La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 23, 1915, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text! M ' ' 1 il i 1 til 'I 'i L THE : OBSERVER - tXVCX DENNIS, E4Uor tad Owner. Botated in th- Post Office -Mt 1 x , Grand, Oregon, as second class Advertising rates on application. Ail , copy lot a leach the o i ad appears. copy for display advertising mast leach the office the day before the 1 Address all communications to BE OBSERVER, yiu Sixth Street, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 Daily, single copy . . . ; 6c Dally, per week 16c DaOy, per month . . We . 'Dally, six months in advance. . .$8.60 Daily, per year in advance. .; .$7.00 Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance .4 ...,r MO weesjy uoserver-siar, per year . in advancet.3... .$1.60 THEY WON'T GIVE IT UP. Thia talk about taking political patronage away. from ' the - United States senate will not get-very far ' if the senate members have their way ; about the matter.,. However, ' In sup- port of such a new departure a Jour ' nal of national standing recently . commented as follows: - '. Evidently the senate will never ' gWe up its patronage without a fight Whatever political differences may di- vide that august body, it stands uni tedly for the principle that the Fod- i era offices in any state are a, per quisite of that state's senators i so many pawns to be used for the fur - therance of their personal fortunes. ' i : Over: incidental matters, like the tariff or trust regulation. Republican . May thunder at Democrat, and radi : eal glower at conservative; but when it comes to the basic principle thnt , the jobs belong to the senator there is no division. : That treating ' public offices . as plums to be distributed among a sen wtors faithful followers gets us in - efficient public service, goes without aaymf. : Some day, at an auspicious juncture ft PvwHirfAnf will Innlr hnrnft wtth fhn senate over that proposition and fight the question out' That the President will win hls'flght 1b quite certain. ; aflERVATnONS 1 OPTHEPRESS. i j ' w's a The world also harveeted a bumper . . eswp of trouble in 1914. Indianapolis Why Jon't ; Mexican px-Presidouts asobllicu and curry everything bifcrn fhetn? -Washington Post . " Many towns in EastlrVussia' ire aaoamtng stre ta for General von Madenturg.' The streets also go both ways.- -Now York World. -!'. w : The pessimistically inclined . who have been crying that Christianity )s . failure might wait until it has been tried Washington Post. " The trouble iwith Colonel Bryan' . vertures of peace is that the other , aatlons do not - seem to be ' able to " eatch tUs tune. St. Louis Globe Detn- 1 . '' -'oyed American pacifists ' might keep in practice by attempting to-settle the patronage war in the ' Senet. New Orleans Times-Pica- v. - The instruction in ' the Phillipines " ems to have been a good deal eas V tie to suppress . that the recent in lekorectlon in Colorado. Springfield epubllcan. We congratulate the Germans on : Mm fact that in the preparation of de ' tnaea their soldiers are considerably v more expert than their diplomats. Boston Transcript As an evidence of the fact that : ' the Germans have a highly developed of humor,, there is the physi- LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK Capital $200,000.00 Resources $1,00000.00 ,.'. Surplus $50,000.00 OFFICERS: Fred J. Hobaifts, President C. C. PetiingtoH, V.-Prest. F. L. Meyers, Cashier Burl Zundel and II. E. Coolidge, Aas't Cashiers DIRECTORS : A. T. Hill J.F.Conley J. G. Snodgrass Fred J. Hoknee C. C. Peinto F. L. Meyers 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 profitable r . and agreeable to them; To contribute to their enterprises, the so-opcration, fore v sight and timely assistaase which a good Bank can . propwly bestow. ' . oUn who told the -tmt V lead a quiet life-Nashvine Soutlishk Lamb- IIP .- .,? , t Reub. A mun who owns 24o'acres of farml land valued at about;! f 20Q an cre. '..-v:-.' -'-' Jay. A man who owns a 1916 au tomobile. ' ' - ('!( v v Country Jake. A man whose home' i li muIddm with srai-liehts. hot and ;cold running water, bath rooms and !hot water heating plant. Yap. , A man whose son is leading met sured by minutes where the oak s ebsc.'t th1JBivaraity.