La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 19, 1915, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR M'.V ) MiA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER TUESDAY, JANlttRY'-'IO, , Ki5.v"4 114ILi VtJljl.VJUl land city official do their duty and 'thw aradkwt the evll.,i; .:?5;M; In Union courty the governor will taUCE DENNI8, Editor end 1 1 1 !) the JEW Office at I Entered In 1 Grande,. Oregon, second ejau ' matter. a, y;:.-.-v 'jv. . Advertising rates on application Ail ' copy 'or display advertising must :, nacn tne oince the, day before the ad appears, not be compelled to even arge the of ficials to duty for it Is a positive cer tainty i today that ' there will' be no ted light district in any Union count city or1 town. - The officials of the 'ccyHfr ntt tyelt be charged ie Ikk-i Nalao& ! stole a Horse' n Union at 2:30 in the after r oon' ; and ,wa lodged in the, : La Grande jail at 6:45 that evening will have Jtime to ponder 'over what it means; Now if a few cattle thieves can be grabbed as companions for this county have no hesitancy in stating chap, stock in Union county will be 1 their position on the matter and the much safer..,, 1 ),, : Address . all communications - to ' t"HE OBSERVER, 171.0 Sixth Street. SUBSCRIPTION BATES: Dally, single copy ,. 6e Daily, per week '. ...J 16c Daily, per month . 65c Daily, six months in advance,.. $3.50 Daily,' per year in advance . . . . $7.00 Daily, by mail per year, in ad- vance : .,. , . . . . . . '.$4.00 Weakly Observer-Star, per. year . la advance ., , ...... . .$1.60 Aip rvt T a rivanAn Una tmutaA 4h., matter in no unmistakable manner: OPTIMISM. Last evening , at the Commercial , , club dinner optimism . was j, preached with big O, The chief , dispenser of this splendid panacea for all business ills was Walter M. ; Pierce whose - change of 'heart was delight to his : . many friends and admirers. ' Toast- . : master Dixon when introducing' Mr. Pierce said: "when Walter Pierce : preaches optimism and sqys. prosperl- ty is coming it is certain that prog. ferity is just 'around the corner and . -. ready to ptjck its head in' at the Senator Pierce talked from the ; farmer viewpoint and with the hills full of cattle and the barns of wheat, . with several thousand hogs to greet . him on his . homeward journey he is : right. The farmer is abundantly pros perous and the Senator's frame of , mind is wholly justified so long as a lie is on -the ranch producing things to eat, But there is a large class of . people in Union county who are not producers but consumers, Wages have not advanced in proportion to food products, and the very thing that makes Senator Pierce and all farm trs rejoice is -giving President Wit. '. son much anxiety. ' Right now the . president ie investigating the high : v Prices of commodities with the aDoear. ent hope that he can find an "Ethio- plan in the Woodpile," as George 'ftamberjam wouJ4 ggy, , pravAt .... combinations that are taking advant age vof the chaotic condition in the' . . commercial world. . .7 . ' WHhout attempting tl ' argue, the question we say withouf fear of con tradiction that the entire member ship of the Commercial lub was de lighted with Senator Pierce's speech. Hit "Crime of the Age" has been ob literated and in its place he has es- : tablished a speech that brings smiles instead of tears; laughter Instead of yeeping. He no longer sees the hole in the doughnut, neither does he be wail the fact that the rich are grow- .... ing richer and, the poor growing poor- er. au is well with the Senator, and . his friends are glad, for though dif : fering with him on many questions they ctlng to him personally and re joice: in his present success that is assured. :y,-r:: . .v'.;v' NO MORE RESTRICTED DIS 1 - . TRICTS. , ,T- Those of 'the tinderwoi'ld who. ex pect to start ifl illegitimate practfca ' how that the governorship has had a change of personnel are doomed to a certain disappointment. 