rAOtf FOUR'
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE, DENNIS
SBITOK AND OWNEB. ,
TBssiiiT l Uie potofflce at La Grande,
taegon, as secoud class matter
SCHXCKil'TlON BATES.
.SkE;,. single cor I 6e
Bij, per we; 15c
BaAi per mouth oC
SL1CIDK AMD CITY LIKE.
Sscfde has declined in the large
utfcus of the United States during the
Wet tea. year and has increased In
rje smaller cities. Statistics for the
dfeeade show tliat In the 21 largest
tfcMta; the rate of suicide per 100,000
r gopulatiou has ducreaged from 19.8
13:8 r for 79 cities of less than
MUM population It baa Increased
13 S to 19 8.
JCiidently we must revise our opln
tens a to the relative strain of life
1m Ut large and mall cities. It here
tasbr bas beea thought that peace
nt quiet were to be found In the
waller places In much greater abun
rfcnrw than In the large. The hurry
M." irorry which ends in the mental
araitdown, tbo authorities say pre
sades. all suicides, iave been assocl
akHf with the supposedly strenuous
pretence inevitable In such centers
af population as New York and Chl-
agtt
San Diego, Cal., and Davenport,
it, are small places but their suicide
nee is three- times as large as that
f Mew York or Chicago. In the
tnka, of the larger cities St Louis,
epc-coxilnately 575,000, has a rate
twine as large u have New York or
Cfcirago, cities wtilch count their
jwatation by millions. The far west
ara. cities show a percentage of self
wtruetlon many times greater than
rther-of ' the country's leading muni
cipalities. What is the explanation?
It is- probable that one reason lies
fa the- changing character of the
nller cities. A great alteration
S Businasa and social habits has ta
ra place in tho smaller munlclpall
Ha within the last few years. Com
jstUioa bas become keen and ruth
laaa. The new cities have all the
trpr and ait the cruelty of youth.
Ty reoord great successes, but they
ela record reverses. '
In- th larger cities, on the other
ant, tb man who has made good is
mx certain at that stability in his
MulUun- which most men seek and few
attaint. If he has proved his effl
tery Be hi valued. The conserva-
of the larger center gives the
' of tried and proved worth a se-
-sarity not found in the smaller place,
writer lack of experience puts novelty
ui change at a premium. While it
usually is difficult to get a start in
-'Ski- hig community, once a start Is
is and a man has demonstrated
aftUJry above, the average be is val
val air an asset and has a degree of
mental' repose not to be found In a
oouununity where any newcomer may
Bjoma eligible for bis Job or his
tedness. Where there Is insecurity
as an rent there Is mental strain am)
wntal strain Is bark of every suicide.
A Pennsylvania court rules that a
Sx's home is whero his wife lives,
jait'.what if she is living in ItenoT
If is said Smt 90,000 pianos are
wade In Chicago annually. Yet they
tall about making It a noiseless city.
Another tiling needed Is safe and
oane summer hiudcry for men.
"Woodrow Wilson has been fortunate
tfces far In rh.it nobody has tried to
faeer biiu by n.tintng a nickel cigar
liter him.
THIS DATE IN 1I1STOUY.
July 30.
17114 Berflsh and Colonial fleet
foiled from lioston for the con
quant of Canada.
1118 William Prim, the founder of
Pennsylvania, died at his home
la Berfcuhlro. Kngland. Born In
London, Oot. 16, 1644.
1919 Tb Duke of Richmond became
governor of Canada.
lt(4 Federal repulsed with heavy
lose In toir assault on Peters
bare, Ta,
ttT6 Oen. George H. Pickett, a noted
confederate commander, died In
Norfoflc. V. Born In Rich
uoad. iM. IfrH.
LA GRANDE EVENING
1887 Great railroad bridge over the
St. Lawrence river at Lachlne
completed. '
18S8 Bartley Campbell, author of
"The White Slave," "Siberia,"
and other well known plays,
died In Middletown, N. Y. Born
In Alleghany City, Fa., Aug. 12,
1843.
1898 Prince von Bismarck, the fam
ous German statesman, died
Born April 1, 1815.
