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PAGE TWO "1 LX GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER MONDAY, APRIL 3; 191. 4 f ft F 4 f t f ff?fH?f?fH?fi?,fr4ffr QC WASH FABRICS "YOUR WASHABLE FABRICS ARE SO DIFFERENT FROM THOSE GENER ALLY SHOWN," IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD OFTEN THE PAST. FEW DAYS. t . .: I jDainty Ntew Tissues and Zephyrs, priced 25 yard New Galateasin the popular, Middy Stripes 20 yard ' ': New Devpushire Cloth in Checks and Stripes", New Splash Voiles, all shades, special 19 yard " : New Printed Batistes and Lace Voilesvery desirable ; ,. - for Summer dresses :..U 24 up New Satine Stripe Voiles in Dark Colors, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON THE BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT AND .PRICES PUT THEM WITHIN THE REACH OF EVERY POCKETBOOK. THE' Hill's Store AT THE MOVIES AT THE ARCADE Coming to the Arcade theatre, Mon day and Tuesday, as a Pallas picture offering on Vtie Paramount program ir. "The Call of the Cumfaerlands," from the popular ;book of that name by Charles Neville Buck. It tells an elaborate detail of pictorial and dra matic effect the story of the feudal activities of two factions in Ken tucky, involving stirring events of traditional import, which find their end in the slaying of 'human beings. Spectacular in this regard and re markably beautiful in natural scenic equipment, the production stands out as one of exceptional merit. "The Call of the Cumberlands" af fords Dustin Farnum, the idol .if photoplay fans, opportunity again to score. Mr. Farnuin appears as the star of the production ' in the role of SHEKRY THEATER TODAY AND TOMORROW Here Is a letter we got from C. J. Kerr, I ranch manager at " Portland, Ore.: "We cmi not be too forceful in oar praise 'of DAMAGE GOODS, and it has struck responsive note among all classes f'-cm the highest, to the low est here. The writer has personally observed that the population from low ly Burnside Street to fashionable Port land Heights have attended the exh; bitifMis of this film. . "Wo have noted too that very promi nent profession and business men 'slip in' for a matinee, to determine, we presume, whether or not it is fitf or their wives and daughters to Bee and we find that they uo bring their wives and daughters to see the picture." inis world-ramous drama pictures t Let us examine it.' We must use a few I statistics. - An intensive study was made of tne 1 monthly earnings of 28,446 engineers employed on the western roads. This 1 study showed that 14.13 per cent of . these engineers earned more than $200 . a month. Of course this would run tn thousands when the entire country ! is taken into consideration but what of it? Why shouldn't a grown man. high ly trained, come up through the ranks, handling a magniticlent freight engine, handling a magnificent, complicated modern freight engine, receive $200 or more a month for his labor, for ten hours a day of hard, exacting, respon sible labor? And what of the nearly 70 per cent of the same group of en gineers who earned less than $175 a month and of the 60 per cent who earned less than $150 and of the 28 per cent that earned or rather received less than $125. Out of these 28,446 engineers only 14 in every thousand received as high j $260; only four in every thousand earned as high as $275; and only one as much as $300. Less than one in each 2,000 received $325 or more. The comparison between the engin eer and the holder of the stock certifi-' the terrible consequences of vice and Samson South, in Ihis youth destined ! physical ruin that follows abuse of the cate is sienifieant. It brinirs im a noint to be the leader of the clan of the moral law, 1 1 would like to discuss. There is a dif- 'Souths and in later years their chief- - A stirring plea for a pure life be-1 ference. The stockholder doesn't work tain who leads them to a victory that . f i.rc marriage in order to make impos-; for his dividends he merely sits back relegates hatred and insures safety of siblo the transmission of hereditary j and owns them. The engine I mini 10 lumre generations. woik ten nours a day on tne rauroad in Reven electrifying acts, beautiful for his wages. life. Our Want Ads bring results. scenes, impressive climaxes. THE TRUTH ABOUT RAILROAD WAGES ' By WM. LEAVITT STODDARD ' (In Reason's Magazine for April.) (Continued from Saturday.) Whenthe western railroad men were arbitrating their demands