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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3. JSli.
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a poem
tarter during tfoe courte of the Farm-
Ma' day program at uie i; at. u. a.
Jt' Ftrday: (Other paper read
mn uTt pnmukvi later.) '
s'.. . The Craeible.
(By Edward Jasper) -,
Crucible nay be defined a a veaael
r pot capable of withstanding great
heat, used for melting roeUUa or min
erals. . If you take crude sulphur as it
is sometimes found in. nature mixed
-with earth and impurities and in the
ruiefbU subject the mixture to suf-
dant heat the sulphur will melt, act-,
has ..revolutionised " modern S society
rrom top to Bottom." .v-.-v . i-v
' We are not contend! nr as to' which
one of these has the bent case but 1st
us rather profit by the fact that they
agree upon this one point that life
rMMW is tne dtier asset ol our country.
The wealth of our .nation is life.
Consider y gold ami silver of the
mines; of wfcat value without Ufa to
una it, without ideas of their value
in art and eciaaee. Think of the man
ufactured articles such as combs and
racors, automobiles - or ex-ray ma
chines. : Where are their value with
out the human mind to comprehend
uiem. ur consider u you will, tne
tie to (he. bottom so that it can be .farm itself, its value to you depends
Again put " win u)wn mi Kin lira in
tlrawn off as pure sulphur,
In the cricible iron oxide subject it
i to the required heat and pass through
it a Jet or hydrogen gas the oxygen
will be absorbed by the gas and there
. will remain pure iron. Let the cruci
ble be lined with bone ash' and place
common by men.. . , Its value to you
rests upon a (deed. The. value of the
deed depends upon public opinion. As
nearly as we can comprehend the
wearen oi tne nation is lire, tne weaiot
of life having given up the physical
in H an alloy of silver, and ; lead, man, is civilisation;' the wealth of
When the proper heat has been mp-.f f"liJtten are these ' three namely,
plied the bone ash will absorb the lead i . quality of virtue, emotions.
. and there will be left in the crucible a 'Our secretary of the Y. M. C. A. has
button of bright pure silver. . . .a tremendous responsibility when he
This building wfch all its equipment , 'r " m' ' w "
may weU be considered as a crucible, j th "etio" thes
It is a trying and purifying agency. P' :n,ponr which our cmhzation
The secretory is the chief cheniistwSi P"?' bv ?ur8? K .d,w?tod
a board of directors as advisors." The . magnittfde determined. -.
Hre is that heart impulse that has f C We sometimes get the idea that
been moving men since Christ spoke Uiese qual.tieg that make our civilli
those words "Love one another." The ! Rtin are innate in our being and that
material that goes into the crucible uHure or no culture our people can
is young men, more or less crude,-" nt loos them. Experience jvill hard
more or less refined. The product 'y, warrant such, foolish optimism.- If
is men of more refinement, men of go '.back to the time of Christ the
better manners, better ideas, ' better thought of the crucifixion comes to us.
nctioi, better hearts. What then is A most terrible torture. We could not
the product of this crucible? Not.do that now. No, we are brought up
the men. It refines the men; it ere-differently, but those men did -do it
ates manners, ideas, capacity for ac- and they were made of about the same
tion and the better hearts. "Wisdom' fiber as you and I. Sometime about
Dr. Jordan has said,, ''is '' knowing , the beginning of the 14th centiiry Sir
what too do next, -virtue is Ooinjr it, 1 William Wallace in, defending Scot
Religion; is the heart of impulse-that 'and against invasion by the English
looks toward the best and highest ; was captured awl summarly hanged,
course of action." This is the work of .'until almost dead. He was then cut
our crucible to create, these ' three, "'. down amd put to death by torture, his
Wisdom, Virtue, Religion, v: (body disembered and distributed
Some time ago tfhe American mag- throughout the kingdom. In the 15th
azine gave prizes for the best three century Joan of Arc, was captured by
articles on the subject, o " America 's.ner enemies, sne was not new as a
1 Greatest Assets : : The winner of the
: . first prize said our greatest asset is
tfhe immigrant. He comes and does
our hard work for us, giving our na
; tive people at small expense the pro
duct of his labor, and leaving our peo
. pie with, leisure for science, letters,
or other culture. The immigrant him
self Bhortly becomes imbued with :big
. per ideas, desire for. independence.
