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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1912)
1 I THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNJS ' ', '' Editor and Owner,',. - gatcred at the potttoffioe at la Grande as second-elusi matter., ' SUBSCRIPTION BATES. 9Oj, singly copy Mtt, per week - per month . lfie 66e . , mould gumi'SE. The wide world has been pretty busy 4iU week keeping still, It has bad JHUe to excite the nerves of the public and aeems , placid as the proverbial riud puddle. Over In China the troops at our dear Uncle Sam have been standing between the menacing Man hu and the chattering Chinese to eep them from annihilating eachoth r, and to protect the representatives ot the nations claiming our protection; the iconoclastic marauder has been In -the "forbidden city" wallB of Pekin despoiling and desecrating In the most careless manner the sanctified halls of, the vanquished Manehus whose Chi nese conquerors have hidden them mind their p's and q's (specially their joeues.) . Really the college of national cares and affairs In charge of the Interna tional status of things Chinese ought to forbid a ruthless pillage like that, lor they are likely to repeat history and destroy much valuable material which would contribute greatly to the ethmological archives of ancient and antemporaneous history. One of the 'greatest losses the world ever had In inatters of the sort was when the mad Mohammedans burned the Alexandrian library. This was rounded by the rimi. ohnnt 400 B. C, and was I IUI1.UIIVU " turned 642 A. D. by Calif Omar who aaserted the Koran was the only book worth having. During the time the war waB waging ten years ago wue the Boxers were on the war-path many Theatre BcAncd Entertainment (or All. People, now running Four Reels HIGH CLASS PHOTOI'LAYS. "THE INNER MIND" .... SHg A remarkably strong dramtalc atory that Is without doubt a star number. , L0VK MOLDS LABOR" Vuiho A story of a foundry, with a jealous man, a strike narrowly verted, the loyal foreman win ning the girl. HOW TEXAS GOT LEFT". . . A very strong western story. "JACK'S UMHBELLA" ..Luhln Here is a comedy story that will keep you laughing. Mr.- Williams, - In latest Illus trated song. Matinee dully from two to four Arcade A Woiking Capital of Over $215,000 00 Inspires Confidence in This Bank .The stability of this Institution, The substantial men behind it, Its reputation for progresslvpneBS, It large loaning capacity, Its spirt of accommodation, have attracted customers whose deposits aggregate over $" ,- (K)O.OO. Promote your Interests by allying yourself as a depositor with this Btrong and successfu 1 institution.' La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, OREGON. CAPITAL ... $ 100.000.00 SURPLUS ... 115.000.00 RESOURCES . . . 1,000,000.00 United States Depository of the literary treasures ot Colua were destroyed by the soldiers of the' all led armies then jhere. When war's awake Poor.B BP.enia td ko to Bleep and all ber agencies are set aside. ; No woh-j der General Sherman used sucn vigor ous language in his attempt to deflue War. ! : N. B. For the benefit of our readers who are trying to" keep the Mancbus and Chinese separated iu their minds, we will say the Chinaman can aiwa. , knAnn hv this three names, as Wo Tin Fang, Yuan Shlh Kal and others; the Mancbu has but two, e. g., ru LI Han, Yee Kee. ; oooo ... .. : uave vo'u ever been In Yellowstone Park? Then you remember that siz zling region known, as the "Devils Frying Pan." ... Eternally' unresting, moment to erupt or do something terrible. That Is the state of Mexico today. There Is no hand on .h governmental affairs . strong enough to hold things steady. Zapata, the chief of the outlaws, has no trou ble finding sympathetic followers for his guerrilla border fighting, ine whole realm is like that of a dozing geyser, and neither Madero, the presi dent, nor any other mortal can. iore- tell the exact date when ah earth-shak ing eruption will occur. , r''-v-'4: o o 0 o - Down In South America someone has hrewed a wee tempest In a tea-pot. Inequable Equador, with Quito, (al titude 9.250 feet In air), her irozen capitol screwed fast to the equator, has bad a taste of militarism witnin tha last few days. Uncle Sam- and Brother Jonathan are there trying to nniBt the factions, but when blood sue peedB In eettlria overheated at so great an altitude it is not quickly cooled. Veins half filled with Indian blood ana half with almost everything else is a combination requiring diplomacy of high order. These high orders must often come from the fellows with the blggeBt navies, - -' q. o o o There Is a new princess in the royal family of Spain and she has been bap tized. Her name Is Marla-Chrlstina- Theresa - Alexandra - Concepclon -Guadalupe-Victoria, but she will be called Maria Christina for short. A fellow would have to love her mighty hard to be able to remember her whole name In the order here given, don't you think? The royal mother, Queen Victoria, Is said to be very domestic in her tastes and caros for her family more than for the gayetles of the court. She la a grand-daughter of the late Queen Victoria of Englaud. 