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TxA. URANDE EVENING OBSERVER TI mnKTUY. APRIL 10, 1913. jilimi ' 1 1 1 ' I ' LM i. MMB " '.. THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENN iS EBITOB AND OWSEB. tend at the postofflre at L Grande, Oregon, second elan natter. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. Pally, tingle copy e tally, per week ! Bally, per aionth ,....66f LITTLE 8AY1SCS 1 Bl'SlNESS. Whatever one may think of the trust in general one muBt acknowl edge that some of fhcm have set high atandarda In lowering costs of pro duction, reducing overhead chargea and In general making trlflng re forme that in the aggregate accomp pllsh the great economic of Industry. Buainesa men. in aearch of efficiency well might consider, for, Instance, the example which Xhe Guggenheim melting tniBt has furnished. It re cently added a big emeltmg 'concern to Its holdings and as a first step to reform in conditions offered $100,000 to the man who after making an in rpoction suggested changes that would end in making the plant pay ' a stated sum per year. The prize t attracted an efficiency doctor whose prescription brought about the de ' aired. result. The Guggenheim promptly Wred him. n There are a good many .plants In this country that would be the better tor a careful diagnosis. H Is the rule rather than the exception to see v eoundess steps wasted In useless trlpa that a little thought would aave; it Is common to see energy ex pended In false motions that add nothing to production; It is usual rathed than the unusual to note how often responsibility that might better be concentrated hi one man Is scat tered over several, work duplicated fcjr various employes and, in general, enough money to run another inde- pendent busies thrown away In lttle waste that escape attention because they are in themselves so small. The Htatement of Louis D. Braudela that he could save the railroads of the United Stales a million dollars a day by Improved methods is applicable to more than railroads. Instead of seeking outside advice, however, employers frequently can obtain the same results at no ex rienditure whatever Inside the plant.' In every establishment are employes who have had experience of more then average breadth. A a rule, "however, they find it preferable to hold their tongues as to possible im provements rather than to invite the auspiclon that they are attempting to feather their own nests by criticiz ing others. That this attitude pre vail o !;neraly Is partly the fault cf r:u'. employer as discourage sug gestions from subordinates and part ly ithe fault of over-sensitive em ployes. Some managers avoid the chance of being misunderstood as to their own" recelptlon of suggestions by posting notices that they are de sired or by Installing "suggestion boxee" in which the humblest em ploye may deposit h! opinion as to any detail of the business. General efficiency will be furthered In this country when more heads of con cerns take the trouble to develop the the critical faculty dormant in their working forces or, when on talent for criticism U present, hiring out side "efficiency doctors." V - - - -vs. . Ex-klng Manual U coming to America on a friendly visit. That Is the only kind of visit to ths country that pays. It would be interesting reading If we could know Juet what kind of mental language a woman uses when an automobile splashes mud on her new gown. April2istl913 IB See Paper Next Week The new adminetratlon doesn't care much for automobiles. There will ' be enough trouble without tire '.tmiifrhln "Dollar Diplomacy" Is not the sort of diplomacy that is required to bor row a dollar from a tightwad friend. Notice to the Public All closets in the sewer districts must be filled in. This becomes Im perative at this season of the year as flies will soon be with us and wa ter closets are a source of breeding and hould be taken care of lanmedi ! ately. Otherwise official notice will be served by the health department of the ity and the proper owners j compelled to comply to this request J or the city will fill these cess pools (and closet holes and charge to the I property owners. O hope that this notice will be sufficient. I A. LO.IHRXAFOSDz fi 4-1Mt A. L, RICHARDSON. City Physician. FALL OF THE INCAS. HIS PAST DIDN'T BOTHER HIM. Fate of ths Great Race That Has Let Only Tracts Behind. What became ut the people wbo built the Cuzl-o ruins Were they tbe ancestors of "tboae stolid and down trodden Indians whom one sees today peddling their rude wares In tbe mar ket lllacB or Cuicoi" Mr. Bryce dis cusses tbe quextlon In bis "South America." Ue says: "Tbe sudden full of wbole race I an event so rare In history that ous seeks for ex pin nations. It may be tbat not only the royal Inca family, but uearly tbe whole ruling class, was destroyed in war. leaving only tbe peaaunta. who bad already been serfs under their outlre sovereigns. But one 1 deposed to believe that tbe tre uiendoiis catastrophe which befell them In the destruction at once of their dyuuHty, their empire and tbeh religion by Bene conquerors, incoro purubly superior in energy aud knowl edge, completely broke not only the spirit of the tuition, but tbe self re spect