LA Uli Ai)E E V hNIN 0 OBSKUVKR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1910.
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THE OBSERVER
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TAFT AND PROHIBITION'.
Presuming thatyPmsment Taft has
been quoted correctly in the People's
Tprum column, let us see what he
eaid. "To the man who is engaged in
responsible work, who must have at
his command the best that is in him,"
Bays the statesman, "J, would with all
the emphasis that I possess urge
leave drink alone absolutely. He who
drinks is deliberately. "disqualifying
himself. for advancement. Personally,
I refuse to take such a risk. I do not
drink." .. . .'. v ! ;
; Now, this Is not a prohibition utter
ance. It Is a temperance sermon and a
good one. This is the kind of doctrine
that should be taught. Taft, like every
other well balanced man, knows it
does not pay In any sense to drink
freely of liquor, but he Is also too
wise to think that it Is possible to do
away with liquor entirely.
The man who says, "1 do not drink
liquor because I do not want it," Is
the man who la setting the standard of
Citizenship. He is the man who Is Is
strong enough to stand out against all
kinds of fanatacisms and therefore la
' safe for the country and for himself.
You could not agitate that man, Into
doing anything. The country needs
.more of such characters. Appealing to
; prejudce, to passion or to carry the
wail of misery In order to create sym
pathy is not effective.
. - Aunt Amanda "Way. a national' pro
hibition leader," once said when the ls
sue had been defeated at the polls,
vthe trouble with so many Is that they
have a cotton string for a backbone
There must be some truth in this else
"this agitation for prohibition would
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not ne bo nouceaDie. men wim raw
bones don't drink to. excess, neither
do they bend the kneelo popular sen
timent, and when a case la held up
to them eliciting sympathy they do
not lose their head but quietly weigh
the cause which sometimes shows that
the agitators are deceived and they
are worrying over something that la
not worth their time.
In the Roosevelt extract on liquor
which Is also quoted in the Forum,'
why not add the other remark made
by T. R. In whtch he said: "If you find
a man In the ditch give him your hand
and help him to stand. If he Insists
on returning him to the ditch let him
stay (here for there are other. things
you can do of more importance than
to continually render assistance In
such cases."
V SH0OTI5G PAST THE ISSUE.
.In the People's Forum colum are
GEORGE PALMER, Pres. W. L. BKEKHOLTS, Ass't Cash.
F. J. nOLHES, Tlce-fres. EARL ZTCTDEL, 2d Agst Cask.
F. L. MEYERS, Cashier.
LA GRANDEiNATIONAL BANK
OF LA GRANDE, OREGON .
United States Depository
w'"'u'Hlej aw i i ijiiijli him i.jmiMllliiiin"iniiiu .mini
, Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits 00,000-00
DIRECTORS
W. L. BEE5D0LTS
F. I KETEES
W. M. FIERCE
flEoxoi russa
w. j. onrscM
F. J. HOLMS
With oar aatito reraarces an! facilities we can render 70a efficient
service aifl budle jttr bailaen to yonr entire satisfaction. '
some clippings ttir'n'shcd by Pr.' G 1
lilan and also a short 'article ty h';n
'. regarding the case of a man who fell
', by the , wayside. Tha doctor . stoutly
' claims the abolishment of liquor is
' tha only cure, but V abolishment
! Is a thini which 'Las sver bes'n ac
complished since the wcyid began anh
apparently never will be accomplished.
Thig being qliesmn that con
mnts UnIm county and the 8tate of
Oregon is, "How can liquor best be
handled' for everyone knows. liquor
will not be abolished despite anything
that can be done.
. , . m t f .3 ..I I.J
rut tne lsq-uor ousiness unuer iifciu
restrictions. When a license will be re-
voked if a saloon keeper sells to a
man who is known to be weak, or to
a boy that saloonkeeper will obey
6uch restrictions for he ha3 too much
at stake not to do so. Now, sornj one
will say, "but look at.the saloons of
the past." Ant! they are right. Rather
than.:' return to, the old-time .'lilootr
with p.ll 'Its environment we would pre
fer advocating an insurrection of the
people. But the pointy for every good
citizen and home-lov'ng individual to
lemember is, whether the present al
leged prohibition gives, the results
that were expected" whether it would
be better to continue this condition so
apparently debauching and ineffective
or whether it is best to give a trial to
regulation and restriction of the bus
iness'such as is now rdeeting with ap
proval in many places. '..'.'
' This is a question that deserves
your mose earnest considtVation.
JAIL EMPTY TODAY.
Record of Several Months Broken
by Lack of Prisoners Today.'
For the first time In something like
three months the city Jail cells were
empty this morning. It Is almost an
Invariable rule that the cells fill up
during the afternoon and night and
when morning comes the jail is filled
wth drunks or drunks and disorder
lies. FEW EXCEPTIONS FILED.
Up t'o Date Only One Man lias Object
ed to Taxation for Current Year.
Though the county board of equali
zation has been in session nearly four
days up to date only one taxpayer has
filed an exception to the taxation as
assessed. The board, which consists
of County Judge Henry, County Clerk
Ed. Wright and County Assessor Rine
hart will be in session all this f week
to hear complaints but with Saturday
night the taxpayers privilege in this
respect ends. ;
The board will likely be In session
a portion of next week but not to
hear complaints, t
Dysentery is a dangerous disease but can
be cured. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy bus been successfully
used in nine epidemics of dysentery. It has
never been known to fail. It i equally val
uable for children and adults, and when re
duced with water and sweetened, it ii pleas
ant to take.
