La Grande evening observer., January 18, 1912, Image 4

LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1912
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THE OBSERVER
' BRUCE DENNIS
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The voices of many men prominent
In politics, business and other lines.
of endeavor have been heard In con
nection with the solution of the trust
problem. All have offered theories of.
a control of large combinations of
capital which they consider will bring
results satisfactory to business men,
Investors and the general public. Few
of them have agreed in their propo
sitions. Another word is added this
and It cornea
4UVIIVU wil v " " . -
from a man whose opinion Is worthy
of serious consideration. The idea la
new and advanced by William W. Cook
author of "Cook on Corporations." Mr.
Cook la a corporation lawyer. He Is
an authority on corporation law. He
ia counsel for some of the largest fin
ancial enterprises of the United States
and for that reason the suggestion,
which might be accepted as extremely
radical If coming from . any other
awurce, is worthy of consideration.
In an article in the January num
ber of McClure's magazine, Mr. Cook
ndeavora to show the acute danger
to the United States of private monop
oly control. He proposes "as a sim
ple and practical way out," the estab
lishment, of an industrial democracy
through the agency of a 25 billion dol
lar securltloB holding company which
ehall take over the stock of all the
Arcade
Theatre
Ecflncd Entertainment for all
Tcoplc.
THE TELLTALE Knife". Soli?
A well knit and interesting
melodrama.
AT THE STROKE OF
TWELVE" Essanay
A very strong dramatic story.
"LOGGIXG AND MILLING
SWEDEN" l'the
Faithfully reproducing these
Important operations In that
northern country.
"HEROES OF THE JHCTIXY'
YHugrapli
Gratitude and love make he
roes in this thrilling drama.
"MOTHER STRONG OX HYP
NOTISM" Putho
Comedy, with no lack ot vig
orous laughs.
"ONLY A NINTH OK FLOW
ERS I FLITKKD FOR YOU
ONE DAY" Sunir'hy
SHERWOOD WILLIAMS
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
railroads and operate them.
, Mr. Cook declares that either such
'public control as can .be secured
(through a holding 'company, the stock
I of which Is guaranteed by the govern
j ment of the United States, or govern-
lliUJll uwumniini am pwiw v.. t,v.. ...
tlilu ..nimtrv Til Ills oulnioll. gOVem-
! ment ownersnip nas noi aiwujn uc
' a success, and that even in Switzer
land, France and Italy, where the rail
roads have been nationalized for a con
siderable time, the experience with
government ownership, has been far
from satisfactory. He contends that
if government ownership under the
more centralized governments of Eu
rope Is a failure or nearly so, then it
would be little short of a calamity in
the United States where the govern
ment Is a loosely constructed demo
cracy extending over an enormous ter
ritory. He' insists that experience in
this country has shown that popular
sovereignty is not fitted to own and
administer great properties.
"Popular sovereignty, with ignor
ance and poverty in control, early
bankrupted many In the north,' he
says. "Popular sovereignty bankrupt
ed American cities like Elizabeth, N.
J., and Memphis, Tenn., and in the
great development of municipal enter
prises in recent years it has piled up
in American cities a pretentious bur
den of debt, $1,718,000,000 in 1908, ac
cording to the United States bureau
census. That amount is more than
one half of the national debt at the
close of the civil war, when Intelli
gent men despaired of the nation's
solvency. Were it not for the consti
tutional limitations and prohibitions,
the city would be greater still.
"Public ownership of railroads and
other means of transportation are not
untried experiments in the United
States; Indeed, after beginning the
transportation enterprises of the coun
try were quite largely undertaken or
nldod by states and cities. With
scarcely an exception, those experi
ments were failures. Judge Thomas
M. Cooley in his history of Michigan
wrote a graphic account of that state's
disastrous experience with railroads
and canals, drawn from his own observations."
Men
Know
Values
Aire
Who.
Taking Advantage of the Ac
tual Savings on High Quality
Clothing at This Sale
WHY VENTILATE THE DAIRY'
DARN.
One of the great causes of disease
of animals Is unfavorable external
conditions, for no living thing can
thrive unless the surrounding condi
tions nre favbrable for its growth. All
animals have a certain capacity of
enduring unfavorable influences. This
capacity is usually spoken of as "vital
resistance.' This may be great or
small, but every animal must have
more or less, of it or It cannot con
tinue Its struggle for existence.
It was recognized more than a cen
tury ago that impure air Induces dis
ease. Impure air is not the cause of
the disease, but constitutes an unfav
orable surrounding condition. The
vitiated air of stables reduces the vital
reslstence of an animal, rendering it
less adaptable to the extremes of con
ditions to which It may be exposed and
more susceptible to Infection, against
which It has no sure defense.
Dairy barns are very frequently
poorly ventilated. The dairy cow is
then not only required to live, but to
work under unfavorable Influences
mid she often falls a victim to such
diseases as tuberculosis, pneumonia,
bronchitis, colds, etc. Foul, air Is one
of the prime factors In the production
of such diseases.
Since the advent of sanitary science
1 connection with ventilation tho
air space allowed for each animal has
been increased, and a number of meth
ods of ventilation have been devised.
