La Grande evening observer., February 14, 1916, Image 4

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1915..-
LA GRAXDE EVENING OBSERVER
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The Huiti-u: campaign I .is brought
GREAT SALT LAKE.
It Water is Saline Simply BeeauM It
Hat No Outlet.
Great Salt Juke lias no outlet The
Ionian rivor. which enters It from the
south, Is the outlet of Utah lake, Hear
niatter.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
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Daily, per week u "' " "
Daily, per month . -Bsc ity.
Daily, per six months in advance fi.w
Daily, per year in advance .. . . . .$7.00 ; HEALTH INSURANCE.
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about a sharp deman I n the part -" ' rlvur coming from tlio north, carries
tt, imv nn.l navv for ku-ga cnV"'-1 the outflow from Bear lake. The wa
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so Is tlio water of Weber river, tne
third great tributary of Great Salt
lake, but the lake Into which the three
rivers flow Is saline. It Is aallue be-
nmwu If- hni no outlet.
Ill un-
"4 l.iihv trvinc to erow up
Weekly Observer-Star, per year ,
. 1 sa k..iiii'iil envrniindine-s is a
m advance . - . . d,....-,! bv
The community will nave "j -
I The fresh wutcrs of tlie nvers eon-
social Vlin sonlB saline matter, but the quan-
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Adverting rates on PPctlon. Ad he interest( for tho taste.
reach the omce the day before the injury to the baby's health and morals. I lllllloIli ti,e quantity seems minute,
copy for display advertising
reach tne oi
ad appears.
. As stated by the chemist. In parts
Addrpon nil communications to
OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street..
THE QUININE FAMINE.
Among the many drugs affected by
the war is the staple quinine of such
general use. In the temperate zones
the use fluctuates, but in all the hot
countries where malarial fevers
abound it is regarded as an indispens
able necessity, because it is the mast
reliable remedy and preventive known
to science for such disease. Just why
a European war should affect the sup
ply and the price of a product which is
derived from the bark of trees in
digenous to South America and which
Tho debts of the community are but wheu account is tiiiien or tue louu
i f it. mmibers This volume of water brought by the
THE Personal debts of its membus n ( to Inke m n yeaf bur.
iy pruveu ..o R,iiiiie matter Is found to be
i is a fact as easi
the shortest distance between rw,ny grPUt. amounting annually
' points is a slraigni line, yei it. 010re tnan ouu.iuju ions.
to
fact which communities, and persons,
are slow to act upon.
A large portion of the taxes you
pay and everyone who eats, wears
clothes, and dwells under roofs pay
taxes is applied on the heavy pen
alty which ill health exacts. Yet if
it were proposed to spend enough
money to prevent all preventable
disease and crime, which would save
us from punitive damages, the self
ishness of the community's members
would express itself is one mighty
wail of protest.
have been cultivated very liberally It is even prot.at.le tnat a piojixi
in the island" of Jamaca, Ceylon, such as is now before tne iNe .o.
the Straits Settlements and even in legislature to distribue, equalize and
Japan, does j,ot appear. War always at the same time sharnlv reduce the
causes a largo increase in the use of state's bill for illness, will be op
medicines, and in anticipation of such posed by the obstructionists whose
an increased demand jit has been chief function in life seems to be
the practice of 'speculators to attempt opposing all measures of progress,
to corner the supply and hold up In 11 European countries health m
deliveries in order to advance the surance has been established and has
price. European manufacture of the produced the expected returns. In
alkaloids of Peruvian bark has, no! New York it is urged that all work
doubt been seriously hampered by the ! ers getting less than $100 a month
war while the use has increased. The ! nnd the plan might well extend event
rest of the world, accustomed to "de-1 ually to include everyone be ipro
pend largely upon European produc- j tectcd by compulsory health inser
tion, is caught at disadvantage. The ! ance. The cost of insurance, the bill
obvious remedy in the case of medi- provides, is to be met jointly by the
cines as in the case of dye stuffs, is state, the employer and the individual,
for each nation to engage in the AH physical disability, not covered
manufacture of such indispensable j by the workingmcn's compensation
articles s0 that interruption anywhere ' act would call for benefits in the
Veur by year and century" by century 1
the water which they pour Into the
lake is evaporated, but the dissolved ;
solids cannot escape lu that way and i
therefore remain.
They have accumulated until the
lake water Is approximately saturated,
holding nearly as much mineral mutter
as It c.i u retain In solution. The lake
contiilnn over 0,000,000,000 tona of com.
uion salt and 000.000,000 tons of gluu
ber salt (sodium sulphate) us well as
other mineral mutter. New York Telegram.
