La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 01, 1916, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER SATURDAY, JANUARY 1; 191G. THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner. Entered in the Postoffice at La Grande, - Oregon, us second class - ' 'matter. ;'. ,: V- , - -i I ,'. ' " SUBSCRIPTION KATES. Daily, single copy' . .'. ...... .... ; ; ... . 5c Daily, per week .'. . 15c Daily, permonth 65c Daily, per six months in advance $3.50 Daily, per year in advance ;.,.'. .$7.00 Daily, Dy mail per year, in ad vance i.v.v..i.i..;v-i.$4.00 Weekly Observer-Star, per year in advance V- ' w;. 'i.. . .' .$1.50 Advertising rates on application. Ad copy for display advertising-must reach the office the day before the - ad appears. . Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street. '' , CANDIDATES' PRIVATE v!;--, ' CHARACTER, . ""'! The list of candidates now "making entry in the political arena prompts us to urge 'fairness1 on all sides.;, While . there is probably , .ra disposition , for any candidate to attack another, orf personal' grounds.'. vtt.' if, uch be the case we would ask that ""h move ment be forestalled in vi.e name , of reason and decenc,. The fight on ' candidates should be nd usually is made on public records of die candidate. . A. 'he reason Sor this is: .-Vi ,'''..- ,'',...- ; ..'a.,. No one knows the exact truth about any act of another man's private life. .: .No one knows exactly what any other man's private character Is. ; It's large- Jy a guess, lo say that he dm such and such a thing,' and to prove it b'y evidential facts, really proves nothing. Each heart knoweth its own ;.. bitter ness.' Each human being has - his "side" to the. story of : bs ' pednal . wrong doings. Each episode depends largely upon the one preceding it, and all. are woven into, the woof of life. To judge' a man's life as a whole is impossible. -To judge one or two epi sodes is unjust. . , As a .matter of fact, when it Is known that this, candidato stole a horse, wrecked a bank, eloped with his neighbor's wife and burned an orphan asylum, it would seem as though those facts' should damn him, and defeat him. " But it always' hap pens that this nian is running against another VWuman being,' vvho a uS-. man may be just as wicked, but more discreet : So as between men, the pri. vate life of .candidates - is the .worst; possible criterion by which' to form' judgments that make -votes. Ayinan's public record If . different. That js determinable. : . That is define a 1 fiti illwa "" "'' J '' ' " ' GEO. PALMER LUMBER COMPANY ',- " . Retail Dept. Phone Main 8 " -OX-" :'. 1 I . 41 f ' ' .1' A BANK YOUR MONEY TODAY. i ari fysy snim I Air ! YOU MUST DO SO TO HAVE IT TO-MORROW, j BANK WITH US. - , WE PAY 4 PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS La Grande National Bank - . '" LA GRANDE, OREGON ' , '!v'.' Capital $200,000.00 -' Surplus $60,000.00 ' ! ' Resources $1,000,000.00 . Fred J. Holmes, President ' C- C Penington, Vice President -F. L. M-yers, Cashier 1 -'' E. Zundel and H. E. Coohdge, ' . Assistant Cashiers. DIRECTORS. J. G.' Snodgrass H. S. Brownton . A. T. HUl 1 ""red . . Holmes i C. C. Penington A. Blokland 3 ite and cerUrin. Here one is safe in forming 'judgments. Assuming that 88 between the candidates one is as good personally as another, one may examine the public records- of the men and make his decision. Upon public records honest differences may occur. ',.".'..- v 1 ;,' . ; lumber! our mnrjFST in- .:-;.; DUSTV. .... v It may be interesting to many to know that lumborhiijr is our biggest in dustry, yet) in , the fa,cevof this fact what protection was given .this-gigantic employer of labor Ms been re moved by the present administration causing stagnant'.' conditions in the northwest..'