La Grande evening observer., January 11, 1915, Image 4

MONDAY, JANUARY ltffK
THE OBSERVER
XSUCE MNNia, Editor & 6vr.
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: WHY THE INCREASET ?
, - The tremendous cost of maintain
,: tag state offices at the present time
aa compared with a few years bach
is food for the economics;!. thinker..! In
treating this subject the Oregonian
recently called attention of its read
ers to the cost In the following man-
Jn 1903 the legislature' 'appropri
ated for the offices of Governor, Sec
retary of State, Treasurer and At-tomey-Generol
the sum of IM.MQ.
Ten years laser the appropriaiiens
for these four offices had grown to
$166,890. ;
Fart of this increase, which la near
ly 300 per cent, has doubtless ., been
made necessary by growth in papula
' tton of the state. ? But the gain is in
' proportion far beyond the growth in
y population. ' "Ji'-J
Probably, the greater part of the
A cost increase in the four offices not
"accounted for by growth in popula-
tion is due to enlargement of go'.r
' emmental , functions. These are of
fices that have more or less to do with
. every state department Additions
to the machinery of government In
.-: variably create an overhead expense
and it finds some expression in the
appropriations for jhe leading d
ministration offices. f '. . j . ,''
But campared with the increased
; cost of, commissions . . and boarc'a the
rise in cost of conducting the four of
fices named is a bagatelle. So unsys
tematic has been progress, in state
, activities that it is extremely diffi
cult to obtain exact figures. A, state
office that attempted it' has prepar
ed statement on boards and, com
missions which is presented ai?.f not
absolutely accurate, bukiefy;fcon8er-
-This statement , reports the exist
ence of thirteen commissions In 1903,
for which there was appropriated $67,
000. In 191S the number of board
and commissions had grown to fifty-
. five and the appropriations for their
activities aggregated $1,178,091.
Thus in .ten years the cost of boards
. and commissions has " grown - more
than seventeen-fcld and the state-'
: . mervt does not include commissions or
' boards whei-ein expense and per diem
are- allowed commissioners or depu
ties. There are several of such and
each provides a per diem of $5 per
day.
nit has tu-m said in opposition, to
; proposed pla.s or 'consolidation, of
commissions that there is danger of
impairing the efficiency of the state
government and that some depart
ments may be overcrowded -with
work. But there is little intelligent
consideration given to any plan
which proposes a severe curtailment
' of state functions. The idea is to eli
minate duplication and to centralize
authority, that the business of the
. .; state may be conducted more econor
. micaldy and systematically. 1 ',
, As to overworking some depart
' meni or officer, did anybody ever hear
of a proposed merger or trust that
failed because it would be too big for
' one set of directors to handle? - Ap
; plication of more of .the theories and
; industry of private enterprise to gov
f emmental affairs will not be amiss.
' The legislature will certainly give
v every department a sufficient num-
( ber of men to do .the work under any
system of consolidation that may be
devised.
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Immense Assortment Newest Styles! tmphatic Underpncmg
Buy Your Needs how at Wess at Clearance Prices
i7tfc jMiidJ Clearaice SaBe
Every Article Reduced-EveiTthing Vorth Whfle Savings
PRICE RECORDS SMASHED ON MEN'S
OVERCOATS AND CRAVENETTES
One lot to,$17.50 Coats Now $4.98 1 ;
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An extraordinary bargain at 4.08 about 25 coats in the lot Regular $12.50 $15.00 -and
$17.50 Overcoats and Cravenettes....good styles in!grays, tans and brown mixtures
Famous Kenreign make, now .........w............ , - $4.98 ,
A Sale of Mens "Manhattan" Shirts
of Our Entire Stock Which You Know the Largest in Town
. H-w-ce.
Manhattan Shirts you know are the best in the country,
and there are many, men "who. will wear nothing else..
The Manhattan label attached to every shirt is your
guarantee for quality. All up-to-date styles Every
Shirt reduced. ' Many will buy a six month's supply at
these prices. v . , .
