LX GRANDE EVENIN6 OBSERVER.
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNiS
EDITOH A SID OWSEE.
Ba4ere4 at the postofflce at La Oratde,
Oregon, as tecon clan matter.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
JMly, single copy It
Baily, vr week J.Ue
Bafly, per dmU Uc
TItS JACK RABBIT.
IT WAS A KIG JOB.
The more we look over the paniph
M Issued by O. C. Chapman under
the direction of the state of Oregon
a more we realize what an. enor-
mo&g undertaking it was. Oregon
la always been a state where relia
ble data was next to Impossible to
Mere.
Scarcely a county can produce re
lhble statistics, and so far we know
there are but few counties who have
wvfsed county maps. We mention
this to give some idea of the size of
the job the stale Imposed on Mr.
Chapman and his workers when It
said, "There Is an appropriation for
expenses, go now and get out a rella
)le state pamphlet that is authentic
& every statement'
The first trial meant nothing but
feeling out the different lines only to
aertse and complete the data for the
Apropos the Hasenpfeffer spread
this week, a bomllr on Br'er Rabbit
was read before the banqueters who
sat down to dine. Here It la:
Ye greedy friends of the Noodle test
Hear me before you sink your
Carnlrerous teeth Into my wooly
Coated shanks of apeed
Cannibals all, I charge you here
Before this wine soaked stew of pot
tage
With willful murder, the death of
Sixty freedom loving Jacks.
Yesterday I sat behind a tuft of grass
Snoozing In the cooling breeze
Of Boreas Wllnter. I bad a dream
And In this vision saw you here
Glutting over our dead bones.
Sheriff bring in the evidence. .
There's Jack the Ripper, quartered
For the hungry teeth of two big
Soortsmen. In their stomachs they
Will have a record of a mighty
Turnip eater. There's "Speedy King'
The chief of Telocassot clan
Soaked in wine and vinegar. Ye gods
What a slaughter.
I sent out the word
For marching. .But ere the crelr
Made the rounds, a steaming horse
Had landed you In our midst,
t saw your Iron popguns and
Th bullets wraDD In paper shells.
I Each guns crack brought Its doom
anl wnliimA
I Grande has probably as much' to one or me nieu,
eeinplalnt a. any other (community In their thighs and In their ribs .
fa tbe state, for this city was omitted , You'll find your leaden peppers,
s ere of Oregon's ten largest muni-! Save them for your hunting sons
fpIlties, but La Grande people are For ere the moon shall sink a dozen
act complaining. First, they know Times my cian win e u
hat the error was unintentional, for
Sr. Chapman has a warm place In the
From off your Spitzenberga, Ye see?
But ere we fall Into your
mrta of our people and they know bo hungry bellies, too fill out your
tries to do the square thing always, ' Slackened waistlines. if'
and s'econd because the volume of Shame by greater speed your dough
work was so extensive that anybody " tT hunters,
who has had any experience in com-'Ye call yourselves hunters!
ailing data can readily understand , Search my footsteps In padded snow
tow such an error could be made. j PePner wa8ted' Ha! Ha'
The book is all right, or rather the The gun crack Is not In the pot
ihn of having auch a book Is theiT'' 8n k melted
r.per thing. It will set at rest for- And my spirit laughs the while
f h fanrv Milnrail At TOM who buj . 1 "-v.
Booster books which have been gotten
(Eat well of noodles fat and hi.
Your hungry mouths let buge great
big
And wash them down wUii Biiden-
weiser clear and fine.
I'm done, I'm In the pot
A 'id v. t en you lay In bed as'cen
Iet i ;rody bones disturb your rest
I i!.arge you now, eat well a 'id much
For Herman's got a monopoly on my
f the telophone conditions In Union , Hasenpfeffer, and swears hn wilt not
rotinty. We are simply nuking for Cook again. My friend Is Herman
protection for our stockholders, but Fiom the Noodle Inn, make hiiu k I n y
the Individual stockholders of the He's in the ring. So shout and sing
eo-bperatlve company will be Indi-,"FII1 out the waist line",
aactly benefited by the Investigation,
aiasmuch aa the management of that
will, in all probability, be
ut In the past aud which In many
distances failed to state facts.
