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LA URAXDE EVENING OBSERVER
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1914
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IS "IN OPEN COURT WISE LAW?
Should there exist indiscriminate
admission to the court room where
certain criminal cases of tainted
social color are being tried? It is not
the fault of any justice of the circuit
court in this state if this is permitted,
owing to a foolish law that exclusion
from the court room is ground for
reversal of the finding of the jury. It
is simply an apparently senseles-- and
groundless rule of law, that clings to
legal procedure like baranacles to a
t hip. It is not sensible to suppose
that a circuit judge would permit
giddy, snickering boys and morbidly
inclined men to remain hour after
hour and listen to the sordid details of
crimes that make old and serious men
and women feel like covering their
faces with veils of shame. When a
mere girl, by reason of the stringent
demands of the law for proof, is com
pelled to sit on the witness stand and
recite some of the sordid circum
stances of shocking and immoral hap
penings before an audience of men,
burdened neither with shame nor a
sense to profit by the disgrace or the
possible punishment due to the de
fendant In case of guilt then the trial
of such cases is breeding In "the minds
of young men a passion that may in
time bring them also before the bar
of justice. If the reading of immoral
books, the gazing upon lewd pictures
fires the animal natures of youths,
these recitals in court cannot but have
the aame effect in the end. And what
of the girl or woman on the witness
stand?
No matter how debased an unfor
tunate she may be; no matter how
bold and brazen crime may have made
her, there is yet In her that something
which Tevolts against exposure to
morbid and shameless gaze. What
about that girl when she is innocent of
the circumstances that have been forc
ed upon her by a stronger nature?
Can she always look up and bear her
self with the same respect as she
could before the trial? What emo
tions pass through her heart when she
meets a youth on the street whom she
recognized at the trial, who laughed
shamelessly when she was almost
overwhelmed by the necessity of tell
ing the story in all of its unpleasant
ness? '
What possible benefit can a mature
man glean from hearing a story of
shame and disgrace? Does it not
mark the trend of his thoughts? Does
it not tell the thinking man that he
delights In stories of a vulgar na
ture, that Instead of shielding those
who are oppressed with the shame of
the whole affair he Is adding to the
burden of the sorrow? Is he adding
one iota to the intelligence of the
court, charged with the duty to find
out the truth and apply the law?
DEMAND IT OK THEM.
line of Oregon and California in
order to catch tourists who travel
along the coast. The worst of this
features is that it is backed by prom
inent men in the state who will ask
the legislature to re-imburse those
who finance such an undertaking. All
wrong. Oregon is getting out of the
speculative epoch and she must set
tle down and make her industries and
her acres produce interest on the in
vestment. Exploiting is about over
and we should not try to hand any
inflated investment to the next fellow
who happens into the state. It is up
to us as a people to go to work and
make a showing.
I every time the section boas wants a
new shovel congress can chase down
the line on a handcar.
IT WILL OUT.
The governor of Oregon is natural
ly denying his part in bringing out
Tom Kay, an ex-policeman, to run
against Tom Kay, present state treas
urer, for renomination. It was ex
pected the governor would deny the
charge. Who would not deny such a
dirty piece of politics?
But the truth will out It is a way
truth has, and when the chief execu
tive realizes what he has done in an
endeavor to shape up a dirty political
deal his denials will be even stronger.
And this is the sort of men we are
getting under the guise of "let the
people rule, but discouragement
should not follow for the popular idea
of government is yet new. After it
has been operative in Oregon for a
quarter century we do not believe
such men as West, Jackson or any
other members of the present machine
can fool the voters.
Dirty politics put the old crowd out
of business and it will do the same for
the new. Advancement is too certain
to permit any official to throw slime.
And the governor will one of these
days find this his boasted popularity,
of which he is so proud, has vaporized
and left him.
TO BE BELIEVED IN.
Candidates for legislative offices
from Union county should not only be
pledged but should be instructed by
the people to enter their official ca
reers when elected by introduction of
a hill to cut down the useless com
missions, to kill oft the present tax
board, to force the governor to be
more economical in the conduct of his
office, to put the screw on the secre
tary of Btatc's office and demand re
trenchment. This stiite is spending money liko
a drunken sailor. I
And now comes Ashland with a
proposition to spend $25,000 for a
state exhibit to be placed at the border
Gerald Stanley Lee, in that much
discussed book, "Crowds" bears down
hard on the economic value of "being
believed in." His theory is that if a
man can make people believe in him
and gives them no cause to regret their
faith, he has contentment and a com
petence within his grasp. To be Be
lieved in is as good as having money
in the bank, for itjneans that pne will
constantly have money to put In tne
bank. ' '
Anent the point, he tells the story
of the builder who conceived the high
ly original plan. of applying the gol
den rule in his business. He was not
a particularly religious man In the
ordinary sense of the word. He did
not dream of accomplishing a great
reform. He only wanted to be com
fortable and happy. He found he
could be neither and do business in
the ordinary way. So he tried the
new way. He figured out in advance
that here on one side was the law
of supply and demand and that hero
on the other was a demand for some
thing of which few offered a supply.
