MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2i;
! LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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THE OBSERVER
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One important reason for congres
sional extravagance, is the fact thut
the most important source of fed-
i .......no u h tariff. Many peo-
erm ic"v"u" -- 7 ,
nle . still entertain the idea that the
that each educator was here to obtain
t-nnr, and irive forth his own in
nermost thoughts was also apparent.
Prof. Purcell, of " Enterprise, gave
out one thought that was worth ' a
good deal. In combatting the cigar
ette in the schools he says his system
is to do it with athletics, ruling no to
entertain the ,tea xna, u rk in tho athletic
tariff is paid by the foreigner who , u u .. &f
wants to get his goods into tms coun-. . , , term fa
Address all communications to THE
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THE CALL, FOR A NEW DEAL
In Eastern Oregon's . earlier . days
when gambling was common a game
- only progressed for a short time un
til some one called for a new deck
of cards.
Why? .
Experienced gamblers soon learned
the cards by their feel, and they sue
ceeded in depositing secret marks upon
them so that the identity was certain.
With this knowledge men who had
their money on the table demanded a
new deck in order to have a fair chance
in the game.
'. The illustration may not be attrac
tive, but it is nevertheless clear.
The Republican party of Oregon has
for years been playing with a marked
deck of cards. There are those who sit
in the iparty council year after year
' who know each card-without looking at
the face. . ','.''.
The people of Oregon are sitting
in this game. They have a great deal
at stake on the political outcome of
the state and
The people in many parts' of the
state! are demanding a how deck.
Not only that, they are ulso de
manding some new dealers. ,
They have lost confidence in some
of the men who handle the cards. They
feel tho dealers have been at it so
long they cun deal from the bottom
of the deck as well as the top without
being detected, and with that in mdnd
the call is going up from the 'cow
country' and from many other parts
of the state for n new deck and new
dealers. ' .
Can you blame the people?
' (WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT
try. Even those who umiersianu uu
it is the consumer who foots the,
tariff bill do not know how much of
the price paid is absorbed by the gov
ernment tax. If they did know, they
might pay more attention to the coun
finances, and bring the same
pressure ,to bear on their congress
men that they do on tneir n.y
when a city tax rate is abnormally
high
t.h weed when the school term is out
they can do as they please. The ef
fect is good, for the Doy joins me eu
effort for athletics fully
realizing he can; smoke at the end of j
the term without being a criminal
from justice." It is found that 4he
school athletics tone up the youngster
and when the school term is finished
in very many instances the boy has
no desire to smoke.
This is but one illustration, of the
' ThlS IS DUt one lliutu.rai.iuii.! mo
if th burden of eovernmeiit were,, , , . . .(,: hrnne-ht un
. tjiuiiureus ti .... o- -t-
to be thrown more and more on tejat Saturdays meeting.- We predict
income tax, it is reasonable to sup- j gooA as a result 0f these meet
that the persons thus hit and
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most iiuiuciiwHi
Gbllep Style Middies
The Institute for Public Service, at
whose head is Dr. Allen, who former
ly directed the New York bureau of
Municipal Research, has discovered
that the expenses of the national gov
ernment has increased CO per cent in
seven years, while population has in
creased only 12 per' cent, and is call
ing the. attention of chnmbers of com
merce to this fact. '
The Institute points out that con
, gross "does not know where increases
are, nor how large they are, nor what
the net result on the nation's finances
will be, nor how present and past
would he the
persons in the . community woum
make themselves heard in behalf of
national economy. Under the tariff
system, they do not know how much
they are contributing to the govern
ment, because their contribution is
indirect and piecemeal. But let the
tax be paid in one lump, and let it
be labeled' "Your Share to Support
the Government,", and the business
men of the nation would rise in sud
den wrath and demand an investiga
tion of the extravagant budget sys
tem. ' Even without that stimulus how
ever,' it should be easy enough for
business men to'see that a great deal
of money is wasted every year be
cause of tho fact that congress can
not handle the budget intelligently
with the small amount of informa
tion which it is furnished. A little
of the attention thnt is being paid to
city finances might be led along to
state and national systems.
AN IMPORTANT GATHERING.
Many may not realize just what an
important meeting was held in La
Grande Saturday when the superin
tendents and heads of different ' East
em Oregon schools gathered in Ls
Grande to discuss "shop.!' .
As an indication of its importance
one need but know thnt State Super
intendent, Churchill came from Salem
to attend, and he is a very busy man.
TT...1 t.iin mpptinir been ordinary he
would hnve sent a telegram or a let
ter. Hut he came, in person, and 111
speaking of the Saturday meeting he
said. "This is the kind of meeting
that accomplishes results. These men
and women have come to La wancie
...ii-t. .UfTor-onf evneriences. each
WIUII UilVll uuivivi.i, 1 '
anxious to give others the benefit of
those experiences and to take home
with them the experience of others
that will lie of benefit. Continuation of
this work means standardizing all
school departments and getting more
out of tho work."
