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T.A ORAKDE EVENING OBSERVER. MONDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1912.
BUY YOUR WARM BEDDING DURING THIS SAVING EVENT
Special One Week Sale of Blankets and Comforters"
EVERY KIIND, QUALITY. SIZE AND COLOR OF BLANKETS AND COMFORTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS SPECIAL EVENT. IT WILL PAYYgP T0.
VISIT THIS STORE EARLY THIS WEEK AND SELECT A LL YOUR WINTER'S BEDDING. , fl
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Woolnap Blankets
$1.80 to $2.70.
Four grades of this popular blanket for
you to select from. Both plain colors
with colored borders or fancy plaid ef
fects. Warmer than cotton and easier
to wash than pure wool. Examine
them. Prices $1-80 and up
Fine Wool Blankets
Priced From $2.25 to $6.75.
It would be hard to find a color or
high quality blankets. Plain white,
weight not included in this showing ot
tans, grays, mottled effects and many
pretty plaids. Our prices for this week
$2.25 to $6.75
Colored Cotton Blankets
67c to $1.80 This Week.
Tans and grays with' either pink or blue
borders and sizes to fit any bed. .
White Cotton Blankets
67c to $2.58 This Week.
Either plain white or colored borders
and some edged with silk binding.
Our Comforter Sale
Prices From $1.22 to $6.30.
Here you will find many attractive pat
terns in.silkoline and silk covered com
forters and filled with either cotton or
wool batts. You cannot afford to n:ake
them for the prices.
Special this week $1.22 and up
Ootton and Wool Crib Blankets
..40c to $1.67
We sell the famous
"Chief Joseph Indian Blankets''
. $4.50
$7.50
Compare them with any blanket sold $1.00 higher
at other stores.
OUR SPECIAL
THE CHIEF
Quilt Size Wool Batts
$2.50
Quilt Size Cotton Batts .
90c to $1.35
WESTS
"The Quality Store"
The "Chief Josheph Indian
Blankets"
is manufactured especially for this store.
CHILD'S BLANKET $2.00
STEAMER RUG l...$7.00 and $8.00
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THE OBSERVER
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BRUCE DEN N i S
EDITOR AKD OfTXEB.
Altered t the poitofflcr at La Grande,
Oregon, as second class matter
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
My, single topj lc
frally, per week He
tally, per month I&
0 MORE STREET ( ARAtALS
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The Parker Carnival company litis
Just closed a week's engagement here.
This compny Is run by Con Krnntdy,
a v-l fine (ellow. but with all (hie
mit(t to him we believe La (Sri-nle
la, and should be, through wl:h srre;
earrilvals.
The best of thorn ere not gool (:
mj city; not good for the people,
and especially are they harmful t) h
children. Yesterday Depot s'reet
looked like a street in the slums n! a
large rity. DebrU and filth of nil
kinds lay In piles. Ilut this wai ens
fly cleared away. The fealu f fii.l
eanmtt be cleaned away are .hi b.. . t
nd'llie rondurt of those wh ) . .n
them. It seems strange birt trie t'lht
la elmost every Instance the sen 11 of
the eartu handle concession tit a
trect fa1.'. The tlort change ..iltst
la ever present and the genera! public
la Imposed upon. Further than thin,
resnv or the shows exhibited aro ab
solutely Improper. Unman freak
ahocld never be thown to the pibllc
for an admission price. Snake h'iow
are i.ni.le. Hint things to bch"..'. lic-t-IV
the tnly funture of tV ! n.'kor
shows -that were Interesting included
the wild animal show, the mechanlrul
farm and city, and the general
mechanism of the Parker plant.
La Orande wants no more street
carnivals and we don't think will any
wars soon let one Into the rity. The
Madera of the Evening Observer may
think this Is a poor time to register
wklck. but In explanation of this we
can but say that the home ftand was
to receive a percentage of the re
ceipts and few local organisations
are treated any worse In the way ot
upport than Is the local band. We
kept quiet because the band was In
trott, aot wishing to do anything that
would prevent the band from recelv
tag benefits of a financial nature. For
this ndm reason the city council per
mitted the carnival to enter the cl-y.
I Pa i Mt ftaow fcow sack the band
realised but this we do know: It is
to the public biers to support the
band without forcing them to enter
lata a contract for a street carnival.
The Evening Observer believes thnt
there should be a tax for maintaining
the organization, ana In event this
cannot be done under the law, let the
comuiunty pledge Itself tor a suffi
cient amount monthly to meet the
band's expenses.
