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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
MONDAY, MAY 29, 1911.
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THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS
Editor and Owner.
Zitercd at the poitoffice at La Grande
as second-class matter. '
SUBSCRIPTION BITES
Daily, single eopj
Dally, per week,
Dally, per month.
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ERRORS THAT A XEWSPAPEB REGRETS.
In the course of the hustle and bus
tie that attaches to Issuing a daily
newspaper occasionally an error will
creep in, which when noticed later,
causes sincere regret on tha part of
the publisher and everyone connected
with the paper, besides . bringing
heartaches to some patrons
This statement Is prompted by an
trror that occured In the Evening Ob
server when the death of Miss Ida
Sill, of Cove, was reported. She was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Sill, one of the most highly respected
families of Cove and the young lady
was one of those estimable girls about
i whom nothing but the purest utter.,
ancea could have been correctly made.
from beginning to end, and the work
of making a newspaper is no excep.j
tion to the rule. This; however, can
be depended upon when the Obser-
ver learns of an error, whither seri-J
ous as this one or whether "it Is of
small moment, we are anxious to make
proper correction, for this newspaper
endeavors to deal squarely and hon
orably with everyone. -
CMOS GETS THE HOJiORS.
La Grande had begun to believe it
had a. baseball team that it was im.
possible to defeat. But like the fast
est race horse and the latest automo
bile, It tasted the bitter dregs yeser
day when Union's stalwart sons ap
peared on their home' diamond and
cleaned up the La Grande bunch with
a beastly score. The boys from here
were In the air from the time the
game was call:d and never reached
earth until the ninth Inning. It was
one, two, three and out with La
Grande and scoreafter score for Un
ion. .
The lesson is a good one, and if this
team is to be beaten wj would rather
see either Elgin or Union beat It than
outside of the county teams. It will
teach our boys that there is such a
thing as too much confidence and that
a good record is only to be maintalnel
.and protected by constant practice and
continually playing the game - first
last and all of the time. There is no
euch a thing as laying off in playing
baseball, no more than there is in
contained unintentional error suffl-' Meve the La Grande team will not get
cient to leave a wrong Impression of j busy and show even greater earnest-
the deceased a thing for which the,ness in theJr work than before
sincereet regret was forthcoming Im
mediately. ' ..
Nothing could be farther' from th
intent of those connected with the 6b-
server than, to do anyone a wrong, and
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esileclally a' young lady , whose life' we8tern Oregon, or rather, if Judge
naa Deen clean ana free from Diemisi. wolverton's decision Is upheld, what
8 i is the government going to do with the
and her many friends deeply mourned anjj
the loss of such a model girl who Was ) lt be tnrown open t0 Bett,er at
prominent In lodge and social circles th6 o(, pr)ce prevalllng nder the
of Cov:, ' 1 s'aute or it can be given to the
Human effort Is fraught wit,h errors ,chooB 0f Oregon. rhich does the
;v. . t - ; . people prefer? , We are of the opinion
the land and stood the hardships of
frontier life coupled with the long liti
gation should ''be protected, but after'
they have had their rights, we do not
think the vast tract sholdbe thrown
open to the speculator. Give it to the
school fund, by all means, and the en
tire state will b:nefit. When any help
Is given the schools it means help to
better government, better statehood
and better citizenship, for the school
Is the foundation stone of all.
In his address before the graduates
of La Grande high school the state su
perintendent struck a keynote when
he said: : "We appreciate tha fine
school bulldlngB, the money raised by
taxes and all material things given to
the schools, but we must draw on ev
ery citizen for something more. Wj
need co-operation, greater personal In
terest of every man and woman in the
school work. Your obligation does
not cease by paying taxes."
This is correct and the right attl
tude to assume. With greater funds,
such as the public land will give, and
'with Increased personal Interest Ore
Ron's school system will rank at the
top of th; column In the entire nation.
"In 1861" .............. Selig
A war story. A Btrong dra
matlc picture. War stories are
always interesting and Selig
has released some of the; best
of them. This one holds the
audience from beginning to end.
"Brest" A fortified harbor of
France. The largest commer
cial and military seaport of
.France. The harbor can ac.
