LA GRANDE E VENING OUSfcttV Ktt. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1911. 4 0 V f THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNIS . EcJtor ana Owner. ZiXttti at the postofllce at La Grande as second-class matter. . SUBSCRIPTION BITES CaTly, single eopy e &3yf per week, .............. lit rsUj, per month 5e UiU-!r"Tw I t I fTs" 12I34567 0.9.1011121314 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 ?22g24256!2728 LU5D CLAIMS HE IS INJURED. In a letter received , from Charles W. . Lund, father of Roy . Lund . who was a witness for the plaintiff In the titter words his contempt for the wit nesses who testified In a -way which be says reflected upon his good name as a citizen. He says he bore a good name in Washington, as also did his on, who was a good boy until he got to running with bad company In Union county. .. ., . . . ; . ,. Mr. Lund takes exception to the news report of the trial In the Ob server which was printed merely as' It occurred In circuit court without j eoior and witnout prejudice for , the have a much better time and are fur Observer knows nothing about Mr. ntshed amusements that under the Rrcade ts j If, 'heatte i f ! t "The Battle of the Republic' li Vltagraph. Drama. This pat ft riotic and historical picture portrays the writing of the t&- Ji E,noris oe.'ng ma oy me iram mons national tivmn hv .Tniin m i nien to have the Interstate commerce Ward Howe and is a magnifl- U i rent unit BiahnmtA ynnnfinn If i or scenic snlendor. i I The' Unfinished Letter" Edison. Comls. A very pleas- ii' n fng story with lively. situations. Ui ... ... .... ..Mr . t -Tn Mission wau" MellGH If I tl . f ... . ' . . . f a Mji aula. . j nn luai. mieiir. iiii'v i. w rure we nave naa m a ions: i I tlms and it is a .mod nno B. U I bored sine- childhood in rBi. U t fnrn 1ft Tnlsslnn. map thn nna 19 ' Ai d t a l . i . . . j in iovb wun a Danait wno naa 11 sought refuse within the mis H slon walls. 'The story ends with 2 "Money ; to Burn" Edison. Comedy. The title of this pic- i ture explains It. .,! s lively t . from besrlnnlnr .to end...? :" 4f "I'm Just Pinlu' For You.' il - ' it IP IT IS GOOD TOU WILL- SEE i) IT AT THE AttIC A DE it A Strong Modern .'' - .. ;--' '; , .; , Efficiently conducted, not only In the Interests of Its stock .holders, but of Its depositors and patrons as well) .With officials well known and trusted In the community. With capital, Burp'os and undivided profits of $210,000,000 and total resources of (1,000,000.00. ' The La Grande Rational Bank offers to Arms, corpora tions and Individuals the best banking service, and Its offi cers ask a personal Interview . with those contemplating changing accounts or opening new ones. La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, CAPITAL . . . SURPLUS ; ' RESOURCES Fred J. Holmes, Pres. F, L. Meyert, Cashiei Lund or his son other than what was made a matter' of record testimony in the courts of Union county. As for the witnesses testifying falsely against the Lunds that is wholly an affair of which this paper has no In terest In whatsoever. In the letter the Observer is charged with favor ing defendants whkh.ls a mistake for this paper prides itself in never tak ing a side in a trial while the same Is in progress no matter how seeming ly appropriate it might be at times to give an opinion. On the other hand the readers of the Observer are only given a news story of the trials as they .actually occur. BENEFIT ILIA 1311 IV AS TOTAL RECEIPTS OF SHOPMEN'S SOCIAL EVENT, Strikers Issue Their Daily Report of Progress ef Events. ' -TLi iv.ui I oaueti tou ay oy me fed eration men follows: " - ' - The public surely is in sympathy with the battle between labor and cap ital in La Grande for receipts from the benefit ball on the night of the 17th amounted to 1341. : Besides' this the event was a social success and many guests expressed their desire that the boys win what they are strik ing for. . According to reports the strike- breakers now employed in the shops former system did not exist. Refresh ments are served occasionally. Labor Temple, Portland., Ore.,' Oct. 17," 1911. To all shop crafts on Har- nman