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PAGE 4 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. FltlDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1911. i ' THF nRCPDVRD Rand said in Portland recently BRUCE DENNIS Ettor and Owner. JBalercd nt the nostoffiee at La Grande aa second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION BITES fly, single copy Bally, per week, , BaOy, er month 15t 5e 11911 OCTOBER Sill f SlMlTlWj T FTS" 1 12 131415 16T7" 8 90 11 12 13 14 15161718192021 22 2324 22627 M QlinlQll I I I I A SHERIFF 0. PARDONS. Host people In Eastern Oregon, know Ed. Rand, sheriff of Baker county, and know be is a tireless worker In his ..., . . Tine. His knowledge of crlmnlals Is extensive, having been sheriff at the "gateway" county to Oregon. There fore his opinion on Governor West' pardoning of prisoners is worthy of consideration. Here is what Sheriff Lawbreakers from all parts of the United States will flock to Oregon," said Sheriff Rand, "as they figure that they haw? better opportunities for their work here than in any other state. The criminal in Oregon has an advantage that he carfnot get any place else and that there is the greatest probability that he will be pardoned, or that at least executive clniencr will be extended to him. "The lawbreakers here consider three things: First, after committing a crime they have & chance to make a giH-away and escape the penalty; 'sec ond, they have a crack at the courts and may be able to beat it out there and gain their freedom; third, If they are caught and convicted they can go to the governor and seek a pardon or parol9 with a good chance of gaining executive clemency. "I do not know of another state where so many criminals have been turned loose as In Oregon since Gov ernor West began his policy of prison reform. Of late I have been spending criminals from Baker county to thv? Btate penitentiary, and Ir do not see where the number of transgressors is going to be lessened. In my part of the state the fellows are willing to (Continued from Page One.) Arcade Theatre I CHANGE OF PROGRAM 4 rwvt imv a a ir c r C STEAM HEATED BUILDING. one department in which strength is an essential it Is in the pitching de partment. Mathewson and Marquard the likely to do the bulk of the pitch ing for the New Yorkers, with several good ones to fall back on, while Combs and . Bender are likely to bra Slack's mainstays in the box. Managers on a Par. Each team has a first class mana ger. McGraw and Mack are both able generals,, and each can be depended upon to get the. best work out of his men. But the issue will be decided mainly by the players themseves, for managerial ability is a less important j Item in & short series. ; Tha Giants have an off-hand aggressive method of playing, while the Athletics are in the habit, of working every man to the limit - Increasing Interest Shown. Probably no series that has ever been played in baseball will attract the attention this one will, and undoubted ly no series, the weather being suit able, will iqual It In attendance. Some thing like 200,000 people will probably take a chance and they are going to ! pay from ?1 to 5 eacn to 8fte the 8er' take a bigger chance than evr now because they believe they can play on the sympathy of the governor if tfiey are convicted. Most of them think they will be put on their honor at out door work, and as this lessens the se verity of the punishment, most of them will take a bigger chance than they would under the old plan. "I think the policy of leniency will make more criminals of the men In the i Btate, as the penalty has kept many men from breaking the laws. But now they figurn that if they are caught and convicted, they will be given easy work and good food with a chance of beating their sentence, so thoy do not lea of games. No more striking evl dence of the wonderful increase In the popularity of the American game can be given than by comparing these fig ures with those of 1884, when less than 5,000 people paid from 25 to 50 ci?nts each to see the Providence team, of the National league and the Metro politans of the American association play for the first world's champion ship. If the