iAiGRAKDE''''1EtNINQ'J 'OBSERVER
FRIDAY, JUJiY 28,1916:
The observer
suspicion breeds
breeds war.
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor nnd Owner.
A speaker at the Salesmanship con
frrias voiced the opinion that there
should be schools to teach salesman
ship.. But can anyone tell a book
iigi-nl anything?
JUST TWO MORE DAYS
Entered in the Posloffice at La
Grande, Oregon, us second class
matter.
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THE . RUSS-JAP ALLIANCE.
To see a menace to the United
States in the recent convention be
tween Russia and Japan is simply to
prod the chimera of the Japanese as
the warlike Prussians of the Pacific
intot new life. If it were announced
that the Japanese had decided to tat
no more fish, there would be someone
m mis country wno see a
j ? j $ 2 !
STATE NEWS,
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Victims Lived in Bend.
Mi. and Mrs. VVm. C. Waugh, who
were killed almost instantly at Barso,
nine miles northwest of Denver, when
their automobile was struck by a car
weie both residents of Bend, Oregon,
where Mr. Waugh is a contractor and
rancher.
Sheridan Road Hearing Set.
The State Railroad commission will
be in Sheridan Saturday for a hear
ing between the Southern Pacific rail
road nnd the city. The city petitioned
to open a street across the tracts to
the high school building and objec
tions wore raised toy the railroad com
pany.
Hood River Girl Gets Post.
Miss Elsie McLucas, formerly a
member of the staff of the Hood River
threat County library, and a graduate of
against the United States in that ac- lnal high school, has been appointed
tion. For. he would reason, some-1 librarian of the Lents branch of the
thing must take the place of fish in
the diet of the Japanese. It will
probably be beefsteak. The Japanese
purpose is to breed a stronger race,
for what end? Why, to take the
, Philippines, of course, and eventually
to conquor the United States.
Japan and Russia have agreed not
to participate in a combination dC-
., rected against either country. That
docs not ibind Russia to aid Japan in
a Cimculty with the United States,
nor apan to aid Russia in a similar
case. Only if the far eastern inter
ests of either country is (menaced is
the other to resist. That, of course.
in u muse clause, and can De con
strued as meaning a great deal. But
there are many other things to show
that the Japan-Russian alliance is di
rected against Germany rather than
anyone else.
The first is the Japanese need of
securing some further guarantee than
the British convention, which expires
'. . . Inn. mi
in jwi, ine ttussian agreement vill
be a powerful factor in bringing
nuout, anoiner renewal of that alli
ance. The second is the necessity of
straigntenmg out in such a manner
that Japan will receive her proper
reward, the ousting of the Germans
from Kiao-Chow and the Marshall
islands. The third is the distrust and
dislike of the Japanese statesmen for
tne. feermans, remembering that it
-was Germany .who was the prime
mover in ordering Japan from Port
Arthur after the war with China, nnd
who first . sounded the warning
flgninst the "yellow peril." Japcn
does not forget.
, While the great European war has
taught us that no nation is to be
trusted implicitly, and that it is al
most impossible to predict what ties
will prove strongest in time of stress,
Jt is harmful to talk so loosely of
the "Japanese menace." Such lanir-
Salvntionists at Pendleton.
Cuptain Eph and Mrs. Dixon of
Hofjinam, Wash., nre in Pendleton to
organize a Salvation Army hendquar
uage can have no other effect than ton has had
junnc uufjuii ausiciuu oi us, and j eignt years.
Portland library.
Telephone Head to Quit
W. W. Winter, of the Oregon
Washington Telephone company of
Hood River has announced that at the
next meeting of the board of direc
tors he will tender his resignation as
president.
Crippled Steamer Aided.
The steam schooner Avalon crossed
into the Columbia river Tuesday with
the steamer General Huibbard in tow.
The Hubbard, which had a cargo of
lumber from tho Hammond Lumber
company, broke her crank shaft off
Cape Mears, 50 miles south of the
Columbia river. Her distress sic-
nai was picked up, almost at once
and the disabled vessel taken in tow.
Train Victims Will Live.
The vicr.ims of the accident near
Ephrata, when the westbound Lim
ited struck and demolished an auto
mobile on a grade crossing, probably
will recover. The victims were W. J
Fhmdin of North Yakima and Mrs.
hmma Brown of Ephrata.
In which men may take advantage of our
July Clean-up Sale of v
HIGH GRADE SUITS
Sale Will Positively End on July 31
Saturday, then Monday, and the reductions on all men's fine
Suits will be called off. Such a sale as this doesn't come often,
nor anywhere else except in this store. You're not invited here
to pick out good from bad. You don't have to take any chances
here. Every suit we're offering here is high quality; from such
famous makers as "Benjamin", "llii-seli Wick wire", "Fidel
ity nothing better made. "
All weaves, all patterns, all models; sizes for men and young,
men. Here are the reductions on every suit in the store:
$15.00 suits at J12.00
$17.00 suits at $14.00
$20.00 suits at $16.00
$22.50 suits at $18.00
$25.00 suits at $20.00
$27.50 suits at $22.00
' NETTLETON ' ' AND
"TILT" SHOES : :
'MANHATTAN'
SHIBTS :.
