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PAGE 4 -,r LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1911. . : THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNjS- , Editor and Owner. Fnte rtd at tbf pentofiice at la Grande as secend-chus matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Pailj, single copy . ....... ' 5c fally, per week, 1"k Illj, per month. ............... 6Je Chfs paper vtll 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 '.appointment i:irTtAp-cfrroii S AT IWtTT I F I S 1 1 -11121314 12 13i4t5iM718 192021 22232125 2el2r282930l31 " tract of land according to tbelr ideas means considerable to tb Gram Ronde valley ss a fruit producing dif trict In the first place men are not giving up J50.000 for experiments un less they have an abundano: of confi dence and in fact practically know what they are doing. There Is no longer any question about the re sult of fruit culture her:, it the prop er methods are followed. , But this does not mean that anyone can lay off from his regular Job a few weeks In the year and rais; good ap ples. No, not toy anymeans. Appl? raising is a scientific industry. It re quires more study than many people realize, and It also r:quires consider able good, healthy toil. The remuner ation, however, Is compensatory for this outlay of effort and the result is gratifying to all who stick by it. But there ar& dark days In apple growing the same as. there is in running any kind of a business. No man should ex pect too much of fruit land unless ha studies the business and is willing to work. 'A' .' . ":'-' BAILEY'S B.4BT ACT. It is doubtful if " this , nation ' has ; ever experienced such a baby act from a United States senator as Senator Bailey of Texas attempted to put ov r recently when he resigned and re tracted his resignation In a brief time. Ttu, Texas senator Indicated by this Action that he is not even the man -bis opponents had given him credit for . being. . ;'. All will remember when he became entangled v1th the Waters-Pierce' Oil AAmnnnv flnA ihavA wan mnvlotfArt WAMfHM mmv VUVI V n VVUVIVVIUII In the public mind, although a friend ly, Texas legislature whitewashed his crime ana told mm to go and sin no more. But, while a legislature did the whitewashing, and later Bailey show ed that the majority of Texas voters stood by him, there was no small part of that great state that believed him Innocent In all places of public gath ering Bailey was fr ely discussed and It was easy to find many good men in Texas who had no use for the senator. , That scandal died away and Bailey . was the bead of his party In the sen ate until he, like i schoolboy, resign. td. Where the great mistake was made . was when the, Texas governer refused w t--w'ic uo resiignmion, ne bdouiu have wired Senator , Bailey at once that be would fill the vacancy, But he . did not and now the people of Texas and the remainder of the United States will have Bailey until his term of of- . flee expires. He will never ta as strong again as he was before he re signed, and he was not so strong then -as before he got mixed up with the Waters-Pierce Oil company. How the prominent men of th country do crumble, reason for this Is that there are few really great mm. Many bocotno prominent, but the percentage of grvat men Is very, very small. WHAT DO TO IT THINK OF THE VALLEY. , The land saloamada hut, ovenlnn "When $50,000 changed hands In ordr that experienced fruitgrowers could obtain a foothold here and develop a Summer events will soon be due, along with shirt waists and sailor hats. La Grande will, do her part in entertaining this season, so be not afraid to put a little coin In the jack pot when asked, to do so. This is th summer that La Grande makes her "coming out" announcement a$ "the commercial center of Eastern Oregon, A news story In last evening's Ob server told of no deaths on the rails of the Harrlman lines. - This is worth consideration for It has cost the rail road company many thousands of dol lars and deep study tcs provide against tha possibility of accident. . It Is the one thing uppermost In the minds of railroad officials to protect people who ride upon rails. ' Pendleton tells of a $90,000 wheat ranch being sold recently. But this means that 01 Oleson, neighbor to Peter Peterson, bought Peterson's ranch and instead of there being two families to feed then;-will in the fu ture be only one. This is an instance where hlghpriced real (state benefits no one except the buyer and the sel ler."' : ' u: '. : .ir-; West has b: en named the " veto governor," but under conditions that existed this year this will be no han dicap to him. No. doubt he grand- sranaea quite a iitue, out ine ract mat he slashed the everlasting daylights out of a lot of bills is a satisfaction to the stats as a whole, i Y ' ! . .. The hobb'e skirt wedding in La Grande Is another indication of the advancement of this city. -.; Where Is