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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1916)
FAGS FOUR LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1916. 1 HE OBSERVER An Independent Newspaper. Published Daily mid Weekly at La Grande, Orgon,' by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER , PUBLISHING CO. J. D. MEYERS, President, II. B. LEITER, Vice President, CLARKE LEITER, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Grande, Oregon, matter. Poatoflke at La as second crass On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial Hotel News Stand, Portland. , Advertising rates on application. STANF1EL1) TO BE SPEAKER. ELECTED It looks as if Eastern Oregon wiil be recognized as a part of Oregon by the choice of K. N. Stanfield as speak er of the Oregon House of Repre sentatives. Stanfield knows the needs oi this section and should be able to do something fur it. yards. Consequently swine have .been J jj ififififif'if auili UIIU WI1UUV nnu uttus in ituuicu w the warehouses. Enterprise Chieftain. Colonel Roosevelt is going to visit the Fiii Islands. The meeting be tween the big American Chief and the Kecord.chicftu I'ljl cnicis win ne worm gouiK nines to see. The state of Oregon is hereafter to ' purchase Oregon made goods. This is a good plan and deserves support. Telephone City Official Paper. Member Press Associations. Main 13 ( Getting out of Mexico "decently United and in order" is some job a good deal harder than getting in. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. Daily, single copy 6c Daily, per week 16c Daily, per month 66c 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 The Observer carrier boys are in structed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting tho paper to you on time, kindly phone the Observer, as this is the f.nly way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following in struction. Phone Main 13 before 7:30 i o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if tho carrier has missed you. The question at the state penitenti ary is, who is going to run it, the con victs or the state? It cost $11,314 to make Oregon ''bone dry." Even reforms come high. Sheep Show Profit. Sneaking of lambs, J. W. McAlister sold a few last week that weighed in at a very good hgure. lhey were wether lambs, 25 in number, and were born from early spring up to the first of June. The averago weight of the lot wag 130 4-5 pounds. At present prices a small band of sheep turn a good profit on a farm. Enterprise in. STREET LAMPS ARE LACKING The way to end the Portland jitney problem is to "scrap 'em." Mexico will have Villa is caught. no peace until Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1916. BANKS SHOW BIG INCREASE. Reports of national banks' condition on September 12, the comptroller of' 1 1 1 TIT 1 ' L 1. . 1. Picked Up By The Stroller The Hughes congratulatory tele gram to President Wilson reminds us of a story. Pat O'Hollihan was delegated by a party or friends to make the speech o' the occasion of the presentation of a tho .iirroncv t Wnahincrfin hn itmr hat on Mike ftlurpny s Dirtnaay, announced, show total resources of 1-ike all good friends do he called $14,411,000,000, or $210,000,000 great- uPon Murphy to warn him that he was er than ever before in the nation's to be surprised and to give him history. This was an increase of; chance to make a speech of accep- $485,000,000 over June 30 last and $2, 144,000,00 over Sept. 2, 1915. The previous high water mark was on May 1 last. Total deposits amounted to $11,362, 000, 000 or $227,000,000 greater than ever before. The increase was $485, 000,000 over June 30 and $2,133,000, 000 over Sept. 2, 1915. Loans and discounts were $7,859,' 000,000, the largest amount ever re ported. These facts are significant. There is plenty of money to do the nation's work and to keep industry and enterprise on the up grade. The only danger is over expansion. LOOK OUT FOR CHICAGO. Bankers of London, Paris and Pet rograd are opposing the $5,000,000 loan made to China by Chicago bank ers., This is likely to lead to Chicago declaring war on Europe. CROSSING TTIE STYX. Death loves shining marks so Emp eror FVanz Joseph, Henry Sienkie wicz, Jack London, and Sir Hiram Maxim ere all called to cross the Styx within a week. We imagine tho first man Jack London will look up is Adam and the first woman Eve. One ruler dies. Another