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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1912)
rtn vttmji wtrcvrrvrn. nnacR w.R PAGE FOUR THE OBSERVER BRUCE D EN N iS -EDITOR AJiD OWNL'B. tstered at the postofflc at La Grande, t Oregon, a second dag matter SCBSCMPTlOJi BATES. ally, single cop ie ally, per week lot lly, per mouth 15c SUPPORT THE COLONEL. " Colonel Roosevelt will likely survive the assassin's bullet Every supporter of his has for the last forty-eigbt hour almost held their breath for fear the revolver In the hands of a crank had stopped the life of the most prominent man In the world today. A strong physical nature, a cour ageous heart and a desire to see his battle through have all combined to bring the colonel sufficient strength to overcome the loss of blood which followed the attempted murder. His life now is worth more to this nation than ever before. He has en countered personally a phase of our society which in time must be consid ered carefully. Roosevelt is the man to do the considering, just as he was the man to start the Panama canal, to regulate the civil service, to clean up the postofflce department, to stop many governmental grafts, to prose cute Illegal truets. He is the man who has felt the assassin's bullet and till lives? Then wtiy should he not be th man to deal with this class of citizens? In fact, when the situation is anal yzed, even the opponents to Theodore Roosevelt mtust admit there ia no mam in the whole world who has had the varied experiences: who knows the people at every angle so fell: who has had relations with as many fore ign countries: who Is equipped with knowledge of different subjects of the state and nation, as Colonel Roose velt. Coming out from under this attack on his life on the eve of election, adds another Important feature to the ca reer of this great citizen. Support the colonel, it Is far better for the most conservative citizen to have Colonel (Roosevelt In the white IIouso than any othe of the candidates who are now running. WHAT WILL HEIRESSES SAY! A plea for early marriages has been made by Dr. Charles W. Eliot, presi dent emeritus of Harvard college, in a talk to the freshmen of that famous university. Dr. .Eliot ndvlRes ail students to marry before the age nf 110 If possible, or at least while they are young enough to become grandfathers and be proud of It. If this one fact alone Is not sufficient to make the frfshmen eagr and anxious to wed right away, , he nddi another rea.son which is c enough to furnish food for thought for J Some time. He says: mi h ivl th liivnrv fhnt "Lho wish to give a girl the luxury that she - - - COAL, WOOD, FEED Lowest Prices Grande Ronde Cash Company. l'hnne Main C. The Strength Of A Bank U based on the character of Its assets, and of the men be hind it This bank, for twenty-flve years a pillar of "rng:h In this community, keeps Its resourcs O.srlutely clean and dependable. Its officers will always ie that its assets are of such a character that Its strength can never be questioned. Upon this basis we Invite your confidence and your ac count La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, OREGON. CAPITAL ... $ 100.000.00 SURPLVS . . . 120.000.00 RESOURCES . . . 1.000,000.00 FKF. J. HOLMES, President T. L. KTEBS, Cashier. Designated Depository of the Cntted State Government tuft ed State Postal Bavtafi Depository. LB GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. has hud in her parents home, if the girl has been brought up in too much luxury, the sooner she is given a chance to live differently, the better." Dear old In. Eliot, with his flue ap preciation of the ujast beautiful qual ities nfwouiaulioorVand his utter un worldliness and lack of discernment of modern conditions. Tills places matrimony on a high plane, but It Is doubtful if the ordin ary heiress whom the freshman John ny uuets at the occasional "bops" Is niailn of the stern ftulf out of which heroines are made. It is doubtful If the girls who aspire to wear college fraternity pins on their shirt walslg would carP to give up their coatly gowns, their Parisian bats, their dally visits to the rnaseur, the manicurist, their corsage bouquets of violets, fresh every morning, for the sake of scrubbing floors In a tiny flat just built for two. We may b- doing the heiresses of the country a great Injustice. Dr Eliot may possess a