La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 02, 1914, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text- i i iMMii-ir-- ' "' " - . I r-'T u,t:&ZZt:z&' i j , THURSDAY, APRII 2,H914t ; , AOEFOUU .. LA G1UXDE EVENING OBSERVER l -l i; - - " ' - .1 '5 i . !., I ! 11 I j i ; i ; Hi II 4 1 h 8 'I I 15 .a IS i ii" THC ORQFPXPP ; 11 BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner. Entered in the Tost Grande, Oregon, ag matter. Office at La I second class j Advertising rates on application. All aog ilcenses; ofew warrants for $39.96 U going to move into the Harris bujld copy for display advertising must accrueJ interest on bonds 615, 616 and j ing on the opposite side of the street reach the office the day before the ad appears. ' - Address all communications to ' THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Daily, single copy .5c Daily, per week 15c j $55.00 j raided Mr. Mose Thompson's to show his goods to better advantage. Daily, per month 65c j house and found him selling whiskey; ! The new ttore is to be fitted 4ip Daily, six months in advance.... $150 ;8 arge quantity of bottled whiskey specially for the display of furniture, Daily, per year in advance 7.00land some beer was found. He also with balcony, racks and shelves and aily, by mail per year, in ad- ! confessed to the police to having ob- office space. Mr. Dyal's business .is Tan" $4.00 tained cocaine from a legal drug store an example of energy and good man Weekly Ovserver, per year in ana- delivering it. agement and will doubtless increase advance .SL5I jhe street Supt bought $21.70 as the city grows in size and popula- . worth of rock for Fir Street at $1.40. tion also a dump box for gathering refuse j EFFICIENCY IN CHARITY. "More charity in business, more ' up by Prof. Charles R. Henderson of the University of Chicago, in a re- . ' cent address. It is a thoroughly . model idea. It remained for the twentieth century to conceive it j ' 1 We have grown up to think that " the poor we always will have with us. , , . I Poverty has seemed inevitable. Prof., Henderson points out its curability T thm.o mf o.t tn h B i bottom of the disease. We must re- elv treat the eiy treat tne , . move causes, not mere : surface symptoms. We have poverty problems because for thousands of years we have been superficial. It would be as easy to cure small pox by a face wash as to cure poverty by spasmodic and im pulsive almsgiving. The problem must be attacked further down. We must try to learn why people are poor. We must attempt such social and in dustrial rearrangements as will give everyone a chance to be something else than poor. It is a big problem one of the big gest society faces but here is a so lution for it We can, if we will, make such industrial readjustments as will minimize the saocks of unem ployment By widening-the scope of the health movement we do much to! one of the set-n-ts of hu old Japanese ... . i sword uiuki-r dt-si-rilied by Reginald F. remove one of the large causes ofj8. ,,.,. .. lf ,,,, Mp ..,. poverty sickness. By education, we can minimize another ignorance Possibly we always will have some sick, some incompetent, but, proper preventive measures will reduce the number of both. WTe are only begin ning to realize . what wonderful changes can be made in this grim old world by those twin agencies of civi lization sanitation and education. Business methods in philanthropy La Grande National Bank Organized DKMIW'aTEI) DEI'OSITORT OF T5ITED STATES WOVEBXKEST. C5ITKI) STATES POSTU, SAVINGS PEP0SITOBT. Capital $100,000.00 Surplus $140,000.00 Total Resources $1,000,000.00 For twenty-six years, in all kinds of financial weather, we have 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 are bf'n&'ng nearer the day when poverty and iU host of attendant ills I will be but a memory. CURFEW. LAW. (Continued trora Page 1.) 653, coupons No. 1. The Water Supt. spent $10.70 cleaning sewers between 3rd and 4th St. $5.35 lowering pipe O . Avenue, $10.70 for 2 taps, and $5.35 reading meters , No fires. 