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loA UKArtDE EVENING OBSERVER,
MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 191L
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INTEREST.
', When attorneys for the 0. R. A N.
railway company: 'try to make- H.ap-
pear .that cither La Grande. Baker or
Pendleton Is trying to create a dis
tinct and separate tone for dls-
; tr'.butive' freight rates; they- know
Utter. It Is , but a Smooth lawyer's
trick to evade-the' real issue and at
; ten pt to influence the railroad, com
mission. Here is a newt Item sent out
" from Salem: ;;;-v--'. .s'v,:;;;'; :-,
The Oregon Railroad ft Naviga- j,
tlon Company, defendant ; In a ,
lomplalntv brought against It, by
business men of La Grand, Bak- -er
and Pendleton for the purpose '
of securing lower merchandise and
commodity rates on the company
lines , to . the ;' respective cities ' '.
filed an; answer today 'With, v the
Railroad Commission;' ill- which
: Oranges, per Dob.. 1.40c and &0c
Bananas Tier Dei. . . .-r . . . . . 40c
Apples, per Box ...,..;...75e'
Cranberries, per QL. ..... . ,15e '
..Dates, per lb, ...15c 2 fei 25c'
.Figs, per Pkgr. ...... ,10c mi 15c
Sweet Potatoes, lbi,v , .. . . ,6c !.
, Pnmpklns, per lb. ......... ..fcc'
.Parsnips, per lb . .... ,2c '
. Cabbage, per lb, . . . . . i . . . , .tic
Carrots, per lb. . , . ,2c
, Cauliflower, per Bead '., , . . . ,15c '
, Garlic, per lb. , . . . ; . . ... .15c
HerbertPattison
Grocer i
and
iVEGETABlES
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THE OFFICERS
of this, bark will Jbe jpleased to talit with you at
any time concerning mutual business relations.
WHEN the Federal Government, the
county, the city, and a large and
. ; growing list of 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
;v'.;-.5vV;--"' LA GRANDE. OREGON. , , , ,
.. CAPITAL; . . . $ 100,000.00
;; : ' surfPLUS'1; . . ; 100.000.00 N s
. . IvLSCURCES . . . 1,125,000.00 "V
; ; UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY , '
;, Goorgtt' runwr,. A-es. ! Fred J. Holmes, Vice Pres.
F. L. Mayers, Cashiet Earl Zundel.Ass'f. CasWer
each city is charged with attempt
ing to demand absolute emmerr -'
cial control for jobbing purposes .
of as large an area of territory
r In Eastern Oregon as possible,
regardless of whether or not tho -same
shall . be reasonable to the
railroad company or may const!-
lute a discrimination against
defendant company. The 0- R, fc
- N. R. R. answers a similar com
plaint recently filed by the Port 'S
. Wd Cbambdr of Commerce
" against It.' but does not claim in .'
this case that plaintiff is seeking .
to control commercial business. .
The answer alleges that the rates
complained of by the Chamber of
Commerce are unreasonable and
unjust Insofar as the railroad is
concerned, In that they are unr
reasonably low and do not per
mit" the defendant to secure a
reasonable return for its invest
ment' 'V -'.'i''-:. ';t W v' ; 'l-'':
. Each of theBe cases has been
taken ; up and argued before the
Railroad Commission, but neither
has been ; decided. Immediately
following the flrBt compulnt filed ;
by the Chamber of Cammerce,
; Baker, La Grande and Pendleton
intervened and demanded a like
"; reduction.' - y';.i
At the hearing in Baker railroad at
torneys tried to inject ima muiiv kiuu
of argument, but It was resented by
the three. Eastern Oregon cities for
each realizes whatever rate one gets
all will get ? :: '. m V r:;-:
It Is such work as this tha causes
the people to take up the cudgel
against 'a railroad company.' In Ore-i
gon there has been little antagonism
displayed by the people toward the
common carriers, but such misrepres
entation as this will have a tendency
to start it. -'' V ' " - -,' :
WHERE Will WA110WA BENEFIT I
Just how the newspaper at Enter
prise can figure that the Webster good
roads bill will benefit-Wallowa coun
ty is more than , we can understand,
Of all Oregon caunties it seems to us
that the good roadB bill now, before
the legislature will be of least benefit
to Wallowa county.; ' "'r
Yet the Enterprise paper swallows
the sugar coated pill with the follow
ing complimentary remarks: ,
rive highway bills . are before
the legislature, endorsed by the "
Good Roads association and by the
County Judges and Commission
.v era association. They are model '
ed on the most effective and eqult-
; able measures adopted ' by1 other '
' , states. They are vital to the prog-
ress of the state anil we hope they
will be adopted. " ." "
" The one appropriating state aid .
' to the counties In building roads is
to the counties In building roads
is baaed upon $10,000 'from the
State to every $20,000 raised by,'
4 the county during the years 1911 .
