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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1905)
Probably fair tonight .1 1 Bargains This Week II Watch $3.50 to $19.00 some of these are very fine watches , I keg of Powder, 30c per lb; less quantity 35c Cood baby buggy $5.50; Good Bike $7.50 Fine Sewing Machine $12.50 4 Gasoline Lamps, bargains, on trial Picture frames, 25c to $1.50 Remembermy "Excelsior"' Heaters are the finest made, at bottom prices. Bring your old one and exchange. F. D. HAISTEN, ' Phone Red 1161 Highest Prices Paid for Second Hand Goods I Ohe farmers and Uraders 7J at ionai iBank of jCa Srand Ortgom, NO. 44B2 . Capital ' Surplus - Liability of Shareholders Total $ 60,000.00 14.000.00 60,000.00 $134,000.00 For tbejprotectlon ol It Depositors! Depositor of this Bank ere ccorded aiicb libentl treatment m (ball, b In keeptrg with tho character and value ol their aceounte. We would tej'.pleanud to have your account. " . Joseph Palmer, President. G. E. McCuxly, Asst. Cashier. J. W. ScRIBER, Cashier. T. J. FCROOGIN. Apsi. Cashier ENGRAVED GOODS The Observer it in a position to offer to its patrons a splendid line ol engraved Visiting 'lards', Wedding Announcements and At Home Cards at prices just the same as yon send away only we pay the postoge. Call on-us and look nt our Samples THESE ARE OUR PRICES: English Script cards, per 100 $2.03 French Script, very latest, per 100 $3.00 Shaded Old English, per 100 .$3.50 '" Roman, 100 curds $3.00 Solid Old English, 100 cards. '.. $3.00 Gothic, 100 cards $2.50 Printing future orders from any copper 1 'plate, 50 cards 75o-i 100' cards. $2.00 Wedding limitations from $8.00 a 100 to $24.00 a 100. Besides taking orders for engraved stock, we are prepared to print 'all the above in the latest type faces. Call on us before ordering. THE OBSERVER LA GRANDE'S LIVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Many Facts Regarding Our Schools Which Will be of Interest to Patrons Oar girls hve arranged with Pendle I I71od coat ot (anoint SO cra field n for a gam ot baaket ball to he I wboae width U one halt ita length FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY Pretty l?olo Turbans, Tricornes, Smart Sailors, Handsome Large Hats, an endless variety of Caps, ornamental Combs, Qtc. E U WELLMAN & CO Ija Grande - Oretron I ton played aometlma nest month A number ot oar 'people ha e favored the school wlih vlalts daring the past, week, , Visitor are always fery wel come in any department ot the school. The pub Ho tohoila baking to the oUlzonship ot tbia city, their Intereata are directly watohed over by. a bod ot men representing the people, ' and manipulated by persona employed .by them. We f !", "-rTf"!: the people, laboring (or the common K03d. We are glad to know that there are prospects, lor a lecture coursex thia year, and that our children, InclaJing also, those In the High sobool will be given a rate ot ball price for season tickets. io doubt a large number will take advantage of tbia liberality on the part ot those in obarge Complaints reach the superinten dent's office frequently with reference to mifdemeanora and misconduct of ohildteu 011 the way nt me from school. I'beee troubles tor the moat part, take the fotm ol .larger children abusing sod otherwise imposing apn the smaller or weaker ones. The snper intenden t baa personally seen some con. loot ot this kind sufficient to thoroughly cnnvinca him that drastio measures should be adopted to break up these thlogs. Grown persons. either parents or others, who person ally observe misdemeanors in children iimler the above oiroumstancea will confer a favur upon the management of this school by asorrt-iinlng the names of offenders and reporting same any evening after five o'clock to phone 332 Mack.' It has als been reported to us that citizens of our town when passing along the sidewalks, have been crowded into the gntters by children walking four or Ave abreaat whom they meet. This mleoonduot la out rageous and oaoses us to blash with shame. Anjone witnessing ancb an occurrence will greatly oblidge ns by reporting as abive indicated. The October eisiniuat ion in General Information wsa glveo to tne High school latt Friday alter recess Belov the' questions are appended. The average cn the scale ot 100 par cent, boya 30 per cent. Average ot sobool, 31 per cent. GRiSVT INFORMATION EXAMINATION 1 What man ot national reputation bag recently completed a trip to the Philipine Islands? 