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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVEK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912.
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THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS
ilDlTOIt AXD OWNER.
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Ottered at the iiton"ic at La Grande,
Oregon, as second class matter
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
My,.slngle eopf 6
AsAj, per wH)k 15c
Bafijt, per month tot
2S6ST)FnCE OEMEKAL DELIVERY.
Tha postal authorities at Washlng-
tfca propose to regulate, among othei
akmgl, the general delivery service
The claim Is made that in nearly ev-
ms 1S h general delivery window
Saij-anaUes baa been utilized more
fwniantly to maintain surreptitious
correspondence than for the convent
as.e ot those for whom the service is
Msndnlt It Is asserted that men aul
wemen and many young girls ca ry
eat clandestine correspondence
tfrr-xi&h the general delivery window.
The new regulations have become
JStettve la Philadelphia and it la ex
pected other cities will enforce them.
Vtiftr these young persons applying
a the general delivery window will
asked to give their home address
its it they live in the city will also
Hs asked why they do not receive
t!r mall at home by the regular
sail earrler.
The general delivery window Is for
the convenience of transients and
traveling peoplo who stay la a city but.
short time and who have no fixed
tssidence. There is no reason why It
.should be made the assistant of the
autcb. condemned "back room" as fur
swrtilnc a mans for libertines to set
Stares for foolish girls or for those
at more- mature years to carry 01
cUadesllne correspondence. It Ls bet
tar not to receive mall of a kind that
jaanot be delivered at one's home or
gfsce of business.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
August 14.
US Forts Ontario and Oswego de
stroyed by Montealm.
J8I3 British sluop Pelican captured
the Amerlran sloop Argus In the
1 English channel.
tjX8 Steam packet Britannia estab
lished a new record by complet
ing the trip from Halifax to Liv
erpool In 10 days.
9E7 The new Louvre, In Paris, In
augurated wtb great ceremony
by Napoleon III.
(rrt Admiral' David O. Farragut died.
Born July 5, 1801.
TflfE Prince Ferdinand of Coburg for
mally proclaimed ruler of Bulgaria-.
law Relief of the Peking legations by
the forces of the allied powers.
tftt Henry N. Atwood made an aeroplane-
flight from St. Louis to
Chicago, beginning a trip to the
Atlantic coast.
THIS IS MY 61ST BIRTHDAY."
Won J. Arnold.'
31on J. Arnold, widely known as an
Jectrical engineer and Inventor, was
tern near Grand Rapids, Mich., Au
tftt 14, 1861, and received his edu
ctfcm at the University of Nebraska
aaxl Cornell university. Ha began his
professional career aa a mechanical
obCineer for a western railway, but
vttbin a few years ho resigned the
position to become an Independent
consulting engineer. Mr. Arnold first
attained prominence by designing and
building tlie intramural railway at the
Cfclcatgo World's fair in 1S93. Since
that time he hns been Identified in a
gsoressloaal capacity with many great
asurtneerlng achievements. Of late
rear hm attention baa boon given
artlcalarly to the construction and
fcsiproveinrfit of street railways and
noways. He devised the plan for elec
trically operating the trains of the
Ifew York Central road In and out of
New York City and later waa appoint
or thiol ?nr;lecr to rebuild the Chi
cago traction sTstom at a cost of $.-
I SS.S'Z.
ItMtara II as di cap Tenner.
XtftMa Cllir, Mo Aug. 14. The sev
tajtti aaiial western handicap tourna-
tstte Sh ootinx maodablon bu brought
tMSther neartr 00 of the beat shots In
tfcw Catted States. The tournament U
krnr kerd M the ground of the Kan
sm dtr Omn rlab and will continue
r TbunKtaf apd rdday. Some good
rorea were mwSeTsi the Initial events
PIOXEER FEATURE AT SHERRY'S
I.eotnre and Stereoptlcan Views Com
paring Early Days With Present.
At Sherry's Wednesday and Thurs
day, 'Carroll E. John.son will preseut
" Old West Frontier days" a ser
ies of views showing the west in the
early days, and contrasts of the pres
ent day where the deserts are chang
ed by Irrigation Into beautiful farms
and gardens. He delivers an Inter
esting lecture in connection with the
pictures. . This leads up to a grand
climax of a moving picture, entitled,
"Custer's Last Stand." This Is In
Addition to the regular program and
will be sen at Sherry's Wednesday
and Thursday only.
