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i. "7 - - CURE THAT COUGH WITH The bid reliable Cure;; Every .'Bottle Guaranteed : : : Red.-':Cross'-:r ,,.r""1 111 ' ' ma. ,., , :lllv";l..::i:::r:-i::7r 1 i,11,, , .u:vsgr.?7r-Tj . ! ' 1 '.v. ll i ill . . i V i 1 ! 3 ' i J ' 1 K, f ' 1 U Published JtuV JSxeept Saasar. GEOfiUE IL CUSEET. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. '"' United Preu Telegraph Service. . 1 - - ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ',' Dsdlj single copy ............. tic "ally, per month. .............. ' 6tk Ally, six months in advance ,..$3.60 Tally, one year In adrance $6.50 feekly, tlx months in advance . . 76c Weekly, one year in adrance ....fl.Oo Entered at the postoffloe at La Grande '.'!. as aecond-claBs matter. This paper win not publish an article appearing ever a nom d. flume. Signed article will be re ftsed subject to the discretion of the editor. Please sign your articles and are dlaappolntmeo. : AdTertUtBf Bates. ' Imuu itawal BWUCM 1W 0T fine first insertion; So per line toy each subseeeat Insertion. Jtesolntloa ef condolence, le a line.' emsss-ssmmmmmmm Think of it There is not a five acre strawberry tract' In the county. Here, where our berries come In at Just the proper season to bring stea dy uniform prlceB -that pay. This Is certainly a most attractive field for small capital. , - ' ' Investigate oir present school fa cilities, and if you are not a booster for the proposed new high ', school building we , miss our guess. One tax pay?r remarked yesterday that the ; Increase of taxes on a $75,000 ullding meant an additional $3,750-. Ills atention was called to the fact that ,lat year no less than 70 stu dents left the county for . outside points, and in most caseH they should have been in a good high school, and that to maintain these students abroad no less than $30,000 was ex- upended. There are always twice as many students who would like to go abroad that do. Thus it Is safe to say that if La Grande had a school here the best in the valley and prop erly equipped that this city would ' be the school center pf t'nlon couu ty and our , tax money would conie back' to us 'directly. f The holiday season being over it is about time for the-, "eye special ist" with his case of stock glasses to visit the cities and country, rep resenting himself to be from some city tit note, JuBt put for a little rec reation trip, or some sort of an ex cuse to .touch the unsuspecting vlc- Ktim for about four times the price they could secure the same grade of goods for of established home op ticians. Did you ever hear of many traveling venders offering to fit and . furnish spectacles for, $4, or $6 ov J7.50! These are the prevailing prlcse prices quoted for first-class 'goods by established opticians everywhere. Oc caslonally these prices go a little higher, but when you fall into the bands of the stranger, your sace Js always the "exceptional." A Utile common judgment would save this cobDty several thousand dollars ea h yeur. . '. : In Georgia, the day of the one , mule farmer, who makes only one crop, is rapidly disappearing and In order to keep pace with the Indus trial development of the country the farmer is. beginning to realize the fact that he must adopt new methods different from those In use twenty jears ago and these new methods are ivhat the State College of Agrlcul ture is demonstrating this week to agriculturalists gathered from all or er the state. 'Alwnys the "Empire State of the South," Georgia Is now leading in progressive methods of farming. Acting along this line, the State College is setting before the ' farmers of the state the newest and best methods of intensive farming, and showing them by actual expert ' ent and demonstration that their crops can be increased to double and trlble what they have been by the use of Improved methods of fertill zatioh and rotation of crops. ' ' ' : A woeful waste of whiskey and. wine , was prevented in Squedunk by the quick action and presence of mind of a score of pet snake's, which are among, the attractions of ' Pete Pill son's safe. . ' . , A stick of dynamite which some one had placed on the store to thaw nut, exploded with great suddenness and vigor. The building was shaken to Its foundations, and every barrel of wine and .whiskey on the place was leaklnk copiously, when Pilleons snakes came to the rescue. Wrap ping themselves firmly about