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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1915)
THE OBSERVER I1"'.. ' . V..- .. 8KUCE DEflNIS Editor and Owner. ( Entered in the Post Office at La Grand, Oregon, as second class matter. Advertising rates on application. Ail copy for display advertising must reach the office the day before the ad appears, " Addres all communications to HE OBSERVER, 1710 flixth Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: v Dally, single copy ' 6c Daily, per week ' 16c Dally, per month . 66e Daily, six months fa advance... $3.60 Daily, per year in advance..;. $7.00 Daily, by-mail per year, iu ad vance '.. ..$4.00 Weekly Observer-Star, per year , in advance ....... ...,...$1.60 WALLOWA COUNTY TALENT. As further proof of the fact that be . sides raising excellent horses, cattle, wheat, fruit and sheep, a good crop of children Qjas been growing, the city of Enterprise in Wallowa county has come to the front and wrenched from a great portion of the state the de ' bating honors. 'p":.v. This -important transaction hap: pened Friday evening when IWillard Lewis and Harold Venske were award ed the honors over the Prineville de bating team, which team has cleaned up every contestant in the state out side of Salem until it met its Water- . loo in Enterprise. " 'This leaves the final decision for complete state honors between the En terprise team and the Salem team and May 8th this will be decided at the state capital. ; ' , Wallowa county boys and girls are good all around folk. They can work at almost anything they may under take, can ride the bucking -broncho, bulldog a steer when they desire, and now they appear in the -spotlight of oratory and debate. It will be well to keep your eye on this great section of Oregon, for it is bound to be heard from very often. . .- Louis W. Hill, 'who is the ton of his father Jim Hill, is going to add some new laurels to the Hill name by bringing out a bunch of St. Paul Indians to the Portland. Rose 1 show, Really, he has guessed, wrong for Pen dleton can produce enough well tamed and stage broke Indians - for a half dozen afhows like Portland' annual event, incidentally air. run in clos ing his Indian interview, echoed the statement of A. L. Mills of Portland, which sounds a little like "business is slowly improving." . . ' "if a panic ever attempts to steal through this country that panic when lit" sees our . federal reserve system, will fold its tent like the Arab, and silently steal away," This wae th statement of Charles Sumner Ham, lin, governor of the Federal Reserve Board in a SDeech at Portland Satur day night, i It air sounds good, but can anyone tell tl.e difference in being broke when the banks have plenty of monev. and being broke when tlhe banks are also broke.. There is a good deal of warm zephyr in this federal reserve banking business when a country like Eastern Oregon, with its abundant resources, cannot get enough money to do business upon. . ,!, ; ; . COVE MAN DIES ; (Continued from fage i.) Rees - seven children, four of whom are now livimr. 4 . ' ' ' . ;,:.: I . Politically Mr. Rees had always been republican. In 1866 his friends placed him in nomination on the Re-: publican ticket for the state legisla ture pnd in 1892 ho was brought .for-. 'ward for the senate but to use his own words, he "was fortunate enough to get beaten each time." He has been pne of the pillars of the Republi can party in this ; county howover, for two score and more of years. - .. In all his dealings Mr. Rees was a man of uprightness and prospered and waa highly respected in the communi ty in which lie lived and the county at large. , - - . ' '. . DEMOCRAT QUOTES PRAISE REX H ALL Harl T. Brown, Manager. INSTRUCTION IN DANC ING BY APPOINTMENT CLASSES AND PRIVATE LESSSONS IN ALL LATEST DANCES Regular Saturday Dances 50c Thinks President Should Receive More . Support To the , Editor of Observer. I cannot see . why the newspapers of . the country regardless of politics do not rally to the support of Presi dent Wilson in stronger terms at this particular time. As an appreciation of his work I have found nothing so good as the following-;:. taken , from the' weekly magazino called the Indepen dent, and I ask that it be printed in the Observer:- It Was no mistake that made Wood- row Wilson, collide president and Governor of New Jersey, the Demo cratic candidate for the Presidency of the United States; and there are few .of any party who do not accord to 'him the fullest credit for the dig nity