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LA tiRAxtDE EVENING OBSERVER, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1911. w J. TV 1 MeMCitSOBl: UM HUE P2GE V 1 it 14c Embroid ery Sale on display in our show win dow today at West's 13th Annual Sale Extraordinary Values in Men's Department $2.90 for men's 4.00 and 5.00 dress shoes. $1.50 for mens dress shoes that were 3.00 to 4.00 grades. $2.90 for young men's suits values to 17.50. 90c for men's dress shirts, 1.25 to 2.50 values Muslin Under wear Clearance Sale See our window display of styles Save 1-4 to 1-2 on men's Benjamin and Sincerity Clothing Unequalled reductions on Muslins, Sheetings, $ Towels and Crashes Ladies' Suits and Coats J reduced 25 toT50 per cent One lot Ladies' Waists on sale at ' HALF PRICE VISIT THIS STORE AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. WEST THE QUALITY STORE THE OBSERVER BRUCE. DENNIS Editor m4 Owner. Entered at the postoffice at La Grande 1. -I... SUBSCEIPT105 KATES Dally, single ropy 6e Dally,' per week, 1 Dally, per month........ tit This paper will not publish an. ar ticle appearing over a nom da plume. Signed articles will be revised sub ject to the discretion of the editor. Flease sign your articles and save dlsaoDoirtment try than his predecessor did the en- j downward when the revision affects j believed there will be any opposition tire time he was in office. Tet Taft is j the other fellow, but we do not want slated to go and win go unless the, the tariff tampered with when it public mind changes somewhat. touches our own resources. All of SOXEY, MOXET, MOXEY. TAFT AND TIUSOS SEXTESCES. When President Taft refused to cancel the prison sentence of the I rich southerner sentenced for peon age ha again" showed the country mat ne is a preaiaeni wun courage, and that it Is not necessary to play a vrui uuiu kwi j uuie u umn iu o.i that he believes is right. Without & prison sentence the rich, would need not respect the law for money is plen tiful with them, to pay any fines that might be imposed, but they all detest the Idea of going to jail. And that ia what President Taft is enforcing. He demands the rich man shall do time if his crime is of sufficient importance to demand it By the way, do you know this country Is apparently getting ready to repudiate Taft, and if it does the nation win be proved of one of the best presidents who ever filled the chair. It looks very much like Taft In every story printed relative to what the legislature of Oregon, which convenes today, intends to do, there appears an outline of what may be expected In the way of increased ap propriations. Expenditure of moneys of the state are everywhere to be made, according to the forecast. It behooves every taxpayer to pay careful attention to the legislative proceedings, study every bill that is up for passage and to offer any sug gestion that may seem proper. For Instance, how many Toting tax payers would approve of the proposed bill of Lionel Webster for state aid for road building, which" In Its title may seem all right, but which in real ity creats an expensive highway commission and carries enormous ap propriations; ".. : 1 Put Its money, money, money they want and they will get It unless the. legislature puts its foot down hard. ; which goes to show men are human, extremely so, and the welfare of self is the first and foremost' thing after all. and the way to help the legislature members occasionally, TH AT TARIFF AG AH. SPOKANE'S DUTY. The assassination of Captain Sul livan In Spokane Is a blot on the fair name of tho entire northwest There has not been a crime its equal since Baker City suffered a permanent stain when ex-Sheriff Harvey Brown was dynamited at his home. Spokano owes It not only to herself but to tne. en tire country to search out, appreheni and punish the' murdered of Captain Sullivan. Such crimes are becoming too numerous; they strike at the peace, happiness and safety of a na tion, and unless the inland city lays aside eterythlng to hunt the murder er she is not entitled to the good name Bhe has always borne. " UNA SOLONS Woolmen In national convention at Portland demanded that the tariff on wool be let alone. Quite right we agree with them because this country produces a great deal of wool. But there may be a feeling among the lumbermen that the tariff on lumber Rhould not be molested, and again we had to. go at the next national oon-j say quite right for we produce quan rentlon, or perhaps the next nation- tlt'es of lumber. Away down In the al election. And it Is because he fol- southland producers of other com lowed a man who turned on the lights' moditles may meet and they will say and demanded applause from the pa I let the tariff alone on their products ulace. Taft is not that kind of a man. and they have friends and supporters j brought before the senate and house He Is a statesman. But if you will 1te . who will say quite right for they pro- j for consideration, and a sharp fight Tafts administration a little thought duce those commodities. . ! rt wti .t.Li,' m,ru you will so that in his unfinished And that is the history of tariff and term he has done more for the coun- tariff reform. We all want a revls'on (Continued on Fu t.) ips of the first class, home rule. Lji al.ptlon measures likewise will' cc- ci py c prominent place in the le s- stive program. A rci'.'eiUEnt fund for school teach, era will be proposed and also a meas ure looking toward the state super vision of charities. Reforms in court procedure and a proposal to increase the scope of the juvenile court will be advanced by the lawyers. According to present indications the initiative and referendum will be GEORGE PALMER, PRes. ' F. J. nOlMES, TIce Pres. W. L. BREXHOLTS, Asst Cab: EARL ZUXDEL, 2d Asst Cash. F. L. METERS .Cashier. La Grande National Bank of L& Grande, Oregon United States Depository v Capitol, Surplus and Undivided Profits $200,000.00 DIRECTORS. GKOKGF P.I! MI R, IV. I-.BREMI0LT8 C. C. PEMSGTOX W.J.IfirWH - F.I. METERS Yt, D. CLE ATE R F. J. lUliUs If. M.riERCE . F. M. BTRIT With our amptt. ictcnrccs and hrliillts ire caa renacr yea eftl dent service aad handle year baslaess tt your retire satisfaction. for the adoption of both measures probably will be made. A fight to put through a measure for the election of I United States Senators, somewhat in the direct manner of the Oregon Statement One provision may be pre eenfed a'so. . The question of a shorter ballot will be fought out at this session from all Indications at present, On account of the recent action of the traction companies in King coun ty. In arlbtrarlly raising rates, and which the people are now fighting in the courts, an extension of the pow ers of the state railroad commission will be asked for to include Juris diction over public service corpora tlons of this character Wthln the state. Officer Elected. Without a hitch. Senator Paulamus of Pierce county wss -elected presl dent of the senate and Taylor of King county, snenker of the house today. The session adjourned after a short time. rolndexter See m Elected, The leglslPture wont consider the election of a successor to Senator Piles until January 18. It Is hardlv to the election of Polndexter who won overwhelmngly In November' to A WHITE HOUSE JEST. General Harrison's Objections Monumontt to "Vest." As a general thing, our of the first duties of the wife of au incoming pres ident and one of the tiiiugrf she usual ly enjoys heartily is to attend to such rearrangements and refurnishtngs of the White House as may be necessary or advisable according to her person al taste, the size and customs of her family, and bo on. . - , I remember one occasion, writes Colonel William 11. Crook in the Phil adelphia Saturday Evening Post, when Sirs. Harrison bad finally decided upon some slight architectural changes and had brought her architect's plans to the president and asked his opinion of them. General Harrison studied the drawings with care and noticed that several niches were left, each plainly marked. At last he said: "Well, my dear, here Is a place for Lincoln, and here Is a place' for .Grant's bust ' And ' you have left three places for Vest" Then he add ed, with well assumed indignation, "I am decidedly opposed to so many monuments to Vest In the White House!" 1 Mrs. Harrison hastened to explain what her husband, of course, knew all the time that the word "Vest" was the architect's contraction for vesti bule, of which there were three on the plans, whereupon the president said he was satisfied and handed the draw ings back to her, with a twinkle In his keen blue eyes. him Franklin. The name in Itself 1 not so bad, but be has two brothers. Voltaire and Socrates respectively. Fancy this scene in the nursery: Franklin howling because Voltaire has broken his toy, while Socrates laughs at both. The mother as peacemaker shouts, 'Stop, 'Socrate8, or you'll be punlshedr In a narrow street In Mar seilles one broiling hot day I saw a woman spanking a child, shouting In anger, Ton naughty Epamlnondes; I'll j teach you. Epaminondesr I could nev- j er think of the Theban general afte that -without laughing." To Say and to Do. Do you wish to go to church this evenihgT Father is going to preach, yon know," the minister's fair daugh ter asked. The young man considered. "Urn! The last time I went he rath er fell on some of my small failings. Do yon know what his text will be to night?' . "Tes; 'Love one another.' " He regarded the round pink cheek approvingly. "Suppose." he suggested softly, "that we let the old gentleman go preach, while we sit here and practice?" Ltp plncott's. , Not Perfect. A horse dealer was showing a horse to a prospective buyer. After running him back and forward for a few mfaa utes he stopped and said to the buyer: What do yeu think of his coat? Isn't he a dandy?" The buyer, noticing that the horse had the heaves, replied, "Yes, I like his coat all right, but I don't like his pants." London Tit-Bits. A FIERCE ANATHEMA. The Pious Wish Woman Flung at Jaan Paul Richter. Jean Taul Richter once observed that If a lady officer wanted to give the word "Halt!" she would do it in the following strain: "You soldiers, all of you. now mind what I say. I order you as soon as I have done speaking to stand still, every one of you, on the spot where yon happen to be. Don't you hear me? Halt, I say, all of you Upon this a strong minded woman made the following comment: "Now, M. Jean, it was an unlucky day on which you wrote that sentence. May you never hear anything but that lit tle, concise word Xo' from every rosy pair of Hps you meet. May you halt wifeless through life. May your but tons be snappish, your strings knotty and your stockings tn of holes. May your bootjack be missing, your feet corny nnd your shaving water cold, your raror dull, roof hair stand up. your collar lie down. May 'your beard bo porcnplny, your whiskers .- thinly settled and your mustache curl the wrong way. May your coffee be mud dy, your toast smoky and your tea water bewitched, and. with a never dyln desire for affectlou. may yon crawl through creation a meek, miser able, nasty, forluin. fldsety. fussy, rl dlculous, ruined, dejected old bajJielor.' High Sounding Names, t Writing la hU Paris paper on the growing custom on the part of parents to give their children "high sounding" names, Clement Vantel says: "When the boy Is old enough to understand he rebels at being compelled to carry through life a name like Anar-reon or nipparchus. But be has company. 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