Manhattan $2.50 Shirts, now ..,....:...:............-...... ..$1.98
Manhattan $2.00 Shirts, now .........$1.60
.Manhattan $1.50 Shirts, now a $1.20
Regular $1.25 Shirts, now .-.,;. I.:.:..;....::.,:..,:. ;....:;...9,8?
Regular $1.00 Shirts, now 80
Regular 50c Shirts, now ;..;........................... ...... .:.39
All Men's Clothing at 25 Discount
A Stock of High Grade Suits Second to None
HIRSCH-WICKWIRE, SOCIETY BRAND
. BENJAMIN AND FIDELITY SUITS
Regular $15.00 Suits now ..:...$11.25
Regular $17.50 tSuits now ....$13.15
Regular $20.00 Suits, now '. $15.00
Regular $22.50 Suits, now :.......:.;.......;.:.....:..;.:..$16.90
Regular $25.00 Suiis, now ..u.:.:i.$18.75
Regular $27.50 Suits, now ..............1... $21.15
: Displayed right handy easy for you to see and try on.
Entire Stock Ladies' Waists Reduced 20 to 50 percent. All Ladies'
Street and Afternoon Dresses Reduced V; Entire Stock of Women's
Furs at Cost. Children's Coats price. '
A Splendid, Complete, Big, Clean Stock Dry Goods at Clearance Prices
At prices that are so amazingly small that the savings will repay all economical women to supply their future needs
as well as their immediate needs. Thoueands of yards of Dress Goods, Silks, Draperies, Wash Gods, and Linens,
now at substantial savings. Snowy white, piles and piles of new Undermuslins White Goods, Sheets, Pillow Cases, J
Towels and yards and yards ot JNew Junbroidenes just received. Hundreds 01 economical nouseseepers aiway
wait for this great sale to supply their household needs because of the savings and because they can depend on the
quality and of finding what they want at this store. : ' . ,
Sale Closes ;
January 30th
Windows
The best and most known
makes in this sale at Clear
ance Prices. . "Munsing"
Underwear, 'Black,, Cat,"
Hoisery, "Nemo" Corsets;,
"Henderson" Corse ts ,
"Frwne" - Gloves,- "Pine
Tree" Ribbons, 'PM-.C;
Threads Etc. , .
One lot Men's Stetson Hats,
broken lines, now ....$2.35
i
One lot Men,'s Gordon Hats,
broken lines, now ....$1.75
One lot Henderson Corsets,
broken sizes, $3.50 to $4.00
values, Clearance ....$1.29
One lot Henderson' $1.50
and $2.00 Corsets, Clear
ance 79$
One lot Women's . Silk
Waists at One-Half price.
50c ,: 60c. and 75c Check'
Aprons, Waist and Coverall
styles now at One-half price
One . lot Mioses' Wash
Dresses, values to $3,00,,
now 59$
Just about what the trim
mings would cost. '
Entire line of Boy's Buster
Brown Suits now at HALF.
Sizes 2 1-2 to 8 years. .
Boys Ball Blouses,' sizes 4
v 15 years regularise now
: 38$
Regular 25c Blouses, now
20$
Shoe Bargains of good styl
ish Shoes. . Utz and Dun
and Pingree Shoes for Wo
men, reduced, rr J. E. Tilt
and Nettleton 'Shoes for
Men reduced. Boy's and
Girl's Shoes reduced. All
Rubbers reduced. .
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must have a new instrument to tie of any other part of the Northwest to grind. The odds on Selling for
A WHITE HOPE AND A SENATOR.
Jim Corbett, while playing an n
. gagement at the Portland theatres
and raking in a few dollars of Ore
, gon money, has discovered . a "white
hope" to go out and win from John
;- son the world's championship.
j Almost at the same instant Allan
Eaton candidate for speaker of the
- house of representatives against Ben
Selling, discovers that Editor Edgar
B. Piper of the Oregonian is on a
' still hunt for the next senatorial nom
ination in this state. .
HuJiy-gee, how things are hap
pening. But Mr. Piper must be a iy
fox., for he has not let his frionch
know that he has political ambition,
other, than to vote on election day
and otherwise exercise the right of
an American citiien.