ROMANCE OF THE
BAHAMAS.
'Purple
from any cause can soon be compen
sated for by enlarging the volume of
production in other localities.
form of medical, surgical and nursing
attendance, medical supplies, a cash
benefit for not more than 20 weeks in
At present the government of the ! the year and a funeral benefit
United States is engaged in policing
certain troubled districts of the
islands of Haiti. Haiti is an island
that is celebrated for its malarial dis
eases. The native population has be
come partially immune to them, but
sojourners from other parts of the
world find them both debilitating and
deadly. A little more than 100 years
ago Napoleon Bonaparte sent an army
under Gen. Leclerc to subdue Haiti,
but the army was almost immediately
attacked by an epidemic of malarial
fevers which caused the death of the
commander and made such appalling
As a natural result of such insur
ance all concerned, including the
worker himself would be impelled to
take a greater interest in the main
tnnnce of health. In time prevent
able illness will be thought of as a
disgrace; tuberculosis will be as
extinct as cholera in civilized com
munities; typhoid as rare as the black
plague; other social diseases rare
visitations. Health insurance is one
step toward the control and ultimate
eradication of these expensive drains
on the strength and resources of
humanity.
Life In Nassau Was Once
Princely Thing."
During the American war between
the states Nassau of the Bahamas was
very much on the tongues of men, as
the (levll-mnj -care emporium of contra
band cotton, w hereby liiinys iniiuy a
dashing seu story, some of which you ,
ciin still hear from the Hps of the men i
who took part in them. j
The whole history of. the Bahamas, 1
since Columbus made his llrst landfall j
In the western seas on Wutling's is- !
land, has l?eu a fantastic record of
desperate opportunism. The proso of
"legitimate" business has seldom dull
ed the edge of precarious prosperity on
these derelict islands, whose Very ex
istence still seems at the grudging mer
cy of the sea.
Buccaneering, wrecking and blockade
running no more tedious employ than
these masculine professions occupied
the Bnliiinilnns for generations, nnd so
long as there were merchantmen to be
bou riled or scuttled, rich cargoes to be
harvested from the white fanged reefs
or cottou to be ruu to Wilmington at a
profit of $100,000 the trip life lu Nas
sau was a purple princely thing, and
even the shoeblacks In Bay street play
ed pitch and loxs with cold. BIchard
Xjb Gullteune in Ilnrper's .Magazine. -
Now Ready!
Wool, Cotton, and AH Silk Fabrics for
Spring and Summer
Our collection of wash goods abounds" in new ideas of fabrics, colorings ,
and designs. Every thing we show is new, attractive and appealing in ap- . .
pearance, richness ami beauty. Priced yard 10 to 60
Our Silk Line will more than maint ain our prestige for style leadership in
dress fabrics See the hew wash silks and plain and fancy taffetas. Prices
range from, yard..:..::....;.;.. 75 to $2.00 '-:'
rln wool dress goods we show .many entirely new fabrics particularly. ; '
adapted for spring wear particularly : a fine assortment of black and white ;
fabrics, and fancy plaids. All wool d ress fabrics, yard 50 to $2.00.' . v
In selecting all our fabrics, cotton, wool and silk, the same care has been . .
used this season as heretofore, and all fabrics will be up to the usual N. K. .
West & Company's standard that you have learned to depend upon. We .
invite your comparison we are continually giving the best values.
The Best Clothing is None too Good for
the Boy of Today
The modern boy is as particular about his apparel as aiy grown-up and
we are as careful in choosing his styles as we are m selecting chothing for
his father or older brother. We also i nsist that every garment be durable
the fabrics all wool, and the making of the best; that is why we buy "BEST
-EVER" suits for boys. Also that's why this store has won the high favor
of boys and parents alike when it comes to clothes that give entire satis
faction in fact we guarantee perfect satisfaction. Boys Suits $5.00 and up.
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The Footmen's Gallery. .' '
There was lu one part of the thea
ter where In bygone days smoking was
permitted the footmen's gallery,
where servants iu attendance ou mas
ters visiting the theater were admit
ted free. But the occupants of the
footmen's gallery were so noisy and
they so frequently hissed out of ex
istence plays that their musters ap
proved of that the privilege was with
drawn, and the gallery became the
"shilling gallery." which has kept up
to a great extent the traditional privi
lege of outspoken criticism originally
exercised by footmen. London Chronicle.
