La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 23, 1912, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextKGE FOUB T,A GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. WEDNESD AY. OCTOBER 23. 1912. VisitOurGloveCounter and have ycur hand correctly fitted in comfortable, well . fitting gloves that will, give you perfect satisfaction. The prices are no higher. Fownes Gloves For Men VV to the glove court- IN CLOVES 1 a Kood fit mtar.i rMrZ,., the best cloves are invariably I'ict only food InrvU Ki :f r.codwear. ThpnU.ik-i f.;s s rur hand las l.-mor thm FBwneS 'Gloves i.'.e rlovc that is too tiohr in races, too loose in others v I, , . . j v FbWNE Gloves They are cofrealy mtda by firm thi hu been making good jlovei for one hundred and thirty ytiL-j. Whether Tor men. women or children, if it's a f-OWNES, ihw'i .11 you need to know 0 0 u I a tov. KID AND SUEDE , $1.50 to $2.50 FUR LINED $4.00 to $5.00 Fownes Gloves For Women SHpBy GLOVES 16 Button Length i i.5p to $2.50 $3.00 txnd $3.75 Plnct tunc Kct rntw nrfV cise workmanship and one hundred and thirty years cf experience are some of the reasons for fownes' . suprcmacv. mm Sold ty good (tores everywhere never under any other name than Never told under any other name than rov.no, WOOL GLOVES. FOR MEN. WOMEN AND CHILDREN T . .'. ' " 25c, 60c, $1.25. WFST'S V Y 21mdlJ 21 & WE SELL BLOCK GLOVES FOR MEN. THE HOME OF FOWNES GLOVES AND fHER THE BEST WORK GLOVE AT THE PRICE HIGH GRADE MERCHANDISE $1.50 to $2.50. THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNiS ' EDITOR AND OWNER. 'latered. at the postofflce at La Grande, Oregon, af second class matter SUBSCRIPTION BATES. sHIly, single cop; 6c ally, per wee's, 15c ally, per month tbe showing proper interest. The taxpayers of La Grande are to be commended for showing proper Interest In the municipal election which occurs In December, regard less of. the many other things ttmt are claiming attention. It la of the greatest Importance to this city to elect the proper men as mayor and count -Union. Ln Ciramle Is 110 longer a village. It Is a city and has reached a period when vast sums mre being expended for Improvement. And tho Improvement has only fair ly begun. From now on there will not be a meeting of the common council that does not mean much to every taxpayer. Keep up with the city. Take a deep Interest In what Is going on around you. TO THE GOVEIIMIK'S (It CI) IT, It is always more pleasant for a newspaper to applaud an official than to criticise him. And It d 't-iiHIly a pleasant task for the Observer to commend Governor Wos; on the i"al business principle lie Is advocating In cutting out a lot of useless com mjssions and abolishing state ofllc-s that render little or no tcrv'ce to the people. In the case of Tod Illnehart of tills city who voluntarily resigned a few days ano and recommend-d that h!s office be abolished. No doubt Vr. RhJnehart had some consi ieirlous scruples and felt that "it was a shame to take the money" the stain was pav ing him. Hut Tod would hardly have resigned had not the governor given Intimation of what was In the air, and permitted the t'nlon county man to make a hero of himself by claim ing the center of the stage and de manding that his office be abolished. W believe the credit for this is due the governor. Just as the credit for bunching a lot of useless commis sions and urging they also 1 abol ished. The governor !s pcttinc down to actual business now and he will re ceive praise from every independent newspaper and voter ln the state for his acts. lUs present attlons are .lust as much to lie admired as his pre tended mors! crusade was open for crlilclsm. In the rrns.vke he was tackling the Impossible; he was fighting a condition that has existed since the beginning of history, hence Ms campaign was bound to fall and every practical person knew It when he started It. This gave the gover nor's move the label of grand rand- log. But in the business movement he baa started be Is absolutely right. He is carrying out many of the rec ommendations made by Jay Bower- man, all of which mean a saving to the people and the forcing of a Irr. of officeholders to work for their living. Keep at It. Governor. You will find Eastern Ongon against you when you are wrong and with you when you are right. THE SENATORIAL SITUATION. With many, of the substantial vot ers of Oregon the senatorial situation resolves Itself Into "Who can beat Bourne?" This Is because he has by his actions repudiated