LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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SECOR'S FINANCIAL PLAN.
If "Patrick" SeCor can pull off his
plan to finance the Union County
Fair association as Indicated in last
evening's Observer, there will be a
goodly number , tiptoe and call him
blessed. For Union county people
want a fair one that can be depend
ed upon each year and in order to have
that the home of the fair must be
free from mortgage and not subject
to the semi-annual interest , payments...,.'-
Under the SeCor plan the whole
transaction is reduced to units. He
' would unitize the fair grounds by
selling it off in town lots with the
deed carrying express privilege of
holding county fairs there as long as
the association lives. At first thought
it sounds good. . Every stockohlder
would be protected from actual loss
which seems sure to follow unless
something of this kind is done. A
deed to a lot in that part of the city
is always worth what it .will cost
under the SeCor plan. And, best
of all, the county is ! then assured
of a permanent fair grounds and the
whole energy of the association can
be centered upon the annual expo
sition rather than to scraping money
, together to pay interest.
THE PIONEER AND SETTLER
As we understand the common ac
ceptance 'of . the ' term, "pioneer" it
has reference to those who came to .
this country in its early history. Men
and women who shaped the destinies
of things in this neck o' the woods.1
The "settler" came later. Probably
after the; schools and churches were
built and roads laid out. "
The settler deserves proper con
sideration, but the pioneer deserves
profound respect. It is easy for we
Johnny-come-laties to enter the
La Grande National Bank
Organized
DKSreiUTED DEPOSITORY OF UNITED STATES' GOVERNMENT.
UNITED STATES POSTAL SAYINGS DEPOSITORY.
Capital . . . . . .1100.000.00
Surplus $140,000.00
Total Resource $1,000,000.00
; For twenty-six years, in all kinds of financial weather, we have
aucessfully catered to the monetary wants of the . people of La
Grande and the Grande Ronde Valley.
Wa raapactfoHjr solicit your business.
La Grande National Bank
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west in Pullman cars and after ar
riving" here walk on streets properly
paved and enjoy the other luxuries of
modern civilization. . But the pioneer
first of all is entitled to admiration
for his grit and fortitude. f The set
tler was also a stayer and did hi
part. But in reality the two should
not be confused.
THE CASE OF CHESTER
''1 BROUGHN.
At last Chester Broughn has been
caught. Aftar running the gauntlet
of many juries, facing a number of
courts and enjoying acquittal it was
left to a Malheur county jury to find
the young man gnWf natag
worthless checks. ' v -
. The conviction of Chester Broughn
should be a warning to every young
man or woman , who has , begun to
flirt with dishonesty. " Broughn is
apparently a bright young man in
many respects. He has some win
, ning traits of character, but he posi
tively would not abide by the laws
of man and as a result he is finally
caught in the legal net and is headed
straight for prison. : ;
There is one interested more in
this case than any other person, in
, eluding young Broughn himself. That
person is his mother. She is a wom
an of excellent education and refined
! tastes, who loved her boy, just as
every mother loves her boy. Through
the many instances when young
Broughn was charged, with crooked
ness there was one who -always stood
at the bar of justice pleading with
''' court and lawyer to save him to save
her boy, her baby boy, for this boy
will always be her baby, regardless
of his age. ; The pangs of grief
which pierce that parental heart
must be terrific as she hears sen
tence upon the baby she had "cud
dled" Bo many years the boy whom
she -was so proud of and pictured as
a successful citizen in the future.
: The one who suffers most in this
' case, where justice was forced to act
to protect society from young men
like Broughn, is the mother.
BROWN HE PAYS.
Carl Brown, carrier on the Lardo
Warren mail route,, spent Saturday
Sir town looking after business mat
ters and greeting old-time friends.
Mr. Brqwn Ytta made an enviable re
cord in carrying mails to Warren the
past fall and winter, and has done
it at great personal cost, pending an
adjustment of compensation by the
department for the enormous increase
in parcel post mail. The new order
now admitting 60-pound packages to
the mails will enable the miners in
Warren and Big Creek districts to
in 1887.
ship practically all their supplies by
parcel post. The charges on sup
plies taken into that .region at this
time of the year by freighters is 10
cents per pound, or 6.00 , for 60
pounds. The pottage on a 50-pound
package by parcel post to point with
in the second con (150) miles) is 54
cents. Meadows Eagle. -
' There are thousands of. .'Browns
Mutni ill. ,ui nit fftmilntf im TTiMa
Sam's parcel post business,' says a
Boise newspaper, in this' connection.
They contract to carry mail; they are
now required to carry freight They
cannot quit excepting at the expense
of their bondsmen. The parcel post
is desirable, but it oturht to say at
feast tJia cost of aaielcev ft Is now
bringing 'in enough so Uncle Sam
could afford to do it. Uncle Sam
alone can get away with such a dis
honest way of doing business. - - .