If we will do this there will be no
danger of the band wanting a carni
val or any other kind of a money
making device. All the members
want in eulticient financial support to
uiovt expenses. Shall La Grande not
see that they get it?
WHO HAS THE PA GOER OtVJ
'. ...I "" :
When Dr. Harry Lane a few days
ngo spread the story over cerin'u
pnrts of Oregon that Ben Bellini; wns
bting deserted by supporters wiio are
gomg to Bourne, and that Sel'lnij "bad
a loi.g dagger out for these fellows. '
lie did not reckon very well.
For now It appear that Lane is the
man who has his dagger our rot Sen
ator Chaonberluln who Is envied with
insincerity, and double dealing in the
PK-'ent senatorial scramble.
Senator "Chain berln hi let no op
portunity go by to say a ppoJ word foi
Uu -r,e, yet Lane is tiio enmi'date for
senator on Chamberlain's ticket. This
'rrlVttes Lane beyond endurance mid
a number of ahe' wheel horse umiic
carts of the state who have alwnv.
'ien supporters, of Chambering for
anything that ho wanted are Kitting
tired. Some even go so far as to s.iy
Chamberlain should have stayed in
Washington If he could not come
home and give lojal support to the
tlcki-t. .
Other influences that have hereto
fore been for Lane are showing signs
of weakening In favor of Bourne. In
fact, the oft repeated assertion that
Senator Bourne in stronger among the
Democrats than Lane sterns to have
some ground.
The man with the dagger now ap
pears to be Dr. Lane and he has am
ple cause for carrying the weapon. ,
MEASLES GERM IS EOUXD.
The average man or woman long
has been puttied by the fact that
while medical - science has been
manning from one triumph to anoth
er It so far has not been able to do
much against many of the so-called
"children's diseases.' Millions ar
being spent for medical research and
yet when a child goes to school It Is
considered Inevitable that - It will
catch whooping cough, mumps, meas
les, etc. The dread diphtheria used to
be one of the menaces, but the dis
covery of the specific germ and the
antitoxin to kill It bas vastly decreas
ed tta scope. -
Parents therefore will be Interest
ed to know that the' specialists In
the United Staes hygienic laboraory
at Washington believe they have die
covered the specific germ for meas
lea. In this case, If the parallel of
diphtheria holds good an antitoxin
that will defeat that germ is the nat
ural sequence. The announcement
comes as the results of experiments
which have been made with monkeys.
It is stated that for the first time In
medical history tho animals were ac
tually inoculated with the dlsenie
and the germ Isolated. i
The Importance of concentrating
niedicnl effort on diseases common to
children is made evident by recalling
lhe fact that one out of every four
persons horn on this earth dies before
the ego of six years. In other words
the deaths of babies account for 25
per cent of the total mortality. Of
course this figure.1!, Including as they
do the heavy death rate of many back
ward countries, are not to be applied
to all civilized nations. The rates
naturally vary according to the at
tention wbli h is paid to Infant hygi
ene, the proper training of mothers,
the stringency of law regarding milk,
housing, etc. They serve to show,
however, what on enormous percent
age In the total death rates Infant
mortality claims and the absolute ne
cessity, It babies are to be savea, or
focusing scientific research on infant
ills.
If one more destroyer Is to be taken
from the list the others In time will
follow. Measles last year claimed a
total of 6,fi98 lives, more than have
been sacrificed in many a battle.
THE STATE SENATOR CONTEST.
For state senator for I'nlon and
Wallowa counties there are two men
running, both of whom are excellent
citizens and against whom no word
of censure can justly be lodged.
We notice that of late some attack
is being made on Ed. Kiddle because
he has a water suit against the city
ot La Grande. The voter Is asked to
vote against -Mr. Kiddle for fear he
will go to the state senate and try
and enact laws that will help his case.
This Is as eminently unfair as
would be a charge that It Mr. Hodgln.
his opponent, should be elected he
would try and pass laws through the
legislature that would aid him in the
practice of law; that would make It
easier for him to win some of the
cases he In interested In. Neither
Mr. Kiddle nor Mr. Hodgln would
misrepresent this district. In order to
further selfish ends. They are not
that kind of men, and we cannot see
why such politics should be engaged
In.
Rveryone In this valley knows Ed.
j Kiddle and John S. Hodgln and they
know them o be honorable In every
way. Neither, in our opinion, will
approve of undermining attacks on
the other. The contest resolves itself
Into which man will be of most ser
vice to the district, and is not a mat
ter of attempting to besmirch each
other, for good men have long ago
gotten above attacking good men.
