La Grande evening observer., February 25, 1916, Image 3

Friday, February 25, 1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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SHERRY THEATRE Today Last Day
William Fox Presents r
Ralph Kellard and Dorothy Green
"Her Mother's Secret"
In the Great 'Stage-Success by Martha Woodrow ..
COMING SATURDAY Chas. Chaplin in "Vv6RK''
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Tarsus And La Grande
14 A Tale of Two Cities."
It was a municipal pimple, dis
porting itself on the forbidding face
if a wide desolation. '
It had narrow streets and no sew
ers. It was redolent of gutter filth
and garbage odors. It had no public
.schools, news papers, telephone, lum
ber mills, railroad shops no million
dollar payroll. It boasted no banks,
!Uarl(er Ishopa, steam llaijndlries. It
was shunned by life insurance agents,
typewritters and Singer sewing ma
cine sharks. No condition- of degrad
ation could equal it. i
In addition to its splendid accumu
lation of natural squalors, it had the
further stigma of being the home of a
disreputable Roman governor and a
lovely retinue of publican blood
suckers whoso existence depended on
their zeal in bulldozing an exploited
and unhappy people.
One circumstance alone has rescued
this town of Tarsus from oblivion.
It was the birth-place of the ori
ginal home town booster, a distingu
, ished Roman citizen, who was proud
to lend the luster of his great name
to immortalize the little town in which
he lived.
"Saul of Tarsus"- is the way he
wrote his name of the scroll of im
mortality, in big, hold letters, just
like John Hancock signed the Declar
ation of Independence. And Saul
of Tarsus it will be remembered un
til tho last death ruckle of recorded
time.
He was never' too busy, never too
big, to say a good word for his home
town. ' '
Standing on the steps of Caesar's
castle in the haughty city of Jeru
salem, he begins his celebrated de
fence to the mob, not by asserting
his proud privilege as a citizen of
Ror.ie, but hastens to introduce him
self as a man of Tarsus, in the pro
vince of Celecia. Very few, perhaps
in that crowd had ever heard of Tar
sus. And seeming to note the sneer
ing smile on the lips of his auditors,
he lifts his head proudly and adds
his invariable and immortal tribute:
"Gentlemen, a no mean City."
The world is still warming its hands
at the glories of this man Saul.
Down through the echoing corridors
of time his voice is still heard, and
still he speaks in praise' of Tarsus.
Day by day, through the shining
circles of immortality, he links his
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We don't believe In Mils and formalities.
Our battery service goes to the bottom of
things, tells you in plain language what ti
wrong, and corrects the fault.
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1515 Adams
Fna inspection of any .Jittery at any timm
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VIC.
Is Your Property Insured; Or If Your
Home Would Burn
or any of your property destroyed by fire would you have
to face the loss yourself.
Two complete and two partial losses1 have occurred in
La Grande lately. Most of these losses ,were paid for by
the Insurance Companies. You cannot afford to be without
INSURANCE
We offer Reliable Old Line Companies, Equitable Rates,
Prompt Attention, and will appreciate your patronage
Note This
Several (Five) Mutual Companies became bankrupt in
Oregon last year. , Insure in an Old Line Company that
is guaranteed by the state. Don't insure in a Mutual that
makes you a member of the Society ( company)! and become
liable for the mistakes of an organization over whose actions
you have no control ' -
"If its Insurable; Currey Can Insure It"
GEORGE HUNTINGTON CURREY
Mgr. Insurance Dep't.
Geo. H. Currey
Opposite
T. M. CA.
Phone, Block 2001
HE WHO MOVES
REAL ESTATE
108 Elm Street
La Grande,
Oregon.
name with that of the little town in
which he lived. -
His mental and moral grandeurs
have been extrolled by nobler pens
than mine. From the fadeless gar
lands of his flame I would pluck but
one leaf to point this passing moral:
I would point to the Citizen of Tarsus
as a worthy example for the Citizen
of Lb. Urande, and beseecn you, ty we
mercies of God, brother, that you
emulate him in this, at least, that you
be a booster for the town in which
you live, . '
Jones, of La Grande, has a bettor
right to be a booster than had Saul
of Tarsus. He, is justified by fact as
well as by faith. ,
He can' point to, his home' town as
the commercial capital of one of the
most favored and fruitful valleys God
ever made; the center of golden grav
ity lor railroad men, stock ' men,
lumber men, merchants mechanics.
fruitgrowers, farmers. :'
He can be proud that his town is
distinguished for its civic spirit, that
it delights in all the public utilities
wnich progress can contrive and en
terprise promote to make life comfor
table and benign. .
He can refer to it as a city where
public schools, churches, and bene1
volent institutions are generously sup
ported, where homes of culture and-
competence abound: a city whose
people are prosperous, intelligent and
contented, and where destitution,
squalor "and abject poventy are
practically unknown. .
