La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 10, 1915, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1915.: .. v ' W LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER I nil UDoLrCVlLK ? These Viemi women were wi fal ' bite strictly Mrb sense. T&ejr let 'RUCE Editor saii Owner. quietade above everything - I .n wofi4 abve the bonder of Metered Sa the Poet Offie at U'thejr neighbors, the cries of the Grand, Oregon, as second , woaniel, the peril of their state. A matter. .. 8-' y' .4 long a they tad peace-and food wyh- - "7 : T"Uin their four walls, what eared they Advertising rate oo applieatioo. JfoT the winrfi 1 ate; and poverty eofj tar display advertising must reach the office the day before the d appear. itdoro ail eomroanieat!M to Mowing iust aroorrf.ihe comer? N'o doubt very many . European, especially women, would like to di vorce themselves from the present - n i. .. mnftl jfieDedient of hi- OUa3VJW ww - " Daily, ug1 copy DsUy, per wees; Pally, per month Daily, six month in advance.. Daily, pr year in advance... r v. mail ner Tear. u ad- ' r fj on vane ' 9-vu Weakly Observer-Star, per year la advance ......;.. ' .- 5c 16e 65e J3 50 $7.00 OLD MAN CLEMMO.VS CABEEK '. Rankin Clemmons, the barefoot mil Ifonaire of Kentucky died the other flay, famed for three things. He own ed more land in the Blue Grass coun try than any other individual, close ghostly mm enervates aemn-.ive mind and unbalance the weak. But fortunately for all concerned few torn the wish into deed. So titled men and women work side by side with commoners and paupers to relieve distress and heal the wounds of war. Rvond aH doubt the world has most to hope from these who do not hide themselves away irom i rors. The fullness of life belongs to those who dare to do and endure. Bet- salt and in jury, to lay hold of slight eatases of umbrage', and to be haughty t and intractable when accidental or j trifling occasion of disrate occur. : Hence frequent evrtision. eaven- j omed, and bloody contests. The nation I prompted by ill will and resentment sometimes impels to war the govern ment contrary to the beat calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity and adopts through passion what rea son would reject At other times ''it makes . the animosity of the natian subservient to project of hostility, instigated by pride, , ambition, aad other .sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty,, of nations has been tte victim.' ' . ,.. J ' So, likewise, a passionate attach, ment of one nation-for another pro duces a variety of evils-Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the il lusion of an imaginary common inte rest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities in the other, betrays the ter a week m a typnus nosp.-. former into a participation in the ing the afflicted than a year in a ; ejuarrelss and .wara of the latter with made prison administering only to . adequat4 mdu.ement or jUgtinca our own puny wants. In the dPrjtion n leads also to concessions to sense man cannot live to Mmseii ; hite ,.. -j .u-Un.. , olr.no Peorile mav cut themselves otli,. ,:,. . j t10,600 acre, and all cqmre dbrffrom their fellows but once the di-,nje(, whjcb . nis own imiunuy "-.--" orce w accmHi "-" to injure the nation making the con . l - . Lnta ks4artv AnI I s . A f mroimrikr t n ' . i aj nran aim iuei ci v v -" . at nintv. he wax hale, hearty master of his affairs up to earth with their lurtner pre-iense. weeks lfore his death, although - n s Anrtnr in all that! Fr.rifnrttl department says ra IICYCJ l"""ft t " f ' ... i cessions by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained, ;.and by exciting jealosy, ill will, and ' a 'disposition to . retaliate in the time r inaliy ni wisrawm wi 'nium is di ir ri - , . . .. quality that he refused to take his mflli(m dollar, an ouhce, but dont Pnvf" i of life seriously enough to pro- LM too much of it in making the w,tnheld . nd I it gnes to ambi- - - . . ii if 1 1 1 k . rnmiiiiBii noni Moyi ktvsiAn0 it as a doctrine which all spring garden. " l (who ,lvntZ thimlv.. th. fa,. A GERMAN GUIDE. pound mlsht follow to advantage. Old man Clemmons' way of living suited him; that was enough. He wasj ,From Germanla Herold Iwrn strong and lived in the open! waukie.) air: did manual work every day ol F Mil lie nation) facility to betray or sac rifice" the interests of their own coun- sun. cut ne sageiy reiramea irom attaining any virtue to Puritan hours. '"It's what one does between getting up and going to bed that counts." But the gem of the Clemmons' death-bed interview is his reply when the re porter asked the "barefoot million abe" if he had any advise , to give the earning generation. Said he: "Advice to the coming generation? Why, my children never would ac cept my advice. I've quit giving ad vice. Bat if anyhady ' wouid follow what I said, I'd say, 'First