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? PAGE FOXTR. EVENING OBSEnVHR, LA GKASDE OREGON, MONDAY, At GCST 10, 108. EIGHT PAGES. 14 Crandc Evening Observer t'ubllsliod Dally Givp( Sunday. CriCKET BROTHERS, -EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. United Press Telegraph Service. Dally, per month .65 Dally, single copy. . . . .05 Dally, one year In advance. . . . , .$(.50 Dally, ilz month, In advance.. .$3.50 Weekly, one year. In advance. . .$1.00 Weekly, U months, In advance.. .75 Entered at the postofflce at La Grande as second-class matter. ' This paper will not publish any arti cle appearing over ft nom de plume. Signed articles will be received subject to the discretion of the editors. Please Sign your articles and save disappoint ment. ' : ... . ; Advertising Rate. Display ad. rates furnished upon ap plication. Local reading; notices 10c per line drat Insertion; 5c per line for each sub ( Insertion. . ........... ., Resolutions of condolence, 5c a line. Cards of thanks. 5c a line. 34 1 I 12 13 14 15 JJ 5J0J I9gft2122 ALL BECAUSE OP TWO LEGS. A howling-. Jostling-, uncontrollable crowd fathered In front of a Spokane tore this week, crowding each other fighting for a front place, elbowing their way through the Jam of people nd taking chances on being crushed to death all because a merchant had placed two living models In the win Oow, dressed In the new dlrectolre gowns, exposing to view a portion of the wearers' legs, says' an exchange. Finally this mob of people became auch a nuisance that It was dispersed by the police and the merchant was forced to take hla living models out of the window out of sight of the de 4 praved public. And all this In the year of our Lord, 108, anil all olf It caused by two hu man legs. I Recause the vulgar new gown, called the direct, ilrr, which originated with the mel-mnle of Paris, exhibits the lower limbs of the wearer, Inrased In glove-flttlng undergarments, the mob goes frantic over it and people of re fined tastes talk about It and sedate old men and women dare to take a sly quint In thnt direction when It Is on display. How silly It all seems when we think of It In a sober manner. The human legs sin nothing new. They are as old as the human body and everybody knows what they look like, what they re made of. how they are attached, nd how they work. There Is nothing new about them. Peoplo go to theatrical performances nd witness whole choruses of women In tights and think nothing of Itnare arms and low-necked dreswa are so common that nobody pays any heed to them. Peek-a-boo waists, trans parent gowns and other cool and pine th ai garments are not "sliirtllnK" any more, and It Is surprising that the fool public should go Into a spasm of cur iosity at the sight of a pair of leg. Incased In tight. Hntl ,,,, ,my through the. opening In to fllnt the gown. Hut the most surprising feature of hi.. .11 ... "i-ansiing spectacle IHt tn,. president ,lt upokane fhnmher ..r Commerce should he the merchant to thus appeal to the liam-r sentiment,, of the huso public. It Is really a glimp.,. t the Inside entlment of the lea.ling commercial spirits of this commercial ,. 'Any thing for Dm money" Is th ,, ' renill( tin But n.vgi-.nan. miniature Icebergs, and the river a raging torrent, then, ride down that new railroad will be one fully as Inter esting and fully as beautiful as that afforded by the Columbia. The scen ery then will differ from that of the placid majesty of the Columbia in that the swift stream is a continuous race, and the canyon through which the railroad winds Its way, more reduced In space. Albeit, there Is no Rooster rock, no history-renown bridge, yet no one can claim he has seen the beauty spots of Oregon unless he , has traversed the Wallowa extension at a time when the place Is at Its best. . Even now there are few places abounding in more natural scenery than this same region. ' In making Its way slowly down thf river's edge the train becomes a veri table snake. It winds around