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LA GRANDE EVENING , OBSERVER
SATUKDAV, AfitlX 22, WIS.
Colonel Roosevelt Was "Come Back'
Professional Directory
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A PEALS TO SHIPPERS necessary make shorter trains, to tret
'them over the road and cut out all
Cleveland, Ohio April 5. (To the these unnecossah-y delays.
Editor) Do you receive or ship? i The terrific strain and exposure to
If you do, thi.s question of an eight i which train crews are subjected short
hour day to railway freight train ner-1 ens their lives and shutters their
vice employes is laiv important one to health, Eight hours is long enough
you. i for uny man to work at such arduous
"What has an eight hour day for i labor and when the eight hour day is
train crews got to do with me?" you j in force it will mean more time at
say. . ' home with their families, more time to
Did it over occur to you that the take necessary rest and relaxation and
practice of railroads in loading down U will make them better citizens in
i locomotive with all the tonnage it ' every way. It is apparently not neces
would drag over the road was ono sary that freight rates should be in-
tor; erecting a new parly on the ruins ( so slow in delivory'j j to train eTei,a on acC0Unt of the eight
i.io uiu, .... u x. r Did you, Mr. Merchant ever have hour day. A small part of the mil-
La Grande April 22. (To the Editor)
.The recrudescence of Roosevelt is
one of the remarkable phenomenon of
.American politics, '
During his spectacular and strenu
ous career, the Colonel has accumulat
ed enough animosity to gag the sewer
system of Hades.
Anathematized as the autocratic
.brandisher of the Big Stick; denounc
ed as t' j designing Nen-esis of tlho
.Republican party, dictating his suc
cessor only to destroy him; pulling
down the pillurs of the temple in
which he had once reigned as impcra-
.his former foes Truculent Teddy yet . ' di;.,.ount 0 ,by because your
-emeires with r.is nery eye unuimmecl ds failcd to arrive so that you
.and his political "pep. undiminished. JouW cak up your invoice Md take
.A combative tearer down, a con- your discount?
uructive builder-up, impetuous, ram- Can you remember ten or twelve
piigeous and vehement, Roosevelt is : yeurg ago when you could order goods
wnie oi tnose stormy- strong men wno;ilmi jret them quicker than you can
sweep through life like an electrical
disturbance, breaking upon the world
in tempest and passing in spectacular
tdemonstrations of thunderclap and
lightning. ,
So sit! charged are these men with
energy that they distrub the equilibri
um of established order, topple over
'traditions, and provoke agitations that
reverberate long after they have
tired from tlho world.
Such characters are condemned by
many as revolutionary and dangerorju
Yet they perform a very great and I
t:
at the nresent time?
Efficiency experts are telling you
that the profits in uny mercantile
business depend upon - the turnover.
Successful merchants are always tell
ing you that you must buy in small
quantities i-.nd ofton. Hut when you
attempt to follow their ndvice you
find that it takes so long to get your
merchandise, that you are obliged to
buy in larger quantities than you
would if you could get quick ship
ments and make a quick turnover.
You must consider in Jact that in
necessary service to humanity.' They theso days of merchandising the qucs
relieve a sultry political atmosphere.
Thoy Hre the safety vents of pent-up
passions. They are the during Fr
monts in the grand, onward march uf
Democracy. , !
A man of great decision of charac
ter the combative colonel leaps ah
luptly to his conviction and expressed
it in swift, straightforward and some
times sulphureous diction. ; 1
A veritable steam engine dressed uu;
in man's clothes, his arm has thul
sweep of a piston, his words the liissl
of hot st?ami And when you hear theji
blast of his whistle, get off the trackfj
for the Empire Express is on the wayJ
Whatever else may bo said of him
the Colonel is no pussy footer. It re
quites no "wnlchful waiting" to deter
mine what ho thinks or where n
stands. r j
'His opinions are not polled Angus
(pinions. They are long-horned and
aggressive, Ono may doubt the wis
dom of his opinions but it is difficult
to doubt the honesty of his opinions,
or the straight-from-tho-shoulder sin
cerity of his opinions.
