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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1910)
vrir rum uaius"' Kvi..vrvr, ojtKiivri Saturday, Novembers, 1910. THE OBSERVER Bruce Dennis, 1 Edltcr and Owner. Cstered at the postofflce at La Grand . second-class matter. Published Pally Except Sunday. SUBSCRIPTION RATES , Dally, single copy 6c 'Dallr. oer week 15c Daily, per month 65c This paper will not putliab at ar - tide appearing over a nom de pi tme Signed article will be revised ub ect to the discretion of tbe editor. Please sign your articles and aire flsappolntmenL COMJIEXDS BOWEBMAN. Tbe following letter tells of some Important things that Jay Bowerman the candidate for governor, stands for: Salem, Ore., Nov. 4 (To the Editor) There are several commendable fea tures of Jay Bowerman's plan to cre ate a central governing board or board of control for the public Insti tutions located at tbe state capital. bucn a board would uul ouly mlul mlze the operating expenses of all public institutions, but would bring about a more systematic management of these Institutions by placing them all under one governing board, said board to consist of tbe Governor, Sec retary of State and State Treasurer as ex-offlclo members. This arrange ment would bring the Oregon State penitentiary under the control of the proposed board and would thereby les sen the political activity of the offic ers and employes o fthat institution. The penitentiary Is at present under the direct supervision of the governor. A review of the history of the state shows that the penitentiary has cut a big figure In our politics and that the various superintendents, wardens, guards, and in some instances even the convicts, have been active boosters for certain candidates for public of fice. The other state institutions have been comparatively free from politics, but the penitentiary has continued to operate with Immunity and impunity. Two years ago, the penitentiary was an active booster for Chamberlain; now' it is doing its best for bis pro tege, "Oz" West, democratic candidate for governor. Jay Bowerman's plan of a central board of control for all Institutions will compel the governor to share the patronage of the penitentiary with the secretary of state and the State Treas urer. In advocating this reform, Mr. Bowerman takes high ground. He is willing to waive the question of pat ronage in an effort to systematize the management and control of our Btate Institutions and save money for the taxpayers. No other candidate for governor has ever been willing to make this concession or to advocate this much needed change. Mr. Bower man certainly deserves commendation for his attitude. We are often told that there are too many board, commissions and offices. Tbe charge 1b true. It is particularly true at the state institutions here in Salem. We have separate boards of trustees for the Asylum, Reform School, Blind School, Deaf Mute and State Stove Foundry. Belsdes GEO&GE PALMER, Pre. F. J. HOLMES, Tlee-Fra. LA GRANDEjNATIONAL BANK OF LA GRANDE, OREGON United States Depository Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $200,000.00 DIRECTORS W. L, BKMH0LT9 F. I METERS W. M. FIERCE aeocss riLMza vr. J. CBVBCH F. J. nOLSZS tTIth far aaato retirees ant facilities we can render yon efficient service tnit year kilat to year er.tlre satWarrlflo. these we have the Tuberculosis Coa ; mission, tbe Public Building Commit bion and the Capitol Building Commis- ' c'n awiA f Via vnvnnf B th TTIBJI beard of the oenitentlary. In other words, there are ten different boards with ten different sets of officers, and In some instances tbe membeershlp of the boards is not the same as in others The Bowerman plan of abolishing all three boards and creating in lieu thereof a single board of control can be carried out without the expenditure 9 additional money for aslaries, etc. and when such board is once estab lished. It will Drove the wisdom of its choice. MILTON Z. JONES. LATE IX QUESTIOXI-NG. With the article that appears this evening In the People's Forum it is piesumed that those favoring prohi bition have fired their parting shot That it should come from Dr. Gillilan Is not surprising, for he is an old warrior and a splendid man. It will be observed that he fires broadside of questions at the editor of this paper, which he no doubt did not expect would be answered. At this stage of the game it is not what a coun try newspaper may or may not think of the issue or the men who compose the Home Rule association, but it is wbat the farmer and the business men think. For several weeks