La Grande evening observer., May 20, 1912, Image 4

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THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS
ED1T0B AXD 0WXEB.
Eiterfcd at the postoffice at La Grand"
Oregon, as second class matter.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
tallj, single copy 5c
fitly, per wees lie
Daily, per month 5e
THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL.
This is the closing week ot school.
Every adult reader will remember the
thrill that used to pass over all ur
chins when the closing days of the
term arrived. He will remember how
the ashing hole and the swimming
pool stood before him every hour
-during the last week and when the
last bell for the year had rung and
teachers bid goodbye to pupils how
Joyful everything seemed,
But schools are different nowadays
and pnplls are a little different.
Where children once balled with de--Hght
the last day they wer to pass
In the poorly ventilated, poorly con
structed school house, now many of
them rather regret when that day ar
rives. For today the buildings are
modern, the heating and ventilation Is
as near nerfect as man can make.
School opens with classical music
from the most scientific graphophone
made.' The bun of the saw and th'
click of the hammer In the manual
training department tells a story of
Tecreation and Interest rather tham
burdensome books. The cooking de-
Arcade
Theatre
BEFIJiED ETEUTAI'tfEXT
FOR ALL PEOPLE.
The Last Rites of the
Maine
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Pathe Weekly.
High Class Drama.
Clever Comedy.
GOOD MUSIC
Vaudeville.
A Working Capital of Over
$215,000.00 Inspires Confidence in This Bank.
Tho stability" of this Institution,
Tho substantial men behind It,
Its reputation for progresslvenesa,
Ita large loaning capacity .
Its spirit of accommodation,
Have attracted customers whose deposits aggregate over $700,
000.00. '
Promote your Interests by allying yourself as a depositor with
this strong and successful Institution.
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON.
CAPITAL ... $ 100,000.00 .
SURPLUS . . . 115.0CO.00
RESOURCES . . . 1,000,000.00
United States Depository
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partinent tor tie girls, , where elec-j
trie plates are used along with every!
other modern device takes away the .
gloom tfaat used to enshroud "' the
rc-adei, the speller and the arithmetic. J
And added this year to the La J
Grande schools is the most modern
stereoptican thai money - can buy.
Beautiful pictures and busts of
great artists ornament walls which
used to be. bleak and bare.
It Is litilev wonder "that the child of
today rather regrets when school Is
out. ,
SOITH LA (iBAXDE AS A HOME
DISTRICT
To enjoy La Grande in Its fullest
and best sense one should take a ride
or . walk through South La Grande.
Notice the beautiful green grass, thei
shrubs, fill your nostrils with the
rich odor from blossoms everywhere.
Look at the homelike homes, the
South La Grande as a residence sec
tion has not exactly been overlooked
restful lawns and the shady nooks,
but all that is needed is paved streets,
good sidewalks and perhaps some
means of transportation to make It
come .into Its own.'
' MOKE SEA PRECAUTION.
Another teBt of searchlights as safe
gaurds of transoceanic travel will be
made, according to reports to the
Chicago headquarters of the League
for Public Safety, practically the only
ocean-going vessels carying search
lights today being those in the Anglo
Australian service. The Royal Ed
ward of the Atlantic fleet owned by
the Canadian Northern Railway will
be equipped wjth a searchlight for the
nurpose of making a thorough test
of Its advantages. Soma years ago
the Cunard line equipped the Caronia
with a seachlight but it was quickly
abandoned and no further experi
ments were made. The Royal line
voluntarily has decided to maintain
a wireless service throughout twenty-
four hours and also will continue to
equip Its steamers with life boats and
life rafts in excess of the British re-
nulrements. "In addition to the 1
standard life boats demanded by law,"
the report declares, "the Royal line
will have a smaller boat and four col
lapsible ones together with several
rafts." A test also will be made
on the Royal Edward of a devise
called a micro-thermometer, an In
ventlon of Profess- H. T. Barnes of
the McGiU University, which was de
signed to automatically report on a
dial In the chart room when Icebergs
are In the vicinity.
A MAX OF THE WILDERNESS.
An 'Agent for the wilderness" has
been produced In Chicago by the an
nnnl problem of vacations, a lifelong
love for the sylvan solitudes having
urged H. C. McCatney, of the Chicago
Athletic Club to become a "solicitor
for prlmevnl forests and rivers." He
not only mnkes It a point to get Into
the midst of the solitudes hlmelf but
systematically turns missionary to In
duce as many other men a possible to
go as b goes and where he goes.
Possibly no other man In the country
has located so many retreats of the
trout and muskelunge as he. This
year at his camp at the head waters
ot the Mississippi he expects to dis
cover some new ones. "The end of
the trail" for h:m will lead to the
divide whence one can go to tide wat
er either north or south as he elects.