Whatever he says challenges it
tentinn and provokes discussion. You
m:!y kick or you may kiss him. You
cannot ignoie him. 'If his pistol mis
ses fire, he floors you with the butt
end of it.
. While go-easy gum-shoers were con
sulting the consiiB reports and count
ing the Geiman vote the Colonel spoke
his mind about Belgium and the Am
erican hyphonato and his words had
the tang of powder and the whiz of
bullets. 1
And tho remarkable thing about it
is tuat the German American is for
him in preference to Wilson. While
the German citizen does not relish the
colonel's truculent attitude towards the 1
tion of a sudden change of styles is a
very important one. After you puy
your good you must get them quick
ly enough so tnat you may sen mem
before styles change ana your mer
chandise becomes unsalable.
These nre some of the Teasons why
an eight hour dny fortrain service em
ployes is important to you.
This is just how it works out and
how it affects you.
Railroads, in order to increase their
oa.mmgs per train milo, arc loading
their locomotives with every car that
they can possibly pull over uny given
division. "
A few years ago, you will remember
freight trains ran on a regular sche
dule just the same as passenger
trains. They each had a number and
the train would run regularly nd you
could tell about when u certain numb
ered freight train would arrive at
your town. How is it now ? The rail
ronds do not start out a train from a
division point at all, until a sufficient
number of loaded oars are accumulat
ed in tho terminal to make up the f '.ill
tonnage of the locomotive. This
means th at the car that contains your
merchandise is held at the terminal
point until enough other curs show up
at that terminal to make up a long
train. If you are living in the Middle
West and nre buying goods in Now
York, you can easily see that these
delays are enormous in the aggregate,
when you remember that there is a
division or terminal point ueiwrai
your town and New York, for approx
imately every one hundred miles.
Now, then when these ti-iins are
finally made up to their full tonnage
limit, necessarily they drag along the
road at r. snail's pace and in tho mean
time vour customers are clamoring for
. goods and you get. iireo oi suyniK UVV,
lions of dollars' which have been
squandered in the past by 'tailroads
in the payment of bonuses, commis
sions, and in financial manipulations
would if devoted to the betterment of
employes' conditions, amply offset any
inconsiderable increase in the wages
of train crews.
While the railroads may claim that
they have stopped this sort of thing
the enormous waste of money is yet
to be paid for and you, Mr. Shipper,
are paying your part.
It is hieh time that railway offi
cials should keep their eyes .on tne
railroads instead of the stock tickers.
A railroad is a public service cor
poration 'and has a duty to its ein
ployes and the public as well as to
stockholders.
Tho labor cost of moving one ton of
freight one mile is much less than it
was twenty years ago. In 1890 en
gineer labor cost railroads (35c per
1,000 ton miles, in tne cost was
:i.rc. . -:-
It is chimed by some railroad of
ficials that it is impossible to make
100 miles at the rate of 12 1-2 males
of the time. President Pope recently
visited Washington,, -and he was
given respectful hearing when ho de
clared that the present is the best
timo of all for capital and labor to
forget some of their old difficulties,
and to combine against the soap-box
reformers. Colonel Pope has remind
ed thinking people that they must pet
busy and prepare to meet the vast
economic changes incident to the Eu
ropean upheaval. He has no panaceas
to offer, but he insists very vigorous
ly that there should be a square deal
for Anaorican industry and American
labor, and he uiges concurrent effort
on the part of all classes, irrespectiva
of party, in order that the United
Slates may not only reap tho legiti
mate fruits of increased woild- mar
kets; but what is more important still
safeguard against the hazards of
the future. The essence of this sd
peal from the manufacturers is that
thinking people should "get together"
for the conservation of American in
dustiy. Civilized Men and Cooks
Senator Reed Smoot declares that
much of the world's poverty, misery,
diunkeness and disease comes from
poorly prepared food. In a talk about
tho tariff the Senator gave his agree
ment to the sentiment of the poet
that said: "Civilized men cannot live
without cooks." He described the
Ametican garbage can as the fatter
in the world, and followed a denuncut
tion of it with a plea that American
girls be educated to cook, by a pro
cess of making the culinary ait part
ot the public school training.