' and 1912 or a' total appropriation
by the state, of $680,000 for the
two years. ' . '
I,' A.s we understand it, each count
As we understand It, each coun- t
ty that ralBed $20,00 a year for '
'.Voad purposes for those two years
would receive $10,000 a yea from
' the state no more,' no less.: ;
' Wallowa's share of the state
tax required to raise the $680,
000. based on present valuation,
would be $8,454, and we would
receive $20,000 In return.
i Multnomah's share of the state
tax would be f 252,740 and it would
receive but 120,000 In return. -If
the foregoing Is correct it:
, would certainly seem good busl
ness for' the smaller . counties,'
"Portland favors It on the ground
that what helps. the state helps
the state's market place Port-"
land. ' v ;- '
LET THE
IJiVESTIGATION
CEED.
PRO-
The confab between Bowerman and
Robert E. Lee Stein er, superin
tendent of the state insane asylum Is
bearing good fruit ariif it Is to the tax
payers interest for a thorough Inves
tigation 'to .follow,. Commenting upon
the matter the Portland Telegram re
marks as follows: ,' V' i j ."
. Whatever there is that is per-,4
eoral 4n the asylum controversy 3,
betweea Senator Bowerman and j.
Dr. Robert E. Lee Stelner. super-r.i
intendent of the State Insane Asy-,.j
lum, should be settled privately i
; between those two worthy . gen-;,
V tlemen themselves. Whatever
there 1b of a private nature, if
there is anything! has no concern,
to anybody- but, themselves. 1 ,;
. ; Bub what the public has a great'.
. deal of concern In is the manage-.
L ' uiuk ll wixt ui out- gn wm: vuuf,n.
mltted the care of the. most pitta-
" ble and helpless etlement in our
population. Taking at their face ;
value the voucher! filed by! the'B
: management of the asylum In the (
Secretary of State's office, and '
v tbere:' Is such . manifest freedom,
not to say profligacy, In the ex
penditure of the public funds that .
public attention is arrested and
public investigation Invited. It is
, no new thing to bear the charge
of extravagance whispered against
the Stat Insane Asylum; it will
i cause no profound public eensa-.t;
1 tion on the ground of its novelty,.,!
for Jt has been whispered may a c;;
, ' time, and oft before. But the issue !
1 has never been squarely faced and
! presented until now, and for the.-,
sake of all concerned it should be
followed with rigid determination
') to find' the facts and to get to the .
very bottom 'of the existing con
ditions. ' '
; ' Public officials speedly get into
shiftless ways if they have at their
command vast sums of money to
; expend and are not made to feel
' that there Is some supervision and
accountability, ; There has been
. Tiothiag but perfunctory supervis- ;
ion and the same sort of account
ability in -insane asylum affairs
.' ft-r years. Under the bipartisan ar
rangement that has long existed, '
' the1 governor has controlled"' the'
penitentiary and the othei' mem- '
hers of the board the insane asy
lum. But all have worked' in con
crt, as seems to be the present
intention, and everybody proposes ; :
;o maintain the existing status it
Umt Is possible. The existing stat- v
-jb Is precisely what Is how being ;
it will get . worse instead of bet- "
; ter.; Jt allowed to, continue, one ;:
pi these days there will be a scan- ;
: dal that will stir up the state.
There has been entirely too
vouch perfurtctoriness In the "ex-:
imlnatlon of the books and ac
- counts as well as the methods of
. the big state ' institutions, and .
, there has been too little genuine'
official supervision over them. x
That there are things going on
that will not look well in print
nor read good to the average tax
payer, there seems to be.llttle rea
son to doubt; that there Is more
than.appear8 on the : surface
seemB tobe-qulte likely. Thore-
fore, there shouidoe-problng to
the bottom, so that thelTubllc
which Is entitled to know, learns -precisely
what is gblng on and
' gets this whole institutional ques
tion in Its true perspective.
10ST1E SHOULD DATE IT.
The following editorial from . the
Lostlne Rcporter convinces one that
the cltliens of the valley queen city
should have a water, system: -'
We wonder If ; the Tesolution
which will be votd on at the
special election to be held here
Monday, January 30, will carry
and f Loetine will, really get an
up-to-date municipal water sys
tem, or will there be enough of
the voters . who persist in bolng
moss backs, to vote It down; It
Is the first essential step which
, we, ns a town will have to take if
we wish to progress and grow in
to the thriving town which is our
due. It needs only a thought
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Last Days of West's 13th Annual Sale
Offer Mariv X Buvirii? Opportunities.
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EVERY ARTICLE IH mtmmMBEbUCEP
.j ij I ( lit
;i f") ft:t a'
;, bjick to the harrowing times 'dur-
ing the .dry season of last: sum
, mer, when evory property bolder
was carrying every cent of insur-
. ance he, could get, to convince us .
