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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVERS i
UAT1!rAV APRTr.M .lQIrt
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THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner
Entered in the Postoffice at La
Grande, Oregon, as second class
matter.
House and Senate will declare as one
man "The U. S. A., .the national an
them. It is so declared. Representa
tive Dyer's poet is immortal.
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A NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM.
: Next to being a pout, the greatest
glory comes from discovering a poet.
Representative Leonidas Carstarphen
Dyer of St. Louis has the honor of
presenting to the people of the United
States the author of some verses for
whom he demands special recognition
at the hands of congress. He asks
that the song of hymn "The U. S.
A.," composed by Henry McEuen
Jones of somewhere in Missouri, be
adopted as a national anthem.
Lest there be any doubt about Rep
resentative layer's discnmmlation in
matters of taste or Poet Jones's
lyric gifts, the first stanza and chorus
of "The U. S., A." mav here fe
quoiea:
The baseball team at ' Sing Sing
needs a new pitcher. But the Mutual
Welfare League looks for no rush of
boxmen from the bush. New York
World.
His "Southern Chivalry" induced a
New York judge to uavo from jail a
wealthy Boston .milliner, but did not
prevent his sentencing a poor immi
grant to a thirty-day term. Must have
Georgia. Philadelphia. North American.
Yesterday
- Just Received--New
Goats
A Colorado man . has sent a live
American eagle to the White House,
That's all right, but why not send it
to the House of Representatives wher
rt is needed. CJeve. Plaindealer.
EARLY DAY POLITICS
Eveiy woman wants a new spring Coat. And we were never better iible to V?
serve her. Not another time have we been so proud of the charming coats as i '
, these we have just received from New York.' . i -.
. In the last four-weeks we have received dozens of new coats and they am I
being sold as fast as they are unpacked never was apparel more "delightful. '
They are different the styles are newer the patterns and weaves . are , v.
newerwe; are. sure we have just the coat you are looking for come in and ' j
see. . " . ' . '..; . '.- :'.' .
. The moderate prices add much to our enthusiasm. No wonder ; our ; !
Ladies' ready-to-wear section is so busy.
Coats priced $10.00, $12.50, $17.50, $20.00, $22.50, $25.00.
We will sing as a Nation of freemen,
vi noeity, tnritt, and or power,
For we're built of the best of all races.
. And we stand like o great beacon
tower,
Plashing light to all points of the
- compass
-, To attract the oppressed ' of the
world,
'Neath the beautiful folds "- of Old
Glory,
Our flag, which will never be furled.
CHORUS
Oulr old flog is a grand inspiration,
For it guarantees freedom to all;
And it signifies sweet independence
No sovereign can ever enthrall.
Then "America fiirst" is a motto
To be proudly proclaimed every day
By all men who are worthy the title
A citizen of the U. S. A.,
For we have but one title that's
noble
A citizen of the U. S. A.
At the words "We will sing," the
audience will please rise and remain
standing to the end. When played
in public, all within hearing will un
cover. If there are no objections, the
The Elgin Recorder is in possession
of a clipping from n Union county
newspaper giving a call issued for a
Democratic county convention in 1874
As will be noticed the call was issued
by J. B. Hulsey, chairman, and W. B.
Hindman, chairman, of the county or
ganization at that timo. The reprint
lonows: .
"To the democratic voters of Union
Co. At a meeting of the Democratic
Central Committee of Union county it
was resolved that Saturday, the 25th
day of April be appointed as the day
of meeting at the several precincts
for the purpose of electing delegates
to the county convention to be held
at La Grande, Friday. May 1. 1874.
for the purpose of nominating county
officers. The following resolution was
adopted:
"Resolved, That the proxy of no del
egate shall bo received in the com
ing County Convention ' unless pre
sented by a persoh who (resides in the
precinct from which the proxy comes.
"The apportionment of delegates to
the several precincts is as follows:
"Union 5, Cove 4, Bedrock 2, Sum-
merville 4, Grande Ronde 1, Indian
Valley 2, Union 4, Eagle 4, Powder 2,
Iowa 3, Augusta 1, Wallowa 1.
"J. B. HULSEY, Chairman.
