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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1910. ,
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GIVE YOUR FEET A TREAT
Wear a pair of our Summer dxfords through
the warm months. .
Everything in black and tan, on lasts that are
comfortable and fashionable.
S LADIES HIGH TOP OUTING
i' -
J SMITH &
4 Shoe
W
axwsll Wins
Thrill followed thrills as speeding; automobiles shot around the
course of tbe Ingleslde Race Course, on April 24th, in the second and
final day events of the successful meet promoted by tbe members of
Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine. .'
Thehonors of the day; were divided between Barney Oldfield, with
nls 200 horsepower Benr. machine, and C.'O. King, with his Maxwell
SO 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 thft world's champion met defeat
in both the five and fifteen mile handicap events, and in both races
King and his Maxwell were the victors. In fact, King proved the
surprise of the meet, driving all of his races with much Judgment and
laauiig iue iuiu wiui Lia tai clwab iu ilia Ivuve uiu Ciuuclu. Iu
the five mile handicap, Oldfield drove his Knox r.Vcer to the utmost,
' but the handicap was too strong and he could not get the lead away
from Kliig. Not only in the handicap events did King and his Max
, well prove stars of the first order, but in one of the first events of the
day, the five mile race for cars costing from $1200 to $1600. which was
one of the beetmatches of the meet.
The time for the five mile handicap was as follows: Maxwell,
King, 4.40.30: Oakland. Nelson, 4.48.25; Chalmers. West, 4.49.30; Auto
0,i r . finished fourth, and the Knox car, Barney Oldfield driving, fifth.
: la the event number eight, ten miles free-for-all handicap, King .
and his Maxwell again were the winners, the Maxwell's time being ,
f 19.30.
J. B. Whiteman & Son
108. Elm Street.
Gomplets equipment for resetting and repairing
rubber buggy tires.
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
D. F.lZJERALD, Prcprstor
0mpl2te Machine Shops and Foundry
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LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK
OF LA GRANDE, OREGON
United States Depository
Capital and Surplus $180,000.00
DIRECTORS
GEORGE PALMER
F. J. liOLLES
W. J. CHURCH
F. L. METERS
W.M.
With aur sTMt.1 resooro? and facilities w- can render yea eftlclent
wm and hsnd!e yoor hatlaei to your faUr (.talsfactlon
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Men
YOU'LL BE STRUCK
WITH AMAZEMENT
If you could see how some factory
made clothing is put together The
sklmplr.g of materials, the Inferior
Interlinlngs. B t none of these things
occur in a suit of our tailoring. That's
why one suit of ours will outlast two
of the factory made. Order one and
the wear will prove it.
C YF. BAKES.
PJSSJB
W. L. BREXH0LTS, Ass't Cash,
KARL ZCMDEL 2d Ass't Cash.
-$bjr.
C. C, PEMNUTO
G. L. CLEAYER
F. M. BYRKIT
W. L. URENHOLTS
1'IEXCE
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CLAIM IS MADE THAT PEOPLE
HATE BEE CABELESS
WITH REFUSE.
Laws of Association Will Be Enforced
Says the Correspondent
According to various reports there
has not been the proper care used by
some who have enjoyed the benefits
of Riverside park and considerable
rubbish and refuse has been left in
conspicuous places, contrary to park
rules. The following communication
was handed the Observer this morn
ing, which explains the condition:
Editor Observer: The ladies of the
Riverside Park Association have
spent much time and strength In
bringing the park up to the condition
it is now in and are using every effort
to earu money to Improve it more.
The laws governing the park are
framed and hung where all who can
read may see them.
Garbage barrels have been placed
about in various places to put tbe
trash In and despite' all this two pic
nic parties on the Fourth, left ail
their boxes, papers, and remnants of
food, within six feet of the rules of
the park. These people are well
known citizens having nice lawns of
their own and would not think of llt
terlng up their own back yard. Will
it be necessary to arrest some one
and make an example of them before
the practice is stopped. If bo, it will
be done, as the ladies feel that the
public should help and not hinder
them in keeping the park clean.
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A BR0KEN DRIVING ROD.
The Disaster Most Dreaded by the Lo
comotive Engineer.
Tbe close calls that whiten tbe engi
neer's hair are mostly due to some one
else's error or oversight which be cau
hot foresee or prevent. That muny of
these close calls do not result fatally is
due to tbe engineer's, swift and skillful
meeting of tbe emergency.
