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page 4 ,y-9 PyAWAy SEPTEMBER 2,1911. Tlit OBSERVER BRU.CE DENNIS Editor ui Owner. ognition of the federation the mn; ltional testimony ; to th recent would tie willing to compromise en) growth of the business may be dis covered in uch details as have to do Cstered at the )ostoffice at La Grande ai aeeond-clasi matter. SUBSCRIPTION BITES , Pally, single copy U Dally, per week, .............. ltt JOj, per month. .......... ..... C5e irSEPTEMBEjfOSli s 1 ion 17 18 12 19 6 13 8 1:1m 9 2223 many other points. If the companies refuse this point determinedly it, is a hard to see anything but a long drawn out struggle between capital and la bora thing which will weaken busl ness and work a hardship on the en tire country. However, it is one of the things in life to be expected and there is no use to get frantic about it. All questions have two sides and It is but natural for the advocates on either sldis to hang for what they want. RAILROAD EARNINGS IX 1910 PROPERTY VALUES, ' a ft generally known that La 43rande Teal estate Is advancing? If hne is any doubt one should do a little Investigating on his own account and find out. More residence proper ty has changed hands here in the last three months than most people nea 4iae. There la a process of improve ment going on in Individual holdings that Is remarkably nice to . behold. i The town la advancing In that slow teady manner which insures perma ,. nency, which Insures Increased valu TaUpng, which decides for once and 11 t H H t t D (f city of JE&stern, Oregon v in '. Anil milll y.B'-li A w (From the Providence Journal.) . Poor's Manual of Railroads for 1911 which has recently been published Is in itaelf evidence of the vast extent to which the transportation business in the United States has grown, for It is a bulky volume of almost 8,000 pages. From its fee Die beginning two generations ago, the American rail road industry has expended until it is now represented by a capital stock of $?v380,819.190, a bonded debt of $9,600,634,906, other bond obligations of nearly a billion, and total liabilities of $21,839,360,776. Taking the first fwo items, for the sake of comparison, K win o louna mat mere nas oeen an enormous increase In the last 10 years, the capital stock in 1900 was only. $5,. 804,346,250 and. the 'bonded Indebted ness $5,578,592,754.' But meanwhile there has beji of course a very great increase in the Value of the railroad property of the country and In Its earning power. Gross "earnings In 1900 were $1,501,695,878 and net earnings $483,247,526; in 1910 gross rose to $2, 8fl4,G80,39and "netio' $918,060,312; i, These newest figures may be profit ably compared also' with the sorre Bponding totals for; 1909" Gross earn ings in the earlier year wen9 $2,519, 212,763 and net $852,153,280. It should be pointed out that Just what is now and will fcrLia Grind-'" .Some splendid things am In store" tor"til locality. It la like all eastern comnlunities whee f"he pay rolls are there Js built the city. Where indus try Is already humming titers is nrheTe added industries e?R to locate, ,jn?ant by he year 191.9 by the com- ?ci , i DVl Ior."'Unefs of the manual is a little linear- Inter irises that lemploy labor. They ). i' .u wvr some of are not oil baper wltfc a pos8ibility tairt' .-.Apparently. ho ur, some 9, tf promotion atage'and then sink, but 'the, figures ere for the fiscal year end tbey actually exist and the ' general ! ing June 30, wMk others are for the public la beginning to realize. . ' ! calendar year ending December 31. La Grande in thn future Is a pretty is,,, ..-..,,1,,, ,,, . in. i.irnr rt hPhnirt t, u,. si I Tne compilers figure out a, gross in- roods Hers trviUllvor nnd vUh t, tii. : crease of 11.59 per cent over 1909, aletanre of lares- capital that is seek-whl' the interstate commerce com Ing safe Investment we are. going to .mission, using tile reports for the year xtttlluA 'V"ifcA tins ill a ' n ' W- endinR Xune.?0,"3lculatf s the gain u! dellverifhose goods. WHERE ARE THE MOTOR CARS. sonwwhat more than 14 per cent.. Fo th layman, however', the Important Manager England, of the Central "ct I8 tnat tnere was 0 "bstant!a! . Railway of Oreson. has not been heard tobb Increase, and that hls was ac from lately regarding h motor -cars companied by an Increase In net, fig whlch he proposed to nut on Wween h Poor t 78 r,er cent V Union. Com and La Gnnde. This Is ? 