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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15. 1912.
JSGE TWO
jCassfed:
I Advertising
B0 JUENT Three furnished house
keeping rooms., Phone Red 251.
i 7-18-tf
HWLSTED Men wlia teams to haul
Call BHfH 7-29-it
3GB RENT Eight room modern
close In. Also housekeeping
Inautre at 1417. Phone
fed 762. 7-29W8-29
OHR SAAJE One-half Interest In wall
wUbltehed business, and a mono
' Baker. 1600.00. Call and let us
avptaJn It to you. Tucker & War-
" i
3Mi..tiiJu2J Fine family horse, bar-
MMtsatd rubber tire runabout. E.
90S SALE New milch Jersey caw.
fe at the beat. E. C. TUCKEY.
M-tt
ITliTTED Twentr laborers for street
-am. Warren Construction Co.,
Boem 6, Foley Bldg. 7-31-tf
CJCBt RENT Furnished housekeeping
wuss, either two or three rom
salt. 1311 N. avenue. Phone Black
m.V 8-3-tf
tCCX SALE J5 00 will bur a nice
vtagle buggy and harness. On easy
payments. Halsten Furniture store.
8-2-tf
.308 SALE OR TRADE QUICK Pair
jcod young horses, cash or time.
Till take wood, or hauling. W..R.
Xhrattt.
TBLOO takes neat, clean, complete out
8t for three housekeeping rooms. In
fading almost new Axmlnster rug,
jsed bed, springs, mattress, stove,
fakes, etc. Oood clean bouse for
Tsnt $8.00. 2017 Washington.
1 l-10-tf
JKCTTED Pastry cook at Home Res
teorant 8-12-4tp
JOStKENT Two housekeeping rooms
toralshed. 1306 O street Pbone
JfflCk E62. 8-12-6t
JEEUDER WANTED 12 Inch prefer
tskC Must be In good shape and
etarp-. Address A. Klees & Son,
Jfcnrmervllle, Ore. 8-14-2t
HU&T White Ivory hair brush, be
ams 804 Main and 1620 Sixth. Fin
t please leave at Dr. Underwood's
0ce and receive reward. 8-12-tt
iaeU3E FOR RENT New six room
aasdern bungalow. Inquire at Ob-
ver. Pbone Black 163Z. s-s-etp
-Ladles' gold watch on Adams
ua between Oak street and
Ifefswe restaurant on Depot street
IWtr leave at Palace restaurant
mr phone Main 15. 8-9-tf
Notice.
Aryone caught hunting or trespas
tdnr on our land will be prosecuted.
rttH&er Brothers. 8-6-tf
' nonce.
3Tr wife. Ruby Macey, having left
aw aed and board without Just cause
3 vST pay no more bills contracted by
TW trom this date. Aug. Sth, 1912.
, FRED MACEY,
8-5-tOte
Dtmnld Brian will be seen In a new
iwmical comedy called "The Marriage
awtet"
Vacuum
eocsE CLEAJtirre
CPH0L8TER15O
PIEMTIRB REPAIRING
MATTRESS MAKING
ICBWITURE PACKING.
L. P. RFLLINGER,
PBONE RED 172
THOROUGHBRED
1 f lYMOTH ROCKS
Tat! aa4 tCeHiciwI Matinf
PIDIty Matin
fee sale. Per Prfeee Or
Met4 e
D.B.STODDARD
La Gnmde, Ore '
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FKOFLSSIOXAL DIKECTBI
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PHT8ICIa!9AXP SCBGEOSg
B. M.K.HALL Physician and Sur
geon. Cor. Adams Ave and Depoi
it Pbone, Main 23.
H. UPTON. Pn. O. M. D. Physltlaa
' and Surgeon. Special attention U
Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat. Offlct
ui La liraude National Bank Bullo
lng. Pnoner: Office Mala 2; Re
dence Mala 81
4. MOLITOR, M. D Physician at
Surgeon. Corner Adams Ave. am .
Depot St. Phones: Office, Main 68
Residence, 89.
jK. H. L. UNDERWOOD Diseases v
the eye a specialty.
R. DORA J. UNDERWOOD Diseases
of women and children. Offices
Adams avenue, over Wright Drug
Co.
,EO. W. ZIMMERMAN Osteopath
Physician. Over Lilly's Hardwar.
store. Phone Main 63. Successor
to Dr. F. E. Moore.
