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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1913.
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner
Entered in the post-office at La
Grande, Oregon, as second class
matter. '
death of our friend, Willis Duniway.j honest-to-gbbdness vacation in the
the headlina read, "A Useful Cedar 'open does.
Tree," when it should have read, "A Perhaps, after all, the tan is not the
Useful Career Ended." When one sole and only end of the midsummer
reads in cold type errors it is regret- holiday. .
table but so long as we are human j
there will be errors. I Discussion of an excursion to the
It did not detract from the admira- beach is out of order. The climate
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ! t'0" we have always held for the man
Dailv. single con 5c' who passed from this life, and we be-
Daily, per week ............... 15c
Daily, per month 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 $4.00
Weekly Observer, per year in
advance $1.50
' Vil J atra mpf vaoitara will yoa A'J
understand that a line from another
article got in the wrong place.
Advertising rates on application. All
copy for display advertising must
reach the office the day before the
ad appears. :
of Eastern Oregon has it all over the
beach climate and people from the
lower country are coming to Wallowa
Ir'ke this summer instead of going to
the ocean. Let the railro&d run an
excursion from Portland to Eastern
Oregon and give those Portlanders a
chance to see something and also
l breathe an air that will stretch out
Just why the administration, can-their ,ung. Cells, makjng them real
not see, or why the Taft Adminis- ,ive men for once,
tration could not see, that the time 1 " j
is sure to come when Mexico must be
THE SOFT PEDAL IN MEXICO.
Address all communications to
TIIE' OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St.,
La Grande, Oregen.
RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.
Mayor Hall took the floor in his
own defense at the council meeting on
Wednesday night which was all right.
He was amply justified in asking his
accusers to come to the center and
play the game in the open. The un
fortunate recall proceedings never
cared for by the United States is some-
Guess a million and a quarter bush-
what of a mystery. This country els ot wneai com souna oaa lor u,(
throwed her protectorate over the Phil- Grande Ronde valley this year? And
ippines and Cuba when conditions were there is money here to move the croP
not as bad as they are now in Mex- 00,
ico. . , I "
No one wants war but when it is And after 8,1 tTle 8ol"tion of Brv
inevitable why prolong the agony and an'8 speechmaking is probably not the
continue to have American citizc : monev end- He is 8 m8n wno Just
butchered, the flag insulted and the dear,y ,oves to talk
nation outraged by a band of ruf-! ;
fjang? unemingno one win ooudi: u l. n.
loes organize an army to invade
Every man and woman in La Grande should invest.
gate these unparalleled sale prices on newest
High Grade Merchandise
(1 C A A TAKE Y0UR CH0ICE 0F ALL (PIC A A
$lD.UU MEN'S CLOTHING For piD.UU
Value up to $35.00--Not One Suit Reserved-All Must Go.
SUMMER TAN TO ORDER.
Mexico it will be composed of fighting
men and not mollycoddles.
ou"","""u""1 u.c u.. ,.u . . . . - t, dispatches
burn is the latest shortcut which the should caU attention to ten bachelors
should have been started, for when twentieth century scinece has devised. on the Diggs jury has not been fully
the slightest movement is -.mis in such , In the Edison laboratory is a machine I explained.
a direction falsification follows and that by utilizing what is called a - ,
assassination of , character is made. I mercury ray, makes it unnecessary! Don't overlook the fact that La
This doubtless was done in the. case of to go to a summer resort to get a coat j Grande, along with her many other
the mayor without the approval of of fashionable tan. It will prove a sensible moves this season, is erecting
the councilman or councilmen who boon for those peculiar persons whc a public library. :
i
were anxious to invoke the recall, but would rather work during hot weath-
Take Your Choice of All Take Your Choice of All
Women's Tailored Women's and Misses9
Suits Coats
Values up to $40.00 for Values up to $27.50 for
$9.90 $9.90
Figured Lawns, worth up to 25c, now reduced to
Regular 20c Japanese Kimona Crepes, now
White Waistings. up to 25c a yard, now
- 9c per yard
12 l-2c .per yard
15c per yard
the effect is just as bad as though it cr and take their vacations when the! When a man gets sore because he
had their sanction. The whole matter out-of-doors is cool enoueh to be en- can't make others believe in his brand
is disgraceful and the taxpaying citl- joyable. Such individual can remain iof religion we doubt whether the
zens cannot feel very good over see- in their offices nil summer long and Creator classes such over-zealousness
ing a squabble that consumes time of yet go around without being told by , s an asset or a liability.
