?XGE TWO
13 GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER SATURDAY, JULY, 2, 1910.
Complete equipment for resetting and repairing
rubber buggy tires. '
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
, . D. rilZQERALD, Proprietor
Compete Machine Shops and Foundry
Safer than National Banks
Better than U. S. Gold Bonds
UNION COUNTY LANDS.
Why invest in foreign cities and wireless stock, when
you have a sure thing at home ?
See C. J. BLACK,
who has a Iarxe list of money makers.
An Indian can
An Indian .ran
out a Piano. But who wants
to be an Indian:
C0N0VER Pianos
'.'v.ttlo Uo
Cut Glass and Hand Painted China
From now until July 17,
iuw pna- uu uiu giass autt nana painiea uniHa. it
will pay you to examine my stock and get a good se
lection before buying -your gifts.
All styles of wedding
round, oval, etc.. nt lowest
Suaiuy considered, v
I will Save You Monev. Y
& J. H. Peare,
4 w i r.,
The Greatest Values in
; Spring Suits
Young
obtainable in this city, are to be had- here. This you
can easily prove to your satisfaction by comparison.
Look where you will then come and see our large and
superb collection ot
Collegian Suits at $15 to $30
In style, workmanship, material, finish and fit, you can
readily see the superior value of our' clothes over others
costing the same. If ou would be posted on the cor
rect fashions, get the best there is in wearables and'
save money, then come to this store for everything you
need from hat to half hose.
ASH BROTHERS,
Clothiers and Furnishers
I!
be happy with-
h hnnnu with- $
and
for sale by
OVbUIUU f
I will make a specially x
rings including Tiffany, P
prices in Eastern Oregon.
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Opposite Land Office
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for Men and
Men
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS OF
Garb of the Intrlpid Continental Con gressmen ill Greet the Spectator.
lYbo Hear 5oreI Treat at the Chantaaqua Grounds Monday Based on
Historically True Data.
. Back to the days of seventy-six-
such will be the situation at the Chau
tauqua grounds next Monday when,
at 3 o'clock, the Continental Congress
will be reproduced by a galaxy of
local orators. The scene will be stag
true to history. The proceedings
of that memorable event have been
carefully preserved In history and the
affair here that day is patterned ex
aetlj after actual minutes of the con
vention. E. E. Bragg In his masterly style
of del'very will Impersonate John
HanciMk, and will handle the gavel.
In a : eproductlon of the history mak
ing debate which followed the read
ing of the Declaration of Independ
ence by the secretary of congress,
the parts have necessarily been given
local authorship for the exact words
used at that time have not been pre
served. The people who will parti
cipate In the debate and other features
not outlined below are: C E Cochran,
P S Ivanhoe, W M Pierce, T H Craw
ford, J P Baker, Turner Oliver, J D
Slater, Jno S Hodgln, George T. Coch
ran, and others. ... ...
A copy of the minutes along which
are based the procedure of the repro
duction, is in the hands of local peo
ple and a duplicate of it follows:
Congress called to order by John
ftancock. President. Represented by
E. E. Bragg.
Invocation.
Roll call of delegates by Colonies
COUNTING BY TENS.
And a Suggestion at to Why We Buy
iiya wj nm ugiin
Did it ever occur to you us strange
that while we count ,by tens we buy
so many articles by the dozen? If we
nsk the price of apples, ratifies, oys
ters, eggs, collars, handkerchiefs mid
many other things 'we wil) be told so
many cents or dollurs n dozen, or If
large quantities are wanted so much
a gross, which means a dozen dozen.
now do you suppose this has come
about? It was this way: Nearly all
savage people count by their lingers
that Is, If they want to tell you they
bare seen two wild beasts they will
hold up two fingers, aud if ten they
will hold up botb hands, and if twenty
both hands twice, and so on. Babies
also learn to count by their fingers
and toes, and to many people it seems
as if that were the only possible way.
It is. however, rather a clumsy way.
as you And out when you try to divide
ten. Say. for example, you have ten
apples. Tou can only make an equal
division among two or five persons.
while if you hare twelve you can give
an equal number to two. three, four
or six. We find the same Inconven
lence In dividing a dollar and often
have to pay 13 cents for what should
properly cost 12 cents.