MRS. ATKI.VS WELL LIKED.
(.'ood Sized Audience Pleaded Willi
Learned and Entertaining Orator.
Last evening in the Baptist chu.vl;
11 fair sized crowl heard Mrs. Flor
ence Atkins, the pul'shed and iarif a.
orator from Nashville, Tennessie
sueak In her pleuslng and rorcsiul
n aimer upon the equal suffrage quea
:;cn. Mrs. AtkV.g .nine highly recom
mended and s!ie Iui;y lived up to all
expectations. Although a fair sized
audience was present many more
would have attended had It not been
for several counter attractions.
George With Sherry's.
Fiank George has accepted a posi
tion with Sherry's theatre and will be
affiliated with the proper entertain
ment of patrons of that house. Mr.
George was originally manager of the
Arcade and knows the business from
A to Z.
Parkcr-Langborne Wedding.
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 14: So
ciety In the East as well as In San
Francisco displayed a lively Interest
i.i today's wedding of Miss Julia II.
Langhorne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James P. Langhorne, and Lieutenant
James Parker of the United States
Navy. The bride was born and raised
In Virginia and Is the first cousin of
the famous beauties Immortalized by
Charles Dana Gibson, of whom one la
the wife of the artist and another, Mrs.
Waldorf Astor, of London. Lieuten
ant Parker, the bridegroom, is the son
of Col. James Parker of the Eleventh
Infantry, now stationed at Fort Ogle
thorpe, Ga., and a nephew of former
Congressman Richard Wayne Parker
of New Jersey.
"WHY NOTS." $
Hdlted by
A. Long Mutt. $
It you did not read these yesterday.
Why Not?
If any of these "Why-Nots' put you
to thinking, Why Not put the shoe
on and wear It awhile.
You did not pay your water rent
by the tenth, did you? Why Not? You
forgot It, of course, but It won't hap
pen again, will It? And Why Not?
Love is a small sea skirted by board
walks upon which young couple walk
around, until they beccme dizzy and
fall In, but Why Not?
A man drank a quart of gasoline by
mistake. Now he honks instead of
coughs. Why Not? Aa careless as he
is he probably has as much right to
honk aa some of those who carry a
license to do so.
The horse, next to man, ls conceded
to be the most intelligent of all ani
mals. Then, If you can make a busi
ness man out of a section hand, Why
Not make a race horse out of a com
mon plug. Poor rule that won't work
both ways. And Why Not?
Why Not visit the public library
more than you do. The books and
literature are there for you and It you
do not get the benefit ot them it Is
your own fault
It you are a progressive, or want to
be one. Why Not attend the meeting
of the progressives tonight?
When you feel grouchy and think
the old town la going to the dogs,
why not take an hoar off aome eve
ning and take a walk: around over
town and especially oat In the resi
dence district and lee the Improve
ments that are being made and the
nice residences that are being built
p. I will venture to ear that Just
one hour of such medicine will take
off the "rough."
After all the work and money that
has been expended on our new fair
' grounds Why Not n-.acadamlze or pave
a street and build cement walks to the
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Uliliu euirauic. luia muugui to auie-
iy uof. out of place.
It will soon be time for the boys
to take up their studies again. Why
Not? Before that time comes, try and
have all the work done that the boy Is
relied upon to help do, ftnUhed so thtt
he can take up his school work with
the rest.
Every time you meet an out of town
friend. Why Not tell him of the coun
ty fair, Sept. 9 to 14. He may get
angry or disgusted at you for talking
county fair and go and tell his neigh
bor but you can feel repaid by know
ing that you have started someone
else talking county fair.
Now that the county fair is a sure
go and a fine program has been ar
ranged Why Not all you knockers put
away your little hammers and put
your shoulders to the wheel. If you
still persist In knocking you will
scarcely be heard or noticed but If you
get out and boost just a little. It will
only be a short time until people will
begin to realize that you are not a
hopeless case.
T
(Continued from oage 1
this company has a connecting agree
ment. To bring about this present devel
opment and Ideal situation, has cost a
large amount of money which has
been secured through the sale of cap
ital stock and bonds of the company,
and has cost over $200,00, no part ot
which represents any profit derived
from the operation of the company.