The great driving wheels on which
most of tbe enormous weight ou tbe he
comotlve rests are connected by mas
sive jointed bars of forged steel. Tbe
ends of these are attached to the
wheels about halfway between ' the
axis and circumference. . It Is through
these bars, called driving rods, tbat
the wheels receive their impulse from
tbe Imprisoned . steam. These rods
weigh thousands of pounds each. Oc
casionally one of their fastenings will
break, and then every revolution of
the wheel to which tbe other end la at
tached will send tbe rod swinging like
a titan's flail, beating down 300 strokes
a minute. Nothing can withstand these
awful blows. . They tear up tbe track
below and shatter the engine above,
especially tbe cab where rides tbe en
gineer. No disaster comes so unex
pectedly aud is so much dreaded as
this. Almost Invariably It hnppeus
when the engine is running at high
speed.- When a driver breaks It Is a
miracle If the men in the cab escape
with their lives, if they do survive
aud by their heroism succeed iu stop
ping the train and avoiding a wreck
despite the rain of blows from this!
huge nail of steel their act brings forth
a greater measure of praise than al
most any other form of bravery that
the railroad knows.
Only the oilier day one of tbe driv
ing rods of a fast passenger locomotive
broke while the train was running
more than sixty miles an hour dowu
the steep grades of Pickerel mountain.
In an Igstant tbe whirling bar of steel
had smashed the cab aud broken the
controlling merhanlsra, so that it was
Impossible to bring the train to a stop
by ordinary means. The great locomo
tive lunged forward like a runaway
horse that bad thrown its rider. In
some way, however. Lutz. tbeengiueer,
bad escaped Injury. He crept to the
opposite side of the cab and climbed
out through the little window upon
the boiler to try to reach some of the
controlling apparatus from the outside.
He was working himself astride along
the scorching boiler when suddenly the
engine struck a curve, which It took at
terrific speed. The shock half threw
the engineer from his perilous position,
but he saved himself by grasping the
bell rope. Then he worked himself
down along tbe uninjured side of the
swaying locomotive to where he could
open one of the principal steam valves.
A cloud of vaor rushed forth with a
tremendous roar. Although robbed ot
its power, the locomotive did not slack
en speed until It reached the bottom of
the grade. Then. little by little the
thrashing of the great dlvlnz rod.
which was pouudiug tbe upjicr pan of
the engine Jo pleoesrew slower, nnd
finaiiy it xiui-u. ,w uf wu siutm
or injured, and not a pawienger In the
long train knew until It was over of
the danger that bad been avoided so
narrowly. Tbaddeus & Dayton la
Harper's Weekly.
A Raro Old Book.
Tbe second book printed In the Eng
lish language was . The Game and
Playt of the Chess." which the title
page says was "Fynyshkl the last day
of Marche, the yer of our lord god a
thousand foure hondred and LXXIIJ."
Only twelve coplea of the work are
now known to exist In 1813 an
Englishman of the name of Alchorne
old bis copy for a sum equal to
$270 in Dnlted State currency. Fifty-six
years later, In 18C9. the same
volume (aq Imperfect copy) was sold
for $2,150. : The British museum has
refused an offer of $10,000 for Its copy,
which is Imperfect to the extent of
having seven leaves missing.
The Making of Words.
Dean Swift protested agalust "specu
lations, operations, preliminaries, am
bassadors, palllsadoes, communication,
circumvallatlon, battalions," as new.
fangled expressions brought Into com
mon use by the war of bis day. To
day nearly all these are tbe most or
thodox English. In bis time "mob"
seems commonly to have been written
"mobb." and "phlzz" also had rhe
doubled consonant Hence bis com
plaint that "we cram one syllable and
cut off tbe rest as the owl fattened
ber mice after she bad bit off their
legs to prevent tbem from running
away."
. Posted. .
- Pater Can you irive my daughter tho
comforts to which she hns been ac
customed? Suitor Yes, sir. I've break
fasted at your house, and I'm certain
that 1 can complain about the coffee,
read tbe paper, demand tbe discharge
of tbe cook and announce that I'll diue
at the club.-New York Journal.
A Clean Cut
Sykes My eyes met hers. and. would
you believe It, she cut me! Tykes
How very rudet. Who Is she? Sykes
Ob. a lady barber. She was shaving
me. and this is the cut. London Tele
graph. Consoling Her.
Bess I sometimes wish I m:ght see
myself as "others see me. Nell Oh.
you poor dear! Why. you Just couldn't
believe your eye!--Brown!ng's Maga
sine. Cruel.
Maude That girl Is a lifelong friend
of mine. Ethel Dear me! And she
doesn't look a day over forty, Boston
Transcript.
The Mammoth Cave Rat. .