-.:..:.A'f't:.';.;"vJtke yean. , his Hick. 4 A man whose signature is ) As an illustration. On the Meade good for $10,000 at any bank in the .Elliott place near Elgin was a 50 county. f I pound case of stumping powder which Moob. a man whose daughter xinaa herself . worth $25,000 when the will is read, :. Simp. A man, to corral whose vote the congressman tramps over . forty acres ox piowea tana. oftWisc .Guy. ;A city chap with bout,soU8t Sunday morning he took the above terms, i - i Jfcin k mAit. -. Lia , ? Slb' Pullman Psrtor Critla ...One American ex IMH-Ieace recurs te sse at the uiomeut. I bad been ap pearing In ; Faust." ;at Wasblngton. and. getting into the train after the performance rattier tired, waa not ua aaturally . annoyed at finding my state room unprepared. I called the colored attendant, who kept me waiting a tone Mate before be condescended to appear. -Why la my berth not ready r 1 be gan. Be . looked me up and down' indif ferently, j . "I saw you play Margaret (Margue rite this mornln'." be said deflantly "an" I thought you weren't a bit o" good. ' you'll hev to wait , But PJan kon (Plancon) waa fine," be added aa an aftertbongbt , Two years afterward I received a letter from this same ebony critic. "1 beard you last night as Manon Lee caut" It ran, ."and it was real One. You beat the band. I take It all back." -Mme. Melba In Strand Magaslne. England's Great Llttla River. One could hardly fancy an England without the Thames. It is the source the inspiration, tbe participant. In so much tbat distinguishes England's syl van , beauty. In the centuries that have lived upon Its banks it has been f potent factor In the civilization of tbh island kingdom. It. cnts In twain and laves the burliest city in all the world, a dark mass of bnm&n struc ture Impenetrably profound.:,' It rides : vast commerce from London to the tea, and along Its jutting wbarvet nights are often made darker with Its tragedies. . Years, agone ; kings c and princes and the fairest women in the land rode uiwn its tide in functions of ittate or In the; Idle poee of pleesure. TbOHe were the days of the garlanded bdrge or the hooded galley foist, which, gilding ,tenltblly beneath the' lower portcuUfs. lost another noble te the world of politics and Intrigue. From "In Tbamesland." ' Misfit Tall. It was Robert's first visit to the coe. "What do you think of the onimalar Inquired TJncle Ben. After a critical Inspection of tbe er Mbit the boy replied: "I think tbe kangaroo and tbe ele phant should change talis." Toungs town Telegram , ' That Hald Him. Wife Henry, you need a rest lat us go to Bongtong Springs. Hub Thnt place! ' Why. It's only at for wo men and foolH. Wife I know It Let's go there together. Boston Transcript Athlstio.' "I don't think.", said an old lady, nbat bookkeeping is a very aedatlv mployment There must be so much nerclse In running up I lie columns." Sacrats. A man can keep the secret of auoth r better than bis own., A woman. n the contrary, keeps her. own' bettr than ttuit of auothat.-La Brurei. : H. E. CooUdge : A. Blookland . H. S.' Brownton KAXTBQUAKE B. LOCATED An Expleetea e , DraeetiUt Cai CeeksieVrahfeExe-teaient f There7 is ait Id savins that "Great oaks from little acorn, gro, says; the Elgin i RecoroftHTrue. but. ltd. atvl of growth is now out of date anel be longs ' to the old stare coach Uvr: Nowadays a story witn a kernel of trutn no bigger than an aeon1 will proauct ar story as nig, comparatively, as the mighty oak, but ha growth is .had been etandinr for' about three years. j. n. vox DM'Mu employed to do some blasting, but this box of Sowder did not look good to him and e declined to use it He nras ..then requested to get rid of it in some way, 'cuion nome, ana witn the aid X a long fuse and a match, touched it off to see if it was still a)ive. Itrwae. The - resulting explosion waa heard and felt all over this end-of the county. : , W metier as a-Courtlar. .' . ' Meet of the Mturkw vt WhwiIpi-.. are rather ."waplsb.' but oue rvra li1 . a story that shown lilni in tho Ubiii rtith er of a gnirefiM rmtrtift.-r-.v.' -:( .; It buppeiied thai tBe tb I'rlnce ot Wales paid a visit lo an eiUll.itluti of plctortM thnt ww nW4 by hh mt doty of M-hlcb Wbitlfr mtw tit tre dent - WhlHiler recelVMl tUe iru. v at the door, uud im tln-v ntrp.l the itul. lery hi ro.vm mikiiii..kk kkhi. ... .-. : "Whiit Im tin1 tilHliiry ul vniir iMK-Sntj-, Mr. Whistler?" "Sir." replied 1 lie nrtiM wun n J-oiir If bow. "Iw hlxtury Hcifiim tl:i" ':'- Noah and th. Animals. few Mopie will a Umi' Noah took more than two or i-m-h Kind r Hniirmi and fowl Iniu llii.' avk .vet here U the Bible OU the hlllijii-l (ielle-i( vll, 2): "Of every clean lieimt Hum xhiill take to thee by sevens, the iimle and bU female aiul vr liesisrs thnt lire not clean by twit--I,,, umi- and his te. male:" iGcnwin vii. n "i)f rnwiMaiKoof tbe ulr b.v Mevwas -tne nmle mid tlir femille to Keep Hetil alive tiling- c lie face of tiie earth." ' ' ill :V-.;':..v-: . v;S.:-ft,j. ,' v. C.llar Champion. f . ! ' A oeven-Veiir.olil Imiv iHimlns 'trum school one da v In tunned his iniilln- thnt Imlf. hla clasM had been )roii(,uiiMi His inor.hi'i' HsKed htm whether lie nun been one ol the iminlier " " i t "No." said In', -mid I'm Kind I'm fan lea use I'm the ninHitent one left New Viirk 1'iwt : ; - DruKVciat in Weston, v i ' C D. Putnamt proprietor of ,IillV Drug: store,: has gone to Weston -:to rpend a few days on business. . 