La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 05, 1913, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextMONDAY, MAY 5, WW.' ' ' ' LA GBANDE EVENING OBSERVER, THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNiS KDITOX iK OVNEB. gerel at tt poitofflce at I Grande, 5 grBSJCBIPTIOS BATES. . tally, per week ..i, Mr. Pr math.,.. MONEY THAT GOES FOR TRAVEL We live in an age of wanderlust. Previous generations spent .their money on costly clothes, on horses and gamine, on armor, on castles; we spend ours on the vehicles fur n.ovuif, about ' " More than $250,000,000 a yea? goes tot automobiJev ' T!ie number, of pas sengers carried on railroads has pro ' gressed from 492,430,865 in 1890 to ' 971,683,199, nearly double, in 1910. ' ten yesjjijthe number of Amen ' Am trattiinelroad has more than home after trips' fre'f ' 1910 there wore ? . ry.u the . journey and wf S dence could be addfed to show that -to keep 'on the moVCpW ?. coming the average man dea . . f The wholesomenessoftravelthln .'reasonable limits is "evident. DoM.?" .-: ii-; A.nru nt arena for theflf ,f presenile viioiirv - i t patients; employers rewara workers, grown msty,hy too long con-J ti ot vioalf. hv eiving-them a 1JIJCMIVMV " " ' " ' , trip, church congregations inject a new snap and virility Into the pastor s sermons by taking up a purse and financing a journey., Everywhere it is recognized that efficiency cannot he long maintained unless the individ ual occasionally gets the stimulus of change. , Frequently a vacation is anything but restful, Often being a mad rush from place to place in an effort to crowd the maximum of excitement Into the short week or two weeks set aside from the fifty-two f the year for recreation. Yet when men and women return from such stren uous outings really re-created, with fresh viewpoints, with increased in terest in their work, and an added snap in the doing of it, the excite ment which would seem to be ri drain . on the system is shown to be an ih vigorator. ' : The increase in the use of motor .'.'-.'. . . .. . f cars and the larger aitgregme ui money spent in travel thus is shown f as an evidence of progr." tra(luUHy we are learner "ttt there is no greater Menace to ability than same- . fieSS OIIU HV jjicuw;! . nvuiiuinui. w -talent than variety. The money which ipss ona no greater sumuiani io goes for travel is an investment tht pays real dividends. To keep pace with the change of administrations in Mexico, Uncle Sum would have to have a large reserve stock of blanks' on which recognition could be made quickly. '. " , ' The calamity howlers ought to" be required to howl it into a phonograph and then sit down and listen to It three or four hours a day. - '' TUT? : ' New York architects have formed union. 1 Probably they will draw plans for nothing but union depots. The Tes 1 1 of 1Tirae Time determine whether the policies under which a bank Is oper ated are safe. TbU bank has been In business twenty-six years. It has grown steadily unili U ;.nu VUii.is ouo ,' W (jiroagesl and Ciott prosperous Bnanclai lustltutlons In tbe West, " , The soundness of its policies Is attested by the Jong list of conserv ative business men who transact their buslneee here; also by an earned surplus of $130,000.00, the work of time ana the resell ot coDiemtlve msnsgement. ' - ; This bank bas facilities tor taking care of mere high grade bvul- nee and offers Hs services to those who appreciate the best in basking. La Grande National Bank La Grande, Oregon Capital, $100,000.00 Surplus, $130,60.00 Resources, 1.10.OO.M DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF UJIITEl) STATES dOTERXXXST. UJTITED STATE8 POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITORY. Opium 'smokers, policemen f and idioU are barred from becoming members of the Chinese parliament. Some of Uie other republic are not so particular, i, . VA scientist says all nervousness will soon disappear. But not as long as men keep on inventing new auto mobile horns. DICTOGRAPH THAT TALKS !S LATEST Can Repeat Everything Hears." It PHONOGRAPH IS EMPLOYED. Sensitive Air Cushion Apparatus Transmits 8ounds'to Wax Raoords. ' Range of the