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4 V-TTTTTlTr ai- r.a nTJAXmP! TnnRNTKa ot?rttrvku .iassiaiass)ssssssiisiisiiiwww J - That the harmonious and brilliant tlnu In the geysers and hot-spring pools are mainly due to plant life U . : one of the Interesting statements Mlera at the iMstoffir at La Grande, nade , , pubcatkra entitled "The BRUCE PENNiS EDITOH AND OWNER. Oregon, s second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATE. ' Dally, single eojiy ht ally, per week .lie Geological History of , JTellowstone National Park", Just Issued by the Department of the Interior. Algae flourish equally well In tbe waters of Bally, per month tit ft" geyser baMns and on the lerfaces - of Mammoth Hot Springs. Wherever D.ISOKB FXDER TOl'R NOSE. How many breeding microbes are there in the mouthpiece of your telephone? these boiling waters cool to the tem perature of 1S5 degrees algous ,. growths appear, and. by the lowering microbes disease of "the temperature on exposure to air still more highly organized forms gradually come In.. It Is said that at You don't know? Neither do we, about 140 degrees the conditions are sot anyone else for that matter ex actly. But microbes are there by the mil lions If what the scientists say Is true. And they aren't there to any good. favorable for the rapid growth . of several species. The development of plant life at such excessive tempera tures and on a scale of such magnl- do tudo seems a marvelous thing. No where else can this be seen so well An examination was recently made as In the Yellowstone Park. by a New York scientist a bacter lololst of a score or more of mouth. As the , water in shallow pools chills rapidly, corresponding chang- pieces of the public telephones and es In color follow. No life exists in what he found In these Instruments the center, where the water Is boll- was enough to make you god all the resit of us gasp, ' . . Ing. (On the outer edge certain col ors prevail, and In the colder over- In one of these mouthpieces, for flow channels still other colors pre Instanoe, be found the bacilli of, dominate. In the geyser basin, the tuberculosisbronchitis, typhoid fev- frt svidenc of vegetation. In an "er,. diphtheria, la grippe and a half overflow stream consists of creamy doxen or more diseases to which mad kind Is susceptible and In sufficient white filamentary threads . passing Into light flesh tints and then to deep amount to communicate the various salmon. WJth distsnce from the diseases they represented. tJ source of heat, the predominating X You will say there could not have colors pass from bright orange to been very many of them in such a yellow, yellowish green, and emerald small instrument as a telephone1 and In the still cooler waters various mouthpiece. i . 'shades of brown. Not many! " ' " ; The marvelous colors In the Grand There were millions! Why don't you know that some of the very worst disease germs roam- Canyon of the Yellowstone are main ly due to mineral matter, the pig ments being derived from the lavas. ing around are so Infinltesmal that Along the base of the canyon thermal and solfatarlc agencies have been at work through long- ages, slowly but steadily decomposing the rhyollte rock that forms the walls, t'pon the thousands of them could be assem bled on the point of an ordinary pin, They are none the less deadly' be cause they are small. How do you know but that the very buttressed walls and sculptured am- tfclephone you talk Into every day w phlthcaters Hints of green and yellow t not a rendezvous for a choice corlec- RrP intermingled with red, the colors . At. -. At ... . . V . 4,... . . .. . . . , I ... .- - uuu ui uidbmv sdiujb iuai mo junv Being Dienueu wun singularly unr- y laying back and waiting for someone monlous effects. From the roaring I to prey on?- turbulent river at :the bottom to the No telephone mouthpiece that Is t0mber green forests at the top. the not disinfected every day is clean. abrupt walls seem to glow with he Some people will let their tele- color. phones go from one year's end to This publication contains an ac another without a bath. And . they COunt bf the geologic forces that have both will talk Into and handle these caused the wonderful natural feat same telephones as if they were as urrs toat naTe made the Yellowstone clean and Inoffensive as a breath of famous throughout the world.