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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
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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
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