Never Touched the Standard
The sudden rise in the price of gas
oline has called for all sorts of inves
tigation from government bureaus
and committees of Congress. The re-
f- -ftt-a
FRATERNAL ORDERS
A. P. & A.M. La Grande Lodge No.
41, A. F. & A. M. holds regular
meetings first and third Saturday
at 7:30 p. m. Cordial welcome to
all Masons.
ROBERT S. EAKIN, W. M.
A. C. WILLIAMS, Sec.
B. P. O. E. La Grande Lodge No 433
Meets each Thursday evening at S
o'clock in Elks club, comer of De
pot street and Washington avenue.
Visiting brothers cordially invited
to attend.
M. B. DONOHUE, E. R.
ADNA B. ROGERS, Sec
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS fled Cross
Lodge No. 27 meet every Monday
night in Castle hall (K. of P. hall.)
A Pythian welcome to all visitng
Knights.
DELILE GREEN, C. C.
GEO. HUNTINGTON CURREY
K. of R. & S
per hour, but this claim is offset py i solution in the Senate fixing the
the fact that 24 railroads m we unit- blame upon the Standard Oil has just
ed States are now on the 12 1-2 mile i foecn shelved, and an investigation will
per hour basis and it should be noted p oceed without any pre-judged
that none ot tnese z rnuroaus are , t,.ust to bear the blame.
in the hands of receivers which must j What's the Game
cZM,toit A lot of "clever ideas" ( have been
elithTui-day"'1 Anfi0"
eight houi day. ycrv hi
ah oi me wages nam w '' might nominate a candidate from New
' ,. . m tei uii t-iuv i ui wen i-iiu
pioyes. eventually goes u. , wl.iUen conce-nintr the wisdom
merchant and the tarmer. wiinmn, d ep ()f Wu street it fs ex.
power to buy, by we mooring ciaes, irmIordimil.v to find how stupidly the
tne tanner ihl-kb niu.in.cv i. i big interests work. As an instance
pr!fDAK-aanDTiTinv RRflTHFR lthe Union Ch'b nas butted in
1 RAN SPORT ATION . BROTHfcK-l . -.ej Mr Root fol. Pves;.
HOOD dent. The public simply responds
1 with the question: "What's the game '.
'Mr. Estab:ook, whoso first name we
! have fonrotten or never t-.ave known
Wnsbinirlon Anril li. (iSpecial I runs for President from New York,
tn thn Dimei'ver wneivtne moerres- nut to xaKe out a iw.ua 01 inn ximv.,
siva political wave wasihed the country I claims to be from Nebraska. Again
' , . ... ...... J 1 l'..t- r 4.1. .-n.nl,. .our.r.na "V
several years ago iv muwiu u iui jj uiu (iwuuu dhuijij 'c.-n-'.-
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
, rntneriand, ne teeis tnat Koosevelt is jn(, over aKain ..We we have Kot
rvS"ul";'VT"" '!' 'f ordered, but it has not come yetf
than Wilson 18 in his patience; that if T1,,. slow movmir trains nre fur-
Koosevelt had been President ' thol. delayed by the fact that the
, would have brought England as well , tnlins ,. so 1( lhat tho si(iinK wont
Jts Germany up standing. I hold them,, and at numerous meeting
, r, ' , 1 1 . f1.""""1' i"""M'"ii points on single track railroads, be
and thinker a Prince no less than ' ween , AV0 truins thev must uCOunle
Hamlet, but without Hamlet s fatal do- im, silw 1(y wvlicn S(imotimes takes
fert. of intlwision. I an hour or more.