VETERINARY.
jK. P. A CHARLTON. Veterinary Sur
geon. Office at Hill's Drug store,
La Grande. Residence Pbone, Red
701; Office Phone, Black 1361; In
dependent Phone 63;" Both Phones
at Resllence.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
JOCHRAN At COCHRAN Attorneys
Chaa. E. Cochran and Geo. T. Coch
ran. La Grande National Bank
Building, La Grande, Oregon.
H. CRAWFORD ROBT. S. EAK1N
CRAWFORD ft E AKIN Attorneys
at law. Practices in all the courts
of the state and United States. Of
nee In La Grande National Bank
Building. La Grande. Oregon.
GREEN & SMALL Attorneys. R. J.
Green and Chas. E. small. Kooma
14-16-16 Somnier bldg. (Over Silver
thorn's drug store). La Grande,
Oregon.
9 FRATERNAL OR-
$ DERS.
k. F. ft A M. La Granfte Lodge No.
41, A. F. ft A. M. Holds regular
meetings 'first and third Saturdays
at ::30 p. m. Cordial welcome tt
all Masons N. MOLITOR. W. M.
A C. WILLIAMS, Secretary
S P. O. E. La Grande Lodge No. 43)
'meets each Thursday evening at
o'clock In Elk's club, corner of De
pot street and Washington avenue.
Visiting brothers cordially Invited
to attend.
T. J. SCROGGINS, E. R.
H. E. COOLIDGE, Rec. Sec
VOODMEN OF THE WORLD La
Grande Lodge No. 169 W. O. W.
meets every first and third Fri
days at I. O. O. F. ball. All visit
ing members welcome.
D( FITZGERALD. C. C.
J. H. KENNET. Clerk.
tODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA
La Grande Camp No. 7703 meets on
the firls and third Thursday even
ings of each month in the K. of P.
hall. V kiting neighbors welcome.
W. A. DUNN. V. C.
W. F. LANDRUM. Clerk.
ROYAL NEIGHBORS Meets every
second and fourth rlday every
month. All vlslttb- members cor
dially Invited.
CORA FITZGERALD, Oracle.
LILLY C. KIMMLE. Recorder
REBEKAHS Crystal Lodge No. 60
meets every Tuesday evening In the
I. O. 0. F. hall. All visiting mem
bers are Invited to attend.
LEAH E. COOLIDGE. N. 0.
MISS ANNA ALEXANDER, Sec.
L. O. O. M., La Grande Lodge Ma
850, Loyal Order of Moose, holds
regular meetings every second aJfl
fourth Mondays at 7:10 p. m. In I
O. O. F. hall. Visiting brothers cor
dially Invited to attend.
R. J. GREEN. W. D
B. L. LEAVITT, Sec'y.
a. L. RICHARDSON, M. D.
I. W. LOUOHLIN. M. D.
Drs. Richardson ft LoughliD,
Physicians and Surgeons
Phone Office Black 1362.
Dr. Richardson's Res. Mala M.
Or. Lounhlln's Res. Ma'n 767
CNIOHTS OF PTTHIAS Red Cross
Ia4m fATs 4 tmjftji AVAW MMsAt
night In Castle hall, (old TIV, hall )
ft Pythian welcome to all Tlsltlnj
Knights.
H. W RILEY. C. C.
. L. LINCOLN," M. of R. ft 8.
O. B. 8. Rope Chapter No. 18. O. E.
8. holds stated smmunkatirtjf (
second aad forth WednesHaf Wtrnd extensions It could get the money
each month. Visiting members cor-or. and has offered stock locally At
dially iBTtted. a uniform price so as to get all the
MRS. MARIE JACKSON. W. M .
MAST ft- WftRNICK, Bee.
EHNET
TALKS UK
(OXTKIBUTOU TO CO-OPERATIVE
WORK. WRITES.
White Salmon Orchardlst Discusses
Local Telephone System.
La Grande, Oregon, Aug. 14, 1912.
( Editor of the La Grande Observer, La
Grande, Oregon.)
Dear Sir:
While storing here very briefly to
compare orchard conditions with
those of White Salmon, Wash., where
I am anterested as an apple growr.
