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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1913)
THE .OBSERVER BBUCE DENNIS. Editor and Owner Entered " in the post-office at La Grande, Oregon, aa aeeond claaa aiatter. ".; ! .'. ; ',' '' .... Sc ... Wc r i SUBSCRIPTION BATES. Dally, single copy Daily, per week . . Daily, per . month ..... .-. ....... 65e Dally, per aix : montha - in ad-, , (Tance ..,$3.50 Daily, per year in adrance. j...$7.00 Daily, by mail per . year in ad- v ?nee ..... :.. ............. $4.00 Weekly Observer, per ' year In ; Addresa all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St., 'advance ...11,. ............ $1.50 Advertising rates on application. ' All - copy for display advertising must . J refech .the off ice the .day before tlie ' ad appears. ..,',; ' La Grande, Oregon. HOW TO START A FORTUNE. . v . .' If I had never saved, I would never have been successful. Thomas E. Ry an. ' " " , . 1 '" ' ' ' The seed of every great fortune in America today was the saving habit. The present owners of these' for tunes may not be savins, but those who founded them had to be. ' Think of the millions of the Van derbilts, Rockefellers, Carnegies, ' As ters, Ryans and scores of other own ers of enormous fortunes in this coun try. There is not one of them that did not start with old-fashioned thrift. on tne pari oi someone, n may nave, bjiena century ago, or'not any longer ago -than the -youth of" the - present possessors. No matter how much' speculation and "big business" may huve had to do with, the later .devel opment of these fortunes, the start at least was made by saving. ! But innKmuch' as tliere is not one person in a million. who can reasonab ly' hope to acquire a mammoth for-' tune Buch ti' those mentioned, it is perhaps, more convincing to consider the origin of the moderate-sized for tunes, examples of which Jire to bo found in this and every community. Look around you and make a few in quiries concerning (lie reputed rich men in your vicinity. , .You don't even have to make inquiries regarding some of them. It js common knowl edge. You will see "that these com petences likewise had their, origin' in the systematic saving that '.provided funds for wise investments. For the great mass of ambitious persons, the only course now open is that outlined in these words of Hen ry C. Huntington, the Los Angeles financier: ; I "Save a little overyweek, and when you get an' increase of wages or salary continue to live within the former limits and save the increase, jlf yoo find it too diflicult to save, go in debt for a home or undertake some other obligation in the way of investment that will compel you to save. In these days, of course, the average man has better opportunities to win success in salaried positions than in individual enterprises. "': ' The big enterprises pay big salaries at the top, and close ap plication will win promotion toward these bigger rewards. It is not neces sary for a man to get a big salary before he begins to put money aside." How many opportunities' have- you missed because you hadn't saved and didn't have a small amount of money to invest? 'You are one of the rare exceptions if you missed none of them. PAYING INSURANCE IN STALL ... . MENTS. , .,.-.'., . 'At a ecent' convention of 4he Na tional Association of Life Underwrit ers, held in Springfield, Mass., the so- called "installment plan" of paying insurance policies was discussed. By this plan the widow or other benefici ary, instead of being paid a lump sum, is given a definite monthly payment fixed in advance according to the amount' of protection carried by . the insured.. . . When one thjnks of the many wom en , who ', are decieved ' into buying worthless stock or investing their money in other foolish channels by unscrupulous men the advantages of such policies become obvious. It has been said that "the widow is a shining mark for the crooked mining shark.". It is also true that quite often the widow is the victim of the unwise ad vice given by well meaning friends. As it is Impossible for a husband dur ing his lifetime to foresee the pitfalls into ..which the , one he is anxious to provide for. may fall the plan of se curing for a monthly, quarterly or an nual payment must strike many with peculiar force. 11 The experience of the board which has charge of payments under the workmen's compensation act has shown that it is often unwise to place a large sum of money in the hands of a bereft woman. Means that might keep her n modest comfort for many years often are dissipated in .extrav agance ' or lost through careless in-' vestments. 