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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1909)
iTCHSO OB3PrhTEIC LA GUASiOK, OBEGO.X. SATC11TAT, OCTOBER 3, 1903. Gr AND OJ) LADY IN HER 96th YEAR Call A GOOD RifCORD 'More People" Past the word to your relatives and friends to come now. LOW COLONIST RATES ' To Oregon will prevail from tba East September 15 to October IS, ..via the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co and Southern Pacific (LUTES 15 OEEGOX) From Chicago f!I.M From 6L Louis CS.M From Omaha 2jW From St Paul M.00 .. . rrom Kansas City 25.00 Deposit the amount of the fare with the nearest O. R, fc N. or gent and ticket will be delivered la the East without Extr cost. Bend us the name and address of any one Interested In tho State for Oregon literature. WJL ttcMTJRBAY, General Passenger Agent. PORTLAND, ORE. Xotlee to Contractors. wUv i iMreoy given that bids will be received at the office of the city recorder for the construction of a five foot sidewalk on and along the North side of Lot 6, Block 110 In- Orandy's addition to the City o fLa Grande, Ore gon, said walk to be constructed uc cording to the specifications on tile at the recorder's office. All bids o be accompanied by a certified check of 10 per cent of the amount of the bid and to be In by 4 o'clock p. m. October the 20th, 1909, The council , reserve. the right to reject any and all bids. Common Council of the City ot La Grande, Oregon. By D. E. COX, Recorder. October 11, 1909. 9t t - Notice of AdmlnlHtrator's Sale. Notice is nereby given to all whom it may concern thai the underslgied administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of Frank Milne, deceased, under and by vjr.ue Of the powers to him given in the will of said deceased and by direction thereof and by permission of the coun ty court of Union County, Oregon, giv en by order made and entered in said cause on the 11th day of October, A. D. 1909, rill, from and after the 9th day of November, A. D., 1909, proceed to Bell at private sale for cash, If pre ferred by the purchaser for the sum ot Two Thousand Dollars cash and the balance on one and two years time with Interest at eight per cent yci auuuuii auu pcvuiqu uj ujvi laQ on the premises, and sale to be sub ject to a mortage now thereon for Fifteen Hundred Dollars, Me follow ing lands of the said estate, to-wit: Northwest-Quarter and West Half of Northeast Quarter and West Half of Southeast Quarter and North Half oi Southwest quarter of Section Thirty One, in Township One, North of Range Forty, and Northeast Quarter ot the Southeast Quarter of Section Thirty-' Sit in Township One, North of Range Thirty Nine, EaBt of Willamette Me-. ridlan In Union County, Oregon. R. K LLOYD, Administrator de bonis non will an nexed if Frank Milne, deceased ((O-10-11-18-25 N-l-8.) It la not necessary to put with the Inconvenience ot poor sight these days further more It 1 foolish to neglect having your eyes properly attended to. It you suffer from headaches, ner vousness, you will find It will pay you to have your eyes examined, as in nine cases out ot ten the trouble lies there. We can give you an expert exam ination flt you with the correct glasres if ihny are necessary. J. H. PEARE Merchants! Save $10,000 ". In 1907 the Merchants of Oregon saved ove $10,000 by carrying a part of their insurance in i their own company, the Oregon Merchants Mutual iFire As surance Association, of Dayton, Oregon. In 1908 they will save $15,000. During the same period their neighbors were hand ing over $1,500,000 in profits to outside companies MBSMSMBHSMBMBBBMSSSSBBMSMSSSBSHMBBMSBSaSMMSBMsniSHS) In the Oregon Merchants Mutual you get: INSURANCE AT COST , A LIMIT TO YOUR LIABIL ITIES FKCMPTSETTLEMENT OF LOSSES . IV. OLIVER, Agent Cheaper Owing to a large drop In the cost of casing, much lower prices can be Quoted than. formerly prevailed. R. A. WEST, whe Is equipped with wp-to date machinery and years ot experience. PHONE, BLACK .111 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been appointed admin istratrix ot the estate of S. M. Bloom, deceased, and that all claims against said estate muse be properly veri fied and filed with the undersigned at her home in Cove. Oregon, or with F. S. Ivanhoe, her attorney, at his office In La Grande. Oregon within six months from this dote. Hated at 1j Grande. Oregon, this 22nd day of October. 