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LA 3&A&i evening observer
FRIDAY. "AfARfTFr 13 iqi
PAE FOL'R
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BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner.
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THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.
What to do about the local Commer
cial club was the problem discussed
last evening at a dinner in the Meth
odist church basement where more
than a hundred people congregated.
: And it is a problem. ' Why ? .
Because everyone wants a Commer
cial club and would not think of dis
solving the organization, yet the ex
pense of upkeep is too great under the
present plan of operation.
A motios finally prevailed to sell the
Commercial club equipment to the Y.
M. C. A.
As the matter now stands La Grande
till has her Commercial club. The
club room will be discontinued, and
in its place a monthly luncheon will be
served to members at which time dis
cussion of things bearing on the city's
welfare will occur. When there is
anything to be done in a public man
ner the executive board of the club
will call the members together and do
It : ,,
We cannot see where the club has
lost anything by last night's action
except further indebtedness. Instead
of having club rooms poorly patroniz
ed we will have a monthly dinner well
patronized and thereby have meetings
of the club which were impossible to
have when called for the club rooms.
Public questions will not suffer by the
change, neither will anything be left
undone for the good of the city.
It should be thoroughly understood
that the present board of the club
b a good, live, board; that there are
many things now slated for develop
ment under its administration, and that
under no circumstances will the Com
mercial club of La Grande die.
As to who shall be secretary under
the new plan that is left open to the
board. John Rudd, secretary of the Y.
M. C. A. has been spoken of for the
place, but that is a matter for further
consideration as Mr. Rudd has respon
sible duties with his own organization
and it is a question whether he can
give the necessary attention to the
club business.
While the board wishes to reduce
the indebtedness and by last night's
action succeeded in curtailing the ex
pense to a great extent, there should
not be and is not a disposition to cut
things so closely that full results may
not be obtained.
the law very difficult to enforce.
Let the hour be 10 o'clock and let
every child in the city be made to un
derstand it meaning. And go one the. dangerous passway. The engineer,
to be crossed, started bravely up the
smoothe route, seemingly unaware of
the approaching train steaming down
MORE MONEY AVAILABLE
(Continued Trom Fax 1.)
KLEES AS A DELEVOPER.
Leo Klees of Summerville, is doing a
work of extensive benefit to Union
county in perfecting a plan whereby
he can deliver electric current to the
farmers of the valley. Under his plan
the expense to each individual will not
be great and the very moment , that
current is turned on every farm served
will have increased in valuo at least
ten times as much as the installation
will have cost ifce farm owner.
We call this clean, modern develop
ment of a country. It will help take
people back to the land, for it will
equip the land with the modern con
venience that electricity always brings.
Mr. Klees is meeting with the suc
cess he deserves and ere long every
farm house in the north part of this
county will be lighted with electricity.
ENFORCE THE CURFEW LAW.
At the meeting of the city commis
sion last evening the enforcement of
a curfew law was discussed. Proposal
to change the curfew hour from 9 to
10 o'clock at night is a good, sane sug
gestion for the last performance of the
picture theatres does not finish be-
step farther, let the fathers and moth'
er understood its meaning, also, for
they are really the ones to blame.
If Cove had had curfew law work
ing there would have been a lot of
petty lawlessness overcome, and if La
Grande also had been working under a
proper curfew law some of the dis
graceful proceedings that the court
has been forced to record would have
been eliminated.
Proper restraint for the young is es
sential. In the great old southland
where woman is respected to a degree
of almost worship girls are not per
mitted to go out unattended in the
evenings. Neither are late hours per
mitted, and the chaperon is a part
and portion of society's program. It
is hard to improve on the way the
south raises her daughters. Keep that
in mind.
dinner which was served in the com
modious basement of the Methodist
church, with the Ladies' Aid Society
serving.
I M,l -T CI a rr nnanaA tVi o tuut.
prandial program with a catchy song
number. John Collier briefly and con
cisely set out the financial condition
of the club whereby the club is at a
$200 monthly expense for necessities
and uses up all and more of its aver
age income on maintenance and has
little or nothing left for promotion
work. Several speakers discussed var
ious topics during the evening, Geo.
Stoddard suggesting as a ne
cessity for La Grande's success, more
producers. Turner Oliver, misunder
standing the motion,feared that the
well acquainted and quite fond of the
old dog, gave a warning whisle and
checked speed slightly, but Maje un
heeding the danger signal, continued
his course without slacking his gait
until just at the highest point of the
trestle and immediately over the run
ning water of Mill creek, their ways
met or would have met, had not the
big tired Newfoundland coolly stepped
over the shinning rail and continued
along on the end of the ties without
any apparent discomfiture or nervous
ness and miracuously escaped without
a mishap.
The incident was witnessed by em
nloves of Dement's mill and mnnv
others, but none were mere deeply in-1 club was KoinK to disintegrate and
ALL RIGHT IF THEY DON'T
POISON.
