La Grande evening observer., January 13, 1912, Image 4

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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1912.
me OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS,
JEdlter an Owner.
Zairnd ( the ptiffl at t Grande
M keeoid-eiM matter.
8FB8CBIPTI0X BATES.
JMD, slagijr cop j (e
ZIIrt per week lie
JPftBy, per mo a til tie
WORLD GLLBPSE.
laugbtd at for bis noise.
Yet there is (he inevitable sad tide to
all nuc fa accujents. Funerals are de
layed, telegraphic tills to the bed
sides of the lick or the dying can Dot
be answered in tbe manner desired;
weddings bare to wait, mail arrive
too late to save the deal that tae mon
ey la tbe registered pouch would have
amply cared for: and the eternal HE
became enraged beaup the eternal
61 IK did not answer bis destiny-mak
Ing letter, and siily i:E went off and
became engaged to another hasty HEH
West's
West's
M
late last week occurred tbe demise
f "righting Bob" Evans. Nerer be- 5
tor did that grizzled veteran of tbe
eas meet victor. Honors came
-worthily to hiin. but did not spoil the
and tbe aforementioned SHE went
Into hysterica for awalle and then in
revenge married tbe first HIM who
i proposed. What awful wreck a snow
bound tram makes of some things!
e o o o
This. Is the day for tbe young lad j I
en Who Look Far Ahead
Are taking advantage of this Annual Clearance of Ready-to-Wear
garments
JJber of his sterling patriotism. At and "r Mr. Old Timer. Tbe lad says I
about the same time there occurred an be never bad so good a time in all his j
unexpected and regretted death of a
respected and honored foreigner, ftlr.
Alfred Tenneyson Dickens, son of the
utbor of David Copperfleld. He was
here for the purpose of interpreting
Ills father's works. He was sick but
few hours.
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Would-be Inventors are always
plentiful, but tbe could-be ones are ;
Tery scarce article of commerce. Plen
ty of people there are wbo can make
u egg stand on end after tbey are
abown the trick. Coiners of new words
are not numerous; we mean Inten
tional coiners, but once In awhile there
: is a new one produced with afore
thought. Miss Ella Flagg Young of
tbe educational department of Chicago
kas Invented three, and It yet remains
lor her to see If tbe people of Ameri
can speechdom will grant her a patent
Alack of our grammatical erring Is
found to be because there Is no third
person singular pronoun of the com
mon gender. Trying to disguise the
sex of a speaker one oftener than oth
erwise sayt: "I saw the person and
tbey told me thus and " Now Miss
Young would say: "I saw the person
and be'er told me thus and so."
"He'er means "be or she" and
Hls'er" stands for "bis or her," while
Hlm'er" is for "blm or her." See?
Let's try It on a sentence, thus "A
principal should conduct hls'er school
that all pupils are engaged In some
thing that Is profitable to hlm'er,
where the pupil Is required to use
knowledge In doing hls'er task." j
Or, "The man or woman who would
have hls'er mind best Informed should
have hls'er friend send hlm'er the
Evening Observer, Ile'cr would enjoy
It Immensely."
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life. Mr. O. Timer thaws his snowy
heels and paints tbe stove brown while
he tells how much worse the storms
were 87 years ago this month when be
first came to tbe inimitable Grande
Ronde valley. We bear patiently with
both; they are alike absolutely harm
less. o o o o
Tbe high school management is do
ing a magnificent tblng for the aes
thetic training of the students in get
ting before them high class art and
selections of tbe music of the masters.
Copies of some of tbe greatest paint
ings of the world ere there displayed,
and busts of the great of our nation
Prof. Stout Is doing more than seeing
that tbe books of the curriculum are
studied. He, by this plan of object
lessons is familiarizing all the school
with tbe best and the greatest and un
consciously (to themselves) creating
In them a knowledge of high Ideals.