He has assembled there a "wilderness
library" that embraces " about every
thing written about the great outdoors
and its- denizens. However, Mr. Mc
Cartney has learned that one can dis
pense with some things primeval and
still enjoy the primeval, consequently
his lodge has bathrooms. Its porch
has screens agalnt the misqultos and
a cow and vegetable garden are ad
dornraents of the landscape. Years
of experience .have taught him how to
make a canoe comfortable with caned
seat and backs, and how to outfit for
an outing without missing the things
that are most needed In camp. "My
camp Is located where the first land
on the continent "emerged from .the
prehistoric floods," he said, "so It
really was the beginning as It is now
the need of the trail. There is where
the fish bite best, but better yet to me
there lies the wilderness. out of whose
silent, restful soul we once came, un
to which, as of instinct, we turn when
in need of comfort and restoration."
X0TES FROM THE LABOR WORLD
Women take the place of newsboys
In many of the streets of Spanish
towns. .
The number ofwage earners In the
United States has Increased 40.4 per
cent since 1899.
The California Drug Clerk's associ
ation enjoyes the distinction of being
the only pharmaceutical organization
in the United Stated maintaining a
sick and death benefit fund.
The recent strike of grave diggers
at the Glasgow (Scotland) cemeteries
was settled and the men returned to
work, after the companies had con-'
ceded to them au increase of 1 shill
ing a week.
A bill providing for an eigh'fcoui
day has been passed by the French
ibpmber of deputies. This action, it
Is believed will have the effect of
forestalling a general, strike In that
country.
At the end of 1910 there were 669
registered trade unions in the United
Kingdom, with a membership of about
with a membership of 211,o91 In 156
unions in 1880.
More than eighty thousand railroad
employes are killed or Injured In the
United States In a year. Every six
minutes, day or night, a railroad 'em
ploye is killed or Injured, every two
hours one Is killed.
Organization, among the cooks of
Chicago Is showing exceptional re
turn. The various cooks' associations,
which heretofore have been purely lo
cal and benevolent organizations, are
now looking toward the international
union for relief.
Among recent bills signed by Gov
ernor Dix were eight measures rec
ommended by the New York state
factory investigating commlsion, de
signed to provide beter protection for
factory employes, including compul
sory fire drills and the registration of
all factories and owenrs.
Public school teachers throughout
the country receive less ona n averagc
than $500 a year for their services, cr
about ?3 a day for the actual number
of days taught, or at the rate of J1.60
a day for thea ctual working days of
the year, nrcordlng to the annual re
port of t ' Comlsloner of Education.
Soils ui Am'Yican Revolution.
Boston, Mass., May 20. Boston is
.entertaining for two days a large
gathering of men whose proud boast
it is that they are descended from
revolutionary stock!! The occasion
of the gathering Is the 23rd annual
congress of the National Society of
Sons of the American Revolution,
which began today with headquarters
at the Hotel Somerset. The business
sessions of the congress are being
held In Faneull hall and the Old South
Meeting Houae.
(i. A. K. of Hwt Virginia.
Mannlngton. W. V., May 20 This
city is In holiday attire for the annual
reunion of the Department of West
Virginia, Grand Army of the Repub
lic. The reunion will be opened to
morrow and continued until Friday.
Indications point to a large attend
ance of veterans and their friends
from all parts of the state.
A WASHINGTON STORY.
Gsnsrzl C-a93v.y Sa ti e Grit Mm
In a C-.ve S.tust.on
A porrv3i ... !';.! .ivir.N it- uhb this
imjiuIikI'i-ii .mmh u.;f :iliwi,i George
Viu.liiiin;ou. .liiiiiiin d ' lr-j!n u uiauu
script :tuio!iit;snijd:.v:
-lu iur Sirii.s uf JMt I (''I l:t niUI
jnuv v.-i.ii i.i-suoil l.oui CiMsawuy t
Auu:iiul:. .'HI.. liM'iJ riiTU ot II::- dis
trict co'.rl. wl.uin I was Informed
tluil in i iie Ut-t'ululiuuary war lie was
an aid de camp to Washington. I will
let General Uus.-tawny relate the anec
dote himself:
"In the winter of 1779 and 1780,
called the "hard winter," the American
army went into winter quarters at
Monistown. N. J. General Washing
ton and bis staff bad tbelr headquar
ter at the farmhouse of one Gabriel
KtJ. a large aud convenient estab
lishment. One severely cold night,
about 2 o'clock, tbere was an unusual
bustle at headquarters. I lodged be
low on the first floor and soon learned
the cause of the stir. General Wash
ington ran to the bead of the stairs in
his night dress witb a pistol In eacb
hand and called to me to know tbe
cause of the uproar.
A soldier on guard, sir, has been
frozen at bis post and brought Into
quarters."
