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PAGE 2 La geakde zveninq observer, WEDNESDAY, JAOTARY 18, 1911. THE OBSERVER BRUCE DEXIUSj Zatertd at tt B&die ai La CraAe t WHiMr-eta Bailee Pxlj, sfhjAr- e-ipy ..... -5 IttZj. 3B mra(-ii. ......... ... C , TUitt gauM" iH nut acCZsi tx r Cuiis aqpearitTjj;, a'" a.ui i g&ax.. SKjpimE acccito anil! aa wis 3 Ipjift fco tilff dlscr-ititin; alt tie ti-tsar. riiiiUHF aigai jjnnr axl sat alHaprjionnnmra. FUqtis; Q Flrnzsrs" nwetiig Sa ZU. raniK wiu:5t wKii . xt is tSiw miwc togwraaC SMecfeg yet kU i aoir aninir sc htf&s to take 1 acrlu f mill t saS esJ doee. T eff ewr half a atXioa dol lar t ti Sara&sra aT three coxsties s xa fcrsa flat dies every e-U'or ,; , a&d "tike ied. FoSowiag th5s'fciers? shows fey ' 'newepaper ayc-wi3 cock that a paragrapb -fcss erejt 1st 'the editorial ' column 'kere asd there cQcs-ertira; upon the Eoveaseat. and without exception ev ery newspaper bas.adasStted that the xoarcfa f '??:; t7 !li Lr-l-' er is" excessive aa4 beyond reason, "' This' Beans 'that tie fcret Fam-. 'tr'-Cnloa U not composed of rant ; tog radical, u sent people might dink, neither Is ft foaanwd of the Jong haired reformer jof years ago. Ttnt tn fit tvtntrarv ft mmAm no nf 'a safe element of the producing clas see en element that think and rea sons, and an element' that I willing a fair profit than be claimed by ev eryone :who handles their products, but who believes that too many handlers do exist and tolls of these handlers are too great " They are eminently light In their poeittoa.' - What aural right has the grain broker V sit la a steam heat ed oSce room with nothing bat a typewriter and a telegraph Iritra tteat aside from bis desi and exact CiwtsaBds of dollars each year from the crops raised by men who actual ly toll and sweat? : 14 fact the prbdacing clan is ot ftearVy aa large as it should be today. 92. 'aJ too ussy s broker too atfiiy aoifiDe er: bas4Sfcg- the . Sxawmt . gnfia - atd osier prodiseta. Lmt "Cae aaary ttf aT8o-FrodeTS be rt- . 6mM. Sw Ca is ccaKlg vhea gtnrib 28 Snerath't. ': EUt'ETO TBT II HO EMTES. EQfi ytm awSk hat J. P. 32 organ c3sjrped liis &xx . bea Gortncr Kat gasjr a wtorte?, a Jab b tie att a tfufeer pany fa Xe Te-.. TTa. Oat totazs e a lit f. twt it ?. tec xseaa that the nas aria ew ecsBe agala when the tank axd K f the pecie'of this eoen'ry will carry tte bazmer in a trcceaaioa aid elaxor for trade con dition to ressse as they once were! No, not tea If the -fall dinner pafT easspalgB is morrected. It win tot ccenr. The lane coccercs are be eomina too oowerfal and Mr. ilarran will not be at! to handle the people to stand by theta letter. . , . j And la act wtr to this some one i i THE OFFICERS of this bark will be pleased to talk with you at any time cor.cerring mutual business relations TWHE Federal Government, the i VV count-' the city and a large and V" growing list cf commercial and private depositors entrust their funds to this institu tion to the extent of $800,000.00, you may be sure that it is a safe one for you to identify yourself with. GALL AND TALK IT OVER WITH US La Grande National Bank LA CKANDE, OREGON. CAPITAL . . . $ 100,000.00 1 ; SURPLUS . . . 100.000.00 : RESOURCES . ,. .1.125,000.00' . UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY George Paltnor, Pres. tijt, Tft he and bis associates will pri5tate a panic" That is exacts ly what they will do and la all prob- atnity the worst ose the cosctry has ertr seen, bet eren that will not brag the rtsalts they demand. j The treat work today is to reform ih refomr. Sost coEserraUve bus- j 3 Btea,' i:hr large or snail, will afre that the coantry lis been RMl'-ed to d?a;h; that La Fel ice has dec a lot of spotting away wtta" little result, and a aaxfcer of irs are ia the tame class. These ea xay haie lseea atary to start l?3s. j&st as old John Brown was Eefary whn the war of the re bellion was started, bnt when it cooes to doing permanent things this eonntry maet hae