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THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner
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.WHY THE ROOSEVELT SUIT.
- Many no doubt wonder why Colo
nel Roosevelt should pay any atten
tion to what a newspaper in a small
MicMgan wn might say regarding
him, and in a way there is -cause for
such thought He has been .in the
midst 6f national battle for years;
has had mil kind;, of things said of
, bim by the metropolitan press, yet
he never seemed to car. ' ' '
It win 1 remembered during the
hat campaign' that storiea were cir
culated profusely over '.the natkm
toting that Roosevelt vat a drunk
ard, and the Colonel took them seri
ously. Although "such newspapers
u the Oregonian v which openly
fought him, cam to Wa defense' on
the licroor questman, yet 3everthejess
the Colonel f elf keenly the general
gossip about his alleged Iritoxfca-
tkm. t '
And with this feeling of dt there
came the ,esifrt try, out a case
f soW aecuaer,' not because , he
wishes fo punishes the obscure news
paperman of Michigan but to get
the facts regarding his habits clear
ly before the American people with
the ? desire , ;to exonerate himself
from charges , which seem to be
without foundation or fact
nr. Mmamhtr one of Colonel
Roosevelt's closest friends said to us
once In speaking of the Colonel and
the drink habit, "The stories- In cir
culation regarding Roosevelt s in
temperance, are absolutely false
n.n rrmtinuinff this friend re
marked, "I think Colonel Roosevelt
partakes of strong stimulant but it
is not liquor, for the sumumni win
does the Colonel the most good Is
t. inro-A crowd which he speaks be
fore and the seemingly popular way
In which he has always been receiv
d."
Thia etnfAmant seems very near
the truth. Stimulated almost to in
to'csticR by the loud hurrahs which
have been his ever since he entered
public life Roosevelt is not to te
blamed. The people worshipped at
his shrine too long and too vigor
ously not to have its effect upon tin
man. And there are few Americans
who could have kept their balance
The Test
Time determines whether the policies under which a bank Is oper
ated ara sate.
This hank has beea la business twenty-six years.
It has grown steadily until It has become one of the strongest and"
moat prosperous financial Institutions In the West
The soundness of its policies Is attested by the long list ot conserv
ative business men who transact their business here; also by an
earned surplus ot 1SO,00.00, the work ot time and the result ot
conservative management HVi Jj !
This hank has facilities for taking care ot more high grade busi
ness and offers Ms services to those who appreciate the beat In
. ,. banking. . - , v r.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Capital, 1100,000.00 Surplus, $lS0,0O0.00 Resources, 1.100,000.0
rZSKWATKD DEPOSITORY OP T51TED STATES 0TER!1T.
rjfttED STATES POSTAL SAY15GS DEPOSJTOBT.
worklnsr as well a did tj:'c
Colonel in the face of such remsrs
able praise and so little censure.
THE BACKBONE OF AMERICA.
"In many ways, I have found that
the Harvard aristocrats with whom 1
have come In contact are distinctly
inferior to the foremen, conductors
end other workers with whom I have
been thrown," says Edmund Trow
bridge Stedman, a grandson of Long-
If 'PI A
fellow, and now a wage eamei. ,
majority of men whom I have met as
fellow laborers certainly have filled
me with a great ehthusiusm; for the
future of America."
it Mr. stedman is oniy repeuB v...
exuerience of many other men who
have realised that social standing
does not spell worth. Snobs talk of
"social equals." There Is no equal
ity that is hot .biased on solid merit,'
(a rn hon
or 'lnmiecuwr iwMMi.v..,
esty, right living, on character.
t, .t nt, the European aristo
cracy of birth we have in this coun
try the far more tntoierame prewii-
sions of plutocracy. Plain Bill Jones
succeeds in ouBiness una chui.. -HI...