That the discussions wore earnest
and sincere was apparent to a visitor;
SYSTEMATIC BIBLE READING.
' j.
Tendency to read the Holy Bible
is growing in La Grande. In fact,
tendency toward Christianity . is
growing here. You never hear neigh
bor arrayed against neighbor any
more; each seems to ihave respect for
the other, and the day ot. extreme
hatred seems to be passing.
' Readinir the Bible is being prac
ticed in a systematic manner and con
gregations are separating the book
into units, each unit being allotted a
certain time.
The idea is a good one, for many
good people who-really want to read
more of tho Master's teachings fail
to do so because of lack of system,
frequently finding their time occupied.
If all denominations could join :n
a Bible studying period and induce a
portion of the non-church going peo-.
nle to join in the study the uplifting
effect would be perceptible on the
community m a very short time.
Villa has nnnouncod that he will
kill every American in Mexico. At
least this much can be said for Pan-
cho; he combines a warning with al
most all of his announcements.
Does the human comedy grow
.wearisome? A man is walking back
ward from San Francisco to New
York, on one of those mysterious $5,-
000 bets.
never before has there been
such a great demand for middy
blouses so early in the spring.
We are selling more of the? i,
nifty looking college style mid
dies than we ever anticipated.
Here Are The
; Reasons For
This Wide
Popularity
Collage style middies are,
most becoming to; every one
who wears them, whether short,
tall, slim ' or stout also they
are a most practical blouse for
all kinds of wear, outing wear,
street wear, ' house wear and
school wear Then there is the
material which . is a good
weight galetea with the colors
guaranteed fast and the price
is only .. $1.50
SPRINGS CHOICES DRESSES
Here in a Charming Array v
Now 011 display in our ready-to-wear sections dozens, of beautiful dresses
for spring wear quaintly old fashion effects' with extra wide skirts. Chic
weatious' of silk and laces, and soft light weight wools in newest effects.
.When down town j ust drop in for a in inutel we feel confident .that you
Avillfind the particular dress you have been looking, for, and most moder-,
ately priced at.J...,: : $10.00 to $35.00
FEDERAL RESERVE
SYSTEM OF BANKS
THE "FEDERAL RESERVE " BANKING SYSTEM, OF
WHICH OUR BANK IS A MEMBER, IS THE BEST BANKING
SYSTEM EVER THOUGHT OUT.
THE MEMBER BANKS HAVE PUT 137 MILLIONS OF GOLD
INTO THE U. S. TREASURY. ON THIS GOLD THE GOVERN-
MEWTEICANEGET MONEY WHEN WE WANT IT BY TAKING
OUR SECURITIES TO OUR DISTRICT FEDERAL RESERVE"
BANK
YOU CAN GET YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU WANT IT WHEN
YOU ARE A DEPOSITOR IN OUR BANK.
LET'S DO BUSINESS. COME IN.
BANK WITH US.
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON
Capital $200,000.00 Surplus $50,000.00
UcourcM $1,000,000.00
Fred J. Holmes, President C. C. Penlngton, Vice President
F L. Wvers, Cashier E. Zundel and H. E. Coolidge,
' Assistant Cashier.
- DIRECTORS.
Kred Holmes J- G. Snodgraes J. F. Conley
C C Penington H. S. Brownton F. U Meyers
A. BlokUnd A. T. Hill H. E. Coolidge
A noil-partisan tariff board theory
a ways has an earnest friend in the
minority. "
MARVELS OF ACCURACY. "
Wonderful Instruments In Uncle Sam's
Bureau of Standards.
Ktnmllnir on ono of the mnny high
bills that friiiKo tlio nation's capital Is a
group of buildings that house one or tuo
greatest aggregations of wonder worlc-i
nra In thp now Wor d. Ill tlielr eU-
chantcd chamber truth makes fiction
seem tame aud commonplace. Men
nal:e fairies appear, weak. Insipid and
impotent as doers of strange things.
TCnrprlnir. rain nillv seo a cralll or
sand become a mountain, an Inch be
come a mile, ihi timinnreclnblo zephyr
become a howliiis Storm, the footfall
of a fly become the thundering trend
of a draft horso upon a thrashing floor.
tho lipat of a candle a roaring rurunco.
tho unpercelved warmth of a star a
cheering Ureslde ami tue pressure or
a finger the force of a thousand giants
In ono.
TIipso enchanted chambers are the
creation of the United States bureau
of standards.
