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THURSDAY, JtJNE 25, lDif
Li UilASbti EVENING OUjSEUVEU
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INHERITING INSANITY.
The report of the superintendent j
of the state hospital I or me insane
at- Mendota, Wisconsin, furnishes da
ta that is worth the caref ul considera
tion of legislators and other who may
undertake to promote the cause of
eugenics. He finds that ,29.4 per
cent of the 878 admissions to the
hospital during the last two years
can be traced directly to heredity
That is a startling disclosure to the
laymen, although it may not be sur
prising to those who are more famil-
iur with insanity and its history in
this country.
It is a serious question when al-
riost one-third of the total number
of patients in a state ir(titution can
trace their disease to heredity and
that only two-thirds come from fami
lies in which there has been no in
sanity. Either one of two things
niust be true; One-third of the popu
lation of Wisconsin has had insanity
in some branch of its family, or else
heredity is a predisposing factor in,
such cases. It is not likely that tho
29.4 per cent represents the propor
tion in the state's population tha.
hat. had insane relatives. It is likely
it demonstrates a danger in permit-
ting the marriage of those who have ' er,,i with three cheers and a tiger for
l'ad ancestors of unsound minds. It the. ladies who servedl, for those wh'
seems to indicate, a way in which g ng and for everybody in general. A?
something definite and effective could th( guests filed from the hall, th-.
la done to check the spread of in- qiartet sang, appropriately,
sanity. "How Can I Bear to Leave Thee." ,
-- - - .- . The banquet closed just in time to
The Titanic survivors will not be ' nllow the guests to catch the mail,
able to collect any damages, accord- 80 that the entertainment of the
Ing to a supreme court ruling. Court guests, commenced a second after Ok
probably thinks they aru extremely train came to a halt Monday morn
lucky to be survivors. 1 ir.g, until its departure last night.
I The menu served the guests, f ol-
- Now it is charged that the Lon-
don militants are drugged in jail.
Very likely. Something has to be
done to prevent them from burning
the jails.
An ox 25,000 years old has been
uncovered in California. One of the
few that escaped the beef trust.
Nowadays a bird in the hat is
worth 15 or 20 in the. bush.
Convention Closes With Dinner.
(Continued from Page 1.)
jingle he had written about the con
vention. George T. Cochran, La Grande, ex
temporaneously spoke of the value of
a wider business acquaintance.
Mr. Glafky of the Pacific Coast
Produce company in Portlnnd spoke
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 iBank
a Grande, Oregon
briefly, remurking like every other
speaker from without the city gates
did, of his entertainment and instruc
tion while in La Grande. Modesty
would forbid a local newspaper or a
local merchant to repeat one-tenth o.
the kind words spoken for the La
Grande businessmen, and the neigh
borhood club came in for well-deserved
p;aise from practically every speaker.
George Stoddard touched on other
resources La Grand? has aside from
those of the cultivated soil the tim
ber and urged for united action to
have the rough products of Oregon
made into the finished goods within
the state.
C. C. Chapman, manager of the
Portland commercial club, and a boost
er of good repute, called marvelous th'i
energy and municipal spirit shown in
the entertainment of this convention
by La Grande, and closed with pay
ing; a beautiful tribute to the pa
triotism of La Grande because the'
decoration scheme embodied re
white and blue, 'and at the conclu
sion of his toast, every man and
woman was on his feet cheering the
patriotic speech. This spirit of pa
triotism broke out repeatedly, and at
every outburst of orchestra or qua?
tet with national airs, the rising sa
lute was extended. 1
J. C. Mann, of Portland, was also
called upon ' and assured the La
Grande people that when they came
to Portland next January, they would
receive the best there was in Port-
land.
The La Grande quartet, with Mess?
ers Ferrin, Howland, Stoddard and
Bramwell in it, got off its right foot
again.. After a formal num'ber the
singers cut loose with harpoons set
1 1 music that kept many , of the visit
ors squirming, and as the spirit of the
thing caught on, there were calls for1
more and the rest of the program
'v.ts sidetracked until the crowd had
got a portion of its fill. The quartet
kept the audience in laughter from the
beginning to the end. The Salem
bunch' backed up by Portland live
vfros, had a refrain for each speaker,
singing songs adapted to La Grande,
and this valley. With these quar
tet with the regular song num
btrs, there was ample music for the
cocassion The banquet came to -an
lows:
' Crab Cocktail
Roast Chicken Baked Ham
Cranberry Jelly
Asparagus Salad ' Saltines
Boston Baked Beans
Scolloped Potatoes Celery Hearts
Beet Pickles
Olives Cheese Pickles Bread
Saltedl Pecans
lee Cream Strawberries
Cake Coffee
Moran Confident of Winning.
