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PAGE 4 Tht OBSERVER BRUCE DEN HiS Editor 4 Out. XattreA at tke ftoMe at la Grande a eoarf-elM matter. tcnscmrnos bates. 9flr, !! 6e IsBj, per wk 15 JfBf, per month- ' CHfS.t A REPUBLIC! j We American have been so disgust ed with the paper republics of Central , And South America that few of our! jnblle men would advise the Celes-' tials to uproot any existing institution merely for the forma of democracy j Jfcit the levelling- tide Is making clean sweep, and dynasties ate not' fcuJlt ready mads, but have to grow; out of the traditions and affections ofi former generations, Nothing seems left bnt a republican form of govern-' ment. ! It baa been an anomaly of the Chi-1 se system, that though the Son' of Heaven (the emperor) could cut off the bead of any subject by the stroke of his pen, yet when it came to touch ing; the money of his subjects, the country after all was run on a some What democratic basis. If a tax look 44 unjust to the leading men of the Tillage, there would he a general strike. The places of business would loe and all activity would cease un til the Imperial government reached g settlement with the local authorities Thns the Chinese have had In a way more practice at self-government They would be much more likely to make a success of It than the hot leaded Latin republics of South Amer ica, where revolution Is a national di version. The Chinese, would much rather wash clothes than to Into the xevolntlng business. When the proclamation was made that a parliament should meet In the year 1017, the methodical Chinese be gan at once to take preliminary steps by way of preparation. A very sklll fo! copy of American models was made Jn the form of a municipal government for the city of Tien Tain. The strict provisions against bribery would look pood to many of our' reformers. They fixed It. so that the briber not merely could be fined, but he could bo exelud ed from office and from voting for ten years, When the assembly met a fow yearn ago to dmnnd a parliament, many of the delegates showed tlm stiitn of the natlonnl mind by cutting their Angora and writing their petition In Wood. If that Is the spirit In which they look at .political rights and priv ileges, we foresee that John Chinaman may not tonst Ills shins before the Are on caucus night after our fashion, but will perhaps got out and vote for his own pocket rather Hum for the pi hi kvi n, the press report state that the capi tal was "full of life and color." Espe cially color. .. Mr. Taft says that only death can can keep him out of the fight, and ' probably the progressives are . not prepared to go to tiat extreme. A woman at Athens, Mich., has been arrested charged with poisoning a well. Maybe shell learn to let well enough alone. If some great man had had the fore thought to be born in January, we might have had another holiday before Feb. 12th. Six hundred and ten members of the Ton family held a reunion in Chi cago. A gathering of some weight- j For amusement, count the world's! republics and then gueRS how manyj there will be a year from today, I 1 i An ex-pugil!st In Kentucky has be-: come a minister, and is. still putting men to sleop. i 1743- THIS DATE IS HISTORY j January 12. j -La Verendrye, one of the early i French voyageurs, reached the Canadian Rocky Mountains. 1748 Henri Pestalozzl, who devised the Pestalozzlan system of ed ucation, born In Zurich, Swit zerland. Died Feb. 17, IS27. 1812 Kdmund Chadwick, noted edu cator, reformer and abolition ist, born In Mlddleton, f. H Died A.prll 7, 1890. 1$13 William Jones of Pennsylvania became secretary of the navyj In the cabinet of President Mad-j Ison. I ja.j(5 Tiona parte family banished from! France. 1828-Boundary line between the Unit-1 ed States and Mexico settled by I treaty. j 142 Francois Coppee, noted poet and! dramatist, born In Paris. IMe.l there, May 23,1008. 1858 Tlrltlsh force under Sir James Outram defended Alumbngh, a palace near Lucknow, against nn attack of 30,000 Sepoys, 1861 Florida seceded from the union 18C6- Aeronautical society of Croat, Ilritaln established by the Duke of Argyll and others. 