La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 21, 1913, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextLA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, WEDNESDAY,. MAY 21, 1913. PA OH! FOTTR " '. '. , , . . mwwhw nyoHBHRM THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner Entered at the postoffice at La Grande, Oregon, as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Daily, single copy ............. 5c Dailyper week 15c Daily, per month 65c Daily, per six months in ad- ' vance 83.50 Daily, per year in advance $7.00 Daily, by mail per year in ad Weekly Observer, per year in advance $1.50 1.00 Advertising rates on application. All copy for display advertising must ' reach the office the day before the ad appears. : was at u time when the lust big figh was on. She knew it would be need ed more at the last than the first of the campaign, and she was right. It saved the day and made it possible for La Grande's name to go out over the country as one of the few cities that in a Y. M. C. A. campaign raw ed more money than was at fust at tempted. The entire population of this city respects and admires Mrs. Honan, rot alone for the 'gift she has just bestowed, but for the true worth re ft cted through the ionb' years of res. idence here and her desire to do good to all. .. . - SINNOTT AT WASHINGTON. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St., La Grande, Oregon. WOMAN WHO LOVES GRANDE. LA '. .A great many pleasant things grew J out of the Y. M. V. a. campaign juoi ioi,ol Men who seldom become active in a public way buckled on the armor and went forth to fight for the cause. ' Loyalty to home was evidenced on every side," bit one of Vr,c most striking example of love foi t.ha home city was shown by Mrs, fcrnan who contril) i(i $5,000 to the 'rnd. - ' Wra. Honan, like .many of the old , er citizens., hen 'i Vd here many vears: she has aeen the town jrrow from a cross roads t;ading point to a modern little city and in evory phase rf rtiat o-rnwth can be trhcud i.he Uvalty of herself,.and h?r,. departed husband. They were hf nurked as liiUnM to La Grande wheii La Grande "was an infant, they extended hat fostering care when L Grande grew to be a healthy chil l and now that this city has reached an ad i vanced stage in growth, evoi though Dr. Honan could not livtt u sec the advancement, his good wife continues to give of the family substance to the worthy enterprl-,13 which make? thfe. city a better place to live in. It has not been long since .V.rs. Honan built a handsome Guild hall and dedicated it to tho Episcopal temple. The structure rightfully car rlee the name, "Honan Hal!" and iv is a building that has bc?n appreci ated and will be appreciate' by the y.iung people as time goo-, on. Some might think one such gift was suf ficient, but Mrs. Honan, in her brond vision of affairs, believes in pt'-par Ing the young both in mind an i boily for the battle of life. She realizes fully that things have changed b'nee ahe was a girl, and that children in order to obtain proper exercise of the body must nowadays have gymnas iums very handy. She realizes that the old days when the children ob tained exercise from performing du ties around the home, raising gar dens, chopping wood, etc., have pas . sed forever and she accepts the sit nation just as everyone must accept it Her donation to the Y. M. C. A. i - . . . . . . The man who is raising sheep in the western country should know who his friends are at Washington, and during the late fight on the tar iff it is very apparent that some of the senators and representatives have done a lot of sidestepping. For instance Senator Chamberlain ap pears and then he disappears when the wool question is up for dis cussion, but the most cruel thing of all was when the newspapers of the coast gave Senator Chamberlain credit for the amendment which Con- k 1 t Jul ii'll .1 gressman Wick sinnott introaucea, taking the tariff off manufactured woolens. A great many of Chomberlain'i supporters in this section of Oregon clapped their hands remarking, 'Well George made 'em some trouble. When congress demanded free wool he came back at 'em and demanded free man' ufactured woolens." The truth is Chamberlain made no such demand. He merely waited foe "the tat to die" to use Whitcomb Riley's expression. ' Congressman Sinnott was the" man