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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1912)
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, TUESDAyToCTOBER ft 1912. THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNiS EDITOB AD OWSfER. iaforcd ul Uie poblnft'ice u( La Cruiido, Oregon, as secoud class matter snjsrmrTiox hates. Ml)-, single copy 5c Bally, per ni'uk jjc ally, per month tic I'OLITKS AM) BlSIt..S. wiuie in tiie East, Ed. Kiddle, the Republican nomliiee for state senator on the Republican ticket, met many wen from all over the United States, He attended a convention of mlllnien . and each state was represented. He talked freely about the future outlook for business and In every instance the calamity howler was absent, he said. It means that the business world Is getting over the Idea that brakes must be put on when a presidential cam paign Is brewing. It means that peo ple are reaching that happy stage when politics Is not the paramount Issue; when strife and .trouble In po litical parties docs not mean as much as it once did. This Is a condition that everyone should welcome for in the past all realize what a nuisane to business a presidential election has been. And very often the ills were imaginery. People lmaglnde they were going to be hurt worse than was possible. In Oregon business is going on, also. Hut Oregon Is confronted with atate measure that is of more im portance than any candidate to this state. That Issue U Single Tax and should It carry look out for the fu ture. I Mr. Kiddle was well pleased with general conditions as he found them and he is a man who is a splendid judge of what busine- conditions are. IS THE CHILD TO BLAME and right If In tlu home. What a pleasure to turn back to the days when girls and boys In their l-ei;s really knelt tit mother's knee; rerlly felt that in.rard tenderness for liome, for relatives and respected old age. Kv-jrj tiling Is going at a rapid rato nowadays. All must admit that, but the pace can be eudmed in everything but the rearing of the child. Put on (lie brakes th-re if you don't feel like doing It elsewhere, for t'ae coming generation is all there is of consc :u-Mice In the world. cannot measure this thing with a try-' uhht.intlnl mlnln REVOLUTION IIOl'XO TO COME. Few political writers have a better chance to become, acquainted with the general conditions than hks Samuel Illythe of the Saturday Evening Past and In view of that fact it Is inter esting to cote bis summary of the present campaign, which follows: As a result of his Investigations Mr. Blythe has reached these conclu sions: First Mr. Roosevelt's nomination makes the defeat of Mr. Taft almost certain. Second Mr. Roosevelt's nomination makes the election of Mr. Wilson probable. Third Mr. Roosevelt in many of the states mentioned will get more votes than Mr. Taft, the percentage running about 60 per cent of the old Republican vote for Roosevelt and 40 per cent or less for Taft. Fourth The reason .Mr. Taft's vote may be less than 40 per cent 1b found in the fact that many old-line Repub licans who ordinarily would vote the Republican ticket will vote for Wil son on the ground that thU will be a whole vote against Roosevelt Instead of half a vote, as would be the case If they voted for Taft. Fifth The only apparent defections from the normal Democratic vote, In favor of either of the other candi dates, are defections that 'will favor Mr. Taft because of religious and ra cial Influences. Just how far these will go Is uncertain, though great Judge Gatfns of Portland delivered i pressure Is being brought by the per- a center shot on the moral question a sons who control these Influences, few days ago when he called the par-j The election of Sir. Roosevelt, or .ents of the country to task for th sufficient success on his part to throw lax moral conditions that prevail. He the presidential election Into congress cited the easy avenue for the children is not at all improbable, that has bevn opened in the lust 20 Seventh Now, at this writing, Mr. years where sign boards have been Taft Is the strongest in Utah, Wyom torn down and such a thing as rigid lug and Michigan; Mr. Roosevelt is restriction is almost unknown. The Judge's remarks apply Grande, as well as to Portland. Peo- fight between Wilson and Roosevelt . .... . .... ' pie rave aoout me moral conuition, I ih.. cti'imuoat In California. Xovada. to La Idaho nnd the Dnkotas; and it Is a but many of them do not pay the strict attention to their own children they should. Few demand to know the whereabouts of the boy or girl who goes down in town after supper. Few parents will raise the disturb ance they should when they find a pool room owner has boen