- It Is fresh air, when In reality they -are as illustrated by photographs of , some dangerous as a rattlesnake more so 0f tne principle features of the park In facS. . and Is written in nontechnical lan- When did you 'disinfect the mouth- ininge 80 that It may be readily un-. piece of your telephone last? derstood b persons without sclentl- Whafs that? VYou never. have? nc training. POSITIVE SAVINGS ON NEW FABRICS AT West's 15th Annual Sale One Big Assortment of fine silks, - values up to 90c yd, special, 50c yd. Thousands of yards in a big cut price event. Every yard offered in this big sale is an out and out bargain'. Be sure to come before the patterns that you want have been sold out. Our stock is large but so are tfiei crowds. So hurry. Hcgular $1.00 yard Messalincs all' shade of the rainbow, 69 c yd. 29c REGULAR 50c SILK EOLIENNES AND SILK TISSUE IN EVERY WANT ED SHADE AND DESIGN . - 29c 19c 50 PIECES OF SILK AND MERCER IZED MATERIALS THAT SOLD REGULARLY UP TO 35c A YARD 1 19c New Dress Goods All Staple Dry Goods for Spring Wear just received and will be placed Included in this great annual clearance sale at on sale at greatly ; REDUCED PRICES. " REDUCED PRICES. YOU HAD BETTER HURRY IF YOU WABTT A NEW SUIT FOR $9.90. REGULAR PRICES WERE UP TO $40.00. NONE RESERVED. BIG BARGAINS IN BROKEN LOTS IN EV ERY DEPARTMENT. THE QUALITY STORE ENTIRE LINE MEN'S CLOTHING REDUCED 25 Per cent to 50 Per cent EVERY ARTICLE IN THE STORE REDUCED ,. - nrriiTi rjrrf Well, what do you know about that s For heaven's sake, In tbe name of THE LAST Cleanliness and all that Is sanitary, at least unscrew the mouthpiece of your phone and wash it with some sort of antiseptic solution, especially if several persons talk Into It dally. The telephone mouthpiece looks In nocent enough, but It Isn't OF THE EMPERORS. There Is a pertinent query going the rounds "Did Wllhelm say It?" ,'Karl Von Kroon,. : the historian, snys that Emperor William of Ger many recently made a tour of Insnec- i tkm through the Berlin school of Scientists say It Is a prolific breed- History and Literature, and then re- er of disease under Insanitary con- marked: dltlons. , "My son will be the last of te m- Swat' the microbes in your tele- perors. That is whv I am brlneln phone mouthpiece today. him up as I was brought up. under We Now Have On Deposit $800,000.00 of money accumulated by residents of La Grande and the Grande Ronde valley. We Now Have Loaned $700,000.00 to business men, farmers and others In this community. The money deposited here is not "laid away" as some of It might b If Us owners had not deposited It, but It Is Industriously at work all about us. doing good. By depositing your Income here on' open account and paying It out by check, yod will safeguard your interests, build your credit and cultivate an acquaintance at a strong financial Institution, which can and will help you when you need help. Don't delay, you can begin with a email deposit at the La Grande National Bank La Grande, Oregon Capital 1100.000.00. Surplus, $150.000 00. Resources, H.11MWM f REP J. R4LXES W. J. CHFRCH. rmUeas Tie President U JIKTFR8, EARL ZtfVDBVT ' Cashier Astl Cashier firm dlclpllne. He must be a credit to the house of Hobenzollern and to the throne that, after his , will cease to be. All the world will be repub lican within 50 years. Germany will be the last of the empires. It Is In evitable." ' That such a remark should be made by the monarch who has been so deeply Imbued with the "doctrine of the divine right of kings that the subject has become well nigh fet ish to him, seems improbable. At the same time, the mere fact that' he should be so eagar to retain every vestige of sovereignly possible Is I one of the sure proofs that he can I hear ite rumblings which threaten! to ovorturn the very throne upon which he sits. Emperor Wllhelm Is one of the keenest statesmen ' of Europe. He knows his Germany thoroughly, as becomes the father of his people. It would be Impossible for him to. do It's work today If he did not have his eyes fixed upon the future as well. It is not so much prophetic Insight that marks his statement, as calm recog nition of the Inevitable. If every German father, and every fHther. should so concern himself with the training of his sou, as the emporer of Germany, the world re publics when they come would be real republics. 0 REST FOW TRAGI'S. By Its system of discouraging the "Weary Willies" BnglBiid Is far a head of this country In remedial measures. Their most effective method is that of the "way ticket", which Is pro vided to all unemployed persons who seek lodging at any of the porrhonses or other lodging places provided by the government This "way ticket" entitles the wan derer to a certain allowance of bread and cheese along the way he Intends to take. In this way' he is kept frvm begging from house to house, and If he really Is looking for work he Is spared the temptation of hav ing to steal In order to obtain food. He is also put In touch with em oloyment agencies and every effort Is made to assist him In securing employment The habitual tramp Is not given much sympathy when he applies at one of the poorhouses for lodging. However, the fact that be Is given a ticket which makes it unnecessary lo beg, places h Im at . a disadvantage and he soon feels ashamed to keep presentng such tickets. His pride soon drives the habitual tramp to seek some more congenial clime for his wanderings and Eng land is freed from bis1 society. Householders all oyr "England 'are Informed as to the government's at titude toward tramps; and when they discover that there Is no necessity for begging they soon leave the tramp to j!he mercy of the govern ment Instead of encouraging them to continue their lives of idleness. A way t'eket