there another city In, the northwest that can come forth 'with a hobble skirt wedding on the spur of the mo ment? None, not one, save La Giaride. With night riders In Idaho and a (1st fight. In the legislative halls at Boise that state is fast coming into the ranks of the reformers. If W. J. Burns la not too busy per lianB he might b Induced to search for the Haines murderers. Indications for spring are very good Indeed. Better get out the garden seed and sharpen the hoe. " Is Baker county going to have the H- ! ! I l l 1 1 H Uf f f f H H f 4 f m H4 THE OFFICERS of this bark will bo pleased to talk with you at any time concerning mutual bu&inm relations VA HEN the Federal Government,' the y county, the city and a large and growing iii ol ssitnmercial and private depositors entrust in sir funds to this institu tion to the extent ot 8800,000 Oj, yot may In 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 . . . 1.126,000.00 UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY George Palmer, Prte. Fred J. Holmes, Vce Prts. F. L. Meyers, C&shiet .Earl Zundel.ss'l. Cashier mmmm. mm- 8 mm n 1 4 tSi I V V; V -1 Looo To Come ifthis Sfqfe Toda) ' and W'f . a ' n i 1 1 rt r ';;vw. Carroeats for Ladies land Men. Spipgi Sfes! ar Here, te fit person in our Ladies Snit Department as mltas hour MnTst'on ofcaterh th To Customer, of this store: $3.00 C -i t i ; Oil Painting for 49c; $5.00 0-7 Paint- OeC the Llffhtnine' Artlrf in hg for 98c; $5.00 Crayon Portrait en- r 117? , , V lU wS&- lhse If" A1 Uur Window Today "The Quality Store, 77 CffMI911 A2hdOK)MrsCoKa. odium of letting the Haines murderers get away. It is well rememvered that the slayers of Harvey Btowa are sUli at larsA ;i TUB DKSJKB POB CLEYBIMESS. ' (Vancouver (B. C.) World.) A. witness is e, lawsuit this week, being asked It he bad been to Am erica la his youth, said that he want there to set clever,, and added that the Americans are cleverer than we are, says the London Times. Very like ly they are. for we are sot a clever people; Indeed, In the past we have been tncllned to distrust cleverness. We hare commonly used the word In a depreciatory sense, as when we Bay of a man that he Is too clever by half or of a book that It Is merely clever. Now that Is all changed; and, like the witness Is quoBtlon, there are many of us who think they can learn to be clever. Just as ther? are women who think thoy can make thomuwlves' boun tiful. But cleverness, like beauty, is only attractive when it is natural. It is well, worth having; as a gift, but the effort to attain it by force leads people to behave as if they were not human beings, but performing mon keys who had taught themselves their' own tricks. Cleverness Is a peclar urban quality. The Greeks, whs were a town people, were remarkable : for it; the Romans, who lovVd the coun try, were not 80, In modern tithes, the French, who delight in town life are the cleverest of nations; . ud we, who have always been a countxr lov ing people, are not clever. But, like the Romans, we have been turned in to a nation of townsmen against our natural Inclination; and In the pro ess we have, also like the Romans, fallen Into a general insecurity of taste,' trying to transform our natures to suit our new surroundings, not cul tivating those innate qualities in which w can excel, but trying to as sume othersln which we cannot, War Supplies Ordered. (Continued .trom I'ufce One.) first soldiers arrived thte afternoon. Cruisers Start fat New York. March L-The armored cruisers Tennessee, North Carolina and Montana, coaling hare, will sail for the gulf tomorrow. Sees Japanese Connections. Leavtnworth, Kan.. March 8. Army officers here declare their belief that troops are being mobilised with the idea of ending ngotlatlons btwen Ja pan and Mexico whereby Japan sought to acquire coaling stations weet of the coast of Mexico. Equipment of the 13th Infantry and the 3rd batallion of engineers is load d here today. Mlie infantry left this morning for Texas and engineers leave tomorrow. May Be Merely a Warnlnc. Washington. March 8. Another the- ory which does not conflict with toe occupation theory, is that the mobili sation demonstration is Intended as a warning to Mexico against closer re latlons With any other power which might strike at the Monroe doctrine. Practically setting the doctrine at naught It is known that Japan ts en deavoring to obtain a naval base on the western coast of Mexico wheve there are big Japanese colonies, it Is learned on excellent authority the Mexican situation Is the cause of th movement of troops. England Expresses Opinion. London, March 8. Mobilization of 20,000 American troops on the border Is taken here as the first step toward the absorption- of Mexico. It le gen erally admitted here by statesmen that should America annex Mexico Englani would accept the notion and might hel while Germany would vigorously pro test as her Internets tnere are largs.