La Grande evening observer., July 24, 1913, Image 4

THURSDAY, JULY 24
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
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THE OBSERVER
BKUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner
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Grande, Oreron, as second elan
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, - La Grande, Oregon.
THE PRESENT REGIME.
There is today in Washington, with
President Wilson in the White House
and the democratic party in control
of both the senate and house, such a
condition as reformers for many years
have dreamed of and fought for, says
Collier's Weekly. The progressive el
ement is completely and securely in
the saddle. The democrats may make
mistakes of judgment; they may take
action along the lines of principles
which are fundamentally ill adapted to
progress. When they come to dealing
with the regulation of business they
probably will make this sort of mis
take, for they will be pioneering in a
new field. Also, here and there in
the democratic regime are spots of
decidedly low efficiency. But there
is nothing in Washington which cor
responds with the situation when Un
cle Joe was in power and Jim Wat
son was his right hand man. The
cleaning out that reformers have
dreamed of is complete.
Official Rat Catchers.'
One . of tbe earliest of official rat
caicDer appears to bare been a wom
an. An English warrant dated t(!T2
announces that. "Whereas, Elizabeth
Wiikley Is employed in killing of rat tea
Inn ft otber vennins. in and about His
Ma'te's Stores and nouses In ye Tower
of London. I bnve therefore thought
fltt to allow ber ye sum of elpbt pounds
($10 1 per annum." During tbe next
century tbe office . was Invested with
great dignity, and tbe Gentleman's
Magazine for 1741 recorded the Ap
pointment of Mr. Oower as rat killer
to his majesty, "a place of 100 ($TtO0)
i year, an honorable office,"
BITS OF WISDOM. .
Self culture t practical or It
propose aa one of its chief ends
to fit na for action, to make ss
efficient In whatever we under
take, to train us to firmness of
porpose and to frultfolnesit of
resource In common life and es
pecially Id enier-rcncim. in times
of dUfirolty. dauber and trial
Csanninf.
When the year becomes cold
then we know bow tbe pine and
tbe cypress are tbe last to lose
their lea res 1. -. men are not
known save In tbe times of sd
verslty. Confuclua. , r-
Employ thy time well If thou
meanest to gain leisure, and.
since thou art not sure of a mia
ote. throw not away an boar.'
Poor Richard,
Woaldst thou be sue b a man,
single hearted selfishness, who
bast no sympathy with tbe suf
fering, no smile with tbe happy 7
Feel less for thyself and more
for others and tbe happiness of
others shall make thee .happy.
Gerald Massey.
. JENNY KISSED ME.
Jenny kissed me when we met,
Jumping from tbe chair she
' sat in. ' '
Time, you thief! Who lore to
- get .
Sweets Into your list put that
In.
Say I'm weary, say I'm sad.
Say that health and wealth
have missed me,
8ay I'm growing old, but add
Jenny kissed me.
Leigh Bunt
Freddy's Fear. .
Tbey pass a plnte of enkes to Fred
dy at dessert He pots out hjs hand,
hesitates, then draws It back and be
gins to cry.
"What are yon crying for?" asks his
mother.
"Because yon an? going to scold me
when I choose tbe biggest one."
Call Money.
Belle What's call money? Nell 1
guess It's what tbe fellows spend on
the violets mid chocolate candy boxes
they bring with them Baltimore
'American.
His 8trong Point
"My favorite nephew, Oliver Tolli
ver. Is well, he's my favorite neph
ew," remarked tbe old codger. "B'cuz,
while be is pretty much always getting
into trouble or having things go amiss
with blm, and so forth and so on, in
stead of blaming It on to somebody
else or bis luck or the party in power
or saying he can't imagine bow In the
world It came to happen, be Just
scratches his bead, grins a wry grin
and says, 'Well, dad blame my fool
picture: that's another time I brought
it right on. myself by not having as
much sense as a barrel of halrr "
Kansas City Star.
Formality.
"1 colled to ask your permission to
pay my addresses to your daughter
with a view to asking for her hand in
marriage."
"Go ahead." replied Mr. Cumrox.
"Only I'm afraid a man with your J
Ideas of courtship will be wasting hisj
tlme."-Waslilngton Star. ,
Food For Indigestion.
Young Doctor (after the departure of
the dinner guests) My dear, 1 think
your party was a great success. His
Wife I hope so I gave them the rich
est food 1 could think of.-Life.
Cautious.
"Walter, do you guarantee tliesu
eggs?" -"No.
sir. I'm very optimistic about I
those egirs. sir. but I don't guarantee
'em." Bl rui Ingha m A ge-II era Id.
