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PAGE 4 .vv LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1911. THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNiS Editor ana Owner. , Fnured at the pontotoce at La Grande secoud-clas mutu-r. HI SUBSCRIPTION BATES Daily, single copy 5c Dally, week,.,,.. 15c Dally, per month..,....,..,..;,. C5e Hiis paper will not publish an ar ticle appearing over a nom da plume. Signed articles will be revised sub ject to the discretion of the editor. Flease aign your articles and save "iBmppointmenL ' . - ' j LWARCHlfiil a lAAIT IWIT IFI S - 12 1314 1213I1415161Z18 19 IpT 2223 24 25 2027 28 29 3031 W0KT1IY LA GKAXDE MAS CHOSE Sherwood Williams, a worthy La . .Grande man, haa bMt rhoaon wr. ' " ary of the grievance ' coinmlttea to . adjust differences between local fruit grower organizations and the main organization of the Pacific coast. At first" glance the laymen might not understand the remarkable Import ance of such a position,, but a little ' study will disclose what troubles are iconst&nly coming, up between local ; growers of the ; Northwest and the .... main body. v ' . . . . . Shipping is on of the' bones of con tention and quite the. small frultman Imagines - he Is being discriminate , against and sometimes he s really suf . ferlng that discrimination. Itwlll be 4he duty of Mr. Williams to maintain an office here and to tako up all com plaints looking Into the merits of eachi This places the city, of La Grande again t the front and It will be pa the Hps of every fruit grower la th coantryv Already La Grande U the head of the Farmera Union la Oregon and some of her citizens are -1 holding, responsible positions fta that :y(: : rder. ' ,r Tats! dt' cpntratalates ' Mr, WUl kima on the- appointment aud stands L- rind jto assist him In any way pon- .mm: V; BOMH WILL WIS. , , k -f''T " ' ,1a gratifying' to note that , i western senator 1 it" the' head of the direct election .of senator's fight. Yes, ,he loatvthe flghf thts time but' only by a small margin and the next time ths great question cornea up Bo rah and his follower will win.. Admitting that the direct election f senators as now ' practiced by a few states is not wholly satisfactory, it remains a matter of common know ledge that the old system of electing ' ' ., a senator In the legislature will no ' - longer satisfy. Look at Colorado this - year." Death caused a -vacancy In the, senate - and the legislature - of that state has been. In turmoil and war ever since the bealnntnn In an en deavor to choose a man fot the place. No, the people will never stand the oldHime scranr.bl.i of men for sena torial positions. That day has passed tev.r to return and the sooner the national congress accepts Borah's ideas In this matt.r, the sooner the that body. , Senator Borah is not a product or the direct senatorial election, and it is surprising to know he should lead the fight on this papular issue when Oregon has two s nators ' who are holding their seats by direct vote of the people. But there is a difference In men and In course of time Oregon may b;n fortunate enough to choose a Borah. At any rate this state will never give up the direct choice for senator and return to the legisla ture for the election of senators. Th-.i strike in Chicago has caused newspapers of that city to Issue four pages. This may be a good thing for the city daily paper has for years prided itself In the large quantity of paper run through the presses for each tditlon. Many believe the' time is near' at hand when the size of the papers will be reduced and the pres ent strike may show the benefit of such reduction. Stage profanity is to be ,barr:d, if New York aldermen have their way. The stage has long had license pos sessed by no-other institutions. Peo ple go to a comic opera and witness the women In tights when If they would appear In that attire any place else in the world public morals would be shocked. The hobble-skirt Is to . give way to the "four quartered" garment But come to think of the" hobble, it. did first straight lu exhibiting the "fon". quarters. - It took a long time to get Abe Reuf in jail, but he is finally behind the bars. Listen for the pardon petition soon to be started. WHAT IS THE MATTEB WITH THE . , .. WEST! William Allen White, the gifted edi tor of the Emporia, Kans., Gazette, focusaed attention apon his state sev eral years ago. by asking the ques tion: "What -it ihe Matter with Kan- The Interrogation, touched 'a sespon slve chord in the conscience of- the decent cltlsenshlp of the great mid western commonwealth and aroused Its militant manhood to a realization of the' low estate toward which Kan sas waa drifting In the hands of re actionaries who were shaping its des tinies. ' The slogan "What's the Matter With Kansas" became a shibboleth for civic decency the country over and gav:i Impetus to a moral wave which has since swept every etate In the Union and shaken the pillars of every venal political machine be tween ' the Atlantic and the Pacific sea-boards. . Those who have been