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LA , GRANDE , EVJSWN0 . OBSERVER
THE OBSERVER
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OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street
I am living here at the New Cain
Hotel. This is a concrete five-story
building not far from the courthouse
and the governor residence. It has
some rooms with baths and an elevator
that runs now and then ununllv then.
Colonel Roosevelt as the Republi-1 Like most of the Alaska hotels it has
can presidential nominee is by no no dining-room, and one must en out
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ROOSEVELT IN FAVOR.
After years and years of waiting
for a railroad Marshfield is now
having the usual fight as to where
the depot shall be located. Evidently
tho Marshfield people are very much
like other folks. . .' ,;;y.
Give a little thought to fixing up
tho parking and to setting out a few
trees, this year. V In .years to -come
those trees, will stand as .monuments
to your memory.' ,
How about; local baseball ? Grant
Lincoln does not live here now. ;'
Not long' until the swimmers will
invade the river. . .- ;
Get ready to drink buttermilk when
the hot days come.
LIVING CHEAI IN ALASKA.
means longer' out of the question
Every day brings the Colonel more in
: favor, and every day men who have
bitterly opposed him in tho past como
out squarely in interviews advocating
bis nomination this year.
It is noticeable that the Colonel
himself is waging1 no fight for tha
honor. That ho would appreciate tho
nomination no one need fear, but he
'la laying no wires and asking no one
for support. If he ia nominated it
will be done because the nation wants
and demands him, and such a nomi
, nation would make him very strong
at the fall electoin. .
With Harding of Ohio as tempo
rary chairman of the national con
vention, however, it is easy to see
that the anti-Roosevelt national com
mittee is doing all in its power to RAILROAD PREPAREDNESS NEC
etop the Colonel, for it was Harding ' ESARY FOR MILITARY DEFENSE.
for his meals. I have to walk two or
three blocks to the restaurants, but all
strangers do likewise. The food is
excellent, and comparatively ' cheap.
These Alaskans have big appetites,
and the caterers make their portions
large enough to satisfy them. One
order of chops or steak is sufficient
for two, and a single order of. crack
ed crab' is more than one man can
eat. The crabs sold here are as big
around as a dinner plate, and as de-
licious as any served in Washington
city. At some of the restaurants
soup, potatoes and one kind of des
sert is served with each order, so that
a meal really costs less than a
similar one in the States. Frank G.
Carpenter, in The Christian Herald.
who hailed Taft as the greatest pro
gressive and then the fight was on
in' 1913. It would indeed be hard for
(The Bulletin)
'One of tho most important factors
Williams of Oregon, Penrose of Penn- f Preparedness for military defense
.ylvania, or Barnes of New York to ZJ&Zi.X..TX?
Zte5atrfVZoteve tha ttne at Sn Francisco the ottier"
h Pf r.. f 1 SJ i i ' "u the y f country is
but at the present moment each oflto b quickly and effectively mobil-
thMfl three men n in rr wi.h mnnv A: . r ... -i .
many
other members of tho national com
mittee are afraid to come out in open
opposition to the Colonel, for they
fear his strength in the convention.
. Rev. L. S. Chapman may become a
valuable man in the Grande Rondc
valley in a material sense as well as
spiritual. He is thoroughly familiar
with the canning business not can
ned sermons, but fruit and vegetable
canning. It might be well for the val
ley to insist on employing this man
for six days each week to get a good
cannery on its feet.
Dan Boyd, of Enterprise, Bays: "It
would do your soul good to see
Enterprise grow. Not a day passes
hardly that some new building is not
projected or a new home arranged
used in time of war. the railroads
should know ahead of time what is
expected of them. Army officers and
railroad officers should get together
to work out definite plans.
"For example, if the government
wouia ten us exactly how many men
it would place in passenger coaches
and sleeping cars, how many horses
it would put in stock cars, how many
cannon, caissons, and what quanitiy of
ammunition it would put in a box
car, whether or not it could use eon.
dolas, and how many cars, locomo
tives and trains it would require to
move a given' number of men. we
could then lay our plans in advance
ana oe ready when the real emergency
arose.. . . . . .
