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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1911)
4 4 . 3 1 11 i 1 r 3 I mesda v Jan. 31 1? r ma o o THE OBSERVER . BRUCE, DENNIS' . : . Editor and Owner. Entered at the postoffice at La Grande ai second-class matter. Mo r S SUBSCRIPTION KATES , Dally, single ' copy 5c . Bally, per week, l.t Dally, per month........ 65c Thli paper will not publish an ar ticle appearing over a nom de plume. Signed articles, will be revised sub ject to the discretion of the editor. Flease sign your, articles and save disappointment. 1911 JANUARY 10111 S A1 T 1W t FTS '1213145617 A 9.10 11121314 15 16 17118192021 22 23!24l25126!2rM 29,30311 Mi" SOT DOING SO BADLY. The legislature at Salem is not do ing so badly as many may think. The fact is, it is doing little or nothing and alter all about the best legisla ture a state ever had is where it does nothing but act as a brake on what has been done. Oregon's learned men are meting almost daily, putting in a reasonable length of time, but the refreshing part of the affair Is they are not be ing taken off their feet by the schem er and the man who Is promoting leg islature in order to obtain selfish ends. Take the Webster Good Roads bill. When the legislature gets through with that measure to will either be In the waste basket or so badly disfig ured that even Judge Webster, its THE OFFICERS of this bark will ba pleased to talk with you at " any time concerning mutual business relations rHEN 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. GALL AND TALK IT OVER WITH US ' La Grande National Bank . , LA GRANDE. OREGON. . CAPITAL . .. . $ 100.000.00 . , SURPLUS ... 100,000.00 RESOURCES . . .1,125.000.00 UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY . ' " George Palmer, Pres. Fred J. Holmes. Vice Pres. . F. L. Meyers, Cashier Earl Zundel.yiss'f. Cashier LA' GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, mm ' V .Reductions on o Take Advantage of this lather, will not recognize his off spring And there are other 'measures creating business for concerns, that ere being picked to pieces in a way that pleases taxpayers. ' ( The asylum Investigation may prove a game of whitewash, but even if such be tie case It Is well that it has been broi-fht up. Senator Bailey of Texas was whitewashed, 'tis true, but It has made a good dog of him ever since, and probably those handfinjg state money with so little Idea of its value will profit by this upheaval even though they are not punished or re duced In rank. .The Bourne fight has brought good results. It has put people to think ing as they never thought before on -the u8tion of government as well as ;i. o men they have been electing to oflice: 'n this state. No one has been Imprisoned, , no one's . character has b'.n f.psmlrched, but nevertheless the ta-nifiil is worth while. . . . y And should the Oregon legislature adjoin tomorrow without passing anotlur bill the people of the staite for once could honestly say, "well done, good and faithful servants." TEACHING PATRIOTISM.. Saturday the Grand Army . of t" Republic and Women's" Relief Corps In La Grande had installation and a general good time at their hall. It was one of those occasions where the flag floated, where the old army stories were heard again and again, but it meant something. In this busy day of dollar chasing most of us are (too busy to carry the banner of patriotism in our daily Uvea as we should. The rising generation does -not hear enough about the days that tried men's souls; those days that are engraven In blood upon the nation's memory tablets. Passing, pas sing away are the old boys of the six ties. So are the good women who en- : dured hardship and privation that this j nation might be the home of the brave ' and the land of the freo. ; Such meetings as the one held Sat urday deserve marked attention. When PI the old boys in .blue do anything, no matter how little it may be, we, as 1 time to recognize the: herpes who will soon be but incidents in, history. There Is quite a pleasing sight on the Wallowa branch line Just put of La Grande, it is the bunch of stoc's hogs recently purchased by Senator Walter Pierce to consume the wheat recenUy damaged by Are. Those pork era are at home in the Grande Ronda valley. Here Is where the squeal of the hog is welcome and nature evi dently Intended for large numbers to be raised here. Every rancher should observe these hogs and think of the wealth tbjey will produce. And they do It in such a ahort time. Every county officer in Oregon is anxious to see Senator Charlie Bar rett's bill adjusting salarks. If It does not suit then Barrett had better, .pre pare for war. When county officers iri the state unite for a common cause there is a political organization ; thaf counts for someithlng.. It has often been claimed, that Georg E. Cham berlain is a direct product of the Ore gon sheriffs and there is some reason for believing It is true. Whether Union ever gets an asylum or not she can rest under the full knowledge that she made the state of Oregon the best ofrer that any city could offer. Nature fixed things so that Union was in a position to offer everything and an error of mortal man prevented the state from accepting the offer. Honk wagon owners and prospec tive owners have Just had a meeting in Portland, and all the while Rocke feller smiles between lining off his hymn to his Sunday school class. More honk wagons means more gasoline and move gasoline means more mone; for the old man. Had you noticed lately that a num ber of Kansas men had purchased land and business establishments In and around La Grande. It is hard to fool a "Jayhawker" on a good town. With fourteen "baby Elks" added to a lnrpe herd that alrvady Is scattered over Union and Wallowa counties it would look as though the Elk Is not becoming extinct by any