SINGING TO A PHONOGRAPH.
One' of the Most Trying Ordeals In an
Opera Artist's Career.
Specially constructed violins, cellos,
tubas, drums mid reed : Instruments
are required us ticcoinpiinlraent to the
grand opera sinter when , tie or sbe
essays to waft the voice upon a phono
graph record. And It Is safe to say
tills singing to the phonograph is the
most trylug ordeal in the artist's ca
reer. .' .'. .:'.!!'.
Singers lllto Caruso, Melba. Karror,
Amato and a bust of otbers are united
In dec-luring the singing for records
is tbe hardest work they ever have
undertaken, They are bereft of their
audiences tbat Inspire confidence, and
they necessarily must be direful to
avoid false notes or Inflections. Tbe
slightest clearing of tbe throat or tbe
muffled shuttling of feet will spoil a,
record. Aud then It all has to be done
over again. : . . ' .
The stutter Is ushered Into a great
barnlike . room, curtained off at- one
end. Through this curtain protrudes
a gigantic Iwihs born, suspended from
tbe celling It Is attached to the pho
nograph record. 1
-1 It U then the singer notices a bevy
of . musicians, but with Instruments
the like of which he never has seen
In any theater. .The violins are of
different shapes from the Instruments
with which he Is familiar. The horns
are of vurled rthapes. and to each Is
attached a little funnel tbat points
In the direction f the large receiving,
horn: This in to concentrate the sound.'
The conductor Hits on a platform
high above his' musicians and the
singer. Thus be offers uo obstruction
to tbe free transmission of tbe sound
waves. Tbe singer is stationed upon
a platform and close , to tbe mouth,
of tbe born.
A red light flashes, the musicians
pour forth light ' soft melody. , for
which their Instruments are particu
larly designed, and tbe grand opera
artist loosens bis vocal cords. His tone
must be steady and strong. The
slightest variation Is recorded upon
the wax record, and a trivial noise
jnay spoil the performance. Once he
has finished, tbe record Is placed upon
a producing machine and played over
to detect faults. These errors are
pointed out and the singer rehearsed
to prevent them. Again he repeats
the song, and perhnps a dozen times
he is forced to sing before a perfect
wax impression Is obtained.
Great grand opera artists are paid
thousands of dollars for a series of rec
ords, and tbe sale of these brings mil
lions to the manufacturers. Indian
apolis Star. - . ,
Dueling Prime Ministers.
In the old days a number of British
premiers figured on the dueling ground.
I,il.n Wilson Ooker wrote In 1841:
I "Within the last hundred years six
persons have fought duels wno nave
been prime ministers Pulteney (Lord
Bath). Lord Shelburne. Mr. Pitt. Mr.
Fox, Mr. Canning and the Duke of
Wellington. 1 might also add Peel,
who twice challenged, and Castle
nsHfrh wlin war almost a first minister.
nr info ronrs tho cuBtnm baa certainly
decreased, and the- house of lords ban
not now. t dare say. above bair a aos
en who have actually fought" Lon
don Standard.
Kansas In Rfme.
I love the state of Kansas, with Its
fields of wheat and corn; I love tbe
Kansas sunset nod the Kansas dewy
morn, and. speaking tnetapborlc, I
grow fat on Kansas crops and never
mind the absence of tbe yield of rye
and bops; I love the Kansas porker
and the Kansas topnotch steer; I love
tbe Kansas tephyra and the Kansas
atmosphere; I love tbe Kansas ser
mons, and I love tbe Kansas jokes,
bnt tbe thing I love In Kansas most la
tbe Kansas kind of folks. Kansas City
Republic. -
YouCariLowcrTheCostofLmng
awsswsisisiaaaii"sss . y
If You Take Advantage of the Savings'
Offered During this Month at
WEST'S 1 6TH ANNU ALCLEARANCE SALE ,
Save S3.70 to $7.50 - - ' on Men's Clothing
Save $5.00 to $12.00 - - - on Men's Overcoats
Save $5.00 to $20.00 - on'Ladie's Coats
Take your choice of any Tailored Suit for - $9.90
Take your choice of a Large Line Coats for - $1.19
Save One-half the price on New Coats for children
One, lot .Children's Coats to $10.00 for - - 69c
Special 9c Sale of Cotton Goods, Values up to 25c yd.
Save Va to Vi Price, on All New Dresses
35 Men's and Boy's
OVERCOATS
Values to $15.00
$5.00
The Organ
Like most tmiatrtant inventions, that
of tbe organ Is veiled In mystery. The
Invention of the organ has been at
tributed to Cteslbius. a barber of Alex
andria, about 250 B. C; also to the cel
ebrated Ari-hlmedea. '.'20 B. C. It is
certain that the organ was brought to
Europe from the eastern or Greek em
pire and was applied to religious devo
tions In churches about A. O. TiO.,
It it Different Now.