everything that Is held sacred In the primary law and forced the people to believe he has ii"ver been sincere In Its -advocacy I'or a time It appeared that Dr. Harry Lane might be the strong ma:i against Bourne, it was the natural conclusion. Lnne Is the Democraf'c nominee, while what should be the Democratic opposition has thrse candidates. A close acalyslq of the present condition, however, develops the fact hat, Bourne has a. Democratic follow ing that Is as large, If not larger than the Republican fololwlng. On every hand you can find Democrats who are deserting Lane for Bourne, some op enly claiming that Bourne is the best Democrat In the state today. With Lnne losing this Bupport. with Mr. Olarki picking up some of the Progressive strength, It looks at the present time like Beit Selling Is the strong man against Bourne, ln fact, to all appearances Bourne's advent in the senatorial contest will elect Ben Selling, for without him in the race tir, I.ane seemed to have the game al most won. Selling's strength Is a positive quantity. Theiv is no guesa work on the large Republican vote he will poll. Besides he will get quite a Progressive vote from men who know his record. He and Nick Slnnott have nothing to tear when their records are investigated on the Progressive lines, for each of them was thorough ly Progressive long before many oth ers who now earnestly advocate the Progressive principles. army of people who assist ln taking the Oregon tree and turning It Into a commercial product.. ' Mr. Palmer takes no active part ln politics. He takes the ordinary in terest In every election that every voter takes, but at this time the Eve ning Observer felt bis views on the proposed Graduated Tax amendment should be known. He has studied the question and . knows whereof he speaks. We sincerely hope every per son will read what he has to say and and study carefully the effect such a measure will have upon La Grande, Union county and the entire Eastern Oregon country. VAST TIMBER (Continued from page oaej Program at Arcade Tonight. j 1. "The Sergeant's Boy." Two reel 1 101 Bison feature. , 2. "Love's Test." Comedy drama. 3. Hermmann The Great & Co. Hindoo illusions. 4. -"Orator, Knight & Cow charm er." Comedy. 5. WInkley & Chapman. Music. Coming son "Dublin Dan." ORIGIN OF THE PEARL HI!T MMil.E TAX VVH.I, DO. Elsewhere In this Issue of the Ob server miliars an Interview from Oecrge Palmer. It should be read by every citizen of Eastern Oregon for It means much to the voter whn he -i-es Into the booth to cast his ballot. The George Palmer Lumber com pany is one of the institutions that aro positively making Kaslern Ore gon. It has brought In outside nion v and Is developing a lumbering in - l.istrv that has grown and will grow as time goes on. Its money Is ent in every avenue of business In this city; besides large sums are expend ed among the producers for supplies. A concern that employs from P00 to S00 men Is Important not only to the ' icuntry's development, but to the The Pruad Gem Only tha Brilliant Sarcophagus of a Worm. Science has discovered the real ori gin of the pearl to tie a worm Dr. Hugh M. Smith gives some Interesting Information on this subject lu the Na tional Geographic Magazine. We know that, almost any foreign body a grain of sand, a bit of mud or shell, a piece of seaweed or a small aiiimnl may by its Irritation cause the mollusk to cover It with nacre and make It the nucleus of n pearl, but the largest part of the annunl pear! crop of the world is due to parasites that normally pass a part of their life cycle within the shell of the pearl oyster. Minute spherical larvae of marine worms known as cestodes become liu bedded In the soft tisane, as many ns forty having been found In one Ceylon oyster. A the result of Irritation the oyster forms a protecting sac about the intruder, and then. If the Inrva dies, its body Is gradually converted Into car Donate of lime, and the pearly mass proceeds to grow with the shell. If the larva lives It mny pas Into the body of the strong Jawed trigger fishes which prey on the penrl oysters, there undergoing further development. Ultimately it reaches the body of the great rays, which In turn eat the trig ger fishes. In the ray the worms at tain full development and produce Inr vae that are cast Into the sea nnd find lodgment In pearl oysters. Thus the evele Is begun once more. We mnv literally ncrept the saying of, a celebrated French Investigator hat "the mot beautiful pearl