One of tbe lacklngs of the schools
heretofore has been an appreciation of
the best. There Is yet a tendency to
the cheapest; a ten-cent pleasure for
gotten soon as heard makes ten-cent
people and gives them ten-cent Ideals
and view-points of life. Patrons of the
school and friends of education and of
the young would do themselves a kind
ness to make up social afternoon
school visiting parties and look In on
tbe students. Another feature of the
"big house on the hill" Is to have some
successful person address the student
body every Tuesday morning. This
should be a popular feature for the
patrons and tbe friends. It would help
and encourage the students and be of
an unexpected benefit to themselves.
If these same loving parents bad some
blooded horses or other stock In pro
cess of training or development, not
only would they be Interested in the
man who was caring for the animals
The Saving Is Actual
because each reduction is made from the ordinary prices of
the garment and you can see for yourself just how much
you save.
Four Great Lines Of Clothing
for you to make your selection from
1UC " but they would see the dumb ward!
4tit uroiib lmikml verv metropolitan ; I
there were tracks full of pasenger,
baggage and mall cars filling many a
long siding. Here the storm-stayed
passengers could find entertainment
and all the comforts and delights of
tbe season; but how monotonous must
have been the Btorm-stuek hundreds
tip on the sky-lino at Bacon or above
the clouds at Telocaset! Did ever any
rowd of mortals want to get down to
arth moro than they did? 1 lould
have been harder to endure wore It
jtot for tho general boti bommle of the
vcrago American, Ople Itced, for ex
ample. To be sure, thero was the
chronic grumbler who saw everything
through blue glasses, and was always
pretty often. How much better are
the children than the animals!
Hlg folks, gather up your knitting
nnd go to school some day. Go by
singles, by companies. In platoons, In
files. Go and see. Who's too old to
go to school?
TUB COOT OF COMMERCE.
Arcade
Theatre
THE LOXC. SHOW, KOl Iti
THOI SAMl FEET OF 1'HOTO-l'LAYS
"PA THE WEEKLY"... PATHE
Tho actual events as they hap
pened told In motion pictures.
-FOR HER KltOTIIER'S
SAKE" K Ali KM
A story of tho California mines
"WILLIE'S CONS('IE.('KH ..
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A llvuly comedy. Kveryono
looked like a cop to Willie.
"THE TOHAHO 1XMSTKY"
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An Industrial picture and very
interesting,
"A I'EKILOI S R.IRE" EDISON
An Interesting drama, of life
In Colorado.
HE IB KXCLI'SIYE II AT" ..
1,1 HIV
. WIfcy wauled a hat that was
exclusive, hut on the way home
an exact duplicate pasved. Well
there was trouble.
Ilutrated song by Mr. Williams
"THAT HARXYAl'l) II At;."
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
If tho newly-created court of com
merce does not cease In Its nullifying
of tho acts of tho Interstate commerce
commission, there Is llkoly to bo seri
ous consideration given by congress to
tho hill which has boon lntrod"ced by
Senator Polndoxtcr to abolish tho
court of commerce. The dissatisfac
tion hns been confined largely to the
west becnuso the decisions of tho
court of commerce have affected that
territory particularly, but there Is a
growing sentiment that the court of
commerce Is severely hampering the
Interstate commerce commission nnd
If the sentiment continues to develop
there Is no doubt but that a deter
mined effort will he made to rid tho
government of this deportment.
In Introducing his bill. Senator
Polndoxtcr who Is n republican Insur
gent, said: "With one or two excep
tions, the commerce court. In every
Important case where the petition
was filed by a railroad, has enjoined
tho orders of the Interstate commerce
commission. Tho Spokane case was
carefully considered by the commis
sion for years. Conclusions wore test
ed by application to actual business
, before being ordered Into effect. And
, yet the raw commerce court, without
j special experience, on a brief hear
ing, enjoins this carefully considered
and thoroughly tested order."
It will he admitted that tho court
of commerce Is not as familiar with
transportation problems as the Inter
state commerce commission. The
members of the former organization
have not the training nor tho experi
ence to Justify any acts that will para
lyze the hitter, at least until tho mem
bers of the court of commerce nro In a
position to know more about transpor
tation. The intercalate commerce coin
mission Is n recognized power for good
In the government nnd tho people will
have something to say before they al
low tho court of commerce to destroy
tho very able work thnt tho Interstate
commerce commission hns been doing
to secure fair treatment to tho rail
roads, shippers nnd general public
"BENJAMIN"
Suits and Overcoats.
i. "SOCIETY BRAND"
Young Men's Suits.
