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PAGE It) UK LA GRASDE EVENING OBSERVER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1U10. THE OBSERVER Published Dally Except Sunday. Bruce Dennis, Edltcr and Owner. Entered at the postoffice at La Gruide as second-class Shatter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. . Dally, single copy..... 5c Dally, per week 15c Dally, per month 55c This paper will not publlBn bl ar ticle appearing over a nom de pume Signed articles will be revised nub- tfect to the discretion of the editor. Please sign your articles and save tlsappojntmenL KOT A CORRECT YERSION. . This evening It will be noticed that Dr. Seemann classes those fav oring restriction of liquor selling as . enemies to the home, to the boys and girls and to all the good things In life. We cannot see why the Doctor should thus picture things. If a man Is a teetotaler; If he loves bis wife and children; U he makes them comfortable; If he contrlbuateB of his earnings to charity; If he leads a moral life, and believes In regula tion and restriction of the liquor rather than, the present alleged pro- filDlUOU, WU bliuuiu uiui, iuiu . classed as a particular friend of "boote."T It !s another Instance of where In his Intense enthusiasm the Doctor overlooks the fact that sincerity can mark the stand taken by people who have reason to think the system put In practice by Doctor Seemann and his co-workers Is anything but success ful. . A man does not have to be a friend to any saloon or saloonkeeper to be in favor of restriction. Most men re alize that saloons will run whether licensed or not, and the same men believe In the practical things of life one of which Is handling saloons In a way that controls them. As far as protecting "our brothers who cannot contral their appetites" this can be said: First, the whole re sponsibility of life rests on the indiv idual. One of the truest things Roose velt ever said was this: "If you find a man in the ditch give him your hand and help him to stand, but if he In sists upon returning to the ditch you can do more good by turning your at tention to other things." And, too, the "brothers who cannot control their appetites" usually have thoBe appe tites satisfied In the alleged dry com munity to a greater extent than they do where there Is regulation and ev ery bar has a black list, and tQ sell liquor to any man on that list means the canceling of the bar's license. That protects the brother better than local option ever did. DRY FARMING. Address, "Farm Business Manage ment," by J. A. Bexell of Oregon Agri cultural College, at Dry Farming Con , gress: " Nlimnrniia evotoma tt farm urnnnnto pave been prepared, but few have been adopted by the practical farmer. What ever merits are claimed for any sys tem of farm records, one must be par amount: ' Simplicity. The farmer is usually a very busy man. His chief difficulty Is neither Ignorance nor In 5 GEORGE FAUCES) Pres. W. L. BRE.NIIOLTS, Asst. Cash. F. J. HOLMES, Tloe-Pres. EARL ZUNDEL, t& Asst Cash. F. L. METERS, Cashier. LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK OF LA GRANDE, OREGON United States Depository '1 Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $200,000.00 DIRECTORS GEOsai PAissa w. j. CBcscn F. J. HOLMES If Kb ur ample retaareei ani facilities ire caa render you efficient service aat ban tie ysir ftaslaes s to yonr entire satisfaction. dolence. He has but little time foi fancy bookkeeping, and still less foi red tape. What he wants is a plain, simple, straightforward history of bis business, so arranged and classified as to require the minimum effort to keep It up. All things considered, the single book system bag met with the greatest, the caah book and for the ledger. , . The Inventory may be considered the basis of any system of farm rec ords, favor on small farms. In this system a good substantial daybook is used for the current his ory of the business, for it should be taken at such a time as will give the most ac curate results with the least expendi ture of labor. No guesswork should be tolerated. Either the actual market value or the sale value Bhould be as signed, taking due account of the de preciation. Regarding depreciation, it is Impossible to lay down invariable rules as to the rates to be charged off annually. For the purpose of gen eral estimates, the following rates or the cost of