La Grande evening observer., May 10, 1913, Image 4

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1913.
i grande,evenin& observer,
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postmasters has a flaw in it And that
to have the civil service pure and
without defect it is necessary to re
appoint something like ,50,000 post
masters in the United States. After
the appointments have been made.
which naturally Will be pen.ocratoic
appointments then the civil service
idea will again prevail.
Out how long?
(i.ly until a president of a dilferer.t
political faith assumes - more in the
doot Wilson has killed the 'ivil scr-
White House. By this RctJiu IVesi-
vice idea in the postoffice ricp&rinient,
for he has established a precedent of
It is hard to think of a more an. I upsetting- an civil service proceaure
propriat gift for the mother than a'in order PPint en f hii 0WI
nure white flower: It symbolizes our--0 party 'which precedent will henceforth
Ifv .loon tViniurVifti V.I,rl i1nlo .l ! COntillUe
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNiS ,
KDITOB ASD OWNEB.
latere! at die postoffice at La Grande,
Oregoa second elan "after.
:. SCBSCBIPTIOK BATES.
Bally, tingle copy .............. Se
Bally, per week . . . ; '.
Bally, per month ......
.....15c
....-..S
THE WHITE FLOWER
. MOTHER
AND
mother's love. '
Sunday has "been . designated
throughout the country as ' "Bother's
Day'.' and on that occasion it is fitting
and proper that a white flower be pre
sented to Mother. What could make
a mother feel better than to have the
husband or son or daughter lovingly
pin a white flower on her; What
could be more touching, more pro
foundly appropriate than for the chil
dren and father to place a bouquet of
white flowers on the grave of the de
parted mother? .
La Grande churches have taken up
"Mother's Day" and proper services
will be rendered, all of which is grati
fying for what is this life without
sentiment especially when that senti
ment is born in the pure thought of a
saintly mother? Let the community
unite in sacred service on "Mother's
Day."
PORTLAND'S "ONE HUNDRED"
; There will always be a flaw found
in the idea of the late president by
the one who is elected. And thus,
the boasted reform for. the past few
years on federal office holding goes
on the bumpes and we are again in
the throes of that old slogan, "Turn
the rascals out." ' '
DECORATE THE GRAVES.
Rather strange that Portland, busi
ness people, or some of Portland's
business people, should stub their toes
on the same rock repeatedly. At the
recent city election a commission
form of government was adopted
greatly to the consternation of a mi
nority. . That minority immediately
appoints a committee of one hundred
men to examine into the fitness of
candidates for office under the com
mission form.
If it were merely for examination
as to fitness there could be no objec
tion, but the pcrsonoll of the commit
tee Indicates it is the old crowd who
have tried during the past ten years
to" do something politically and in
each instance have caught their necks
on the same rope. No doubt their in
tentions are good, but their desire to
boost some certain individual into of
flee and the further desire to dictate
a policy, although that policy may be
first class, seem to bring the hunch
up with a jerk on election day only l-
find that people have lost confidence
in their sections and regardless of
the sincerity Expressed, put the stamp
of disapproval on every effort made
by the "commtltee".
It is strange that a number of Port
Innders do not catch step with the
times and give up their old fogy ideas
of the "good old days" which have
passed and gone forever.
A MATTER OF PARTY AFTER ALL
All should keep in mind that day
of all duys for the patriotic heart
May 30th. That day which has .been
set apart by the nation for strewing
flowers on the graves of the departed;
that day which brings back the mem
ory of warfare, of privation, of hero
ism.- As the Observer has said before
there are still a number of old veter
ans living in Union county, and there
are a number of the Woman's Relief
Corps members, all of whom will com
bine their efforts to have fitting and
appropriate exercises on May 30th,
But the assistance of the general
community is needed. Enjoying free
dom and a united nation as we do,
snared in tne blessing which were
purchased by human blood as we are
it is but right that La Grande should
suspend business pursuits long
enough to pay tribute to the soldiers
both living and dead who secrificed so
much for the flag.
The Christian church building is
boing moved to a location three blocks
from the business section. This means
that the business district of the city
is spreading out to such extent that
the former location or the church is
needed for business purposes. Ground
frequently becomes too valuable com
mercially for churches unless the
church feels it can afford such loca
ton. But the average member of the
church is right in his conclusion that
location of the building in which the
people worship counts for Little.