for higher wages last year, they asked or a ten hour day for engineers and firemen who were engaged in the (witching service. They also demanded That was a poor argument, Mr. Press : Agent. I wouldn't. use it again. And a ( bout the (bank president; he, too, is one of those people who either own or elBB do a trifling clerical job for others who , do own for a living. He doesnt work . ten hours a day for his living, on the railroad. Much of his salary he doesn't , deserve, and lastly, why shouldn't an engineer get more money than a bank ;er? In order to make the request of the ! men appear to be unreasonably extra vagant, the railroads point to the fact that the railroad payroll "now ap proaches $1,500,000,000 a year for the great army of nearly 1,800,000 men. i Out of every dollar received now by . the railroads for carrying freight and passengers the employees get 45 cents " and so on. These are enormous sums. But ever, is between the highest and the lowest November in six yean. A comparison of November, 1916, with the average November of the Dreced. ing five years shows an increase of 46.H per cent. Total operating revenues amount' ed to $296,274,613, an increase over 1914 of $64,510,387. Operating ex penses were $183,092,447, on increase of $16,984,949. Net operating re venue amounted to $115,182,166. an increase of $48,625,388. Taxes amount. ed to $12,133,251, an increase of $9&i, 878. ThiB left net operating income, available for rentals, interest on bonds, appropriations f of . improve ments and new construction, and divi dends. Operating revenues per mile averaged $1,303, an increase of 27 per cent; operating expenses averged $800, an increase of 9 per cent; net operating revenue per mile averaged $503, an increase of 72 per cent; while net operating income per mile was $450, an increase of 84.9 iper , cent. Taxes per mile increased 7.8 per cent. Railways operating 228,886 miles of line are covered by this summary, or about ninety per cent of the eteam railway mileage in the United States.'' What all this means is very simple. The railroad" are prospering, They are making lots of money. Their revenues are increasing. The labor power of the four hundred thousand men, applied to the vast , system of machinery and mechanisms that per forms the transportation function for the United States, is piling up money for those who own this system. There is no real doubt about this. The rail roads say it themselves in their own statistical compilations and if you will read the financial page of the twspapersv yoa ttM find Uie same news confirmed and repeated almost every day. In spite of all the "ad verse legislation" of which the roads complain, in spite of the very mild regulation of. the Interstate Commerce Commission, "and in spite of the ter rific sums paid out to labor, sums which it must hurt the looters of the railroads to see slipping through their fingers, in spite of all this, the rail roads are making money. And for this reason, among others, the four hundred thousand believe that the time has come to demand an eight- hour day. If they can not secure it when tne roads are prospering, how can they when times are hard ? Al ways strike when the iron is hot; never wait till it cools. (To be Continued.) Reasons Differ Mrs. Grundy! ''Why do you look gonad, Edie?" Edie (tearfully) Mary is going to marry Fred." "The worthless young prodigal! No wonaer you are sad." "Oh, it is not that I wanted to mar. ry him myself." : , DID YOU EVER Get 5 Interest on Your Debts? WE PAY THAT AMOUNT TO OUR CUSTOMERS, EVERY 30 DAYS. 4 "' ARE YOU AMONG THEM IF NOT WHY NOT? BETTER MAKE APPLICATION TODAY.. SUMMONS In the Circuit Court of the State of . Oregon For Union County t t,; "punitive overtime," that is to say a ivte for overtime so high that the rail roads will rearrange their schedules.so as to avoid paying overtime. The men want to receive and thev will receive i these are enormous tne same pay for eight hours as they ' transportation is an enormous husi now recr've for ten or twelve or more ness, and if you divide the total num hours of labor. In this sense the men ber of men who get those dollars; in will cat hichei waowa. nnrl tkn Til ! At hpr iworrls. If vnn Hivifta 31.Knn.nftn.