market value are fairly ac curate; Building, 5 per cent; horses, above 8 years, milch cows, after 5 years, 8 per cent; machinery and tools 10 per cent. In certain respects a farmer must combine' the methods of the manufac turer and the merchant. He must learn not only how to Increase production but also how to facilitate profitable exchange for his products. He must reduce the cost of production to the u . .. v thm onnlltv and quantitly of his products and by getting full value out of labor. This re quires most skillful management in the rotation of crops, In division of la bor, In selecting seeds, fertilizers and stock; and, above all, It requires a great prudence in purchasing equip ment and supplies and In marketing products. Oood business methods are matters of habit acquired In childhood, not in old age. Satisfactory Improvement will be noticeable in the business manage ment of the average farm only when the subject receives the recognition it reserves in the public schools. An adequate business course for the far mer should Include the practical phas es of political economy, Including mar keting and transportation, a course in commercial law, at leaBt sufficient to enable the farmer to avoid unnec essary litigation, and courses In farm accounts and finance. Judd Oeer struck the political key note today when he said to The Ob server, "The ticket Is nominated and I am glad of It. There are some can didates that I might have changed had I possesed the power but It is t re publican ticket and we are for all the candidates. This, however must be un derstood. Any fight on Bowerman, who Is the assembly candidate, by those opposed to the assembly, will turn the political situation into a scrambled mass and final results will be hard to determine." ' The Union County Exposition will open Wednesday and the opening will positively mark an event of state im portance. Other cities have good fairs, but none have quite the same kind as Union county. Here the merchants combine with the farmers In displays and the mercantile and factory end of commercial life Is represented. It Is a great big panoramic view of Eastern Oregon's factory, mill and farm re sources together with exhibits from mercantile establishments.. Be on hand the first day and stay through W. L. B2E5H0LTS I C PEKIXGTOX F. I METERS CLL. CLEATER W. M. PIERCE .' p. B. BTRKIT the entire show. You w;ll never re gret it ' ' ' . .. ' ,.; Welcome Is extended to Cove for tht splendid, idea of having a local fair tomorrow and Monday, Then .Cove will ship the whole display to La Grande for the Union County Exposition. Cove people know how to do things and do them well. Two Tacoma girls have married Japs, and Tacoma boasts of her pat riotism, at that ' MODERN BUSINESS. The Big Jobs Demand Hustlers Wm Are Gentleman. A notable change has taken place in American business methods within1 the last decade. Increasingly men of large affairs are asking when a young, man is recommended for a big Job, "Is he a gentleman r This Is significant in two ways. It means that the big business men are themselves gentle men and like to deal with men who speak their own language, and that American business methods have grown to be sucb that the gentleman has an advantage. There wns a rime when a man who was a bustler could be" a cad If he liked and it did not hurt his chances much. But that time ha pnsced. The big business men of today want young men who are 'tactful. Intelligent Inde pendent yet unusMuming; who would know how to talk to a diplomat and be at home in a good club; who could be trusted to behave kindly honorably umj uiacieviij iu an iiuauuti uZ luc, who, In short. have as their Idea) the old. never changing ideal cf the gen tleman. Not everybody can define it but everybody knows It at sight The gentleman. In short, can work along the line of least resistance, and that is why he Is wanted. Bookkeeper. An Open Giver. Harold's father was in the habit of giving $1 a Sunday to the church. This was put in a numbered envelope In the collection plate and the amount credited to him on the church books. Mr. 1. was away for the summer and on his return Inclosed his arrears in the envelope and Intrusted it to Har old to put on the plate. When the lit tie boy came home from church be said, proudly. "I put an awful lot of money on the , plate this morning morn'n anybody else. I guess." "You got the envelope