LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1912. " ; ' ' ' ' ; ' ' 'im ""'" ' :
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OCEAN' NAVIGATION EXPEflTS
v FflOM MANNATiQNS MEET
. Philadelphia, Pa., May 21. Delega- dally represented by SanJuHt dl Teu
tions representing more than 20 na-Jlada, Carlo Valentlnl and Ignazlo Iug-
tions and consisting of the most noted
experts in inland and ocean naviga
tion of their respective countries al
ready have arrived In this city and
additional delegations are expected
to reach Philadelphia today and to
morrow, to be present for the open
ing of the 2th international congress
cf navigation, on Thursday. In ac
cordance with the arrangement of the
local committee in charge of the con
gress the greater part of tomorrow
will be devoted to a geueral reception
and mutual introduction of the dele-
tates. The congress will hold its first
general meeting at the .Metropolitan
opera house on Thursday and it is ex
pected that resident Tart, who has
accepted the honorary presidency and
has ! promised to attend the opening
session, will deliver the opening, ad
dress. Response will be made by M
Alexis Dufourny of Brussels, a high
efficer of the Belgian Engineer corps,
who Is one of the former presidents
of the international congress.
This will be the nrst time that one
of these congresses is held In the Unit
ed States. Previous congresses have
all been held In Europe, the last at
St. Petersburg, in 1908. Preceding
this there were similar congresses at
intervals of three or four years In
Belgium, France, Italy, England, Ger
inany, Holland and Australia.- With
each congress Interest nnd attendance
Id (.Ten ned ns the nutlons realized the
valuable work being done. The dis
cussions and conclusions of tbese
gatherings form the best existing
guide for all navigation problems thnt
may arise, because they represent the
world's best experience and the con
census of opinion of the greatest ex
perts. The invitation to hold the 12th
congress In. America was accepted
with enthusiasm, because this coun
try offers what is largely a new and
quite enormous field for the attention
Of navigation experts uud a great num
ber of new nnd highly important prob
lems growing out of the Pnnnmn canal
the Cape Cod canal and the numerous
Inland canals and waterways plnuned
or in cour.se of construction In the
United States. The recent Titanic
tllsabter lias niade the safety of ocean
travel a subject of the most Intense
Interest to all seafaring nations imJ
the discussion of the various problems
suggested by the unfortunate event
will form part of the program nnd
will undoubtedly occupy the attention
of the congress for some time. In view
of the many new and exceedingly Im
portant questions to be considered
during tifo .five days' session of the
congress and in view, also, of Die un
usually large attendance, It Is expect
ed that this congress will greatly sur
pass Its predecessors in interest and
Importance.
It is expected that more than ao na- J
tions of the world will be represented
nt this congress by ollieial delegates
and In addition by a large number of
unofficial delegates, mostly navigation
experts and engineers prominently
.Identified with Inland or ocean navi
gation in their respective countries.
The general presidents of the con
gress are Gen. C. W. Raymond, U. S.
A., retired, and General 'William II.
Blxby, the chief of engineers.. Asso
ciated with them are other distin
guished engineers nnd navigation ex
perts, Including Colonel J C. San ford,
the general secretary ol the congress.
'The Canadian delegation includes
lese; Sweden by a delegation headed
by Col. Frederick Wilhelra Hansen, of
Stockholm, president of the royal ad
ministration of hydraulic power, and
among other noted delegates will be
M. V, E. de Tlmonoff and General de
Scholasky of Russia, M. Zoltan de
Kohanyl of Hungary, Glulio Rota, the
noted Italian expert and many others,
There are also many other noted en
gineers and navigation experts, not
tion who will attend the sessions of
officially connected with any delega
the congress. . '
PIPPINS OFF
0 PENDLETON
NEW PLATERS SLATED
IUVE TODAY.
TO All.
We'Vs Playing With Bncaroos Is the
Klnte Before Local Bunch.
Off for Pendleton to pull leather
with the BucarooB under the Pendle
ton banners. La Grande'B Pippins set
sail on the second journey of the
Western Tri-State league season. They
clash for a week with Garret's foops
and then meander over to Walla Wal
la where for a week they will lock
horns with Childors' colleagues. It is
believed the local grounds will he in
readiness after that time. Wells will
report -at Pendleton today and
If Information hns been received by
Manager Bradley correctly, the new
men will he wtlh him by tomorrow at
the latest.