Portland is now experiencing a
rush of office-seekers men who say
they are equipped for the jobs. There-
are those who ridicule the new idea,
but it was found that a majority of
Portland registered voters said by
their votes, "anything 0 Lord, but
give us a change, from the present
system."
HUMOR OF A SCULPTOR.
Are you getting ready for the great
parade' on Tuesday when the baseball
season opens in La Grande? The cow
bell you carry will indicate, your rank
in the patriotic order of baseball fans.
ILLINOIS SUFFRAGE PARTY :
ATTACKS MARRIAGE LAWS.
"8nctlty" and the Church Ceremony
Are Denounced' Bitterly.
The prevailing uiurriuge laws, the so
culled suiu-tity of inarriuge uud the
:-hitrcii luurrliige ceremony huve fulleu
miller the i-ouileuinutiuu ' of Uie wo
nifU'H suffrage party of Cook cuu'uty,
111., In which Chicago Is si tun led. At
i recent meeting of u revolutionary
suture the women ditclim-d the "sane-
:lty of marriage" as a term to be mean-
iiiKless aud drew up a positive declara
tion uf their principles wuerelu Is the
folio wiug seutence: , . r '
The time bus come wben the laws
governing marriage no longer should
rest on Banctlty alone." "
Ao opou letter wus sent to the legis
lature. In directing coinuieut upon the
sanctity of marriage It states:
"Under the regime of sanctity 00 per
:-ent of the race bus become weaklings.
Under sanctity white slavery has grown
to gigantic proportions." ' .
"Easy divorce" wiib the slogan of the
women. Here Is an argument foe "col
lusion a ud fraud:'"
"Men and women try to secure di
vorces for causea' which they cannot
tn IU about and for which the law does
not urunt divorce. Without collusion
and fraud these women cunuot secure
the relcuse they crave and deserve."
W. C. T. U. MEETS IN OCTOBER
World Convention of Organization to
Take Place In Brooklyn. '
Plans have been uuiiouuced for the
ninth triennial convention of the
World's Woman's Christian Temper
ance union, which will be held in
Brooklyn Oct. 23 to 2S. More than
2,nii(i white rlbboners will gather from
all parts of the world. The convention
will have 400 delecateH, of whom about
half will represent the United States,
ond tlm others will represent practical
ly every other civilized country. Eng
land will send 100 women, led by Lady
Aurea UOwiird, daughW of the Count
ess of Carlisle, the world's president
of the organization.
The convention session and a great
Sunday mass meeting will be held at
tlm Academy of Mimic, Brooklyn. His
toric Plymouth, cuhrch and other meet
ing places will, also be used This will
be the fourth world's convention of the
W . U. T. U. in this country. The first
was held In Boston In IS9I and the
second in Chicago In 181)3. London
hud It next in 1805, then Toronto iu
IW. Edinburgh In 1000 and Geneva
in limn It came buck to Boston uguin
In 1!MW. went to Glasgow In 1010, and
Brooklyn was selected for 1013.
Serpeaux In His Merry Moods With
i Napoleon III. '
Although be wa a man of great eiir
aestnesM and uerlouxness of purpose.
Carpeaux. oue of the most famous
Freucli sculptors of the last century,
had a droll tongue, and a capricious
humor that be vented on lackey and
imperor alike, . Lecture Tour Tous re
utes some amusing anecdotes of him. -At
a reception at the Tuilerles Nu
poleon 111. engaged in a few mlnotes'
lirlvHte conversation witb Carpeaux
At Its -oiic lus!on (hp young sculptor
was besieged by a crowd of courtier
mid envious rivals, who wanted to
know what the emperor hud talked
lllOIII.
"I'mnilse to toll no one!" whispered
I'lirpi'iiux as he (Hew the eager listen
it. to one side of the ballroom. " en
then, the emperor wus trying to ba
row f francs from me."
Some years later, when Carpeaux
had received the commission to do tin-
decorations for the I'avlllon de Flore
of the Tulleries. Napoleon often came
to watch hlin at work on the scaffolo
that had been built against the face
of the building Occasionally the em
peror mounted nloft to tills improvised
studio;- hutiK hetween earth find sky.