means. THE MAX AND THE MACHINE (Montgomery Advertiser.) The progress of human civilization may be likened to a great Juggernaut, exacting a fearful toll in lives, from the men who attend the train of progress. Progress, given an Impe tus by man's ingenuity.' Is directly responsible for the terrible explosion in the heart of New York city in which 10 persons lost their lives., scorrs of others w?iv. Injured, and millions of dollars in property were destroyed. A runawwy motor eng ine with a tratr of crrs overturned a bumper ertn ted as a safeguard, and broke a pine PlKnl with ilHimlnntlnj gas for pnspnR'.T cars. Tbls grig filled the rower houso and an elec tric spark in some way ignited this powerful explosive. Such an rTrl:p!"n a fer years ago would have been impossible. Human Invention, link by link, forged th chain of c!rr unxtar.ccs for the me MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1911. 111 illl opportunity while it lasts o o Qu Jnie chanical and spectacular tragedy. .The motor train, the Illuminating bouse itself, and even the electricity in that particular m are all inven tions of recent years. The absence of any one of this link of mechanical contrivances would have, made Im possible tho tragic disaster in the heart of the greatest city of the coun try. The greatest accomplishment of modern man is not In literature, as ill was in Shakespeare's day, nor in founding religions, as it was in the days of Luther and Calvin, nor is It in war, as it was In the days of Na poleon. Modern man's greatest ach ievement 1b in devising machines for doing his work, and for doing things which were never done before. He builds his machine with ease, but the machine is invariably like Franken stein's monster. It (pursues and har rasses the man. What a fearful toll .of life the locomotive demands, that agency which revolutionized all transportation. Electricity, the eter nal mystery of earth, has been made mans abject slave, but it demand's human lives as the price of its sub jugation. ' , Modem man has conquered the air . feat regarded as Impossible for unnumbered generations, but the ma chine with which man conquers the upper air Is so frail and delicate, that It Is almost as daring ; as leading a folorn hope, to ride the air in' one. A terribly large proportion of the men who have ridden the clouds has been demanded as the price of man's victory over the air. But progress must go on and hu manity nnist pay its price in hum. in lives. REMARKABLE TEXSUS FACTS. (San Francisco Examiner.) One of the most notable facts about the census Is that the greatest percentage of growth during the past decade has taken place on the Pacific slope and the adjoining states and territories. The averaga rate of gain in conti nental America was about 21 per cent. But the state of Washington gained 120 per cent. Oklahoma comes next, and then Id aho. Nevada. North Dakota, New Mex ico. Arizona, Oregon and California. Another noteworthy fact is the comparatively poor showing of the Middle Western states, wery one of which Is below the average In gains. Iowa has actually lost ground by three-fourthB of one per cent. . It Is said that in nearly half the counties in the huge middle western region, comprising Ohio, Indiana, Il linois. Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa. Mlssorul. Kentucky and Tennessee, there has been a decline in popula tion. The declining counti.s are of course, the rural counties." No social philosopher can fail to find matter for 'serious reflection in this weakening of the enrthhold of the people In one o fthe richest agri cultural regions of the world. I'OINTEI) PARAGRAPHS. The gnnwlne fear is that some of our wealthy art patrons don't care very much whether their Old Masters are genuine or not, so long as thev it o Broken ones aiiity To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Qulnie Tab- Mil AS fcb A WNVJ falls to cure. E. W. Groves signature is on each box, 25 cents. are in the nude. tion. ' -Atlanta Constitu- The Baltimore Sun gives it up and says there Js no sense In trying to draw molasses from a jug this sort of weathen The only thing to no is to use the index finger. Montgomery Advertiser. A Kentucklan of the old school says it is a waste of good material to con vert corn and rye Into breakfast foods. Chicago News. What ever Manuel got for Christ mas it didn't begin to stack to with what he had to give up earlier in the season. Butte Miner. It Is still possible, too, that the New York power house explosion may yet be duplicated up in Oyster Bay unless the tension is relaxed. Atlanta Journal. We note a slight reduction in the current prices of bacon, and with the drop it will no longer be on sale at the ribbon counters. Los Angeles Times. Tha New York man who tried to commit suicide three times and each time ducked the bullet needs a nerve toniq. Atlanta Journal. Every posse organized for th? pur pose of a criminal winds up In a field and finds a rabbit in a corn shock Topelva Capital. Y?ast cakes staraned with "Votes for women" ought to be able to rise without any trouble. Baltimore News. Professor Egbert Humperdlnck, the German author, has reached New York. He must be some relation to the Hon. Hinky Yjink. Los Angeles Times. ,- Use a fair degree of prudence in working off your Christmas cigars on the elevator man. Chicago News. THE SPICE OF LIFE. Before A Shop Window. Billy "Buy me that little rocking horse, papa." ' Papa "If you are a good boy, you shall have it next Christmas." limy -wo: Buy it now. may have a new papa before next Christ mas." Meggendorfer Blaettei. Toley Kidney Pills. Are tonic In action, quick in results .A special medicine for all kidney and Madder disorders. H. M. Beatty, Little Rock, Ark., says. "For two years ha-e been troubled with severe kidney i trouble. 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