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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1909)
TKTCTirO ABBttBTTO. T,A CBANDE. 0XEG07C FETD1T, SXPTXXSES I, ECX Notice f Anneal Fair. . The management of the First Eas tern Oregon District Agricultural society, wishes to announce that the county fair will be held this year at La Grande, beginning October 4th, and lasting one week. The new catalogue will be out now In a short time, the cause of the de lay so far has been due to the effort to get the Wallowa county people to Join us and combine the two fairs. The new catalogue will be practic ally the same as the old one, but with this exception, irsny of the premiums have been raised and new features added, and also a large special list of premiums will be offered by the business men of La Grande. Get your exhibit rer.dy for the largest fair that Ution county has erer had. F. M. HUFFMAN. ec. First E. 0. Disk Agri. Society, La Grande. For Sale. We have a. large amount of old papers which we must get rid of in cme way. They ere good for under laying carpets, for covering shelves, end anything for which waste paper Is nsed. They are tied in large pac kages waiting for you. If you wish env call at this office. I DRILLING There are several kinds of drilling but the kind the kind that makes the farm pay is the drilling which makes water avail able. There is no need ; of a dry farm. The task J e is not so great as you I may think. I have had years of experience and understand the well busi ness thoroughly. : D. M. HUNT : e LA 3BANDE, OREGON 6eaeeeseeeeeeee ! Merchants! Save $to,ooo In 1907 the Merchants of Oregon saed ove $i0,000 by carr ng a part of their Insurance ii their own company, the Oregon Merchants Mutual Fire As surance Association, of Dayton, Oregon. In 1908 they will save $i5,000. During the same period their neighbors were hand ing over $i,500,000 in profits to outside companies In the Oregon Merchants Mutual you get: INSURANCE AT COST A LIMIT TO YOUR LIABIL ITIES PROMPTSETTLEMENT OF LOSSES t W. OLIVER, Agent Quick Transfer 2 For Rapid Delivery Seivice I Call Up . , WILLCOCK BROS J We are In position to do any kind of transferring. Give us a trial order. Calls answered day or night Phones: Day, Red 71. Night, Black 1171. - . O 1 V I PALMER (AMPS MODERN : MOJiSTLB MACHINERY USED AT CAMP MAKE TILLAGE TP TO PATE. Clustered about and hemmed in on all sides by an ocean of forests, IS miles from the nearest city, lacking tlephone and telegraph communica tions with the outside world and bound to it only with two steel rails, lies the George Palmer Lumber camps near the Looking Glass and their picturesqueness can best be appreci ated when the traveler suddenly stumbles out from the Jungle of trees and canyons as did. a party Of camp ers last week after a strenuous trip over the precipituous mountains In that region. There in the -quiet fast ness of the mountains, broken only by the whang of the axe and the clang of the monster machinery, lies a mu nicipality aa it were with railroaded streets and attractive log bungalows. The fact of its "being there is the peccant of the George Pal mer lumber mill at this city, crying ever and always for more logs. To supply this demand the company bas expended thousands of dollars in per fecting a system of machinery and manual labor which, from any as pect, Is almost marvelous. Camp Su perintendent M. Scully spied the tired pedestrians, and before he would use his knowledge of affairs there to en lighten the news hungry guests, he first escorted the party to a mess house where Just a few minutes be fore GO well-kempt, clean and husky stalwarts had emerged after a dinner meal of such kind as seldom falls to the lot of a farm home or city resi dence. Such a meal! genial "cookies" a smiling and obliging chef, set forth a meal of such proportions that would pacify a thresher. Scrupulously clean in every nook and corner, the place engendered appetites. Mr. Scully, the meal over, then had duties in a far off canyon and with Engineer Jakie Jackopson at the throttle of the log ging engine, and a string of flat cars attached, In charge of Conductor Pancake, a rapid trip over a long side track to where a monster log loader stood ready for work, was soon accomplished. Mr. Palmer and his assistants have