When the Brst i'ulluian car was put
Into operation on our railways the sys
tem of bookkeeping was very cruae.
The conductor collected the fare from
the passengers and before be turned
tbe money in to the company collected
his own salary from the revenues. No
receipts were given, uo records kept
Paid Her In Full.
Candid Hostess ion seeing ber neph
ew's fiancee for the first timet-1 never
should have known you from your pho
tograph. Reggie told me you were so'
pretty. Reggie's Fiancee No; I'm not
pretty, so 1 have to try to be nlee.
and It's such a bore. Have yon ever
tried? Londou Punch.
, Legal Ability.
- "Why does a man have to hire a
lawyer for every little OilngV Ain't
the laws plain?"
"You don't understand. A good law
yer can take any law and prove that It
doesn't mean what It says." Wash
ington Herald
A Pr redox.
.'"Since; Footllght Inherited a fortune
he Is a parados'."
"What's tile answer?"
"lie's both the richest and poorest
actor on r1 "----"
Bean Decision Means Much.
Portland, Jan. 16. The decision of
Judge Bean, of the United States
District Court, in the suit involving
the legality of the six-for-a-quarter
etreetcar fare absolutely robs the
council of the right to regulate charg
es, fares or rates which may be ex
pected of patrons by a public service
corporation in this city and curtails
the power of the council to fix a com
pensation for Ihe granting of a public
utility franchise, according to City
Attorney La Roche and Commissioner
Daly, of the department of public
utilities, in commenting on the- decis
ion this morning.
j The fixing of all charges, rates and
I fares is left entirely with the state
railroad commission and this body can
also rescind any section of a franchise
which provides that a public service
corporation shall pay a remuneration
to the city for the grant
In other words, the city has prac
tically nothing to say about : what
charges shall be made for service or
what compensation the city shall re
ceive from a public ' utility company
for a franchise. Commissioner Daly
is going to secure a written copy of
the opinion as soon. as. possible and
go over it thoroughly to determine if
the city has been left any loophole
through which it may retain at least
! a bit of its power to have a little to
say what shall be a reasonable regu
lation of service or a reasonable com
pensation for a franchise.
"It now looks as if our only recourse
is to carry our fight before the state
railroad commission," said Daly. l"I
have already determined on this step,
and the city will be prepared to show
that the company can sell six fares
for a quarter and make money. ' Iri
I all probability I will submit a report
I of the case to the council tomorrow
' and ask for the privilege of prepar
ing an appeal to that body.
"According to this decision, if, the
city' granted a franchise to a public
utility corporation and attempted to
limit in any way the charges which
may be made for service, the com
pany after accepting the franchise
could appeal to the state railroad
commission on tbe ground that the
regulation was unjust, and if the com- !
pany made a showing to justify its
contention in the minds of thfe com
mission, the provision of the fran
chise could be set aside absolutely.
Also, if a franchise is granted with
the provision that a certain compen
sation be paid the city for the privi
lege, the state railway commission
could declare the compensation unjust
and the company still would retain its
franchise and would not have to pay
the city anything for the privilege.
"As a concrete illustration, should
the city grant the franchise now
pending to the Portland Railway,
I Retail Departments-Phone Main 8
For Lumber, Lath
Shingles, Sash and Dots
Ruberoid Roofing
GEORGE PALMER LUMBER
Men's Heavy
CLOTHING
Reduced ,
Light & Power company for the right
to cross all the bridges owned by the
city over the Willamette, and the city
would make an exact compensation
of 3 cents a car for each car crossing
the bridges, the company, 'after ac
cepting the franchise with this pro
vision, could turn around and appeal
to the state railroad commission on
the basis that its earning capacity
would not warrant this 3-cent charge,
the commission' could rescind this
clause in the grant, and the franchise
would still be' retained by the corpo
ration. ''. :.''. 'f; ' '-v:'
"Jt appears to me that this propo
sition is absolutely unjust, but we
are. going to' make a strong fight to
protect a few of our rights in the mat
ter." Berry Bros.
Grocery
A nice assortment of Vege
tables to pick from for your
Sunday Dinner: Celery, Cauli
flower, Cabbage, Carrots, Head
Lettuce, Hot House Lettuce,
Sweet Spuds, Green Peppers,
Parsnips, Turnips, Dry Onions,
Pine Apples, Grape Fruits, Jon
athan Apples.
We also have P. S. Canned
Peaches, Pears and Apricots.
Phone Main 721.