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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1910)
i B Si 8 9 ,e Elite Dying and Cleaning Vorks BtMJS and French Dry Cleaning JadUs k a Be:!a!lt. OooJ raj ied for and delivers 1. - "v Phone Main 64, tAahailey Building Depot Street - F.J.' HOLMES. Vfce-Pret. SHUk OOD WILLIAMS. 2ndst; Cash ; a ar re, an . -ss. F. L. MEYERS, Cashier, LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANI OF LA GRANDE, OREGON United States Depository! Capital and Surplus $180,009.00 . DIRECTORS rufeurfce ramie r , . cieyers Vy. V. 1 eillljgiuis v'. .; G. L. Cleaver F. M. Bvrklt W. L. Breonolts ' WHEN : FOWLER VILLE . ENTHUSED V Br M QUAD Copyright. 1210. by Associated Lit erary Press. r - . W.,M Pierce With our ample resources and facility ren- a der you efficient service and hand) vuur business . to yoiir entire satisfaction trawberrie WE HAVE THEM IN NOW 3 Now t Have BM1AS AND : sit! mm Asparagus H. H. Lettuce Rhubarb Radishes Spinach Celery and Geen Onions m GROCERY M BAKERY For yean William Strong waa the Tlllag cooper. Ho waa called Dill by old and young. ne waa lary and good natured. He bad been married, but his wife had Clvorced him, and he kept boum by himself la the rear end of bis cooper - shop. . . BUI had never been known to argue. He had never made a speech. ' He had Deter taken any In terest in local matters. He had just made barrels and kegs and been Dill Strong. One evening when the usual crowd had assembled at the grocery and postoffice Mr. Strong turned Fow lervllle upside down. Without having given a bint of his Intentions . be mounted the horse block anLbegan a speech. ' '' In the suburbs of the village dwelt Mrs. Henderson, wldow. forty years old. Her husband bad left her a poor, old bouse and "Ave acres : of land. There were a cow and a horse, and by hiring the horse oat, by the day and renting most of her land and making ber own garden she had managed to get along after a fashion. Bill Strong's speech was all about the widow! . It was do appeal rather than a speech an appeal to tne manncoa ana cmmty of his listeners. That's what knocked the breath out of the crowd.'. As Fow lervIUe had knowu Bill Strong, a do?en people might have been 1 starving to death any time and he-would have taken no interest The speaker paint ed the picture of a lonely ; widow, a grieving widow end a hard up widow. It was a case worthy oj any: man's charity, It hud brought tears to his ' HELP MAKE, Bger, Bter-;':-: La Grmde stall Porchlight IAN YOU IMAGINE Vuiw. bright, cheery and progres-. bive this city w;il seem when there Ih ii porch light burning each ev ening lu front ot every residence. .Installed at a fiat rite of 50 cents per month. Call us u pand find out all about it ,;.' "mm mm light ako ' POWER COMPANY mm OF ' THStdAT ifllliilli poR eoyi GUI1ES , . . ....... ., . .. .-.,. ,,. . ISOOLDS-; .".bl'SEASES J ; ; " SAVED. tJLi Sthi'S UFE : . My ton Rgx was uku dow' T" r r,Q with lung trouble. We doctored some tnoatas wu&out uij;iivo;u.'nt. Then I began giiing ' Or. King's New Discovery, and I soon n-riced a change for the better. I kept this treatment up for a tew weeks and now my son it perfectly well and works erery day. MSS. SAMP. RIFPEE, Ava, Mo. 60c AND $1.00 SOLD AND GUARANTEED BY EI Sil vwShorn: Dry2 eyes and a saanesa to bis heart Spring waa here,' the speaker con tinned. , Four out of five of the wid ow's acres ought to be planted to corn and potatoes. He had no money, but Us would give three days' work. Who would furnish the seed, who do the plowing, who work with blm at the planting?. Here was a missionary field at borne. It was because Bill Strong made the appeal In such a surprising way that the crowd took hold. In five minutes all was settled. , Next day the widow's acres were being plowed, and within three days the planting had been finished. . Bill Strong had a second appeal ready. He mounted the same horse blocir and thanked his colaborers in the name of , charity and then proceed ed to say that the widow's bouse was old and tbe roof leaked. As ahe sat fbere'ln ber loneliness the water drip ped down on ber grieving head. He had no money, but be would give his work if Atbers . would give the shln glpN and nails. Others did so, and a brand new roof appeared. Then came the third appeal. Why not paint the old houe and make 'A match the newness of the roof? Two coats' would be the thing, and such was the Hitiiushism that one of the merchants Usted on being one of the brush wleldersi There was an old fence in front of . the house. Bill Strong made uo appeal about that. He didn't have lo. Others saw the need, and a new fence was built A new roof was also put on the cow shed and the well pro vldfd with a pump. FowlervIUe en thused from top to bottom. , V The ' women came .to do ttieir pari. 