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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. .
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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
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Entire Line Women's Dresses Now
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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 .
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Blue Trad
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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
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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
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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.