. that we need a water system and
, need it bad. We can pay for a wat
er system which will amply meet
our requirements with what we
wiU save on our Insurance. Be
sides the necessity of it, the con-.
venlence of a good water supply ,,,
to ' a . town la pas', computing in .
dollars and cents. It Is to the in-.. .
' terest o' eyery property holder in :
. the.incorporate limits to havo'ade-,
; quate 'fire' protection and ample .
water supply." .
' Of' course,' since we recall unwrit
ten history of the Grande Ronde, Col.
Eckley,:of the Star,;and John Pred
more, deceased, used to play marbles
together and why shouldn't the Colonel
know Predmore's agei With this let
alldlsralss an argument that must be
anything, but pleasant to friends of
the one who has passed away. :. : - i
; v Notice to Creditors.
. Notice is hereby given that letter!
of - administration have , been issued
by the County Court of Union county
Oregon, to Angus Shaw upon the
estate of Isabella Shaw, deceased, and
all persons havingAclalms against said
estate are hereby notified to present
the same with proper vouchers to the
said administrator at his residence
at Summerville, Oregon, within six
months -from the date of this notice.
Dated thisDecember 30th, , A.- D.
1910. '
.. ANGUS SHAW,
Administrator of the estate of Isabel
la Shaw, deceased.
Pec. 30, Jan 6, 13, '20, 27.
For LaGrlppe Coughs and Stuffy Colds
Take Foley's Honey and Tar. It
gives quick-relief and , expels the
cold from your system. It contains
no opiates, is safe and sure Hills
Durg store. ,
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- P11TS1C1AX8 AKD SUKCEONS.
N. MOLITOR, M. D. Physlciaii and
Surgeon. Cprner Adams Ave. and
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to T ake AdvantaKe or vthese
necial
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St fDieQiialityStfe
Depot street."' Office. Main 68; Resi
dence 69. " ' :
C, H. UPTON, Ph. G. M. D. Physician
and' surgeon. Special attention 6
- Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat' Office
In La Grande 'NaUunal Bank Build
ing. Phonesr. Office Main 2, Resl
denes Main 32. .
A. L. RICHARDSON, M. D.
J; W, LOUGHLIN, M. D. '
. Drs. RichardBon & Loughlln, '
Phyiiclani and Surgeoni, - ,
Office Hours 9 to 11; 2 to 6; 7 to 8,
Phones Office Black 1362; Ind. 353,
Dr. Richardson's Res. Main 55; Ind. j
..813. ,-v .tt-..k. , .
JEO. W. ZIMMERMAN Osteopath
; Physician, Sommer Bldg., Rooms 7.
, 8. 9 and 10, . Phoaes: Home 1332,
Pacific, Main 63, Residence phona
.Black 951. , Successor to Dr. C. E
Moore..'. '!': --.V ".' ,
OR. M: P. MENDELSOHN Doctor of
; Optics.' : Spectacles and Eye Glasses
; Fitted and made to order. All er
i 'tors of Refraction Corrected. 1105
Adams Are. Foley Hotel Bldg. La
1 Grande; Oregon.'- Vj :)' "
OR. H. L. UNDERWOOD and Dr!
DORA J. UNDERWOOD Office ot
er' Wright Drug store. Special at
tention paid to diseases and surgery
' of the eye. 4 .',.'. ' '
Phones Office Main 22; residence,
! Main 728. -
J. C. PRICE, D. M. D. Dentist Room
23, La Grande National Bank Build i
, Ing. Phone Black 399. '
DR. R. L. LINCOLN, DENTIST Firs;
class services given. Office over Ltf-'
ly's Hdw. store; Phone Black-451.
DR. PrACHARLTON .Vetermarv Sur
geon. ' Office -at Hill's Drug Store
La Grande! Residence phone, Rej
701; Office phone, Black 1361 ; Inde
pendent phone 63; both phoneaalj
realdencA. v-
ATTORXETS AT LAW.
COCHRAN & COCHRAN Attorneys
Chas. E. Cochran and Goo. T. Coch
ran. T Grundo tNa'lonal Bank
Bldg., La Grande, Oregon.
T. H. CRAWrOItD-Attorcey a !.nw
; Practice In al. Itbe crortu nt V I
State nj Uaiied tst-s. OSro ts!
La Granao Nuwuj itana B.rds.; Lc j
Grande. Cciuu, j ;
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O. W. C. NELSON Mining Engineer
Baker City, Oregon. . .
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A fine new $100 buggy, run t lest
than 50 miles is for sale at reason
able figures. Inquire at -Observer lof-
Be Corset-Happy
.: When you decide to be corset
happy, come and be fitted In
the lace-in-front Gossard. There
Is a model in the Gossard to
show off to best advantage
your special type of figure.
mo to ism ,
Mrs.RobertPattisoD
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