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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1911)
THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNIS - Editor and Owner. gafand at the postofflc at La Grande an second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. Dally,, singly copy 5c Bally, per week 16e BaRr. ver month 65c ii 1 1 i THE FLKS MIXSTKKLS. ; Henceforth let the such ordinary blackfaces us Lew Dockstadter and the Primrose people go. merrily on their way for Miller and Draper have demonstrated that La Grande has tal ent In the black face art which puts most' of the "prof esh" over the ropes. Talent that was latent experienced a thorough revival last evening when! the curtain rose on the Elks min strels. It was a show worthy of edl torial mention, else it would not be receiving it and the general public who patronized it will agree with the .Observer that the performance ws first class and snappy throughout. - Mr. Wilier and Mr. Draper, who, by the way, hail from the Sunflower State the land : of old John Brown aro (first class not only as actors but In handling people and getting excellent results from the man who not realize be can act. Besides this they are genuine Elks, excellent gentlemen and I belong to the higher class of stage feopje who appreciate the art Jn the Fof t?n years they Jiave fol lowed th!s profession and they have graduated in it, taking the post gradu ate course. Every Elk on the coast pow Mr, Miller and Mr. Draper and tliejshpw going public are equally fa miliar with them.- When tbey dnclde to come this way again they will ex perience the outstretched hand and a heartfelt "Glad to to see you." 1 " BIOLOGY AND WAR. ' ". The world Is familiar with all the Standard arguments against war Its brutality, Its waste, Us cost in human Uvea and lh prbperty. Peace advo cates have let no thinking, , reading man or woman escape conviction up on these points. '"'.' . There Is another aspect of the mat ter with which the public is probably lee conversant. It might be termed the biological argument against war. Every serious clash of arms means a definite deterioration in the human Arcade Theatre FOUR KEELS FOUR Kt'ljiiig on Quality of pictures. A WESTERN REDEMPTION" . S. & A "THE OUTSKIRTS OF PARIS" . an Interesting travalogue. A VOICELESS MESSAGE" .' ".i,,,".,. Vltngraph THE LOST FREIGHT CAR" . .:. . ; . , .- ; Kalom - JIMMIE'S UXCLE" .Gaumont A rich and truly delightful comedy, with little Jtinmie. It Is a picture to please everybody. NOTE The greatest song hit of the season "I Would Like to Live In Lovelund With a Girl like You." FOUR REELS , FOUR THE LOXG SHOW. TOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME What Makes a Strong Bank? 1. AMPLE RESOURCES Our resources are Jl.100,000, eomposed of well secured loans and cash. 8. AMPLE CASH RESERVES Our cash reserves are usually 26 to 30 per cent of our Immediate liabilities (de poelts subject to check., and always more than 15 per cent of our total liabilities, the amount required by law. 8. ADEQUATE CAPITAL. Our capital Is $100.0fl0.0, and our surplus, which Is profits earned and retained as ' additional capital. Is $105,000.00. ' 4. CAPABLE MANAGEMENT Ever Bince Its organiza tion 25 years ago, this bank hns been under careful man agement. Its oftlcors and directors aro men who have achieved success In the banking and other lines of busi ness. The fact that we have safoly weathered every fin ancial 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 client of this strong and successful bank, become one now. If you are, tell your friends about us. La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, CAPITAL . SURPLUS . RESOURCES . Pred J. Holmes, PitiB. P. L. Meyers, Caahm race. Even If we did not owe It ti I ourselves and our families, to our state and nation dot to engage In war, we would, still be bound by duty to posterity to keep the peace, ', For war every nution demands the flower of her manhood. .The call is for young men strong of limb, sound of heart and lungs, keen of judgment' and quickness of Intellect. Of such have armies been composed from the, bog lining. The physically and men tally unfit are left at home. The call t.i arms Is not Intended for such. Every war, then, means the segre gation of the fit and the unfit, the kil ling off or incapacitating for the for mer and tho preservation of the latter. The north lost more than 600.000 of her best men In the civil war and the Iohs to the south was even heavier wneu compared with its resources The history of every long continued war Is the eame. Thousands killed In battle, thousands diseased to - find more lingering deaths, thousands crip pled and robbed of Nature's inherit ance of physical excellence. . ' . ,.. Meanwhile, the next generation is begotten of the other class,' the unfit who were not