LA GRAUDE EVENING OBSERVER
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1913. '" i
AGK FOUR
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor sad Owner
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not he overlooked that the entire con- j side when affliction overtakes you?
gress votes upon this measure and Who says the comforting words in
many of the eastern congressmen i the time when the world looks dark?
v Ho invites you nine ami ugaiu w
church, to prayer meeting, to young
people? meeting, and yon thank him
but never go? The clergyman is al
ways on the job. He never fails you.
You do not have to guess where he
stands on any question. You do not
have to hunt for him; he is always ac
cessible. .
And what does he get out of it?
Most of them gel true contentment
will not overlook the opportunity to
take from Oregon by force of voting
strength what should belong to this
state. That is a way the east has
and practice of it in the past only
tends to .show what is likely to occur
regarding this bilL
The final measure will doubtless
be a compromise and we may not
share as well as we had hoped, yet
whatever the outcome may be the
with kindly feeling the work of Con
gressman Sinnott and Senator Cham
berlain for their efforts in behalf o
the school fund.
THE CHURCH PENSION FUND.
The. Observer is in receipt of
neatlv printed volume from 4 Wall
Maareaa an communications to this street.' New York. It is not a etocu
OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street iboostine namnhlet. neither is it
J sympathy pamphlet issued by any o
SINNOTT FIGHTS FOR SCHOOL ;the corporations who want the Intor-
FUND .state commerce commission vt lew uy.
1 But it is a little booklet showing how
The energetic fight that Congress-' needful it is to pension the clergymen
man Nick Sinnott has put up for the t this country. Such eminent men
chool fund to share heavily in the as J- Pierpont Morgan are among the
Oregon Land Grant land sales in ad-. executive coraimim mm
people of Oregon will ever remember and happiness in living their eonse-
......... . i r-t I 1 ,; a . ! . m Dwiinflan.A
craieu lives vruMug ,u i v iv.-..w w
provide for them in later life.
Trusting in Providence is all right,
but why not give a little assistance?
We are taxed by law for every con
ceivable thing," then why not levy a
voluntary tax on ourselves to assist
these Wn who have lived close to
Almiehtv God. and given of their
counsel and their prayers to any who
might come, in order that old age
may be looked forward to with cer
taintv of plenty of the material
things necessary for comfortable liv
ing?
mirable and most of the state papers
are expressing words of appreciation.
Notably, the Portland Journal, which
naturally opposes Sinnott because of
party affiliation, made extra effort to
extend praise to the Second district
congressman in his work at Wash
ington. That Sinnott's fight, ' along with
Cliamberlain's, will accomplish much
there is little doubt, although it must
you guess at once it is an Episcopal
document, for 3. Pierpont Morgan
and all the rest of the Morgans are
Episconaleans,
But the idea the little book carries
is worth considering. Who toils on
day after day in the full knowledge
of knowing he is right, yet for weeks
and months at a time the world turns
in its "shoot Whe chute" frivolity and
heeds him not? Who comes to your
Family Dr. says ':
iur urusnes
"WILL THEY HON) THEIR BRISTLES?" IS THE FIRST
QUESTION WE ASK WHEN BUYING OUR BRUSHES BE THEY
HAIR BRUSHES, CLOTHES BRUSHES OR PAINT BRUSHES.
BUY YOUR BRUSHES FROM US AND THE BRISTLES
WONT FALL OUT.
BUY "ALL" OF YOUR DRUG STORE THINGS FROM US
AND YOU CAN "RELY" ON WHAT YOU BUY. , . .
".y. ALL BRISTLE GOODS FULLY GUARANTEED.
Levy - Vog'el Drug' Co.
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS. "
WALSH ON BRANDEIS.
So much is being printed relative
to the confirmation of Brandeis, and
so much of the criticism is of an ex
treme nature, that it is well to listen
carefully to what Senator .Walsh
says:
'Brandeis real crime was that he
exposed the iniquities of men occupy
ing high places in our financial
world," asserted Walsh. "He did not
stand in awe of the majesty of
wealth. In his written and expressed
views he favored 'social justice.'
"It would be easy for a brilliant
lawyer so to conduct himself that h
would escape calumny and vilification.
All he needs to do it to drift with the
tide. If ho never assaults the evil
doer who stands high in the market
places, he will have r.o enemies and
no detractors." (
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP IN
ALASKA.
H
There is much civic spirit in Juneau
and the town believes in municipal
ownership. It owns and operates the
principal wharf -and it has its own
fuel depot, where it supplies coal to
the citizens at the rate of $10 per ton.
Before the city went into the coal
business coal was bringing $14 a ton,
and at the same time gasoline was
celling at 85 cents a gallon. The
mayor began to sell in competition
and the price of "gasoline dropped to
21 cents. The city has also aided m
the building of a cold storage plant
.with a freezing capacity of 18,000
pounds a day and storage rooms for
50,000 pounds of fish.
