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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1916)
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 191(7. FAG2 FOUR THE OBSERVER An Independent Newspaper. t.,).ki,u,i n.,;i ,i uv..tlv at In Grande, OrKon, by the IiA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVEH PUBLISHING CO. J. D. MEYERS, President, H. B. LEITER, Vice President, CLARKE LEITER, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Postoffice at La Grande, Oregon, as second class matter. On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial Hotel News Stand, Portland. Advertising rates on application. Telephone Main 37 City Official Paper. Member Press Associations. United i SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. Daily, single copy '. ... 6c Daily, per week J5 Daily, oer month 65c Daily per six months in advance $3.50 Daily per year in advance ... $7.00 r ' n in Daily, by tnall per year, in ad- rance $4.00 Weekly Observer-Star, per year tn advance $1.50 The Observer carrier boys are in structed to 'put the papers on thd porch. If the carrier docs not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly .htne the Observer, ?s 'b'3 is tne f r.fy way We. can determine whether M tot the carriers are following in- Ktmctjon. Phone Main 37 before 7:30 tfclock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger u iiie iniiicr hap misled you, Address a'! communications to THE OBSERVER. 1710 Sixth Street. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1010. A YOL'XG .MAN WHO GOOD. MADE We can't all be millionaires, but we can study the ways of some of them and the secrets of their success with out doing ourselves any harm. The editor of The Observer, in a talk before the high school students the ot,her day, mentioned the career of Herbert C. Hoover, a young min ing engineer, as worthy of emula tion. When their father and rhother died Theodore J. Hoover was left the head of the family, with a younger broth er and sister. At that time he. was a printer, and the Hnotypc was just coming into use. He went from New berg, Oregon, where the family lived, to Oakland, California, nnd mastered the linotype machine, nnd from the proceeds of his labor sent his broth er and sister to college. Herbert Hoover, the younger broth er, distinguished himself at Stanford University: He became the leader of the student body. He studied mining engineering end acquired a theoret ical arid practical knowledge of his professsioji. He entered the office of Louis Janin, a famous mining engi neer, who was on the verge of retir ing. Mr. Janin would accept no nmall commissisons. One day Hoover accosted a client whose work Mr. Janin hadfrefused because it was too mall for him to be bothered with. The client offered Hoover five hun dred dollars to expert a mine. Hoover went to his employer nnd frankly and boldly told him that he would like the job and could get it with Mr. Janin's consent. Thin Mr. Janin gave with the understanding thnt the re port would be submitted to him for approval. Hoover did the work nnd made good. Then ho started out for himself with tho $500 fee as capital. One day he got a telegram offering him a position with n big London syn dicate. He took the telegram over to ! I The Wneel That Squeaks the Loudest is the One That Gets the Grease assuredly me, as well in order to get anywhere in this world, we must attract the at tention of the bis men. Now listen, young man! Nothing helps a young man more in advancement in business than to be known as one who keeps his bills paid, meets his obligations, has a bank account, and pays his bills by check. You know that. You will receive the same courteous attention with a dollar deposit as you would witili a hundred dollar one. a Qtande ffational ank I "Mr. Janin and expressed his surprise. I It was no surprise to Mr. Janin. The I syndicate had cabled him offering him the assignment. Mr. Janin ha 1 d told the syndicate to leneaire Hoover. Hoover was sent to inveiMgate ( thieving' in a KoW mine in Aus train,, , Australia and wan not heard of for months. The syndicate searched for him high nl low because so far as they knew, he had never arrived at the mine. In the meantime, Hoover had gone to the mine, secured a posi tion as a day laborer, and gone to work in the bowels of the mine. In . . . - . t.:- ... . a short time ne sem nm reyuri, iu syndicate and revealed the methods employed oy me ring .nv a .