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Usappointment.
TBE IMMIGRAXTS OREGOX SEEDS
At the meeting of the Oregon Devel
opment League a great deal was said
about community advertising and what
form was the best to adopt. Unfortu
nately the magazines had the best of
the deal for the men who run the Ore
gon Development League are railroad
men and promoters. They are not the
men, as a rule, who get their hand
on the pulse of the producing popula
tion of the country. As a. result we
may all expect to see large adver
tisements In the leading magazines of
the country next year telling of Ore
gon's resources. This class of adver-
- la(nai U nnt 11 had. hilt H doflU
not reach the class of Immigrants
needed In this state.
The kind of men we need in Oregon
Is the man who will follow the plow
and actually till the soil. We are
loaded heavily on promoters and easy
money men. This has been a mecca
for the watered stock manipulator
end the manipulators are still at
work, If you will take notice of the
press dispatches of the last few days.
If Oregon's land was advertised In
the country weeklies of the middle
states there would be an immigration
to this country that would be valu
able In that most of the men . would
come here expecting to work, and not
expecting to put up at the best hotel
in Portland and work some kind of
a get-rlch-qulck scheme. ,
Unless we succeed in getting that
kind of people in this state It is not
at all improbable that many of the
Oregon cities, which have been built
ahead of the surrounding country,
will come to a point in their exis
tence when they must wait for the rur
al sections to catch up with those cit
ies, before there will be further pro
gress. -
and C. E. and George E. Cochran
ior the defense. It is an array ol le
gal artillery that means war. It jS
a battery of talent on either side ihat
means no surrender and no middle
grounds. The flag of trusa would be
too much of a Joke for either to con
sider, and therefore the trial goes oa
under intenes pressure and anxiety.
The life of Jess Parker is held In the
balance while these two battling ele
ments combat each other. Lut
throiieh it all Quite likely Justice will
prevail and the punishment be com
mensurate with the crime. Or, on the j
other hand, ir tne aming was m ncii
defense doubtless Parker will be ex
onerated. '
SALT SEA YARf
Signs and Omens to" Which th3
Sailor Grimly Clings.
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A JOKE THAT PROVED FATAL'
THE GAME OF LAW.
When some one stated that law, is
the crowning profession the truth was
lust about told. In reporting the Par
ker case which Is now on trial it is
Interesting to watch the attorneys,
studying the expression on each coun
tenance and follow the chain of evi
dence as it is developed step by step,
much in the same manner as a nega
tive comes up when in the gold bath
This does not necessarily mean that
a gold bath is necessary to make evi
dence take shape,, although a little
gold does stimulate the energy and
talent of an overworked attorney
when that , gold comes from a
proper .and legitimate source.
But In this case there is present
that carefulness of the man playing
a big game. That old veteran, Ivanhoe,
for the state and opposite him with
no less gray and hoary head is Col.
Tom Crawford for the defense. Two
. picturesque characters, each possess
ing tthat tenacity of the bull dog, cun
ning of the serpent and shrewdness
of the fox. Each laying a trap for the
s other to stumble over in order that
Justice may be meted out and that no
false impression shall cloud the mind
of a Juror. ; ;
Less picturesque, but no less keen,
Is John L. Rand for the prosecution.
You may chase over the country in
search of the place where easy mon
ey is an asset. You may go to the Gulf
Coast of Texas and bask in the smile
of the crocodile yes, you may enter
the frigid regions of the nortbland.
But when you have made the circuit
and begin to compare the virtues of
each Individual community here is
what will hapnen: You will turn
again and again to the history of the
Grande Ronde Valley and wonder why
you ever were so foolish as to leave
It.
To further make the hotel business
In Salem a failure the movement has
been Btarted to make a short term of
this session of the legislature. But who
would want to be a hotel man In Sa
lem, anyway? .
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The county court could have no
better day than yesterday to declare
the county wet While the rain pat
tered down upon the court house roof
and everything outside was dripping
with molntur Judge Hnrv , consid
ered the people's edict and with the
consent and co-operation of the com
missioners openly decreed that Union's
prohibition statute had been revoicea
by a later decision of the people and
therefore the county is wet. suDjeci
to the state laws governing the sale ofj
Intoxicating liquors.