4s l f I ! 2 I ! ADDITIONAL SOClETV f J wj J J J J J Ja . iu. 1 n.i m. ntn ; - CillU HllOi . JLC1I1C ui ecu Clllej7J tamed the Sana Souci c'uty Wednes- day evening. Mrs. John Thiesftrt won high score and the honors thafwent' with-it... Next week the afternoon (U. Hofc- Jan. 2-3 (Special) It vision will convcro with .Mrs. .JnHis'm.y , 'be one 0f many reasons. It Thieten ns hostess. , ,1 . .. may something; in the wind down V V ! ! there. It may be Charley's Kings Wm. McCarly of this city, who n riailv rendition of . tiha ."Svmratiiv" few months ag" purchased the bunS GERMANS This is war in the Winter where the! i thermometer ia far below zero.. The photograph shows liemtun 'ioidier8fofi.iW,At.one of the (tails of the nv . lireakinc the vim , lif th? A5i;jci i.ji.,J- there had been a jam 'of ice which'1 article Entire Line Women's Dresses Now r t ' Any Wcssen's 3uit Coat Girls Wash Dresses. Sizes 10 to 16 yrs. values O A r to $3.50. Suitable for school wear, 1 . . & V li One lot Misses' Coats sizes 12 to 17 yrs. values ft l AO to 115.00, Good styles now . : . . Values to $12.50 Women's iMaclssaw Coats now $3.C3 Entire Line Men's Overcoats now ' 33V3 off One lot Men's Overcoats values to $17.50 , &A AO "Kenreign" make. Stylish Coats see them . W Entire Line Men's Sweaters now . 9 9 9 9 ' 9 ' Ask for Fidelity Blue Trad ing Stamps 1.1 i a neBB of the Dacres hotel at 'Walla Walla, last , week sold to J. E. Foley of La Grande and retired. Baker Democrat. . . Mrs. ,T.."K. - ftlurphy was hostess-goi-eral for the Auction club Thursday. At cards, Mr3. M. B. Donohue scored hihtst and won the handsome prize. Miss Belle MclilSn of Portland, is in the city to spend a few week, at the. home of her brother, Dr. W. D. McMillan. i ! HOT LAKE WEDDINGS MANY j - . . Couples Hare Been Married n...: u.- i, - .:.. p. ; ' waltz or "I Hear You Calling Me" so BREAKING ICE ON RH ER ANGERAPP TO KEEP RUSSIANS FROM Frnji'lM ;S-f4 river in east Prussia, near Kisselcn. .to keen the Russinns from, crossmir the Store in Skirts in the Store Now n 9 t Suits Reduced . Boys' Clothing Reduced a Mil n " (wiirtiir mmw melodiously sang by the genial medico manager of the sanatorium, but there1 ' is no doubt that a wave of. hymenal intensity is prevalent-at the popular health resort Last week it was Oliver Dasch, the courteous day clerk who journeyed to La Grande with pretty Kathleen Murphy of the cater ing department and took her back to the Springs as Mrs. Oliver Dasch. Yesterday F. J., Richardson, the in defatiguable storekeeper, and gener ous dispenser of "Ot Wat" took a no tion that nurse Blanche Harris of the institution, would be happier as Mrs. Richardson. In the same frame of mind the couple traveled) to Baker yes terday and returned "home" after ob taining a license at Dan Cupid's office in that city. . Today they are recipients of con gratulations and best wishes from the many guests now registered at Hot Lake, as well as the numerous staff employed there. And yet the end is not in sight for at times) and in divers , places is to be heard a platntive tenor would have made it possible for them tc take their cannon and cavalry across when they came up. In the faceof the approaching Rmsskins the Reduced Yz'Prico- lAPritva C6.98 i y i. ssi li I ' It' . . 25 f' f - 91 Free" De" . ' liTerjr " 3 Phon& ' '' Lines voice warbling a lata popular sons, ; "There's a Garden in. Sweden, in dear Old Sweden . Where every kind of Posey gro-Hrm. And my Garden in Sweden would be just like Eden v If you iwere1tbire,v.B-jt ,s American , beauty rose' r . , : Charley King is iontemp"1ating)irork - 'i ing overtime, vraeticina', f.'The Snrina- Song" for this event which will be special. ,.,.-. -Well Send It " anything you may need from a drug store promptly and without ex tra charge. Our phone is Main 8T. Goods will be at your door in a few minutes. .Try .us. :: ; i Newlln Drug Co. ' -Adv. - . - 1 22 8t' LOST OR STRAYED White Yearl ing steer, branded "G-5" on left hb Two slits in right ear. Reward. 6. G. Tall.. -i , dlBt. CROSSING. Germans stopped long enough ' te break the ice. It would take a day or more to freeze sufficiently for the Russians to cross and then the Ger mane could retreat to a safe: distance.