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PAGE FOUR OBSERVER U!;!CE DENNIS, Editor and Owner Grande, Oregon, as matter. ...... k. . jc SUBSCRIPTION KATES. Daily, single copy Daily, per. week .. Daily, per month ............. 15c 65c Daily, per , six months in ad vance $3.50 Daily, per year in advance $7.00 Daily, by mail per year in ad vance $ 1.00 Weekly Observer, per year in advance $1.50 Advertising rates on application; All copy, for display advertising must reach the office the day before the ad appears. ; ' Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 , Sixth St., La GraSde, Oregon. WHY IS A CANVASSER? "A stranger on your doorstep,? is there strictly on business. ' Unless his appearance or manner is offensive in vite him in. fie will state the nature of hie call." ' Thus does a prominent newspaper defend door to door solicitation. No housewife who has had experi ence will doubt that "he will state the nature of his call." He will begin at a. .m when the breakfast dishes are waiting to be washed to state it and unless interrupted by irrelevant remarks, "will be state it at 11, when dinner is due to be started. He will state it in the most eloquent of lan guage, with a generous wealth of de tail. He will show you in fifty-seven different ways that the article for which you have been waiting so long is now being offered to you at an ab surd sacrifice, due to the fact that the company has overproduced and must Bell at a sensational discount to make room for other stock. Or, perhaps, the particular vacuum cleaner or egg beat er or rug or rare lace which he is dem onstrating is being sold at an intro ductory price to a few leading and representative citizens in the com munity merely that the masses may see and appreciate its superlative mer its. If it is a set of books which th affable chap is selling he will con- The Test Time determines whether tbe policies under which a baDk Is oper ated are safe. This bank has been in business twenty-six years. It has grown steadily until lt has become one or the strongest and most prosperous financial lustltutlons in the West. The soundness .. onllcleg Is attested by the long list of conserv ative business n.eu v..- transact their business here; also by an earned surplus of fW-i ,...00, the work of time and the res'ili of conservative management. .This bank has facilities for taking care of more high grade Irn! nees and offers its services t o those who appreciate the best In banking. La Grande National Bank La Grande, Oregon Capital, $100,000.00 Surplus, $130,000.00 Resources, 1,100.000.09 DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF CMTED STATES GOYERNMEM. UJTCTED STATES POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITORY. vr:cu you it you let mm stay long enough that such information us you I nave -pio1iud up in school or in lu :aro but crumbs that leu from irt 11- fble of knowledge by accident. To com- educ-i nee'i Skid- paths ii tory of the it.' in iweu- ; ty-six sumptuous vommo-S uuckiim j ei!(',c(j vhreo' -quarter morocco, ?'2 vlovn ! and pp." men.--- mil! ileriih il . u :u r Yes, there f.re two sides to the can vassing problem, the canvasser's' side and the housewife's side.. From the canvasser's point of view women are divided into three classc, those who just listen, those who listen and buy and t!io:;e who ih w.-Vho1. The 'irst J are blesse 1, the second are thrice ol ) - sed and the tninl aw g'.iuches. Th busy woman, however, called to the door twenty or so times a day, has taomarl fViaf hrt n-rntant Viorool-F clip Visia to be a grouch. To the woman who'.lesson for the seller of goods in this " knows what she wants to buy and'f&id, the ,New York Mail lt where to buy it there is but one big question, "Why is a canvasser,?,'',: . CHANCE TO STUDY GOVERN MENT. If a national institute of political science is to be established in Wash, ington its benefits should not be re restricted t$ college and university men. , Politics is peculiarly a n'n academic science and could be studied by average merti. without any difficulty.!