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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1914.
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independence that is not pleasing to
the Journal and the other Democratic
dictators. But the Judge is a strong
character and on his personal
strength he is giving his opponents a
few headaches. Mr. Maning is popu
lar in Multnomah and is gaining quite
a little strength over the state.
Regardless of the outcome it is
positively ' refreshing to see some
st. ife among the Bourbon herd, to see
for once a time when they are not all
jumping over the same gait and sing
ing the same songs.
Let the fight wax warm for there
by the people will learn the merit of
each candidate. '.'..'
BEAUTIFUL, JOYOUS EASTER.
Yesterday' !4wl Easter.
Throughout Eastern Oregon the sun
shone vtiffafyi the air was clear and
crisp and everyoM eemed
ho hunvahcv of the occasion so thor
oughly cherished and respected.
La Grande people, true' to their
ever present loyalty to Christian oc
casions, were out to the different
houses of worship and spent the day
in a manner that was delightfully ap
propriate to the occaaion.
Knights Templar from Baker, Pen
dleton and La Grande met as is their
custom and held the annual service
provided by their order, , La Grande
"was host yesterday to the other cities
and the entertainment was of BUch
nature as to call forth pretty words
of praise; 1
Yes, it was a glorious EastA
What a blessing and a privilege it
is to live on such occasions; and to
live in a community where the proper
respect and observance is shown, as
it was in this city.
Bert Kelly, a famous buckaroo of
Pendleton Roundup fame, has just
died from injuries received while per
forming at the Roundup last summer.
Really, this is hot a very strong re
commendation for Pendleton's big
show. Have we reached the point
when human lives must be sacrificed
for the fake of strenuous entertain
ment? tj "?i1"wh"' ' '
V
J. G. Kilpack, of the Boys' and
Girls Aid, has uncovered a debauched
condition of the young at Milton in
Umatilla county. Milton is a little
town which to the casual observer
appears to be one of the best regu
lated in the country and free from all
temptations. Yet Mr. Kilpack, who is
a truthful eentloman, affirms that
vice is rampant among tho young
sters. This is truly a very bad show
ing. Guess the old time parent was
right when he said, "Spare the rod
spoil the child." Moral suasion
seems to fail with a great portion of
humanity and - polico regulation is
, needed.
ftunnlno W.ter.
Have yon ever noticed. wheH the wa
ter has almost all run out of the bath
tub, bow the light particles on the sur
foce seem then to race out much faster
tbnu the Water? As a matter of fact,
Mil!- are traveling faster than most of
fto' Water, but no faster than that on
lie surface. '
Tie reason Is nyt far to seek. Run
ning water, even In u river, goes at dif
ferent rate:', but fastest on the top sur
right ir. the middle of tuf HtrJTB.
,.-rio'i, -u h sjdes itiid bottom
m.llieB lUo v;iieT there go more B)owlj
So the light pHi'tteles on. top o? the
-.:ur In the bathtub, Along with the
-tirf.ioo witt., rtmli iiliead at a good
'.hie-.
Ti'.lS particular ieculiarlry In rivers
16 utilized by boatmen when they have
to go up n swift stream; they always
puddle up near the bnnk. And at curves,
as the water swings ouiwuru, mey
take the inside 'bunk, for there the
water Is almost still. On the other
hand. In coming down the very center
of tho stream la chosen. St. Louis Re
public. '
Washington Official Life.
Dinners mid social functions are
conspicuous features of Washington
life. The new senator or congressman
always feels that ho must keep up the
pace, but hl older colleagues Qo not
hesitate to send in their regrets now
and then. Ono senator whose young
daughters make severe demands upon
him as an escort to olllclal functions;
said:
"I have cut out all dinners and func
tions except those 1 feel under ohllga
tlons to attend In my oflielal capacity.
"I have done this for two reasons:
First, because I have not time to attend
thorn. I have too much to do. Second,
Mr. SpofTord. so long librarian of con
gress, once told me that most public
men and army and navy otllcers who
died In Washington 'dug their graves
with tlielr own teeth a saying which
I have taken to heart." National Magazine.
DEMOCRATS NOT UNITED.
Who could have ever imagined that
Oregon's Democratic party would
have split on its choice for a candi
date for any office?
For yenrs and years such could
not have happened, but when a party
reaches a position of power then it
is that human selfishness appears.
It used to be with Democrats not a
question of who shall run for gover
nor, but unite on a man and elect him
Now, that party has Dr. Smith, John
Manning and Judge Bennett all seek
ii.g n nomination. And they are seek
ing it industriously. Some thought
two of the three would pull out be
fore the primary struggle, but not so.
Kach is in to tho finish.
Dr. Smith is backed by the present
administration and the Portland
Journal. Whether . Chamberlain is
lending aid to the doctor is not a
matter of written record, but it is
argued that he cannot ufford to pad
dle up stream against tho governor
and the Journal. Summing the mat
ter up, Dr. Smith seems to have the
Democratic machine behind him.
