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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1913)
THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner ' Entered In tte post-office at La "! i CrmnA (Vrrrtyn mm second clmM , matter. ' . St 15 6S these three men chose to make land barons out of themselves and farm thij large area under one head,- but they purpose doing nothing of the kind. They willjcut the large tracts up into smaller farms and Bell to settlers the very thing the Grande Ronde. valley has needed for many years. And it is the thnig the .Willamette -valley and every other valley of the northwest eeds. ' . '' We have no quarrel with the men who own large bodies of land and do not want to cut it up, for that is their personal business. Quite likely if we were fortunate enough to own a thou- sand acres of Sand Ridge land we would want to hold onto it, also. But when a thoroughly legitimate move- ' ' i'ient comes along that will reduce the Advertising rates on application. All ' holdings of one concern and put forty copy for display advertising must . families in this valley where there - ' reach the office the day befere tiie were none before, the Observer cannot ad appears. help but. welcome that movement just m " ' - ' as everyone else who has the valley's . Address al) communications to future at heart, welcomes it. THE OBSERVER, 1719 Sixth St.? These men have purchased some v. the choicest land between this city . SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Daily, sin tie eepy Daily, per week . . Daily, per iMata . Daily, per six months la ad- tsbcc I&59 Daily, per year in advance 1M Daily, by nail per year in ad vance $4.0 Weekly Observer, per year in advance $'- OFF WITH THE OLD; ON WITH THE NEW Last evening about nine o'clock La Grande as a municipality went through a history making moment It was when Mayor Hall officially adjourned the council sine die, thus ending coun cilmanic form of governmen' and the commissioners were escorted to tfct'r stations in tho city hall. Commissioners Wood, Russell ind Garrdne' were received with vorous applause from the number who had assembled to witness the change and in a few brief remarks Chairman Wood assured those present that the commission would do its best. This was the very thing that every one who knows Mac Wood would have predicted he would say. And he meant what he said. The new commission enters upon their duties under no ob ligation to any, person,-company or corporation.. They are men of charac ecter, integrity and business ability, and they will solve the city problems. Not in a day or a month or a year. l Everyone should expect little at the concern met every request of the de- beginning for, bear in mind, there islpartment still an injury followed and a great deal to learn. This city's bus iness is no longer small. . It has reached a stage where large contracts are made ark! the days of village deal ing have passed forever. ' La Grande welcomes. the new com missioners to their seats. The city as a whole has no complaint of the retir ing councilmen, for the complaint rest ed entirely with the unwieldy system for which no one was to blame. Un der the new form fewer men will de cide matters and therefore things will not drag. Under the new form, it is quite likely the first thing to consider will be to bring the city's business up to par to arrange for finances that will permit La Grande to buy her gas oline and other commodities just as cheap or cheaper than the. individual can buy them. And should the new commissioners advocate refunding bonds to take up the loose and cumber some indebtedness that now prevents any economy being used in interest and discount, it is to be hoped they Will live the unanimous support of all. HILL, COOLIDGE AND MKENNON The large real estate deal in which A. T. Hill, Ed Coolidge and Floyd Mc Kennon purchased the sugar com pany's lands near Union, and also at a recent date purchased lands from the same company near La Grande is one of the very best transactions that has ever occurred in the Grande Ronde volley. '.. It would be of little consequence if and Union. It is land that was picked for the culture of sugar beets, which proves that it is of excellent quality, and we believe they will have little trouble in selling small farms at a fair profit. A few movements of the kind will equal another payroll for La Grande. BUT WHERE IS ITS VALUE Our old friend, O. P. Hoff, who is labor commissioner of the state of Oregon, has promulgated' some more rules for those who own machinery to follow, namely, to put on a guard rail here and cover up. a bolt there, put a flange on a cog in one place and pro tect a water glass in another. All of which is well and good if there was any value to these precau tions. But when .in employe is in jured in a plant that has stood inspec tion and done everything requested of the department, there