MQNPAYMNUARYA18, 18J5.
PAGE FOUR
V,(it' ORAlDE EVfiJJlStf OBSERVER
THE OBSERVER
EJtUCB DENNIS, Editor id Owtwr.
Entered In tf Pint Office at U
. Grade, Oregon, second cImi
' natter '
Advertising rates on application.,: Ail
- i , copy for, display advertising must
) reach the office the day before the
'; ad appears.
by the father or guardian of the boy
t. Address all communications to
1"HE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street
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Daily, per, week ... . . . , . 16c
Daily, per month , 66e
Daily, six months in advance, ; .$8.60
Daily,, per year in advance. , . .$7.00
Daily, by mail per year, in ad-
-Weekly Observer-Star, per year
in advance $1.60
or girl and approved by tfec county
school superintendent ? -r
The family of infant porkers will
appear m fouror five weeks after
shipment of the sow, and the boy or
girl will have plenty of time bfefocc
their note matures to bring the pigs
to marketable age, and dispose of
them to the best Advantage, paying
off the note with the proceeds of the
sale. . In the work done by . the hog
flluhn nf thn North went last ver.r.' an
(eleven year old girl at Washougal,
Wash.,, made a clear profit or 7 on
one brood sow. ; In this Instance two'
litters, 24 pigs in all, were produced.
Local educators have . expressed the
opinion that this is the most import
ant step ever taken in this line of
work and, aa far as known, the lirst
movement of, the kind, ever started
in the United States. ' .
, While disagreeing, with , Governor
Withycombe during the late campaign
or. the' direct primary, law, and the
tremendous expense incurred by some
features of that law, the , Portland
Journal evidently, was in. a position
at that time where i had to figltt
Withycombe on something and that
isrue seemed to be the handiest jj ,
' But "let ' by-gones be by-gotten.
Withycomb, 'was. elected 'and no one
is now harboring any hatred for the
Journal because of Its strenuous en
deavor to land its own. man in tha
governor's chair. The point of in
terest now is the stand the Journal
is taking in regard to direct legisla
tion. Agreeing with the taxpayers " heart's content riifht here.
i ? . STATE ACCOUNTING.
' The intent of the law passed two
-Years am providing for uniform, ac
, Counting in all counties and for in-
apeetion and examination of all coun
ty records by the state 'officials wrs
. very good, but those who passed the
law forawt to reckon, with human
'jealousy and county onrta.
u - Several counties have' been Inspect
;d and the bounty courts of a number
Jfeave refused to pay the special agents
fop their work. ' This is due to the
' fact that . the special agents found
.things run poorly and plain!) so
!sUted in their reports. In Baker
i county, for instance the county court
(the court prior to tho Messick court)
rose high on its dignity and told the
! special agents to go elsewhere for
their pay. Other . counties did .tft-f
'same thing and as a result cases. have
rbeen filed in the different courts to
;' collect the fees.
I Quite naturally those examining the
; books of the officers who are to pay
-1 them will make the examination as
'light as possible, and leave the coun
'ty with a good feeling on all sides.
I But that was' the very thing the lav
- f . . . i a. i ' a mi 1 .
(enaeavorea xq prevent. nt. ipw cuu-
templates examination ty disintereBtad
t parties, much the same as the federal
i government examines its postofficos
tby examiners who are not friendly or
. J even ' acquainted with - postmasters
It Seems the whole scheme is a
'"' failure' and through) its failure came
-Una downfall of Insurance , Commie-
; ;eJgner Ferguson. , He was the head
- lof the state- accounting . .-.department
' and when once tWe dinerent counties
; .got an opportunity to prod him they
' wtnt. vigorously at it. There, was no
doubt ffther things wrong with Fergn
l son else he would not have been re
f moved, but it is safe to guess that
his first troubles arose from the mess 'tween Jefferson and Couch and Front
. . 1 .IMM i.' .1 1... ' .1 VIA), aMAaB In DAalnHil ': - Mm..
'1 the official examination of the coun- than 300 names appeared twice. A p.
ty records' by his state department, proximately 300 gave addresses which I
, If we have state account it must were not addresses. jsear-iy uw gave
be entirely revised and a different addresses at a First - street hotel
circulators wW 'resort U "stmai
would be 4 wholes qme reform that
wduld both strengthen the .initiatiyo.
and referendum and' put aq end Hto
one atrocious atmae ef tie syttom."