By its decision that the government
terested than the train men who wera
anxiously watching from the cab win
dow. MRS. M. M. BURNAPP.
MADAM CLARC TALENTED.
French Team at Arcade Shows Mas
ter Singing Profession and Art.
La Grande theatre goers will seldom
cannot condemn foodstuffs unless it hear sinsrincr of a hieher order than is
can show that substances added are being offered at the Arcade tonight and 1 being probably the first lady to
injurious to health the supreme court tomorrow night. The initial perform- participate in a commercial ciud speecn
arose to defend the institution's iden
tity, but the new plan gives added
stamina and virility rather than the
other thing. Rev. E. B. Fyke point
ed to the need of some advertisement
in our own and neighboring states of
the resources at hand here.
Neighborhood Club Represented.
Mrs. Turner Oliver delivered" one
of the principal addresses of the even
of the United States nullifies much ance last night was well received.
of the pure food legislation which When a La Grande audience applauds
has been passed. Under this ruling singers, and does it heartily as they
the manufacturers' goods cannot be did last night, it is a certain sign that
rejected so long as he doesn't mix the singers are of superior merit. The
harmful substances with what he Bells, richness of tone of Alice Petit Clare
Even experts ' disagree as to and her apparent ease, the beautiful
what is not harmful. The ben- swelling and piano effects, the enthus-
zoate of soda controversy proved that, Jistic vigor of expression and the great
Perhaps formaldehyde, ' used to pre- volume which she is capable of produc
serve corpses and occasionally to keep ing, mark her as a woman of splen-
milk from souring, isn't going to send ded training. There is not one bad
the user 'to his final home, but we tone in her entire range and that is
don't want it in our stomachs ju3t the saying much. Most vaudeville singers
same.. 'are not trained singers, but Madam
The public indignation aroused by Clare is master of this beautiful art
revelations of adulteration has been ' of classic and semi-classic music.
directed at the fraud phase of it. We j Ken Metcalf supports her with a
don't like to pay for chickory when . rich baritone voice of considerable
we think we're buying coffee. We ' range, and sympathetic accompani-
arent's so fond of talcum powder that ment. They are a real treat and are
we want It in our bread. In fact,
program of that sort. Mrs. Oliver
went over the life of the club, with
the intention of making it clear that
the Commercial club had won renown
in times past for its treatment of the
woman's club. Profusely thanking
the club for its friendly relations w:h
the Neighborhood club in the past,
Mrs. Oliver, for the club, swore alleg
iance to the Commercial club by her
association, and promised that both
associations would and could hence
forth work hand in hand for the com
mercial advancement of La Grande.
Launches Rest Spot Scheme.
The speakers for the evening were
asked to suggest some desired line of
activity for the club to take up and
Mrs. Oliver proposed the construction
by the club of rest spots at every
downtown street corner angle.- She
Americans for all their reputed lik
ing for spectacular humbugs have a
deep-seated prejudice against being
cheated over the counter.
The supreme court may think we
care most about our health and per-
haps we do. Of course, we don't want $
to be fed prussic acid in our syrup' S
or arsenic in our salad, but then some $
of us put squirrel whiskey into our,$
stomachs. Nicotine ren't supposed to j
be a tonic, but a good many of us j
pay real money to absorb it.
After all, while we value our health,
we'd be more in sympathy with the 'a
supreme court if it would protect our j,
I worth the price of admission alone. had In mind the Sixth and Washington,
Adv.
This is What Advertising Did.
A lady lost a parcel contain
ing two hair switches of consid
erable value. "I am going to
take the one chance in ten," she
said, "to get them back. I know
there are honest people and the
person finding them may see
the ad I inserted in the Observ
er, and return them." On the
following day the Observer was
tnfnrmoH that tha awitfhoa. had
pocketbooks. We'd worry along with . returned.
Whether it is a hair switch,
the poisons if someone would stop
the shell game which some of the
tnnA minnfB.liiMM nln. .... '. - nAU I
uuu iimiiuiov.uiGia t " J " ' ua ill sell
ing imitations. i
(and that is a legitimate ar-
tide of commerce,) or any
other article of value, the ar-
tide will in nearly all instances
3 be returned when the finder
knows who lost it. What the
finder wants is information
concerning the name and ad-
dress of the loser. If you have
pig or chickens to sell if you
S have animals to trade, if you
Our sister city of Union is debating want to match a particular
What a farce it all is: Portland
has found that most of the dairies i
supplying milk to that city are unclean
and poorly kept. Yet the state is pay- i
ing a large sum to have those same
dairies come under the law or go out
of business.
the question of whether or not to F
pave. Our advise to Union is to pave
her business section, but pave. at a low
cost. Take advantage of La Grande's
experience and do not mortgage the '
whole city to a paving company. t $
Maje Also Wise Dog. '
La Grande, March 13. (To the Edi-, $
tor.) Noting the incident in last
week's Observer of the sagacity of
Neighbor Clark's dog, I would say1
"there are others," and if I may be
allowed space would give an instance1
of which I am cognizant. I
"Maje" had the care and guardian-1
ship of Mr. Frakes' family in the i
neighboring city of Walla Walla, and
on a certain occasion was- taken by
the family on' a visit about 15 miles
away.
