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LA OrRANDfi EYBNINd OBSERVER,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1913.
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tntered at the pestofflce at La Grande,
Oregon, a second clam matter.
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SUBSGUI'TIO.X BITES.
Dally, tingle copy it
Bally, per week 15e
ally, per month 6Se
THE I'OSTOmi'E.
While It looki very much as though
J. H. Pea re bad the inside truck In
many waya on the La Grande post
office, the Observer In an edltoritJ
last evening treated the transaction
aa closed, ' when In reality It is not
closed, ,. '
' Summing up the situation as It
stands Mr. Peare haa the endorse
. ment of Congressman Slniiolt and
.National Committeeman Williams
which endorsement has been filed
with the department. Mr. Richey, the
preseDt postmaster, hag the recom
mendation for re-appointment of
Congressman 'Lafferty and the estab
. liahed precedent of the department's
endorsement where satisfactory ser
vice baa been rendered, and In this
case the service has been In every
way satisfactory. Nowadays when a
postmaster's term expires the depart
ment sends a letter to the congress
man from the district wherein the
office is located asking If there are
. reasons why the present postmaster
ahould tfot be re-appointed, whereas
in olden tlmea the question of who
the congressman might want was
asked.
Now, It appears that Slnnott and
'Williams .are for Peare and Lafferty
: and the department purpose standing
on the precedent of re-appolntlng the
present incumbent, which, sends the
whole matter to the president. It Is
up to President Taft to choose. The
' attitude of the president In the past
, haa been to look with favor upon the
department's recommendation regard,
ing the service, although claims are
made that In this case he will abro
; gate bis rule and appoint (Mr. Peare.
Vany believe whether either Post
master TUchey or Mr. Peare is ap
pointed the tenure of office will be
abort, for It is said the Democrats
will block confirmation and after the
Fourth of March a Democrat, presum
ably. General Bragg, will be installed
In the La Grande office. The whole
matter la interesting to the patrons
and we give this revised statement
of the exact situation in order that
friends of all parties will understand
the true status of the case. .
Later Since writing the above edi
torial. President Tart has submitted
Mr. Peare 's name to the senate.
" STEVENSON'S , REGRET.
The Author's Picture of the British
' Throne at Washington.
Mrs. On bourne gives an Interesting
glimpse of Robert Louis Stevensoo In
conversation In the following account
of bis second call on Mrs. Virgil Wil
liams: "De bad a peculiarly beautiful voice,
with a rich, round, but nut provincial
Scotch accent While be conversed
with Mrs. Williams be paced up and
down the Door in bis usual fashion.
with rupld aud graceful motion, or
bung on the niuutelplece. It was not
strange that the conversation turned
on tbe subject of the relations of
America and (Jreat Britain.
"Stevenson regretted that England
bad lost tbe colonies. Fie pictured tbe
states under British rule, witb Amer
lea tbe seat of government of the
whole empire. Fie dwelt opon tbe
benefits tlmt would have accrued to
tbe whole English epenking race from
ucb a union and to all mankind, with
Great Britain and America ruling the
world for pence and righteousness, in
a flight of fancy and witb all tbe rich
Hess of language that was his be pic
tured the actual transporting of the
royal family and all tbe paraphernalia
of government across tbe Atlantic.' tbe
pageantry of tbe ships and tbe gor
geous landing and tbe setting op of
tbe throne at Washington.
"While Stevenson was talking Mr
Williams came In. Ha looked doubt
fully from Mrs. Williams to tbe stran
ger, for, as be told bis wife afterward,
be thought a tramp bad got In and sbe
could nut get hlui out again. But It
was only for a moment and soon the
two men were talking with all tbe In
terest and pleasure of those who feel
Docb In common, and from that day
began a friendship that never ended
until tbe death of Virgil Wllllama"-Bookman.
POISONING BY TEA.
Parish to Meet.
The annual business meeting of the
Parish and Missionary society of Zion
Bvangellcal Lutheran church will be
held at the home of (Mrs. N. Nelson.
501 Wash., Thursday afternoon at 2
'clock. Because this Is the annual
business meeting' all members are
vgred to be present
l-H-2t Mrs. O. R. Stageberg, Pres.
When the Cup That Cheers May Be
come a Menace to Health.
It Is only In comparatively recent
times tbnt leu driuking baa been at ail
prevalent In this country. Coffee is tbe
national drink aud Is more largely con
sumed by fur thau any other beverage
But tea drinking is making great
strides, the reason for which Is not
bard to Ond. The advantages of tea
ever coffee as a stimulating and cbeer
Ing drink do not consist In a superiori
ty of Its component parts, but in tbe
fact that a good tea can be more easily
produced than a good coffee and that It
la more easily made than coffee.