the bar rels they kept the receptacles . to gether until the, contents could' be drawn off into new containers. Then they went back to their cage hissing lit unicon a great Bigh of relief. PUlson accounts for the action of his pets by the fact that they. are hoop snakes. , ,It is expected that before long Canada will have a gold coinage of it 'AWN Cr9. Alm. ------ ' liar to that of this country, dollars and cents being used as a basis of value, Instead of the mother coun try's pounds, shillings and pence, but heretofdre there has been no gold coins of the Dominion, with but the exception of comparatively few gold sovereigns coined at the royal mint. The denominations will be $5 and $10. The gold will be obtained 'from the Yukon region, and an effort will be made to establish a government purchasing agency-at Dawson., The mint .will be able, It is thought, to make a small margin of profit on coining gold. .. " ; V The agriculturalists of this county are looking forwaiU'tq exceptionally large crops this year. Not for years has the ground been frozen to the present depth. This , is equal to a plowing the "tlepth of the frost with out turning the soil over. The freez ing end thawing is equal to thorough cultivation. This breaks the soil so the roots of cereals, glasses and fruit trees take, a "deeper hold. Mia nesota owes her reputation for fine wheat to the fact that frost an nually reaches depth of from five to ten feet. We seldom have a frost over 12 inches, and many years this depth is not reached, but this year those who are excavating for pipes state the frost exceeds three feet. Fruit men from all sections of the valley state that the indications are for one of the largest apple crops In the history of the county, and that those who do not have the nerve to thin their trees will realize when the time come to receive the money for their crops that they' have made a mistake. ' . Citizens of Franklin and TUton are up in arms, against the. local bakers, who have. Increased the prlco of doughnuts (from ten to twelve cents a dozen. It is, also alleged that ho4es In the doughnuts are larg er. It Is understood that a demand will be made for a government in vestigation. n t 4' There should be a good attend ance at the debate between the high school teams of Elgin and this city Friday evening, at the Christian Church. . ' . Examinations are about over and next week school will resume, its usual condition on beginning a new term. . ? One or two more police raids and Recorder Cox's ofnee will look like a sampling room of a wholesale liq uor house. . FOR RENT Five rooms li a tea room house. Apply to 703 Wash ington Ave. 1-20126. Warning. The public Is hereby warned not te buy B. of R. T., dance tickets tlut have keen printed tn black. The gen uine tickets are pi luted in red and have the seal of the lodge upon them By erder ef'the cemialtUe . , ) ' '.'.; OTBOOIfc 0 ;LC MARSH. . :Cnpyr!tWl. Vj1. i. . v Anrtcaa Prem Aio , , ;.ihiu. . . ' ; ? , ' Era:i WIMr n:;x u bard worktr tfud o dfxjioyr wvrj 'iu wlio wait not wrapprd tu hii or uer duily titcnpu tlu "rni u prut tk-ul sort of fellow." be UKed to x;iy, ;aud rion'l go mucb ou Heuiiiiiit.". It did Mt ,. I" blm that there are two wotUii-Uu prac-J . I . . . I M .t M.l . , - ? u:ui,uuu in? iueai. ; vue(nno couiu look out far into space at a spiral uebula-a forming : universe and b Olied with contempt for a transaction In cotton yarn Evan could pot under stand. Be would call such a person an Idiotic star gazer. ' '. ' t On Evan's thirtieth birthday be said to himself: "1 have accumulated suf detent fuuds te have a home. Y There can be no borne without a woman. -She is heeded to run toe household. I will marry." ' 'And so he married. He waa careful in bin ftelet-tlon to secure a practical girl like hlinvclf. Be asked her friends ! ttcr: 7.' ZZJ uOum muvui tier, and'tbey all replied in the negative. He talked "practical" to ber. and she convinced him -that she was mere practical tbau be. In planning for the wedding be told ber that honey (boons served no other purpose than to make brides and grooms tired of each other. They would come home at the end of their honeymoon's first quarter. She assented. . t" - They had no sooner settled them selves In their seats on the train after the wedding than Mrs. Wilder took a book out of iter band bag and began to read. Evan turued and looked at her curiously., She, paid no. atteution