.: Sure, tum Out and help -the Com
mercial club kick up its heel n this
evening. - It has been a . long timo
aince ihf re was anything doin); with
the "ld club. Lets reorganize. and
breathe new,, life .in the &n it once
.mote,
IT IS NOW UNANIMOUS.
THE MASTER KEY.
f (Continued f ron Page S.)
"--."!' - v -.'-r.f-T iP :' i,
dlble: "Tom wa.inu. iih t,iim.'
Uiough :iiu arv I'l. iihv if veoc .
When her fury had Mtifiit.'ttiutlf-mxl.
like all pbyl'Hllv nidolem wiiiiwn. ne
i-oold.not yield ioiir to vinuttou-eiiii
prepared brr onmpaljni. :.; i : '
First sh called ap dieorge )rakeand
mad certnln that bt would oe at her
bom for dlim-r that awntag. ; Thn
she called up two old acnaintancee
who were alwaxx glad W Oil empty
chain at.bfT well aet tame.' Tbla rV
tied, she again Bought Ituth and Nr
snaded tier trout going down immedi
ately to Everett's ofllce. ' J -
"Yoo ninut lie' very tired, my deir,"
Mrs. Darnell pui'red. " And.; nn.r way.
9k haoosi lu Nw York ywulig ladies
d net aik "! inwaforteit to men's
buainum oOlrm. nod I runnot go Wltb
you utitii tooiomiw tn nest diir ' j
r "That win i too law. nHi BU. .
Mrs. Purnell opi'nfd ber ttye wide,
aa If In sui-prine , "Mr. Kvereri la i-oin-ing
to dinner tonight.". h iild anrtth-
Ingly. "Vim can tum liiirflnex- to jryur
that there-is an utterly uselews ex-i
pense involved that paper in Sunday's
issue " printed a very sensible and
timely editorial. ,
The Journal said: '
-"There can scarcely be objection
to Senator Day's proposal to require;
tliat only registered voters be eligible
to sign initiative and referendum pe
titions. .4- . " ;', -' ' , y- : ' 'f '
"Changes in the direct legislation
Eastern ; should . be made only with j
crtreme "' care. . Nothing should . bo
done to impair the efficiency of what
has proven, itself to be a priceless im-.
plemeni for giving the people supremo,
and direct power in governing them
selves. 1- ':-v;,;;,.:'-::.r ;-' '-yV-f-','
t "But it Is a fact that the state has
been bedeviled with fraudulent peti
tions. In the late recall petitions .in
Portland there were forgeries;- there
were bogus names and there were
signatures of , people at , addresses
where there was no building for a
rlace ot residence. '. ' v ' ' ; ' "
. "Worse frauds anneared In rthy
petitions 4"ior referending flie work-1
men's compensation law in 1913. One
'half the signatures were obtained bc-
uild
..
.she
"That - will be inurli . iM'tter.';
uvu lirr uununn wii. . uutl, .
stood by the window trying, to tblnk
more calmly of all tbat bnd happened
since sbe pad left "Tbe Master Key"
mine: bnt one tlmnnht was prominent:
"What wa John Dorr dolnsT 8be
recalled tlmt tUore wan three hodrs
difference in ttniu. It wiih nuw o'clock
in New' York, mid It wns only 11 In: SI
lent Valley. Tom Knne would be Jiwt
making bis Dual prepnrotioDR for din
ner,' and she could almost smell -the
odor of Uls co(Tie. These bomelyvde
tails occupied her mind tenderly fof an
bour: then Bbe cn unlit up and dreiuted
henieir for the utreot again..' :. - ;
4 Sbe bail barely. HnlKbed when' the
maid fume lu with ten. followed,; .by
Mrs. Darnell. ' f fl
, "My child, wbnt In tbe world are you
going to do?" asked . Jeou. "Iook.
we'll bave tea together." t ., : -
"I " pilng out for a walk." Rutb
responded. "Von kuow I have never
-system adopted.
SCHOOL
CHILDREN
HOGS.