Annual Clearance
Of suit cases and Trunks
Our entire line reduced
20 per cent.
See the prices in window
New shipment of
J. E. Tilt Shoes
just received and included
at annual sale prices
Annual sale of
Gordon-Stetson
Hats for men
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These prices are in effect only during
this month and include all the
very newest garments
$35.00 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
$15.00 Suits and Overcoats now $1 1.25
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"THIS IS MY 83111) BIRTHDAY'
William T. Foster.
William Trufant Foster, president,
York City and president of the Na
tional Civic Federation, 62 years old
today.
so mnke possible the highest working of Reod c0Uege, the great educational
efficiency of the herd.
THEATRICALS Sl'FFEK THIS SEASON.
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The stability of this Institution,
The substantial men behind It,
Its reputation for progTosslvcnesK,
It large loaning capacity,
Its spirt of accommodation,
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United States Depository
This Is the most disastrous season
for theatrical companies that has been
seen for years, Judging by the mourn
ings of 1.000 to 1,500 actors and ac
tresses who nre in Chicago, . Idle. !
swarming at the agencies and "stall
ing" at hotels and boarding houses.
Whether It Is duo to tho moving' pic
ture shows or the bursting of tho vau
deville bubble the results are hard
on histrionic genius and all surplus
gems, furs and wardrobe that can be
"soaked. " . Forty companies have
"closed" during the last throe weeks
in the surrounding states and beat a
more or less orderly retreat to Chi
cago, There Is real pathos in plenty
among these people of the stage.
Company after company has returned
institution that is being built near
Portland, Ore., was born in Boston,
Mass., January 18, 1879. After grad
uating from Harvard college in 1901
he taught English at Bates college for
two years. In 1904 ho went to Bow
doin college as instructor in English
and argumentation, and became pro
fessor in 1905. The year 1909-10 he
had a leave of absence from Bow
doln, which he spent at Teachers' col
lege, Columbia university, In the study
of the college curriculum. At Colum
bia university he also filled a position
ns lecturer in educational administra
tion, and completed the residence re
quirements for the degree of doctor
of philosophy in education and sociol
ogy. Congratulations to:
Austin Dobson, the noted English
poet, 72 years ol(f"today.
Olga Nethersole, the famous emo-
Ss3?'Ss$ij$3jiifr
Xotcs from tho Labor Yforld.
THIS DATE IX HISTOIKY.
States weather bureau, 56 years old
today,
E. S. Candler, Jr., representative in
congress from the First Mississippi
district, 50 years old today.
Seth Low, former mayor of New
to Chicago within the last week," said nal actress, 42 years old today.
.. . ,., t -Twe nro 1'iin nn-' Willis S. Moore, chief of the United
plications for every place I can of
fer." "At least a thousand actors and
actresses are looking for work here
now," was the statement of another
office which closed threo compnnles
recently. "Usually when tho new year
comes around there are a large num
ber of companies going out, but this
year It Is r11 coming in and nothing
going out.' "There nre hundreds of
chorus girls here now looking for
places where usually It Is hard to find
nny nt this time of the year." Harry
Askln said. "Managers nre complain
ing that they cannot get enough shows
and the owners of the compnnles are
raying they cannot get audiences. 1(
am placing a large number with the J
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1900-1911-
January 18.
-Marquis de Louvois, the great
war minister of Louis XIV,
born. Died July 16, 1691.
Baron de Montesquieu, famous
French author and scientist,
born. Died Feb. 10, 1755. ,
Weekly mail service establish
ed between the United States
and Canada.
Town of Detroit (Michigan) in
corporated. Amos S. Blake, constructor of
the first locomotive ever seen in
New England, born In Brook
field, Vt. Died Feb. 18, 1S95.
German empire proclaimed.
Lard Edward Bulwer Lytton the
English novelist and play
wright, died. Born May 25,
1S03.
Statue of Daniel Webster un
veiled in Washington.
Henry Cabot Lodge re-elected
United States senator from Massachusetts.
Ten thousand cigar makers in Wcst
rhalia, Germany, nre on strike.
Denmark's trade union membership
at the end of 1910 was 131,563.
, The state labor department is dis
playing great activity in the enforce
ment of the eight hour law in Okla
homa. Hotel, coffee house and restaurant
employes in Servia must not be kept
on duty more than 12 hours during
the day or ten hours at night.
I Th) South African Labor Herald, a
paper devoted to the interest of wage
earners, has been started in Cape
Town, the Initial issue consisting ot
eight wages.
The total number of worklngmen's
houses already constructed near the
city of Havana amounts to 395. These
are sold to the workingmen on small
annua: payments.
! According to the preliminary report
of the vensus bureau, the average
wages of men employed in the manii
I factura of explosives In this country
only reacnes $686 a man a year.
Nearly 1,000,000 women In the Unit
ed States are either farmers or farm
laborers, and the number is said to
be rapidly increasing, due to the pop
ulnrlty of the homestead in the west
d-A jmJmmi
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
tho 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
cost.
Selder's
La Grande
southern stock companies, but htm-1 J
dreds are going to be out of work dur-' i
Ing the cold spell. I nm afraid.' i (
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