La Grande evening observer., April 18, 1911, Page PAGE 4, Image 4

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TUESDAY APRIL 13, 1911. '
THP ORFRVFE t'j ionzi amendment ihomz rule meas-
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' Shortly after the November election
the Oregonian expressed. In effect, the
opinion that the framers of the home
rule amendment had . merely led the
people of the state In a walk around
circle. The Brat court Instruction
of the amendment has now been given
by Judge 3: W. Knowles In the Tenth
Judicial district, and this decision
eema to coincide fully with what the
Oregonian has said.
This decision, coming from the cir
cuit court, is of course not final, but
It Is Interesting as showing the trend
of Judicial opinion. "I believe," says
Judge Knowles in his opinion, "that
the only reasonable construction that
can be placed upon the above const!-
THEATRE
PROG BIX.
Mexican Filibusters .... Kalem
BceneB in and around the pres
ent uprising in Mexico.
..Lieutenant's Wild Ride......
Gaumont
. A wild ride against time.
Nan's Diplomacy ....... Lubln
A comedy. Acting and pho
tography are excellent.
Bong "Portland Wants Vs in
In 1912." Elks' booster Bong
by Mr. Cowan, first to introduce
the song In Portland.
Cowan Piano and tenor sollst
Greenaway drums and effects.
Admission 10 cents
is in force in a county by a roiz cf the
people of rub county, that towns, cit
ies and dcnirlpalitlea do not have the
right Jo l'ccnsc the sale of intoxicating
liquors within the corporate limits of
said town, municipality or city."
The main issue in the case decide!
was not the question of the right of
voters of a city located in dry territory
to authorize by election the sale of
liquor In the city. It involved the
right of the city council in a city In
dry terrtory to issuf saloon licenses.
But the same course of reasoning that
led to Judge Knowles' decision would
seemingly apply to measures Initiated
by the voters in dry cities. There Is
nothing in the amendment bearing
the construction that the voters may
enact laws pertaining to the sale of
liquor regardless of the local option
law, but that th city council may
adopt such measures subject only to
the local option law.
If Judge Knowles' construction fi
nally prevails the time and effort ex
pended In the adoption of the amend
ment will have been fruitless. , Tha
country precincts will still be able to
force prohibition on unwilling towns
if they have the necessary preponder
ance of votes. Local option will not
have been changed in definite particu
lar - Vninlu phrases "will merely
have been added to the constitution.
- The situation leads one directly to
one of the guide-boards placed along
the road to a proper Initiative by
Theodore Roosevelt v He has wisely
declared that the Initiative should be
safeguarded by some method that will
guarantee competent 'drafting of
measures. The home rule amendment
is a striking exampk- of the need of
such a safeguard in Oregon. It Is a
measure to which a final clause was
added apparently for the sole purpose
of gaining votes. In effect this last
clause is the string attached to the
April Fool purse, when we attempt
to pick the purse from the sidewalk it
is Jerked away with the cord.
Th& Oregonian. however, la not
complaining so much concerning the
ineffectiveness of this particular meas
ure as U is of the looseness which per
mits the use of ambiguities and catclj
phrases in initiative measures to an
extent that deprives the people of
knowledge as to the true effect of leg
islation submitted to them.
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would -be reformers, is Just at pres
ent an issue in New York which from
their point of view seems to be a more
important question than the Improve
ment of the present building and fire
regulations which recently contribut
ed to the loss of nearly 130 lives. The
Sunday comic supplement alleged or
real is now calling forth all sorts of
, criticism from persons who are ln
t.rfsted in' the culture of ethics. A'l
. this hubbub over a matter compara
tively trivial has arisen as a result of
the fancied discovery that the comic
supplements stimulate disobedience,
. practical Jokes on elders and many
( other Juvenile crimes. All sorts of
charges have be en made against the
comic supplement, such as the one
j which characterized it as a "social
I crime which might carelessly destroy
; the exqulslt? quality of the young
j mind as it expands," and the like. New
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MORGAN DEPT STORE STOCK
FROM PORTLAND
?g'oON Great Bankrupt Sale of
makes this, without doubt, the largest stock of high quality merchandise
in Eastern Oregon. You know what a SALE at WESTS Means.
K IL W.
the fact that the readers of Sunday
newspapers can easily destroy unread
the colored supplements does not seem
to have been realized. -As a matter
of fact no New York newsdealer could
sell a copy of a Sunday paper which
iacnea us colored supplement, ethl- feei honored, we really think we do
cai cunure noiwunstana nz.
also delivered a classical oration.
La Grande is honored today by a
visit from Rear Admiral Rees wh
served under Dewey. 'With apology to
tugene Ware let us say, "and we do
Old Friends and New
Winning permanent, lasting friends is the work
of time, and this bank numbers among its clients
hundreds of banks and business houses with whom
it has had close relations for a great part of the
twenty-four years of its existence.
Our friends have helped to make this one of the
. largest and strongest banks in the West. We have
helped in their making, too.
We welcome new friends and will attend to their
wants with the same fidelity which has cemented
our relations with our older ones.
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON.
CAPITAL . . . $ 100.000.00
SURPLUS . . . 100,000.00.
