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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVED, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1911.
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS
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THE COHMISSIOX FORM PROGRESSING.
It will be good news to the people
of La Grande to know that the com
mittee on commission form of govern
ment appointed by Mayor Blchardson
some time ago 13 now meeting twice
each week and that a charter is In pro
p-ess of construction which when fin
ished will meet the needs of this city
juid place it on a thorough busluess
' with responsibility firmly clinch
ed la each instance where It belongs. Had come only to And 'notnin' aoiu'
tor secretary of state? And by the
way, he la not a slow runner, besides
being a capable man. The advent of
Fields In the state political drama may
cause a shifting of scenes. Eh? ,Ben
and Oewald?
After all. It is pretty hard to best a
Grande Ronde turkey for a Thanks
giving dinner. The New England bird
piles Into significance compared with
the home grown product.
dustrial crimes committed every day
under their noses, thankful to kno
that a social revolution la nigh
hand.
Respectfully,
OUT OP WORK.
DC
3CH30CZZ3C
T111S DATE IN HISTORY.
Governor Olcott seems to have no'jgi
trouble In doing- the gub.tria-vi.il
courtesy in the absence of Mr. West.
"OUT OF WORK" TALKS.
December 1.
1321 Pope LeoX. Jean de Medici, died
In Rome. Born in Florence on '
Dec. 11, 1475. . i
The Grand Remonstrance, drawn'
up by the house of commons, pre '
sented to Charles I.
1775 Generals Arnold and Montgom-
' ery united their" forces on the
St. Lawrence.
Ronde Valley House, Nov. 30th. 1818 Commodore Joshua Barney, dls
Sir: For the blessings and privileges tinguished American naval offl-
we enjoy our hearts should burst forth v cer, died. Born July. 6, 1759.
into the blossom of thankfulness. In,g25 Nicholas I succeeded to the
the foregoing sentence Is expressed the ; : throne of Russia,
sentiment of my soul thiB morning. To 1841 Colossal statue of Washington
be ungrateful is a crime. Yet I have placed in the capitol at Wash,
no employment, no money, nor pros-; ; ington. '
peet of getting either, so while I am ise3 IGen. Longstreet's army retreat
justly thankful for what I do enjo, ed Into Virginia after the attack
who and what shall I denounce for , ' on Knoxvllle.
the helpless conditions I and millions 1865 Habeas corpus act restored in
more of workers In the world find our- j tne northern states, .
Belves today? Brief as possible, I will i860 The" monopoly of government
go over the last ten months, which in- ! exercised by the . Hudson Bay
eludes all the seasons best for ac- company In the northwest was!
cumulating money. I took a ticket transferred to the Dominion of
from another state to Dunsrauir, north '. Canada. , '
California where newspapers had said , 1890 William Dudley Foulke elected
work was abundant In the lumber j president of Swarthmore college
camps there, It was a He! Weather 1895 A bronze group of Washington
Is fierce! , Men from far off Wisconsin j and Lafayette unveiled In Paris
having teen told the same tale there, 1910 Porflrio Diaz was inaugurated
To this work Is being given the time
..jnd attention of 11 of the best citi
zens of the town. They are gather
ing data from all' cities now under
.commission government besides trac
ing up precedents In foreign coun
tries. As near as we can learn the
proposed plan for La Grande Is very
similar tf municipal government in
Germany where It is made a profes
sion and ttudled with the same cave
and tau.'on In colleges that civil engi
neering is studied in this country.
The admirers of T. R. will now have
a chance to hold their breath until he
replies to the banker who openly
charges the ex-president with a rail
: road deal during his term of office.
How the Idols do fall, which goes to
how perfection has not ye; been
reached In the human character.
and their money gone! Dread misery,
the howling winter winds and snow
away from friends, no home or food!
They were worse off than I, who had
a little money with which I went to
Mtedford, Oregon, where business was
preuiueuc 01 i-j
term. .
"THIS IS MI 67TH BIRTHDAY."
Do Your Xmas Shopping Now
and save the inconvenience of
shopping during the last few
days when the store is sure to
be crowded with many who have
put off making their selections
until the last minute.
Give Something Useful
It is not always the costly gift that pleases, but the
, Useful Gift is Always Appreciated 1
What's this story In the presn about
Queen Alexandra.