He made it his affair to have the sup
ply and cater to the demand. The
demand was for honesty, the kind ot
honoesty we mean when we say u
man aoe unto others as he would
be done by. He made over all the
traditions and practices he had learn
ed m order to supply this demand.
According to the story, his services
as a builder are sought far and wide,
not because he is any better builder
than a good many others, but because
after he has estimated the cost of a
house, say . $10,000, he occasionally
can refund a few hundreds of unex
pended money, and because while he
is on the job he really is the buy
er's agent and as such looks after the
buyer's interests as though they were
his own.
Probably there are a good many
business men, builders, merchants,
wholesalers, etc., who came to this
point of view long ago. In fact, all
signs indicate that the men who are
doing business in a big way in this
country realize that confidence nnd
the things that make for confidence
are the biggest assets they have.
It is reported that an exploring
party on the Amazon has been eaten
by cannibals. It would almost be
worth while making the long and
arduous trip to see what would hap
pen if an Amazon cannibal should
try to bite Col. Roosevelt.
Congress is opposed to bonding for
the Alaskan railroad. By retaining
the appropriations In its own hands
An English peer has been knocked
down and beaten by a suffrage!. We
should not blame Mr. Pankhurst now
if he asked for a divorce and the res
toration of his maiden name.
CRAWFISH AT FOLEY GRILL
The
Scrap Book
The Scotchman Scortd.
John Butler Yeats, wbo paints por
traits and incidentally la the father of
William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet.
Is a regular patron of a certain New
York restaurant. Among the habitue
of this place be baa acquired a reputa
tion as a raconteur.
"In my part of Ireland.' be tells,
"there was a noisy Scotchman whose
abuse of everything Irlsb riled the
neigblwrs eonslderulily. At first, how
ever, be refrained from bragging about
Scotland, ii nu we derided to wait uutil
be should In- iniiity of that indiscre
tion before iii-tint- drastically.
"The chance cuine at last. He bad
been xnearihi: at rue Irish peat fires,
tbe Irish niir inn I the Irish spuds and
ended ii hy lying: -flout, toon; Scot
land wan ver i deeferent. It la a land
flowing l.h tiiilk mid honey T
"Well. He went for blm. Scotland,
we pointed out. wsx known to be a
Darren waste liihuliited by starvelings
and the lillillinl quo'ution he had used
could not have heen more outrageously
tnlxuppllcd
"Fie looked u over with bis canny
eye. 'Ye're ivnina.' he mild, 'and 1 con
prove It Scotland flowed with milk,
and tnnylie honey, all the time that I
wns there. 1 left when 1 was ten
a.onths aiildT "-.New York San.
Equality.
Come. Rive me your hand. air. my friend
anil my broitier i
If honest, why. sure, that's enough. ;
One hand. If It's true, la aa good ast an
other. No matter how brawny or rough.
Though It toll for a llvinc at hedges ot
ditches
Or make for Its owner a name '
Or fold In Its grasp all the dainties ol
riches. . )
If honest, I love It the same.
I
Not leas In the sight of his Heavenly
Maker I -
Is he who must toll tor his bread; 1
Not more In the sight of the mute Under
taker i .
Ia majesty shrouded and dtad. i j
Let none of us leerlngly scoff at his xxtita
bor ;
Or mock at his lowly birth.
We are all of us God's Lt us earnestly
labor
To better this suffering earth
Matthias Barr.
Where East Met Wes. i
In Mr. Headland's book. "China's
New Day." he tells a story of the Chi
nese general. Ma. that baa bearings on
the problems of woman's rights and In
cidentally shows that under diverse
civilizations bumnn nature remains
pretty constant
The pnnerul wns calling on one of
the older missionaries. During the con
versation he said: "Dr. 8.. I want to
ask you a question. In your h-noi-aliio
country is the woman tbe hem I of tin
home or Ik the man tbe bend of th
home?"
"Why, general. It is this way." re
piled the missionary. "If the man Is
a stronger character than the woman
be is the head of the home, hut If the
woman Is stronger than tbe man she
rules."
The general pushed back bis chair
and said, with n melancholy a'nile. "In
my miserable country It la exactly the
same!"
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conversation' to ep?ain that liieestion
and gestation had nothing to do with
each other a'nd added that the Igno
rance of his confreres on Bome subjects
reminded blm of the Jurtse who charg
ed the Jury. "The verdict must be In
accord with tbe rules of Justice with a
capital G." In consequence of which
the Jury brmicht In a verdict of
"Guilty." New York Tribune.
Fun For the Librarian.
In "open access" libraries, where bor
rowers are admitted to the shelves to
choose their own books. It Is usual to
affix to tbe ends of tbe book stacks
guide cards showing tho contents of
each 'stack. Works of Action being
Kenerally arranged in alphabetical or
der, cards showing the first and last
names of the sequence of authors are
all that are necessary. Once in a li
brary the first card happened to be
"Fiction About to Unrein." the first
and last authors helm; F.dmond About
ind G. B. Bnrgin.
