LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1913.
THE OBSERVER
BBUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner
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THOSE POTATOES.
Mayor Frank Smith and a bunch of
Elgin citizens were here attending
Elks lodge Thursday night and - in
cidentally the prospective potato crop
and market were mentioned. Mayor
Smith in reply said: "Elgin people
can always be counted upon to do the
right thing. Last year when pota
statements that might be looked upon
as a sufficient reason for the impa
tience of the syndicalists, - One of
these is to the effect that the official
annual report "of the' executive com
mittee of the Social Demicratic party
recently published shows the smallest
increase in membership in the history
of the party so small in fact that it
verges on stagnation. This confirms
reports current for some time that the
Socialist movement reached the crest
of the wave a year ago, when' 110 so-
pinKufo wp.va alerted to the reichstae. '
and indicates that the party is threat
ened with disintegration. In the fact
of this it is to be expected that the
radical element would seek to take
radical -steps to turn the tide. -
The falling off in socialistic inter
est is attributed to internesene war
fare, between the radicals and the
conservatives in the party, and dis
satisfaction over the lack of practical
results. According to the official re
port the increase in membership dur
ing the year was only 12,74ft of which
10,744 were women. There is also a
decided falling off in the number of
subscribers to socialist newspapers,
wnicn on raarcn ax ibsi were i,vu,ti. ,
compared with 1,478,042 on June 30, .
1912." "Vorwaerts" with a circulation,
of 165,000 lost 8,000 subscribers. I :
The question of plural voting is one abundant ground for their claim from
that involves England as well as Ger-' a common sense standpoint. .Yet, it
many. It is a system that gives a is claimed a patent prevents the us
man with property spread over several ing of a bitulithic top on a concrete
election districts, the rifcht to cast a base. . One instance where the patent
vote in each of them. It1 is an in jus- laws ere working a hardship on the
tice inasmuch as it gives the wealthy vox populi. If the matter were put to
man a decided advantage over , his, the United States supreme court
FINAL CLEARANCE PRICES
Now in Effect in Every Department
Takes your choice of Women's
Tailored Suits, Coats and Dresses
worth up to $30.00
$15.00
For your choice of ail
Men's Suits
Values up to $30.00 '
Sale Lasts Until September 1st OnlyDon't Delay.
WESTS REMODELING
SALE
INDuSTRIA
toes were worth worse than nothing Poor neighbor, providing him with a when it is in the frame of mind to do
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greater Voice in ine elections. me unit uusb Dusving were misfit os
English house of commons passed .a an. adverse ruling on such a condi-
bill to abolish it but the house of lords, tion. ' . : . '.
true to its Tory traditions, rejected , '" . ...
the measure overwhelmingly. But it is The Dollarway paving people went
a reform that will come, both in Eng- home happy although- they did not
land and in Germany, and it will not get even expense money out of the
le necessary to resort to the socialist La Grande paving scrap. But one of
and Elgin had hundreds of carloads
to sell, you would have thought the
people there would have become dis
couraged. Not so; they buckled up
their suspenders and went right after
the same game this season. As a re.
suit we have more potatoes than any.
body and prospects are really good
for a fair price. If things Bhould shift
around and potatoes hit the dollar-a
i . sack mark Elgin people' will actually
have to come to La Grande to spend
their money they will have so much
.of it."
Let ub inwardly hope for that dol-
lar-a-sack price this fall.
VISIONARY PHILOSOPHY.
According to "Vorwaerts" the cen
tral organ of the German Social Dem
ocratic party, In an .article which is
quoted et length in the! Milwaukee
Leader, Prussian Socialists are earn
estly debating a proposal to engage in
a "mass strike" for suffrage reform
similar to that which was successfully
.-- waged in Berlin recently. 'Whether or
not the setp is to be taken Will, be de
cided at a national convention of the
party within a few weeks. "Vw-
waerts" points out the difference be
tween the situation in Belgium and
that in Prussia, and suggests the prob:
C ability that the convention wi!l decide
that the time is not yet ripe for such
a critical test of power.. It is shown
that two widely differing elements in
the party are favorable to the strike
proposal, one hoping merely for the
abolition of plural voting, which would
be the ostensible purpose of the strike,
while the other, influenced by syndi
calists, dramas of a show of power
which would rapidly augment the
. ranks of the militant proletariat and
effect a direct blow at capitalism. This 1
latter visionary philosophy . has not
.., made much headway in Germany, and
its employment in the present agita-r'
tion seems more likely to give pause
to the rank and file of the Socialist
voters than to hurry them on.
News dispatches from Berlin contain
and socialistic proposal of the
strike."
It is to be hoped that the newspa
jers will soon get Thaw off of the
front page.'
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Some of the fruit men of this sec
tion will surprise themselves on the
returns from their orchards this year
just as the cherry grower was hap
pily surprised.
