LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,--TUESDAY;-APRIL 16, 1912.v
PAGE iv'J
Arcade
Theatre
FOUK THOUSAND FEET OF
HIGH CLASS PHOTOPLAYS.
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FOB ALL PEOPLE.
"A YICTIM OF CI M UM.
STANCES" ......... Kalmu
Pictured in the south among
the Everglades, quiet waters and
tangled forests.
"HELLO CEJiTMAL" . .Lublu
An . amusing and romantic
comedy, fresh, and very Inter
esting. :
THUIUSDAl' 18)11 MELYIN AM)
O'NEILL, COMEDY SINGING
AND TALKING ACT. FOB
THREE DAYS.
"THE POISON Cl'P". .. C P. C
Simply a fairy story told clalrly
.Nothing but entertainment in
this picture.
"THE BELL BROTHERS" .
....... ..G.CP.C.
An acrobatic picture of more
.than unusual Interest.
MISS LANGDON IN LATEST ,
ILLUSTRATED SONG
"PLEASE REMIT" ... Edison
A very welcome, comedy wit!)
the editor of a country newspa
per as 'its center.
MELV1N AND O'NEILL THE
18th, llhh and 20tli. NO RAISE
IN PRICE OF ADMISSION.
bis Identity Known has forwarded a
'spasm" In the way of a communica
tion relative to the Appeal to Reason.
The Observer publishes communica
tlons only when signed the writer l
not required to attach his name to
these communications as they appear
In the lSBue but once again the Ob
server relteratoB Its regulation thut
the. writer makers identity known.
Writing under the shadow of an aa-
sinned name or witnout any name m
all, It is an easy matter to say most
I anything that ' comes along. Among
' other things he, she or it calls the
Observer to, "say somethinglpr. other
about publishing a news dispatch from
Girard. Kansas, relative to the col
lapse or so-called collapse of the Ap
peal to Reason, an item of news pub
lished the length and breadth of ihe
land the day It was sent out, and con
cludes by afllrming the Observer lied
and knew it lied. If Mr. Friend of th
red flag organ and mouthpeice of an
archy will step to the front perhaps
we will say something.
THE USE OF THE TELEPHONE.
j ...
From . the annual report of Oie
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
come Interesting statistics are avail
able. Compared with the cost of ser
vice In former years, there has been a
steady decrease In revenue per sub-,
scrlber's station, showing ' that now
the average subscriber pays for a
higher grade, more comprehensive ser
vice, less than half what he paid 16
years ago for the much less useful ser
vice which was then' possible '. -'
The Bell company's toll lines now
reach 70,000 places, which Is 5,000
more than the number of postofflces
In the United States, and 10,000 more
than the railroad station. The tote!
wire mileage has been increased to
nearly 13,000,000 miles, of which over
half Is underground, and the new 450
mile subway between . Boston and
Washington 'has been completed ex
cept for the drawing in of some of the
cable.
Speaking of the utility of the tele
phone service, President Theodore X.
Vail says he thinks the public is fast
(anting to believe:
"That telephone service to be per
fect must be universal, Inten-comniun-.
Icatlng, interdependent under one
.... , ... ( r....l .U... tl.tnil .anllAII
Wl K f,.f fou, vn. lOIUIUl, MNU UIUI IIU lOU.n.cu
era are taking much Interest In tha!"" be considered independently o
.ecretary of state race now o nearly "her or of tlx, whole system, and
the climax. Olcott. the present In- rntes raust be K m,juste(1 "s
,.hu .,.Bii.i. w make It possible for everyone to be
appointed by a democratic combine of! connected who will add to the value.
office holders, Beeks re-election on the
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS
EDITOB AND OWNER.
Iitered at tho postofTlco at La Grande,
..Oregon, as second class matter. '
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Daily, singlo copy Si'
Pally, per week 15c
Dally, per month 65c
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lepubllcan ticket, and Frank S. Field",
a Portland man, for several years
clerk of Multnomah county, is alHo a
candidate . on the republican tick'.
Fields has proven his worth by a ret!--crd
In Ills county that is amazing he
turned a losing proposition Into a big
"money making offlee and mndo order
and system out of chaos and disorder.
There seems little to he said, the re
publicans can readily diagnose the
the situation and come, to a correct
and plausible conclusion as to which
of the two Is the more entitled to the
nomination.
WHO ARE YOU, BROTHER!
t t
Someone who assorts he is a con
utant reader of the Observer but be
Tond that neglects or fears to malto
of the system to others,
Of government ownership,' the re
port says that there is hartlly a gov
ernment telegraph or telephone sys
tem In the world now operated which
Bhows a pro'Mt under accounting meth
ods employed, and not one that would
now show a deficit under accounting
methods obligatory Upon private busi
ness enterprises. Taking the kind ami
quality of service, the extent of terrl-
i tnrlpH rnveretl. and the waees to em
ployes, the report states that there Is
no service In the world cheaper than
the telegraph and telephone service of
the United- Stntesr1 -w-- ; ,
k The Intern-operations of - the - tele
phone and telegraph systems are said
to he improving rapidly, and through
co-operation the entire service can
bo made better, broader and more
economical.
