La Grande evening observer., November 05, 1913, Image 4

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1913.
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LA GRANDE WEEKLY OBSERVER.
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS. Editor and Owner
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of its own people. This method has
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NEED OF UNIFORM DIVORCE
LAWS.
are spared the . usual campaign
speeches it is to be presumed .the hand
shaking is more vigorously pursued.
': American Women seem to like the
oriental costume, but so fur none have
shown any hankering to hide their
faces behind the heavy oriental veil
Exposed
By THOMAS R. DEANE ' J
Vice-President Marshall threatens
to by a .motor cycle, .which simply
shows to what exeremes a Vice-President
will go to attract attention.
From the sublime to the ridiculous
from the world's series to the Mexi
can revolution.-
What lack of Uniformity in divorce
laws brings about is a law for the rich
and another law for the poor. A rich
man or woman living in' New. York,
where they have strict laws, for in
stance, can go to Nevada, where they
have liberal laws and get the advan
tage of the minimum requirements.
South Carolina, where there is no
divorce law at all, sends its wealthy
citizens to the courts of other states
for their decrees.
This is the condition of which com
But no one. has ever accused them or
plaint so often has been made. It is tuspected them of developing pugilistic
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BEAR IS BOXER. 4
For once a real bear story, and one
that happened right here in La Grande
Many people have seen the two pet
bears owned by Pat Foley and tied
in the alley in the rear of the hotel.
One Aiornlng in August a' party of
men started from Chimloulx to climb
Mont It lu ue. There were Joseph With
ers, o young luwyer from Philadel
phia: Edward Swift, n recent grad
uate of a .New Knglnnd university,
und Itoswell Duller, a bin. elegant look
ing fellow, who was the Impersonation
of manly strength.
About noon linker and one of the
guides cume Into the hotel, the guide
looking very somber and taker imieli
! agitated. They reported that at the
time the snow squall came tip they
were nseeudlug a razor shaped rock,
the edge of which wa.s but from one to
two feet wide. The lirst man lu the
rope Hue wiim Koeulg, the guide who
returned. The second was Baker, then
Withers, Swift and the other guide,
Sclin felt. Withers slipped and went
down on one side of the declivity, drag
ging the uau before hiiu und the oue
seliind him on one side of 'the edge,
while the shuck threw linker und -Koeulg
down on the opposite side. Raker
said thut the rope broke and those In
Ills rear had gone down, he knew not
where, because it was snowing so hard
he could hot see u dozen feet below
him.
All listened to (lie recital of the ac
cident with blanched faces. The land
lord, Curl Becker, stepped forward,
the only person present who seemed to
grasp the situation. ' Seizing the rope
t but was in the hands of the guide, he
looked at its end. threw it down and
hurried away to make up u rescue
Many Beautiful Silks and
Just Received.
Velvets
Every new creation of the season included in this largest
shipment of fancy silks and novelties we ever received.
Fancy Silks from 50c to $2.25
Fancy Velvets irom $1.40 to $4.00
See the Windows.
a condition with weaknesses easy to : propensities, or sufficient skill to de- prty. When half a dozen volunteers
UtOLIUOt .
to correct
nunciation
' , . piULIUJi&lClCS, Ui OUiin-icm, nni HITCy. Lieil Will II UUMUI V(J
it however the task aTdV Iiver lhe blow hat Puts to sleep' 0r f hnd bt'en ,""-v stnrte
ii i's seen to be easier than (pointing all of the rainbow colors on . mountain, piloted by Kocnlg.
the task of betterment,
The commonest suggestion is that
congress enact a law on marriage and
divorce . which would be operative
throughout the Union. The constitu
tion, however, specifically gives the
states control of domestic relations.
An amendment would be necessary
before this plan could be carried out.
Then again it is necessary - to re'
the human eye. But such is the case
A citizen of this city approached the
wooly coated prisoners and made over
tures of peace. But he did not carry
the right kind of credentials, In th
nature of caramels or bon bons and
the Mr. Bears resented the Intrusion
forcefully. Resent it? No they put
member that the Btrict attitude to- up a fight that would have made their
ward divorce taken by the Episco- black brother of fistic fame now in
palian and. Catholic churches and by France at so mucn per night, look like
many individuals who belong to neith- , ..i,..,j i
er ii not that taken by everyone. Bss. MurPhv after -Michigan
as a state, for instance, is tion. And did they konw where to
fairly liberal in its divorce laws, 'gently place the prHi .s Nobody
though not by any means as liberal as Mt i, , ' ii ,u:
some of the western states. New e h!t the. ma, k aa tely this
York, with one cause for divorce, and champion tied to a gas pipe railing and
South Carolina with none, present the restricted to a walk of nine feet,
other extreme. Which view , should Constable Faulk of this city came
nrauoi tai Tnn nminipu txr invtrn r ..... . i
Should South Carolina ' ' t referee the fight and clear, and there was no difficulty In
impose its standard on Nevada, or Pul1 lhe unhappy chap from under looking down Into a crevasse Into
should Nevada impose its standard the rolling avoirdupois, muchly beaten which the men they sought must .have
on New York and South Carolina? around the stm-hom-H l.,torn with tUo l ninen. nut it was not a siraignt ue
From the sociological, as distin- ,lHd bndl acerated and sideputeS
guished from the religious point of , ,? , ..... , ,
view there is a possible defense for a of tI,e fuce Wlth ,ldKes nd donts
can be argued and shown by the stats over them.