1 , The police arrested 20, released 19, one in jail, one horse In pond, fines on streets Spent $48.50 repairs and ,$75.00 cleaning streets. I I recommend the transfer of the' J,lmhino. insnootinn wnrt tho .. . ' ' , The bauillu of the sword wus of wood, conditions. The Engineer has more , whlell vnH wwly rellloVMi nnd whch than he can do and the Water Supt Buve no 1,,r- Tlle makers- names. can do the work in connection with father ana unu. were on the steel of hig work with ess josg of Ume and , the Ulllllk.. better chance at keeping tab than ' entertiilned a croup of Sheffield the engineer can. This increases tho' ,eel n'?" "I ",y "". several year. ?, . ..... , . . ... i ago and Just us a surprise for them J PaV ro!1 by 15 00 Per month and will had tbv swrU otI e tul)!e They were r?leaf the enneer for his other work i boasting ubout wbt gre.it steelmak that is accumulating. j ers they .vi;re. and then I asked them j re(,omrn(.n(i tuB r-minUnn to rp.lto smell the sword. Tlier were the quest the County Court to cancel thei tax on the R. R Y. M. C. A. Also I . ... . . ... .,lsonie renl nrt In OHiking steel: let u ,"""",:"u Grande Ronde Valley Irrigation Co. , .. ,l..u v.i , mo puin.c ucikii tinciiv auuuiu uc supplied with a better system of rec- 0rds so as to easily keep a complete tab on the work. OLD JAPANESE ART Swords of Perfumed Steel That Cannot Now Be Made. MA3VEL CF A CRYSTAL BALL Rubbed Into a Perfect Sphere by Hand, It Would Be Difficult to Duplicate It With Modern MachineryLegend of the Secret of a Swordmaker. Steel limde more than SUO j-ears ago. with a BU'eot odor put iu so that the metal still rt'tulns the scent that Is Is an amateur collector and bis en thusiasm for the beauty- of old Japa nese art has curried him far buck into the centuries. Mr. Vuile uctrnlly owned n sword of scented steel i ne time, but It was stolon from the ottice of his lawyer several years ago. He regards this loss ns the greatest 11 collector could face ar.d feels sure that he will never get that sword back again. "The perfume, was delicate anil pleasing." he s"ld. "It Is not the only sword of the kind in the world. Tho royal collection at Vicuna has one. and tiler- are i--o r three in'ore which in 1887. j Will Occupy Harris Building Just Across North Fir Street. K. Dyal, who has been conducting a new and second hand furniture store in the Geddes building on .Fir street Mr. Dyal asserts he has had a flourish ing business since starting out for himself and the increase has forced him to make arrangements fr larger quarters-. I In addition to the store room in the Harris building he has rented a ware- house on the North Side to house his furniture and supplies and enable him huve retitlutKl tlu-ir fniirninie for all (these hundreds ufrmirs. Tlltf "" ls mtimlly u part of the ' "Word WHR IncaseO In 8 most surprised men you ever saw. ... j " -Steelninkera.- I snid. 'There Is ' course." Mr. vuue sum tuut mere are Dun dreds of mechanical tricks of the Jan- nnese artisans of hundreds of year ago wnit-u nave open lost Tlite men huve made mnuy articles which can not be (luplli atiHl with modern nmcbin ery. ,. "I have In my home a crystal ball six Inches In diameter." he said. '"It Is ns round ns a billiard bull: it will stand any test for roundness. Tbnt was made by hand several hundred yearn ago. It would be dilllrult to make it now with machinery. If ft Is possible; but think of the years of toll aud the special abil ity required for a man to rub -a block of crystnl Into a perfect sphere." , Mr. ' Vaile said that old 'Japanese princes kept hordes of men at work, paying them fairly well. These men bad fowl and lodging assured for the rest of their lives, and they didn't have to hurry with their work. lie told of one cabinet started by one man for the prince who employed him but who railed to finLsh it He died and the prince died. The sou of the artisan took up the work, expecting to finish It for the son of the former prince. They both died, and the cabi net was finally finished by the grand son of the original cabinetmaker and presented to tbe grandson of the orig inal prince. "There was one swordmaker who had the trick of making a dagger with a very hard steel point, which gradually grew softi"- toward the hiidle. He did this by takim: a dagger blade "f uni form hardness, packing it in clay which was thicker toward the'lmudle. In this way when he heated the pack the heat was graded, being slroug at the Miiut aud soft near the handle. "The secret lay In the teinprr ituie of the water he put it in uftei seating it. No one could discover bow hot the water was or how lung he kept the mass lu the water. "He had several uung men v.n-ksu:.: i for him. and one of these ineii. a trick ster, was anxiei: to learn the secret The old man p:r;.::ied his bath In a j private leui. i;iic nay ne was i-'iuiiir out of the tent with a newly finished sword under his ana when the youug man darted past him aud stuck hi ha ml in the water. "The old m.i3 wheeled and struck out with his sword. He cut so ijnickly that he severed the young man's arm before the young man's nerves cmiid convey any idea of the temperuure 01 the water to his brain or so tlte say." One of the old swordmakers had thv peculiar knack