His thinking is not abstract, remote, j,, tluwo lon trains onlv cars that
impractical. To be -alone with his;,u.0 in perfo,t condition can lie used,
mind is not his way of taking counsel.. heeuvl80 the strain put upon the coupl
A man of affairs, a man of action, his ,.s mi(1 mU-.f ruining of cars in these
convictions are not generated in a 0Ilff tPains is simplv tremendous and
cUnster, but m the clash, of stirring i even then the time lost from pulled
events and fo.ged m the furnace o!j(lut ,rnwheads, broken car frames.
Heated controversy. u,.sf u.,.. : .,. v ,.mlsiiW,ili!e.
His political ideals (ire not showy cir- The ontrines nullintr these freitrht
cus horses Cavorting themselves in the
noeuious splendor oi etlienal a'a- pacily. hence are using coal and water
"u"m;. lmY ""v "U'V , TOUmu'" to their limit, and further delays ol-
..,, ,,,:,. huh iiiuiiuiMi nnii nnmen to ten (XTnl. uv engines being on the
j road so long they run out of coal and
water and cut loose from the train
and run to t he nearest water tnk and
are often obliged to take on coal at
points whero there are no facilities for
the quick coaling of a locomotive.
, An immense number of cars now on
side tracks and repair tracks, which
on account of some slight defect can
not bo used in these extremely long
t:ains, could be in service- if the trains
were shorter, and would help wonder
fully to relievo tho present car short
Hire. If trains were moved ranidlv
I cars would reach their destination and
be unloaded 'ard put in service quiek
' er.
I Xow, hi're is where the eight hour
j day for train crows will help you Mi.
, snipper!
machine politicians who had effected
combinations between dusimbsb huu
politics that were a mighty poor tning
fo; the country. The- change was
good for everybody, since reputable
business interests were awakened to
the necessity of cutting loose from
tihe lcc;hcs that had grown fat by
means of leading the innocents to be
lieve the false theory that Congress
rind legislatures needed to bo mani
pulated. Thank heavens, such old
fashioned notions have ,been revised,
and sensible business men can now
go before Congress in confidence that
facts, figures and arguments are morc
potent than paying for "grease" for
political machines.
Sensible Conservation
The attitude of the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers, which haii
adopted a platform for sensible con
servation of American business
hrongh a plan of cooperation between
iinil labo-ers in nil lines of
industry, is in keeping with the trend
Very good
what's tho irame?" A hundred or
more of the biggest newspapers of
the country carried paid advertise
ments for one of tho Du Pout's, who
is running for President. The pub
lic smiled curiously and remarked that
the thing smells too mucth like pow
der. Again they asked: "What's the
game ?
Sensitive
Jessie "Please Aunty, the new lady
next door says, her compliments, and
will you .play very low as uer husband
is extremely musical." Sydney Bulletin.
What Was In Thi Cellar?
"Olathe has an Englishman who
reads the London papers faithfully,
When it began to thunder last Thurs
day nfternoon he ducked into a Zeppel
in proof cellar and staid there twenty -fcur
hours." Olathe Register.
MODERN WOODMEN OF AMER
. ICA La Grande Cam.. No. 7703
meets on the first and third Thurs
day evenings of each moni.Ii in the
K. of P. hall. Visiting neighbors
welcome.
H. E. DIXON, V. C.
CHAS. JESTER, Clerk. '
and surgeon. Diseases of the eye a
specialty.
DR. DORA J. UNDERWOOD Dis
eases of women and children. Of
ficesAdams pvenue over (Red
Cross Drug Store.
EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT SPECIALIST
DR. H; M. BOUVY Practice limited
exclusively to diseases and surgery
of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and
the Fitting of Glasses. Office West
Jacobson Bldg. Office phone Red
3431. Residence, Red 2021.
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS
DR. J. L. INGLE Osteopathic phy
sician. DR. MARGRET INGLE Diseases
of women; care and feeding of chil
dren. Office Room 87, new Foley
' Bldg. Office hours 10-12 a. m.; 2-6
p. m., and by appointment. Office
phone Rod 1761; residence Red 881.
CHIROPRACTORS
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD La
Grande Camp No. 1C9 moots every
first and third Friday at K. of P.
