La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 07, 1916, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY,' APRIL 7fil916U LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE FOUR t - - - -. i ' THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner Entered in the Postoffice ot La Grande, Oregon, as ' Becond class matter. , - SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Daily, single copy 5c Daily, per week 15c Daily, per month 65c Daily, per six months in advance $3.60 Daily, per year in advance ..... $7.00 Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4.00 Weekly Observer-Star, per year in advance $1.5C Advertising rates on application. - All copy for display advertising must reach the ffice the day before th ad appears. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street A MEMORABLE CONQUEST. In the days preceding the drawing of the Ashburton treaty wlien we were disputing with .Great Britain over possession of the Oregon coun try, as the states of Washington and Oregon were then termed, we had some curious arguments in tihe United States senate. Daniel Webster and several other wise men argued that the region was not worth contending for. The coast, they said, was subject to m constant downpour of rain and the interior was a rainless region. The country was inaccessible except by a sea route of about 15,000 miles. Someone timidly asked jt the territory might not be entered at omo future time hy a railway, and a senator from South Carolina replied trail w J a railway could enter Oregon country would be by a tunnel ouu mma wi through the Rocky mountains. iMost of that memorable debate might be classified under the "follies of the wise." Long ago the railway conquered the mountain barrier with steam. Today a new conquest is in progress.' Man is not merely conquer difficulties. He likw to nib it in :by making the difficulties that oppose hie way furnish the means by which they are beaten. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway is making the watershed of the mountains turn turbine wheels, which in their turn operate electric generators. The electric current , is being harnesses to puu u m , A i in1 n the mountains oi tno gra. The line for la section of 115 miles between Three Forks and Deer Lodge, Montana, is already under electric operation. This is the first unit of a system which will extend from Har lowton, Montana, to Avery, Idaho, a distance of . 440 miles. So m the course of 75 years it has come about that the once impassable mountain barrier, 500 miles in breadth is act ..;c.Vvn tiliB nower by which trains of all-steel cars are hauled across the divide from evcner mr. The engineers have put it all over the statesmen and politicians. CLEARS THE IR? Does Congressman Bailey of Penn sylvania clear the air when he intro duces a resolution in congress to in crease the Presidential term to six years, with a one-term limit? Then the congressman stoutly af firms the Democratic party and Mr. fTO SERVE Y0u We Have Spent Over $2,500 00 To Equip Our Dry Gleaning Dept. CHERRY'S NEW LAUNDRY Inc. Wilson have been unjustly assailed in connection with' the single term plank in the Democratic platform. He points oui w. not pledge himseir to one vena uuv merelv was pledged by the convention to the principle. . People generally, win noi inw wio u'a aMotnnt to build a barricade behind which this single term stuff may be shelterea. n is u a a., Who tAllinir h second story KUUU UCO - - - ---- ..- to shield one from tne nrsi, una w surroundings all the time grow more complex. . . - Why does not the uemocrawc pwriy and its candidates come out squarely and confess to the people that the one term plank was a mistake - at the present time at least, thus making a frank, clean acknowledgment of an error. That is tne American wy ui doing things, and the way the Ameri can people like. But they do not like Congressman Bailey's way of , at tempting to hide something and dis tort a meaning that was made clear in Democratic newspapers ana ny nmwmfin sneakers ir. the campaign wherein Mr. Wilson was successful. r ft 7 mi WvTrS' t JUST LOOK AT THIS PICTURE AND DO A LITTLE "THINKING." THEN YOU WILL BANK YOUR MONEY. BANK WITH US. WE PAY H 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 J. Holmes, President; C. C Penington, Vic President; F. L. Meyers, Cashier; E. Zundel and H. E. Coolidge, Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS Fred J. Holme, J. G. Snodgrasa, J. F. Conley, C. C. Ponington, H. S. Brownton, F. L. Meyers, A. Blokland, A. T. Hffl, H. E. CooUdg. SKILL