..commodate over 500 battleships
The arsenal, the swing bridge,
etc., are very instructive.
"Lost Years". ; .' Gaumont
A drama.
."Their Mothers-ln-Law." Cer
tainly great comedy. Sometimes
one motherjn-law is sufficient
to create plenty of trouble here
there are two.
"Arizona Mary" A cowboy
song. '
: WASH SUITS,
made of ginghams, linen finish,
and Galatea cloths.
Russian Blouses and the new
sh6rt sleeve and knee length
style. ' '
65c to $2.75.
BOYS' POEOUSKNIT UN-DERWEAR.
the boy test
MOTHER'S FRIEND
BLOUSES.
Made in all colors and white,
pleated and plain, with or with
out collars attached.
Prices 50c to 90c
GOOD FOR BAD BOYS'
SHOES.
ECUCATOR SHOES.
, Ledgned to let the child's foot
grow as it should. Come3 in pat-
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kid. ;
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The QUALITY STORE
interested In anything novel are now
watching keenly what may be called
the turning of the worm, that Is, the
railroads accusing the government.
neacEtul settlement of what might
have b en a serious matter was
Having grown used through a per.
iod of yfars to accusation on the part
of the government against the rail
roads. New Yorkers who ore nlwavs
Old Friends and-New-
Winning permanent, lasting friends is the work
of time, and this bank numbers among its . clients
hundreds cf 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,
CAPITAL . . ,
SURPLUS . .
RESOURCES . .
OREGON.
$ 100.000.00
100,000.00
. 1.100.000.00
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
Fred J. Holmes. Pi es. W. J. Church. Vice Pres.
F. L. Meyerb, Cashier Earl Zundel,i4ss'f. Cashier
The most Important charges agains;
Uncle Sam as they app'ar In an arti
cle in Pearson's Magazine have to do
with the subject of railway mail. pay..
In this connection the carriers chargei
that the methods of the government
are such as to cause them a loss oi
$20,000,000 a year. The really signifi
cant phase of this situation Is that the
railroads merely ask Uncle Sam tr
take his own medicine that is. h
pay for exactly similar servlc.thc
same rates which through the inter,
state commerce commission h au
thorizes the railroads to charge to
the traveling public. At present, ac
cording to th Pearson's article, it is
charged that the government fails to
do so by about one-third. Of ctuirse
the complaint is not new s'nee th?
railroads have taken their claims to
congress In the past and been tol.l
that th:y had merit after which notlu
ing happened In the way of nlief.
Now that the Strain of the lout-awaited
supreme court decision is tempor
arily passed, and New York is able to
think of gomething el&:, the id-a tha:
the railroads might actually haa
some ground of complaint against the
government along the lines set forth
In the article Is one which is lik.-b
to cause much discussion.
1MKI.LKJEM AKB1TKATI0N.
In the peaceful settlement of tin
telegraph operators' d mands Now
York has had another illustration of
the fact that old-fashioned strike
methods relying chiefly on violence or
Dhyslcal coercion ar? being rapid?
superseded by Intelligent arbitration.
While a strike of the telegraph op.
erators would have affected th
whole country probably not ou, per
son in a hundred realized the possi
bility of such an event so quletlv and
in such a businesslike mann r was
', tP:'s:du.t Va 1 of the telephone in:er-
sillV for the bringing about of the by immediately tilled by the persons In full force and effect from and after
movjng said building, with bitulithic , its passage by the council, its ap
paving repair compound according toproval by 'the mayor and publication
the specifications prepared by -the , In one issue of the La Grande Even
paving company. . ; ing Observer.
Section 4. Any p:rson or persons'. Passed the common council on the
found guilty of violating the forego- 24th day of May, 1911,. by eight coun
ing -sections of this ordinance, shall, , cllnun voting therefor.
upon conviction thereof by the re. , ounmittea to the mayor and by him
corder of the city of La Grande, Ore-! approved this 27th day of May, 1911.
gon, be fined in the sum of not less: A. L. RICHARDSON,
than $25.00, and 1n default of the pay-(j . , Mayor,
ment thereof, be confined in the city j Attest:
Jail for the period of ohe day for each i C. M. HUMPHREYS,
$2.00 of said fine. ; Recorder of the city of La Grande,
fBts., When it is remembered that in
Ills recent annual report he pointed
out that such control or regulation
of public service corporations had
come to stay and that as exercised by
permanent commissions it has many
advantages over the exercis; of such
powers through legislative bodies or
oTiimittees ...the striking parallel be
comes plain. Probably no more sur
pi ising Jllustrailon could be found of
th: new mathod of settling business
differences. Incidentally it Is worth
noting that the strikers were entire,
ly satisfied.