Judge Bennett is a sort of free
A Chinese Superstition.
When a Chinese baby takes a imp
people think Its soul Is having a rest
going out fur a long walk perhaps. If
the nap Is a very long one the mother displacing individual fishermen.
Is frightened. Nhe is nrraici miu ner i
ROUND THE WORLD
Belgium has 400 goat insurance so
defies. ,-
Massachusetts has over 100 woman
lawyers.
New York now has 1,638 firemen on
Its pension list
Paris makers are offering 400 shades
In women's wigs. ' . ,
Chicago now has a church devoted
to the deaf and dumb.
Jersey City home for the blind is to
to have a new building to cost $100,
000. ' . ' ..
About 400 arrests for counterfeiting
are made in the United States each
year
Bricks made of peat are being suc
cessfully used in Sweden for small
buildings.
Females outnumber the males in
Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore
and Boston. '.'-
The United States has made more
rapid progress In Iron production than
any other country.
The height of buildings In Hungari
an cities is limited by law to eighty
two and one-half feet
According to Dr. Clement Lncas of
England, the human family is likely to
become a ono toed race. ' . ,
Recent statistics, tfodlt be United
States with aUffil one automobile for
each two ffifies of country Wad.
At the present time 113 women have
the, rtghf to wear the coveted red rib
bon Of the French Legion of Honor. .
Co-operative rural credit associations
are planned for the Philippine Islands
The object Is to help the small farmer.
Some of the finest lace in the world
is made by tbe women of the Philip
pine Islands from a strong silky fiber
obtained from pineapple leaves, v, ;
Solidified alcohol In cube form is
SSSiitig" Into use In Germany foe neck
ing and other purposes lor Which small
amounts of beat are sufficient'
A recent census, tbe first of the kind
ever taken, credited Denmark, which
has about dhe-tblrd tbe area of Wis
consin, with" mbr than 8,000;000 'fruit
trees. ' ,
An express rutin b-ftvetthfc tWm Nice
to Macon, Frantte, was beaten by
twelve minutes by fen eagle which
raced it over a distance of eighteen
miles. )
Few turtles ore being caught these
days In the Bahamas, the f annual
catching having diminished for Borne
time. Exportation of turtle shell may
soon cease.
A life preserver of European Inven
tion for seagoing vessels is Intended
to keep a person fairly warm and dry
for several days as be floats about
awaiting rescue.
It is said that the first man to cross
the continent on a motorcar was
George A. Wyman of Sau Francisco,
who performed tbe feat during the
summer of 11)03.
Brazil claims to be tbe country which
possesses the most precious timber for
general construction and shipbuilding
and for the manufacture of furniture
and other nrtieles.
The Turkish government has given a
French bank a concession to build -an
electric railroad between Jerusalem
and Bethlehem nnd for lighting the
former city with electricity.
According to an Italian scientist who
has classified 4.000 eases of self do
structlon. more suicides occur between
the ages of fifteen and twenty-live
than at any other period In life.
Statistics show that Ireland's fish
eries continue to decline In amount of
fish landed and the number of men
and bouts engaged. Capitalists are
baby's soul has wandered too far away
and canhot find Its way home. If It
doesn't come back, of course tho baby
will never awaken. Sometimes men
are sept out Into the streets to call the
baby's iiiinie over and over again, as
though it were ri real child lost. They
hope to lead the soul back home. If a
baby sleeps while It Is being carried
from one place to another the uangcr
of losing the soul along the way Is very ng 0n pnt0
Ono of the largest forest nurseries in
the United States Is conducted by the
forest service near Haugeu. Mont. It
Is known as the Suveniic nursery and
has ft capacity of 4,nno,000 young trees
a year. -
Iron alloyed with gold Is being Intro
duced as a substitute for tin In the
making of cans. The resulting prod
uct Is proof against corrosion of most
kinds, but costs fifteen times as much
great. So whoever carries the little one
keeps saying Its name out louil, so that
the soul' will not stray away. They
think of the soul as a bird hopping
along after them.
Twenty New $15. to $20.00 Dresses Re
duced to 0.90
Just twenty of these attractive new styles in
Spring and Summer Dresses offered at this now price. ;
Included are .the popular new weaves in plaid and
mixed ratines, heavy messalines and silk poplins. All ;
the wanted shades. Your choice this week for. $9.90
p Pg-'. '.-.''
Modish New Skirts Just Arrived
Separate skirts are more popular than in any pre- ;
viqus season and this new shipment makes onr style
showing complete. Materials of' s.-ges, ratines and
crepes are in the flounced ani draped high sty'es.
Prices tro-m ,..;,..;.',.,. , .............. $5.00 to $12.00 " '"
Silk Suits and Coats
Most prominent of all materials tor Spring and '
Summer ?re these charming Co'af.s and Suits of ; silk
poplins, brocades and silk moire 5 Many new models
have arrived the last week att l are now on display in
our ejceliirixe Eeady-to-We ic Department. Prices
fang- fvcm . ...............$22.50 to $40.00
ill .
it'
Newest Cloth Coats from $7.50 to $25.00
were killed mat year hi Siberia for
their fur. . The tails alone weighed
mom than twenty-one tons. The ant
tnal figuring nest In the fur trade of
Asiatic Russia In point of numbers
was the white hare, which contributed
1,500.000 skins.
