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TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 19ft.
THE OBSERVER
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WHAT THRIFT DID FOR MAYO.
The desirability of thrift , ana its
. reward is most forcibly illnstrated
in the life ot Col. J. C. Mayo of
Paintsville, Kentucky, who died re
cently in New York. Col. Mayo is said
to have been the largest landholder
x in Kentucky and was undoubtedly the
wealthiest man in the state, possess-
ing a fortune of many millions.
Born a poor mountaineer, Mayo got
ind declares that this certainty has
made him utterly wretched. It is
r.of hard to believe this. He worked
hard in a London office until he got
his windfall. Then he determined to
leave his job until he got something
more congenial, something that op
ened up great prospects and a quick
return. "My first idea," he said,
"was to have a long holiday. I've
been having that holiday ever since.
I broke my old habits in life. I
learned to loaf. I am not preaching
a sermon, so I will say at once that
there is quite a lot to be said for loaf
ing. But you cannot loaf properly
on 300 pounds a year, for that amount
a year only gives you time to develop
inclinations which you' have not the
means to gratify."
He is now coming to America be
cause he cannot live properly on
$1,500 a year here and! will have to
work. Wise man. In new work he
may become a new man, he believes,.
I", work of any kind he will become
a man again. It is work that keeps
most of us alive. A vacation is all
right but it grows monotonous if pro.
lcnged. To enjoy idleness one must
be brought up to enjoy it, and then,
usually, it is a curse. It is work that
is the blessing.
provide many men with an excellent
x-.-use for not having a vegetable garden.
However, the "safety first" move
ntent came too late to help Jonah.
Falling In Love.
A mntnrrVf.li rirlar ivaa trill..! in
enough education to teach school at .
Chicago by dashing headlong into a
small pay. It was not so small, how
ever, but what he was able to put
steam roller. When will an impatient
aside a portion of it. He became in- ( generation learn that even a motor
ttrested in the coal deposits in the cvcle has its imitations and it is
, . , . sometimes wiser to go aground,
region where he was born and " 6
raised, and all the ' money he could j
scrimp together went to buying op-1 Five"ent operas are near, is a
tions. These in time he marketed Promise from son. He cannot,
with outside capitalists, and in due,however' exPwt them 10 supplant
pllflUhlflr mim in tna nfTnitinnr. t U
course companies were launched that , 6 """ mc
started coal operations on a large
scale.
girls.
In this way, before he becamo 50
After glancing at some of the love
litters presented in this season's
years oldl Mr. Mayo had amassed a 'in ;,
breach of promise suits, one does not
fortune of many millions. To du- ,. .u .u -i j.
. , . ' .. , t. , ' .wonder that the railroads want more
optional and charitable institutions he '
. ... . . ., . , , . r.ioney for carrying the mail.
became a liberal contributor and his
private benefactions were large. I Swkzerland "has cnanged her mind
Had Col. Mayo not lived economic aild wil take part fa gan Francis
ally and saved his money he would CJ exposition. Even Switzerland re
have been obliged to pass his op- vaIue of advertising.
portunity when it came to him.
Others millions of them have been ' A Chicago man is suing his mother
ol.liged to pass them for this very ' in-law for $50,000. Wonder if they
reason. Only here and there is to'slook hands before going to their
bi found a man . prepared to meet ' corners,
the big opportunity when it comes to
him. Col. Mayo was one of them and
the habit of thrift was responsible
for his later success.
WORK IS A BLESSING.
Have you ever noticed that when
some men who have worked hard all
their lives retire they become feebls
almost immediately and lose all their
interest in life? It is not true in all
cases but there are enough such in
stances to make the fact conspicuous.
Work is merely a recreation to them
because it has become a life habit.
Deprived of work they are lost.
A London bachelor wrote to a news
paper recently that being assured of
an income, without working for it,
has proved a curse to him. He has
an income of about $1,500 a year
The Woodrow Wilson tango is de
scribed thusly: One step forward,
three steps' back, then reverse, side
step and hesitate.
Paris reports a woman changing
iuto a man. The English suffragettes
are trying to do it, with little success.
An American sculptor has made a
bust of William Jennings Bryan. Of
course, it must be a speaking like
ness.
A balloon that exploded in France
injured GO persons. It is getting so
that aviation is becoming about as
dangerous as navigation.
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Tho ravages of the insect pests
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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 .$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 Valley.
We respectfully solicit your business.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
La Grande, Ore., June 23. (To the
editor.) Falling in love is the hard
est thing on a fellow's nerve we know
anything about, it takes all the puck
er out of him; it incapitates him from
business and renders him aconvtr-
sational curiosity. We had the mal
ady once, and speak from experience.
If a fellow in love don't manifest tho
above symptoms and a good many
more, his is not a genyine case, or he
has a lot more ginger than the aver
age fellow. "
Falling in love is like, the measles,
when a fellow hag it right he shows
it all over. It is very contagious, a
fellow rarely fails to take, it when
he gets on the leeward side of the
proper party. In rare instances we
have known persons to have a second
attack of it, but, once in a lifetime
id about the average.
In the treatment of this affliction
it is best to get the patient entirely
away from the influence that caused
it, if it can be done; he may regain
his reason in a short time, although
it takes months and even ; years in
some cases. . -
The epistolary part usually attend
ing the disease usually plays havoc
with the curative agencies; the parties
watch each other closely, although
they may be hundreds of miles apart,
and upon the least si"" "f a return
to sanity a letter is written, which
upsets all hope of a cure for the
time. The gag has been used, with
success, but cannot be relied upon to
affect a cure in obstinate cases.