One day Cnrpeiuix. In u particularly
merry uiood. told him that when he
wMied to rest from his lobors he
would ma ke tiny pellets of clay and
drop them on the heads of passershy
"It's very amusing," he explained
'People slop aiiil look about them
They can't Iruuirtue wHere the missile.1
osiio from .. "'"
Mere." tie continued, holding out
foine or the llitle clay bullets: "try It
yourself " -
"I wouldn't dure," laughingly said
Napoleon, amused lit the idea of the
emperor of the French, mounted on a
scaffold, throwing pellets of clay ut his
subjects.
"Huh!" muttered Carpeaux. "Whnt's
ihe use of being an emperor?"
Napoleon did not forget this remark
A few months Hiter. when the'scnlpto,
nought u title, the emperor, unable p'
unwilling to grant the request, ex
claimed: '
"Bah! What's the use of being Cor
peuux? Isn't that better than baron?"
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No more Darned Soclts
IfYouBuy the Famous
'TO Hand
X llL
MENACE OF THE CURTAIN.
GERM CAUSES RHEUMATISM.
The postmasetr general, along with
President Wilson, declares that Taft's
idea of civil service for fourth class
The proposal to erect a new bridge
at the Palmer mills by the county is
ulong right lines. The bridge that is
there has suffered damages from
floods and it would be well to put in
a bridge in that location which will
insure safety to all travel at nil
times.
The Test of Time
Time determines whether the policies under which a bank is opir
sted are safe.
This bank has been Id holiness twenty-six years.
It has grown steadily until It hns become one of the strongest and
most prosperous financial Institutions in the West.
The soundness of Ha policies Is attested by the long list of conserv
ative business men who transa.-t their business here; also by an
earned surplus of $130,000.00, the work of time and the res-ill of
conservative, management.
This back has facilities for taking care of more high grnde b nt
noss and offers lie serviret to those who appreciate the best In
banking.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Capital, $100,000.00 Surplus, $130,000.00 Reafturces, 1,100,000.0s
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF TSITED STATES G0TER5IT.
mnTED STATES POSTAL SAY1XGS DEP081T0RT.
Chicago Physioian Says Ha Has Found
the Bacteria.
That rheumatism Is caused by a
germ Is the theory of Dr. Edward C.
Hoseuow of Hush Medical college. Chi
cago, who also says he has discovered
theldeutlty of tho hitherto unknown
bacteria.
Dr. Itosenow made kuown his dis
covery for the first time lu describing
his work to the staff of the Chicago
Tuberculosis institute. He said he
bused his theories on experiments
made upon rabbit, into which be hud
tujected rheumatic germs taken from
human bulngs ' '
lie said he round the tonsils or sev
eral patients inhumed Wben bucterln
from the tonsils were -tujected Into
the rabbits the identical symptoms de
veloped, he mild
"There Is nothing to ludlcnte that!
rheumatism may be transmitted -through
the air." said Dr. Roseuow.
"and I believe the germs lurk In foo4
aud first lodue in the tonsils."
I ir Hosenow's discoveries will be the
basts or experimental work in search
of a cure for rheumatism.
Window Draperies and the Campaign
Against the White Plague.
If the worldwide campaign against
tiinerciilosls Is koIiik to be u success it
cannot be too strongly Impressed that,
like charity . preventive measures must
begin at home. Fresh air must he oh
tallied tiy each occupant of every room
tu the house. Tills can never lie ac
complished until housewives realize
:li;it the body is of more value than
"nimcnt and ao abundant supply of
tin re air of more Importance to life I
; 1 1 1 1 1 1 the maintenance of the traditional ;
snow whiteness of a pair of window j
i-iirtalns
The fear of soiling white curtains
and also of admitting dust mid dirt j
Into the rooms where It can settle on i
furniture and oruiimenh is quite as '
much responsible for the closed win j
dow habit as is the dislike of drafts, j
t Is hard to overcome prejudice and j
harder still to root out an old establish- I
ed custom, but nevertheless these ele- j
montiiry facts of hygiene should be i
taught plainly and simply to elder
girls In school so that wiser habits of
bouse management may ,be Inculcated.