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IT IS CARELESS TO KEEP JEWEUERY AND VALUABLE
PAPERS IN THE HOUSE; IT IS ALSO DANGEROUS. YOU MAY
LOSE THEM; FIRE MAY BURNTHEM; BURGLARS MAY STEAL
THEM AND MAY KILL YOU TO GET THEM.
THE CAREFUL MAN KEEPS HIS VALUABLES IN ONE CF
OUR SAFETY. DEPOSIT BOXES. HE KNOWS THEY ARE SAFE,
SO IS HE AND HIS FAMILY.
WE WILL RENT YOU A SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX FOR $2.00
PER YEAR.
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON
Capital $200,000.00 Surplus $50,000.00
Resources $1,000,000.00
Fred J. Holmes, President
F. L; Mv.rs, Cashier
C. C. Penington, Vice President
E. Zuudel and H. E. Coolidge,
Assistant Cashiers.
Fred .". Holmes
C. C. Pen'ngton
A. Blokland
DIRECTORS.
J. G. Snodgrass
H. S. Brownton
A. T. Hill
J. F. Conley
P. L. Meyers
H. E. Coolidge
Rich as Croesus.
The boys were bragging about their
pu rents.
"I bet my father Is richer than your
father," said one. "lie hns to pay lota
and lots of money for taxes every
year."
"That's nothing," retorted the other.
"My father Is so rich that he can af
ford to hlro a lawyer to fix tilings so
he don't have to pay any taxes." St
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Hens Get Deacon's Jug of Bourbon.
" Dopetown, Ind., Feb. 14. Mrs.
Deacon Mudleg got so mad when the
deacon came home seeing double last
night that she threw his jug of "me
dicinal" bourbon out the bedroom
window. It fell in the- White Plym
outh. Rock flock's water trough and
broke. Mrs. Mudleg, not knowing
this was astounded early today when
she looked out the kitchen window
and saw about fifty of her fat, moth
erly old hens reeling around the yard,
leering and cackling idiotically at one
another. They seemed to be celebrat
ing something and upon looking closer
Mrs. Mudleg sawi two of the most
domineering of the roosters, badly
pecked and clawed, lying unconscious
near the fence, while the others were
limping around muttering to them
selves and keeping as far away a3
possible from the stewed matrons.
The deacon was for killing the hens,
but Mrs. Mudleg said no, she would
get the old girls some more bourbon
and maybe maybe, drink some ier-self.
Today's Oddest Story.
Wlaynesboro, Pa., Feb. 14. More
than ten cords of firewood has been
cut from an elm tree, found by its
rings to be 300 years old, felled at
Prices's Church bf the Brethren near
i here. It was the last of a dozen elms
that were old trees when the church
was built in 1700. The tree was 75
feet high and 5 feet, 3 inches, in diameter.
Germany has whipped all the little
ones and the big cathedrals anyway.
YOUNTr MEN DEFENDED.
A Suspicious Document.
"All this here business education
mting women is tonsil on us cooks."
"How so?"
"The hist lady I worked for gimme
a reference written in shorthand. What
did she siiy iilnnit inc. 1 wonder?"
Louisville Ciiiiricr-.loiini.'il.
La Grande, Feb. 12.r-(To the Edi
tor of Observer In your issue of the
9th instant there appeared an article
written by a prominent business man
of La Grande in which he stated that
"almost invariably when a young man
of today npplied for a job, he was in
capable of performing the work re
ouired of him. He usunllv wants n
'manager's job before ho has served
; his apprenticeship. To him work in
A Sure Way to Save $1000
Only one person in a hundred saves a thousand
dollars in a lifetime.
Twenty-five cents per day saved in the Equit
able will amount to $1000 in about 100 months.
Excess or extra payments mature .certificates
faster and may be withdrawn if needed.
Every dollar saved in the Equitable is invested
in a first mortgage on improved real property.
Our new GM certificate is guaranteed. Write for
Folder.
EQUITABLE SAVINGS & LOAN ASSN.
F. McKercher, Secy. .
Securities Over $7,000,000.
Portland, Ore.
Chas. E. Ladd. Prps.
labor today are far more anxious to
increase the earnings of the invested
capital than to increase the earning
or the comforts of their employers ?
Is it possible to nnd an employer of
labor whose chief aim it is to add to
the earnings and happiness of the em
ployee ? .
Echo replies that it it not business.