spared no expense. They believe in machine-done work where possible. - . Straddling over the. temporary rails was an atfalr similar in some respects to the traveling crane at the coal bunkers. Logs, no matter how large, are lifted with surprising ease and placed anywhere on the car which stands almost under the loader. The man at the throttle handles the lifted logs with grace and accuracy. He can drive a nail or a peg In the car with a 20-foot log that measures four feet in diameter and do it easily. A carload of logs was placed on board "in a Jiffy," an dthe work done, the monster affair dropped a set of trucks and followed the train off by its own IF WOMEN ONLY KNEW. What a Heap of Happiness it Would Bring to La Grande Homes. Hard to do housework with an a:h ing back. Brings you hours cf misery at leis ure or at work. If women only knew the causa that Backache pains come from sick kid neys, 'Twould save much needless woe. I Doan's Kidney Pill3 cure sick kid neys. Many residents of this vicinity en dorse them. Mrs. Mary A. Thomas, Heppner, Ore., says: "My experience with Doan's Kidney Pills proved most sat isfactory and I can therefore speak of them as a remedy of great merit. 1 was troubled for years by kidney com plaint, evidenced by pain and lamo ness across the small of my back. I experimented with a number of rem edies, but received no relief until Doan's Kidney Pills were used. Thny lived up to representations, banish ing my trouble and therefore I do not hesitate to recommend them to any one suffering from kidney disorderj" For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn. Co., Buff a-o, New York, sole ? rents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and tako uo other. More Corvallis people have the pav ing fever. WILDERNESS O motive power. The machine Is one of the most modern in existence and has reduced labor and expense at the camps Immensely. Its strength and varied powers can best be learned by actually witnessing the' marvelous feats which It performs. It moves from one pile of logs to the other, and loads one car at a time, the train passing under the engine to "spot" cars. In addition to the loader there is a skidding machine of even greater strength and porportions. It Is a der rick arrangement with four powerful pully drums, each equipped with 1500 feet of cable. These cables can be hauled out in as many different di rections attached to huge logs and again brought In, carrying with them on their " return any size of timber. Obstructions are few, for by adopting Slwash methods the logs on the skid from a point 1500 feet away and over or around any obstruc tion smaller than a young hill. The logs once skidded,' the loader goes to the place and quickly heaps the logs from the skid to the train. " There are two such camps, one ly ing about one mile from the Junction at Looking Glass, and the other about two miles farther up the canyon. The first camp in charge of Mr. Taylor, and the, furthermost camp is govern ed by Mr, Lee while Mr. Scully has general supervision over all the camps. One hundred men are regu larly employed at Camp No. 2, and about half that number or more at the first camp. There I a commissary at each camp where the dally newspapers and letters from far off homes are eagerly read by the loggers. The word "log gers" is hardly applicable In this case for, of the large crew, only a very small majority resemble the common herd; in their stead is a gang of men well behaved, well read and of a high stamp of citizenship. Columns could be written on this humming, active, and pleasantly lo cated spot In the wilderness, which is so unfamiliar to many even though it is less than 50 miles from this city. Several families live there giving it an air of home life to the camps, and distinguishing them from others of this kind.' Flower-ladened gardens and grassy lawns make beautiful, what would otherwise be barren slashings, but for the presence of feminine tastes. It is truly a splen did adjunct to a big concern, and one that is unfamiliar to a great many, laboring under the Impression that the proverbial logging camp exists there. It 13 not a far-fetched theory that some day others than those who cut lumber will make that particular spot their summer homes. Eugene Wheeler, a 12-year-old boy of Indian