At- 1pm trenerous amount of
MevMlra, turnla Ann readv cash: Bill
Okwao - , , - .
himself never departs from the phil-
t... v.. mndn him success-
ful: he judges men and women for
' . . - .. . 4-V.Atv
what they are, not lor wim ""v
have or seem to have. , -f , , ,
But ofen his wife and cnuaren o-
, orRt imairmable ; snobs.
rt. thttt thev have come
ur i from lowly origins inspire them
,. .sa. 1 UkMAh '
with contempt loitfau leii m
i w.m hear a lot about
-social inferiors" and the lower, clas
wm from those whose fathers and
grandfathers, were pYeud to be plain
worklngmen.
vvi ..n. stndmam a craduate .
of Harvard and the. grandson of a
m m . am( 4ltA ni
distinguishea poei, piui v-j.-
feeted superiority ox vrr, ,
is a myth. In tnformatton,
Ing power, in an m -
Cunurv, - . ,
true asktocraey-eottrtesy and flne
. ... .. - mnn
ntm ,to xeuow wwi - --
wage earner is tne eqw.
.v.. iMrior of the ayer-
age plutocrat Perhaps that is why
R r. . .... l.ij A. tV rtph
nowadays we ao no "-, ""
man to our children as an ideal the
way we once did. , . , i .:
LIVING ONE" HUNDRED YEARS.
Thomas Sullivan, of Williams. Bay,
Wisconsin, is counted a very lucky
man. He got his start in life before
there waB a known microbe in exist
ence and he is now 112' years of age.
He says he is not 112 years old but
112 years young and he certainly
writes like it This is Mr. Sullivan's
program :
6 a. m. Arises, dresses and pre
pares for mornipg jaunt.
7 a. m.- Takes daily plunge sum
mer and winter and stays in the wa
ter several minutes. ,
8 a. m.-Retiirn8 home and eats a
hearty breakfast
9 a. m. Begins his daily work as
fisherman and farmer.
7 p. m. Retires.
This vountr old man doesn't take
much stock In what he terms "new
fangled germs." When he came to
this country eighty years ago, peooie
of Time
were so busy hewing but homesteads
for themselves that they didn't have
time to discover microbes; theref Je,
'so far as thav-;,, were concerned,
there were no microbes, j
Sullivan claims that he has lived
long because he has taken na cold
plunge every morning without fail,
as far back as he can remember. Kv
ery old man; has . some facf' of this
kind, but the secret of his longevity
is the fact that he, in 5iis youjig man
hood, escaped most of the influences
which surround young men of tojay.
He was not around the neighborhood
turkey trotting or consuming cock
tails that would eat the ,boK,nsi out
of a coppei stewpan when be sh ulrt
have -i en asleep. He has gone to
ted it '. p. m. all his life, and bos
program has run like clockw-r.'s.
Making a success of life 1U$ large
ly in the point of view, and Grand
sire Sullivan's point of view seems to
be fairly successful, if couitedrby
Calendar years.
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ARMY
' To develop an intelligent public
opinion on army affairs is the an
nounced purpose of the newly
formed Army league. The organiza
tion Is neither militaristic nor anti
militaristic in its attitude, but
simply aims to gather and distribute
reliable information to the end that
citizens may be better prepared to
rJtiplse orevailing military practices
;and to suggest betterments In the
service. Its first president, wiuiam
C. Endicott-ie a well known Boston
lawyer, and He secretary, Frederic
L. Huidekoper of Washington, D. C.,;
is a military authority of interna-,
tional.fame. . , , .. t: : .. -The
average civilian today'; is . so
little Informed ?on, army matters that
when military ;'legislainiB pending
in congress he can contribute little of
value to any discussion: . . Such legis
lat!on therefore is , fought out be
tween 'the professional army. tmen
and the professional politicians with
oublic opinion as r .whole taking no
part and exerting no influence. TheJ
league believes that it is tune xnie
! condition ended. . It - believed' it is
time the people knew thetruth .about
the army. - It believes if the public
realized that because of faults of
management and organization 'much
of the money it is spending is being
wasted that it would exert its in
fluence for a change. f.
In Everybody's magazine for this
month is an article that graphically
depicts some of the shortcomings of
our army. It is not a criticism of
army officers and personnel, . but
rather an indictment of the political
system that discourages efficiency.