the officials when there is sb much j a lot of fussy friends that they ought j ' '
that might be done in La Grande's be- to get out in the open and acquire aj The police of Aurora, 111. are to have
half. coat of tan. In an hour in the Edison summer uniforms of Panama hats and
The mayor was the one assailed and laboratory the machine will do what it sern-e coats. Sounds cool but inade
he cannot be blamed for taking the would take old Sol many days to ac- quate. - -
course he has. compush. Furthermore the job is done; -
However, it will lie useless to fur-' without anv smartincs and burninps .' Mental telepathy is unreliable in
ther prolong the matter with commit- which help so much in holding up the that the man who owes you never
price of cold cream. All the subject seems to have his mind as much on. ry insurance
Bathing Suits and
Outing Suits Reduced
in .
All Men's Furnishings
at Great Reductions
West's
Remodeling
Sale
tee investigations, attempted impeach
ments and the like. The chief exocut
ive stands unbanned in the minds of
thinking people; the recall is practi
cally dead; the circulator has ceased
has to do is to sit quietly before an ; you as you do on him.
instrument that looks something like
a camera.
The modern world has evolved a
The flames had gained say?., and, unless they are stamped out! ern investors in its lands K0 oi
great headway when discovered and it will only be a matter of time until ' declared that the stat- ; , 1,. .,
! U 1 1 1 1 j. t y- .. t ...... . , T1 -
; u.c kuc!jis mo uareiy lime 10 escape uregon win De unaDie to interest Last- ; of a new era of land valuations. 1
The originator of some of these late with their lives, losing all their per-' " -'53
H. D. Brown, the1 " 111 ""
parasols must have mixed buttermilk sonal belongings.
to circulate, and the fumes of what ' number of w:tys of cutting across lots 1 with his chop suey before going to proprietor, thinks the fire started f rom ' SSWraaeaiagatiregB
was exoocted to be a stench to t he not.- w any desired end. we are:nea. , u ' rooms, tie win
trils has failed to be noticeable. lassmTJ by Dr. Eliot that reading ten;
It seems to us the proper course minutes a day from the books that
for all now to pursue, is to settle comprise Iub "five foot" shelf will
down to hard, earnest work for the give us learning. Some of the ladies 1
passage of the commission chnrtrr nevei' dream of using the fresh air as
which will put an end to a lot of such a complexion tonic, but instead buy it
work as the city has witnessed of all at the drug store. In the prohi-
late.
. rebuild in brick or stone.
One thing that the city boy escapes
is turning a grind stone for father.
NEWSP.Al'ER ERRORS THAT
CAUSE SHIVERS.
Dry Farming Considered.
Portland, Aug. 7. President Wida
ton, of Utah Agricultural college, L
hition states they are said to sell a gan Utah, passed through the city t
tablet, that, dissolved in water, makes , ,fjy on hjs ,vnv to Corvallis where 1:
beer. By and by we won't have to w:ii confer with the agronomists thereVn take the women to the head of take
itr; where the men of the party
.irnmer btudents On Ouling.
Joxpiir-r--Augs 7. The Willam-.
Iiue University summer School, in ses-
s'on ft Joseph, took an outing trip
through the mountains to Aneroid lake,
on Saturday, as the guests of Jay H.
Dobbin. Automobiles were provided-
No man ever ran a newspaper for
long that errors did not creep in which
serve to cause embarrassment. This
had horses in waiting, and the trip to
the lake, was taken on horseback, the
last of the party reached the lake at
11 o'clock, where a regular sheep-camp
dinner was prepared for the party,
wall Mr. Uobnin as chief cook, and i
D. McCully, J. W. Miller and Frank
go to the trouble of eating. Three regarding dry farming and other agri
times a day we'll swallow a lozenge ulturol problems peculiar to" this
and be nourished that way. j state. D,uring the few hours he was
In spite of the advance of science hpre ),e hat a conference with City
however, -soipe oid fashioned persons cj(.i100 Superintendent. Alderman and
ia especially true on a smaller daily will prefer to get what they go after iWith sonl Director O. M. Plummer.
