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v 5 i t is ; ! J ' PAGE TWO LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1910. Just receive style, extra hi d a larse sh gh heel, button ibmenl of the latest and lace shoe: 1 : FTT iiii nare 7S DOG TEKEOBIZES CITIZENS. West La Grande Scene of Iflghtly Me anderlngs by Aetfre Canine ' West La Grande Is being terrorized by a canine which In the dead of the night, conducts a carnival of sport mm in uoiii uiuujrlu uu CvBtlf 'rciz a standpoint of dollars an4 cents, to many of the inhabitants of the otherwise peaceable section of a peaceable city. The animal has an abnormally developed instinct for do ing excavation , work, on new lawns and gardens. Only last night he mutilated a new lawn in West La Grande in fine shape by digging a storm sewer trench or something of the sort The animal has a habit of variety in his activities. Lately he has been running relay, races with horses in the Foley pasture, all of which disturbs the peaceful slumbers of nearby residents. When he has the pasture population in perfect, tur moil, he suddenly remembers a bone he has burled in a nearby garden or perchance a new lawn, and somehow or other he forgets the exact location. Cut unlike Edgar Allen Poe,. he does not compute mathematically the spot of the hidden morsel; rather he pro ceeds to dig with the patience of a miner until lawns, gardens and other vulnerable spots supposedly pretty and when the bone is found, off goes Mr. Dog with his bone. The next morning Mr. Man finds his garden or. pet lawn resembling that of a dis trict struck by subterranean unheav als. , DOG GUARDS DEAD MASTER. Dog Kept Vigil for Six Days Before Friends Found Old Han Dead. . County Coroner Ison And Earle Gray ; of Welch's . undertaking par lors went to Nelson's Siding near Durkee yesterday to investigate the death of an old man named Cloud who was found dead in his dugout there The coroner's Jury found that he had died from natural causes and he was burled in his ward. A touching Incident was witnessed by the people who first found the old man. He had a little garden patch of a couple of acres and lived in a dugout near the 0. It. & N. track about a mile beyond Nelson's siding, and was accustomed to go down to the Siding for his few supplies. He was' last seen a week ago yesterday when he told his friends that he was falling fast. Nothing was seen of; him for six days andf the people at ' the store went to Investigate, but were unable to secure entrance to the dugout because of the dog which was guarding his master's door. For six days the faithful creature had not leu ni poet, auu uwuoubbh would have remained on duty until death relieved him, as death bad called his master 4 '. ' After considerable pursuasion the friends who knew the dog enticed him to eat and got him away from the door so" that they could enter the room. There they ' found a gruesome sight, for the old man was dead and his body was badly decomposed. He was partly undressed and evidently was preparing for bed when the end came. He was wrapped up in his blankets and burled beneath the arbor in his little garden. He was 72. years old and had lived on his little plot of ground for several years, raising vegetables and fruit which he ex changed for merchandise at the store. Baker Herald. ' ' v - Cnamberlaln's Stomach and Liver T::Ueu Invariably bring relief to women gutitiiii)! from chronic constipation, headache, bilious ness, diziiness, ialiowness of 4,a .kin nmi Hieiwia. ' . - i i Vacation Trips Around the Circle Tickets sold from all stations In the Inland Empire going via Spo- the Canadian Rockies, touching Banff, Lake Louise, Field and Gla cier, returning via Vancouver, Vic toria. Seattle and Portland, or vice versa. $401 Tickets on sale dally June 1 to September 1. Final limit October 31. Unlimited stopovers. ALSO SIIOET TRIPS THROUGH THE K00TENAY AND ARROV LAKES. Write for literature and detailed Information. i axwesli Wins . Thrills followed thrills as speeding automobiles shot around the i course of the Ingleslde Race Course, on April 24th, in the second and j final day events of the successful meet promoted by the members of 4 Islam Temple of the. Mystic Shrine. , " i j auuuuuwis ut w-rf ,, -r"" "m"n his 200 horsepower Bens machine, and C. O. King, with his Maxwell Yl 30 horsepower stock car. Oldfield lowered his previous record of one mile to 51 5-6, which Is a new coast record for the circular track With the exception of this performance, Oldfield had to take second place In the list of racing honors, as the world's champion met defeat ' in both the five and fifteen mile handicap events, and In both races t King and his Maxwell were the victors. In fact, King proved the i ' surprise of the meet, driving all of his races with much judgment and (, taking the turns with his car as close to the fence as did Oldfield. in r , the five mile handicap, Oldfield drove his Knox racer to the utmost, ' but the handicap was too strong and he could not get the lead away from King. Not only In the handicap events did King and his Max- 'i ttcu iiiuig ovals ui um ui si uiuci, uui m uuo ui uo uroi eveuis OI ID8 I day, the fire mile race for cars costing from $1200 to J1600, which was i Aiaxweu, 'i I'. one of the bestmatches of the meet. The time for the five mile handicap was as follows "Oi -x.-xv.uv, vaaiauu, ,ictauu, T.ig.u, uuaiiucifl, IV cab, l.U.jy , AUIO i Car , finished fourth, and the Knox car, Barney Oldfield driving, fifth. J In the event number eight, ten miles free-for-all handicap, King I and his Maxwell again were the wlnnerB, the Maxwell's time being F 8.19.30. ,., 4 J. B. Whiteman & Son 108. 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