He buys a plot of ground and main
'.'tains a frome, his children go to our
.public schools antl' in this way our
country continually receives new and
sturdy stock to strengthen the race,
. The second said America's greatest
asset is daring "The Spirit of self re
liance, this is to dare to think, act,
. feel, live, to make - tremendous de-
mand on nature and society, and-, to
. force nature and society to deliver to
these demsrtds. This physical im
pulsiveness and fearlessness is at the
bottom of Americas individuality and
is therefoie its greatest asset."
The third said unquestionably our
greatest asset is our belief in the ca
pacity of the -. common v man. "This
ideal was the mainspring of the cre
ative powers of the American nation,
the marvelous inventive genius which
prisoner of war, she was put to death,
not in a painless way but bv burnine-
at the stake. In Georgia a few day
ago a whole family was swung up to
telegraph poles and riddled with bul.
lets before the father's eyes. He was
then given the same unkind death. Let
vx not dwell on these ' shameful
thoughts but let us search out, and
dwell upon the cause of the atrocious
acts in normal, sound, well born men.
The cause is often,, too often, wrong
ideas, false Meals. It is true, we
know it Is true, that many of the
most widely known crimes of history
were committed in the name of duty.
The cause of that murderous w,ar now
being waged in Europe no doubt, if we
but had the wisdom, could be traced
back to a false idea. There is a
wrong Ideal somewhere. .
of Argentina and her Allies. Though
victory waa complete the whole ques
tion cf the disputed hawtdair was
submitted to an inrMit! yadge, the
ptwstoent ox toe united Btatesv ins
to JM Idea, it is a bis; idea, rich in
truth and Mar in impoasibUltiea. "Vie-
tonr hringa w rifhtA". The battle
did not determine juattee nd Justice
should prevail. Had nitnu Been
ruled by toe same tdeaa of right as
Argentina, there could .not have been
the Ions? and deadly war.- Throtnrb
the eScient institution of culture the
institution of war can be relegated to
tne oac ground and made to take its
place in the barbarous past. , Oh, for
Idea cod emotions thava mum with
the word of God! By then our na.
from destruction; by them our young
from deest ruction; br'them our young
men may oe anarea ana UMlr lamuies
anved zrom run. ' ?-.:'-::.i.a...:
The creation of bis? r idoas. virtue.
big hearts and broad sympathy is a
great, and noble work. Let as then
get under, this Y. M. C. A. amovement
and help determine its deatmy: In
turn : the association will dbeet our
several destinies and: the destiny of
our country to heights that are yet
oeyond our nornon.
THE Y. M. C. A.
(Lines written upon the openinar of
the Y. M. C. A. building at U Grande)
There's always tempting baits on hand
in every land on every way, -With
all the details neatly planned
To lure the sruileless vouth aatrav:
The trashy tale, the bawdy slum,
ine gay saloon, tne vulgar play
But now the rescue army's come. ' -
Long may you live, Y. M. C. A.
Twas our boys filled the drunkard's
r:: .'.'C shoes
As one by one the sots passed on, '
They worshipped at the shrine of
i- booze . '
' Till all their self-respect waa gone;
Now Oregonians, thousand strong,
Have written on the wall to stav
"This wholesale poisoning Is wrong"
x lie unuuoie, is I. in. j. A.
'If let alone how srood vou'll be."
. Ah Booze! we've heard that tale be-
. fore, ,
But paupers graves and poverty ; 1
: E'er., marks your: path from shore
to shore; v. ..: , .
At festal boards we need you not, .
Your fountain heads have had their
' ay,
Now mark your death sign as you plot
That symbol grand, Y. M. C. A.-
i ! . t ,,i M. L; Carter.