IN THE JOB. The best pickpocket in New York was taken to Sing Sing for a 10-year term. He was handcuffed to a deputy, who discovered . the prisoner at tempting to lift a wallet from his pocket. At, the end of the journey Robert Manning, the artist thief, handed over to the conductor : his watch. "Here's your watch, old pal. 1 dort't need it," he said. Ho was stealing on that somber Tide into exile because he found pleasure in the exercise of highly de veloped skill. He was stealing in the same spirit that a good architect de signs a beautiful building or a musi cian plays a beloved instrument or a successful blacksmith shoes a morse Manning is called the cleverest in hi3 profession Ibecause he vtakes intenao pride in the predatory talent by which he gained a living. In Manning's zeal is the pathos of a sound impulse gone wrong. - His sensitive fingers and quick minu might have . been trained to delicate mechanical tasks; he might have ere ated instead of filched wealth. , For some reason, in him or outside of him. the artistic instinct which is hv herent in everyone became preverted. Th moral of his spectacular "lob performed with one hand confined is for honest persons Who lack joy in the job, pride in the day's duty. To the extent that industrialism prevents the expression of that joy and pride it needs reconstruction. THE EAST WILL DEMAND A CUT. 'Wlhen the Eugene Register says "Oregon ought to have the whole of the excess from the sale of the Ore gon California land grant lands," no one can doubt the truth of the state' ment, and when that paper further says, "The rest of tfhe United States is not. entitled to a cent, for Oregon alone has iborne the burden of inter rupted development," again people will say. "quite true, quite true." But what Oregon should have and what Oregon will get may differ widely. It must Ibe admitted that Senator Chamberlain, Congressman Sinnott and Congressman McArthtiv are making a good fight for the state at Washington,, but .it must be re membered that congress as a Whole deals with this question. This means that every senator and representative from the eastern states will have his say and his vote, and in the end the bill may be badly warped ant twisted from its original shape. The great question is, how diplomatic will our delegation Ibe in this fight thud savins: to Oregon as much las possible after the people from the east hava had their say in the matter. ' No just criticism can be longed against the delegation for it is doing good work for the state, and even if the heavy vote of the east divides by half what we believe we are justly entitled to, there still should be no criticism of our senator and congress- The Observer has been receiving letters regularly of late from the Bethlehem Steel company. That com pany -writes us in the most seriouB tone pleading that this paper take up its cause against the government of the United States. It seems that old Senator... Tillman introduced a little bill some time since advocating the erection of a government armor plant and the bill carries an appropriation of eleven million dollars for tho pur pose. We never heard from the steel company unui tnai um umiiutcu attention. Now we are on the com pany's correspondence list. Tillman'?) bill is all right. Not that the gov ernment should go into business to drive out privately owned enterprises hut in order th.it armor plate may te bought at a fair price. The. Bethelo- hnm people are now wining to mnhs nil kinds of concessions to the govern ment if tho hill is killed. Better tie them up in good tight contracts be fore the Tillman measure is inm on the table. A Portland attorney, determined to commit suicide, dressed himself in full dress and laid his gloves nearby before he turned on the final dose of chloroform. Such consideration , for the underpaid undertaker who is try ing to eke out a miserable existence is really remarkable ard shows won derful forethought on the part of the 0 :. ' 4. , ... The Mpdbrh Boy i la more particular about his clothes than was the boy ten or a ; dozen years ago. He wants his togs strictly in accordance with V. the accepted style for Spring, 1916, and nothing else wffl please,. him and ithat is just the kind of boy's clothing and furnishings y we are showing. , , . Smart, Practical, up to the Hour-Also our Values are the Best-"- BOY'S "BEST EVER" SUITS SPECIAL VALUE AT $5.00; For Style, Low Price and Goodness, we will match these suits , with any others. Coats in Norfolk Style; Some with 2 pair v pants. Full made, full lined, all seams capea, sizes o w iu yctuu. Special Values ... Boys' "Kaynee" Blouses guaranteed color no tapes; no strings. Special values 50c Boys' New Spring Caps, the great value at 50c Boys' "Black Cat" Hosiery: Triple knees, longest wear .