La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 28, 1914, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1914 PAGE FOUR LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER ihL OBSERVER BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner. Entered In the poat-ffice t ' Grande, Oregon, second cUm matter. . Advertising rates on application. All copy for display advertising must reach the office the day before the ad appears. Address all communications to ; THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street SUBSCRIPTION RATES, j Dally, single copy ..............6c Daily, per week .'.15e Daily, per month .65c Daily, per six months in ad vance t39 TSfiy, par fur I iwmmtm fTM Dally, by mall per year fat ad vance K.00 Weekly Obsjrver, per year in...... advance ....$1.50 CEMENTING EXISTINGJEBIEND. SHIPS. The minstrel show given at Elgin their wishes into legislation. Thursday night was not only a good By studying in advance the exper- show, but it was also a vehicle ience of other states and countries through which Elerin and La Grande along suggested lines we would avoid - people were permitted to show the many pitfalls. By subjecting laws to ever existing friendship and to fur- the strictest scrutiny as to their con ther cement that community feeling stitutionality we would avoid the vex Jin Union county. jatious delay and uncertainty incident . . Over a hundred people went from to the "te8t" cases iled 80 frequently. La Grande-not wholly to see the Bv trvinf? to. out beforehand show, but also to see the people of the exact '. industrial and polit Elgin and have a brief visit with ,cal effects of would dodge them. These La Granders returned those mistakes now so common. home happy over their trip, singing' While few would go so far as to the praise of Elgin as a host and advlse the lawmaking bodies entirely anxious to go again. - to 8USPend 8ct,v,ty for .of When Jack Peare, for the min- Krea' "" "uv Charles Z. Tyron, of the Hardware creasing the weight in the hands of Merchants and Manufacturers' as-1 the postmaster general, the railroads , ., .. ...j, . I might find themselves confronted with soclation, more recently said that he(a problem grealer tnfl one thought it would be a benefit to the i jB t be eliminated by this weighing. country if congress and all the legis latures would suspend activity for five years. These of course, are the exagger ated expressions of a rather common conviction that we are suffering from too many laws. Our statute books are cluttered up with them. Their multiplicity brings the profession of lawyer into existence. Even the law yers cannot keep up-to-date. Laws are ground out so rapidly that those who try to become authorities on all the latest patterns made by the legis lative machine have little time left for practice. . Fewer laws but better ones should be the watchword from now on. If we enforced all of those we have or only a half of them, we would keep the courts busy. Necessarily a good many become dead letters. All such should be repealed. When there is a public demand for a certain law it woulOesecwa-iLjintithe peo-. pie had time to decide exactly what they want before attempting to write FOR SALE Excellent milk cow, $55; phone Faim 154. 2-28,10t,p, fi!(TdR0uSSCK00LING. He Carried to His Death the Lesson He Learned at Eton. Dr. Kent?, the terrible head muster of Eton, encountered one winter mum lug a small Ixiy crying miserably mid miked hlui wbiit wan the mutter. The child replied thiit he was rold. "Cold."' roared Keute. "Vim imisi put 'p with cold, sir: Vou uve uot ut rl girls' school!" ' It Is a horrid anecdote, mid 1 am kind beatred enough to wish that Dr. Keute. wlio was nut without Jls genial moods, hud tn ken I lie Ind to Home geu erous tire (presuming such il tiling wan to be found i nud lind warmed tils fro ten bands and feet. But It so chanced that iu that little snivelling boy there lurked a spark of rde and a spark of fun. and both iki.ited at the rough touch nf the master. He probably sloppedTrylng. audHe certainly remembered the sharp ap peal to iiianliiMid. for fifteen years later. with the Third dragoons, he charged at the strongly Intreiiched Sikhs i.TO.OOO of the best nghilng men of the Kbalsui on the curving hniiKs of tbe SutleJ. And as tbe word wan given lie turned to his superior (.Hirer, a fellow Eton ian, who was scanning the stout walls and tbe belching guns. "As old Keate would say. this