Eastern Or'Von League Games.
Haines trimmed North Powder at
North Powder last Sunday by a score
of 10 to 3. On the same day Union
lost Its third game at Baker by a
score of 11 to 2.
These Eastern Oregon' league games
attract much attention Invariably and
the interest is keen at all plales.
aines is the team that has apparently
"..,ne the most toward strengthening
up since the first game.
POPULARITY OF BASEBALL
Qualities In the Game That Endear It
to the Public
There must be special tmnlltles in a
game that can take nnd keep such a
bold on millions of bard beaded.
healthy Americans from boys to ear-. :
nest old men. . What are tbese quail- I
ties? Here is an attempt to deliue j
tbem: I
First. Efficiency. No. other spec-
tacle shows the human being to such i
advantage on the side of efficiency. If I
polo be mentioned to controvert this It .
certainly cannot compare In the next I
three advantages to be mentioned, and I
the inferiority of the circus the astute j
reader can figure out also from what t
follows: i
Second. Visibility. A person who !
understands the game sees utmost ev- i
ery play perfectly, lie sees the deliv
ery by the pitcher, tho preparation and j
swing of the batter, the ball dashing j
away, the rush, grasp and recovery of i
the lnflelder, the race of the runner
down the tine, the catch of the base
man and is ready to dispute with the ,
umpire wuetuer ine uaii arrived a
tenth of a second before or a tenth of
a second after the runner.
Third. Sustained suspense. An Eng
lish student of American affairs, en
deavoring to make his countrymen un
derstand the hold of the game, stated
that if tbey would imagine the most
Intense moment in the fifth set of a
tennis match being played for the
championship of the world tbey might
get an idea of the intensity of Interest
that pertains to a ball game at almost
any time in any one of the nine in
nings. .
Fourth. The democratic background.
The interest of watching the experts Is
Inseparable from tbe fact that almost
every . boy in tbe United States is
brought up to play tbe game itself.
One sometimes bears it said thnt
watchiug the game is less desirable
than playing It, which is creating an i
absurd dilemma, as the clerk in a great .
town, who may be able to spend two
hours, of healthy Interest In tbe base
ball park, could not possibly be Indulg
ing in the game himself and also be
cause watching the game makes one
all the more eager to play It if he has
the chance, just as playing It makes
him nil the more eager to see bow it is
played by the greatest experts in the
world. Norman Hapgood in Metropolitan.
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7,. i-.c-.o t.f Uorila.
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, a s until tin- Unit- "I Ml
'! p.i in I ."." the pours were
ir.-.in inul forty nine my
.::.!.! Including twenty nrriititsh
s i.ii'l Mkuuph. sixty-seven iilil'ntH
..d -prior nnd three masters ol or
.rs !"iiv clerical diciiilnrlos sum
.. i;:eil ii.it nut iitietid nt Westminster.
,i: using to recognize the u.ulioiil.v ot
in r!ia uient over their own convoen
tion nf Canterbury r.nd York. It was
partly from this cause that the lords
spiritual decreased In number until
early In the reign of Edward 111. the
upper house consisted of eighty-six lay
and only forty-Ove clerical peers, while
during Bllznbeth's parliament there
were forty-three nnd twenty-six respectively.-
London Standard.
Smallest Books.
The smallest book In the world was
made In Italy. It Is not much larger
than a man's thumb null. It Is four
tenths of an Inch In length, a quarter
if mi Inch In width and contains '.'OS
panes, each with nine lines and from
!i."i to IIKI letters. The text consists of
n letter written by the Inventor of the
' i hihini clock to Mine Christine of
Colcncl W. P. Anderson, chief engi-. i.miluo In ltll.V
tieer of the murine depurtmoi't . .John J -pi,,, m.xl smallest book Is nu edltlou
Kennedy, consulting engineer; F. W. i of the "Divine Comedy" of I hinte. This
Cowle., chief engineer of the Moutieal Is something less tliati nu Inch wide,
harbor board nnd J. S. Arim-.tn ;iin. of! 'i"' Ope so small that n microscope
Fredeni kton, N. I).
