La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 28, 1912, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Textr t THE OBSERVER BfiUCE DEN N J S EDITOU ASD OWJfEB. Jblerttl at tlio pontoffiee at La Grande Oregon, as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. tmDj, single eopj .............. 5e tollT, per week ............ ....!& ally per month ... 6c THE "BLUE SKY" LAW. There is being drafted a blue sky w, which will be put to the leg islature for passage this coming win ter. The bill provides tor such pun ishment to those who offer worthless stocks and bonds for sale, that It Is Pelleted the result will be to drive the promoter out of Oregon. This is a move In the right dlrec- 9on for If there was a state that has Seen loaded with humbugs it Is Ore- But the law will be of no service unless there is a provision made for Its rigid enforcement and that provi sion followed to the letter. We, as a commonwealth, are too prone to make few merely for the sake of making tbem. Fewer laws and better en forcement would be a splendid slogan tor the coming legislature to adopt and It would meet with the hearty approval of the people in general. The blue sky law would put out of lusiness, if passed and enforced, all the fake orchard companies, the fake Irrigation schemes, the wildcat mining ventures and a whole lot of the Port Bind addition business. It would pro Arcade Theatre VAUDEVILLE TO- DAY. COMPLETE CHANGE OF PICTUEES TWO BIO COMEDIES DRAMAS AND EDU CATIONAL PIC- GOOD MUSIC A Working Capital of Over $215,000.00 Inspires Confidence in This Bank. The stabWty of this Institution, The substantial men behind It, '. ' Its reputation for progresslveoess, ' ' j -J Its large loaning capacity Its spirit of accommodation,; Have attracted customers whose deposits aggregate over $700, 00009. Promote your Interests by-allying yourself as a depositor with this strong and successful Institution. l La Grande National Bank 1 LA GRANDE, OREGON. I' CAPITAL . . . $ 100,000.00 w criDDr.ris 11RDOO.OO awivi mww. . - i . - RESOURCES . . . 1,000,000.00 United States Depository tect the man -who Is capable of pay lug only ten per cent down aud ten pur cent a mouth, cna would place Oregon securities on a higher plane than they are today. This law would be a hard blow to some of the high financiers of Port land who have grown to believe that it is mere business to misrepresent their commodities and fool the inves tor. It would also be a hard blow on the company that pays a reason able price on the physical valuation of a property and inen siocks u mr three times that physical valuation, The enforcement of such a measure Is the thing to look forward to and not Us mere passage- - , XURDEB IX OBEGOX. From daily reports it would seem that murder is on the increase In 1 Oregon. Hardly a week passes that the state does not record a hu man life taken. Tie thug Is abroad in the Oregon country. The man who is low enough to shoot at a party of young men driving in an automobue i u n,ith us Tho man who murders a half dozen by strangulation has been I In fratrrn Ifltolv. Murder, murder, murder Is recorded in Oregon constantly and often. Is It because we have more people? Is It because the thirst for blood si Or, IS K Oecause OI uuoruur ucom 'lenient policy with criminals? Wilt someone tell? :. THE CAMPAIGN CIGAR, Occasionally a legislature does something that is worth while. This does not happen so frequently that it should escape mention. In Ohio the legislature recently enacted a law prohibiting a candidate from giving away election or campaign cigars. By passing that law the legislature earn ed the expenses of tLa entire session, for It Is a law that la eminently worth while. The campaign flgar, along with the speeding automobile, the Turkish cig arette, the tornado, the earthquake, the Are damp, the yellow fever mi crobes, the hookworm, the opium Joint and the Gila monster Is a men ace to civilization and domestic hap piness. It has been allowed to be come a habit and to spread Its odious personality broadcast. It has worked Itself into the life blood of our re publican form of government, like an insidious disease. There are times during a campaign when a. wife dreads to' have her husband come home, for he comes laden with the aroma which resembles a combina tion between a second hand New Eng land boiled dinner and the glue fac tory, v There is no candidate who la go ing to spend much for the cigar he gives away. He realizes that men do not always vote as they smoke. If they like a candidate they will vote for him without the cigar. The chief value of these cigars is to add a sort of grim and lnconquerable politi cal hatred. They are of rope filler and brown paper wrapper and they stir up a feeling of belligerency which, not even a leaky campaign torch or a two-hour campaign harangue can ac complish. The campaign cigar Is a delusion and a snare. They ruin the digestion of theconstituent and create trouble in his household and they detract di rectly from the popularity of the can didate. The Ohio legislature is to be thanked by all parties concerned. -k THE GAME. It Is estimated that the people con tribute something like $12,000,000 an nually to baseball. ' This is a large sum, but It is well spent. The game draws office and store' clerks and worklngmen out into the fresh air and sunshine and, conse quently, makes thetn. better