wanted at the front. Like begets like, the laws of physical inheritance knows few exceptions blood will tell, in other words and no nation can expect to keep Its citi zenship rigorous and aggressive If one generation of men and women lg to be fathered by the second class stock of the generation preceding. The Bltu ationls as plain as day. ' One need not be a biologist to eee" the logic of so inevitable a tendency. Separate the men of any community into two groups, the fit and the unfit. MflSO the latter the fathers pf the next generation and doom the former to death or celibacy. Bar out all new blood lrom other communities. ' Physi cal degeneracy in such an Imaginary case" w'CU'd. be as certain as tomor row's rising sun. , Virtually that Is what a nation does which engages In a long, disastrous war. It kills off the flower of Its' man hood und puts upon the other part of the maje population the duty of fath ering the coming rate. If war could utilize the riff-raff, of humanity arid ,leave to the construct ive duties of civilization the best ele ments In the population, this biologi cal objection to war could not exist. In that case a call to arms might be a benefit to the race; at least It wonV, help solve one of the more serious problems which the sociologist - is studying. '' . In these days, liowever, war has be come Indefensible, and the argument from biology Is only one of' a number less train teaching the disastrous ef fects of conflict between nations. Some day man will wondrtr that times could ever have been so "barbarous as to en dure the cruelty and waste of war. Champ Clark's remark that La Fol lette can speak for himself Is slight praise. He can speak not only fo himself, but for many others for a multitude, for a whole nation. The fact that he Is unauthorized to do so makes not the slightest difference. . William Short, chief trumpeter for King George V, has returned to Eng land after a flying visit to this coun try. For a trumpeter,' William's stay was as quiet as it was short, .;' ' The Elks have again showed the!" purple quality and honceforth a num ber of them will be known as artists In theatrical work. Champion Ad Wolgnst has accumu lated $100,000 since last February. Evidently he expected an operation for appendicitis. The Boston bridal couple, lost eight OREGON. $ 100.000.00 105,000.00 . 1,100,000.00 W. J. Church, Vce Pres. Earl ZundeMss't. CasJuer days In a blizzard In Colorado, may be said to have had a stormy honey moon.. . 1 Glfford Plnchot announces that be Is not Roosevelt's messenger, but he doesn't state when the contract ex pired. ' Next to enjoying Christmas comes the pleasures of the glad New Year. Are you renly for them? i Some people are martyrs and oth ers Just say they prefer the neck of the fowl.. '; '' ,r. A New York man made a will leav ing all his property to his lawyer. Of course, he knew best. .. . How many good resolutions have you got stacked up the first of the year? . STATE LOTTERIES. Rise and Fall of a Tremendous Gamble In England. STARTED UNDER QUEEN BESS The First' One Was "Without Any Blanokt, Contaynlng Good Prtoes, as Wei of Redy Money as of Plate and Csrtalno 8orti of Marehaundltes." ' Though it Is certain that the custom of holding lotteries was practiced In European countries as far back as the middle of tog fifteenth pentury, It seems that Ibis particular idea was unknown In England until mors than 100 years later. The lottery, In fact, appears to ha ve. peep Included" among" those many other Important "things', both SOOd and bad. thnt Wpfft Ihffn. duced- lo publte notice during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, it being her maj esty's express command that this ready means for "raising the wind" on behalf of the state finances was. Idopted. Tho first KMkh lottery must hove taken a g&od deal of arranging, owing, no doubt, td the fact thnt the people of that day required a certain amount of education in this form of gambling, for although the Idea was first brought forward in the yenr 1550 (In Mary's reign), tho actual drawing did not take place until three years Inter. One of the original bills of Queen Elizabeth's lottery has fortunatply been preserved, printed In black letter and measuring five feet in length add one and one-hnlf feet wide. It begins by announcing "A very rich Lotterle General!, without any blancks, ,pj taynlng a number of good prices (sic), as wel of redy money as of plate nnd certnlne sorts of mnrchnundlzes, hav ing ben valued and priced by the coin mauudemcnt of the Queeue's most ex cellent uinjestlo, by. men expert and skilful,'' and goes on to say that "the same lotterle is erected by her majes ties order to the intent thnt such com moditle as may chaunce to arise there of, af'.er the charges borne, may be converted townrdes the reparation of the havens nnd strength of the