The people buying these stocks and
bonds have not only shown that they
believe In the future prosperity of
these districts, but have also placed
their confidence in the citizens of the
community so served. The principal
share holders of this company live In
Union and Wallowa counties and con
trary to the circulated report the
Bell Interests do not own a single
share of stock, although we fall to see
wherein It could be any detriment
to us if they did.
' Regarding the question of rate3, all
we ask Is, that the people treat us
the same as If It was their own mon
ey that was Invested Instead ot ours.
We believe that the great majority
ot business men, farmers and working
that a company serving the public as
this one Is, should be entitled to earn
enough money to properly operate and
maintain the system In addtlton to the
going rate of Interest. We claim that
we are at present earning no more
than enough". If enough, to meet these
charges, and to substantiate this claim
we are willing to throw open our
books and accounts to any committee
ot fair minded uninterested parties,
who may be appolnted'to make an In
vestigation along these lines.
Our rural rates are In particular
very low, and do not, and never have,
paid their Just proportion of the cost
ot operation and maintenance ot the
system, to say nothing regarding any
interest on the Investment.
When this Co-Operatlve company
first began business in the Elgin dis
trict, we made every reasonable effort
to bCtig about some condition where
by that community, as well as the
balance of the county, would escape
the nuisance of two telephones, but
without any apparent result, so that
today the business men ot Elgin are
compelled to subscribe and pay for
the service of, both companies In or
der to secure a complete service.
Rgardlng the matter of service we
believe we are rendering as good as It.
is possible to give. We employ more
operators and trouble men for the
number of stations Involved than sim
ilar companies. Practically every tel
ephone Instrument In the city has
recently been changed for a new one.
Our exchanges tn the two counties are
connected together with first class
copper circuits and the transmission
Is perfect. The traveling public claim
the service Is aa good or better than
anywhere else along the line, and we
know of no parties better capable of
Judging.
In this day of progress a corpora
tion should have no secrets from the
public. Its policy should be an open
book, and Its attitude clearly under-
stood. This company Is always will
ing to meet the public open and above
board, only asking fair treatment In
return. We believe in reasonable and
scientific public regulation, and await
the coming of the rate-regulating pub
lic service commission, which will fix
all rates.
A second telephone system starting
up to serve a community such as this,
which ls already served as well as
can reasonably be expected, can only
be classed as a public nuisance, and
an Imposition upon the community. It
has only been a short time since La
Grande escaped the ourden of sup
porting a dual telephone system which
fact, judging from the recent action
of the business men Is still fresh In
their memory.
This Idea of starting a competing
telephone system through Ignorance
of certain parties, and where the con
ditions do not warrant the same has
been tried out In a great many In
sauces with the same result, making
an extra burden upon the public, and
an ultimate failure of the enterprise.
The following clipping from an Ohio
paper will show that this city ls up
against the same proposition that
most of the eastern cities have been
called upon to meet In the past years:
The cities that attempted to secure
better telephone service by Introduc
ing a competing telephone system are
begiiinlngto realize the folly of their
course. The opinion prevailed some
ears ago that two telephone compan
ies would reduce the price ani givt
better telephone service, but It baa
been learned by experience that it
not only doubles the expense to the
people, but ls an awful nuisance. In
tome cities these duplicate companies
secure franchises under the name ot
co-operative companies, whoa a num
' er of people csanize-l and secured
privileges under certain representa
tion. They were encouraged In their
efforts and the public is today paying
the price of its folly with an unsatis
factory double system, no one being
equipped, "telephonlcally"' without
paying for both systems, those not
havingtwo being at the disadvantage
of not being able to talk to those who
are on the other line. Dayton (Ohio)
News.
HOME INDEPENDENT TEL. CO.,
S. D. CROWE, Sec. and Gen. Mgr.
AMI
ELECTS
DIRECTORS FOR ESSCIXG YEAR
SELECTED.
All Efforts of Association Applauded
and Commended.
Enthusiasm flowed unbounded last
evening when the members of the
Grande Ronde Chautauqua association
met for the annual election of direc
tors. Retiring Directors Miller and
Cochran and Mrs. E. Polack were re
elected and plans for the next year
discussed. With the added grounds
facilities provided by the par'i com-
mission next year's camping space r
will be enlarged and bettered mater-'
tally and there Is. no reason to doubt
the venture made last night that there
will be over a hundred families camp
ed there during chautauqua week. The
work done this year was heartily en
dorsed and the membership applauded
the efforts set forth. There was never
any question of a continuance ot the
chautauqua that issue having long
since passed beyond the doubtful
stage.