- :?''.' ' ' .-' v i-:ts. ' i, The Nation's Business says of the lumbering Industry r ' ' ; ' ' r 'This industry has 48,000 saw miils, $1,000,000,000 investment in these plants and 605,000 men employed. The standing timber brings the total in vestments to $2,600,000,000. ' This industry furnishes railroads a traffic income, of $200,000,000 a year. Yet lumbering is one of the .most de-; pressed of industries and seems to be the victim of its own helplessness be cause of uncontrolled competition. In the yellow pine industry, which com prises more than half the lumber pro- auction, chaos has, resulted from ousi ter proceedings of the Missouri su preme court, bringing prices down 35.75 per cent.: .The past few years have entailed ah estimated loss to la bor, carrier and manufacture)1 of $89,T 000,000. i : . WILLIAMS TALKS OF T. R. . , Strange things do happen in politics. Listen to Ralph Williams, Republican national committeeman' from Oregon, I talk in New York. He savs: ' Any good Republican can win, but the preference seems to be for a Pro gressive Republican. .There is a good deal of talk about : Justice Hughes, not because he has any personal fol lowing but because it is felt that he can win. ' There is also talk of Col, Roosevelt, but chiefl" among his per sonal followers. , It has been but a short time since tho mere miantion of the timid man from Oyster Bay would have thrown Ralph Williams and a few more stand pat Oregonians into a fit. cu.. i TO PROMOTE SAVING HABIT. ;.; C , D. Emahizer, ' manager of the Oregon, !f,Ciocery Company of La Grande, remembered a number of mien during the holidays with a gift of a Very fine bill folder with anniex fof stamps, , 'pictures bt the family '.etc, And 'on the outside it had the1 name ofi the receiver engraved in gold. The preUeritis itrice, and the.dea is .'allnab0ard'f FOR i i-'- i - ; j K l i;-: Ui:i v NEW YEAR, i ' I "RS f iTi" !.! A " VKf' and may it be a'.happy one for all of us. ' If,you are preparing ' "'tot build, remodel ', or improve when building wheather' arrives don't .fail to specify our lumber . in your contract. That will make 1 :sure of. your gettLng.the best to be' had. " ;" IL it DMA I M Vl 9 . ' alitor , I J. F. Conley ' H. E. Coolidge F. L. Meyers a gdiod one. While Mr. Emahizer did not enclose a ' motto. - "save your money," the gift in itself carries that message. He could have culled atten tion to the foundation of every big fortune in the country as being start ed through the savings habit, but he did not for Emahizer is no lecturer, neither is he one to find fault Svitri his neighbor's actions. H just issued his holiday gift and let those who re ceive them take what thev lesson they may, see fit from the remembrance. 1 y : i. ... ,: . .- THE FIGHT ON BObZE. ;, ; ' ! 'X i-.-vc !'..'.! n: ,.......'f '.There is a. feelinw nrevalenb 1 that King Alcohol has been beheaded and .forever killed in Oregon by the enact ment- of the .prohibition -law. v Such is' not true, " Booze will be here for some time to come..'- - The private supply will last for a time and , then the ship-pirig-.in process will begin, j , This. lat- ter feature of the law is 'wrong, for if it is a crime to make liquor in Ore gon, as has been demonstrated by a majority vote of the people, then it is also a crime to use and have it within the confines of the state. ! K '''' ' '' If it is not fit to sell tus a commod ity in Oregon, and the -vote shows plainly that the people, believe it is not, then it la not fit to be sold in other states and shipped into Oregon. The fight on booze has just started. "WHAT KIND OF LETTERS? "Mark Woodruff, who is now o" " ing the accelerator of , the Partland