folks and more profitable to their employers.' It draws the employers out thete, too, away from their worries, and makes them better employers. . Americans ; work too fast, live too fast. Brains or hands are under a strain all the time. There Is more relaxation and health on : si regular bleacher seat than can be got In for ty drug stores. Conservation of nat ural resources, on which the nation spends tens upon tens of millions of dollars, la a great thing, but conser vation of human energy Is a greater. "Go to the game," Is sound medical and moral advice. Never mind if you don't understand the fine points. Go out and eat peanuts and watch your compatriots when they haven't any thing pn hand but the glorious task of "rooting. - It Is such, a case as the Brazil cof fee deal that makes people rise up in righteous Indignation -at enormous capital and wonder If there is no way to regulate matters so a repeti tion of such a game cannot be perpe trated. Thus far there seems to be no way. At least, our statesmen and near statesmen have done nothing but talk about preventing such things. President Farrell, of the O, W. It. & N.. is to give some handsome prizes to the Union Horse show. He might Just as well order prizes by , the gross henceforth, for every town on the sys- em is going to have a gala day of some kind wherein prizes from a railroad official . would look good. Woodrow says he Is going to carry New .Torsey, anyway. But Bryan i3 not worrying about New Jersey. He has been in the game too long to let an Atlantic coast mosquito bother him Schmltz is back In politics down in Frisco. The reform wave was not strong enough to wash him across the ba, after all. THE PAXAMA CANAL. The building of the Panama canal is rapidly approaching completion and with this comes many great ques tions that demand a 'solution. . The first great object of the waterway was to benefit the American people as It Is they who pay the bills. It Is dis tinctly our own enterprise and a&such our country should receive the first and greatest benefit. That this canal ia nlrendv helmr watched bv England, France and Germany, who hope to con trol the commerce of tne urient mere can be no doubt, and It Is equally certain that trouble la likely to arise ...I... h.a TTnitori dtntafl nntrol the uuirao m. uunv- "- ' . matter with a strong hand. - It la all very well to talk about international agreements but it must not be forgot ten that the sword has not yet been beaten into pruning hooks. With fev erish haste the German war lord Is building up a huge navy and already is seeking a naval base at some point in the Caribbean sea. However much we may desire a peaceful solu tion of this matter, we shall have but the future destiny of the canal unless we are prepared to hold it with a mailed hand. Econ omy of administration Is an excellent slogan for the self seeking politician but in this age of commercial activity parsimony can only mean a pusilanl mous peace from which we should all pray to be delivered. Future complications can only be avoided by a readiness to defend our own Interests against all comers. The very fact that we are so prepared will be the surest guaranty of peace. No foreign nation should ever be per mitted to gain a foothold at any point In the West Indies that threatens the socurjty of the ? anal. Up to this time the so called Monroe doctrine has largely been a sentimental theory, but It has now become a living fact. Not only that, but it has become so Im portant that the nations of the world should have due notiqe that It will be enforced to the letter by a government amply able and prepared. How can this best be done? First, the canal Itself should be fortified with the strongest and most impreg nable batteries, and every approach frnm olthpr nrpnn made dangerous bv mines that could blow the most pow- errui areaannutrnt into irngmenis. Tfio nnw shnnM nlnn bA Venf nt the highest point of efficiency and ever ready to repel any attack. For several years It has been our settled policy in hntlri Iwn hnttlAshlns each Tear and no parsimonious congress should be permitted to dopart from this pre cedent These have been the most effective sea fighters that modern scl- ence and art could produce and It Is the' knowledge of this fact that has restored the prestige of our navy. We now stand second among the navies of the world, but if this democratic con gress is permitted to have its way we shall" soon be reduced to fifth in power.. It should not be forgotten that only 14 years ago the rotten squadron of Cervera sent a shiver all over this, nation and at first we were caught napping. Many of the strong est ships were in the Pacific and the Oregon was ordered by telegraph to steam around Cape Horn with all pos sible speed. . To reach the scene of danger In Cuba required weeks of delay as the distance was more than mnnn mllua Vrv fortunately the danger was not so great as at first supii sed and Spain was too weak for effective work. What would have hap pened had we been dealing with Eng land nr fiernianr at that time is a possibility over which It Is not plea- ant to linger. It was that incident which deter mined our government to build the Panama canal. Had it been In exist ence at . the time the Oregon could have reached the scene of danger as quickly as Cervera could have cros sed the Atlantic and from that lack of facilities for going from ocean to ocean was born the determination nev er nmta to be auhlected to such a reign of terror. Then came" the project of the canal and me upDuuaiug oi our navy. .