W. B. HINDMAN, Secretary."
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of Jack Oliver, deputy county, clerk.
beamed in on us last Monday.
Quite a number of our citizens left
Sunday evening for Portland to at
tend the' republican state convention.
Among them were S. K. Keeves, may
or of our city, J. N. Norval, W. J.
Snodgrass, Chas. Goodnough, E. W.
iBartlett and several others.
Mr. Southwell of Starkey, brings
word that the home of John Gavin was
.destroyed by fire one day last week
and none of the contents were saved.
The loss is $400.
PIONEER REMINISCENT
Dunham Wright, Medical Springs
Patriarch, Muses on Good Roads.
Twenly-Four Years Ago
D:-.n Sommer of Summerville, paid
our city a visit on Tuesday last.
The pleasant, smiling countenance
0
mum pweer
sAJU ' Absolutely Puro
; No Alum- No Phosphate
OjOSL
JUST LOOK AT THIS PICTURE AND DO A LITTLE
"THINKING."
THEN YOU WILL BANK YOUR MONEY.
BANK WITH US.
WE PAY PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME' DEPOSITS
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON ,.'.;.
' Capital $300,000.00, Surplus $50,000.00, Resources $1,000,000.00
Frd J. Holmes, President; C C. Penington, Vic Pwiidentj F. L.
Meyvrt, Cashier; E. Zundel and H. E. Cooiidg. Assistant OMbier.,.
'' ' ' .:-:''; " DIRECTORS ' :v '- r
ir.ffW JT, Holmes, J. G. BnodgraM, 3. F. Coaley, C C. Pnington. H. '
8. Bwrntoa, F, U IKyw. A. BloWwxL A. T. Bm, EL; K. OooJtdr. ,
Medical Springs, March 30. (To
the Editor) I cannot refrain from
asking permission to add a line when
see in your ipaper letters from the
horny handed soils of toil who picked
their flints and set the woods of
Union county afire for the first time.
Those grand old moss-covered posts
are surely a safe anchorage for the
old ship of state to prevent it drift
ing over the breakers of financial
ruin. I too, feel proud of a residence
of 63 years in Union county. It
certainly is a very dear old spot to
me. I, in common with a few others,
that are still lingering in the twilight
of life have contributed to the
strength and energy of pur young
manhood to what we conceived to be
for the betterment and replenishing i
of Union county and its people today,
a foundation that those coming after
us can safely build. We are not go
ing to saddle' a bonded debt on the
girls and boys who are just now
blooming into womanhood and man.
hood tht will tax their physical and
mental powers for years to come to
pay it off. I haye traveled Union
county where there were no roads, save
the old Oregon train, have assisted in
laying out and building many of its
highways and believe them to be
creditable, ' still we should improve
them as we reasonably can; a
thorough system of graveling the
roads where worst needed should be
inaugurated. The day of autos has
come. Farmers most use the roads
and if they are satisfied with them
our townspeople ought to be. It is
better to levy a few mills more for
road purposes than to bond for hard
surfacing of a few miles of rcuris.
Let us take a lesson from Multnomah
county. You girls and boys who are
to cast your first votes in the coming
election, beware! You will soon need
money for other purposs than for
hard suvftc'nnr of a few miles of vrad.
Stop, think! Take a long breath while
you lean on some of those old moss
covered posts.
DUNHAM WRIGHT.
promising for the small tract. Other
localities have developed prosperous
rural communities, why have we so
signally failed?, Have we organized?
Yea, many times. Ts there a proper
spirit of co-operation ? Do the mer
chants and the men of enterprise de
velop the markets, and give the 'pre
ference to the home producer?- :
Where Are We At?
Here you will find one of-the most
poverty stricken a-ural ' communities
anywhere to be found between the
two oceans. ...What does, the record
disclose? Take the census of one
district wMch is typical of all the oth
ers. Forty-live small tract places
should furnish- employment for sixty-
five owners and; their sons. Taking
rnese to -persons we tind them dis
tributed as follows: . ....
10 Jive on and pretend to make a
living on their places.
13- are in the : employ of the Rail
way Company.
. 14 are employed in offices, stores
and mills. - ' '
23 work at ' other jobs in town or
elsewhere.,. :", .
