La Grande evening observer., November 30, 1912, Image 4

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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1912.
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNiS
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THE SHOWDOWN.
In "King John" one of Shakespeares
fttirrirg dramas, a certain warlike
cbaraoter, called tlie Bastard, Is made
to reflect:
But why do I rail at riches,
But for because riches hath sot
yet wooed me.
In every individual there Is that,
which properly acted upon, will Incite
him or her to envy persona possessing
more of this earth's goods than them
elves. Oftentimes years of earnest
toll will not result In the accumula
tion of anything like security against
alrkness and the rainy day. With
others every dollar seems to multiply
In a peculiar manner, without the ex
penditure of any great amount of en
ergy. The comparing faculty In man
-forces him to see the inequalty of the
different states and foster within him
or her a spirit of envy. But let this
very same fellow fall heir to a goodly
fortune that will allow him to become
factor In society or In tbe business
world, and his railing at otbers of
means will dwindle down to mere re
meniscences. Why? He will have
been wooed by commodity, riches and
tbe alluring aspect of the fair damsel
will break down all the hatred he
ever entertained for her. He will dis
cover that close contact will teach
liiui something about ber, which he
never dreamed of before. Her bad
qualities, magnified to such large pro.
portions In bis own mind, wont' look
quite so glaring on elose Inspection,
and things that were against her will
be credit marks for her.
It's another argument for the state
ment that so much of our conversa
tion la not in conformity with exact
truth, that tbe coloring given certain
statement by various men and wo
men is as different as that of tbe
rainbow Itself. In other words. It
Is an indication tbat we are not quite
on to the tricks which a subtle na
ture is capable of playing on the In
tellect, and that our sense of the re
lation of things is not developed to
any high degree. This sense of re-
latlon comes with experience, from
reading and sometimes from an in
nate spirit of fair play. Roger Bac n,
a great England scientist, laid down
a rule which Is worth following:
"Reading maketh a full man, conver
satlon a ready man and writ'ng an
exact man." If people had the time
to assume the attitude of the warlike
descendent of the great Richard the
Lion-hearted, and place themselves
In the position of the other man, and
ask themselves what they would do
If they were the other fellow, much
of the time spent In the courts trying
to determine their respective rights
would be spent in courting sweet
faced commodity and the worid would
be happier for the harder thinking.
We pay lawyers to do our thinking,
when we should have done it ourselves.
Give a
A sick nation Is like the sick in
dividual, whom no medicine can re
store! to health, but whose condition
calls for the surgeons' knife. Turkey
has some show of recovering after
the operation now being performed
on her by tbe allied surgeons.
Some European potentates would
like to go down In history as victori
ous war lords. When they are gone
and some other fellow takes their
place a stone monument is worth
something at any rate and the thought
of belni forgotten will lose some of
its sting. The glory will have been
won by letting George do the fighting.
Atlantic City has the first woman
municipal comptroller In the United
States. But not the first woman
comptroller.
GET YOURjl
SKATES
SHARPEN
ED
The Dutch Pond is frozen
The River is freezing
And the big fun is on.
LEIGHTON
Sharpens Skates a little
better than anyone else
Chief Joseph
ndian Blanket
This Christmas
1 The most useful and letting of all
'Xmas Gifts is one of cur famous
CHIEF JOSEPH BLANKETS
Superior to any other blanket in existence in both finish and texture. Heavier in weight
and bound in heavy felt which will far out wear the old style silk binding
The Prices Are Lower Than Other Indian Blankets
OUR SPECIAL PAPPOOSE BLANKETS THE CHIEF
$4.50 $2.00 $7.50
We invite you to examine these blankets and compare them with any other sold for $1 00
- to $2.00 higher price
WESTS The Qualitu Store
M
S $ i j -v
LA (JRINDE AS DESCRIBED
50 YEARS AGO.
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Indiana in 1891 and 189$, but was
defeated both times. The only pub
lic office he has ever held was the
presidency of the school board of his
home town.
President Wilson's available pat-
i j ronage disbursements willbe mucl
An Interesting exerpt from the : larger than the list which Grove.
Oregonlan sent to the Observer, has Cleveland had at his disposal when
this to say of the city of La Grande uf he entered office In 1884. The iiiwu
flfty years ago. "La Grande The ber o: oillces since Cleveland's first
. adm'nist: ation has increased enor-
We Now Have On Deposit
$800,000.00
of money accumulated by residents of La Grande and the Grande
Itonde valley.
We Now Have Loaned
$700,000.00
to business men. (armor and others In th's community.
The money depos'ted here I not "laid away" as some of it might
be If Its owners had not i'.. po.t'.te.l it, but It is Industriously at wort
a!l about us. doing goon.
