La Grande evening observer., January 13, 1913, Image 4

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LA, URANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1913.
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNiS
EDITOH AXD OWKEB.
latere! at the postofflce at la Grande,
Oregen, at second class natter.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
Dally, single copy 4
ally, per week lit
Dally, per month ...6f
W1LL1AJIS PAU.NU (OSVLWTIO.X
DEBT.
It looks as though Ralph Williams
was about to par his debt to Thomas
JlcCuskor, the Benedict Arjiold of
Oregon, politics.
When the Republican national con
ventlon was held iMoCusker was on
sale. He was elected by the people to
do a certain thing and tailed to make
good. He used the franchise of the
people of Oregon to barter and trade,
corrupt the delegation and re-elect a
polltcal harlot like Ralph Williams
as National Committeeman for the
(Republican party of this stale, '
Now It Is announced that Tom Mc
Cusker Is to be postmaster of Port
land. If this Is pulled off the final
deal has been consummated by Wil
liams and Bourne which shows eah
of them up as cheap, trading, traffics",
tog politicians who, after receiving
prominent postloni at the bands of
party has the strength it will probably
not let him be confirmed. However,
at the present time democracy Is not
so thoroughly entrenched In the Unit
ed States senate. Besides Bourn
serves until March and the confirma
tion may be made before that time.
In that case Mr. Peare would serve
the full four years and doubtless go
Into the Wilson civil service program
of postmasters for life Jobs. But, be
that as it may, Peare will have the
honor of being named, which In it
self is an honor and a recognition.
Wliat the senate does about confirm
ation is an after consideration, and
why should anyone cross dark bridges
before' they get to them?
THE II0I;1. KIDDLE t'OXEST.
The counting of votes having fin
ished Hodgln-Klddle contest is
now up to the legislature. All the
count just finished could possibly
mean was that the legislature should
become possessed of a pure recount.
Pure because the recount was made
tefore the circuit court and every Ir
regular ballot was detected. But the
court has no jurisdiction other than
to prepare the facts for the legisla
ture's consideration.
How the legislature will handle the
matter Is but a guess on the part of
anyone. Many of tne memoers nave
little interest in Eastern Oregon, af
fairs and In most cases when Eastern
Oregon tries to take the attention
Lowest Possible Prices Have Been Reached at
West's 15th Annual Sale
One Big Lot of Gor
don and Stetson hats
Reduced to
98c
Cost or former selling price has not been considered in
this .great once a year sale. Our sole object has been to
make such extraordinary price concessions that you
will supply all your wants for months to come.
40 Men's Topcoats
and Overcoats worth
up to $15.00 choice
$2 39
f. , . fcH. of the working body it is cut off with
h people have seen fit to join hand. an
with the lobbying hypocrite ms ,g Mlomta quite likely
gon and making a sham and a farce
of the offices they hold,
the legislature will demand to know
why an entire recount of the coun-
. 1 .... . Mn mnilo (Whan (M ! TTnH -
If Bourne and William deliver this." , ., . . , ,
. i .... th ishoiiEtn makes his tlatm of gain In the
piece of pie they deserve the label ' mimw
ot such patronage peddlers as Bill
Barnes and Boles Penrose. They de
serve a public rebuke by the people
ot this state in a way they will re
member. .
PEARE FOB POSTMASTER.
President Taft will send in the
same of J. H. Peare for postmaster of
La Grande. It appears there Is no
question but! what this will be done.
The appointment of "Jack" Peare is
but a recognition of long, active par
ty loyalty tor which until now there
was no recompense. Peare has been
one of those Republicans who does
not quit. The ticket was alwaj-s his
ticket. 'He belongs to the old school
of politics which teaches to fight hard
within party lines but si all events
keep within those lines.
This reminds the writer of the
happenings during the last campaign,
when after long training together Jlr.
Peare and the writer broke politi
cally over the action of the Republi
can national committee. We "flew
the poop." as It were, and joined the
"political outlaws and pirates." yet
the man we had always worked with
atood "pat" He was for the ticket and
the party regardless of any condition
that arose. He fought the fight along
those lines. He was for Taft through
out and now that there is a political
recount quite likely some member
wii! Inject the question, "How do we
know that in the precincts which
were not counted the second time Mr.
Kiddle did cot have the best of the
count, etc.?"
Then, too, there Is the party line
proposition. In all probability there
are still some Bepnbllcan members
who view party lines as amounting
to something and they will be Inclin
ed to take the lost election returns as
they were reported, which showed
Mr. Kiddle elected, thus giving anoth
er Republican a seat in the senate.
When you get Into election con
tests you get in deeper and deeper
Into complex questions, the result of
which can only be problematical.
