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LA GRASDE EVENING OBSERVER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1U10.
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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
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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.
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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. '
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