By depositing your Income lice on open account and paying It out
by check, you will safeguard vimr Intercuts, b'lild you credit and
cultivate an acquaintance nt strong financial Institution, wulcn
can and will help you when you need hlp.
Don't delay, you can begin with a small deposit at the
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Surplus, ffnocono Resource. J1.110 0oo.'i
v. j. t ii rm ii.
tier l'H'idcnt
vvvf :s i.aki. -ywx.
I asbl.r Jjjy
Capital $10Vtmn,on.
KKtD J. HOLMES
I'res'dent
y. i-
town bearing this name In the Grande
Ronde Valley is said to be beginuing
to assume the appearance of a city.
The population Is estimated to be 100.
It contains 10 or 12 houses, besides
a number of others in the course of
construction. The total population of
Grande Ronde Valley is estimated at
1OO0. The most of the settlers there
are emigrants who crossed the plains
this season.' , i
That the city Is bound to be a p'ace
mc-.iily.
John H. .Morehcad, Democrat, who
will soon succeed Chester H. Aldrich.
Republican, as governor of Nebraska,
is reputed to be one of the wealthiest
men In his state. He is a banker
and stock raiser and has long been
a figure of prominence in Nebraska
politics.
Governor Foss of Massachusetts
has the distinction of being the first
of some size in the near future cannot j man In many years who has been
be gainsaid. It you will bear In mind I honored with three terms as chief ex
the fact that the great exposition two ! ecutive of the Bay state. Governor
years hence Is going to bring in and I Foss was originally a Republican,
through this valley thousands of but Joined tbe Democratic party sev
people looking forr new homes and eral years ago in order to work for
that the vast stretches of fertile laud political reforms in which he believ
are going to appeal to the lovers of ed. .
good soH and climate, the prospect ot
having a large towu is by. no means
visionary. When the land becomes!
too valuably to maintain so large an
acreage as is the case at the .present j
time, and the large holdings are divid
ed luto small farms, with an average
of three or four persons to the family
La Grunde and the other valley cities
are 'bound to forge right to the front
In population and wealth. An inter
esting comment on the growth of our
city will be found on anothe 'page of
today's Observer.
Jf. .. ( bnrch.
Large crowds are mill attending
the revival meetings at the First -M.
E. Church and great good is coming
to the cltv from them. There has
.'jeen about thirty people who have
been led Into the Christian life. Tbe
large chorus under the direction or them to find the church of their '
Prof, a E. Lane has been rendering , choice and Join it. All the people of
splendid music for these meetings and the city are cordially Invited to at
they are preparing special music for tend these meetings and take part
Sunday. While these meetings are to in them. Parents bring your child
build up the Methodist church-prl- j dren; let us help you lead them to
marlly they are to advance the king- Christ, then take them with you to your
Jom of Christ-already some of these j own church. The meeting will con-
... cA,,.CSocu u ueuiie iu untie tnrough next week We
unite with some of the other churches j expecting a great day Sundav.
ui me city ana tne pastor has urged l yKE
are
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S POLITICS AXD POLITICIANS
Frank II. Byrne, whom the Repub
lUans have elected governor of South
Dakota, Is a native of Iowa, but he
has resided In Dakota since territor
ial days. He has been in public I'ff
since 1SH0. when be bcatne a rucin
ber of the first state senate of So;t!i
Dakoti.
It Is sa'd that a large majority of
the state senators and assemblymen
elei'td in New Yotk on November
have nl ready, by pledge or le tor
promised to support the woman suff
rage hill nt the nevt session uf the
legislature
Regular Republic nna nil. I 1':o:it v
"ivca in West Virginia me r'"o-"
to contest !n the election of a I'nited
Stales senator to giueil rt i m, ,
r.. WatsVm. whose- tern w:l! c;'
next Man h. Already e.n h f.u il
hn several candidates in the f'.M
lk5.fytK sfi
MM Jk i
i f-'f Wi ! , V
p to '
I am a power for great good if you do
0not abuse my use.
In cases of need I do my work well.
I am a builder up of health and strength
in the hospital or in the home.
For the invalid or the convalescent for
the tired cr overworked I offer a great
help. 6
A little of me goes a long way. ;
I have i)een among you for three generations.
I'm known as Cyrus Noble throughout the world
The
Wardrobe
Classy Suits And Overcoats
Tailored to Measure
$20 to $30
.If you were in Paris or
London and saw the crisp
daiting styles I have on dis
play, ycu would not need
any argument to persuade
you to buy and you should
not need any here. My goods
do thir own talking.
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A.J.McLeodJ'Prop.
MaCleaninand Prct8 of Any Kind
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