of affairs in South Carolina, that After the first round another was
marital immorality follows tob much sla cd by a rooter fol. tlle ,. fe.
strictness when the people are not , TI. , ..f ,, ,
prepared too accept these standards low iust l!l,d ,ow- H 6reath 8mcllf"'
In both Michigan, and New York, a us had as that of the first and Mr,
trifle more liberal, unlawful alliances, Bear would have the thing over with
that woulrt often be bona nele mar- in the shortest nossihle timo. He loo
r started up the
Baker
declared that in falling he had hurt
his side and arod that ho would not
be able to make the distance.
Some surprise was manifested that
one who had appeared to be the AJax
of tl:e party, who had seen his com
mander go down Into n gulf, should
be willing to remain behind wben oth
ers were going to the rescue. As soon
as the rescuers had gone Baker went
to his room, remained there on hour.
then left the hotel. He soon returned,
stating that he bad received a telegram
to go immediately to Paris, where his
mother was lying at the point of death
Within half nu hour he bad left Clin
inonlx. ,
Meanwhile the rescue party,: guided
by Koeulg, ascended to the place of
the accident,, arriving there about 4
o'clock in the afternoon. The' sky was"
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riages if the parties could secure free
dom, nourish. People of means so
went by way of the knockout and was
limited that they can not afford the saved by the timely interference of
journey to states which gives decrees Jno Wuldon, who agreed that enough
for drunkeness, cruelty and such wns enough.
causes.' must stay married whether , ddjti t t, humi,iation of
they like it or not. Suth a condition, ,
it is held by sociologists, puts morali- knowing that the four-footed tribe had
ty to a severe temptation. won the belt, both of the men will
If congress were to attempt to pass Rul.Ve the city for a period of seven
a uniform divorce law these two points and one.naf dayg for losin(r.
of view would enter the arena . and
battle for supremacy. Neither would ' " ;
want to rnninrnmise. Under the ex- d the advertisements too.
La Grande National Bank
Organized in 1887.
OBSIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF UNITED STATES GOYERMlEJiT.
miTED STATES POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITOKY.
y ' Capital $100,000.00
Surplus $130.000.00
Tola! Itesourceu $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 Ronde Valley.
We respectfully solicit your business.
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scent, and the opening wns narrow, so
they could not tell how deep It wan
The landlord of the hotel volunteered
to be lowered for an exploration. A
rope was tied nrnuiid hlui under thi
linns, he was given an alpenstock foi
a fender and wns let down slowly Into
the crevasse.
Hv had not descended more thai',
forty feet before he heard a faint hal
loo. On being lowered another twen
ty feet he reached the snow, sinking
Into It to his knees. lie was within
three or four yards of Swift, whose
head was protruding from the snow on
which he had fallen. Hocker got a
second rope he had brought down with
him under Swift's shoulders, gave
signal, and Swift was drawn up.
Not a dozen feet away the landlord
found Withers lie was-.lylng uncon
scious with his head and oue leg above
the snow. The rescuer had a Husk of
brandy with him and poured a quanti
ty dowu Withers' throat, lie opened
his eyes, llcvkor called for the rope to
he lowered, and Withers was pulled
up. There only remained the guide,
who had siilllclent strengili in him to
fix the rope to his own shoulders, nud
lie and Decker were brought to the
.surface.
The landlord had no sooner finished
his work than he took up the. end of
the rope that was dangling from With
ers' waist and, looking at it. muttered
uu until.
"Cut!" lie said.
Withers, who was by this time
somewhat restored, added: "1 saw him
cut it. lie was on Hie -edge of the
rod;, and we three. Iielng heavier than
Ivic'ulg mi the other side Wore over
li.-ilaiiclng liiin. itnil laker was liehm
dragged over. To save himself lie em
the rope."
"And frayed tin1 end to make It ap
pear that It had luokeii." added
l'.i'cker.