1811 The deposed shuh of Persia
marched on Teheran, but was
defeated. '
"THIS IS MY MTU BIRTHDAY."
Julius Kruttscbnltt.
Julius Kruttschnitt, who was one
of the chief lieutenants of the late
I'M ward H. Harrlman and who has
been director of maintenance and op
eration of the Cnion Pacific-Southern
Pacific system since Mr. Harrlman's
death, was born In New Orleans, July
30. 1854. He taught school in Balti
more Ave years before engaging in
railway work in 1878 as civil engi
neer. For seven years he was con
nected in various capacities with the
Louisiana and Texas railroad. In
1885 he became assistant general
manager of the eastern lines of the
Southern Pacific system, and ten
years later found him general mana
ger of the entire system, with head
quarters in San Francisco. Subse
quently he was promoted to the of-
flee ' of fourth vice president of the
Southern Pacific and in 1901 Mr. Har
rlman made him one of his principal
isslHtants In the dlrecton of the great
system of transportation lines, em
Wrar'ng the Oregon Railroad and Nav
igation company and numberous oth
er lines In addition to the Union Pa
cific and the Southern Pacific lines.
The Funny
3333
Side of Life
(mailing Incidents About People
We 111 Know.
He who laugh last laughs best,
says E. C. Quirk, the John A. Roeb
ling's Sons' company representative
In this district and that is why he
has a pocketful of cigars at the ex
pense of S. D. Crowe, general mana
ger of the Home Independent Tele
phon company. This is the way the
two laughs though the first one was
.abort were started:
Saturday evening about two minutes
before five o'clock, Crowe and' Quirk
decided to spend Sunday fishing on
the Mlnam. There was Just - barely
time for Mr. Quirk to get his fishing
license, and he spent several hours
of the evening along with several
dollars, rigging up his fishing tackle.
Mr. and Mrs. Crowe In the meantime
getting together a delicious lunch,
such as one loves to have after a hard
day's Ashing. Quirk didn't know
about the size or the quality of the
lunch until the auto unloaded at Mln
am early Sunday morning and secret
ly decided not to leave It for an in
stant. Crowe was all excitement
about getting Into the water and teas
ing the finny tribe and didn't notice
that the wire rope agent was hugging
the lunch basket. Tired out, and
weary, the telephone man returned to
camp along In the afternoon with
three pretty fine flsh as fine as you
ever sawall chesty over his catch
but when he learned that Mr. Quirk
was dry as powder and had spent Hie
entire day at camp, he wasted con
siderable shafts of wit Joshing the
salesman for his anxiety to fish and
then lonf all day when the grounds
were reached, meanwhile praising
himself for his flno fishing skill.
Quirk couldn't say anything, and had
to take the gaff for an hour or more
but Ju.t as the auto party was leav
ing for home, a mountaineer rushed
up to Mr. Crowe, exclaiming: "You
short changed me. feller, when you
bought them 'er three flsh from me."
Misery Immediately shifted its perch
and a said telephone manager has
been "getting his" prey regular ever
since.
Ttiff. bang! comedy la often enacted
at a moment when It Is decidedly out
of order. At the last session of the
city council, the lawmakers had Just
heard serious and labored debate on
some solemn subject when a motion
to pass was made and seconded. At
that moment the city Jail cats whirled
through the side door In hot pursuit
of each other, and halting under Conn
oilman Fltgrald'a chair, set up the
OBSERVER,
prettiest little tacket that anyone ev
er heard from two scrapping pussies.
It was .'lightning, staff, a' meow, a
scratch and a spit and It was all over.
The cats were gone whence they came
and with as much quickness. The
sleepy "peepul" in the audience, the
attaches and the press representatives
at first thought it was an unexpect
ed ranting from the socialist corner
of the council. However, there was
nothing particularly funny about the
Incident until Mayor Church with bis
usual solemnity broke the dead sil
ence following the disturbance by the
angry kittles, saying: "You have
heard the motion" but Just then the
situation broke and the house came
down. ,
"THE HOLY 11TY."