- extra pay "time and a 'half" it is road's bill for wages, calculated on an HxK) by 1,800,000 you get $833, which uuim-wr era time at worn, uo nour's oasis, will ibe increased. The would seem to be the average wage this point the brief for men has these railroads do not or will not clearlv un. 1 paid to the railroad employee. I do not very reasonable remarks to contribute dertsand the position of the men on know if this is so but they are the bTJ J,re3e"' "cuBsion: tnls polnt .lney thlnk a&t what tney j ngurea glven out by the railroads and Contention of railroads that engin- are after is more wages, and they published in the New York Bun. I eers and firemen in the switching point to the few particularly strong thought the average wages of these eorvice cannot profitably be relieved men who work overtime in order to 1 so-called 'aristocrats of labor' would from duty at the expiration of ten add to their wages. "If the companies be somewhere up in the neighborhood hours is in keeping with the opposi. desire to test the sincerity of the men" i of a thousand or fifteen hundred dol tion of employers to any amelioration declared the heads of the brotherhoods liars, but it seems not. The average is of conditions under which employees in a signed statement, "let them iprove lower than the standard of livisg set labor; and, should their contention bo their belief in what they say and estab- by the best experts for the typical well founded in some instances, no bet- lish the eight hour day so that the I family of three or four human beings, ter evidence could be presented than men do not have to work a minute ov- What if the employees get 45 cents that the rates and overtime rate re- ertime. The shorter workday is the on-1 out of every dollar of receipts? Could quested nre not excessive, for an em- i ly proposition on which the men are j the railroads get the dollar if they did ployment so ardous and exacting. It i voting." not buy the labor first? and could the is not conceded that engineers .and It is the universal habit of employ. ' labor be bought cheaper? "The em firemen in switching service ennnot ers to pick out the few prise employ-1 ployees share has risen from 40 per be relieved from (luty at the end of ces to demonstrate what all employees cent to 45 per cent in t3 last few ten hours and contentions to the con- might do. At Lawrence, Massachusetts,! years," declare he carriers. WelJ, trary are prompted by pecuniary int- the mill owners pointed to the accu-.' why shouldn't it? Without this labor erests. If the exigencies of railroad mulated savings of the men to shrj there would no 'profits to share, business demand that the railroads be , that they were rich and did not need I Side beside with tho carefully privileged to retain a lien upon the a wage increase. In the Homestead : cultivated impressions given, cut by time that is required by the employee strike of 1892 the mill owners asserted the roads for tho purpose of loading for rest and recreation, then the em. ', that under the piece-work system then ! public opinion to the conclusion that ploye should be compensated at a high-; in praitice a certain gang leader had ! the roads will go to wrack and perdi-e:- rate, not only because he is rcquir-' earned $16 in a single day. Under the tion if the eight-hour day and extra ed to sacrifice rest and recreation, but same system, of course, the great maj. I pay for extra work is granted, the is rompeneu to lorcgo tne pleasures oi 0rity earned a bare living but the $16 , truth is gradually becoming apparent home comfort and associations with ' man stood out ns a possibility for ev-! to the blindest thr.t the roads are my" . . I eryone. So today the railroads are dc-j very, very prosperous. Take what j .... .... ...... HH .jviiuiMK uir wi'min oi tnv men. vne " -ijuj ciu ui xiuuwuy economics, higher than rates for the usual hours! press-agent story Is so good that it! the railroads' own statistical office snouia De inserted in tne joice column ! in TTasnington, says aoout it. x quote Mere it is: iiDerany oecause tms point is highly Thousands of engineers, it is stat. I important Remember that this quo ed earn upward of $2,000 a year, and ! tation is from the railroads'' person monthly checks of $200 to $250 are i ally maintained bureau: the figures common on roads whose stockholders and the. language are the railroads' have forgotten what a dividend check . own language): looks like. Many of the engineers, the ! "Net operating income of the Tail railroads assert, are paid more than ways of the United States for No ban It presidents in the smaller eomun-! vember inntased $207 per mile, or iriee through which they run." ' M.9 per cent, ns compared with No Tots statement is wortti cxMiUclug. vember, 1914. This comparison, how- - - -V - . of employment is a well established practice in all leading industries ex. t ept by railroads, to employees in con ducting tranportation. To shop employ ees of railroads time-nd-a-half is rjiid for overtime, which Is a recogni tion by the railroads of the correctness of the principle." . The. men want ah eight hour day. They want rail.