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WE ARE ALL BCV1S.
"There la so much good In the
. worst of us, and to much had In the.
; best of us. etc."
So runs the old rhyme and Its truth
fulness cannot be questioned This is
; brought to mind by the Intensely bu
i man manner in which Dr. Seeraan in
the People'! Forum article beaded
. "Some Observations, speaks of Dav-
id Rose of Milwaukee who spoke here
; Sunday evening. Tbe doctor ceases to
be calm and lays aside the robes of
dignity In bis denunciation of Rose,
Milwaukee man in language that ordi
nary men use.
We did sot bear the address of Mr.
Rose and we know, little about Jbls ca
reer except what magazines , have
printed, and in many Instances maga
zines are prone to use tbe muck rake
with as much vigor as are some In
dividuals. , It would seem that the present cam:
palgn has reached a stage never be
fore reached In a similar campaign.
Heretofore no one has ever dared to
lay publicly there were two sides to
the liquor question. Because the old
time saloon reeked with filth and de
bauchery decent people would not on
!y refuse to defend It, but they would
refuse to even speak their sentiment
regarding how liquor could and should
be sold. As a rule ministers beaded
the prohibition side of the case and
from tbe beginning of time the title
of Reverend" has prevented ordinary
men from taking issue, always pre
ferring to let the ministers say what
they chose to say without meeting
with argument
Mr. Rose and other speakers have
taken the other tide. No doubt many
of them go to extremes in their re
marks, for. it is very difficult for weak
humanity to strike a happy medium
on any question. But K can hardly be
said that the xtreme Indulged in by
people who advocate tbe restrM
tale of liquor is any stronger than
the extreme resorted by prohibition
advocates.
We do not think Mr. Rose deserved
any "punning" about his name any
more than do prohibition speakers de
serve mirthful comment. We do not
believe it is highly dignified cr prope.
for the question of a man's introduc
tion to a community to be commented
upon any more than we believe ths
people at Pendleton who threw the
eggs did what was right
As a matter of fact, those who thin
there was any difficulty in having Mr.
Rose introduced to a La Grande au
dience are mistake for a number of
business men in this city have a b'gb
regard for Mr. Rote and besides the
m uwi urr iu opm'WJ
on handling the liquor traffic.
This whole affair proves without s
doubt that man is' man in the beat
of conflict, to let the band play v-il
tie arguments continue until Nov,.:,
bertn and then see bow the peo.e
have taken the statements each lde
has made, all of which have met con
tiadlctlon from one side 'or the oh-
er- - 1 - . ' '
But there is a concrete proof of lo
cal option that has stared Union coun
ty In the face for two years a jnoo'
that needs no "bolstering"- a proof
that is not located in Tennessee or
Georgia a proof . that is observed
Nice Lot of
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ALL SIZES
FOR BAKING AND PIES
and
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Swift's Premium Hams and Bacon
CITY GROCERY
and BAKERY
daily a proof that is festooned with
mockery, with hypocrisy.
' If that probt regardless of what
may he said for or against the ques- !
tion does not convince the people
then they must prefer what they have,
which would surely be a strange, but
a possible conclusion of the local op
tion campaign.
SOT FOK.rSIOX COUNTY.
The mall has just brought to this
office a circular letter from B. F. Wil
son, of Union, who wants to be coun
ty Judge. The letter contains a num
ber of statements intended to induce
voters to mark a cross mark at Wil
son's name Instead "of the name of
Henry for county Judge,
Let us see what the merit of such a
change in officials would mean. Wilson
has been county judge. Oh yes, he has
been county judge of Union county and
the people here have not in any way
forgotten his administration. They re
member the deficits, the debts, the
condition of the roads, the need of
bridges not bnflt and many other
things under Mr. Wilson. They also
remember that when Judge Henry took
the office he was confronted with a
heavy county indebtedness, a demand
from the people for more bridges and
better roads. With the assistance of
the commissioners Judge Henry set
to work in a business like manner to
adjust Union County's financial af
fairs. Taxes were collected and used
in a way that every taxuaver nuA
results. Thlrteeen new steel bridges
were built, about four mile of macad
am road was completed and the in
debtedness to the county wiped away.
Had the conditions obtained another
four years as Mr. Wilson was con
ducting them Union county warrants
would today be considerably below1 par
and the county would be paying as
much interest as the salaries of coun
ty officers anvunt to. -
Does Union county want Mr. Wilson
to get bold of the county business
again? No. we hardly think to.
In his letter to the voters Mr. Wil
son says: "If elected County Judge
.we shall have better roads and high
ways at reduced cost. I know how this
can be done, and I pledge to you that
it shall be done." " ' "'
this same man was once given a
chance to do the very thing he affirms
be will do now if elected to office. Bt
he did not deliver the goods.
Mr.. Wilson also lays stress on the
statement that he is better equipped
to give legal advice. This country has
an able district attorney who is paid
to furnish legal, ad vice on ail ques
tions. What we want is plain business
sente such as Ju'dge Henry has been
giving the county. Wilson need make
no 'promises. He has been tried and
there Is a disposition on the people's
part to let him back In and take'eharge
of the county business again. -
GEORGE PALMER, Pres.
Y. J. HOLMES, Ylee-Pres.
IT. L, BRENHOLTS, Ass't, Cash.
EARL ZUNDEL, 2d Aist Cash.
F. L METERS, Cashier.
LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK
OF LA GRANDE, OREGON
United States Depository '
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $200,000.00
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W. J. C5UECH
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DIRECTORS
W. X BXEXBOLTS
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F. M. BTRIIT
tT!ta ear aa!e rwsareei aal facilities we eta reader yea efficleat
service aal haalle year Hilars a to rear entire satisfaction.