attend to yow own huaines,' " What a silent, stale, uninteresting whjid it would be if we were all Wise cncuiKh to take old mun Clemmons' wjuAy advise. Thouirh precious few ,et us tdfic aitvko all of us enjoy hcar ihg id nnil (riving advice and that unl etrni apjrtitite holps to keep alive menu of the must exalted forms of hitffiHn- activity ebusehes, univerxi ttoft KtffM Rottlemtxits', uplift orguni- sartww ami nowHpirs.' ninny a mun dil'ja puur at a chiiihmnuoc who has firnrt lrhaf)jr itnd more mnuningful gtuol griu.t! not to tell everybody to fllw his exumplo left his record Kf like Rmihm ClcmmonH. However, KiriBe hia life suited Mm and ho. hud toien singularly immune from critl- mnmn vuon wAit'w horkork' it . Prom Vienna, homo of "The Merry Widew'' and the "Spring Maid" comes nn odd tala. Three ladies, mother and daughters, wearied of the din mid tragedy of wnr. All about thorn wore invalids limping, paupors , bogging, working men and women rioting for lircud, hoHpllals full of woundol. This trio decided that since the wnr was try without odium, even with t nonfllaritV. Vtlttlr.tr Uith thA annjiok W.ahinvlnn Our Counsellor I his life except during h.s one spree-S We have the following comment to. gati commendable- deference for his hineymoon. He never carried a, upon the proper treatment of b)ic 0inj or a JaudabIe 2eal .for watch, ordering his goings and com- the g., Note: ,public good the bage of fo6,hfc CQm. ings, n.s r singa am. reun,. , In vj(sWr or lM Braisn uom.,v.u,. ,. f ambition;. .: nr and enslavement of world opinion, in jnfatuatjon view of the attitude primarily of our The great con(,uct for ug jn Eastern press, representing in its rte-, re(fard to forein nationg jg jn ex. mands for war with Germany le" Ending our commercial relations to than five per cent of the American have them"ag ,jU)e politicaI co. public, in view of the complexion of nection as possible. So far as we have the influences directly besetting thealready formed engagements let them President, we deem it our duty to ac-be fulfilled with perfect good faith cord our President such assistance as Here let us stop. r is in our power; we therefore most , Europe has a set of primary inter rcupectfully but most urgently sub- (eHl8 which to us have none or vei. re.. mit that our President who seeks un- mot. reu jon. Hence she m.B.t h on. biased counsel in the present crisis of gaged in frequent controversies, the our Nation will find it in the undying causes of which are essentially for words of George Washington in his eign to . our concerns. Hence, there- 'Farewell Address. .... (fore, it must be unwise in us to im- From George Washington's FareweH j plicate ourselves by artificial ties Address , in the ordinary vicissitudes of her "Observe good faith and justice to- policies or the ordinary combinations ward all notions. Cultivate peace and j and collisions of her friendships or hurmony with all. Religion and mor- enmities. ality enjoin this conduct. And can it be Our detached and distant si'tua thut good policy doos not equally eh- j tion invites and enables us to our- 'join it It will be vorthy of a free,lsue different course. If we remain enlightened, and at Mo distant period j one people, under an efficient govern b groat nation to give te mankind. ment, the period is not far off when the magnanimous and too novel ex-iwe may defy material injury from ample of a people always guided by J external annoyances; when we may an exalted justice and benevolence take such, an attitude as will cause Who can doubt that in the course of . the neutrality we may at any time time and temporary advantages which j resolve upon to be scrupulously re might be lOHt by steady adherence to;Hpet.ted; when belligerent nations, un it? Can it be that Providence has not der the impossibility of making ac "umI the permanent felicity of a ! qusitons upon us will not lightly nation with its virtue? The experi-1 hazard the giving us provocation; hient, at leusl, is 'recommended by I when we may choose peace or war, aa every sentiment which ennobles hu- ouri nterest, guided by justice, shall man nuturc. Alas! is it rendered im-1 counsel. possible by the vices? Why forgo the advantages of so Jn the execution of such a plan no-' peculiar a situation? Why quit our thing is more essential than that per-' own to stand upon foreign ground? b-cgimentH mm-ching, couriers dashing ... ".' ..wiu..e ny, oy interweaving our destiny j!;.Vi.i-. iiIiL ,! ff'V"t pnrticuliir nations and pHS.'th that of any part of Europe en- sioiviite attachments for pthers should tangle our peace and prosperity in bo excluded, and thut in place of them 'the toils of Kuropean ambition rivul iiiRt und amicable feelings toward all 'ship, interest, humor, or caprice? should be cultivated. The nation which ' It is our true policy to steer clear t. ui i. : lU. a. flT J ion to mdura its travni tta' inulKH toward another an habitual of permanent alliances with any por ZZSSZlU i-Mt- ndness is thm of the foreign world so far, I hou., stocked it w4th supplies sum-!"'""" "ve. H is a slKv, to ' mean, as wo are now at l.berty to do dixit far three months, pulled down B"imo"-y r io hiiucliuu, uiuhui . capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements, I hold the ma- LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK Capital $200,000.00 Resources $1,000000.00 Surplus $50,000.00 OFFICERS:- " Fred J. Holmes, President C. C. Penington, V.