LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1910.
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MfflipeFy
Sale
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v In order to close out this seasons styles while
they are stylish we are going to sell at
Greatly Reduced
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all of our trimmed and untrimmed hats.
Immediately upon entering our Millinery de
partment. the visitor will be impressed with the ex
. clusiyeness of the designs we are showing. The new
styles embrace a particularly brilliant line of origin
al ideas. And quality is a special feature of every
offering. We are sure you '11 find an inspection of
the late models remarkably interesting. ;
Hoiking reserved, Hats almost at your Own Price
, Ho SmniDtlhio
The Up-to-Date Milliner.
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2000 ACRES
BEETS,
THIS SING SOW IS PKOGKi::
OTEB ESTIRE BISTEICT.
Wallowa County Stand Is Espcclall)
. Encouraging to Company
Two thousand acres of sugar beets
are now being thinned In this valley
and 1200 acres In Wallowa county
are undergoing the same processjn
the culture of the suggary plant. Field
Manager Bramwell reports the crop
exceedingly fine, although flood wa
ters have slightly damaged the 6tand
on the Hall ranch, near Union. Other
wise everything Indicates a bumper
crop of beets again this year, and the
Increased acreage at Wallowa and En
terprise, will give the local factory a
longer run next year. Sufficient
workmen to properly handle the thin
ning, have been set to work on both
ends of the Grahde Ronde valley and
all possible care and attention will
be given them.
The grain fields which the company
is tnis year growing' totals -.-jsavw
acres and like the ether, small grain
crops of the valley, are indicating
unprecedented harvests.
Any Broken Lens
Replaced in
a Few Minutes
In Most Cases
While You Wait
Call and See
My Modern
Lens Grinding
Machine
BiORNSON
, POET
AND NOVELIST
Career of Norway's Famous Re
former and Dramatist.
ACTIVE LEADER IN PATRIOTISM
Challenged Late King Oscar to a Duel,
Was Imprisoned and Escaped En
deared to Countrymen For Hie In
dependence Was Called the Hugq
' of the North. ,
)he Only Exclusive
Sight
Specialist
In Eastern Oregon who
Grinds His Own Glasses
Take your eyes to one who has mastered the sconce
of fitting and the making of glasses for each particular
cas. . ".-i A. -''.tv-.
HEACOCK
Office over Newlin's Drug
store. .
I Sweet
: MUHOCONY FINISH
$380.00
One price to all on pur goods.'
Ludwig Pianost
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graphs. :-'-'..' s-, V
Maud Powell's violin records for Victor Ma-
& . : chines. , : :
Steiriway, Kurtzmannc and Wellington Pianos.,
5 J. T. SCOTT
DRY
CHAN WOOD
I am prepared to furnish Dry Chain 'Wood,' al
so partly seasoned wood, to all comers. Kind
ly phone your order to ; 1
V. E. BEAN
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BJornstjerne BJornson, the Norwegian
poet. r,ovcUt Mid dramatist, reformer
and advocate of universal peace, who
recently died at Tarls, has fondly been
called by Norwegians and others the
greatest of Norwegians. He waa born
Dec. 8. 1832, lu the parish of Qulchne,
In northern Norway. His early life
was spent In Some of the wildest and
most romantic parts of Norway, the
Bseues of which made a deep Impres
sion upon Jiis miud and which have to
a largo extent colored many of bis suc
cessful writings. More than a writer,
BJornson endeared himself to bis coun
trymen for his outspoken Independ
ence, his radical political ideas and the
many popular movements ; which he
led toward reviving a more widespread
sentiment of national life in his land.
A Frenchman early called him the
Hugo of the north, and the English
styled him "Norn-ay's grand old man."
After studying in the gymnasium at
Chrlstlanla' to prepare for the univer
sity, which, like Ibsen he failed to en
ter, he became n newspaper reporter
and at the age of twenty wrote his
first drama, "Walborg," which was ac
cepted at the" National theater and
paid for; but, although needing the
money badly, he handed It back, doubt,
lng the merits of his own work.
Norway's Patriotio Leader.
Always energetic lu action, he began
the agitation in 1853, when only twenty-one
years of age, to banish the Dan
ish .language from Norway and en
courage the use of the native tongue
In the newspapers, In literature, upon
the stage and elsewhere. Two years
later Ibsen Joined the movement with
test, and from that time BJornson was
recognized as the patriotic leader In
Norway.
, His most valuable achievement In
this respect was the writing of the
Norwegian national hymn lu 1859, "Ja.
