La Grande evening observer., August 11, 1916, Image 4

FRIDAY, AUGUST II, 1916:
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
"f''j I r nt)CCDPR jdue deliberation, have decided to take
Fl- JDOlLS V EA , Lvery step possible for them to take
ERUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner.
Entered in the Postofflce at L
Grande, Oregon, a second class
matter.
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in settling their differences with the
companies, with prospects very good
for no strike.
It is not to be presumed but what
if given' a chance the railroads will
strain every point toward an amicable
compromise, which taken with the ap-
Daily, per month 65c
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vance $4.00
Weekly Observer-Star, per year
in advance $1.50
Advertising rates on application. All
copy for display advertising must
roach the office the day before the
ad appears.
15c, parent attitude of the Brotherhood
means the question of the eight hour
day will be settled without a strike. ' '
The matter is now in the hands of
the United States government virtu
ally, with the Brotherhods holding
reservation that if they are not treat
ed as they believe they should be
treated they will strike. ' '
HUGHES A HARD HITTER.
THE MAKING OF TUNNELS.
Address all communications to THE Judge Hughes seems to Ve pos
OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Mreet. jseg8e( 0f the Roosevelt punch judg-
j ing by his speeches of the past week
THE MOVIES.
He is calling a spade a spade and in
the language of the oldtime Populist
he "is hewing to the line and letting
the chips fall where they may."
Those ', who feared the able jurist
would be inclined to compromise the
case were badly mistaken.
President Wilson did the right
thing when he ordered the civil ser
vice rules amended so that convicts
out of prison can work under civil
service rules. Every man has a right
to a place in the sun, and heretofore
the (rreat social problem has been
what shall we do with the convicts.
Probably the President has found the
solution.
Following an editorial in last even
ing's Observer regarding the hard
ship of the movie theatre owner in
exercising constant alertness to se
cure interesting plays for the theatre,
comes the announcement in this
morning's mail that Ella Wheeler
Wilcox has signed a contract to write
moving picture plays. She is going
to feature in her leading parts Arthur
Ashley, Walter Miller, George Mario,
Chas. W. Travis, Lucille Taft Carlotta
de Felice and Katherine Butler. With
such writers as Ella Wheeler, bless
her practical soul, added to those al
ready working, and the other authors
who will follow Ella Wheeler's lead,
the supply of plays will at once in
crease. We believe that few jobs are harder
today than running a moving picture
house. The public is to serve and the
public is spotted in its taste. Picture
people can't run houses purely for
glory; they must make money or their
doors close, for the expense of the pic
ture game is terrific. To obtain pic
tures that will draw crowds and yet Ed. Wallington, manager of Hot
give the public beautiful lessons in j,ake, intends to place signs over the
correct and proper living is the ques- . , . ,. L. L , .,
tion that weighs down the theatre mter.wr country tilrt'": automobile
owner tourists where they can go to take
Locally, we have been fortunate, a bath.. A very welcome bit of news
Our picture people are alert and sel- fter day's trip in an automobile.
dom does a rank show sup through,
while the highest prices are paid by . . .... , . .
theatre managers for the stars nS Business must still be dull in Port.
feature films. It is well known Iand for tney a having some very
throughout the northwest that La juicy fires in the metropolis.
Grande is the one town where ten , .
4nntjt nprtnitji nnp frt m ihrntfa flint t m n .. .
: ii r ... V i a 7 '-", you uollard Wheat. Now, no
sell for fifteen to twenty-five cents . , ... ,. . , y
elsewhere , one c8n Jolte Walter Pierce about
Just as well begin to plan for the
big picnic on August 17th, when the
O.-W. employes take a day off at
Gibbon and have a bushel of fun. La
Grande should and will have a good
representation out side or the com.
pany's employes. .
An Industry That Is Almost aa Old
the World Itsslf.
While tunneling is among the most
ancient of enterprises, yet more prog
ress has been uiade in It the last cen
tury than - In the twenty centuries
which preceded It. It is now known
that back In the semi-mythical days
of the Tbeban kings the long tunnel
into the mountain rock, expanding at
distance of 400 feet or so into somt
lofty chamber, was a common work of
princes. The rock temples of ftnbla.
too, and of India show that in certain
matters, at any rats, moderns may
still learn from ancient.
