La Grande evening observer., June 01, 1916, Image 4

THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 191ff,
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS. Editor and Owner
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SANTO DOMINGO AND UNCLE
SAM.
Uncle Sam's hntt'e line is qualify
ing for Mr. Kipling's "fur-flung"
characterization, .since it reaches from
Santo Domingo to the Philippines, or
waist line.
In Santo Domingo a population of . N
020,000 people of assorted colors and
temperaments filled with cheap rum
and insurrectionary sentiments has
been held in check for several days by
a mere handful of United States ma-
!..,.. u..nf tiuV,rifn r
put down a rebellion. 1 ho supposi
tion is that the marines nro finding
tnoir lasK a rainer large euuirun, aim
nine ships of the navy are said to be
hurrying to their reMcf.
These unfortunate pedple have been
misruled so long that they have lost
all respect for law and yield only to
force. Possibly they retain a sense of
humor which has led them to ask
themselves why (500,000 people who are
used to fighting and constant blood
shed should stand cowed in the pres
ence of a hundred or so of United
States marines who have no extended
record of warlike performances. The
liullet of a marine is no more fatal,
though possibly better aimed, than
that of a Dominican insurgent or gov
ernment soldier, so why should they
turn tail before a puny force that
has no visible backing near at hand?
The more we review the history of
flip island for the last 40 years, the
jnoi-e we have reason to regret the
offended' vanity of the late Charles
Sumner and Die senate majority that
followed at his heels, for these pre
vented a voluntary annexation of the
island Uy request of the Dominican
people and government. Senator Sum
ner felt offended because he thought
he should have been privately con
sulted by President Grant and his
advice taken before the annexation
proposal was submitted to the sen-
ale as a whole.
The treaty was drawn and Santj
Donrngo proinpt'y ratified it. Then
Mr. Sumner opposed it on high moral
grounds and brought about a tie vote
on the ratification on June 30, 1870.
Wlitm the defeat of the measure was
communicated to President ltaez of
Santo Domingo, he sent a message of
regret to congress which concluded
with these words: "11)1' measure will,
nevertheless, -mcreed in the end, for
it is a neccs.ily in the progress of
humanity, whose unseen agent is
Providence itself."
The government of the United
States has been slow in learning a
lesson of wisdom, and in the mean
time foreign intrigue has been busy
in creating prejudice against the
United States among the Dominican
people.
A PASTOR'S 0.1'ANDKY.
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TheWELLDRESSEDMAN
Tn not the one who looks all dressed up, but rather the man who buys his clothes with due regard,
to prevailing stylos and attracts attention only because his clothes fit well and 'are tastefully ap-
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Wo are rather proud of the fact that the stocks in our men's store are so well selected that no
niau can be our customer and not be a well-dressed man.
"Hirsch Wickwire" Suits and
"Fidelity', Suits
' Enable any man, no matter what his taste o r figure, to dress well at a modest cost. Their all-:
Avool fabrics, master tailoring and superb workmanship make them a wiseiclothes investment.
New Spring Suits, Priced $15.00 to $30.00
There are checks, stripes, plaids and plain goods in soft and hard finish. A glance at our win
dow will reveal a fine lot of dandy values that will appeal to every man
We can fit you from our large stock We carry regular sizes, short sizes, tall sizes and stouts.
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Entire Stock of Women's and Misses' High Grade
TAILORED SUITS and COATS
Keg.
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'Keg.
Reg.
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h 5.00
Values $6.25
Values $9.40
Values $10.15
Values $11.25
'eg. 17.f0 Values $13.15
Reg. 20.00 Values $15.00
Reg. 2.50 Values $16.90
Reg. ."). K Values $18.75
7.f0 Values $20.65
'$30.00 Values , $22.50
$32.50 Values $24.40
LYg. $35.00 Values $26.25
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hct. We will seek an easy relig
one that explains and condones
discovers.
Discouraging is the lot of guide and
pr;
ior
our frailties rather than assails them
We enjjy becoming aroused over the
distant sins of others. Atrocities in
the war zone stir our indignation, but
the sins of our own city arc not such
acceptable material for excoriation.
