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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSEft Vtt, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 19U-
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS
Editor and Owser.
Cite red at the postofQre at La Grande
seeond-elass matter. ;
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IA GI.UXDE AWAY FROM HOME.
If there is any doubt In the minds of
La Grande people that this city Is
looked upon with great favor over the
entire state those who bold such doubt
should Journey around and bear the
many good things said of their city.
In Portland you. cah hear In any
liotel lobby the merits of La Grande
discussed, and, the same in true
all along the ooast. The general pub
lic is playing h! city for the perm
anent city of Eastern Oregon. They
view the pay rolls, the different runn-
charactfr have not been wanting, as
ior msianoe in Havana, since Febru
ary 1, 1910, large consignments are
simply stamped with a post mark at
the post office, the operation being
carried out by machinery. In this
way the post office has saved the ex
pense for paper and the printing coBt
for ten million stamps, while the busi
ness world has economized time and
money, for affixing stamps to one
thousand letters requires about one
hour and a half time.
"Thia method of treatment, while
fairly satisfactory, is still primitive.
We can easily imagine a much better
system worked out somewhat along;
the lints of a gas or water meter, the
letter being simply placed in a ma
chine and stamped with a post mark
which serves at the same time as re
ceipt for the postage and as record
of the date, etc. , The machine would
be inspected periodically by the post
office in Just the same manner as the
consumer's gas and water meter is
inspected, and his bill would be paid
ss usual." ., .-. .
TMR MOTOR TRITfK IX THE
COCJiTlRT. X "
..The Engineering News recently
expressed the opinion that one.'. use
for the motor truck to which It would
be difficult to place a limit Is in direct
haulage over considerable distances
to save an intermediate railway Jour
ney. Direct delivery may be made
by the automobile from a city whole
saler to .his customers in towns ten
twenty, or even forty miles away at
less cost, perhaps, than would be ln-
Ivoh-cd in the hauling to the railway
station and hauling from the railway
station to receiver at Jhe other end
ing Institutions, the large acreage of , of the route, when the various rehan
land under the plow, the close prox-1 lings that are made necessary by the
Imity of Wallowa county and their de- j railway shipment are taken into ac
cislon is that La Grande has the legs count. The saving in packing alone,
to stand upon; that this city is equip- J where this method of delivery is uad,
ped for the race of the metropolis of may often make its adoption worth
the eastern of the state. V ' , while. . ' 'V : '"
And haven't you always flotjetd that "There are large possibilities also
what the people a& a whole say if ,' f the use of 'motpr-prppelM vehicles
ally ware, or less trua? For this very industrial nlauta. nhrmi ail ware-
'on La Graniis could not have the bouses in place, gt ft Industrial rail-
nuitji luere.wtis not way or overhpgd carrier, obth of these
!,d8ii?nihf0r L Sh COUi n0t Safch ftMVxtVn. used"
9nt,8,i6ftt!nll6s the Engineering News.
and a certainty for future growth of "With, present-day shop floors of
there wre not many things leading Of 'wOod-btock"iBVlng, motor
j,-' P.Jto f"f' -I " MrttfeS'fcaft be Vuh over theul with
j 'What we heed here mart tfcaa fts? littli more frietlbu tjiij over the rails
Oiucr vnc tiling i mm "io,wu,j i 0j SDOp iravS. A grraw nuouiat,o
home for th WW V'it)' to cfime 6 0v r the tail system is that the motor
a full rltottm of the true worth trlitk's can be run any where. There
of mill tomm unity. With, this in full no ,stoppage for turntables or for
, swing there would be a atVcng ciifrtnt switches, or because of cars block
ent out to sujipbrt the opinion of the. jEg the line ahead as often happens
public which has been- .'fortted merely -jtJl'- industrial railways. In suca h
from business condKIoni and otserva- astern. where current for charging
tion. It is a plain chse wherein La g available at low cost and where the
Grande needB the awakening to her- loads to be hauled are l!ht, storage
of 2816 below 1908, and a decrease of
E356 below 1904, when the .highest
number of students was enrolled. In
fact. It is the lowest number since
1900, according to' the Journal of the
American Medical association, which
recently published a report on medical
education for the past year. Of the
total number of students, 18,414 were
in attendance at the regular colleges,
890 at the homeopathic, 433 at the
eclectic, and 49 at the physlomedlcal
colleges. The attendance at.the regu
lar colleges shows a decreaaa of 1722
below" that of last year, of 2140 below
J 909, and 2522 below 1908, la the
homeopathic college! there wag an in
crease f 23 above the attendance of
1910, but a decrease of 9 below the
total for 1909. The eclectic colleges
show a decrease of 22 below 1910, but
an Increase of 20 above 1309.. The
physlomedlcal colleges had the same
number as last year, 49 students, a j
compared with 52 in 1900, and 90 in
1908. , -V '.''v. ' ) -
elf. Let's have It.