there all right r asked his father carelessly, for Harold had been almost afraid to car ry so much money. "Oh. yes." he said, "but I took the envelope off when I got there and just put the ' money on the plate in my band. ' Nobody 'd have known how much I gave if rd left it In the en velope." There is no reason why you should suf fer discomfort as a result of ill-fitting, coarse undergar ments. You can have un derwear with all the usual worry and dis comfort entirely eliminated. You can have underwear in which COMFORT, FIT and DAINTINESS . are strongly emphasized. You will find a real solution of all your underwear problems in Athena Underwear which can be had in a style, fabric and weight to meet your require ments. The special fabrics, the shaping, shoulder treatment and neck finish are features to be found only in this ideal underwear. ATHENAis made in two-piece gar ments and union suits, for women, misses and children. ATHENA prices are no higher, either, than you ordinarily pay. The complete line is now ready for your inspection. N. K. WEST The Quality Store. If Worak i From head to in the kind Malone Mackinaws - Unquestionably Conncly Shoes Staley all Wool Underwear Weyenberg Loggers. Gold Seal Rubber Goods Home Knit Wool Sox "' If you Mo Ko WEST?S JUVbNILE: BLOCKHEADS. I. , i Stupid Boye Who Developed Into World Famoua Man. There Is qnlte a long record of fa mous men who In tbelr boyhood were regarded as fools and dullards. Sir Walter Scott was cajled a "blockhead" by his mother. The mother of Brlns- ley Sheridan despaired of teaching him me simplest elements. Her death aroused him to activity and he became a scholar, philosopher, poet, wit, states man ana orator. Dean Swift, the keen est wit of his age. was "plucked" at Dublin university. Newton. Shake speare. Michelangelo and Oliver Gold smith all come In the category. One day a slatternly woman rushed out of a. little grocer's shop gripping an unkempt boy by the ear; and as she pulled him along she shouted to her neighbor: "My heart Is fairly broke with that brat. Tammy, and he Is so stupid he can learn nothlnT That stupid brat Tammy became the poet Tom Moore. In a country scboolhouse in Queen' county, Ireland, a boy with a blunt anire cut in the desk "A. the In itials of his name. The teacher, who caught him In the act, cried out: "Stupid, you are better at cutting let. ters and destroying desks than you are at learning your lessons V , That boy was Arthur Wellesley, known to fame as the Duke of Wel lington, hero of Waterloo. In the middle years of the last cen tury. In St Malacby's college, Belfast, a boy carved the letters "C R." In the wood. The French professor reported him and declared that be "was besides a worthless boy. who would never amount to anything." "I will amount to more than your returned the youth. He did. for he became lord chancel lor of England Lord Russell of KH lowen. -London Graphic. Some Famous Echoes. There Is a famous echo on the Rhine between Coblents and Bin gen which repeats a word seventeen times, while In the sepulcher of Metalla, the wife of Sulla, In the Roman Campagna, there la an echo which repeats five times In different keys and will also give back with distinctness a hexam eter line which requires two and a half seconds to utter. Brewster men tions an echo on the north side of Shipley church. In Sussex, England.! which repeats twenty-one syllables. Not Ladylike. "What do you think I ought to say to yon for coming Jiome so late and In such a condition?" demands the lady of the house. "Perish she shoughtr gracefully re plies the courteous husband. "Perish she shought! M' dear, surely you would not sh'pose I would ever shlnk you ought to shay the shings I shlnk you ought to shay V Judge. Fete of a 8peeder. Gunner Blgwood, the millionaire, started Off for a banquet and was ar rested for speeding. . Gnyer Then he -wasn't wined and toasted? Gunner No; Instead be was fined and roasted. Chicago News. Tour achievement will never rise Mgher than your faith. "Me MS foot we are prepared to outfit the 'of clothes that give perfect Lumberman's Wool Pants - the best Lumberman's Glothing buy It at W ESTS you know it's Xotlce of Meeting; of the Board of . Equalization. Notice is hereby given that the County Board of Equalization for Un ion County, Oregon, will attend at the Court House at La Grande, Ore gon, on Monday October 18th, 1909, and