Hall. All visiting neighbors wel
comed. O. L M'DOWELL, C. C.
E. W. EASTMAN, Clerk.
L. O. O. M. La Grande Lodg No.
850 Loyal Order Of Moose holds
regular meeting every Tuesday
night at 7:30 in Moose Home on
Adams Ave. Visitors always wel
come.
ANGUS STEWART, Die.
HARRY SWART. Sec.
DRS. DARLAND Chiropractic par
lors 4th and Depot street. Phone
Red 1751. '
VETERINARY
DR. H. W. RILEY Graduate Veter
inarian Hospital. 1409 Madison Ave.
State Stallion Inspector and Inspec
tor of Stock for shipment. Home In
dependent Phon Black 41. Formers
Co-operative Phone, Main 112
DENTIST
F. O. E. La Grande Aerie No. 259
on each and every Friday evening
at 8 o'clock on top floor of new
Foley building. Visit.ng members
cordially welcomed.
J. P. RUSK, W. P.
L. F. BELLINGER, Sec.
E. P. Mossman Dentist: rooms 6
and 7 new West Building. Phone
Black 1521; Office hours 8 to 12 p.
m. and 1 to 6 p. m.
ATTORNEYS
0. E. S. Hope Chapter No. 13, O. E.
S. holds stated communications the
second and fourth Wednesday of
each month. Visiting members
cordially invited.
EMMA L. KIDDLE, W. M.
MARY A. WARWICK, Sec.
ROYAL NEIGHBORS. , Iris Camp
meets every second Friday After
noon and fourth Friday evening,
evey montlh in K. of P. Hall. AH
visiting members cordially invited.
MINNIE BUNTING, Oracle.
LILY C. KIMMEL, Recorder.
REBEKAHS Crystal Lodge No. 5:.
raeets every l uesday evening in the
I. O. O. F. Hall. All visiting mem
bers are invited to attend.
VESTA SHAW, N. G.
ANNA ALEXANDER, Tec.
CRAWFORD , & 2 A KIN. T. H.
Crawford and Robert S. Eakin, Att
orneys at law. Pracfice in all the
courts nof the state and United
Sttaes. Office, West Jacobson build
ing, rooms 9-10-17, Le Grande Ore
gon. -
COCHRAN & EBERHARD Geo.T.
Cochran and Colon R. Eberhard
Attorneys. La Grande National
Bank Bldg. La Grande, Ore.
R. J. GREEN. Attorney at law
Rooms 14-15, Palmer-Roesch Bldg.,
La Grande Ore. Practices in all state
and Federal courts.
E. W. EASTMAN Lawyer Office
Rooms 1 and 3, La Grande National
Bank Building. ,
ALBERT SMALI-Attorney at Law.
iiooms t, zi IjO. lirande Nations!
Bank Building. Practices in ail
state and federal courts. Phone
Main 11.
THE FRENCH TWINS OF A HUNJREI) TRUNKS
'addle. They have been ha'.-nessed
and subdued end put to plowing in
earthy furrows.
A veteran Rough Rider of -bronco
events, virile, rud hlnnded and vust-
lv able, 'he knows how to handle men
as well as to instruct them.
Nowhere in the Republican party is
' quite such a -man. Nowhere in the
' country is quite such a picturesque
and prounoimced opposite of .Wilson.
Justice Hughes, the only man in the
Republican parly who challenges the
'Colonel's supremacy miy be described
:ns a judicial temperament with undo-'
'iorinined opinions; a Republican Wil-
son. perhaps, with whiskers.
The American people had a :)00-
pounn pin or judicial temperament, m
Taft and they are in no mood for fur
ther purgatives ot that kind. j The men are askinir for a liasi
I hey do not want a homeopathic j e'urbt hour day, which means that the
president; neither do they want an an-'trains must make an average of I'.-'
'limited feather duster. They want a .- miles per hour in order to avoid
solid, hard-headed, sure-shooting him-1 payment of overtime instead of ten
dred-tou-gun of a man. j nK, per hour as it is at present.