This league is throwing open its
membership to civilian men and
women alike and hopes to correct
these faults by building up a public
opinion that will demand a dollar's
worth of service for every dollar
spent :
ANOTHER
WAY OF
THINGS.
HANDLING
Civil service, which tiie Republi
cans prated about for years, has
been knocked into seven hundred
pieces by President Wilson and his
administration. Instead of annihilat
ing the service with one swoop of
the administration's strong right
arm the political acumen of Bryan
and Champ Clark came into good
play and they decided to chloroform
about 57,000 Republican federal of
fice holders. ,
Sure the Democratic party stands
for civil 8erviot, but the offices
should be filled with Democrats . in
order to make the service perfect
All of which reminds us of the Re
publican days when big talk was
engaged in regarding the civil ser
vice and an examination for rural
route carriers was being held. The
special agent remarked, "By all
means this is under civil service 'no
politics in these appointments what
ever, except, I have always noticed
that where all qualifications are
equal a Republican makes a better
carrier than a Democrat"
And so it goes the world over.
Great noise about reform usually in
time ceases and the ever present sel
fishness of humanity asserts itself.
The Wilson administration is doing
no more than any other party would
under like conditions, and it is do
ing just as much.' Civil service is
only an euphonius phrase to talk on.
It does not mean aitything ; when
analysed by the powers that be who
have offices to give out
Ib It not strange how maif new
names you see in the paper who
either , have been or want to be ap
ntl to oubllc office In Oregon.
There must have been quite a re
serve force of Democrats in the back
ground after all, or else a number
of good acrobats have jumped into
the Wilson camp from the other side.
Milt Miller, the sage of Lebannon,
is about to land a job from the Wil
son administration. Let all hold their
breath until Milt has his commission
properly signed, for he has been
waiting for that job, lo, these many,
many years. v -'v
President Wilson take's a shot at
the "insidiouslobby" and he is right
in his contention. Too long has the
lobby x balked legislation that would
have "done the country as a whoe. a
great deal of gooB. ' t
Yes, it will be qujte a relief when
the . Portland city election is ; ovfflr f
Albee and Rushlight and Kellaher
will then give way to stories of ad
vancement and progress of the north-
WBSt '
Yale men are turning to knicker
bockers. This is all right if a man
t.Q calf that looks properly fed, but
for the man with, the broom handle i
appendages, long pants will still nave
favor. '
New Mexico jf having a grasshop
per year. It is probably time to look
for those signs on the moon which
indicate more disaster according, to
the old superstitions. '
, A little lightning now and then in
this mountain - country eausea the
oldest inhabitant to sit straight u
and wonder if general, conditions are
changing. t '
"..President Foley released MountftiniJ
at Boise, which means waj a moun
tain of .care .has, been Jilted irom,!
Grande's baseball team. 5 .
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A woman is police magistrate at
Colorado City. There will probably
be regular bargain days in jutsice
there. $
The fruit crop is going to. prove
once more that it can repeat
Another- great invention would be
the self -starting lawnmower.
Have you prepared the flowers for
Decoration Day? : ,
The great calamity in Omaha was
quickly overshadowed by the terribly
disastrous floods in Ohio.' Great suf
fering and sickness from colds and
exposure resulted which 'Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound helped to
alleviate. L. Poole, 2217 California
St., Omaha, writes: -'My daughter
had a severe cough "and cold . but
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
knocked it out in no time. My wife
would not keep house without it We
have used it for years, always with
good results." For sale by A. T. Hill.
James Russell LoweU was never so
happy as during his tenure of the
American legation. "1 do like Lon
don.' he writes to Cbnrles Eliot Nor
ton soon after bis apiwlntment . "It
gives a fillip to my blood, now growing
more sluggish than it used to be. I
love to stand in .the middle ot Hyde
park und forget myself In that dull
roar of ever circulating life which
bears a burden to the song ot the
thrush 1 am listening to. It is far
more impressive than Niagara, which
has nothing else to do and can't help
itself. In this vast torrent all the
drops are men."-London Chronicle
What He Wanted It For.