plunges still further into the bloody maelstrom. tance. They rehearsed their speecnes and finally the anniversary day ar rived. The friends gathered round and wailed for the speeches. CHoolihan like all speakers forgot his speech Murphy tried to help him out: "Pat, and is thot tho hat?" "Yes, Mike, thot's the hat, answered Pat. And that was all tho speech mak ing. "Mr. Hughes, is thot the tilly- gram?" "Yes, Mr. Wilson thot's it. Prosperity in Oregon Made Money on Sheep. Ed Miller, of Union, is one of the leading sheepmen and during the past ftw years has made the sheep pay for about $30,000 worth of land he has bought in this section. Union Republican. On Feeding Hogs. At present prices farmers cannot afford to fatten hogs. Grain has ad vanced 100 per cent since last year and hogs have gone up only 25 per cent. A farmer who can get close to $1.50 a bushel for grain cannot afford to feed it to hogs that will sell for cnly $8.50 delivered at the local stock- "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 better time to save than today, and every dollar you place in this bank is fully protected; always acccssable, and acts as an ever-present inspiration to save more COME IN TODAY Deposits Assets .....$1,010,000.00 ...$l,3G.-,000.00 a Qrande National Bank Citizen Protests Against False Econ omy in City Lighting La Grande, Nov. 28. (To the Edi tor) If it be true that there comes a time where patience ceases to be a virtue. La Grande has certainly ar rived at that point, with regard to her street lamps. Sunday night at 10:30 while striv ing to find our way home, we had to cross one of the principal highways of the town. In doing so it became necessary to get down and grope in the mud to find the bridge across a dry ditch not a light in a whole sec tion. Every day and every night there are hundreds of men, women and school children who have to cross the rail road yard tracks on Fir Street and a this dangerous crossing there is on ly one lamp. When that "blows out" or burns out this crossing is in dark ness. We don't believe that the railroad company is responsible for this crim inal condition at Fir street crossing, because the records show that the company has always been willing to meet the city more than half-way on any proposition tending to safety and progress. La Grande deserves great credit for the sublime patience she has displayed while suffering in silence. The van dalism of her beautiful ornamental street lamps which evoked the prase of strangers and the pride and joy of citizens. These emblems of peace, progress and prosperity have all been relegated to the junk pile, or the pawn-shop, and La Grande is left to languish in the gloom of the dark ages. ( . .. What have the taxpayers done to deserve this humiliation and disgrace? We pay our taxes. Are we not en titled to protection? What are taxes levied and collected for, if not to guarantee us protection to life and property, and what better protection can our venerable city fathers grant us then light? They cannot afford a policeman to patrol every street in town, and if they could, that would be very poor protection in the dark. The timo has come when every tax payer in La Grande is within his Tights in demanding that the street in which he lives be lighted so that he can find his way home without danger to life or limb. La Grande is about to elect another city father, so called. Better make it a son this time. There evidently is need for young blood in our city gov ernment. There aro plenty of able young men in town live wires cap able of handling nny proposition suc cessfully and having no axe to grind. If some one of them will take the necessary steps to get his name on the ballot the taxpayers will do the rest. After that it will not be so easy for selfish obstruction, stagna tion and retrogressive actions to pose under the garb of altruistic economy. Yours truly, L. GARRICK. WIT AND HUMOR Knew Something. Some time ago ono of the masters at a certain grammar school caused a sensation by publishing a book which bore a striking resemblance to one published previously by a well-known minor poet. Comments upon the mutter became of an accusatory na ture, and culminated in one of the pupils openly accusing tho author one day in the common room of plagiarism. "Sir" replied the indig nant author, "your opinion is neither sought nor valued you'ra an ass." "I may be," calmly