The cavern rat found In the Mam
moth cave is of a soft bluish color,
with white neck and feet. It has
enormous eyes, black as night, but
quite unprovided with an Iris. These
eyes are perfectly insensible to light,
and when the experiment has been
made of catching a cavern rat and
turning It loose in bright sunlight It
blunders about, striking itself against
everything. Is unable to provide itself
with food and finally falls down and
dies. In Its native depths, however.
It Is able to lead a comfortable enough
exlstence.as its enormously long whisk
crs are so extremely sensitive that
they enable it to find Its way rapidly
through the darkness. The principal
food of the cavern rat consists of a
kind of large cricket of a pale yellow
color and. like most other cave dwell
ers, itself perfectly blind.
the Lilies.
Two thousand years ago It was sun-
posed that water lilies closed tbelr
flowers at night and retreated far uo-.
der water, to emerge again at sunrise.
This was Pliny's view, and it was not
Impeached until tbe English botanist
John Ray iu 10SS first doubted its
veracity. The great Illy of Zanzibar,
one or the grandest of the Illy family,
opens Its Bowers, ten Indies wide, be
tween 11 in the morning aud 5 iu the
afternoon. They are of the richest
royal blue, with from 150 to 200 golden
stamens in the center, and they remain
open four or five days. It is not gen
erally known tbat there are lilies tbat
have nocturnal habits night bloomers
as well as day bloomers. They are
very punctual timekeepers, too. open
ing and closing with commendable reg
ularity. '
Bunyan's Wicket-Gate.
in the village of Elstow there la
abundant material tbat Is visibly asso
ciated with John Runyau. Tbe isolat
ed church tower cootains the very
bells In the ringing cf which Riinyno
rejoiced aud afterward treiubltnJ.
Above all there must be mentioned the
wicket gate which figures early in the
story of "Pilgrim's Progress." vThe
wicket gate of "Pilgrim's Progress" is
mmmnnlr raiip.i.4 ,i
gate or a turnpike gate, but really the! ? Uncl1 de,erraln and declared
term denotes a small doorway cut out i Intention to improve all that por
of a large door. Concealed behind a ! tio,n of 8ald District No. 2, as lierein
tree at the Vest end of Elstow church ' after described by constructing sew
Is Just such a small doorway In the ; s thereinthe council will, ten davs
SoT1 TD.h"Uthf,ee, ', thC srcat iafter the se"-e of this notice upon
jL'rr the property affected
a boy.- Harper's Weekly 8,1(1 benefited b' suc Improvements or
. .Z, : that said descrlben Improvements
be made; that the boundaries of said
They Generally Do. .
That man ts aucb a nuisance, hang
ing around all tbe time."
"What Is his object r ,
"I believe be la conspiring to marry
me."
But It takes two to make a con
spiracy."
"Well, couldn't I help Mm a littler
''
Splitting Hairs,
"la she a good cookf . i ;
"Bridgetr i '
"Yes." - " '
I dunno."
Why, I thought aho was your
cook?"
"She Is, and ahe may be a good cook
all right but she can't cook good."
A Paradox.
"Do you know Percy?"
"Tea." ,
"What do you think of him?" '
"Well, be is ratber an ornamental
young person."
Tea. I admit tbat But still be Is
Just a plain foot."
Good and Evil.
Nothing l truly good to a man which
does not make him Just, temperate,
courageous and free, and nothing can
be evil to a tunn which does uot give
him tbe contrary disposition. Marcvj
Aurelius.
Significant Signals.
"Do you not the handwriting on
the wall?" asked the foreboding friend.
"No." replied Senator Sorghum; "the
headlines in the newspapers are
enough for me." Washington Star.
SUMMONS.
, .
u iue intuit ivuit v auv owiu u
. Oregon, For Union County.
E. A. Brownell, Plaintiff, vs. Ella L.
Brownell, Defendant.
To Ella L. Brownell, the above
named defendant; You are nereby
summoned and " required to appear
aud answer the complaint .filed
against you in tho above entitled suit
on or before six weeks after the first
publication of the summons in this
cause, and you will take notice that
if you fail to so appear and answer
said complaint, the plaintiff will ap
ply to the court for the relief de
manded in said complaint, to-wit: for
a decree of the court dissolving the
bonds of matrimony now, and hereto
fore existing between you and the
plaintiff, and for general relief.
You will further take notice that
this summons is published in the La
Grande Evening Observer, once a
week for six consecutive weeks, of
seven Issues, by order of the Hon. J.
W. Knowles, Judge of said court,
made, dated and entered April 6th, A.
D. 1910, the first Issue of Bald publica
tion being June 9th, 1910. ..
T. H. CRAWFORD,
Attorney for the Plaintiff.
June 9-16-23, July 7-14-21.
