.PAOEFOI'U-
xuA GRANDE evening observer
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1914.
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner.
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TODD WOULD COME HERE.
Is in City Investigating Possibilities
of Training Horses. .
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LET CRITICISM CEASE.
it makes no difference now wheth-j
er you were in favor of war with Mex
ico; whether you have been against
pr with the present administration in
"'the paslj it is high tihli how that
criticism cease and every effort b
lent to harmonise matters in the na
tion to the end that Presiden Wilson
may have he united support of his
country in the ordeal with Mexico,
Whatever that may prove to be.
Right or wrong, the climax is upon
- us and a true patriot will know but
one thing and that is unfaltering
support to the present administration.
Wilson will make just as strong a war
president as the people of his nation
will support him. With things at
home in harmony he can do great
work, while with criticism flowing
freely he will be handicapped in many
ways.
- CLEAN UP THE BACK YARD.
. C. W. Todd of Baker, is in the city
looking into the matter of bringing
I his entire string of race horses to the
. city for the La Grande Matinee that
has been proposed for the latter part
of May and preceding the Union
j horse show.
I He states that the track is in fine
j condition and that he wijl bring the
horses here for training provided he
can get some guarantee that the track
will be kept in good condition and
j provided also that the grounds be
j furnished with free" water. :
I Dr. Charlton has taken the iwat
'ter in hand and is doing something
to that end. It was stated some time
ago that both Todd and C. W. WH
! bourn of Baker contemplated coming
here for training, provided they could
get some concessions and guarantees
that the track would be kept in gbod
shape. This according to Dr. Charl
ton is not difficult. All that is re
quired is - consistent sprinkling end
harrowing to keep the track soft and
cushion like. "
TWO FINES ATTACHED
Jap Boy Pays Fine But Girl is Paroled
And Leaves the City.
JUDGE LAWRENCE T. HARRIS
Along with other important things
to do in the spring time is the clean
ing of the back yard. It is essential
that places for flies to breed be eradi
cated; it is essential that the tins
'be conveyed to the city dumping
ground; that the branches and trim
mings from trees be carted away
from the center of population.
.: A little work done by each citizen
will amount to much in the aggre
gate. Le ua all get in and do that
little bit of work and do it now.
Union people are pleased with the
Elks of La Grande for staging the
big minstrel show in that town on the
29th and turning the proceeds over
to the Stock Show committee. It is
the graceful and proper thing to do.
People in La Grande are anxious to
do it for the time will come when
Union will be on hand to do a friendly
turn to this community, just as she
has done many, many times.
Now that the fruit has withstood
all of these bluffs of nature, it is
hardly probable that anything will af
fect this year's crop. And with no
thing to shorten the crop the railroad, Lane County Judge Who Is Republic
company will have to increase its roll- nn Candidate For the Supreme
ing stock in order to ship out the1 Bench and Who is in La Grande
Grande Ronde tonnage. 1 Today.
Twehty-f ive dollars fine was ' col
lected off Arthur Arata, a Japanese,
in Municipal court last evening when
he and Helen Allen, a white girl, were
tried on a disorderly conduct charge,
the specific charge being occupation
of a room in a down-town rooming
house last Saturday night. The two
were tried jointly, and fined $25.00
each by Judge Eakin, but the girl was
paroled and instructed to leave town,
which she did. The Jap paid the fine.
City Prosecutor John Hodgin handled
the case for the city and W. B. Sar
gent was counsel for the defendants.
The girl, employed in the Palace
restaurant of late, was about to leave
the city when arrested by Officers
Driscoll and Barnhiil. Jt is under
stood she has gone to Pendleton. The
fine was made light as it was believed
she is not an inveterate sinner.
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La Grande National Bank
Organized in 1887.
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF UNITED STATES GOVERN
MENT. UNITED STATES POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITORY.
Capital ...$100,000.00
Surplus $110,000.00
Total Resources $1,000,000.00
For twenty years, in all kinds of financial weather, we have
successfully catered to the monetary wants of the people of La
Grande and the Grand Ronde Valley.
We respectfully solicit your business.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
COURAGE.
They enn romiiter who believe
they win. lie has not
learned the Ichhoh of life who
does not every day surmount a
fear. EuiorsonT , ,
The Bciul, secured In Its exist
ence, smiles at the (Jrawu dag
ger and defies its point Addi
son. Courage In dituuor Is half the
battle.-TliiutUK. ,
Falsehood Is cowardice. Truth
js courage. Lowell, '
I beg . of you take courage.
The bra re noul can mend disas
ter, Catherine II.
Courage, an Independent spark
from heaven's bright throne
By which the koiiI standi) raised,
triumph high, alone.
Fnrqubar.
THE MAN'S LOVE,
Upon the sands, the shifting
sands.
Beside the cruel, sorrow laden
sea, i .;.