and faithfulness, the indepen dence and general prudence and wis dom, with which he ..has performed its duties in a most critical period in the history of our own country and the world, f ' The burden resting on his shoulders has been : extraordinarily heavy, heavier, says Speaker Clark, than any other President has had to carry since Abraham Lincoln; and he has borne it with sturdy strength and with heedless case. Ho has had to suffer the greatest personal loss thnt befalls a good, man, but the country has ob served no relaxation of that unflag ging care which in such a position re quires one to forget himself in ' his duty to his country. For his country he . has hod unusunl anxiety-. We refer not to our domestic politics, for that it normal, and he has carried no more such burdens than falls on any Presi dent In a time of peace; and we are glad to soy that the party in oppo sition has treated him with critical respect.. It is the international con ditions that might burden and almost break the shoulders of Atlas.. y. Tt is a simple thing to declare war, and when war comes the way is straight forward to carry It on. Tt is hnrder to keep out of war with Mexi co, when Mexico is a welter of anarchy its people not only fighting with each other, but robbing and killing our own citizens and. those of other na tions whom we are bound equally to protect.. . Mexico is our - next neigh bor and a suspicious neighbor;' and her disturbances disturbs us " and provoke our people, end H is a most difficult question to decide -when in tervention might beeomel a. duty. President Wilson has kept us out of 'war. He haa sought for peece. Ha has withstood provocation and - endured wrong with patience and hope; and he haa resisted the urgency - of not a few of our own people who have suf fered with no. little indignation. This is a very, weighty burden he has had , to carry.: His one noble resolve has jbeen to avoid war, and this he has achieved by all the arts of peaceful (diplomacy,! protesting, threatening, icven holding a while a Mexican port.. I He has not sought Aggrandizement - for us, but to protect our -- neighbor land from wrong and loss. '.. It was his lot to be President dur ing the period of the most monstrous war the world has ever seen or will see. Ours is the one greatest country in the world that kept out of it, and it would not have been difficult to get ino it. It has been President Wilson's determination to save us from the horror. The war has been carried on with few weapons, with new meas ures, against all precedents if right- mi war, wuii scant regaru - lor me the rights of neutral nations with the destructions of our own vessels, and the effort on-both sides to shut out our commerce, all this is an enormous loss ot our people, and very provoking. The President has been ' obliged to make his unavailing protests to both camps, but he has been careful to preserve for us the blessings of peace. He cannot leave his post for vacation or for other service, but he must stand close by the duties of diplomacy, to settle every new and nice question of difficulty; under his pilotage the -ship of state has escaped the rocks and only scraped the shonl of warf. We say not that every act of his hai been what the future historian will applaud but it is right that the country should recognize the unusual burdens he has carried, ns it is grateful to him for the resoluto wisdom which in . this desporate crisis of the nations has saved for us peace. - ; A DEMOCRAT LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK Capital $200,000.00 Resources $1,000000.00 Surplus $50,000.00 :; ' OFFICERS: ". ... :v: Fred J. Holmes, President C. C. Penington, V.-Prest. F.'-L. Meyers, Cashier . ; " - , , Earl Zundel and H. E. Coolidge, Ass't Cashiers ; :yr. - DIRECTORS: ; . ";r- Fred J. Holmes A. T. Hill H. E. Coolidge C. C. Penington J. F. Conley 0 ) A; Blockland F. L. Meyers J, G. Snodgraes ,, H. S. Brown ton v - 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 and agreeable to them; To contribute to their enterprises, the co-operation, fore sight and timely assistance which a good Bank can: properly bestow. Y. M. C. A. ITEMS Iast nitrht the Board of Dlrertnrn of the Y. M. C. A. met in adjtfurnod session to consider more at 'length some important manaurns wliioh huA come before the regular meeting last ncuiiutsuny nignt une stop taKen was the adopting of a schedule by which one or more members of the hoard will be in "the . buildinir An(h Avaninn. This was a recommendation of the