La Grande evening observer., February 06, 1913, Image 4

PAGE FOUR
THE OBSERVER
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1913.
BRUCE DENNiS
EDITOR AND OWNEB.
em civilization and It the channel twist the. constitution Into a cork
through which civliliaton confer lu acrew, add personal ' popularity to
benefit. There is scarcely a phase of themselves by Introduction of bills
civilization that does not find direct that are impractical and unjust,
and specific expansion In the life and ; what's the use to grit your teeth any
organization of a town that Is large 1 longer and say that you )ike HT "
enough to have a school, a courthouse, I a recess In law makln for ,
Catered at the uOHlofflr at La flrandn.
Oregon, ai second class matter. a Ilbrarr' a bttk- a mll or factory, a 20 year would be the best thing that
church, a waterworks, a brass band, a Oregon could have. Our tAtn wu.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES. newspaper and a railroad station.
""It Ingle copy it Representing education! jurisprudence
PHIC80XALS.
Jly, per week 15c1 literature, finance, Industry, religion.
ally, per month
-w.su.i vuuiK un.o. Kiur statute hooks
are now crowded with law after law cannot be continued on account
ma', not only lacks enforcement, but the big retail trade.
'66 : hygiene, art and the speedy dlutribu-
. tlon of Intelligence and commodities,
HAS OPPORTUNITY. VANISHED! 'those Institutions express all that Is
Almost every day you will hear
gome boy say there is no such op
portunities now as his father enjoyed,
This is a mistake. Listen to a true
story of young George Goodbroad of
Union.
George Is a young- man about 21
years of axe. Ills father had Ideas
i highest and best in human achieve
ment. If civilization Is good, then
the home town Is good, and the citi
zens should be proud and thankful of
it. Instead of earning Wondering aijd
envious glances at a distant' New
York, let us glow with pride for oui;
lacks Impractlblllty.
Oregon is In the mldBt of an epoch
when ambitious law makers threaten
the people of La Grande with the
place but with the cental proprietor
a well. Mr. Young has been In the
business for fifteen years and Is living
up to the promise that he would con
duct a first class candy atore. All ...
of the candles are made .here in La Mr' M' C' Larm of Hot Leke
Grande and the business- has pros- etA with Mrs. Dell Huntley today,
pered so that the wholesale business I C" of Hot Lake to ,D
q j UIO III UU lUBUJCOO.
Mrs. J. Morrison of Ballston
Vera
Ore-
Mr. Young has associated with hlm:on' turned today from a vui wuu
W. G. Kelley. formerly with the fill-' ner on Rt Enterprise.
verthorn drug store. Mr. Kelley will
! Mrs C. J. Anderson of Imbler was
forence Is only one of dogrce and not
i ... .
about making George an agricultur- " kind.
1st, sending him to the state college, ;
all of which were commendable. But.
George had a few Ideas of his own. ,,Ll'E SKV l tH' AND PROMOTERS.
Ho was Interested in wireless tele-1
graphy. Ever since the new method ! I-ol" ,a,k nowadays for a blue sky
of communication appeared he Wis Iftw- - .
been a student of it. To him it was j Lo,ia t8lk nowadays about mergers
wonderful to be able to communicate nm' prevention of watering stocks,
with people thousands of miles away 1 ,l,l,I nil the like. x
without wire connection. He studied Bt wht does It nil amount to?
every book on the subject that he j You finI nnn w" studied law,
could get and finally told his father , corporation law at that; who has a
that he had decided to take up the j 'ew l""k that show many finger
wireless work. marks and wear, and you will have a
While old General Goodbroad was 1 hard time cornering that fellow if he
Oct in and earn .something; produce
something to add to the world's wealth
own little city, realizing that the dif-jRlm to fee, the multitude. - Do this
and you will have contributed more
to usefulness than session after ses
sion' of legislative asemtilles.