Realme nnd toward such other publique good workes." There were something like 80,000 prizes in this gigantic, venture, of which the first was of the value of 5,000, while the entrance fee was only "two shillings and six pens." " James I. lent bis -"speelnll favoure" to a lottery whose object was "the present plantation of English colonies In Virginia."', tho prizes consisting' of 5,000 in money, "besides rewnrdes of casualltle," the tickets being drawn "in a new built hotise at the west end of Paul's the 20th of June. 1012." This lottery does not, however, appear to have been very popular, although we are assured by the historian that It was "plaluely carried and honestly performed," for owing to the want of "filling uppe the number of lots there were taken out and throwne away threescore thousand blnnckes without abating any one prize," certainly a very generous proceeding on the part of tho promoters. The lucky man on this occasion was Thomas Sharpllffe, "a Taylor of London," who won the first prize of "foure thousand Crownes in fnyre plate, which was sent to his houso In a very stately munner." Though to some extent poorly patron ized, this lottery appears to have evoked a good deal of Interest among the important personages of the day, for we are told thnt "during the whole tyme of the drawing there were nl wales present diners worshlpfnll Knights nnd Esquires, accompanied with sundry grnue discreet Citizens." As time went on lotteries for every conceivable purpose were held in Lon don and othei '"Important towns, with the inevitable result that .trouble con stantly arose between the promoters nnd those of the ticket holders who happened to bo unlucky or thought they bad been unfairly treated, as no doubt many or them were. We lind. therefore, thav 'periodical orders were Issued for the suppression of this form of gambling, though the law does not seem lo have had nny great effect. At Inst, however, any one proposing i to hold n lottery was obliged to send ' Gossard JUST RECEIVED. A complete line of new models In the Gossard corsets. Prices from I mo to I HUB. ROBT. rATTI8N, Paene Blck 148L Oewetteie.! In a petltlou to the king, and in Charles 11. 's reign we find mention of several such applications. One of these was for "the ransom of English slaves la Tunic, Algiers or the Turkish gafleys or for any .other charitable use." the promoter making it a bar gain that after be bad paid in a third of the profits he should reserve the rest for his own expenses and "the re pair of his fortunes, ruined by loyal ty.". Lottery offices for the sale of tickets were established all over the country as time went on, bnt none was more famous than the agency of one Blsb'. who flourished at the beginning of the nineteenth century. This enterprising individual, whose chief offices were in Cornhill and at Charing Cross, must ha.'e made a considerable fortune out vf the much safer business of selling tickets than taking them. ' But bis prosperous- career, as also that of bis fellows, came to an abrupt end when the lottery act was passed In 1823. by which it was provided that after the drawing of the state lottery for that year there were to be no more of them. London Globe.' , Pa's Weakness. Little Nell You've got a good papa. Willie. Willie-Pa ain't so bad. but I wish he wasn't so much in love with mamma. Why, be believes everything she says about me." A word spoken, an army- of chariots fauiot overtake It . PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS N. MOLITOR, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Corner Adams Ave. and! Depot (8t, Phones; Office, Main 68:1 - Residence, 69. j Ik RICHARDSON, M. D. L W; LOUGHLIN, M. D. ' " Drs. Richardson & Loughlln, Physicians and Surgeons rhonea Off Ice Black 1362. -y Bf. Richardson's KeS. Main 55. . TJr. Loughlln's eRs. Main 757. DR. JT. K. HALL Physician and Sur geon. Cor. Adams Ave and Depot St Phone, Main 23. JOHN BUCKLEY, M. D. PHYSICIAN . and surgeon. OUce over Newlln's Drug Store. Phonos Office, Mam 189; residence, Red 612. 1 C. H. UPTON, Ph. G. M. D. Physician and Surgeon. . Special attention to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Office In La Grande National Bank Build ing. Phones: Office Main 2; Resi dence Mala 32. DR. H. L. UNDERWOOD Diseases of the eye a specialty. iR. DORA J. UNDEWOOD Diseases of women and children. Offices: Adams avenue, over Wright Drug Co. GEO. W. ZIMMERMAN Osteopath Physician. Sommer Bldg., Rooms 7, 8, 9 and 10. Phones: Home 1332, Pacific, Main 63; Residence, Black 951.