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LA GRANDE EVENING OlfcJfiKVEK
MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1911.
THE OBSERVER
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OFF OX THEIR PLEASURE TRIP.
This evening the Observer's young
ladles will leave for Portland and San
they will carry with them the very
beat wishes for pleasant journeys from
all of our citizens.
' The girls did aphndid work In the
popular voting contest, and did it with
A will that was admirable to witness.
The only feature of the entire contest
was the fact that all could not win.
All who made a good campaign,
whether thfy won or lost, have the
loyal friendship of this paper, and it
will be a pleasure for us at any time
to do anything within reason to assist
them.' . .,'.. , t ' ;
The party leaving this afternoon
will all assemble at Hot Lake this af
ternoon and a banquet will be given at
the dinner hour in the Hot Lake grill.
Senator Pierce will be toastmas'ter and
Ma good advice to all young people
I
Arcade
THEATRE
"Water Falls of Northern
Spain" A beautiful scenic
film. " ,
"A Case of High Treason" An
Edison ( picture with Cuban
settings and a very pleasing
story. .
'"His . Mother" A Vitagraph Is
truly the feature of this pro
gram, the dear old mother,
her grief at parting from her
son who sailed to America,
America and to where five years
later, she, too, comes to find
him a prominent physician in
New York acted with the true
Vitagraph spirit. You cannot
htlp but like this picture.
Mr. Dirnie In latest illustrated
song.
Mr. Greenaway drums and e,f
effects. Matinee every day at 2 p. m.
will doubtless be remembered for the
senator is a man of wide experience
and has never tnen known to advUe.
anyone other than for good
Accompanying the girls will be-Mi.
and Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. C. C. Dugger of
Joseph and Wilbur F. Brock of the
circulation d:partment of the Ob
server. May they all have the time of their
lives. May they see the roses at the
best, partake of Iheir fragrance and
witness Portland, the party of the
witness Portland, the metropolis of the
state, In its gala day attire.
We hope to be abl;, when the giris
come home to have each of them write
a short story telling the people of the
points of Interest as they Individually
saw them.
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ONE HUNDRED LOCOMOTIVES.
Did you ever consider what it means
for 100 locomotives to assemble at one
pont and from that point be dispatch
ed to diffirent parts of the porthwest
for service?
That. 1b the number of new engines
that during the past 30 days have been
sent from La Grande to the various
points of the Harriman system in the
northwest country. '- :
One hundred brand new steel horses
to pun the freight and passenger
trains. Each engine will nave an av
erage' coet of $20,000. which will give
some Idea of the capital Invested.
If these engines were made up In
trains It would require t;n trains.
Among .the number are' several of
the new type designed "especially for
the w;stern coast traffic where coal &
Bcarce and the use of lignite is becom
ing more popular each year. Mr Gra
ham of the Of W. It. & N. company
designed a special fire box for burning
lignite coal. A model was sent to the
locomotive works and a sample engine
was built and put in service on the
coast. It worked so well that the new
type has been adopUd by the Harri
man system wherever it is necessary
to turn lignite. The saving will be
large as heretofore- all the steam mak
ing coal bad to be transported from
the Wyoming and Utah fields.
At'present there are six new lo
comotives in the yarrls nt La Grand?
to be set up and tried out. It Is
worth anyone's time to visit the yards
and see these huge machines, and
when you ar; viewing the work stop
for a moment and consider that La
Grande your home city Is the rail
road center for the entire Eastern Or
egon country. Every train is dispatch
ed from this point and thu whole sys
tem in all Its detail Is handled from
this city.
welfare of Des Moines.
"Because the man I buy from stands
back of the goods.
"Because I sell what I produce here
at home. :
Because the man I buy from -pays
his part of the town, county and state
taxvfl.
"Because the man I buy from gives
value received always.
"Because the man I buy from helps
support my school, ay church, my!
lodge, my home. j
"Because when 111 luck, misfortune.)
or bereavement comes, the man I buyl
from is here with the kindly greeting. :
his words of cheer and his pocketbook, 1
If need be. . j
"Here I live and here I buy." !
Why is tpis not gbod religion for
La Grande people. Editor.
TODAY'S OPPORTUXITY.
Begin today to forget that the
busln:ss transacted last month was
less than that of the record breaking
month of any previous year;
That pending legislation may possi
bly have a bearing or influence on
your own affairs; ' . .