7 F00r . 7,85fJ l , one of he most important iranrove- . Thens are now 242.107 miles of menls that could be installed In the steam road track In the United States, way of transportation and it is sin- against 238.256 miles a year ago. Th3 matter " '" ln Increase; 3.751 mllesfl is small corn It waa understood that Mr. England TA wilh that of 80m'9 arller vear8' had tM? cars In transit from the ast but is large enough to show that we and their arrival is anxiously awaited have not yet reached the end of the l JUn hl0!1?.-Unt5r;- .neR.r era of American railroad construction, as can be learned there could be traf- . , , , .... .. .'", flc arranrements nutde with this O.- Th! tota) length of thu railroads of W. ft. ft N. company to use Its tracks ,ne world Is perhaps 630,000 miles, so the portion of the distance necissary.. that our share of the whole is close SnSfa? th.hC?e-. '?T ' 40 Pr nt- Ain 2.107 miles inand for the motor service to biscome 0 ' , . . ; , , ! Art intenslfliKl and causes all t rivet RuS8la ha,J at ,aBt accounts 41,000, on Mr, England whose Idea it waa to Germany 37.000, India 31.000, France install the service. 1 30.000, Austria-Huneary 26,000, United Th..Mk i. . .Kingdom 23.280. Canada 22,966. Aus- ineneral regret because of Its serious-! a b 0 and Argantlna 15.500. It to the figures given for this country are added the figures for second, third the hnn men Wc.lv tli I v "u,lu '-"n. siuings.. eic; ;t a rigbf to uch recognition, it' Is not found that the aggregate Is too late' for a reconciliation of the!249-870 miles,, against 343,387 in 1909, matter and wo believe that with reo-' 333.776 In 1908 and 324,033 In 1907, Ad- neas. Mr. Kruttschnitt refund to rec Knize the federatlfJji of shop em ployes and the Inevitable followed, for MM """ lUMiiiiniinnMiiiiMMm A Strong Tl7 , 1 iviode rn Bank Efficiently wndncted, not only in the Interests of Its stock .holders, but of Its depeiilfors and patrons as well j . Jitli efllclaN well known and trusted ln Ue coramanlty. With capital, snrplns and undivided profits of $210,000,000 and total resonrresof $MH0,000.00. The La Grande National Bank offers to firms corpora Hons and individual, the l(ot banking KerTJce, ,ni t om. cers ask a persona! Interview with those contemplnUue changing accounts or oienlnj new ones. " t , ' La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, OREGON. CAPITAL lnRESbURCES .- JE " f-i Fred J. Holnne, fires. i - r. la. raeyprs, iasniyt Mt SfMt- $ 100.000.00 ; i05.ooo.oo " . . 1.000,000.00 i W. J. Church, V:c Pres. . ' Earl Zundel,ss'.. Cashier , with the Increase ln the. size of tht rolling st6ck in use. The va' new lo comotive for the Atchlsop road has a total weight of 463,450 pounds, or, wim m leouer,' iuu.uuu pounas, . ai much aa an entire train would have weighed a few years ago. : , Coos Bay Harbor: Peter Loggie and E. G. Flanagan are in the Held east, of Myrtle Point securing right of way for the Boise road. Tbey are sent out by local men, it Is believed, who desire to do what they can to induce. the Clarke road to build ln here. f NEWS FORECAST FOR THE COMISG WEEK. 1 4 Washington, D. C.i Sept. 2. Presi dent Taft, in the Intervals between bis games of golf and other outdoor amusement at Beverly, is expected to put ln more or less time blockln out his speechea on the tariff, cur- lency reform." reciprocity j and other euojecis on wnich he wjll.! apeak ion nia coming western trip, The political campaign in Canada will be carried' on vigorously during the week.-'.' Sir .-Wilfrid Lanrier' will continue bis spuechmaklng tour iln support of. reciprocity in On.Urlo,,wit)i meetings In Windsor,. Stratford, Sud bury and other places. Mr. Borden the opposition leader, will carry ibia campaign into the Maritime ffrov- incea. : ..- .. -.