'rt)v presented the widow with dishes, carpets and furniture. andf gave her of their wardrobes. They clubbed their pn money and bought her a sewing niMchine. The Sunday school .scholars bought the old horse now harness ai.d a stack of hay for their, share. The Young Ladles' Literary club dis covered that the widow's cow was on her lust legs with old age, and the ani mal was sold to the butcher and a young one purchased. Never did so mtiny gifts reach a widow's hands. She was somewhat In debt, and the Young Men's Athletic club Insisted on paring them. So many fictions, call ing for so many tears, kept ber eyes red and swollen all, the Ume. while Bill Strong was ' looked upon with more awe and admiration Una if be hud won tne welterweight champion ship of tbe world. . - By. the time all these good things bud been done It was time to hoe the corn and potatoes and eed ths gar-' den. , Fowlervlll turned out en masse for that. ' It was. made a sort of legal holiday, and over a hundred men and women turned out to make n picnic of th work." Those who uldn't turn out furnished the lemonade and sand wiches for dinner. When the hoeing and weeding had been finished men and women , agreed that there was nothing more to be done. ; ' But FowlervIUe made one more ral ly. It raised a clear hundred dollars In cash and placed the purse In the hands of the .widow. She hnd shed niuiiy, many tears, but he squeezed out a few more. :'. ' . , Next morning the town beheld 'Bill Strong moving his few household good out f lila cooppr shop ' He had n busy nir about hlui." He also hud a changed ' look. '" When he U:id gone to a clothing store and priced a twenty five dollar suit and been to the rail road depot to inquire- the price of a ticket some one made bold to'nsk: . ; "Well, BUI. i8"vrythlng all right r ; "Right as right." was the hearty re ply , f;v, "You seem to be a busy man,, this morning?''''';.' -v. .','.'' "Yea. I am. Me and the widow Hen derson were married last evening. and( we start for Niagara Falls on our bri dal tour tomorrow morning! ' Much obliged to you fellers for fixing us up In such good shape!" ,. ; ,v Not His Experience. "Do you thiuk the horse is passing 'Wbat horsei" , . ; ' "The horse in general." V. : "1 dunno. The one I had f roin a liv ery, stable this afternoon noiudu't pass anything." ,. . : PERT-PARAGRAPHS. An empty purse supplemented by a stpmacb lu the same condition often serves as a liberal education lu Itself. It Isu't so easy to keep from doing barm eren If yon do absolutely notn lng. - , ' , ladles Att. u'i !i " llouse clr anlng ti'; i h i. v.-. get the old Vaj of vl.ii f-'.." i; carpets. Sav half tbe fosr'i-? j.U of the work by getting the vitume House ,Cleafier.- 'Claans everything froai' Booir to ceiling. Carpets, . Rugs, unbolstered Furniture, Bedding. Cur tains, etc,, thoroughly -cleaned. Up- Lolstfaiing, matireas iiiakisg una xu nicure repalrelcg nicelyvand neatly u-one. For estimates call at 106 Fir Street or Phcne Red S341 S-7-tf. J. M. BOWLS 3 Y,' Prop. : CLaaiberlain's Stomach and Liver Ta'oiets I ... . r i w.l;.!.l.. i... t I praised by thousands of vomen who have J been restored to health through their gentle i aid and curative properties. ft o ;1 There's no doubt about LOWS BROTHERS "High Standard'? Paint You know when the painter puts it on that it will give best results, because" when properly put on a surface fit to receive It, it has never failed in all the quarter century of its history. v -Satisfaction is what you want, and you cannot get It if yon axe in doubt Let ns supply colors and show how to be certain. , n tiatdvare " Furniture Wall nzxnor r-r - . I'MGSMofyourACCOIMODATIONS v ' - ''sC' ' ' '''" : : . ' V jN Preparing for a joiirncsythe tele A phore 7erfcsn s a at rnety of .sen: Kcjsorvlicns arernrde? .ast dire c'Jorc: are giver , good-byes are f n:c , ' ovc r ' t he; w;r a.-v; v :: ; : r !'. Long.Dlsrcf . Service of the Bell3yfVrri i'cf spec ill' .' n Wrest to tfte tra yelen Scmetimes- the Bel! .Tei'u here make a irip vr r.cci&sary; sometimes it convinces him that a ,tr p' would; be rirontale, Wherever he goe-:,.he" feels the mei of universal 'service, and that is Bell Sefvice.;:' : : i re Pacific Tdeplione'ahd Telegraph! Ccirnpany Eveiy, Bell Telephone is fftel' Lcntre otthe Systm S3 lilt 6E0RGE; PALMER XX-J.W : 1 1 at . w Vv, f M AM ,-V' i vie Solicit Waif " urdes inf i A. f You can sometimes judge a man by' the things he doesn't do. ' Women take a lot of trouble.' aud they generally give It to some man. Tleasant Action is tbe fairy tales about yourself. There is no rose wltfiout a thorn and no girl without a florist's hill. The greatest pleasure connected with knowing some persona lies in aroldiug them. - - . ' : -'',-. fou can't Judge others by yourself, but jiu do. . Some persons act as if helping the othr fellow were tautn mount to fcrnx klng themselves. : ' thing she ants sl;e doesn't want any thing Think this over." SHINGLES - HUBBEROIP ROOFING - DEADENiNG FELT ' . BUILDING PAPER .uw'l' i fryt'4 ! wuntl wwU- ". ' -H' j" l albert M e' J hannon THE HORSE " V DRESSMAKER Furnishes yrything for fJi Harness, Saddles and Chaps. - .. We nuke i.othing but,, the best W Whsn' in doubt ( buy cf y: v., vy'?V.V-- :f:V.U:; , Shannon Successor to J , 3 Warner. -