OKPIXAN E 0. 322, SERIES 1011.
An ordinance establishing rules in
.l'ld'tlcn to the provisions of Oidlr
nance No. 34C, Series 1906, whereby
buildings may b-. moved upon; over
and across streets upon which pave
ment has been laid. . ;
The city of La Grande does ordain
as follows:
Suction 1. No building shall bi
moved along streets upon which pave,
ment has be;n laid, except In, cases
where the expense of moving the
same on other streets is so excessive
as to practically prohibit the rtmoval
of the building, and shall not be re
moved at all without permit required
by ordinance No. 346. Series 19Q6.'
Section 2. When any building has
been permitted to b:- moved long
s'rsets upon which pavement '3 la'd
the person or- person moving said
building shall not set the capstan.
windlass or other apparatus upon the
pavement nnl ss the same shnll h" !
fastened with iron pins not leas than
Section 5. This ordinance shall be Oregon.
Directory of the Fraternal Orders
of La Grande, Oregon
settlement reached. This new meth- inches ' in diameter and which
MUUHiimHlllMIIMHHOHHIIlHHHIll
cul of settling such differences Is un.
doubtedly due In a large part to the
Ti spread of belief In the regulation of
'public utilities, even on the part of
public utility corporation officials
thems.lves. At any rate, that seems
to be the logical conclusion for th?
reason that the man chiefly respon-
slinll be driven through the pavement
and Into the ground below a distance
of two fe.t.
Section 3. After the capstan,
w indlass or other apparatus Is 're
moved from the point where said pins
are driven, the pins shall likewise be
removed and the holes caused there.
k. P. & A. M. La Grande Lodge No. 1 EBEKAHS Crystal , Lodte No. M
41. A F, & A. M. holds regula. meet- meets every Tuesday evening in the
thgs first and third Saturday at A. O. O. F. hall. All visiting metu-
7:30 p. m. Cordial welcome to all ber? are invited to attend.
Masons. L. M. HOTT..W. M. .:' MRS. XAT1E ARBUCKLE, N. G.
k. C. WILLIAMS. Secretary MISS ANNA ALEXANDER, Sec
H. P. O. E.L Grande Lodge No.433 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Red Crow
meets each Thursday evening at 8 , Lodge No. 27 meets every Monday
o'clock' In Elk'i club, corner of De- night in Castle hall, (old Elk's hall.)
pot street and Washington avenue. A Pythian welcome to all vlsitlnj
Visiting brothers are cordially In- Knights. "
rltad to attend " JESS PAUL, C. C.
TI. J. HITTER. E. Rui. R. L. LINCOLN. M. of R. &
' H. E. COOLIDGE. Rec. Sec. :
VOODMKN OF THE "wORLD La V1? ? If'
Grande Lodge No. ir,9 W O. W. C' ho"' T Ti"",00"
mest. every second and fourth Sat- AQ Wednesdays of
.urday. at K. P. hall. All visiting 7n V V,B,t,ng membe, cor"
mebers welcome ciaiiy invited
D. FITZGERALD, C. C. CARRIE E HUNTER. W. M.
- J. H. KEENEY. Clerk. MARY A. WARNICK, Bee
M. W. A. La Grande Camp No. 7703 WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT OriH"
meets every Monday m the month at Ronde Circle No. 47 meets
the I. O. O. F. hall. All visiting first ami ftjlrfl Thursday e?r.
. neighbors are cordially invited to in the mo. :t the I. O. 0 i
tttend. All visltlag uOers are - ..
E. E. DANIELS, , CARRIE ROBBS, G. M.,
ED. HEATH. Clerk. LIZZIE ELLSWORTH. ."Jle:.
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