"Railroad preparedness is . not a
question of cars and facilities so much
as it is an understanding as to how
they are to be handled. Recently
during the rush of traffic produced by
for." And Boyd's story is backed up I ? ""an war, the Southern Pa
fcy every other Enterprise man who W Jgl 1L ?
comes this way.'
i traffic, with Ha regular facilities, and
s there was no hardship to anyone be-
' "Turn the Indians loose," says cause we were (warned ahead and
Uncle Sam and with that a number ) planned accordingly. In time of need
' of Aipaches were employed to hunt the Company can, handle from 100 to
down Villa. It is an Indian's job all i 2?J)er e.n ,mo? than i4t noal
rich j wv w( 1.. j I traffic, if it Is given, a chance to
3 V" . J7 5 """' mobilize its resources'
war in Europe was responsible for
the recent car congestion. "The diffi
culty began really in the ports of
Europe, where ships carrying the
enormous war cargoes could not be
unloaded and promptly returned to
this country.. The lack of ships caused
all the available ' wharf warehouse
space to be quickly filled up, and then
the freight cars could not be unloaded
for luck of warehouses. From New
York to New Orleans, to Galveston,
and then westward through Tucson
and Los AngeleB, the congestion
spread to the Pacific Coast. It was
like a stream of water that, when
stopped in its flow at any point,
backs up all along the line." .
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GEMS FROM THE BIBLE.
I. Corinthians. XIII)
Thoua-h II sneak with the tongues of
men and of angels; and have not char-
lity, I am become as sounding Drass,
P6r a tinkling cymbal. .
2. And though l have tne gut oi
prophecy, and understand all myster
ies, and all knowledge; and though I
have all faith!, so that I could remove
mountains, and have not chanty, 1
aim nothing.
8. And though I bestow all my
irnoris to feed the ooor. and though I
onve mv bodv to be burned, and have
not charity, it profiteth me nothing. .
4. Charity sutreretn long, ana is
kind; charity envieth not; chanty
vaunteth not ltaelf , is not puffed up.
K. Doth not behave itself unseem.
ly, seeketh not her own, is not easily
provoKea, inmKeui no evii;
6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but
rejoiceth in the trutn;
7. Beareth all things, believeth all
things, hopeth all things, endareth all
things. -
8. Charitv never f aileth: but
whether there 'be prophecies, they
shall fail; whether there be tongues,
thev shall cease: whether there be
knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9. For we know in part, and we
prophesy in part. ' ,
10. But when that which is per
fect is come, then that which is in part
shall be done away. ;
11. When II was a child, x spaxe as
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a child, l unaerscooo as a i-nuu, i
thougihlt as a child; but when I be
came a man. l put away cniiuisn
things.
12. I' or now we see through a
glass,' darkly; but then face to face:
now I know in part; but then shall
I know even as also' I am known.
13. And now abideth faith, hope,
charity, these three; but the greatest'
of these is chanty.
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Dame Fashion
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' THE FORUM
ft . ' -J ' aa.
will get the reward.
Mr. Kruttsehnitt explained how the
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MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SKSTEM OF BANKS v
OVER ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SN GOLD
WAS PUT UP BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE" SYSTEM OF
BANKS, IN TWO DAYS, AS A BASIS ON WHICH THE U. S.
GOVmRNMENT ISSUES MONEY.
OUR B"NK IS A MEMBER OF THIS "FEDERAL RE
SERVE" STTEM. WE CAN TAKE OUR SECURITIES TO
OUR DISTRICT ''FEDERAL RESERVE" AND GET MONEY.
YOU CAWTGET YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU WANT IT
WHEN IT IS DEPOSITED IN OUR EANK.
BANK WITH US.
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON
Capital (200,000.00, Surplus $50,000.00, Resources $1,000,000.00
Fred J. Holmes, Preident; C. C. Penington, Vice President; F. L.
Meyers, Cashier; li. Zundel and H. E. Coolidge, Assistant Caehiera.
DIRECTORS
Fred J. nolmes, J. G. Snodgrass, J. F. Conloy, C C. Penington, H.
S. Brown ton, F. L. Meyers, A. Blokhvnd, A. T. Hill, H. E. Coolidge.
PAVEMENT ISSUE AGAIN.
