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Do your duly regarding the Irrlna-
tlon meeting on the lth. The sue
cescful completion of this grreat pro
ject make o many other things possible.
The cold wave which has Jut swept
i
over the country seems to have played
hide, and (seek in mu.iy place. For
Instance, at Butte, Mont,. 40 below was
the record; 20 below at Danville,
Wash.; 10 below at Laurler, Wash.; 1
above at Portland; 4 above at La
Weekly, one year, In adv.ance. . . $1.00
middle went was at St. Paul, where
the thermometer reentered 12 below.
filtered at the poatordce at La Grande j There are very few records broken.
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4 Talk Ilnpplncws.
Talk happiness. The world Is
sa denouKH
Without your woes. No path
Is wholly rough;
Look for the places . that are
smooth and clear,
And speak of thone to rest the
weary ear
VOf earth, so hurt by one con-
. tlnuoua strain ,
Of human discontent adn grief
, and pain.
Klla Wheeler Wilcox.
only (t came sudden and wan- -ao! Jer
In some localities that usually Jo rot j
experience such biting frosts.
,
Cashier Neal, who forged paper
while acting as cashier of the Boise
Capital bank, which resulted In the
wrecking of that Institution, has been
Indicted by the grand Jury of Ada
county on eight different counts. It
has been, over a year since the bank
was wrecked. "The mills of God grind
slow but sure."
turn. It is more than probable that
the furnaces are not capable of keep
ing the rooms as warm as they should
be.
MO WATER
4
The Irrigation project will help our
creamery, will make a large cannery
poFBlble and profitable; will make 11
possible for l5o new homes within a
very short time, and a little later more
than double that amount; It menns
that hundreds of acres of land In this
Immediate vicinity will be planted Into
fruit and alfalfa; It means the ex
tension of the Cove rallror..d Into La
Grande; It means better schools, a
larger city and general development.
This will only be a starter. We have
the great store houses of winter snows
to fill reservoirs that nature has pro
vided, on al! sides of our valley and
while the Sundrldge may not be cov
ered by this project at this time, every
one who has given irrigation any
thought whatever, recognizes the fact
that this entire valley will be Irrigat
ed, within the next few years. Yvltlf2
water, .cur large land owner? cannot
afford to grow wheat, and they will
not themselves grow 600 or 1000 acres'
of fruit and alfalfa, but they will sell
off 80 and 1(10 acra tract to tliwt
who will and can develop these tracts
so they will make as much money as
the former owners did on the larger
tracts.
It requires time to bring about
changes. At first It was difficult to
get our people in town iu ijhu .i.i..
the telephone. The first year there
were not to exceed GO 'phones In Lu
Grande, and the next year there were
not 200; now we have between 900 and
1000. The same thing was true with
the 'phone system In the valley. It re
quired several years before the far
mers took to It. Now we have 'phono
lines running to nil parts of the vi
ley and the writer can sit in The ob
server office and call up over one-half
of the farmers of the valley. The
same thing will be true of Irrigation.
Let us make the start and the expan
sion of the system will rapidly follow,
Nature has more than favored us
There Is not a ninth.' Irrigated section
1n the northwest that has n cheaper
proposition than our present project
ami similar projects that will follow
this one.
Whiit ciiiiKlntt cowards some peo
ple are. On the eve of his retlrem. Hi
there are unite a number of congress
men and senators whr l"i im rly posed
as the presld'i tit's warm siipportev".
are now trying to embarrass him
They never had any use f.ir htm nor
his policies, but they were afraid their
recommendations for postmasters
would be In Jeopardy if they opposed
him. Deprive the averaue cunKres
man or senator of his appointive
power and he Is shorn of the great' t
portion of his ability.
tf the Portland public schools are
compelled to close when the weather
reaches 6 above zero, what would it
Jo If the thermometer registered IS
below? We suppose the Janitor would
-takt to the woods never mor to re-
AID LIGHT
ui:.vi:it ciikkk proposition
ni:v lk;iits okdf.kkd.