6ee that the poor fellow ls' well
cared for and change theguard every
hour," was the humane reply.
" To see a man six feet high In bis
nlgbt clothes with a pistol In each
band for a slight alarm of the night
guard bordered so near on the ludicrous
that 1 could not easily keep my equa
nimity to answer tbe great general of
the American army witb becoming re
spect "Army and Navy Journal.
TONE UP THE BODY.
It Will Help to Fortify Your System ;
Against Sirsout Illness. !
There is a saying.- much wiser and
cheaper than 1 se.e,ma at first glance,
to the effect that "you won't get sick
If you keep well." It Is a half Jesting
way of Betting forth a profouud truth
Tbe risks and exposures of life are
so many and so Insidious that they
cannot be escaped. The only hope of
passing through them unharmed is to ,
keep the body so strong and sound
thnt it can defend' itself against the
diseases which are constantly lying In
wait for the unguarded and tbe weak.
It la a mere commonplace to say
thnt nno rnnn n'HI tnkft pxnctlv the
same course and face precisely the j
same risks that .another man finds
fatal arid go entirely unscathed. Some
times It Is a difference born in tbe two
organisms, but often it Is tbe result
of different living and different condi
tions In respect to strength aud health.
If the body Is maintained at a high
state of clllciency and If care Is taken
to overcome nnd correct the little dis
orders and signs of trouble us soon as '
they appear there Is not much danger
of a serious Illness. The small pre-j
cautions and tbe constant toning up of ,
the body by exercise, fresh ulr, sen- '
Bible eating nnd drinking aud absten- j
tlon from all excesses and follies ward
off prolonged nnd often desperate
struggles apnlnst disease.
Jt is tbe principle of the old adage,
"A stitch In time saves nine." Tbe
same rule applies to tbe care of health.
Clevel.' im i.?ader..
I
The .' icy City team Is the sensa-;
tlon s. . International league, and
the I : i will have to start'
pretty ?' .,. if . iey expect to hold the
skeeters . ac with the bunch. I
REAL ESTATE WANTED
Do you want to sell your f?rm land?
Do you want to sell your fruit ranch?
Do you want 1c sell your city property?
LIST IT WITH US-WE WILL GET YOU RESULTS
PU1 A FAIR PRICE ON IT AND LET US SELL IT FOR YOU
Call us up ar.d our representative will call on you, or come
in to see us.
. S. Givens Investment Co. La Grande National Bank Bldg.
j jfopf .are very tempting, 'if they be twe .
plates of our pure, delicious and re- j
i ',3g freshing Ice Cream, which we guar- j
jMp an tee to be perfect in every respect, j
j Jy Selder's - La Crande j
Practical
Business
Suits
We tLow about 200 styles of these in either two- op
three-button models. This illustration is one of the
approved models for young men. They are cut and
tailored equal to the best class of "made-to-measure
garments. Look at as many different makes as you
please; then after seeing one of Adler's "COLLE
GIAN" Suits, we'll take our. chances on selling you.
Isn't This Fair
Prices range from $15.00 to $30.00.
Ash Bros.
Clothiers & Furnishers
For Mnrdpr During Lowell Strike.
Salem, Mass., May 20. A special
venire of 100 jurymen reported to the
Essex county court here today 'in
readiness for the trial of the several
men indicted on a murder charge as
a rcjult of the killing of a woman ln
the street riots during the recent tex
tile strike in Lowell. Joseph Caruso,
who Is accused of having fired the
fatal shot, is to be tried as principal
and Joseph J. Etto'r, a socialist edi
tor and agitator, and his assistant,
Giovannltti, are to ne tried as acces
sories. Advertising Men Meet in Dallas.
Dallas, Tex., May 20. A record
breaking attendance marked the open
ing here today of the annual conven
tion of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of America. President George
W. Coleman called the gathering to
order and addresses of welcome were
delivered by Governor Colquitt and
Mayor Holland.
'', Coffee Men Going to Brazil
New York, May 20. A delegation of
ten member sot the American Coffee
Roasters' Traffic and Pure Food asso
ciation Bailed on the steamer Vasaria
today for Brazil to investigate the
plantations In that country with a
view of bringing about a system of
co-operation among the coffee deal
ers of America and Brazil, where 3-4
of the coffee Imported Into the United
States la grown. The visit of the
Americans Is in response to an invi
tation from the Brazil government.
Contempt Cases Draw Xear.
San Diego, Cal.May 20. Judgo Guy "
has set Wednesday as the tlmefor
J. M. Porter, one of the 16 citizens 1
named in the affidavits of Moore and
Robblns, the I.( W. W. attorneys, as
having.threatened them, to appear and
show why he is not In contempt of
court, If he made the threats as alleged.