letting the boy under age play pool; few par ents will call the daughter to task and demand to know who brought her home the night before. This being true, what Is to be ex pected. If you fall to train the vln It grows very crooked; If you fall to train the child Its nature and habits will become a tangled mass, Just as the vine becomes. ' The place for teaching tvo.ality in the other states, with Wilson hav ing the lead, except perhaps In Wash ington, owing to the split In the Re publican vote, nnd the apparent soli darity of the Democratic party. The apparent situation Is, as this is written that Wilson must hold what he seems to have In -order to win, and Roosevelt must make gains In various states If he Is to win In this section of the country. This conclusion seems simple and justifiable and logical. The very simplicity of It and the obvious logic of It are what mako it merely an assumption at this time As I have pointed out In this and In my previous articles, there is abso lutely no basis for any political logic In this campaign. New conditions ex ist. A revolution Is under way. You The Strength Of A Bank Is based on the character of Its assets, and of the men be hind It This bank, for twenty-five years a pillar of "ength In this community, keeps its resource. il.s-lutely clean and dependable. Its officers will always tie 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 I La Grande NationaljBank LA GRANDE, OREGON. CAPITAL ... $ 100.000.00 SURPL'JS . . . 120,000.00 RESOURCES . . . 1,000,000.00 FRED J. nOLMES, PrmUeBt F. I METE SS, Cashier. it. j. cnrmoi, Tic Pres. EARL EODEL, AssH Cashier. BasdgBatod Depositor; of the United States Government Unit ed States Foetal 8 rings Depository. square or test it w ith a ' plumbUmi. Millions a good many millions o.' men In his country are going to the (iull.s on Tuesday, November fifth' next, to vote not from party obligation or at party behest, but for personal, inde pendent, individual, constructive rea sons. Many Republicans it is too enrly yt to say how many, but thou sands of theui will vote the Demo cratic ticket for the first time In th;!r lives. Many Democrats will vote for either Taft or Roosevelt. Many a fre:it many former Republicans will vote for a third-party ticket, a tick that already means the death of the old Republican party as such. There Is no basis for Judgment ex cept one. That is this: Tho demand for a change in existing conditions is widespread. It is Insistent. There will be a change there is no doubt of that. What sort of a change It will be depends on the ultimate decision of the voters as to whether the ma chinery to help brljjg that change about shall be given over to the Dem ocrat, Wilson, or the Progressive can dldate, Roosevelt. ' TEIULS OF LAUGHTER. If there Is any lesson to be drawn from Wllma Wade's experience It would soem to be that laughter Is dangerous, says the Portland Oregon- Ian While she was Indulging in a hearty outburst the other days she sucked a safety pin down Into her bronchial tubes. The surgeons suc ceeded In removing It, fortunately, but the operation required apparatus with terrific names and an amount of deft ness which It appalls one to try to conceive it. If Miss Wade bad been taught not to laugh, but only to smile, she never would have found herself In this perilous dilemma. Preceptresses of young ladles' boarding schools are agreed upon the precept that laughter is vulgar. They permit nothing more strenuous than a smile and even that must be manager worked upon cautiously by enunciat ing "Papa, potatoes, prunes, prisms. with Infinite discretion. It should be peonies" slowly and softly. By this process the Hps nre elegantly persuad ed to assume the aspect of a ladylike smile. Laughter Is not only unlady-llke, but It Is cruel. At any rate its orlgjn H cruel. Philosophers are a unit In telling us that It began in racial his tory with that stretch of the lips and show of teeth which a warrior exhib its when he smites a foe. If the foe falls the warrior emits a brutal cackle In hnrmony with the ? xpression of his features. We nre most inclined to laugh when we witness the misfor tunes of our neighbors. A fat man who slips on a banana peel causes laughter In all the bystanders. The loss of a stove pipe hat In a gust of wind Invariably brings forth guffaws. Wo never laugh at a humorous story because humor is pervaded with t tnlll; of human kindness, but a v anecdote, particularly If the wit 1 bold and obvious, makes one cro like chanticleer. man of the kind which will bring Eastern Oregon mines Into their own. For years he lias stuck to the dry hills when all other eyes were turned elsvwheie. lie .lias been faithful to the Swan ami Virtue country and