La Grande evening observer., October 14, 1910, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

LA GKaXDE EV.tNLN'G OtfSEJlVEK FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1910.
THE OBSERVER
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DR. WILSOS'S LECTCRE.
The address delivered by Dr. Clar
ence True Wilson In the Christian
church showed plainly the eloquence
cl the speaker for bis word picture of
the American home was as prettily
worded as it has ever been our pleas
ure to hear. We have already stated
that he was In the class with , Mr.
Story and we were right, for Dr. Wil
son, while wedded to his side of the
liquor question, did not go so strong
as many prohibition' orators do. His
comparison of taxation at Ashland
Question of liquor,. when It mlght.be I
added that Ashland belongs to the
dead towns of Oregon commercially
while Medford is a live wire and large
deals are turning every minute. Med-
. ford has the metropolitan habit and it
Is expensive while Ashland sinks more
Into the easy going class of towBS;
No questions were asked at the meet-
' tag, but it would have been Interest
ing to know If Dr. Wilson does not be
lieve that where the Model License
" law has been put Into effect that con-
' dltions have been vastly Improved ov-
er the former conditions. We believe
". his honesty and sincerity would bring
' an affirmative answer to such a ques
tlon, which would Indicate that the
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der restriction has at least been i
step toward betterment. The blind pig
problem was not discussed to any ex
' tent, but bis whole R'm Is to get at tha
vitals of the wholesalers of liquors.
Portland was given the name of the
"cesspool' of Oregon, which t may de-
serve for many reasons aside from the
liquor question, yet the doctor made
a bad Blip wBen . he mentioned ex
Mayor Harry Lane in connection with
any moral reform in that city. The
Waymlra case Is too fresh In the minds
of Oregonlans for Harry Lane to be
raised as a moralist
. We wish everyone In the city had
heard the tribute to the home as de
livered by the eminent Dr. Wilson.
lug that liquor dealers were necessar
ily hostile to - the homes ho so well
described, that portion of his speech
did not take away the beautiful pic
ture And he did not take away In the
minds of many that Just such homes
as Dr. Wilson described are scatter
ed all over this great and glorious
country of ours today both in what,
are termed "wet" states as well as
"dry" states. Tou will find thousands
pool of the state, and you will find
. them la every county In Oregon. All
of which goes to show that character
and honor musl be in" the men "and
women who preside over such homes,
and with that character and honor
present the instances are few but
those few are very noticeable, where
liquor wrecks the home. And further-1
J more, If a man is so weak as to permit I
liquor to wreck his home that man I
the very kind who will Bifd liquor in
semi-prohibition territory and the
wreck is assured whether wet or dry.
But the man and woman of stam
many and courage, who teach ths
admirable lesson of temperance to
their children in their dally lives are
safe from the ravages so vividly des
cribed because internally there is
that desire to do right There is that
desire to be honorable and upright,
that cardinal principle of decency
that is stronger by' far than any law
the people or the legislature - can
write upon a statute book, which
stands between the home and destruc
tion. The doctor's remarks on temper
ance were well put and forceful and
we agTee with him perfectly for tem
perate lives are the only ones that
count But does prohibition bring tem
perance? It has not In the past, and
will It do so in the future? ',. .
Reference has been made by an ora
tor for prohibition that the Pendleton
East Oregonian had sold its editorial
columns to the liquor Interests. Let lis
see, the Pendleton East Oregonian was
the . cause of Umatilla ' county going
dry two years ago. No one ever denied
mat tact. And under the editorship
of E. B. Aid rich the East Oregonian
has maintained a high standing with
never a breath of commercialism con
nected with Us editorial columns be
fore. We cannot and will not believe
that the East Oregonian can be pur
chased until more proof is submit
ted. It Is a common ' fault to charge
newspapers with being purchasable
when the truth there is as much hon
or in editorial columns of the news
paper today as la any other profession.
Up in Baker the people are wrestling
with the r commission form of city
government The plan has been adopt
ed and now the fight is waging as to
who. shall be elected commissioners.
The office pays a salary of f 2,000 a
year and candidates are numerous.
Baker should be careful for If a mlstep
Is made in selecting commissioners
the. whole virtue" of the new plan is
overthrown and the city is worse off
than under the old form.
How about that Grande Ronde fruit
display at Chicago? It means much to
the fruit lands here for we can de
liver the goods every year at less ex
pense than any other orchard section
of the northwest. Look at the box of
apples that received the fifty dollar
prize from George Cleaver and you
will be convinced that for coloring
thlB valley Is Just as strong as Hood
River.
Bowerman says the first time he ev
er saw his opponent, Mr. West was In
Salem Oregon. Bowerman had a
check In payment for hauling and pil
ing wood in that city and he took into
Mr. West's bank to get it cashed. At
that time Oswald West probably lit
tle expected that the plain, hard-working
Jay Bowerman would evfer oppose
him for the office of governor.
The steam roller Is still singing its
song of progress in La Grande and
the streets are showing the improve-
GEORGE PALMER, Pres. W. L. BEEXH0LTS, As Cash.
JT. J. HOLMES, Tlcf-Pres. -EARL IUNDEL, ti Asst Cash.
F.L. METERS, Cashier.
