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
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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
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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
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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
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ADTEBTISIMEST FOB BIDS.
Grande Ronde Renarvntr Rnmniu.
La Grande, Oregon. 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.
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