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LA GRANDE SJVEIrtNa OBSERVER.
FRIDAY, AUGUST; 29j19ia7
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TRACING THE CONGRESSMEN.
: If the National Voters' league.' in
' carrying: out its plan to keep "the
i folks at home" informed of the con-l
gressman's record down to the last de
r' tail, succeeds in keeping partnership
it ; or bias from its reports it will be in
a position to do a useful work. Its
. value will be utterly lost if those who
are to be kept informed once get a
. suspicion that the league has any axes
P to grind. ' . - - .
The personnel of those backing the
movement makes it more than likely
that absolutely fair methods will be
followed. Men like those who com-
t pose the executive committee inspire
a- a degree of confidence that will help
i.i much in making the league's work
count for something definite. ' '.
The whole idea of special Washing
ton correspondence in newspapers is
founded on the principle that ' the
V electorate cannot know1 too' much of
.." what their representatives in the house
and the senate are doing.1 Necessar-
fly, however, a newspaper cannot fur
nish all the details of the congress
men's acts to its readers. Their part
in pending questions must be sacri
ficed at times to. the broader issues
presented by 1 national politics as a
whole., , Some , readers are interested;
In one phase of a congressman's activ
ity, some in another. A non-partisan
organization, doing nothing else but
collecting exact information as to the
vote on 'every bill presented and every
speech made, can provide much of the
f detail that does not appear in the
'newspapers.
With-a dependable and non-partisan
body of men securing and index
log ttia relation of each individual
;n; member to legislation there can be no
excuse for such disputes as occasion
' ally arise between candidates as to the
position which one has taken during a
previous term. The ' record will be
" down in black and white where all
A .who take ,the trouble to investigate
; can find it , With such a .system in
( terest in national affairs should be
deepened and every voter given the
chance to exercise an intelligent choice
as to his representative in Washing-
The Test of Time
Time determines whether the policies under wblcb
ated are safe.
This bank haa been In business twenty-sis yearo. '
. It,haa grown steadily nntll It has become one of the stronet. and
most prosperous financial Institutions in the West
Toe-soundness u. .'! policies Is attested by the long list ot 'conserv
ative business men transact their business here; also by an '
earned surplus of tO.iijv.OO, the work ot time and the res-ill ot
eonserratrre management.
This bask has facilities for taking care ot more high grade bust
bam and offers its services to those who appreciate the best In
' bankln . r , f', .
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Capital, $100,000.00 Surplus, $130,000.00 Resources, 1,100.000.0
DK9IG5ATED DKP08IT0BT OF UNITED STATES GOTEBIOrtST.
UKITID 8TATIS P08T1L SATIXGS DBrOSITOBT.
BAND CONCERT PROGRAM.
Appended is the Band Concert Pro-
rram for This Evening.
March, "The Westerner," . ....Losey
Habanera,' "Mexican' Kisses," Roberts
Medley march, "In the Land of Hnr
- mony,' Introducing "When the
Bloom Is On the nether. , ' Snyder
Cornet solo, "Preg hiera," ;.. .Tost)
y: ':;- -'.i, ., Mr. Tatman.
Waltz, "Under the Hose," iii.Blanke
Intermezzo, "Margarita,". .Mills
Overture, "Idealistic," Brooks
Medley march, "Cross ' the Mason '
Dixon Line," Marshall and Daniels
J. DAVID HAINES, Director.
REPORTS GIVEN CHEER.
(Contlnui, irom rage 1.)
Faiis. . .
Solo Mrs. Finzer, Idaho Falls. '. "
" Conference report Mrs. E. C. Cpok,
read by Mrs. G. W. Barnes.
Male quartet la uranae.
Address Miss Maude Keneworthy,
Portland, Oregon.
Address Dr. rulkerson, Nagasaki,
Japan. ,' -'
Benediction Dr. W. ti. Martin oi
Boise. . . '-, ..;.,,.'
. . Friday, August 29.
9:00 a. m. Devotions, Bishop Liic
cock. - ' '."".?
- 9:30 a. m. Business Session.
11:45 a. m. Adjournment ,. : '
2:30 p. m. Anniversary Woman's ive vision. In the majority of cases preparations are being made for the
Foreien Missionary society . Suitable glasses would cause these paper chase to be held on Labor Day
. . ri -otherwise backward children to ad- at Gearhart. A large number of res-
:00 p. .m Meeting of Conference vanre and teke tneir places in classes ervations are made at the Hotel Gear
brotherhood. I with 'normal' children. Such correc- hart and many visitors are expetced
8:00 p.". m Social service. ' ' jtions not only increase" the-learning by the cottagers.. -..
