. SATUKDAY, JUKE 7. 1913.
hi GRANDE IIKGPBSlRyER,
T?2LG3F0UB
the ;CobserVer
C1UC DEXNIS, Ettw awi Owmt j
ttocd it tW pmlmc at La
Grande, Orecaa. tm tttmi dtm
utter. .
' " suBsatnTioN rates
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Daily, fcy aaail per year in a4-
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Weekly Observer, per year ia
dvaac
a feBnR that marbla kails and
tall awe cannot take the place, of
this Playgrwmd, this bealtn-Kiving
fresh air retreat which is open 10 aU
Aether rich or poor, or young.
Advertising rate on application. All
copy for display advertising must
reach the office the day tef ore t!ie
ad appear.
Address all communication to
THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St,
la Grande, Oregon. .
THE ELKS' FLAG DAT.
HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?
Buckarooing, wild westing Vand
broncho basting has had quite an lnn
2 Umt thai- in science
attached to the successful boc karoo
and that for a time It is more or less
entertaining, we wonder just, how
teg it is going to last; how long will
it be before every sort of public en
tertainment is turned into a buckaroo
contest, and how soon the state will
adopt it in the public schools and is
sue a mandate that every boy; and
girl who goes to school must have a
certSn course in breaking bronchoes i
throwing a lariat, and giving Indian
warwhoops before that boy or girl
can be graduated? , . ...
Horseracing is a sport that; will
last forever. Clean, honorable racing
is a fine thing, but when a horse ii
taken into the arena and spurred into
unnatural acts, is it "just the proper
-tting? .
Since Pendleton played in wonder
s ful luck on her Roundup show almost
every town and city in the northwest
baa tried to adopt some of its fea
tures. True, Pendleton did not have
them copyrighted but she was entitled
to the preatitre of having started such
show, if there is any honor to be
found in such notoriety. ' " "
To the creditof La 'Grande no en
tertainment here has gone very
strong on the -rough -stuff." t At the
county fair there was a utile of it
s widV, tii nromm complete
: for all, but the fair was run along
different lines. There is no disposi
tion to belittle the good rider, nor w
'cast, aspersions on the modern "cow
boy." but there' is a suspicion that
Monnmitin ant avernlavine the
buckaroo feature. It is getting too
common to attract the attention it
once did, and in time It will be like
the village singer who sang every
time she was asked no one will pay
attention. .
THE GOOD JUDGMENT OF LA
GRANDE WOMEN.
To visit the city park, to notice the
many people who these days are tak
ing advantage of the beauty soot, en
joying the swinjjs, wading in the riv
er and eating their Tunches in the
shade, is to inwardly feel that La
Grande women, who stuck tight and
demanded that the city have a park
before it was everlastingly too late
possessed good judgment and their
memory should be revered -by every
citizen, and especially every fasfcr
and every mother whose chfldrci; cer
tainly enjoy this plat of nature so
close to the city.
AH improvements under way "and
: all improvements to be made should
be done with the cheerfulness of heart
Patriotism as taught by the Elka !
lodge is in way a preservative of
the memories of deeds of valor exe
cuted in the past for the lore of coun
try. This order has patriotism as one
of its fundamental principle and
each year it observes the natal fla in
an appropriate manner.
This year the Elks will observe
Sunday, June 15th, as flag day in
stead of the 14th, and they have ar
ranged to have Judge Stephen A.
Lowell of Pendleton deliver the ad
dress. Judge Lowell is one of the
most finished orators in Oregon, lie
- r.r tare vocabulary, pousn-
ed manner which along with his nat
ural eloquence makes his
hehtful to near, ira mk -j .
nlito invited by the Elks order and
-n J ."itirjn mod to attend
k- .Arrices and hear what Judge
Lowell has to say. r j
OLIVER GOLDSMITH'S PROPHECY
Oliver Goldsmith, who flourished in
the eighteenth century, knew nothing
of mail order houses, but he haddie
poet's prophetic souL He wrote fThe
Deserted Village." . .
Even the title alone tells wh vnH
happen to the town that sends, its
money away instead of spenudig ;:t at
hBut Goldsmith wrote more than
that; he pictured what the village
would look like after the rain-order
houses had gotten its money and driv
en its merchants out of business. He
did not attribute the disaster to mail
order houses specifically, but to; any
tfirtn tit Wftalth- ' h
The poet did not know just Jhow
iht rrvme. He did not conceive
that the people might pour the
thev earned in tne counuy
coffers of the distant city. thus de
stroying their own prosperity by a
pennv-wise-poond-foorish policy, r-ut
hTwell pictured the fate of any town
that bled -itself in this 'manner.