who "stuck in the amendment and made a good square fight for the wool men Of Ore gon throughout the tariff debate. His speech entitled, "The Oregon Trail" delivered during the woo, debate, is a- gem and to .every man who has made or lost money on shefep it should be filed along with' the. ah Mi act to the homestead, for Sinnott rut only told the truth but ho told il in such a way ' there could be no mistaken meaning attached. wnen wool men ana'w congress to find their friends frqm Oregon there will be no Chamberlain show up. Sinnott was the one outspoken defender of the tariff on wool. A TARIFF COMMISSION. Constituent organizations in the Chamber of Commerce of the United States will vote on a referendum on the question of establishing a perm anent tariff commission. This is the second referendum which has been submitted to the membership since the organization was formed a year ago. The vote on the first referen dum as to a national budget was en dorsed by almost unanimous vote. It very doubtful if the same unani mity of opinion will show itself in respect to the question of establish ing a permanent tariff commission. It will be inte.retsing to ascertain the sentiment of the business inter ests in regard to a tariff commission. Business is directly affected by all tariff legislation, good or bad, and The Test of Time Time determines whether the policies under which, ,4, bank, Is oper ated are safe. " ' This bank haa been In business twenty-air year. It baa grown steadily until It has become one of the strongest and most proeperoua financial Institutions In the West. The soundness of Its policies l8 attested by the long list of conserv ative business men who transact their business here; also by an earned aurplua of 130,0d0.n0, the work of time and the res-ill ot conservative management. This back baa facilities for taking care of more hlh trade busi ness and offera Ita service to those who appreciate the best In banking. 1 La Grande National Bank La Grande, Oregon Capital, $100,000.00 Surplus, $130,000.00 Resources, l.tOO.OOO.M DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF UMTED STATES GOYERSMISIT. dnTED STATES POSTAL SATIXOS DEPOSITORY. it has the deepest concern in the methods which are used to make changes in the schedules. The proposal on which the refer endum vote will' be taken says that the commission will have power "to technical and statistical facts of all gather, investigate and ' tabulate kinds pertinent to the tariff sched ules, .both in this and other coun tries." In connection with the referendum the Chamber of Commerce gives ar guments on both sides of .the ques tion. Including within these argu ments the thoughts of men on both sides of the question. In the argument for a permanent commission it is stated: "The determination of tariff policy is a political question. Duties on imports constitute a tax. Whether or not a tax is to be levied, whether the tax should be heavy or light, for the protection of American industry or solely for revenue purposes, are political questions for the determi nation of congress. . "What the rates of duty on specific articles should be in order to accom plish the policy established is an in volved, technical and economic ques tion which, owing to frequent change jn condition? in this ana foreign countries, requires constant, expert investigation as a basis for a change m duty to accord with tariff policy. "Congress does, not sit continuous ly. Its very fitness to establish pol-1 icies in accord with the majority of the popular will unfits it and its members for detached investigation of economic facts regardless of pol icy." ' ; ' ' In the argument against a perma nent commission it is contended: . "It is impossible through a com mission or any other means to secure an exact 'determination of cost , of prduction in this, country and abroad. The success or failure of an enterprise and its costs are de pendent upon managerial ability. Costs, prices, wages and practically all other facts which it is proposed to have a commission ascertain from day to date in consequence of econ omic influences that any bet of data ascertained would be merely histori cal and not of current value as a basis of legislation." I Penfield, N. J., school board wants the science of cow milking taught in the public schools. What's the use ? With hundreds of