0 0 0 0 "Vanishing Persia"? Yea, that's the ' way the newspapers are saying it now-a-days. : oooo So, Woodrow WIlBon orders Harp er'B Weekly to discontinue boosting him for president! What alls the "Journal of Cvlllzatlon"? oooo Here'B to the 47th star on the lievor-so-blue field of our national flag. New Mexico stands thus far at the foot of the class and will line, up well for dreBS parade next Fourth of July when the new star will be ac tually counted. Arizona Is trailing along in the mezqulte brush till she fixes her dress a little better to please President Taft who says he will not admit her to the class till she tnkes out the tuck called "recall of the Ju diciary." So soon as she does this she will be allowed to become a state. Then the first thing she will do after that is to call' an election and replace the temporarily discarded tuck, oooo Mr. Taft Is a very wise man. He has shown that repeatedly and con tinues to do so, hut there is one thing Mr. Taft does not know, and he MONDAY GREATEST WAIST I MONDAY Tuesday Special West's 14th TUESDAY Annual Clearance Wednesday Sale Ever Offered Wednesday Entire Line of FANCY NETWAISTS Prices Formerly Up to fcO A A $7.50. 3 days special price yb.UV TOUOSEE ODAVS' SPIECOAIL $2, 90 Greater Reductions in Every Department During Remaining Days of This Annual Sale. These prices tn effect Monday morning. Make selection early WEST'S would give a willing ear to anyone who will tell him the truth In the matter, and that Is this: Mr. Taft does not know whether Mr. Theodore Roosevelt is working or . playing. Meanwhile he thinks and thinks and thinks and thinks. That will make him a great thinker if he keeps It up long enough. ; oooo Every reader of travels oriental re members the common wail arising t about the multiplicity of dogs in the streets of the city of Constantinople. Dogs, dogs everywhere. Doga black, white, yellow, brown, multi-colored; good, ' bad, Indifferent; valuable, worthless; full-blood and full of blood; bred and unbred and Inbred; dogs pedigreed and others with just as many, but undignified ancestors. ; Now comes the statement that these scavengers have at last been banished from that Turkish town and' that the streets present a respectable appearance so Jar as the canine clean up la concerned. But, they must have nil been sent to La Grande. The pup py population of our city seems to have increased wonderfully within i the nast six months. Look in any di- j rectlon you like and there is a bevy of ; dancing dog3. Listen In whatever way you will, and you hear the barkings and the snnrllngs of the iniquitous,, ubiquitous, mangy monarch of ' the ' mnneer erecting his fellow dog hear- tlly and without much introduction. Of j course, we know the old saying, "Lovej me. love my dog," and every porson . thinks a own particular brand of dogdom Is the acme of perfection. No matter how old or blind or lame, wad dllns or wheezing, poor or fat, huw rrosB. how nulet, modest or intruding, stay-at-home or gad-about: "He's our dog!" and that ends the matter, wen thf rltv will get rich this spring surei If all the owners pay on all the dogs j they have on the premises. I oooo 1 Nothing our columns have held re cently has called forth such a contin ued series of congratulations as the How Far Is Too Par?" In our last Tuesday's Issue. More than 150 havo cnllcd by phono or on foot to express their thanks . for the words It con tained. Many are thinking "So Far Is Far Enough." oooo Somo Japanese agents were In La Grande this week soliciting- white girls for "restaurant work" In a near by town. They took at leiiBt one from here. They have been busy else-, Linen Tailored Waists. Embroidered and Pleated effects in very best quality linen. Prices up to $7.50 where. A number have been trailed to one of our ,Wallowa county towns. "Restaurant work"? Maybe so; may be no. It looks as If they were badly needed when it requires two burly brown men to escort one girl. SOCIALISM AJiD ANARCHY. In another column will be found a communication from J. B. Stoddard of this city defending present day so cialism. His mention of the Obser ver's edltor.al on secession probably serves his purpose, although he admits that the editorial was run merely to awakon the mind of the reader to the situation. ' ;;" ' : Now, regarding socialism as it exists today