Everything Points Toward the Con
clusion That Active Work on the
HoavcT Creek WiiHt IToJivt Will
Commence With the Spring and Will
Ro Complete! Durtnsr Hie Summer
I'lfly Arcs Will Mlit the Cliy.
BUST
She's a oiiocn! Mio'w a Siren I
Is an expression that Is always heatd at sight of a
well developed woman. If you aro flat-chested, .
with BUST undeveloped, a scrawny neck, thin,
lead arm the remark will never be applied to you.
"SIRKN" wafers will make you beautiful, bewitch
ing. They DEVELOP THE BUST In a week from
3 to 6 inches and produce a fine, firm, voluptuous
bosom. They fill out the hollow places, make the
arms handsome and well modeled and the neck
and shoulders shapely and of perfect contour.
i?end for a bntle today and you'll bo pb-ased and grateful. "SIREN"
wafers are absolutely harmless, pleasant to take, and convenient to
carry around. They are sold under guarantee to do ull we claim or
MONET BACK.
Jrlce $1.00 per bottle. Inquire at good drug stores or send DI
RECT TO US.
I'ltKIC. During the next 30 days only we will send you a sam
ple bottle of these beautifying wafers on receipt of 10c to pay cost
of packing and postage if you mention that you saw the advertise
ment In this paper. The sample alone may be sufficient If the defects
are trifling. , ft (fWWttttUSUSCTal '''
DESK 4, ESTHETIC CHEMICAL CO., SI W. 125th St., NEW YORK
HOT DRINKS
Just the kind of drinks for cold
weather.
CLAM BROTH BEEF TEA
CHOCOLATE With Whipped Cream
-: !
SELDER, m
MAN
Tho proposal of the American Light
& Water company to the city council
last night to construct the Beaver
creek water pipe line for $ 146,000,
demonstrates one thing to the entire
satisfaction of not a few of the people,
and that is, the project can be built
within the proposed estimates and
that the $160,000 bonds are sufficient.
This company also proposes to take the
bonds. If this bid Is accepted and it
is quite probable It will be, there will
remain 614.000 to pay the supervising
engineer and other minor expenses
that always follow such an undertak
ing, .
Until the tittle 'limit given the Chi
cago firm to perfect its contract to buy
the bndS txplres, final action on th
proposition made by the American
Light & Water company cannot b
taken until the 20th. but there Is little
doubt but what It may be.
It seems that the system Is to be
completed this year. Mr. Lowry, who
represents the company, states that he
will commence work Just as soon ay
tho weather will permit, and that he
will complete the same within flv
months. ,
More Street l.llits.
Eleven more street lights were or
dered last night. Theer are to be
placed In each of Wards 2. 3, and 4.
and two lights In South La Grande.
This gives the city a total of 50 arcs,
which, according to the contract, enti
tles the city to a rate of $6 per light.
Eire Limit C)ianfl.
An ordlnunce was passed last night
eliminating lots 9 to 71 In block 111,
Chaplin's addition. This Is the prop
erty asked to be eliminated by John
Wilson, who desired to move the old
Baptist church on his property, to be
used for business purposes.
The near beer ordinance was read
twice and referred to committee. If It
becomes a law. a year tax of $u0 and
the exclusion of minors where sold,
will be one of the features.
There were a number of minor
transactions at the council ineetlng
I. ist nlcht. The claims aa insl the city
Were read and ivf rred to the finance
committee, which "111 report on them
at the next meeting
SWITCHES,
HftlR' PUFFS,.
COMBS, HAIR PINS
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
EMMEltmn if CO.
ADAMS AVENUE
New Eire Chief.
j A bouncing boy was born last nielli
I to Kire Chief and Mrs. Joseph Jones.