attendance is up to expecta- lllMB llio I cciy ig iui uic io, . It extends to .five or six games, will certainly run up close to a third of a million dollars. What a time the Ath- "Th Diving Girl" Blograph. Comedy. A lively comedy. An uncle takes his pretty itlece to , the seashrre. The stunts she does in the water quite unnerve the staid uncie. "The Flam'ne Arrow" Pathe. A western storv. A nv . Uv elrl and a bashful cowboy. Good western picture. "Fates Funny Frolic" S. & A. Comedy. Tnf perversity of Fate furnishes some lively comedy situations In this pi"hue. A bright story well told r,h much to amuse as the picture runs. "$500.00 Reward" Biograi li. Comedy. This picture offers something of a novelty In iletee tive comndies. Mr. Grlce will slug: "Take Me Back to Bab.v-I.nnd." one of the aongs that takes us back to childhood days. TOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME letlcs and Giants will have when this hesitate at taking a big risk. It is! "nanclal melon Is sliced. The placing a temptation before weak men ra8tl recelpta wU1 be dlvltW aB ,fo1' which' some will not be able to resist. loW8: Ten l,er cent of the( tc,U "I do not relieve that It Is fair to !,of a11 the amea wlU g0 t0 the Natlon" ' the people of the state to subject them al commission. 'Sixty per cent of to greater risks at the hands of crlml-. the a1nder from tne flrBt four nals than they have already had. butmes wlU form a po1 for the player8 or me two learns, io ue uiviueu ou ytr this Is what Governor West Is doing. ! House robliTS, holdup men and other criminals will come to Oregon because cent to the winner and 40 per cent to the loser of the contest. Aftor the 10 of the easy time Governor West Is glv- P ent deduction for the commission ing the fellows in the penitentiary. and the 60 per cent which forms the It locks to me Hhi there would i,a,l'y "UU1 lUB "'ol more robberies and cases of personal remainder of th gross receipts will vini.no. thn w h.v. fco hpfr be' divided equally between the two "This thing of having the governor clubs. At the prices fixed for the ser- I turn loose men after the officers have ,es the w,nnIn player8 are pmtty Bure had a hard time catching and convict-1 f makln a rake-cfr of at lea,C $2'00 Inar thpm la srnlni? tn make Rnnio nf I ech. The players cngiDie io snare in me rich prize are. by announcement of the commission, tho following: j New York Murray. Becker, Devore, Merkle. Snodgrasa, Fletcher. Doyle,! Devlin. Mathewson. Wiltse, McGraw j I am not complaining because of Iham. Marquard, Crandall. Ames.; the additional work that the governor's ra wlI8on- rierzog, ur, policy throws upon me and my force Hartley and Fauiette. the offlcers disgusted and they will not try so hard to catch criminals as they say It is no use to work so hard if West is going to turn the men loose again. This Is another Incentive fro men to turn criminals. of men, for we will go ahead and per form our duty the same as always. I Philadelphia Thomas. Strunk, Plank. Oldrlng. Murphy, Mclnnls. Mor- do not know how th people of Baker ! Martin. Lord. Livingston. Lapp. Krause. liansei, uerricn, unuiuuu. county will take it because of the ex tra expense the governor is causing the taxpayers." BOY WANTED Fam-Us-lKlng Cigar Factory. A Strong Modern TT 1 jDanK Efficiently conducted, not only In the Intends of Its stock P L. .. $ II, il,.lii,allaH anil itntrntt a llll .With oflictnlH well known and trusted. In the community. With capital, surplus "1 undivided proflts of 1210,000.000 and total resources of f 1.000,0(M).00. The La (JrBnde Mutlonal Bank offers to Arms, corpora. Uons and Individuals the best banking service, and Its oill cers ask a personal latn lew with those contemplating changing accounts or opening new ones. La Grande NationaljBank LA GRANDE. OREGON. CAPITAL ... $ 100,000.00 SURPLUS RESOURCES Fred J. Holmes, Pres. F. L. Meyers, Cashiet V" 105.000.00 . 