At Sherry's Wednesday, July SI and
Thursday, Aug. Int.
It is a daring task which has been
taken up by the Eclair company, to
present a passion play based on an
American theme, treating the delicate
subject of the gospel story In such a
way as not to offend the religion of
the people.
That It haj been well done is the
frank criticism of the members of the
clergy who have already witnessed
the early projections.
The story is simplicity Itself, and
by its directness makes the most pro
found appeal. The theme Is founded
u,,ou the distant strains of the popu
lar song, "The Holy City," or "Jeru
salem," as it Is more popularly known
heard by a clergyman as he devoutly
pores over his testament in his study.
As he stops, to listen, the vision of
that glorious birthplace of our reli
gion appears to him Jerusalem, the
nternal, rUIng from the sea of mem
ories and thoughts. J
In bis vision the clergyman be
holds the series of wonderful Inci
dents of the gospel story. The s eno
in the lemple, the bartrlng of the ori
entals sud the inspiring miracles, the
':calltig of the sick, the paralyzed anl
u,e blind, the blessing of the little
children, the prayers lu the rocky
fastnesses, the preachments In the
woodlands, the addresses to the mul
titudes, the sermon on the mount, the
entry ltito Jerusalem on Palm Sun
day all these are shown vividly, with
more than one hundred actors in the
scenes.
"In ancient times the greatest art
wad that of the blbttcal story. These
pictures were sold by the artists, and
today they are the greatest heirlooms
of the world of art, as well as reli
gion. These ancient artists worked,
in a sense, commercially and yet
they gave to their work a religious
feeling, a reverence and a dramatic
feeling which are shown In this won
derful subject."
BISHOPS INSPECTS CHUBCH.
Probable that ew Hospital Will Be
Built Here In Next Few Years.
In company with an architect, Rt.
Hev. Bishop Chas. J. O'Reilly is in La
Grande today conferring with local
Catholic churchmen relative to the
erection of the new church edifice
here. It is also said that while here
the bishop Is looking Into the prelim
inary details for the erection of a
splendid hospital here In time to come
and steps to that end may be taken
in due course of time. However, the
church is the all-absorbing topic right
night and it Is not unlikely that
speedy arrangements tor the building
of the church will follow the bishop's
blslt from Baker at this time.
If the hospital Is built at all. It will
be one that reqlures the outlay of
about $150,000.
Baker Y. M. T. A. Under Way.
Work on the Y. M. C. A. building
Is progressing as well as might be
expected, says the Baker Herald. This
Is evidenced by the fact that the base
ment walls and the concrete work are
so far advanced that the actual laying
of brick aad stone will be begun in a
short time.
This morning a load of stone was
placed on the grounds and tbe work
men are today clearing away tbe
molds.
The manufacture of brick was be
gun by Mr. Gaseman, the contractor
Saturday at the old Neuhaus plant
south of the city. Though prepara
tory work was begun on this plant
early the last week the first brick was
turnnd out Saturday. The plant ts
employing 15 men and .turns out
about 15.000 sand rolled brick per
day. The object Is to nave the brick
ready for use on the building when
Seeded.
TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1912.
Minnesota folks Visit Here. , .
' Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Mosler of Kim
ball, Minnesota, who hare been spend
ing the summer with their daughter.
Mrs. Walter J. Henry of Elgin, are in
the city this afternoon on their way
home. The were accompanied to La
Grande by Mrs. Henry and son and
Miss Henry.
FOR SALE 2x3-8 Inch wagon, box
and spring and spring seat. In
quire Observer. 7-30-2t
HOW TO
WIN A GIRL
By EMERY R. TALBOT
"Kent," said Edgar Wharton, "1
wish yon would tell me bow to win a
glrL You have lots of luck with girls,
and everybody says Ifs because yon
know bow to treat them."
"Oh. Ifs easy enough If yon know
bow to do It," said Kent Martin. -
"There is a girl I'm sweet on, and If
you will be so good I'd like to have
yon put me on how to do the trick. I
don't mind telling you that In confi
dence, of course she's Maggie Uel
fridge."