If we had been boru with two, four
six or eight fingers or toes, like some
animals, it is possible that we should
have counted differently, but It does
not now seem likely there will ever be
any change In the ten or decimal sys
tem, as It Is railed, especially since
the Arabic numerals now used nearly
everywhere tire based on this system.
Brooklyn Kiigle.
SPOILED THE PLOT.
A Display of Juvenile Affection That
Saved the Mongrel.
About three weeks ago there strolled
Into n Itldley Park house a dirty, dis
reputable looking dog. Flo was of no
particular breed, but a general mix
ture of nil there are. Out of the kind,
ness of her heart the cook gave him u
few bites to eat. and from that time
on, try ns they would, the family could
not get rid of Hie ruulne. The small
children took a great fancy to the dog
and named him Blule. Their father
and mother grew tired of seeing Bluie
around and secretly plotted to get him
out of the way. They feared to kidnap
him openly by day, for there would
surely follow much protest and distress
on the part of the children. According
ly plans were mnde for losing Blule
some place far from Ridley Park by
night The evening that the plot was to
be carried out, Just after supper, father,
mother and a flve-year-old boy were
In the parlor. The little fellow was
fondling the dog as If he were his best
friend in the world. Finally he seized
the dog firmly under the shoulders and.
looking straight Into his eyes, lisped
out. "Bwooie, do you wove mer and
then after a moment with joy In his
voice, "Bwoole woves me and the
world is mine." After that touching
display neither father nor mother had
the heart to deprive the little fellow
of "Bwoole's" company, and the little
mongrel dog seems sure of a comforta
ble home for life Philadelphia Record.
'76 A NOVEL PRODUCTION
by Chas. Thompson, Secretary, Rep
resented by W. B Sargent
Report of special committees called
for Three minute address by the
President. .
Report presented to the secretary
by Thos. Jefferson. Represented by
Ceo. T. Cochran.
Reading of the Declaration of In
dependence as reported By Sec. W.
B. Sargent ,
Moved that the Continental Con
gress resolve. Itself into Committee of
the whole to discuss the Declaration
as reported by the committee and re id
by the secretary, by Thos. McKean.
Debate on the adoption of the Dec
laration of Independence. '. ,
A ff Samuel Adams and Richard
Honry Lee.
Nf g John Dickinson. '
Aft John Adams.
Neg Roger Sherman.
Aff Benjamin Franklin and Thos.
Jefferson.
Neg. James Wilson. ,
Aff. Robert Livingstone.
Motion for the adoption of tha re
port .. .. . ... .' V .
Voting on the adoption of t!w re
port by acclamation.
Signing the Declaration of Inde
pendence. Atout thirty characters will parti
cipate .wearing the garb of the In
tripid continental congressmen, and
none in La Grande can afford to miss
this novel bit of entertainment.
Notice of Street Improvement
To Whom It May Concern
Notice Is hereby given that In pur
suance of a resolution adopted by the
Common Council of the City of La
Grande, Oregon, on the 8th day of
June, 1910, creating Improvement Dis
trict No. 1, 2 and 3, and designating
Willow Street from alley between
Adams Avenue and Jefferson Avenue
and Washington Avenue; the alley be -
tween Washington and Adams Avenue
from "K" Street to Fourth Street:
"NM Avenue from alley , between
Adams Avenue and Washington Ave
nue to Fourth Street; "O" Avenue
from the alley between Adams Avenue
and Washington Avenue to First
Street; Pennsylvania Avenue from the
alley between Adams Avenue and
Washington Avenue to First Street;
Third Street from Main Avenue to
Pennsylvania Avenue; Fourth Street
from Adams Avenue to Pennsylvania
Avenue; alley between Fifth and
Sixth Streets from Washington Avenue
to Pennsylvania Avenue; the alley be
tween Sixth Street and Seventh Street
from Washington Avenue to Pennsyl
vania Avenue, the alley between Sev
enth Street and Eighth ' Street from
Washington Avenue to Pennsylvania
Avenue; the alley In Block 104, from
Fourth Street to Washington Avenue
on alley between Fifth and
Sixth Streets, as District No. 3,
FOR
COUGHS
THE
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FOR
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LiU f w?st telS?ting,fugh,a mo?al was vw fcted with, and my friends expected that .