Dr. Gillilan. Dr. Seeman and others have been rep resented in this paper almost daily, and tbe editor baa, in his way, an swered some of what seemed to us un reasonable statements. All of this haa had Its effect one way or the other. People have either believed the Obers ver or they have believed in what the ministers have been saying. Little more can be done.. The election Is only two days off and there will be no change in sentiment. But we again reiterate that the Home Rule society is composed of many, very many of the best people of Oregon. We claim that the bill Is not bad, as our prohibition brothers would paint it, but that it is a fair measure which will give power to cities to reg ulate liquor traffic and In our opinion the power Bhould be vested in every city thereby attaching responsibility to that city. Ab far as defining a prohibitionist. as the Doctor haa interrogated us,, it seems to us that the majority of pro hibitionists are splendid people, but they view this question in the wrong light to obtain the beat results. This conclusion is based upon years of oh servatlon and experience with them. Tbe cost of this campaign is also mentioned in the Forum tonight. Admitting that considerable money has been spent by the Home Rule as sociation, is it not also a fact that the prohibitionists have spent more than the $160 shown by their books? It costa to campaign for anyone or any thing, and that feature does not bear directly upon the question, which briefly stated is this: Cannot Union county handle the li quor traffic under a system of regula tion better than it is handled under the Bo-called prohibition? . Many splendid people think It can be and they are going to vote that way, Tuesday, after which it Is up to the cltleB and towns to make good. ASSURAJiCE IS TOSITIYE. Should Union county repudiate local option and adopt the system of regu lation for liquor selling, everyone liv- W. L. BBENH0LT8, Asst. Cash. EARL ZTJXDEL, U Ast Cash. F. L. METERS, Cashier. C C FENIXGTOJi C L. CLE A TEH F. M. BY REIT leg outside of La Grande can feel ihi irost 'oskive assurance that the reg-ulr-.'kn adopted will be no subterfuge; there will be no bickering, no dilly-da'l.-lrr, but a straightforward move nts: to better conditions. Th's S3 something the people will ex pect if they accept the proposition of regulation offered, and it Is something they must have. We wish to state the full weight of this newspaper will be thrown to that side of the scale, and no matter who may be the saloon-man who violates the laws made by this city, he shall suffer the odium of pub licity as well as punishment for his crimes. By this we do not mean to as sume the custodianship of people's morals or to tell a man what or how much of anything, he shall drink, but there is an Inward conscience that dic tates and defines right and wrong, and it must be followed along with ordin ances of the city. Should regulation prevail no saloon-man who sells li quor to a man who is known to be a drunkard, a man who has a dependent family, a man who la abusive to his family, or a minor; the saloonman who disregards public decency in his own decorum and fails to run a place of business that Is not open to public in spection at all times; one who insists on having side rooms and dark corn ers, shall be looked upon as undesir able and unsafe in the business. And when a saloon haa been personally no tified by a parent or a guardian not to sell liquor to a certain person that or der must be obeyed. Some will laugh and say, "hew la that to be known?" Let us tell you something, such things cannot be car ried on without being" known, not even by a saloonkeeper. We are going to have real regula tion in La Grande if the voters are for regulation and everyone may as well make up their minds to the fact. COCJiTY TICKET SAFE. There Is little doubt that the entire republican ticket in Union county will be elected next Tuesday. The pres ent republican officials have paved the way for further republican administra tion by their, spotless careers as of ficials and by the remarkable manner In which Union county's business is looked after. The fight on Judge J. C. Henry has not been far-reaching and outside of the political machine which was de throned in this county and thoBe who expect to be a part of the maohlne should it be reestablished, there is no clamor for a change in the Judgeship. Men who have come in contact with the county judge's office since Mr. Henry has filled the place have univer sally been pleased with the careful manner in which he has handled the county business. If a bill was un reasonable it