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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1917)
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1917. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE FIVE NOW A Few of the Many Dry Goods Specials From . OUR HEBE ABE COLD WEATHER HELPS Yes, this is the time of the year we can expect plenty of snow and cold weather, but don't fear. Keep yourself in shape. Get a ' KANTEEK HOT WATER BOTTLE Keeps out the cold. It's a mitfhtv good investment and will give you lots of satisfaction in the way of comfort and freedom from annoying colds. RED CROSS DRUG STORE mmmmmmmmmmmmmmsmmmmmmmm THE OBSERVER An Independent Newspaper. Published - Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Orecon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO. 3. 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. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER. 1710 Sixth Street. 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 United Press Associations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. Daily, single copy 6c Daily, per week 15c ' 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 earner boys are in structed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier docs not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the Observer, as this is the r.nly way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following in struction. Phone Main 37 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1917 THE NEW COMMISSION With the addition of Dr. H. S. Brownton, the new city commission is now organized with Mr. Vincent Pal mer as president and Mr. Fred B. Currey as city manager. The city owes a vote of thanks to Mr. J. E. Foley for his work in filling this dif ficult and onerous position in the in termin between the two managers. The citizens generally will back the commission in its efforts for a bigger, busier La Grande. The legal diffi culties connected with the Second street viaduct should be speedily set tled and the work upon this important public improvement started. THE OREGONIAN ANNUAL How the Oregonian year in and year out manages to put out an an nual which not only keeps up to the high standard maintained in the past but surpasses it each year is one ot the marvels of the newspaper busi ness. The secret is careful work and preparation by the editorial and art staff. This year's edition is well con ceived and well executed. Union and Wallowa county are given good rep resentation in pictures which should be of great advertising value to this section. THE ELKS' SHOW The Elks are going to put on a mu sical comedy show. The fact that tho Elks have undertaken this as a bene fit for their building fund should commend it to the public. The face that the Elks are giving it insures a lively, interesting performance. OREGON'S VICTORY Oregon has beaten Pennsylvania at football. This puts Oregon in the ' championship class and shows the easterners wnat sturdy young men we are raising in Oregon. EDITORIAL COMMENT They Will Miss Ike. Ike Bingham, hold-over senator from Lane county, will not foregather at Salem witli the Oregon statesmen the coming winter. Ho is in little old New York. As compared with Eu gene the senator finds that village somewhat effervescent and has reach ed the conclusion that the other 20 senators can- save Oregon from the demnition bow-wows. Ike is a real estator. j Optimism. ! Snow fills the hills with irrigation to bring bountiful crops and purest water. Cold kills germs and makes the spring and summer beautiful. It makes you and your home full of glowing health. Without either in winter, spring, summer and autumn would be displeasing and unhealthy and unprofitable. Just memorize this so you can repeat it and laugh with joy the next time you wake up in tho morning and find seven feet of snow on your sidewalks, the temperature below zero the water pipes frozen and that you forgot to bring in coal or wo,d the night before. Baker Herald. Watterson Says. Jefferson was right. That is the best government which governs least. In framing the federal constitution the wise and patriotic men, led by Madison, the Republican, and Hamil ton, the imperialist, sought to keep be tween them the Scylla of centralized monorchism and the Charybdis of pure democracy. They constructed a representative system, of limited pow ers, gird round by definite checks and balances which they believed would protect the people against despotic ' encroachment upon the one hand and The Wheel That Squeaks the Loudest is the One That Gets the Grease The same assuredly applies to you and me, as well in order to get anywhere in this world, we must attract the at tention of .the big men. Now listen, youn 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 with a Inmdied dollar one. 4a (jrande fational &ank HALF PRICE SALE OF ALL MISSES AND CHILD'S COATS & HATS With wholesale prices advancing constantly on all staple merchandise these clearance prices on all broken lines will mean real economy to every woman that attends this li'ouse cleaning sale. Heavy Flannelette, 12 yds. for $1.00 18c Striped Riplette, Sale Price : -.13 l-2c 27-in. Dress Ginghams, 12 yds. for $1.00 Ladies' $1.00 Wool Underwear, Choice 67c Ladies' $1.25 Wool Underwear, Choice ...87c Fancy Tea Aprons, to GOc, Choice 13c Fancy Tea Aprons to $2.00, Choice ,..48c HALF PiUCE SALE OF ALL LADIES' SUITS COATS AND MILLINERY Ladies' Collars Ilalp Price Pillow Tops to 50c, Choice , 19c HALP-PRICE REMNANT SALE Clearance Prices On Curtain Fabrics HALF-PRICE FUR SALE HC-inch Forrest Percales, Special, yard 8 l-3c Hroken line Child's Fleece Underwear, Your choice, garment 9c Free Dollies With American Beauty Floss Notice to McCall Subscribers McCall Magazine Subscription price will advance March 31st By special arrangement we are allowed to take your sub scription for a short time only at our old price of -20c Per Year Jim (U mob passion upon the other. Measurably this has been the result. But it has been qualified of late by a demand for reforms which have in some quarters risen to a kind of hys teria. As a consequence two