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La geakde zveninq observer,
WEDNESDAY, JAOTARY 18, 1911.
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DEXIUSj
Zatertd at tt B&die ai La CraAe
t WHiMr-eta Bailee
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, 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
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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.
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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
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felt, leather, scrim, etc.
Beautify your home at a,
very small ccst
''-. g
N.K.WEST
The Quality Store
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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 . -'.
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Directory of the
Wr ffteQualif Store
of La Grande, Oregon
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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
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Event a
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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 '
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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.
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