is no difference in the result. We never can harmonize in our mind the case in La Grande where a large i& t Sale of 3 Ready-toWear 99 the company was not only stuck for the case in question, but' the evidence that state laws had been complied with counted for nothing in the trial. Lot us have Uncle Hoff 's commands carried out, but by so doing let the factory have a leg to stand on when it is overtaken with accident. JOSEPHINE'S LOGS Without an Equal I Every Garment in our Exclusive Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Department Offered at Sacrifice Prices. "Not One Garment Reserved TAILORED SUITS LADIES' COATS MISSES COATS SILK DRESSES WOOL DRESSES DRESS SKIRTS BATH ROBES PETTICOATS Compare our Prices is all we Ask ANNUAL THANKSGIVING LINEN SALE HALF PRICE SALE TRIMMED MILLINERY in It is a pretty compliment to Jose-' pnine county to know that she will fur nish the logs for Oregon's building at the Panama exposition in San Fran cisco. Uuite likely there are many sec tions of the state that could have fur nished this necessary building material but the fact that Josephine jumped to the front and thus led all other coun ties is a tribute to her live ciizenship as well as to the quality of her stand ing timber. It is very evident that she has some good "timber" that does not stand" all of the time. A WAGE INQUIRY THAT FAILED Of 1,000 letters of inquiry addressed to working women of the state by the minimum wage commission of Minne sota only twenty answers were re ceived. The commission wanted to know the money that the women re ceived and how they spent it. The object was to secure material . on which to base what is known as a "living wage." Refusal on the part of so many to 'answer may indicate that they con- La Grande National Bank Organized in 1887. DESICCATED DEPOSITORY OP tJtlTED STATES GOYERXsTENT. OTITED STATE 3 POSTAL SATIS GS DEPOSITOR!. Capital ;.. $100,000.00 J 1. Snrprag . . . . .$13D.00e.00 Total Resources ... $1,000,000.00 For twenty-six years, in lilkinds W financial weather, we have successfully catered to the monetaryiaJts of the people of La Grande and the Grande Ronde Valley. We respectfully tolklt year business. La Grande National Bank La Grande, Oregon sider the information none of the commission's business. There still re mains in the mind of the average per son a suspicion of all investigations which seek to uncover what,, in each individual case, ii a private affair, but, taken in a big way, is a public affair. Social inquirers before now have had reason to be convinced that working people are quite as jealous of their privacy as any one else. If the investigation could have re vealed the facts it probably would huve shown that what is a living wags to some is not a living wage to others. It is a self-evident truth that as the individual develops mentally the ma terial wants increase. The savage is content with next to nothing; the feudal serf with a little better; he medieval peasant . with still a little better; the nineteenth century work man with a great deal more. In the twentieth century, however, the sprea.l of education has brought many new desires, most of them normal and wholesome. The more intelligence, ma riore wants. What one woman or one man can live on, therefore, is not a fair stand ard for another woman or another man. The mind rules the body In this re gard. A physical environment which would stifle some would not raise the slightest protest in another. Simpi. pleasures which would satisfy some would be puerile to the more educated. Thus inquiries like that in Minne sota, aside from the way in which they are received, prove nothing. The way loaded wagons are rolling into Imbler these days and the. way loaded freight cars are rolling out one might believe the shipping center of the Grande Ronde valley had for the time being shifted northward. usually takes about that length of time to find a lost article when you don't advertise it. - If the public is tired of hearing of Thaw it might be a good plan to elect J him vice president. j i The doctors are operating on peo ple in Chicago to remove moral de fects. If they aren't careful with their knives, they may inadvertently slice off a few virtues. It is going to cost more than one billion dollars to run thiB government r.ext year. It wouldn't cost much moro if the government were run with gasoline. A cane which Lafayette lost in this country in 1824 has been recovered. It A Note of Thanks La Grande, Oregon, Nov. 20 To the Editor of the Observer: While feeling sad and depressed over the death of our daughter Donna, yet a ray of brightest sunshine has illuminated our home Doth before! and after her death. Themany flowers with ex pressions oftove sent ttier hile she was yet conscious gave er the great est joy, and often she fcould say "I didn't know I ted so many friends; send them my loVe." Since her death the tokens of lefce and steem