- .Institutions like the -University of Chicago, and the University of Wis consin, which maintain special exten sion courses in it makes special ap peal to business men, office holders and citizens generally without regard to previous academic training. It cannot be doubted that such an institution as is planned in Washing ton can accomplish much if it is oper ated along right lines. Nowhere else in the country is there such a wealth of material for political research. Here are kept the national archives. Here is available every book n the subject printed in this country since the copyright law was passed. Here the machinery of the federal govern ment can be seen in actual working order. i The plan, as announced by Truxton Beall, former United States minister to Persia, is to discuss side by sivie with congress the important ques tions of the day under debate at the ca,pitol. Just now the course natur ally would feature the tariff and the currency. At other times immigra tion, international affairs, the cc of Time LA GRANDE EVIOTNq servation of natural resources and oth- er big prartn-al questions would- take; the' head of the projrram. The . definite study of government should he encouraged by every pos - sible iw!us:js. One food way to en - courage it would be to make this new institution just as democratic, as it could .be made. Any man with the in clination to attend and the money to pay tuition should be welcomed. CLARITY OF PRESIDENT WILSON. From President Wilson's clearness of talk, a suggestion of salesmanship may be obtained. The president re veals himself as clear in his own mind because he has studied the questions with which he has to deal and is the master of his material. "There is a is me salesman wno itnows uie cum- nrodity who .makes the sales. Can a man- talk about nothing? If one knows next. to nothing'of his product, his talk in selling is powerless to con vince. Indeed, in all our intercourse with one another, clarity of state-: menl greases the wheels. Most of our defeats are traceable back, to the con fession, 'I did not make myself un derstood,'' But back of that is anoth humiliating self -consciousness: 'I did not' know my own story: I fail to un derstand the thing myself.'' '" -There is not only a lesson for sales manship in this, but also for the -advertiser. The convincing advertiser who pet? results knows three thinp.s and three things thoroughly: He knows his goods,' he knows his pub lic and he knows how to make his pub lic want his goods, Goods and public can only be learned by study ad experience. To make the public wan; a certain kind of go -As is an art. . The most successful advertisement is worded so as to appeal to the aver age man. It must capture his at tention, awaken desire and convince the judgment. All these things nio n.ore effect" ciy done oy tne emnuit ssm of the aJ. writer rather than bv cold puzzling over forms of phrase or particular 1 inds of words London, July 3. The protection of There, is a great deal of personality young girls while away from home in advertising The good ad. writer the necessity for closer government writes a napnetic ad. because he is supervision of the Poste Restante -"ncere and if able to convince others counters in connection with corre ct cause he hap first convinced hini- spondence intended for girls, and the ?elf. ! There is nrv.h force m the clearness ;,K,L tlz.-.ractorizes the President, it can be obtflbitd by th sann methods ured by that high official, to wit, by rnnwie'ntimi-iv takinc the utmost no?- ible pains under the presidency of the Bishop of, '" ' '' ""'"S was she gtated. London. The American delegates had 7.,,? .tusf was "The little fellow was walking along Now the knockers are trying to the njght of choosing a chairman for em;ted, a forty stamp mill went up the road alone, his father having stop prove that Poe did not write "The the morning session. , along with a hotel, store, postofflee and ped in front of the home of John Mc Raven," but nobody has thus far had At the afternoon session the Brit-1 many buildings for the employees. On Leod to talk to McLeod and another the hardihood to claim that Bacon ish delegates introduced a motion call-j Aug. in. 1S!)(. the electric lights were man. When the child was about 20 wrote it. Bacon wrote nothing buij ing upon the French government to j turned on. The telephone line was yards 0way from them they heard a Shakespear plays. A man w!c- will wear on-: of those itlluloid coh.r.s while old S ;1 is distin- guishing himself by his heat, ought to drop his life insurance and take out a little fire protection. You can always tell when a man has been verbally chased from the house by tbe degree cf politeness with which he bawls out the telephone girl, . A new stunt for the English suffra- gist to attract attention to the cause is to swallow a stick of dynamate and then explode themselves in a crowd, . Nat Goodwin says his latest wife is a splendid business woman. Proh-! ably she will demand good alimony when the time comes. 