2 Wlint was the object ct his vlsl? 3 Spell tea words to be pronounoed. rjpell chocolate, victuals, aauoer, scissors, skeleton, biacult, auxlll ary, vaccinate, poultice, vegetable. 1 Name five prominent ' American ft blb claa magazines. 5 Estimate the area In square miles ol Union County, Oregon. 0 find cost of kulsomiming the walls (not ceiling) of a room 20 feet long, 14 feet 6 Indies wide and 10 feet 4 inches high, at 27 cents per square yard deducting for a fire place 4 feet by ft feet i in hea. and two windowa each 6 feet by 3 leet 2 inches 7 It requires the sane . number of pickets to build a picket fence '. over a hilt as it would straight through It. It you bellove tbis . draw a diagram to show It 8 tlow many feet ol lumber in log one and one-half leet squire after alabf are taken off, the log being being taelve feet long? tt By one statement (or eaoh Indicate that you kiiow aometbio of the following l (l)Marcus Whitman, 2) Walt Whitman, (3) Clara Birton (4) Gladstone, (5) Ellas Howe. 10 V Boss pioture is on the on cent , stamp? On the two cent stamp? On the p ratal card? 11 How many pounds la a bushel ol wheat? 12 A farmer in hauling 4 loads ol wheal to town received (rum the wetgbmneter the following gross weighs; 35ttt lbs. 3036 lbs, 3094 lbs, and 33s(J lbs At each time the ' wagon washed 1100 lbs Find what be received for the wheat at S4 cents per bushel, 13 Who Is Joaquin Miller? 14 What doea the world owe to John Howard Payne? 10 rind tne simple interest on 144,24 tor 2yis, 3 mo. 19 daya. at 8 per cent. 16 Who invented (1) cotton gin (2) steam boat, (3) ocean cable, (4) telegraph, (5) first .reaping mac blue? plsoe in . the Amerioan home otroie. 1 Before the obilJ therefore, can possess cutely developed powsrs ol observa tion .and sn abiding interest in the things be ought to know, surely the) place where ba spends nearly three I (ninths of hi lime sbonld throw aruunri hiuiiifluer e wbicb tend to develop b m along these lines, and, it is no lee important that the aohool where he spends lees than ooi fourth o.' bis time should do its part Miss Williams entertained with some interesting exeroises by bar little ones last Friday afternoon. Foot ball game with Island City next Saturday. with a woven wire feuce at 87 and one halt cent per rod a 6 Inch base board at $7.00 per M and posts one rod apait at B cents each 18 Estimate tbs length and width of a 1 bill ! ((''''.'! 19 What la meant by the Franking privilege? 't 20 What Is that process ct law called by whloh a ' parson foreign born We were utterly ' surprised to note that none knew the world's debt to John Howard Payne ' Very few, per haps a doien could solve correctly the pioblam in simple interest. Leas (hsn sii knew that Secretary Taft bas re cently vi-iled the Philippine?.-. Only three knew tbs object of his visit Some thought Walt Whitman was the son of Marcus WhitTMO. Aroo'd ing to one, Gladstone was a famous Africa j explonr , ' ' With nearly twenty standard nmga. zit.es on our rending Uble, mure It an hall could not nam five Ameiican magixnes. Only one knew the In ventor ol the ooean telegraphic ruble. Only two or three had any reasonable conception ol the probable area ol Union county, Oregon. 1'Woor three had beeo autlioienlly oharrving tn our reotly estimate the dimensions ol a live dollar bill. Two knew the mean ing ol the Franking pr vilege, Now comes the question, "Haw sbsllvwe aooount lor Mm?" Where shall the recponbility lot this condition be located, in the school, with the parent, or with the cli 1,1? Lt us ace. " No doubt the Milionl ci me in for a ehari ot the blame tor this condition wbicb exhts tn some dtp re in practically l very high rchonl. li the pursuit tit higher learning tbe cause ol tbis ? By nomeius. Ou the contrary it ehoulu sharpens tbe cli;lj' perceptions and enlarge tbe soops of his intellectual activities. Higher learning should give the mind added strength to graap and bold fiinily the practical things ol life. Ihe school should keep tbe child -mind awakened to a constant realisation ol tbe relation cf higher learning to tbe practical