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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
SATURDAY, JANUARY 1; 191G.
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner.
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, 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
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GEO. PALMER LUMBER COMPANY
',- " . Retail Dept. Phone Main 8 " -OX-" :'.
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BANK YOUR MONEY TODAY.
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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
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""red . . Holmes i
C. C. Penington
A. Blokland
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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.
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; 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
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; 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. " ;"
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alitor
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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
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THE FIGHT ON BObZE. ;, ; ' !
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'.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,
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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, , , -.
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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
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! Their i Cire
When Normal
PROTECT .,
ENLIGHTEN ' -' "J
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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. ..' : ".:.'.-.'...-' ( -!
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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-
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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. '
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Are You Cold? X-H
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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
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i Phone 762 '-'X ''':''- 'r'l '-" i La Grande
1412 Adams Ave,
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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 '