That the business man you talked
with recently exuded pessimism. Pos
sibly he was unconscious of It; proba
ble he did not know any better; And :
To remember
That national legislation : concerns
you not one-half so Intimately or vita1
ly as does the current d:mand for
your own product; - j
That good crops are the founda
tion of good business, but that good
crops alone do not make good bnsi- j
ness; '-v . -' ' j
That never was money so cheap nor i
so much of It available today; 1
That ci edit is b ing frittered away
through Inactivity; . ,
That Idle men, mills, factories and
foundries constitute an extravagance
no nation can afford;
That the purchasing power of a na- j
,tion is gaged by the continuous em
ployment of its capital and labor and
the continuous exerci3e of confidence;
That advancing elviljzation Is mari-'j
fested by better methods of educating, j
feeding, clothing, housing and amusing
the people;
That these functions can be per
formed acceptably only through the."1 RnmG ls unsatisfactory In any re-
continuous employment of all the cap-' sPect a l,erso" never uears end of
ital, all the mental resources and all i it;M but' tUer T1' l! mme
- . . . , article had been purchased in a big
the labor of all the people; dty any amount 0f excuses wouW
That he who sets idle machinery In ; on han(J t0 dflfend ,t nnd u wou)d
motion and provides for the use ; probably never be exebanued. When
you Duy a tmng at home nod It s sat-
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GORDON FELT HATS.
Our luje includes the test of spring and
summer styles in shades to match the
new suits. " You will find a style to
please you here.
GORDON STRAWS.
The name stands for perfection in strav
hats. See the new $3.00 Gordon Sailor.
You'll like it. '
A NEW TELESCOPE PANAMA
Very fine braid. Price $.50.
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The Quality Store
REASONS FOR TRADING AT HOME
In a recent issue of the Des Moines
Register and Leader the commercial
page published the creed of one loyal
spirited booster who gives good rea
sons why on should support the home
merchant. He says:
"I buy at home
"Because my interests are here.
"Because (he community that ls
good enough for me to live In Is good
( enough for me to buy In.
'Because I believe In transacting
business with my friends.
"Because 1 want to see.tbe goods.
"Because I want to get w'hnt I buy
when I pay for It.
"Because my home dealer 'carries'
me when I run short.
"Because every dollar I spend at
home stays at home and works for the
products which are not now in re
quest, contributes to present and fu
ture progress, and that such contribu
tions, once made, are cumulative In
their effects;
That a start made today is prefer
able to one tomorrow, In that It saves
one day's Interest on capital, turn
loose one day earlier the earnings of
workmen and helps to Inaugurate nor
mal activity, normal happiness and
normal progress.
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
Fred J. Holmes, Pres. W, J. Church. Vice Pres.
F. L. Meyer,, Gashiei Earl Zundel.ylss'f. Cashier
PATRONIZE THE
HOME MERCHANT
His Wares Hre Good and Often
'Cheaper Than In Big Gitiss.
AND BOOST EACH OTHER.
Don't 8tnd Customer to a Big City
Storo if You Haven't an Article He
Wants Send Him to Your Local
Rival It Will Pay.
The perplexing task of convincing
people to realize the benefits of trad
ing with their local merchants, says
Hudson's Magazine, Is about the most
herculean task that the small towns
of the country have to contend with.
Money is Just ns well Invested lu the
small town as In the big one, as far as
getting full value Is concerned, and
we must not fall to remember that
when we leave It hero It Is only takeu
Kout of one of our pockets and put Into
another pocket, while when we spend
It In a metropolis we never see ii
again.
There It goes to put more gasoline
In the millionaire's automobile and to
buy him more luxurious curs, to build
up his city, to make it clean, to fur
ther beautify Its parks and recreation
grounds nud to eurlcn and make more
nrosneroua their nim.iv
i '
'aMMvnna mill hwikd.tnin .i1ti.v n..iii
town people sit here nud wonder why
we are not able to cope with cities lc
mercantile projects.
Mosf of us have no faith In our re
pectlve towus. If a thing purchased
lsfactory, lve it a good word, for by
so doing you are helping yourself. If.
on the other hand, the article In ques
tion does not come up to your stand
ard of perfection, tell the merchant
you bought It from don't tell your
neighbors.
The community in order to enrich
Itself nnd prosper must consider Itself
one large family of which we are all
members, nnd as members of this fam
ily the grocer should not misrepresent
his wares to his brother, the clerk, nor
should the clerk regard It as a good
point to defer payment of his bills to
the grocer ns long as possible. And.
remember, always keep the. money In
the family.