condenseries all over the country, all that is needed is a can opener. One of the hardest stunts that a congressman has to do in order to earn our money, seems to be learn ing parlimentary rules enough to play politics on all important tariff changes. Sulphur from Japan has been ad mitted free of duty after a long con troversy. Seems to be enough sul phur along the. western coast now. You can always tell how worldly a man is by the alacrity with which he gives up his seat to a woman. ' It's no use. This patent cleaner won't change the style of a straw hat . ' SCHOOL HAS FINE ENDING CLOSING PROGRAM AT LADD CANYON EXCELLENT. Building Packed With Friends to Hear the Closing Program. A BAS THE SIRENS. A French judge has delivered a knockout blow to the musical auto mobile horn. In the test case brought before the judge, two motorists of Douai, who had been enlivening the night by trumpeting the leitmotiv from "Die Walkue," were the ac cused. There had been a slight ac cident. The accused declared they had sounded a warning note through their siren. That's where they got into trouble with the court. The law in France declares that every motor car must have a "horn" attachment to warn pedestrians and others of danger. "The horn," said the court, "must be for the purpose of sounding an alarm and be used to warn the pub lic, not to amuse it. The horn-must give forth a single note which should be grave, even sinister,, in order to call attention to impending danger. The fanfare horns lack seriousness and.lherefore, are outside the mean ing of the act." We are rather inclined to agree with the learned French judge. How could a person, out for his evening stroll, hearing the soft, sweet strains of "Aren't You Coming Out Tonight, Mary Ann?" be. made through any psychological process to believe there was danger in the air? Or, could anyone presage i a jolt that might necessitate a hurry-up ambulance call when he was mentally digesting the opening 'bars of "Just a Dream of You, Dear"? We ret enough musical entertain ment through the hotol orchestra, the restaurant piano, the neighbor's pianola, the. phonograph across the street, the parrot in the flat above and the tomcat in the alley in the rear. We need no sirens on our motur cars. Let us stick to the sharp, de cisive, staccato "honk, honk" with its sinister warning of impending dangers. Governor Hodges of Kansas says his state should stop holding legis lative sessions for ten years and let the state catch up with the laws al ready passed. Kansas once before pasted a bunch of laws many cf which the state hns never caught up with. Ladd Canyon, May 19. (Special) Mrs. Retta Allen and pupils of the Ladd Canyon school gave their clos ing school entertainment Friday night to a packed house, there scarce ly being standing room. The school house was artistically and beauti fully decorated with colored stream ers, flowers, American " flags and shrubbery As Mrs. Allen has been very faithful iii' teaching so many small children and putting the larger ones through the eighth grade, she deserve special credit in having the program so well ' selected and ren dered. The term just finished is the second one she has taught here and having gained so many warm hearts nearly the whole neighborhood re grets to see her leave. Sixteen peo ple from La Grande were in attend ance at the entertainment. They were: Miss Mary warnick, who is visiting Mrs. James McCIure; Mrs. Fred Snyhorst, who is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Henry Peebler; Miss Ada Jorris, who was visiting her j parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Jorris; Miss Hazel and Master Henry Mohr, who are visiting at the Krouse home; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lowman, who are visiting with Mrs. Loman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Linebarger; Mrs. Dora French and children Eva French and Thomas Crawley, who were visiting Mrs. French's sister, Mrs. James Mulholland; and Mrs. Grover Farris and brother, George Clark, Miss Neil Watson, Laurence Spencer and Daisy Turnbow." The writer was un able to obtain the titles of the recita tions, but the program was given as follows: Song of Welcome, by five gilrs. Recitation Mildred Mulholland. Dialogue by 10 small children . Recitation Willie Banton. Recitation Dorothy Krouse. Recitation Sailor