Abolishing the postage
'.. 1 ' STAMP. r
; battery trucks appear to have great
tromlr. The extent ot this one neia
j iJt-re is so great that it will tax the
Acuity and enterprise of many en
gineers and many manufacturers to
' In our day the mall traffic of large ''cover it." -tuslnesa
concerns has swollen to gi-i .
r gantic proportions, and even ibe sim-. 15IBER OF MEDICAL STl'DENTS
pie labor of affixing stamps requires j IN THE I'MTED STATES. '
a special clerical staff. "No wonder, ) ' - ' - ' ,
therefore,". says the Muschau, "if the" :i The total number of medical atu
problein has b?en cohsldered how the ! dents in this United States for the year
v stamp could be abolished altogether j ending June 30, 1911. was 19,786, a
without prejudice to' thi interests of duresse of 1740 below 1910, a de
the post office. Proposals of this ' crease of 2359 below 1909. a decrease
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1 i.
A Strong Modern
lKiT.vV :f, I.?' '.-: : -- .:.:. ,':
Efficiently condncled, not only In the interests of its stock
,blkTs, but of Its.dtiKtxitiirs' and patrons us well;
.With officials well kfcewn and tra-tted, In the romninnlty.
W ith capita), urlui and undivided profits of 1210,000.000
and total resources of f 1.000,000.00.
The La Grande Rational Bank offers to firms, corpora
tions and indiriduals the bcit banking service, and Its ofll
, eera ask a personal intmlew with those contemplating
cha-glng acconats or opening new ones. " : , , . ,
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON.
CAPITAL. . . . . $ 100.000.00
SURPLUS 1
; RESOURCES
Fred J. Holmes, Pres.
. F. L. Meyer, Cashiei
. . 105,000.00 v ,
... 1,000.000.00
, W. J, Church, Vce Prer.
X Earl Zundel.Ass'J. Cs.h:er .
Ctt4 s--44 i
; THIS DATE IN HISTOIBT.
-August. 23. '., ;
; . on the guillotine January 21,
1793. . :-; ,: ' ' ).,-,
1784 State ) of . Franklin, afterwards
'' Tennessee, was formed. :
1814 Right Rev. James R., Bailey,
; , Roman Catholic archbishop of
Baltimore, born In New York
1 'i City. '- Died in Newark, N. J..
Oct. 3, 1877.
1822 Sir 'William Herschei; celebrat
ed astronomer, died In Eng
land. Born In Hanover, Nov.
.- 1.V 1738. .
1835 Baron Aylmer resigned his of
, flee as governor of Canada. '
1846 Capture of Santa Fe by Amer
. . leans and annexation of New
Mexico to the United States.
l&tU Sioux Indians, under Little
Crow, attacked New Ulm, Minn.
, and were repulsed.
1873 First issue of thi Detroit Even--Jng
News. .'"
18D0 U. S. cruiser Baltimore sailed
from New York for Sweden
with the remains of Captain
John Srlcson, inventor of the
Monitor. ' : i .
1898 The United States and Canadian
Joint High Commission met at
itebe, : ;
'1910 Tiemdcrats of Georgia nominat
ed Hoke Smith for governor.
THIS IS MY 64TH BIKTIIBAY r
Sir Charles D. Rose.