Chamber of Commerce ' machine, has proclaimed a letter writing period in Oregonj fromi Jainuary 17 to 22, . at Which time .he asks that everyone write letters to friends and relatives telling of Oregon. - ' .' ,. Not a bad idea. But here comes an interview with some potentate of the Chamber of Commerce , (not ; Mark) saying, "the letter, writing is not in tended to attract working people to Oregon, but tourists and people.' of means." -' The same old story in the same old way; the same old folly; the same old short-sightedness. :, ,.. , '' Will the Portland Chamber ever lea "sick 'em?" .- ;--' j Does not want working men ? ' .v Bless the hearts of these dear de .uded city brothers, working men are exactly, what Oregon needs, wants and must have. l We continue to be overloaded and burdened with a class who will not worK, witn speculators who are still trying to live off . their wits; with thread balre ,' promoters who would starve for six months rather than get in and earn an honest "two and a half" by labor. " ' . '.-' ; .': '' If the ChamhSv tit CommarKa t&,A iu uunii :up uregon on tourist travel a new start should be made at once. 'i. The:. letter .writing plan of Mark's i? ail right,1 but in those letters tell the people who receive them jthat Ore gon has been in. the past, a mecc'a for the green goods man, the never-works and the sharp eyed schemer; that the State, has- shaken ..nff thwo, i. L..J1J . r . . . . and is ; giving attention to , its farm inus;- unac uregon nm a 'wonderful I , . VIWVJO V. JIlClVlll thoUflamidis of mnpn 1von.lt.I1v whn will stay with the land; that the state as a whole has come ,v down, to, earth and written '1b?jck to the Boil" across the seal .iof i the' commonwealth, thus ob literating the words : .'"wildcat" , and "easy money." . j ..,: : . (. ' ,, ",.,. THE NEW YEAR, i J. D. Gillilan. D. D.' The New Year conies .. ( ; Into our life . ,,' As comes the babe v: ;-' Within our1 home- . ' " . A volume blank, , .. ; . Each page untouched. We write: therein - Just what we will. " ' Then we to on ' . ' The record stays': '''".; It is our own. What shall -it be? : ' ' I Boise, , , -. 1910. ' ,.- . ,-. Flivver Meets Limousine ' New York, Dec. 31. The flivver met the giant limousine on common ground today when the National au tomobile show began at Grande Cen tral Palace with eighty-seven mifkes of cars on exhibition. The. smallest one-lung a much ! improved vehicle affecting some of the upholstery and springs of the bigger cars, shone in its place beside the $15,000 peram mulating palace. ' ' Notable in the exhibit was the prominence given ' the "poor man's car." , The smaller machines, , auto mobile men said, are becoming more popular, enabling families of moder ate means to enjoy, motoring who herotof ore f oitnd the price of a car prohibitive. The rise of the small ma chine, howeve:-, has not , diminished the popularity of the more expensive makes, according to automobile au thorities. In addition to the exhibits of automobiles, 250 accessory firms are showing their wares in booths in the palace. ' '-' - The show will end January 8. Hundreds on Farms Dying. V Washington, Dec. 31. Rural plan ning which will ,, do for . the great stretches of the open country what city planning has done to preserve and extend the beauties and comforts of urban communities, was advocated before the American Civic society to day by Prof. Frank A. -Wnugh Of the Massachusetts Agricultural colli ge. ' Country people in every state, he declared, 'are living in. uncomfortable and inconvenient homes,', using mi ?irhtlv . and incHiHcnt ronrts nrd schools nnd rtyinjf of tuberculosis JjoA cause there has not.. been adequnte olanninir of country resource'1. .' ."Why should