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... . DXGETWO LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, MONDAY. OCTORK7? 14. mi: GOOD VS. BAD GERMS. We are bo accustomed nowadays to the term "deadly microbe" that we seldom stop to consider thut a large proportion of germa are really friends of the human race, InsUad of being malignant destroyers of human lire. , Not all the germg have s;ilked tails and horns, as we popularly fancy them. JnBtead, they act as beneficent destroyers of other germs, which left alone, would multiply and add to the destruettvieness which Is so prevalent In the animal and vegetable king dom. Humanitarian who decry the loss of life which war entails are not care ful students or they would realize that the doctrine of tha survival of the fittest Is, after all, the only doctrine which insures exlstcnc fotr us today. Bryant rlothed this thought poetically when he said: "All that- tread the globe are but a Ready for the Carnival NATIONAL TICKET For President Theodore Roosevelt For Vice President-- Hiram Johnson ' eek in La Grande? W Perhaps you need that coat so you will be comfortable during the evenings. Or, maybe the new Fall Suits will appeal to you just now. If you have been delaying getting the Fall Hat now is the time for we can deeply interest you m both Price and Styles. Form the habit of visiting our store often and learn how nicely a woman can dress for little money. KIRTLEY Ladies' Ready-to-Wear The Candy Kid is almost any kind of a kid that is healthy. Makes no difference whether boy or girl the appetite for good, pure and wholesome candy is there just the same. We make all our own candies and therefore we can guarantee them in every particular. . Selder's La Grande TMiatMlllimiHIHII Mil ii''wiuMjawLJlj!JS- tth T 00.00 It is an absolute fact that if all the families in La Grande used Howard heating stoves. A saving in coal and wood amounting to over three thousand dollars would be effected in one winter. W. H. Bohnenkamp Co. Agent for Howard Stoves. S T O V E S HOWARD. j handful to the tribes that slhmber In it& bosom." Withoht death, the popdlatlon would increase so rapidly, that th; re would Aoon be no room for the present pop ulation of any country. ' The same is true In lower forms of life. Many forms of germ life are so prolific that it is necessary for other gtrms to be created to make war, .on the first and, in turn, to fall the prey of still other manifestations of mi croscopic monsters. A basterium, foH instance, Is so prolific that one of them can give origin to 15,000,000 more In 24 hours, and some forms of germ life are so minute that the modern lenses ane not strong enough to coiin tne tln-v organisms. Were It not for bacteria everything that dies were remain in Us original fornf, and the earth's surface would be pilu'd mountain high with the de bris. Bacteria at work, destroying all dead objects and setting free the orig inal . elements are necessary provi sions of nature. Many varieties of bacteria Increase our food supply by adding m the pro duction of fertilizer for the soli. Nltro sien Is the special ingredient necessary for this purpose, and it is even be lieved a process will be perfected by which nitrogen can be taken from the. air, which has a limitless supply and transferred to the soli, which is great ly in" need of it. ' Trained bacteria are being used by physicians all over the world to fight thrf-Tnlciobta of disease in its mam fold forms.' So: well perfect-d .is this .system that inoculation is resorted to in a great many cases now, with al mont certain- success in - every in stance. Or rni life is a frknJ of man. in -stead of a dtstroyer. The good germs far outnumber the bad, and science Is finding t w wa4 all the time of ren- dprln-r .ie bad haru-Vss. It will not be long' before we shall cease to shud dor "t the word microbe, and will look it n these tiny organisms as liiends. .stead of enemies. A Marvelous Escape. , "Ai;- little boy had a marvelous es cape," w . 'ea P. F. Bnstiams of Princt Albert, Cape 'if Good Hope. "It oc curred In the nik'-lle of the night. V got a very severe .".Hack of croun As luck would have it, I had a large bottle of Chamberlain's Courh Rem edy in the house. After followii.ji In directions for an hour and twnntj hilnutes he was through all dang"r." Sojd by all dealers. NOTICE TO (OMRACTOItS. Notice Is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the council ol the city of La Grande, Oregon, for the construction of gravel Bltulitlilc pave ment, together with excavation, curb ing and drainage ns follows: j On Jefferson avenue between the east line of Fourth street and the west line of. Hemlock street amounting to 6425 square yards of paving; on Third street between the south line of Adams avenue and the north line of Washing ton avenue amounting to 1623 square yards of paving; on Second street be tween the north line of Spring aTenue and the south lino of the O. W. R. & N. right of way amounting to 10385 q. fards of pavement; and on the alley through Block 114 Chaplin- addition to amounting to C79 square yards and on "O' avenue between the least line of X9TICI OF MEETISfl OF BOARD I'nloa county, Oregoa. will attend at I all errors ia valuation, descriptions n Fomi.ir.iTini. - IK. rnnri hAiia T m n.a.J. am lln. . . 