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TIIE S3ALL I5TESTOB. c
The army of people la this and
ther communities iWhoVhafvs afew
hundred dollars to Invest are in man
. waxing tertout mistake by
huying tome of the offerings, on the
market today. Th . idea of seeking
cities and distant point for Invest
men t is surely dangerous and there
are ninety chances against getting
good results ,wher : there Is one
chance for It.
' Listen. If there wa "such great
money-making possibilitiea In the
coast cities, doe It sot occur to you
that some of the - moneyed people
would, grab them? The money of the
country Is now tied up In the cities.
Men of standing in metropolises can
always get money and plenty of 'It to
make a "sure thlngi" specuation. Then
why should these ' specuatlons of
"extraordinary merit" a the agent
term them, be peddled out over the
tountry on thejpayment plan;-;
Do a little reasoning before you
Invest your money. Do not take aay
body's word that cornea alonfe but
Investigate for yourselves.
Some time ago Jovita Height was
marketed In La Grande. How many
people who purchased lots ! in that
scheme can today sell them for what
they gave? .":. vv ':' ., '.
Then came Laurelhuret. Mr. Lot
owner can you put your lot on the
market today and get your money
out of ltT. '.
And Wireless Telegraph, Telephone
new railroad tracks and ties, rubber
plantations and a thousand other
Schemesall of you have bitten on
tbwn can you cash in?
Here Is a fact to remember: Any
thing Is actually worth Jus what It
will brlnjd on the market under ' a
forced sale. Your smooth talking
agents can argue from now on until
the Judgment day and they cannot
change this old law of value. Now,
when they are offering such wonder
ful Investments call them,' down by
demanding to know what the stuff
will bring under a forced sale and
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THE OFFICERS
of this bark will be pleased ,to talk with you at
- any time concerning mutual business relations
HEN the Federal Government, the
yy 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.' .r , ' ' , ;
, GALL AND TALK IT OVER WITH US
La Grande National Bank
r ' LA GRANDE, OREGON. '
CAPITAL ... $ 100.000.00
SURPLUS V;. . 100,000.00 :
yr RESOURCES . . . . 1,125,000.00
; UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
, peorga Palmer, JPres. . Fred J. Holmes, Vice Pres.
' F. L. Meyers, Cashiei Earl ZundelMss'f. Cashier
let them prows thr sssertlons.
j La Grande la proving to. ba th mec-
ca ror the Rurua WallliJgfoiJ. It J
the Ideal spot where the easy-money
lad strikes when ha wants to dump A
hunch of stuff. Be as smooth as he la
and aek him a few questions that he
must answer before parting with your
money..; ' .' "' ''u:''
. While the Evening Observer, makes
It a rule not to print any'communl-.
) cation unless one's true name Is sign,
ed to it, we are going to forgo this
ruling . In order that some . of the
stockholders who have bitten .on the
fakes in the past may talk to the pub
He without disfclottng. their Identity
, The time- has arrived in this com
munity for the safe; conservative
element to begin--warfare. on what
has proven in the past to be unfortu
nate business transactions for many.
A BOLL OF HEWS PRINT.
Among the sou-venlrs that' are each
year sent out to mark the festal sea
son, none are more appropriate than
those from the office of th Manitoba
Free Frees. For 10 years now has 1
maintained the practice of distribut
ing among its friends and patrons
an annual . token accompanied by a
booklet descriptive of the custom, the
tradition or the Industry that the tok
en represents. No package Is looked
for with mote pleasant anticipations
than that which, comet from th iw
Timm omce each December. '
This season , the box contained "a
Mttis roll of news 'prints a perfect
miniature of the large rolls from
whteh fc newspaper Is prtnted; ; and
with It was a clever pamphlet giving
a short account of . the paper-making
industry and many pertinent facts
concerning the supply of pulpwood.
From the figures given It appear that
Canada : today possesses more than
three times 'as much forest area as
the United States, twice pa' much as
Russia, and greatly more than any
other nation. The keynote of the ar
gument contained In the pamphlet is
(hie (pressing importance to this whole
continent of the question of pulpwood
supply, as part of the wider matter
of wmsemtation of natural resources,
which, i compelling the attention of
the peoples and the government of
this country end the United States
the outstanding fatejt: in regard to
pulpwood being that the Dominion of
Canada, having the greatest area of
pulpwood of the1 best ' quality under
the operation of scientific forestry
methods for the pemetuatlon of that
supply of raw 'material, Is destined
to become the world's greatest paper
manufacturing country Calory Her-
TIIE EMIGRANT'S TOCKET BOOK.