- The week will aiae the formal open ing of the big government "dam lii the Ohio Tlver at Fernbank, near Cin cinnati, the largest movable wicket dam In the world, and the only otvi made entirely of concrete and steel, The completion marks one of the most Important steps to .make the QW9 fWPT flSVlfStjif lne year around. " VSnhie New York legislature will re convene Wednesday to take up mat ters of the proposed new charter for the City of New York. o o r3 AB3BI0UBICEMEM V0LTEX FALL STYLES RECEIVED Many becoming models in new Fall and Winter ready-to-wear garments now on display in our LADIES READY-TO-WEAR " DEPARTMENT ( We invite your inspection of our entire line of high quality merchandise. Our large force of competent salespeople will at all times extend ycu every courtesy whether you intend purchasing or not m v Mi 2357 Woltex Quality is better but v Woltex Price is not higher, $S0?0p0 spent yearly for style i i i ii t-. i 1 i it ii m , Thursday la ,the day , sot . for the democratic primaries in Virginia, the result 6! which ie expected to deter mine tbo.vtwoi United State senator ships. "'Senators Martin ttnd Swan son are candidates for re-election and are opposed by Representatives. Jones and Glass. 'v. . - .'.''''' Governor Harmon Is to - be th speaker at the democratic barbecue to be held ln Boston Saturday. The event will be cf. interest to political circles as the.speech will be the first that the Ohio governor has delivered in the east since hia' name became prominently mentioned in connection with the presidential nomination. PERT PARAGRAPHS., ; yE may all be slightly twisted, but we don't care to have other people try to follow our crooks and turns. There is no time like the present simply because the' present if the only ..... 'T If marriage is a lottery why do min isters continue to be a party, to It? When go on a Voyage it discov ery see are not hunting; for our own taults. - . V' ..-5. Misfortune isn't desired, 'but it ,1s a wise man. who ronnagea to profit by it V . . Tou can't always judge a man b the quality of hia coat It may be borrowed. . , . Keeping still has seldom got any one Into trouble , We mucb prefer the people that go without oaying to Utoae who aay with out going. . ! ' ' ' Borne men are good natured and oth ers are bachelors. Many an ideal la batched out In Au gust that gets frostbitten in October. OlMneftantment To yon believe in love at first eight r .-v '-'..':- .r ..- -re-'v.'" "You think there to something in ft, do youf- ., a " , '; ' ' v ', '.'Sura. It la the only time that 1 ever am in love. .The next time I. see bent's all off." " , .. ' ciii.. "I Just bate Brown.", . : " ' "What are you going to bta wedding for then r ; ; ' ' ' ; "rCause I want to gloat , "Gioatr . " "Yea. I know the girt boa aoarry- MM W The QUALITY STORE Treasurer's Call for City Warrants. There are also funds In the treas ury to pay all warranis issued against the water of La Grands city up to and and Including No. 9,729, endorsed Sep tember 21, 1911. Interest on all war rants on water fund from No. .... 10 No. 9,729 Inclusive ceases from date of this call. , a! ; , ; La Grande, Oregon, Sept. 1, 1911. BOL W. LOGAN. City Treasurer e7 rxr.'.i;v- "dignifying industries" - .J This la the title of a beautiful 64-page boo, which WnUi.,h.W.;n ,")J, or "0 SUCCEED. Prop a fh. fit?1 f.tne CoUe to dljnify and popularlte l????lMa? w nrn Alt tn Paopla It off." . courses In Agriculture, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mg Eagii. 5SS?f P",trjr' DomM"c 8cience and Art. Com. 1 -PREJUDICE against ' SPECTACLES, Many people are' prejudiced against wearing spectacles'., be cause of some foolish notion or hearsay. . . , Spectacles ane essential to the relief of eye troubles and ooth lng will take helr place. If there is trouble with your eyes the sensible thing to do' Is to consult an eye specialist. I am a specialist ln the treat ment of eye troubles, and in vite investigation as to my , SUPERIOR EQUIPMENT, and ability to relieve all eye troubles., You may save your self much - discomfort by con sulting me at once. I grind all my glasses. HE A COCK! t Eye Sight Specialist i The Home Looks More Cheerful ;. When Papered and Decorated by NUTTER NEW STOCK JUST BECEITED rnone Bed 971next door to Observer offipe. I""' "mm mini miiiiiiiift f ; FIFTIETH ANNUAL OREGON STATE FAIR . ; Salem, September n-ie, mi. ' HOME COMIlfR WV.v.v. 1 ; IITEST6CK, rOCLTKY ASD A6KICIXTCRAL EXHIBITS, RACES - :;, :y ',,FEEE attkactioxs akd amusemehts.-' V i Tj ! 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