secretary's in order that the board memherH mio-hf rs tvinrn familinM witl. the work going on in the buildingi. The oara nas appointed a . committee which will in a week or two present a popular program to the public 1 the proceeds from which will go. toward the construction of a tonnis court on the lot adioinine- the new hnIMino- This court will also serve as an out side gymnasium during the summer months. To further the idea of "Ln Grande beautiful" this court will prob ably be set back about eight or ten feet from the walk thus providing B SDBCA foff:v fnAt. in lrnicrt.ll fni- -nafli-- j C. -- w. ,' ' ing. With the heavy shade treos 'just in iront a splendid, downtown parking will be supplied for weary shoppers. Swinc-incp nAriirnllv tn nnulln ajf ities the '"B" class Juniors of the Y. M. u. A. will next Saturday hike to the hills All members of the class will meet at the Y. M. C. A. ot nine o'clock sharp, bringing with them Junch and hiking clothes. Their bath towels Will ho lfeft nt. tin. tion until the class returns. Dinner will be eaten some place in the hills and on the return all will enjoy a swim in the tank. The hnvR nr mrnrinirnA of tms pmn zor tfte nrst l ike of the sea eon. . . . , Sunday afternoon Dr. H. L. Under wood gave a very interesting and. in structive address on the situation in the war zone esmvinllv n It hit tn Ho with Turkev nnd Rnaaia Timnfti. five men listened to the Doctor's well- thought out. and well presented f re marks. . y - A Sprinir House Cleaning and Furnishing Opportunity "'Special Price Inducements on our tntire bk;c Curtain arid Draper vMat " The city has set aside this week as the annual Spring Clean-up Week and mwt hpuae- . -4hlfalso make this their week for cleaning house Wh e renovating the house for SSand Summer nothing is more important than Uie getimg of .fresh new curtains ami dmperies and right in line comes these special prices on our entire stock of curtain and drapery materials. r - Special Prices Hold Good one Week Only From Wed nesday 21 st to Wednesday 28th Avail yourself of this fine collection of curtain needs. Cretones, tapestries, scrims, nets, , , Irredescent Sunfast draperies, Swisses, silkolines, voiles, ete. m the latest patterns of the, - kind people want most. Our entire stock is composed entirely of . COLONIAL u To those thrifty housewives who are housecleaning, these special inducements are of the most importance not only by the saving opportunity but Because 01 me nign sianuai-u ?' of quality obtained in Colonial drapery fabrics at always moderate prices and of the wide variety of patterns. Our entire stock included. . - , t v Fine cretones in the most wanted putterns. Many new ones just received of the Col- - onial drapery fabrics made of the t best known dyes to stand washing. Special prices for housefurnishing week, 8 13 18. 22 and 31 ; - - s. t n ..Many new patterns in Sunfast Irredescent: drapery, a moBt rich and beautiful curtain material,'' special 43 67 88 50 different kinds of new curtain scrim -here in ecru, cream and white: plain edges, lace edges, bisertion edges, satin bordered ' . edges, all widths, special : prices 13 f 16 22 31 and 42f - V' Entire stock of lace curtainsresh, clean, . new. AH at reduced prices.. All choice I'1 draperies, Swisses, voiles, etc, reduced, r See Window Display BUN SPECIAL TRAIN TO MODERN EVE III EL6III 1 mHii rmvmm A scene from the beauty circus, A Modern Eve, for which a special train will be run to Elgin tomorrow 'night. -' A pull man and a baggage car, mak ing up the equipment of the -Modern Eve company, went out on the branch line today. Tomorrow a special train will be run to Elgin for the benefit of La Grande people wiho max desire to witness this performance, which is probably the best equipped road show that has ever visited the Northend of the county. The troupe plays in En terprise tonight and returns to Elgin tomorrow. ' ; " All arrangements ihave been com pleted for the special out of here to morrow evening. The train carrying j visitors to - ' the v gorgeous - musical spectacle will run on ,the following schedule: " J ' Leaves La Grande 7:00 pPm., Island City 7:05 p. .m., Alicel 7:15 p. m., Imbler 7:25 p. m., Rinehart 7:30 p. m. Theatre prices: 50c, $1.00 and $1.50. Seats selling at Owl drug store in El HOmfM 5! if ' -V. . . ;- eats Are Prime ! Fair Prices and Free Delivery i FISH OFFERINGS ,.-: : y - ... ' . I . . - . . , . .. .. v, Salmon, Halibut, Trout, Clam, Crabs. ;Good things to Eat. Phone Main 96 : v. HA La Grande Meat Company he. I