PRICES DROP STILL LOWER IN MANY LINES
tQ OH Pon't miss the. wonderful savings in Ladies' and &Q Qfl
tpZJ.ZTKJ Misser' suits. Your unrestricted choice for only W
Boys Overcoats,
that sold up to $10
Sizes up to 20
years, choice
$2.39
150 men's .dress
shirts, $1.25 and
$1.50 qualities,
69c Each
Boys' blouses that,
sold up to 50c each
now
19c
200 men's high
grade dress shirts,
values up to $3.00
now
$1.19
Malone maekinaws
Very best qualities
that sold up to
$6.50, now
$2.90
Annual MUSLIN UNDERWEAR SALE
In Ready-to-wear Department
EVERY ARTICLE IN STORE REDUCED
MANY LINES REDUC
ED FAR BELOW THE
ACTUAL COST! "
WEST'S
THE QUALITY STORE
ALL STAPLE DRY
GOODS AT VERY LOW
PRICES
YOU 'KNPW WHAT A SALE AT WEST'S MEANS
MM
ITS A GAY LIFE.
Competition Is really the life of
trade.
This has been proved by a most
Ingenuous letter JuBt Issued by Presl
dent Perclval S. Hill of the American
Tobacco company. In which he seeks
to impress upon people his sense of
gratitude to the government for dis
solving that unholy corporation a
short time back.
Now that the gigantic octopus has
ceased to exist, according to Presi
dent Hill, the men at the head of af
fairs who had grown staid and mat-
plum to give we are glad to see , r 0r fact In their demeanor, are
kicking up tneir neeia aim uibii
ing In great glee over the prospect of
putting things over their competitors.
For Instance, their Is the little mat
ter of silk inserts in packages of
the reward go where It belongs, and
glad to offer congratulations to Jack
Peare on his success.
The question has been asked "What
will the Democrats do about con
firming Peare?" If the Democratic I cigarettes. Formerly these cost so
We Now Have- On Deposit
$800,000.00
of money accumulated by residents of La Grande and the Grande
Rondo valley.
We Now Have Loaned
$700,000.00
to business men, farmers and others In this community. '
The mney deposited here is not "laid away" as some of It might
be If Its owners had not deposited It, bnt It la Industriously at wort
all about us.-doing good.
By depositing your Income here on open account and paying It out
by check, you will safeguard your Interests, build yeur credit and
cultivate aa acquaintance at a strong financial Institution, which
can and will help you when you need help.
Dont delay, you can be In with a small deposit at the
1
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Caultal IIOO.OOO'OO. Surplus, $120.000.0. Resources, tl.lia.OOO.Ot
fJlkv J. HOLMES W. J. fHFBCH.
PresLjeat Tlce President
r. L. HCTER.H, KARL ZF3DHL.
Cashier Asst Cashier
much real money that the wife or
sweetheart 'of an ordinary purchaser
of Ave cent packages never had a
chance to gratify her womanly crav
ing for a sofa pillow made from sew
ing these gayly colored strips togeth
er. As a matter ot fact. It was a
real stroke of genius that made one
of the . members of the Lorlllard
company ever think of such a thing,
anyway, and the company gayly ex
pended thousands of dollars - just to
gratify hls little whim.
But the judicious use of inserts
proved a profitable venture. So
much ho that once the American
Tobacco company was dissolved, so
much so they say. the managers of
one of the companies making five
cent packages Immediately decided
totry using Inserts In the cheBp pack
age j. Again the company gayly ac
quiesced and has the fun of spending
$300,000 annually for the tags used
In one brand alone.
Yes, It Is a gay lite ' the tobacco
manufacturers are leading. They
are Invading all the magazines,
something they did not need to do In
tho good old doys. But the old boj
like the fun and the sales have jump
ed until It's a great game and a pay
ing game.
Incldently the stock, holders have
lost millions In dividends, again re
ferring to the frank statement of
President Hill.. But he still avers
that "competition has Increased the
volume of business" and, In that case
thp supreme court may feel that It
tins done one worthy deed by Its
decision ordering the corporation to
cense to work In restrain of trade
And. seemingly, the public will try
to relmbuise the American Tobacco
company as rspldly as possible.
WATER l HKill COST OK IJVlMi.
We all know that one of the big
gest Items In the high cost cf living IV
railroad transportation barges.
Generally, for Instance, when we
drink a glass of milk we psy some
thing for railroad transportation.
But what would you say to getting
your milk In powder, weighing about
XT per cent less than the liquid milk?
You would pay no freight on the wat
er Mrs. 'Moo-cow put In It in fact,
you would add the water yourself
when you wanted your glass of milk.
Millions of dollars a year could, be
saved in freight charges alone If we
took the countless tons of plain wat
er out of the things we eat. A start
has been made by a Chicago concern
which Is drying out 87 per cent of the
weight of milk. The powder which
results Is at present used only by
bakeries. v
The department of agriculture in a
forthcoming publication is to pro
claim Its support of this plan of low
ering prices and has selected as an
example the immensely , Important
German Industry of potato drying,
believing that conditions In this
country are more than ordinarily
favorable for the rapid adoption of an
European expedient of . economy.