Instrument Is Great i That of the Telephone, the In ; ventor Aterts. . t .. " A dlctogruph tliiitciiu 'repeat every iiiini it iiMjii-K. Iiiih hcD lu vented. It i i ji i-iniil'iiiutinii of the dictograph, tbe '-'telephone Hud Uie ptiouograpu. K.''M Turner' of New York, Inventor pf tne drlglmil form of dictographalso r di.twtorof v be)jn demon. tilting' it rm-utlj ut bis laboratory In FliiHliiiiK.'N. Y. :- " , ' 'njWuTct of how to build such a self revordjug dlctogrupli Uus been sought dlllseuttly ever sine the Uttle instru ment tbiit made Detective Burns fa mous pluiud upon the murket eight urs ugo. In bis cases In court Burns Iras been forced up to the pres ent to submit stenographic notes, the authenticity of which be has bad to prove. ;' "' ' ; Eight Year Work. For eight yetirs Mr. Turner worked on the invention. For over seven and half of tuetu ne sougni w coudoc-i tbe dlnphrngiu of the dictograph direct ly to th needle of a phonographic roll, but got no results Several weeks ago he begun experimenting with au air cushion between tbe diaphragm aud the needle Instead of a direct con-nei-tlon imd tit once obtained a full mid uutunil reprodnctiun of the voice. - lu Mr, Ttiriier'a lubonitory nt Flush ing a couvyiimtloii lu a room supplied with a dictV'tiph recorded In an other room. '''".TIh experitnontH conduct- ol n few du.VH inter were the flrst to vtiU-li tU puhllr Ims U-uii Invited, .Mr. Tni'ni'r i.xiiImIikh1 1hnt I In, nrw Invention us applied to btiHlitess tuetius that It is now poxHlble tor n busiueds man to sit nt bis dexk und dictate Lis - - " hi" oidlnury tone of voice aad , ,.. m. . . rtr . le toIIh 100 f.'i't or 1.000 fiir nwnv. He might even remain nt home If be bud a direct wire connection with hit oltlce Hint do bis dictating iu his bed room or bis library. Tbe only limit ot tbe self" recording ' dk-togruph. Mr. Turner inslsti-ci. was that now recognis ed In tbe triiusinlHslou of conversations by telephone ; Acoursts Reproduction. . A muu stuudlng Hvo feet from tbe dictograph itHiko in a low voice direct ly Into ..the .palm of bis band, a few Inches away from his mouth, to pre vent the sound traveling In any par tlciilur dlreettuu A series of bulletins giving the re sult of a imllljcal meeting was dictat ed, siid Mr. 'nin-r tmrst In at .Inter, vnls with iipi!iiuxe And u bit of wblx tllng Tbi phonograph Id room lot) feet away repeated accurately the whole series of bulletins, tbe applause and the whistle, t,. , ,, V. There's a chance here.' said Mr, Turner, "for newrtin)erfi to eliminate the time loss lHtween big convention bulla ; and . their ti(fleet. Tyinwrttera working from thew rolls could Pmi tbe mutter almost directly from the speakers to tbe priutlng preRMeH." In detective work Mr. Turner wild that the absence or the self rccordlnii feuture bad pmved an ulmoxt Inniir tnoiintuhle difflcnlty. It hud been net esMiiry to -make the Instruments ho thut two - deter rives inxtend 'of one con Id listen to wbut ; wns being re pented h.v the dlctogriiph. . . . : In xoiiie court cases the dlctogmph's evidence bud heen thrown out hecinwe il single detective's transcription of the record whs thought to be hardly reliable enoiijtb for a conviction. But now the Judge can listen to the phonoirrapb in the courtroom." said Mr. Turner, "and he can tell euch man's natural voice. , The dictograph will Identify euch man: who has spoken In a room where It .has beeu at work." -. . Catches Whispei. To test this Mr. Turner asked four men to converse among themselves at' mnu riiurnncp from a ' dictoirrflnh. They did so. : tholr conversation at times falling to a whisper. ; in tha nlionoL'ranlilc reDroductloii tbe voices of each could be dlstin- gtilRhed,' but the whispered conversa tions became Indistinct If curried on more than 8ve feet away from the dictograph. ; ' rrhtuta whlunora ' hnwaver - Mr. Till ner said, would be clearly heard by a person listening to the dictograph, but would not make an Impression on tbo dislt. as the pressure of the needle would be too slight. . ' V In (liitofUrp u-ork. hnwevor. the die togruph would he equipped both with llatnnlncr nml Iarnrr1tl1f? ' InfttPlimentR. bo that the