and what Mr. Stoddard, as its defender, should explain to the peo ple, is where socialism ceases and where anarchy begins. For a long time this paper was willing to believe that socialism was not anarchy, did not harbor anarchistic views and stood for governmental principles which might, in part, at least, become of decided Importance to this nation. But we have given up that position of late Because lawlessness lias been cloaked under the title of socialism with ho earnest protest from members of that party. The man who talks about the red (lag claims he Is a socialist, men who blow up buildings and commit murder claim they , are socialists. This being true, is it but. natural that men who choose to believe In this country; who believe that existing evils can yet he made right, should have a total disregard for present, day socialism? There Is left in America considera ble patriotism. All that Is needed Is a thorough arousing, and the man who 1s really patriotic whl . believes in this country, In the flag, in our ances tors and In our constitution, cannot swallow socialism. Neither can he re main silent when socialist speakers openly advocate replacing the stars ..- j -ir.r-j ft3r? AKmSrS m Entire Line of COLORED SILK WAISTS Prices Formerly Up to ffO A A $6.50. 3days8pecialprice y'VY and stripes with the red Hag ot an archy. ; We are glad, however, that Mr. Stod dard's communication reached this of fice. We want more of them. Argu ment along these lines will aid In lining up men either for or against and we would like to see a stand taken one way or the other by every man in Union county. ' ' THIS DATE IS HISTOBV. January 27. 1775 i -Friedrlch Wilhelm JoBeph von Schelllng, German philosopher, (born. Died Aug. 20, 1854. " . - 1785 i Charter granted the University of eGorgia. -Virginia ' legislature chartered the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal company. -John James Audubon, famous naturalist, died. Born May 4, 1780 -Ottawa named as the capital of the Dominion of Canada. -President Lincoln issued an or der commanding a general ad vance to be made against the Confederates on Feb. 22. -One hundred miners killed by any explosion of fire damp In the coke works near Mt. Pleasant, Pa. -Gulseppe Verdi, Italian compos er,' died. Bom Oct. 9, '1814. -Joseph W. Reiiihart, former president of the Santa Fe rail road, died in Kansas City. Bom in Pittsburg, Sept.-17, 1851. 1824- 1851-185S-18G2- 1891- 1901 1911 "THIS IS MY CfiTH BIRTHDAY." Bishop of Ontario. Right Rev. William Lennox Mills, Anglican bishop of Ontario, was born in Woodstock, Ontario, January 27, S46. After attending several prepara tory schools he completed his educa tion at Trinity College, Toronto. Fol lowing his uniitM'ton he occupied pul- After a Cold Auto Ride what could be more -comforting or exhilarating than a nice cup of Hot Chocolate, which you will always find ready at thig 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 cost. ....,'-.. Seider's I $2. WEST'S pits in several of the smaller cities ot Ontario. Later he became rector of St. John's church, in "Quebec, from which: place he went to Trinity church, Mon treal. Before his election to the epis copate he was a lecturer at the Dloce-' san Theological college in Montreal and Canon of Christ Church Cathedral in the same city. Congraulations to: William II, emperor of Germany, 53 years old today. Samuel Gompers, president of the American federation of Labor 62 years old today. . " I Dr. John Henry Harms, president ot : Newberry college, 36 years old today. Jiexi Week's News Forecast, Washington, D. C, Jan. 27. Presi dent Taft will spend -'he. first three days of the week in his home state. Monday night he will speak at the Mc 'Kinley day banquet of the Tippecanoe I club in Cleveland and the following day he will visit Columbus to preside at the dedication of 'he new federal building in that city. ' He will speak hi ' Akron Wednesday night, and return to Washington in time for the supreme court dinner Friday evening. Two of the prominent piesidential aspirants, Senator La Folleite of Wis consin and Governor WlUon of New Jersey, have accepted Invitations to -peak at the annual dinner of the Peri odical Publishers assochtion in Phila delphia Friday night. BETTER THAN SPANKING .Ranking does not cure children' of bl weltlng. Tuerc 1 a constitutional cause for this trouble. Mra. M. Summers, Box W, Notre fame, Ind.,' will aend free to anjr mother her - successful home treatment, with f" Instructions. Send no money, but write her today If your children trouble you In this way. Don't blame the child, the chances are It can't help It. This treatment also cures adults and aged people troubled with Jirlne diffli-ultles hy day or night La Grande 90 .-----
