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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1911)
VAGL 4 ' LA GKAND-b EVllNUNvi OtfSliiiVKH. . . WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1911. THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNiS Editor and Owner. Xitmd at the postoflice at La Grande v a second-class matter. V SUBSCRIPTION BATES Cally, single copy 5e Pally, per; week, 15t Dally, per month. 65c m APR1E 1011 B AAT WT Ft S I I r XT 2 3.Ai. 6 7.1 9 iOLl 11 L3 14 15 TIijl7tl81920i2T22 '2324 2526272829 THE ANNUAL COUNTY FAIR. Elsewhere In the Observer it will be noticed that the stockholders of the Fair association are planning a .meeting and a banquet at which time directors are to be elected. y There is this about the county fair: Jt is a lot of .workand little thanks fnr uc?ess' but bitter criticism if It should be a failure. Most people will Immediately say; "Not for me; J want nothing of that sort." Possibly that la the right spirit, but more likely it is not. La Grande and Union county have reached a point where there Is a public load to carry and it is up to the citizens to carry that load. Such events as county fairs are essential to the welfare and success of the com; inanity. No one enjoys the work at tached in the making, but; all point with pride to a successful un dertaking of this kind. At the m?e;lng Friday night there should be a large and an enthusiastic welcome. It means a great d:al to the valley and every man's success here depends wholly upon the advincement of the community. Renumber this, no community ever stands still. It must advance or go backward, and In order to make this community go forward every person must do hla part. If Burns has caught 'he meu who dynamited the Lcs Ai?eles Times building, -or men who Lad anything whatever to do with the fearful crime would it not be w:ll to Busyfiul the rules and make, their tv'al one of marked thoroughness wub 'io chance for delay in the courts. A crime of this nature is so intensely disgraceful that the punishment should be swift and certain. ' Judge Wolverton has decided in fa vor of the government regarding larga land possessions held by the South ern Pacific in Oregon. Gradually it will be seen that thos'e who have for e. half century held Oregon's wealth as a reserve fund are being forced to let loose, which means that the old state is going to soon be what she is enti tled to be the most active state in the union. The O -A., C. ball last night was a credit to La Grande's society, a cred it to the splendid college and a credit to the individuals who were behind the event. Such occasions where well dressed, ahd well behaved men and women mingle iorce ilie uploluu La Grande is reaching that e.'vlabla size described only with tho ona word, city. ": ;; : . THEATRE PROGRAM. .' ' , .'. . '. ' v "Wedding Bell" ...;... Edison Strong dramatic, ; "Eye of Conscience" .... Sellg "Ambitious Boot Black ..... ............ Gaumont Comedy. Song "Roses Bring Dreams of 'You." ' Admission 10 cents One bible sold or $30,000 the other day, and yet there is a bible in almost every home that receives mighty little attention. These bibles contain the same story that the high priced vol ume contains. Was it curiosity that prompted the high prlci? j ; Portland is much elated over the fate that a society belle of that city introduced the new "anklet" in Seat tle, Extremities are frequently resort ed to by Portland to get ahead of her rival city. ! WHAT IS JII CKERISMI j - m-- "i '"" "Jirrv'LV1 I ; of Cereal TT5Y ate: aekrapl Sale - SALE CLOSES SATURDAY NIGHT, APRIL 29 Final Sale of Ladies Dresses and - Su FINAL SAVINGS ON MEN'S SPRING SUITS Benjamin, Society, Sincerity and Eiderlieimer-Steiri Suits for Men and v-V.' " . V and Young Men" Reduced Prices Just THRE (Louisville Courier-Journal.) Dr. David Starr Jordan has put the ban on baseball at Leland Stanford university because the students at the last game he saw were guilty of what he calls "systematic muckerlsm." Just what "muckerlsm" happens to be is not quite clear, but it sounds oppro brious whether qualified or not by the word "systematic." , ; It may be that California students are addicted to "muckerlsm" and know when they are muckering and when th?y are simply skldoodling, but college students elsewhere and the 1 public generally dt not know the dif ' ference. By pholologlcal analysis we may gather what Dr. Jordan is drlv i ing at, but invective and epithet are I not very effective if one;Tias to go to ; the dictionary to find out what .one's , detractors are saying about ona. Muck means a particuarly odious character of mud and from this w? may conclude that a mucker is some thing like tire common variety of mud-slinger. Muckerlsm becomes the practice of mud-slinging and as used WtttttWWt1 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 frjends have helped to make this one of the v 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. t La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, OREGON. ' CAPITAL . . . $ 100,000.00 - SURPLUS ... 100,000.00 RESOURCES . . 1,100,000.00 UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Fred j. Holmes, Pres. W. J. Church, V7ce Pres. F.L. Meyers, Caswer Earl Zundel.ss'f. Cashier inmmmHHimimiHHMnmuHiii 1 Final Sale Shirtwaists, Final Sale Hosiery, Final Sale Muslin ilnd'w'r. Final Sale Wash Goods, Final SaleJHIk Gloves, Final Sale Shoes. Hundreds of Bankrupt Bargains Throughout the Entire Stock THREE DAYS ONLY to Take Advantage of These Prices. V y West ASSIGNEE OF BANKRUPT MOR GAN DEFT STORE of PORTLAND at baseball games, means , probably abuse of the umpire and the visiting players.. "Systematic muckerlsm" then, likely - means an organized ef fort to disconcert the other side by calling them boneheads, robbers, pirates, dirty ballplayers and all the terms of opprobrium In the rlotou3 vocabulary of the rooter. , This practice, as marking college athletics, means ungentlemanly and unsportsmanlike conduct. If that was what he meant why didn't Dr. Jordan say so Instead of coining a phrase which defeats its purpose by its sug gestion of prigglshnesB In the author? THE LAW OF THE SEA. (Montgomery Advertiser. The marine underwriters put a pre mium on the. element of luck.