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T.A GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
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BRUCE DENNiS
EDITOR AM) OWJiEK.
iatered at Uie postofflce at La Grande,
Oregon, a second class matter
SrBSCRIPTIOX BITES.
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ally, per month tie
FAKEUS IS LA GKASDE.
This city bag been the rendezvous
for fakers for the past six weens.
Every day tbere is some scapegoat
trying to pull off a fake advertising
scheme that bag no merit, thus grab
bing a few dollars from the legitimate
merchant
But advertising schemes are not the
only ones that are worked. For In
stance, several magazine solicitors
have been in the city lately calling
on the ladles. They put up a hard
luck story about trying to earn suffi
cient money to send them through
school and offer to send a magazine a
year for the mere postage it costs In
order to Introduce It, claiming the
' publishers give them a commission on
the business. 4
There are few ladies In La Grande
who would not give a balf dollar to a
deserving young man who wants an
education and it is on the strength of
this that the subscriptions are ob-,
tained., i
Bu Uie magazine never comes and
the grafter leaves town after collect
ing in quite a little money.
The Observer would suggest that
every peddler, every advertising fak
er, and every solicitor be turned down, j
In this you might turn down a few
worthy ones', but we will guarantee'
the great majority will be grafters
who are wholly unworthy of your
charity.
IJiDErENDEXCE OF A M:YSI'.U'KH
Several have become worried over
the Observer's Independent attitude
politically and have wondered if an
'ndependent newspaper could have any
choice.
An independent newspaper most
i
certainly can and does have a choice
In public matters. It is the only pa-j
per that can have a free and untrain
neled choice.
When this paper announced Its In
dependence It merely stated that It
would not be bound by any party or
eet of men. Tt also stated It woi'M
continue to support Mr. Roosevelt with
all of Its might for president. That
The Strength
Of A Bank
Is based on the character of Its assets, and of the men be
hind It
This back, for twetity-Cv years a pillar of "vngth In
this community, keeps Its resource Hbs"1utely clean and
dependable.
Its officers will always n.e that Its assets are of such a
character that its strength can never be questioned.
Vpon this basis we Invite your confidence and your ac
count La Grande National! Bank
LA GRANDE,
CAPITAL
SURPLL'S
RESOURCES
FRED 3. HOLMES,
President
F. L, STETFRS,
CaskJer.
Dlfaate4 Depository ot the United State Oovarsaasnt Colt
d 8ttts Postal Bavin Depository.
is what we are doing. We want Colo
nel l:oosevelt to succeed. He was
the choice of the majority of Republi
cans; we believe today he Is the choice
of the majority of the people. The
principles he stands for in this cam
paign are right
But in supporting Roosevelt yon
are supporting the most independent
candidate In the world. True, he Is
aligned with the Progressive puny,
but he Is still independent and no one
would be quicker to refuse to do a
party's bidding than Roosevelt.
TOAL OIL JOHN ME" M ILL RUX.
And Jonahan Bourne, Jr., will run.
said so at the last moment In or
der to be spectacular.
He has intended to run for some
time, judging from the actions of his
understrappers who tried to get blm
endorsed at Salem; who have tried In
many ways to get something for tne
senator to stand upon so his action
would not appear so raw.
But why should Jonathan Boirne
make the race now?
There Is but one answer because
he wants the office.
He admits by running that he has
never cared anything for the direct
primary law. His action convinces
people of the charges made against
him that he Is a politcal gambler for
notoriety and power and never bad a
sincere motive In bis talk for the
people.
Oregon Is called upon to select a
senator from four candidates. Jona
than Bourne, who is saturated with
Standard Oil, judging from letters
which have recently come to light;
Ben Selling, who has ever been nn
honest, plain, sincere Progressive,
but tills year he says he is going
to vote for Taft because he feels he
is In honor bound to carry out his con
tract with the Republican party; A. E.
Clarke, a new man of whom little is
known; or Dr. Harry Iane, who is a
free trade Democrat
We say, pick the strongest man
against Bourne. and vote for him.
In so doing you will put your stamp
of disapproval on those who merely
cry for popular government In an In
sincere tone of voice with the one
motive of obtaining office In their j
heaits.
You will do a great ileal toward put- j
ting an end to the U'Ren Single Tux ,
Idea, for U'Ren and Bourne have ever
been In bed together and If T'Ren fa
vors Single Tax and works for It the
natural inference Is that Bourne Is.
i d enemy to the measure. I
Yes. pick the strongest man against
Bourne and support hiin with the
OREGON.