Bainbridge. Recitation Olive Jorris. Recitation Cecil Sherwood. Recitations-Belle 'Counsel!. ', Dialogue by 6 boys. Dialogue Otto Chapman. Song "Spring" by school. Recitation Arthur Conway. Recitation George Chapman. Recitation Mildred Conaway. Dialogue 'Playing Hookey" characters. Recitation Walter Peebler. Song by six small boys. Recitation Evan Peebler. Recitation Tanis Wilson. Recitation Jim Conaway. Dialogue "Keeping House" girls. Recitation Raymond Stump. Solo "Roses Bring Dreams of You' by Mildred Mulholland. Recitation Etta Banton. Dialogue "Trusting too Far" by fl characters, 5 scenes. Recitation Silbyl Mulholland. Recitation Minne Drumsmith. Recitation Murriel Mulholland. Song "Oregon" by school. Mrs. Thomas Bates and uncle, Jack Walker, visited over Friday night with relatives at Union. Mrs. Alec Furgason, of Island City, New Fabrics and Trim' mings for Summer Dresses Just Received Bulgarian Bandings In many wonderful color-' ings and a wide variety of patterns. The sea son's newest novelty. 30c yard. Balkan Edgings Very popular for trimming the new ratine and Epongc fabrics. 50c yard. Jl Silk Ratines The prettiest creation of the sea son in novelty dress fabrics. We have it in blue, pink and white. Price $1.40 per yard. Cotton Ratines In every weave and weight. Prices range from 25c to $1.40 yard. . Fancy White Pique Some with very narrow and others with' wide stripes. 25c to 45c.1 . , Washable Corduroy Comes in plain white, 27 inches wide. Extra long nap. Price $1.25 yard. Special Millinery Sale The Famous Gage Bros. Pattern Hats ' All reduced 25per cent. . i ' Select your new hat today while you can choose at this great price saving. , :, , . Ai SCOUTS E CLEANUP YOUNGSTERS TO HAVE TIONS TO CLEAN UP. SEC- Four Divisions to Have a Wagin and Scouts Each Saturday. Boy Scouts are to play an import ant part in cleanup day next Satur day. The city has been sudivided in to four sections and in each of these a Scout chief will superintend a gar bage wagon that will pick up all rub bish left in allies and on streets. Property owners are urged to have these piles assembed early that there may be no delay. . It will be per missable to burn rubbish on that day without permits from the fire depart ment All the Scout force will be utilized in keeping the work going that day, and the youngsters will practically take complete charge un der the direction of the civics com mittee of the Neighborhood club. Yesterday was planting day at the hospital grounds and about 20 ladies beautified the grounds there by planting and seeding things that make prettier an already pretty plot of grftuhd. The nurses at the hospital served a delicious luncheon to the ladies at the noon. hour. PROGRAM AT ARCADE TODAY 1 THE GREY SENTINEL, TWQ REEL FEATURE. 2 ANGEL OF MERCY, DRAMA. 3 DOROTHY BENTON, IN VAU DEVILLE. 4 DOG IN A' BAGGAGE CAR, THANHOUSER COMEDY. 5 THE KOLSTADS, IN MUSIC AND EFFECTS. Clark brothers, South La Giar.J well diggers, have just completed a well on the J. J. Carr ranch in which abundance of water was foun dat 80 feet. PROBERS ARE NAMED Sub-committee of Senate ta Into Mine Employment. Look. Six Five TO BE Washington, May 21. The ser.ate labor committee has named Senators Borah, Swanson and Shields a sub committee to consider the Kem reso lution demanding an investigation of the situation in coal fields of West Virginia. They are expectjo to re port favorably.' COMMERCIAL CLUB MEMBERS TO BE ENTERTAINED. Contractors Assume Min Hont Role for Friday Evening. Friday evening, this week, build ers and contractors of the city are to fete and entertain the members of the commercial club at an informal smoker. The builders have arranged the affair for an evening when there will be little counter attraction and all members of the club are urged to be out to participate in the festivi ties which the builders have in mind. It is to be very informal along smoker lines and a good time is in store for the occasion. visited from Wednesday until Satur. day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Mulholland. Vacuum boceb niAints ' CPHOL9TEM3Q FCRSITUKE KEPincnro MATTRESS MAKING FuwrrruM packus. L. F. RELLI3GEB, 1607 Wash. Atb. Phone Black 1022 il a THE GRAND UNION- Have moved to the corner of Adams and Fir and carry a complete line of groceries and is the only exclusive coffee and tea store in town. PHONE RED 3231.