to him,, but went on reading, and be turned away to the window. For the first time in bis life he bad felt a de sire ti say something tender. But there was little encouragement to "talk soft" to a woman deeply interested In a book. Ho desisted. Oh . arrival at their destination the 'uewly married wife told her husband that she Was very tired after the preparations for the wedding and wished a room to herself at the hotel. There was sonie thing so decided in (be proposition that the husband did not venture an objection. The place.of their quarter of a hon eymoon was at the seaside. Evan arose In the' morning, having lain awake all night in a mental grumble He went down to breakfast After waiting half an hour for his bride lie sent a servant to her room to learn when she would be down. He receiv ed In reply a lilt of paper on which was wiiitei!: 'iicnr Kv:tn- hoti't uilm! mo. I'm i!i:i':l : f-li't'i'.' liope you'li find Rtnir!'it',.,'-t;i ti. k'll time."- Evan sat i1-mi !o bru-ikfanf nloiif He. u:td pl1i''vd that lirst 'lireahfasi and wtii!i!i".'ci! Ii :w l. would ever ye; through it. Me wruld read his pnpci and his wife vnld nbject. He would lay It aside and try to say something airreeahle tn hor and she would pout " She had relieved him of her presence at this undesirable first breakfast, and he was at perfect liberty to read his paper as he liked. He strolled during the morning over the bench tlilnklng of bow differ ent was the reality from what he had conceived. . He had expected to be bored, but In a different way. An old Joke about the waning of the honey moon wherein the bride had wished for some friend and the groom even for an enemy occurred to him. He cnusht sljiht tit the same moment of one of his chums walking ahead of liiui. lie turned and walked in an op ;Mslte direction. At noon his wife came down looking refreshed and very pretty.' "Why. Evan." she said.' "how dismal yon icokr "I think I'have had cause. Am I to spend the whole' lime alone t" "Not all of It I've some letters tt. write this afternoon, but we can dine together." .' "Do you consider your actlou proper for a bride?" 'Cv;i;i, Ceur. don't you understand?" "Understand what?" ' "We don't wish to tire of each other during the first week of wedded life." Wilder was silent "i wish you to got used to me grad ually," she coutlnued, "as one be comes accustomed to a new dish for which a taste must be acquired." -n'm!" "Get a boat or something this after noon. Can't you go fishing? We'll dine together at 7 and listen to the music afterward." "And tin "Why. r :i do pome reading." "And 'rrewr "You u.u-.tt p off with one of those vachtl; .-s::es for the day.'1 . Livws. TU see About -. '.-.-' '-''' TIIBR It ue.te.itk. v . ' j '. v t. '.; " - TLey dined together and for awbiie after dinner listened to the hotel or rf:;tn. Emu sat apparently conjur Injr up Honieihlna in his mind.1, i'res ently he said.' "The moon's full to-nlKhf- : 'v-i -. . ''Some couple's honeymoon is ended at last. oi:d they can get away from, boredom'." - - ' "Sweethesrtr'., He looked at her reproachfully.- ' -What Is It dearr " - 1 : -'., "Let 'us walk on the beach in the moonlight." ' f Oh. Evnn. horr absurdly sentimen tal that would iter t .' , ' ; "Comer ' She went with hlni. f f-ed the hand that wav. -:fi bla ra.:'uj they looked out at the shimmer on the roil ing waters. . .. ' . v, "Darling.- he said, T hn ve been wrong." , , "But yoo have discovered your mis take. I knew you would." ' . . v . ' "Toe. have' shown it to ue." The look crap . ' Not Guilty. : A very, dignified uud precise lady who Uvea In a suburb of Boston went away from home on a fortnight's visit to some relatives not long ago. After ber return she was making an Inspec tion of her bouse and came' across a number of large, black, empty bottles in a corner of the cellar, partly cov ered with ashes. When, at the con clusion of bankiug'honrs, her husband came back from Boston, she met him at the door with the query, "Jim. where did all those empty bottles down cellar come from?" Affecting an air of puzzled surprise, the honest man replied: "I'm Bure I don't know, my denr.. I never bought an empty bottle in my life. True. Nobleness. ' . "For this true nobleness I seek In vain, In woman and In man I And it not: i almost weary of my earthly lot. My lire springs are dried uj with burning pain." ' '' ' , Thou flndst it not? ' I pray the look again, Look