Are Ever at War.
There are two things everlastingly
at war, Joy and piles. But Bucklen's
Arnica Salves will banish piles. It
soon subdues the Itching, Irritation,
Inflammation or swelling. It gives
comfort. Invites Joy. Greatest healer
of burns, bolls, ulcers, cuts, bruises,
eciema, scalds, pimples, skin erup
tions. Only 25 cents at all druggists.'
In a Big Tent
Friday, August 16, 1912
ADAMS AVENUE NEAR HEMLOCK STREET.
WEST BROS.' RAILROAD SHOW.
TEXAS
RANGER
SEE THE Cowboys, Soldiers, Indians, Mexicans,
Rangers and Cowboy Girls.
Watch For the Cowboy Band
ONE PERFORMANCE AT NIGHT ONLY.
Friday, August 16
KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL.
lleullh Is Worth Saving, and Some La
Grande People Know How to
Save It
Many La Grande people take their
lives In their hands by neglecting the
kidneys when they know these organs
need help. Sick kidneys are respon
sible tor a vast amount of suffering
and 111 health, but there ls no need
to suffer nor to remain In danger. Use
Doan's Kidney Pills a remedy that
has curedi thousands of kidney suffer
ers. The following statement leaves no
ground for doubt.
Mrs. Celia Badger, Union, Oregon,
says: "For four years I waa afflicted
with dropsy. My hands and feet swel
led greatly and I had puffy spots be
neath my eyes. My back ached In
tensely and there were acut pains di
rectly over my kidneys and In my left
shoulder. The kidney secretions were
unnatural and this plainly convinced
me that I had kidney complaint. Read
ing of similar cases where Doan's
Kidney Pills had been taken with
benefit, I was led to try them and they
gave me relief. I have since kept this
remedy in the house and its use has
always proven beneficial."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster- Mil burn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
Indian KlUed on Track.
Near Rochelle, III., an Indian went
to sleep on a railroad track and was
killed by the fast express. He paid
for his carelessness with his life. Of
ten It's that way when people neglect
coughs and colds. Don't risk your life
when prompt usj of Dr. King's New
Discovery will cure them and so pre
vent a dangerous throat or lung trou-
Glenn H.
Piano, Pipe Organ, Musical Theory
La Grande, Oregon
Phone Black 1352.
Comfort Going Home:
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and comfort that will, win .ppreciate. Is a box of our d.Udoms amS
my lnTdInt and nr: cleanliness fa tbr haadUnt. One tr!il!
will auks yon a regular buyer. '
Selder's -
ble. "It completely cured me, In a
short time, ot a terrible cough that
followed a severe attack ot grip,"
writes J. R. Watts, ' Floydada, Tex.,
"and I regained 15 lbs. In weight that
I had lost." Quick, safe, reliable and
guaranteed. 50c and $1.00. Trial bot
tle free at alt druggists.
ROOM FOR RENT Modern. Call
Black 151. 8-14 tf
GOOD OFFER SPURNED.
Prof. Armstrong Throws Aside Lucra
the Salary to Locate Here.
The day Prof. Armstrong landed In
La Grande there was a wire waiting
for him offering htm a $1,200 a year
position as member of the faculty as
director of music In the state aeademy
of Idaho at Pocatello. He refund It
so as to stay In La Grande.
President S. H. BIng of Rio Grande
college, says: "I am glad to bear sin
cere testimony to the excellent work
and high character of Prof. G. H. Arm
strong, who has been director of mu
sic In Rio Grande college for the last
two years. His work has been en
tirely satisfactory ajid we are per
mitting him to leave only becmoas w9
cannot offer lnductments great
enough to persuade him to stay. In
his chosen profession he ls an excel
lent performer and a very skillful
teacher."
Fine Program at Arcade.
Among the pictures at the Arcade
this evening one ls especially recom
mended and is a high class picture In
every respect. There are five pictures
on the program and Ray Williams iu
a new song, the comedy for tonight
Is simply a scream and is entitled,
"The Four Flush Actor."
Armstrong
Res. 604 Adams Ave.
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La Grandej
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