system ' In America would Boon transform a shiftless claBS of citizens into-wage earners Or at any rate. It would soon rid the country of its parasite population. There is no excuse for the tramp congress who die in the harness. The country needs the best talent and the most courageous souls It can get, now; but the fear of poverty am' want to widow and children often frightens good men out of public ser vice. The people should arrange matters so that men . of ordinary means can enter the battle of public service; If Jit Is left entirely to the wealthy, there Is a sad day ahead for the nation. ' A civil pension law for widows of public servants would be a good thing. '' . V .., TENSION THE WIDOWS. It is nothing short of monstrous that a great republic like the United States should permit the widow of a great man, such as the late Justice Harlan, to suffer for the comforts and necessities of life. Justice Harlan was an honest and conscientious servant of. the people He devoted his great brain and his heart his life blood to the publ! service. He championed the cause of the people, and rendered decision? on the supreme bench that are bul whrks of liberty and gu'iles tr broad c itlzenshlp and popular gov ernment. His life !s Imbedded In the v Ver structure of the republic. He died, as even great men must do: and. being honest left no fortune measured In money. His whole estate netted only $2.V10: but he died rich, because he lived a life of service. But the shame of It Is that his widow is now In want, and friends must assist her. A rich government like curs, should be willing to pension the wid ows of great men who render consplc nous and honest service and d'e in the harness. There should be a law passed aiilh ortrlng the granting of pensions to wlodows of presidents, of Justices of the 'i:reme court and of members of THE "BAD" CHILD. A study of fourteen thousand "bad" children who have been wards of the Chicago Juvenile court which has been made by a number of Chicago sociological experts, develops some in. tereStlng and important facts. - It produces nothing more Interest ing and Important, however, than the fart .that in a great majority of cases the "bad" child Is bad because of bad environments. In the history of the families of tbe boys", says the report, "we find drunkenness poverty, indecency, cruel ty, demoralizing labor, sickness insan ity, nagging and beating, coarse bul lying, fathers and mothers' quarrels--'n brief there is no phase of family misery wheh is not illustrated In this fearful pict ure of the bad child's pro gress." The question of human culpability Is always an Intricate one. How actual ly "bad" shall an erring child be con sidered who grew up In such snr--windings? 'How much personal blame is to be attached to an adult "rim'nnl who Is a product of such con ditions? There is heredity In the evidence, but environment Is a much more po tent factor. And In nine cases out of ten. these family conditions are social products, poverty, the slum, inadequate employ ment and insufficient pay matters for which society Is responsible. It Is good to take one or many of these "bad" children and by sublett ing them to good Influences make useful men and women of them. But where one case Is so treated a hundred more are developing from the same conditions, which society en- I dures without rebuking or correcting. """"""j me ming no cure is tbe cause. Juvenile court and charitable ocictlcs and Indvldual generosity and thoughtfullness help to meet some of the results of the cause,' but all their work combined is about as effective as It would be to try curing leprosy jwltb talcum powder unless the cause is at tacked. ' Eradicate ,the slum, mitigate pover ty by Increasing Individual opportun itywhich means destroying special privilege and being governments of nation, state and city to the service of the common good, and the ugly conditions which produce this piti ful "bad" children, who would have been good children If they had had half a human chance, can be cor rected. But not otherwise. fU- f . . , ue increasea nse or leather in the automobile Industry Is given as the cause of the coming advance In the prices of shoes, which will soon mean more expensive shoes for many and poorer shoes for many more. But It j la also In part due to Increasing pop ulation ana aecreasmg herds. The federal census of 1910 showed 61.- 803,866 cattle In this country, which was a decrease of 8.7 per cent since 1900. That noise Is caused by old Dick Deadeye moaning and turning over In Davy Jones' locker. It has been decreed that the blue Jackets of the navy shall wear pajamas. Shoe Repairing A La Grande shoe repairing man seriously alarmed about those holes in your shoes, you ought to make a call to R. B. Grider's shoe shop and have those hole doctored before the effects get Into your system and give you two-thirty consumption. I have moved Into Mr. Wine's har ness shop, opposite Mr. Thome's grocery store. All customers and friends are welcome to call and see me. Resp'y, J i R. B. GPvIDER 1515 if on or St i
