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THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St.,
La Grande, Oregon.
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f:: FAREWELL PROFESSIONAL BASE
BALL.
ized over the. city that professional
base ball was too expensive for our
size. A few of our business men' bit
the apple last year and found it was
wormy. , Yet in. the spirit of excite
ment and through the stimulant offer
ed by, other towns in the league La
Grande this year forsook her better
judgment, and took a hand in the
game. ' . Yesterday . was the turning
point. ; It took more money or : no
game. The quality of ball this year
has been poor, the attendance at the
games has been very liht, hence the
enthusiasm of the f anniest fans has
dwindled and ho one felt like digging
any more coin. The natural result
followed and the La Grande team of
the Tri-State league Mew up
' . It is well that it happened. To have
bridged things over for a few weeks
would have meant a lingering death
and so long as death was unavoidable
why not have it over?
- No more paid ball players for this
city; No more President Sweets, with
high ambitions. We are through, de
j cidedly through. ,r When La Grande
wants to piay ball In.the future she
will play with neighboring cities and
enjoy the games
. The expected has happened. The
professional base ball has blown up.
and henceforth and hereafter the man
who journeys here from Baker, Boist
or any other town and talks formation
of a league will be led to the city lim
its and admonished to, "not Iet the
sun go down on .you within ten miles
of the federal building."
, La Grande was really not to blame
for taking the flyer it did this year
OUR THIN SKINNED BROTHER
" Editor Maxwell, who runs a paper
in Union, is worried. He sees on the
horizon of his imagination an attempt
by the Evening Observer to resur
rect the old feud between the two
buck; there is no real elevating amuse
ment tin plunging the steel in a hone's
side ih order that he-may be forced
to cut unnatural antics, we have a
right to this opinion just as Brother
Maxwell has a right to his opinion
Whatever it may , be. The, Observer
was not abusing the Unoin. horse
bow. On the other hand this paper
and the people of La . Grande have
been ever loyal to the show. La
(Srande was a nurse when the horse
show was born; through its nursing
period this city ''(. turned out large
crowds,;; closed up business, ,; hired
bands of music and ran special train
in order that the exhibition might be
a success. ' y ' ' . j
There is no disposition on the pa-:t
of The Observer or any one in La
Grande to "knock", anything. ; This
city has outgrown that village ' cus
tom. . It would be pleasure to see
Everything in this valley prosper; to
know that every show and every com
munity was enjoying the same prog
ress as has the horse show at Union,
v There is but one trouble with ITn-
and the peoplewould begin to real.
ire on the popular Taws which they
have passed. - . - - t.-'' .
, NOT MUCH OF A SOLDIER. '
. "How Mexicans Fight" is the title
of an interesting article ( which ap
pears in the May number of the Out
look. It is written by Edwin Emer
son, the magazine's special correspon
dent' in Mexico. , ,". ry. f... .'j-,-.
The feature which, is emphasized is
the lack- of efficiency which prevails
in the Mexican army. American news
paper readers during the days when
the city of Mexico was made the 'bat
tleground between rival forces armed
with heavy' artillery were puzzled ov
er tbe slight damage done the city'
and the comnarativelv small nnrnhor
of actual combatants killed. ' Mr. Em
erson explains it by saying that neith
er the Mexican : officers nor soldiers
know how to shoot straight. " Target"
practice seems to them a waste of am-J J i
munition.. ' Reliance' is nlaced in'"th i'
ion. i it can be called a trouble, and natural military qualities'" of the peo S
that is the unfortunate residence of a pie. " - ,-
few thin skinned brothers like EdiUrj ''Natural 'military qualities" do not
MAXwell, who happen to have the K0 verv far in actual warfare. No!!
progressive nttie ciy ot union
thoir voting precinct. -
f-trated that muscles "can ' be ''toans-
planted." Blesednews, "if'trae.1 Some
of tnera -should' be-tarensplanted' from
the jaw to khe arm. . 1 '
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uix akukuu . xce at-,wvc"a'
hundred.
Pure river "Ice-at"80 cents
hundred. i
Our Artificial' Ice' is 'made' !
creek f !
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from pure 'Bearer
water- and '-is1- guaranteed "as r- i,
pure as the city water. :
Please' get' your orders in I
before noon each ' day. J J
G'R A 'N 'b)Yi
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Acting In- an erratic manner Li net
nebessarily'an indication that a man.
i1n love. He may merely have been"
prevented
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from going to 'the ball
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. You can now have your
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i Auto top or seats
Repaired at home by one who
knows how. Prices very rea
sonable. '.' , -'- t;.-
TM. SHANNON
' 1306 ADAMS.
DEFINITIONS
hit what he aims at.
A FIGHTER WHO NEVER QUITS.
