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' PAGE FOUR LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1913', THE OBSERVER BBUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner It illustrates what the extreme of bar1,' temper will do and should be a winn ing against the lesser demonstrations by which the climax of ugliness gradu ally is reached. BIG TAXES AND BAD BOARDS. BILL- 65c Daily, per month Daily, per - six months in ad : vance Daily, per year in advance.... Daily, by mail per year in ad' ranee (4.00 Weekly Observer, per year in advance $1.50 $3.50 $7.00 Entered in the post-office at La Grande, Oregon, as second class matter. ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ! Daily, single copy 5c 0ver in France an effective way has Daily, per week . . . .' 15c Mn oun to g rja ol offensive bill boards along the railways. They have been taxed out of existence. If that method can be employed in I France, why cant it be applied in this country. Taxes based upon the dam age tHot billboards do to communi ties and to the general public would ' quickly put them out of business Many a city has suffered more actual harm in a bad advertising way through disfiguring billboards than it could be compensated for if it received twice the amount demanded by the sign owners for their space. On top of this bad advertising ef fect upon communities should be add- j ed the injury suffered by persons who go out to enjoy pleasing sights, but who instead find their county ruthless ly shut off (by lurid barriers seeking j to impress upon them the merits oi some special article or concern. Chicago is now getting after the bill board evil. The big city so long tol erated the advance of the disfigure ments that now it finds itself in a de C'dedly bad way. The millions it has spent in improvements to create a happy impression upon residents and visitors have been nullified in many ways by the view hiding fences. Chi cago might be a splendid advertise- Advertising rates on application. All copy for display advertising must reach the office the day before the ad appears. Address all communications to TOE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St, La Grande, Oregen. SMASHING THE PIANO ... ' Final Sale Prices on Summer! Merchandise That Must A peal to Erery Economical Buyer ENTIRE SUMMER STOCKS Must go this month. Read the following prices we offer: In a music house is the wreck of piano which a man with a temper broke up in one of his fits" of anger The wood in this instrument is smash ' ed, the keys are broken and every- thing, in fact, except the strings, has ; been destroyed. Incidentally, while thf : man was at the job of proving that he was a fool he broke up most of the family furniture, even taking the trou ble to saw off the legs of the chairs and fables when he could not sever ment for itself if people could see the them with an ax. real city. As it is the city is a decid- ' This is temper at its most violent edly bad advertisement for itself, how and unreasoning stage. There are ever valuable its billboards may be grades, however, that while they do as advertising mediums for certain in not do quite so much physical damage, dividuals. are quite as disastrous in the long A tax on billboards seems logical, run to the chap who lets momentary . It also seems just simply as a fair anger get the better of him. Promis- condensation to an injured commun ing careers hav,e been ruined and the' ty. earning capacity of otherwise compet- - ent men cut in half by untimely demon- Two Wisconsin widows of the same strations of the disposition that unfits man have decided to live together, a man for rsponsibility. They probably want to compare past The nervous, excitable chap whe troubles, flies off a tangent on slight provoca- - ' tion usually thinks that those be ' The famous leaning tower of PisA i comes in contact with realize his lit-1 becoming unsafe and will have to have tie weakness and make allowances for a new base. This will necessitate a it. They don't. They take his rude-1 new set of post cards for the tourists. . ness, his bellowing assumption of an authority he is not fit to exercise, fck A H-' criminal owns to .10 his uncertain moods, his ouau:V.i t. Crimea. He ought to be competent to passion, at their face value. For a , K into Chicago politics. long time such a man may escape seri- . ous consequences, but some day he will Pity the poor photographer who has ! vent his bad manners on some one who to lock at some folks half an hour be-; has mane memory a fine art and who fore he can catch the right pose. i twenty years after will not have f or- j gotten an insult. Rough words as well ; A Texan claims that his Mexican as chickens come home to roost captors used the leaves of his bible fot The pity of bad temper is that it so cigarette papers. Holy smoke! often is the possession of those who J otherwise are "Good fellows." Bad It in suggested by temper really is temnorary insanity trip $15.00 Takes your choice of our entire line Benjamin Suits Society Suits Hirsch-Wickwire Suits This is not a sale of odd sizes or undesirable patterns, but includes every suit in the stock. Regular prices were up to $35.00. Take them now for $15.00 Our Entire Line Newest Oxfords and Pumps Reduced 20 Per Cent. $5.00 val. $4.00 4.50 