Honorable Industry always travels
the siime rond with enjoyment, and '
duty and progress are altogether Im
possible without It-Samuel Smiles I
THE DECLARATION.
Fpon tbe whole. tLia (the Dec
, la ration f Independence is tbe
mt commanding and the most
pathetic utterance in any are. In
any language of national grter
iikm and jt national' purposes,
earing a Demosthenic momen
tum of thought and a fervor of
emotional appeal sncb aa Tjrtae
us tuigbt cave put Into his war
touzx. Indeed, tbe Declaration
of Independence is a kind of
war Ming It Is a stately and a
passionate chant of buman free
dom It is a prose fyrir of civil
nd jplSJtsrr heroism.. We may
be altogether sore that bo frett-'
nine development of literary
taste among the Amerlran peo
ple In any period of our future
history can result In serious mis
fortune to this particular speci
men of American literature.
Uosea Colt Tyler.
OLD AGE AND DEATH.
The seas are quiet when the
winds give o'er:
So calm are we when passions
are no more.
For then we know bow vale it
was to boast
Of Ceetlrig things, too certain to
te lost.
Clouds of affection from our
younger eyes , .. .
Conceal that emptiness which
age descries. r
Tbe soul's dark cottage, twitter
ed and decayed.
Lets in new light through chinks
that time has made.
Stronger by weakness, wiser
men become
As tbey draw near to their eter
nal borne.
Leaving tbe old. both worlds at
once they view .
That stand upon the threshold of
. the new. .
Edmund Waller.
THE FILIPINOS. .
Some of our friends who are
zealously advocating independ
ence for the Philippines are not
In possession of the facts! Tbe
great mass of tbe Filipino people
not only have no desire for inde
pendence: tbey don't even know
what independence means. The
Filipino's Idea of Independence
Is that he ought to be turned
loose to do as he pleases, with
an American fleet lying outside
of Manila bay to prevent any
body fiom interfering with him.
In otber words, we should be re
sponsible for bis acts and pro
tect blm from their conse
quences. Having raised up a
badly behaved boy and turned
him loose, we should keep any
body from spanking him. Dean
C. Worcester, Secretary of In
terior and Member of Philippine
Commission. ..
PESSIMISM.
We are but as tbe leaves
which appear with tbe flowers
of spring Homer.
'Tis best for mortals not to
have been born or to look upon
the light of the sun No mortal
Is happy all his days. Baccby-lidcs
The Test of Time
Time determines whether the policies under which a bank Is oper
ated are safe.
jauk has been in business tweuty-six years.
It haa grown steadily until it has become one of the strongest and
most prosperous financial Institutions in the West
The soundness .u policies Is attested by the long list of conserv
ative business men transact their business here; alHO by an
earned surplus of ,no.iijy.oo, the work of time and the resell of
conservative management.
This bank baa facilities for taking care of more high grade bal
neal and offers lis services to those who appreciate the best in
banking.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Capital, $100,000.00 Surplus, $130,000.00 Resources, 1,100,000.0
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
UNITED STATE 8 POSTAL SAYINGS DKP0S1TOBY.
Speculation.
"What Is you gwtne ter do wlf dnt
dog?"
"I' gwlne ter sell 'lin fob 25 cents."
"You kalu't make no money dat
way."
"He las' party I snid Mm to fob 2fV
cents gimme two ilnllnhs next day to
take 'I in off der hiuuls."-Washington
Star.
OLIVER SETS
SEVENTEEN COVE MEN FANNED
BY SOUTHPAW,
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La Grande Wins Both Games at Cove
j Cherry Fair Yesterday.
' Oliver whittled another notch in his
amateur career of fame yesterday
when he led the La Grande Moose
to victory against Cove at the Cove
DELIVERY CAR OFFICIALS OF I
CTOIITP niTPII MrrT on rr-,!
(JIIIIU.U UIIUHi WILLI 0LL
FALSE BOTTOM UNDER WEEDS
MISLEAD DRIVER. .
Auto Delivery Car Turns Completely
Over on Cove Road.
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' In the mad rush of automobiles to
and from Cove yesterday, carrying
cherry fair visitors, a miner accident
occurred.
LUItU
COURSE FOR RACERS TO BE Pa
TROLLED SUNDAY.
Officials Here and at Baker Mmj
. to Govern Races Sunday.
Many of the officials who will so.
rrintend the big endurance race
Baker and return next Sunday afto.
noon and to conduct tie great list of
attractions that will occupy every mi.