Is needed to read it
Tbe largest foreign delevio:i will, bars to Happiness,
be that of France, which will li head-j ..V(nv (mt j.ol,-v,. ,,.(. your pile I
ed by M. Vet. Hard, who Is limpet tor . suppose you re happy'?'
general of roads nnd bridges of the "No. Mother won ( icuuue see tiny
French government, and holds the, show I wamer. daughter wou't lemme
honorary degree of D. S. from the wear anything i winner, nun me .
Pniveralty of Pennsylvania. Ger
many's delegation will lnclide J. F,
No Military Needed.
Thomas McKean. chief Justice of
Pennsylvania, was a man of gigantic
stature and a fiery temper.
A mob In Philadelphia defied the ef
forts of tbe sheriff to disperse it. H6
so reported to Justice McKean, then
sitting In full court.
"Have you rend tbe riot net?"
"Yes. your honor. It had no effect"
McKenn's eyes flashed dangerously,
"nave you ordered out the military?"
"Yes. Shall I Are on them?"
"No: I'll disperse them."
McKean rose and rushed out of the
court In his wig and gown, his face
flushed with passion, Into the midst of
the riotous mob.
"1 am Thomas McKean, chief Jus- i
lice, nnd I command you to disperse!" I
So saying, he seized two of the ring
leaders, literally tucked them under
his arms nnd returned to the court,
while the crowd crept home,, silent as
frightened sheep, Given Bag.
It does seem strange that some people permit themselves .to get into one
rut and there remain. .
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This week a man came into my office, whom I thought owned his home and
when Tasked him how long since he purchased, he. replied, ''Why, I have
lived in La Grande for the tast twelve years and never bought. I have some- '
times thought I would but it seemed I never got to it.'.'
Inquiry revealed the fact that this man has paid-on an average of $20 per
month, which means that he has paid out $2,880 and has nothing to show for
it. . ' . ' ;v : ' : : :r
Had my friend invested soon after coming here he would today be living in
a $2,000 home all paid for. Not only that, he would have been a better fath
er, a better husband and a better citizen. The possession of a home creates an
independence that no one can possess in a rented property. ; r
We dare say there are no less than fifty people in La Grande today who
occassionally think about buying a home but keep on paying the other fellow .
when if thejvwill come. to my o"ffice;I will show them how easy it is to save this
constant drain on the family purse. - : . ' . "
GeOo
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Guirrey
Real Estate
Dickens' Liat of Names.
It Is not really surprising that the
names of Dickens' characters, odd ns
they are, should be found in real life,
for It wiis from life that ninny of them
were taken. Some, as we know, were
copied from the names over shop doors,
etc. Hut this was uot the novelist's
only source of selection. Among his
papers John Forster found carefully
drawn up lists of mi lues, with the
sources from which be obtained them,
and tfce longest lists were those drawn
School Discipline.
Tho young teacher should learn nnd
the older teacher remember that for
every teacher that falls on account of
lax discipline there Is another who fnils
on account of overgoveruinent. Some
teachers assume tbe same attitude as
the policeman who found two men talk
ing on the street comer and ordered
tbem to move on, as there was au ordl-
unnce prohibiting crowds gathering on
other visitors in large numbers are
only l-.v i ne i.. ties ot the letters o
whit li the mark Is impressed that It Is
possible to fix the date or its use. T!.o nere to attend the annual encampment
earliest known was on n letter written of the G. A. R.. riennrtmpnt nr in,u.n.
which began today, and is to continue
In ifWO.-London Telegraph.
Looking to ths Future.
"I guess I'll inuke a lawyer of Josh,"
said Former Corntossel.
"Hut your wife wants him to he a
physician." '
Yes. he's got to tie a professional
the streets. One man remonstrated. mm :lm, .e-d wnnt t0 snor r oon!,
saying that two did not make a crowd
"One makes n crowd If I say so." an
swered the policeman. A teacher who
assumes that whatever be sn,v.s is law.
nnd it Is law because he says it. -Is
making a sad mistake. When the pu
pils have n definite aim to do and the
teacher lias a definite aim in what In
dues ther'. will be no time or occn-
u-orn me i iivy v.ouiieu I'.uncaiioii s0 , ..,, or(1(r lt wil, ,,.
