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OBSERVER
U!;!CE DENNIS, Editor and Owner
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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.
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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
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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.
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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."
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