Then wisdom declares we must not
try to harmonize the teachings of
Jesus Christ with business methods
or we shall get snowed under with un
explained explanations.
One word more for the young men
who seemingly are too modest to de-
J Si
ism
LADIES,
It is with pleasure we call
your attention to the NEW
PERFECTED SO-E-Z.. sewing
macli'ne motor saves you all the
labor of running your machine.
Pee our window for demon
stration, Free trial in y
nome.
a dirty place is distasteful. He wants; fend themselves, I am deeply inter
his hands kept white nnd clean, and ested in the young men because I have
tie leeis disgraced if he cannot wear raised some and nm trying to raise
good clothes and a white collar, etc."
And the writer of said nrticlo refers
us to the employers of labor in La
Grande and elsewhere for confirmation
of the absolute truth of these asser
tions or accusations, etc. Now not
withstanding of all the cloud of wit
nesses referred to, we do unhesitating
ly find a verdict of not proven
(Scotch) Put even if correct, does it '
not say well for the young man who !
wishes to wear good clothes and a
white collar. Such a man hns been
respectably raised and will endeavor
to conduct himself, so as to be re
spected by refined nnd honorable peo
ple. His love for clean hands is an.
fj. I other evidence of gentlemanly instinct.
He dislikes working in a dirty
0 1 place." What kind of a man would
l'i i he be who loved to work in a dirty
!; place?
A "When the young man of today gets
h a chance to trv-out. he works inr
,-our g 1 little while in hopes of a raise then if
g the raise does not come he leaves to
some more nnd I wish to offer a word
of comfort and consolation to all em
ployers of labor in Oregon and to as
sure them that should they, and their
managers also, all be called to follow
the first born in Egypt before tomor
row's sun, that the young men of this
state would have all the business
wheels revolving again before the set
ting of that same sun.
Yours trulv,
L. GARUICK.
HE EXPLORER
IT
ARGAD
E
I Lou-Telleneen. ihe Histinmifcliorl
Free Sewing Machines on Easv f i 1 , i. n 1 . ner pl!1(;e romantic actor, who scored such a
Porrmn,,f K is it not just ns likely that tha pronounced success in "The Exnlnrer"
viutii niun tintT worMng a wnue con I win oe seen hi tno Arcade Monday
cljdes to quit because he is unable to nnd Tuesday in his second Jesse L
F. D. HAISTEN
Furniture on easy Payments
live respectably on the meagre pay
that his job brings him or he may ob
' ject to being rated as a man at
the work table while he rates only as
a boy at the pay window?
Js it not a fact that employers of
Lasky production. "The Unknown.'
a gripping drama of the famous For
eign Legion in Algeria. In this phot
otlrama Mr. Tellcgen is seen in a
character entirely different from any
thing he has played heretofore, either
on the speaking stage or the screen.
The Foreign Legion is a military
sanctuary where men who have met
witn mistortune or disgrace may re
deem their past by bravery and' hon
orable service. No questions are
asked and no papers are required to
explain who or what they are. This
organization is stationed in Algeria
and the pages of history abound with
mention of its heroic exploits. Vol
umes have been written about its ro
mance and tradition. Princes in its
ranks have rubbed shoulders with
murderers; thieves have fought side
by side with the aristocracy. A man
is taken for what he is, not for what
he was. Into this, comes Lou-Telle-gen
as an English ne'er do well. The
Captain of his company is known as
"Devil Destinn."
A young American girl, whom the '
Private saved during a brawl in an
Algerian dance hall, has taken n o-ronf
deal of interest in him and when Des
tinn discovers that his attentions to
the girl are unwelcome, he starts
persecuting the Private. Persecution
follows persecution, until finally, tha
Private is to be shot for mutiny. His
friends effect his escape and with the
gtrl, disguished as an Arab boy, he
flees into the Desert. They are
found by Destinn. The Captain sees
a Victoria Cross on the voung man's
breast and suddenly realizes that he
has been persecuting his own son,
from whom he disappeared years be
fore when the father had been cash
iered from the British A ,? TT
the young man is freed and returns to
I England to be the head of an honor-
aoie iamiiy completes this story of
thrilling instances.
The production is of the usual lavish
Lasky character, true to detail and
artistic in its presentation and, with
its wonderful photography, makes a
photodrann long to be remembered.
In the cast supporting Mr. Tellegen
are Theodore Roberts, Dorothy Dav
enport, Hal Clements, Horace B. Car
penter, Tom" Forman, Raymond Hat
ton and other members of the Lasky
all-star organization. Adv.
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