Sometimes cases are found where
the most painful object lessons will
not cause cure. Even when shown
that our laws will condemn a fellow
to hard labor for life if he' persists
in carrying his malady to its logical
sequence. i
And, lastly, if all othcrremedies
fail, it should! be shown, to the patient
that in a short time sometimes much
shorter than it should be an extra
plate a tin one will likely be need
ed on the table, and then another and
another, until sometimes a dozen are
needed. This latter remedy is used
only in the worst cases and jf it faifS
to cure, the case is hopeless.'
DICK'PRIGG.
and the credit becomes weekly in
stead of monthly.
Manufacturers Pleaded For.
R. Raymond, representing the Man
ufacturers Association, as its secre
tary, asked that at the November
election, or at the next legislature,
effort be made to pass a bill allowing
Oregon manufacturers a five percent
margin of difference over the outside
bidder for county and municipal bids.
Some Markets Alright.
E. N. Warner of Medford, spoke on
public markets, and said that where
the purpose of the market was to
bring the producer nearer to the cus
tomer, the public market now in
vogue in many places, was satisfac
tory, but of then this was not the case.
The same requirements should ' be
made of both public market manage
ments and the retailer, he demanded,
but in vsome instances one or the
other is persecuted generally the re
tailer. . ! .. ,
BUFFALO VERNON HERE.
(Continued from Page 1.)
0-1 for the edification of the visitors.
It will be some show, for which Spain
brothers, Zeek, Corbett, Vernon and
the actors who will take part, vouch
by all that is dear to cowboys.'
The big stunt starts at 2 o'clock or
shortly thereafter. -
ORDER EARLY
THIS GOSSARO CORSET IS PRICED
AT $2.00
Young women who have mentally
decided on a Gossard Corset each
season, and then put it off because
of price, will appreciate the New
Gossard Model here shown at $2.00.
THEMES FOR SPEECHES.
(Continued from Page 1 )
the contention of the speech on stand
ardization of merchandise. "Co-operation
means," he said, that "You
just co-operate first and the others
then can.' The speech developed a
somewhat bitter attack on the bill
for standardization of manufacturers'
labels, introduced by Stevens of Ken
tucky. The speaker asserted there
were jokers in it, and said that it
would in the ultimate result injure
the individual retailer and assist the
monopolistic manufacturer. This
point was disputed from the audience
and Mr. Denton went back to the ros
trum and further attacked the bill.
"Practicalize co-operation." he
warned. "Tomorrow a resolution
will come up,' he said, "which will
urge this convention to support the
standardization of all goods, and then
the merchant can show his customer
the price and quality mark, and the
customer will know what he is get
ting. Merchandise must be standard
ized to get the greatest results." he
r.flirmed with emphasis.
Advertising Discussed.
Fred Bolger, advertising manacrer
for Meier & Frank of Portland, was
one of the speakers last night and
his address was a "hummer." He
cited three essentials of everv niece
of ad copy attractiveness, Interest
and convincing powers. "Think out
carefully," he cited, "a spotlight cap
tion that will catch the eye, and then
make the booty of the ad such that
it will hold the interest of the reader,
and finally convince that the story told
is the best that could be told."
Geo. A. Ostrom, of the Beaver
State Merchants' Mutual Fire Insur
urne company spoke with a great deal
of edification to the audience on his
subject.
Weekly Pay-day Needed.
Yesterday afternoon Senator Dan
Kellaher of Portland, delivered a stir
ring address. He urged that all
firms and corporations in Oregon
adopt the weekly pay-day basis. Cor
porations frequently hold up 45 dtiys
of pay thus curtailing circulation of
money, increasing tho capital of the
merchant," increasing the credit, and
generally making things bad. Where
a weekly pay-day basis is used, more
money is kept in circulation weekly
STORE WILL BE CLOSED AT
12 O'CLOCK, NOON, WEDNES-DAY.
Everybody going to the Wild West
Show,
SEE BUFFALO VERNON BULL
DOG THE STEER.
Phone us your Order
J. G. Snodgrass, Grocer
MAIN 43
LOST Yesterday a bunch of keys. HOUSE KEEPING room, private
four on ring. Return to Observer bath, ground floor 1311 N. Ave.
office. 6-23-tf. 6-23-tf.
Come for a trial fitting, it does not
oblige you or I will call or you, by
appointment in your own home.
A complete line of all models on
hand. Prices at from $2.00 to $8.50.
Mrs, Roht. Pattison
Corseiere,
Phone Red 3221 or Res. 1702, Cor.
Spring and Oak.
Budweiser and Rainier
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Delivered to any part of the
city. Family trade a specialty
B. W HUGHES, Agent
Distributor for Baker, Grant
Union and Wallowa Counties
Moose Billiard Parlors
180 Depot St.
THE BEST EVER;
Read carefully and you will agree with us. Modern house of seven rooms;
full basement; lot 60x110; only one block east of the court house; just built;
only $2500.00; $300 down, balance easy terms. Sidewalks petitioned for and
will be put in as soon as arrangements can be made. Tim is cheap at this
price and on these terms. A nice home for someone.
You are sure to be interested in these bargains. Let us show them to you.
For Sale. House, modem, 28x36, full basement; lot 60x110; $2000.00; $200.00
down, balance monthly payments. Or will trade for property ofequal value.
Modern house of four rooms, lot 60x110 ; good wood house. All street and sew
er assessments paid; $1S50; one-half cash, balance to suit buyer.
Modern six-room house, close in; lot 60x120; a bargain, $4000.00, $750 down,
balance in monthly payments. 3tr,eetimprovements all paid. Within four
blocks of the Postoffice.
O. J. Black , Co.
Phone Main 754
111 Depot Street
La Grande, Ore.
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