VI Elsker Dette Laudef ("Yes, We
Love This Country"). On May 17. the
day on which the Norwegians adopt
ed their present constitution in 1814,
the national festival, Instituted by
BJornson, Is celebrated aud partakes
of very much the same spirit as char
acterizes our Fourth of July. A little
later he aroused the hostility of the
Swedes by leading the movement
which resulted lu the removal of tho
Swedish emblem from the Norwegian
flag, although the Norwegian emblem
still remains upon the Swedish flag.
Challenged King Oscar to a Duel.
BJornson'8 Independence did not stop
short of occasionally criticising the
late King Oscar, and, as showlug his
radical republican Ideas, the story is
told of how he once remarked to the
throne he , might, attain hither honor
by becoming the first presldeut of Nor
way. It is said the king took It as a
Joke, but 1q Sweden it served to in
tensify BJornson's unpopularity. Still
again, shortly after the king bad dec
orated the author with a cross of hon
or, BJornson had the audacity to chal
lenge his majesty to a duel, due to a
criticism that BJornson learned the
king had made regarding one of his
works. The supreme court construed
this as lese majesty and condemned
the writer to a year in prison, but be
escaped to Germany and did not re
turn to" Norway for several years.
As the president of the Students' so
ciety in Chrlstlanla In 1SG9 BJornson
attained fresh distinction as an orator
of pronounced ability, and in 18S1 he
visited the Culled States, delivering
many lectures. Upon his. return be
purchased his farm at Aulestad. among
the mountains of central Norway, and
there, with the exception of several
years spent In Germany, France and
the Tyrol, he spent the greater part of
his time, living a .simple although ac
tive life among the peasantry whose
life and character he has ably describ
ed In his works.
Director of National Thaatar.
As a successful dramatist BJornson
early attained distinction, and for a
number of years be waa director of
the National theater. In bis poems he
finds the accents and forms of the old
popular songs so well that his coun
trymen could repeat them almost with
out teaming them, like some old airs
they . had known and transmitted to
their children. All bis so called village
stories enjoyed prodigious popularity.
As a poet bis reputation was well es
tablished by his Idyls, "Arne" and
"Syunove Solbakken," while among his
successful dramas were "nulda." "Be
tween the Battles," "King Swerre," the
trilogy of "Sllgard Slembe" and his
tragedy of "Marie Stuart In Scotland."
Ills "Poems and Songs" appeared In
1870. "Sigurd" i 1872, which at once
took its place among the classical mas
terpieces, and "Bruder-Staateu" in
1S73, followed lu later years by his
own two powerful novels, "in uoaa
Way" and "The Heritage of the
Kurts," All of his more prominent
works have been translated Into Eng
lish and other languages.
A Poverty Stricken Quean,
Tartly owing to the fact that she
was wedded to nn avaricious king and
partly Iwcanxe she was generous with,
the little money allowed her Eliza
beth of York, queen of , Henry VII.,
spent, but a small amount for dress.
She was very often in debt, and the
sums she "spent were ridiculously
small, SO shillings being tho great
est amount expendei.t any one time.
Her gowns were mended and turned,
and new waists, were, mado for them,
as is showu by the record of bills paid
to her tailor. These bills prove tlmt
she wore her clothes for a long time,
for her gowns were obliged to be new
Jy hemmed, ond aUo that, though a
princess of the great house of Plan
tagenet, she wore shoes costing but 24
cents, which were decorated with tin
buckles!
; Niada it ClaarV
A senator, speaking of the ndvfln'
tages of clearuess of statement, told a
story about a restaurant to Illustrate
his meaning. He said: ; s
"This restaurant advertised a dinner,
but not in the lapse way many other
restaurants advertise dinner as be
tween certain hours, whether there
would be enough dinner to Inst be-,
tween those hours or not. No. The
man who runs that restaurant has a
proper knowledge of his responsibili
ties and of the exact use of the lan
guage. He advertised, 'Chicken pie,
2." cents; from 12:30 Until gone."'
Saturday Evening Post.
Fresh
STOCK
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HEINZ
57 Varieties of
Pickles
Royal Grocery
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St. Joseph 60.00
St. Paul 60.00
St. Paul via Council Bluffs 63.90 .
Minneapolis direct .V. . ..... ... . ; . . . 60.00
Minneapolis via Council Bluffs '63.90
Duluth direct i 66.90
Duluth via Council Bluffs 67.30 ,
St. Louis 67.50 ' . '
Tickets will be on sale May. 2d and 9th; June
17th and 24th; July 5th and 22d; August 3d;
September 8th.
. Ten days provide for the going trip.
; Stop-overs iwthin limits in either direc-
tion. Final return limit three months
; , from date of sale, but not later than Oct
' ober 31st. One way through California
$15.00 additional. , '
Inquire of any. O. R. & N. Agent for more com-
plete information.
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General Passenger Agent
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king that If he would abdicate the