(Continued from Page 1.)
retire to the River Oise on Sunday
h- comes back with the merry persi
tuge: "wrong number, Steve; after
Saturday night my home's on th'i
River Is."
If Moran, the Merry, is right in hi.
(If pe, that same little River Is will
mean be one of milk and honey, of
gold and banknotes, for the iad from
Smoketown, I'onn.,t will be the most
popular hero who ever told the Sta
tue of Liberty Good morning, Roose
velt's return from Africa; Cook's re
turn from the North Pole (or vicinity)
0? any of the other' homecomers will
have nothing on him, while vaudeville
engagements audi all the other spoils
of pug championshipdom will .put him
vlere Rockefeller will be grinding hit
false teeth. If he gets licked: Curtain.
- vi-"" n -..
Whan the Trouble Started.
Blagg bud lived nil Mm Ufa In. the
city. Never luid In setu anything In
tbe vegetable Hut- except factory made
gniKH until lit divided to spend the
MtiiiiiniM working "ii Cousin Hiram's
(arm. Not knowing much III the way
if tliivnig u he ml- 11 harrow, the ne
farmhand wan put in work whitewash
iiik Ihi- itiitlmlldiiiKs. while the rest ol
tlie'MiulT took l (he innilleld. Wheu
CoiikIii Uii'iiin returned tu the house
at 110011 Slngg wni -sitting nil the wood
pile looking us II' hi- had licen crawliuit
on Ills nine throiiKh ten ill-re of mind
liuri.
"Give me my money. Ihmm," wild he
In 11 mournful vol.e "I'm golug bark
to town." ,
"What have ye been doln' ter yer
self" asked Coiislu IHmin. wonder
Ingly sizing up the new baud. "Whuff
uupiKMieUV
"I don't know exactly what happen
ed." wns the dejected reply of. Slugs
"but it started when I tried to white
wukIi that thing they en II a beehive."
-rilllnileliihla Telegraph.
' Drilling Holes In Steal.
r When holei. nie drilled and then
reamed In soft steel bare the metai
materially increase In strength, the
average limit of elasticity liuprovlim
I2..H per rent and the average tensile
strength (IJ.prr cent Tills phenotne
non Is explained thin: In putting to
eether the parts of a test piece broken
under tension it Is found lliat the two
ends, do imt cnlnMde and that, while
tlie ed res evike a good contact. ' the
central par; do mil. thus Indicating
flint the ''ii Mile begins al the cenlel
and that the edges have a higher leu
die resistance than there Is along tlie
axis of the bar Therefore. If Severn
holes are dil'led so i:s nut to Inline
the material too much, as might he the
ease with punching, the average ten
f.lle strength of the section across the
holes per unit of metal will he hlghei
thnn before the holes were drilled
since each hole creates, so to speak
additional edges. -I,oiidon Mall.
Her Contribution.
A man. n new acquaintance, once
told Dr. Joseph Parker of London that
be had put a live pound note in the
plate Instead of the half sovereign he
had Intended.
"1 hope you don't repent of your
chnrlty," said the doctor. ,
"Indeed, no," snld the guest .
"Because." said Parker. "I remember
that one of my congregation once did.
It was a woman, and she came to the
vestry after service one Sunday morn
ing to tell me that a week before she
must have put a sovereign In the
plate Instead of a shilling, because she
could Dot account for the loss other
wise. But she didn't get tbe change
from me," snld the doctor, .with a
smile. "I told her It wns too bad, of
course, particularly as God would only
give her credit for the shilling."
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mon yellow soup and dissolve It In one
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Let it souk for a few minutes. Lny It
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several hours, according to the new
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transferred In reverse.
A Matter of Small Moment.
A local Itritlsh olliclal in India want
ed military protection against what he
considered to he the danger of an In
dian rising nnd traveled nil the way
to Simla to lay before Lord Kitchener,
the commander In chief, the state of
affairs In Ids district nnd to urge that
troops should he sent to support the
civil arm. Lord Kitchener declined to
do anything of the sort.
"Hut, my dear sir. do you renllze
llint I may be murdered In my bed
one uightV" expostulated the official.
Kitchener eyed him over for a min
ute nnd then said coldly. "Well, what
of it?"