1 . I . . . ... v.... - vi-Muo, ua uwu- mi qumiKiv vi .ana, tun or otaer prop- tVtit U -tre.y given that the dT. October 31, 1112, and ssbllcly Ctnaty bMH of eqoalliatloa (or examlae the assMtaest roll, correct erty, as aussief by th coasty as- essor, and It shall be th duty of all person Interested to appear at th tune and place given. All nersons having grievances re- ..rtnr the lsil assesrient may ap pear, before such boau aad present their affidavits containing grounds for complaint All such affidavits must be presented during the first week ol the meeting of the board. D. M. CLARK, Assessor for Cnloa couity. lt-3-1! to 10-19-12. "Every progressive state In the union has passed laws for factory inspection. Every such laws means an Increase of governmental power. Is Mr. Wilson In favor of repealing those laws? If he is not, then what does he mean by saying that the history of liberty is the history of the limitation of governmental power?" . .' THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "We demand a minimum wage for women; that U, a living wage. I have followed with Intense interest the remarks of the distin guished Democratic candidate for president. 1 have waited some five or six weeks Bince his nomination in the hope that I would see an explicit, clear and concise declaration from him, and the first ex plicit declaration upon a question fundamental or Involved in our platform was God save the mark that he denounce the idea of a minimum wage for the women of the nation." &liAfl&..JM.I -GOV. HIRAM JOIISSO. 'We "preach the gospel of humanity, and we mean to write the gospel into the law of our state and country, because both the old parties have turned their backs on humanity; because they refuse to meet the questions of the hour ; because they have turned their faces toward the selfish Interests that Buck the substance of the American people, so there has sprung from the conscience of the people the great Progressive Party, whose mission it is to defend the people aud right the wrongs from which they suffer." L- 8 t -. 1 1A A. J. BEVEIUDGE. "If I have the honor to be elected President I intend to see that the conservation policy is administered In the interest of the actual settler the man who moves on the land to live there, and who will leave it in an improved condition for his children. In other words, the policy should be one of administration for the benefit of the small man, and not the great companies. -"If I become President, I shall make It my personal affair to-Jn-vestlpate the working of all tne water laws concerned with con servation of the water power, of the forest laws, and of the grazing laws, o as to mak sure they are actually administered not only hon estly, but without any improper red tape, in the interest of the small man." THEODORE ROOSEVELT. . This advertising is perparod and paid for bv the Progressive Central committee of Union County, Oregon Seventh street and the south line of Washington avenue amounting to 332.! squai; yards all of the above to be constructed according to the plans.' specif'' r.tions and estimates on file In this o.Slce. All bids to be in by 8 o'f'.-ck p. m., October 15th, 1912, and companies by a certified check for . per cent of the whole amount of the bid. The council reserves the right ! fo reject any and all bids. Attention 1 "fall contractors is called to the flgree-ment of Warren Brothers com pany filed with the city, in accord ance with which agreement Warren" Brothers company agrees to license all contractors desiring to bid for the work to lay gravel bitullthlc pave-' ment In accordance with its patents and the termB of said agreement C. M. HUMPHREYS, City Recorder. La Grande, Oregon, October 9, 1912. October lUh St. Call and see us in our new quarters in the New Foley Building, 1st. floor Waite Electric Company Phone Main 199 Complete Equipment lor Resetting and Repairing Rubher Buggy Tires . LA GRANDE IRON WORKS p. fitzgerald; Proprietor. ' . : COMPLETE MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY 7 u