I here are other towns in the State.
of course, that have a larger popula
tion ; tnan .La Crrande. IDut popula
tion is not always an indication of
superior merit. We learn from ho
Good Book that there is a place that
has a larger population than Heaven
itself. And who would wish to live
there on that account? Population,
like cpicac. is best taken in small
doses. . '
For the love of God, citizen of La
Grande, be loyal to the town in which
you live. .
Quit being a forked radish. Quit
being a knocker.
Always and everywhere be "Jones,
of La Grande," a herald of its present
and prophet of its future.
Faith is as fundamental in the life
of a good citizen as it is in the life of
a good Christian.
At home be a constructive citizen,
a creator of confidence, a promoter
of civic progress.
Abroad be a drummer for La
Grande. Write it on the door posts
of every portal you enter that La
Grande is "a no mean city!". "Tell
it in Gath and publish it on the Streets
of Askelon" that La Grande is a good
town and that you are glad to live
here. . ..
No man has a divine right to be a
king, but every man has a divine right
to' be a king pin. And every man who
lives in La Grande has a divine right
to be a booster.
He should belong to "the Commercial
Club, the Neighborhood Club, the
civic improvement club. Indeed, he
should go further and add another
club, "a stuffed club," if you please,
for the benevolent extermination of
moss backs and home town knockers.
Unhappily .there nre a few of these
scalpers of enthusiasm still among
us. .They should be tenderly chloro
formed and then tommahawked. The
only good Indian is a dead Indian,
and these benighted wearers of the
wet blanket should be relegated to the
happy hunting grounds along with
the Kick-a-poos, the Poo-poos, and
those other tribes of unhappy mem
ory. The citizen who is worthy of La
Grande should not rest from his la
bors until he has erected a monument
to the memory of the lone survivor of
the tommahawk tribe, enscribed with
the epitaph of public execration, and
crowned with the sculptored garlands
of skunk weed and Spanish onions.
Be proud of your town and your
town will be proud of you. Be a live
one while you live, and when you die
there will be crepe on the door of the
town hall; the people will lament the
passing of a great-hearted, generous
citizen, and from the" reverent lips of
soulful praise will fall the grateful
benediction: "God bless the memory
of the man who loved his home and
did so much to make it what it is."
If you'd make La Grande the best in
the land
The -Kind of a town vou like.
(You need not slip your clothes in a
grip
And start On a long, long hike.
You'll find the kind you left behind,
And your move you II surely rue;
It isn't the town your running down
It isn t La Grande It's you!
Dead towns are made by men afraid
Lest somebody else get ahead;
When you do your part with cheerful
heart
.' You can raise a town from the
" dead.
And you can make . your own little
stake
By helping the town crow, too,
La Grande will be what you want
to see,
For it isn't tho town it's you!
ANDREW MARKER.
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and tone up the whole system keep
your eye clear and your skin fre.h
and healthy looking. Only 25c at
your druggist.
IF
READ THIS
Breathe Hyomci Four Times a Day
and Watch Results. Gives Prompt
Relief.
The pleasantest, most convenient
and most scientific method for the
treatment of, catarrh is Hyomei.
Simply put a few drops of Hyomei in
the inhaler that comes with every
complete package and then breathe
its air for a few minutes, four time3
a day. '.
It seems remarkable that so simple
a way of treating catarrh will effect
such quick relief,' but the most im
portant discoveries of science have al
ways been the simplest. By breath
ing Hyomei in this way every parti
cle of air that enters the air pas
sages of the throat and head goes
into the lungs is charged with a heal
ing balsam that kills the germs and
bacilli of catarrh and soothes and al
lays all irritation.
The first day's use of Hyomei will
show an improvement and in a short
time there should be no further
trouble from catarrh. Its action is
rapid and lasting.
You take no risk in buying Hyomei
A complete outfit is inexpensive bnt if
after using you can say that it has,
not helped you La Grande Pharmacy
will return your money. .What other
treatment for catarrh is sold under
a guarantee like, this? -
V Something Good.
Those who hate nasty ' medicine
should try Chamberlain's Tablets fot -rormtf
nation. Thev are oleasant te
take and their effort is so agreeable
and so natural that you will not
realize that it has been produced by
a medicine. Obtainable everywhere.
Liven Up Your Torpid Liver.
To keep your ltver active use Dr.
Kind's ' New Life Pills Thfv instnrn
good digestion, relieve constipation,
hat
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Works Foe Yon
Tfine Cheapest
Is the Newspaper with a general circulation that carries your
business news, to every corner of your trading district, carefully
and earnestly informing the people of the Bargains you are offer
ing, the Farm that is for sale, the house that is for rent. 1
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Advert
ising
Is nothing but business news, giving the owner of commodities
opportunity to tell the public of their merit and price, and giving
the consumer opportunity to read at his own fireside in a very
moment's information about intended purchases that would re
quire hours of hard work for himself and the marchants to collect
in any other way.
The
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Observer
Works diligently every day to Serve the People in a way that
brings good results to both the buyer and the seller.
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