watching the economic development of the great agricultural producing states between the Ohio river and the foothills of the Rockies are now prompted to ask, "What is the Mat ter with the West?; -With a climate and a soil admir ably adapted to the profitable culti vation of flax, it is significant of the THE OFFICERS f this batk will be plMsed to talk with you at any time concerning mutual business relations :.ry HEN tfcit Federal Quernment, the J county, the sity and a large and . growing isi of ssmmeroial and private depositors ; entrust Ineir funds to this institu tion to the extent of $800,000.0 , you may be sure that it is a safe one for you to Nohtify ywrself with. CALL AND TALK IT OYER WITH US La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, ORBGON. CAPITAL ... $ 100.000.00 ' SURPLUS ... 100.000.00 RESOURCES . . . US5.000.00 UNITED STA TES DEPOSITORY , Georfe Palmer, Pros. Fred J. Holmes, Vc Pros. F. L. Meyers, Cubist Earl ZmM,Ass't. CaaWar imMtimiimMniHiniiiniiniiniinni neglect of its opportunities that the mill owners of Minneapolis within the last two weeks hav.i been forced to contract for 400,000 bushels of Ar gentine flax seed In order to keep their plants going during the Comme year. It will cost 40 cents a bushe' In freight charges to bring this Car vd the 4,000 miles f:orn the place .vhere It Is grown to Minneapolis Under any economical condit:oi' imagined this would give the Amer ican farmer a tremenduous advantage over his South American competitor in the domestic mark ts, could he meet the steadily enlarging demand for this product, which Is becoming dally, more and more an indlspensible staple of every day life. With the as surance that this demand will con tinue apace with the development of the American linen industry, to which the Introduction of the Oxford pro cesses have given such vitality of late years because of their ability to do takes twenty tolhlrty weeks to ac here In from one to two days what abroad and that theie is a certain market for evfry pound of Hsx fibre raised on our own farmsllt Is increa ible that our farmers slrould show a lack of ordinary business acumen as that' they exhibit in their failure to capitalize the opportunity that is lit erally knocking at their door. Fancy the cotton . growers or tn south, who today raise approximate ly $850,000,000 worth of the': world's total output of the commodity, turn ing their attention' to less lucrative things and placing the textile mills ot New England In the position of being obliged to go to Egypt or. India tor the, material with which to supply their looms. In effect this is precise ly the position of the western farmer, who passes up the enterprising Ar gentine agriculturist contracts whlcn should and could be filled better and more economically at home if the Western Solon of the soil showed a keener appreciation of the possibili ties of his farm than he appears vj have at this time I , ' !WJth millions of acre of fertt.a land available for flax raising the mill owners of the United 1 States should never have to go beyond oui own border for one pound of it. More over we should be able to' furnish t.-i rest of the universe with a large poi-i tlon of what It consumes in the" way of flax. But singular though it seems, we don't. Hence the question "Want Is the.Matter With th W.af w . : -- . ... THIS 18 MI WED BIBT11DAI" ' . ' " ''-'"' , Henry Marion Howe. ' Henry Marlon Howe, the disting uished metallurgist whom Oxford uni versity in England has decided to hon or with a degree, waa born in Boston March I, 1848, the son of . the late Julia Ward Howe. He graduated from Harvard in 1869 and from the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology in 1871, taking his course in mining and metallurgy. Tor some years after leaving college he was engaged in the Bessemer process of ste.l manufac ture in Troy, N. T. Later he devoted himself to the investigation of cop per mines in Canada and In Chili, af ter which he was appoint'.d to a lec tureship in the Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology. Professor Howe made thle lectureship so important and Invested It with so exceptional an expansion ot knowl dge and scien tific Inquiry that U attracted the at tention of scientists In both America and Europe, and led to his appimt ment, In 1S97. fb hla present posi tion as head of thj Columbia school ot Mines. ; Arrival of ; Wo oltex Spring Suits and Goats E'VE just fin ished unpack ing some ele gant new Wool tex Coats and Suits There are styles, sizes and colors in the newest fabrics to meet the approv of women of widely different tastes. All have the Wooltex label, which is your absolute guerantee of two sep sons of satisfactory service .... Make your selec tion now, and secure exactly the garment yOm aigtiic aliu gcuci'ai ajjpcdfauce requires MUSLIN UNDERWEAR SALE - THIS WEEK ONLY. Don't miss this opportunity to save on all kinds of muslin underwear. K. WFSTjHt QUALITY STORE' closer trade relatione with the United Staatee. . 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