sharp curves that make the passenger sit up and shudder. : The curves are excep tionally, frequent, too, and no sooner Is one hazardous turn made than an other suddenly heads the locomotive In the opposite direction. On an ordi nary train, the last coaches and the locomotive are frequently visible from the middle of the train simultaneously LOOKISC GLASS CAMPING PLACE OF NEARLY 700 riaki-r Hay Crop Good. .With the gloo mof a few weeks ago hovering over them a to poor crops, ranchers In Powder valley who have finished their hay harvest and those who have become well along in the work, have been subjected to a most pleasant surprise, for from every hand comes the report that the hay crop of this section Is to be a big one, says the Heradl. On the old Garren ranch which Is being farmed this year by J T. Mas ters, It Is claimed there never has been raised such splendid hay. Those car ing for the crop state It la almost Im possible to handle the heavy growth, nd the sight that meets people's eves who pasa the hayfleld Invariably causes thorn to stop and Investigate. When harvest hands first entered the fields It was thought three tons tn th would be a big crop, but as they start ed the mowers they became convinced that four tons to the acre ts s reason able estimate. Other ranchers report a similar showing, and the Indications are that hay will be very plentiful and of a superior quality. And with this con dition comes the Information from the commission men at Portland that the prices of hay this year will not be high. It Is a known fact that nothing has a tendency to regulate the nriea of hay here as the prices paid for that commodity In Portland. O. W. Pimp son, one of the largest commission men In the metrooplls, has Just fin ished a trip through the hay-producing regions of Idaho, where he contracted for several hundred tons at $8. billed and loaded. This price was for the highest grade, and for the averase grade he contracted fur $7; ue also mnde a tour of Powder valley, but made no contracts here. Oiargo Morgan Willi Conspiracy. New Turk, Aug. 10. Magistrate Corrlgun Is expected to announce derision tomorrow In the case of Frank Zottl, the Croatian banker and steam ship man, who was recently tried on charge of grand larceny. Zottl claims 10 ne tne victim of a conspiracy to ruin his buslnes, and named J. P. Mor gan ns one of the conspirators. No defense was made at the trial, attor neys for Zottl claiming that the prose cution fulled to prove its case. If X.ottl H Hcmilttcd. it Is llll.'irml thnt tho "conspiracy" charge will he laid before the grand Jury. At the previous hearings Zottl. had said that there was a ronsiilnii-v tn reck his business, and Postal Inspec r Klnkailit said that Zottl hud told I COI.IMHIA ltlVi:il-S RIVAU fnlon cnunly has a stream f water. railroad and the beautiful scenery that, combined, rival the Columbia river railroad r the most ...!,. thing of the' ,e,t. though, of curse, on a reiliicd scat,.. The ride from Elgin down the (Irandn Itotule river to lis Junction with the Wallowa river then up to the Wallowa to the Mlnam river. I. so full f ,., Bt,n1). that the nuwoitgnr rami. help ,t compare It with the famous Columbia Of course, at the present time, the rivers re low and the water riley and muddy, but during. 41, winter and spring months when the hills are coy. red with snow, the sharp cliffs with t him that J. P. Morgan was the man responsible for the wrecking of his steamship lironklyn. plying between this city and Mediterranean potts. The Itrooklyn went ashore on one of the Axores about two years ago. Zot tl has ill.. 1 said that "tin.... Plu-l..,. men" had conpi-el against him. Kln- kade said that he had 10 complaints a day for a while form some of Zottl's ciimI. imers. He said he showed a list of the complaints to Z..ttl and, that the banker promised to puy all the complainants. The complainant later told the Inspector that when they went to Me Zottl they were put out of the bank. . f (Continued from page 1.) where it