Creek, killed a monster bear with buckshot. DO YOU KNOW: e FOR CERTAIN? that your title is gocd? An abstract will tell you I all about it and it may be I tc your advantage to have 2 one made. .You cannot I afford to take chances. I LR. OLIVERi I La Grande National Bank ! Building I Si MILWAUKEE y fTv X - m , sssgj UNION NURSERY J. B WEAVER, Prop. Fruit, shade and or namental trees. Sherbs and Roses. Strawberry vines and other small fruit SEND FOR PRICE UNION. ORE OPENED A Dutcher has opened the City Blacksmith Shops and Carriage Works opposite Geddes Bros., grocery store. where he Is prepared to do all kind of Blacksmithlng and Wagon Work. Well equipped to handi everything. A shore of your patron ago solicited. All work executed with neauiem and ("iferatch and you will find my charges reasonable. Our Work Pleases If you have never had II. L. WINN clean, press, dye or repair your clothes, give him your next order. Ladies' Silk and Net Waists a Specially Phone, Black 851 and lnd. 411. In the rear of C. C. Pennington's clothing store. sc' ARE YOU COMING TO 1 HE EXPC .i 1 iON Hodnt (hcujhi of ti Well. yoM x!:erhurry! SPECIAL RATES O". ; .lREj aukh. f.( .isi.; a.vtuB dMSYHOMg,OM0mS We HOTELS A VOYff tKi itouh of mc comotr Plnesalve CTS UEE 'oultice t -7zZZ. 5 HEUEVKi ALL VarDCJUSeCJ tonus or aim disusi Good Men, as well as women, like to be well dress-ad. butmany of them don't know how to go about It The majority of clothing stores can't help them muck, either they clothe them, ttla true butthey certainly don't dress them. And That's Where This Store comes inl We dress men well we spare no pains to do It Clothes quality, these days, counts for as much as price In the ' way of an inducement, when asking for patronage. EXCLUIVENESS AND EXCELLENCE IN HATS AND HABES DASHERY. If you care for clothes excel- lence, Sir, come here! Clothes QUALITY DETERMINES SUCCESS. Quality Indicates the man; Quality makes the merchant; Quality you will remember long aftor the price has been forgotten. The quality and prices of the goods piled up and scattered around ' this store will tell you whether or not this fs the right place to get the right quality at the right prices. Vcs, It would be easy to go ahead and enumerate all kinds of drugs, medicines, stationery, toilet goods, books, combs, brushes, etc. BBut what's 4.he uset It isn't Just things you're after. You want duality, articles of merit, and things that are pure and wholesome. This Is not a little, dingy place. It's a drug store vlth lots of good goods for good people. It's a drug store o fquality, and the bent In .he beginning Is the cheapest In the end. Business principles that are broad, honorable and fair to all, form the keystone for a unite d friendship. HILL'S DKUQ JTORE LA GRANDE, A Section of Wheat Land for Sale Near Alicel, all or part, $50 to $60 per acre, will be under ditch. Write Box 5 Elgin, Oregon, for the particulars. Go to the ROYAL BAKERY for your cakes and pastry for Sunday. A trial order wil convince you that we are selling the best BREAD in thecity. Our Ice Gream and ourSherbert is the talk of the town HERMAN ROESCH, Prop. 'hi Tue abstract before you Invest It's absolutely necessary If you wish to tvoirt buying a lot of expensive liti gation and probable loss of the Invest meat. Have us draw you up an f.bntract, and be thoroughly posted on what you are purchasing. We have the only complete set of abstract books In Un ion county. Guaranteed accuracy and prompt work. LA GBASPE INVESTMENT CO. The Observer telegraph news ser vice gets the news. 7 nooies romefts of Quality OREGON Notice of Final Settlement. Notice Is hereby given that Jona- than Green, administrator of the es- ' tate of James Green, deceased, hafv filed In the County Court of the Stat " of Oregon for Union County, his final ' . account in said estate and that a&ld Court has appointed Monday, the 20th day of September, 1909, at 3 o'clock p. m., at the Court House In La Grande, Union County, Oregon, as the time and place for hearing objec tions to said final account and the settlement theroof. JONATHAN GREEN, Administrator. R. H. LLOYD, , Attorney for Estate, (8-21-28-4-11-18) Lakevlew feels sure that the Oregon Trunk railroad will come her way. Before another summer comes, Sea side will try and provide herself with a water system.