a different tep (era'.are in its reform element hfrt is Oregon the pendulum has Ui poshed oct of plomb by the allefed reformers nnlil the state is ta cost choatk ecadlrJcn. ; act doe wholly to the free use of law. making instruments by. the people, bat should be charged up to the am bitions aad anscrapaloos reformer who lamps astride anything that is offered to foist his name upon the public and to enable himself or his friend to claim oSce. Governor Brady, of Idaho can get r?frililon if be goes Into the state of Kashicgtos, even If his , home folk did refuse to re-elect him. pradj is a soB racist M jrfM r Wasting! on is the hotbed of woman's rights." Bnt who care whether . the ladies worship , Brady or not? He may fomUh a further, excuse for the suffragists to fight rrerv The foo " trust Ts said to be about ready to turn up iu toes to the dais ies, which means that for a few days prices may be on. a downward trend. At least until some captain of finance devises a way to' re-corner the pro duce and push the price back to where Jt now Is or a little higher. THE HESTERS AXD POLITICS. . , (Indianapolis News.) It Is not easy to define the proper relation of preachers to politics. But there are certain general principles which It seems to ns are . clear enough. The first Is that the church's main business In this world is to de velop Christiao character. Of course, this often iatolres ; the bold rebuk ing Trice, and ft may involve the support of certain specific legisla tion, la the matter of temperanee, for instance, if men were -as good aid aa strong as . they ongbt to be. there would be little oeed for legisla tioa at all . Bnt they are weak, many of them are bad, and all of them are sfnfnL so ft becomes necessary, as fa'r as this can be done, to save them from themselves. The church,: ho w ever, has a greater and a far more issportut duty than thatTand that Is to .to train and develop men. so CH them with new and divine life, that they shall be able to save them selves. - Another general principle Is that the church ought to treat all forms of vice and lawlessness on the same basis. And this brings us to the re marks made yesterday , by the, Rev. C. E. HlHer before the Methodist ministers' association. In particular we desire to commend the following paragraph: "We can accomplish more by con fining ourselves more strictly to Fred J. Ho!mesf Vice Pres. Earl Zundel.lss'f. Cashier teaching religion. If we try to get laws passed we are taking cn our selves responsibilities cot command ed by the Vaster. The trusts are creaking the law, and so are the sa loonkeepers and the brewers, llany ChrisUaca who vote against the sa loons fail to return their fall prop erty for taxation, and church mem bers are breaking the laws In var ious ways. Under these eonditkms it Is amusing to the prince of dark ness for us to be continually shoot ing off resolutions against law breakers. We are like Martha; we are loading ourselves 'down with many things that God has not com manded 6s to take np.Y God wn hold the lawmakers responsible for their acts, and He will hold sa responsi ble for preaching His Wor4." It greatly weakens the Influence of the minister to denounce, sins to which neither he nor those .who hear him are prone, and to be silent in regard to those to which both are. or may be, prone. And that is precisely the course which many ministers take. The churches are, as Mr. Hij ler ; intimates, the homes -.' of .. very many men who never think of mak ing as honest , tat . return who ac tually commit perjury to avoid pay fag their Just dues to the state. The sins of the. rich have been very vig orously exploited In the last few years . but the church has had little to . say about, them.