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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1912)
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1912. DECISTRATION CONVENIENT HOOKS TO II K TAKKJi BOtt.N TOM'S THIS KVfM. '.. etfoutj- Olrrk Kd Wrlghl- Will Afcwi module Busy Tuxpnyers. republicans, says the Baker Herald. Judge Clifford's friends have request ed hlin to run and when asked by a Herald man today he said that he ex pected to file his nomination papers soon. He served continuously for 14 years on the circuit bench, which In the earlier years Included Baker county, and for four years was us trlct attorney in the district Including this county. He will run on the rec ord made on the bench In the past, he snys. . . . RATE HEARING T Taxpayers will he given an oppor , tfmnlty tonight to register for the pri sma ry and general elections without rvjoing to the court hous-3 to do so. 'County Clork Kd Wright will bring the registration books down town this - evening and from 7 1 ii'ittl 9 o'clock will afford opportit'i.'iy for all qubll lled voters to reglt.t?r at the J. R. Oli ver offices in the la Grande Natlon.il l;ank building. Eviey voter - must TeglFtcr. Because voters wero regis tered prior to other elections does not excuse them now, it must be done over . again.' IlcgislraU n before the pri maries is sufficient to cover the gen eral election, however. '-.' County Clerk .Wright Iihs gone to the trouble .i .bringing Iho books iown town bec-ni3.i. ho realizes that many people are uinble to get I) the court house in the day time and ex pe?'t8 that the voters will ta"ke advant age of It. Hownv.ir, there are scores who have not giveii tho registration, matter a second thought and bofore inns It wl'l be too lata , ', v-STHKKT FORCE' JS KXLAKGEW.' ' 1'ive I'liiccd Under Street Suiicrliitcii dent to Til) Off Flues. I mmmmmm 'One group of four and one of one were consigned to. the street depart ment thlB morning as punishment for offenses- committed last night. A group of four boys, Joe Brill, Lester athodes, B. Rhodes and Roy Dunn wore rftued $5.00 each raising disturbance Vn a Depot stroot pool room l'a?t. night :.nnd it Is probable thallhoy will work two and a half days on the streets us tthcy did not produce tho flno money Yhls morning. Joe Brown was lined -10 for being drunk and disorderly. ' ; 'Clifford Out for County Judge, j Judge Morton D. Clifford is expect-( eil lo enter the race for the nomlna rtlon for circuit Judge at the demo- Tatlc pramurles, making three nsplr ' .ants for the democratic favor and no pi m DEI.AYED.TRAIX WILL BKIXfi THE FLAYERS TO CIT. Interesting flame Bound to Kiimic To night When Rivals ( lush. J.VfERSTATE CO.WA1ISSI0XER HAS '.'-. TAKES EV1DEXCE. .Ilaii) .Salient Points in Rate Issue Set Out by Baker, Baker's quintet of basketball tos sers will reach La Grande late this nfternoon to participate in the first basketball ' game between these two Sfhools In uiany years. The delayed Xol7 will bring them here about 4:30 this afternoon and this will afford ample time for the players to get rested before the crucial test this eve ning at 8 o'clock at the high school gym. Early attendance will bo nocos sary as the audience will be large, if Interest buzzing' aroundthe outside Ik a good criterion. 4 ,.-.,', KILLED BY STARVED CATS. Insane Daughter Guard Dead r'uth cr's Body. New York, Feb. 1. Guarded by his maniac daughter who had stuffed his mouth. lull of. bread crumbs aua sur rounded by a dozen half starved cats, tho body of Henry Bonsneld, aged 70 and Worth thousands, was found to day in his Brooklyn home. Detectives were forced to use violence to subdue the insane daughter before they se cured the corpse. Cuts killed the inn n. William A. Brady Is to produce a play by Bayard Velller, called "The Miracle." Hi this piny Grace George will have the role of a feminine crook ''JHBHBJHHBSJBISMSBHBOBSBBBHBMHBHBH Free Sewing Machine of ex- ceptionnl merit and most beautiful cabinet design. Our finishes are select yrAR'I'ER.SAIV FLAKED OAK, highly polished, solid black Walnut and PURE MAHOG ANY. This machine Is set with 120 BALL BKARIXfiS a dozen times more than any other machine made to ay. Is warranted to you for lifetime and we give you a PAID F1RB INSURANCE policy which menus that we will replace thH machine within " YEARS, absolutely without expense, should you lose It by fire. We have done : this already. Let us show you. STANDARD HOUSEHOLD LUBRICANT Is the BEST. We sell It In 10c, 15c, 20c and 2"c size cans. Try a tan and you will I'SE XO OTHER thereafter. XO'l'lt'E Bring un this .advertisement and get a liiu FREE. Needles, Shuttles and Bobbins (or mae in All Makes of Sowing Machines. Also Imported Gold Eye hand needles. Only 5c Dozen These are the very best made Exceptional Close Out Prices on a number of items. , Let Us Show You F. D. HAISTEN C0SA!E ' (Wednesday's Baker Herald.) The Baker Commercial' club, repre sented by F. H. McCune and the In terstate commerce commission met this morning in the council chamber of the city hall and argued the case of rates affecting the local shippers to ' points east of Huntington and north of Welser. The examiner of the commission was F. I. , Vasault and the reporter, J. C. Lowe. The O.-W. R. & N. and O. S. L.. railroads were represented by attorneys Sclen drett . and Lyle, General Freight agents Skinner and Reeves'' were also there in the interests of the roads. . , - , ,; The commission simply took the evidence and It will probably be sev eral months before they make a de cision. ,' ', The commission took the oral testi mony of Messrs, D. W. French land J. W. Stuchall. These men , are the miinngers of the firms most interested in the decision of the commission. The case is No. 4156 . brought . In June, 1011, by the Baker Commercial club against the O. W. R. & N. com apny, the 0. S. L. R. R. and the P & 1. N. Ry., in complaint against making the through rates' from Baker to points east of Huntington and ,north of . Welser the combination of the lo cal rates to and from these points. The prayer is for a reasonable sched ule of rates based on continuous mile age. Examples were shown In the evi dence wdiere other rates were made on Huntington and west of HunUngton this basis both from points east of ' eastward. A serious complaint was made against the high local rates Jn use by jail the lines parties to the suit. I The rates now In use by the rail ! roads were compared with the pre vailing wagon haul rates. Typical of I this comparison was a haul of 105 i mile3 in Oregon for wool for which the', teamsters' rate was 88 cents per 100 ponds, the first class rate on the ,0.