retorted the scholar, "but the ass knoreth his master's crib." Ran a Risk. When the week end traveler arrived at the little country village he found deserted streets and a terrific rain storm. Tho village had been adver tised as old world, and the pictures in the guide book suggested a little bit of heaven. But to the unhappy trav eler smoky London seemed more de sirable. However, the last up-train had gone so there wns no hope. "Tell me," he said to the porter stntionmnster inspector, "can you di rect me to the best hotel here?" "I can sir. But, as a matter of fact, I hardly like to." "Oh I Why?" "Because when you've seen it youH say I am a liar!" Already Supplied The minister was shaking hnnds with a new member of his congrega tion, a girl fresh from Sweden, and said cordially: "I would like to J Clothes That Are Worth M,l I 4 4il (?opyribt Bart ScWfner & Muz X 4 f f 4 4 The Price You can easily pay the price of good clothes with out getting value for the money. There are lots of such clothes. That's one of the reasons why we make a special feature of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes. The value you pay for is in the goods, the ma terials, the all wool fabrics, the tailoring, the style. Its a good deal to get these days when cheap stuff is so common and so defective. We have Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits and Overcoats at $20 to $30 -J!I:W.1IMIL,1,,W IJ.I.IJ hit I iiniiii know your address, so I can call on you." "Oh," said the girl, innocently, "I haf a man." A Short Engagement. Ah me, she was fair. As a houri that night; From the crush and the glare Of the dance we took flight. In the garden we strayed, Filled with rapture divine, And I asked that sweet maid To forever be mine. "Forever!" quoth she, 'What nonsense you speak! You fix it up For the end of the week." Flotsam and Jetsam With a heavier pirt, I wouldn't withhold it; Would you? Don'ls. Don't throw the pins away, when you clear up your desk. Chances are they still have the sharp point and can be used again. Don't throw carbon paper away un til it has "served full time." Don't leave carbon paper on top of your typewriter to be 'blown to the floor by the janitor's broom. Don't use the printed letterheads or printed forms for scratch paper. Scratch paper is far cheaper. Don't throw away the top sheet of the writing paper pad. Oftimes it is not the least bit soiled, . Don't throw away your old file rec ords without recovering the file; it can oftimes be used again. If We Knew. If I knew that a word of mine, A word not kind and true, Might leave its trace On a loved one's face, I'd never speak harshly; Would you? If I knew the light of a smile Might linger the whole day through And lighten some heaH AT THE HOTELS er, Spokane. At the Sommer Hotel. ' " F. H. McKay, Spokane; L. B. Car ter and wife, Cove; Geo. D. Field, Portland; F. A. Coffin, Portland; Chas. H. Powell, Cove; Ben F. Rupp, Denver; Jas. E. Bannon, Portland; L. A. Bumgarner, Spokane; Mrs. John T. Currn, Kamela. At the Savoy Hotel. Miss Edna Tobin, Enterprise; mTe. Gordon, City; G. M. Estes, Imbler; I J. Holmes, Joseph; F. M. Kent, Mil ton; J. L. Balliett, Milton; Wm." H. Kloostra, Elgin; C. L. Walker, Enter prise; F. J. Usher, Enterprise; H. E. Pond, Portland; Harry M. Will, En terprise; J ohn M. Newell, Portland. E. A. Mayberry and wife, Hermiston Harry M. Weis, Enterprise. At the Foley Hotel. Thos. Harper, Portland; Mrs. Jones, Portland; E. W. Helm, Portland; D. G. Tolles, Portland; Chas. Oliver, Portland; A. Wilson, Enterprise; Fred Brown. Enterprise: Walt Thornton. i Echo; P. Connell, Heppnor; J. Deg- man, Heppnor; W. H. Burkley, Port land; F. J. Blanchett, Elgin; W. .T. Richardson, Indianapolis; B. J. Park- j from doing business in Washington. Spokane Jitneys To Go. - Spokane, Wash., Nov. 28. (Spec ial) A jitneyless Spokane looms. ' The city's 71 nickel-busses may be forced to suspend business through in ability to get the necesary bonds. The Casualty Company of America, by which every jitney in the city is bond ed has been ordered to suspend busi ness by State Insurance Commis sioner Fishback. Its stock is said to be impaired to the extent of more than $500,000 and until this is recti fied the company will be debarred m I Get Your Thanksgiving Order j Early STORE CLOSES THANKSGIVING DAY j Mammoth Grocery Everything Good for Your Thanksgiving Dinner Phone Main 82 1211 Adams I i i