hnt ?hiSffiP 70UlJ !!lrelyJ?J0iin7 P' -0ur doctorpronounJed my cas? incMaMe,
m US ft5 iSi ' Dcb Klng'8 Ncw covery cnd me o completely that I am
all sound and well. MRS. EVA DNCAPHEP. p. t J
foB 50c and $1,00 ABSCfcSfff ELY GUARANTEED I Trial Bdttll Frtt
1 1 0i3 AND GUARANTEED BY r-
and In pursuance , of a resolu
tion adopted by said Common Council
on the 8th. day of June, 1910, whereby
said Council determined and declared
Its Intention to Improve all that por
tion of said District No. 3, as herein
after described by constructing' sew
ers therein, the council will,, ten days
after the service of this notice upon
the owners of the property affected
an I ! eneflted by such Imprive jiju or
said district to be so Improv
ed are as follows: , Willow
Street from the alley be
tween Adams Avenue and .Jefferson
Avenue to the alley between Adams
Avenue and Washington Avenue the
alley between Washington Avenue
and ' Adams , Avenue from
"K" Street to Fourth Street "N"
Avenue from last mentioned alley to
Fourth Street, "0" Avenue from said
alley to First Street, "Penn" Avenue
from said alley to First Street, Third
Street from Main Avonue to "Penn"
Avenue, Fourth, Street from 'Adams
Avenue to "Penn' Avenue, the alley
between Fifth and Sixth Streets from
Washington Avenue to "Penn." Ave
nue, the alley between Sixth ani
Seventh Streets, from Washington
Avenue to "Penn" Avenue, the alley
between Seventh Street and Eighth
Street, from Washington Avenue to
"Penn." Avenue, the alley in Block
104, Chaplin's Addition from Fourth
Street to Washington Avenue and the
alley between Fifth and Sfcth Streets.
the Council will levy a special assess
ment on all the property affected and
benefited by f uch Improvement for the
purpose of paying for such Improve
ment That the estimated ' cost of
I such Improvement is the sum of
($74,346.05. v
That the Council will on the 13th day
! of July, 1910, meet at the Council
, chamber at the. hour of 8 o'clock,
P. M., to consider said estimated cost.
and the levy tf rMd assessment, when
a hearing wil: be granted to any per
son feeling aggrieved by such assess
ment. La Grande, Oregon, June 22, 1910.
CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE,
OREGON. '
By D. E. COX, Recorder of the City
of La Grande, Oregon.
,t June-28-July-9.
' iJSSR
Liniment for twenty-five cents. A piece of
naanei dampened with this liniment isaupe-
nur vo iny piaster ior lame back, pains in
the side and chest, and much cheater.
Wilson & Britiian,
Electrical Contractors.
Prompt and careful attention
given all work All work guar
anteed to p:ss underwriters'
examine : ,:.
Best ELiCJRiC IRON m the
market; r.'sp ELECTRIC FANS
One Dc:r s-.uth of
Office
Oberver
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NG"OF;'CUE
WO ft D EH! TOSSKER
Pa. KING'S LUNCS
COUGHS AND COLDS
PREVENTS PNEUnOtllA
EVA UNCAPHER, Grovertown, Ind.
Laundry
Hep
Wanted
' l,' Apply . .
Cherry s
New Laundry
Make Ironing
Easy
while the sun shines. , ;
Two hundred and fif
ty homes in LaGrande
are now using electric
i .
flat irons. There is a
reason for this. You
cannot afford to be with
out an electric iron. Let
us
place one in your
borne on trial.
EASTERN
OREGON
Light and Power
Company
WE CLOSE
promptly at 11
a. m. Monday.
Give your order
early.
RoyalGrocery
AND
Bakery.
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FOR
COLDS
ilvrthornfs Dry