-W. R. & N. for this distance is 86 ' cents, the combined rate of the O.-W. IR. & N. company nnd the O. S. L. is $1.00. and the combined rate for the threo roads for the snme distance is From this 'illustration It was shown that the rail rates are consid erably higher than the wagon haul 'rates.-' V' .. Then in Indicate' the difference in I the capacity of a horse compared with a railroad it was shown that one horse would require $3.32 per day to maintain nnd It could haul on a dirt road 25,000 pounds' one mile in ten hours,;' the first steam locomotive could haul 8,610.000 pounds, one mile in ten hours, the modem locomotlev can haul S50.OOO.OOO pounds one mile in ten hours, or equal to 34,000 horses. The cost to haul by horses would be about $112,000, while the cost by rail . . . i.. iftin.n A. ..1 Mm vail I would ue ouiy $-uu. "' rates are higher man uy wagon nam today. A grevious complaint was made against the present classification of freight where the less than carload shipment of 100 pounds was given a fourth class rating and a shipment in a car of 36.000 pounds was given a fifth class rating, the difference be tween these rates for a haul of 3G0 miles whs only 10 cents the hundred whereas It was shown that the dif ference in the cost to produce the lesa carload shipment was on an average of about 7 to 1, or where It would cost for the less carload it would cost only $1 for the carload. It was thus shown to 'bo unecono mlcal to Job freight long distances as a waste of transportation. It was shown that the first class rate from Bolsa to Welser, a distance of 79 miles, was 38 cents per 100 pounds and from Bakor to Welser, a distance of 71 miles, It was 65 cents, or nearly double. Graphic Illustrations were given how the ton mile cost differed be'- tweon different commodities because' of the difference In the terminal ex pense and in the loading ot the cars. load shipments move In average car lots of 4.5 tons which compared with a carload of .100,000 pounds, many of such cars being In. use, that it would require 10 cars to , move the same amount of 1. c. 1. business as one car load. In this connection It was shown that the clerical expense was no more for the 100,000 carload shipment thanj for a 100 pound I: e. 1. shipment. That while the clerical cost for the carload would be only 20 cents, the 1. c. 1. cost would be 1.00. Other 'Items of ex pense were' shown to,' -be on varying ratios greater for the 1. c. 1. than car loads and the variation! ' between the different weights of the carload as re lated to each other .was Illustrated which effectually disposes of the con tention of the railroads' that the ton measure for computing rates as be tween commodities. ' . , .' . . ' Cost figures' were shown to the ef fect that it does not cost any more to operate railroads. In Oregon than In Illinois and that the tonnage Is practi cally as heavy, but the. freight, rates are more than double for the same length of haul In Oregon as for Illi nois. ' It was shown that the O. S. L. paid since 1906 dividends to the amount of $72,5666,875 on a capital stock of $27, 460,100, and during the same period the O.-W. R. N. company paid $38v 228,006 on a capital stock of $35,000, 000, both roads paying dividends In excess of their capitalization. . .. Notwithstanding the consider able Increased cost of labor and material our unparalleled facilities and our perfect , or ' ganization have enabled us not only to continue our former schedule of popular prices, but In many instances we have made downward revisions, thus prov ing ; beyond question the "square policy" on which our or ganization is built and demon strating the advantages of be ; coming allied with a firm like If '. MUSIC BATHS. Holmes Says They Are to the Soul ao . ' Water Is to the Body.'. '' One must be educated no doubt to understand the more complex and dlffl. cult kinds of musical composition. Go to the concerts where you know that the music Is good nnd that you ought to like it, whether you do of not. Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons nnd you will find that It is to the soul what the wa ter lvUh is to the body.v I wouldn't trouble myself about the affectations of people who go to this or that series of concerts chiefly becnuao It is fash ionable. Some of these people whom we tumic so silly will perhaps 11 ml sooner or later that they have a dormant facul ty which is ut last waking up and that they who - came becnuso others fame nnd began by staring at the nu dlcnce are listening with a newly found delight. Every one of ns has a harp under the bodice or waistcoat, nnd if It can only once got properly strung ana tuned It will respond ,to nil outsiue harmonies Oliver Wendell Holmes la Over the Teacups." 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Apply lo La Grande National bank. 2-1-lmo DRY CHAIN WOOD $3.50 a , con Phone Jlaln .54.. 2-l-12t FOR RENT One suit of housekeepln rooms modern and one nicely fun ' lsbed room. 2-1-tf WANTED An experienced waitres; Inquire Palace restaurant. 2-l-3t mm 1 Call and have a talk with us if you contemplate buying a piano. We are agents for the famous Baldwin Line, comprising five different popular makes. Very attractive terms. Newlin Book & Stationery Co. nder practical railroading loss car "JM' - ' 'iiriiriiiJijfijiLlririjfjjfijfijfitfiijfijf1