Remember this, bonded indebtedness
for either a city, county or school dis
trict is not to be abhorred provided
value received is obtained by the pub
lic from money secured from such
bond Issue. This is prompted by tne
new school building which La Grande
ia now building, also by several munl-
clDa.1 improvements that are under
way. ' ' ' .
Senator Cummings has touched
upon a proper suggestion to congress
He savs Dermit the tariff to be revis
ed, one schedule at a time. There is no
reason why the whole tariff law should
be unbuttoned to get at a singlecned
ule. This is one Of the few things Sen
ator CumminKS has advocated with
which this paper can heartily agree
Now that Rockefeller owns the con.
trolllne Interest in Sears-Roebuck &
Co., the large mall order house, does
it not occur to you that articles sold
by that concern carry considerable
profit? Else why would Rockefeller
take stock in It, for one one will ever
accuse him of doing anything without
a handsome profit. -
When President Taft in his message
noted with regret the slowness of the
wheels of Justice that now obtains in
this country, he might have added
that good thing for the different su
preme courts to do would be to work
a little harder, xnat especially noias
good in the state of Oregon.
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One murder trial will hardly
completed until the second one
called. Elgin and Union each furnish
a case of this kind for the present
term of court.
"I had been troubled with constipation
far two tn and tried all of the best physi-
sians in Bristol. Tenn., snd tliey could do
nothing for me' writes Thou. E. Williams,
Middleboro, Ky. ".Two packapes of Cham
terlain's Stomach and Liver- Tablets cured
me." For sale by all dealers.
Every family has need of good, reliable
liniment For sprr.'.n, bruises, sorenesj of
the tnnecles and rheumatic paina there is
none better than Chamberlain's. Sold by
all dealer. ' '
Superstition and Guilty Conscience
Proved Too Much For the North
man A Bucket of Wator Tht
8toppd Mysterious Wailing.
It Is a well known fact that In the
past the sailor' was among the mont
superstitious of mortals, and even. In
these enlightened days there are a
goodly number of old salts who cling
tenaciously to their belief In certain
signs and portents. Some, no doubt
of these superstitions have vanished
altogether Into the Umbo of forgot
ten things, but there will always be a
credulous few who will shake their
heads solemnly and prophesy dismally
if a knife is stuck tn the mast or an
albatross or a stormy petrel is cap
tured and brought on board. The
origin of some of these superstitions
cannot be traced. Many of them have
been handed down from father to son
for a great number of years, with a
touch probably added here and, there,
turning a comparatively ordinary sto
ry into a weird and mysterious legend.
The Finn in the most superstitious
of all sailors. There are many of this
race who still believe in the ominous
portent ox toe poantom snip, tne totiy
of starting a voyage on a Friday (a no
tion by no mean confined to seafaring
men), the low burning blue lights
which are ghost spirits hovering near
to give warning of approaching disas
ter and many other things, all of
which
Fill the sailor's mind with murmuring!
And speak to him of wrecks.
A story is told of a brigantine -which
numbered several extremely supersti
tious men among her crew. One night
when tb'Te )vu no moon and a slight
ground vii wiia running' the watch.
who happ'u d to be the most super
stitious of tnem all, heard an unearth
ly walling coming apparently from the
very surface of the sea. The mate and
the helmsman also heard it but the
former lapked imagination, and, al
though be was certainly Interested, he
nearly blew the watch's bead off when
he ventured to suggest mermaids. The
helmsman did not feel quite happy, but
he had to stick- to the wheel The
watch . was pale with terror, but he
kept silence owing to the mate's com
plimentary references to bis courage
and abilities. Slowly the sound began
to move along the ship's side, becom
lng more and more agonized as it ap
proached. This annoyed the mate, and.
going to the side of the vessel, he wait
ed until be had located the sound and
then emptied a bucket of water over
the rail. There was a gasp, then dead
silence, and nothing more was heard
that night
When Che watch went off duty he of
course gave a detailed and lurid ac
count of the Incident to his shipmates.