of the Individual wbo ."ompos edit They were already a docile and submissive people, and now under new tyranny, tar harsher than tbat of rulers of their own blood, tbey sank Into boneless apathy and ceased to re member what their forefathers bud been. Tbe Intensity of tbelr devotion to their sovereign and tbeir deity made them helpless when both were overthrown, leaving them nothing to turn, to, nothing to strive for. "ThA eniiiiiiMudureil Were wise In their hateful way when they put forth tbe resources or cruelty to outrage tne feelings of the people and stnmp ter ror In tbelr hearts" VALUE OF GRASSES. They Are In a Tlaasura the Most Use ful Plants In the World. Probably tbe grasses are tbe most useful plants lu the world. It may be tbat more than hnlf the Individual plants In tbe world are grasses. It Is a great family of more than 3.500 spe cies, embracing species I bat are so tiny tbat they bnrdly reach an inch In height and giant bamboos of the trop ics that sometimes grow to be 100 feet or more. Corn Is a giant grass, and wheat, rye. oats, barley, rice and sugar cane are all grasses. Then there are millets, Horghuiu. Kaffir corn, broom corn all grasses. .Tbe nuuilier of species of grasses Is enormous, yet we have adopted Into our system of agriculture but a few sorts. In part that is due to tbe ease or difficulty of seeding (trusses. Tim othy grass, for example, is so easily sown uu;l the seed so easily gathered that It is soonest eet of any aud has become the standard bay gross of lonlicrti clliiies. In some reuion of Kentucky blue ?niss Is tun utmost universal pasture urn" Ihtii ue It comes In of Itself. In ttlicr reirlons with different soil (poor mid lacking In llmei redlop bus posses sion Naturally the farmer follows the line of b-iist n-slstiiui-e. yet It Is by no mi-tins certiitn that he has adopted Into Uls agriculture nil the best grasses that nature bus provided. Some day we shall do more luwnnl nsiniiow neg lected grasses. - Joseph K Wing lu 1 "Meadows mid Pastures." When Swinbumt Was Very Close Unt Death by Drowning. In Mr. Kilnitiml limine remlnlwent article. "Swinburne nt titretiit " In the Curubill Muguune ue relulea Uie poet's bathing adventure tbat uearly cost him bis life In tbe lute summer of 1808. The timely appearance of a Ash ing smack on tbe scene prevented the premature silencing of tbe voice tbat was presently to entrance tbe world (or some part of iti' with tbe "Songs Before Sunrise." "1 asked him." writes Mr. Ooase. "whnt he thought about In tbut dread ful contingency, and be replied that be had no experience of what people often profess to witness tbe concen trated panorama of past life hurrying across the memory. He did not re flect on the past at all. He was filled with aunoymy-e that he bad not finish ed bis 'Songs Before Sunrise and theu with sutlsfuctlon that so much of It was ready for the press and that Max zlnl would he pleased with him. "And then he continued. 'I reflected with resignation that I was exactly the same age as Shelley was when he was drowned.' ' (This, however, was not the case, j Swinburne bad reach sd that age In March, 1807, but this was part of a curious delusion of Swinburne's that He was yonnger by two or three years than his real age.i Then when be befcan to be, 1 suppose, a little benumbed by tbe water his thoughts fixed on the clothes be had left on the bench, and he worried bis clouded brain about some unfinished .verses in the pueket of his cont" Bo here again, comments the Dial we have nt. Instance of the failure of an ni-tor in a rent life drama to rise to the dramatic possibilities of bis part Tbey do these things better In fiction. Neilce. 1 No hunting, fishing or trespassing ! allowed on our premises. I M. D. SANDERSON, j B. M. OLIVER, F. H. OLIVER. i C. W. OLIVER. WALTER WOODS. Summtrv'lle, Ore. My 4-S-t wkly 2 tp The Test of Time Time determines whether the policies under which s bank Is oper ted are safe. This bank has been In business twenty-six years. It has grown steadily un'tl It has become one of the strosges'. and most prosperous financial lutltiitions In the West. The soundness of Its policies Is attested by the long list of conserv ative business men who transact their business here? also by an earned surplus of $130,0j0.OC, the work of time and the res-jll of conservative management. This bank has facilities for taking care or more high grade .busi ness and offers Its services to those wbo sppreclate the best In banking. La Grande National Bank La Grande, Oregon Capital. 