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

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LA URAKDE EVENING
THURSDAY, MARCII 13, 1913.
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNiS ,
KDITOB AKD OWNKB.
tared at tXc poatsffle at La Grande,
Oregon, aa sacad class Matter.
SUBHCaUPTlOX BATES.
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Mly, ir waak lie
il, per HaaU He
' A JfATIOKAJL BUDGET.
President Taft could hardly have,
. aelected a more Important topic for
hi closing message to congress than
the adoption of a budget system for
the national government The bud
get haa been endorsed overwhelming
ly by the referendum vote of the
chamber of commerce of the United
States, a body representative of tbe
business sentiment of tbe nation,
and it baa been recommended by ef
ficiency experts, individual business
men, accounting expert and - othera
who know of the lack of business'
methods which obtain In the system j
of government affair.
It 1 almost incomprehensible but
tbe United States government not on
ly haa never had a budget, btit it has
never had a balance sheet; it has
never bad any means for reveiwtng
Its contracting and purchasing rela
tions; It haa never bad the Informa
tion necessary for considering ques
tions of economy and efficiency of
service rendered. It la hard to imag
ine that a private corporation with
even half of the undertakings of tbe
United States government could long
' operate successfully If it was bound
up In a mass of red tape that makes
efficient management almost Impossible-
The budget proposals of ex-President
Taft are based upon common
experience and sense. . They are sup
ported by the beat Judgment and the
best experience . which baa been
gained in organization and manage- j
Bent of comorate bodies, both nubile !
and private. A budgqt would Improve
discipline by making tbe beads of
bureaus and offices feel a more direct
responsibility; It would establish
greater solidarity and nnanlmity of
officials actions, it would give to exec
utive officers a greater sense of re
sponsibility in the making of plans
for future work, as well ' as for the
consideration of past work.
A budget system Is needed to effect
economy and Increase efficiency.
r
States senators, among whom have
been Webster, Clay, Tburmaa and
Hoar, draw 17,500.
Of the highest Importance to so
ciety in a, republic are Its big educa-i
tore. Tbe pay of the mass of these
character builders carries from $200
to 11500 a year. College professors
average about $2000. A few teach
era of world-wide fame In Harvard,
Yale and Chicago, receive from $6000
to 110,000.
There are said to be only three
congregational clergymen In thisr
country all of national fame and im
measurable ' Influence who receive
more than $5000 a year. An Episco
pal bishop received from $3000 to $12-
500. Great city parishes' In a few
cases pay clergymen as high aa $10,-
000. .
Emerson, America's greatest phil
osopher, who has done more than a
million trust company presidents to
bring the public to better thinking
and happier living, lived upon an in
come of $1000 a year eked out by lec
turing while writing his poems and
essays.
If $100,000 a year Indicates a trust
company president's ability and value
to tbe public, then his ability aud val
ue as indicated by salary is greater
than that of the President of the Un
nlted States and equal to that of tbe J
admiral of the navy, the chief, of staff
of the army the secretary of ptate,
three senators, 30 school teachers,
fire college profegHors, three highest
pa'd clergymen, a bishop and an Emerson.
room. The effect Is supposed to be I
that of geese going to water.
. After tbey begin - pouring the 40
year old brandy In the champagne
punch, tbe effect can be . greatly en
hanced by honking occasionally.
i In League With
the Devil
Bv F. A. MITCHEL
Chicago doctor saya cigarette
smoking Is - Increasing alarmingly
among women, but probably he ban
confined his Investigations entirely
to his own metropolis.
An immense Indian atatue Is to be
erected overoolkjng New Tork oar
bor. is It to commemorate what we
did for or what we did .to the redskin?
. PAY OF THE ABLE MAN.
The president of a New York trust
company says that his salary of $100.
OCO a year was awarded as "an indica
tion of the appreciation of his able
management."
There is no question as to th "able
management." But there is ques
tion as to the fact that Infinitely su
perior and more useful men than any
trust company president are not so
highly paid. . '
The president of the Unlfed Stutes,
who more than any other man con
trols the political, commercial and
social destinies of 90,000,000 people,
gets $75000 a year. The admiral of
the navy gets $13,600. The army
hlef of staff gets $8,000. The secre
tary of state draws $12,000. United
The Utah woman who doesn't vote
is going to be fined $3.' Doubtless a
lot- of them will try to get off for
$2.99.
It
boy
may
Is no encouragement to a little
In Mexico to tell Men that he
be president some day. '
(New York World.)
Now' It's the goose waddle. It is
not very far from the dip and the one
step, at that, except that tbe dancer
la presumed to make as ' careful an
Imitation of a goose as his Intellect
ual limitations will permit. All the
society folks are beginning to dance
It. It usually comes on 'just before
the breakfast of sausages and flap
Jucks and scrambled eggs is served.