"I wish I hnd money enough to get
married.' he remarked. "
She looked down and blushed. "And
what would you do!" she asked,
looking very hard at a little design on
the carpet.
"1 would spend it traveling." he re
plied. ' And the thermotwter fell 10 de
grees. Llpjilncott's. -
i Sarcaitie.
"1 don't like to invite Mrs. Parvenu
to my tiridce party, and yet she's a
sure loser mid good pay."
"1 don't think jqu are going to get
her money without her company." said
ber sarcastic husband. ."What do you
expect her to do frame your Invitation
and mall yon a check Louisville
Courier fonrnal.
Napoleon Lest Something Toe.
Hort- Tlmt is the sword of my great
uncle. He lost his arm at Waterloo.
Guest Tes. It's a terrible place for
losing thins. I lost a bag there only
last WeekF-London Opinion.
if ax -.. II
Perhaps you prefer your own home
town to New York. We do also
but Jike you ; we appreciate New .
York styles. ' ?
tI7ear a
and you wear a faultless New York style,,
identical rcut vanT contour'with' what' the .
fa&tidious New Ykewearing. ,
BENJAMIN CLOTHES at $20.00 and up. "
Special values presenting the utmost in r
tailoriii at $2i.0b. ... . ',1. ;
Also sole agents for
SOCIETY BRAND SUITS' !,
$20.00 to $30.00
HIRSCH WICKWIRE SUITS
$25.00 to $35.00 1
FIDELITY $15.00 SUITS.
man .UA.u -.-keitn
Quick Thinking Wins.
Paris, May 29. Startled by the nn
expected arrival of three policemen,
two burglars on the Quai de Nercy,
dropped a heavy sack containing loot
and bolted. Two of the policemen pur
sued them, but the third was a bit
wiser and earned promotion by -ef
fecting a clever capture. Anticipat
ing that the burglars would elude his
colleagues Policeman Andre stayed
behind, and emptying the sack got in
side. The fugitives had no difficulty
in evading their pursuers and return
ed for their booty, whereupon Andre
fired through the sack just as tlicy
were trying to lift it, and the amazed
burglars tfuickly surrendered. '
Duke a Hotel Han.
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Berlin, May 29. The Duke of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha
has gone into business
as a hotel keeper in an aristocratic
way at Oberhof, a Thuringian moun
tain resort some 3000 feet above the
sea level. At the Ducal Castle Hotel,
as the establishment is railed, nnlv I
--j w . i.
the wealthiest and most aristocratic THIS INTERESTS EVERY-. WOMAN I
visitors are catered to, and the Duke I
who frequently visits the p ace keeps! A family" doctor said -recently that '
at'ght grip on th'e business side of I women come to him think' that tBey
the enterprise. Ihave female trouhle. iw , -u- t,. ,
. Library Oosed Tomorrow.
The city library will be closed all
day tomorrow for -decoration day.
Banks and all public offices will like
wise be closed to business.
Sunday School Worker Home.
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John E. Crymes, of the American
Sunday School UnVon, Is spending a
few days at his headquarters here.
genjmjn 0ie
Benjamin'
,99
During the month Mr. Crymee has
organized and re-organized Sunday
schools at Clover Ceek and Wolf
Creek, in Union county,- and Sutton
Creek, Pleasant Valley, Durkee,
Weatherby, James and Pocahontas,
in Baker county a pretty good Sun
day school record for one months y1
. A
Divine Sarah Goes Homfc
New York, May 29. Sarah Bern
hardt sailed for France today on the
steamer La lorraine, after -an ex
tended vaud'i-nift f i
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PureJUverlccu ?-"'
Kegular deliveries. . Prices
Phone Fred Young, Black 631.
right
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NrticetaMy FriendsU :
The report that 1 am going to rt
in the automobile contest is mortectr
and without foundation. I am. in to,
stay to the finish and with tfc.sait.
ance of my friends, I hope te,I. suc
cessful. JOSEPH C KBMtJYi
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bladder, they soon recover. This is
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weary dragged out feeling, ach-.
mg joints, irregular kidney and blad
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