Hughes could never quicken the i Under the present ten hour dav
pulse of the people as Koosevelt would j system there is no penalty for work
(lincken it. He could never stir the I j,1(r a ma overtime; consequently, if
iiMi.-.i-!-m:i- .urn in.ne mo (im i luiism i rain crews iro kept on the road long
of the nation as the fiery Colonel j er than ten hours there is no evtrn
would quicken and inspire it. (payment made for overtime other
If America is in a mood for the, than at the same regular rate per
heroic; if we are to stand for the U. j luui" that tho trainman cot before the
S. A. liber Alios; if wo are to have : t,.n hour expired; therefore, the quo-.,
"the incomparably greatest navy in Un of wages is of very little conce-n
V
K. & L. OF SECURITY. Mt Emilv
Council No. 2G46. Metts second and
fourth Wednesday evening at 8 o'
clock at Moose Hall. Visitirg mem
bers are welcome.
C. E. STITT, Pres.
BERTHA K YERS, Fin. Sec.
VIOLA L. HOGUE, Rec. Sec.
WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT CIRCLE
NO. . 47 Meet first and third
Wednesday evenings of each month
at the Moose Hall. All visitir":
neighbors welcome.
LILLIE ALLSTOTi, G. N.
LOUISE HILARY, Clerk.
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the world," then Col. l!oosvelt is 'he
Republican party's biggest brother.
And it looks now ns though the
party were- 'being forced to that con
clusion. The Colonel Iuir come back;
his hat is in the ring; his name is
again on the front page; the piano key
ivory of his smile is flashing back
the light of the coming day.
His tossing plumes are again nod
ding in the forefront of the fruy,
his battle blade is again unsheathed,
and there is tumult and shouting
where the rallying, rampageous
Rough Rider appears.
A. R. MARKER.
10 tne runway tines, because they are
not. paying any penalty for overtime,
and one extra cur of freight will earn
enough to mure than pay what it costs
to keep the men on the road longer
than ten hours. Consequently, time
is of no object whatever with the rail
way officials. It is simpj,' a question
s to how much tonnage they can
load behind a locomotive, so that it
will lj able to move it. Now, tlu-1.
if what the men are asking now i?
granted, and an eight hour day U ir
effect, with the penalty of time nnf
one-half fur overtime, the railroads
will move their trains faster, and if
i
PYTHIAN SISTERS of Rowena Tem
ple No. 9 meets every second and
fourth Friday evening at K. P. Hall.
MRS. LIZZIE HAYW0RTH, M. E. C.
L.UUJS1!; liAaNDKlT M. of R. C.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
UNDERTAKERS
C. HENRY Undertaker and Em
balming; 20 years in business. Day
phone, Main 62; night phones. Red
313L Red UiC2, Black 3811.
AUCTIONEER
ED STRINGHAM, the Reliable Sales
man. Farm and Stock Sales a spec
ialty. Satisfaotio i guaranteed.
Clerk books furnished free. R. F.
D. No. 2. Phone Farm 1x6.
iCOTTRAjCjrORJA.?fP BUILDER '
H. E. Roskamp. Contractor nnH build
er. La Grande Ore., Phone Red 1981.
CIVIL ENGINEER
L. D. HOWLAI Civil Engineer
and surveyor. Office at Court House.
DR. R. E. L. HOLT Physician and
surgeon; corner Adams jvenue and
Depot street. Phones Office Main
68; Residence Main 730. Hours 11
to 12 a. m.; 2 to 5 p.m.; 7 to 8 p. in.
DR. H. L. UNDERWOOD Physician
R. R. NEAL Civil Engineer. Office
City Engineer over Fire Station, La
Grande, Oregon. Plans, specifica
tions and estimates. Surveys of all
natures. Office phone Main 708; Res.
phone Red 1171.
ARCHITECT
MILTON S. BLOCK - Architect.
Sketches and estimates cheerfully
furnished. Office, Room 26, New
Foley Building.
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