TO RAISE
A conference of far-reaching im-
Vnortance to the livestock industry of
the Pacific northwest was held at the
5 Portland Union stockyards a few
1 days ago. As a ' result of this con -iferencc,
arrangements have been
, Ipade whereby it will be possible to
'send out 1,00 o r more brood sows
'to tho boys and girls of Oregon, these
; animals being treated for, and guar
anteed against teholoral The sows
' are not to be given away, but are to
be sold at prices ranging from $18 to
: $25 each, and in payment the stock
" yards people willnccupt a note run
ning from 8 to 10 months at 6 per
cent Interest the note to be indorsed
which kept, no register, and most . if
i:6t all the signers were believed to
have been transients. A similar num
ber of signers located,, themselves r.t
o North and lodging nouse, ana not
one was living there when the place
was subsequently investigated.
"In the referendum of the State
University ; petitions ' several years
ago there were glaring instances of
vicious frauds. Telephone directories
were resorted to, and names boldly
forged. ! Hundreds of names thus
written on the petitions were finally
exposed after great effort and costly
and tedious investigation.
"A provision permitting only reg
istered voters to sign petitions and
providing a strong penalty for vio
lations with a penitentiary terni for
LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK
Capital $200,000.00 " ' Resources $1,000,000.00
' Surplus $50,000.00;
,': OFFICERS:- ?h ''-.' 7'
Frcil J. Holiue, President ' C. C. Penington, V.-Prest.
F. L. Meyers, Casliier ' ' ,
Earl Zundel and H. E. Coolidge, Ass't Cashiers
s-Xt l'
Fred J. Holmes
C. C. Penington
F. L. Meyers
DIRECTORS:
A. T. Hill
J.F.Conley
J. G. Snodgrass
H. E. Coolidge
A. Blockland
H. S. Brownton
What This Bank Aims to Do
To promote our customers' interests as we would our own,
To do all we can to make their relations here profitably
and agreeable to them;
To contribute to tlieu- enterpriaes, the co-operation, fore
siglit and timely assistance which a good Bank can
properly bestow;
"What was John Dorr doinoP , , :,
been In New York, and It seems
sbame to waste tills One afternoon.
Anyway, I want some fresh air."
Mrs. Diiruell looked ut her thought
fully and smiled presently In a way
that mude ituth flush. It seemed to
convict her of discourtesy to her boa
tees. "You bad best bave tear aod
the girl obediently removed, her bat
and jacket and sat down.
It seemed to ber tbat tbe rest of tbe
afternoon passed Id Hashes of surb en
tertainment im sbu bud never known.
It must be remembered that Ruth, liv
ing In tbe mine nearly all ber life since
leaving school, bad not hnd the advan
tages or the society of trained, alert
sumrt, clever women: J Mrs. Dsrnell
wns very clever mid she used bor ev
ery art to keep Kuril's attention. She
succeeded. ' '
That nlsrht ut "dinner tieorse Drnlte.
poshiij us '!eif).- Hverett, suddenly
rtnshiM ilurKly and tinned to the inn
ut Ills left. "Ml litiMnn," ne wild.ln
a wini-per. tliisiiinu tils diirk eye to
ward ins'' lnwn-nw I- w it lie were
wiitclilnu. "I iViillj li.ii'f th:it Hie trust
you put in me . vii't IHnf-iinximiv
cd I'll d everytliiiiu I nm ti ncii
yon, even If It is lunt Him v ilulii I
know tlmt John I'i'i't hits 1 cii imlr. ''-;.:
Utlth nmkiil Hi nun Vci MlH-rl,v.Vl
don t Jum uiilri't:iiiii 11 .cic.il mini
llilillii.". "In" 'ii'd "!' swi'i"'
itninci' Mt- l-:vcreti -'in-l kim
I am wnrn"0 1 miit k" " n'
Kltx 1'nrititn H'ltl 1! Micic mi- Icie
urn ni fur iimv "i "i-1' i'"'f .unit
would vir ci- . I'll- ii f Mid !r. i:n
Our, Greatest jSatisfactioii it tbe Often Repeated Reaark: "Vhfn
"pfThe West Store AdYertitei a Sale Yea can Depend ; cilt"
17th Great Asiiiual January
Every
Clearance Sale
Article in the Store Reduced
i'r'i
Everything At Big Savings fa the DryGoodslDep't. -t
January is' the month" which shrewd housewives supply their households and Bew
ing needs at this annual Clearance at this store with the greatest possible savings. Here
you will find theJ greatest varieties, biggest stocks and everything is new and seaoofl-'V
able.; .Case after" case- of new Spring Embroideries, White Goods, , Fyte . are. Just ,y
: 1. -L. I ' flUnMinu nniua ' ;r' ';'. V., :..'., 1. v. , ,
cJVi
Big Clearance Immense Stock "Wash Gpcds
25c Ginghams, Clearanoe .;..
