LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER-THURSDAY, JUNE 2,
1910
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In order to thoroughly intro
duce this range in every neigh
borhood we have placed, the
price within the reach of all.
For the popular Elite Range,
six hole asbestos lined, with
duplex grate for coal or wood,
splendid warming oven. Range
trimmed with full nickle and
fully warranted.
A large stock of new and second hand
: stoves and ranges from $3.50 to $30.00.
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MARS' TOM
ASHLEY
Br f. a. mttchez.
" Anociatioa.
nr. ju. naisten
Furniture onjEasy Payments
BODY
is going to be disappointed when the five
acre tracts we have been offering you are
all gone, and they are, all but two.
We have some fine buys in residence
' lots at $125.00 each ; $25.00 down and $5.00 a
month. Better Investigate these.
Bell Phone, Red 801 Independent 262
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LA GRANDE Inv. CO.,
Foley Hotel Bid., La Grande
' "Code" I aald to an old dartjr alt
tins os a barrel, -who ttu toia plaa
tationr
-Mara" Too Ashlfj."
"BaT tba Aahtefa aiwaya Urfd
berr
"Reckon d7 hat), aah. De Aahleji
lib beah ever since a Ions time before
d wah. De Idea" son ob de oldes son
alios (rowed op to drap Into de oie
man's shoes. Dey come might alsh
beln' a break once, though."
"How was thatr
"Hit was liars' Tom's father. Mara'
Papc Ashley. He father. Mars Tom's
grandfather. Thomas Ashler, wsr
might' fine man.
"Mars' rape he went oorf to college,
an' somehow or udder be got no'thero
notions In be Dead, pat war a few
yea's befo de wah. Mars' rape get de
'dlculoua Idee dat all de niggers In de
soof bad ougbteo be free. Wus'n dat,
be fen in Inb wtd a no' t hern lady an
married her.
."I recom member might" well when
all dat happen. Mara rapt be come
down heab an be talk wld de ole
r- Vl nun
bellcbe dat be ooghter gib all oa nig
gers on dls beab plantation free pa
pers, an de ole man ought to stick up
fo da Cnloo ac' all dat kind o talk
To know what Mars' Thomas say? He
say: My son. yo' nab disgrace jof an
cheatera. To on worthy to be called
my son. To gwlne to dlslaberlt yo'
an leab dls plantation to yo cousin
Ernest Crane.'
"An' yo know wha Mars Pape say?
He say: De plantation won't be wort
a bale o cotton. To niggers 'U all be
free, an de soof 'II be no 'count'
"Den yo know wha' Mars' Thomas
say? He say: One aoutbe'n man kin
whip fire Trnkees.'
"Mars Pape be go norf. an' nobody
dldn' see him no mo' In dls yere keotry
till atter de wan. He dldn' lak to fight
agin hla aoutbe'n friends, so be go
to specnlatia. He bad some money
ob bis own. an be buy all de cotton he
kin get bis bands on. Mars' Thomas
be raise a regiment o' southe'n troops,
and he fight lak de debble. He come
back a big gtnL but he only got one
leg an' one eye All bis niggers was
free, de plantation was all pulled to
pieces by firs de northe'n troops, den
da sontben troops, an' dar wan't a bit
o fencln' anywhar. All the niggers go
off 'cept me. I stay beab to tak car o'
de ole man when be come back.
"Mars' Thomas be wa'n't so proud as
be war when be went away, all dress'
op in his new sojer clo'es. He wouldn't
nebbcr talk to a nigger den. but when
be foun' me beah all alone, an saw
bow de plantation look be seem might'
sorry. He say to me, 'Julius, ma boy.
yo worf 600 or'nary white men.'
"Atter dat be talk to me "bout eb
eryting. One day be come to me an'
say: 'Jole. I got a letter from Pape to
day. He aay be bought cotton at 8
cents a pound an sold It at a dollar a
pound. He got all de money be want
He offers me plenty to restock de plan
tation.' An' I Hay. G wine tak' it.
mars'? An he say: Tak It: To'
a'pose I gwlne to tak' money from my
son wbat stay in de norf all through
de wah Instead o' beln' beah an' fight
In' fo' de snuf? No. sab. Ma son dald
to me. 1 gwlne to leab dis beab plan
ration to Ernest Crane.'