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The stability ii Uiis Institution,
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LA GRANDE, OREGON.
. CAPITAL ... $ 100,000.00
; SURPLUS . . . 115.00Q.00
RESOURCES . . . 1,000.000.00
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Frhluy'8 'rrlnwiry lmportanU
J ift-mnrtrnr
Salem, Ore.r April 1C .National po
litical interest will turn to Oregon at
the end ot tills week in view of the
stale wide primary election to be hem
Friday with the Oregon presidential
prclerence feature added to the pri
mary law tnat nas oeen in eueci. iui
the past six years. The primaries ari
open to republicans aud democrats, n.i
ther political organization having tha
25 per cent of the vote required o
constitute It tt
- The names' of-.Taft.-.Roosevelt and.
La Kollette will nppear on the republi-'
can ticket and those of Clark and Wil
son on the democratic. In view of
the fact that primary elections arc
an established fact here, it Is believed
there will be no occasion for the con
fusion that marked the recent New
York primaries, and since the prlmar.
its are conducted by the state In tne
same manner as are general elections
there is reason to bellevo there will
be a truly representative vote of the
adherents of all the candidates
lu addition to expressing prefer
ence for president, each Oregon voter
will be entitled to vote for one of
tho ten delegates which his party i
to have in the national convention. Or
the ten receiving the highest vote each
will receive $200 from the state to pav
his expenses at the convention. Vot
ers also express a choice for presiden
tial elector, each voter voting for one
and tho live highest being the nomi
nees tor the November election. Dele
prates to the national conventions will
be obligated to support the candidates
of their party receiving the majority
In the preference primary.
So far as the state Is concerned in
terest centers largely In the advisory
vote on United States senator, It being
expected as in the past the legis
lalvo assembly will simply register
tho selection ot the peoplo for this
ollice. A hard light to displace Jona
than Uourue, Jr., is being made by
lien Selling, a prominent Ponlnnl
merchant who was president ot the
state senate two years ago. Thd chief
objection made to Senator Bourne is
'that his interests are in Massachusetts
and not in Oregon; that he has visited
Oregon but three times in the past six
ears. Mr. Selling stands among f.be
progressives of ' the republicans and
apparently 'will make a strong run for
the place. There are two other can
didates for the senatorshlp, but the
contest is believed to be between Sell
ing and Bourne.
The democrats, too, encouraged by
the election of George Chamberlain,
as Bourne's colleague two'
Ing trust. Senator La Follette en
dorsed direct election of United States
collators and presidential primaries; servative."
this is the first plank In Mr. Cochran's j
platform. On many other issues the !
platform of the La Grande water sup
erintendent is identical with the state
ments of "Wisconsin Bob."
"Mr. Cochran, it must be understood
has devoted his attention to his own !
candidacy and has not endorsed one1
man rather thaa another for, the' re-
publican presidential nomination, '-He i
will abide by the decision of the peo
no one Has accused Senator La Fol-
I itaie oi Demg a sianapaxier or a com-
(Paid Adv.)
Eyesight
Specialist
years ago, are taking strong' Interest fie and support their choice for preai-
in the senatorial primary vote and
likewise have four candidates.-
There is no governor to be elected
this year, and aside' from president
and senator the Interest in the pri
maries will be centered lu local con
tests in the . various counties ot the
state.
A STRIKIXG PARALLEL.
dent.
"But attention is directed to this
parallel merely because the only argu
ment that has been directed against j
Mr. Cochran is that he is .not a 'pro-
gressive.' So far as we have heard
Invites jou to jlslt Ms now Op
Meal parlors 8 doors east of the
Golden Rule store. He will he
pleased to make your acquaint"
ancc, and1 demonstrate his meth
od of fitting glasses scientifical
ly. .
(Pendleton Live Wire Editorial)
' Saturday afforded a striking paral
lel. . One column of this newspaper
contained a synopsis of Senator Rob
ert M. La Follette's speech, in which
he scored the monopolistic power of
Wall street and declared the railroads
sre controlled by eight men ami ho
wealth of the nation by not more than
a dozen. Progressive legislation, de
clared t'.io speaker, who is recognU-
ed as the father of the progresisvo
movement, Insists upon a curtailment
of this power.
"In another column of tho same is
sue appeared a statement of the plat
form pledges ot George T. Cochran, oi
La Grande, candidate for the republi
can congressional nomination, in
which Mr. Cochran set forth clear!.-
his proposed relief. Senator La Fo'.
lette declared against stock-watering:
George T. Cochran declared agalns'
stock-watering. Senator La Follett"
declared the money trust must h
curbed; George T. Cochran advocated
r.atlonni control of corporations doin:
an Interstate business with jail sen
tences instead of fines for the 'higher
ups,' as the only real method of bust-
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only first quality blanks used.
We make a specialty of Kryp
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Jewelers and Optometrists
Opposite U. S. Land Office
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