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THE OBSERVER
. BRUCE, DENNIS'
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1911 JANUARY 10111
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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,
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.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
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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.
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opportunity while it lasts o o
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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
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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.
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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.
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