La Grande evening observer., February 17, 1912, Image 4

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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1912.
TttE; OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS
Editor and Owner.
littered at the postofflce at la Grande
a second-class matter.
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WOULD GLIMI'SE.
Ireland 1b an assured fact; Tbey are
having some internal and Irish oppo
sition to It, but It cannot be from the
Idea that It would prove, a failure, for
the land, that has , furnished US' our
policemen for ages ought' not to fall In'
finding enough to keep, the peace , at
home. '. ;'' " '-' ' ' '
, ' OOOO., ,;. - '
Ponathap Bourne, advises against
one-cent ' postage, Well, It does not
matter to him for he does, not have to
pay any himself. Maybe he has a life
tenure of office down In Washington,
anyway, and will never have to pay
any 'more'. -' Maybe so! .
.; " oooo.,,,.
The. "higher-ups" are being disturb I
by the frequency and the bothersome
regularity with which; the indictments
are being; returned against them. ; Has
the righteous cause of labor been be
trayed". irito'-the hands of the lawless?
Have the-honest wage-earners been
the victims of the scheming robber
who would exploit the very persons he
made' believe he' was protecting? It
looks so. ; Meanwhile, Mr; W. J. Burns
Arcade
Theatre
Dr. Sun Yat Sen has resigned and
, Yuan Shi Kal Is China's president. By
actual abdication of the Manchu em
1 peror, Pu VI, and the proclamation of
the new authorities four hundred mil
lions of people were changed from
the "subject" side to the "citizen" side
. of the account in the civics of: the
world this week, when China became
a republic In fact. Now, of course,
St Is the duty of the nations of the
; great neighborhood of the world to
call on tne new arrival ana give ner j8 bu8y and appears to fear no defeat.
a house-warming welcome, ana invite1 oooo
ner to can on tnem. it wui-oe aone. , No American is uninterested In the
By tne above act tne date-writing in, ogress, of affairs on .our southern
v;nina nas Decome simpnnea. wow- border whether they are going back
a-uays we uninaraan wnerever on ineiWara 6r forward. .We Venture' the
gioDe writes m-5, insteaa or a certain - guess ; Uiatff ex-President Diaz , sleeps
uy oi a curiam qiomn in mo riSii oi far more soundly than does his suc
the Emperor Pu Yl, All the world cessor, Madero. The latter seems to
now, except possibly Tibet lies under think, he must resort to military rule;
the Christian date, anno Domini. ne wouia keep the peace at any cost
oooo and protect the Interests of his people
' It looks now as If "home role" for-and alj others in the land' of the peons,
Meanwhile" our good Uncle Sam alts
on a Band dune o the border, elbows
I, on knees, puffing away at hlsMlsourl
meerschaum, with eye a-squlnt watcb
, Jng the" actions of the contestants. Oc
casionally he says "Tut," tut, there!"
and tny "tut" pretty quickly. The oJ(J
gentleman g a little testy sometimes
. and tall thifif gaems to be getting on
hfa nerves, " ; ;
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1 1. Someone has sarted the report that
' Abraham Lincoln was dead. That's a
mistake. Campbell said a truism when
.uttered the following:
"To live in hearts we leave behind
'is' not to die." 'V.
Abraham Lincoln will never die so
long as there remain the republic of
American liberty and the Institutions
which flourish therein. Abraham Lin
coln cannot die. so long as there 1st
possible the unprecedented progress
now active among the black citizens
of our country; who, from slavery in
1863, have amassed the wealth . of
property, religion, education and char
acter. Some of the most proseprout.
farmers and bankers of the United
States are men who did not own their
own children, wives or souls In 1S63.
Lincoln Is one of the immortals. He
can never die. 1 .;
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The supreme court of the nation,
always the friend of the needy, made
another sweeping decision In favor of
the oppressed some time ago in which
64 hours was fixed as the maximum
for . woman's work In public institu
tions a week, Thus encouraged, Ohio
has also said so in her supreme court
agreeing with Oregon and Illinois as
the iirogresslvlsts of the union.
... :' v; 'i"o o'o o : '.J:-'':
Jls Mr.' Roosevelt a candidate? Keep
still. Don't say anything above - a
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Eachday our showing of Spring:
I attire is increased by the arrival of
many
fashionable
new
garments
- JHIGH CLASS PHOTQl'LAyS,
IMKrAlfCE OF THE EM
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Strong western drama.
"MILLIONAIRE BARBER' .
;.f.S. & A.
A lively comedy. . He has a
lot of fun and we have the
laughs. . . ' ,
"X NOBLE ENEMY" ;, . Lubln
Strong dramatic picture with
a modern dreadnought for Its
setting. ' :
"LOVE'S LABOR LOST '.Lubln
A modern comedy.- . '
LAIRA GREEN WILLS
In Popular 8on&.
Fonr reels. 4,000 feet of film.
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
First Spring
i Showing of
j STREET DRESSES
i PARTY DRESSES
and
! TAILORED SKIRTS
There's a touch of distinction and
individuality about ; these ne
"ready-to-wear" garments that is
seldom found outside the high
priced custom tailor work. You
will be delighted with both style!
and price. Comer today and see
them. r
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Spring Showing
TAILORED SUITS
IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO AT
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UNTIL YOU' SEE THEM, HOW
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TAILORED ARE THESE SUITS SO
MODEST IN PRICE.