- Successor to Dr. F. E. Moore. VETERINARY. DR. P. A. CHARLTON. Veterinary Sur geon. Office at Hill's Drug store, La Grande. Residence Phone, Red 701; Office Phone, Black 1361; In dependent Phone 63; Both Phones . at Residence. DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC. " Q. T. DARLAND, CHIROPRACTOR All acute and chronic diseases. Not drugs, not surgery, not osteopathy. I I remove the cause of your disease. I Then you get twellv Rooms 20-21,; La Grande National Bank. Phone Red 3181, MECHANO-THERAPIST DR. C. A SMITH, MECHANO-THER-'APIST. Successfully treats rheu matism, kidney disease, heart dis ease, weak lungs, constipation, pel vic disease, catarrh, and diseases of the nervous system. Consultation free. Charges reasonable. Phone: Black 3351. 1411 Madison Avenue, -1; ATTORNEYS AT LAW COCHRAN ft COCHRAN Attorneys. Oh as. E. Cochran and Geo. T. Coch- ran. La Grande National Bank Building, La Grande, Oregon. T. H. CRAWFORD ROBT. S. EAKIN CRAWFORD & EAKIN Attorneys flee in La Grande National Bank Building, La Grande, Oregon, at law. Practices In all the courts of the state and United States. Of- ENOINEERS. D. W. C. NELSON Mining Engineer, Baker City. Oregon. BJg Deal Framing. Los Angeles, Deo. 28. Involving more than $44,000,000, the biggest fin ancial deal In the history of this city, merging the Security Savings, the Equitable Savings and Southern Trust banks Into one, to be known as the Security Trust Savings Bank, la about to.be consummated here. There are 80,000 depositors. - BETTER THAN SPANKING Jpanklog dot not cure children- or nou wetting.. Tnere U a comtltutlonal etun foi frnnhia. Mrm. M. Summer!, Box W, Notre Dame. Ind., will jeod free to any mother tier lucceinftil home treatment,', wltn roil in.tpuniloiia. Bend no money, hut write her tmley IT your children trouble jon in tlile wy. fion't blame the child, the cnanoee are i, .n' heln 1L Thla treatment alao curea adulta and ajed people troubled with urine dlfflcultlee by day or nlsut . . This Is a progressive age, not only in finance and science ibut in the phy sical welfare of the human body. We come tft realize more as time passes that in order to keep the mlad up to full efficiency the physical must not be neglected. I do not need lo tell you that In order to properly anslmllate the food taken Into the body that the teeth and mouth plays a very import ant part and should be kept in the best possible condition both from sanitary and mechanical standpoints. , , The " conscientious and competent dentist will use every effort to keep the oral cavity of his patrons in the pink of perfection aBk him how to do It. J. E. Stevenson, D. D. S. Snowdrift Flour A trial will convince you there, is no other quite so good. Sold exclusively by Waters-Stanchfield Produce Co., Main 706 HAY, FEED. FLOUR, POULTRY SUPPL1ES.ZWOOD 1527 JEFFERSON AVENUE Savoy Hot el EUROPEAN PLAN The rooms are good and Steam heated only one block from depot D. C. Brichoux, Prop. T" J I v i t ft T JaLUJXauILXkj ' : After a Cold Auto Ride what could be more comforting, or exhilerating than a nice cup of Hot Chocolate, which you will always find ready at this season of the year at our Soda eounter? We give It to you pure and cheering, full of that goodness and nutriment so peculiar to the best quality of Chocolate. It Is a food, drink and medicine all combined, at lo cost. Selder' THE GREAT CHIum IHKTlW TREATMENTS FREE. man and womia Who nenit i-- v lOOg. r suffer with : dreaded ' dUeiu Let these faroou." . Chinese doctor . aend you a trtn treatment of their wonderful remedlea The want to to you that their marvelous remedies will benefit your health. No matter what treatment you have tried anft failed In, don't let this opportunity, pass. It will cost you nothing to try It. Their aim a to restore your health and In return yon can show m.. gratitude by reemmendingt them to- your friends, t Write them today and describe your symptoms. Write tfe.lt way: Please send me one of your free treatments for YORK & YORK CHINESE MEDICIMB 210 W. Main St, Walla Walla, Wn. 22 W Alder, Walla Walla, Wn MOTHER CRAY'S SWEET POWDERS Jki. Mi.. ""'forFevrrwiu,!. Don't nccpt Sample w-toJrR. ' Writ. " ' vube.. . R " k. -n i k y 'y fOP TO KNOW ; this shop, and It ability t wn yon best Onr one strongwi desire la to tarn out the best CLEANING AND PRESSING an to price oar services t meet your satisfaction. We be lieve we do this. If yonr gar . . meats ned onr attention sent ' v them to us and we will do year work promptly and; guarantee, not to rain the materials. ELITE DYEING & CLEANING, j WORKS. J. H. Richardson" E.S. Given E. S. Givens Investment Rear La GrandeNat'l Bank Real Estate Loans. Insurance. High Class Invest ments and Securities We take pleasurable pride in show ing our new samples of .Wall Pa per because they Include many ex clusive designs and colorings which cannot be seen elsewhere In town, aa we have secured the out put of the factory on these lines. No matter what class of Wall Pa per you may need you will find it here, and we supply men to hang it when needed. Our prices are remarkable for their ."shyness." B. B. NUTTER, ' Next to Observer Office. La Grande Co.