LA GRANDE NATION ALBANIA
OF LA GRANDE, OREGON
United States Depository
Capital Surplus and Undivided Prohts $200,000.00
DIRECTORS
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F. J. HOLMES
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Witt ear ample retwaites sal facilities we can reader jon efficient
service aai handle year hat tacit to year entire satisfaction,
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WEST'S CAN FIT YOU
It Makes No Difference whether you are tall or shorty
large or small, stout or slim, We Have Suits and 0 v
ercoats Made For, You. ' ; '.' ' "
; WEST'S CAN SUIT YOU
Our Line of -Patterns embrace All That Is New in
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Men's Clothing, and WeHave a Model for Every
Fancy. Th Particular Man is the Man We Cater
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WEST'S QUALITY THE BEST
Quality First is Our Motto and especially so in Our
Clothing Department. v That's the Secret of Our
Great Clothing Business. - ' -
WEST'S PRICE IS RIGHT
Strictly; One Price and That The Lowest Quality
Considered, Makes You Always Sure of a Square
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merit. Next season petitions will be
numerous for hard surface pavement
and our prediction Is that La Grande
will soon have more paving that any
other city of its size in the northwest.
Then we must all lay aside our mod
esty and talk about It.
Baker City has begun her campaign
for the eastern Oregon asylum, not
because Baker people feel It is a lo
cal necessity but because she wants
the business the institution would
bring, just as any other town would
want it.
MOXETART LAWS COMPILED.
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acts establishing the mint and pro
viding for our coinage, the laws gov
erning the rates at which, previous to
1857, foreign coins should be accepted
as legal tender, and the laws which
have from time to time made changes
in the weight or denomination of our
coins. One interesting law of the
embargo" period ,1s that .of April 14,
1812, which enacted: "That it shall
not be lawful during the continuance
of the act entitled "An act laying an
embargo on all ships and vessels In
the ports and harbors of the United
States for a limited time,' to export
from the I'nlted States or the Terri
tories thereof, in any manner , what
ever, any specie, nor any goods, wares,
or merchandise of foreign or domestic
growth or manufacture."
Much legislation In this part is con
cerned with the establishment of the
mints and assay offices and the laying
down of rules for their guidance. The
sllTer-purchase acts, the gold-standard
act of 1900. and all other acts re-
j latlng to our coinage- can readily be
' found by the student. The last stat
ute included is that of May 18, 1908
"An Act providing for the restoration
of the motto In God We Trust on
certain denominations of the gold and
silver colns-of the United States."
The last part deals with paper mon
ey. The United States passed but few
acts on this subject previous to those
providing for the issue of the green
backs, the few enacted dealing with
the notes of the First and Second Na
tional banks of the United States. But
from the issue of the greenbacks on,
the legislation has been more fre
quent Here will be found the laws
leading up to the resumption of specie
payments, on January 1, 1879, and the
statutes concerning the Treasury
notes of 1S90. Though of less import
ance, the acts of the greenback period
providing for the issue of postage
stamps of fractional currency will
also appeal to the student of Amer
ican currency.
5otIre 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,
Oregon, ( on the 5th day of August,
1909, creating Improvement DlBtrlct
No. 3 and designating Main avenue, as
such district, and in pursuance of a
resolution adopted by said common
council on the 28th day of September
1910, whereby said Council determined
end declared Its Intention to Improve
that portion of Main avenue, In said
Improvement district as herelnafte
described, by laying thereon cemert
walks, the Council, will, ten days af
ter the service 'of this notice upon
the owners of the property affected
and benefitted by such improvement,
order that said above described im
provement be made; that boundaries
of said district to be so improved
are as follows: All that portion of
Main avenue, from the west curb line
of 4th street to the east curb line of
1st street Notice is hereby further
given that the council will levy a
special assessment on all the property
affected 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 11685. That the council
will on the 26th day of October, 1910,
meet at the council chamber at the
hour of 8 o'clock p. m., to consider
Bald 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, f)re., Oct 13, 1910.
CITY COUNCIL OP LA- GRANDE,
Oregon, , ; :
. By D. E. COX,
Recorder of the City of La Grande,
Oregon. ,
Oct 14 to 26.
Hawaii Wants Aid.
Washington, Oct 14. Officials of
the Department of Agriculture have
been asked by the territorial health
officers of Hawaii to aid in stamping
out the tuberculosis prevalent among
the cattle of the lBlands. The appeal
states that 'a third of the cattle of
Hawaii are afflicted with tuberculosis,
and this has caused the sprerd of the
disease among the human beings.
John at Virginia; Washington & Lee
at Georgetown; Washington College
at George Washington; Amherst at
Harvard; Pennsylvania at Brown;
Carlisle at Syracuse; Chicago at Illi
nois; Iowa at Missouri; Williams at
New York University; HamlltonVat
Wesleyan. r
If your liver is sluggish and out of tone,
and you feel dull, bilious, constipated, Uks
a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets tonight before retiring and you wis
feel all right in the morning.
You Doubtless
Appreciate
: j Prompt, Painstaking atfen- '
; ; Hon to the dttails of your ;
: ; Banking Business. This is ; :
I where we can be of real it
I Service to You, i
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Football Games Tomorrow.
Chicago, Oct. 14. The football
games scheduled for tomorrow are as
follows:
Yale at West Point; Lafayette at
Princeton; Fordham at Cornell; Ver
mont at Dartmouth; Vlllanova at An
napolis; Nebraska at Minnesota; St
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