day by day and month by month he hns hld on when many another muii would have sought the electric lights and other pleasan tries of life. But Mr. Cullen had faith In t!ie hills. knew If they ever got rid of the fake promoter and the bills were given a fair chance they would make good. He Is now about to prove to everyone that ho was not mistaken. If there is a mnn in this world whom the Observer would like to see make n million dollars from mining that man In George Cullen. H never gave a newspaper a fake mining story In nil his life, and never misrepresented a property. - Out in the Cornucopia country there Is also mining activity. Robert Betts, of the Union Companion mine, has developed great quantities of the rich Cornucopia ore' and now the mill, which is being erected by Walter L. Reld of the Smuggler-Union mine of Tellurlde, Colorado, Is almost com pleted. This improvement will prob ably coft near a hundred thousand dollars but Mr. Betts has the money In the ore waiting to get a chance to balance the ledger for the Improve ment. With the new mill erected by Mr. Reld, the values will be saved on the ground whereas In the past It has been necessary to ship the concen trates to Tacoma for treatment. Everything considered, there Is lit tle doubt that Baker Is to be once more the buzzing mining town of old. But when this new era arrives it will be permanent for the mining now In progress in Baker Is not being made for the purpose of soiling stock to the shop girl and the elevator boy. It is mining on commercal lues the on ly knd that pays. em THEY DO NOT GAP NOR BIND. i: WeArThf.!I You WiLL, Lv-Ttl M. .G;vi: Complete Satisfaction-'" jtotice. Pay your water rent this month at Security Land and Trust company of- Ice, La Grande National Bank building GIANTS OUTHIT SOX, LOSE (Continued from page one) ed. The Sox were led by Manager Jake Stalil. More than 3(10.000 welcomed Investigate and experiment all you please in the end you will lunsingwcar, and the sooner you do, the sooner you will expedience complete underwear satisfaction. Xo matter what . you think about union suits, to know the comfort and satisfaction, of a Munsing Union Suit you simply haye to wear it. Ifow well they wash, how long they wear, how little they cost, how perfectly they tit and cover the form, voii cannot know until you enjoy the comfort and satisfaction of becoming.a Munsingwearer. WATER DOESN'T HURT THEM THE FIT WON'T WASH OUT They are also the best foun dation for stylish clothes, proof of which is seen in the excellent fit of Molly Muns ing's seven handsome dres sesf each worn over her perfect-fitting Munsingwear. Molly is the charming little paper doll wo. will give away to every purchaser of under wear tomorrow. Be here early. WOMEN'S FALL AND WINTER MUNSING- WEAR at 90c to $3.50. CHILDREN'S FALL AND WINTER MUNSING- WEARAT65cto$1.75 MEN'S FALL AND WINTER MUNSINGWEAR at $2.50 to $3.50. N.K WEST The Quality Store the teams. Just before the game iMcGraw De cided not to use Mathewson, after he had so announced and substituted Tes reau. Umpire Klem was the official behind the bat, and Evans at the bases. Tbe Lineup Today. The Introductory lineup for the two cnntPRtlne teams today was: Boston Hooper rf, Verkes 2b, Speaker cf, Lewis If, Gardner 3b; Stahl lb, Wagner ss, Cady c, Wood p. New York-Devone If, Double 2b, Snodgrass cf, Murray rf, Merkle lb, Herzog 3b, Meyers c, Fletcher ss, Tes reau p.... .", ' ' ; ' . Umpires For National league, Klem and Riglcr; for American league, Ev--1 nns and O'Loughlin. i i m ra MINES Ml m r.vv M l I E ill ETUIS S TIME EOUM. TO OLD Old Virtue District Coming Owu Again. Into Its Mining in Rater county is coming back. That Is the general opinion and it Is a fact that more legitimate mining is being done in that county than has been done for years. The Mormon Basin Is producing gold every day. The Sumpter country is starting mines that have been Idle since the dreamy wildcat days. But one of the Important districts a district that has made fortunes for many is the old Virtue country east of Baker. It Is coining back, too. George Cullen, for years the head of the White Swan mine, was here Sunday attending the Knights of Columbus banquet, and he told a re porter for the Observer that Spokane capital had bought the Swan, made final payments and the decks were be ing cleared ready to mine gold again. When George Cullen makes a state ment like that It Is true, for George Is not a mining man who wears yel low boots and plays poker; he Is the I a C.c.iide must grow-it's location and re " sources 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 cut; into the valley. Values will then be out of sight. They are low now. Go down and see for yourself. t