I Adelivery car tipped over and the
cherry fair with a 3-1 victory strik- wheel of another broken. After hav-1
ine out 17 men. Two clean hits were . taken the family of J. D. Lynch to nt from 1 i30 on h1 heen picked ft.
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v-ove ana wnue in its return the Lynch I "-"-"' w"w me pja
(fclivorv ttrmat krMm I will be master of the arena thmn.i
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but the driver, sole occupant, escaped
injury.
The accident was caused by mislead'
garnered off the young portside pitch
er and they came in the ninth inning
giving Cove one ran.
t Coleman, of Baker, pitched the
morning game for La Grande against
Elgin and the locals won, 13 to 2.
Jackson of Baker, caught the mom
'ing game.
The morning contest was marred by
an accident to Leftfielder Mason, of
Elgin, he stumbled while chasing aj
out the day; P. A. Foley is clerk of
the course and on the morning of th
race will ride the course seeing that
ing weeds thai had been cut at the '! fk8 which were se P today are keot
roadside and appeared to have level; in P1", and arranging for sufficient
ground beneath them, and when in 8iP hoards along the way. The trip
passing other autos the driver drove to Baker will be made in the forenoon,
upon the weeds they found false bot- 80 tnat ample warning can be given
torn and went over the bank. Hun- i traffic in general at dangerous de-
against a rock, gashing his forehead
and bruising one eye badly.
long fly and struck with terrific force dreds of automobiles went to Cove,fi,es and narrow canyons. The rid-
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during tne day and evening and it was ! CIS vw ui w proieciea bj
close to morning before the last of the re flags- .
crowds arrived, in the city from the I The starter duties of the endurance
festivities at Cove last evening.. race here will be carried out by Mayor
M. K. Hall and at Baker on the return
trip, Mayor Palmer will officiate. The
machines will start at intervals of
five minutes both here and at Baker
avoiding crowding and dust. Mr. Hall's
assistant will be Aug. J. Stang. Roscoe
Neill is head timer and assistants are
striking copper miners. Hundreds ofiT- J- Scroggm and Larry Lamson.
Trouble In Copper Belt. .
Calumet, Mich., July 24. Many de
sertions are reported in a dozen points
of the' copper country, where 15,000
miners were locked out. as the result
of a struggle between the western fed
eration of miners and the operators,
The companies have doubled their
mine guards in a score of places.. The
night workings are closed as a result
of the rioting last night throughout
The show was a big success in every
way, and the crowd is roughly esti
mated at 3000.
Circuit Judge J. W. Knowles, of this
city, was the speaker of the day and
delivered a very interesting address.
shots were exchanged.
The trouble started as a result of
the district when several mobs attack- an attemnt by the miners to force their
ed the non-unionists on their way to (employes to cease work. The governor
work. More than a dozen deputies has been asked to rush troops. Thou
were injured and several seriously in- sands of deputies have been sworn in
jured, in a clash this afternoon by the but the number is inadequate.
Dr. P. A. Charlton has been named
timer of horse race evr.ts. ' "' '
The program is of such a varied na
ture that one event can be crowded
on the track immediately after anoth
er and there will be no waits of any
kind. v
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We Are Opening for Business
The Elegant New
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The Drink That Was Called Robur.
About forty years afro there was ad
vertised on London billboards a drink
called Uobtir. said to be (rood for every
aliment and. hidden tally, the long
south! after elixir of life One was
Invited to send for free samples, and
ltd marvelous properties were the sub
ject of everybody's c-onverxation Ro
hnr inlcht have been sold to this day
had not Home one. without the fear of
n libel action before bis eyes, divulged
Its secret formula cold tea enlivened
hr mm From Hint jtinm.mt if foil
rapidly as It had risen, for people
( could make their own Robur 1 tbey
! wanted it.-Clilrniro News.
Cafeteria
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Delicatessen
11:30 O'clock A. IV. on
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Real Humiliation.
( , "It must be rt"jh to lose the roof
j over your head "
; "Yes; but think of hnvliiK the mort-
Kuire foreclosed on your automobile.
I'lltslmrKb Post
Impatience bns wlnps and passes the
pin I. Intention pneks her trunk and
misses the conch Resolve starts on
fool and wins
Saturday, July 26th
In the Lewis Building, 108 Depot St.
LA GRANDE, OREGON
And respectfully invite the public to call and' in--spect
our complete plant. This is an entirely new
enterprise in La Grande and we are here to earn
the friendship of the people of this community.-
V. B. LEDMAN
CHARLES BEZUCHA
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