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
Spruce and North Spruce Street from
the alley between' Adams Avenue and
Jefferson Avenue lo "Y" Avenue; Mad
ison Avenue from Elm Street to
North Spruce Street; Monroe Avemic
from Elm Street 'to North Spruce
Street; the alley between "S" Avenue
and "T" Avenue from Block lo0,
Chaplin's Supplemental Addition to
North Spruce Street; the alley be
tween "R" Avenue and "S" Avenue
from Elm Street to North Spruce
Street; "T" Avenue from North De
pot Street to North Spruce Street;
Jackson Avenuo from North Depot
Street to North Spruce Street; "U"
Avenue from North Depot Street to
North Spruce Street; "V7' Avenue
from North Depot Street to North
Spruce Street; East and West through
center block 137 Chaplin's Supple
mental addition; "W" Avenue from
North Depot Street to North Spruce
Street; the alley between "V" Ave
nue and "W" Avenue, from North Ash
Street to North Depot Street; "X"
Avenue from North Depot' Street to
North Spruce Street; alley between
"W" Avenue and "X" .Avenue from
North Fourth Street to North Depot
Street: "Y" Avenue from North
Depot Street to tforth Spruce
Street, as District No. 2, and
in pursuanre of a resolu
tion adopted by said Common Council
on the 8th day of June, 1910, whereby
district to be so improved are as fol-
lows: Spruce Street an4 North 8pruce
Street from the alley between Adams
Avenue and Jefferson Avenue to "Y"
Avenue, Madison Avenue from Elm
Street to North Spruce Street, Mon
roe Avenue from Elm Street to North
Spruce Street, the alley between "S"
Avenue and "T" Avenue from Block
150 Chaplin's Supplemental Addition,
to North Spruce Street, the alley be
tween "R" Avenue and "S" Avenue,
from Elm Street, . to North Spruce
; Street, "T" Avenue from North Depot
Street to North Spruce street. Jack
son Avenue from North Depot Street
to North Spruce Street, "U" Avenue
from North Depot Street to North
Spruce Street, "V Avenue from North
Depot Street to North Spruce . Street,
East and West through the center of
Block 137 Chaplin's Supplemental
Addition, "W" Avenue from North De
pot Street to North Spruce Street, the
I allot, huln-onn "V' A venu A and "W
Avenue, from North Ash . Street to
North Depot Street, "X" Avenue from
North Depot street to . spruce
Street, the alley between "W" Avenue
and "X" Avenue from North Fourth
Street to North Depot Strept. , "Y"
Avenue from North Depot Street to
North Spruce Street .
Notice is hereby further given that
the Council will levy a special assess
ment on all the property affected and
benefited by such Improvement for the ,
purpose of paying for such Improve
ment That the estimated cost of
such improvement Is the sum cf
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 of said assessment, when
a hearing will 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. '
Call For Bids.
Notice li hereby given that Beated
bids for the construction of 870 feet
of sewer, to be built according to
the plans and specifications on file In
the office of the Recorder of the City
of La Grand?, Oregon, will be receiv
ed at the office of said Recorder up
to 4 o'clock p. m., on Wednesday, July
6th, 1910. All bids to be accompan
ied by a certified check for 5 per cent
of each bid. The city reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
La Grande, Oregon, June 24th, 1910.
J. K. SHEAK,
G. D. FLEMING,
W. J. CHURCH,
Health, Sewerage and Water. Com-
ml'.tee. June-24-iuly 6.
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
, orande, Oregon, on the 9th day
of
Feb., 1910, creating Improvement Dis-
j trict No. 17 and designating Jefferson
Avenue, as such district, and in pur
suance of a resolution adopted by said
Common Council on the 17th day of
June, 1910, whereby said Council de
termined and declared its intention
to improve all that portion of Jeffer
son Ave. in said improvement district!
as hereinafter described, by building
cement sidewalk 12 feet wide, the
Council will, ten days after the service
of this notice upon the owners of tho
property affected and benefited by
such improvement, order that said
above ' described improvement be
made; that the boundaries of said dis
trict to be so improved are as follows:
All that portion of Jefferson Avenue,
from the East line side of Depot to
the West line of Lot 5, B. 113 Chap.
Add.
Notice is hereby further given that
the Council will levy a special assess
ment on all the property affected and
benefited by such improvement for the
purpose of paying for Buch Improve
ment. That the estimated cost of
such improvement is the sum of
$600.00.
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 of said assessment, when
a hearing will be granted to any per
son feeling aggrieved by such assess
ment , ".' ' J ; ?
La Grande. Oregon, June 22, 1910.
CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE,
OREGON. '
By D. E. COX, Uwrer of the City
of La Grand j, Oregon. '
' 1' June-28-July-9.