Mow much money should an emi
grant have to enable him to gain ad
mission to this countlry? That seems
to be an Important question nowa
days la the eyes of immigration com
missioners and others, and the small
est amount agreed upon by them Is
$50.- -j V
Fortunately the question was not
raised when the father of the pres
ent secretary of commerce and labor
landed in this country with only $2
in his pocket ;
Probably the father of 'the late
Governor Johnson of Minnesota did
m
not have 150 when he came here from
Sweden, yet his contribution of aa
eminent son was Vorth 'considerable
to the xepiiblfc,' ' 'V "" ,
; We. forget just whM A. Carnegie,
sq4 bad , when he landed,, but it was
far from 50.:; ". ' ' '; "
We wonder ifjhe father, of the laie
B. Franklin of Mlik street or' there
about had, any spare coin . when he
set foot on these shores. We certain
ly made money on the deaj even If
he did not have a farthing.' ' .ti '
If between the years 1606 and 1621
money had been' the standard where
by to guage' an, emigrant's fitness
to become an 'immigrant this coun
try probably would not have enjoy
ed Ibe luxury of an immigration cora
miaaioner. . "
Better ge.sonveojther, Jest, gentle
men. ' . ' -v
DOXIES AJTEEICAJf HCJtflB.
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After deep thought. Professor Pren
tiss C. Hoyli of Clark college pro
pounds' tie opinion that there id' no
such thing' as American hutoorl' saya
the' WaHa Walla Union. It Is not
Amterican,' bui Just Individuai rand
persbnat, thinks the proieMor: ' ;
It may argue some temerity to con
tradict a college professor. .We . re
member )hat one newspaper : which
sio far .forgot the proprieties and eter.
nal verities i ias to "get gay" with Prof
feinnr rwi , TUi vl
go, was hailed Into court, for It' But
reaiy Profeeor Clark getls on- debat
able ground In denying "the existence
that. ' commonly, recognized' ' entity,
Aroerican humor." He might as reason
ably- dehy ther identity of sui generis
quality of; Philadelphia' scrapple or
Kentucky whiskey,
BureJy there la a dtetlnioth-ely Amer
ican twang to the drollery of our
tjvp!' ; American .hutnoriBts and':1 a
family reeemblance that, makes their
productions, recognizable as Ameri
can, in a. moment, Artemus Ward anil
Mark, Twain had their separate in
divtdualitte; but they had their
common , national characteristic, and
their fun , la racy of the soil it sprang
from. t ' ;- ,:
SHE 800EES BOWEBMAJf.
: Mis Johnson, editor of the Lostlne
Reporter, ha the . .following sharp
crlttelsm to offer on Jay Bowerman:
: The pardoning of J. H. McBain
by Acting, Governor Bowerman "
comes as, a surprise to the citi
zens of this county as they had no
. intimation that such a pardon was
even thought of until an account
. of Bowerman 's act was published
In the Portland ' Journal. It has ' '
met with the most outspoken dls '
approval by, the citizens of this
county, where the crime was com
mitted. '' What Bowerman 'could
have been thinking of Is more
than anyone can figure out - ( :
U only means the state being
put to the expense of another trial
because McBain will surely be .
tried on the second of the two in
dlctment which were found
against him at the time of the ,
shooting, five years ago. No for
malities such as circulating a pe
tition, etc., were attempted, Bow
erman took the whole responsi
bility on bis own shoulders.
SEED THE WHOLE ARMY.
The Portland papers are still wag
ing a merciless and relentless war on
Imaginary, coyotes in Wallowa county
editorially remark Editor Shutt of
Joseph. If this foolish hydrophobia
scare Is agitated much longer by the
city paper it would not surprise us
to hear of the entire U. S. army being
ordered to come to Wallowa county
and hunt down the coyote or two that
is left It is just barely possible that
the official who Is responsible for all
this unnecessary fuss and cackling
Is doing this in order to make the
public think he Is doing something to
earn his salary. . '
Speaker Jerry Rusk is", havinfci a
lit tie fun at Salem that was not on the
program, says the Joseph Herald.
Several sore-bead defeated candidates
for speakership, headed by Represen
tative Eaton of Lane county,' under
took to muster sufficient force among
the 60 members to deprive Rusk of
the power to appoint the necessary
committees. But with his usual
smooth work, Jerry soon had their
hide on the bavk fence, and the
islative mill is grinding along again
as smoothly as a saueauge machine.
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A Cynical Error.
"Your daughter looked very beau
tiful at the opera last night," said
i
I "If
Dcth Stress Mm0.UM& $3i0 $4.03
and Black and Vf1&
1 . 'fit
v5;Mpre
Mrs. Oldcastle. "I heafd several peo
ple say they thought she was the
best-;dressed person in any of the box
es." ". - ' y .;.'