-Mds to pay time-evnd. -half for extra time beyond the eight hour limit, They want what 1; called Howard P. Campbell, Ida L. Gillis, Ada M. Sharp and Ora A. Wall ace, Plaintiffs. v Providence M. Cunrey, Clementine Cur- rey, Mary uurrey, Elizabeth Jane Ashley, Ann Eliza McCain, Mafthew W. Mitchell, Carrie H.HarveyA. M. Harvey, Francis M. Smith, Joseph W. Smith, Alonzo C. Mitchell. Olive Mitchell, Harry L. Mitchell, Belle Mitchell and Frank W. Mitch ell, Winifred H. Mitchell, Ida 'Ben son, S. G. 'Benson, George H. Cur rey, Edith Currey, Fred B. Currey, Carrie Carrey, Jennie Carrey, Thomas H.. Currey, and all unknown heirs of John H. Currey, deceased, ' and all o ther persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real estate described in the complaint, Defendants. To Elizabeth Jnne Ashley, Ann Eliza McCain, Mathew W. Mitchell, Carrie M. Harvey, A- M. Harvey, Francis M. Smith, Joseph W. Smith, Alonzo C. Mitchell, Olive Mitchell, Harry L. Mitehell, Belle MStdhell, Frank W. Mitchell, Winifred H. Mitchell, Ida Benson, S. G. Benson, Thomas H. Currey, and all unknown heirs of said John H. Currey, deceased, and all other persons or parties unknown, claiming any right, title estate, lien or interest in the oreal estate describ ed in the complaint in the above en titled suit, defendants: .., You and each, of you ore hereby notified to be and appear in the above entitled-court and answer the com plaint therein filed against you in the above-entitled cause within six weeks from the first publication of this summons, and defendants and each thereof will take notice that if you fail so to appear end answtsr within said time, the plaintiffs will, for want thereof, apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the com plaint in said cause, to-wit: for a decree theren that plaintiffs ore the owners m fee of the following de scribed land in Union County, State of Oregon, to-wit: North malf of 'Southeast uarter1 of Southeast Quarter of Section Sixteen in Town ship Three South of Range Thirty eight. East of Willamette Meridian, and that their title thereto be quiet ed against all the above-named de fendants and all unknown heirs of John H. Currey, deceased, and all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate lien or interest in the real estate described I in the complain in said cause. . This summons in published by order of the Hon. Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Union of date tne Zlst day of March, 1910, directing - publication tiiereof once each week for stx consecutive weeks m the La Grande Evening Ob server, a, newspaper published at La Grande, Oregon, and the first publi cation of this summons is on the 27th day of March, A. D., 1916. f J. D SLATER, Attorney for Plaintiffs. Pally Mar. 27 Apr- . 10, 17, 24 May May 1.8. HARRIS GROCERY PHONE MAIN 70 FARMERS PHONE B 192 408 North Fir Street,; Cross Track Feed cmd Hay full linn nf fpeA in stock. Good Baled Hay nnrl all lrinrla nf orflin Prices richt and Drorrrot delivery any time, anywhere; Wholesale and reail. Will trade feed for good Wood. v ;.--. . - ; Fuel HIAWATHA and ROCK SPRINGS COAL, well SCREENED and CLEAN. FIR, PINE and TAMARACK .WOOD, 4 foot or sawed STORAGE of all kinds, FIREPROOF, Building. DRAYAGE, TRANSFER and DELIVERY, FURNI TURE ,and PIANO MOVING. EVERYTHING GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY. LYNCH and STEWART Jefferson Ave. One Block East of DepoU : Phone Main 10 . Residence Phone Red 1091 D. R. FONG MEDICINE CO. CHINESE ROOT AND KERB REMEDIES Cnfei Bodily Diseases With Root and Herb ireatnent. - Free Consultation Phone 762 1412 Adams Ave. La Grande!! Ore. Out of Sight Dart W M " better rrt where yea can't tee It wests. Let ut take can of It and you'll ami have occasion to worry about it. JOHNSTONE & REISLANB. 1515 Adams. Fre intptction of any battery at any tint THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY EVERY HO'ME IN LA GRANDE SHOULD HAVE ELECTRIC LIGHT. 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