Then again in Algeria, Switzerland.
wherever the Romans went, are to
be found tunnels of all kinds and de
signed for all purposes, for roads and
drains and water supplies. Pliny
makes mention of one notable achieve
ment, the greatest of its kind in bis
day, the great tunnel constructed for
the drainage of Lake Fuclno. It was
by far the longest artificial tunnel In
the world at that time. More than
three and a half miles long, it was
driven under Monte Salvlano and re
quired for Its construction shafts of
no less than 400 feet Some 30,000
men were employed on It for eleven
years.
From the time of the Romans nntl)
the latter end of the eighteenth cen
tury no great advance was made In
tunneling methods. Old engravings of
mining work In the early years of the
seventeenth century show the pickax
or hammer and chisel as still the chief
tools employed. With the advent of
the railway, however, tunneling be
came one of the grand necessities of
construction, and progress was more
rapid.
VALUE OF GOLD.
Rsgu-
STUIKE MAY BE AVERTED.
holding his wheat crop.
La
Dog days and coyote days seem to
go hand in hand.
The most gratifying news
Grande has had for some time was
the'news telling of accepted mediation
by tho Brotherhoods in the nossihle
strike that threatens to stop com- ' "' CJ K1U' C'JW J. Myers
merce imloflnitplv .and vifc; Carl Barlow, Elgin; D. M.
It is very apparent that the Broth-
Savoy Hotel Guests.
C. McLune, Chicago; J.
erhoods are composed of fair minded
men. They are not seeking to work '
an injury on anyone. They do not
wish to hold the public as a whip over ,
the railroads, and their efforts to
ward mediation will be hailed by rail-1
road officials with praise, as well as
by the general public. j
Of course, this does not mean that
there will te no strike, dt merely
means' that the Brotherhoods, after
Madden, M. H. Briggs and son, Walla
Walla; May Smith, H. Van Elsbcrg,
j. uaniei, in. fc. at. I'etors, KIgin;
Katie March, City; C. A. Williams,
Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Noble,
Bomont, Ida.
SALESMEN WANTED Energetic,
reliable men wanted to represent
one of the oldest nurseries on the
Pacific coast. A complete lin cf
fruit trees, small fruits and orna
mentals. Liberal commissions.
Cash advanced ' on orders Albany
Nurseries, Albany, Oregon. Adv.
6-2-2t.
Whil That Is Fixsd, Its Pries
lated by Premiums.
Gold is not considered a commodity
In the ordinary sense of the term, but
Is the basis on which the values of
commodities are determined. Its value
docs not fluctuate, but is universally
Bxed at $20.00 2-3 ounce or its equiva
lent Its price, however, fluctuates, as
(n the case of premiums. Its value Is
stationary; hence the term premium.
The difference between the fluctuation
of that and the purchasing power of
gold may be simply illustrated as fol
lows: That while its value remains station
ary a premium would serve to reduce
its purchasing power, to be added to its
cost, but an advance in the price of
commodities would operate to reduce
the purchasing price of gold, taking $1
as a unit.
For Instance, a dollar will purchase
an article whose price coincides, but
If an advance in the commodity raises
the price of that particular article to
$1.10 the purchasing power of gold
would necessarily be reduced propor
tionately. Or, again. In times of ad
versity, commodities are cheap, the
supply invariably exceeding the de
mand, the purchasing power of gold
would then be greater than In times of
prosperity, when the supply does not
meet the demand and higher prices for
commodities result
There Is no difference In the cost of
a pcunywelght of gold today from
what it was ten years or more ago.
Pittsburgh Press.
Fores of Habit
The late II. Gassawny Davis, once a
United Stntes senator and candidate
for vice president on the Parker ticket
was a brakeman before he became a
millionaire und Is said on one historic
occasion while sleeping soundly In the
scnato chamber to have dreamed that
he was still guiding on unruly freight
train through the mountains of West
Virginia. The dream was inspired by
nearby colleague. Senator Allen O.
Tburman, who blew two mighty blasts
on his nose. Davis, thinking be had
heurd the freight whistle, seized his
desk as tf It were a bruko and nearly
twisted tho thing from its moorings be.
rore be came to. New York MalL
Delayed.
"Henry," said his wife reproachfully,
"do you know that it was 3 o'clock
when you came homo this morning?"
lou aro mistaken, my dear," he re
plied. "It was just 1:30. I looked at
the clock on the church tower as
passed the corner."