Finally as all things have an end so
did the friendly visit, but the day.
chosen by the family to return home
was a very warm one and Maje con.
temptiou.sly declining to ride in the
buggy started out on a brisk trot to
reach the desired home as soon as
possible. On arriving in the city he
came to the familiar railroad track
horse you own and by match
ing it make the team worth
considerably more than two
horses not matched would be
worth, you can do that by find
ing the horse like your own.
There is no medium like a
newspaper, for it reaches thou
sands where you cannot meet
more than a few hundred at
the best. People who advertise
and let business come to them
know how quickly matters can
be arranged by inserting a few
lines at comparatively little
cost. Dont spend dollars in
gasoline and automobile tires
looking for business, when it
will come to your office through
the medium of a small want ad.
The test of the pudding is the
eating thereof. The test of ad
vertising is advertising.
Fourth and Depot and other odd angle
corners of the city. The tremendous
need of such rest spots was cited and
the plan hit a popular cord. In lack
of a .city park in the business center,
such rest spots are of immense value,
she claimed.
Many out of town guests attended
the meeting, including Prof. D. C.
Sower of the University of Oregon,
who is here studying the La Grande
form of government and accounting,
and giving suggestions for improve
ment where needed, not only here but
in all Eastern Oregon cities. Cashier
Lambert of the North Powder bank,
F. H. Jelke of Joseph, Attorney Dan
Boyd of Enterprise, and several others.
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S ADDITIONAL PERSONALS.
F.' Evans of WallaWalla,a real es
tate dealer, passed through this county
seat this morning en route to Enter
prise where he will close a real estate
deal.
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Thorsen of Elgin,
left this morning for that place after
transacting business in the county
seat Mr. Thorsen is cashier of the
bank at Elgin.
3, ' Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnson of Ad-
ams, Ore., passed through the city this
morning on their way to Enterprise,
3 where they will be the guest of friends
for some time.
Perry Blanchard of Union, stopped
off in the city to look over building
conditions. He is busy constructing
1 a new house in Imbler. During his
stay here he was a guest of the Savoy.
Price Gates Fined.
After deciding to stand trial yester
day on a charge of intoxication, Price
which he knew would take hi mdirect Gates late in the day decided to plead
to his pleasant homo and cool corner guilty and at 5 o'clock was fined $10.. Hyiton was reported dying,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Woodell of this
city, left this morning for Imbler. Mr.
Woodell will return tonight and Mrs.
Woodell will go on to Summerville fcr
a short visit with relatives. They
were accompanied by their daughter
Mary.
Howard Coyle, of Walli Walla,
passed through the city this morning
on his way to Wallowa whither he has
been called on account of the serious
illness of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Jake
Hyiton. Owing to a delay in delivery
of a message he is a day late. ' Mrs.
ATHLETIC VEST
$nrtetjj Irgttd QIhiB
"A Decided Improvement For
Spring and Summer Wear"
Note the larger armholes to permit free action and
preclude perspiration. It is a real step toward com
fort, an evolution upon the old style vest and does
not in the least mar the appearance or fit in fact it
a,dds to the perfect fitting qualities of Society Brand
Clothes.; -.
See Our New Society Brand Suits Today
Prices from $20.00 to $27.50
vJCv- j NEW GORDON
L JiljS ATS FOR SPRING
W w ; '5ES $3.00
We are now handling the following coffees: Shilling's,
White House; M. J. B.; Hills Bros.; Red Can; Royal Club and
Pleaz All. These coffees are steel cut; sizes l's, 2's, 2's and
3's. We have a very fine quality of bulk coffees at 30c, 35c, 40c
and 50c per pound. A fine line of Vegetables and Fruits for
your Sunday dinner.
COTTAGE CHEESE SATURDAY.
PHONE MAIN 721
BERRY BROS. GROCERY
La Grande National Bank
Organized In 1887.
BKSICftaTED DEPOSITORY OP FJflTEI) STATES OOYERNMENTt
mUTKI) 8TATE8 POSTAL HA VINttS DEPOSIT!.
Capital $100,000.00
Surplus $14b000i00
Total Resources
..$1,000,000.00
For twenty-six years, in all kinds of financial weather, we b
successfully catered to the monetary wants of the people of U
Grande and the Grande Ronde Valley.
We respectfully solicit your business.
La Grande National Ban
La Grande, Oregon