. Eaton, who hails from Eugene.
tect political waves, in the high air
currents, or he surely has a way of
guessing that is amusing. If he hns
guessed the next senatorial nomina
tion onto Mr, Piper and makes it stick
it will be the best political work he
has ever done, for ordinarily Eaton's
politics are a little strange and hard
to understand. Should he dear the po
litical atmosphere in Oregon this far
before the next senatorial campaigu
and center public opinion upon Mr.
Piper he deserves consideration, not
as a state legislator but aa a man
far in advance of his time and of a
size that even his friends heretofore
had hot dared to dream of. v
With Corbett'a white hope nd with
Baton's candidate for senator, Oregon
can feel that sometfiing has been ac
complished in the last few days. .
' LEGISLATIVE COMMENT.
(Continued from rage 1.) '
Northwest Uiey hav botter leet,
better wind and better disposition, J
than are to be found in the horses
country." And after relating some of
his experience as a horse buyer Mr.
Williamson further remarked, "1 have
bought horses in the Grande Ronde
valley for many years, and I have
never been lied to or jobbed on a horse
deal by any rancher or dealer in that
valley. I Kke the people who live there
vory much. I also like the valley and
were it possible for me to cut loose
from Portland I would move to La
Grande and make that city my home.?
It is such remarks as those of Mr.
Williamson that make people appre
ciate La Grande and the Grande
Ronde valley more and more. And
some times we have to go away from
home to hear the good! things.
,. Tonight the electric trains are tak
ing out carloads of people for Salem
and it is understood there will be a
little meeting before midnight in the
state capital at which time the mists
will clear away so that tomorrow at
10 o'coclc the legislative mills com begin
Speaker of the House are heavy and
few believe that Eaton of Eugene will
not even make a good showing in the
conest.
TIME IS THE TEST
The Testimony of La Grande People
Stands the Test. . . ,
The test of time is what tells the
tale. The public soon finds out when
misrepresentations are made, and
merit alone will stand the test of
time.
La Grande people appreciate merit,
and many months ago local citiiens
publicly endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills;
they do so still. Would a citizen
make the statement which follows un
less convinced that the article was
just as represented? Below is testi
mony such as the sufferer from kid
ney ills is looking for.
Mrs. M. Pike, 101 Greenwood) St.,
La Grande, says: "One of our family
had weak kidneys, and the result was
backache. " 'This one found it very
hard to ostraighten after stooping,
and on doing so, sharp twinges darted
through the ' back. - After - using
Doan's Kidney Pills a short time
great ' relief . was - had. Statement
great relief was had," (Statement
given May 20, 1910.) , -.
- Over a year later, Mrs. Pike said!:
"We are still enthusiastic in praise
of Doan's Kidney Pills. We still use
them with good results."
. Price 50c at all dealers. . Don't
simply ask for a kdney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Pike recommends. Foster-Mil-burn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
Children's Coughs Children's .
Both are Serious '
Colds
When bne of your little ones shows
symptoms of an approaching Cold,
give it; Dr. Bell's Pme-Tar-Honey at
once. It acts quickly, and prevents
the Cold growing worse. Very heal
ingsoothes the Lungs, loosens the
mucuous, strengthens the system. It's
guaranteed. Only 25c at your Drug
gist. Buy a bottle today. Bucklen'a
Arnica Salve for Sores. .
To Catarrh Victims.
Be wise in time and use Hyomei
for catarrh and head colds. Neglected
catarrh too frequently destroys the
hearing, smell and taste. Get a Hy
omei outfit from Newlin Drug Co.
It's the quick, simple and effective
remedy. Adv. ... !
WHY NOT TRY PQPHAM'S
ASTHMA REMEDY
atrw Prompt ud Poslttre Belief In Krerr
Sold by DrogylBU. PrlcalMXh i
Trial Package V Hail 10c - : ,
WILLIAMS MFQ. CO. Prop. Qtnhaa, 0. i
HILL'S DRUG STORED
! FARM LOAMS
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Reasonable ffafes
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