Address-O. P. Christian, superin- ability of the pupil And mean less work : .
tendent Children's Hone' Boise ' ' for the tf8chcr' b uhey have,an Z .. Monmouth Poatof fice Robbed. V
lenaeni ViHiaren 8 nOTie,-xioise. ; innmi- vnlne as well hwnnsa if n child .u r .. no Tk.
Address 11. L. Hamilton, of roca -
teno. ;
Address G. W. Barnes. '
' Saturday Aueust 30
9:00 a. m. Devotions, Bishop Luc -
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cock.
9:30 a.m. Business session.
11:45 a. m. Adjournment. '
8:00 p. .m College platform meet
ing, Hon. G. W. Podgham, chairman,
Salmon City.
Address Dr. Fletcher Homan, Sal
em, Ore. ,
Address Dr. W. H. Martin, Boise,
Idaho.
Address Dr. P. W. Powers, Black
foot, Idaho.
Address Ex-Governor Goodmg, ot
Gooding, Idaho. - '"
Sunday, August 31.
. 9:30.,a,, m. Love feast, led by J,
W. Vandusen, Boise.
11:00 a. m. Sermon, by Bishop Luc
cock. -.-''
Homer E. Culleson, of Weiser, in
Baptist church, high school auditorium.
C: E. Deal, of Portland in Christian
church. ; i '
W. A. James, of Wallowa, Presbyter
ian church, ,
2,:80 p. m. Ordination service
4:00 p...m Memorial services. :
7KKI p. m. Epworth League, led by
G. G. Haley, of Boise.
8:00 p. Anniversary Sunday
board. .. ' , " ,
' Horstman Resting Easy.
Renorts today are that Contractor
Joe Horstman who was seriously in-
iured vesterdav when a safe fell on
him, is resting fully as well as could
be expected. HiB left arm was broken
in two nlaces and several ribs were
broken, but it appears now that inter
nal iniunes were not very serious, n
is believed the arm will not have to
a bank
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It oper
be amputated yet it is said to be a
litvie early to pass finally on that. mat
ter. ; One of the strange incidents
about the accident, which came within
a fraction of an' inch of claiming Mr.
Horstman's life, was. that seven or
eight men tilted the three-ton safe suf
ficiently'to get Mr. Horstman's arm
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Ladles, Look and Read!
Madam and Professor Harris aKj
now ready to give you massage scalp
face and , body. - Removes Brown
splashes from face. ' Stop hair from
falling out in five treatments. '.Pro
fessor Harris removes Corns, bunions,)
ingrowing toe hails. House 8 Fourth
street, Phone Red 81. We call at
your residence. Adv. 8-25 6t p.
Children's Eyes DeTective.' '
Buffalo. Auir. 29. Declaring the'
25 per cent of all children attending
school have defective vision or eye-j
strain. Dr. Louis C. Wessells. opth-
almologist for the Philadelphia board'
oi neaicn sirongiy urgea more inor-
out'h inspection by physicians of the
school children. Dr. Woasf-lls was
sneakinir on the RiiMept. "npfect.ive
Vision in School Children from an Eco -
Jioiiucal Standpoint," beXoie Hie f uuiih
international congress on school by-
giene today. :. ' ,
'Medical inspection of 'school chil-
dren," he declared, "has revealed the;
fact that at lea6t 25 per cent of all '
children attending school have defect-
j,,, backward and remains in the same
ciass ior iwo or wires years, u is com-
lne 8tnte tw0 or three times as
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cnnu. . .
1 .i.'ew children remain in school aft-
er the nge of fourteen, the legal ag
in most states at which they are per
mitted to work. This fact emphasiz
es the necessity of examining the eyes
of children in the kindergarten and
the first eradeg. The fact I wish most
to emphasize is the importance of
municipalities esetoblishing thir own
eye dispensaries for the refracting
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anu lurriifuin ui iuokcs ncc w kuv
poorer children at least. This is an
economic problem rather than -a char
ity, as it would reduce the cost of edu
cating the child and at the same tin e
increases the efficiency of both the
pupil and the teacher. , . -
j Other subjects discussed at today's
sessions were "School Feeding," "Tu
berculosis Among School Children,"
i "The Conservation ' of Vision . Among'
School Children,, and the "School Feed
ing Movement." Speaking on the last
mentioned subp'ect, Louis Stevens Bry
ant, of the University of Pennsylvania
said: "The greatest need of ttie school
movement along this line today is not
propaganda it is going forward with
its own momentum. What is needed
is the development of better methods
in medical examination of pupils and
of a system of 'school feeding', and
finally the constant extension of sci
entific experimentation in this field
which affords an unrivaled opportun
ity for the development of the science
of nutrition. .