-. 25c Boys' Medium Weight Union Suits for Spring 50c up ..:$5.00 Boys' New Spring 4-in-hand - Neckties, at ...... v.;.....r25o ' Boys' Suspenders, good ones at - :...'. 25c Boys' Fancy : Leather Belts;; . at... .........:...:.........25c. Little Boys' Wash. Suits,; all j the new styles, priced at r' . ... ;........75c to $2.00 Our Spring Grodons j& Stetsons Have Gaptured the Town These famous hats are more than ever in demand. Young men and their youthful-spirited elders have taken a great fancy to the New Stetson and Gordon Hats, which we are now showing. ., And there is one great "advantage in buying a Spring Hat here for Stetson and Gordon hats have quality-to-the-last-stitch that has proven itself in the wear through dozens of years of hat making. Store service here to match the hats in courtesy, prompt ness, largest variety, and a personal interest in your patronage. "GORDONS" $3.00 "STETSONS" $4.00 one who quit life's cares 'by his own hand. There is a little colored boy in Iowa who refuses to salute the flag 'because he says "America is a whita man's country." He has been dragged into court and commanded to submit. Probably a nickel's worth of gum drops and a friendly talk would solve this diplomatic crisis. Fashionable society is having a splendid time at Palm Beach, the on ly drawback being the lack of foreign titles. An importation of Kentucky Colonels might serve as a temporary substitute. Chicago News. A man's wife Bhould select his clothes, says the National Tailors' as sociation. That, however, would in volve letting her know in advance that you were about to blow yourseif to a new suit. The war denartment says it has received assurances of complete har mony from Carranza. If thats true it. is the first shaDment of the com modity from Mexico in several years. From the way in which the Port land Chamber of Commerce is getting advice from the press there must bo something wrong with the Chamber's way of doing things some things. A newsnaDer man has been pun ished for getting an uncensored mes sage from Mexico through. Tho army has won its first victory. Billy Sunday says it is just as bad to think a man a liar as to call him one. Yet, but not so dangerous. HUMOROUS AND SARCASTIC The most popular general in Ger many is Von HidenDurg. The best known general in Russia is General Retreat, but ho mny bo succeeded by General Debility. General Indifference commands in England. Auburn Cit- An appeal has been made .to the British women for greater economy in dress during tho war. It strikes the man that skirts- are about as short as they can be made at present without causing comment. Chicago Herald. St Louis children have raised by popular subscription several thousand dollars to buy an elephant, though an elephant would be about the last thing nn averae-e citizen with several thous and dollars would buy. Chicago News. A Hooposton, 111., farmer has en. Kaged a hired -,tsn and agived to fur risii him gasoline for his automobile. Tho 1916 model of tho Hired Man down in Hoopeston differs considerab ly from the old and familir-.r makes. Chicago Herald. Just because a bore asks you if you've ever heard the story before don't get Uhle idea that he isn't going to tell it simply because you're ac quainted with dt. Things like that are entirely too good to happen. Macon News. 'Any man could die of thirst in the Sahara desert but some could pull the same stunt in water up to their r.ecks. New York World. Badly Needed "There will ibe no meeting of the Good health Society Tuesday even-' ing because of .the illness of so many of the members." From the Wake field Star. Candor Mistress ."Bridget, I told you twice to have muffins for breakfast. Have you no intellect?" Bridget ''No, Mum; there's none. in the house.' Christian Register. SPUDS! SPUDS! 'We have some fine Early Rose Seed Potatoes Onion Sets and all Kinds of Vegetable and Flower Seeds Vi Fresh Fruits & Vegetables New Cabbage Spinach Rhubarb Fresh Tomatoes Hot House Lettuce Head Lettuce Cauliflower Green Onions Radishes Asparagus i Fresh Peas Bananas Good Sweet Oranges Grape Fruit Hood River Arkansas Black Apples Spitzenburg Apples CITY fi 11111,11!) BAKERY Home of Fancy Groceries . . Phone Main 75 E. POLACK, Prop.