Shortly after the ladies go home and
sleep for 11 hours, while the men go
down town and try to keep in their
minds whether the market Is climb
ing up or running off. . ' '
The goose waddle can best be
studied in a goose yard. But If there
are no geese at band, remember that
the bead is held up at what is a
graceful tilt on the part of the girls
and makes the men look as (hough
they suffered from carbuncles. Then
the waddle is danced to ragtime In
straight lines up and down the ball
The Test of Time
Time determines whether the policies tnder whloh a kaak Is oner
ated are safe.
W MM
Tl kwV t,M ti.n l
It has grown steadily nn'il It has become ene f the stroageat and
moat prosperous financial Institutions In the Waat.
The soundness of Its policies Is attested by the leag Hat of cooseiv
tive business men whe transact their business kere; Wo by an
earned surplus of $13,(wu.o0. the work ef time aad the result of
conservative management.
This bank haa facilities for taking care ef mere a) grade buil
ness and offers Its services to those whe appreciate the best In
banking.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Capital. lloOOO.to Surplus. $l3 0t.0 Ressorees. 1.1ft wo.
DESIGNATED BErOSITORT OF TXITED STATES C0TBB5BKINT.
- UNITED STATKS POSTAL SAYINGS DEPOSITORY.
Some four or five hundred years ago
t student Id tbe University of Rouu
bad the misfortune to lose sn eye. lie
was devoted to alchemy, an obsolete
branch and forerunner of the science
we now. cull chemistry. While bend
Ing over a crucible containing a com
pound It exploded and, striking hi in
In the left eye. burned It so badly that
be was obliged to nave It removed
11 Ih fuce aud bis other eye were saved
from lujury. belug protected by an iron
mask, for he was working upon a mix
ture to produce gunpowder and pro
tected blmm'lf against an explosion all
except one eye.
The nutne of this young mao was
Bert bold Bcbwnrts. The loss of hist
eye was the greater mUfortuue to hiui
because be was In love with Urett'heu
Becker, whose father, already preju
diced against him. hud now tbe more
cause to re'use lilm his daughter.
That wan an age before glass eye
were made, so Berthold Schwartz in
selecting sulwtunce for sn artificial
eye chose gold. Uretcben did not de
hert him on this account. Indeed, she
was all tbe uiore drawn to him on ac
count of bis misfortune. But she said
nothing about tbe loss of his eye to
her father, shrinking from giving blm
tbls additional lever against ber lover
One day old Becker met Schwartz on
tbe street aud noticed his golden eye.
"What means this. Berthold?" be
said, astonished. "Aro yon turning to
gold? I have been aware of your ex
periments in alchemy and fancied thr.t
you, like the rest of your craft, were
bunting tor a process for producing tbe
precious met a Is. but I did not suppose
you would work upon your own per
son." . . .......
"That waa accidental." replied
Schwarta. '
"Accidental! Bare yon really discov
ered a process by which you can turn
flesh Into gold?"., . .-, , .
"My Inventions are a secret," an
swered the chemist, wishing to evade
a direct reply, and to avoid being fur
ther questioned he passed on.
When Becker went borne he said ex
citedly to his wife and daughter: "Gott
In hitumel. Berthold Schwartz has dis
covered the secret of turning objects
Into the precious metals. But be has
been unlucky, for accidentally be turn
ed one of his eyes iuto gold."
"How was that?" asked his wife.
throwing up ber hands In astonish
ment.
"I don't know. I suppose that any
object exposed to his process Is turned
to gold, and I don't understand It"
That evening Gretchen heard her
father and mother discussing whether,
since Bertbold had discovered this se
cret that so umny at that period were
bunting for. they bad not better give
him their daughter after all. Tbe re
sult of their conference was that tbey
would wnlt and see If he really had
made such a discovery The next dny
the girl went to her lover and reported
what bad occurrtd. Berthold laughed,
but clasping Gretchen in bis arms,
said to her:
- "You may go back and tell your par
enta, and that wltb truth, that I have
discovered a method b which I can
turn base materials Into gold, for I can
produce a mixture that will explode
wltb great force and am experimenting
bow to use It"
Gretchen told her mother that It was
Indeed true that Berthold had discover
ed tbe art of turning objects into gold
and there was another conference be
tween Becker and his wife, after
whlcl. Gretchen was told that If Ber
thold would turn some ordinary object
Into gold before them they would give
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rou1,! xi-ud w miut with such force a
to kill a mail I h,- iiveiitor was go
Inn to show this 1 n 1 1 tli-m.-i i r to the kin;.
and nskiil r.retchen to marry bim aim
go with him. She consented, and tin
two departed without a goodby to nlo
lUvker and his wife.
A year later the couple returned fc
Oref chen's home clad In rich garment
and with every appearance of wealth '
"Ach: Is It then true that you cat
make gold?" ssfced Fran Becker
"Yes. but not as you suppose." rv
plied Scbwarta. Dave invented n
compound whlcb will send . a bal
through a man and kill him."