Queer Fish. j
Some curious lisb found In South !
American waters breathe with lungs
as well ns gills. During the dry sea
son the fish curls up at the bottom of
a burrow, with Its tall over Its fnce,
nnd remains there until the rise of
wnter dissolves the plug with which It
stops the entrance to the burrow.
His Mistake.
"I understand yon entertained a num
ber or people nt dinner Inst ulght"
"That's what I thought" replied Mr.
Cmnrox, "but my wife says 1 bored
'em.' Washington Star.
THE CHRISTIAN.
' HoJInesH appeared tu me to be
Of a 'sweet, pleasant, charming,
serene, culm nature It seemed
to tun it broilKlil mi Inexpressi
ble purity, brightness, peaceful
ness tind rnriKUrarnt tu the soul,'
nnd that It made the soul like a .
fk'ld or garden of God, with all v
tunnnor of pleasant tlowers, that
Is all plensnnt, delightful uud
undisturbed; enjoy lug a sweet
calm and the geutle, Vivifying
beams of tbe sun. Tbe soul of -a
true Christian appeared like
such a little white dower as we
see in tbe spring of the year,
low and humble ou the ground,
opening Its bosom to receive the
pleasant beams of the sun's
glory, rejoicing, as It were, In a
calm rapture; diffusing around
a sweet fragrancy, standing
peacefully and lovingly, in the
midst of other flowers round
about, all In like manner open
ing their bosoms to drink Id the
light of the sun. Jonathan Ed
wards. .
TO THE WILLOW TREE.
Thou art tu all tost love the
best
The only true plaut found.
Wherewith young men and
maids d Is treat
And left of love are crown'd.
Wben once tbe lover's rose Is
dead.
Or laid aside forlorn.
Then willow garlands 'bout tbe
bead
Bedew'd with tears are worn.
Then with neglect, tbe lovers'
baue,
Poor niiiids rewarded be
For their love lost their only
gain '
Is but a wreath from thee.
And underneath thy cooling
shade.
When weary of the light
The love spent youth and love
sick mnid
Come to weep out the night
Robert Herrick. -
FATHER TIME.
Think not thy time short In
this world, since the world Itself
Is not long. The created world
is but a small parenthesis in
eternity, and u short Interposi
; tlon, for a time, between such
a state of duiation as was bo
fore. It may be after It Sir
Thomas Browne,
Time, which strengthens
friendship, weakens love. De la
Brnyere.
He who knows most, grieves
most for wasted time. Dante.
Time, to the nation as tbe in
dividual. Is nothing absolute: Its
duration depends on the rate of
thought and feeling. Draper.
THE MARINE.
An' after I met lui all over tbe
world, a doln' all kinds of
things.
I.Ike a udln 'Isself with a Gal
lic' gun to
I ilk t.) them 'eatiien kings.
K sleeps In no 'auimlek instead
of 11 cot.
V11 'e drills with thv deck on a
stew.
I'll.-,. Isn't 11 Inn ,,n n,e top or
vie ejurn 1
l"i,. 'icL'gnr l"ii t kiiow or do
V ai n . Im at night on a
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Are You Interested I
IN
40 Acres near Suniincrvillc, has on it: house, barn, arid henhouse,- ...$2,000
10 Acres within 1 1-4. miles of La Grande postoffiee, with 7 year old apple
trees .$2,750
10 Acres near Suinmerville, 3 1-2 or i acres cleared, has house, barn, cellar,
woodhou.se on same. Price $950.00
We have Others But These Are Good, Don't You Want to Sec Them? If So
Call On
La Grande Investment Co.
1113 Adams Ave La Grande
FOR THE
JULY
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Oregon-Wash. Railroad & Navigation Co.
Will sell Round Trip. Tickets at
One and One-Third Fare
. Between - all points except on
river or beach lines where one
way fare is $6.00 or less.
; " ' ' ' Tor full particulars fares, .'..''
"'; schedules, etc., ask any '
"', agent Of the '
O.W.R.(aN.
A PEEP ATMEXICO
The Country's Area . Now and
What It Was Originally.
HAS LOST A VAST TERRITORY.
Naarly a Million Square Miles of Its
Land Have Bean Added to the United
States Still a Big Country, Though,
and Has an Enormous Coast Line.