Is In re ulity ouly the brilliant sarcophagus of a worm." timber, even though the tax amend ment should be repealed. This makes the situation at present very acute. "In a lumbering concern the heads, or the men who have money Invest ed, are not the only ones to be con sidered. Every large business is nec essarily a creature of co-operation, Jand it is for this reason that I feel like giving out this Interview. We have from five hundred to seven hun dred men with us. They are in our employ In a sense, yet every man who does his work is as essential to this plant as Is the superintendent. The men co-operate with us to make this institution a success. To vote Graduated Tax on the Industry means to vote to annihilate an enterprise that all of us who are employed here have worked hard to establish. . . "The argument that no man should be taxed until be accumulates $10,000 Is absurd. What Is the Incentive for any man to accumulate that amount of property If the Graduated Tax is then to begin and tax It away from him? i "I cannot believe the amendment ! will carry. I cannot believe that ali c vr this state a majority of the peo ple v. 'll adopt such an unjust prop' sition. thereby absolutely crippl'.:. ' PENNSYLVANIA DUTC!!. . Descendants of tha German V.'.io Cam to This Country In 1682. To most Americans the word 'Dutch' means German.- The Dutch are Ho! landers from the Netherlands. New York was first settled by the Dutch from Holland. The llrst Germans cuine to this conn try in W$l and settled ft Germautown It Is estimated that the (ieruinlis unit their descendants in Pennsylvania numbered 100.(UU at the. time of our revolution. The descendants of these are called the Pennsylvania Germans or Dutch. The word Dutch is u cor ruption of Deutsoh, meaning Germou. ; The early Germans were followers of Meuno Simons, known ns Mennoa lies. They were persecuted in their I own country on account of their re j liglons belief and wheu Penu offered ! religious liberty It was gladly accept ' ed by them. The persecuted Germans Mnu, l.trm.ll fn.ln .l,a 1'liut.l.l. ti!..t! t vi. .in .,m i,, ..v..u . .it iiui iiiii ifti.ii' i Bate. unemnerg. rrom me lower Rhine. Alsace, Saxouy and Switzcr- Expert Watch Repairing Is Our Specialty "It's Time Wallham" We will make your watch keep time. THE Gentleman's watch must combine reliability with beauty. Discriminating men the world over carry WALTHAM COLONIAL SERIES. NOW is the time to have it Cleaned and Cil- Walthams cf the Colonial Series re- J present the Ust word in watch-making. They are made as thin as it is fate to make a reliable watch. They possess . great beauty and will give a lie long v service of accurate time-keeping. . ... V.V arc ht.-itpiartrr for fir e Wal- " tham Watche. Ail prak- ai a wide ' rnccrangi lach made the Utt at " lia voce. SIEGRIST&Co. Largest Jewelry Store in Eastern Oregon and rendering helpless the business of the state, forcing every dollar of outside money across the. state line, the people.' No, I am not ready to think that such rash action will be indulged ln by His Bid. First Ituyer-What did he want for that stuff? Second Ditto Thirty shil ling. First Buyer What did you bid him? SiHMud Ditto-Good morning. -tendon Answers. Nothing to Brag About. "I never hear you bragging about your nneetor." "No Tliy all had to work for a living tiM."-I'etrolt Free Tress. Didnt Go In. "I see you passed a candy store or your way home this evening.'' "How In the world did you know thntr "Because yon didn't bring any candv with you."- Houston Post Spiteful. "I'd like to see the man who eonlo persuade me to promise to love, honor and oliey him." said Miss Wellalong "1 don't blame you." replied the pert yonnc bride - t'hicago Record Herald There Is not a sincle moment in ltr that we enn afford to 'fOsc.-Gou'bnrn The Strength Of A Bank U tiased oa the character of its assets, and of the men be hind it, - This bank, for twnty-flw years a pillar of t-eng'h In this community, ktept Its resources absolutely clean ind dependable. Its officers will always ate that Its assets are of such a character that Its strength can never be questioned. Upon this basis we Invite your confidence and your sc La Grande NationalllBank LA GRANDE, OREGON. cnSrJrc 100,000.00 SURPLUS . . . 120,000.00 RESOURCES ... 1.000 nonrn FRED J. IIOI MES, President. F. L. METERS, Cashier. w. J. oirFdi. Tlc Pres. EARL ZCXDEL, Isst Cashier. Designated Depository of the United Stat". Government-Unit-d States Postal Savings Depository.