1909. HELEN B. BLOOM. Administratrix. FOR RENT Nicely furnished modern rooms in the Slater building tn Jefferson ami Ftr. All modem con- venlcnces. -Apply nt the R F .Wa suit. In tho Slater building. Wells GBA3DMA PALME7R" RELATES WITH rTOXDERFUL MENTAL SE5TAL ACCURACY E TESTS THAT TRANSPIRED IX ADMINISTRATION OF NATION'S FIFTH PRESIDENT . "Grandma Palmer!" How much that name means to every old settler in the Grande Ronde Valley! A strong mind jbl vigorous body, a firm determination, a remarkable forti tude and a never failing cheerfulness has brought Grandma Palmer to her ripe age of 96 years, abeautlful, sweet old woman whose presence is a bene diction, and whose words are a treas ure fountain. At present Grandma Palmer lives with her son, Joseph Palmer, on 3rd street and Adams avenue. For over a year she has not been away from this home, it being a year ago last August since she last left for a two months stay at the home of Mrs. B. W. Grandy, one of her daughters. Last Fourth of July, she sat out on the porch and took a lively interest in the procession, and again last Aug ust, on circus day,' she was cn yurc-ii, uut sne spends her time al most entirely In her room now. Here she graciously recieves the callers, who are so fortunate as to have a half hour or so In conversation with her. . . , Such a prlvelege was awarded the writer this week. Upon entering the cheerful room, Grandma Palmer was seen sitting in a large chair well wrapped in quilts. A white cap with embroidery trimming did not con cean entirely the white hair parted smoothly in the middle. Her brown eyes and her wrinkled mouth smiled a welcome and showed that she was still concerned with the affairs of the people about her. The reporter felt; a sense of awe in the presence of this j grand old lady who was tcracd dur ing Madison's administration, when the second war with England was in progress, who shook hands with La fayette during his visit to America In Munroe's administration, who was married to Robert H. Palmer at the me that Andrew Jackson was hav- ug bis great bank fight, who Btood on the historical spot where the De- laratiou of Independence was signed and where the battle of Brar.dywlne was fought, who had the distinction of riding on the first thirteen .miles of railroad In tho United States short ly after its construction, and who ame to the Grando Ronde Valley in 1864 and did a worthy part in re dlining It from its uncultivated state. It is the calling up of her girlhood days that Is most deeply interesting. She said that the stories told her by her grandmother about the Revolut ion were1 fresh in her memory, and she related one ot a neighbor of her grandmother whose many cheeses were cut to pieces by two Englishmen who were refused refreshments. When asked about the appearance of Lafayette she Bald that he looked Just like his picture and did not seem very old. What sort of a school did you at tend," asked the reporter, Grandma Palmer ; smiled, and pro- ceeded to tell In a delightfully enter- talnlug maner, of her schooling. "I went to a subscription school," she Bald. "One of the school teachers here said to me that she wondered how the children learned anything then, but I wonder sometimes If they didn't learn more than they do now, for then we went to school to learn our books and now it seems like the children go to play. Why, I reiuem- ber my spelling lessons like It was only yesterday. Many a time I dreamed about my lessons. 1 could Just see the whole page of spelling there was every word with Ha defl- nitlon after it." "Do you remember some words." "Law yes. "Abashed, to amed; Abandon, to leave, anr1 rt the memory, ' Mrs. ot the I be ash-j forsake," Palmer lauaued outright. She then told, of the boarding school which she attended after she had finished at the subscription school. This wo9 the West Town Boarding school for girls and boys, founded in 1791. The girls and boys were not allowed to sit at the table together, and could go home not mow rnRmbfr of Commerce in honor of than throe times a year. , tbo Spec.lai romniaslon?r3 from Jap When asked where she was during n vn Bpend the nfxt few daTS the Civil War. "This last Warr p3.t,ertnR information and data ns to ' "he questioned in a reminiscent tone of voice. And tlvn F,he went on to say that she and her family removed from Delaware county, Penn., where she had resided since her birth, Ap ril 7. 1814 to Glenwood, Iowa, in 1857. After a seven year's stay in the Hawkeye State the Palmer family crossed the plains in an migrant train, reaching the Grande Ronde Valley July 4, 1864. "We had a fine celebration that day," said Grandma Palmer. "There was speaking and singing. The Indians were right there with us." At the- time of the Indian scare of '78, Grandma Palmer's son, Joseph Palmer was living in Old Town, while his parents were residing on a farm In the nelghborheed now known as "across the track." On the morning In which the scare was at Its height, Joseph Palmer went to the exposed farm and told his father and mother to come to Old Town M ricthcr was in the midst of her week's wash ing, and refused to leave the house until the clothes were drying on tho line. She then calmly betook herself o the place of safety. She has made two visits to her old home in Pennsylvania, once in 1871, entirely alone, and again in 1889 In company with her husband. It was not her Intention to make the first Journey alone as there was a distance of 500 miles to be made by stage to- Kelton, Utah. She started from the Grande Ronde Valley with two friends who were compelled to give up their Journey at