TELEPHONE RATE ISSUE
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company
arevented from further continuing a .
eonrse which if continued will lnev-
Itably lead to bankruptcy. This com
pany Is strongly in favor of scientific
and competent regulation, and we
feet that had there been in existence
facing the past two years a commis
sion with the powers now possessed
9 the railroad commission, the pres
ent chaotle condition of telephone
affairs In Union county would not ex.
fct." ii it
Pate of Hearing Set Ret
By reason of the Importance of the
rase and of the large area affected,
tt fs generally thought that a date
fer a hearing upon the complaint will
t fixed" by the railroad commission
Jh the near future. ;
LONELINESS AND IMMOR
TALITY. Such (. aii.u La is this art ef
loneliness. Kut sometimes, too,
It may Intensify the sense of
louelliiess. only for more heav
enly relief at Inxt. Think of the
deep composure of lonely, sad
Beethoven, wreaking hla pain
upon expression In those impa
tient chimin, and modulations,
putting lil sorrows into sonatas,
and wringing triumph always out
of all. Look tit him as be was
then-morose, they say. and
lonely n lid tormented; look where
he Is ni)w, as the whole world
knows Mm, feels him. seeks him
fur its Joy ami Inspiration, and
who can tlonlit of Immortality?
-John A. Ilwight.
THE QUALITY STORE
TWO SCENES
IN TWO LIVES
By MARGARET BARR
We Now Have On Deposit
$800,000.00
of money accumulated by residents of La Grande fai the Grande
Ronde valley.
We Now Have Loaned
$700,000.00
to business men, farmers and others in this community.
The moey deposited bare la not "laid away" aa some of it might
be tf its ownera had not depolted it. but It Is Industriously at work
all about m, doing good.
By depositing your income bere on open account and paying it out
br ctaeok. you will safeguard your interests, build your credit and
cultivate an acquaintance at a strong financial Institution, which
can aa4 will help you when you need help.
Don't delay, you can begin with a small depoalt at the
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
CaplUl 1100.000 00
FKSD J. HOLM 89
, rWOeat .
F. L.
Surplus. 110.000.00. Hesources, It.llO.OOOM
Yf. i. I'HPRCII.
Ylee rmldent
METERS, IARL H'JIDEL, ' '
Cashier Cashier
Una bright, frosty morning an elder
ly gentleman living ou a country road
mix Hiking the air walking alxiut his
place. It was not spacious, and the
house was not pakitlal. They Indi
cated an owner of moderate means,
but there was something about the
premiHes that denoted he was refined.
There was a whirring of wheels up the
road and an automobile appeared. Be
side the chauffeur there was only one
pernoii nlHiaitl. middle aged lady
well wrapped In fur robes. The ve
hicle had reached a xlnt perhaps a
I) uiul red yards from the place describ
ed when there was au explosion like
a pistol shot. The aulo swerved and
In doing so went over
The chauffeur was unhurt. Not so
(he lady. The gentleman who saw
the catastrophe went to her assistance.
She was lying with closed eyes, but
she soon opened them and looked at
the man bending over her.
"Tell me. madam." he said, "how
badly hurt you are that I may decide
what to do."
."I don't know," she said in a faint
voice, "but 1 doubt If my lujuries are
serious."
The chauffeur Joined them, and the
two carried the lady to the bouse.
Two young ladles. I lie daughters of
the host. bok her lu charge, while the
gentleman telephoned for a surgeon
When the medical man arrived he pro
nounced the lady unhurt, with the ex
ception of a sprained ankle, which
prevented ber walking. Fie said she
might lie driven to ber home at any
time. I -eft alone with ber host, the
lady said:
This la a singular meeting. Mr. Can
ning." The gentleman started. "We have
met before?" he asked.
"Yes. Yon were once well knowo to
me. But that was twenty years ago.
and my age Is Just double whst It was
then. It Is not remarkable that you
should not recognbt me."
"But you have recognized me."
"There is a reason for that"
"Will you give it?'"
"Yes. but not directly. I will tell
you a little story. The scene is the
veranda of a bouse on an eminence
overlooking a river. The season Is
spring. The hour was that when the
twilight fades Into night. A new moon
la standing over the western horizon.
"Two young persona were sitting on
the veranda, a man and a woman.