Children's Coughs Children's Colds
... t Both Are Serious. :
-.When one of your little ones shows
symptoms of an approaching . CoH,
give it Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey at
once. , it acts quickly, and prevents
tne cold growing worse. . Very hew.
ing soothes the Lungs,, loosens the
mucous, strengthens the system. It'.
guaranteed. Only 25c at 'your drug
gist.: i f Buy a Dottle today. Bucklen's
Arnica Salvo for Sores. Adv. ; :t
", ;.-'',';.. - AM Dealers. ' ''
rpntr mrttHNiw. -
1 wmat to aaafee it possible fat
ererybotfy to ride in aa tutoato
, bile, it wilt mean that much '
more pleasure for me. It's Jet
a , matter of seJflsbneas ob bv1
' part aeJosbaeas rulec the world
. iu ; every ::. respect Even acta
wbirb we deem great sacrifices
actually era matters et setdeh
'., Less. .The mau who perfonaa '
; them Hods . bis pleasure In the
sacriOce or In the pablio opiBten
which his sacrifice wlU, arenas.
Oue man wlH giv ap hla for
tune lo satisfy bis cTeditvra. He
" doesn't want any man on earth
to think be would defraud a feU
: low belug. ' His pleasure la la '
the esteem of other. "Another
nun mtgbt do just the reverse.
- CUs pleasure Ilea tn bU.peraoasI
s worMly proflt f One man vwlli '
iigive his life for , another; nla "
pleasure Ilea lo heroic deeds. An- ,
other would evade the danger, :
bis pleasure being- In personal
safety regardless of duty or pub
lic opinion. -.Whatever a man .
does of. bis own volition Is for'
bis own pleasure In mim way,
.or other. Henry Ford." , i
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; Press Delegates Appointed.
Salem. . Feb. 8. Governor 1 Withv.
Sometime about the middle of the .gates to the International Press Con
last century Argentina with Brazil gresg to be held in San Francisco July
and Urugary as Allies became tit- 6-10. They are Bruce Dennis, editor
volved in war with Paraquay. The th Observer; Edgar B. Piper, editor
tyrant ruler of Paraguay conscripted Portland Oregonian; E. E. Brodite,
his subjects and fought to utter ex- pubHsher the Oregon City Enterprise
haustion. Paraguay was prostrate, at and president of the State Editorial as
the mercy of her conquei-or. Then an sociation; John F. Carroll, editor the
idea entered into the situation and Evening Telegram, Portland; and R.
ruled; an ftlea governing the action C. Ruhl, editor the Medfort" Su " '
GERMAN BATTLESHIP BLUECHER, AND BRITISH ADMIRAL WHO SANK HER. :
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Vice-Admiral Beatty is again a hero
i-i England. His sinking of the Ger
man cruiser Bluecher off the German
coast recently, and the disabling of
i several other German war vessels,
have aroused England.
The Bluecher was one of several
German war vessels believed to have
ctnrted on another raid of the Brit
ish coast , But Vice-Admiral Beatty
town with the mumps. We hope there
wxin't be any more cases in. the camp.
'.' Talk about your cold weather at
Medicine Hat. We ' sure ' have got
thorn chested; 20 below zero is the
coldest reported here the last few
days. ,;;' ;. '
Nornuin Freeze is looking over
spied them and with more powerful j business matters at camp this week,
vessels chased them toward Heligo- Mra Joe M d Gordon
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" New Postoffice Enjoyed.
Vincent, Ore., Jan. 27. The George
Fnlmer Lumber Co,, is glad to an
nounce that they have n postoffice
I called Vincent, Wallowa county, Ore.
This is appreciated by all now liv
ing at the enmp.
Mr. and Mrs. Clqude Bartiness are
visiting in La Grande this week with
relatives.
Mrs. Wm. Aubin, Mr. Johnny Al
len and Wm. Spencer hove gone to
and Mrs. P. Weaver.
