La Grande evening observer., May 07, 1914, Image 4

iGE FOUR
'il GRIXM JiVENiNG OBSERVER
THURSDAY, MAY 7 1914 S
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MEXICO AND MANIFEST DES
: l ; ' TINY?
Why Mexicans fear Americans and
are suspicious of our motives in the
present difficulty is beeaase ' ' they
know well that for more than a cen
tury the United States has been re
lentlessly following that . drift of
events which a great statesman once
named ' "manifest destiny." Steadily
and surely Anglo-Saxon stock . has
. been ' expanding on this continent,
even reaching out across the seas'.
Mexico has had good reason to know
that two governments cannot occupy
the same territory at the same time.
, Glance at the map of the United
States as it was In 1801,' bounded on
the,, west by .the Mississippi, on the
south by the southern lines of Miss
issippi, Alabama and Georgia. One
y one, against the protest of the
timid or conscientious, great tracts
were added by purchase, annexation
or "political acquisition:" Louisiana,
stretching to the' far 'north, came in
1803 ; by purchase from. France.
Mexico then reached to Louisiana, the
Arkansas river and north to the
forty-second parallel, "bounding Idaho
and . Oregon on the south! Flori
da was ceded by Spain in 1891.
Then followed in the forties a suc
cession of additions whereby Mexico
suffered from subtraction. ., It was
the survival of the fittest; the new
sections were peopled by men who
decided to remain under Mexican
domination. Each shift of sovereignty
was attended by more or less contro
versy and bloodshed. Texas was an
nexed in 1841 and the Oregon terri
tory followed in 1846. After the two
years' war of 1846-8 Mexico ceded
the vast tract now occupied by Cali
fornia, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and
parts of New Mexico, Colorado and
Wyoming. In 1852 the Gadsden pur
chase completed our present posses
sions to the south, pushing our lines
below the natural boundary, the River
Gila. In 18G7 we bought Alaska from i
La Grande National Bank
Organized
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF UNITED STATES GOVERN
MENT. UNITED STATES POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITORY.
Capital : $100,000.00
Surplus $140,000.00
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 Vail ey.
We respectfully solicit your business.
La Grande National Bank
Russia, paying $7,200,000 and in 1898
annexed Hajwtaii after a dispute with
the native ruler, The last have been
Porto Rico, the Philippines and the
Panama zone.
; Thus Uncle Sam has been strenu
ously bearing the white man's burden.
His human motives' have been.' more
evident since i the Cuban affair than
in former1' Instances1"' of " national 'ag
grandizement.' Call it manifest des
tiny or anything else to the Mexican
it cannot help appearing somewhat as
Kipling pictured the . Russian "bear
qiftfwajk.s like a man," though we
have no Jntent of absorbing; more
Mexican .territory. l, ; ; t ,
SUPPORT LOCAL' BASEBALL
La Grande is not playing Class D.
professional ball this year because La
Grande people, after trying it for a
couple of years, found it did not pay
either in a money sense, nor did it
bring the pleasure of the sport that
i i brought by local ball.
With this in mind Mr. McCormick
has launched a team of local players
that bid fair to get the brush league
pennant. The games played so far
heve demonstrated a lot of base ball
ability in the McCormick organization
and with a few days of sunshine the
base ball microbe will be working
just about as it should work in La
Grande. ,
Loyal support should be given the
movement for it is our chance for the
national game this year, and at that
it is a good chance. With the keen
local interest in the different players
and the possibility of developing a
live one who will be wanted iry the
professional circles La Grande will
while away the extra hours this sum
men in true baseball manner. ,
So far as a. ball team being a fi
nancial enterprise in La Grande that
has been disproveh by every person
who in the past has attempted the
management of the team. Mr. Mc
Cormick win 0UJess Qui fr sea.s,n
loser in dollars and cents, but look at
the fun we will all have, himself in
cluded. A bill Introduced to correct frank
ing abuses (would save the government
$800,000 a year. By and by the
franking privilege may be so restrict
ed that a "'congressman can't send
much of anything through the mails
except the laundry and the family
cow.