Is no girls' school." be chuckled, und rode to his death on tbe battlefield of Sobrunn. which gave La hore to England. Agnes teppller iu Atlantic. CORRECTED BY A SENTRY. The ncident Which Led to Coleridge Retiring From the Army. In bis voiinic dtivH the tioet Cnlprlrtirp strels, made his curtain talk telling lnem 10 siowiy ana auempi in. bad a little love affair which ended in the people of the good feeling that their work. 10 secnre luality rather disaster, for the lady refused him. In existed in Union county, it met a re- sponse. had licked the blarney stone on the1 old sod, but seriously every one pres-t Movie theaters in New York nave reduced the ent admitted the truthfulness of his three fents- price of admission to Still some people say remarks. When he affirmed the fact that the ?ost of necessities is not so well known that the prosperity of comln8: "own. Elcrtn and her namilp. Union nnr) 1SpiI people and every other sectfjon of I K ofte,n seems difficult nowada,s Union and Wallowa' counties helped leu wnner PeP'e are dancing to ine La Grande, and therefore this city is directly interested in each com munity, it drove home truths that all know to be true. I the music of the orchestra or kick of the punch bowl. Japan has a battleship named Tan- And when the manager of the Elgin I g0" -vld?t'y for use at close quart- band, for whose benefit the show was given, spoke in earnest words of the the glad feeling experienced by Elgin people at the La Grande turnout, tllAit ttriiA tA mtofnlrfillr his mAitnlnv More such trips as the Elks min strels Jook will do good and when El gin talent pulls off a good show let them journey this way for the latch string is hanging on the outside of the door. : ' ': CLUTTERED UP WITH LAWS. (. ' ' ' . It is very apparent these days that there is a reaction against the sur plus of laws which are on the stat ute books and which are constantly being ground out by congresses and legislatures. The governor of a West ern state recently was quoted as wish ing that his ' legislature might ad journ for ten years. Another man, However, Providence does no tem per the wind to the slit skirt. Weighing All Mail. " For a period of five days all mail that is placed aboard mail cars is being weighed. The period began on the 18th of this month and will con tinue until the expiration of the time limit. This is done once in four years for the purpose of arriving at a basis on which to formulate a contract be tween the railroads and the govern ment. Increase in parecls matter has been big since its increase to 50 lbs. for the local and first aone, but no con tract was made with the railroads to offset the increase, and for this reas on the profits in the railorad depart ment have been larger than usual. It is likely that some kind of step rate increase will be adopted because in the future, with the power of in- despair be enlisted in a cavalry regl uient. which be hoped would be or dered on foreign service, that be might nd his blighted enreer on the tented I field. For family reasons he dropped bis correct name, but from a feeling of sentiment retained tiie initials, so Sam uel Tuylor Coleridge became Private Kilns Tompkins Catuberbntcb. The regiment did not leave tbe coun try, and it was nut long before his soul wearied of barrack life and Its utter absence of romance. His military life ended In a curious fashion. 'One day while Coleridge was doing a weary aentry go two officers strolled past One of them made use of a Greek quo tation, wbich tbe other corrected. The first insisted on his correctness, while the Other was just as positive he was .wromf. While they disputed, the sentry sud denly presented arms oud respectfully informed them that they were both in error. He gave the exact quotation, name of tbe author and otber 'circum stances. If his musket had spoken tbe hearers could not have been more as tonished. Tbe incident led. to an in quiry, und tbe poet was restored to tbe bosom of his family. Argonaut La Grande National Bank Organized in 1887. DE8IGKaTEI DEPOSITORY Or UNITED STATES 60TKRMIKJIT. UNITED STATES POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITOSI. Capital Surplus .1100.000.00 lTToTooo.00 Total Resources . ..SI.000.uOO.00 For twenty-six years, in all kinds of financial weather, we nave successfully catered to the monetary wants of the people of La Grande and the Grande Ronde Valley. We respectfully solicit your business. La Grande