DO NOT SCOLD THE SNOW.
a trifle disappointed he at once lined
op with the boy and urged him for
ward. Young George went to Portland
and studied the new idea. He ad-1 get-rlch-quick chap. This state
vanced rapidly and was ordered by i marketed as many worthless
the government to report at the Pu
get Sound navy yards for examlna-.
tlon. He did so, but Immediately af
terward came home to, visit his par
ents. At ITnlon he found two of his boy
Mends trying to send and receive
wireless messages without proper
equipment. Geonge made an equip
ment that did the work. Returning
to, Portland he took bis crude ma
chine with him. In a very few days
he was asked to become Instructor
in "the school and will either have
charge of the Portland classes or go
to San Francisco and take charge of
a school there. ,
Is there opportunity left?
Ask yourself that question and then
read again the story of young George
Goodbroad '
tries to put one over carrying water
ed stack or Inflated values.
Oregon has been the mecca for the
has
se-
I curl tics, probably, as any state In the
tlon to have a blue sky law, and a
proposition to dissolve everything
thnt contains water.
Pound away boys, pound away, but
when you get through you will find a
third of the business In Portland Is
done on water; and many up-state
by their wonderful productiveness of be the soft drink hartBnrW rf mi. In La Grande the guest of Mrs. W. a..
Impractical laws to set the state back 1 the fancy drinks. Anderson for a few days,
in advancement for a number of years. ' In speaking of the change Mr. I Cna8- KessIer of La Grande left
Take a rest, ye loud toned leglsla- Young said: "People of Pendleton ! thu m"ln for Spokane where he
tors. Go back to your home and laughed at me. for coining to La . will make his future home.
forget the spotlight and brass bands. Grande, saying that the town would! MrB' J' sttVSl" or lmKer nB"
not patronize an outsider. I am now ! been called t0 tne 'le 01 ner
a citizen of La Grande and 'will make fath(,r ln E1&ln who ls very 1U'
this place my home In the future be- i Mr- s- D' Keeney returned to her
cause I like the people and they come ' BOine ln Albany, Oregon, this morn
to my store. I believe" In running a after a week'8 v,slt wlth her
sanitary place and the people of the daughter, Mrs. M. Gelgcer of this city,
city are at liberty to visit my factory C. Brown of North Powder made
whenever they feel like It." ! connections this morning for Wallowa
where he will spend a number of
A TO'WN-RAISING. a'8 hunting.
Remember how we used to come. Mrs. S. S. Grant of Elgin returned
Of course you
Tired of the snow?
are.
But take the right view of things.
Tlirf snow is the saviour of any wheat
country. It does not hurt the fruit
trees. It is recognized as the great
fertilizer; the life giver to countries
of higher elevation. Then look'wjth
cheerfulness upon the snow drift and
wallow from the gate to the house
with a smile on your face.
Besides, It can't last long. Next
Fourth of July will see the same hot
weather and you will forget all about
the snow In February.
To have snow the depth we have is
a blessing many countries cannot en
Joy. Therefore, count your blesings
once and get in line for a big and
prosperous season for La Grande and
the two counties.
LOU ItE.MlLLAM).
When someone had a barn to raise, 1 to tffat place today after a visit with
And lend a hand and help him some Mr. and Mrs. H. It. Fatten or l-a
To raise his roof and build his bays?. Grande.
The
propositions will also have their share j which
of water some so full of It thnt
sponfics are needed to absorb the drip.
passing of Lou Remlllard,
occurred very suddenly yes-
Now things have changed, these later
years,
Around the oldtlme neighborhood,
And our community appears
Where once the barn we builded
stood.
But once again I'd like to see
The neighbors altogether stand,
I'd. like to have an oldtlme bee.
And all the neighbors lend a hand.
The work is waiting to" be done
That needs the help of neighbor's
arm,
As once it raised, 'twlxt sun and sun.
The barn-frame
farm.
on a
terday afternoon, takes another pio
neer from the Grande Hondo valley.
