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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1916)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 19 Iff. PAGE FOUR LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER THE OBSERVER CLARKE LEITER. Editor and Pub lisher; J. D. MEYERS and H. B. LEITER, Owners. Entered in the Postofflce at La Grande, Oregon, as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. Daily, single copy 6c Daily, per week 16c Daily, per month 65c Daily, per six months in advance $3.60 ' Daily, per year in advance .'. . . $7.00 By Mail , Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4.00 Weekly Observer-Star, per year in advance , . . $1.60 ' Advertising rates on application. All copy for display advertising most reach the office the day before the d appears. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER. 1710 Sixth Street WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1916 TRAVELING WITH THE CANDI DATES. The readers of The Observer will be interested in reading the following narratives of the United Press cor respondents who traveled with Presi dent Wilson and Mr. Hughes in their campaign tours and also of Mr. Yodor who traveled with Colonel Roosevelt. They give a glimpse of some of the in side history which seldom gets into print: iBY ROBERT J. BENDER. For some time I've been trying to jam my way into print in some spec tacular sort of way that might draw the attention of my friends to my sphere of work. The business of covering the presi dent's campaign for re-election is an interesting diversion, devoid of any action except weekly travel and con tinuous work. When the work is com pleted I will have traveled, since the President made his speech of accept ance, some 10,000 .miles, will have cost the New York office about that many dollars, and will have sent sev eral times that many words of copy. I am informed Perry Arnold has me beBted on the mileage and expense, but m no-repd to a fiftv-fiftv break on copy for the sake of strict neutrality. ' But whatever there may be of hardship in the traveling features of this end of our quadrennial political pastime, there is joy and rest at As bury Park when we return. The only thing materially to upset a daily pro gram of peace and quiet is the regu lar Saturday afternoon political meet ings at Shadow Lawn when tho Pres ident indulges himself in partisan forays and hurls from 3500 to 4000 verbal shots into the ranks of his po litical opponents. There is listed on our daily routine such trials as tennis, golf, long auto mobile trips in the wake of the Pres ident and conferences with the Pres ident in tho summer white houso. These last are conspicuous for tho abundance of good news wo get from the President himself and which he always tells us just before leaving, we must regard as absolutely confidential. Unfortunatelv Secretary Tumultv. 1 our chief source of news here, likes to ' 'play1 tennis. As a result, while none '6f us care for the game we feel wo must play in order to keep in close ' touch with news developments. It is ' very trying. I can't say much for the automobile trips because after tho President's car and the secret service car have preceded you along a dusty road the only thing left is a bill for $1.50 for cleaning your suit. For the sake of retaining a place of rank with Mrs. Bender and the New York offlco I will refrain from mentioning any di- versions not immediately associated with my actual work. Handling news here is much tho same as in tho white house at Wash- ington. Tho President's cxecutivo staff of assistants is here in force, Ours is tho only press association "Life's Seven Ages" Through all life's seven ages there is the need of a Bank Account, but not through life's seven ages will there be the chance to save, there is today. You can start a bank account today and keep it alive, and feel that those dependent on you are provided for. There never was a bettor time to save than today, and every dollar you place in this bank is fully protected: always aoeossable, and acts as an ever-present inspiration to save more COME IN Deposits Assets Ja Cfrande National ank maintaining a continuous wire servico from the executive omccs to the Mew York office installed for two pur poses to accelerate diHpateh of news from this end and to keep Secretary Tumulty and the President immediate ly informed of important happenings in the world at large. I told the President if ho would have his picture taken with me it wouldn't help him much but it would be a big feather in my cap. He said, "All right, well see if we can'' de liver the feather." He's done his pavt end now if you'll do yours, I'll finally get the attention I'm looking for. Faithfully yours, Robert J. Binder. Mr. Arnold who traveled with Mr. Hughes writes: BY PERRY ARNOLD. Somewhere in the United States with Governor Hughes. Some one of those darn ancient philosphcrs who probably never traveled further than a day's horseback ride, on?o remurked that travel broadens. It does. Around the wsist mostly. Due to no exercise on a train. It also results in acquisition of ability to sleep through unearth'y whistles, through yells, bumping of trains. It produces an insane desire mjvor again to hear the sacred