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LA GRANDE 'EVENING OBSERVER, ' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1910.
THE OBSERVER
Bruce Dennis,
" E!iti r and Owner.
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llsappointment,
AN A WAKEMXG SEEDED.
. Such Immorality has teen fluanted
: In the faces of La Grande and com
munity of late convinces everyone
that there Is aa awakening of the pub
lic conscience needed In this city. Our
courts are filled with murder trials,
with adultery cases and even a worse
crime .than adultery claimed the at
tention of the court yesterday.
. Police court 'yesterday furnished a
pathetic spectacle when fourchildren
; t of tender yeara were arraigned charg
ed with Immoral conduct. Mere babies,
they are Just, the axe when tnAr
-" care and home training should count.
Yet these four children are charged
with a revolting breach of moral con-
; iuct. ; V,. , '. '
Who Is to blame T That is the aerlous
creation. Everybne looka with pity
and charity upon the acta of the child
no matter how bad they may be, but
the child la a product of older people
who are aerloua and gram The child
la but plaster In the hands of" the
moulder and parents are those mould
ers. Rare' exception may mark a child
with cussedness that dates from the
cradle. Nature very rarely marka ' a
child with the bad traits of a parent.
., The law of heredity Is of Importance,
tut environment and right teaching
will elevte a child 6f the most lowly
origin;1 ... "" ,'. ': ,V-. .
Then why this fearful scene In pol
- lice court a acena. that ' should shock
every man and woman inf theclty, for
what la worse than to Bee bright boys
and girls starting on the primrose
path? .v :..
Some one at once aays, ?'the officers
flo not do their duty." In a small
measure thla may be true, offlcen may
not do positively everything they
they should do, but la our opinion the
parent Is to be, censured before the
officer,' If any father or mother anti
cipates that the world la going to1 pro
vide offlcera to teach their boys and
$ Iris ot do right they are mistaken.
That lesson must first be taught at
home; that lesson must come from
the dearest altar in all this ! world
the hearthstona. " j
Then are we to understand that
ome parents In La Grande are fall-!
1ng to do their duty. Positively true. !
Walk down the streets in the even
ing. Notice the young girls without
their mothers; observe the freedom of
their manner. In many cases tbre Is
nothing bad and nothing absolutely
wrong in their actions, but thre Is
Uack of restraint; there la a freedom
, that takes away relnement; that de
troya the finer feelings, if prststed
Y0V CAH SAVE
BE BEATEN ANYWHERE. AND WKOAN SAVE YOU MONEY ON
OurtGlasi
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The same la true of the boys. Ci.r
few ordinances cannot be enforced mi
lees the parent are heart and sou
In favor of that enforcement. Occ&
slonally officers will be able to gral
seme boy8, but it Is only occasion
ally for La Grande Is too large to be
covered on such errands by two ind
ucement, and besides when bos tie
elded to disobey such ordinanc e the
are sly In their work.
MAY INJURE ALL OREGO.Y ClTIEfc
'.' In another column of this Issue will
bo seen an account of a letter received
by La Grande officials from the bond
buying firm of E. II. Rollins & Sons,
of Denver, In which that firm calls
attention to a tax amendment passed
by the people at the List election. The
firm states that its legal department
is working on an opinion regarding
this law and If found to be as antici-
pated this firm of buyers will withdraw
isgm uregon ana reiuse to accept mu
nicipal bonds from any city in this
state. '.. ",r. .,
Should such, a thing happen public
improvement will be hung up indef
initely, for, once the bond buyers be
gin to pass up a state it takes some
time to get them back even if the
statutes , are changed and radical
measures eliminated. The rural dis
tricts will not suffer from this pro
ceeding, except to the extenfof a
sympathetic Buffering, . for no matter
what men may say land values ad-
vance ana recede in proportion td the
way the nearest city of size advances
and recedes. Thla natural law la fre
quently overtake by men who own
land when they become convinced that
the country can live without the
towns. Such a thing la aa impossible
as it la for the towns to live without
the rural sections. There Is a common
Interest between the two that no one
can get away from. '
It happens that Rollins & Sons have
been good customers for La Grande
PrnrltlA. fnr hfa rin- fl I... .A.
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led a great deal of the bond Issue
made here. The information coming
direct from them that there Is a pos
sibility of leaving thla field causes
thoge who have the handling V the
business end of the city take notice.
And what effects'La Grande wllj also
affect every other city In the state.
Fort quick work the circuit court of
(,Union county must be reckoned with.
A prisoner was arraigned for trial
yeBterday on a eerlous charge. He was
found guilty and aentenced to four
years the same day. England may
have rapid courts, but this is going
aome. 1 :
I It la hardly to be expected that Taw
ney will ret a cabinet 1fth? Th Av
of putting "crippled ducks" In appoint
ive poflltlona has about passed. For
merly when a man waa defeated for
the house or senate In hla district or
atate the rumor waa at once, atdrted
that a cabinet poaltlon was open to
him. . . : ., -
T. Roosevelt haa been heard from
once more. He addressed MthArino'
of business men . but strange to say
the metropolitan press did not print
hla apeech In full. How the mighty do
fall.'. ' : , : v
Governor Benson is now in Califor
nia and there Is good, reason for be
lieving that he will soon be much"
stronger. . ..- . .; ; ' '
gVi Plenty of ,
yam Christmas Presents
ALMOST ONE HAT.P nK vnn, ,,O M,T;,
MLSOX XO EXCEPTION.