Why, If it were not for watered . The deceased came here In the early
stocks cost of living would bo reduced j Uays and has beerf associated with
cost of hnuling would be reduced, and the valley eviy since. Ho knew the
In fact the value of eighty per cent of country when It was wild; when the
Industrie (Institutions would mater-j covered wagon bore the eastern set
liilly shrink. ! tier bere; he knew It when rail trans-
'Evorynne knows the evil of tort nnrtatlon transformed Eastern Ore-
' much water, but where Is the man ! gon and put It In touch with the
Let's gather in some handy day.
The way we gathered long ago.
Let's put our own affairs away
And that old friendly spirit show,
Let's get together, you with me
And all the rest, to boast and climb,
To have a good old-fashioned bee
A rogular town-raising time!
nOlTi-LAS MALLOCH.
THE HOME TOWN.
People seldom stop to consider how
much their town means to them. They
take It too much for granted, and in
counting up their blessings make a
superficial Inventory thnt falls to
credit the sour.ee from which many
of their deareBt benefits flow. It is
easy to overlook the home town ln
summing up the sources of one's hap
piness because the town ls such a
big and forceful enough to begin the
squeezing process? And will the
blue sky law do It, if It Is enacted?
IMPOSSIBLE TO WEEK I P.
rest of the world.
Whllo Lou Hemillard may have had
his faults, as we all have faults, yet ;
he had so many good qualities to ov-1
ercome those faults that his friends ,
were numbered by the score, all ol j
whom today share the grief of the
splendid family of this sturdy pio- j
neer. His death marks time and '
points to the Inevitable that awaits
all men. Strong physically as he was,
large, all-enveloping thing so large. Krtted their teeth and said "we will
In fact, that It's hard to see and the nnt iet a period of hard times come".
citizen blindly draws sustenance from anrt sincerity marked every word.
,lt like an Infant from its mother.
Traced to their source most ol life's
blesstnigs will be found to have their
root in that aggregation of human
beings and human Interests known as
a town. The town Is the unit of mod-
The Gloomy Gus feeling thnt has
ever come over newspapers and Uie
people at large when a legislature
was on, was about to be overcome this
year. But. alas. It Is almost Impossi
ble to cheer tip when one consider braving the frontier as he did. there
the flood of bills already Introduced. came the time when the clock of life
In national affairs when Wilson was pointed its hand to his hour to go,
elected the newsnaners of the countrv ! lust as it will lioint to each of us.
His demise is mourned by many.
j
I The same feeing was felt in Oregon
regarding the state lnvlslature.
Republican senators have taken a
rest on the confirmation of Taft ap
potn'ees. Thnt rest means every
But what's the use? When men of ( night there Is a caucus by Republi-
supposed Intelligence get It into their
heads they can change not only the
judicial code, but the moral code.
The Test of Time
under which a bank 1h oper
and
Time determines whether the policies
nted nr.; sfe.
This bunk has been In business twenty-six years.
It has grown stcvl'ly un'il It hns become one of the s'rnni;.
most prosperous financial Im-titut'ons In the West.
The Roundness of Its policies h nt'rHed by the long list cf mrse'v
a'.lve business me-i who transai t their btislneM here; also L m
earned surplus of $1P.0,Cm!.iiO, the work of time and the res .H (if
conservative management.
This bank hns facilities for ULnis care of more high jtrn.l.' b'i.;;
neRg and offers Its seniles to these who appreciate the' beut in
banking.
cans to devise ways and means and
every night there Is a caucus by Dem
ocrats to prevent any Inroads on the j
well laid plans. Whither do wo
c'rl't? Mainly o seeking the dollar
for John or Bill who helped carry his
prec inct In the lnle election. And the
words of Marse Henry Wnttersnn i
rtr'lii nresen ttiei'.iselvcs : "For the1
rnvs are so hungry and so M'.lrsty". j
v(t thprv me several millions of peo-j
pie In the United Sta'es who are If-!
forested In federal legislation and not
In appointments. Where do they ;:et '
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Capital. I100.OAO.00 Surplus, fl.'a) CIO eo l: nnrre. t.iPO.Roo.OA
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF I'M I Kit sr.UT GOVEIl MI'NT.