listeners could write out In shorthand -the fainter portions or tne conversation. More sensitive plates may yet be devised, capable of catch ing and recording these whispers. ' Woman 8py and Courier Dead. Mrs. Margaret Davis, n spy and cou rier under General Hancock during the civil war. died recently at her home lu WilllninHburg. N. Y She wns sev enty years old. She Joined the army when her himhand. Henry Bf Davis, unlisted with (be Irish volunteers. Ten Resolutions. Ten resolutions Btood In a line. "Won't you have something?" Thtn there were nine: Nine resolutions wnlted ihelr fate. ' "llnve a Fatlma?" Then there were eight. ElKht reKulutloriB loolrd up to heaven, Met a cute woman: Then there were seven. . Seven resolutions trimmed up their wicks. "Don't you play poker?" Then there were nix. Six resolutions, then did survive, "Your credit Is sood;" Then there were five. Five resolutions chuckling; In tclea. ' "Letid me a dollar," And then there were three. Three resolutions, frightened and blue. "1 enn't pay you this month;" Then there were two. 4 ;-, . Two resolutions hurd on the run. ' . "Let's go duck hunting:" ' '",Ja Then there was one. -One resolution "Let's spend what we've saved." And that la how hades Is Anally iiaved; V -Wisconsin Stute Journal ' Y. M. Cy A. CAMPAIGN. (Continued trora Page 1) iastic of these is a group of high school boys who hope to raise from $500 to $100 among the school boys and the working boys of the city. A number of committees are also being formed among the var ious branches of the railroad service. White the purchase has not been definitely closed, an option has been securr.l on the property now occu pied by the Fitzgerald Iron Works, in conjunction with another buyci-. The building would face on Elm street occupying the portion of the property next to the alley and 60x120 feet in size. Unless an eoually de sirable location can be hed,for a, less price, it will doubtless be chosen as the site. A set of preliminary plans, drawn by the courtesy of Mr. Buntinc the architect, has been pvepured. Plans art only preliminary anil will be revised after careful study by tho building committee. The size of the building will be determined by the amount of money subscribed. The subscriptions must aggregate at least $30,000 before any work is under taken. Aside from the getting of the Y,. M. C. A. building the campaign promises to be one of great value to the city. The uniting of a large, force of workers as well as several hund red givers to a common cause will menn much to the future progress and development of the city. While seemingly a large amount, Manual TrainingMiibit BvLaGrande High jchocj Students BEGINS TI IRSDAY. MAY 6TH ; In the windows and interior of this ; store will be s own and .nteresfng d,s play of the MANUAL TRAINING STUDENTS' HANDIWORK. PARENTS-Do you realize the importance of this feature of modern instruc tion? Be sure to see this exhibit. BEGINS TUESDAY AND LASTS ALL WEEK AT JUST RECEIVED The popular new RUSSIAN CRASH DRESSES. the figure sought is not large in com parison with what other cities have done. ; Ellensburg,; Washington,' with a population of 4200 . people raised $52,000 for the same purpose. . Kalis pell, Montana, with 5000 people re cently opened a Y. M. C. A. building which cost complete $55,000, all of the money . being subscribed by 'the community. Many other cities have given in the same proportion. An executive committe. composed of J. T, Williamson, Mac Wood, R. L. Duignan, Geo. H. Currey, H. T. Love, Dr, H. L. Underwool, C. J. Black, W. H. ' Casey, C M. Humphreys, Dr. J. W.; Lughlin and Jno. H. Rudd, are directing the movement. I. B. Rhodes state secretary is working with the committee, as is also ' Mr. ;W. L. Boyes, for many' years a railroad as sociation secretary. Mr. Boyes will be especially connected with the com mittees working among -N railroad men.;,. : ) The lost of soliciting committees during the week are: (Mac Wood, general chairman.) No. 1. J. T. Williamson, Geo. Cur rey, Wm. ''Miller. Geo. Stoddard, Geo. Palmer, Mac Wood, Ed. Kiddle, J. L. Caviness. . ... No. 2. I. R. Snook, C D, Huffman, Aug. Hug, Thos. Williamsonj John Frawley, Ed. Wright. , ., t 'No. 4. T. J. Scroggin, Aug. Stange, H. E. Coolidge, Fred Gaskell, Dr. M. K. Hall, G. L. Larison, G. M. Richey, Chas, Conkey, Herman Siegrist, J. Van Buren. " " No. 3. J. G. Snodgrass, C."E. Bunting, C. T. Darley, R. R. Neal, C. W.' Bunting, E. E. Bragg, J. T. Loughlin, R. E. Raynolds. C. M. Humphreys, Milt Block, W. Reuter, Frank Bramwell, E. Polack." i No. 5 J. P. Rusk, Lee Warnick, Dave Stoddard, N.