The town of which Goldsmith sang
"5weet Auburn, loveliest village of
the plain, ; 'jj , ' ,
Where health and plenty cheered the
I incr train -' ' '
Usurp the land, and disposseas w
swain.- .,;.'
These gentle hours that plenty bade
.., to bloom, . - '' ;'
These calm desires that asked but bt
, tie room, ,. ...
v . ' -t : , '
Thee..far departing, seek s kinder
abore,
';. .-. . .'. "; ' . i
And rural mirth and manners are no
more. . .
But now the sounds of population
' fail.
Ko cheerful murmurs fl actuate in the
gale,
No busy steps the grass-grown fool
way tread.
But all the blooming flush of hi e is
Ad-"v ,:'.vy;'
The simile well may close with this,
n warning to the rural America of
today.
E'en now the devastation is begun.
And half the business of destruction
ImlL
E'en now, methmks, as pondering
here I stand-
A QUESTION OF QUALITY.
Tkre are fast two thines that gov
ern th nrire of anv article Quality
and Supply. There is no article of
nniinarv use ' that Tour home mer
chant can not buy in the open market.
No mail order hcuse has a corner on
rood roods if it had. it would in
crease the price. There is no quality
that the merchant can -not give as;
well as any other, if you are willing;
to pay for it. And there is no living
man who can materially cut the price
f anv article without cutting the
quality. ... j
,
rFESOSALS. i
NEWEST STVLgSjN
WOMEN'S COATS AND
SUITS
At Clearance Prices
$30.00 Suits and Coats
25.00 Suits and Coats
22.50 Suits and Coats
20.00 Suits and Coats
15.00 Suits and Coats
10.00 Suits and Coats
..$24,00
. 20.00
.18.00
.16.00
1111; 12.00
!.... 8.00
"All other retail prices reduced accordingly."
COME AND GET THEM TODAY BEFORE AS
SOETMENTS ABE BROKEN DON'T DELAY.
laboring swam
Miss Mable Johnson left for Baker
this morning. .
7. Hittauer, propriteor of the
Geiser Grand Jjotel at Baker, Ts stop
ping at the Sommer.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Moreloek went to
Union this morning to take in the
horse show.
P. Buffington and Jno. Daniels, left
last night for the Deschuttes where
they will spend a few days fishing.
C. C "Van "Hutte, district -manager
of the Pac. TeL and Tel. Co, at Walla
Walla, was in the city yesterday.
Mrs.. Colon R. Eberhard and child
ren have returned from their trip to
Joseph.
The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm.
The never-failing brock, the busy
The decent church that topped J the
neighboring hilL
It is a pleasant picture that well
may serve as a likeness of many a
modern American village no wthreat
ened by the folly of its people, many
a villaee of which someone may some
time be compelled to say, as Gold
smith said of Auburn:
m. tV rTiarms int aU these
' charms are fled! ' Mrs. Rev. Adams leaves tonight to
A!i.t;rm saddens aU thy green.; spend the summer in Portland. On
One only master grasps the whole; account of heart trouble a change to
domain. a lower altitude has been advised.
And half a tillage stints thy smiling
plain
Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless
ruin all, . V .
And the long grass o'ertops the moul-
AarirMT wall:
And trembling, shrinking from the
spoilers hand.
Far, far away thy children leave the
land.
Ill fares the land, to hastening His
a prey,
Whe wealth accumulates, and men
decay- . .
A time there was, ere England's grief
began.
When every rood of ground maintain
ed its man. :
But times are altered; trade's uafeel-
WHITE LINGERIE DRESSES
REDUCED TO :
$3.90
"Regular values up to $10.00."
ENTIRE LINE OP
FINE MILLINERY
Reduced25 per cent.
$5.M SALE WOOL AND
SILK DRESSES STILL
CONTINUED.
NEW SHIPMENT NO
TIONS AND TRIM
MIGS JUST ARRIVED.
The Test of Time
Tlx determines whether the polsciea vader wklck a back I oper
ated are aaJe. .
This bank has beea In boainess tweatyndx years.
It bas grown stead'ly n"il tt baa becoae one of the strccgea! aad
most prosper financial tuUtatioaa ia the West.
The sevodaesa of tts policies is attested by the long Kst of cecserv
aire baalceea aen wfco transact their baslaeas here; also by aa
earned anxploa of 15fl.X9. the work of tisae aad the resiH of
conservative saaaacesaeaL.