wisdom on these subjects beyond our ken. The sug gestion, at least. Is a valuable one and all the college freshmen need to do, in order to prove the theory, Is to start proposing right and left and see how many signatures they can secure to a petition to start life as their fathers and mothers did, possessing a wealth of love, but no motor cars or other luxuries. In theorv no one can dispute the wisdom of Dr. Eliot's advice. But In practice it is such a very different ,1,lne- BOl'RNE AND THE ROOSEVELT LETTERS. The letters from Roosevelt to Sena tor Bourne, demanding that the Ore gon senator cease In his persistent ac tivity as Intermediary for the Stand ardOil company, were written in Feb ruary Btirt Jtilv. 1908. over four vears ag0. The flrt intimation Oregon peo- pie had that Bourne was serving as the representative of the Rockefeller corporation came In September, 1912, less than two months ago, when Colo nel Roosevelt caused his two let'te.r' to Bourne to be published In connec- .tloii with the Standard Oil controver sy. Even then Oregon's "Coal Oil John nie" senator did not give a satisfac tory explanation. Neither did he un dertake to explain until after C. W. Fulton, et-l'nited States senator, In a public address in Portland two weeks ago, directly charged Bourne with be coming a representative of the Stand aril Oil Interests before he had been In the senate a year. And then Sena tor Bourne spoke. Bourne said that In forming Inti mate relations with the Standard Oil company, hp was undertaking 'to pre vent a panic." Sounds good? Yes, but remember Bourne was carrying on these negotlutlons in 1908. The only "panic" with which this country win threatened since 1892-3 hud come and passed away nearly a year ' before Roosevelt wrote the letters to Bourne. But If Bourne was actually striving to "prevent n panic." why this belated admission? Why did he wait four ears before taking the people Il.to his confidence and telling thein of the service he was rendering? llourne lins never been chnrged with diffidence acquainting the people with his !wwk g(inntor wnen that llbllclty would redound to his credit. Hut why ! this long silence? We have Bourne's nv ii word for It that he was hob-nobbing with Arehbold and other Stand ard Oil officials In order to arrest r.n impending "panic." In tlie last four years. Senator Bourne hns Bent thousands of letters and printed addresses to Oregon vol- ( era. In the 'same period he has caus ed to be published many magnr.ine ar ticles. But all reference to the Roose velt letters and to Bounu-'s Svit vice as intermediary for the Standard Oil T-ere omitted from his communica tions to the voters and his magazine contributions. If he was truly engag ed trying to stop a "panic" why did he not frankly -Itt the Kople hnow? J. CHTBCH, . Tic Pre. ZABX 1C5PBL, Ant Uafcier. LA GRANDE Y. M. C. A. DE. PARTMEXT. T. X. C. A. News of Current In terest Noted Hereunder, Di rection of J. H. Kndd, Cener a I Secretary. The Iodlaiu. Last Saturday the Indiana took their second hike. The membership had Increased from eight to twenty-four in one week. Twenty-one of that number took the hike to Morgan Lake. During their Pow-wow on their last trip these Indians decided to call themselves the La Grande tribe of the Grande iRor.de Indians. It is their hope that Island City and other Union county towns will call together simi lar tribes which shall make up a part of the Grande Ronde Indians and that during Chautaugua next summer they may all come together for a big camp-fire gathering. It might be well to explain a little concerning thla body. The chief re quirements for membership are that each boy shall be at least nine years of age and not more than eleven; that he shall be a member in good stand ing of some Sunday school; that he shall obey the commands of his sup eriors. The main purpose for calling the boys together la that they may obtain outdoor recreation under prop er direction. Any boy who Is able to fulfill these conditions Is entitled to Join. 1 Xext Saturday we are planning a hike up the Devil's Slide. The Island City boys will go with us on this trp and thus be admitted to the Grande Ronde Indians. Do you want to join us? Scouts. On Oct.lS. the Scouts Fly-killing campaign closed with a grand total of over 12.000.000 flies killed. The prizes which were offered by the city will be awarded to the winners nt