1M,0M.00 Surplus, $130.0(400 Resources, 1,100.000.04 DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF CSITED STATES GOTERSXEMT. CKITED STATES POSTAL 8AVIB9 DEPOSITORY. The Glacial Epochs. Several times In recent years It has been observed that grent explosive volcnnlc eruptions (Knikiitoa. Pele. Kntmnll by charging the upper atmos phere In the isothermal region with fine dust bnve markedly diminished the uuimint of solnr radiation received at the earth's surface. It seems evi dent, in-cording to Professor W. J Humphreys, tluit the effect of this ln-iK-ivi must In- to redui-e the temper ntiire of the air nenr the eartb. since the iluKt scatters a great amount of the solnr nidlntlon Thus a ei1od of excessive volcanic, activity. If long con tinued, would produce the thermal conditions of tin Ice age The geolog ical record Is snlil to furnish evidence that such a period actually began shortly before the Inst Ice age and bus continued wltb diminishing Intensity to tbe present time. Changing Tastes In Perfumes. Perfumes were lu conimou use In the ancient world, hnt It Is curious to notice' buw views have changed us to the pleasantness or otherwise of vari ous odors. The smell of aloes Is now considered disagreeable by the niajon ty of people, but In tbe old days aloes, both as solid extract and as wood, formed a staple perfume or aromatic Saffron, too. was the most isipular per fume of the Romans and wns mucb in favor In England until about tbe sixteenth century. But who would tolerate the smell of saffron about bouse or H-rson nowadays? London Chronicle. The Old Tims Foundry. An auctioneer nt a late sale of an tiquities put up helmet wltb tbe fol lowing candid observation: "This, ladles aud gentlemen. Is hel met ef Itoinulus. lbs Horns 0 founder, but whether be was brass or Iron founder I cauuot telL" St Louis lllobe-Democrat SULPHUR SHOWERS. Not Sulphur at All. Only the Poller Grains of Pins Trsss. Many peraous are aware that In spring, and especially in early spring. It happens that after a shower tbe edge of every pool of water In the streets and along the sidewalks will be bordered by a rim of pale yellow color. As the water evaporates this ring re mains as a fine powdery mass, so much resembling sulphur as to have given rise lo the niime "sulphur showers.'" This so railed sulphur Is, of course, not sulphur ill nil. When examined undei tl.e iiili-hisi-tipe It Is found tu be uimb of a luiiss of the yellowish pollen minus of pine trees ' Itisieml of consisting of a single cell, its il iiuml pollen gin i lis. that of th' pine consists of three cells, the two Im-L-er end ones lelhu filled Willi nit :iiki Hie t;i,T i-outiilntiig (he nriliimn I'ei llllzlng principle The I wo air con tnluliiu cells aiv linger than the otlie Slid net h lis Hi s to liiioy It up in Hu air lu pines unit mIIIihI trees rerillizatloi. of the cones. I)) which the are en nlilinl to set anil develop seeds. Is if coinplished Ia Hie wind that is. III. pollen is prislnced in Immense Minimi lies and is trtinsiorted through the al to the iiiues. which lire oftell on scp unite, widely distant trees. Thus n often hiip-i!s that the pollen gets hi in the hiuliet currents of the nir. I curried for long distances anil is mil liroughl d.nvu to I lie earth by the rai.-i producing the so culled shower of sin plufr. Harper's Weekly. How Wheat Perspires. When you are perspiring furiously P the dog days ll niav or iini.v not con sole you to think that nil ordinary itch or wln-iit is giving i.fT moisture ,iiii. a m furiously . Itetueeli tile mouths ... April and .Inly, iicconlmg lo So James licwiir. H Held of wheal in spires siillicient moisture to .-oier th surface of tin ground to a depth of inn mi lies Another interesting fact initial It rniilres three mid a half hiiiiiI. of water to produce sixteen grains ot wheat Speaking of the solar radiation In tropical places. Sir James says that In six hours alsnit four-tenths of s square mile receives heat equivalent te the combustion of l.(NK) tons of mil while an urea of l.UiKi square inlli-s receives In one year bent equivalent to l,OUli.OOO.wio tons of iihiI the whole estimated coal output of Euro ami America -Philadelphia Ledger The Drummer's Tondsr Heart, The dim met cl,-i I traveler had Just flu ished a story of s disastrous fire. In which bis firm suffered severely. "And what did you do wbeo yon heard of It on your Journey V Inquired his friend. "Oh. I sent tJie boss a long telegram of sympathy! He likes that kind of thing Cit me half a crown." "Hnlf a crown"' exclaimed the oihei Incredulously. llh. I charged ll to my expenses, ol eonr-wr explained the traveler. Kindly feeling and thoughtful econ omy could go no further Mancbestei ! : limirdiiiii. Plausible Excuse. finest-Walter, are yon sure this l nxtull soup? Watter- Tessnb. Unest llm I've round a tootb In it lion- ih yon sii-ount for that? Winter Wen I don't know, suh; rml I reckon dot us must bine been biting bis tali -Sphinx BOYS' YTRAcoon CLOTHES 25 Points of Spec ial Merit in Every XTRAG00D SUIT In-every Extragood boys' suit arc twenty-five points of special merit rWr"! in the coat and fourteen in the trousers. These include ev ery good feature, known to mod ern clothes making and contribute the quality, style and worth that guarantee you best value and greatest satisfaction. Xtragood Suits are Fully Guaranteed You can buy your boy one of these better suits for as low as $5.00. Others from $0.00 to $10. Be sure to see tfie spring styles in NORFOLK SUITS and REEFER COATS before you select yo.4 boy's new outfit. Mrs. King (Joes Kast Mrs. Jesse A. King left Wednesday night on No. 18 to vis her mohter at Quincy 111. but will stop off at Aurora, N'eb., where her brother. R. P. Squires liveY Mr. King accompanied Mrs. King as far as Baker and returned on No. 5 this morning. WANTED Girl wishes general house work. 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