was immediately cut and the cause given in full for so doing. The result has been an enormous saving to the county. The probate business has been kept up and odd business that had accumu lated for years has been settled. This of Itself is a recommendation for an official that gets close to the hearts of the people. Next Tuesday when the ballots have been counted it is a safe guess that a republican corps of officials will have been chosen to office In Union county. In Oregon with 21 out of the 34 counties in the state "dry" the rev enue receipts on licenses for the fis cal year ending June 30, 1910, were $57,000 in excess of the previous largest year. Does this look like pro hibition is being enforced. Paid Adv. Vote for X 101 Against Prohibi tion in Union County, which means a vote for the strict and permanent reg ulation of the liquor traffic in the county. Adv. A PEOPLE'S FOROI. A Here are some questions, Mr. Edi tor. I think are sane. As this Is the la6t opportunity I Buppose I shall have of using your unvarying kind ness in this manner and matter, I de sire to thank you publicly for the aid you have afforded the public by open ing your more and more widely read columns. Why is the Greater Oregon Home Rule In politics? The Joint issue is:. Shall liquor le gally be sold? The Home Rule man says it shall. What has he to gain? The prohibitionist says it shall not. What has he to gain? The prohibitionist Is neither the li censed seller-nor the "boot-legger.' It is tot far to go to find why he is spending; his time and too little mon ey opposing the legalizing of what so many concede to be wrong. Who is the prohibitionist? . Hon. David S. Rose (whose name the prolocutor almost forgot the night he Introduced him), says the boot-legger Is the prohibitionist Well, if those recently Indicted in Union County for Illegal selling of liquor are the pro hibitionists, I think the gentleman from "famous" Milwaukee should be Indicted for lying, don't you? Soberly, though, I think his definition of the term "boot-legger" was not relished by some of his mass of hearers or else they "were put next" to his Joke. But it was a ghastly Joke. None of your readers would believe my twaddle if I should say there Is neither brain nor honesty among those who oppose prohibition. I would be an uncommon liar; there are many who believe what was never yet prov en : i. e., that there is less liquor and of better quality sold under that. mis nomer Regulation than under even poorly executed no-license law. Let It be said of a man that he is a prohibitionist, and immediately the hearer, no matter what his character is, knows the undoubted reputation of the one mentioned. During this campaign now closing, the speakers have taken pains to In form and aiMliro tliifr ItatoTiAra who t - r Is the character of tbe men composing the Home Rule Association. It was peedful they should, or It would not have been done. Tbe wisest would not have guessed it was not a Liquor Or ganization. " -, , But the real Home Rule men are personally or commercially interest ed in the prohibition of prohibition. If not, why are they spending so much money in. the securing of such eminent speakers as Messrs. Storey, Darrow, Rose, et al? Surely they are costly, for none of them seemed to be one-lung health-seekers in our salub rious climate. The prohibitionist 1b an altruist who gives time, money and energy for the abatement of what he is assured is a true public and private menace. What is the interest the Home Rule has? What creates that interest? We are honorably told the members of this body are business men, and non-saloonlsts. If they are "putting up" for the excessive expenses of this campaign, where do they "get off at"? They see their return for this expendi ture or they are poor financiers, I should think. I am only a fool preach er prohibitionist, but I think the above statement a safe one. What business man is giving away money and working for nothing be sides? Commend me to him. I can give him something for his money. It Is easy to figure out where the prohibitionist gets his reward, if we consider either Mr. Rose or our own reason. According to him, the prohi bitionist is the boot-legger, making cares to prosecute him, by selling more liquor than does hi3 nobler and legalized brother, the never-law-breakingi saloon-keeper. (Mr. Rose's definitions.) According to reason, the "prohibition 1st has his reward in the expulsion of the open saloon from the community, Now, my reader, if you do not con clude the Greater Oregon Home Rule affair is an association begotten, bred, backed and boosted by Brewer & Bro thers, I have missed my guess as to your guessing qualities. "With malice for all and chalrty for ourselves, the Home Rule is of the Brewers, by the Brewers, for the Brewers" must be the motto, else why, Mr. Voter, why the many speakers, paid ads and bill board decorations. J. D. Gillilan. Vote for X 101 Against Prohibi tion in Union County, which means a vote for the strict and permanent reg ulation of the liquor traffic in the county. Adv. Jfotice to Publishers. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Recorder until Wednesday evening November 9th, 1910 for the printing and binding of five hundred city Charters, also give price on 1,000, the size and style of binding to be as certained at the hecorder'8 office. . By orders of the City Council, Nov ember 2nd, 1910. D. E. COX, Recorder. Nov. 3 to 9. Vote for X 101 Against Prohibi tion in Union County, which means a vote for the strict and permanent reg ulation of the liquor traffic in the cornty. Adv. Hrjh QualityFurnishings FOR LADIES' Two High Grade lines have just added to our furnishing department for ladies The Keiser Neckwear Lace Collars, Stocks, Jabots and Stiff Collars, . . 25c to $1.50 The Dent Glove in addition to our Virginia and Chatham Ladies makes our glove line complete. BLACK AND COLORS, KID GLOVES $1.00 to $2.50 N. K. THE QUALITY STORE Vote for X 101 Against Prohibi tion in Union County, which means i vote for the strict and permanent reg ulation of (the liquor traffic in tb county. Adv. Do you know what state wide pro hibition means? Just this: Tha neither the farmer nor the city mat can have liquor of any kind in h possession, not even In bis own hom Vote 343 X, against prohibition. Vote 345 X Against search law. Fill Adv. Vote 101 X Against prohibition li Union county. Paid Adv. HOT LAKE JiOTES. Hot Lake, Nov. 5 Sheriff Child ers delivered the ballot boxes and bal lots to Election Judge Wallington to iCIassifiedi l Advertising WANTED Four or five lrouers and mangle girls at once. A. B. C. Laun dry. WANTED Position by a man as cook and wife as helper. Camp pre ferred. Call at Observer office. tf WANTED Responsible party to take the agency of Union and Wallowa counties for the Phelps Carbide Feed Acetylene Generator for Individual home lighting. For farther particulars write Ore gon Acetylene Lighting Co., Inc. WANTED Housekeenln rnnm Apply Arthur Van Fleet, post office. 230 1-2 Tamhell st Portland, Ore. Oct 20-21. FOR RENT Six rooms unfurnish ed. Phone Main 89. et FOR RENT Furnished room. cozy. with bath. For one or two gentlemen. , Inquire Red 3681. tf Room and Board Furnished and unfurnished rooms. Table board. 2003 Fir street. FOR SALE Some Choice Barred Plymouth Rock and Brown leghorn hens. E. C. Tuckey. Phone Red-38fi2. WANTED Woman to do general house work. Call Savoy hotel. Phone Main 713. Famous WE :y and the Hot Lake precinct will be ady for November 8. Mr. and Mrs. Goodlander are new ?tabll8hed at the sanatorium. Mr. oodlander Is the O. R. & N. agent, wing relieved Gilbert Barron, who isned the station. .Mrs. Anna Stevens was a sanatorium 3itor today, the guest of Mrs. Hatlle UcDonald who is recovering from an operation. Mrs. McDonald will be able to return home soon. Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Barton of Baker City returned home today. Dr. Barton submitted to an operation some weeks ?o and has recovered sufficiently to )? able to return to his practice. Dr. and Mrs. Campbell, of Grange ville, Idaho, who have been at the san atorium the past week, returned home last evening. Dr. Campbell was suf fering from a severe case of blood . poisoning contracted while performing a surgical operation. Mrs. Geo. H. Currey is a patient at the sanatorium this week. Mrs. J. Snodgrass who was operated upon some days ago is recovering nice ly and will be able to return horns soon. Wm. Randall, republican, candidate for sheriff, spent a day at the sana- tarium this week shaking hands with the boys and making himself known. Hot Tamales tonight at Selder's. i i ii iimniin 1 1 in 1 1 1 t The Up-Building X f TU D 1 I HIS OailK is due to the fact that we have ample capital and that we wive adhered to a ,olicy wnfl has been conservative, yet alo-s progressive lines. We offer to our customers modern facilities for the prompt and proper tran saction of their financial affairs; ample vault and safe room for storing and safe-guarding of their money, notes, Insurance policies and other valuable pap ers and such liberality of treat ment as Is consistent with pru dent banking. X TOUR account Is cordially toll- cited. The United States National Bank, ST