1 In fact there are many men with whom nny big amount could not be trusted to turn out for their own advantage. , Tim fundamental object of insui ance is to provide economic independ- ence for those -who otherwise Would be dependent. It is 'this feature which m'uYes it Socially! valuable and which should cause the thoughtful-cit-fcwn, to scan, with ..car? nil. legislation ' concerning insurance. By encourag rp the installment policy the com panies represented at this gathering wore taking a step toward the fulfill ment of their basic purpose. A Chicago professor has abandoned his chair to run a peanut stand. Once in a while people do find their proper bearings. . . Report says New York never runs out of grafters and it may also bo said that the grafters seldom run out of New York. J Peru promises to send beef into the United States at JO cents a pound. Is it possible that Peru has never heard of Messrs. Armour and Swift? Uncle Joe Cannon says the country 7? r Organised in 1887. DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF C.N1TED STATES OOVKRSMEJiT., '3 J.IP'ITED STATES POSTAL 8AVIXG9 DEPOSITOHT. Capital $100,000.00 j Surplus ..... .; $130.000.00 ' , Total Resources .......$1,000,000.00 For twenty-six years, in all kinds of financial weather, we have successfully catered to the monetary wants of the people of La Grande and the Grande Rondo Valley. 'f , 'We respectfully solicit your business. La Grande National Bank La Grande, Oregon Fashionable Fall Mm ? W?m5 f .':v"'v '..' :" ( v.- - - '. in a wonderful array of patterns and styles Every department filled to overflow- ing with the smartest styles and new est creations of the season. Pay a Visit to OUR NEW Ready-to-Wedr Dept. and look over the largest and best as sortment of High Grade Suits, Coats, Dresses, etc., ever shown in La Grande. Appamfgmmi Stcv stairs and Look Over the Wonderful New Hats.- . Every shape and shade awaits you in our exclusive NEW MILLINERY DEPARTMENT; ' Select your new hat HERE and you have the; assurance of the very newest style, and cor- rect trimming. !SANITARY:, ; DRINKING ;; FOUNTAIN : ' . PUBLIC TELEPHONE: i .1. i. .in i mi.. ii Mniwu IWJJ ..LTg; 'i'.m...iyai'iL miun La Grande National Bank is calling him back to congress. Un- -$': ! 'i c?lo Joe must have very acute her.)- ing. 1 ; CAxNYON CITY TlONEKR HAS ; : ' SONGS ACCEPTED BY BIG' Pndinni.is now worth $10,000 a'-S- PUBLISHING HOUSE : gram and is going up.-.. It is a good & ' p'pn 'to do your radium shopping car- $ J J ?5 iy. ' ' ' . ' , Canyon City, Oi-., Oct. 14. The The California prune crop amounts Eagla says that since W.A). Ingoman to 1!00,0()0,000 pounds. , No relief in has been confined in the county jail sight for the joor boarder after all. 1 here he has composed six songs, writ- - - j ing both the music and the words. Two ' There nrc four thousand ways to 0f the songs will be published by H. toll a toadstool .from a mushroom, Kurkus, Douglas county, of Washing but the surest way is to cat it." ton. P. C, Ingoman is a negro and haR a 0f tne melody of the old time Anna Held is to many again, ' negr of the sunny south. The ac- the key hole reveals the spider on the j which is the oldest but surest way of getting press notices. Why? Asks Mother. La Grande, Oct. 13. (To the Edi tor): Why do men permit those things that are abominable to all de cent people, to enter our fair city, jou one would not expect to get in when to all knowing and thinking Peo" i spiration for a song dedicated "To the pie, the result is pernicious?. noys 0f Ireland,,' and especially by a La Grande during the entire year, j nepr0i Bnj yet it is but another of will neither countinnnce nor permit, jjf e's inconsistencies. gambling in any shape or form, and j negro writing an Irish melody in have not our city fathers entirely re-une semi-darkness of a steel cage is a moved from their accustomed haunts sjtuation that would make the man the immoral elemen? L.ho wrote .Life on the Ocean Wave," Then Why ? I ask the question in and yet never saw the ocean) certainly all fairness as a mother and a lover jsit up anj take notice., And why of growing boys. Why do men justshould it unusuai when the man for one week allow the lowest form of who wrote ..The Beautiful Snow" never immorality and the cheapest kind of saw tne snow. the man who wrote .M;.... :nrnD, . .on) l. tn fill ' .... bbuiuiiuk iu mien vui . ... .. yanKee uoodle, never saw mm, me the minds of our young people with ; , "Home. Sweet, home," the Grant county jail writing Irish melodies has them all beat to a pulp, lashed to the mast and tin-canned for a side alley. ; "" WOMEN WAHFiORS. One That Was Made a Heroine In Spite o Herself. Tlier' nn fi'vv cuiiiitrii's Unit hare not at one time or :i n ! ti.T Initl womi'il ol(Iiers in Hii'ir ranks- -i Mn-r in dis guise or opiMuy !iiciiteil li'siite their ex. Kni: In nd. Kranee mid tiernmny lliive'iill had inililary lieroincs. (ier ttm ny. which trmhtioniilly demands of Its women only softness and domestic ity. hns nevertheless hail its full share. One of theniv Eleonore I'rocliiiskn. hud saved her wiiki's us ii cook to buy Her cepted songs are entitled: "A South ern Longing," and "To the Boys of Ireland." In Vin trlnn miner nf tho inil. whnrp limn' equipment. Iu her Inst battle, shadows fall slantwise on gray walls Ht.iniiliw some heights under . .. . A, i ' heavy lire, she snatched h drum from ami uiu iiuiuuuiK nu..v,t-..o m.v,... flll.n Kl.(,(.lnml, nud beat tile ehnrfie as she .ulvmieed. "You can sew. cook. wash, slntr and shoot better than any of us." said the comrade at her side admiringly, "and now It si-ems yon can drum too!", A moment later she was mortally wounded. As she fell she culled to the nearest olllcer.' with a dying flash of pride and humor: "Lieutenant. I'm a ulrl!" Another kIi'I. Anna Iaihi'lnc. only eighteen, was traced and claimed by her father after she had enlisted, but her captain refused to dismiss so Hue a soldier. A young dressmaker. Sophia Kniger, who made her own uniform before en listing, won the Iron Cross for linivery. Mnrln Wcrdcr. n farmer's wife.' serv. vice and all of "its consequences. Years of clean living and moral teaching is undone in one hour. Why have clean city laws? Why arrest white slav ers? When wc hand out to our young in sugar coated form the poison that is sure to bring about these- very re sults? nevers had one and it was written in ea- "mi.scoveren. w ... ..er n.isoam. ...m . . , , , , . was promoted to be a sergeant., at- French, and the French language has . rminwi nnr,.... no word for home. Annie Iurie never i An nlllllX,, ,,tlllst to the- mn. was, Juanita nevtr hrs been, and it is! ineiy (niilMtit woiiumi Is afforded by said thnt the man who wrote "My .Old j Johanna Stegen. who quite by accl Kentuck Home" lived in Kansas. Of dent won a reputation for heroism. Runvon wrot a little stuff ' She and a companion. Caroline Berger. -hll. 1,- -o. i t,;i .H Miltn... a'.i were raoM hv ,""",p in ,m' fiR"tlng ln h. nomA of t.tter.eitinshiD' . L . J "' at the battle of I.iitieberg Caro- - . uiou(ii.uiinu, puw a pttruutv un clean it out. A MOTHER. Ul0Ug.l.mnB, WW a pa-nnseni. - - lll(f , ,Q wMt mvtir Bhe cou)d lost, but we think that a "nigger" In'pe 0ff ber apron and began binding the hurts' of the wounded woo nuO crawled there also. .lohiinna, spying a heap of enrtrldp'S, tore oiT her apron also and begun t lill it. for she mistook them for ruukuiH of coin. A passing olllcer supposed naturally she was carrying ammuni tion to the. front and gave her orders where to take it. orders which slis dared not disobey. Apronful nftef iipronful of cartridges she carrted--iiD(l the next day fuiind herself acclaimed a heroine! Dor apron was tied to a stuff and borne nroudlv at the head of the regi ment. Men cheered her, the kill? praised her. and she sat at Ins rigm handut a banquet. - Later she married and was lionized by the fashionable ladles of Berlin.--Loudon Tntler. Their Aim. "I suppose." said the husband. sal pose that you women want to vote in like men do?" . "(Ml mi." replied the wile. "Hm Isn'l tlie point at nil ' We want tn ml' a great deal bene, tlinii the men d" 'Miicago .iiiiiiii:i ,l Lustre ueLuxei LIQUID Polish and Cleaner Is the best for Pianos. Automobiles and Carriage bodies. Upholstery, Of fice Fixtures. Floors. Linoleums, En- lameled Beds, Bathtubs, and all paint ed or varnished surfaces. 'Perfectly polishes and cleans, preserves, renes and protects. 'Absolutely guaran teed. Prices, 25c 50c, and $1.00 Va bottle. For sale by L. C. Smith Garage. McAlister & Mulleton Garage, Ne lin Drug Co., Dyal's urnitura Store. Lowe's Furniture Stordr, Geo. Kemp'8 Furniture Store, . Quick Print Shop. W. M. Pierce. Carpenter Shop. ; " Manufacture :.y SAMUEL K. 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