1011 President Taft asked congress for an appropriation toward the fortification of the Panama canal. News From West's 14th Annual Clearance Sale Special For Saturday Oily See Them In Our Window 98c SUPERIOR SATIN TABLE CLOTHS. A large assortment of these beautiful reacy-to-use" cloths i attractive patterns. Regluar price $1.73. 98c Don't Miss Entire Line Our Extra Special Suit Sale Mens' and Bys' Clothing 3 Reduced 25 per cent, to 50 per cent. Many took advantage of the sacrifice prices on this , sale of tailored suits yesterday. There are about 40 You know exactly the amount you save on every gar- of these elegant tailored garments left for you to se- mcnt in this store.' Original prices are left on all lect from. Take your choice for $5.90 tickets and the sale discount deducted. Apron Ginghams Tcazeldown Outing, in Stevens Crash Toweling French Ginghams plain colors 17 inches wide 1 0 1 On OC 9c yd. 9c yd. 1- 1-5C Matchmakers at Kuropc'a courts are looking for n suitable husband for tho Kaiser's daughter, Princess Vic toria Ixinlflo, Hnporters on newspa pers are usually looking for Juat Hitch nn assignment. A new president of Siberia wits In-i align rated recently at Monrovia, ami Arcade Theatre 'THE LONd SIMMY, UOUW THOUSAND FEET OK PHOTOPLAYS TATHE YVHEKLY". . . PATHE The actual events as thoy hap pened told In motion pictures. FOR, II Kit urothervs SAKE" KAI.K.M A story of the California mines "Wii-ME's cos sun: sue" .. luhis A lively comedy. Kvoryono looked llko a cop to Willie. "THE TOR A (TO INDUSTRY" ' I.I III X An Industrial picture and very Intel citing. "A PERILOUS RIDE" .EDISON An Interesting drama, life In Colorado. II RIB EXCLUSIVE HAT" ,. LUMN Wlfcy wanted n hat that was exclusive, hut on tho way homo nn exact duplicate, pnsspd. Well there was trouble. ' Ilustratod song hy Mr. Williams "THAT HARNYAltD KAfl." TOU ARK ALWAYS WELCOME "THIS IS MY .'.STH 1IIRTHDAY." Sir Henry Hale, chief justice of Na tal nnd for many years a prominent .flguro In South African affairs, was horn in Pletermnrlt.burg, Natal, Janu ary 12,, 1851. He attended tho schools In his native placo and later went to Kuglniid to (IiiIhIi IiIh education. Upon his return to Natal he entered upon tho practice of law and Bpecdlly at tained a position of promineiico In public affairs. He was a member of the Zulu war relief fund In 1879 and later served on tho council of educa tion anil n h a member of (lie legisla tive assembly of Natal. From 1807 until 1001 ho was attorney general and minister of education of Natal. Me bo enmo chief justice In 1001 and during tin reconstruction period following the last Sonlh African war ho nerved. fur a time its administrator of Nutnl. Congratulations to; .Maniiiess of Crewe, English states man, 61 years old today. Murphy J.Foster, United States sen- I a tor from Louisiana. fi!i years old to day. Jack London, author of "The Call of tho Wild" unci other popular romanc es, lit! years old today. You Know What a Sale at West's Means WESTS WESTS MITES KROM THE WORLD. Q & S & q ' LA IK) It $ $ in Sixty per cent of the laborers Kansas mines are KureopeaiiB. Street car conductors In Seoul, Ja pan, niako 35 cents a day. In 1X50 but one woman worked to every ten men; now the ratio Is about ono to four. Women reformers of Oornmny have asked the rlnchstng to wipe out the barm aid evils. About 120.000 women are employed by t'le French government nnd the number Is growing constantly. In V.nglam! nnd Wales the average, weekly wage for skilled carpenters, masons, plumbers, painters, pattern makers ami printers docs not exceed $0 a week. The opening of tho first co-operative lint store In this country, a pro ductyvn enterprise founded along co operative lines, wa,, celebrated re cently by the Co-operative leagues of New York City. Minnenpniin cicnrirni workers' un ions are making an effort to have that city chosen as the 1913 meeting place of the International organization. The contest