Juneau has electric lights and wa
ter-works supplied by springs and
streams in the mountains. It has a
elcphone system and la service of i
ferries which connect it with the sev
eral towns on the channel. All of thj
latter are run by private corpora-1
tions. Frank G. Carpenter, in The
Christian Herald.
L UUA, IAAAJO Klin
JUST LOOK AT THIS PICTURE AND DO A LITTLE
"THINKING."
LI THEN YOU WILL BANK YOUR MONEY.
BANK WITH US.
WE PAY 4 PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON
Capital $200,000.00, Surplus $50,000.00, Resources $1,000,000.00
Fred i. Holmes, President; C C. Ponlngton, Vice President; F. L.
Meyers, Cashier; E. Zundol and II. E. Coolidge, Assistant Cashiers.
DIRECTORS
Fred J. Holmes, J. G. Snodgraw. J. F. Cony, C. C. Penlngton. H.
S. Brownton, F, L. Meyers, A. Blokland, A. T. Hill, 1L E. Coolldg.
Pendleton is promoting a big cen
tral Wientre which will be used for
many things including conventions
and gatherings and road shows. And
between large attractions the house
will run moving pictures. Is it pos
sible the day of the big theatre is
coming back?. We shared the belief
that tho movies had forever strangled
the large show house.
An addition of ten stalls to the La
Grande railroad terminals is food for
enthusiasm. Every person in the
city should feel the certainty of La
Grande's position as a irailroad town
ind rejoice in the future prosperity
that is surf? to eclipse the splendid
record of tho past.
John Wanamakor's son is to fly
across the Atlantic to Europe very
soon. Which reminds us of the life
long expression, "he just flew" may
yet be realized to the fullest extent.
An attempt is being made to revive
tho bicycle. Not, however, tho cen
tury runs, we hope.
Almost anything can happen now.
A Detroit man, snying it was his own
fault, apologized to the driver of nn
automobile truck that had struck him.
Detroit Free Press.
Peculiar Facts About (Well Known
People
London, April 5. Princess Alex
ardor of Tei-k is working in the kit-,
ehen at Princess Christian's Rod Cross
hospital, Englefield Green, near Wind
sor, where she helps with the cooking,
When You Buy a Suit of
Clothes ask to see the Works
If you were buying a watch you would not
be content with the case you would want
: to see the wheels go round. You are not as
much interested in knowing how your Buit
looks on the dummy in the window, as how
. it is going to look on you. Internals are the
secret of clothes wear it is the little things
that count. ,
Because the internals, "the works" are""
' right. The N. K. West Co. Clothing has
stood up all these years and still maintains
the claim of being by virtue of absolute merit
the ideal clothing for particular men who
want the best.
' This store is exclusive La Grande Agents for
"Hirsch Wick-wire" and "Fidelity"
Suits $15 to $30
Sold Only at West's
"Nettleton" Shoes $6.50 and $7.00
"Tilt" Shoes , .$4.00 to $6.00
"Beacon" Shoes .....$3.50
i
Shoes that earn the good opinion of every wearer."
They fit usually .well, because unusually well made;
and the styles are right. Here you will find the
"Old Stand Bys'' of comfort, also the advance styles
for young men. Get a correct fit and see what a
difference it makes in shoe comfort. We carry a
big range of widths in all sizes.
Men's Spring Union Suits $1
Men's Union Suits of fine Bralbriggan Cotton Spring Needle Knit Just the right
weight for Early Spring wear Sizes for all men Comfortable fitting and good wear
uig union suits. t ; $1.00
Of",. - X
Only 14 More Shopping Days
Till Easter
We Have Just Received for
Women and Misses Many New
Coats and Suits
We received yesterday by express a shipment
of many clever new Spring Suits and Coats in
tailored and semi-fancy styles. Our stocks with
this new assortment added is the largest and best
we have had this season, and as Easter is near,
those women with their Spring apparel still im
ihosen will do well by picking now while the
choosing is at its best.
For County Assessor.
I am now serving my first term as
county assessor. During that time
I have endeavored to conduct the af
fairs of the office, as economical as
consistent with good service with the
especial view of assessing all property
on an absolutely fair basis and be
lieve tho records of the office will bear
out tho claim. I ask for re-nomination
at Ithe hands of Republicans on
May 19th and pledge continuation of .Review.
my policies if nominated and elected,
U. U. (JUUUH.
Community Bird House Shown.
General Manager's Report.
To Keep The Eyebrow From Slipping
St. Paul, Minn., Apri. 5. "Gel'Em"
is tho name of a now club organized
in tho sophomore class of tho Univor.
silv of Minnesotn totlnv to diflcn.iriM'O
chic moustaches frowned on by cones bungalow tho bird house is itself
in n recent edict. Tho stated object
of the club is "to keep the eyebrow
members from slipping down upon the
lip."