Al Byers Is back to work after be
ins' in the hospital six weeks with a
! broken arm.
j Miss Elsie Vanderpool is visiting
i in I.a Gmndo this week with relatives
- Roy Frnshier returned home last
Saturday after a lohg siege of ty
phoid fever at the hospital in !
Grande, .
High Grade Job Printing costs no
mors than the other kind. Observer.
. Our , Own Grinding Plant
The mechanical work- must be
equally as careful as the examina
tion itself. The prescription must
be filled with Scientific Precision.
This 1b done in our own Laboratory
on the Premises, where we grind
all of our own lenses.
. We guarantee our lenses to be
absolutely correct scientifically and
mecnanicauy. , , . '
Fitting and Adjusting. ;
The glasses "must be made up in
frames or mountings that will be
suited to each individual case.' The
appearance of the , glasses, when
worn, must be ' considered. . - . We
provide mountings to harmonize
with the features and give hand
some and stylish effects. , -
. Specialties.' . -
1 We prescribe toric glasses when
their use addb com,fort.
When the eyes require different
lenses for ner and distant vision,'
we supply bifocals with an invisible
dividing line, so that only a single
pair of glasses is needed. ,
We have all kinds of specialties
In frames and nose pieces, shell
frames, special designs and shapes
to suit and fit all requirements.
J..H. PEARE ft SON,
La Grande's Leading Jewelers
S - and Optometriata ' :
TWOSIQES
to a Senior Member
ship in the
Y. M. C. A.
of La Grande, Ore.
YOU GIVE
$5.00
and your influence
as a qood live booster.
- That helps nicely.
You Receive
1. The privileges of a sen
ior member in Lobby,
Swimming Pool, Gymnas
ium, and Social Room, un
til Sept. 1, 1915.
2. The satisfaction that
you are helping to open one
of La Grande's biggest and
best buildings.
3. The satisfaction that
you make up one of many
who by supporting the As
sociation make it possible
for Grade school boys to be
admitted until Sept. 1st for
only $2.00 and High school
boys for $3.00.
4. The satisfaction that
the other cities of the
Northwest which are wait
ing to see what we do will
say, "La Grande is still on
top."
t Have You Tried Our. !
Royal Brand Compound?
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Hase from Choice Beef Tallow and Cotton 8eed0U.
BMaUed by no other seasoning of its kind oa the
market Only lie per pound in, 8, I and 1 pewnd :
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SPECIALS
Olives per pint ' ,
Smoked Shoulders
' Hams
Cottage Hams v
25c
15c
18c
16c
Given a very mild sugar curs and are ef delicious.
X Uranfc Uade Meat to. S
D. R FONG MEDICINE CO.
CHINESE ROOT AND HERB REMEDIES
Curr Bodily Diseases With Root and HerbTrealment J
Phone 762 Free Consultation
141! Adam Ave.
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i- MAKE A NOTE of the f..ct that an abstract is an absolute
necessity when you purchase real estate. No matter how well posted
' you might be you don't have a full history of the parcel, as you
do when we make an abstract of it Accuracy guaranteed. ' . , v
THE ABSTRACT ft TITLE CO.
Foley Hotel Building. .. ' .
ELECTRIC LIGHTS WERE INVENTED TO SUPPLY
A NECESSITY. ALL OTHER METHOD OF HEAT
ING ARTIFICIAL light were unsatisfactory. Candles
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wer dim and unreliable; gas, dirty and dangerous; hero
sent, dull, smoky, odorous and also dangerous to health
and property. When elctric lights were introduced there
was but one drawback. They cost considerably more than
other lights. This objection has been overcome and elec
tric lights are now the most economical as well as the
most satisfactory light.
Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co.
Telephone Main 34
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By the use of one of our telephones
you can now reach and be reached
directly (over copper circuits) by prac
tically every other telephone in Union
county. .. "., ..
Long distance service to all parts in
the Northwest.
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TELEPHONE COMPANY
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