100.000.00
120.000.00
1.000,000.00
W. J. nU'MH,
Tie Frea.
EARL IODEL,
An't faobler.
same vigor that you are going to fight
Single Tax.
If we are going to be loyal to Ore
gon; if we are going to sing "Oh, Ore
gon, My Oregon," and really mean. !t
THE CANDLE BUOY
A Friend of the Mississippi Pilots
In the Old Days.
QUEER LITTLE LIGHTSHIPS.
Thy War Floated and Anchored In
th Channel of the River on Dark
N'ghta and Showed tha Navigator on
Down Trip Where Reefs Were Not
In the old steamboat days on the
Mississippi, before the government had
undertukeu the duty of marking and
lighting the "crossings" where the
channel swings over from oue bank to
the other, the river pilots had to devise
their own means of -finding their way
through tbee ditlicult and dangerous
places.
In the duytiiue it was not bard to do,
and on moonlight nights the landmarks,
which every pilot kuew by heart could
be seen plainly enough to make the
crossing K)sible. But there were
many nights so dark or foggy that the
shore marks were not visible; then the
reefs had to be "candled."
Candling was resorted to only on the
down trip. Going up the river the pilot
might "feel" of the reef with bin boat,
and if be did not find the best water
the first time he could back off and try
(gain a little to one side or the other,
wherever the soundings showed the
deepest water to be.
In going down the river, however,
that was Impossible. The pilot bad to
And the channel the first time, for if
the boat struck the current would drive
ber bard on the reef or else swing her
broadside on the bar and In ten min
utes Imbed her in the very midst of It
with tons of drifting sand.
To guard against such a dlsnster
when nenriug Pig's Eye, Deef Slough
or Trempeleuti bars or any one of a
dozen bars of equal difficulty on a
dark or hazy night the pilot stopcd
the bout at the bead of the reef. With
two men to row, a mate or watchman
to steer, a "cub" pilot to manipulate
the "candle buoys" and an older pilot
to take soundings, the yawl was low
ered and permitted to drop down the
channel below the steamboat
After the pilot had determined the
best course by taking soundings the
"cub," under bis direction, anchored
two. three or even four of the candle
buoys, one after the other,' In the cen
ter of the channel, and then the men
let the yawl drop down below the reef,
where It lav a little outside the chan
nel Then one of the men swung a
lantern -a slgn-il at which the pilot on
watch crime ahead, steering for the
hny lighthouses and running over
tlici-.i. one by one, until the reef was
passed
The emi'He buoy was made of a piece
of two Inch light pine plank, beveled
for four iii' lies at the "bow" In order
to prevent Its "diving" as the current
pressed against It A tin "sconce"
with three legs, three or four Inches
long, was tacked down to the plank
Half of a common onndle was placed
in each sconce, and after being lighted
an oiled I'M per chimney, with a base
corresponding to that of the candle
stick, was placed over the light to pro
tect It from the wind The outer cuds
of the tin "legs" of the sconce were
turned back over the base of the paper
chimney to hold It Id place, and the
buoy was ready for launching.
A hole was bored atont six Inches
from the end of the plank. Through
the hole a small cord some ten or
twelve feet In length was rove and
knotted, and to this cord a lump of
coal weighing perhaps ten pounds
was tied. This served as an anchor
to bold the buoy In its place In the cen
ter of the channel.
Puch was the procedure fifty years
ago or more. Since the government
boats begun ,i.-itrolllng the river snd
establishing xnnanent lights at all
bad crossing It Is seldom necessary
tor the pilots to go out In a sounding
boat although It is not an nnbeard of
proceeding even now.
But the candle buoy la a thing of the
past Probably tbero ar scores of
prevent day pilot wbo never even
beard of th makeshift little lightship
that their pouled predecessor were
wont to launch amid tbe dnrkness and
doubt of former year. Toutb's Com
pan Ion.
now is the time to kill such measures
a.s Single Tax, and also to jmt on the
shelf forever men like Bourne who
make a farce of the primary law and
place their oyn personal ambitions
higher than the will of the people.
SOIJtlt SECOND THOUGHT.
