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PAGE 4 m GKAltDE EVENING OBSERVER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1911 r . II. it THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNIS v Editor and Owner. ; Entered at the postoffice at La Grande as secoad-elass matter. SUBSCRIPTION BATES Dully, single co jij ............ 5c Dally, per week, .... ,'. . ... .... l. Daily, per month . , .............. C5e This paper will not publish an ar ticle appearing over a ncm da plume. Signed articles will be revised bud Ject to the discretion of Uhe editor. Please sign your articles and save disappointment I19I1 JANUARY 1911 Ijti 2 1-3 141 51617 8 9 WlT 12 13 14 15 1617l8M2021 22 212612728 29TOll-:,:r 1 vT THE X05EY POWER USD PEACE. conclusion reached by President Dav id Starr Jordan that the money lend er to whom the nations of Europe are Indebted hame power to prevent those nations from going to war, and will be able to insure peace by ve toing all war plane In the future. Un- , lesa history has been written with Intent ' to mislead, It may be laid flown as an Introvertible proposition that throughout the past the peoples of the earth have little regard for con sequences once their judgment has been subordinated, to their passions. Several of the greatest wars of mod r",rfffriilBii A ,fc ' fc A Extension Telephone THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. Every Bell Telephone Is THE OFFICERS ; of, this bark will be pleased to talk with you at , any time concerning mutual business relations ; TA.HEN the Federal Government, the 1 county tne. and a arSQ and ; v growing listof commercial and private . . . depositors entrust their fund.s to this institu- be sure that it is a safe - yourself with. . : V ; GALL AND TALK IT OVER WITH US s La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, OREGON. . CAPITAL . . $ 100.000.00 v SURPLUS . . 100,000.00 RESOURCES . . 1,125,000.00 UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY ,0 George Palmer, Pres. Fred J. Holmes. Vice Pres. " F..L. Meyers, Cashier Earl Zundelss'f. Cashier' , ern times were declared in utter de fiance, not only of the "money pow er" but of national welfare. To hope for the preservation of peace by arous ing the selfish, interests, or material Interests of humanity is to lean upon a reed. . Moreover, it is hardly placing a proper estimate ujxm the pride, to say nothing of the resources, of any of the great nations of Europe to hold that they are in practical sub jection to the money lenders. Modern statesmanship, at home as well as abroad, takes serious account of the state of national credit, but It is com pelled to take atill more serious ac count of the state of public feeling. It is a pleasing consideration that popular feeling - today is everywhere sympathetic toward the efforts mak ing to preserve Sulernatlonal tran quility. There is reason to believe that this feeling is growing. It would be unfortunate should anything oc cur to check it The European, fully as much as the American would re sent the insinuation that his country was or coufld be, under the domina tion of private Interests. Both have been told in the past that wars were waged mostly to satisfy private griev ances, to advance private interests, to promote private' ends. However true that may have been in, some instances, It, Im own tar irom true in all. Hu man passion, more than a desire for human aggrandizement, has been the great moving force of modern warfare. It ' could hardly . avail anything worth while to open a loophole for perjudice or passion, even with the view of showing that world peace is on a stable footing. It la usually safe to assume that a good movement Is Impelled by a good purpose. Evi dence Is by no means lacking to Bhow that the nations of the world are now seeking the maintenance of peace, rot only because It, is In the line of wise political policy, or because they lire pressed by their creditors to do fc " ,H . An extension Is an additional tele phone connected on the same line as the main telephone. of the house. It. may be located In any part of the house. '. It may be a wall or desk type. It may have a bell or may not have