Sly Charles Day Rose, one of the
Cuttadl&n-bom members of the Brit
ish parliament, was born August 23,
1847, In Montreal, and received his
education in that city. In his young
er days he was a captain in. the Mon
treal Garrison Artillery and served
With that corps at Trout River oh the
occasion of. the Fenian invasion of
1870. Of late years Sir Charles has
made his home In England, where he
has attained a position ot high emi
nence in the world of finance. En
tering the banking firm ' of Morton.
Rose and Company, ot New York and
London, he worked his way up until
he succeeded his father the lata Pt.
Hon. Sir John Rose, as bead of the
firm. In 1880 Sir Charles Joined
Lord Mount Stephen and Lord Strath
cona In the syndicate for the construc
tion of the Canadian Pacific railway.
He has been a member of parliament
since 1903, in which year be was elect
ed to represent the Newmarget divis
ion of. Cambridge. In the last gen
eral election he carried Newcastle
for the Liberals.
EDITORIAL SNAP SHOTS,
Most people think the maximum is
the mean temperature. Boston Tran
script. " '
Judge Gary wants to adopt the Gol
den Rule. Anything golden 41ooka
good to the trusts. Atlanta Georg
ian. ,' ;
There will be no permanent peace
in Mexico until the government cre
ates enough offices to go around.
Atlanta Constitution. ' "
The eblllty of the Maine to keep a
secret may explain why, among. other
craf, a battleship Is not termea rem-
Inlne. Los Angeles Tribune. -It
Is getting so now that an honest
trust Is afraid to go home In the dark.
Washington Post. Let them quit
traveling In the dark. theft.-JDmaha
Bee. '
La Follette Plan Pinlar.
ri.rtit-nd t r.'. -rg. 22. "The Ore
gon idea ofVnvv tbe'fcoY nmvnt
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FIRST MTUMN DISPLAY
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AUTHORITATIVE NEW YORK
'.v-;;:y:
FABRICS AND FASHIONS OF UNUSUAL IM
PORTANCE TO CRITiCAL DRESSERS
We have but recently received the last of our ships
merits of Benjamin Clothes, those unique' made in
New York Garments for Men and Young Men, and
we take pleasure in announcing the first Autumn
;,: ' display
These clothes reach 'the topmost notch 'ia. Quality . and, distinctiveness.
They combine the tailoring and smartness ordinarily found only in custom V
tailor garments. . x . '-' 'x:X- :-!-J,-r
Your early inspection of these cleverly made New York garments Is" re
spectfully suggested. , '
$20.00 an upward.
ALSO EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR . s
'Society Brand Young Men's Clothing, Sincerity Suits and Eiderheimer
Stein &5 Company's Boys' and Young Men's Suits. ,
i
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devekp the Alnsksa' 1 coal fields i
a the same time break the ho!d it
uionopo'.iCA cm Al.ika, as butlinel iy
Sonator LiiKollftte in the senat yca
Utiiuy ciefta" with ; my "heartiest
(iv;it. ' said llfbert Spencer, 'i
wealthy 'coal. operator,, here today ,
I have b'.-en o er the emire "Al
Innd ions in the Tontroller Ba
tricl" addwi fcaKtr, "and was fur-
pvfsed a: its i 'nnsii s. For. pra. M
ly 1C0 m-:s ?..ulii oi the Cunningham
U'ifs. it one sieat coal bed, U U
in.iVtcj-ibIt- ,ave by means of a' rail
way tin from Coiiircller Bay b?Mie
tn co: line caveiRts of quick s-.m!
flatB upon which a man dare not. wa'k
"I fully intended to develop mines
in the district, but after going over It
carfully I was convinced that only a
syndicate with millions lfhin it nir
'the Morgan-Cuggenhelm syndicate, or
the government could handle the prop
ositlon, and 1 drew out,
,:. ViMllllons in wealth is there ready
for the hand of man. If the govern
ment does not take hold of It, some
syndicate of private Individuals un
doubtedly will secure a monopoly, as
he who holds the transportation lines
Into Controller Bay, will; likewise
control the development of the coal
fields and profit enormously."
Mint Marshmallous in 10c tins
Barallona Filberts A
Fillippi Almonds ACrcamNut
Toasted Rolls PeanuButter Flavor
THEY ARE
DELICIOUS
SELDER'S