1 " ! ' The idea is perfectly silly to con template. Governor Withycombe will never for a moment countenance such, a movement, and while he will not find jt necessary to call out any of Take notice of that terrific storm in Prosecuting Attorney Hodgin says 1 the central states,: ; Even the state of without .'faltering there are no dead laws on the; statute books and thut he will use every, particle of the etato end county machinery to prosecute those who see fit to attempt restora tion of the restricted district. , In the city , the police force and the manager have but one idea, and that is to prevent re-establishing the dis trict, v . , With officers' in this frame of mina there will be little progress made by those whe- expect t reinstate an in stitution that fell of its own weight But should the officers in any city or town in Oregon' become lax and decide to "wink the other eye" at en endeavor to bring back the "days of fortyTnine" one can rtst assured thai Governor Withycombe will speak in fiiain words that have a meaning. Texas is forced to blanket its cattle to keep them from freezing. Then look around you and give - further thanks for that Japan current lit the Pacific. - ' r.f - Even the dogs of war shudder when an earthquake comes. There s one greater, power than the Krupp guns or;a large navy. .' The Kaiser still has his eye on Paris. .t , Probably he is hungry for a mess of frogs. OPEN "Y" FOR MANY UNES. (Continued from rage 1.) i SWAT THE GRAFTER. The remarks made last evening fit the Commercial club dinner concern ing the grafter- who comes to. the Grande Ronde to sell town lots in some distant city; .stock in wirelfsi telegraph; kitchen cabinets or Mex ican., rubber: were very appropriate When the speaker said if all the money sent from this valley to graft city, - class for the young men.- an other for the employed boys and sepa rata classes, for the high school hoyr and grade .school boys,- .Another class will also be maintained for the ladies who care to participate. '! A membership fee has been arrived at providing for the expiration of membership in the fall at which time it is hoped to open the work of the association to its fullest and another schedule of membership fee arranged for. At the present time and for the Short term a charee of, $5.00 will be jmade lor the men who care to (; join iK concerns had been placed in, the local banks there would be money foi'J-the association; $4.00 for employed every enterprise -and some to spari lie told the absolute truth. , Thq Commercial club, could do ho' bettor: thing than to stamp all sales- mnn of stocks, bonds and real estite from afar with that banker's stamp, "counterfeit" and let that odium re main until the salesman proved dif- ,ently. .y :! :- . s : . " RALLY ONCE AGAIN. " The Commercial club is ready to rally once - again. i; ''"' 'V ' Mot that the Club , has ; not doro good work the past year, but all clubs are alike and about so often '. the Ire need be a -rally.''; y.-.; ....7 ,,r-';v The dinner. ' last night'tr was ' a kiiorough success and intense 'inter est was shown in the work. -The new board of directors are -live Wies- and with the help of the citizens La Grande will once more have the best club - east -of Portland." 1 Let alt rally to its support. : " Another president,, has resigned in Mexico. If he will also' go to Spain that , country may decide It 1 has enough Mexican generals to enter the bog war. - ' . ' . A physical director proclaims 'thut "spooning is fatal." . He is probably PC years old. v ' Here's to the President, and may that grandson live long and - look more-like his grandsnre each and every day.' : v Vv - .' . , The daddy of the Wilson baby does does notvseem to count, ; but ths grandfather is getting some good headlines. . ;.: . '. "'.' That earthquake shock at Summer villa was real. Representative Woo doll is In Salem and the disturbance LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK Capital $200,000.00 Resources $1,000,000.00 Suiplus $")0,000.00 OFFICERS: ' , Fred .1. Hobucs,' President C. C. Peniiigton. V.