ex ressed by so manyfend attested by the many floral offering sent to place on her casket makes uAfcel that surely love and kindness, synpathyand char ity, abounds in the hearts of the peo ple of La Grande. We tMhk you all for every expression of love, and es- j teem for our beloved Donna and to all who helped in any way to. make our burden less oppressive we feel1 most grateful, and desire to express our pleasure in living in a community so noble and true. MR. & MRS. A. S. GEDDES. An O'd Time Sea Serpent 3ood Bishop Pontopidan In bis cele brated "Naturnl History of Norway" tells the story of a boat's crew of eight sailors under a certain Captain De Ferry who encountered a formidable looking yea serpent off the Norwegian const along the middle of the eight eenth century. The aulniul. according to till accounts, m'hm snme fiOO feet long ir iiliiuil the !;'( ii ;i modern battle ship Tin- fifv, ,ii int-i i-i.ileuvored to iiti-i' tlii' minister Into the boat, but in- wily lii-iMt responded by lashing he iviiier M furiously with Its tall that m- nt tin "Haiueii was curried out of it:ii nil a ivuvV at least 100 feet innli. which the serpent with the In- essiim iiHtitliiK f Its tall kept tower log rigidly in the air for nearly ten minutes. .Meanwhile the seaman slid safely down the other side and back Into the hunt.. Immediately the crew began an ussnult upon the monster, which they inulutnlned with such fnry that the ueust turned tall and fled Ac-cording to the' captain, he went sc fast that he "disappeared on the hori zon twenty miles uway almost on the moment that be began the retreat" HI Visit From Royalty. "Lived in the Latin quarter In Paris, eh? Ton say you bad a prince tnyour rooms one day" "Yes." "And bow did yon happen to receive t visit from royalty?" "He came In there to avoid bis land lord." Washington Herald. Camp Candlesticks. A camp candlestick can easily be made with n piece of stick. Choose a straight stick about eight Inches long and one inch thick. With a good knife sharpen one end ns you would a lead pencil or a stake. Then spilt the other end Into four parts, taking core not to allow any to snap, and strengthen the point whore they meet by binding with string. The candles enn then be placed between the four branches and held In position with string. The pointed en(! Is then stuck into the ground and tbi candlestick Is ready for use. Bostor Herald. Watered Milk. "Farmers." said the fair city vlaltor "are just as dishonest as the city milk man." "How d'ye make that out?" asked the farmer's wife. "This morning." snld the arlrl. accus ingly, "with my own eyes I saw your hired mnn water the rows Just before he milked them."-Exehange. Joe Campbell, who last night re signed his councilman's togaJLQ.the new commissioners, went to Union to day to inspect the work on the new aseptic intake which he is building for the crty. ' Counties Advertising Marysville, Cal., Nov. 20. Repre sentatives of California's thirty-one northern counties met here today to form an association to advertise them selves. The prospective advertisers be lieve they can raise $1,000,000 to wage their campaign, which will be carried on in the eastern states and in Europe for at least five years. Its main ob ject will be to secure good settlers. Califomians are convinced that with the opening of the Panama canal there will be a tremendous rush toward the Pacific slope. FOR RENTVNaw modern rooms, 1306 O ave., FOR SALE ' 1022. 1 oe Black 662. ll-20-6t lewriter. Phone Red ll-20-2t Read the advertisements too. "On Time" In Farm Work. A good engineer brings his train Into the station on time. It Is the sign of a good farmer If be rounds up the day's work before dark. It is Just as much to his credit If he does that, too, as If be were dolug his work at the throttle of un engine. Farm and Fireside. E. C. Cole of La Grande was among the passengers to Haines this noon. He will be gone a week or ten days. Say, Teaoherl Any time you get It Into your head that you know n few things Just go np iigiilnst some of the questions tbe av erni:e little schoolboy can ask you. Flurtdii Times-Cnlon. Always Out. Miss ;nsh -Ami were you ever om aftei Ms unnie. volnnel? Colonel High flier . indeed. I bare been "out" after tv,T Ms gfime I waa ever In Town Toph-ft. Dainty Skin. Remember ihnt rich foods are ene mle or a delicate skin. Tbe rose lei skin or the baby comes from Its simpi, diet . Let no one do what be pleases hi whitf he might to do --Onstavlua Vnw COFFER) Coffee .not packed ad aroma-tight eans is never quite f i esh anV often quite stale Before you ; et it. Schilllng'sYBest is p eserved In it aroma. Its rch flavoi , developed by careful .iA.. . -.. n. -" SK cannjo oe w ehanged; nothiig can At in orout of a that package. Choose hot everfresh h. , VI other tnoneyback. -m, z-ib and nfverfresh ana atfyour risk, the cans; cleanly -io and 2l-lb cans; cl granulated, ready for use. Adv.