bell, as the subscriber may wish. When a bell is Installed on the extension It will ring whenever the bell rings on the main telephone. , An extension will save many steps In running to the main telephone to send or receive calls. , An extension will save the climb-' lng of stairs. An extension telephone will be found to be one of the most useful appliances in the modern household. Let us suggest a convenient ex tension service at a low cost . , - Consult our looal manager.. the Center of the System. one for you to identify t o. but principally because it is right. Christian Science Monitor. WILL BIRTH OF TBAIXIXG SAYE THE RACE! The same old stories continue to be I told with altered names, The dlsouts ai-out "eugenics" and "euthenlcs" which are words of Greek origin, is practically the same as that alout ht-rc.-'ity and environment, which are o' Latin dispute may be carried on about them also. Which has the great er eflpct.on human life what a mar i 'liev'is at birth, or what he recehe aft: Hrth? If the former, lei ns trivo to better the conditions of the blr,'h (eugenics). The former word !r t". invention of Prof. Francis Ga'ton m nc- has been in use for some ll.tle l't:'f; the latter was coined by J'S. )l',"i H. Richards and is brand new. Exactly why there should be oppo sition between the things for wh'cli they stand is hard to see. The :: fluei-ce of here.l ty is as undoubwl as that of environment; we surely run. to try to Improve both. Still, w i re tcid by Dr. C. B. Davenport in lio Popular Science Monthly, that this op position certainly exists. He writes: ; ' The two schools of euthenlcs and eagenlcs stand opposed, each view lng the other "unkindly. Against eug, erics is urged that ft Is a fatalistic doctrine and deprives life of the stimulus toward effort. Against euth enlcs the other side urges that it de mands an endless amount of money to patch up conditions in the vain effort ,to get greater efficiency. Which of the two doctrines is true? "The thoughtful mind must concede that, as is so often the case where doctrines are opposed,' each view is partial, incomplete, and really false. The truth does not exactly He between the doctrines; It "comprehends them both. What a child becomes Is always the resultant of two seta of forces act ing from the moment the fertilized egg begins Us developmentone of the set of internal tendencies and the oth er is the set of external influences. What the result of an external influ ence a particular environment con dition shall be depends only in part upon the nature of the Influence;- it depends also upon the internal nature "The objection has been raised of the reacting ipTotoplasm. to recognizing that heredity has any conslderabe importance in determining unfavorable results, on the ground that It is a 'pessimistic and. fatalistic doc trine. Euthenlcs, on the other hand, of fers opportunity to do something to improve a person's condition. Apart "from the fact that the truth must ; be tace1- whether pleasant or not, the con tenUon cannot be too strongly urged that Improvement of conditions is only .palliative, while improvement of the blood is essential to permanent prog grees. Our only hope, Indeed, for the real betterment of the human race is in better matlngs. If any one doubts this let him ask an agriculturist. Let him ask the Florida orange-grower, who no longer fears the frost, If here dity is a 'terrible fact; let him ask the 'dry farmer' of Montant, who cul tivates his' special varieties that re quire little rain, if heredity gives him the blues ; let him ask the breeder of Improved Holsteln cattle where he wouldi, if he could, annihilate the fact of transmission of ; qualities; they would laueh in your face; they would wure you that heredity is their main reliance and thetr most precious tool. So to the eugenlst heredity stands as the one great hope of the human race; its saviour from imbecility, poverty, disease, immorality This 'fact affords the basis for the hope that, when the method of securing strong offspring, flven from partially defec tive stock, Is widely known, the teach ings of science in respect even to mar rlags matlngs will be widely regard ed and that the toechlncs and practise of euthenlcs will yield the greater result because of the previous practise of the principle of eugenics.". : EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. Fcdoral-lnw officers hid nothing whatever to do with tv CnmT'e trust busting case Wall Street Journal Alaskan hank holding deposits of Jt.om.COO falls. Territory Is rabidly growing along strictly modern lines Wall Street Journal. Tnd(ntpiJt umlortnkors in Newj York have ojav.