15c Ginghame, Clearance
One lot Wash Goods, 25c and 35c values
25c Mercerized Poplins Clearance .. .20
25c Crepes, now at Clearance 20
20c Serpentine Crepes Clearance 12 1-2
15c Rippelette now at Clearance 12 1-2
u mil
.20 -
121-J&; ;
12 l-2c .Ginghams, Clearance . J.1 ,1
8 l-3c Apron Ginghams, Clearance ....6;
Thousands of yards of Outing-Flannels ,
1 m White, Cream-, 'Checks; Stripes,, at :
price per yar'd( .t.' 1,44 12Jn, ,
Beautify the Home now Most Economically;
All Lace Curtains, now 20 per cent off.
. Choice Tapestries reduced 20t per cent.
81.00 quality Irridescent Draperies, 85
75c quality Irridescent Draperies 65
50c quality Irridescent Draperies ....43$
35c quality Cretons Reduced now to 30$
;i 25c quality Cretons, reduced now to 20$
15c quality Cretons reduced now to 11$
10c quality Cretons reduced now to f8$;'
50c qualiy Scrims reduced to 42"; ,
45c quality Scrims reduced now to ...:38$ c
35c quality Scrims, reduced . now to-28$-9
25c quality Scrims reduced now to. 21$ t
- 300 yds Scrim,, extra value, special .16$.-
'i
500 yds Scrim,' extra Value, special 13$' r
Woolen Goods, Beautiful Silks, Big Reductions
One lot Dress Goods Ratines, Crepes,
- etc., values to 50c, now ............19$
One lot Dress( Goods, Fancy, Mixtures,
- values . to 753, Clearance k.:4..,.;.'..2!9$
One lot Dress Goods, Voiles, Silk,1 Porcu
pines, Ratines, etc., '. values' to $1.25,
1 special , 49$
36-inch Poplin,, Clearance .,-73$
40-inch Silk and Wool Poplin ...;..S1.09
24-inch Cheney Foulard Silks .5..;;.;:65$
364nch FancM5SiUc;i2Q6 quality, ,1.25
;'- - ' ;v'.V'-'5 '--First
quality Tub Silks . 83$ r.
75c quality Tub Silks ; l.':..59$
. Linens, Towels, Sheetings, Pillow Cases Spreads, White
v Goods, At Clearance Prices
Piles and piles of them everywhere and at genuine reductions to (you. Hundreds pf 7,
La Grande women always depend on this store to buy Linens, Sheetings, Etc., because f
first they can always depend on the quality and, second, because they can always
find what is wanted from our large stocks. 1 - v ) - j,
Any Woman's Suit in the Store, now - - $7.98
Any Woman's Coat in the Store, now - - $6 98
Think of it, values to $35.00, New This Season
T
One lot Men's Overcoats ',Kenreign,, Make djyt QQ
values to $17.50 Good Styles, now - - P0
All Men's Balmacaans Overcoats how at
Clearance of f ,
neir thinks I'm ewfnlly Impolite Oe
ran Re I wont to po and mnke sure for
mjBclf that John bus not wired." .
"I'll go myself." said the false Ever
ett, looking at uls phite "I'll Ro to
night In fact VJll ru, right no." He
caught Mrs. Darnell's, .eye and said
apologetically: "I'm sfnild. ihy dear
hostess, I'll hue to lenve yon. I have
Just remembered my unlenin promise
to be at the club nt SI b'clock.' and. lie
aides, I've promised Miss Uiillon to ru
to the tlltr. and cet hei limn and tele
grams." .-Fie turned to Umn and sne
uotlced a very prive lock in nl
which sbe was to nndentana later.
He bent gallantly orer ber band b4
Itshtly kissed ber Anger. "Too may
trust me." be said. . ; , ( i
(To be Contimwd.)
,1'
h:
The first week of the legislature
was very good. No one disposed to be
fair" could offer much criticism on
either the house or the bv.iUt. If
this record Vfsps up- through the
session what will the. "antis'l have t.
scream about? v -
' Read the advertisement.
Just Arrived
1915 MAXWELL '25?
COME AND SEE IT
LEIGHTON'S GARAGE