ABUSE OF THE INITIATIVE.
Taking up the argument that "the
people", will do better when they ful
ly learn their powers, suppose we call
attention to the fact that this year we
will bave to vote Nipon 32 separate
measures, says The Dalles Optimist
We do not believe one per cent of the
voters of Oregon will vote intelligent
ly upon them all. The editor of the
Optimist pretends to have an average
amount of common sense and educa
tion and he avers that he has read the
various bills over several times pretty
carefully, and yet he does not know
Just how he ought to vote on many
of the measures, as some of them
are, to say the very least, very con
fusing. The friends of the initiative
say "when in doubt, vote no." Why
not say, "when in doubt, vote yes!"
Why not, "when in doubt, do not vote
at all?" Is it not an impeachment ol
the initiative that there should be a
doubt Implied? And yet these very In
structions or suggestions, concede
that the voters will not know how to
vote on some, or many, of the meas
ures. (
The lnlatlve has been In force at the
last two of our state elections, and
the third set of measures la now be
fore ns. At the first trial of the sys
tem In 1906, before "the people" un
derstood their powers, as its friends
say, we had twelve measures to vote
upon. The next year, 1908, "the peo
ple" were getting wiser, getting a
taste of their powers, as it were, and
we had nineteen measures to vote up
on. And now comes 1910 with 33 meas
ures. .
Yes "the people" are learning their
powers all right, all right and the
cranks are learning theirs Just a lit
tle bit better than "the people" and
God alone knows how many bills we
will have to vote upon two years
hence. At the same ration of increase,
TIM
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TO THINK
OF
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aimer Uraferaeas
Three great lines of dependable un
derwear unexcelled in quality
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MANUFAC-TUne
Next to the wear, the
best test cf underwear
is when it cones back
from the laundry.
Athena
Underwear
while made from fabrics that provide
warmth and comfort without bulk,
comes back from the laundry in
satisfactory condition. .The trim -.
mings are not torn, nor do they have
a ragged appearance. The garment
(except for reasonable wear) pre
. sents the same dainty appearance
that k did the first day you bought it.
Such underwear is & real pleasure to
the woman who appreciates refine'
ment in dress, '
Have you seen the line? If not, it t
a good time to bok. ;
Sted cy3 rLixd
men am. run sizls. t iconomical and
GOOD FI'iIlNC. DtKAK.l! CD.IFOmClf IOWM
HEAVY ANP MGHT-WEIGHTS
wmpraoM"fM5 m nro sens.
SOUTH ?rct..!SIMXl
WEAR.
BREADTH ,
SltMNSON ' .
UNDLRWEAR MILLS
STALEY BRAND
SOUTH BtHP.IND.
MUNSl
For Ladies and CKildren. Union and Two Piece Suita. Cotton, Wool
. ' and Mercerized. ALL PRICES
f - ... . : . .'
Come in today and look over our great line of woolens. . We can suit
in price and quality.
ft K WRT BeQUAUnSTOiiE
say 65 per cent, we will have over 50.
And do not think that this Is an un
reasonable estimate, for the "idea"
spreads rapidly. The Increase from
1906 to 1908 was a trifle over 58 per
cent, so you see "the people" are
surely but rapidly getting next to
their powers.
THE PARAMOUNT DUTY.
The Oregonian believes that the
voters of Oregon have been greatly
outraged by the imposition upon them
of thirty-two separate measures un
der the Initiative and rererendum for
action In November!, It ought never
to have been possible under any sys
tem to require the public to decide
on so many measures. There should
be, there must be, a limit on the Initia
tive, not only In number and variety
of measures, but In character and
scope.
The Oregonian has Bald that the in
itiative Bhould not be employed for
enactment of miscellaneous legisla
tion. It repeats and reiterates that
opinion. It desires above everything
that the public be awakened to the
menace of the initiative as It is In Ore
gon, and the utter Impracticability of
devising and enacting an Intelligent
and harmonious system of laws un
der Its provisions.
The Oregonian hopes and desires
that the best may be made out of a
very badly muddled situation, and to
that end It has sought to enlighten
the public as to the various acts to
be adopted or rejected. It considers
the correct determination of these
questions to be far the most Import
ant duty of the electorate. It hopes
to see no measure enacted unless
there shall be a clear and definite un
derstanding of Its purposes and pro
visions, and unless there shall be a
positive and general desire that It be
enacted.
So, when In doubt, vote NO. Oregonian.
, A Grand Rout
It Is not always the largest foe who
can make the greatest disturbance and
cause the most confusion. In his
"Hunting Grounds of the Great West"
Richard Irving Dodge tells of a little
Incident of the Mexican war which
proves that It Is quality, not quantity,
which Is most effective.
While General Taylor's little army
was marching' from Corpus Christt to
Matamoras a soldier) of the flank of
the column fired at a bulL The animal
charged, and the soldier, taking to hla
heels, ran Into tbe oolumn. The bull,
undaunted by the number of tbe ene
my, followed him headlong, scattering
several regiments like chaff, and finally
escaped unhurt, having demoralized
and put to flight an army which a few
days after covered Itself with glory
by victoriously encountering five times
Its number of human enemies.
Fort George
On the line of the Grand Trunk Paci
fic Railway now building is the geo
graphical and strategic center of Brit
ish Columbia.
Fort George will be second only to
Vancouver In population and wealth.
Let us tell you how you can buy a
lot .at Fort George on small monthly
payments. f
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COMPANY, LTD. .
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Special Agent, y
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