Inward' through the depths ot thine own .soul. v How is it with thee? Art thou sound and whole? r Doth narrow search show thee no earthly stain? . . Be noble, and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, ' Will rise in majesty to meet thine own. Then wilt thou see it gleam in many eyes, Then will pure light around thy path be shed, . And thou wilt' never more be sad and lone. Lowell . dut of Sight of Land. "Yes," said a traveling man'I was once out of Bight of land on the Atlan- Htf, ivaan twanfv.nn. ilftva " There was a small sized crowd sit ting around. Another man spoke up. "On the Pacific ocean one time I didn't see land for twenty-nine days." A little baldheaded man knocked the ashes from his -cigar. "I started across , the Kaw river at Topeka in a skiff once," be said, ."and was out of sight of land before I reached the .other side." "Aw, come off," said the man who had told the first tale. "The Kaw isn't more than 300 feet wide at To peka." . , "' . ' "I didn't eny it was," said the little baldherded hum quietly. "The skiff turned over, and 1 6ank twice." Den ver Post. Helping Out the Clerk. An honest farmer from south Jer sey who was unusually iguorant of city wnys went to a fashionable ho tel In Philadelphia with his son. The father retiit-d early, but the sou weut out to "see the town." At 12:.'k) o'clock the furuier ueui duWiiaUuid uud In quired of the uhiht clerk If the boy had retunird yet. lie was told that he had not. The father went back to his room. An hoir later he again ap peared before the clerk uud said, "Hain't Jai k iu yet'" Again he was Informed that the i. d was out. The 1J i.'i mr.de several subse quent ti l x, aril : vt III bis boy was among the missing. Finally at 8:80 o'clock the farmer trudged wearily dowu the stall's and asked again if his boy huJ iciurued. "No; he's not iu yet." replied the night clerk. "Waal, I ucss he won't come In, then. Guess you needn't wait up any longer." ' - . Puzzled. He had courted ber for years, never missing his' evening call, and finally was lamled. On. the dux t ttu mar FTpi,' - .... n . Af.rw ncrvea me brwegroom wauderiux ub..ut hta new front yard In a restless manner, and with a very dejected expression. "Why.'what'sthe matter, old raanr he asked. "Von should be the happiest man alive, for today at least, and you look like a mate at n funeral." The bridegroom started. . rEr of coarse I am very happy," be asserted. "Then why these glooms? "Well, to tell you the truth, Bill." the bridegroom said in a burst of con fidence, "I was just wondering where I am to spend my evenings hereafter." , : - A 8hock For 8hayv. . -',., . Bernard Shaw some years ago met A young lady at a dinner party who said that she could read character from, writing. Mr. Shaw denied belief in her powers and said that at any rate she could not read characters from typewriting. Now. it happened that the host had Just got a typewriter, and the young lady offered to be put .to the teat The machine was brought and Mr. Shaw, picking .out the letters one. by one, wrote his first name. Then he dis covered that he ,had used only capital Icttcz.' Zt, LiTwug Ui i'uo iuwer c&im, he wrote his last name. " - Then be handed the result to bis companion. This waa what she read: "BERNARD shaw." ; ''It's as plain as anything," she said, with a smile, "It is your idea that though there are a good many Sbaws in the world, they are an undistin guished1 lot. i You alone are Bernard Shaw, and your name is great" . ' The Best Way. Dr. Wood of Harrow once summoned a boy to his presence to. rebuke him for missing a battalion drill. The doc tor began: "Do you know, sir, that as a Justice of the peace I can have you hung, as honorary colonel of the cadet corps I can have you shot and as your headmaster I can have you birched? Vow. which sentence do you preferV" The humor of the situation overcame the culprit's awe. "I prefer to be shot, sir, because then you will surely be hanged." Too Realistic X fairly well to do bvft rather miser ly farmer said to a friend: "Say, Dill. I'm going to kill my pig, but I owe so much pork to my neighbors that I shall haye " none" left for myself If I pay It all back What would you do?" . , ' "Quite easy to trick 'em." said the frleti.l."Klll y o u'r pig and leave It hanplnj: outside until late at nl lit. so's ev ery one can sw It. Then take it in 'it ! s'ny some one h t 1 1 it Stick iu the t'a!: and you'll .be uli FOLLOWED lXSTKtJC- right" .' Tl-., The farmer fol lowed Instructions, and the kind friend watched hi chance, and stole the pig The poor-farmer.,-came around nesi niornlus t tell what had happened.'