Salem Lad Drowns. ,
Salem, Ore., Aug. 28. Karol, 16-venr-old
'son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Jaskoski, was drowned while swim
ming just above the county bridge
across the Willamette here yesterday
afternoon about 3:80 o'clock. There
were' several . boys in the water, and
young Jaskoski undertook to swim to
a log boom about 75 yards out. Ken-
neh Pennebaker was on the log boom
auu mien Jouani uuu urariy icui.i-.
ed it, thinking he was perfectly safe,
young Pennebaker started to walk to
wards the shore on the boom. Hear
ing Jaskoski call, he turned and dove
in to his assistance. He got his arm
around the boy's neck and tried to
help him reach the boom, but Jaskoski
had lost his head and grabbed him
around the neck in such a way that
he was lorced to break away from him
in order to save himself. After doing
so, however, he grabbed the drowning
boy by the hair, but in the struggle
lost his hold and the boy went under.
The father, who is foreman in the
Statesman office, was at once notified
! and rushed to the river bank but he
could do nothing. The victim of the
treacherous river was a pupil of the
east school, ranking high in school
work and being prominent in athletics.
The river is being dragged but it
will probably be some time before the
body ie recovered as the current is
strong where the accident occurred,
and the body would be carried down
until some eddy held it.
- Paving Brings Protest.
Springfieia. Ore.. Aug. 28. A pro
test was filed at the meeting of the
city council last night against the or
dinance compelling property owners to
pay for the naving of street intersec
tions andSeBeys. The council favors
enforcing the ordinance. The Fifth
street paving was accepted and the
street ordered opened. The council
heard a complaint about its street
work registered by Milton McKlinn,
who erected his residence, according to
an old city survey, and now finds that
it is 17 inches in the street, and asks
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I MlesVsiRjenWMUnSam 1
Closes Saturday, August 30th
Fin al Clearance Prices Now jn Effect in
Prices that are far
"Seethe
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the city to pay for moving his home
and for the new plumbing. This was
' referred to the street committee. An
o.tlmtiicc-pc.mitting sKatmg nnKs to
run on Sunday afternoons, agreed up-
ion at an extra session oi tne council
last week, was passed. : t
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. Paper Chase Is Attraction." '
' Gearhart, Ore., Aug. 28. Extensive
office here was robbed last night,
making the second time within the
past two m0nths that this office has
peen enterea Dy purgiars. un me nrsi
occasion only the mail sacks were dis
turbed, but this time the safe was
blown up and about $300 .in money
and $400 in stamps taken. 'The sufe
is a total wreck, and the office is
strewn with scattered bits and scraps
of metal from its walls and doors. It
is the belief that the safe was blown'
about 12 o'clock, last night, atd that
it was the work of experienced men in
that line. Entrance was effected
through a side window which had been
forced open, -.
So far as can be learned no clew to
the perpetrators has been found, but it
is believed that they were yeggmen.
Girls Worth Jail Sentence.'
Oregon City, Ore., Aug. 28. Clif
ford Anderson, who last week follow
ed an' Oregon City woman on the
streets and was arrested for mashing,
was sentenced to 50 days in jail by
City Recorder Stipp Monday after
noon and sentence was suspended to
day on condition that he' would leave
town. Anderson was escorted to the
city limits this morning by patrolman
and started for Portland, tje turned
back a minute, saying he thought-Oregon
City girls worth going to jail for,
but as the officers made preparations
to handcuff him upon re-arrest, he
changed his mind again and went on
his way north. He is thought to be
'insane, . but when examined Dei ore
County JuUee Anderson, was found
not in such condition as would admit
him to the state asylum. ; -' ! -.
LONDON'S ANCIENT TOWER.
A Beefeater and a Yeoman Lock Its
" Galas Every Night ' ;
Strange to 8iiy. very tew people are
aware of nil Hiiclcnt rimtom wlik-h is
still knut mi m thw 'I'hwm r lintinn.
Jrh tx-fore midnight a lieefeuter and
the chief yeoinnn porter secure the
kp. .lim .... .,,.,., h,my. In
governor s
"lock up." Having received the keys
tbey proiwd to the gimrd mom.
"Ksi-ort for the kers." rails out the
porter, and u mrg-ant and six privates
turn out ' . ;
The procession then marches off. aDd
the. sentries they (hum tone the usual
cb:illeuge of "Who goes there?" to
which the nnswer Is "Keys."
Arriving nt the eiitriiiiee to tbe Towf
er gronuds. the lion's gate, the porter,
locks the gte and fhi? piirty returns
to the gnnrilroiiiu. the sentry chnlleng-,
Ing ax before and receiving the same
answer. However, on arrival at the
gUHrt'mnm npiin the sentry mntlmiwt
there Ntaiups hix foot, nt the same,
time giving the iihiihI challenge. '
"Ke,va." replleH the porter. .-.-' ,
"Wlioe keys?" the sentry asks.