Oueen Alexandra, widow of Kins
said to be booming. On arriving there Edwar(, vm an1 motner of lhe pres
I saw men driven out of town lnent BrlUsh ruler waB born )n Copen.
droves of 30 tS 50 every few days by h&geQ December 1. 1844. the eldest of
the city authorities. The newspapers. the three daugnter8 0f the late King
there named them hoboes. According- j Cnrl8tian IX. of Denmark. One of her
ly I bought a ticket to Portland and Blster8 ,a tne dowager empress of Rub
there found thousands of men skilled A , fW , tho rwh of
In every branch of human endeavor 'Cumberland. The present king of Den
unemployed, walking about the streets .k ,8 ner brotner M Js ai80 Kin!
despair written upon their faces. My. George of Qreece The marrlage o..
money now finished,,, I walked clear PrlncesB Alexandra and the Prince of'
through to Hood River, (the next mlr: j Wale8( wh0 later became King Edward,
BC,, WurB men wb.o wa.ueu iu ick v tQok place ,Q K,ng George'8 chap
strawberries. It was another con-. , nd-,. March 10. 1863. Of the
ifiujmuie rrauu, yei scores or nope
less men 'fell for It.' I got a week's
work in the woods, then there occur-
queen's six children three sons and
three daughters four are living. The
eldest son, Prince Albert Victor, died:
In 1892, while the third son, Prince
red a breakdown fa thins- common so
Field, of Multnomah entering the race! as to permtl men to eat "up their sav-1 J ZnZ
i mgs to me muiuai prom ot hoarding lnrancy xhe Becond 80n te King Geo.
uUUB r uuu rmp.uyer, as money y The edeBt of tne queen'B daugh
Is not then wanted to pay men). .N ttrm PplnBB mnrrted the Duke
hrcade
Theatre
"Child Crusoes" at Is like
turning the pages of a book ot
Adventures and seeing the plc-
jtnres of all the wonderful peo
ple and happenings come to life
TITAGRAPH.
"John Oakhurst, Gambler" A
faithful study of an old western
type. .8ELIG."
I "A Cure for Crime." A lively
comedy with Interesting Illus
trations In mental suggestions
EDISON.
. Mr. Williams, In pictured mel
ody, TLL CO WITH YOU TO THE
END OF THE WORLD AND
rHEN TO THE WORLD BE.
TOID"
COMING DECEMBER) AND 7
FOOL PLAY" An Edison mas-"
tcrpfece. Throe reels. (Cbiis.
ReaeVi famous book.)
work for a long time ahead, therefore
I came to La Grande,, got work on a
farm, working 11 and 12 hours a day!
Think of It! ! And thousands of men
could not get a chance to work, there
fore those who did must enslave them
selves to retain the means of exist
ence, and for Buch little money that
now the work Is done, the harvest end
ed and safely stored away, the worker
must beg! steal!! or starve!! In order
to live while the owner faction gathers
Into his church to sing "Te Deums" to
bis God (his money god). Shall I,
while thankful for whatever enriches
and ennobles my life, shall I not de
nounce the system and its supporters
that allow such conditions to exist?
Shall I curse the people who oppose
me if getting a gun, using my gifts of
a clear eye and steady norve I go to
taking by force the wealth they by
cunning have stolen from me? So
ciety makes its own criminals and in
proportion to the number of crimes
committed precisely the social op p res
slon will In almost every case echo 1U
cause. I am thankful to know people
everywhere are waking up to the in
y
We were never better prepared for Xmas than we are to
day. Every department offers "suggestions in acceptable
gifts for the whole family.
Watch our windows and our Ads,
THE STORE OF USEFULl&FTS
DC
A Ginsrout Actor.
1 remember when Toole was playing
, of Fife. The second daughter, Princess; excppUon9v nP enpement with
BUYING A TURNER.
What Makes a Strong Bank?
L AMPLE KES0nSCE-Our resources are $1.100.eM, '
ompoeed of well secured leans and oash. ,
S. AMPLE CASH RESERVES Our cash reserve are
usually 26 to SO per cent of our Immediate liabilities (de
posits subject to check., and always more than 15 per
seat of our total liabilities, the amount required by law.
S. ADEQCATB CAPITAL. Our capita! Is $100,020.00.
aad our surplus, which la profits earned and retained as
additional capital. 1a IIW.OOO 00.