Tli!- Is not preaching nor advocating
socialism, tot socialism does not solve
the problem that confronts us. lint it
U advocating most strongly and em
phatically the community to believe In
home trade. We cannot help others If
we are helpless ourselves. ."Self pres
ervation is nature's first law." There
fore It behooves us to stand together
and (if we are merchants) instead of
telling a person that we don't believe
a certain commodity can be obtained
In this town. Just because we happen
to be out of It tell the customer that
we know who has It and name a local
merchant. Don't send your party to
the big city, for that's where the mat
ter will end If yon hesitate, and the
probabilities are that that much cus
tom ls lost to you forever.
It stands to reason that In order to
sell reliable goods reasonably the ex
pense account must be curtnlled as
much as possible. This ls done in the
small town. Rents and general ex
penses are less, and the result ls that
the buyer reaps the benettt if he is
shrewd enough to avail himself of it.
Feople are gradually becoming educat
ed to the science of skillful buying
and expect more for their money now
than they ever have before. In this
they are justified to a certain extent,
but we should not forget the proverb,
"The Inborer ls worthy of his hire."
"IJve nnd let live" is the motto for
merchants to ndopt if they wlb to
thrive and succeed. Uemember we all
live largely on each other's custom,
and when we spend money with J.
Brown we expect with reason that J.
Brown should spend hla money with
us whenever possible.
Here ls he essence of home trad .
We would all feel offended nt said
Brown if he took our money and refus
ed to spend his with u. But we are
all Browns If we buy out of the home
market
SGCIE7Y TO CLEAN STREETS, j
-'I
SVominent Washington Women to S':t
Housewives an Example.
The sight of society women clad tu j
aprons and wielding brooms and buck
ets Is soon to edify Washlngtcniiins.
The "clean up the city" slogan has
been enthusiastically sounded by the
Housekeepers' alliance, which Includes
such promiuent women as Mrs. Robert
M. La Follette. wife of Senator La
lTollette, and Mrs. David .1. Brewer,
widow of the late associate justice of
the supreme court
The leader of the street washing
campaign Is Mrs. Richard Walnwright
wife of Rear Admiral Walnwright
Believing that example Is more pow
erful than precept and having tie
courage of their convictions, the wo
men propose to show Washington
householders the way the civic cam
paign for cleanliness ought tu be con-flnctd.
"Now. if . u v.Y: v fiLlvIce."
said or.o f: '::. . v.;.-: to another as
the. wind caught Ui hat of Hie latter
from his head "If you follow my ad
vice your derby will stay on In nny
wind that New York can produce
When I buy n new hat I heat it over
the gas jet and while it is still wnriv
I put it on nnd let It cool on my head
The result is a perfect fit. Try it and
see." New York Sun.
WOMAN'S DUTIES.
A woman's first and most Im
portant duty to the state Is the
same as it always has been since -the
beginning of things the
rearing of good citizens.
A woman who does her whole '
duty to the children she brings
Into the world Is herself the
most Important citizen of that
world, i can't make that too
emphatic. There i no achieve
ment literary, artistic, what
you will, which a woman can
perform that U of the same vital
significance to the nation as a
family of mentally, morally,
physically healthy : boys and
girls. There ls no profession
containing such real bonor tor a
woman as that of homemaking.
And it la the great natural job
for the majority of us. Let us
see that we stick to It We can't
do anything better. Ida M. Tar-bell.
The only wealth which will not de
ray ls knowledge. Lnngford.
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Trie Prettiest Waists .
and. gowns will become soil
ed and stained in time. 'But
their usefulness is by no
means ended
If Cleaned and Pressed
by us they will b"e as good
as new. Send us the waist,
frocks, suit or coat that .you
cannot wear because they
are spoiled er spotted. We'll
make them so you wear
them.
ELITE DYEING &
U CLEANING WORKS
JTafn 64. Wagironer & Zundel.
3'.
Will Exchange
MY PORTLAND HOME FOR SMALL
'ACREAGE IN GRANDE RONDE VALLEY
Have $900.00 Equity in new $4,000.00, 5 room, 2
story house. House has double floors, combination
fixtures, curtains, large fire place, furnace in cement
basement, sleeping porch. Lot 50x100. Located in
Rose City park. Call and see pictures of house.
H. COFFIN, 1107 Adams avenue. Main 1.