- J. Mansager, J. H. McLaughlin. , No. 6. W. F. Landrum, . E. Tuckey, H. C. Ball, B. A.. Benham, Dr. Brownton, Turner Oliver, C. A. Small, Dr. A. G. Lane, E. C. Payton, M. L. Haviland. ' , . No. 7. Robt. Eakin, H. T. Love, W. D. McMillan, G. T. Darland, C. P. Ferrin, R. J. Green, Arthur Wenzell, J. K. Wright, Jess Robertson, Dr. H. L. Underwood. -i No. 8. R. L. Duignan, A. W. Nel son, E. S. Bush, O. R. SUgeburg, Wm, Drahn, Geo. Birnie, Ray Bartholomew, A. Christensen, C. B. Pickens, Norman Freese, R. E. Close. ' ' No. 9. Geo. Cochran, II. R. Hanna, L. J. French, O. E. Silverthorne, Eavl Zundel, D. L. Green, Fred Geibel, L. H. Russell. High'school team H. H. Houston, Lynn Bohnenknmp, Rex Greene, Myr ton Westering, Gilbert Hunter, Lester Stoddard, Clnrence Lambert, Ellis Williamson. Earl Rosebaum, Colin Stewart. No. 10. W. H. Casey, Fred Hais ten, Dick Jones, Press Lewis, J. J. Carr, Fred Holmes, G. Gilbert, C. S. Dunn, C, Van Fleet, F. L. Lilly. No. 11. C. J. Black, Geo. Carpey, .J. Webb, J. E. Reynolds, Thos. Crawford, W. H. Bohnenkamp, S. D. Crowe, Joe Campbell, 0. M. Heacock. No. 12. R. W. Logan, A. Wclton. Dr. Lincoln, Jno. Nielson, Robt. Fen der. Shop Team J. M. Burley, H. C Til" T - " ' ' I I f I g OXY-ACETELYNE WELDING We are welders of Cast Iron, Iron, Steel, Brass, Aluminum, and other metals, by tha dry acetelyne welding process. Don't : . SCRAP your broken castings. Save the Pieces-We Weld Them An up to date repair shop, equipped with new machines." McKimm & Company Baker Oregon. White, R. M. Gordon. Road -Men H. C. Grady, Al Leffle, S. E. Happerset, Frank Jackson, A. V. Andrews, J. T. Richardson. Imsler News. Imbler, May 5. (Special) A baby girl, little Dorothy Nelceny Fox, was born to Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Fox, Ap ril 26. '" ! ' ; Sherwood Williams is confined 4o his bed this week with an attack of rheumatism. : Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Byrkit, father and mother of Mrs. Cleaver, arrived in Imbler last week and will be guests of the Geo. L. Cleaver family for several weeks. " The Wilson Stock company are staging some very good plays this week, to an appreciative si-jdience. This is the second visit to our town within the past month. Dr. Holt made a profesional visit to Imbler on Wednesday. Prof. Armstrong made his regular weekly visit to Imbler, on Thursday. I erry acv.s. Perry, Oregon. Mrs. Emma SUxi dard, mother of ,Mr. W. Y. Stoddard and Mrs. Archie Stoddard arrived in Perry today from Logan, Utah. ' : Miss Pohrman and Miss Gray of the Grande Ronde hospital,, were visitor"! in veiry. Mr. Heber Valentine of Baker is here where he is employed by the company as a lumber grader tem porarily.. On account of a rush of business lately, it . is impossible for the company's regular graders to handle all the grading work. Mr. Valentine will return "to Baker shortly. On account of the breaking of a large shaft on the lumber conveyor, the sawmill was at a standstill all day Thursday. The millwrights were working all day and far into the night before they got the break THIS IS NEMO WEEK Be sure and visit our CORSET DEPARTMENT I i I ri Phone 24. GENERAL REPAIRING. I FOR SALE I 1 Boys' Saddle - f 1 Ladies' Saddle, very fine. 1 2 Men's Saddles, 1 new 4 1 new heavy team harness, p 1 fine hack harness , 1 breast collar harness 1 new surrey . A SNAP. TERMS. Haisten's Furniture I Store Shoe Repairing DO?E ON1 StrV MOTICE. ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. PRICES RIGHT. C BACCEN Prop 1419$. ADAMS AVE. ' CALL AT SIVERTHORN'S 1 FAMILY DRUG STORE FOR MARTIN'S Home Made Cand si. in repair.' The mill resumed !: ning again Ir'dav until bull chain was broken, and ag '' mill discontinued iU operatic a the men went home.