will be between (.Minneapolis and Boston. The committee on Amusement Re sources of Working Girls of New York City has been Incorporated recently to Investigate unci sludy and lmprovo the general amusements of working girls and their vacation conditions. The Milwaukee cigar makers' union has proposed an amendment to the International constitution providing that on nnd after May 1, 1912, there shall bo no more open shops under the Jurisdiction of tho International Cigar Makers' union. Scottish miners' representatives have made a demand for an Individual district minimum wage to paid in all circumstances to all men working at the coal face; thut the wages of all boys employed underground be stan dardized in accordance with the. scale proposed. . ' St, Paul and Minneapolis contrac tors will aBk the union carpenters to accept 4714 cents an hour, beginning April 1 nnd continuing through tho summer until September 1, when tho rate of pay Is to bo Increased to 50 cents an hour, the rate tho union car penters of both cities struck for Inst spring. Rritlsh postal workers have been for Bomo time now moving strongly In fa vor of better conditions. Mass meet ings are taking place from week to week nil over the country nnd the , seven or eight unions comprised in the j J Postal Workers' federation are united In strong support of their common de mands. The tabor Co-partnership associa tion now embraces 111 societies in Great llrltnln. The aggregate capital of these workmen's societies Is ap proximately $10,000,000 and their trade amounts to nearly $22,000,000 a year The last return shows that. $131,395 was divided among the workers ns their share of the profits. It is expected that some time during jj" the present month the Employers' Lia-' final report to the two houses of eon- bllity commission will make gross. Its ; a The report will embody a billji providing a graduated scale of com-ii pensatlon through government lnstru-i mentalities for Injuries to employes of! i i railroads engoged In interstate com-i merce whether due to negligence or J not. l I Not Discouraged. "There's a New York man." said a Brooklynlte. "whose daughter during a winter in Nice got engaged to a oer tain Count Menu de lteau The New York man was rich in that time, but a few weeks before the date set for the wedding he went to smash. "'My dear Count Iieitu de Mean." he groaned that night. -I'm very sorr.v for you. Yon are to marry my daugh teryou were to have had $.'.r..iKK h e.ar-l)ut the crash has come. I'm ruined now How sorr.v I am, count." "Hut Count Mean de Renu gave the New York man n reassuring slap on the back. " 'Oh. don't you worry about me, Mr. uc sum. tvuu uu easy lauga, witu J a title llUe mlue, you know, 1 can find another heiress tomorrow.' " Ex change. i What Makes a Strong Bank? 1. AMrLE RESOURCES Our resources are $1,100,000, composed of well secured loans and cash. 2. AMPLE CASH KESEItVES Our ash reserves are usually 26 to 30 per cent of our immediate liabilities (de posits subject to check., and always more than 15 per cent of our total liabilities, the amount required by law. 3. ADEQUATE CAPITAL. Our capital Is $100,000.00, and our surplus, which Is profits earned and retained as additional capital, Is $105,000.00. i. CAPABLE MANAGEMENT Ever since Its organiza tion 25 years ago, this bank has been under careful man agement. Its officers and directors are men who have achieved success In the banking and other lines of busi ness. The fact that we have safely weathered every fin ancial storm during our career, ond 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, OREGON. CAPITAL . . . $ 100,000.00 SURPLUS . . . 105,000.00 RESOURCES . . . 1,100,000.00 Fred J Holmes, Pres. W. J. Church, VicePres. F. L. Ksyes, Casier Earl Zundel, As 't. Cashier After a Cold Auto Ride what could be more comforting or exhllerating than a nice cup of Hot Chocolate, which you will always find ready at thlg season of the year at our Soda counter? 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 low COBt. Sclder's La Grande