A landowner named Rizony, living
at the Hungarian town of Mlskolez.
who died recently, hns left his fortune,
amounting to $00,000. to the Hunga
rian Provincial Society For the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Animals on con
dition that ft erects an asylum for
wornout horses.
Clever Elephant.
"Elephants are clever animals," said
a trainer, "and I once had one that
could rend, lie was a quarrelsome
beast, and one day he got Into a scrape
Willi the Hengal tiger, and before wo
could get them separated he had his
trunk badly damaged. After the scrim
mage was over the elephant broke loose
and started down the street fast 'He's
going wild!' somebody shouted. 'Don't
you believe It.' says 1. Now, where do
you suppose that elephant went to?"
"Went to the surgeon's, I suppose.
Can't you get up n better yarn?"
"No, he didn't go to tho surgeon's.
He went straight to a llttlo shop where
a sign read, 'Trunks repaired whlloyou
wait' Of course ho had inailo a nils
lance in Democratic circles. He re- take. Hut what do you expect of a
poor aumn nruiet jjonuon uioue.
fuses to stand at times and shows an
The readluess of Africans to accept
and pay for modern methods of trans
portation Is Illustrated by tho fact that
of 18,000 passengers carried In on
month by tho Tripoli railway 15.00U
were Arabs.
Italy has established a strict censor
ship on moving pictures. Pictures por
traying scenes distasteful or contrary
to public decency and morality, espe-
i daily those reproducing acts of cruelty
' or which might bo an Incentive to
i crime, aro forbidden.
Literature In Turkey has responded
to the liberty that followed the revolu
tion. Largo numbers of translations
tind adaptations of European scientific
, and literary works and books of a pop
ular nature aro now available.
Ono of the longest bridges in the
world wilt soon be built by Germany.
It w)ll give railroad connection be
tween Itugen, an Island In tbe Baltic
sea. and the mainland of Germany.
The length will bo about 11.000 feet
and the cost about $5,000,000.
I ' More- than 4.BO0.0O0 gray squirrels
'Winter's Short Days.
If I were to paint the short days of
winter 1 should paint two towering
icebergs approaching each other like
liromoutorles for morning and evening,
with cavernous recesses nnd a solitary
traveler wrapping his cloak about him
and bent forward against the driving
storm just entering the narrow pass.
I would paint the light of a taper at
midday seen through a cottage win-
.ow. half buried in snow anil irosr.
' In the foreground should appear
:'.u harvest nnd far In the background
trough the pass should be seen the
iwers In the fields and other evl
'ences of spring. On the right and
ft of the approaching icebergs the
'eiiveiis should be shaded off from the
'ight of midday to midnight with its
siars. the sun being low in the sky.
Henry David Tlioreau.
Electromagnets.
.An electromagnet consists, essential
ly, of a core of soft Iron surrounded by
many turns of Insulated copper wire
through which n powerful electric cur
rent Is made to flow. When the cttr
rent starts flowing the Iron instantly
becomes n magnet, and when the cur
rent Is shut off tho Iron Just as instant
ly loses Its magnetism. An electromag
net can be made much more powerful
than n permanent magnet of steel, and
It Is also much more useful, because Its
magnetism may be turned on and off
at will. It Is indispensable In making
telegraph Instruments, and In recent
years It has become hardly less Indis
pensable as a kind of giant derrick
hand for picking up tons of steel and
Iron and depositing them wherever
they are wanted. New York Journal. .
UL-O-J
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I
U. LOTTIES
Wholesale Liquor Dealer
1118 Jefferson Ave
La Grande Ore.
FOR PRICES & QUALITY
ON
WHISKIES
WINES
BRANDIES
GINS, ETC.
PHONE, Black 51
Distributor Of i
Lemp's St. Louis Beer
Reason to Worry.
"Ton look scared."
"I guess you'd be If you were as sick
as I am."
"Pshaw! You're not seriously sick."
"I didn't think I was, either, but 1
ran see that the doctor Is beginning to
worry over my case."
Tie's worrying, all right; he told me
that ho didn't expect you'd pay htm
unless he brought suit." Houston
rost.
La Grande National Bank
Organized in 1887.
VIS1CUUTED DEPOSITOR! OF CTITED STATES 60VEB3HCEHT.
J j.vTJinnTED STATES POSTA1 SAYINGS DEP0S1T0M.
Capital JlOOloOO.OO
Surplus $140,000.00
Total Resource $1.000,000.00
For twenty-six years, in all kinds of financial weather, we have
successfully catered to the monetary wants of the peopl. c4! La
Grande and the Grande Ronde Valley.
We respectfully solicit your business.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
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