The police force is ordered not to
spare anyone under the speeding or
dinance and in that same ordinance
there was nothing said about raising
the speed limit. Have you run a ma
chine oyer Fourth street yet ? "When
you do,' note the temptation it is to
step' on its tail and kick open the
cuVout. However, law is law and it
must be respected, so do away , with
the speeders. Slow moving automo
biles seldom do damage. '
There will be some mighty interest
ing subjects discussed by those Metho
dist ministers who are soon to come,
so arrange to give a few evenings to
their meetings.
It seems to be a concrete fact that
La Grande is to have concrete paving.
And the price seems to be right. By
the way, the price of paving is really
an essential lacior in town aeveiop-
ment
them said: "We helped kill the -king,
anyway. Just what -was meant he
did not explain. ' ,.''
A few years ago hard working peo
ple were supposed to look at the rich
with envy and resentment. Now they
merely deride the occupants- for not
having a more up-to-date car.
There is a demand that the Wash
ington lobbyists wear badges. The
RELIEF: SLOW
COMMISSION CREATED OVER -A
YEAR AGO INACTIVE.
of Labor; John B. Lennon, treasurer
of the American Federation of Labor;
A. B. Garretson, chief of the Order of
! Railroad conductors.
Representing the public: Mrs. J.
Borden Harriman, of New York;
Frank P. Walsh, Kansas City; John
R. Commons, of the University jof
Wisconsin. .
Feared That Hughes-oBrah Bill Will
Not Become Effective.
Elgin Band on Tour, i'-
The Elgin band today went to Wal
lowa lake for an over-Sunday outing.
An extra coach was needed on the
Joseph train to accommodate the extra
traffic 'from Elgin on., The tourists
will return tomorrow evening.
-Washington, Aug. 23. Economists
who hailed with delight the enactment
of the law creatine an industrial com. I
mission just about one year ago, to-1 N(mrp ov pRnpnrn' trvpt
day are besieging congress for some . N0TICE ZW?SWD STREET
action in the matter.- .. ' : lmhis.
The measure, wjiich was passed with I To whom it mav concern : You are
considerable eclat, has not yet become hereby notified that the commission
effective, simply because no commis- ers appointed by the common council,
sioners have yet been able to under- of the city of La Grande, Oregon, to
take the work. President Taft nomi- make an examination of thd nrnnertu.
jmivu jjine cimimismuners dui mey
improvements are as follows : Com
mencing at 'the northeast comer of
block No. 59, Chaplin's addition to the
city of La Grande, Oregon; running
thence west to a point 10 feet west of
the northweBt corner of lot 4, block
No.- 74 . of said addition; running
thence .due south to the north line of
"C" avenue; thence' running east to
the southeast corner of block No. 10,
Chaplin's addition to the city of La
Grande; thence north to the place of
beginning, the same consisting of and
including the following described real
property: Blocks 10, 11, 20, 21, 80,
si, 4u, 4i, ou, 51, 6B and 59 of Chap
lin's addition to the city of La Grande:
the east half of blocks 74, 75, 88, 89
ond 96 of Chaplin's Addition to the
city of La Grande, and blocks 11, 10
and 1 of, Arnold. & Dray's addition to
we town or La Urande (now the city
of La Grande) and the east half of
blocks 4 and 5 of Arnold's addition to
the town of La Grande (now the city
of La Grande), and the east half of
upon wnicn assessments are to De levi-1 oiock u street, or tne original town
'died With the last congress. More ed to nav the costs and avnenses nf the I site of La Grande fnnw the r.itv nt
man a momn ago rresiaent Wilson k treat imnrnvament hereinafter Ha. i La Grande 1. and the east half nf that
i
congressmen would then know whore sent in tne names of nine persons, but scribed, as to the valuation and ex- certain tract of land Ivine and beine
to go for advice.
It is said that frequently President
Wilson is not recognized' on the struet.
This would be serious 'if he wcra an
alderman.
Tio merchant who don't advertise at
mis s
bother
spring!
so-far the senate has failed to act on
them. The fear is now expressed that
unless the commission is soon able to
between Third and Fourth streets.
onW "IT" 1.- .1 . I
tent, if any of the benefits to be de
rived by said property by reason of
said imDrovement. have made their house DroDertv. all in th citv of La
j et aown work. cannot complete report in writing to said council, which I Grande, Oregon, and tWe estimated
tne tasK assigned to It in tne time i-enort. has, been received hv said cost of said nrnnnsed imnrnvnmant ia
council, and is on file in the office of
the recorder of said city, and is. open
for vour insDection. That it is the
season at least 'won't hove i0. conKress within three years after pas- intention of said council to levy a spe-
stock ret saSe 01 tne measure. Une year al- rial assessment against all the -prop-
specified in the creative law. The
Hughes-Borah bill establishing the
body specified that it must report to
to buy much new
Boy Scouts to Camp.
The Boy Scouts are , going on a
week's camping trip and will start
Tuesday, August 26, to Beaver creek.
ready has passed without any action ertv hereinafter described for the nur.
"t all. nose of Davincr the costs and exnenses
If the commission lived up strictly" of improving Fourth .street from
All scouts desiring to go should noti-;aBed war between capite, an(J
fy the assistant scout master if they
have not already done so. The boys
will go a'-foot
to the scope of the work outlined or
-it, it is expected to be one of the
most important steps ever taken to
ward solutions growing -out of the
la-
The bitulithic people claim to have
the best top for paving and there is
good ground for their claim. The
concrete people claim to have the
best base, and there seemingly is
TESTING POLICE DOGS. ?