na'ional anthem; a mania ngaintst political speeches. The writer ought to know. As he dashes off this little iiarrntivu fcr United Press readers ho is rounding out his 29,000th mile w;th the prcsi dential nominee of the Republican party. Probably he will never be able comfortably to sietp in a bed again, being so occustjine 1 to one of Mr. Pullman's berths. But there are compensations. He has participated in the ma.'t strenuous campaign tour a preiilentia: candi date ever undertook. He has trav eled on the first "campaign special" deluxe that a presidenns1 campaigner ever had. He has seen a man whom the public thought was gray bearded and shelved, "come back" as a cam paigner. Six years on the supreme bench ought by all rules to have lent him an air of austerity; of aloofness; de tachment from the public gaze. When Hughes first started out he had n measure of all of that. But he strovo mightily to throw it off. His Rcsturcs in speaking were at first stiff and awkward. He sort of edged around issues in discussing them. He seemed just a trine any. But not for long. He now has vigorous gestures; he mixes in a little slang once in a while; he pulls an occasional joke; he pats the children on the head; he has caught the trick of posing for pic tures; he's acquired a pretty fair knowledge of publicity and newspaper work. He doesn't take any exercise except his vigorous gesturing in his speechesbut he keeps in hrst class trim. The nominee is an example of breakfast food feeding, freqiient bathing and plenty of sleep, There's a certain kind of mangled wheat and hay that he just dotes on, He eats it three times a day some times more. Whenever he has an op portunity he takes a nap, sometimes three or four naps a day. After every one of his "big" speeches, he takes a bath. He trims his whisker." himself. The Hughes special is a splendid example of organization. The gov crnor has a tour manager aldng to handle routine of arrangements. Then thcro's a representative of the rait- road company. To hnndle publicity, Hughes has his own "director of pub- Hetty." Under this director is a corps of stenographers and mim- eographcrs and typists, to get out the governor's speeches. This corns works right in the hall where the nom- inee speaks, and the stenographers work in "turns" so that within a very few minutes after the candidate has finished his speech, a mimeographed transcript is ready for distribution, This is an entirely new wrinkle 'n campaigning. Tho governor carries his personal physician along to nurse his throat, He has a messenger in his car and there are two personal guards. The newspapermen have an entire com- TODAY $1,010,000.00 $1,3r).-.000.00 Stf' yard 90c, $1.25,! $1.50, $i;757$2;00, $2.25, $2.50! partment car to themselves. Ten me'.j have made practically the entire 29, 000 miles representatives of throe press associations, and the New York World, New York Sun, New York Her old, New York Times, New , York American, New York TWibune and New York Evening Mail. ;' ' i- Following is Mr. Yoder's account of campaigning with Colonel Roosevelt: BY J. P. YODER. . (it Be of what political faith you may, if you're a newspaper man, or inter ested in a newspaper, and fighting the battle of space what is and the news what ain't you'd have to admit that the best press agent Oscar Hammer stein or P. T. Barnum ever had was a selling plater compared to Colonel T. Roosevelt. . Throwing all policies aside, Roose velt is excelled by no one in two par ticulars as a news maker and as a traveling enthusiasm producer. He has both down to a science. He can not only smell news or the possibility of news farther than the average man can see, but he seems to divine when news is dull and there is a chriheo to ''hit the front page." He admits all of this, and his pride in the ability isn't unjustified. United Press editors who read this won't hove to be told of innumerable instances on his trips to prove this. They can look back over their files if they don't remember. ' Roosevelt's method for snaring of the unsuspecting vote, however, isn't so well known, except perhaps to some of those on whom he has practiced hi3 powers. Now there are two ways to a hu man beings heart, as Charles Ebbetts or someone else once remarked. One is through the stomach, the other is through vanity in his children or himself. Roosevelt can t feed all the voters he greets on a stumping tour. So he does the obvious. There must to at least 6742 men along the line cf the colonel's journeying who are o swelled up over the fact that he did remember them that they're going Ij vote the way Roosevelt asked them to vote, regardless of politics or issue. And there are probably 67,420 mothers and children along the same railroad tracks who are literally hounding hus bands and fathers to vote for the can didate favored by the former president who had a separate word to say o them, or who built up a strong bond by comparing them to his own grand children. When the colonel wasn't speakinjr, or being hustled through the streets, 1 or conferring with campaign manat- ! ers, or thinking up some new verbal dart nt Democracy's hide, he was j reading, reading, reading or thinking up copy for the newspapermen. His chief delights in the book line comprised