Editors Will Mix Fun with Business.
Practically every newspaper in
Oregon will bo represented at the
convention of the Oergon State Edi
torial association, to be held at Med-
forc! in August. Tho program for
the convention is out and the business
sessions will be held in the Public li
brary convention hall. Trips to the
California state line, a banquet at
Ashland, and a trip to Crater lake
will be included in the program.
Gresham Women in Runaway. ;
Miss Hester Thorpe and Mrs. Pot
ter of Rockwood, were injured today
in a runaway when their horse, at
tached to r. buggy, be;ame frightened
at a calf and ran away throwing the
women out.
Roseburg to Enlarge School.
A contract has been awarded for
doubling the size of the Riverside
schtiol at Roseburg. It will be com
pleted by the time school opens this
Fail.
Pupils To Be Accommodated.
The Union High School No. 2 is
preparing to accommodate at least
faO outside pupils. They will, of
course, be required to pay tuition.
' IN TEK WOVEN 7
HOSIERY '
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Fair Widens Scope.
The Clackamas County fair, to be
held at the fairgrounds at Canby in
September will be the most success
ful in the history of the association.
Many new features will be added and
an old time baby show will be held.
DAN LOST SUITCASE '
Currcy Bootleggers Next,
District Attorney J. S. Johnson of
Marshfield is looking for the few who
are alleged to have violated the pro
hibition law. The Currey county seat
is less than 45 miles away from the
Califoruia line and the residents of
Currey county have only a day's ride
to take them into the wet district
and they return with a large con
signment of whiskey and beer.
Well-Known O-W Cowboy-Cattle Sup
erintendent Has Grief ( His Own
Pendleton, July 27. You know
Danny . Clark, cowboy Round-Up
champion steer roper and livestock
man for the O-W. R. & N. and know
his pleasant smile, his engaging per
sonality and his extremely chic cow
boy clothes. You know what an ex
tremely nice fellow Danny is? But
supposing you were a demure little
lady coming into Pendleton for a first
visit arriving at the depot yesterday
af ternoon about 5 o'clock when all the
trains were in and the people were
running here and there and the cab
bies yelling and the conductors calling
and genera! confusion prevailing, and
you grabbed a suit case and rushed
away with your friends and had a nice
visit until time to retire when you
opened up that suit case and found
that you were supposed to sleep in a
pair of chaps, high . heeled cowbov
boots, silver mounted spurs, an ex
tremely noisy shirt and a buckskin
lariat.
That is really what happened to a
young lady last evening and this
morning she was down town bright
and early trying to find the owner
of the cowboy suit case and make a
very desirable exchange with him.
She described the contents of the suit
case she had to T. F. O'Brien, local
agent of the O-W. R. & N., and he
immediately tied the ribbon on Danny
Clark for no other cowboy in the
northwest carries such decidedly nice
clothes with him. Danny didn't open
his suit case when he retired for the
night so the surprise was all the?
greater this morning when he was
told what happened. Danny was ex
pecting to leave for Cheyenne last
night to enter the steer roping contest
and there is a little amusement in
just imagining what Danny would
have looked like had he attired him
self in the clothes in the suit ease-
which he had and galloped out on a.
horse to rope a steer. ' " '
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WHAT'S THE GOOD FOR ONE TOTSAVE AND THE OTHER
TO SPEND.
JUST ASK YOURSELF TODAY: "WHO GETS THE MONEY
I EARN?" DO I GET IT OR DOES SOMEBODY ElSE GET ITT
IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS GETTING IT CUT HIM OFF. YOU
EARNED YOUR MONEY, IT BELONGS TO YOU. KEEP IT
BE A CAREFUL MAN AND BANK YOUR MONEY.
BANK WITH US
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La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON
Capital $200,000.00, Surplus J50.000.00, Resource Jl.000,000.00
Fred J. Holmw, President; C. C. Penington, Vice President; F. L.
iyri, Cashier; E. Zundel and II. E Coolldgs, Assistant Cashiers.
DIRECTORS
Frod 1. Holmes, 3." G. Snodgrass, J. F. Conlsy, C. C. Penington, H.
& Brownton, F. L. Meyers, A. BloUud, A. T. BUI, H. E. Ooolidt.
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DOINGS OF THE DUFFS
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LAKE PARK;
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4,500 feet above sea-level, in the
Powder River Mountains,
near Joseph, Oregon. Eat, sicep,
play, live out-of-dnors. A delight
ful mountain -lake resort. Good
fishing.
For full information, fares, ,
tickets. c'c aik
J. H. Keeney, Agent
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made by us cost no more
than Kryptoks made by
other opticians, but the'
Kryptoks supplied by
us are better, being
finished on specially
made machines and in
the finest, most com
pletely equipped retail
optical factory in East
ern Oregon.
Besides, we do all the
work under one roof
from the examination of
your eyes to the accu
rate fitting of the fin
ished glasses.
J. H.PEARE&SON
OptometrifiU ft Jeweler
LA GRANDE,
OREGON J;