publicly examine the assessment rolls, correct all errors In valuation, description of qualities of land, lots, or other property, as assessed by the County Assessor and It shall be the duty of all persons Interested to ap pear at the time and place given. All persons having grievances re garding the 1909 assessment may ap pear before such board and present their affidavits containing grounds of complaint. All such affidavits must be presented during the first week of the meeting of the board. ' : T. A. RINEHART, " Assessor for Union County, Oregon. Daily Sept. 30 Oct. 17. . Notice of Street Improvement To whom It may concern: Notice Is hereby given that In pursuance of a resolution adopted by the Common Council of the City of La Grande, Ore gon, oh the 1st day of December, 1909, creating Improvement District No. 9, and designating Fourth Street, as such district, aand in pursuance of a reso lution adopted by said Common Coun cil on the 2t8h day of September, 1910, whereby said Council determined and declared Its Intention to Improve all that' portion of Fourth street, in said improvement district, as hereinafter described, by laying thereon Bitulith 1c pavement," the Council will, ten days after the service of this notice upon the owners of the property af fected and benefitted by such improve ment, order that said above described Improvement be made; that the boun daries of said district to be so Im proved are as follows: All that portion of Fourth street, from the north line of Adams avenue, to the south curb line of "O"' street or avenue. Notice is hereby further given that the Council will levy a special assessment on all the property af fected and benefitted by such Im provement for the purpose of paying for such Improvement .That the esti mated cost of such Improvement is the sum of J29.745.00. That the Coun cil will on the 12th day of October, 1910, meet at the Council chambergat the'hour of 9 o'clock p. m. to consider said estimated cost, and the levy of said assessment, when a hearing will be granted to any person feeling ag grieved .by such assessment La Grande, Oregon, Sept. 28, 1910. CITY. COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE, OREGON, By D. E. COX, Recorder of the City of La Grande, , Oregon. Sept 30 to Oct 11. Xollce of Street Improvement. To whom It may concern: Notice Is hereby given that In pursuance of a resolution adopted by the Common Council of the City of La Grande, Ore gon a the 21st day of September, 1910, workingman ' satisfaction. Clothe 0 WoolShirts on the Market . Bergemans hand made Loggers Staley Wool Over-Shirts Tuf -Nut Gloves Goodyear Rubber Goods : Leather Coats Corduroy Lined right. ' v Qy" store creatine Im-nrnMnrnnt '' niafotnfc ?- '' Kg. M- - " v.Bm.w it u. 26 and designating Cedar street as. such district, and In pursuance of a resolution adopted by eaid Common Council on the 21st day of Septem ber, 1910, whereby said Council deter mined and declared Its intention to improve all that portion of Cedar Street, In said improvement district, as hereinafter described, by i laying V. mm . mereun waru .Biaewaix, tne coun cil, will ten Aav'a attar iho onmlno f this notice upon the owners of the property affected and benefitted by such Improvement, order that said above described Improvements be made; that the boundaries of said dis trict 'to be so Improved are as fol lows. All that nnrtlnn nt CaAai nf.nn) V J BblCCLf from the South curb line of "C" ave nue, to the south curb line of "A" ave nue. Notice Is hereby further given that the Council will levy a special assessment on all the property affect- -ed and benefitted by such Improve ment That the estimated cost of such improvement Is the sum of $330.00." That the Council will on the 12th day of October, 1910, meet at the Council chamber at the hour of 8 o'clock p. m. to consider said estimated cost, and , the levy of said assessment, when a hearing will be granted to any per son feeling aggrieved by such as sessment La Grande, Oregon, Sept. 28, 1910. CITY COUNCIL OF CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE, OREGON, By D. E. COX, tt Recorder of the City of La Grande, f - Oregon. Sept SO to Oct 11. ' Want ads pay, one cent a word' FARMERS'BUSINESS WE GIVE PARTICU LAR ATIENTION TO, THE BUSINESS OF FARMERS. WECOR DIALLY INVITE THEM TO MAKE WIS 1HE1R BANKING HOME. The United States - National Bank, LA GRANDE. OREGON