I'NITED STATES POSTAL SYl(;y DEPOSITORY.
AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP.,
Scholarship In America hits re
cehed grave da unite from lt.i
imnt Inveterate enemy, which Is
eiirl.v speclullziillon. The stu
dent of English history who can
not express an Intelligent or In-telli-ll.le
opinion as to the signitl
ciiii. e tif the Stmirt dynasty will
tal;e uuiiiy pa-es inul draw nu
merous, r.nips mid i'Iiiiis for the
purpose of establishing by what
piiniiulnr window t'hiirles 1.
pussed out of the pnlm-e at
Wliiii'lmll to tlie scaffold. The
imtliir that th's sort of informa
tion Is 'iniKirtrint at any stage in
a Ktinlciit's enreor Is nil illusion
well w-oril'v of the study of the
ain(leti:i. p!it!io!o;ris!. The ns
siintplfoii li:it such Information
iili Hike the pltn e of u real grasp
upon Ideas, teiiden -lev anil move
ments tif opinion Is hardly worth
discussing. The American col
lege must he brought back on to
n (inner basis than tills If it ls
to survive mid If It Is to be worth
working for. It Is prohulily not .
possible to iisiertalii what pro
portion of American students go
to collere for social purposes
only, wnaf proportion go with a
speiillc vivHtlonnl end in view
and what proisntien go for the
purpose of liii oining liberally ed-n-ateil
gent'c! ren. It Is prou
uifs ImweviT. Hint the class Inst .
weeil is nit now very larpe.
tu;t t lit' ciintry will suffer se
ve'T '" if t!:ls class does "not crow
ioivfi!i'v l:rr.vr irid nmrp Im
! t. v.. -In- Vnrr;. I'.ut
T. B. Richardson of Colfax, Wash-
ington, went to Elgin this morning to
! visit with his daughter, Mrs. J. C.
I Bard, for ten days.
Homer G. Smith, a young rancher
of the Imbler district, was in Ia
Grande with his mother who conducts
, the Palmer mill boarding house.
Mrs. E. A. Jerome of Baker was the
guest of Mrs. Dave Brichoui of this
this city for a number of days. She
1 returned to Baker today.
Frank Ross of Union arrived In
La Grande last night and will tran
sact business in the county seat for
neighbor's a number of days.
Mrs. J. H. Keeney of La Grande and
Mrs. Fergus of Pendleton left for
! Elgin where they have been called
on account of the serious illness of
' their sister, Mrs. McCuly.
W. J. Needham of Joseph visited
his wife at the Grande. Ronde hos
pital who has been operated on for
serious ailment. He reports her do
ing well.
! Mrs. W. A. Chenoweth of Enter
prise, visited her son at the Grande
Ronde hospital, o has undergone
an operation for rupture. Young
Chenoweth is rapidly recovering. .
Mr. Houghton and Miss Wortman
left this morning for Wallowa where
folks for a few days. Miss
Houghton accompanied them.
8. U Brooks, prominent stockhold
er of the Union County Fair associa
tion, and progressive farmer of the
Imbler district, was in La Grande
looking after his interest.
Mrs. George Haneke from Perry,
Oregon, left Oils morning for Cass
Junction, I'tah, to be he guest of
ber mother. Her children Floyd and
Clare accompanied her.
George McDanlels of the Cove left
for that place this morning. He has
been on the grand Jury but the Illness
of his father caused him to leave
before the work of that body bad
been completed.
Mrs. H. M. Gordon and her daugh
ter, Mrs. W. H. Powell of Butte, Mon
tana, will spend a few weeks at the
home of their brother and uncle, J. A.
Tuttle of Elgin. Tbey came here
from Pomona, California, where they
visited Harrison Tuttle, a brother of
Mrs. Gordon.