- W would not, I raking crowd, but sorely they should do something In. the way of applying the eternal law to. the lire of , their1 own fellow . members. . , The great trusU are, for the most part, maa-j aged and-controlled by. men who call themselves Christians. Mr. ; Ryan, for instance, is a member of the Ro man Catholic church; Mr. Rockefel ler Is a Baptist .while Mr. Morgan Is often referred to as "the most con spicuous layman" of the Protestant Episcopal ; church. ..These men. and others like them, would be none' the worse for a little closer spiritual oversight on the part of their re spective churches. It, does not require any consider able amount of courage to attack a saloon. t It is even now a sort of out cast But the saloonkeeper is not the only lawbreaker; not. In our opinion, the worst or most dangerous law breaker. .Indeed, there are worse people than even : the lawbreakers, namely, those who legislate for their Interests and pervert the law to theit owm advantage. - Politically the worst thing about the liquor in terests Is that they do just, that What we have to fear In this country is. not so much that one class will prey . on . anotherfor something : of that there always will bo as that the people will lose respect for and confidence in the law Therefore the main effort; nowadays, should be. not to get new laws so much as to see to it that those which we hare are honestly enforced and loyally obeyed. We need a change of mind and heart such a change as makes us see that a violation of the anti-trust law is as great a sin as the selling of liquor after hours. That men do not now see this is largely due to the fact that moral standards have been lowered and moral preemptions dulled. Only the other day the Attorney-General made his annual report, and . in that he showed what an amazing amount of rascality there had been in the last year. Fraud and stealing have been seen everywhere. After read ing that report - many people must have s-ked themselves whether we really are a nation of scoundrels. And yet this is a Christian land. Has the church lost its power? rThat !s a question which must. -we think, cause much searching of heart aiii.mg the ministers. It seems to us that Mr. Hiller spoke with great wisdom. -As we hare said it Is no easy matter to say precisely what should be the relation of the minister to politics, to the ac tual business of legislation. But one thing (3 certain, and that Is that the church win not win back the confid ence which it has to a certain extent lost as long as It refuses or fails to put trust lawlessness In the same cataeory with saloon lawlessness. Reform ouirht to begin within its own household. W"hen It has cast the beam from its erea it will be able to see cltarly tv.e Rote that 13 in the eyes of thi people outside. It is no bad idea to look outsld of ourselves for what is bad. The contrary meth od Is too often the one that is fol lowed. The question is not whether or not a minister shall b brave, for the coward has no place In a Christ ian pulpit. The question is as to how to make the influence of the minister most helpful and effective. mm Kt V est's Otir THrt -CE.VS MPT. CEOWDED WITH B1EG1I5S No matter what yon seed, whe ther It be Hat, Cap. Hosiery. Un- derwear, Suit "or Overcoat yon - can save a good margin if yon will come In and buy it .during " the next two weeks Our line 'of Benjamin ' and Sincerity Suits and Kenyon Overcoats' are ' ' reduced from one-fourth to one-' third below regular price. - 1 STARTUJG PEICES 05 3aT3f3 - shoes for flJSO that formerly sold for t3.e and"J3J0. -; Another line that was U00 and 5JW are 'now' to be closed out Boy's Shoes that sold for $2.25 to $3iS are going first at and'l-0 a pair. If Christian people would both preach and live "the word of God" most of our problems would disappear. The trouble is that we are so much given to trying to Impose on others our Idea of what the word of -God is. far LaGrlppe Cesghs aad Sraffy Colds Take Foley's Honey and ' Tar.: It gives quick relief and - expels the cold from your systemV It contains no opiates, la 'safe 'and sure Hills Durg store. ..