th postponed general Scout meeting Fri day. Oct. 2r. Since the boys were divided Into three troops some weeks ago each troop has been growing quite steadi ly. That the Seoul movement In La (Grande Is doing good work thvre Is 110 doubt. The "Gym." In making up the Y. ,M. C. A. budget no provision was made for a gynfnas lum. i Therefore It Is necessary that enough mn Join the gymnasium at $3 for six months to cover this extra cost. Are you one of the 100 men who will take out a $:! membership for the gymnasium work this winter. Call at th Y. M. C. A. at once and secure a ticket. The clnssrs will be profit able in better fitting you for your dally tasks. Get your ticket before next Monday and be prepared to enter ii'ion the first class Monday evening. The Y. M. C. A. Oi'lire. The new Y. M. C. A. office Is located at nunilirr 8 Depot .itreet. With r room Ifixflfl ample provision for a gooi evening home for young men is pro vided. Tli young Indies of the club which was under the direction of Dr. Dora fnderwood last winter have do nated their payments on a piano con tract and thus made th piano a part of our Y. M. C A. office equipment. A Y. M. V. A. Rtilldimr. Are there any men in this city who will alii us In answering the question which is put dally to us "WTven are von going to have a Y M. C. A. build ing in I.a Grande? RANDOM THOIT.IITS ON THE COLONEL. By Georee Ade. A few days ago the first vnte.-i at one of our Indiana collegs had n se cret ballot for President and Govern or. The so-rall?d Republican ti:kot I amed at Chicago !n June received 50 votes In a total of r-13, or a little over f per cent. The remaining vote ere almost equally divided between Wilson and Ttiosevelt.. BeveruH for Governor, received 369 votes. The Democratic candidate received 92 votes and the Republican candiJa-e X'i vote. The yvnng men who read and think and who look to the future, instead of broodif" over the ci:un demanding of tic past, are ever- whelmlngly In favor of Progressive policies and Progressive candidates Take It from us. you have missed something If you have nver heard two girls trying to giggle Into the telephone transmitter at the same time. N'euromobilltls Is a new disease.. It rn be cured by walking and smell ing the smudge as the machines go by. "A Victim of Jealousy" cade tonight. at the Ar- THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1012. ifalloIoflElIiffl Just arrived in our Ready-to-wear Department Silk Waists-Wool Waists-Tailored Waists $5.00 to $6.50 $2.00 to $3.50 $1.25 to $2.50 See them on display in our window today Have you seen Our new Mack inaw Coats Yes, we have them for both Ladies and Men in all the popular, plaids and checks. $6.00 to $10.00. New Line of Fancy Neckwear The popular "Robes pierre" collars, lace col lars, chemoisettes, vel vet bows and jabots in an endless assortment. 25c to $3.50. If It's Neiv You'll Find K K. WEST SOCIALISTS ABE INDICTED MTlAKlLOt'S ATTACK ON COLO. NEL STARTS TROl'BI.E. Report of the Shooting Greeted With Sneers at Portland. Portland, Oct. 17. According to an announcement made this morning, the county .grand Jury has returned Indictments against Thos. J. Burn?, a Socialist writer, O. A. Erlckson, E. J. ""isher, an I. W. V.. Rnmsley M. Koc: ne.'. A. E. Hals and J. Worthen on a char 1 if issues a scurrilous circu lar on tl c nccasion of Roosevelt's ia.-il visit to I'oi :'rnd. The action is oo lieved to be due to the shootln ; cf Roosevelt. It is alleged sneerlnr nnnouncenui" of the shooting was made In a Soci' 1st meeting, addressed by Tred .1. Warren, editor of the Appeal to Kto- son the Socialists' chief paper here Monday night. The circular Is said to hav !."v signed by Burns nid members of t'le Socialist branch here. The circular accused .Roosevelt of 'selling Princess Alice to Nicholas Longworth." and designated Long worth as a keep?r of a white slav den. SOCIALISTS ARE BLAMED. Issuance of Socialist Literature In Portland Not Leaders' Plan. San Francisco. Oct. 1". Comment ing on the arrest In Portland of eight prominent Socialists for the Issuance of alleged defamatory literature against Roosevelt. Cameron King, the Socialist vice president of the San Francisco labor council, said: "If the men made a vicious personal attack they should be answerable to the law. It never has been the policy of the Socialist party to descend to the vile abuse of public nharscters. A