LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
WEDNESDAY,. MAY 21, 1913.
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THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner
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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.