lines, in yregon ana waaamg- ton: V .;,'.:,. and seventeen men are out here and are standing with the exception of one . man who went hack tn worV. fine trainman was killed on ''this division - " r-- rwA -r--- iXct. 12th, due to defective grab iron. ,00K mw tne mR"r of , trams run "'"g over the road carrying cars with " vow - van. near xne engmes pounamg three m,1?s way- Passenger engines r - nmlnir t h rnn o-Vi nrlth rrt T 'JK vxaiid rY a v o ,tJ 'WU"VJ" of steam. The scab from thn Santa Pn milt lifira tnrlnv v - From the Oregon Journal. Oct. 16. Realizing, they say, that because of the railroad str ke little wvom ni coal is coming In, the Pacific Coast Coal company has secured the British steamer Strathearn to bring a cargo to this port from Newcastle, Aus. The Strathearn sailed from the Australian port Oct. 3rd with a cargo of 6,000 tons of Richmond coal, and will come direct to Portland. This la the only steamer, cargo en .route to this port so far thla'year..:-f' ""V ' Brooklyn and AJbJna One scab got hurt on lathe this morning. One scab boilermaker is a deserter, from the United tSates navy and was arrested OREGON. " $ 100,000.00 . . 105,000.00 . . l.ooo.ooo.oo : W. J. Church, Vice Free. Earl Zundel.ss'.. Cashier is i mi jiinn a i I DIE SUCCESS yesterday. The Owl train from Seat tle was four hours lat yesterday. There or 900 bad order cars in Port land now. A machine In the Albina shops worth 7,000 was put out of commission by the "scabs the other day. Three machines were broken In the Brooklyn shops last week by acabs. No car Inspectors in Albina, Brooklyn or East Portland yards. None of the trains are being inspect ed. The N. .P. T. company is begging the strikers to come back to work, nothing doing. The Inman Poulson lumber company has shut down on ac count of being unable to get cars. ! Engineers report all .engines on the "bum." All passenger engines on the O. W. R. & N. are out of commission, and they are using the heavy freight engines on the passenger trains. Roseburg Lewis Morgan, the scab German who was arrested here Satur day went north to Eugene (Lane coun ty) handcuffed with sheriff to answer to depredations committed last Ap ril. ". He is an old hand at scabbing, being a .scab during the teamsters strike in Portland. , 225 arrived at 9:15 p; m., engine 2331, packing blow ing bad and engine 2539 leaking bad. No. 221 arrived six hours late with three engines 2829, 2575 and 2545 all leaking bad. Train 16, engine 2351. arrived at 12:20, one hour and 20 minutes late. Train 14 arrived at 1.20 with 'two engines Nos. 2426 and 2345 leaking badly. ' She was one hour and 20 minutes late. AC ompromise B ELMER WENTWORTH Copyright by American Pres Aaso- clatlou. 1SU. Bob Uruckett, a lone buthelor. ueeded some articles with wliicb to decorate his rora. He inquir ed of a lady friend where such thing were to be had. and sue recommended the Woman's Ex change. Bob went there and made bis purchases. v , The same evening on returning from buHluesa be found tlem all In bis room, "OpeiiiiiK the put kage. be put a bureau' wnrf In lt!.t)iac . u centerpiece ou IiIh table under bl reudiug lump and a wen led uiiiuilotr cnxe on bin dresser. Then be sut dowu Id his easy chair and surveyed the tweue. "By Jove." be exdulmed. "oue would think a womun bud done It hli: . What a feminine iippeit ranee the room has! There's everything a wo man would provide that Is, every thing except pttlowKlmms Pillow shams I'll never have. They're well named. They're a slum Indeed-put-on In the morning to look pretty, taken off at night, folded up and laid where they won't be stepped nu. Of all the confounded feminine nonsense 1 ever heard of plllowsbums are the worst If ever I'm married there's one thing my wife simll never Indulge In or force me to Indulge In pillow .linms. Con found them! , : Bob went to bed leaving a Are burn Ing in the grate that ll'umlnated his room and lay awake enji ylng bis new ly acquired decorations. . , "1 can almost fancy myself mar ried" he said. '"and a nice little girl keeping bouse In this vry room with me.' It's one of avsulf, and 1 coma bare the whole. Just think of com ing