."King George's keys." . )
"Advance King Ueurge's keys, and
all s well." ' "
Tbe porter then ssya "ilod hle
King lleorge." and all present respond
with "Amen." Tbe keys are then
saluted and returned to tbe governor's
house. wher they remain until the
next night's ceremony. Pearson's
Weekly. . t
Alike One Way. '
Bacon Huxley siUd that an oyster Is
complicated n watch. Kgbert
Well. 1 know both of them run down
easily. Yotiherx Ktatoxinau.
Kavy l an nwkvvurd homage that In
feriority pays to mcrtt-lji Motte. .
;below the wholesale cost
Windows for Final Prices"
CONFERENCE SIDELIGHTS f
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The preachers knocked off busi-
ness matters this afternoon, at, 3:30
to play a sure "nuff" game of ball.
The ministers will upnold their athlet
ic honors on the one hand and the lay
men are after their scalp. Bishop Luc
cock is scheduled to heave over the
first twister and ex-Governor Gooding
of Gooding,' Idaho is to do the back
stop job. '"The ministers,' however,
have a black horse, Walter Johnson,
which they intend to run up on the
hill to twist 'em over in the main por
tion .of the - game.' -The laymen-have
been strangely mum during the day
as to what they have in store, but it
will be a lallapaloosa of a game ev
erybody admits, t. -' '; i -',' f ''
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Many places of interest - in the
firnnrffl RnnH. valW woro Mnn.j to.
dav in an automobile ride taken bv the
r... :n nM i.;i' : j. i..
visitino- mlniter. and their wivs '
ipuesta of the hiiKinMamon nf th oitv.
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the last at 7-30 The Palmer mill the addition the members who wiH at
park the farming district and Is'land tend the banQuet there be several
City 'were visited The cars took dif- 8 of honor, includjnglshop Luc
ferent routes going and coming, as "eki "-g0 Sd,?g'Jlefc-,?nd
far as possible, and it was a great 5?r8i, B- JTB- JVW' , r;
treat for the visitors. Early bfeak-' Ex-Governor Gooding, -formerly: of
fasts were necessitated but none were Michigan, is an honorary member of
1 . . . the club, whose regular members are:
'''''"' ' : Reverends W. W. Deal, of Nampaj W.
S. Woodhull of Twin Falls: C. L. Bent,
vl.i ' j .l i . .
some little time, is one of the oldest
men in aiienaance, irpm a viewpoint.
of service." He has never been a mem -
ber of this conference, however, hav-
ing held his membership in another
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T. P. Graham, associate editor of
the Long Valley Advocate at Roseber- L . . ... ... ' '.
ry, which is only a few miles from the ,ous to Join the carBvan tU" o"
famous Pavette lakes, is one of theldsP1 the fact that for a long time
guests in this city this week. Mr. Gra-
ham comes from what is generally
known as the best fishing and hunt
ing grounds in Idaho, if not the north
west. He recites some exciting tales'
New
Footwear
in all the new 'styles in velvets,! :
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suedes, cravenettes, patents :
kids, gun metals and tans. j i
These we carry in widths
cangive you your proper
comfort, as well as neatness
L J. French & Co. ' ji
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Agents for
mm
T'.f "v him
. Every Department. i
in many lines of highfc
about fishing, among them that! it is
an easy matter to catch rom 500 to
,600 pounds of fish in a day. . It hap
pens to be a true, fish story too, for
local hunters who Jiave been there
claim great things for that country.
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Bishop Luccock has humorous inci
dents befall him, some times, when
he goes to towns where he is a stran
ger. He has been approached in Port
land, as being John Bunny, and "Foxy
Grandpa," is jiryther name that have
been given him. They. invariably; call,
him these names with reverence too,
for there is no gainsaying that there
are some - resemblances between the
famous moving picture artist and the
bishop. ..:;.'':'. - ", . t.
Members of the Idaho Conference
whose native state is Michigan, have
formed a social club,' known as the
Wolverine club. W. W. Deal, of Nam-
P8' the flrst of the Wo vermes HOW
j here
! ere to;come west, is president and the
CIUD.8. caFer W1 Be BUSpiclOUSly USh-
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! e.rea lP'8 evening ai I o ciock wnen
ered i
the members dine at the cafateria. In
of Emmett; H. E, Bush, of Salmon
city. A c; Quinn, of Alicelf James
Uetch,, American r ails; U. K. Weal. Of
' rruitiand;- c. A.' "varnum, or unss;
O. ' P. Christian, 6t the .Children s
me in Boise; J. W. Miller, of Jos-
W. W. Deal thinks so much of 'the
Grande Ronde that he was very.anx-
.he was located at Union and knows the
Grande Ronde like a book. He was
sent to Idaho a few years ago but has
not forgotten the Grande Ronde.)
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