Hero can be seen Instruments of
such delicacy and precision that the
mind nt first falls to grasp tile run slg
ntftcniiri of wlint thev can accomplish
In one room is a balance so sensi
tive that tho more presence of the op
erator's body generates an amount of
hr.ni- EiifH('lcnt to disturb Its accuracy
In another there Is one so delicately
adjusted that It shows the loss of
wplcht due to the reduction of tho
earth's attraction when two pieces of
metal are weighed ono upon nnotner
Instead of side by side.
nnmnrltnliln hovond tho lmnc nation
are tho heat measuring instruments
which register Inunileslmal fluctua
tions of temperature. A ray of light
mnv have started ten venrs ago from
somo distant star and may have spent
all of those ten years hurtling carth
nnrd hnnnri thrnimh finnce nt n milt
so astounding that it could girdle the
globe in far less time than It takes to
blink the eye. Yet when it falls upon
the sensitive bolometers at the bureau
of standards thov w 11 tell the ob
server how much boat that ray brought
with it from the star to the earth.
Such are a few of tho most delicate
Instruments. But there are others
which are as powerful ns t!-"y nr sen-
rIMvp.
In the engineering laboratory there
Is a huge testing machine which can
tear apart tho strongest steel girders
used, in Dunning great sKysrrapers,
whllA nn the floor nhovn ata 111 tin nine-
fHonl fnmnwa cnnnltln tt mnAPfltlni,
hent intense cnongh to melt the most
refractorv materia s. The bureau can
mpnsnre nernmit.lv rnlil wro.it ennnirh
E I to liquefy the very air wo breathe and
heat which can melt solid rocK. Na
tJoual Geographic Magazine.
8L.it
All the boys'; are .playing'" marbles now, also
West's is selling. Black Cat Hose the only boys
hose that will stand "marble" wear.
Playing marbles a boy can't help but get down on his knees
Black Cat Hose is made with triple reinforced knees also ireinforced
solein 3 weights for boys different weights aiid styles for sis
ter, too' -.- .. , .
Priced at 25c Pair'
Black Gat
isiery
"Vomon's Tonguos" of Nassau.
Vmi eineriro from the custom house
shed of Nassau of the nulianms into
the warm, spicy murmur of the negro
thronged street that tells you that you
are in the tropics. This murmur you
soon perceive js compounded of a curi
ous soft shuffling of feet the effect or
thn loose down at heel shoes or slippers
affected by the negroes the soft, coo
ing darky voices, pathetically cuuqiikb
and friendly, to which a note of ex-
hllnrntJon la added bv a breezy rat
tling overhead that puzzles you till you
discover Its origin in tne great oean
pods of the poinclana trees. "Women's
hmmiea." the natives call tnem. De-
onnse of their keening lip thlacontinu
hik Kti-eimlllte chatter even on tne
stillest duy.-TUchard Le Galllenne In
Harper's Jlugazlne.
Ths Human Voice.
You mav find two ncrsons who re
semble each other. You may find them
of the same size and weight and com
plexionand disposition. But you will
never find two whose voices are the
same. For there seems to be that
nhoiit n human voice which Is Individ
uul. never to be copied, never to be re
sembled by any other.
There Is not another person upon the
whole earth whose voice could deceive
mo ns lioinir the voice of an ncauaint-
ance, whether you catch only a lew
faint whispers or hear It distinctly.
Columbus Dispatch. '
Van Moltka In Arabia.
The most fnmous of German lenders.
Von Moltke. trained bis first taste of
warfare in Turkish Arabia In 1S30.
The future "organizer of victories
was attached to the sultan's armies,
which were utterly routed by the Sy
rians under Brahman Pasha at Kezib.
aud he escaped only by riding two
rtnvo mid two nicrhta almost without a
nniise nnd with no food save half a bis
cuit, two onions and a glass of water.
Loudon Opinion.
Subscribers to notify us at once of
any change they may wish to make in
their names or addresses. To non-
subscribers we would like to point out
a few of the many reasons why they
should at once have a telephone in
stalled. It puts you in immediate and
close touch with all your friends, it
places at your disposal the best ser
vice of all the leading busine? men in
town; in sickness it may save a dear
ones life,' and it is a protection against
loss from fire and burglars, and all
this can be had for the trifling sum
of Be per day. If you have a phone
you know what a comfort and help
it has been to you in the last
few days, if you haven't one you have
our sincere sympathies. Come and
see us regarding the installing of a
phone and get your name in the New
Directory. '
Home Independent Telephone Co.
Adv. 23 tf.
Just Received
From the Kellogg Food Co. of
Battle Creek, Mich., a ship
ment of their products
Kellogg 's Bran
Kellogg 's Bran Biscuits
Kellogg 's Rice Flakes
Kellogg 's Gluten Biscuits i
Kellogg 's Brose 1 ,r
Kellogg 's Protose the meat substitute
Kellogg's Nut Bromose
Kellogg 's Carmel Cereal, a coffee substitute.
Our Want Ads bring results.
NEW DIRECTORY SOON
ITome Independent Co. To Issue New
Book
Did you ever stop to think that the ;
Telephone directory is tne Dusiness
and social map of the city. If your
name is not in it you are practically
Isolated irom your inenas anu ieuuw
citizens.
rectory and wish to request all our
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