signi ficant feature of the Indictments is that they were not returned until a motnh after Roosevelt was In Port land. It will now have a tendency to Inflame the pnbllc out of proportion to the actual circumstances." FOR RENT Modern five room cot tage on M avenue north of the High school. Mrs. . W. Laughlln, 1910 Fourth street 10-17-tf Manager George Stovall. who has gathered quite a hunch of promising players, believes that the Browns will travel In the first division next year. "Kling Made" Rain Coats for Both Ladies And Men These serviceable and useful coats are here in many styles. Ladies' coats have changeable silk linings and both Raglan and square shoulders. Men's Rain Coats and Slip Ons in both plain and plaid linings with either square or Raglan shoulders. MEN'S SLIP ONS $15.00 to $22.50 CITY'S GROWTH LAUDED. Veteran Merchant of La Grande Re turns to Find City Prosperous Harmonious pulling together of all of La Grande's citizens has made a earnest belief of J. M. Berry, veteran i. a Urunde merchant now domiciled in Portland and who returned to his home today after spending a few days here with his many friends. Mr. Ber ry returns to La Grande annually, since he left It some three or four years ago and is pleadingly surprised at the marvelous growth of the city this is in every way so noticeable on each trip. Mr. Berry knows about as much re garding the growth of La Grande as anyone for when, September 11, 1875, he and Mrs. Berry stopepd a inuly team wljere Island city now is choos ing that as their destination after a trip across the plains La Grande was little or nothing. The Berry family remained at Island four years, he working in the mill there and later clerked w.'th the firm Bare & Church. Tiirn he came to La Grande and built him? ;' a good business and a good nor.- and acquired considerable of wr :lly goods. "The growth of La f ;.:ide was slow for several yeais. "mil ..Mrs. Berry and I came here, the ..earesl railroad was down in Keltou, 'tali, then the "el worked this way and La Grande grew rapidly for a time and then hit a slow gait, and while never turning back, didn't make much headwa Your city I might say my city, for I like the old place though I live In Portland has shown a wonderful growth in the last few years, especially. I hope I shall nole as great a change when I return again," affirmed Mr. Berry before leav ing for Portland this noon. BASEBALL NOTES. The Giants lost one series during the season, the Cubs beating them : games to 9. Handsome Harry Mclntire. the fin- dcr King, is free to sign aim will list en to offers for his services. Pitcher Pickett, of the Blooinington team In the thr-?e-I league, pitched two no-hlt no-run games this season. The veteran player. Kid Gleason, who has bn coaching the Chicago White Sox, hns several offers to be come manager. Two brothers, Tom and Jim Drohan of the Kewanee team, are the leading pitchers of the season in the Central Association. Walter Johnson, the great Wash ington pitcher, hit but one man all season.. Martin, of the Highlanders, was the player. He atepped Into one of Walter's fast ones and was beaned. By keeping to his decision not to play with the Pirates the past season. Manager Fred Clarke won several suits of clothe. Friends of the Pir ate leader, who thought he couldn't keep out of the game, were the victims. LADIES' SLIP ONS $17.50 to $22.50 It Here The Quality Store PHOTOPLAY i ...OFFERINGS... : , News of the "movies" Gossip of the pictures Newest photodramas and Comedies of the screen. ) Where to Go In La Grande. , New Yand"'! Illc nt the Arcade Tonight An entire new change of vaudeville at the Arcade tonight introducing Ly all & Lauri in their high-class com edy act entitled. "A Victim of Jeal ousy." The management announces this to be one of the best playlets giv en at tile Arcade this season, the pic ture program Is above the average and all new. Holdup Works in Daylight Los Angeles. Oct. 16. A lone un masked bandit entered a restaurant In the business section In broad day light this morning, held up four per-, sons and secured $15.00. Frank Crowley was arrested later and ad mitted the holdup. He said he was Intoxicated. THE ABSTRACT & TITLE CO. La Grande, Ore. Owners of a complete and up-to-date set of Abstracts of Union County, Oregon. All work guaranteed. Give us a trial. 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