: noted last night the contribu on or.
our front page, from .Mr. Fleming of
I'lgin. 1 am interested In co-opprv
tlon to the extent to havlas; made n
exhaustive study of ft from original
sources, expending hundreds of dol
lars In thn mere collection or mater-
ii.li,. Having also written a re.icrr of.
several hundned pages on it wit ch the
Wisconsin board of public works Is to
publish this fall. I am perhaps suf-
flclently acquainted with the niaremi,
rinciplcs and limitations of co-opera
tion to comment on that leU?r. And
to make matters perfectly clsar, 1
should add that, while for obvious rea
tons I necessarily met your local tele
phone officials yesterday, I have not
had the slightest previous acquaint
ance, newr saw them before and pos
sibly never shall again.
Co-operation, In a nut shell, Is a pro
gram for promoting community wel
fare, by cutting the cost of public ser
vice to the minimum necessary to
lraintaiii them In prime efficiency.
Like all communistic enterprises. It
Involves risks and cumbersome ma
chinery that are only warranted where
the current prices or rates of such
services are Inequitable and glaringly
above that necessary cost of produc
tion which no organization can defy
and live. Co-operative telephone com
panies, first promoted by a Mr. Pow
ell of Clinton, New York, upon the ex
piration of the Bell patents, sprang up
some twenty years ago and flourished
for a time. Hut Ignorant management
and insufficient charges bankrupted
scores of them, hundreds of others
flat failures sold out to larger com
panies, and today the popularity of
this form of co-operation Is on the
wane. This Is not guesswork, It s ab
solute certain fact.
So then the telephone business, re
quiring large Investments in expensive
machinery of fairly rapid deprecation,
U one of the last businesses adapted
to co-operation. And there's a strong
presumption against the waste of du
plicating plants where an expensive
system Is already established, unless
existing rates are excessive, prohibi
tive, or extortionate. But Is this the
case in Union and Wallowa counties
today?
With this question In mind and be
lng something of an acountant my
self, I've made a little independent
Investigation, which although natur
ally not exhaustive tends to establish
the following:
(1) That the value of plant shown
by your home company represents ac
tual Investment made as economically
as the conditions of extension would
permit.
(2- That all of the capital so In
vested has been paid in by the se
curity holders out of their own funds
and not out of surplus earnings.
(3) That the set charges for the
depreciation of plant will not exceed
the actual necessary cost of renewals
as tlny have to be made.
(4) That operating and malnte
nance expenses are only such as will
keep the plant in that efficient condl
nance expenses are only such as will
keep tine plant In that efficient condi
tion which alone the subscribers
would stand for.
(5) That the rates are surprising
ly le.ss than In the east and central
west for like distances and where slm
liar conditions as to volume of traffic
prevail.
6 That those who put up the
owir which has developed this sya
tern have never received more wan
eight per cent, per annum on their
niony, and on a considerable part of
It not even that
(7) That the company has consist
ently followed the "public be pleased"
policy, hu made all Improvements
capital It could.
What then Is at the bottom of the
agitation for a co-operative system?
As Mr. Fleming's headstrong letter
spills more Ink than It sheds light on
this question, I have ascertained the
following as the most plausible com
plaint, namely: That while there was
cut-throat competition between the
Doll and Home companies, free switch
ing prices between distant exchanges
were allowed which made the business
a luslng venture for both companies
certainly for the home company,
which could not recoup Itself out of
Interstate long distance business. It
signifies nothing that It paid all bills
and kept out of bankruptcy. The
plain fact is that nowhere near
enough could bo laid aside to keep up
the plant whien the ravages of time
began to accumulate, and had things
gone on that way bankruptcy would
have b;n noue the less Inevitable,
even though several years delayed.
Is it any wonder, then, that your
homo company readjusted Its cross
country rates so as to charge each
portion of the service more nearly
what It cost? Not unless, to beautiful
ly Illustrate Carl Marks' dogma about
the "non-productiveness of capital,
'J think tnls valley 8hould dellber
ately suck the blood of a company,
which, Judging either by costs, opera
tive rates or quality of service, nas
treated you pralseworthlly.
And now what are the chances for
the permanent success of this co-operative
venture? This Is of most In
terest to me because, as an advocate
of co-operation under certain condi
tions. I do not want to see It discredit
ed by failure where there is no excuse
for "putting it on." I believe it to be
a foi gotten Incident in very few years
and here am the reasons:
In the first place, the present agi
tation Is based on falsehooa, wnetner
(Vllberate or not makes no difference.