New York, April . Exploiting thj
idea of bird conservation, one of the : to John Beckett, gem merchant. They
interesting exniuus at ine rourai in-1 may increase M per cent in value
ternaliomti ! lower snow in tne . within a year, lie declares.
Gcnml Central 1 alaco today is a col
lection of community bird houses. The
bird Swri.so has come to stay in tlio
general scheme of landscape garden
ing, and all sorts of little bird
houses are shown, in all styles of
architecture, ringing from the Doric
to strictly Colonial designs.
"Havo your bird house match your
home," is tho slogan, and for tho
a
War Oddities . whose fine was $25.00 to be paid April
London. After the war tht bodies 1Glh, Also alTested one on a state
of many British soldiers, principally u -ru r. i it ,
officers, will :bo removed from their charSe- Tho Pou"d Master is working
temporary burial ground in France tni3 week. Several cows have been
and Flanders to private cemeterios impounded.. There were thirteen sleep
in Britian. ! ers. Special man worked all week.
London The high tax has not les-1 rrl, ,t , A . , ... . ..
sened smoking in England but has1, lh3 Recorder received $2.00 license
driven smokers to cheap cigraettos lor tw0 do8"s; ?l-00 for two building
nnd cigars says the Tobacco Trade I Permits. Ho issued one plumber's lie
v.iae un $u.uu receipt ana one aray
j license on a $5.00 receipt from the
Diamonds Going Up. i uy ireasurer. lie issued a warrant
I for on the Contingent and
San Francisco, April fi. Diamonds 515.9U on the Water fund for March,
soon will jump in price, as the war has j paid outs. He issued a warrant for
cut off the source of supply, according j $-'031.11 interest on coupon nine im
provement bond3 178 to 25G; coupon
six bonds 504 to 585; coupon five
bonds 590 to 003, 615, 616, 618, 619
and 625 to 641, and $1000 on the Im
provement Bond Sinking fund for pny-
Todny's Oddest Story
J,ondon, April, 7. An officer serv
ing in MoRonotrmm wrote horn" to
day ns follows: "Tho Gnrdon of Kden '
' . ... .. t , i !
is noi many nunurea yarns irora enmp.
On the river front ifrows a tree which
has long, yellow beans nnd feathery
loaves. It ii tho only one of its kind
horo, nnd "T. Atkins" ihns nnmed It
"Tho Forbidden Tree". In its vicin
ity small Arab boys hawk choap cig
r.rets, biscuits and tinned milk and tho
locality is known as 'Temptation
Square." '
week ending April 1st, 1910
To The Commission: The Fire De
partment had a call from box No. 32.
A woodshed nnd outhouse were prac
tically burned up.
Tho Water Department spent $34.50
on reading meters and mnking repairs
, .UMM o rrt c - i
tiny bungalow, while for other homes for Mr Rloch; ' " " v
the houses rnfige from a miniature Th otppt r)n..f,nf ennf S7 on
Colonial mansion to the rude shelter . J h h're D "iVrM
constructed from ",tho stems of trees rr nta.m h' ,nn:' .15 for labor;
for tho old country farmhouse. . t'ltl iTjTt
Tho community bird house, where! V"
General manager's report for the. ment of bonds 178 and -179 called
all the birds of tho neighborhood enn
gather for shelter nnd for feeding, is
being advocated by bird lovers. Hero
the feathered neighbors can gather
for regular meals, instead of subsist
ing on the haphazard charity of those
persons thoughtful enough to throw
out i few crumbs for their benefit.
All the new stylo bird houses are so
arranged that tho7 can be cleaned
from time to time, to assure the new
tenants comfortable quarters. Some
of them am also provided with baths.
some pipe on roller and $48.40 for
rock for North Second street. Most
of the week's work was on that street.
One new cross walk was laid at Green
wood and V.; one was repaired at Sec
ond and the railroad. The old town
hose houso was moved from Mr. At
kinson's lot to lot 1, Block 3-C. Some
flushing nnd cleaning was dono on
tho down town streets. Also began
cleaning up East Adams preparatory
to repairing it.
The Police arrested one drunk
March 1st. He also issued a war
rant for $116.95 on the Library fund
on vouchers 349 to 352.
The Treasurer received $20.80 wat
er rent; $123.17 Improvement District
Installments; $40.15 Improvement
District Interest; $20.00 plumber's
license; $5.00 dray license; $1.00 for
two electrical permits and $383.60 Re
corder's turn over for March. He
paid $55.65 water warrants; $22.75
Road warrants; $116.75 Library war
rants; $19.81 Contingent wtrrants;
$15.00 Improvement District IntoTest;
$1202.55 General fund warrants with.
$148.83 interest thereon. Warrants
were called to endorsement of March
30th, 1914. Water rents for March
were $2281.80 for last year $1564.71.
nowever this year's collection includ
ed $594.55 water rent from the.
schools which was paid a month earl-,
ier last year.
Respectfully submitted,
F. J. LAFKY, ,
General Manager. .
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