dangers have come to pass; a disregard for precedents inevitable to a craving aft er the experimental; and the compli cation, not to say the confusion, of orderly governmental procedure inci dent to an annual flood of legislation, state and federal. The country is honeycombed with commissions. Though state rights sur vived the war of sections the home rule principle was put to serious strain. Now whatever happens to be wanted anywhere, the word is "On to Washington.' Woodrow Wilson calls this the new freedom; Theodore Roose velt calls it progressiveism; the Du luth Herald calls it social justice; the cheap perodicals call it the upfift. Whatever it is, or aims at, it is a j departure from the simple and be- j nign in government and a menace to ! the country; an outgrowth not of free dom but of Blavery; a survival of the age of theologic controversies of the inquisition and the conventicle; a re turn to the era of church and stato beneath whose tyrannous rule men and women were to believe what the pre lates told them and to be made good by law Louisville Courier-Journal. Sherry's, Thursday and Friday, William Fox version of "Romeo and Juliet," with Theda Bara as Juliet. 1-2-21 Complaints, affidavits and legal blanks of every description for sale at The Observer, 1710 Sixth street. No. 9314 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK At I.a Grande in the State of Oregon, at the Close of Business on Dec. 27, 1916 RESOURCES Loans end discounts -i ? 608,971.26 U. S. bonds deposited to sec-re circulation (par value) oO.OOO.OO Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure postal savings deposits 10,000.00 Securities other than U. S. bonds (not including stocks) owned unpledged 8,003.69 18,003.59 Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per cent of subscription) i Jl'SiX Value of banking house (if unencumbered) 27,200.00 Furniture and fixtures 3,288.70 Real estate owned other than banking hound ... 690.08 Net amount due from approved reserve agents in Now York, Chicago, and St. Loum 21,937.61 Net amount due from approved recorvo agents in other reserve cities , 54,549.39 76,487.00 Net amount due from banks and bankers (other than included in 12 or 20) 6,147.09 Other checks on banks in tho same city or town as reporting bnnk 1,991.82 Outside checks and other cash items 1,789.95 Fractional currency, nickels, and cents 353.68 2,083.63 Notes of other national banks 4,065.00 Lawful reserve in vault and net amount lue from Federal Reserve Bank 60,502.51 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer nnd due from U. S. Treasurer 2,500.00 Other aB-sets, if any 239.84 Total $865,570.52 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in 100,000.00 Surplus Fund 18,000.00 Undivided profits 22,329.21 Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid . 11,982.85 10,340.36 Circulating notes outstanding 50,000.00 Net amount due to banks and bnnkcrs (other than included in 29 or 30) 13,321.93 Individual deposits subject to chock 460,064.71 Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days . 27,095.07 Certified checks 30.98 Postal saving deposits 80.98 Total demand deposits, Items 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 40 492,230.87 Certificates of deposit 93,048.82 Other time deposits 87,722.54 Total of time deposits, Items 41, 42, nnd 43 .... 181,671.36 Total $865,570.5 State of Oregon, County of Union, ss: I, T. J. Scroggin, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. T. J. SCROGGIN, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3d dav of January, 1917. F. S. IVANHOE, Notary Public Correct Attest: A. L. RICHARDSON, WM. MILLER, GEO. T. COCHRAN, Directors. No. 3655 REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE : ; LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK At La Grande, in the State of Oregon, at the Close of Business on Dec. 27, 191$ RESOURCES Loans and discounts $ 777,179.61 U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) ! $ 72,000.00 U. S. bonds pledged to secure U. S. deposits (par . : i , .' value) 10,000.00 . v U. S. bonds pledged to secure postal savings de posits (par value) j 5,000.00 '87,000.0 Securities other than U. S. bonds (not including stocks) owned unpledged 22,205.55 Stock of Federal Reserve Rank (50 per cent of subscription) 7,500.0 Value of banking house (if unencumbered) .... 49,000.00 Furniture and fixtures 8,269.42 Real estate owned other than banking house ... 4,742.07 Net amount due from approved reserve agents in New York, Chicago, and St. Louis 26,441.64 Net amount due from approved reserve agents in other reserve cities 223.5C5.59 250,007.23 Net amount due from bnnks and bankers (other than included in 12 or 20) 38,770.2$ Other checks on bnnks in the same city or town as reporting bnnk 5,168.35 Outside checks and other cash items 3,229.37 Fractional currency, nickels, and cents 792.20 4,021.57 Notes of other nntional banks 7,095.08 Federal Reserve bank notes 1,050.00 Lawful reserve in vault and net amount due from Federal Reserve Bank 89,930.1 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer 3,600.00 Total 11,355,539.19 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in 200,000.00 Surplus fund 40,000.00 Undivided profits '. 25,254.79 Loss current expenses, interest, and taxes paid . 16,554.62 8,700.17 Circulating notes outstanding 72,000.0 Net nmount due to banks nnd bankers (other than included in 29 or 30) , 3,233.55 Individual deposits subject to check 585,147.56 Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 dnys . 84,798.30 Cci .! :cd checks 74.33 United Stntcs deposits .t. 10,000.08 P(.st,il savings deposits 5,000.0ft Certifii-Tles of deposit i. . . 316,585.28 Total of time deposits, Items 41, 42, and 43 . . . 346,585.28 Total 11,355,639.19 Stale of Oregon, County of Union, rs: I, F. L. Meyers, Cashier of the above-named bnnk, do solemnly swenr that the above statement is true tc tho best of my knowledge and belief. F. L. MEYERS. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3d dnv of .Tnmmrv, 1917. H. A. ZUBRICK. Notary Public. Correct Attest: FRED C HOLMES, A. T. HILT,. H. S. BROWNTON. Director.