La Grande, April 8. (To the Edi
tor) We hear a great deal about the
ease with which a bond issue of
$400,000 could be paid off. . Accordf
tag to some of the enthusiasts the i0
miles of hard surface road wduld
roracticallv Pttv for itself, no one
would be harmed and everybody would,
be benefited. They ought to know
very well that it has not worked out
that way with our paved city streets:
Some of the deplorable conditions
that aire alleged to exist in the valley
on account of the lack of paved roads,
exist right here in La Grande
strangely enoughs on account ot
paved streets. Here is where will be
found people that are heartsick and
whose bank accounts are stunted be
cause a powerful paving company
some years ago worked up a lot ol
impetuous enthusiasm among a few
who in turn rushed the rest off their
feet in order to pave a lot of streets
before the property owners' fully real
ized what it meant for them. A great
many of them now find it impossible
to even raise the interest on these im
provements. If the reader doubts
this statement let him listen to the
report of City Manager Lafky to the ltr"'!l'jQ
city commission published on page 8 7 "5 v.l
of your issue of March 2Srd. The I hav
said report concludes as follows: "I
beg to call the commission s attention
to the fact that the city paid out over
$5000 (Improvement Bond Interest
more than it collected. This fund is
overdrawn more than $9000. An ef
fort must be made to force the de
linnucnts to pay up at least the in
terest. Other cities including Port
land are having the same trouble."
Wo are asked if it would not be
wise to put our prejudices and per
sonal inclinations to one side far a
while and deal with facts. It cer
tainly would be wise 'but let us look
at and deal with all the facts: favor
able as well as unfavorable. The
above is one fact to ponder over and
here is another one: All the advo
cates of paved roads assume that af
ter the road is paved there is no more
expense. Isn't it a fact that our
paved streets cost a great deal to
keep clean ? In every report by Man
ager Lafky there is a large item of
expense for street cleaning. Wouldn't
a narrow strip of paved road out in
the valley have dust canned onto it
by vehicles and dust and sand by the
winds? I think if you look it up you
will find that as much or more money
is spent every year now for keeping
paved streets clean as was spent oil
all the streets for all purposes before
any of them were paved. The prop
erty owner has the pleasure(?) of i
having the assessor raise the value of
his property, of paying principal, in
terest and cost of cleaning and then
being called a "pest" because he at
last rebels and protests against any
more of it. The -worst of it is that on
account of these drains on his pocket
book he often cannot make necessary
improvements of the premises. The
property becomes run-down and no
ono wants to 'buy or rent it, just as
vou said in vour editorial comment.
I do not doubt the good intentions of
tho hnd advocates but the Bible
says the road to hell is paved with
e-ood intentions. However that may
le, it has been demonstrated that too
much pjiving may lead to having con
siderable "boll" right here.
A critic in your issue of March
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THE final word has been spoken
on Easter styles. Possibly you
have waited until the last moment to
complete your Holiday wardrobe. Per
haps you were afraid of buying in
haste and wearing: m repentances ,
Now, the last style-word has been said
Dame Fashion has no more instructions to
give. ' Styles are just as titiey will and must
be. ' " ' '
And, now that you are ready to. choose,
you are invited to our show-rooms to se-,.
lect from our complete stock of top-style,
top-quality garments. '" : i ,T ' '',;'
If you are bewildered by . our many
styles and models, call in an expert for; '
advice. Oui sales-people, will be proud
and delighted to give their opinion, as ; to
what becomes you best and what will
serve you most faithfully! ' "
Unusual Showing of the Newest Spriing Suits. Priced fit :..!.:. "' :-"
I $15.00, $17.50, $20.00, $22.50 up to $40.00 '
Unusual Shown of the Newest Spring Coats. Priced at .......
................r..;.$8.00, $9.00, $12.50, $15.00, $17.50 to $35.00 '
Unusual Showing of the Newest Spring Silk Dresses. - Priced at ,....... .;,
. .......--..i.-.-.l.:.A..;::..:$10.00, $15.00, $1:7.50, $22.50 upto $35,00;,, " ;, ;
Unusual Showing of the Newest Spring Blouses. Priced at .....1... I.
..$1.25, $1.50, $2.50, $3.25, $4.50, $5.00 up to $10.0p
gravel roads: "If a road that is dusty
when its dry, muddy when its wet
and rough all the time is a good road.
then those roads must necessarily be
good roads." One of these roads
(from ilsland City to Moss Chapel) is
I as having been bunt so years
have been over that road al
most every year for 26 years and I
do not remember of ever seeing any
one do any work on it, or of it look
ing as though any work had been done
on it. Does anyone mean to tell me
that if our paved streets were left to
eTiift for themselves that long that
they would have no mud in wet weath
er and no dust in dry weather and that
they would not be rough ? They aro
forever being washed and swept but
a gravel road is no good if it ever
needs attention. Rather queer logic
thatt Those gravel roads were built
without any modern machinery, they
were probably not even rolled nor
was the gravel screened. At that
they are not much rougher than our
own paved Spring avenue. After wo
have a gravel road we can always
cover it with asphalt if we see fit to
do so and can get the asphalt for a
reasonable price. We have been told
about the pioneers who emigrated to
the West in spite of the "posts," yes
sir, and in spite of hsving no paved
roads to travel on. Thev unlike the
present day travelers, did not expect
others to literally pave the way for
them. A good many of those Relf-
samo pioneers are now called "moss
gathering posts" because they can
not be stampeded into approving of an
extravagant luxury. Oh, well, Mr.
