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.
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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
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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.
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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
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the sooner you will expedience complete underwear
satisfaction. Xo matter what . you think about
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Ifow well they wash, how long they wear, how little
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WATER DOESN'T HURT THEM
THE FIT WON'T WASH OUT
They are also the best foun
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proof of which is seen in the
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sesf each worn over her perfect-fitting
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Molly is the charming little
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early.
WOMEN'S FALL AND WINTER MUNSING-
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CHILDREN'S FALL AND WINTER MUNSING-
WEARAT65cto$1.75
MEN'S FALL AND WINTER MUNSINGWEAR
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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.
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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.
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