The Test of Time
Time determines whether the policies under which a bank Is oper
ated are safe.
This bank has been In business twenty-six years.
It has grown steadily until It has become one of the strongest and
. most prosperous financial Institutions in the West
The : soundness o. .u policies Is attested by the long list of conserv
ative business n.en transact their business here; also by an
earned surplus of J13i.!iJV.no, the work of time and the res'ill bt
conservative management.
This bank has facilities for Using care of more high grade busi
ness and offers lta services to those who appreciate the best In
bankint.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
OapltJ, $100,000.00 Surplus, $130,000.00 Resources, 1,100,000.08
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF TJITITED STATES GOVEBjnCEJIT.
UHITED STATES POSTAL SAYINGS DEPOSITORY.
New York, Auj. 23. A taxicab con
taining four gunmen dashed up to a
bench on which two men were sitting
in Van Cortlandt park todav. One of
the bandits, bradishing an automatic
revolver was proceeding to "stick up"
I the two men on the bench when a po
j liceman a hundred yards away came
into sight. He sounded his police
whistle and, drawing his revolver, he
started on a run toward the scene of
the hold-up, firing as he advanced.
The three gunmen in the taxicab an
swered the policeman's fire as did the
driver also. . i
As the policeman came up with the
taxicab six policemen leading a half
dozen rangy police dops entered the
park and made for the scene of the
shooting, when the police reserves
were within a few yards of the ban
dits they loosed the dogs which made
for the would-be robbers. Two of the
docs leaped to the front seat of the
cab and pulled the driver to the ground
while the otherR made for the man
who had been sticking up the victims.
He was soon thrown to the ground.
The three robbers in the cab threw
their guns out and surrendered. Aft
er some difficulty the police pulled
the dogs away from the bandits and
the taxicab driver. Some 20,000 spec
tators cheered lustily.
This was but one of the exciting num
bers on the program at Van Cortlnndt
park today when the New York public
was invited to witness the police dog
trials and competitions. Many high
police and city officials attended. En
tered in the competitions were a num
ber of dogs trained by tho famous
German police dog instructors, Boet
gcr and Oschurtz, brought over espe-i
bor. It originated with some of the
ablest thinkers and best known indus
trial students in the country, about
the time that the nation was Bhocked
hv the McNamara dynamiting confes
sions. It was designed to ascertain ex
actly ' the relations between the em
ployers end their employes in every
field of labor.
The law provides for a commission
of nine members, three representing
the employers three representing the
employes and three representing the
public. The members are to be paid
their expenses and $10 a day while ac
tually working. The commissidn is
given broad inquisitorial powers. Its
specific duty is to" inquire into the
general condition -of labor in the Unit
ed States in all the principal indus
tries including agricultural, and espe
cially into the industries controlled by
corporations: to study the effect of in
dustrial conditions on public welfare; .
to study conditions of sanitation and
safety; of employes; to investigate' la
bor unions and associations and or
ganizations of employers; to investi-,
gate disputes between capital and la- 1
bor and formulate some plan of set
tlement to be suggested to congress.
Just why the nominations have been
held up iii the senate this session has
not been made clear except that cer
tain southern senators are said to be
dissatisfied that there is not enough
representation from that section in
the membership. Those named by
President Wilson are:
Representing the employers: Fred
erick A. Delano, "president of the Wa
bash railroad; Harris Weinstock, mer
chant, of California; S. Thurston Bal
lard, manufacturer, of Kentucky.
Representing labor: James O'Con
nell, president of the metal trades de
partment of the American Federation
improving
the south line of "O" avenue to
the north line of "C" avenue, by
laying thereon Gravel Bitu
lithic pavement, according to the
plans and specifications therefor
heretofore adopted by said council and
on file in the office of the recorder of
said city. ,
That the real property included in
and the boundaries of the district ben
efitted and affected by said proposed
$40,000.00. You will further take no-
tic.e' that. said , eity council will meet
at the council chamber in the. city
building of said city on the 3rd day of
September, 1913, at eight o'clock p.
m. of said day .jo consider making
said proposed levy' and rwill then and
there grant a hearing to any and all
persons feeling aggrieved against, or
on account of, said proposed assess
ment Dated at La Grande, Oregon this
16th day of August, 1918.
CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE,
OREGON,
By XEE WARNICK,
Recorder of the City of La Grande,
Oregon.'
Daily, Aug. 23 to Sept 3 10 t.
cially for today's trials. The compe
titions were held under the supervis
ion of the German Shepherd Dog club,
and Miss A. Tracy, niece of the late J.
P. Morgan, was chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements.
Watches Watches
Waltham, Elgin, Hamil
ton and Howard watches
in every grade carried
in stock from the 7 to
23 jewel at eastern cat-
4
alogue prices.
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Largest Jewelry Store in Eastern Oregon
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