-Prest. F. L. Meyei-s, Cashier . ; Earl Zundel and H. E. Coolidge, Ass't Cashiers joyg, $3.00 for high school boys and 2V00 for grade school boys. It is hoped' that it will be possible at thess i'otes to '. secure a sufficiently largo tndmbership to defray all of. the ex penses connected with the work. "The plans as now outlined nrovid- ed for nearly every feature of . thr work that will appeal to. the average member," said Secretary r Rudd. "About the only features omitted fin der the present arrangement Is th dormitories and the heavier work in the gymnasium, which could not be maintained without more assistnfe man me Doara ieeis mat we win. Jie Rule to iwiora just at tne present time and which features will $e delavcd until some time in the fall, perhaps tne rirst or- September, when weeftc pecfto open the work to its fiilleW capacity, Institute full-fledeed earilv paign for' membership and enter into the winter's work under a full head 01 steam, in tnis connection it might 14 interesting to note that the local association and our building are Ktrictly home institutions. The archi tect who drew up the plan for the l.uilding was a local man, as wa .-.Iso the contractor and most of the men employed in the work of erecting the building. The comer stone is a local product) the furniture for the building was purchased throurii lo cal dealers and a local man cut and' polished the stone. And now my as sistant is a local , man.", : Mr. Rudd 4 also a La Grande man. . ' The program for the ouenintr week provides for special days for various organizations in the city, including one day for the ladies of the Neifrli- rornood club, another for the high fchool and grade schools, and another dry; Saturday for the farmers of the valley., The program will ; be com pleted in full by the latter nart of this week. : .vv-l- New Yorkers Discuss State Tax. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 19. Immediate," drastic and radical revision of the state's tax laws was the keynote of the fifth New York Stat Conference on taxation which opened today. Men representing all branches of state and city government are here to aid the conference in framing suggestions which will undoubtedly be presented to the legislature before adjournment. Those attending the meeting feel encouraged in their work by the re ference to the state's tax laws made by Governor Whitman in his initial message to the legislator, .All agree with the governor that the tax law ns tliey now stand are nothing but a patchwork; sadly in need of simpli fication. . - LOOK AT SILVERY SIDE. (Continued from Page 1.) Fred J. Holmes C. C. Penington F. L. Meyers ' DIRECTORS: ' A. T. Hill H. E. Coolidge J. F. Conley A. Blockland J. G. Snotlgrass H. S. Brownton What This Bank Aims to Do To promote our customers' interests as we would our own; - r . :" ' ' ' '. To do all we can to make their relations here profitable and agreeable to them; To contribute to their enterprises, the co-operation, fore '. sight and timely assistance which a gotxl Bank can properly bestow. ' tliought and reasoning, it stands -but as one of the best off-hand speeches that has been ; given in La Grande m years. . He went back to 1883- when the pioneer stage was coming to a close and he pointed out the Successive hey day stages of promotion and develop ment the country has passed through "The day'of unlimited and easy cred it is passed" he said, "from now on we must pay the bills of prodigal liv ing during the promotion period. Unlimited and easy credit will never come again "said Mr. Pierce. '.'We've got to pay the bills now, money lend ers want their interest and something on the principal, and it is from the farm we must produce the money to pay it with."- . . v : . Mr. Pierce has a reputation of a pessimist, but ' lajt night he tore, Oar Greatest Satufcction is tfcs Often Repeated Itecsrk: "When The West Store Advertises a, Sale Yea can Depend cn It'! 17th Great Annual Januarv Clearance Sale f .... ; Wl 1 'it !')' I Lvery Article in the More Keduced Everything At Big Savings h the Dry Goods Dep't. January is the mon tli in whichj' shrewd housewives supply eitj households and sew ing needs at this annual Clearance at this store with the greatest possible savings. Here .you. will find - the. greatest -varieties, fgMitbcks 'and everything W new aiid'seacon-" able. Case after vase of new' Spring Embroideries White-vGoods, j.Eto., .re 'just re ceived and placed on sale at plearance prices. ' "1 Biff Qearance Immense StoclrAVaxh Gopdi One lot Wash Goods, 25c and 35c values : : 17 ,25c Mercerized Poplins Cearance ... 20V 25c Crepes, now at Clearance ...;..-......20 . 