Is widest, there "were perhaps 200 who spent the day in listening to the band, resting and eating, princi pally the latter. . , Band Was Liberal. The La Grande band was there, and was there for the purpose of playing. ine aeep canyon beyond Elgin re sounded with music air waves as the band, perched on the top of the ca boose which brought up the rear end of the first train, played diligently for the benefit of those "up a head." : The music was not reserved for the canyon alone, but "all stations from La Grande out were serenaded In proper style. At the park the band went at It again ,and because of Its liberality, the organization received compliments untold. . ' , Looking GlanH Beautiful. . Nowhere In Oregon, say surveyors and engineers who visit the secluded T"- - I Ihor. i .ln.n that Is as near Ice clod "as Looking Glass. Warm with the ride and the strenuous climb to their favored spots, many of the feminine campers at tempted to wade In the pure, spark ling stream that truly deserves the name of Looking Glass. The hill echoed with the I screams of "cold feet" as the waders scampered to dry land and warmth. The Icy coldness of the stream Is astonishing. Try Tholr Luck In Wallowa. A section of one train took anglers farther up the canyon. In fact to the Mlnam. a distance of H miles. A lib. ral number took advantage of this ride and spent the day fishing In the Wallowa river, where fish usually abound, but - for soma reasoa were very scarce yesterday. No. Balloon Awwision. Prof. Hicks did not make his aerial flight as announced, though the bal loon was In readiness to be filled. The steep mountain sides, covered with dense forest, were not favorable;, to the least manner In alighting from a para chute drop. All Satisfied. Though it Is doubtful if so many could be found who would again spend a day In picnicking on the Looking Glass, still noj fan unfavorable com ment has been heard from those whoi went. The reason for this was the novelty of the thliig. as scarcely any one had made the trip and seen the Looking Glass before. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY, Phone at Residence. ' I have, both telephones at my resi dence, where patrons can . call me when tiot at the office. P. A. Charl ton, veterinary. . : ! Fruit Season is Now Oh ! , ; ; Land for Rent. We have $20 acres of excellent land for rent. Call at once. F. S. BRAMWELL. S C. J. BLACK. WATCH WORK TURNED OUT PROMPTLY AND GUARANTEED AT HKACOCKS. ORDER. Ibiuble ThiiusI). D-nvcr. Aug. 10. A dispatch says Judge A. 8. Hnunson. of Ishawoca. near Yellowstone Forest. In Wyoming, murdered hu wife and blew out his own brains. The couple had met through a matrimonial burean. One of the most depressing sights Is fat woman trying to bu cute. In the County Court of Union County Oregon, Sitting In Probate. In the matter of the gunrdlanshlD of Louis W. Bay, minor. It appearing to the court from the petition of Anna B. Bay. guardian of the person and estote of Louis W. Bay. a minor, that said minor is the owner of the following described real estate to-wlt: An undivided one-half Interest (subject to the dower Interest of Anna H. Bay) In and to lots t and 10 block log, of Chaplin's addition to the town of La Grande. Union county Oregon. Also an undivided one-slvth Interest In and to lot 5 of block II street, original townslte of La uninde, I nlon county, Oregon. And It further appearing to the court that It Is necessary for the maintenance of sold ward and that It Is expedient and for the best Interest of the estate of ant ward that such real estate be sold and that the proceeds thereof be used for the maintenance of said ward and be put out on Interest or Invested In some productive Mock; It la by this court ordered that the next of kin and all persons Interested In said estate of snl.l minor be and they ore hereby required to appear at the office of the undersigned county Judge of fill, m county, Oregon, at the court house In La Grande, Union county. Oregon, on Tuesday, the Sth nay of