! Joe says he will have him Initiated Into
! the duties that will naturally fall to
' his e i. la a t-.'W d'tvs. inil he will not
t
j hue t" bo to bed with one ear ready
I to cut. h the first alarm of th" fire
whiMlo.
A good dinner sharpens wit.
It softens the heart.
thlle
Ifjou want an
AUTOMOBILE
don't forget that we carry the
Cadillac and Buick lines, the best
to be obtained in their respective
classes. Buick runabout here.
Cadillac will be here in a few
days. Demonstration if you aie
interested. Come and examine
them anyway.
W. IS. B0HNEMKAMP CO
I
We recieve fresh consignrrer.ls of Hot
House Lettuce, Celery, Sweet Potatoes,
and Cranberries, Gau'iflowers and Pine
Apples ar.d Cocoanuts for the Holidays.
Pop Corn that will pop and Nuts that
are fresh
City Grocery and Bakery,
. PCLACK, Prop
PHONE MAIN 75 i
TO
BUY
A
FORD
Is an Exercise of
Good Judgement
v-J C22fWW ALOW PBlCtO CAR i&SEJr
MODEL T. $850.00
With a $2,000,000.00 cash paid In capital stock, with Henry Ford
as president and chief designer, with 25,000 good cars In use all bear
ing that quality mark, a Ford Imprint, with the biggest automobile
factory In the world making Ford cars, and with that same old or
ganization that baa made Ford cars known the world around haklng
the present cars, Ford buyers have the strongest guarantee eyer at
tached to any product.
Using the same steel, Vanadium Steel, that the United States gov
ernment pronounces superior to Krupp armor plate, that enabled In
ventor Davis to reduce the weight of his new torpedo from 1000 lbs
to 40 lbs., the same steel that makes the safest steel rails ever turn
ed out, the most enduring locomotive frames ever manufactured,
Ford cars need no other defense as to their quality. Better material
than Ford uses cannot be bought.
With more good cars in dally use than any other manufacturer
ever built and every car a good car, every buyer a Ford booster, with
25,000 Ford cars shouting superiority, Is It any wonder that the Ford
factory has to work full force winter and summer, double sntfta at
tnat, to fill orders, and that Ford has had to triple his capacity by
building the largest automobile factory In the world."
The very fact that, In spite of the enormous output, 100 cars per
day, the factory wag oversold 3000 cars last season, is a guarantee of
Ford value and your protection In buying. It's hard to give away an
Inferior product, the acr of quallt sells Itself. That's" the reason for
the new factory.
So it's an cxreclse of good sense to buy a Ford the same good
sense that has already governed 25,000 buyers of Ford cars and the'
flrt step In this exercise In the direction of a thorough investigation.
Make tts prove what we say or no sale If we could not, you w ?uld
be out nothing, when we do you get the biggest automobile value ever
offered. Come in today, or tomorrow if more convenient, or 'phone
us to come to you. We want to show you that we know what we are
talking ab ut. ,
And thing of the money saved. In some Instances one or two
thousand, yes, three thousand dollars, and without sacrificing one
cent's worth of value. There Is some room for honest doubt that th2
car for a thousand dollars more offers equal value with the Model "T"
Ford 4-cylInder 20 h. p. 5-passe ger touring car at $850.00, so bank
the difference. It Is sure to come In handy for something else.
L C SMITH Agent
la Grande
Grande 4 Ronde Lumber Co.
ESS. PERRY, OREGON
CAM FURNISH LUMBER OP M L KINDS
IN CARLOAD LOTS.
For 16 Inch Chain Uofed Delivered at yovr Heme.
Call up V. C. BEAN, La Crande. Thone, Red 1741
Complete equipment for resetting and . repairing
rubber buggy tires.
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS :
D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor
Complete Machine . Shops and Foundry
NEW QUARTERS
We are now located in our new store
room with the best line of Jewelry and
optical goods ever shown in La Grande.
EYES TESTED FREE
J. H- PEARE
LEADING AND PIONEER JEWELER