20c Serpentine Crepes Clearance 12 1-2 15c Rippelette now at Clearance 12 1-2 1 ."aucavu-.tcj 25c, Ginghams, Clearance.;.1..A...i...4i..t-20 15c Ginghams, Clearance)...121n2;i 12 lr2c Ginghams; Clearance ...v...rlUa. j , 8 l-3c Apron Ginghams, Clearance :...6 ' ' Thousands of yards of Outing Flannels"," ' in 'White," Cream, Checks, Stripes, .at " price per yard 4$ to 12 - Beautify the Home now Most Economically All Lace Curtains, now 20 per cent off. Choice Tapestries reduced 20 per cent. 11.00 quality Irridescent Draperies, 85 75c quality Irridescent Draperies 65 50c quality Irridescent Draperies ...43 ,35c quality Cretons Reduced now to 30 25c quality Cretons, reduced now to 20 15c quality Cretons reduced now to 11 10c quality Cretons reduced now to'-'S ' " 50c qualiy Scrims reduced to 42 45c quality Scrims reduced now to. ,..,38 - 35c quality Scrims reduced now to 28" 25c quality Scrhns reduced now( to 21 300 yds Scrim," extra; valuei special 16' 'l 500 yds Scrim,', extra value, special 13 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 75c; Clearance V29L - One lot Dress Goods, Voiles, Silk Porcu pines, Ratines, etc., values to $1.25, special ....:..................49 & 36-inch Poplin, Clearance .'....:......i.''..:73 40-inch Silk and Wool Poplin .i......$1.09 24-inch QKeney.Joulard Silks. ...U.65Uif 36-inch Fanoy Silks, $2.00 quality, $1:25 V- First quality Tub Silks .:....:...83v 75c quality Tub Silks .'.!...59M Linens, Towels, Sheetings, Pillow Cases Spreads, White Goods, At Clearance Prices .Piles and piles of them everywhere and at genuine reductions to you.' Hundreds of"": La Grande women always depend on this store to buy Linens, Sheetings, Etc., because ? first they can always depend on the quality and,1 second, because they can always find what is wanted from our large stocks. - ' .'"M 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 One lot Men's Overcoats "Kenreign'' Make QQ values to $17.50 Good Styles, now - - All Men's Balmacaahs Overcoats now at Clearance Vgoff asunder the fetters that have bound him, and leaping into the limelight as an optimist, demanded "Why should r.otf I be an opumisi wnn wneai at a ?1.J!6, nogs Doner uuui sovmi ixnw on foot, steers bringing the same, milk cows $85, and everything that the soil produces wnicn tne worm mmi Vintrn hrino-imr tremenduous prices? Why shouldn't I be an opti- mistT " - - WildcattinK Deplored. . uTha ilar st niutt when everv rattle. trapped, brainless promoter can come into Union county and sou Kitchen ettes, or lots in Seattle, at tidewater and elsewhere. "Thousands after thousands of dol lars have been Bent out of this val ley that should have stayed here to pay- honest obligations. If all the money that has been wasted loolish tYi ly on every - imaginable promotion scheme was here today, there would be money in the banks for all to bor row." ... - George L. Cleaver pointed out in discussing new industries .for this valley that the syrup which he has been experimenting with can be made on a basis where it will bring the grower of apples one cent a pound for his fruit, and if this was1 done, $1,200,000 would be realized fay the growers of ! this county each year, and the industry embracing- 5000 acres of apples that now stare 1 de struction in 'the face, would be saved. The syrup Jis made at Imbler in' a crude way but the theory has been worked out and samples of the syrup were on hand last nighfco-It was.the universal opinion that no maple ? tap could be more delicious than ap ple syrup such as this was. Mr. Cleav er pleaded for support to the vinegar factory now launched in La Grande, and affirmed that it is the by-products cf apples that must be utilised to save the northwest apple industry. Jay Dobbin, wealthy sheepman of! -Enterprise and ex-representative from Union and- Wallowa counties, added beams of golden optimism to the oc cassion "by reciting the facto that the sheep industry has not gone to the -dogs, though he thanks peculiar con- . ditions for that fact rather -than the present administration. i. - W. R. Holmes, prominent banker i of Enterprise, also spoke, reciting ' how a small band of men working to gether at Enterprise got a sawmill and a railroad all in one year, and , propped up the La Grande boosters, with his faith in united action-;