In turning down the men who
nly following the modern example o
:clitlcians, a,nd It has ceased to be
i crime or even to receive special
ntnt!cn. P.ooaevelt turned down th?
mn who started him in national poll -
tirs. Joe Folk turned down Sam Cook
and the remainder of the old mach'ne
after that machine had backed him
and given him state prominence. Joe
Brlstow Is a product of the old Kan-'
sas macnine and for 'years saluted
Boss Leland on every occasion, but he
turned them all down when he saw a
band wagon labeled "Insurgency."
And the list grows Just as fast as one
would care to repeat names. So Mr. j
Wood row Wilson fa nnf Annr nir-i
thing out of the ordinary when he
frowns nnnn h fcv 1I1, v
r KJ J Tl 1 II H O
did ascend. ,
Peary has deposited his medals with
the United States museum and Dr.
Cook has ipublkly confessed that he is
a fraud. Let us call the North Pole in
cident closed. ' ;
Ancitnt Enginring.
When Mosea tmots th water
Long time ago .
The children tney paised over.
Walking- In a row.. -It
was, aa you mint all agree
The flrat canal dug- through the i
Thinking Ahead.
"You heart less tiin: Coming home
with four suiuiiifi' vngagementa!"
"What could 1 d.T,
WUen 0U K0m
news to themr'
' -Not till after Christmas
Would She Enjoy Itf "
"Her husband is a conductor."
Then she ought to be able to ride
for nothing." ? ,;
i "I don'j know how." :
''Just get on the car. - A married
man never can see his wife when oth
er girls are around." . ' ; . ;
.v ' Funds. " :
"What are you doing?" "
TRalalng bens." . "
''Getting anything oufof itr '
"You betr :
. "Whatr ,
"A big fund of experience."
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' t ; Getting Ready. '. ..
Ton know the old sayinrf. "In Hm
ef peace prepare for war.'"
"That la Just what I am doing."
"How are you going about It?"
"Practicing foot racing! every day."
. Always Follows.
"What would be the first thin n
would do ff you found yourself rich?"
"What; ; I found myself rich?"
Tea."..;
' "Wake up." ' U.'-; 7-':...
' '' ""lta Easy.
"He hasn't hardly any bralna." , 4
"Great Scott! How dof he manage
to get on?". .
"Ob. he hardly notices the lack."
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' Nowadays. ,
: "la he married r. ; ,
."Well, he waa the last time I saw
him." . - .
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Only 10 days shopping before Christmas.
Don't wait until the last day to
vail I V- IBM B laUiC
Indian Robes & Blanlicts
Fancy Linens All Kinds
House & Boudoir Slippers
Swiss Embroidered Hasdk'fs .
Keiser Neclcwear
Hull Um Virlln s
i I Hand Bags & frayeling Rugsv
For the little folks
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We invite you
compare our
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Boyal Haa Mixer. ''; '
Tn taut Avnnlnp'B Innua nf tha Ob
server the City .Grocery and Bakery
wan mentlnnprt as Tinvlnsr recnlvnil a
new bread mixer. The story , should
have read the Royal insteaod of The
City.
UD ON IN BASB CITY. ,
New Mayor of Baker City Orders Re
form In Tenderloin. "
. Mayor C. L. Palmer haa instructed
Chief of Police Riley to see that no
more liquor la sold , by the women of
Mpiiey
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LADIES' HAND BARS AND SHOW YOB TKT, LARGE LHJE TOPTOK ;
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AT ALL
FOR ALL
It makes no difference hovi much you
mnt to pay oryho you want to buy
for you IV find many acceptable gilts
on display at this store.
select your gift!
we have Billikens, Teddy Bears, Babv
anq Leggings
to visit this store tod
quality and price with others
'SWtQUALiTX STORE
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City Herald. There la a atate law pro
hibiting the granting of a liquor li
cense to. a woman and there a a city
law to the same effect. In the past
some of the women have bought small
quanttlea of liquoj which they sold
at a good profit.' Thla order will be
strictly enforced and will have the ef
fect of cutting out much of the rough
ness and trouble that haa occurred in
the district. , .. ; ; J ';
There la a law against bawdy hous
es and Mayor Palmer stated that he
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Bath Robes and Smcldng
Jackets'1 $:C-rJ.,
Keiser Mens Neckwear
House Slippers
Silk Suspenders ,
Pajama Suits and Night ;
Shirts, rSweaters,Gloves
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had not fully decided what' course
would be-pursued in regard to the
district in thla city. All the women
were arrested recently and'paid their
fines but it ja not : known whether
the will be a monthly occurrence or
not. if the women were fined every
month it would be a virtual license
from the "city, : and thla t would be
against the state law8 , -
An effort -will be made to prevent
trouble in thia district and keep all'
minora away. -:; t