who listened, as be thought In awed
silence and then called on one of the
audience for his version of the matter,
This man; a Tyne-sider, who dearly
loved a Joke and bad no respect at
all for hoary superstitions, -had con
spired, with bis fellows to play a trick
on the watch. On the night In ques
tion he bad crept over the bows with
out a sound, carrying with him the
ship's cat secured in a bag. Crouch
ing under the stays, the Joker let the
cat's bead out of the bag, which he tied
round the animal's neck so that
could not escape. lie then applied his
teeth to the unfortunate animal's tall
Everybody knows the fearsome sounds
an angry cat is capable of producing,
and those jo which a cat jwhose tall. Is
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The Day Before Ghrisim
we can wait on you well, but we can
wait on you better today.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS
win Tina ir greatly to tneir advantage to visit tins store
early for their Christmas purchases. ; ;
SELECTIONS ARE MORE COMPLETE
Much of the joy of giving is lost when your GIFT LIST is hastily compiled and
hurriedly filled. By beginning TODAY there is ample time for the consideration
of each one's individual preference.
K IK,
WEST,
THt QUALITY STORE
bunks"avultliig "ilieir vlctimT X'lilor-
belngTTtten" glvea' vent are among the tunately they all fell asleep, to be sud
most hair raising. The sound was 1 denly awakened by a loud cry from
more or less regulated by squeezing ! the Norwegian. He stood gazing at
the luckless beast's body. The mate's i the "ghost" the dim light shed by the
bucket of water was as unwelcome as
unexpected and caused the Tyne-sider
to beat a hurried retreat
Not only is the origin of many sea
superstitions "wropt in mystery," but
also any logical explanation of cause
and effect It would puzzle any one to
say why it should be unlucky for the
ship's boy to whistle on the weather
bow. except that It Is generally un
pleasant from a music lover's point of
view for a 'boy to whistle on any bow
at all
L-On one occasion superstition and a
guilty conscience caused a practical
Joke to have fatal consequences. . The
incident arose through one of the sail
ors, a Norwegian, boxing the ears of
the ship's boy for the aforementioned
crime of whistling on the weather bow.
Not unnaturally the boy was annoyed
and determined to pay the Norwegian
out "Aided by two other , sailors, a
white shirt and some string, a very
presentable "ghost" was arranged in
the foc'sle on the night the' Norseman
was on watch. Be, was to be allowed
only a glimpse of the "spirit" on enter
ing the foc'sle, and tt was then to van
ish from view, being Jerked, by means
of a string underneath the bunk of one
of the Jokers. Everything was ready,
ajndhehreeconsp!ratorsla7 lnthelr
lamp falling on his ghastly face. The
three were abput to call out to hie
when he spoke. "No. no." he cried. "I
did not mean to kill you. Morgau! OX
mercy, mercy!" And he ruBhed mndly
from the foc'sle. Terrified, his ship
mates followed him. but as they reach
ed the deck tbey saw the Norwegian
throw himself into the sea. London
Globe.
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Advertising
WANTED Position by a man a
ccok and wife as helper.' Camp pre
ferred Call at Observer office. tf
FOR RENT One f ront room on
1911-2nd street Phone Black 1582.
FOR RENT A nicely, furnished
front room.. Inquire 1612 Sixth street
or phone Black-3812. '
WANTED Girl strippers at King's
Cigar Factory. Must be at least 18 or
over. Experience not necessary.
Good wages. 1
Plumbing
and Heating
John Melville
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BY CRLLIUG AT HILL'S DRUG STORE
You will easily find what you want here as
our stock is running over with Christmas
Goods marked down in ' price within the
reach of all o o o ' o b
PERFUMES make nice Xmas Presents. We have the largest stock ever
shown in 1-a Grande. v' :'V:;.vV;.;;:'
STATION IIY We have the Big Line with the Little Price.
WATERMAN FOUNTAIN PENS always please exchange them if they
V- i don't suit. - '-
BRASSWAEE is very popular We have a Good Assortment at low prices.
PICKAED HAND PAINTED CHINA None quite so good.
CUT GLASS in fancy shaped and rich de signs. v
BURNING OUTFITS and lots of wood; extra bulbs.
COMBS AND BRUSHES The best there is, can be found here.
HAND BAGS and all kinds of Leather Goods. v
GOME IN and LET US TELL YOU
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