- The steamer Iroquois went down near Syd ney, B. C, recently. The steamer was not only lOBt, but several' lives were lost with it when it sank. The captain of that vessel violated an un written law when he went ashore to get aid for the passengers he left aboard and the vessel went down while he was gone. A captain under that law must be the last person to leave his doomed vessel. The career of the captain of the Iroquois as a sea captain Is ended. Passenger steamer Republic some months ago .was rammed by an Italian liner. The In vestigation showed that no blame could be attached to the captain of the Republic but the Republic sank. The captain of the Republic lost his vessel, and in so doing violated the unwritten law ot the sea; his career, too, Is ended as a sea captain. On the other hand, Captain Peterson of the fjprmnn steamer Princes Tren will continue as a captain, although his vessel went ashore on the sand of Long Island, b-u ;i s ve?sel wvi pulle.i off. The owners lost nothing and no lives were lost. . . . The underwriters follow the policy of Napoleon. Napoleon contended that he could not stand up for the unlucky man. The man .wlro .failed was 'not the man that Napoleon trusted. He refused to take the chances against luck. , . . THIS DATE IN HISTORY. ' ' April 26. 1711 David Hume, celebrated hlstor ! Ian and political emonomlst, . born In Edinburgh Died there, Aug. 25, 1776. v . 1782 Queen Marie Amelia, consort of Louis Philippe of France, born. Died March 24.' 1866. 1831 Imprisonment for debt abolish- eu in mo Biaie ot w xorx. 1834 Charles Farrar Browne ("Arte- mus Ward"), famous humorist, born In Waterford, Me. Died in England, March , 1867. 1854 England observed a fast day on account of the war. with Rus - sla. . 1865 J. Wilkes Booth "shot and his accomplice Harrold captured In "U farm house. 1880 Alexander MacKenzle resigned the leadership of the liberal party in Canada. 1906 The Canadian club of, Toronto entertain Andrew Carnegie. 1910 BJornBtJerne JJoornson, fam- oub novelist, playwright and poet, died In Paris. Born In Os terdalen, Norway, Dec. 8, 1832. Dominion house of commons, was born in Bury, Quebec, April 26, 18C4, and received .his education in the schools of his native place. Beginning business as a carriage matter and lum ber dealer he accumulated a consider able fortune 'which was largely in creased , through successful specula tions in timber lands. Early in hi 3 career Mr. Hunt took an active intev est in politicB and public affairs, and in 1900 he was the Liberal candidate for the Quebec legislature, but was un successful. Four years later he was fleeted to the lower house of the Do minion parliament, but the following year the election was annulled, lit the bye-election and also in the gen eral election of 1908 Mr. Hunt was again a candidate and in both elec tions he was successful. "THIS IS MT 47TH BIRTHDAY." I Aylmer B. Hunt Aylmer Byron Hunt, member of the W. P. MEN TALK STRIKE. Firemen, ' Engineer and Switchmen Talk Strike at Salt Lake. Salt Lake, April 26. A general strike , of firemen, engineers and switchmen on the Western Pacific is threatened. They recently demand ed a wage increase, and were refused. Weds Son of Former Senator. Allenhurst, N. J., April 26. The wedding of Miss Pauline Stouten bargh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred erick Dodd Stoutenbarg ot Newark, and George Doane Smith, son of ex Unlted States Senator James Smith. Jr., took place today at Falrholme, the summer residence of the bride's parents. E. Stllwell, whose post-office address is La Grande, Oregon, did no the 24th day of October, 1910, file in this office Sworn Statement and Application No. 08632, to purchase the NE 1-4, Section 7, rownsiup 4 soutn, Kange 37 East, Willamette, Meridian, and the timber thereon, under the provisions of the act of June 3, 1878, and acts amenda- tory, known as the "Timber and Stone Law,", at such value as might be fixed by appraisement, and that, pursuant to such application, the land and tim ber thereon have been annralsed. at ,CJ.nA(t V. At 1 OOA AAA fuuu.uv, mo uuiuer vttuuiaieu dv,uuv board feet at $1.00 per M, and the mnu fi4u.vu; mat saiu apiiui-niii wl" offer final proof In support ot his ap plication and sworn statement on the 22nd day of June, 1911, before the Reg ister and Receiver, United States Land Office, at La Grande, Oregon. Any person at liberty to protest this purchase before the entry, or inK. tiate a contest at any time before pat ent issues, by filing a corroborated affidavit In this office, alleging facts which would defeat the entry. ' F. C. BRAMWELL, Register. Wk Mar. 31, Apr. 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9. Xetlce for Publication. Department ot the Interior. U. S. Land Office at La Grande, Oregon. March 27th, 1911. : Notice Is hereby given that Frank Notice of Fnal Settlement : Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned, executor of the Estate of John H. Post, deceased, has filed in " the County Court of the State of Ore con, for the Conntv of . Union, his a , A. -1. A A , A. the County Court has Axed Saturday, the 15th day of April, 1911, at ten o'clock In the forenoon at the County Court room In the court house at La Grande, Oregon, as the time and place for hearing any objections which may be made to said final account, and . v. a , ... , . . a WT ioe nnai leiuemeni mereor. Dated at La Grande, Oregon, on this , March 13th, 1911. H. P. LEWIS, Executor.