where proof reading is done "hurriedly in the time honored ways. The Edi- pumer took him out for an inspec
nnd there is constant rush from the son machine, for instance, may make a ' t;nn f the. pvvje school gardens at
time the force goes to work until perfectly lovely tan, but it doesn t 'Woodlawn school and the work the- Kernan as assistants. - The aftemoon
night. send a man back to his desk whistling children had been doing in that line was spent in exploring the mines and
Last evening in mentioning the and happy as the right kthd of an jmpresSed him as one of the most im- canyons, climbing the mountains,
portnnt advancements in the practice snowballing and coasting, playing by
education of the young that he had 'he lakeside, and resting under the
ever seen. He first became interest-, trees. At 4 o'clock the party started
ed in the school gardening work here on the return trip. Those of the par
through The series of photographs ty were: Mr. and Mrs. Jay Dobbin,
which Portland delegates exhibited at
H
I.
CHANGED TO A
etter
Beer
The Test of Time
which a bank 1b oper I
Time determines whether the policies under
ated are safe.
!.. six years.
It has grown steadily until It has become one of the stronises' and
most proBpe'ius mianclai Institutions in the West.
The soundness ... .-. policies Is attested by the long list ot conserv
ative business men transact their business here; nlso by an
earned eurpliiB of "io.i ..,.00, the work of time and the res-ill ot
conservative managcmTt
ThlB bank hag facilities for taking care of more'hlfih gnvle h-i''.-ness
xnd offers Its services to those who appreciate the best In
banking.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Capital. $100,000.00 Surplui, $130,000.00 Resources, 1.100.000.0
DESIGNATED DEPOSITOR! OF IMTED STATES COVERS MET
UNITED STATES POSTAL SAYINGS DEPOSlTOliT.
the recent annual convention of the
National Educators' association at "Salt
Lake.
! Dr. Widf-toe is a specialist on d-y
farming and a strong advocate .of the
"half-day" system of school work as
is in vogue in Germany. TIis system
calls for regular school work during
the forenoon and gives up the after
noon hours to domestic science, man
ual training and athletics.
Telephone Kate Changed.
A Union dispatch says the Eastern
Oregon Co-operative Telephone com
psiny. at a meeting of the board of
directors, decided to accept the de-
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. McCully, Mr.'and
. iaiiK Kernan, Professor and
Mrs. E. L. Coe, Professor J. T. Mat
thews Rev nnd M-s. J. W." Miller. Air.
and Mrs. Sisson, Mrs. Vest, the Miss
es Eggleson, Fleming, Pace, Spicer,
Dobbin, Dunbar, Sisson, McCully,
Clinkenbeard, Stuve, Helena Stuve,
Ault, Bell, Maude Bell, McFarland
Landroth, Faulkner, Robbins, Eva
Robbins, May Robbins, Willgerodt,
Graves, Mitchell, Jennings and New
ly, asiu Messrs. Carpenter, Dunbar, !
Brooks, Bolton, Clark,' Snow and
Haight.
LEMP'S EER ON DRAUGHT
Try FALLSTAFF, the King
ef all Beer
LOTTES BAR
1118 JEFFERSON AVE.
Oregon Loser in Home Seeking.
Salem, Or., Aug. 7. A warning was '
cipion of the railroad commission rath- sounded today by J. B. Eaton, a mctn-
er than contest it in the courts. By her of the state tax commission, who
the decision the company is compelled is just back from a tour of Eastern
to charge the same prices as the Home and Southern Oregon, that if the state
telephone people. Th: rate is double1 U to reach out and secure its share of
1 jiv
1 rylik'HrWJ
iHH A Great Industry
for the stockholders.
Bend Has $4,500 Bbze.
Bend, Ore., Aug. 7 The Evergreen
Eastern Uuidseekers the present al--leged
wildcatting in real estate must I
?case, and investors be made to realize
that when they invest they will re-
rooming-house here was destroyed byceive value in return for their money, j J
fire Wednesday morning at 4 'o'clock.' Already the st:.te has suffered f rem '
causing a loss of about $4,500, covered swindling real estate operators, he
Our facilities for doing
first class work are unsur
passed. Our establishment is
equipped with the best and
most modern appliances for
doing all kinds of Cleaning
Dying and Pressing, tery
department is
OPERATED BY EXPERTS
WHO THOROUGHLY UNDERSTA'"- THE BUSINESS EVERY
GARMENT THAT LEAVES t!R Shu IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAN
AND SPOTLESS. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED PRICES
REASONABLE. COME IN AND SEE US.
THE WARDROBE