-Prest. F. L. Meyers, Cashier Earl Zundel and II. K. Coolidge, Ass't Cashiers " I Fred J. Holmes C. C. Penington F. L. Meyers DIRECTORS: A. T. Hill J.F.Conlcy J. G. Snodgrass H. E. Coolidge A. Blockland H. S. Brownton the hlindB and lived on serenely. Hut!f which is sufllciont to lead it astray k.. 1 ,.,,...1.1 t from its dnlv nnd its interest. Anti- lot thorn rost. Tho polico .thinking the' pathy in one nation against another :xim no less applicable to public than family had boon murdered, disturbed lisposeB cacn more renuuy to oner in-, t.,, mi.L, t- mmmmmmmmMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmMmmmmmm!mmmmm wu'S tho llPSt policy. 1 repeat there- lore, let those engagements be ob served in their genuine sences. But in my opinion it is unncessnry timl would be unwise to extend them. Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nntions are recommended bv policy, humanity, and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand) neither seeking nor granting exclu sive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffus ing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of commerce,, but in ord 'r to give trade n stable course, to de- nne the rights of our merchants, and , to enable tho Government to support mem, conventional rules of mter course, the best that present circum-' stances and mutual opinion will per- ! mit, but temporary and liable to. be from time to time abandoned or varied as experience and circumstances shall dictate; constantly keeping in view tnat it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another; thnt it must pay with a portion of itsi independence for whatever it may accept under that character; that by such acceptance it may place itself in the condition of havins- rivn equivalents for nominal favors, and ct ot being reproached with in gratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to cjt pect or calculate upon reil favors from nation to nntion. It is an fl- ! What This Bank Aimslo Do To promote our customers' interests as we would our own ; To do all we can to nmkc their relations here profitable . f, and agreeable to them ; To contribute to their enterprises, the co-operation, fore 's 8jght and timely assistance which a good Bank can S properly bcetow. -1 W.f-i. . J ...i. vy Men's Wear I The Best in In every large city there is one store that is recognized as the best 'men's store. Par- . ticular men buy their garments there because they 'never have to question either prices, style or quality. . ,: " ' "'' And the N. K. West Store holds this position in La Grande. We have earned this reputation only by selling the best of everything. ;' Men1 come r here because of certain, sure satisfaction. '; ' ' . A " ! But the best does not mean the highest in price. For price never yet made value. "Society Brand" Suits "Benjamin" Suits and "Fidelity" Suits In these high grade brands of men's suits, we offer the most remarkable styles that can he bought at any price. Yet these exclusive garments actually undersell many lines of ordinary men's suits. If you appreciate hand-tailored suits of distinction, at prices ranging , as low as $20.00, we solicit your in vestigation. See the new 1915 models, at ,; . $15.00. $20.00, $22.50, and $25.00. A range of prices and a variety of patterns equal to most city stores. Models in.English, conservative and box backs. Sizes for either reg ular built men, stout, extra size, short, or tall men. Every suit guaranteed. s m j m i ! i -- mmm at. m r-- Many Women Have Profited By Our White Season Sale Have You? Sale Ends Saturday Night In accord with the season Special Price I nducemeiits on all undermuslins, all em broideries, all stamped ready to embroidery white goods, all white wash goods fabrics, such , as embroidered voiles, crepe voiles, lace voiles plain voiles, oxfords, stripe' and check crepes, rice cloth, Swisses, qipues, repps plisse crepes, mercerized bastite, sylvia lawns, organdies, dimities, India linens, nainsooks, long cloth, check nainsooks and many others. Only two more clays to profit by the special prices. " r Our Silverware Stock Is Complete For : JuneVeddings FAIRFAX --MOTHERS LENOX - CHANTELLY PATTERNS IN SETS OR FANCY PIECES Let us Show You Our New 18 Carat Wedding Ring StlGRIST&COt Largest Jewelry Store in Eastern Oregon ' (Continued on Pag 8.)