L CAPABLE MANAGEMENT - liver since Its organiza
tion 25 years ago, this bank has been under careful mil
agement. Its officers and dli'erri re ran who have
achieved success in the banking run other lines of bust
Bess. The fact that we have safely weathered every flu
awlnl storm during our career, and are today greater and
stronger than ever Is evidence of good management.
If you are not already a depositor or Srltenf of thi
strona and successful bank, become one nw. If yov are.
toll your friends about us. . '
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE. OREGON.
CAPITAL . . . . $ 100.COO.CO
SURPLUS
RESOURCES
Fred J. Hoia6, JVas,
F. L. Meyers, OmJimi
105.000.00
. 1,100,000.00
Victoria, Is unmarried. The third
daughter. Princess Maud, married
Prince Charles of Denmark who later
wub elected king of Norway.
Teachers Miect In Boston.
Boston, Mass., Dec. 1. A large and
representative attendance marked the
67th annual meeting of the Massachu
setts Teachers' association, which held
Its sessions in Huntington hall In this
city today. Among the prominent edu
cators who ad('essed the meeting were
President John H. Flnley of the Col
lege of the City of New York, Dr. C
Zueblln of Boston, President John M
Thomas of Middlebury college, and C.
A. ProsBer, deputy commissioner ot
education of Massachusetts. .
ns that he mild laiiRhtiiKly: "Oh. by
the way. Calveri, If. my wife comes
down next week don't sny auythlns
about the big receipts. You see. I've
a lot of nephews and nieces, and they
all expect tips from Uncle Johnnie.
Last year they bad over 400 from me,
How One of the Painter's Favorites
Cam to America.
In Henry Stevens' "Recollections of
Mr. Lenox" Is given bis version of the
purchase of a Turner by this gentle
man "about 1847." without any title or
description of the picture, but which Is
apparently the "Staffa, Fingal's Cave.'
and my wife thinks 1 rather overdo ' stated in the catalogue to have been
If "Sixty-eight Years ou the Stage," "bought from the artist for Mr. Lenox
by Mrs. Charles Calvert i by Mr. Leslie in August, 1S45."
CL R. Leslie had been Instrumental
In securing for the New York collector
a number of paintings, and on this oc-
IrrttiitiM. lmn.,!. casion received from him a slcht draft
MI keep myself to myself confided on Brlnfcrs for 800. "requesting him
an old resident "You modern young i t0 be 80 "s to purchase of his
. Ex Ambassador Dead. ,
Troy, N. Y., Dec. 1. Charlea Francis
late ambassador to Austria-Hungary
aged C8, died at his home here today.
KITCHENER STORIES.
Caustle Rotorts of tho Taciturn British
Official.
There are some stories, new and old.
of Lord Kitchener told lnNash Mag
azine by Sydney Brooks. "Sunstroke?
What the devil does be mean 'toy hav
ing sunstroke r is given as the classic
Instance of his attitude toward the
wenker vessels. A favorite captain of
til wu once Intrusted with an Impor
tant commission. There was a delay
in executing It tbroujrh his horse cast
ing a nuoe. "Very norry." was Kite a
euer's -uninient. "but 1 cannot rest my'
plun of campaign on u horse's shoe or
an officer's carelessness." He has a
prim, laconle. humor. "Keep the gun."
he Is xnld to have wired to the war of
fice authorities, who were pressing a
certain weapon upon him. "1 can
throw stones myself."
To an officer who kept on reporting
that as a result of bis various brushes
with the enemy "several Boers were
seen to fall from their saddles" Lord
Ixltchener sent the polite Inc.nlry. "1
hop when they fell they did not hurt
themselves." "
II goes Instantly to the essential.
"Sorry to report loss of Ave men
through explosion of dynamite," was
the gist of a telegram from the front
rut Into his hands one day. . "Do yon
went any more dynamite?" war fcte
Immediate answer. Men do the impos
sible at a word from him. "Twelve
hfur In which o carry thl dtsprrM
ou muBt do It in six." Abu ice oSkf '
who bid Mked for the twelve hourw ;'
Aid It la flvs.
men are too mucb on the 'hall fellow
well met' order. 1 boast of the fact
that 1 did not speak to my next door
neighbor for ten years."