National Bank La Grande, Oregon Bavarian Distances. , '' In toe Bavarian highlands signposts along tbe roads, Instead of stating the number of miles or kilometer to the various villages, give the amount of time which the average pedestrian will supposedly take to traverse ,the dis tance. This Is merely an otllclal ex pression of tbe very general custom of tbe peasants In the region, who Invari ably tell inquirers on the roads not bow fur it Is to a place, but how long It takes to get there. " For instance, one asks, "IIov far Is It to Oberauituorgnu?" "A small half hour." will lie the on wer, or iierhnps "A good half hour" or "A liig half hour." Which Is piUKlIng until the wtrsnger reams that a --'mil half hour" means Iweiity-Hve lutiittteN "a good half hour" thirty minutes and "a Dig half hour" thirty-five minutes. Qualified to Paint Him. Ambrose Patterson, the Australian painter, secured a commission mice to paint a very lengthy and wealthy sub urbanite, l'ntterson himself Is n lank brush, tfhootlng np beyond six foot one Inch. He was rather priding Wmself on having been given this commission. I tiearltig In mind the great pressure of ' artists round every possible Job in Australia. Eventually, however, the ultter explained. "1 was a long time lookln' for a sootnble bartlst," he said. "I'm six foot two an' a 'nrf, and till I struck you I 'adn't seen a painter what 'ad enough 'Ight to do a full length of me." Argonaut 8ohiller and Goethe. . Schiller was. rrom all accounts, a 'much tluer man thnu Goethe, but In mental grasp nud artistic power the Sage of Weimar was bend and shoul ders above his dear friend Schiller. The 'tiennnns know this, and while they love Schiller far more than they do tioethe, tbey nro not blind to the fact that the latter was much the greater intellect. New York American The new footwear is here in all the populat lasts ' ; ' ., I. - '' Each of our exclusive' shoe departments offer not only the largest assortment of stylesto be found in the city, but we are exclusive agents; for several of the best known makes of high grade Jshoes for men, women and children. ' j ;'. . j '( ' y, In Our Men tis Boys Shoe Dept J.E.TiltDress Pat frog an' s Shoes Boy's Shoes the shoe that fits better and wears longer. R2 to $3 W $4.00 to $6.00. ' J 0U 10 d,ou" Connolly $3.50 Dress Shoes The result of several years' search .to find the best . possible dress shoe for men that could be sold at $3.50.' Ask to see them. - ' a , In Our Ladies and Children's Shoe Department Yesterday we received another shipment of spring styles for women, which added to oui already large line gives a very complete assortment of the season's popular new lasts and leathers. We ?are sole La Grande agents for the following high grade makes: Pingree Made Utz Dunn shoes for women and Shoes fo V'omen and " 'Misses. 'Misses v $3.00 to $5.00. K- j $2.50 $$5.00. Dr. Edison The Romper cushion sole shoes for nature last shoes for tender feet. . . . growing, children.' : $4.00 and $4.50. $1.75-ta$2.50. . .-, See Our Window Displays Feat' the Baby Doll Shoes, English Walkers, Kidney Heels and Louise Cuban Heels. Expert shoe fitters in both shoe departments. 'I Anatuie France on Journaln-n. M. Anntole France." In reply to a toast of his health, said: "I have been a journalist and am one still. I owe to Journalism some of the iiunlltlei that you have exaggerated. , Journal ism taught me a g-ent part of the art nf writing. The two things most use ful In writing ar- ease and simplicity. Journalism teaehe those things so well that the style e'en of great writers like Chateanlilini.d gained from Jour nalistic experience."-London Times. New York' Sewage. Kvery day the.v Is poured Into the Harlem river IKMKKI.IHK) gallons of sew oge: Into the North river. 13L'.OiK).(HKi gallons: into tht Kast river. '.'IH.IKHMKXI gallons. So ii the course of a yeat New York city pollutes (ts harbor with about 4!t.)f.M.Nn gallons of refuse mutter-New York World. Judicious Charity "1 don't believe he Is so miserly as they say. I hear he Invites his poor relations to visit him each year." "Yes. Thev nil live at a considerable distance mul are ton poor to come." Smokers Smoke La Homer Clear Havana Save your bands from the La Homer Cigar; and win a prize. We will give $30.00 in prizes: May 30-1914-lfet prize - $15.00 2st: Drize - 10.00 3st" prize - - 5.00 Send bands to all dealers or to Factory 1527 Madison St LA HOMER CIGAR FACTORY V I"