The Boers j
Iie'.d off ' an overwhelmingly-superior I
Eriti'h force by their superb marks
mnnship. The hope of . the .maH
From these mountains we look down ' American army today 'Would be in .its
over the remainder of Oregon and .ob- marksmanship: There is no doubt a?
towns; And it all is caused by this; serve one central figure In Salem wi.-o; what, our navy can do along thf
paper criticising the "blckaroo" spirit; is always at it; who never quits be-i lino. At the periodical target prof-
which has inoculated the Eastenr Ore- cause he loses a "heat, but constantly j tk-ps over long ranges scores '.that
con of late. In our oninion there is ketps up the campaitm " for 'r-right.
for t)ye general opinion had crystal- nothing to the forcing of horses to j Thst figure is L. H. McMahan.an al-
i--v-M-MMM-MBMMM-MnMM-a-Bat tovucj' who is probably the mo'. hat
ed and most loved man in ihi state
A short- time ago he made Governor
HELL:
.. I Three telephone systems in a town.
PURGA TO.R.Y:
Two telephone systems.
RA DI(SE:
, - i One Good Telephone System.
The Test of Time
Time determines whether the policies under. which a bank Is oper
ated are safe. .P.-
This bank has been In business' twenty-six years. y '
It haa grown steadily, until it has become one of the strongest and
moBt prosperous financial Institutions In the West
The soundness u. u policies is attested by the long list ot conserv
. atlve business tt.en :. transact their business hero; also by an
earned aurplus of J1.!i.,..i.00, the work of time and the res'ill of
conservative manRgem,? it.
This bank has facilities for taking care of more high grata busi
ness and offers Its services to those , who appreciate the best In
banking. .
La Grande National Bank
; ; ... . La GrandeV Oregon ' (
Capital, 1100,000.00 . r 8urplus, $130,000.00 Resources, 1,100.000.00
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF USITED STATES COTERXHEM.
UXITED STATES POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITORY.
West play the r.ole of an inc insistent
monkey when McMahan caugot one o?
West's pet prison officials choking
and misusing h. prisoner. A cse was
fikd against -the guard and lhs court
assessed a fine on Iiim of $50,' only
to J.ave Governor West turn from his
ELBERT HUBBARD
would have attracted world-wide at-! I
tent ion a few years ag pass almojtj ' . .. f. ....... ." . .,- ' pd adv.-
unnoticed because the public has got """"""""'""'""'""""""'""'""'""""'""' """"""""'"'""""
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used to the American no vj making
hicsh metres. v ; t J
. ' Accrdinsr to ! the O Hlook writer
many of the soldiers in trie lorces i
thit krpp Mexico in turri j'l know Vi
thi or nothing about v'ra thty are
fighting for. They change, from .one
Ride to another : at the bidding of, I
at . . r i .1 fc i jl'.'S
uikiv cmfis una uo noi seem iu care i
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Hs:oq
pretended righteous ; pathway and!: much which faction they represent
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mit'on the guard, also remitting most
of the fine. , ,
;Iit McMahan is used to dupll ity
of . officials. He has Uvea in Suleni
a long time Where duplicity is t,-ie
chief stock in trade around the st,
house and the action of the Governor
did notarTiaze him any, but he did
force into the newspapers even the
papers who stand guard for the gover
nor a statement' of facts which
when read by the people of this great
state cannot help but cause wonder
ment over the act of the chief execut
ive. ' -:
1 Now we find this same McMahan
fighting an appropriation of the last
legislature on the grounds that it is
class legislation. He ran against a
The "battles" which have been feat
ured in the dispatches were . little;
more than skirmishes, he says. I
The Latin-American.though turbu-J
lent and fiery, never .have been great .
soldiers, according . to tne . standards ! i
of civilized nations. War to .them;is
a game rather than, a sclence....Per-i'
haps if they . were . fundamentally :
more military, in their character the ! i
harm they would do each ' other in ' "
their contests would cure them 'of
the fighting' habit. s - ' ;
which trampled all over McMahan
but he came up smiling and appeal
ed the case. '
If there were more McMahans in
A Yankee pastor in London" nay
Ufctt the English by trying to rnies
ti:e debt, on his church through rent-
churvi anyvay. : ;
GIVEN IN
PRIZES .
To any boy or girl 1 5 years or un-
i dcr who will -write. the best essay on
Lhbw much actual money The Ward-
robe saves the community it serves
in a year. Conditions and prizes will
be explained on Saturday.
; ing it to a moving pocture co.npanyig
on wek davs.' If the thine is not a!
judge in the first heat of . this case; success financially it will probaMy I
get a lot of Englishmen use! to a'i
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At a clinic in the Detroit (Mich.)
Oregon there would be less hypocrisy College " of Medicine It was ' demon"-
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