It Is Interesting to note that the area
of Mexico Is practically as great as that
of the United Stales between the Mis
sissippi river and the Atlantic coast.
the great lakes and the gulf of Mexico,
varying In altitude from sen level to
18.000 feet Its climate is uffected by
these elevations nnd by a range of
eighteen degrees of latitude. Twelve
hundred miles is the distance traversed
In pussing aoiith from Juarez, on the
northern boundary, to the capital, and
UOO miles more to the southeastern
boundary. The gulf of Mexico and
Caribbean seu const line extends for
1,700 miles, while the I'nclfle ocenn nnd
gulf of California touch 4.000 miles of
Mexican coast
Prior to 1830 Mexico, as n Snnnloh
colony, and the United States covered
approximately equal areas, but the
Texas secession and tbe result of the
Mexican war added nenrlv a million
square miles to our territory, and the
extent of Mexico now is less than one-
fourth that of coptlnentnl United
States. Mexico hns still territorial ex
panse equal to the aggregate of Austria-Hungary,
Germany. France, Great
Britain and Ireland. The total area of
the republic. 707.000 square miles. Is
less than that of Texas, California.
Montana, New Mexico and Arizona
combined. '
The average density of population
of Mexico approximates twent-v nor
square mile, the most thickly populated
parts, outside of the federal district,
being tlie states of Tlaxcala and Mex
ico, the former being less than Dela
ware In size nnd of about tbe same
density of population and the latter be
ing nearly aw large as New Hampshire,
but with more thnn twice the nuniher
of Inhabitants. The federal district.
molded after the District of Columbia,
but of eight times grenter ares, la mir.
rounded by the state of Mexico, the
large population of the canltnl. 470.000.
materially aiding In bringing the averr
age to more than 1.200 per square mile.
uuring nearly auo years subsequent
to the conquest by Cortps, Spain domi
nated Mexico A centnrv nim n hnlrl
efTort for freedom wns started, which
eventually resulted In the republic of
Mexico of today. More than half of
the first century of Mexican Indenend.
ence was nhm-tlve, one coterie after
ON SALE
July 3 and 4
Final Return Limit
July 6
another coming into temporary power
and a number of those acclaimed rat
ers after brief regimes meeting Igno
minious death at the hands of tbe peo
ple they sought to govern.
The form of government adopted by
Mexico follows in general that of tlie
United States, having executive, judl
clal and legislative divisions. Each of
tbe twenty -seven states is represented
in two bouses of congress, composed of
senators nnd deputies. Congress holds
two sessions eneh year for limited pe
riods. Each state hns Its governor and
legislature nnd is subdivided Into dis
tricts or counties, over ench of which a
Jefe politico is placed, the districts
bavins subsidiary municipalities with
magistrates, presiding ulHclnls and
councils The so culled autocratic fea
ture of the government may be largely
due to the fact that governors hold of
fice, with approval of the president
that Jefe polltlcns have similar rein.
! Hons with the governors and that the
j officers of the municipalities are gener
ally controlled by the Jefe pullticos.
ine church and state ore ludepend-
ent and congress cannot pass laws
1 prohibiting or establishing any reli
gion Of the 10.000.000 Inhabitants
two-llfths claim direct descent from
ancient tribes or families which are
accepted as the basis of Mexican his
tory, two-fifths are of mixed native
and foreign blood, the remainder being
classed under the common appellation
of "foreign."
The City of Mexico. 204 miles by rail
west of Vera Cruz and 7.400 feet alti
tude, is reached by two rail routes
climbing from the hot lands through
difficult mountain passes, one of jrhlcb
closely follows the trail taken by Cor
tes in 1510. by General Winfleld Scott
with American troops in 1847 and over
which fifteen years Inter the Invading
Fivncb troops passed. It Is the most
populous city. One-half of the railroad
mileage of the country is between sea
level nnd 8.000 feet and about an equal
amount between 5.000 and 10.000 feet
From National Geographic Society in
Washington
Ancient Gold.
In olden times gold was obtained
abundantly from the rivers of Asia.
The sands of PnctolUR, the golden
fleece secured by the argonauts, the
yellow metal of Ophlr. the fable of
King Midas, all Illustrate tbe eastern
origin of gold Alexander the Great
brought nearly .J500.000.000 of gold
from Persia. Gold also came from
Arabia and from tbe middle of Africa
by way of the Nile.
Ways of a Woman.
"Let us go into the garden," he said
as the twilight hour approached.
"Ita afraid you'll want to sit in the
hammock with me and hold ray hand."
"I swear 1 won't"
"Then what's the use?" Detroit
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