- ' -x. Within the next three years the Panama canal will be open and ready for business. Who should reap the most benefit from that enterprise the men who pay the bills or the nation with the heaviest guns?. Suppose that Japan should menace San Francisco, will we have a navy strong enough to send through the canal to her de fense? This is a question that' cannot he lightly answered. When too late xt-a nmttM nran tha narfllmnnv that had allowed our. navy to lag In the race, we cannot preparoyior wur al ter war has been declared. The build ing of dreadnaughts Is a matter of j ears and that nation which bus them ready will neve.- be attacked by a foreign foe. We have once learned what it means not to be prepared for any emergency, and history leaches us that the arrogant nation always strikes when its . opponent Is least ready to repel the assault. The greatest assurance of peace Is to be amply prepared for war. Woo to t'iat political party that places us at tho mercy of a foreign in vide r. THIS DATE IX H:T3RT. May 28. 1672 War declared In Bostn against the Dutch; the-flrst Oaclaration of war in the color.'.?3. -Thomas Moore the famous Irish poet, born.. Died Feb 25, 1852. -Samuel D. McEnery, U. S. sen ator from Louisiana 1897-1909. born in Monroe, La. Died in New Orleans, June 29, 1910. -Noah Webster, the famous phil--Noah Webster, the famous 7180-1837- 1843 1843 philologist, died in New Haven, Conn. Born in Hartford, Oct. 16. 1758. 1866 Fourth regiment of Wisconsin cavalry mustered out after a service of five years and one day, the: longest term on rec ord of a volunteer organization. 1880- -Forty lives lost In a tornado that swept ,' Fannip county, Texas. . 1898 r Public funeral of Mr. Gladstone ', in Westminster Abbey. -The Tobacco Trust lost Its case In the supreme court of the United States. 1911 REAL ESTATE WANTED Do you want to sell ym kjtm fand? Do you mni id Mil your frutt ranch? Do you wanl k $ell your city property? LIST IT WITH US-WE WILL GET YOU RESULTS PUT A FAIR PRICE OH IT AND LET US SELL IT FOR YOU Call us up and our representative will call on you, or come in to see us. E. S. Givens Investment Co. La Grande National Bank Bldg. ATTEOTI0I! Bov Scouts S- We've just The Famous Boy Scout Shoes Unequalled for alnal service, scouting and splen - . did wear. : . ; . Come aud see them today. ... V" ' . :: "' An Improved AIRSHIP Given ai-0i.utely free vi: u pni v oair bovs' shoes or o,'tiy wash or wool suit. , y : - -; ; , vTVc'iC sole agents for V'fy Manhattan Wash Suits For Boys : ''- . The snappiest, most attractive line of wash suits we've ever seen. . V . ! - Xtragood Suits For Boys ' " ; Made to stand the boy test. N. K. WEST The Quality Store "THIS IS MY 48TH BIRXHDAI."- Cbarels Alphonso Smith. Professor Charles Alphonso Smith, the noted southern educator who was the "Roosevelt professor" at the Uni versity of Berlin two yeasr ago, was born In Greensboro, N. C, May 28, 1864. His education -was received at Davidson college and Johns Hopkins, university. He served successively as Instructor In English at Johns . Hopkins as professor of English lan- guage and literature at Louisiana ! State university and as dean of the j graduate department of the Universtly of North Carolina. He left the last named Institution several years ago( to Join the faculty of the University of j Virginia. In 1904 Professor Smith was elected president or. tne univer sity of Tennessee, but declined. Horse Lost. . . Lost, strayed or stolen, sorrel mare branded with small c on left shoul der, one. white foot, right front, and white stripe In forehead. Suitable re ward for Information leading to Its recovery. See J. F. Campbell. 6 24-tf The first recorded strike in the Unit ed States was that of the journeymen Daxers or new iom in TWO OF A KIND j are very tempting, if they be two j plates of our pure, delicious and re- j freshing Ice Cream, which we guar- i antee to be perfect in every respect, j Selder's - La Grande received . GLORIOUS HAIR FOB WOMEN Nothing Ever Discovered So Good to Make Hair Lustrous and Fasci nating. j Every woman, man or child can easily have a beautiful head of radi ant hair by simply using PARISIAN SAGE. . . . ' , r It's a wonderfully efficient prepara- Tinn inur bliiuh hchi ti lLun uvur uieul. kills all germs at once, banishes dan druff Immediately and stops hair from falling. - It's a refreshing, Invigorating and pleasant hair od1c and does not con tain poisonous lead or any harmful Ingredient. A large bottle can be obtained for only 50 cents at ..dealers evreywhere. The girl with the Auburn hair Is on every carton and bottle. See that you get the genuine. You can depend up on getting It at the Newlln Drug com pany'; ' ; : DON'T SET RUN DOWN "T Weak aod. miserable. If you have Kidney ot Bl&A dsr trouble. Dull head pains, Dlusiness, Nervousness, Pains in the back, and feel tired all over, get a pack age of Mother Gray 'a AROMATIC-LEAF, the pleasant herb cure. It never falls. We have many testimonials from grateful people who have uea this wonderful remedy. As a regulator it ha,-no equal. Ask for Mother Gray's Aromatic-Leaf nt DrnK'-'i-tfl or sent by mall for 00 eta. Sample FKEK. Address, The Mother Gray Co.,LeRoy,N. V.