- .King tne mine, noover w m.ue -u- .'perintendent. He increased the pro- duction and the earnings of the mine. He was placed at the head of all the ' syndicate's operations in 1 Australia. ' He made good. Then he was sent ta China to try to get concessions from ,the Chinese government. One day in I en 13111, UUrillK W1C UVACI UUUlfHJ, , he saw a group of Russian soldie; s .about to execute several Chinese. Ho intervened at the risk of his own life. One of the Chinese was the Chinese T ,, ,. , .: u,.o. T J ' "'V, ,.i h . .d saved his l.fe. He got his con- cessions, but they were made our in his own name, instead of the name of the syndicate. Hoover could have kept them. Instead, he turned them over to the syndicate without? a string. The grateful Englishmen made him a partner in the syndicate and fixed his .salary at $100,000 a year. He repaid his debt to his brother, who in turn went to college and be came a successful mining engineer also. , Now he is a millionaire and the I fhairman of the Belgian Relief com Mission, !n which he also had made iJf00(j dispensing and spending mil- lions of dollars in the greatest pn ' vtely organized charity the world has ever seen. Faithfulness, honesty and compe tence win their reward. 'mother shlnnkd by family Kept Prisoner by Husband and rather. Red Cross Seals Help. The mother of three children who lived in destitute circumstances on the outskirts of a aouthern city was in formed by a physician that her ail ment was tuberculosis. Ignorant of the nature of the malady, the father, a day laborer, became stricken with the fear that the disease would spread to the children. The mother consequently was shunned as a leper. She was isolated in the small homo and, at times, virtually imprisoned. The children were not allowed to come in contact with her, though two of them were hardly out of their infancy, but the father enforceu this rule witli frequent show of brutality. ' The home was in an alarming state of demoralization when it was brought to the notice of a visiting nurse of the Anti-Tuberculosis association, who mad? an investigation. She allayed the fears of the father by enlightening him as to tho care of consumptive pa tients, installed a sleeping porch, kept the mother under her constant observation and now has her on thi highway to recovery. Anti-tuberculosis associations like this are accomplishing splendid achievements in the crusade against the white plague. Financial founda tion for even greater success next year is being assured by the growth in the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals. Have you bought yours? Lists of Best Books. m Grande, Dec. 14. (To the Edit or) The Observer for December 12 contained an excellent editorial rec ommending books for boys, in answer to a question on tho subject from n mother. The Public library is at tempting to distribute lists which would answer just this question. A woman librarian hesitates to set her helf up as an authority on boys' applies to you and Useful Gifts for Men You want to give to a man sch Christmas gifts as he wants and the best way to do it is to come to this store. Here we specialize in men's wear of the high est quality. Our mark in any merchandise is a credit to your judgment and a gratification to any man. Don't worry about sizes sometimes we know them If not the merchandise can always be fitted afterwards- If the gifts you bought here are duplicated we'll be glad to make exchanges.! ' 'v Here are some gifts that men like to get In beautiful selections at this store: :. GLOVES HOSIERY SHIRTS NECKWEAR HANDKERCHIEFS PAJAMAS UNDERWEAR SUSPENDERS BELTS CUFF LINKS Hart Schaffner 8c Marx Clothing Suits ..... $20 to $30 Overcoats . . $20 to $35 Dress Suits . . . $37.50 Rain Coats $20 to $27.50 Other Makes $15 to $17.50 books, even after years of experience in observing the reading tastes of children. Instead of the suggestions of the librarian, this list contains the recommendations of the officials of the Boy Scouts of America, and is entitled "Books Boys Like Best." Several copies are still on hand, for free distribution on request. It is interesting to note that the books mentioned by the editor of The Observer Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Robinson Crusoe, The Swiss Family Robinson and Treasure Is land are among the most enduring ly popular books in this or any li brary. LUCIA HALEY. To the Stockholders of the State Bank of Imbler, Imbler, Oregon Notice is hereby given that the an nual meeting of the stockholders of Peter "Props" greeted me with a smile that I liiilliiiti'd the world was treating him well. "When you come to llger It out," cuitiiled he. "do life uv a mi liny nlli't so lind after all. Wo have lots! li v run, and den hmklt all do lil star ! we meet. People always talk about ' dec slurs