home for. dinner instead of stop ping nt a cheap restaurant, finding wifey at the door rendyto throw her arms around my neck: dinner ready: with my arm around her waist we go into the diulng room and while we eat talk over what bas passed during the flay. " . .' "Dinner finished, we go Into the liv ing room. I light a cigar, we read and chat, and so spend the evening. "Good cmclnns!" be esclnlnied. Tve forgot leu lo put a handkerchief In uu nightshirt ptM-ket." tie' got out if bel and went to the bureau where he bad left bis mouchotr case nnd felt for a handkerchief. The size he used at night was on the bot torn of the pile, and with It he pulled ut a slip of paper, which floated to the floor. Picking It up, he took It to the fireplace and saw. by tbe light something written ou It in a feminine hand. It read: If my work falls Into the hands of a bachelor this Is to Inform him that single MmaeoneM and making my living st suclt work this don't suit m. Man-lag I ths natural lot of both snxos. and 1 don't see why a woman ahouidn't seek a huaband aa well aa a man seek a wife. 1 am twenty years old, have a pliable dis position - and believe that the huaband should lead, having tola own way In every thing. Mlaa Wllllamaon of the Woman's Exchange has my addra. I have author ised her to rlvt It to any rentlemanllk young man who calls for It. "Well, now. I like that." exclaimed Bob. "What a lot of practical sense in It! And she'll let ber busband have his own way about everything! Splen did! If fate throws us together there's one thing ttre'll be no trouble about G rami Display m aiie m FOR TEN Here is your opportunity to select a collar j piece, muff or fur set in the newest approved styles and in any price or quslity you wish. Jlist Received from New York a large consignment of Natural Mink. Jap Mink. Black Fox, Silver Fox, Lynx, Cooney. Sable Fox and White Fox. ' An Elegant Line of Childrens bets SEE THEM TODAY IN OUR WINDOWS AND ON ' DISPLAY IN OUR STORE. Rememkr This New Line of Party and Evening Dresses Just Received the plllowshams. '. She can have her own way about everything else." Bob went, to sleep dreaming or how the place'would look If something cam. of this slip of paper and the ver. next day went ngnln to the Woman'r Exchange for a feminine article wtth a soul, a body, and a living body at that. , '. - ' ,:, , ' , : Three months from ,thnt date Bob Bracken and Louise Ha r wood, a very lovely glrl-at least Bob thought she was were married and went to live in his room rill tbe other rooms in tbe suit became vacant and they could rent tbe whole. After a short wed ding trip they returned to tbe apart ment. and the bride, began to, survey It with a critical eye. . "Wouldn't .vou . think." asked Bob. 'that a woman bud fixed It upT "Well. yes. so fai as It goes." , ."WUsit's wanting?' "Well, some curtains to tbe win flows for oue thing." ; . 7 . , "That's so. I never thought of them. What olsei" "Those pillows should be covered." "With what?". "Shams" ' ; j1 "liiisc." suld the husband, squaring nlmseif. ,"f there's any one thing I always detested it's nollowsbams. No plllowshams for me. thank you." "But you wouldn't have the pillows perfectly bHre. would you?" "Put on cHes f tbe finest brussels lace If yon like, but wheu you get "em on keep 'em. on. : I dou't propose to take a sbani off my pillow every night. fold It np and put It somewhere." "I'll do all that" "Nohoily'll do . It. I've sworn no shams shall be on my bed." , After six months squabbling over the plllowshiims and a : frequent re- J minder to the wife that he should have his oxrn way In everything he proposed s compromise. He was pro ceeding.to propose some kind of a pillowcase thai would look' well, hut Would not be injured by being used to lay ..one's head on. But before he could do so his wife Interrupted him saying: ' "All right We'll compromise." "Welir.snld the bnslwnd Inquiring y.v :':. ''.; ' : "We'll tsimpromlse on plllowsbnms." There w:w n pnuse. after whiib the husband remarki-d. "I give It up" Are Excellent. aimwoerry ana molasses THE PALACE of SWEETS 3C tn Fers ONLY rate l M . DAYS Exceptional Offering is A FREAK