CAXXOT ESCAPE THE ISSUE.
Try as he might, with all the art
ful methods, to escape the odium of
openly opposing th direct primary
Jaw's working Senator Bourne canno.
&ct by in a graceful manner.
Ills early allegiance to tlie cause
of the people was thought by many to
have been sincere. But In the first
instance where the primary law
brought h'.m defeat the senator lb
found r jmping up excuses to set
aside the people's verdict. He wants
to return to the senate. Evidently he
w. ts to return very badly when he
v:il sacrifice the principles that h.;
h.? openly advocated to make the
rate.
, -XAiTHAL ENOUGH.
It Is an old custom t?x a prominent
character in the nation to render
what assistance he can to a senator
win) seeks re-election, unless the ten
ator Is under a heavy cloud. For thin
reason It was but the vnry natural
thing for Colonel Roosevelt, when im
plored by Senator Bourne, to protect
him from the Standard Oil charges,
to write a letter saying he did no:
believe Bourne had any ulterior jno-
tlv In repeatedly asking for the con
ference of Standard Oil pople and
the president
But the colonel's letters at the -tlm-r.
were mighty sharp. They told Sena
tor Bourne where to "bead In" and
Indicated that the president was vexed
with the Oregon senator. Really,
since the matter has gotten In the
shape It Is In before the people, a
more complete explanation of the en
tire transaction would be welcomed.
IESS niAXCE TO CARRT.
The more people study Single Tax
the less chsnce It will have to carry.
This Is evidence right here In Union
county. Men who thought It might be
a good thing when the campaign
started are now convinced that it
would positively wreck the present
commercial fabric and cause a re-or-ganlzallon
which In Itself would be
Injurious; besides, the course recom
mended would. In the opinion of many
people, bring disaster to every busi
ness enterprise and place the farming
community In absolute bankruptcy.
When the farm era go broke, we
have noticed, everyone els Is bro.
Then why adopt a measure that will
work a hardship on the permanent in
dustry of the state farming?
BASEBALL 0TES.
"Stuffy" Mclnnis did some wonder
ful batting In the post-season series
between the Athletics and the Phllllcjs.
In the first big games he has taken
part In, Forrest Cady, the Red Sox's
young catcher, display ed the nerve or
a veteran.
In having to go against "Smoky"
Joe Wood it looks as though "JfT"
Tesreau was made the fall guy of the
championship series.
After being delayed In getting n
start on account of bad weather, the
Cubs and White Sox put up some clas
sy battles for the Chicago champion
ship. - 1
They charged little Josh.Devore, of
the Giants, with being a quitter in th
world's series of 1911, but Devores
work In the big series this fall made
tho knockers put the soft pedal on
their chatter.
' Ono of the ground ' rules for the
worlds -;erles reads: "If a ball hit a
poller:;. r.n standing In the outfield, the
haP would still be In the play, just as
If ' had hit a fence." Coppers have
1 d to stand for a whole lot, but this
i.s the first time they have been rated
with a ball park fence.
PHOTOPLAY
J ...OFFERINGS
I a News of the "movies" A
Gossip of the pictures
t Newest photodramas and
Comedies of the screen.
A
Where to Go In la Grande.
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Protrram at Arcade Today,
1. "CALEB WEST." Two reel fea
ture. 2. "Gaumont Weekly. Events the
world over.
3. Wlllard Herrmann, The Great &
Company, Illusionists.
i. "The Foreclosure." Western
drama.
5. Winkley & Chapman, music and
effects, . . m-
WANTED Reliable man with horse
and wagon as collector and sales
man. Good territory. Address the
- Singer Sewing Machine Co., Pendle
ton, Ore. 10-18-3tp
The Strength
Of A Bank
Is based on the character of Its assets, and ot the men be- '
hind It.
This bank, for twenty-five years a pillar of -tngth in
this community, keeps Its resources nbsolutely clean ind
dependable.
Ita officers will always ss that Its assets are of such a
character that Its strength can never be questioned.
Upon this basis we Invite your confidence and jour ac
count, pi
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON.
cnErJic ' ' 1 100.000.00
fl"ZhlS ' 120.000.00
RESOURCES . , . 1.000.0OOM
FRED I. HOLMES,
President
F. L. XETEBS,
fastler.
W. 3. CHEBfH,
Tlee Pres.
X1BL ZTJJTML,
A sit Cashier.
Designated Depository of tb. mited States OcTemment-Cait-d
States Postal garlags Deposttory.