A very great deal of tbe virtue of
coffee consists iu the manner in which
It is converted into a beverage, and
seldom Is tbe art cs tried out efficiently
Many of the concoctions which are sold
aa coffee In restaurants and consumed
in private bouses are not worthy of tbe
name On tbe other hand, tea Is easily
made, the chief point being? that tbe
water used for tbe infusion bolls and
that tbe Infnsinu is drunk when fresh
and not allowed to taud.
However, there are occasions, and
these not Infrequent, when tea drink
ing is harmful Tea poisoning la a
more or lens ,-uiDmuo condition la those
countries In which the habit of drink
Ing tea Is prevalent as in England, for
Instance. Among the working classes
tbe women often Un-oine addicted to
the teu ha hit and not only drink to ex
cose, sipping tea throughout the dn
but driuk It iu such a state tbat the
poisonous properties are most evident
Tbe tea Is In a stewed condition, tbe
pot being kept on tbe stove the whole
day. Men. loo. wbo work at indoor
trades and at trades wbt b from their
nature tend to create thirst often be
come exienxlte tea drinkers. Medical
Record.
West's 1.5tk Annual Sale
NOW AT ITS HEIGHTH
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The one sale that continues to draw crowds of
enthusiastic shoppers. There must be a reason.
THE MOST ATTRACTIVE of ALL is our special
$9.90 SUIT SALE
Including your choice of any Ladies' or Misses'
Suit in the entire stock. Regular values up to $40.
Some Live Prices From Our Men's Dept.
Lot 1
BOYS' SHOES
49c
Lot 2
MEN'S $3.50 SHOES
$1.98
LotS
Men's Hats up to $4.00
98c
Lot 4 Men's and Boys'
Overcoats up to $15.00
$2.39
BOYS' BLOUSES
WORTH UP TO 50c
19c
MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS
REGULAR VALUES UP TO $1.50
69c
YOU KNOW WHAT A SALE AT WEST'S MEANS
All Staple Dry Goods at
Annual Saving Prices,
WE
ST'S
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fotarta
THE QUALITY STORE
All Men's and Boys'
Clothing Reduced 25 per
; cent to 50c per cent.
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CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. ;
Coburg
Automatic Fire Doors.
The construction of a tire door and
its lusts Nation may Iw standard In ev
ery way; but for the door to te of serv
ice it must be cloyed at the time of Ore.
As employees of a plant cannot always
tie deemled upon to clove the doors of
i the Din ii i . I.e. n use of iianlc or other
ly every house and but Is tbe borne of tire doors should le either self
a glnasblowerand the smallest child 'rOK(UK or automatic. A self closing
tbat can use Its bunds understanding!? 1 joor Is one'whlch closes by Itself as
haa some part in the work. -(noon as a ier(n has passed through.
The blowers make all their .work This door Ik normally always closed
from glnss tubes of varied diameter nd never should be allowed to be
aud thickness, which lire cut to con- blocked oin. The automatic type Is
Great Skill Shown by the
Classblowars. . .
From Coburg, Germany, a little rail
way only twenty-five miles long leads
into the heart of the Thurlnglan forest
ranges, terminating at Lauscha. where
Christinas ornuments are made. Near-
We Now Have On Deposit
$800,000.00
of money accumulated by residents
Ronde valley.
of La Grande and tbe Grande
We Now Have Loaned
$700,000.00
to bualneaa men, farmers and others In this community.
The money deposited bere le not "laid away" as some of it might
bs If its owners had not deposited It. but 4t is Industriously at wor
all about us, doing good.
Br depositing your Income here on open account and paying It out
by check, you will safeguard your Interests, build your credit and
cultivate an acquaintance at a strong financial institution, wblcb
can and will help you when you need help.
Dont delay, you can begin with a small deposit at the
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Surplus,
Capital 1100.000.00.
FKED J. HOLMES
President
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JtFTERS,
Cashier
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Vice l'relilent
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Asst Cashier
venlent lengths by scratching them
with a die and breaking them at tbe
cleavage, a burner consisting of two.
held oeii by means of a weight or
i-r.ti-h. which has -oiinei'ted with It a
series of fusible links In cases of fire
four or more flames Issuing from tiny i the -older on one or more of tbe fusible
gas Jets converges its Ores opon a 'link melts from the beat, releases the
metal plate, which usually supports a
piece of dry wood or charcoal whose
slow but fierce combustion under tbe
blue flume of the blowpipes rapidly
me'ts the hardest glnss. Driving the
be,lows which supplies air to his blow
pipes with bis feet, tbe operator turns
out with deft swiftness balls, stars,
pendants and larger ornaments of al
most every conceivable shape and alxjs.
Ills good wife Is perhaps Injecting a
I irmifht . .Httoh unrl rtlu riniir f-liwafe.
I This type of door should Is employ
ed wherevr it Is ne-ewsary for the
;door to lie kfpl open at times, but uth
erwlse the self clolug door Is prefer
able.-K V WnltLer Iu tbe Engineer
ing Magazine.
Dickens' Dsn.