"KENYON"
Rain Coats and Slipons.
M "SINCERITY BRAND"
Men's and Young Men's Suits
These annual reductions include every new garment
in the entire store. Nothing reserved. '
$3.3.00 Suits and Overcoats, now ..... ...$26.25
30.00 Suits and Overcoats, now 22.50
27.50 Suits and Overcoats, now 20.50
25.00 Suits and Overcoats, now 18.75
22.50 Suits and Overcoats, now . 16.90
20.00 Suits and Overcoats, now . .... 15.00
17.50 Suits and Overcoats, now 13.15
lo.OO Suits and Overcoats, now 11.25
Knickerbocker Suits Reduced 33 1-3 Per Cent.
Broken Lines at Half Price And Less
Boys'
I
West's
West's
The judicial training of the members
of the court of commerce Is not calcu
lated to make them exports on ques
tions of shipping rates, passenger
fares and tho like, and tho judicial
attltudo they assume In disposing of
some of the propositions brought be
fore them Is not convincing proof that
they have reached the stage where
they may override the decisions of the
expert Intrstato commerce commission
and still obtain good results for the
parties Involved. To abolish the court
of commerce would not deny the rail
roads an opportunity of appeal to the
courts. They always have thnt right
and always will.
WONDERFUL ECHOES.
Effect Produced by a Pistol Shot at a
Lake In Bavaria,
Probably the lines! echo which the
world knows Is In the cathedral nt
Cisa, where the leaning tower Is. Sing
two notes and there Is no reverbera
tion. Sing throe and they are at once
taken up by the walls of the edifice.
swelled, prolonged and Tnrled till they
seem as n divine harmony from some
majestle organ.
There is a cavern In I'lnlnnd In
which, II you test your lungs to the
top of their capacity, there will answer
you such horrible roarings. montilngK
and muttering that you will be glad
to rush out In absolute terror.
The cutting down of trees In a ecr-
tuln locality on the Hudson river spoiled !
a splendid echo. A word shouted therp ,
was repealed forty two limes.
Undoubtedly the most extraordinary )
natural echo In the world Is to he j '
heard by tho side of a small take In !
Hnvnrln. On ono hand rises a perpon- l
dlcular cliff several thousand feet high.
while on the other side Is a dense for- !!
est. If a pistol is tired on the lake
the woods send back n fnlnt echo that
gradually dies away, but presently it
'.s heard from tho cliff, contluually in
creasing In power till It bursts over
one's head like a deafening peal of
thunder. Pearson's Weekly.
MECCA THE SACRED.
A Shrine That Draws One-eeventh of
the Human Race.
Although one of the must Inaccessible
cities ou earth. Mecca each year has
visitors In such number that It must
be ranked in this pariicilar with Lon
don and New York. Even the world's
metropolis on the Thames can boast
no sucb cosmopolitan character as is
Imparted to this mysterious city In the
wilderness of Arabia by the myriads
of pilgrims who. at tho cost of In
credible pains, annually crowd Into Its
confines.
This city Is the oldest place of re
sort In existence, yet of all the mil
lions who have visited It not a score
of Christians are known to have come
out nllve. No Hag of citizenship would
save a man's life were he known to
be a Christian within the sacred pre
cincts of the city where the prophet
himself decreed that no unbeliever
should set font.
Of the 'J'jri.OW.POO Mrslems In the
world only 1.1.r00.000 live under the
Turkish tlag. yet most of them ac
knowledge the sultan of Turkey as
their cnllph. the successor of the proph
et. As Mohammed shrewdly foresaw,
the Mecca pilgrimage binds together
bis disciples Into a unity which could
be effected In no other way,
"Mecca," says Dr. Samuel M. Zwe
mer of Arabia, "has become the re
ligious capital and the center of uni
versal pilgrimage for one-seventh of
the human race." Harper's Magazine.
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