"Then you are In league with thi
devil"
"In o'i wnv. yo: In another, no
The kliitt ha given me orders for all
"an make r my co upound and pay
me li'.-ernlljr."
ihow anxiously the btinurv urchin or
the mother of seven must eye the In
exorable ladle and how a pretty girl
nil-.'ht gel another draw from the
butcher's boy. ' . t
At auy rate, "to tnke potluok" means
to take what you get and say notblng.
whether the pot Is iu Limoges or lo
the tint of the man who eagerly invitei
a friend of bis youth to dinner. New
Tork Sun.
MEANING OF "P0TLUCK."
bore the message to her lover be bade
her say that his sei-ret was bis own
and he would not give It to any one
else But he suggested that she say
to her parents that if he chose he could
turn their eyes Into gold as be bad
done his own
When Gretchen spoke of tbls to ber
parents they turned palt. Suppose
Scbwarta should turn the eyes of el
ther one or both of them into gold,
they would be stone blind They dl(?
nni believe that any one conld do
wonderful thing without the aid ot
the devil, unci they shrunk from givlns
heir daughter to such a person "no
tbey (-.included to charge Berthold with
"ItchiTart
I'tifWlnuMtolT for this pian. Gretrben
overheard It and went at once with tt
to Berthold who told her that he hml
"wv-M.-l thp f pntttnu his mtt
lutv ii.m aa Iron tutie closed hi am
end and h lump of metal nuuln.i im
mixture. l mating the rinsed end i,-
. CM. ...,. 4 .W. nrtm
Whit You Get.
The real orlglu or the word "pot
.lu'.i" is uiiknowu to most of tbe peo
ple who use It. In Limoges. France,
however, one runs Into tluok itse'f
iu a certain corner of that quaint city
of Jostling roofs there Is still segregat
ed, much us If Iu a ghetto, a Saracen
IHipiilntkin. probably a remnant of tbe
wave of Snracons that swept over En
rope hundreds .if years ago. Here they
live In their crooked, narrow streets,
following old customs banded down
from generation to generation. There
are many butcher shops In the quarter,
and outside of each steams a great pot
of soup over a glowing brazier. In
each put stands a ludie as ancient as
tbe pot.
When a customer conies with a penny.
In goes tbe ludie and comes up full of
savory broth and chunks of meat, odds
and ends that the butcher has had left
over. And what comes op tbe cue
tomer has to tnke. One can Imagine
FEEDS THE BRUTES.
London's Restsursnt That Caters to
; Dfcinestig Animsls Only.
One of the most interesting restau
rants lo the world Is one In whlcb the
only diners are domestic animals The
restaurant Is In Westminster. London
Tbe sign on the window reada:
RESTAURANT FOR DOMESTIC AN
IMALS. ENGLISH MEAT ONLY. FRESH ,
TWICE DAILY. , '
Tbe restaurant b arranged so that
it may be perfectly comfortable while
; they are getting their meals. Those
' that wish to do ho may sit down while
, eating. The-women who serve the
; dluers are very fond of animals and
know tbe wants of each particular cus
I tomer One of the regular callers-ai
. the restaurant, a dog. prefers bavins
nis meals In private, so Instead of eat
' lug bis luncheon In the nwtaurant fa
walks from his home to the place e
ery day. buys his luncheon nnd carrier
It home, lie pays his own bill at the
end of each week, carrying the nmne
tied In a little wallet around bis neck
i Cnts. canary birds, goldfish, parrots
monkeys, squirrels and goats are alsi
provided for In the restnurant. Then
la a branch of the establishment at 1
Tork road. Battersea.-New York Her
aid.
A modern dry cleaning and pres
sing department la In operation
Cherry's New Laundry.
Hard Lines.
aboard the great ship tbe alienee of
6Vspr reigned. She had struck on an
uncharted reef, and, owing to the
heavy sea, the boata had either been
stove In against the ship's aide or
swamped In tbe attempt to lower. A
stalwart pasaeuger stole up to the cap
tulu'a side.
"Do you think, air." he asked, "that
there is tbe slightest chance of our be
ing saved?
"Look here." aaid tbe skipper In
tores of disgust, "that's tbe alxtb time
you've asked me that question. -Why.
you great lubberly brute, I believe
you're tbe biggest coward aboard!"
"S-sbJ No. I'm not." protested tbe
burly one. "But, look here. You see
that old duffer standing by tbe ralll
en. nes my rich uncle, and all mr
life I've bad to put up with bla cussed
cantankerousness. But If the ship's
going down aud there's no huu ri
like time to give him one good, sound
belting to square tbe little account 1
oe nun:'"
Just then a rescue ship appeared on
the scene, and above tbe Joyful about
the raucous voice of tbe old man by
the rail was beard, commsndlng bla
dutiful nephew to fetch bis hot water
Uttle from bis waterlogged atateroom.
Too Big a Lead.
"Where have you been?"
"Sbtopped at cafe to get a drink"
"John, you haven't got aa bad as that
at a cafe. You've been to a brewery1"
London Opinion.
Only Thsn.
"Does your husband snore In his
sleep, madntu?"
"Well, doctor. I have never noticed
blm snoring at any other tlma,"-Baltimore
American.
Yon
like
won't smell
M !f your clothes r.
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