The woman camp to me,
. "
Het1 gowtl Of ruiUli. of airy foam.
Above the spreading hush of
endless waves.
Was niixt of secret caves.
Her voice of dream, of echoing
dream. . w -
Murmured the timeless pas
sion of the wild.
' Tender and mother mild.
Her brooding eyes. desirlug all.
Enslaved me bu the balmy
breast of life.
So 1 took her to wife.
Yet through the night, the In
finite night.
Beyond the woman and beyond
the sea
My Seeing soul is free.
Flora Field In New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
HABIT. i ?!
Sow an act and reap a habit;''
sow a habit and reap a charac
ter; how a character and reap a
destiny. Thackeray. ;-'
Each year 'one vletowsbablt
rooted out tn time ought to make
the worst man good.-Frupklln.''
One conquers a bad habit m-ire
easily today . than tomorrow.
Confucius.
The diminutive chains f hal
It are seldom heavy enougn to
be felt until they are too strong
to he broken. Samuel Johnson.
TOMORROW.
Tomorrow's fnte, though thou
be wise,
Thou canst not tell nor yet sur
mise. Puss therefore not today in vain.
For It will never come again.
Omar Khayyam.
Tomorrow the dreams and
flowers will fade. Milton.
Tomorrow comes, and we are
where?
Then let us live todi.y!
-Schiller.
Tomorrow Is a satire on today
And shows Its weakness.
You mi. ;
Tomorrow yet wo'ild reap today.
As we bear bk-ssoms of the
dead.
Earn well the thrifty months.
nor wed
Raw Haste, halt sister to Delay.
Tennyson.
COMFORT.
Comfort one another.
For the way Is often dreary
And the feet are often weary.
And khe hoirt is very sad.,
There Is heavy burden bearing
When It seems that none are
caring,
And we half forget that ever
we wore glad.
Comfort one another,
With the handclasp close and
tender,
With the sweetness love can ren
der And the looks of friendly eyes.
Do not wait with grace unspo
ken, While life's dully bread Is bro
ken. Gentle speech Is oft like man
na from the skies.
Margaret E. Sangster.
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New Balmacaans
The most popular style garment of
the season for Spring and Summer
wear. Our new line includes many -new
mixtures and. plain shades. '
Men's Balmacaaais From $20.00 to
$27.50.
Women's Balmacaans From $7.00 to
$20.00.
New Dress Skirts
This is a season of separate skirts
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DNSI
TO HAVE QUIT
(X 83ej uiojj penuuoo)
Western department officers are
expecting orders hourly to rush troops
to the front.
There are many important develop
ments in the military situation on the
Pacific Coast. First in importance
was the news that National Guard
troops will need to be called out to
patrol the Mexican border between
California and Mexico, in order that
the regular troops may not be ob
liged to perform such duty, it being
the intention of the military authori
ties to hold regimens, brigades and if
possible the third division on jthe
Pacific Coast, which is scattered
through the states of California, Ore
gon, Washington and Utah, intact for
work in Mexico.
Illustrating the gravity of the sit
uation as military authorities see it,
letters were sent out today to all re
tired army officers with the excep
tion of those who have retired beT
cause of the age limit, to report to
the nearest Army post for physical
examination to determine their fit
ness for temporary service.
Western department officials today
received word from the Californnia
Moxico border line that the coast ar
tillerymen at Fort Rosecrans, near
San Diego, have the situation well in
hand and that everything is quiet. It
is acknowledged, however, that the
present state of calm may not con
tinue, and for this reason the militia
will be called on for border work,
leaving the sterner duty of entering
Mexico to the regulars. .
LOCAL MAN IN WRECK.
W. A. Winters, Of This City Bruised
In Sumpter Valley Smashup.
Five people were hurt yesterday
noon in a wreck a mile and a half
from Green Wood on the Sumpter
Valley line, one of them being W. A.
Winters, district superintendent of the
M. E. church for the La Grande dis
trict. One truck jumped the track
but the hand of fortune was kind,
for had the car tipped the opposite
direction from which it did, it would
have rolled down an embankment and
the injuries would have been fatal, it
is admitted. Of the five' hurt, two
were seriously so, and word received
from Mr. Winters today is to the
effect that they did not recover con
sciousness for some time afterwards.
Mr. Winters 'was bruised somewhat
but not seriously hurt, and advised
his family in La Grande accordingly.
EAT WHEATLETS
JHE BkEAKFAST FOOD 7HflT
MAKES YOU HAtPY ALL DAY
ASK YOUR GROCER
i
DON'T PUSH A
DULL LAWN
MOWER
It is hard to do, and there is no reason
for it when for a small price we grind
them like new. We have the machine that
is used at the factory where lawn mowers
are made. ,
SAVE YOUR MUSCLE AND BE
HAPPY.
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