The man took her band In one of his;
the other be stole around ber waist.
"1 love you." he said., "and I wish you
to be my wife ' The words were sim
ple but more winning from their sim
plicity. It was the happiest moment
of her life.
"But nut relishing being won too eas
ily she asked for time, promising an
answer wlthlu a few duys. He assent
ed, but reluctantly. When a few days
hud passed she looked for him to come
to ber for her answer. He did not
come. A month passed and she receiv
ed a letter from him from a distant
city, telling her that he bad suddenly
been called away; that a new field bad
opened to htm, but that It would be a
i long while before he could expect any
I great success. Had she loved bl:n
deeply she would not have asked for
time. Tbla was probably fortunate,
since be could not be near ber. a long
while must pass before they could be
married, and be would only stand In
her way of being settled for life. ' If
she agreed with him In this an answer
to the question he bad asked was not
necessary. If that answer was to hsve
been 'Yes' and she preferred to stand
by tt she might write him, and be
wonld do hla best to make good bis
offer.
"This chilled her first and only love.
She wrote blm that doubtless he waa
right about the matter, and since hla
view was hers, she considered his offer
annulled."
The lady had reached this point
which was the end of her story, when
one of the young ladles In the house
brought in a dainty luncheon on sal
ver. Sb would bare lingered, but ber
father told her that the stranger was
not equal to seeing more than one
person at a time The girl withdrew.
Then be spoke
"There U a period In a man's Ufa
between, k:.v, eighteen anil twnty-flve.
when what be Is to lie U forming. He j
la clay ready to thrust Into the fur-
nace. This person you speak of was
then In that condition. He was at an '
important point of his life when the '
two elements, caution and daring, a.e I
struggling for the mastery. In bis '
case caution prevailed. And yet for a
time the chances between the two were
equal.
"This person who at a critical mo- I
ment looked behind him never again j
came to a point where he could con- ,
fidently, fearlessly Jock before him.
He has lived a negative life. He has
been a failure."
There was a deep sadness In bis last
words The lady took his band in hers
and pressed It sympathetically.
"The carriage that was ordered has
arrived." said one of the young girls, I
throwing oen the door. - j
The Injured woman was helped to the
carriage and when seated thanked
those she left for'ihelr kindness, then
she was driven away
"1 wonder." said one of the sisters
that evening, "what is the matter with !
papa. Ever since that automobile acci
dent be has looked so sad."
"Has be?" said the other. "1 haven't
noticed H."
Long on Thair Thronts.
The king of Montenegro, who Is fig
uring so much In tli news of the day.
has bad one if tin- buun-st reigns of
any contemporary sovereign, having
occupied bis thror.e for forty-nine
years In length of reign he is only
exceeded by the Ausirian emperor and
ths king of Crcece and by Prince John
of IJecbtensteiu. who has ruled over
Ills little principality for fifty-four
years, two years longer than the king
f Hrecce. By a peculiar coincidence all
these four rulers succeeded at the same
age eighteen years.-London Globe.
A MAN'S LIFE.
A man's career is not the whole
of life. If till 4 Hir fraction is
regarded us imsxexsiuo; an inte
gral value there U a pitiful pov
erty even in the midst of abun
dant sessions. The fullness of
any single life is dependent upon
the lurger life about it, which it
Is capable of touching, absorbing,
and transmitting Into its own vi
tal power aud energy. The prog
ress of the world is due not so
much to the great careers of
great men, but in a very large
measure to the excess of time
and thought and energy which
busy men have nobly given to
the world's need and the world's
distress. The untlred efforts of
tired men, the generous giving
of time on the part of those who
have no time to spare, the devo
tion of the hours of rest to addi
tional service, the unrequited la
bor, the Investment which pays
no dividend these are the fac
tors which enter constructively
Into the wirld progress and are
the hope of Its salvation. The
tragedy of a life Is Its failure to
touch the life of the world. It
may splendidly develop Its own
resources for Its own needs and
Its own pleasures or. If you
p!e.ise. for Its own name and
fame, but Irs success only serves
tonake Its failure the more con
spicuous If Its nmliitlou dues not
seek to give as well as to get
and la not willing to stoop to
sacrifice as well ns to glory in
success. -John Grier Uiblwu.