RESOURCES . . .1,100.000.00
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
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Capt. John Weller. a seaman and
sey, Is to attempt to cross the Atlantic
in a 50-foot raised-cabin motorboat
cruiser, which he has been construct
ing for th past several months.' The
little vessel is 50 feet long, with a
beam of 12 feet and a draft of three
feet She is driven by a 37-horse pow
er gasoline engine, which is expected
to give a steady speed of a little over
10 miles an hour. The trip across
the Atlantic starts at St. Johns, the
course being between th two tranat
lantic lines from Quebec and New
York, the contemplated landing being
at Gal way bay. Ireland. The May
number of Popular Mechanics maga
sine contains pictures of the boat.
Kenyon Cox, the eminent artist, con
tributed to the May Scrlbner a paper
entitled "The Classic Spirit in Paint
ing," In which he makes a plea for the
preservation of all the best traditions.
While believing that American art is
far below what the art of France was
In the early part of the 19th century,
he says, "But Just as certainly, I be
lieve, is It tn best art now being pro
duced in the world, and the art of an
now being produced In the world that
has the most In common with the
great art of the vast and the largest
promise of the art of th future."
Making a city is not a small task.
La Grande begins to understand what
t Improvement means, and also to fully
oe aware or the marked benefits of
such Improvement
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With forty .d! ad and many wounded
it looks like there might have been a
skirmish near the border.
PHARISAISM DEX0UXCED.
Echoes of the Knights meeting in
La Grande Sunday are still to be
heard and among the many nice event
of the day apparently W. C. E. Pruitt
of Pendleton made a decided hit in
his speech which sparkled with local
mention and caused vigorous applause
and laughter during the banquet. G.
B. Moulton of Baker Is said to have
So the worthy lawyer, W. M. Ram
sey, still has time to devote to writing
articles l defense of the preachers!
Ye servants of toil, ye multitudes of
workers, ye burdened producers of the
World's good, ye builders of communi
ties, ye transformers of th dpPrt-
above all ye Judases of this valley, lis
ten: Did you read the thrusts made
against those who must win their
bread by the sweat of the face? You
are likened unto Juoas who sold the
Laborer into the hands of the Idle
Pharisees. There are two classes of
people, the producer and the hanger
on. When a man leaves the ranks of
the sycophants and enters the ranks of
the toilers and denounces the man
who will not work, calls black black
and white white there arises a wail of
indignation from the Idlers. But you
would think by reading the worthy
lawyer's articles that he was employ
ed by the ministers of La Grande to
defend their position. This Is by no
means the reason for his articles, nei
ther Is he so religious or holds the
Christian religion In such h'fh re
gard. There Is still another reason.
The ministry as it Is conducted today
compells the monlater to be a tool of
the social system under which we all
are compelled to live
Is subsldiied by the theories and moiK leave.
ey of such Pharisees as the worthy
lawyer who love the chief seats in the
modern churches and to parade their
goodness and piety befor? the world.
The worthy lawyer holds his position
by virtue of the fact that the ministry
preaches that it is perfectly in accord
with the laws of God and the Bible for
one to live off the earnings of another.
By the way, lawyer, do not quote Latin
for the laborers to read. They do not
have time to study the foreign tongue
It takes their entir? time to produce
enough of the necessities of life to
keep themselves and the drones. If
ev; ry able bodied man would become
a natural producer of the necessities
of life those who now are compelled
to work from early morning until late
at night would have sufficient time to
study Latin and enjoy some of the
many comforts that are now denied
them. Now. my good kind benefactor,
I will devde a portion of my time in
writing for your good pleasure if you
so desire. Come again. '
FORD A. ELLIS.
With the above communication the
Observer closes, so far as It Is con
cerned, the controversy regarding Mr.
Ellis and the ministry. It has been
a long argument and w fw-i that oil
sides have been heard. Ed.
With only words of loudest nraUa
for the fine treatment accorded them
by their brothers In La Grande, the
Baker Knights Templar returned to
this city last night from the annual
meeting of the Eastern Oregon
Knights. It' was one of the finest
meetings that the Knights have ever
had. Baker Herald.
X0TICE FOB PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at La Grande, Oregon
x- t . . March 13 mi
Notice Is hereby given that Sylves
ter V. Kelti, of La Grande, Oregon.
Guardian of the miner heirs of Pearl
Senter, deceased, who, on July 11th,
1902, made Homestead Entry No.
11728. Serial No. 03695. for E. 1-2 N. E.
1-4 Sec. 20. and W. 1-2 X. V !-4 f!ec.
21. Township A South. Range 35 East.
Willamette Mlredian, has filed notice
of Intention to make final five-year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the Register
and Receiver. United States Land Of
fice, at La Grande. Oregon, on the
10th day of May, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses':
John F. Alden, Andrew J. Sullivan,
James B. Haeev. nnri' VrA voitv
all of Starkey, Oregon.
F. C. BRAMWELL,
WKLY-Mch. 17. 21 si?6 w ,
J. R, Fllgate and wife will leave In
a few days for Greel v. rniifnmin
where Mr. Fllgate has land posses
sions that he desires to look after. He
has hffn with ttia TTHvttt rt.,.
pany for almost a year and both him
self and wife have made manv fpismi '
The ministry In La Grande who regret to see them j
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