1 To insure luck replace the horsv f hoe over th door with an automobile t're. , OBSERVER Andrew Carnegie says he would givei a 1! Ins millions to be young ap.m, but i it is-- bettor to be old with money than : without it. j . ! Wood:-ow Wilson bal.'eves the while i hs;tso ciwundn k no' place fov a mint led. Perhaps it should be over at -the r-.:i:t. ; : I n Tartary a man can buy a good wife for $105, but, as with automobiles the first cost is the smallest part it. . - The principal qualification of a suc cessful reporter is the ability to sep arate hot air from facts. Massachusetts man has made a for tune out of a fountain pen, but not by writing poetry. There isn't an elephant in the world who doesn't look as though his trous ers needed pressing. New Yorlr has a cabarac in a gas house, which is our idea of the .eternal frness of tlvngs. Much of the effect of the new style of bathing suits is spoiled by deer water. ' - '' Freckles are a blessed thing for come girls; they tend to hide the1 face. CONGRESS TO EMPLOY. (Continued from Page l.V sweeping resolution for a separate probe of Mulhall's charges and it prob ably will be adopted Saturday and the inquiry will start Tuesday. the national anti.trust eague? assert. ing the business life of its members would be threatened by the trust if it honama Vnnwn thov nrp momhprs-. fif He asserted 1the s would destroy and blacklist them and cut off bank credits." He detailed an instance where such threats were ful- London Protects Girls. relation of such professions as bar- maids and tea shop waitresses with, the white slave traffic, were among! the subjects discussed today by dele-j gates to the International White Slave comrress which met at Caxton HalL convene a third international oflicialir' conference charged to ascertain the result of the working of the interna- tional agreement in Europe and other parts of the world for the suppression of the white slave traffic, and to ascer- tain to what extent the agreement has succeeded in suppressing the traffic supplying statistics of the number of trafficers prosecuted since the agree- ment has been in force The French delegates urged the ncessity of pro- hibiting and punishing any third per- son who attempts to procure a woman, whether a prostitute or not, to induce her to enter a house of illfame. Earl and Countess Brassey give a recep- tion tonight in honor of the delegates ivhose labors conclude tomorrow, Notice to Trespassers. Notice is hereby given that anyone; found trespassing on the George Pierce pasture South of Morgan Lake, will j be arrested and prosecuted to the full( Aient of the law. Adv. 7-a at. raiai auio Accidein. I Taeojn xsxzz i awd twenty- others, three of whom are women wern painfully injured when the auto- mobile in which thp.v wp rid; v. i ertuuicd while ronmUmr Khm r-'nn.,. j early today. .The nvvliine was trav- eling at a high' rate of speed. Newton " was thrown agair.st the hub of the I rear wheel and the others landed in pile of dirt. was owned by Charles Lewis, manager of the Savoy Automobile agency of Seattle, disappeared after the acci dent and cannot be located.- His name i3 unknown. Laundry Mark a Clew. Chicago, July 3 A laundry marked collar found here today may lead to f l. ,i : , ..e v. .-1 . i j i u.u.cy ux u.e .uenuLy 01 vne Christiana and from there the "jour slayer of the comely middle aged wo-Jney". wandered to the famous Rjukan man who was found murdered yester-1 waterfalls and then over the moun day in the rear of a west side in- tains to Odde where is located the fam stallment house. The collar was found 0Us Hardanger's hotel, the best in m the alley where the murder occur- Norway. At that town, by the way, red. Although alleged friends identi- Hva relations of City Accountant N J fied the body as that of Mrs. Marc Mansager, of this city, and his native Hunter the ponce refused to accept it town and people he knows were pic as authentic and are continuing tha tured on the screen, None enjoyed the search. . , , ; . . .. lecture better than he,, perhaps. o " 777 ' " 1 The triP then lead in and out of the Saturday a Holiday... : . -.fjords "and over fjelds northward to JV?,- y t?n iCU f Laate f oss- Skaeggdal f oss, the famous the 4th falhpg on Friday, the Gover- whiskers valley water falls, said to be nor has issued a proclamation declar- among the finest in the word)( m ing the 5th a legal holiday also. ' North to the renowned fish market, at Fire DepartmenTbut. .