- "I bad beta troubled with constipstioa foe two yean and tvied alj of the best pbri riaos in Bristol. Trnn., and they' could do ontbiDf for me" writes Tho. E. Wl'.lism, Middlebom, Ky. ! TwPket.f Cbaai berlain's )omach ami Liver Tablets cured ne." For sale bv aU dealers. . Want ada pay. one eeai a word at WEST'S Free : Demonstration ( , By Mrs.F.W,WaKams COME IN TODAY anri see for yourself this new 1 system of stenciling on " ..... , ' felt, leather, scrim, etc. Beautify your home at a, very small ccst ''-. g N.K.WEST The Quality Store .. . -v 4 .ft.-, ...... Jti i Mexican Stenciling A t&num 15 SALE 15 LAP1ES SCTT PEP?. With Drery Garment in the store reduced to the very low est rice, some way below the manufacturer's cost buying has been brisk despite the stormy weather. One of the most important events in this Annual Sale is the Clearance of Muslin Under wear In the Millinery Dept ' When you. visit this Sale be sure and take advantage of this sartng event, on muslip. . Remember, there Is a reduced orb store. : THIS SALE LASTS UN TIL' jANls 31 ONLY! Better- Come - In Today Ut i it i . -'. t . "t S I. . . V . v r Directory of the Wr ffteQualif Store of La Grande, Oregon ' A. F. 4 A. M- La Grande Lodge No. , 4L A. F. ft A. M. holds regular meet : ings first and third Saturdays at . 7:30 p. m. Cordial, welcome to all Masons. OHN 8. H0DOIN, W. M. A. C WILUAMS, Secretar". B. P. 0. E. La Grande Lodge To.; 433 meets each Thursday 'evening at 8 o'clock, In Elks club,. corner of De ; pot1 street and Washington 'avenue. yuslting; brothers are cordially in ; titea; to attend.'" . -1 ' . : ' ' ' " " Dlt G. L. 1IGGERS, Ex Rul. HITCH McCALL. Rec. Sec WOODMEN OF THE WORLDr-U Grande Lodge No. 169 W. 0. W. : meets every second and fourth Tues - day In the month. All visiting mem bers welcome.' NERI ACKLES. C. C. J. H. KEEXEY. Gerk. M. ,W. A. La Grande Camp No. 7703 meets every Monday ra the month at tbea"aF..;han. All visiting neighbors are cordially invited to attend. - I. R. SNOOK, C. D. E. COX. Clerk. I Enjoy theSnow WhileitLasti Bring your old buggy or surrey around and we will make you a first class sleigh in a few minutes , . . BAY 6 PLUMBERS. HtHURS, gr- . .. C- T. Gene al Contractor of Cement Work Plain and Re-enforced Concrete .m.SlDEWAlKS DARltY MS S 1 Event a 4 5 1 ISXViV. SATISd ETE5T 15 DRT GOODS DEPT This Opportunity, happens but y. once a, 'year and economical' buyers have come to look for-' ward to this Sale for months. Forthirteen years this sale has; j been 'the one big argain . event of the year. You will find the same high quality merchandise priced as low as many charge),,.: for.inferior goods. , .You had better buy now for i months to come. ' v;j A SURPRISE 15 1ADIES A50' VlQ6Va t21twVs M-. M . - (V V e T : 90c a pair is the price on one . lot of Ladies' hoes ' worth ' to-' $2.50 a parr. ? ;; ; " c- $1.19 -forJ MiBses' Schdor Shoea that formerly sold from 2.00 td- 2.B0 a'ltalr. ,f ' " r-;::.-rj(;l There are many :other lines re -! duced ' Juslf as low, 'Ton ? will5' 1 find all sizes and styles." - i ' u 0"..; i Fraternal Orders REKAHS Crystal Lodge t No., f meets every Tuesday evening; to the I. Q. OrF.fhaTr All Visiting meuj bers are invited to attend. , , MRS. KATIE ARBUCKLE, N. G. " t -MISS: X;A. ALEXAMpEflt.;gec.. . KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAS-ted C'roas ;lodgeuo: 27 meets every' Ionai ';tightlnCas'tlehair,-t:od.EliVlja , A' '.Pythian' welcome to alt visiting Knights. ' ' ' -' i ''-i7T JESS PAWL, a a R. L LINCOLN, M. of R. ft' S. pi E. S.i-Hope Chapter NolSOE'. C. holds stated communications' ths second and fourth Wednesdays oil each month. Visiting members cor ' dially Invited. MARY A. WARNICK, Sec, PAULINE EDERLEE, W. M. WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT C rands ' Roiide Circle No. 47 meets every first and third Thursday evening In tfla tnntV .4 it. . a "uum a i, me i. u, jr. nnjL All visltiig members are welcome. CHL0E ROBINSON, Q. M. LIZZIE ELLSWORTH. Clerk. ZWEIFEl SHU1 METAL WORKERS 8 - at MKtSSWiD f---. .... ... ... . -.. ,