-.t -war n the Un-J dertnkrfl' Trust, Their aim Is to re-j dnre th cost of dvlr!, -Nw York ITercld. ,- ;:V " , j Both Straps and Lace Mew ,; Aerpime ;:Caps Fadiions Latest Whini in Ladies Headgear Colors White, Red, Blue and White, Red and White and Bkiclc and White- Sale Price. 5 More Shopping Days Left at Wesfe;--;13tt EVERY ARTICLE j W THE STORE REDUCED New Yort is to have a new statue of George Washington That one in front of the Sub-Treasury is probably ov&rworked watching WTall Street Washington Herald. , . And now Mr. Bonaparte refuses to dine with Governor-elect Baldwin be cause ha would not dine with Mr. Bonaparte's former chief. If , this keeps on banqueting will soon become a lost art Pittsburg DlBpatch. How long will it take a Tariff Com mission that has not been created to convince stand-patters in congress, who do not intend to be convinced, that the people of this country are entitled to relief through the removal of prohibition duties on foreign meats? New . York World. .Installation. At noon Saturday the G. A. R. and W. R. C. will hold installation at the I. O. O. F hall. Attention all mem bers." . rKOFESSlONAL DIKECT0KY. rUYSICIANS AND SUEGEOJfS. n; MOLITOR. M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Corner Adams Ave. and John Melville 1423 Adams Avi A GRANDE, - ORE Plumbing anaHeafc form it li ATTRACTIVE NEW STYLES PATENT BEADED and Effect - - - : Prices Reduced During Annual Sale. St TheQualityStore' Depot street dence 69. Office, Main 68; Kesl- C. H. UPTON, Ph. G. M. D. Physician and surgeon. Special attention to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Office In La Grande 'National Bank Build ing. Phones: Office Main 2, Rest dence Main 32. A. L. RICHARDSON, M. D. " J. W. LOUGHLIN, M. D. i Drs. Richardson & Loughlln, Physicians and Surgeons, Office Hours 9 to 11; 2 to 6; 7 to 8. Phones Office Black 1362; Ind. 353. Dr. Richardson's Res. Main 65; Ind. 812. GEO. V. ZIMMERMAN Osteopath Physician. Sommer Bldg., Rooms 7, 8, 9 and 10. Phoaes: Home 1332, Pacific, Main 63, Residence phone, Black 951. Successor to Dr. C. E. Moore. , DR. M. P. MENDELSOHN Doctor of , Optics. Spectacles-and Eye Glasses Fitted and made to order. All er rors of Refraction" Corrected. 1105 Adams Ave. Foley Hotel Bldg. La Grande, Oregon. OR. II. L. UNDERWOOD and DR DORA J. UNDERWOOD Office ov er Wright Drug store. Special at- ' tentlon paid to diseases and surgery of the eye. Phones Office Main 22; residence, Main 728. . J. C. PRICE, D. M. D. Deutlst. Room 23, La Grande National Bank Build , lng. Phone Black 899. DR. R. L. LINCOLN, DENTIST Flrsi class services given. Office over Lil ly's Hdw. store. Phone Black-451. DR. P. A. CHARLTON ,Veter.'nary Sur geon. Office at Hill's Drug Store La Grande. Residence phone, Rei 701; Office phone, Black 1361; Inde pendent phone 53; both phones at residence. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. COCHRAN & COCKRAN-Attorneys: Chas. E. Cochran and Geo. X. Coch- , ran. I Grande National Bank Bldg., La Grande. Oregon. T. H. CRAWFORD Attorney at. Law Practices In al 'lthe courts of the State and United mates. Office In La Grande Nal.'uuai Bhdk Bldg., La Grande, Oregon. 0. W. C. NELSON Mining Engineer Caker City, Oregon. r. KID $3.50 and $4.00 - : yaf v V- Sew Btfror for Sale. " tV A fine new $100 buggy, run let than 50 miles is for sale at reasbt able figures. Inquire at Observer o Be Corset-Happy; When you decide to be'corsela happy, come and be fitted lj the lace-in-front Gossard. Thei 1b a model In the Gossard show off to best advantag your special, type of flgurl &U0 to $5.00. Mrs.RobertPattis( PIIOJfE BLACK H81. NewTransfi i M. L. Leader; PROPRIETOR PHONE 1 RED 3762 f t:.; DrayiiigofAUKir VV" r.Av wt . -