Editor, a post is a pretty good thing
to tie to. I hope the voters of Union
county will bo well enough "posted" to
defeat this proposition of a hurry-up
bond issue. !
J. H. BLUMENSTEIN.
er home. The daughter's ambitions
for the stage did not wane but her
father was strongly opposed to her
plans. After their return to Denver
MHbs Durbin attracted the favorable
notice of .Madam Modjeska, the fam
ous actress. This followed' a private
renearsai in which Modieska .was the
only auditor and in which Miss Dur
bin gave some portrayals from Shake
speare and a few of the deeper inter
pretations of human life from Victor
Hugo. The result was an engagement
with Modjeska which continued for a
year or two.
Maude Durtnn married Ottis Skin
ner, who is regarded as one of the pre
mier's of the American stage.
Twenty-Four Years Ago
Milton Kelley, for over twenty
years editor of the Idaho Statesman,
died in Boise last week. The death of
his wife occurred about a month ago.
The Elgin train brought up sixteen
cars of railroad ties yesterday even
ing.
Soliciting committees are at work
throughout the county soliciting stock
for the Alliance Flouring mill to be
built in La Grande. The capital
stock is $25,000 and no one person is
allowed to hold more than $500 worth
of stock.
There was a meetine of the citv
council Monday evening to open the
bids for the bond issue of $30,000 for
the construction of water works. The
bid of Spitzer & Co. of Toledo, Ohio,
was the best,- their bid being $30,000
less $284 commission.
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SCRAPS OF THE PAST.
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THE SPICE OF LIFE
A little over 25 years ago La
Grande was the home of a sixteen
year old school girl who attracted
much notice as an elocutionist and in
amateur threntrical entertainments.
Her name was Maude Durbin and her
father, W. L. Durbin, was a train dis
ra.tr.her. After a few vears the
22n1, says, referring to our preiwnt j family removed to Denver, their form-
Wonder What He Meant
"It's hard," said the sentimental
landlady at the dinner ti'ble, "to think
that this poor little lamb should be
destroyed in its youth just to cater to
our appetites.
"Yes," replied the smart boarder,
struggling with the portion, "it is
tough."
Slightly Previous
A colored man who had contracted
a debt some years ago with one of our
merchants enme to town the other day
and called on his old creditor.
"Didn't you eplam to me that if I
settled up that account you would give
me a llowance?" said the darky to
the mediant.
"Yes I did say so Sam," replied the
merchant. "If you are ready to settle
your bill now I will make you a good
allowance," and the mechant waited
for the colored man to pull out : his
ipocketbook. : !
"Well, sir, I Wasn't got the moiiejr
jus' now but 1 thought I'd home in for
the 'lowance; my wife wants to get
hersel' a shawL" National Monthly.
"Pa, a man's wife is his better half.,
isn't she?"
"We are told so my son."
"Then if a man marries franco ftom
isn't much left of him is there?" Bos
ton transcript.
Not Much
A 'Soldier had died, and a verv nn-
popular seargeant was making a "vol
untary" levy of a shilling per man to
be sent to the dead soldier's widow. He
came to Mick, an Irishman, who was
always in trouble and who hated the
sergeant.
"Now, Mick, my man,' where is your
shilling?"
Mick slowly put his hand in his poc
ket and as slowly withdrew it. He
looked lovinly at the shilliing as it lay
in his palm, and then passed it over
to the sergeant.
"There it is," he said, "and I'd glad
ly make it a sovereign if it was for
you"
.The Case Of Solomon
The One I can't understand whv
old man Solomon was considered such
a wise guy when he married 700 wives.
The other Well, that's enough to
put any man wise.
Rather Difficult
Cheerful one to newcomer, on being
asked what the trenches are like "If"
you stand xm vou pet sniped; if you
keeps down you gets drowned; if yop
move about you get shelled, and it'
you stand still you gets court-martialed
for frost-bite." Punch.
His Handicap
First reporter "Senator BuHyun
must have been a bright baby."
Second reporter ''Why do you think.
so?-
First reporter "In an interview he
told me he began life as a schoolteach
er." Indianapolis Stur.
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