Dr. Mary Walker announces that
she will go to the front with the army.
Mary will be expected to carry ler
own powder.
Congress proposed to investigate
the Chicago board of trade and a good
many citizens who have ventured upon
in 1887.
peisonal investigation 'along this line
will shiver for congress. '
If you can't find a fly "to swat try
I.
Hnerta 'h mart -who pm lie riot!
in patriot. v:'j " i ?Zit:J$&-
CRAWFORD PLEASED WITH
's : OUTLOOK. '
Attorney General Says He Feels
Sure of the Nomination; -
. Attorney GeneraJ.M. Cword,
arrived in La Grande mlidnWn4'
from Salem to look after his . political
fences.! He is a candidate, for gov-
ernor and to a reporter for the Ob
server he said: .. -.i
"I am . very twell pleased with the ;
present outlook.. My chances .for the
nomination grow better each! day and
am especially pleased , with the at
titude so many of the women have
taken regarding my candidacy. I
have spoke before several ladies' r-
ganizations in this campaign and I
.'find them alive to the situation. The
women of Oregon want efficient gov
ernment, they want results and they
I are firmly convinced ' we have not
jbeen getting proper results.- The
j man in politics who thinks he is go
ing to fool Oregon women voters by
riding some hobby is mistaken. I
'look upon them as the ballast that
will save the ship of state." ' '
Mr. Crawford expects to visit all
'of the Eastern Oregon towns on this
trip and dispense his ideas as to how
the state should be handled on a
retrenchment plan. He is for abol
ishment of commissions and a general
overhauling of state house methods!
NEW ARMY BILL INTRODUCED.
President Would Have Power to
Ignore Law Restricting Numbers.
Washington, May 7. A bill author
izing the President to ignore the law
that restricts the regular army to
200,000 'men has been introduced in
the senate by Senator Chamberlain,
This resolution is the first move in
the plans to recruit the army to war
footing, according to reports.
The regular army is generally
short about 15,000 or 20,000 menand
this new law would enable the Presi
dent to ' recruit it to -war retrangth
with out further ado by Congress.; ;
80CIAL PROBLEMS.
The hysteria and misguided
enthusiasm aroused by real,
' wrongs aud a luck of a sense of
proportion lu regurd to their pos
sible remedy manifest them-;"'
selves In hunting u scapegoat,
tor tbe sinner aud the lazy and
the shirtless in tbe Injustice of'
- our social system. This results
: lu such Informing and signifi
cant exhibitions ns we have bad
ffinu the Industrial Workers of
the World, with their motto of
"No Uod. no Hag, no country."
and their impudent, lawless, self-'
Ish mid unjust demands that are
based on the proposal that socie
ty owes them a living whetiier
they make effort and labor or
not.
The ministers of religion do
not help their auditors who fail
to keep clearly In mind the ne
cessity that all men h;vo duties .
as well as rights: that nil meu
must exercise self restraint and
self sneiillce and i:.u.:stry and
benevolence ami generosity. And
they make for neither social nor
religious prog.'ess when they
preach doctrines t tint arouse In1'
those who hare not merely t he
selfish desire to take from those
who have and who encourage
the resentment and harsh feeling
of class against class, by failing
to dwell on the whole picture of
human society rather than on h .
single part of it William 11.
Taft
A PRAYER.
I know the night Is near at hand. '
The mists lie low on bill and
bay;
The autumn leaves are dewless,
dry,
Rut 1 have bad have had tbe
day.
Yes. f bare had. dear Lord, the
day.
When nt thy rail I have the
night.
Brief be the twilight as I pass
From light to dark, from dark
to light
-S. Weir Mitchell.
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Guaranteed AU Wool Fabrics . .
We are also Sole La Grande Agents for
Benjamin Washington Society Brand. Hirsch Wickwire
New York style suits for Suits for young men and America's highest.grade J'
men
$20.00 to $30.00
New Patterns on
Keiser Neckwear
is&t received 50c
8PIRIT OF ORDER.