"How did you come to speak to blm
even then, sir?" we asked. "It must
hnve eeu nn extraordinary occasion.'"
"It was. The young Juckanapes
bought a new automobile."
''And you n-nuted u ride?"
"Sir: I urn uo grafter, nor would I
ride In tine of the thlnrx for any con
sideration. No. sir. But the machine
wnn new to him. and I couldn't resist
the temptitloti to go ovr and give him
some advice about running it."-Bo
ton Traveler
Force of Habit.
The professional humorist fonnd
himself In un open field with a mad
bull at his bees. ne was running for
(be fence.
"Shall 1 make it?" he asked himself.
Then a thought occurred fo him.
"1 guess it's about a tossup." be
mattered.
As he paused to make a note oa his
cuff the Inevitable happened. New
York Times.
Wanted Soma Praise Too.
Tourist (to hi landladyi-How love
ly It Is here the green trees to the
alley through which the stream glis
tens; In the background the mountains
and over all the blue sky Landlady
H'm. but you don't say anvthiue
about the veal pie and the coffee I
made yon. Fllegende Blatter.
friend, Mr. Turner, the best picture, by
uim ne couia get ror the money." Tur
ner's "grumpy reply" was to the effect
that be had no pictures to sell to Amer
cans, that his works were hot adapted
to their commercial and money grub
bing tastes and that Leslie had better
go elsewhere.
On jjjght of the draft however, he
became somewhat mollified, finally
"turned around a small picture stand
lnj on the floor against the wall and
wild: There, let Mr Leuox bave that.
It Is one of my favorites. He is a gen
tleni;Mi. and I retract Will that suit
you. X.rr. Leslie?'"
Mr. Lenox was at first sight not fam,,y to consent to the proposed ar
much pleased wfth his purchase, and "ngement 's said to have angered"
Murder Trial Commences Soon. (
Rockville, Md., Dec. i. After repeat
ed delay and postponements, it row
appears certain that the trial of Rich
ard W. Allnutt, accused of murde, will
be taken up In the Rocgvllle county
district court here early next week:
Numerous features In connection with
the case combine to give promise of
one of the most notable murder trials
that has taken place in this secVoa
for many years,
The crime with which Ailnuutt fc
charged Is the murder of his aistef,
who was slain at her mother's hoaie
near Dawsonville, this county, on th6
14th of last March. Several monthi
before the tragedy Allnutt had mar
ried and after his marriage had board
ed at the home of his brother, Li
rence Allnutt, at DawsoifVllle.
Richard Allnutt was desirous of tak
ing his wife to his mother's home w
live, but there had been objection, oa
the part of members of the family, and"
Allnutt went to his old home on ths
morning of the alleged murder to ta.k
the matter over. The refusal of his
so notified Leslie, but he soon wrote
wsiie to burn bis first letter:" "I have
now looked Into my Turner, and it Is
aM that I could desire. --Scrlbner's
mogaxine.
lalaata Jary Disagrees.
uuama, Waah., Dee. 1. After being
out since Thursday night the fury try
fag President Phillips ot the defunct
commercial Bank of Vancouver, Wasn,
was today discharged because It dis
agreed, a retrial date will be set
soon.
The less henrt a man nnts Into
tnk the more Inhor It requires.-Amivi.
Prepare te Bombard Salonika.
Constantinople Dec. 1. Italian war
ships are preparing to bombard the
l ily of Salonika today. The peoplo are Insane at the time he is alleged to hart
uiuruert-a nig siswr.
Allnutt, who is alleged to have grab
bed the handle of a pitchfork and vi
ciously attacked his slater; Mrs. Velrs;
his aged mother, and the- latter's ol
friend and companion. Miss Jane Raw
lings. Mrs. Velrs' skull was crushed'
and she died a few hours after tk
attack. Mrs. Allnutt and Miss Rowlings
recovered, though for a.tlme their con
dition was critical.
During the long period of his con
finement in Jail awaiting trial the wits
and aged mother of Allnutt have been
steadfast In their loyalty to him. Tnreo
noted criminal lawyers, "W. Outer
bridge Spates of Rockville, Arthur Pet
er of Washington and Marshall McCor-,
mlck of Berryvllle, Va., have been en
gaged for the defense. Several emi
nent alienists will be put on the stand
In an effort to prove that Allnutt wsi
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