val. 3.60 4.00 val. 3.20 3.50 val. 2.80 $3.00 val. $2.40 2.50 val. 2.00 2.00 val. 1.60 1.50 val. 1.20 This includes every new style for this season and all standard makes such as ; J. E. TILT OPFORDS For Men PINGREE OXFORDS AND PVMPS-For Women UTZ & DUNN OXFORDS AND PUMPS-For Women PONTIAC OXFORDS AND PUMPSfor Misses and Children $9.90 All Men's Furnishings at Reduced Prices Men's Summer Shirts All Reduced 20 per ct. Takes Your Choice of our entire stock Women's and Misses' Tailored Suits and Coats Here you can select from the choic est styles of the season Regular prices of Suits were, up to $40.00 Regular prices of Coats were up fo $27.50 Priced for final clearance at enfy $9.90 Broken line of large sizes in Ivy Corsets. Values up to $5.00, now 89c Regular 20c and 25c Summer Lawns, all reduced to 9c yd WEST'S REMODELING SALE his numerous irom Washington that Me. 15ry- either brought about by direct provo- an is the man who put the depart in cation or by a general state of tension su.to department. due to attempting responsibilities that " the individual is not big enough to England's new poet lau-e i" s n bear. One cannot help feeling sorry : doctor. To know all about poet feet back-end brakeman with same effect . : ws-tymMiarirmiiiisMtjTrtMllia Sw f tlfy fi Jap Passenger Wants to Know. $$ J ?.-'?'$ $ v - Shiaro, Takomoto, "Japanese passen ger," has written to the .Hon. S. Pa cific company, earnestly asking why, "please, do engineer 9:30 evening p, m. freight train necessary' blow whis tle with so long lasting sounds foi calling back end brake-man if S short whistle call would wake his baby and for the usually kind, capable man, who he should be a chiropodist. Ss so constituted tnat he cannot control his tongue and his actions when a cris is arises. The wrecked piano is a moral lesson, sr.ne Sunday? each departure-" and Takomoto, too has some sueeestions resardintr Pull- Isn't it about time that somebody . man cars. started an agitation for a safe and 'Dear Hon. S. Pacific: The Test of Time Time determines whether the policies under which a bank Is oper ated are safe. Tn!a bank has been In business twenty-six years. It has grown steadily nnil It bas become one of the stronses' ind most prosperous unsocial institutions In the West. The soundness v.. villcies Is attested by the long list of conserv ative business n.n - transact their business here: also by an earned surplus of .''lw ..00, the work of time and the res-ill o! conservative manaftetn.?n This bank hat facilities for taking care of more high grade b-n'.-oesa and offera Its services to those who appreciate the bpsl In banking. Lt Grande National Bank La Grande, Oregon Capital. $100,000.00 Surplus. $130,000.00 Resources, 1,1PO,POO.C DESIGNATED DErOSITOBT OF OITED STATE GOTERMfET. EXITED STATES POSTAL S1TI50S DEPOSITORY. "I residing in these Cuisun City and question, please do engineer 9:30 even ing p. m. freight train necessary blow whistle so long lasting of sounds foi calling back end brake-man if 5 short whistles call would wake my baby and back end brake-man with same effect each departure? Many other trains at crossings raise same long night nois es; cannot all lives be safe "v;th less awakening of almost the dead? "Also recent time .of late 1 trael with hon. employ in lovely electric lights Pullman car "Aliena" and can not find satisfy place to lose my watch and American eagle ($10.00i I for complete safety. Could not hon. Pullman save 25c from every gentle man in the lower berth rate financial condition by inserting in smoke room wash place, one small safe deposit box conveniens (10c to porter upon' ar rival at destination to leave key with itl. so saving temptation of robbery under pillow. "Thanking you for quiet relief to home and very grateful for trave. safety. "Yours t-u!y, 'SHIKARO TAKOMOTO. i "Japanese Passenger.' The Southern Pacific h?.s answered Takomoto and assured him that it ; will do all it can that: "all lives 1 ' safe with less awakening of almost the dead." 1 Do You Comply With the BUTTER LAW? If not, read the following law and have your Butter Wrappers nicely printed, with your name and weight of butter thereon. CAUTION! CHAPTER 179, SECTION 3. "It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to sell, offer or expose for sale, any short weight butter within the State cf Oregon. All butter sold or exposed or offered for sale in rolls, prints or squares within the State of Oregon, shall be plainly marked: 'Eight ounces, full weight,' sixteen ounces, full whight,' 'twenty-four ounces full weight,' or "thirty-two ounces, full weight', every roll, print or square sold, offered or exposed for sale sh" t-:,, the number 0f ounces marked thereon; and any person, firm, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine or not less tl;r.n 525.00 nor more than $100.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail for net less than 3ix months; or both such fine and imprisonment." The Observer can furnish you with good parchment Butter Wrappers, printed according to law. We are printing for the best buttermakers in this valley, and would like to add your name to our list of satisfied customers. You can send your order by mil. Write plainly and state the size ;.vu wish. The Evening Observer . La Grande, Oregon I ! ' . - T'l-f TITlTMfMiin in -m