Boise because of an accident. Grandma Palmer spent a restless night and had decided to start home the next morning, but the hotel keeper persuaded her to go on as there were to be desirable stage companions. For several days she endured the exposure of the rough roads, sleeping only In the crude stage coach while the horses were galloping over rocky roads. ' Grandpa Palmer died in 1S01 at the advanced age of eighty-nine yours. Six of the eleVen children born to him and to his noble wife, Hannah Palmer, are still living, Mrs. F. New lin. Mrs. B. W. Grandy, Mrs. C. V. Harding and Mr. Joseph Palmer, of La Grande; Mrs. A. E. Jones, of Portland, and Mr. Charles Palmer, of Baker City. U. S. Senator Chamberlain, who is a relative of Grandma Palmer, called on her during his recent visit to La Grande. Although dwelling in her twilight years, this grand old woman smiles upon the pleasures and sympa thizes with the sorrows of those in the noon-day ot life with beautiful spirit that reflects the radiance of her inward life. V OCTOBER MAGAZINES. (By W. F.) PROBABLY the two most widely read magazines lor . October are i Scrlbner's containing Roosevelt's "African Game Trails", and Every body's, now running Judge Ben B Llndsey's account ot "The Beast and the Jungle". Lincoln Stefflns, who has made many enemies among the ' "higher ups" by his articles on graft. says: "On my knees, if 1 could, i would beg the people of this coun try to read Llndsey's stonfV'.' It Is story of the doing ot the ring in Denver, Judge Llndsey's home city, and is told as no other similar story , has been told. Mr. Lindsey, who has already become famous as the Judge ot the Juvenile Court of Den ver, does not hesitate to name per sons concerned, and always tfves the impression of being eminently fair and Just, and indeed, the narrative makes the reader feel that the author Is not so angry as he is sorrowful that such things are. . To Recleve Japanese. lloston. Oct. 23. A dinner will be given this evening by the Boston the industral interests of Roston and pnp5a,i,i We have conducted a La Grande for many a reason. A trial the mystery. A. B. C. PHONE The Sum Total of Human Happiness Is attained by the man who selects 1?9 an 1 adaptable for his entire f Mms approximates about the keen such conditions to be found in the you. Go to C. J.' BLACK. He has a chose from. Fruit Farms, Stock Fa Property, Grain Farms, Hay Far oat improvements. Prices right C. i. BLACK, The Observer Want Ads Pay V SHE'S A QUEEN! SHE'S A SIREN! w an expreson that Is always htard at Bight of a woll flevp ,i Woman. Jf you are flat-chestel. vtth W undeveloped, a srawny iieck, thin, lead arm romark will never be applied to you. "S'lr ' wfi for will makes, you beautiful, rwin-h- iuh 1'hey DEVELOP THK RUST 1 to 6 inches and prcu a fine, bosom. They fill out th nuUow rme handsome and we!! modeled and shoulders shapely and of perfect contour. Send for a bottle today and REN" wafers are absolutely harmless, pleasant to take, and convenient w curry ereur.a. They are sold under guarantee to do all we cHl or MONET BACK. Price $1.00 per bottle. Inquire at good drug stares er-seat DI RECT TO US. : v . , FREE. During the next SO dais only we will send you a ara ple bottle of these beiutifylng wafers on receipt ot 10c to pay cont of packing and postage if you mentton that you saw the advertisement In this paper. The sample alone may be sufficient If he defects ar trifling. DESK 4. ESTHETIC CHEMICAL CCt . S1 W AWAT GOES BACKACHE. A Few Doses Eesrulates Ont-of.Ordrr Kidneys Haling Bladder Mis ery Tsnlsh. It you take several doses of Pane's Diuretic, all backache' and distress from out of order kidneys or bladder trouble wil lvanlBh. and you will feel fine. Laie back, painful stitches, rheu matism, nervous headache, dlzilness, irritability, sleeplessness. 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Oct IS. 1909. Seal ed proposals will be received at the office of the Grande Ronde Reservoir Company, La Grande, Oregon, until t Q ciock p. October 26, 1909, for the construction of the South canal, lo cated about one tulle east of I Grande, Oregon, Grande Ronde pre ject, Oregon. This work consists f the conitrsctloa of about four a one quarter miles of mala canal ea yolving the excavation and embank menc of about 50,460 cubic yars t material, mainly earth. For particulars address the Grande Ronde Reservoir ComnanT. La Grande Oregon. J. EL Reynold's, secretary. The Best Plaster. A piece ot flannel dampened wilh Chamberlain's Liniment and bo:wd on to the affected parts is superior to any plaster. When troubled with , a lame back or pains In thes side or chest, give It a trial and you are cort aln to be more than pleased with the ; Prompt relief which it affords. Tais liniment also relieves rhuematl? pain and is certain to relieve anv.me ruf- j fering with that disease. Sold Y ill good dealers. FORR ENT Furnished front room, corner Second and Main. Inquire at the house. Three blocks from post offlce- Oct. 19-26. j (