Well, h lady entile In. passed the Urn
if day with the assistant and. catching
sight of this particular etiide card, re
narked. "What a fnuny notice. 'Flo
Ion alsint to begin." "Book MontLly
SOFT PEDAL LIKEAY TB SET SEX HYGIENE CHIEFS 11
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Told Her About It
The ft ace drivers In Yellowstone
park are bothered considerably hy the
foolish questions asked by their ws
sengers und often resort to snthl-iil h ti
swers. Once a lady tourist w;io seem
ed deeply Interested In the hot spring.
Inquired:
"Driver, do these springs freeze over
In winter?"
"Oh. yes. yes. A lady was skatlns
here last winter and broke through and
got her foot scnlded." Everybody's.
When Doctors Disagree.
When the new edition of one of the
best known encyclopedias now on the
market was being written and the va
lions specialists were In the sanctum
at work the historian turned to the
mathematician nnd asked. "How du
you spell Ingestion?"
The other, not understanding wbnt
wns said, replied- "In Jest? With a J,
of course."
"No. 'Ingestion.' I appreciate yout
gibe, hut this is no Jest."
To which the mathematician answer
ed meekly: "With a G. 1 suppose
Same as gestation, Isn't It?" '
The authority on physiology, who
overheard... the re,ptv,, broke l.no the
Boosting a Stock.
, "Stocks are valuable In keeping with
he demand for them." said a Wall
I treet man. "and tbe 'demand' Is often
; i rented by queer methods. A few years
i a man wbo Is well known In the
treet was overloaded with a certain
i Mock. Ue told his wife there was
I Piocey in It and tbat It would soon
I have a big rise. Next day tbe good
ivoman gave the tip to tbe woman wbo
anje dally to massage her. Tbe latter
had many wealthy clients, to whom
she gave the get-ricb-qulck tip. Tbe
stock became popular, the man sold
out, and the masseuse wbo set tbe ball
in motion never knew why she receiv
ed a present of extraordinary value at
t'hrlstmas time from her client"
"From whlcb one?"
"Why. from tbe oue who said It was
a 'good thing.' of course. The otbecs
probably discharged ber." New Yolk
Trlbnue.
tervene. Governor Cnlmiitt'o
. w.n w. vw w 6"U
standing in Texas has given the state ealer- The program of addresses and
aepanment lood for worry but . the .",e loP'cs, aiong with the hours of
state department lets it be known that their delivni-v rnn..
- - j - t viwra
it will not be alarmed by the foment- 8:00 p. m. the Exent and Results of
us ui iruuuie Dy me sanguine gov. , t ; sexual vice.
ernor of the lone star stato Tho lof Th PviUn... j - i
- .....n.jr anu uenerai 0r-
ter has threatened to invade Mexico iousness of Veneral Diseases and their
with Texas ranchers and cowboys for effect upon the individual and tie
the purpose of restoring order, hut-
i -- - - v. mi in, iTi. lj. iiiem
, department of state has intimated that ber State Board of Health, member of
.1 ignore tne uwerances or the executive Board of Oregon Social Hy
governor. giene Society.
Aristocratic Tourists Flee. i.Present Conditions Among Boys aid
Mexico City, March 5. The terrific!'. Girls, E. E. Bragg,
attack on the town of TesisUn strack""o:60 p. m. Causes and Remedies,
terror into the hearts of refugees of iThe Four Sex Lies and Other
hltrh iflnlf WlSn h O VO morla fV.i'o ' v1A ".. n .1 t-x n
w vina -Jiavtf mouses, .emeaies. ur. caivm a.
of refuge since the war. ThousandstVJiite, Secretary State Board of
are pouring into the capita from Health, President Oregon Social Hy
Guadalaiara. a fashinnnhlo -urinaf manA cAn;..
- i c, in.iv,yt
sort. When the news reached here' 9:80 p. m. What Can We Do for La
1 A. C 1 A. . . - r-i.
U,M "gniing was in progress, a panicl TGrande, Geo. T. Cochran
ensued among the aristocrats. ;,9:45 p. m. adjournment.
La Grande National Bank
OryanelWl887.
DISIOIfATED DEPOSITORY OF tTSITED STATES SOTEBmrtJIT.
innTED STATES POSTAL 8ATOOS DEP081T0BI.
Capital
Surplus
?V 1
....$100,000.00
T7r$f4oTooo.oo
Hyderabad.
Th state of Hyderabad, located
about midway between .Madras and
BomliH.r. In the south central part of J
ludln. with a population ahont equal
iu io.it oi ,ew torn and Massachu- i
setts coinhlued nnd with nn area of
fCMSii square miles (Just about the
smiii area as Kansasi Is. generally
spce.tiliiK. the most Important native
state In India In population, wealth
and potential resources It has many
wild creatures. Including tigers and
lenpsrds In abundance and occasionally
hlsot, and elephants. There are also
wild hogs, antelope, hyenas, wolves.
Jackals nd hears.
Total Resources . . .1... . $1,000,000.00 .
For twenty-six years, in all kinds of financial weather, we havi
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