needs ol bis bjiog in the woild where, bis lot is cast. In school tbe child must not be permitted to entertain tbe thought that be is attending school as a pastime, but should understand Irom the influence both at home and ebool that il s a place lor bard w.rk, application todoty and strenuous men tal aotivity. If cohool is not a pUoej for bard work it defeats the very aim ol its existence which is training. When tuetohool (ails in this, it is at fault. It seems strange indeed that nearly sixty young people ia tbe ninth, tenth and eleventh years ol school work hsd never heard ol tbe stranger who, when in a strange land, sad, lonely and friendless, peoned the lines which have tiuck aobord in tbe universal human besrt, and i'mmortalixfd bis name. It is a peculiar comment upon the iullu- ence thrown around our young peopl that sixty of them now in tbe pursuit ol higher eduoation, had not heard ol tbis man wbo flit 1 wo years ago, spent bis last hour homeless and alone on the ruins ol Cartbsge far fiom bis native land, and whose dust wbiob had so long lain in that lar away laid, was a few years ago lovingly borne and laid to rest in Oak Hill oemetery, New York. Here is whete tbe home is at Uult, at least in somt degree, and must share the blame with the school and the child. It would be Interest tig data to study, il we could but knov, all the subjects whfoh are brought up and iccusaed each evening at each auppflt table in this city and around eaoh fire side, In the presence of the hundreds of tbildreu wbo ar dailv attending our public schools It Is betetbatj the teacher bas an undeniable right U, ask aod expact that the child shall hear discused things which will bene fit t'ue chHd enlarge his stock ol learning and assist bis progress in bis school work. Years r I experience have taught us that silly gossip, trivial and insignifi cant local ad airs and cbrooio t.ulr finding are given a l. r too prominent For Sale Imported ' tooth brashes finest bloeched bristle, stamped with cur mime, tor 25o. New brushes tor the asking it any ever proves deteotl-.-s. Newlln Drag Co. SMITH REPAIRS GanB 'Bicycles Sewing machines Type Writers Umbrellas Brazes broken casting - Grinds Scissors and does a general repair business C. L. SMITH CREAMERY BUILDING KOLLISTER'B flacky Mountain Tea Nuggstc A Boy Mlloins for Busy Pwpls. Brings Ooldea Health and Ilenowod Vigor. A siMx-lflo for Constlnntlon, Imllireitlon. t.ly I anil KIiItov Trouble. Vimplea. Kcm-.iiJ. i'"Pr- IBIi-od, Bad Breath, KIneririah BowbIh. Hew I'" And Itackiirlio. It's Rocky Mountain Ti m let form, m cent a bo. Gnutiin HoLUBTK DCO CoHPiKT, MiH". Inu nLnFi nugcets Fnn sat.iow prorn,E I THE LONG OVERCOAT 1 . "J ' ta Many swell, dressers will want the long swell, swag ger Overcoat. We have provided for their wants .for we have received right from the shops of the World's ?)est Overcoat Makers the most elcgniil lung ovetcoats lhat could be produ' ed. ARTISTIC AND HANDSOME We want young men in particular ' to call to see these- smart garments . .Nothing that could add one whit to - the st.le, beauty or "go" of theee coats has been omitted. -They come in Kereeya, Meltons, Cheviots, Fries'!', unQoi6hed worsteds, E'.r,, $12.50 to $25 Don't tbiuk that tthere are?11-80 1 anyovercoats in town thatif,i can equal these superior garments in any way. ASH BROS. j 'rot , tii 1 '20: riA,AlAAAAAAliAlAAtAiilAAAAAAAiiilAilliAAkaiai . 500 ACRE FARM FOR SALE This farm Is only 15 miles from La Grarde, on the Elgin branch of the O. R, & N. Railroad, at the -Rinehart spur. It will make several good homes, and will be sold in small tracts if desired. There are three different young bearing orchards, and two good houses on the place. In a good school district free from debt. Terms easy. Address. HENRY RINEHART. " SUMMERVILLE. OREGON. Or call at the farm for full particulars. s s i-iiinviaf a,vi it hrV! 9 V rS f a rt a airxr" tnrvat .iMMr mi Complete Machine Shops and Foundry General Blacksmith , Horse Shoeing and Wagon Work Manufacturer of The Fitzgerald Roller Feed Mill D FITZQ EIRAUD. vhOPRIETOF m u u !!; CARPETS CARPETS The largest line of Carpets ever brought to the city. More arriving daily. Pretty floor coverings, 25c a yard andup. SPECIAL ON GO CARTS- THIS MONTH W. H. BOH NENKAMP, Hardware and Furniture