- the historic church at Molde, A blaze in the roof of the Harris ,Where "e f l68' Pa",tl" u. -u- j.l r j. u , building nea rthe Dutcher wagon shop i i i.i j i i, , . last night called out the fire depart mQf ti,. j -ty ment. The damage was trifling. 6 , RISE AND FALL OF SAW3ILL. : The'End Came With a Rush When the Gold Vein Vanished. Far from the railroad and more than forty miles uway from the nearest white resident, hidden iu the wilds of one of the most picturesque parts of the province of Ontario, Canada, spec ter like, stands the deserted village of Sawbill. once a bustling mining camp where several hundred -meu were em ployed. the end came suddenly. Tools were dropped where workmen were install- Ing a dynamo; dishes and furniture and household goods were left as tliej were when the word came that the mine had closed. The books end on July 31, 1!K)t. The store was left with h()tel s 1()ors ,tg tlontent8 tact, and the postollire ceased to be. Only a watchman was left, Sawbill grew out of n gold strike, Tllu ,eported fabulously rich. iiunra6u mc IIiiiro flume across the lake, the giant turbine revolved, the dynamo hummed, and the Kwer for operating the mine's machinery was at hand. Hut the S'.'IK) per ton outmit of the little mill first installed proved -to be only a deceptive lure for all the dol lars that were poured Into the enter prise. When the big mill did run the greatest amount of gold obtained per ton was said never to have exceeded $1.87. The shafts were sunk deeper. new ones were unod. but the wide eins ot ore wnicu showed on or near the surface narrowed to thin ribbons or to nothing at all. The go d ob- tallied could not begin to pay the oper- atlng expenses. The mill and Its machinery, the pow- er plant and Its equipment, stand as though waiting for the whistle an- nonncliig the beginning of a day's work, though the last evidences of the half million spent at Sawbill are dis- Piwarlng hefow inevitable decay and Rob(jrt & rillkerton , 0 C lobe. TnUHSDAT, JTJLT 3,1913. piofini i-ir-irm . r, uim mm- SPLENDID "JOURNEY" TIIROUCII NORWAY TAKEN. r.LifrrvfiMnt Lanle Foss mid Sk'aeggdal Fo.-is-Among Views Shown. a j Over the fields and f lord, bv n,uj I famed waterfalla . tkmimk . i. districts and north to Nord Kap, where the midnight sun was brilliantly shown was the imaginative journey taken last night by a fan-sized audience at the Chautauqua with P-of. Baumgardt, the clever lecturer, and famous globe trot ter. It was a trip long to be remem bered. With fitting introduction the audience was tuned to the journey. lhe slides commenced with views of ' . iwnuyvn, nuiigs on tne cnurcn wan, tnen . . . on t" Hammerfest the nothernmost -t ... . , . u"i.i c'ty n the world went the journey. ... . . , . . . , - with pictures showing the last that human eye has seen of the Andre ex- pedition, and finally to Nor Kap. (North Cape), where the lecturer cci- eluded with a magnificent, vipw of iha midnight sun. The lecture was fully as popular as the night with the stars given the evening before. Baker Shooting Odd. "Intended murder." ' That is the best solution of the mys terious and perhaps.fatal shooting of 6-year-old Fletcher, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Burgan near Richland last Sunday and Wednesday, according to the lad's mother. The bov is still in a critical condition and it is not known whether he can survive, says the Ba ker Herald. In a statement to The Herald she makes a strong case showing that circumstances are strong against the person or persons who shot at the little fellow. To The Baker Herald shot and heard his screams as he came running toward them. They ran to his rescue and found the boy's body filled with shot. He had stoop- ed over to examine n rorlt nnd that fact alone saved him from being shot in the stomach and bowels. His feet and legs were filled with shot, also his face, neck, shoulders and arms and hands, his mouth being badly shot. Two shot lodged in one eye and one thumb was torn to pieces. "The shock and loss of blood, to- gether with his wounds make his con. j-- , ,. . , . , . dltl" .T ? I"1" an accident but looks more like m- tended murder as the one who did the shooting left the little one to his fate and made a zet-awav and could not be found. The strange part of it is that the child had been shot' with a rifle only five days before. That shot only made a flesh wound. At that time, as on Sunday, he was shot by some unknown party, but the boy was in our own door-yard." h