Knenig declared that lie had not seen
Itai.or cut the rope Indeed, this from
I heir relative position-, would have
boon Impossible. Me admitted to have
seen lilm fray the end of the rope, hul
he had n.t revealed this lioeanso after
the weight hail been taken from the
opposite side lie would nave gone down
sVvoral hundred feet had not Baker
given him a hand and helped him upon
the edge. '
When the rescue party returned to
the lintel and found thut linker was
ujisslua so. umt vma tint JnUisimUou
thai fi Was prnposeiT fhai ihey goal'i
him and liriug him hack, lint IImI;
was (Piglitlcss liy this time in !onc
and would have left there liefnre (In
conld reach him.
Scvewil yours after tills Withers tin
Maker strnlilng. with a chrysaiilln
mum In Ills liultonliole. down i'eliusy.
vm ti hi avenue, swinging a silver heni'
ed cane. Withers lined Ids glance u
tlle man in a cold stare, linker pahi
There was no word spoken, hut Wit!
prs felt that he had avenged tie In
tended siu rlllce.
Red Water.
Apropos of the "red will or" seen in
Mil about salt lakes Mr. F. Wbltteron
Trlles that In all the samples exam
ined by him (nt Goelong. Victoria.
Australia) the color was wholly due
to a curious little organism, either
oval or round, and equipped with two
umall (lagella or Inshllke extensions
When examined under n microscope
the bodies of these minute specks of
living matter are seen to be intensely
pigmented-with n ml coloring matter.
When the bribe becomes saturated the
ovnl form changes to n circular shape
When such a brine begins to crystal
lize the resulting salt has a reddish
tinge, and Mr. Wbltteron suggests
that each organism may be the nucle
us about which a crystal forms. New
York Post,
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
It IsVt the pull that you have
men respect
Or the help that your many
friends give.
It's the efforts you make all
yourself to collect.
The price of the life that you
live.
It Is fine to be helped, but it's
filler by far
In the battle for glory or pelf
To slrivo for hilltops, though dis
tant they tire, .
And to gain them at last by
yourself.
Detroit Free Press.
How It Impressed Her.
A young woman from the Ulterior
saw tlie Atlantic for the first time re
cently at Cape May. As she stood on
the windy bench, gazing dreamily out
over the vast blue expanse of tum
bling water, her escort said to her:
"So this is flip first time you've ever
seen the sea. ehV"
"Yes. the very first time." she an
Bwcred. "And what do you think of It?" he
asked.
"Ah," she said, with an ecstatic
smile. "It smells just like oysters!"-Kxcluiiige.
Important Question.
"George dear." hegnn n bride while
on the nay to the station for the
noneymonii.."! want you to answer me
Just one question, and then 1 shall feel
sr.ro of you."
"What Is It. darting?"
"If yon knew tluit I loved you as
much as you love tue. would yon love
me as much as I love you?" London
Answers.
Wrong End First.
"Willie."' said the Infant's mother,
agitated by the sudden appearance of
a rich relative. "Willie, dear, kiss your
Uncle John and then go nod wash your
face nt once." London Telegraph.
Shut Your Mouth.
"One should always breathe through
the nose when asieep." says a physi
cian, if you awake and find your
mouth open, pet up and shut It. Exchange.
Fortune has often been blamed for
her blindness, hut fortune Is not so
blind as men (ire.-Samuel Smiles.
IMMIGRATION EVILS.
For years the United ' States
has endeavored to correct its
immigration laws. Kvury think
ing person knows that some
thing must be done to check the
influx. ".Now that it has become
necessary to conserve our na
tional resources our timber our
coal lands, our water power sites
It stands to reason that tills
conservation Is Intended for our
children and not for the chil
dren of tlle hordes now in
southern Europe. The
outbreaks of . lhe Industrial
Workers of the World nud the
growth of socialism in this coun
try may lie directly charged to
this great Incoming heterogenous
mass of undesirable wage cut
ting inhabitants, ninny of them
admittedly temporary inhabit
ants, who. before they have
learned lo speak our language
and before they know of our cus
toms and institutions, nre taught
by foreign horn agitators to hate
the United States mid lo con
tribute thel.- money and their
energies p, a revolution, blood
less or mlier-.vl.se. 'which plots
the downfall of our present form
of government. Congressman
Albert .lohuson of Washington.
BAND CONCERT PROGRAM 1
March, "Hearts of Gold," ..L' Albert.
Gavotte di Concert, "Cupid's Ar
row," Devere
Selection, "Three Twins,". . . Koschna
Characteristic March, "Slippery
Hank," .Losey
Fantasia, "Light and Atry,"
Bergenholtz
Overture, "Mosaic" ....... .Rollinson
Arcade Theatre
Friday, Nov. 14, 13
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