OF NATURE. FELT HISPRESENCE. . Curious Instance of Telepathy De Trie Curious Vegetable Caterpillar of scribed by John, Muir. , ' New Zealand. ' ' .loun Muir. iu bis book. "My i'lrst Among the many strnnge growths. Kumuier In the Sierras." relates a cu apparently freaks of outuiV. which are Hons Instance of telepathy. He spent to be found In New Zealuud the vege- the summer of 18U9 in the beautiful table caterpillar readily ranks among wilderness around the Yosemlte valley, the foremost This caterpillar Is sev- One day he was busily sketching on eral Inches in length, is hairless Hod the North Dome, when suddenly be does not differ essentially In appear- became possessed with the notlou that ance from some of tbe caterpillars of his friend Professor .1. D. Butler of our own" land. the University of Wiscousin was be lts, claim to distinction lies In the low him In the valley. - He Jumped up. fact that when it gets ready to die it full of the idea of meeting blm. being digs a hole for itself In the enrth and completely buries itself. Iter a slen der green shoot Springs from the spot This bears two or more leaves near Its top.--. .-: i Upon Investigation It is found that the green shoot springs from the head of the dead caterpillar. vand further In vestlgatjon develops the fact that the body of the caterpillar Is filled with roots. ' The form Is retained without change, and the roots do not pierce through the skin or enter the ground. When dug np this dead yet living freak pre sents a most odd appearnnee. for the hend and even the eyes of the cater pillar are distinctly seen, yet from the hend is growing the green sprout with Its leaves. "A Chftd Shall Lead Them." It was In Boston , . They were having a "difference."' "After careful cogitation." said he. "I am firmly convinced that 1 dis played a deplorable lack of discern ment In choosing yon as tbe partner of my Joys nnd sorrows." "You are correct" said she. "and I am sure that I must bave been suf fering nnder a mental aberration to have given an affirmative answer to your Impassioned pleading." , "I bave realized." eald Bartholomew, the four-year-old progeny, as be step ped from the nursery "I have re alized for several years that my pa rental affiliations were nncongenlnl, I might almost say distasteful. But I have deemed It my duty to continue os the tie that binds.' Now I must In sist thnt unless you show to each otbei the courtesies due my Immediate an cestors I Rhall be forced to repudiate my relationship." They embraced. Again a little child "-sd won. Brooklyn Llfa. He Carry Vanilla . ("a '4 m : PI ' 27SS for 10 Days Only almost as tnucb startled as if some one ha'd unexpectedly touched him and made him look up. Instantly be went running down the slope nnd along the brinn of the valley, looking for, a way to the bottom, feeling drawn irreslsti bly. .;. .X. . Gradually- bis common sense con vlnced him that be could not possibly reach the hotel until after everybody would be asleep for the night. He therefore compelled himself to stop, but the next day he went Into the valley nnd found that Professor But ler had arrived the evening before, unexpected by anybody. He bad been four or five miles distant at the mo ment when Mr. Muir was so suddenly apprised of his presence. "He bad Just ente'red the valley by way of tbe Coultervllle trail." 'says tbe author, "and was coming past El Capitan when bis presence struck me. Cad be then looked toward the North Dome with a good glass he might have seen me Jump up from my work and ran toward him. This seems the one well defined marvel of my life of the kind called supernatural." Of Course. - In the bankruptcy court I once heard a witness asked tbe amount of his gross Income. "Me gross Income is It? Sure an' I'd have ye know that I bave 00 gross income. I'm a Usher man. an' me Income Is all net." was the astonishing reply.-Ureen Bag. '. A Queer Customer. Y. ."Mandy." said tbe village tailor to his wife. "I'm going, to give Sam Bil lings a suit dr clothes for a pig." "My goodness, pa par exclaimed his little -daughter. "What does a pig want with a salt of clothe. r'Kow tTork Times TAFFIES SEEDERS