D. Fitzgerald, owner of the La
Grande Iron Works, returned to La
Grande yesterday after a siege at "the
Hot Lake sanlto-lnm. Mr. Fitzgerald
was operated on for a serious com
plication, but seems to be none the
worse for the ordeal save for the loss'
a bit of weight.
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Richardson
left this morning for Orovllle, Cali
fornia where they will remain for the
winter. Mrs. Richardson ls going
there principally on account of her
health. They will spend some time
in Portland before leaving for the
south.
Mr. and Mrs. Story of Island City
arrived In La Grande last night from
a long trip to Los Angeles and other
Southern California points. Mr. Story
said the weather ls excelent there.
Most of the women are going about
in shirt waists. They were gone 40
days. '
W. E. Ruckman, the retired wheat
king of he Imbler country was In
the city looking after his Interests
and meeting old friends. Mr. Ruck
man regrets that he has not several
thousand bushels of wheat to put on
the market. Nearly all of his crop
was sold In the fall.
An Incandescent gas mantle which
has become carbonized or blackened
by use may be cleaned by ifhrowlng
a oinnt'ty of salt upon it wnne it ts
glowing. This has the effect of clean
ling the enrbon off, Increasing the ef
ficiency of the light and prolonging
thev.wlll visit with Miss Wortmnh's the life of the mantle.
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WAITE ELjffCTFIC C(X
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
We handle a full line of sup
splies, including Lamps, Fixtures,
Irons. Etc.
Repair work handled oromptiy.
Office, New Foley BIdg.
taaassEBSosssat
PHCNE, M. 199
riany Boosters
I'sirney (VXeil. he Indicted Idaho "
hanker, was lour on cenlm'ts. The) KmiwN Ifem,
.- v-nr mi hnrV rnn his overdrafts j
were larger than his capltnl stock. l'e.oiein. Feb. .. (Special- Mrs. J.
THs r-iiy :ive r.o".:c J'ufus WiHIu?- j A. Urcyhr-'i! went to Durkee to vt:;i
for,, ,jr , nrw Ulr-a on how to get j her i'pi"'!t"r Mrs. C. VcFr.H for a
r'rh oi'li tt. ppivpvpr don't overlook number of jays.
thai tall, dark hul!ding In the dis- j The two InOn! cHMro'i of Mrs. S.
tance that Is tVe tail.
Hajdcii & Yortiin DtsMilrr.
Polder's canrtv s'ove Ms scn an
other change. The partnership com
posed of Geo. Vc-t'tl'.' :' d .'!'. I'tiv,'..,,
!as ben ili-iiced and henceforth
Mr. Younjr will tie t'-e sMe proprietor
of the nw pi," . T: chamte will .if
fe( t tl'C name o" ue vi-re vri p-l
'Mi-, .forth It , !1 be known as
Young's mtifiM tienory. The Zcnd i
was thought to be too poetkal and
poir nRTre w;;i not only acquaint
A. Inarcrfoii have been licit? siik for
the past wck.
Mrs. IIliuh"v Vo'ira't ii now f-repf-
ly on.'nvht: her fn new pbno wVich
sl'c rii'.': v":"'d Iti Ppriine Washing
ton I;.; '. v--I:.
Mr. y. Trunx ' a.l he pV- inre ,.f
Itt'i.nr a li're bub cat l:i h's wood
shed the other trxrnln-r witM a rt:ih
wfcilo it v:s t:yh;ir to k 111 Ms hou-.e
C;.t.
Mr' 7. 7'anlen's lister fn Wai
Iowa Is heri? to visit her for a few
days.
fection of our
1rnf tbfi VP.T-
French Dry Cleaning
?.n.d Pressing
Wq teliaved La Grande people would
.Tirrcsfets rrccd clsaniag. Our belief
Cherry's New Laundry,
Inc.
OKO OM PrtT. MAXAGRH.
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