TVs balk baa tacflKiea for taking care of score Ugh grade btfS-B-eca
aid oCers fsa aerrkea to these who apprecia the best ia
baaktac.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Capital t'.M.OMM Sarplsa. J1JJS M Reeonrces. UWtM
P1SI651TID BETOSnORT T USTTLB STATES COTXRXKXST.
CTTTIB STilXS POSTIL ATI5&S BLTOSTTORT.
J. A. Vanhoutte, manager of the
Walla Walla district for the Bell Tele
phone company, spent yesterday in
La Grande, the guest of S. D. Crowe-
Mrs. J. A. Gilbaugh and son Jack,
of Astoria, are visiting Mrs. J. A.
Woodell and Mrs. Pete Biever. They
will remain for several days.
Word ' " m Delile Green at
Salem is to the affect that bis father'
illness, which called him to the capi
tal city, is givme no signs of im
provement.
AND WHAT THEN--?
This heading is not originaL It was
borrowed from the graduating class
of the Island City high school and
was used by t&em as
their motto,
which fact should kelp the tone
this column.
of
Really, in all sincerity, this is the
time of the year when the picnic gar
ments get filled with ants, mosquitoes
and stray bits of stale lunch. Ad
mitting this to be correct the plea
sure of the picnic is still apparent,
or so many La Grande people would
not be working or playing at it.
Miss Cynthia Steine. worthy mta
ron of Hope Chapter O. EL S- Miss
Puna Bacon and Mrs. Fred G. SchiXke
the latter -a member of Che grand
chanter, left this morning for Port-
bind. They will attend the grand
chapter next wee.
' Miss Mable Van Fleet, who has
'., been with the Golden Rule for the
i past six years, left last Wednesday
) night for Santa Barbara. CaL, where
she has accepted a posttiop with a
. large department store.
I Mrs. E. R Moreksck. ESgin; H. W.
, Cowan. Walla WHa; H. ReauQard
' Elgin: Byron HenrSe. Irabler; Lyal
'. Striariam. Iir.Mer; J. B. Holland, El
'rin: H. H. Strom. Portland: F. D.
1 Rinehart, Enterprise; R. McCrae,
, Wallowa: A. Bryce. Base: Mrs. J. 1-
rhsraa. R:pty. Idaho, and R. G-
Chacault of Corral' is. are araoesg
thoM rtof p:rp at the SaTor.
"IVe been to the Union horse
show." said an old timer today, and
continuing, "believe me, I ate my peck
of dirt all at one time, and some
how 1 liked it-
do you like the light business?" And
the reply came back swift as an ar
row, "Finest thing I ever owned, Joe;
it makes money while I sleep." Time
wore along, the high water came
troubles were many for the light
plant and again these two men met.
"How do you like the elcetric light
business by this time?" Joe said to
his old friend. "I can't sleep," was
au uie repiy maae.
Perhaps Elgin could get Havi
Rushlight of Portland to deliver thj
Fourth of July address. He will ks
haye much to do about that time,
If Union returns the compliment
and visits Baker, Elgin and La
Grande on their different gala' occa
sions who will be left in the former
county seat town to look after law
and order and dispense gasoline to
the cars that happen that wav?
Those who are nervous nniit;siiv
should not lay too much stress on the
action of Fred Holmes, whon a a
bankers meet W in Baker some time
i aeo. he signed resolutions declarine
i -Pa . V, n . . . r
me luiiiiiiuuuuii oi lann on wool.
Mr. Holmes is head of the Woodrow
Wilson party in Eastern Oregon but
he does not let politics interfere with
his loyalty to home. He is very
much like the old congressman fror
Texas, who, when asked if he would
favor free trade on rice, which is
quite a product of Texas, remarked,
"No. sah; no. sah; I am for tree trade
so lonp as it does not harm the state
oi lexas, san.
A good story is told on BOlv VogeL
original progressive spirit of the'
The coca cola davs have
horse show. He was anxious to get! u , t lcVn,e J'oung people
Jno. W. McDonald. Wallowa: L. J.
risrrson and wife. Baker, A. Geiser.
Baker; E. Geiser. Baker; C A. Grif
fith, Fremont, Ohio: J. W. K critic.
PortSand: Miss E. M Sefty, SeattV:
A. J. CeAHister. Fed:toR: G. w.
Van Boren, PorUand; F. A. Wagner.