Whoever produces order in
; one little corner of the world Is
; a ce-wocer with God. To make
a kitchen clean, to set a cbam
; ber In order that, it may not
offend, to dust tbe furniture of
a parlor, to shovel tbe snow
: from a sidewalk, to remove the
weeds from a garden, to make a
little of the desert arable, to re
place thistle with rose, to drive
ignorance out of some mind, to
bring In knowledge and moral
ity! Is not any one of these
tasks enough to relate us to God,
who has, from all eternity, been
working against chaos and dis
order? George L. Perln.
DIRGE FOR A YOUNG GIRL. .
L'uderueuth the sod, low lying,
Uark aud drear,
Sleepeth one who left, lu dying.
Sorrow here.
Yes. they're bending o'er her
Eyes and weep;
Forms that to the cold grave
bore her.
Vigils keep.
When the summer moon is shin
ing Soft and fair. .
Krieuds sbe loved iu tears are
twining
Cbaplets there.
Rest in peace, thou gentle spirit
Throned nbove;
Souls like thine with God in
herit Life and love,
.lames Thomas Fields.
HUMILITY.
To be nnmeless In worthy
deeds exceeds an Infamous his
tory. Sir Thomas Browne.
Humility may be taken for
granted as existing In every sane
- human being, but it may be that
It most truly manifests itself to
day In the readiness with which
we bow to new truths ns they
come from the scholars, the
teachers, to whom the Inspira
tion of the Almighty glvetb un
derstanding. ilolmes.
'! "
( Humility Is the altar upon
which . (Jod wishes that we
should offer, him his sacrifices.
Ln Rochefoucauld.
You should investigate the
extraordinary values
offered in ;. the popular
FIDELITY $15
! - Before you select -any
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summer wear ;- i
Come
and try on one of these all wool, perfect tailored
4 and perfect fitting $15.00 Suits'. :'
. men who stay young
$20.00 to $27.50.
Lover Takes Revenge.
. Vienna May 7. A viper which- was
placed by a young girl in the bed of
a faithless lover is among the many
interesting exhibits in the new spe
cial poison department of the Institute
of Criminology at Gratz. Brilliant
moonshine caused the snake to crawl
j out from beneath the bed clothing be
j fore the intended victim had retired,
and he captured it. There is also a
cdlection of poisoned bees, and num
erous varieties of poisoned food. Lec
tures are given on the different kinds
of posions used by various criminal
types and the different methods of
preparation and administering.
Another section of the Institute is
devoted to recording the cabalistic
signs by which European criminals
Buying Cheap Goods to Save Money
is Like Stopping a Clock
to Save Time"
We can sell you good dependable goods just as
cheap as any other store. We can also sell ' you
cheap goods as cheap as any other store. We are
the only Exclusive Shoe Store in La Grande, and can
give you the biggest and best stock of shoes from
which to choose. We have placed on sale many dif
ferent styles in broken lines of Ladies' Oxfords and
Pumps. Regular $3.50 and $4.00 values at $1.50.
New shipment of "Mary Janes" in Patent
Leather and Velvets at $2.50. New Patent Leather,
very best grade at $3.25. Many new styles, in Chil
dren white buck velvets and patents at $1.00 and
$1.25. .
When you want shoes, come to a shoe store. ''"'
UJ. FRENCH
suit for this &prin$andJ
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ready-to-wear Suits
$25.00 up;
See our showing of ;
Spring Shirts " v?
; In- Men's Window.
convey warnings or other information
to each other. ' ' .';
Most of these symbols have heen
j traced back to the fifteenth and six
teenth centuries. A tn5nglemST a
point upward, for instance, signifies,
"I have been in prison". . Two hori
zontal lines mean "beware of the
dog." A cork signifies that there is
an alarm apparatus inside. A cat
marks the presence of a woman only
in the house. : -
, Attorney and Mrs. Schaupp of
Joseph are in the city the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Colon Eberhard. Mrs.
Eberhard and Mrs. Schaupp are sis
ters. , , ... .
Read the advertisements too.
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