"For be it from me to doubt your
word, Ilcnry." answered his wife, "but
If that Is the case It must have taken
you an tour and a half to open the
front door." Exchange.
HEjWUSN I NO W Nw'h O VV IL L GWEYoT)mS
canaWo88as! successful men
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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. a Penington, Vice President; F. L,
Meysrs, Cashier; E. Zundel and H. E. Coolidgs, Assistant Cashiers.
' DIRECTORS
Frsd J. Holmes, J. O. Snod grass, J. p. Conley, C. a Penington, H.
wioo, F. I Meyers, A. HokUwL A. T. HilL H. B. CooJidg.
The Subject He Liked Beet
"lou talk well on tho subject In
which you are most interested," sal J
the impertinent glrL
"And what is that?' said the man,
smelling a compliment
"Yourself." said the Impertinent girl
demurely.
It Seemed Like It
Lecturer The idea of eternity, my
friends. Is something too vast for the
bumnu mind to coucelve. Voice From
Audience Did you ever pay for a $700
piano on tho installment plau? Life.
Eeiy.
Teacher What makes the grass
grow? Willie The grass has blades,
and with these it cuts Its wsy through
the earth.
Poetry In Motion,
"What Is poetry cf motion V
The kind that's always going from
one editor to another." Woman's
Borne Companion.
Carry the radiance of your until In
your face. Let the world have the ben
eflt of It Fox. .
es, we Might as Well
Admit it
There is a man iu tltis town wW simply
wouldn't come around to the ready-to-wear
idea. ,,
"No use to look," he said, "you can t .
fit me." One day Ave managed to get him -
into one of our finely tailored suits.
Talk to him now and see what he says.
Are you one of those men who are saying.,
"No use to look"?
If you are, we'd like to see you.
Schaffner & Mar, Hirsch Wickwire,
Fidelity Suits, $15, $17.50, $20,
$22.50, $25, $27.50
"Manhattan" Shirts "Interwoven" Hosiery
Gordon MA rro
Stetson HATS
Nettleton
"Tilt"
SHOES
Sommer Hotel Guests.
Geo. E. Bliss, Salt Lake; Wm. M.
Powell, Boise; Geo. Bergerman, A.
Attmans, Fred B. Duff, J. E. Tour-
tellett, Portland; J. H. Smith, San
Francisco, E. H. Howe, Spokane:
Mrs. Frank A. Moody, Enterprise; J.
F. Markam. S alt Lake: S. Aiken. W.
D. Powell, Portland; Chas. A. Mont
andan, Enterprise; E. T. Bell, Los An
jrelcs; G. L. Rourk, W. M. Hartford,
Portland; H. H. Kurtg, Payette; H. C.
Baskctt, Boise; A. E. Brown, Port
Jand; J. W. Chapel, SeatUe.
Foley Hotel Arrivals.
E. Boldeman, San Francisco; D. W.
Bailey, Pendleton; W. A. Wallace,
rrcewater; (J. Kude, Pendleton; I.
A. Maxon, G. E. Stanfield, Portland;
C. S. Huntion, San Francisco; E. B.
Mires and wife, Vera Mires, I,a
Grande; Bob Coleman, C. W. Mobley,
Portland; Jas. A.. .Hill, Pearl Smith,
St. Louis; Fred Ashley, W. B. Zurch
er, Enterprise; L. E. McDow, Spo
kane; G. L. Uhl, Portland; Jack La
zenl, St. Louis; D. S. Perrins, Wkn.
Loyd, W. J. Lyons, W. P. Brennen,
Portland; Jack Carpenter, Salt Lake;
W. T. Stephens, Mrs. Batoux, New
York; W. G. Kennedy. Lonir Creek:
Mr3. A. E. Jerome, The Dalles; P. D.
McKca, Chicago; W. B. Baker,
Haines.
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PH I LOSOPHY
When times are good,
we are worked to death
and when times are laiSj
we are starved to cleatK.
Saturday
Cash Special
Bathing Suits (Ladies)
Reduced 33 per cent
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Bathing Suits (Mens
Gaberdine Outing Suits,
$25.00 $16.00
Khaki Outing Suits.
$4.50 $3.75
Auto Dusters, Saturday
$3.50 ...:1......:...$2.10
. This is one chance to
get what you want
cheap. As everything in
all lines are going up.
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