It has been noted that several per
sons connected In an executive way
with the present political campaign
are paying a great deal of attention
to the "sober second thought" of the
American people. It is intimated by
them that when the American people
are seized with the "sober second
thought" there will be an instantan
eous change In political sentiment,
which change will benefit the candi
date or candidates in whom these
prognosticators are particularly in
terested. While It Is rather difficult to under
stand exactly what is meant by "sober
second thought" it is assumed the
purpose Is to convey the impression
that up to the present time the Amei
Ican people have been carried away
by sensationalism and nationalism to
such an extent that they have heen
incapable of judging the real Issues of
the campaign. They may be true, but
the Indications as noted everywhere
by political writers of experinre point
to a condition directly oppose'! to this
contention. They find that this presi
dential campaign Is one of the hardest
in their experience to secure an ink
They observe that sensationalism and
emotionalism are having littlp effect
upon the great masses of the people,
who are reading thir newspapers and
magazines and deciding upon their
choice without advice or guidance. In
other words, the voters are not paying
much attention to the old-time
waving, glory-be-to-history speeches
but are determining the way they
shall vote in the quiet of their homes.
This advancement of the "sober second-
thought" Idea sounds a little like
a whistle to keep up courage. The
I a Grande must g row-it's location and re
" souices give assurance that within a
short time it will be the Spokane of Oregon.
At its present rate of increase and, growth
it will soon double its population and its pay
roll. When it reaches that stage in its career
Connordale will be practically the center of
town for this city must grow down Washing
ton Avenue and cutjinto the valley. Values
will then be out of sight. They are low' now.
Go down and see for yourself.
American people uever said lesi and
thought more in any presidential cam
paign in history than they are doing
at this time. They are weighing, test
ing, reading and thinking but they a.e
not talking. Their silence indicates
the presence of sober thought be it
first, second or third, and their deci
sion will be made when the voters are
cast in November. There may be a
certain percentage who will be strlck
e nwith the so-called "sober second
thought" between now and then, but
the chances are that the great major
ly of voters know at this time for
whom they are going to vote and tney
will not change.
It is idle to predict that Wilson will
gain strength, Roosevelt lose support
or Taft add to his forces. There arc
millions of voters in this country cn j
whom no one can figure accuritely
because they do not express any opin
ion until they cast their ballots. These
have not been carried away by any
din and confusion of political contro
versy because they have been too busy
in promoting the unparalleled pros
perity of the country to place them
selves In the limelight. But these aic
the men who will determine the presi
dential contest and their determina
tion will be based upon the same pro
cess of reasoning that has appealed to
thm since the beginning of the cam
palgn. It Is 'not to he expected that
.a great white light of revelalon Is to
break suddenly upon the voters, as
ome of the campaign promoters arsue
and change the whole sentiment. This
start of a change may have manifest
ed itself in previous years but there
are very few indications of It at this
time.
The .American people are thlnk'ng
soberly enough about the men and the i
Issues but It is hard to believe that
they are just recovering Jrom an at
tack of political insanity, as thoss
"sober second thought" advocate intimate.
No More Smiling-,
The new vicar was paying a visit
among the patients In tbe local hos
pital. When he entered ward NO 2 he
came across a pale looking young man
lying in a cot. heavily swutbed In band
ages. There he stopped, and. after ad
ministering n few words of comfort to
tbe unfortunate sufferer, be remarked
In cheering tones:
"Never mind, my man. you'll soon be
all risrht. Keep on smiling: that's the
way oi 'he world."
"I'll never smile again," replied the
youth sadly.
"Rubbish!" ejaculated the vicar.
"There nln't tm rubbish about HI" ex
claimed the other heatedly. "If,
through mulling at another fellow's gin
that I'm here now." Pearson's Wet kly
Hs Eloquence.
The curate of a country parish lately
preached a charity sermon, and tbe
collection which followed amounted to
20 s. 4Vjd. In the vestry after the
service the cburebwardeus counted it
out and mentioned the result "Well."
said the reverend preacher. "1 must
have preached pretty well to get all
that" "No doubt you did. sir." re
plied one of the churchwardens who
bad been collecting, "but the squire
put In a 20 note, and he's deaf
London Mall.
Unreluotantly.
"Ralph Darnley called again last
night. Bessie, didn't bet Ton know,
he's rather well off, so I hope yon
didf't treat blm distantly,'' said
materia.
"Indeed I didn't mamma. I was
very much drawn to him very much,"
she answered, with a blush.
Strang Youth.
Doctor What makes you think the
boy Isn't normal? Mother Every
thing. He was sixteen years old last
month and yet be doesn't think he
knows more than bis father. Philadel
phia Record
For one word a man is oftn deemed
to be wise, and for on word bo la
often deemed to be foolish. Confucius.