A dressmaker in Portland is being
held on a charge of working u young
girl on a salary of two dol'ars a week
and forcing the girl to say to the pub
lic she was receiving six dollais. The
crime is unbearable to be sure, but we
want to impress upon the reader the
dire effect of (.his one case against
nil legitimate business that employ
female help. The one Portland dress
maker's case will be flaunted before
everyone in the state wi'th comment,
and it should be, but the sentiment it
creates should not apply to probably
the next case when the employer is
doing the best he can to run his busi
ness and paying lady help twice the
wages demanded by law, but is forced
through rules of competition and busi
ness to woi k a few hours a week over
the prescribed schedule. lie fair, and
when the next case comes up analyze
ii, thoroughly before passing . judgment.
huge quantities of leather from the I Ed. Meycrsick writes the Observer
wa'T'ng nations? 0u- leather was: stating it is cold in Illinois and that
produced at home and was obtained i everything is backward in growth,
in South America and Australia, the Garden of Eden would be cold
noilllor nf wllifli . cnnnti'ioa ita in '
and its vegetation would look like a
Mexican deser'. to Ed. Meyersick af
ter living in the Grande Ronde valley.
trouble. It is a good deal, like the
paper market, suffering intense ma
l ipulntion with the. war as an excuse
for orico raisine. Canii-rpsmnjil in.
vf.slimit.ion into snnm nf rh,.an !,. J A Chicago educator has spoken a
would be greatly appreciate,! by the ' word in favor of the Specially gifted
American consumer. ' 'c,,,ltl- who has '1 the shade
j while his backward fellow-pupils lave
been receiving the attention of sci
ence lal'dv.
It no,v seems that leather is becom
in:' so scarce a goodly portjon of
Americans must go unshod. But why
is leather scarce? Did we import
The new lumber rates cast please
I.a Grandu and Wallowa county mills
vi ry much. Things are finally coming
our way and justice sits on the top
most rung of the ladder when western
mills will get n hearing and even a
decision in their favor.
STILL LISTENING
And along with the other news of
the day it might he interesting to call
your attention to the fact that the
r.andard Oil company of Ohio declared
a 100 per cent dividend the other day.
eep in mind, the Standard Oil Com-
rany sells gasoline and other oils.
j The government has issued a time
j ! bulletin setting forth the natural
adva! lages of Alaska, and dwellers in
; these regions will be gratified to
! learn that the climate up there at
this time of year is mild and fair.
Watch for the climax of that "big
squeeze" the Germans are delivering
to France at Verdun. Plainly to all
who follow that liait'efieid in the
papers something is going to happen
to decide the contest in that part very
shortly.
i From the tone of that Kansas City
I speech yesterday guess Colonel Kooso
velt is still somewhat of a keynoter
i himself.
A Grafter who uses charity as his
blind deseves the contempt of a door
mat thief.
The rector of a fashionable church
in Newark, N. .1., has resigned bo
Causo he could not come to an agree
ment with the chief members of his
rungregal ion as to the kind of sermon
I. dinuld preach, llis references to
sin wore taken as a personal affronts
by the prominent worshipers. One
member of the vestry advised him
that a church would be conducted on
the same principles as a grocery store
mid its patrons given what they want.
This clergyman has encountered the
problem that, confronts everyone who
addresses the public, from ipu'pit, plnt-f.-n,.
ti.,-e )r printed column; a
problem that every man faces in hi
relationships with his friends. The
h-..1 : sf-nltt. It a1o is sus
picious of flattery. It likes to lie toM
the truth, in general terms, but noth
ing bite- sharply as the truth that
gics straight home in a heirer or a
ruler.
The young author, setting about it
to write a Iwok, miut determine
whether he will write what the pub
lic wants or what th public needs.
In his opinion tho public may need ut
ter realism, searching sincerity, the
shattering of its illusions. The pub
lic, however will not pay its Jl.O for
tich natter, .11 the young author sot n
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