Cent Martin restrained an expres
sion of surprise that came very near
breaking forth of Its own accord and
said:
"Maggie Selfrtdge, eh? Maggie Is a
nice girl. Has she given you any en
couragement?" "There's the tronble. I know so lit
tle about girls that I don't know
whether the way she treats me means
anything or not"
"They are qoeer creatures and nt
mistake. Well, I'll give yon a pointer
on Maggie. She Is one of the kind that
need to be bandied without gloves oc
casionally. You might get Into a bit
of a wrangle about something. She Is
very positive in her opinions, and yon
must be Just as positive as she and
let ber understand that she's got to
back down." '
"I shouldn't think that would make
her love me."
"Not that alone, but the making np.
Besides, a girl doesn't care for the man
she can wind around ber finger. 8be
wants to be managed wltb a curb bit.
spurs ami a riding whip."
After this bomtly on the art of love
Wharton proceeded to put It Into prac
tice. The first time be went to see Mag
gie they got Into an argument as to
whether the world was getting better
or getting worse.
"I think It's getting better." said
Maggie.
"It is getting worse," said Wharton
In a tone Indicating that hie statement
was not to be disputed.
Maggie looked np at him. surprised. '
"Why do you say that?" she asked. j
"You. wouldn't understand me if I
told you. Women don't know anything
about logical sequencea."
"Oh, tbey don't?"
"I never knew one that did."
"I, will convince yon that I do. 1
will give you a categorical syllogism.
You tell me that I am not logical In a
very rude fhshlon. I tell you that
' wttbont an apology I don't care for
any further acquaintance with you
; These are the premises. The resultant
' Is s separation between us."
' Wharton smiled. 'That's what you
I call logic, la it?" he said cootemptu
I oualy.
1 "The conclusion la fact." she replied
and. rising, swept out of the room,
leaving the young man master of tbe
field.
But bow was tbe otber part of tbe
matter to be brought about the mak
ing up? Be badn't thought of that
and sought his coicher.
Martin listened to his account of thet
affair and .at LDe.p4. said thax Ue. Uad
The City Grocery & Bakery
mad a good beginning; all be bad to
do tn to follow it up properly. "Too
don't want to pay any more attention
to ner." be said, "till she' shows signs
of weakeulng. Tou can tell m Just
bow she treats yoo from tbUi on. snd
when I see anything that looks like a
desire for a makeup I'll explain it to
you. You wouldn't recognize It your
self."
"Why notr
"Because It's more likely to be a dls
play of bitterness than a direct
presslon of repentance."
"I see."
But weeks passed, and there was
nothing for Wharton to report to his
conch. When the former met Miss
Belfrldge she spoke to blm but coolly
sud did not make tbe slightest ad
vance toward a reconciliation But
one day be was surprised to receive
a note asking blm to come and see her
Somehow be bad lost confidence In
Martin's theories as to bow to win a
woman and did not believe from tbe
tone In wblcb the note was written
that It was for the purpose of draw
tng him back Into the fold of ber
friendship In fact, be was ready to
eat bumble pie.
"I never supposed," she said to him
-that I should like as big a fool as
you."
Wharton stood speechless.
"I only got at tbe bottom of your
Behavior yesterday. Kent Martin told
bis sister; ber sister told Etbel Jones,
and Etbel told mo."
"W-w-what did she tell your
"That Kent was Instructing yoo how
to make love."
Wharton stood the picture of em bar
rassment His face was as red as a
boiled lobster.
"Do you know what Kent did tb
ether evening?"
"No. Wbatr
."Had he oot tnken this mean advnn
tage of you I would not tell you He
proposed to me."
"The deuce he did r
"Meanwhile he was telling you whn!
to do to fleet a breach between
If you wanted me why didn't you tel
me insteiid of him?"
"I ilUlu't. know"- ' '
"Your onipMlty Is the most atrnic
tlve thiiiK tihoiit you But when ym.
nave ive.mlnn tr tell tne thut"-
fle bail occasion to fell her Irmuedi
ately that he loved tier' and to nsl liet
to lie his wife. And she airepted h::.