Lists." Some of the names thus noted ; ,, t8nif.M8S0ri School Journal,
are too extravagant for anything but j
until Friday. Despite the fact that
the soldiers are so rapidly lessening
in numbers, the encampment promises '
to be one of the most successful ever
held in thi3 state. Annual meetings
are being held also by the several
auxiliary societies. The annual par
ade will be held tomorrow and each
evening there wil be camp fires with
prominent speakers.
reality-Jolly Slick, Illll Marigold, j
Oeorgc Muzzle. William Why. Itohert '
Gospel, ItobUi Sen: Mm ui, Sarah (iold
sacks, Catherine Two, Sophia Dooms
day. Rosetta Dust. Sally- Gliublet '
Loudon Chronicle.
Origin of the Postmark,
Great Britain, it Is sa'd. can without
fear of contradiction cluim the honor
of having originated the postmark.
The first one,
don as loug ngo ns lfltiO, was a very
Bitupte affair, consisting of a small cir
cle divided Into two parts. In the tou
portion were two letters Indicating the
It is said thnt Pitcher "Wild Bill"
Donovan, of the Detroit Tigers, will month, while In the lower half tbe day
give up active baseball and be:ome of the month was shown. No endeavor
manager of some minor league team
deuce In him. And 1 think it would b"
a heap safer to t:it:e Josh's law than
his ni 'riiclne."-Washington Stur.
Stung!
"TJow fnt and well our little boy
"Ah you should never Judge from
n nm... r-i D,.nf ITa'u ..... ,, n,tl,..tl
one ',,!.. of his fai-n. ,.,! hi h,. i,.,.n L?i!.??r Catarrh Jn this secUon of
.uu tuumry uiun mi ouier ojscases pot
sfut;;: by a wasp on the other." FelP together, and until tho last fow yeai
Mi,',. was supposed to ba Incurable. For a groat
' many years doctors pronounced It a local
clisease nnd prescribed local remedies, and
T'i O.fforence " J,y constnntly failing to euro with local
Little Wiihe - V hat is the difference ence lias proven Catarrh to bo a consti-
luiionai disease, and therefore requires
n catarrh
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while reputation is n uecessity. Chi- Ji?' .Tolcl10' Ohio, Is tho only Constlto-
cugo.News ternally in doses from 10 drops to a te.
spoonful. It acts directly on tho blood
wuu iiiuiiuun eiinuccs ot me system. Tney
offer one hundred dollars for any case
iglntited the postmark, between character and reputation, pa? lP,,!.al.1ulse,as.e' and therefore
which was used In Lou- Pa-cimracter Is n luxury, my ' son. CS&S r'l
1il,0 n..id ., ..am. . Cn TrtliwlA t
was made to denote the year, nnd it '.s
Veterans at South Bend.
South Bend., Ind., May 21. Civil
war veterans by the thousands and
falls to euro. Sena ror circulars and tee
uujuiiiaiB.
Address: F. 3. CHENEY t CO., Toledo, Ok
Fold by CrnpirlBts, ir.e.
Take Hall's Family PiUa for constlptloo.
lor wont lemme eat anything
winner." Washington Herald
Bubendey, head of the Hamburg har-j
bor works; George Landsberg of Ber-
lln and several other noted experts.
Great Britain's delegation will be
Looking Ahead.
Village Policeman who lias locked
up his riui'.rrelsoiiie wtfei There, 1
k'inll have a Utile peace now! Hut
headed by Lieut.-Col. H. A. York. Imw about tomorrow, wtien l let ner
chief Inspector of railroads. The Bel- imtV-Flleireude Blatter
gian delegation wil be headed by G.
Helleputte, who was the first presl-
Sam'e Old Story.
Uhe How did. tln-y ever come
to
dent of the navigation congress, nnu n,lirryy He-Oh. if8 the snme old
will also include Michel Bogaert and strv started out to be good friends.
Charles Mertens of Brussels nnd l'nul you know, and later on changed their
Rueff of Antwerp, Itnly will be ofu- minds-Puck. .
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