Suits Priced from
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These newest spring models are designed and tailor
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are distinctly (out of the ordinary). Long revers,
wide collars, deep cuffs, and many with cutaway and
side closing effort;. AH the popular shades and ma
terials. ' ' '
Priced from $13.50 to $27.50
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Spring Clothing in our Men's Store I J
j Hundred? of New Spring Styles in Men's and Young Mens Suits arrived dur-;
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whisper! But did you ever see a cat
watching for a mouse? Literally it
was not making a move, but no one
In the country round about was bus
ier watching.. That seems the case
with Mr. R. . ..
Here are Mr. Roosevelt's words: "I
am not a cnndldate. I shall never seek
the nomination, nor would I accept It
if It came to me as the result of In
trigue." Safe sentence, that. Notice
the word "Intrigue"? That is the
safety to Mr. R. when the time arrives.
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" Arizona Ms a fact, j This weci?- the
pen - of President : Taft placed It , on
the map of the United States as No.
4S. This was the last of the territor
ies. It was organized as such in 1863
and was originally a part of the Gads
den Purchase of 1853. She has not pa
tiently waited for the statehood dress,
having knocked long and noisily at
the nation's door. .
oooo
There Is no darker pocket in the
city than the three blocks N to K on
Fourth street. Thia is the region, too.
where there are as many public meet
ings ns anywhere in the city. This
center of the Stygian gloom Is direct
ly between the Methodist church and
the high school building; and in one
of these houses there Is some public
function almost every night. There
ought to be a movement to have a
light placed at the Intersection of
Fourth nnd M at once.
Sneaking of the high school makes
us remember that the excellent series ,
of entertainments projected by Prof.;
Stout and sustained by the satisfied ,
public is to be further enhanced next
week by the bringing of Oborammer
gnu to the auditorium of the .line build
ing.. The "Passion Play" Is the great
est In the world because of the sub
ject treated the crucifixion of Jesus,
oooo
One of our local physicians was cal
led to diagnose a case recently and
pronounced It appendicitis.
"Why, doctor, don't you remember
you operated on me for appendicitis
five, years ago?" said the astonished
patient. .
I ; Whereupon the medical gentleman
! said It happened to be an affection
that so nearly "resembled appendicitis
the symptoms are often the same. One
of the peculiarities of this disease, we
! laymen have discovered, is that the
' appendix cannot be removed twice
from the same person in one lifetime.
; ;WH.VT AMERICA XEKftS.
. "What America needs more :tban
railway extension, and western Irriga
tion, and a low .tariff, and a bigger
wheat crop, and a merchant marine,
and a new navy,' is a revival of piety,
the kind mother and father used to
have piety that counted It good busi
ness to stop for daily family prayer
before breakfast right in the middle of
harvest, that quit, field work a half
hour early Thursday night so as to
get the chores done and go to prayer
meeting; that borrowed money to pay
the preacher's salary, and prayed fer
vently in secret for the salvation of
the rich man who looked with scorn
on such unhusiness-like behavior.
That's what we need now to clean
this country of the filth of graft, and
of greed, petty and big, of worship of
fine houses and big lands ami high of
fice and grand social functions. What
Is this wealth we are worshiping but
a. vain repetition of what decayed na
tions fell down and worshiped Just be
fore their light went out?'' Wall
Wall Street Journal.
' The above article being taken from
the Wall Street Journal indicates that,
even in the money-mad center, there
is a feeling of the uncertainty now
being fostered by the desire to chase
the dollar dajr, night and all the time
That the money grabbing disease is
rampant In this country no one will
dare deny. That it is the most dan
gerous maiady that ever took hoid of
any nation ; history for ages proves,
But. to have .the Wall Street Journal
take this stand In a place where It
never can have any effect is out of the'.
ordinary.
Wall Street never had a heart, a
soul and perhaps not a good stomach.
There never has been a time when the
Wall street broker acted in full sin
cerity. J. Plvrpont Morgan is accred
ited as being the man who will near
est stick by his word in a transaction
but even In his instance there is said
to be exceptions to the rule. Any mnn
doing business on the street recognlzesf
ho must make signed contracts; that
a gentleman's agreement is no longer
binding. ,
This Is probably not a recent fen
turo of the money center but it is now
becoming better known to the outside
world, for Wall street has always been
enshrouded with a veil of mystery I
which was not to be penetrated by the,
average citizen.
As far back as Jay Gould's time tha
brokers showed little or no humanity,
for it is said that when Gould died and
tho news reached Wall Street the
brokers formed a circle and with arms;
on each other's shoulders, marched In:
a' circle singing a song of disrespect.
State Oil Inspector Neal's report
shows that Michigan Is doing Its best
to help John D. keep the wolf front
the door. -
The Chinese throne has made Prem
ier. Yuan a count, but that honor, at
present, is of no account.
While the price of almost every
thing has gone up, pens, pencils and
paper still remain stationery.
One cent postage, however, should
not apply to "balck hand" letters.
Still the man with the bald head
Is the least likely to dye.
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must be In the news room by
5 Friday evening at 6 o'clock or S
? publication will positively be re-
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