September. lo, at 10 o'clock a. m. of suld day, to show cause whv u license should not be granted to said guardian to sell snl.l ahovc-descrihed real estate, and It la further ordered that a ropy of this order lie published In the La Grande Evening Observei for four successive weeks. La Grande, Oregon. August 4, 10. J. C. HENItT, County Judge. Call for Bid. Notice ts hereby given that the coun ty court of Union county, Oregon, will receive sealed bids for the construc tion of a wooden bridge over tho main channel of Catherine Creek on Main street, In tho city of Union, .Union county, Oregon, said bridge to be con structed In compliance with the plans and specifications on file In the office of the county clerk of said county, at La Grande, Oregon. Said bids Bhall be filed in the office or the county clerk of said county, ; on or ' before August 22nd, 1908, at 12 o'clock noon. I Said bids to be accompanied by a cer- tifled check for five per cent of the amount of said bid. The court reserv-, I Ing the right to reject any or all bids. ! Dated at La Grande. Oregon, this , ED WRIGHT, 'stt County Clerk Phone Us Your Orders for ECONOMY JARS j Pints 91.i0 doien Quarts .H-33 dozen I Half gallons $1.75 doxen 10c dozen 20c dozen Extra clamps , Extra caps . . t EXTRAS FOR EASY VACUUM JARS Caps 18c doxen Rubber rings ............ -20o dozen I Clamps.... 10c dozen Extra large Jelly Glomes . .,45c dozen Here's to the most fascinating wo man tne widow of some other man. Notice. To My Friends and Patrons: Having sold my stock of hardware etc., to Messrs. Lilly and Foster, who will continue In th same line of bus iness, and at th same place. Mr. Lilly having been associated with me for the past six years, I take pleasure In recommending the new firm to my many frlendc and patrons and trust that you will find business with them a pleasant as our business relations have always been. I will be found at th More during the month of July, and will be 'pleased to have as many of my friends call and settle their ac counts as possible during the month. Thanking you for the many favors shown mo, I remain, " Very respectfully, MRS. T. N. MURPHY. These are an attractive zizt and hne. and worth 60 cents per dozen F- D- HAISTEN e are easily 3 I4II-I4I5 Adams Ave. Phone Red 1161 POLK'S GAZETTEER A Business Directory of each City, Town and Village in Oregon and Washington, giv ing a Descriptive Sketch of each place, Location, Ship ping Facilities and a Classi fied Directory of each Busl-ut-88 and Profession. R. L POLK dV CO., inc. SEA TTLE. WASH. KILL COUCH AND CURE the LUNGS F!sv; Discovery phtcw OLDS TriTCttirft. MP all THROAT HHP tUHS TB0UBIE8. GUARANTEED BATIS7A0X0&1 vj awaai luuruiiium NEW LIN DRUO COMfAAl. CIRCUS .VST AUGUST 11 tor a7 A. m T T-tA The Dome of Taking the Varv r ... . ana Blending all AH Naw York Said It wai rilling 6 Arenas. ig Htfodrorrrc and tha the Largest Tent Evsr Made. i tajcncB at a i tn fiwv c. i - Concrsts and Perfect Into the Greatest Circuit nu.'iian tv:c LVar Fsha it hallaetttand Dm. tvtr Seon in Mirflton Square Cardan ml 7i. AMantganetflOO CagM. 70 Eltphant end Camtla. A Family of draft's. Only Two-Hornad IIMnoceroa In Captivity. A Thousand Animal Wondara. A Death Daring Feat That Defies AUTOS THAT PASS IN THE AIR : THE SISTERS . U RAQUE In their mad Auto Rc, passing ich ', other In aaparata eara whlla flying i and ominault- lag In tha Air Imitauoo and Amphilieatre, of 1 1 Etimn.t r!lr.1n'4 T- U.i ti.:. v M -"-r- "-citiiu iu nana S5r--(f. This Years Show Tremendously More 010x1?? Amon, to. importti a-,,,,, ' ."10riuu Than Ever . "ab's Equestrian mfetrirTT' Acrobats. The frcJianfs R 5.P r!SJ at Ausiris'.inv 1 . Minmai tirtos Marvekua Acre, a ' YSaJJ" Baby Bunting, A Tiny Nursing Baby Elephant Smaller than a Naw Foundland. Dog. Frlaky and Cute r a Kittan. l lt lM At 10 O'CLOCK ftlGNrw rsrr VV.. n,;u .... "Bm,M u i a r r u One 60-Cant Admlia To ail., M. ftpscrvetl Keats and Admlmlua Tlcketa on u ... . Strm ...d Adam. Avenue, at extl, Ule price ntJ? ' a"1 -..s.