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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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' '''
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