"Yea," replied her hostess as she
hung her 120,000 dog collar over the
back of a real ' Chippendale chair,
"both me and Joslah cbuld see that
she was the sinecure of all eyes."'
Chicago.Record-Herald. .; ,
A Guide to the Magaznlnes.
A singer should be accompanied by
Harper's. : ; ::
Ah auto, racer should stick to The
Century. ' '" '' . ;-.
The devourer of books should try
The Literary Digest
The widower shsuld look for The
Housekeeper. .
The tired man should ask for an
Outing; ''"'' J .
The librarian should look for The
Bookman. ': vJ
The church social committee should
have The Bazar. " .
The suffragist should insist on The
Workman's World. ,
The sick man should cling to Life.
' The astute chicken-raiser wants
The Smart Set , -
' The pugilist sliould seek The Arena.
The coal dealer should ask for Col
lier's. '
The walking delegate should look
for Popular' Mechanics. i .
The clockmaker should have the
Dial. '
The census-taker k should list
Smlth'e.Llfe.' v ' - '
Case for the Interstate ConunJsglon.
Brlggs "Is it true that you have
broken off your engagement to that
girl who lives in the suburbs T"
Griggs "Yes; they raised the com
mutation rates on me and I have
transferred to a town girl." Life.
The Only Trimble.
He "What bother you most learn
ing to skate, the rough Ice or th
snow patches?",
She "The kates," Mggendorfer
Blaetter. , ,
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY. A
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rnYsicuKs ato surgeons.
N. MOLITOR, M. D. Physician and
I Surgeon. Corner Adam Ave. and
"1 r- -x itn r O
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PATEN1wBEADE0; aid
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lvcuucea iunng annual oaie,
Shojpuig Days
Depot street Office. Main 6$; Resi
dence 69. , . r
C: H. UPTON. Ph. G.' &L D. Physician
and surgeon. " Special attention to
Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat Office
In La Grande 'National Bank Build
ing. Phones: Office Main 2, Resl
denes Main 32. '
A. L. RICHARDSON, M. D.,
J. W. LOUGHL1N, M. D.
, Dr. Richardson 'ft Loughlln, r
, Physicians and Surgeons,
Office Hour J to 11; 2 to 6; 7 to 8.
Phones-Office Black 1362 Ind, 853.
Dr. Richardson's Res. Main 65;' Ind.
'812. ':'.
GEO. W. ZIMMERMAN Osteopath
Physician. Sommer Bldg., Rooms 7,
, 8, 9 and 10. Phoaes: . Home 1332,
Pacific, Main 63, Residence phone,
Black 951. Successor to Dr. CVJH
Moore,
JOR. M. P. MENDELSOHN Doctor of
, Optics. Spectacle and Eye Glasses
Fitted and made to order. All er
rors of Refraction Corrected. 1105
Adams Ave. Foley Hotel Bldg. La
Grande. Oregon. '
OR. H. L. UNDERWOOD and. DR
DORA J. UNDERWOOD Office ov
er Wright Drug store. Special at
tention paid to diseases and surgery
of the eye.
Phones-Offlce Main 22; residence
Main 728.
J. C. PRICE, D. M. D. Dentist Room
23, La Grande National Bank Build
lng. Phone Black 899 -
DR. R. L. LINCOLN. DENTI8T Flri
class services given. Office over Ul
ly' Hdw. tore. Phone Black-451.
DR. P. A. CHARLTON .Veterinary 8ur
geon. Office at Hill' Drug Store
La Grande. Residence phone, Rel
701; Office phone. Black 1361; Inds
pendent phone 6T; both phone si
residence.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
COCHRAN ft COCERAN-Attorneys:
Chas. E. Cochran and Geo. T. Coch
ran. La Grand National Bank
' Bldg., La Grande. Oregon. ' ' '
T H. CRAWFORD Attorney at Law
PracUce In al'lthe court of th
SUte and United Bute. Office in
La Grand NaUwual Bans Bldg.. La
Grande, Oregon.
0. W. & NELSON Mining Engineer
Baker City, Oregon.
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Quality store ;
New Bnggy fop Sale.
A' fine new $100 buggy run less
than 50 miles is for sale' at reason
able figures. Inquire at Observer of
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Be Corset-Happy
When you decide, to be corset
happy, come and be fitted In
the lace-ln-front Goisard. There
Is a model in the GoBsard to
how off to best advantage
your special, type- of figure.
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Mrs.RobertPattisoii
PHONE BLACK 1491.-
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