Enterprise, asd W. A. WUltams of
. Pcrtlajd are aiaocy the gaests stcp
! pirg at the FoJey.
J. L. DemoviBe, San Francisco: M.
T. C-oefcr- San Fraacisro: F. H. Dean.
Bal. CaH Adr. Baker: T. Larkin.
i Pan!; E. H. Geyer. WaHa WaSa:
A M. Rsanels. Joseph: W. A Jones.
Jnwh: R. H. Wifvcarrer. Baker: Mr.
W. EL-MnrriBon. Walla Walla: G. E.
Hay4er WaUowa: M. a Georee. El
gia. as3 Bert Jotv of Elgin, are
m. thoe who stopped at the
arrived
as manv attractiofis this vear as he! "uina tne soda fountains, and
could for as little money as possible. no. fDlkes allowed. Temperance
One day Traveling Passenger A-s-rt jS re Jealv P0P"'ar with Grande
Miller called Bfllv over the phone sav- ' '1 &ct. this va,le' has the
ing: -Bill VogeJ? Want squaw race j wstinction of having a man who made
at horse show? How much give?!? rt'nd bartender almost drop
Rfly put on the tresselo stop and ?ed Wlth. heart failure. On a cer
Ulked for some time to the Indian trv-J J"1 occasion a number of La Grande
ing to make dates with his squaws to I PP'e re in Portland. Some want
ran a race for entertainment pur-12 ,"nJlk hat made Milwaukee
poses. The next day MiDer repeated! Koesch ui?n or some other man fa-j
nseetmg of the board and discussed -m refreshment stand. Amone the!
pro and con the varae of a straaw race J P? T88 M. rierce. All had !
nr.ul President George Benson grew) "- wnat they wanted but him
tired and to5d BUN- the Indian end c-f , the mixologist gave that piercinr
that show was a Vogel stnnt and no! lo?!s ,t".the, SRPe of Hot Ijike and
one wwa?d be resootssiMe for the mat-! SBd Pleasure. "You mav pne
ter. Still BHIt thought "heap lot of; m drink of castor oil." was the
sauaw race" intil Miller could no! fj1" "d the man of the bottle
Vwiger hold the secret. BiEy is still1 ",Pew, UD h nands. "I have tended
huvir.g- on the strength of beir.c? from Philadelphia to Portland
btascoed bv a railroad man. j w from Chicago to San Antonio but
- jthat is the first castor oil order I
And. what then? WelL a Grande I t?JL T?'" h .sajd-. Btit the Hot!
And still there is no evidence Qd
fish are biting. Conductor Gnd
comes home every night without
basket and not a word about trd
hag been heard from Charley Ruajii
w oosepn.
FOR RENT Furnished room, k
sirable, shady and cooL Phone Black
OOT1 . . i
SO 111
. -" . Vv 'j
FOR RENT Tent bedroom, i
shady lawn. Phone Black 38
.6-7M
THE ABSTRACT ft
TITLE CO.
La Grande, Ore.
Owners of a complete
and up-to-date set of
Abstracts of Union
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work guaranteed. Give
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MATTRESS MAKI5S
niuiruu! ricma
L. F. BELLT5GEI.
IWT Wask, At.
Phsne Black 1922
Eosde matbematkian has undertak
es to rare oat just how rr.ach ma
chine owners ia this vallev are pay.
ire ner minute to RockeseUer when
aS aatofrohi!es ia the valley are wcrk-
irc. And the garage men say
"What's the use to f cure the expense
when yon own a car?'
?oeatir.r of gasoHce and other
kinds of power, reminds one cf a con-
Lake sac demanded that th
make good on its claims to serve anv-1
th-.r.p asked for and the castor oil
was procured. ij
n. '
When the Warren Construction ;
cv7tipany and the teamster r t it !
the rows in the citv council nii ! :
, .- ..... VT-lll .
Grand Union
Order
Biit do not think when
com-:
versatioa cbx had by Joe Carr ei fcrm of government i rtctkTi!
J. LX MrKevJon. It was durae tJ-.e that all troaMee wUl j T M
time -Mac" owned the La Grande Walla Walla thev chaw-1 vl
missioners with desecrating graves in I W TO
electric plant. He had tost bought
i ,
your bread and
cakes of the Grand Union Tea :
Co. We also carry a eomplet I
line of fancy and stasia gor- I
ceries. " J
THE OXLT EXCLUSIVE '
TEA AND COFFEE STORE
".a
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r
it Joe met "Mac" and said, 'How