of making swords which, of themselves, continually ' searched for trouble. "Wood drink ers." these swords were named. There was one of them In the Howes eollec- tion. which was sold In Kuglnnd seven j or eight years ago j "One of my friends bought this i sword." said Mr. Valle. "He was ex j plaining Its peculiar in t lire to some of i us. One of the men laughed at the superstition, .lust ns he was In the I middle of a gu.Taw the sword slipped 1 out of its sheath, the handle struck I the Moor and the point fell against hl I leg. He was severely cut. I saw this j and. while I mjself don't attach nn supernatural power to the sword, thai series of facts keeps me from laughinv at It" Nw York Sun. frmTxTTr rcTini lVlLKtiiAnUloL TI0N FOR HONEST SERVICE AND REAL WORTH None but the best lines find their way to our counters and racks;. -We never sacrifice quality for price. This fact, in connection, with .'our store policy of moderate prices and ..square dealing is the secret of. this store's success. IT PAYS US TO SELL THE BEST Cook over this lie of reliable krands of high grade Merchandise for which we are sole agents for La Grande i'Men's Furnishing Dept." Gordon $3 Hats Manhattan Dress Shirts $1.50 to $3.50 Interwoven Hosiery 25c, 35c, 50c. Keiser Neckwear 50c to $1.50. Fownes' Dress Gloves $1.50 to 2.50 Bell Blouses for Boys 50c to .SI. 00 "FOUR OF AMERICA'S BEST Society Brand Suits "for voung men and men who stay young. $20.00 to $27.50. Fidelity $15.00 Suits "Guaranteed all Wool." 'i5 FOR RENT Three rooms for light housekeeping, modern, 1104 M Ave. 4-2-2t. ADDITIONAL PERSONALS. 5 Mi.--s Sylvia Gilman of Union who l'.as been visiting her sister Mrs. Jack Brittain for a couple of weeks, returned to her home today. Mrs. A. E. Ivanhoe and Miss Rosine Vreeland left this noon for Telocaset, where Miss Vreeland will inspect the sanitary conditions in the schools. Mrs. Hector McDonald who has been spending the winter in Portland, passed through La Grande this morn ii g on her way home to Wallowa. N. K. West returned this morning from Salem where he had been in at tendance at a meeting of the State Fair board. James Abegg of Mohler, Wash ington, arrived in La Grande last night and will visit a short time with his daughter, Mrs. Louise and his son George. Al Jones, of Joseph, accompanied by his family, passed through La Grande this morning on their way from Salem to North Powder where they will visit J a short time. Mr. Jones will probably enter the race for representative from Wallowa county this year on the re publican ticket. He expects to return to La Grande Saturday. Engineers C. M. Hutchinson. O. G. Olson, Jno Daniels, and chief dc spatcher C W. Turner were among VYIln ATi 1 ADLunw xj i "Shoe Dept." LEJiltMai'sShoes $4.00 to $600 Connolly Men's Shoes $3.50 to r7.00 Pingree Ladies' Shoes $3.50 to $6.00 Utz & Dunn Shoes FOR LADIES' AND MISSES' $2.50 to $" 00 Romper Childs' Shoes $1.75 to $2.50 Pat Cogan's Bo's' Shoes $2.50 to $.".50 CLOTHING the first to answer the call to the r.ppling river this morning. They expect to make a haul this afternoon. They have seen others pull them out near North Fork and "Olson says if anybody can catch them he can. Be- E. RIES LAND, ? 5 Plasterer and Contractor. n Cement work of all kinds, Foun- "dations and Flue construction. $ Cement block a specialty. Call ? and see these blocks at E. C. ? $ Davis' Marble Shop. Phone Red ? 371. S DAILY AUTO SERVICE. LV. COVE 8:30 A. M. AR. LA GRANDE. .9:45 A. M. LV. LA GRANDE ..1:30 P. M. AR. COVE 2:45 P. M. Freight Rates on Application. Headquarters in La Grande Snook Bros. Produce. 1312 Jefferson. WEIMER'S AUTO TRUCK SERVICE. New Glass andXhinaware Morgan s 10c. and 25c. Store, 1 TCUCri DCDTTTA M. IT PAYS YOU TO BUY THE BEST! "In Dry Goods and Ladies Furnishings" Nemo Corsets $3.50 to $5.00 Henderson Corsets $1.00 to $3.5 i La Princesse Corsets $4.00 and $5.00 " Colonial Draperies Black Cat Hosi ry Munsing Underwear Fownes' Gloves LINES FOR MEN" Benjamin Washington Suits Xew York Styles ' ': $20.00 to $30.00 ' Hirsch Wickwire Suits 'America's Finest Ready-to-Wear" $25.00 to' $30.00 Jf fore leaving they took enough orders to keep them at the river till fall, but they intend to return this evening. The best is the cheapest. It is one thing to buy a home and it is another to be satisfied with it after you get it. Have a house built for you, to your order; just as you like it, with strong lines of individuali ty about it. You take pride in it your friends admire it. Sat isfactory! What's the answer? A happy family. H. E. ROSKAMP. 1504 Oak St. La Grande, Ore. 'Phone Red 1981. And remember that it costs no more. ?