4. starved out and .left the country.
ldiedtobeat.it.
Of the' six', boards of directors, of
associations of five members each,
only seven remain of all this com
pany. Three boards of directors show
every member missing but one and he
is . trying- to escape, but cart't.
Take, the record 'of one car of fruit
by way of illustration which will show
how much the grower gets out of
it, or it gets out of him.
This car sold for $1028.43 to the
wholesaler. No telling what the con
sumer paid after the jobber, the re
tailer and the pedler took a whack
at it. These are the charges against
mis saie tnat tne grower had to pay
after losing his apples:
Railway freight $ 321.30
Ocean freight 370.98
Car rental 5.00
Dockage ... , . 2.00
Insurance 34.44
Commission . . ... 51.42
Foreign Holding ... 63.02
Marketing dhiarges ... ... . .. 31.50
Advertising : 6.S0
Sub-central commission 18.90
Local association ... ... . . . . 31.50
Boxes, packing, paper and .!.
hauling ... 160.00
Total .... ...$1096.34
.Making a net loss to the grower, of
$67.91 besides the cost of picking,
storage and the cost of producing the
lruiu
Can you beat it? It needs no com
ment. Everybody can see the "graft""
etl,lf?ny irk ,K,n. jtltimlrc.
What Are We Going To Do?
As far as we have gone the record
shows about wlhere we are at. but it
don't show where we are going, al
though we are on our way.
Talk about the 'toack to the farm"" '
movement, that we have heard so
much' about since the cost of high
living got so high. The consumers:
of the car of apples herein listed
could understand what the "high cost
of living" meant but the grower
couldn't Juelp them out any. He gae-,
the apples away and paid 10 centr
"er box to make it a good 'bargain.
Paraphrasing a line in "Thanatopsis""'
i wily navo an xirese lerc taeir "
mirth and their employment and have-
come and made their lied with! thee"' -in
town? What are we -eoine to do-
about it? Hn another communication I
may have some sucreestions to offer
which may provoke a discussion that
will lead us out of the wilderness.
Yours truly,
J. B. STODDARD.
to Vowing Mcmi
WHERE ARE WE AT?
(Continued From Page 1)
and hay farming does not admit of
much expansion except in uns matter
of breaking bulk by feeding to hogs
and cattle and converting into butler
fat.
After a community has developed
tho primary conditions of agriculture
there is very little growth unless the
more intensified forms of farming and
horticulture are adopted and this is
followed up by converting the raw
materials into finished products that
transforms work into articles of value.
Some vears ago it was conceived
that ithe wealth and population of La
Grande could be greatly increased by
more intensified farming, and lands
within a few miles of the town were
cut up into tracts of from five to 40
acres and in most cases sold to actual
tillers of the soil. The slogan was
here, as elsewhere, "back to the farm."
Much of this movement may have
been speculative, nevertheless it was
a laudable undertaking, and in the
direction of community development
if all the other conditions of success
had been developed at the same time.
Production, distribution and adequate
returns are what makes prosperity.
In Jhe rural community of La Gninde
some of these elements were lacking.
What Is the Matter With Us 7
With a town like' I Grande, with a
population naulo up mostly of con
sumers of farm 'products this is as
sumed ito be 8; rood market. If it
isn't why not?-' ; Thai -is- the" question
thfit prompted' "thiV tomm'unication.
Wihat are'' the condition! we -find in
th suburban' " cdmlmtinlMerr. of
Grande -where" everything 1 Momed o i
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If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd sure like to win. but you think you can't
It's almost a cinch, you won't.
. If you think that you'll 1 ose, you're lost, . '.
For out of the world you'll find,
Success begins with a fellow's own will,
It s all in the state of your mind. ,
If you think you're outclassed, you are;
You've got to think to rise, "r" "
You've got to be sure of yourself befo re
You can say to yourself, you're after the prize.
Life's battles you know, don't always go
To tihe stronger or faster man;
But sooner or late, the man that sure wins;
Is the man who thinks that he can.
The above item applies to the Mam
moth Grocery, which will soon open.
The Big Store, in the Middle Room
of the middle Block Easy Found.
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