a voluminous history of Eneland in the seventeenth century and woolly, wild detective stories. On a former trip he had confessed his ob session for sleuth stories and a news pancrman referred him to one that nnneared in a certain weekly mntrn 7.ine. That story held Roosevelt acmes two or three states. " The colonel is the best friend to ravel with newspapermen ever hnd. Tie mnVes every newspaperman who is with him reootmize that he is a member of the colonel's own personal party and a friend of Roosevelt'', Annual Display of Thanks giving Linens Desirable linens are scarce and becoming more so daily. Because of the large orders we placed months ago and at the prices we paid we are able to make an extra large showing and to offer many special pricey Extra heavy weight linen full bleach- ' ed satin finish. A large choice of pat- ! terns, 72 .to 80 inches wideV; Priced per Beautiful showing of Linen Napkins in a great variety of new patterns. Prices per dozen ..........,..$2.50, $3.25, $3.75, $4.50, $5.00, $5.50, $6.25, $7.00, $8.00 The time to buy your Suit is Now. The newest Models, all colors, all sizes. Novelty Suits and 'Tailored Suits. Your choice, at a Reduction of : 55 per cent not just a mere hanger on. . Every newspaperman in the Roosevelt party, in return, thinks of Roosevelt as just one of the gang. STIMULATING EFFORT. Not a day passes without some mark of appreciation of The Observer i ither in tho way of new subscribers or letters from the readers of . the paper in Union and Wallowa, counties or from friends who have moved else where. , Such, evidences of good will, such proofs of the loyalty of the commun ity to tne paper, are gratuying as well as stimulating in the effort to make The Observer a growing institu tion of service and value to this com munity. , i . EDITORIAL COMMENT Candied Apple Confections. , ' The Fancy Fruit Products Co., the apple butter, of which created so great a demand during the past summor, is now putting on the market foe holiday consumption the candied apple, confec tions. Some of the candied apples are chocolate covered. ' Samples of the fruit were distribut ed throughout the city last week by Randall S.' Pratt, who conceived the idea of candying the apple. It has been tried cut by numerous' local people whose wcet teeth make them connois seurs of candies, and the universal comment has been "bully"'or words to that effect. The apple bons will r) doubt make a hit in the cities. A x of the goodies was present jd to William McMurray, general passen ger nrent of the O.-W. R. & N. Co., who w.;s here Tuesday. Mr. McMurrny will consider that matter of placing the product on the Company's diners. Associated with Mr. Pratt in t' manufacture of the apple bons are A. F. Adun-s and W A. .vlrffnor.; Ko -i River Glacier Chance for the Fickle. The Mann white slave act appears to have been perverted into an imple ment by which couples, neither of whom is above reproach, may take re venge for each other's fickleness. Tho Oregonian. Flotsam and I Tickets on Sale at Young's Jetsam iiwwi -.tw-iLWJ Knowledge. ! Knowledge is power a saying par- wr w TT 'TP'D C1TDDI V - I ticulnrly true of business. The Up- j MLtMILs X AiV O J IT iT I VVS, g To-The-Times Magazine, Walla Wfllla. j AUSTIN BROWNELL, Manager j cfKenSinSt8wn . HOUSE WIRING A SPECIALTY .v. J perfection, said Michael Angclo, but I . . , . ' ! petfection is no trifle. Narrowness J SUppl les and Heating DeVlCCS J of mind may fail to perceive that J . . I seemingly little matters have large , 1 none Mam 726 : possibilities. j gomrner Hotel Building, next to Western Unioa I There are going to be many op- J portunities for making money in the mmmm Linen table cloths with one dozen nap kins to match, a complete stock at at tractive prices. Sizes 72x72 to 72x108. Prfce per set : $9.00 to $19.25 Hand-embroidered lunch sets at ..$5.00, $6.50 and $7.50 next few years providing you have a little money to invest. Get ready for them. Fortunes are made by in vesting wisely at the right time. Be prepared to take advantage of some of the good opportunities that are sure to come to you. But remember that distance lends enchantment. The best opportunities are right under your nose. The man who calls himself a sales r.ioti should remember that sales are the life-blood of his business. If he can't make sales he can't do business, and if he can't do business he will cer tainly have to make way for the fel low who can. The world generally gives its admi ration, not to the man who does what Return National Company Monday, November 27 MRS. E. 0. E. N. SOUTHWORTH'S Beautiful Story "ISH A Great Four-Cornered Political Scene Lower Floor 50c II nobody else ever attempts to do,' but to the man who does best what multi tudes do well. Macauley.. i : LUNCHEON TO HONOR WARDEN Captain Murphy Guest of Local Busi ness Men and Friends. .. . Pendleton, Nov, 22. (Special) la honor of Captain C. A. Murphy" who was Monday appointed warden of the state penitentiary a luncheon was tendered at the Hotel Pendleton at today bv the Commercial clnb managers and other local friends of Mr. Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Murpny are to leave for Salem oh Tbujrsday and they will make the trip by auto. of The IF 99 - Balcony 25c