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l naa tne most aeoiutaung cougn a mortal was ever afflicted with, and my friends expected that
l my ? ?oulJ 8u,rely,HJL my Te 0ur xto pronounced my case Incurable,
fcti than Ira Vi tA fJw?L fnne twtttlett nt TV TPlr' W TNI.. ,
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U all sound and well. MRS; EVA UHCAPHER, Grovertown, Ind.
fos 50c ani jl.00 ABgMfSLY GU AR AtTTEEP l Trial Bottla toi
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HIVGrtfriorn's Drug. -Store
de crickcroIa' "who Taee boTLTar
Pape. He Uk my baa an might glad
to see me. He ask me aH 'bout de ole
man an aay be cpme down wld bis
wife an leetle boy to git a reconcilia
tion. He ask me to let em all la da
bouse when de gin'l alot dar. Ha
say dey gwlne to try to take de place
by storm. He tell me dot he got plenty,
money fo his fadder an no nae be
tJbln aO alone an de old borne gwlne
more an more to rack.
"I fink It might fine ting fo de ole
man. an I say I help 'em all I kin. So
one mawBia early I let 'em all In.
Ifars Pape and Missy Ashley dey git
in a closet in de dlnin room an' pretty
nigh shut de do. 'I put de little boy
on de fambiy cblllen'a high chair, an'
be wait dar fo be grandfadder to
come down to breakfast. When de ole
man come into de room and see de lit
tle fellah settln up on de udder side
o de table he stood still wld be moot
an' eyes wide open.
'Howde. grandpa T said de chile.
" Wbo are yo'T ased de gin'l.
Tom Ashley, de oez owoer ob de
plantation atter yo' an' papa.' .
"To see, liars' Pape tell him what to
say. Mars Thomas war so lonesome
an' de chile war so port dat de ole man
couldn' stand dat. He jis went to
Mars' Tommy an' put be arms around
him an' bugged him. When I see
somepin shlnin' In de gln'l's eye 1 Jis
open de closet do' and out steps Mara
Pape an he wife.
"Missy Ashley she went op to de
glnl an' put out her ban'. De gin'l
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ban. He took It an, bowln lak a
south'n genleman. rery low down, be
kissed It She put de gtuTs ban' in
at ob Mara Pape. De ginl leab it
dar, but he turn away be bead, an 1
see de tears runnln' down be cheeks.
I wonder ef be cryin' fo' de toe' cause
or de wreck ob de plantation. ,
"Dey all sot down to breakfaa.
Mars' Pape ; bad sent in chicken an'
I ta toes an lots fine tings Instead ob
tie co'n pone dat de glnl war used to.
Missy Ashley poured de coffee, an dat
war de happiest breakfaa eber bappen
n dis beab plantation.
'Dey all dald now but Mars Tom,"
David Jayne Hill.
Ambassador to Germany an Edu
cator of Note.
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The recent changes in the diplomatic
corps did not disturb David Jayne
IlilL ambassador to Germany. Dr.
Hill was formerly president of Buck
nell and Rochester universities and la
the author of many books.
Captain R. A. Bartlett
Feary'i Captain Wants to look For
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Captain B. A Bartlett who com
manded Peary's ship, the Roosevelt
n her polar trip, has expressed his
willingness to take part in a bunt for
i he south pole.
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We solicit your orders for Shingles, Rubberoid Roofing,
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promptly. Phone Main 8.
In America We
Are Too Ambi
tious, Therefore
Careless. M M
By HERMAN A. MET2. Former Comptroller of New York City.
HIS COUNTRY HAS TOO MANY ROTUND CLERKS ALL
ANXIOUS TO . BECOME COUPON CUTTERS. OUR
CAPTAINS SEEM MORE DESIROUS TO DIRECT MANU
FACTURE THAN TO IMPROVE IT. WHAT WE MUST
DO 18 TO CULTIVATE MORE INDIVIDUALITY.
We can learn from Germany. There one great
chemical industry employs scores of research chemists to STUDY
AND DISCOVER TALENT AND IDEAS AMONG THE
RANK AND FILE. These men are given time to work. Here we
expect the newly employed chemist to DISCOVER SOMETHINO
RIGHT A WAY OR LOSE HIS JOB.
. Our national spirit brooks little interference in business. We
would resent the laws of-Germany to educate and protect her work
ingmen. There a government doctor examines workers in trades dan
gerous to health twice a day. There you see NO EXPOSED MA
CHINERY. Here dangerous machine parts are often open, and the
workingman has to be cajoled into taking the simplest precautions to
sav? disown health, - ....... j .
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