anyone dare., for hy'' 'drange, paniculate grandiflora in the f'rpnt 'farm yard," he ' asked, ; ''while j the side yard, where the family ougnc to live, is strewn with rotting iarm machinery, the back yard reeks and the pestilential well gives up water succulent with the drainage from the kitchen sink?'J ; .. ' , . s i . ; '' Use bur Want Ad column. i JIfoDxaT Corsets I i FVortt Laced j : $3.50 and up : 3 i PaulineLederle i j Sommer Hotel Bldg. , i I Your Ey&s I ! Their i Cire When Normal PROTECT ., ENLIGHTEN ' -' "J es entertain;;1;;; Ypu watch this spacji and from time to time will (five you' ' information oh . the proper, care , of your eyes ' not '"'generally known. '.. ,.r,). ......j,, -u Jc .... We have absolutely the . only plant in Eastern Oreon that of:'a lonse. ..' : ".:.'.-.'...-' ( -! t 1 v" ' ' " ;' - ' . ' ' We have the most up-to-atc fitting parlors and manufactur-; ing departments in Eastern Oregon. Call and examine our1 plant and compare with others! . The' firm that , tries to deceive you with fictitous advertisement is unreliable, beware 'of 'them.' J.HPear&Son La Grande's Leading Optomet- ; j -.. , . rirt- 1 ABERDEEN Blatchfords Calf Meal Shady Brook Alfalfa & Molasses j Coukey's . ' .; i Poultry v Remedies SAWYER &CLARK ! ; COMPANY, i i 'i '- ' Phone M 17 '' ''-i-"'v:r Corner Jefferson1 & Greenwood j Streets. ' :'... '. ' ' . " ' - v- t -' ' ' ' '' Are You Cold? X-H 1 :1 JiThen Trtf ABERDEEN HIAWATHA; HIAWATHA; , Not from Longfellow, but the able, economical semi-anthracite. coal of Pennsylvania. 1 .." ' ., . , s . "? iinr.K SPRINfJS COAL. .',-"'' .'.' ; '.-' The Cleanest and BEST for cooking.. Almost as cheap as wood, every thing considered. , WU1 not 'trirl's hands, or soil the cooking ' freeburning heat producer. . All J . We sell slack SLACK at $4.00 a ,(',,1 .WOOD-r-Yeilow Pine, Red Fir, as we keep it in Sheds. - ,"'; V; : 'Kiti v ,t DRAY AGE DELIVERY, PIANO AND FURNITURE MOVING, f FIREPROOF STORAGE AND FORWARDING. ,., :);; , ., "; ' .,' ..; -' ;' :X:Xt!r MERCHANTS' ' DELIVERY. ''' ' r -V' "";:"!, :u,v: i One Block East of Depot.'; Phone I Main io.'" lAinch& One block east of Depot. The New York Store Is The Workingman's Friend ; LOW PRICES NOW - - ; Men's suits .... . . . . . . . '. . Men's hats and caps Men's shoes and rubbers . Men's work shirts . ...... Men's work shirts, wool .-. , '. Men's,' heavy underwear .V.'....; Union suit's .............. .; ''Cotton glaves and sox and handkerchiefs Cotton gloves and sox wool, , Overalls, Union . Suit cases, trunks and bags .. .. We buy and sell all kinds of jewelry.' We keep open until 9 p. m. .214 Depot street, La Grande, Oregon. ,.,,, .: H :.. -v. .1 WE BUY ALL KINDS OF RAW FURS IN TRADE. D. R. FONG MEDICINE C6f CHINESE ROOT AND HERB REMEDIES Cures ,' Bodily . Diseases With Root! and Herbt ireaimeot. r ..-, rree oniuuaaon ) .U.! t,.f.lt .i'"'l' .-I tl '! ...I.:.;- I'.. --.'. F;;; i Phone 762 '-'X ''':''- 'r'l '-" i La Grande 1412 Adams Ave, 1 i - j:, of! I.,,-. A 'jrt.' T'-I MCCARTHY'S 5c, lQc and 2 for 25c , , I'.;;":.;:.. HV-iv -'V ' I ?J V Froiit Laced; , I . ; , 3.50 and up '" ':r:, Pauline Eederle: HIAWATHA, BEST cdai from Utah. hard dui' The nearest approach to the hard blacken' friend,' wue's or t-e nirea utensils, like some coals. A coal screened and delivered free or : ton.. . . TaimaracW. Good Fresh and DRY, Stewart I '''" '" Phone Main 10 ....$5.00 to $10.00 . . .v. .85c, $1.50, $2.00 75c, $1.35, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50 . ...'.-.v. 40c ' .......$1.25, to $1.45 ........39c ....95c to $1.75 :.. .5c, 10c, 15c v.. ...i..w..20c. 25c ..4...50c. 75c. 85c. $1.00 .' . .$1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $3.00 Ore. IMPERIAL Made in La Gran ie '