Dickens' cere for his material sur
roundings did not end witb bis bed
room. His favorite writing place at
Gadsbtll was a 8wlss chalet in tbe
shrubbery, and this be fitted up In a
most Ingenious fashion. "1 bave put
mirrors in the chalet where I write."
he says In one of bis letters, "and they
reflect and refract In all binds of ways
tbe leaves that are quivering at tbe
windows and tbe great fields of wav
lag corn and the sail dotted river. My
room la up among tbe branches of tbe
trees, and the birds nnd the butterflies
fly In and out. and the green branches
shoot In at tbe open windows, and tbe
lights and the shadows of the clouds
come and go with tbe rest of tbe com
pany. Tbe scent of tbe flowers snd
Indeed of everything that Is growing
for miles snd miles is most delicious."
London Chronicle.
Sartorial Gsniut.
Tbe genius in tailoring ai-cnmpltRhc
Without effort tilings lh.it refuse t
spray of gilding or silvering solution ' vleld to the most determined effort
Into a great basketful of the tiny balls, of the ordinary mortal He apparent
used to festoon windows and Christ- ' ly creates out of nothing. His touch
mas trees, or. perhaps, with greater 1 transforms tbe shai of the customer
rVIII Is colorine with deft fi Hirers tbe ind the set of the gnrinent. He molds
Interior of a larger ornament.
The eldest boy may himself be a
skilled operator and perhaps excels his
father In creating miniature reindeer,
with great spreading antler, spirited
horses, courslug hoiiuds. fragile air
ships and balloons nnd. most wonder
ful of all. roses, caninttons. tulips and
other flowers, each of whose pert Is
made of colored glnss of the proper
color and fused In place with a deli
cacy of touch that far excels ordinary
painting
So lltht snd fragile are these goods
that they are packed in cotton and
cartons divided Into compartments and
to a very g-rent eitent are shipped
away from Lauscha by parcels ex
press. So generally Is this done be
tween the middle of November and
Christmas week that the postofflce
force and a number of mall cars are
furnished to meet the demand for par
cels transportation. Natioual Magazine.
the ungainly form .Into an Aisillo. ami
the mlsflt garment falls Into natitnn
place in bis hands. The tines of his
draft are unapproachable, and his sys
tem Is infallible He knows just when
tbe shoulder Is to he advanced or re
ceded. He nnderstanda Intuitively Just
bow much tbe waist Is to be sup
pressed or Oiled In and bow much
siirin : Is required He never makes
a mistake, and If the Journeyman ruins j
Judging the Colt.
Tbe Arabs bave two metboda of est!
mating the height to which a colt will
grow, the first being to stretch a cord
from the nostril over tbe ears and
down along the neck and compare thlr
measurement with thnt from tbe with
era to tbe feet aud tbe other method
oeinj to compare the distance between
tbe knee nnd the withers with that
from the knee to the coronet In the
first method It la considered thnt a
-olt will grow as much taller As the
AN APPEAL TO WIVES
You know the terrible affliction thnt
comes to many homes from the result
of a drinking hubband or aon. You
know of the money wasted on "drink-
that is needed in the home to pur
chase food and clothing. ORRINE haa
saved thousands of drinking men. It
is a home treatment and can be given
secretly. Your money will be refund
ed, If after a trial. It haa failed to
benefit. Costs only $1.00 a box. Come
In and get a free booklet and let us
tell you of the good ORRINE Is doing.
For sale at 0. E. SILVBRTHORVS,
Cor. Depot and Adams.
PILES (TRED IX 6 TO 14 DATS.
Your druggist will refund money if
PA7.0 OINTMENT fa'ls to cure any
case of Itching. Blind, Bleeding or
Protruding Pllesjn 6 to 14 days. 60c
jShoe Repairing;
I A La Grande shoe repairing man !
J seriously alarmed about those
J holes In your shoes, you ought to S
first measurement exceeds that of the I make a call to R. B. Grider's shoe
I uu1j auu nave i nose noie doctored
a garment beyond repair In the mak
Ins tbe genius ts It right with a few
touches, even thongb to repair It is
beyoud the ordinary cutter's skill -Tailor
and Outer
second, and In the second method. If
tbe proMirtion la as two to one. the
horse will grow no taller.
Podastrians.
A teacher Iu s primary school was
endeavoring to make clear to her class
the meaning of the wonls "equestrian
ism" and "pedestrtanlsm" when she
i put this query to one small hoy:
-What Is a -!of nau?
"He Is one of those fellows. said
tbe hoy "who makes au awful kick
when an automoht'e runs him down."
New Voi"it l'rva I
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I "noie me enecis get Into your
system and give you two-thirty
t consumption.
I I have moved Into Mr. Wine's bar.
J ne shop opposite Mr. Thome's i
grocery store. All customers and
i friends are welcome to call and !
, see me. Respy,
j R. B. GRIDER
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