Only 20 to 25 per cent of the potato
Is solid matter and upon every ton
shipped freight Is paid upon 75 to 0
per cent water and the cost Is borne
by the farmer from his profits and
the consumer from an already over
taxed pocketbook.
The optimism of the exponents of
the potato drying Industry Is based
upon the tact that the same machin
ery used for drying sugar beet leaves
and pulp can be employed at other
seasons for drying potatoes. As
sugar beet growing is already an Im
portant Industry in about 16 states,
hut little extra expense would have
to be Incurred to test the practicabil
ity of this plan. M ost of the Import
nut beet sugar states are also great
potato growing sections and the two
Industries can go hand In hand, as
they have In Germany, where the
grent development of the beet sugar
Industry has led to a tremeudoiis de
velopment of potato growing, it
has been f ound. moreover, that the
cultivation of sugar beets Increases
the yield of all other crops grown In
rotation with them, this Increase
carrying from 25 te 50 per rem with
different crops and amounting to 4fi
P"r cent In the case cf potatoes.
The sugar beet Itself Is one of the
products to which this process of
economy through extraction of snr-.
plus water has been applied and a
business of $2,000,000 a year has been
Tiullt up In the past few years In
the dried beet pulp for stock feed
ing. Another advantage that will come
from the Introduction of the drying
industry in connection with such a
crop as potatoes, as is point out by I
the department of agriculture, Is j
that the present uncertainties of the
crop would be removed and both the
producer and consumer would be I
benefited. The grower would have!
a more reliable market and the pres
ent wide fluctuations In prices
would be avoided.
There is some talk of reviving the
kerosene torchlight processions this
year. If this is done John D. ought
to be willing to contribute a little
bit to all the parties.
The New York supreme-court has
handed down a decision 'that a wo
man can dress and' look well on $44.00
a year. 'No doubt that court had been
reading the January sale ads.
President Wilson ears bte rninlties
. ' 1
Is all right so long as It grows big '
ngalnst competition. But he might
have given his Inward opinion of the
business that grows big by swallow
ing competition, forming trusts and
selling watered stock. That Is the
kind of business the new president
must deal with.
A ninety-pound woman in London
thrashed her ' husband, who weighs
200. Of course, in such a case, a
man has to stand and take it.
The Mt. McKlnley searchers who
only reached two-thirds of the way
to the top failed to see even a foot
print of old Doc. Cook, but It was
just as cold up there as Doc Cook
said It was, which proves something.
We'll wager that Pittsburg man
who got the envelopes mixed and
sent to his best girl a letter intended
for another sweetheart wishes be
bad that bad habit of forgetting to
mail letters.
Over In Provo. Ctah. a women Is su-j A Cadillac Michigan woman wants
Ing a corn doctor for $1200 because divorce because her husband has
ti e corn doctor rauBcd her to have DOt taken a bath in 18 years. .Veil,
two toes amputated. Another case of Bryan hasn't been elected yet," 'has
liuiiing ine lower extremity. Be
Perhaps Elbert, Hubbard will be a
little mors cautious with his rough
language nbw since the supreme
rourt indicted him on Ave counts for
sending Improper literature through
the malls. Hubbard had the idea that
he was a privileged character along
that line, and in many Instances his
sayings were so applicable to the situ,
ation that they probably resutled In
good even though the language used
was rough.
A Japanese has defeated the Amer-
, lean billiard champion. And Captain
Hobson apparently is away on a vacation.
The legislature must remember
that the people hava not forgotten
the question of high taxes. Even
those legislators who want Pacific
hk-hways and' large exposition ap
propriations might Co well to keep
the man whj pays the cost In mind
for a few moments at least.
There Is going to be an extra sess
ion of congress. Well, the last one
wasn't anything extra.
After Wilson's cabinet Is chosen
the gang back of the stove In the cor
ner grocery won't have a thing to do
for four years.
.Vr. Taft certainly Is the nltimate
consumer of secretaries. He Is now
on his fourth. v
Hyde Trial Resumes.
Ksnsss City, Mo., Jan. 13. For the
third time Dr. B. C. Hyde will be tried
for the murder of Colonel Swope, his
father-in-law. The trial, was set for
today bnt has been postponed untit
Wednesday at the request of the
counsel for the defense. The defense
will enter a motion for dismissal on
the ground that the prisoner has once
been tn jeopardy of losing his life
through the action of court.
Prisoners Faee Relay.
Leavenworth, Ksds., Jan. 13 Bonds
for the release of two laborltes sent
here with an order for the release of
the men designated, have been held
up because they were not signed In
the presence of the federal commis
sion here.