1,000,000.00 W. J. Church. VicePfes. Jel,ss'J. C&shier D"avls, Coombs, Collins, Bender, Barry and Baker. The umpires selected to officiate are William J. Klem and William Bren nan, representing the National league, and Thomas J. Connolly and William Dlneen, representing the American league. Francis C. Rtchter and J. G. Taylor Spink are designated as of ficial scorers.. All games will begin at 2 o'clock, and will be attended by the members of the National commission and Us secretary. The official ball of the Na tional league will be used In the games In New York and the American leagues official ball In games In Philadelphia. Administrator's Notice. Notice is hereby given to all whom It may concern that De Llle Green hns been appointed by th county court of Union county, Oregon, admin istrator of the estate of F. M. Ruther ford, deceased. All persons having claims against the estate of said da ceaw?d are required to present them with the proper vouchers within six month from the date hereof to the administrator at the store of L. J. French. No. 206 Depot street. La Grande, Oregon. Dated this October 5 1911. DE L1LE GREBNE. Administrator of the estate of F. M. Rutherford. Deceased. Dly 10-13, 20. 27-11-3. 10 BOY WANTED Fam-Us-KIng Factovr. Cls' ThereV Something Back of iff f . P f; Ill W i. 4s I 1 Trade -Marfe; When a man does a thing he knows is good and oth er folks recognize its good-he likes to sign his name to it. tut Exactly the same rule applies in the manufacturing world. V ' In our suit department for both ladies and men you will find several different trade marks and each one stands for the very best in its particular line. Below are a few of the many different trade marks to be found in different departments of this store.' WOOLTEX Suits, Coats and Skirts for Ladies'. Id 1 I SEIGEL Coats and Suits for Ladies. FINGREE Shoes for Ladies. UTZ & DUNS Shoes for Ladies and Misses. HENDERSON Corsets . . BENJAMIN Clothes for Men. EDUCATOR Shoes for Children. MANHATTAN Shirts for Men. GORDON & FURGUSON Furs. SOCIETY Brand Suits for Young Men. MUNSING Underwear for Ladies and Misses. , STALEY Brand Underwear for Men GORDON $3.00 Hats for Men. STETSON Hats for Men. J. E. TILT Shoes for Men. These and many others equally as good are trade marks that we are proud of. Come in and let us show you why. N. K.. WeSt The Quality Store For f ale by all dealers. Price 50 We pay. cash for any Oregon ses- TIip Sweetest Girl in To rig Is nut as sweet as the honey we nave for sale. Eagle Valley HONEY Gal. Pans fl.iS fomhs Jt' Phone us your orders. Main 70. PROMPT DELIVERY. The Grocery I Phone 70. Stageberg & Sandborg cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. slon laws before 1866. Also want sen- ate Journals 1862 and 1864. Also codes I; ISol, Journal of council, 1851, statutes 1854 and of 1855, and code of civil procedure and general laws 1862, and archives 1843-1849. Write Geo. A. Bateson & Co.. inc. Portland. Oregon. Central Oregon Ba- .1. C. Vorrow, 517 Marie St. Pendle ton, Oregon, says: "For about three months I had backache and If I did any work that required stooping sharp twtuges darted through my loins and over my right kidney. The 'sercetlons trom my kidneys were unnatural and lrregul: r in passage and pained me ii.tennely when being voided. On a frier.d's advice, I used Doan's Kidney Pills and they corrected by trouble. I gladly give this preparation my endorsement." , Is now reached via the Deschutes Branch Ki"' . " Oregon-V ashington R; R. & Navg'n Co. For both passenger and freight traffic to and from Madras, Metplius, Culver, Opal City, Redmond, Bend and other Central Ore gon points. SCHEDULE. Lv. Portland 7:50 a.m. Lv. Portland 10:00 a.m. Lv. The Dalles ......12:40 p.m. Lv. Deschutes Jc 1.30 p.m. Kt, Madras 5:45p.m. Ar. Metolius 6:00 p.m. Ar. Opal City 6:30 p.m. Lv. Opal City.... 8:15 a.m. Lv. Metolius ...........8:43a.m. Lv. Madras. ......... ...9:00a.m. Ar. Deschutes Jc. . . . . . .1:15 p. m Ar. The Dalles ...1:55 p.m. ?Ar. Portland ..........5:45p.m. Auto and regular stage connections to La Pine, Fort Rock. Sliver Lake, Prlnevllle, Burns, Klamath Falls and other inland points THE DIRECT, QUICK AND NATURAL ROUTE BETWEEN PORT LAND AND ALL POINTS IN CENTRAL OREGON. Call on any O.-W. R. & N. Agent for any Information desired, or ad dress ' WM. McMUERAY. General Passenger Agent F0RTLAND, OREGON 4 MR FRESH TAFFIES' Are Excellent, lie Carry Vanilla Strawberry ana molasses SJp J ThlFID! I THE PALACE of SWEETS