belli' up-stiiue. Well. (1st ! lnllit be true In some places, but It iiln't so in our studio. I.ooklt '1 Misty' I'aniiiin. lie just conies in a few inln-' lites iilm anil hollers: 'Hello. Props; I How's de kid?" He's dele wld do smile nil de time, and when lie's gi uotln' special to do lie comes around nnd tells us stories, nnd believe me, boy, dut guy kin spiel out do funny chin goods. He likes to kid wld de bunch, and If we kid lit in bark he takes It wld a grin. He don't pit sore, like a lot of guys would. "I 'i'ii dere's Kntlilyn Williams. Say, kid. she's some gal! Kveryboily Is In love wld her. When she comes In mery morning she Just spills sunshine nil over de place. She usually has n bunch of flowers from her garden and hands ilem around. Vivian Martin, I chore t'lrii h, Colin Chase-de whole bunch Is de same Always sinllln' and - and -democratic, dat's It denwerat- You know dey mingle wld de bunch. "It's Jes like a Mg family nt our sii(!o: but. believe me. It wouldn't be sitvli a happy family IT It wnz not foi ls props belie.: on de job all de time. I'c other day we were taking a scene 6T K l i the above named bank will be held at the banking rooms at Imbler, Oregon, between the hours of 2 and 4 o'clock p. xri., on Thursday, January 11th, 1917. This meeting is called for the elec tion of a board of directors for said bank and the transaction of any other business which may properly come be fore the meeting. SHERWOOD WILLIAMS, 12:1M3-16-18 Cashier. EDITORIAL COMMENT People Who Remain Young. James Whitcomb Riley was quite a bit over 60 when he died. Although his age was not generally known, his (iridlcy for I.enoio Ulrica's new l'ld-hrr, "fix Itond to I.ove." I.enore wuz to rush uj to a door wot wuz locked and try tc push de door in. When de scene was belli' tiiken some one forgot to lock dc door. I Just noticed dis in time an' inn up an' braced it from de outside. It wuz ii long scone and wuz going groat better dan any of de rehearsals --if 1 hadn't been on de job believe me. one grand big scene would a been spoiled "cause she'd a gone through dat door on de Hist push. It took ull mn st rent to hold it! "Wot gits me goat do is when de director tells you to do eniiictin and don't tell yon enough. Yesterday 1 gets a note from one of de directors out on location which sez: 'Bring over de shells Immediately.' I didn't know if dey wanted, sea-shells, gun-shells or oyster shells. Well I had f do some tin and do soinetlu quick. Dnt note was meant for one of de odder prop boys but I wuz de only one here, so I had to git busy. I bents It around to de llsh innii and buys every kind uv a shell 1 could see, den I goes to a sportlng-g n.ls shop nnd buys up all l.lnfls uv gun shells. Wld n baskit full of Junk 1 bents It to dc location and when I gits dere everybody gives Tne de b:i ha. I ley wanted de tish shell i nwrlght but de gun shells came Ii: handy too." Mere a roar for "Props" resounded mid immediately my friend disappeared after a hasty promise t give further particulars on the luor row. SCARF PINS SMOKING JACKETS BATHROBES r SWEATERS V WAIST COATS UMBRELLAS SHOES TRAVELING BAGS LEATHER SUIT CASES HATS CAPS frequent photographs show that he ' was not young in years. But any one who has ever read his intimate lit tle child sketches, his delicious, half humorous, half -pathetic verses, will agree with me that he was young, young in his heart. My own grandmother died at the age of 74, and she was young when she died. She took an active inter est in all current events, in music and lauphter and irood 'hooks. I would stay with her afternoons after (school rather than go out with com rades my own age because she was more interesting than they were far better company. Her hair was silver, and her years counted up to a large total. That was all, for her heart was as young as the spring- I time. I've seen people who were old at 20 gloomily, sullenly old, though PYR GLASSWARE FOR THE KITCHEN. ALWAYS A WELCOME GIFT. COME IN AND SEE THIS NEWEST WARE FOR MAKING COOKING EASY W. H. B0HNENKAMP COMPANY their cheeks were firm and their hair untouched with gray. So have you seen such people. And I've seen women of 80 who walked haltingly and wore dim spectacles who were still wonderful, triumphantly young. (Margaret E. Sangster, Jr., in The Christian Herald.) SLINGSBY APPEAL IS DENIED' House of Lords Deny Appeal of Fa mous San Francisco Estate Suit. London, Dec. 14. (United Press) The house of lords has dismissed the appeal of E. H. R. Slingsby, of San Francisco, seeking the estate of the late Rev. Charles Slingsby, for Teddy Slingsby, their alleged son. Our Want Ads bring results.