To abolish curtains altogether from
the windows of private dwellings
would be, perhaps, too much to expect
of the present generation, but if this
Ideal cannot yet be attained they might
lie made of some less expensive or
more readily renewable material. For
the soke of apiearunces human lives
must not be allowed to suffer. Ixindou
Uedlcnl Tress and Circular.
MAKES NIAGARA A DWARF.
HERE ARE A FEW FACTS ABOUT SOCKS.
If .they're 'coarse and thick they, will wear, of
coursebut that's all you can say for them.
. The thin ones look better and feel better but
very few thin socks WEAR. Tlierev is just
where Interwoven Socks are different.' ' THEY
ACTUALLY DO WEAR. With their inter
woven toe and heel and reinforced sole and .an
kle, these socks are protected at EVERY
POINT of wear.
THAT IS WHY WE SELL" THEM.
25c-35c-50c Pr.
?' We 're Sole Agents for
BLACK CAT HOSIERY
America "s handsomest hosiery for women,
misses and children. ; : .
Small I hnre discovered a great la
bor saving device.
Tall I always said you were a gen
ius. What Is it?
Small I hui going to marry Mlw
Bullion, the heiress. Topeka Capital.
Th dear old eonirs of long ko .
1 hoard Ihcm win bird tn a fliow.
My tnste. Kins. Is not eovrrc!
1 have, no doubt, a vnmlal'B ear,
For 1 hewrd the otil retrain
In comic or In nrrlous vein
1 vowed with diffidence complete
The modern iouki have sot them beat!
Washington Stat.
"I believe In heredity."
"I don't blame you. Yon are a denJ
one, snd your ancestors are dead U.
New York Tress.
A Waterfall In British Guiana That It
822 Feet High.
The Kaieteur waterfall. In British
Guiana, Is the highest waterfall in the
world. It Is of unsurpassed grandeur
and beauty, as the l'otaro river, iiuob
' strutted at its brink by Islands or
huge masses of rock, hurls Itself In
, full flood Into a great abyss,
j Peering over the precipitous and
, sheer rocky face, within 100 feet of
this avalanche f water. Is an uwe In
spiring experience The total height
of the fall is 822 feet, or five times
that of Niagara, which boasts only
104 feet The fall is generally seen at
the dry season, and consequently the
name Kaieteur means "Old Man's
; fall" and was so vailed after an old
j man who lived iu an ludiuu village
I yes re ago.
; One day the natives, exasperated ai
i the old man's baa temper, put hint into
a liont and let tile bout carry him over
the falls The loat was. tradition
, says, turned to stone and Is now a
i larce rocK at the foot of the rails.
while the old inu's ghost haunts the
spot at nlt'ht and no Indian will ap
proach. The fall. If harnessed, could
generate n hnrseower of 1,204.804,
New York Sin.
Notice to My Friends.
Boys'
Ribbed
with
Heavy'
Hose '
triple
knee, heel and
toes, ...... 25c pr
Misses Fine or
Medium Rib
bed "Hose "with "
reinforced toe
and heel 25c pr
Medium wt.
Cotton for ei-.
ther boys or
ffirls with rein
forced wear
points. 12 l-2c
WOMEN'S COTTON AND LISLE HOSI
ERY in all weights and qualities from the
finest of slieer lisles to extra heavy cotton.
Complete line of out sizes. 25c, 35c and 50c
Women's Silk Ilos- Silk Lisle Hosiery,)
iery, all shades and in black and colors,
weights 50c to ,f1 .7.3 25c, 50c, 65c
Black Cat
Hosiery
S
The society mitt may be tint In the ewii-i
Of receptloni end bnlln. '
ta,.t k . ...... . I
Wbolrreoelvee the most rU.. 1 . TJ16 MPort th1 1 om KK to r.nit
iioetop Trenicript. ln "1C automobile contest ta inciiect
Baseball Goods
and
JennJsSuppiies
Now is
the
Time
to Buy Them
! Newlin Book & Stationery Co.
i
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and without foundation. I am in i
stay to tlm finish and with the assist-
ance of my friends, I hope to be
cessful.
JOSEPH C. KE1 T tY
S';c-
WANTED Traction engine to haul
logs, by contract, or will rent en
gine. Plenty of work, good roads,
non-alkali water along road. Klees
& Son., Summerville; Ore. ' 6-9-tf