 1910 . , At the hour of 8 o'clock p. m. for t the purchase of. 165,000 improve ment bonds,' the proceeds to be used for the construction of Bith ullthlc pavement, bonds of the de. nomination of $1000 each, rate 6 per cent per annum to be paid an nually, maturity ten years from date thereof, subject to call bv the City Treasurer at any time' that there is money ln the Local Im provement Funds bonds to be paid la numerical order. - Bid3 shall be sealed and marked, "Bids s for ; Local . Improvement Bonds," and shall be accompanied by a certified check of J5.000. The Council reserves the right to fe Ject any or all "bids. Bonds are se cured by Hen on abutting proper ty ; r'- ' :. La, Grande, Oregon, September 9 1910. . , . . V: . ' ! - P. L MEYERS, Mayor. - V, ; ; D E- CQX, Recorder. O O t o o h. FEME LA ORANDES LEADING JEWELER When In need of -anything In watches, clocks, Jewelry, cut glass, hand painted China, or any other article carried by a first class Jewelry store, Investigate our prices before buying and you will save money', and be sure of securing first quality goods. ' ; J ; If your eyes trouble you, have them fitted by' an opti cian of experience. . ' , Opposite the U. S. Land tfffie Adams Ave, DRINK Natural Mineral Water Bottled as It Flows from the Spring It's Good for what Mis You Z3w IN THE CLIMAX SEA SHELL MACARONI AND ROYAL EGG NOODLES SNODGUKSS GROCERY i i IT i. it 7: 'A 1 D 0' P Vi Ti iW1 G da jib tl S3. v , .