THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1915.:
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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
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especially women, would like to di
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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 "
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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.
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