-; : "So inetii uly's stolen my '.pig!" he cried. ' "Good!" said the friend. "Stick to It and the nelgblHirs '11 believe you sure enough." . '"P.ut it was st I on , I tell you!", . "Excellent!" quoth the friend. "Just you stick to the tale." MYou confound edass!" yelled the' farmer, v Do n't you understand? It was" really stolen!" . VSnpetbl" laughed the de lighted .friend. went aw at "You ought to rtmrao. have beeu an actor, so you ought' Then the farmer slammed the door and went away fuming. Opportunity. Master of human destinies am II Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait; Cities and fields I walk: I penetrate Deserta and seas remote and, passing by iiovei -ana mart ana palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every Kate. If sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, ' And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire and conquer every foe -Save death; but those who doubt or hes Itate. , Condemned to failure, penury and woe. Beek me in vain and uselessly implore ; I aaawer not and return no more. - - John J. Ingalls. $3.$350fi$4.SK0ES DDYSJ 6283. THE LARGEST MAKER AND RETAILER OF MEN'S FINE SHOES IN THEIrVORLD. "8UPERIOR TO OTHER MAKES." "J hav worn W. L. Oouglas ahoaa for th -part als year, and always find thay ara far uperior to all other high arado hot Instyla. comfort and durability." W.Q.JONES. M9 Howard Ava..Utlca.M,Y. If I could take you into my larce fac- . tories at Brockton; Mats, aa4 shew rou . t. . m .. . - - - made, you would realize why they hold their shape, fit better,, wear Ions er. ana ere of greater vsJcm than any other make CAUTION See tUst W. I DookIks dsim and pries Is lumped on the bottom. Take HabatllMM. If your dmler munot fit yon with W LDouglutboe. write (ot MikU Order CaUlog. W. L.Douglas, liiuoktco, FOX SALS BT ASH BBOTHEES JfOTICE FOB PUBLICimV ' Iielate trsei , vPsWIe Una Sale Department ef the Iaterier. U. S. Laid efflce at La Graiae, Ore gon, SeeJiber iStk 1989 Notice is hereby given that, as di rected by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under provis ions of Act of Congress approved June 27, 1966 (34 Stats., 517) we will offer at public sale to the highest i bidder, at .lt o'clock a. m., on the 13th day ef January, 191 at this eff lce the following described land: The SW 1-4 SE 1-4 Sec. 1, NE 1-4 SE 1-4 Sec. 2, T. 48 R. 11 EWM. Ser- , lal Nos. 08427 and 08428. Any persons claimiig adversely te the .above described 'land are advis ed to file their claims or ebjectiens s on or kefere the time desigaated for the time ef the sale. . P. C. BR AM WELL, ' Register To Whom It May Concern. The firm of O. F. Coolidge, consist ing of O. F. Coolidge, H. E. Ioolidge, and O. R. Coolidge has sold out to O. R. Coolidge and is by mutual consent disolved and the business will be cen- Unned by,0. R. Coolidge. Those hav ing claims against the firm will please present them and those oweing due- accounts or notes will please call and settle. O. F. COOLIDGE. H. E. COOLIDGB, O. H. COOLIDGE. 1-11-17- 1 "XAttas ' La Grande, Oregon, January 13, 1910. Inasmuch as at the ' present time the cost of living is much greater in proportion than the prevailing prices of labor, we, the undesigned carpenters hereby ' resolve and agree that after the 1st day f April A. D. 1910 the uniform wage for carpenters shall he $4.00 per day of nine hours Instead of $3.50 as it is at present; and We hereby' further agree that re will n5t.do any work at less wagea than the above rate. .. , Sieaed-J. N. Kehl, W.,A. Ludlker. Joseph Horstaan, M. M. Marqaia, Thoi. H. Moore, F. B. Howtan. T. a Splker, C. L. Spiker, J. Bilker. C." D. Geodnougk, D. E. Cook, J. J. Clan ey, C. G. Green,, F. W. Pattison, G. Tber won! not be a case of lndi geatlon here if the readers wko are' anbject te Btomaek arouhle knew the tremendous anti-ferment and dlges tite virtues contained In Diapepstau Thla harmless preparation will digest a keavy meal vlthout the allghest fuss or discofort, and relieve the aourest acid stomach In fire minutes, besides overcoming foul and nauseaus odors tMsi the areata. "Ask your pharmacist to she wyon the formula plainly printed en each 10 cent case ( rape's Biapepsia, ttem """jr fi i i' ''' '