The estimates both of construction,
oprating and upkeep, which have been
given out and talked up are a snare
and a delusion, "a false holding out,'
for which It is hard to hold responsi
ble men guiltless. There would not
be many hundred farmers forced to
pay in more to protect ineir original
subscription before the rest tooK time
ly warning that the 'phone business
also bows to that old rule, "You can t
eat your cake and have It." Co-oper
ative or not, expenses will camp on
your trail, and holding heads In the
sand only makes your last state worse
than your first. Like many assess
ment life Insurance companies in
times past, a project so conceived and
so conducted flourishes for a season,
but when the crucial test comes, "at
the last It goeth down to destruction."
In the second place, any large and
well equipped system would eat Into
so much money that some subscribers
would have to put in more than oth
ers could or would In order to raise it
all. And when some have more at
stake than others, "the one man one
vote' system Is doomed. Of all "Rock
dale principles" this will find far the
least sympathy in America. This isn't
theory It Is ancient history in thou
sands of communities. That's what
I said, thousands. But this isn't all;
for at the same time there will Inevit
ably spring up the demand for a rea
sonable return on investment, to be
paid In cash instead of discounts In
service rates. The concern would then
be a "profit seeker," just like your
home company, only with more risk
takers as members. And would they
be content with less than eight per
cent on their money? Judging by
their past purchase of home stock,
sold on the same terms to all comers,
It 1b safe to answer "No." Let him
that is without human nature among
you, a man who saves for the pure
joy of It alone, cast the first stone.
In the third place, it is a bad omen
for any enterprise that It nas to be
launched Into an atmosphere of ht-alr
pumping and truth twisting at the
very start There could be no butter
evidence of this than Mr. Fleming's
letter. It is all shifty, vague insinu
ation. There is no plain argument,
no straight-out, definite accusation It
doesn't "show cause," If it shows any
thing it only shows spleen. Wha. does
all that talk about poor service, money-grasping
heartlessness, etc., mean
when you boil It all down? Isn't It
true that within the last twelvemonth
a delegation came over here from En
terprise prepared to prove ro'jbery
and found honest treatment instead,
and said ao? (All honor to 'etc I
take off my hat to men like that).
What reliance anyway can be placed
in one who, to further his ends, will
bandy gossip (without making the
slightest effort to verify It) like thnb
about the Bell company's owning 51
per cent of the home stock? (Though
(Continued on pa Eight)
Midsummer
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August21,22,23,24
FAST RUNNING AND FAST TROTTING.
4 Days Of Exciting Races 4
THE BEST HORSES OF THE NORTHWEST CIR
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THE GREATEST RACING EVENT OF THE
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Purses From $100 Up
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PROGRESSIVES ATTENTION!
We do not care whether you are a progressive or
a stand-patter politically, if you intend to be a pro
gressive financially, you must be very careful in your
land dealings. Nine-tenths of the land titles in Un
ion county are defective in some way. Buying a bad
title means lawsuits and unnecessary expense. De
mand an abstract to the property you are going to
purchase. This will show up all defects and irregu
larities, then let the other fellow stand the expense
of correcting the title.
THE ABSTRACT & TITLE GO,
La Grande, Oregon
C. M. LOCKWOOD, OFFICE IN
Secretary & Mgr. Foley Block
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We
business
men
ir.gM- (111- fr, JL C rrV
Aim accoim
in a good bank means more
than mere storing of money
wnen you nave snown your
banker that you can handle
your business and yourself sat
isfactorily it also means that
your credit Is good for financial
aid In your enterprise. It means
too, that with your credit good
at your bank, the consequent
reputation brings you In more
trade, better business bargains
and increased social and politi
cal prestige.
Accounts of companies and Individuals solicited,
en consistent with conservative banking.
United States National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Capital $100,000.00; Surplus $10,500; Deposits
$300,000.00
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
K. E. TTEST H. E. COOLI9GK FBAXK C05LKT
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Always stand well at your bank
keep your engagements and
show your desire to be consid
ered a man who can be trusted.
We are all pulling together for
the common good, and yon may
rest assured that we will help
you, through thick and thin, if
you show you are on the
square.
Every facility gi-
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