St otKe.
' The Bird Told th Secret.
A girl who has passed part of In life
in Japan invited sixteen friends to ill.i
ner recently, and In the center of the
table was a large blue bird made of
forgetmenota. That .the bird covered
a phouogriipb was not known until tho
finger bowl stage of the banquet, lu
the water were floating rose petals, mid
they gradually unfolded Into a scroll,
ou which was written. "Get my secret
from the bird." Curiosity was at high
pitch when the young hostess turned
the key and the bird softly sang "Ma
rie and Philip want me to tell you that
they are engaged and Invite you all to
the wedding." Congratulations then
were In order, but the secret wns kept
so well until the bird talked that no
one suspected more than a casual
friendship existed between the hostess
and ber admirer. New York Press.
Eugenis's Pathetlo Message.
A pathetic, almost a tragic, anecdote
Is told of the "impress Etignle by the
Paris Journal, which those who have
approached the former empress of the
French say Is at least plausible. The
aged lady, who Is close on eluhty-slx.
while stopping In her beautiful villa
at Cap Martin, received the visits of
an Hungarian nutograph collector, who
has specimens of the handwriting of
all tbe crowned heads of Europe ami
their chief kinsmen. He came strnleht
from Hitugary to Cap Martin to beg
the Empress Eugenie, for her auto
graph. She refusd to see blm and
sent out by a servant this spoken mes
sage of three words. "I am dead."
SWIFT'S
PREMIUM
Hams And
Bacon
Hams . . 22c
New Lot
Just In
Land Pmuderi Freed.
Washington, July SO. On testimony
by physicians that they would die If
longer imprisoned President Taft to- .
day commuted the sentences of A. W.
Hedderly and Richard Hynes, to ex I
plre on payment of" their fines. The
men were convicted In Portland, Ore.i.
of complicity In land frauds. '
log Bate Hearing to Be Regained.
(Baker Herald, Monday.)
Krink McCune, th v.':ruey ; the
Baker Commercial iuh who is con
ducting the log rate case before the
mate railroad commission will be
here either tonight or tomorrow
morning according to a private' cor
:esondence. He has his case already
for hearing so will not need to be
here long before tbe actual bea-lng
begins. Tbe hearing Is scheduled to
besln at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon In
the city hall and it Is expected that
the railroad commissioners themselves
will be here on the 11:40 train tomor
row morning. No word has yet been
received from David Eccles, tbe chief
member of tbe defense though It Is
pretty certain that he will be here
In response to subpona. IC was
partly on account of the inability of
Mr. Eccles to be here that the trial
was postponed from June -18 till to
morrow. The resuming of the hearing will
be a continuation of the one held
here during early spring and will
bring Into consideration thd data that
was later gained from an expert In
vestigation of the Ogden books of the
Sumpter Valley railroad company
which was conducted in April.
The bearing this time will tnclnde
an nvestlgetlon on the part of the
railroad company which was conduct
ed in April.
The hearing this time will include
an Investigation on the part of the
railroad commission In ,the log rate
case brought by the Baker Commer
cial club in behalf of the local lum
bermen. . t '
. .- . .,
Mexican Attacks Host Cease.
Washington, July 30. Official noti
fication has been sent by Secretary
of State Knox to General Orbzco, tbe
commander of the Mexican rebels,
that attacks and raids on American
property must cease immediately or
the United States government will
take measurements to stop them;
President Madefo was also asked to
send troops into Northern Mexico to
protect American lives and he re
plied that troops were on the way.
The Gossard at
$3.50. Is a Real
Corset Bargain
The Qossard front lace corset
has always sold at $6, np to
this year.
It Is worth more than $5 to
the woman who appreciates the
style and solid comfort she en
joys In the Qossard the one
right corset.
The great demand for the Gos
sard has enabled the makers, by
doubling their output, to lower
the price to $3.50, while keep
ing ip the high quality that baa
Bade the Qossard America's su
preme corset
A complete line always ou
band. Price rUO to M M.
If you seed a new corset tele
Vme Red UtL
IIS. BOUT. FATTIMI