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SURVEYORS AHE
IN MOUNTAINS
EXACT PURPOSE OF THEIR MIS-
MION A MYSTERY.
Claim to be After Power Sites, But
Otherwise Mission Is Unknown.
Surveyors are again In , the Blue
mountains and their purpose appears
to be somewhat of a mystery. A spec
ial from Walla Walja has this to
say: . '
Outfitting so quietly that no one
was aware of the fact and leaving this
city in the night to escape detection,
it is said that six surveyor's crews
all working under the same direction
have gone into the mountains for the
purpose of locating power sites. Noth
lng can be learned of the Identity of
the backers nor the purpose, beyond
an assertion by one of the engineers
that power sites were the objective.
The destination of the crews is div
lded Into as many parts as was the
gang of surveyors. They were going
to the Alpowa, beyond Pomeroy, to
the Patit, Tucanon, beyond Dayton;
to the Walla river; to Mill creek above
this city and to the Looking Glass
and Salmon, on the other side of the
mountains.
Just .what the. move mens -cannot
be figued here. AH clues to Identity
of the parties have been covered care
fully. The engineer In charge of one
party said he did not know for whom
or what he was working, that he only
knew he was going into the mountains
to locate power sites. ,
It is variously thought here that it
is a new electric line, a Strahorn
move, a Pacific Light & Power com
pany plan or that a new power com
pany Is to enter the field. All efforts
to learn anything of the surveyor's
plans have failed.
Banner Liner Launched.
Belfast, Ireland, Oct. 20 The White
Star liner 'Olympic, the largest ves
sel In the world, was launched at
Harlan and Wolff ship yards here to
day. Countess Aberdeen, wife of the
Viceroy of Ireland christened her. .
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An elegant display of fashion's latest modes.
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The standard of high quality trimmed J?ats.
There's a certain elegance of style found only in Gage hats. We
invite you to visit our millinery department and see our display of ,
: " Xotlce to Contractors.
Notice is hereby given iu sealed
bids will be received at the office of
the City Recorder of "La Grande, Ore
gon, for the furnishing and laying of
1500 lineal feet of Bewer, in the alley
between Washington ave'nue and Ad
ams avenue, from the east side of
Hemlock street to the center of Chest
nut street - .. ! .-,
Said sewer to be laid according to
the plans and specifications now on
file In this office and under the sup
ervision of the City Inspector. All bids
must be in before 8 o'clock p. m.
Wednesday evening October 2Cth, and
must be accompanied by a certified
check of five per cent of the amount
of the bid. The coiincll reserves the
right to reject any or all bids. V
. By order of the Council, October
19th, 1910. i
. ; D. E. COX,
Recorder of the City of La Grande,
Oregon. 1 ;", Oct 20 to 26
Xotlee to Trespassers. ,
' Positively no hunting allowed on
our premises. Do not ask for" permis
sion. Blockland Bros. -
Different From a Mountain.
A certaih Philadelphlan who Is at
once a minister of the gospel and a
f registered physician had an amusing
experience In his attempt to corner a
Christian Scientist. Every time they
met this Scientist took occasion to
scoff at medical science and to dwell
upon the wonders that could be per
formed through faith.
''You are convinced that through
faith you can do anything," said the
medical man one day.
"Yes," he repliedr "faith will move
mountains."
A week later he was In the doctor's
office with a swollen jaw, due to tooth
ache. "What, you here?", the doctor ex
claimed, with feigned astonishment
"Oh, doctor," he said, "I have, suf
fered 'agony all through the night I
simply can't stand this pain any
longer!"
"Have you tried faith?" the physl
dan asked him. "You know you told
me faith could move mountains."
"But this is a cavity, doctor."
Pleating tha Sultan.
Kaid Beltou told the following story,
which illustrates exactly the attitude
of the sultan of Morocco toward the
French:
One day thetsultan asked a lad v. the
wife of his dentist, to play one of the
pianos that were in the room of the
palace. She played several pieces, one
of them at length catching the sultan's
rancy, wnereupon the following little
dialogue loot place:
Sultan That piece is very nice.
What is it called? , ,"v
Dentist It la the "March on nadir.
It was written to commemorate th
Spaniards driving the French out of
opain.
Sultan-What! Were the French m
upain? v .
Dentist-Yes! ' ". '' V . : ';
Sultan How many of them?
DentistAbout 200.000. -
Sultan (In a surprised tone) And the
bpaniards drove them out?
Dentist Yes. every one of thpm
There was a slight pause while the
swtan was thinking hard, and then: .
Sultan (quietly)-riay & again.
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FOR SALE OR TRADE 10 acre
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mile from school, trees 12 years old,
will trade for city property easy
terms. Inquire of R. E. Smith at Smith
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Change of Time
Soo-Spokane-Portland
Train De luxe
Now Leaves Spokane at
2:00 P M
'.- ' - ' "'
AU trains from the Inland Empire
make connection with thla popular
train. " '-.
A o S . a '
A euro win oriag a traveling repre
eentatlve to explain In detail any trln
desired.
Any agent of the O. R. & N. will Is
sue mrougn tickets at lowest current
rates.
G. M. Jackson s Geo. A. Walton
Trav. Pass. Agt Gen. Agt.
14 Wall Street, Spokane.
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