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PAGE TWO T,A GKANDE EVENING OBSEKVEK TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1910. Wilson O Britlian, Electrical -Contractors. Prompt and careful attention given alt work. All work guar anteed to pass underwriters' examination. Best ELECTRIC IRON on the market; also ELEC1RIC FANS One Door south of Observei Office THOUGH UNUSUALLY DRY, THE STREAM IS YERY AMPLE Water Becomes Colder as Summer Heat Increases, Says Caretaker PLENTYflFWATEB IN BEAVER CLOSING OUT All Boys Clothing and Shoes AT COST Now is the time to Save Money by Buying th Boys9 Cio thes at Cost C. C. PENINGTON i An Indian can be happy with out a Piano. But who wants to be an Indian? STEINWAY, LUDWIG, KEFJZMMN, A. B. CHASE C0N0VER Pianos for safe by J. T. abeciai Cut Glass and Hand Painted China From now until July 17, low price on cut glass and will pay you to examme my stock and get a good se lection before buying your gifts. All styles of wedding rings including Tiffanv, round, oval-, etc., at lowest Quality considered. I will Save You Money. J, H. Peare, HUMOR OF THE DAY The Threat That Told. HI mother was nu king the infant Hen i id to sleep, hut the young glunt refused lo no "I'll (mil the bogy man!" lie threatened "null," said lien ules, "l could choke hlu with odd hand.' "I'll all the police!" she added. "Huh." again ejaculated Hercules. "I'm goln' to clean the Augean sta bles, and they can't eveu clean up the Illegal voters." "I'll call the president!" she Bug fested. "Huh. the one who could put me to leep Is out of office. N But his mother bad reserved the greatest threat for the last. "I'll call a suffragette!" she trium phantly promised. With a cry of Infantile distress Her cules turned over and fell nsleep. Pnck. Social Horticulture. Cultivating friendship. Weeding out acquaintances. Sowlug wild oats. : Raking the servant over the coals. Looking after one's stocks. 1 Planting one's foot down on eitrava gnnce. Oarrowlng people with one's ill tem per. Digging op the coin. Boston Tran script. No Plaoe For Him. "In this country." said the man who was promoting the big Irrigation proj ect "water Is the moat valuable asset we have." "That settles It, sub," replied the gentleman from Kentucky. "I will neveb Invest a dollah, suh. In any place wheb such IntoDebable condi tions prevail." Chicago Record-Herald. i and X X Scott price I will make a specially hand painted China. It prices in Eastern Oregon, La Grande's Leading'Jeweler, Oppo8iteL'and Office Measure of Time. "Say." asked the first messenger boy, "got uny novels ter Bwop?" "I got 'Big Toot Bill's Revenge,'" replied the other. "Is it a long story?" "Naw. Ye kin Qnisb it easy in two messages." - Catholic Standard and Times. His Game. "8ome say there is a sucker born every minute." "I don't know anything about that," responded the eminent trust magnate, "nor do I care so long as the birth rate of ultimate consumers remains as satisfactory as it is." Pittsburg Press. After the Family Jar. Sunday School Teaeher-What be came of Adam and Kve after Uiey were driven from the garden of Eden? Tommy Tlttej (after thinking) I give It up. Eve had no mother to go to. and Adam had uo club! Illustrated Sunday Magazine. A Loss to the Beth. Sculptor tto his friend) Well, what do you think of my bust? Fine piece of marble, Isn't it V Friend Mngnitlceut! What a pity to make a bust of it'. It would have made a lovely washstuud." Modern Society. Qst In Good. Bacon They say people, as a rule, hear better wltb the right than with the left ear. Egbert That'a another reason why we should try to get on the right side of people. Yonkers Statesman Keeping Them en the Move. There was a terrible crush at the re ception. The hostess only bad time to aay, "So glad to see you." And the host. "Step lively, please " Wasbtngton Hera id. pnvnTC UUIUIL rniprc GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THAT EXPERIMENT WORKS WELL Wallona Range Experiment Working Hash for (Government Elsewhere The government Bureau of Agricul ture has sent out the following in teresting statement regarding the ex periments with coyote-proof fences, which was commenced In Wallowa county a year or so ago: The enclosure of sheep tans'! with in a coyote-proof fence has been tried In Colorado by F. H. Taylor, of Man cos, with highly satisfactory results. An experiment begun by the U. 8, Department of Agriculture on the Wallowa National Forest, in Oregon, to discover whether sheep could be advantageously pastured within such an enclosure, led Mr. Taylor to give the new method a trial. The outcome la set forth in a letter to the depart ment as follows: "After reading the description of your coyote-proof gmee In Oregon. I constructed a fence to enclose about 500 acre! in the same manner. The fence was constructed during the fall of IDAS, and In the spring of 1909 and 1010, one thousand head of ewes were lambed In this enclosure." In the vernacular of the herder, "one hund dred per cent of the lambs were paved," that Is. a lamb to each ewe. "and one man did all the work. I think the per cent of the lamhs'would have been higher, bttt one animal, presumably a coyote, was inside when the fence was constructed. It was Impossibej to capture this animal ev en with the hounds. Some of the herders thought the animal was not a coyote, but since coyote tracks were found In several places 1 am of the opinion that it was. Whatever the ani mal was It raised its young lnsidr the enclosure." Connecting his loss with the rapac ity of this animal. Mr. Taylor says: "A great many of the lambs were killed and a small hole eaten behind the foreleg and the remainder of the carcass was untouched. On the land out ido of the enclosure It required the services of three men and a pack of hounds to care for one thousand ewes, and only 95 per cent of the lambs were saved. This percent could not have been saved without the assist ance of the hound. "I consider this fence a splendid Investment since it easily pays for Itself In three years. On the other hand, it is often difficult and some times impossible to get men during the lambing season. For this reason the money value of the fence can hardly be estimated." The Department of Agriculture en tered upon the experiment of enclos ing sheep range within a fence which WOQld turn stock-destroying animals j in the belief that this method would I save rorage as well as stock and wa- j gea. This belief has been fully justi- SATISFACTORY fied" by the results. The Oregon en- closure has carried mote sheep than Ll'JJLJ;an f'UU' ran"e 1)1 ,ne same quality ouuue, prouueeu a ii!uier umbo crop, heavier sheep ami more wool, and at the same time resulted in a better condition of the range Itself. These advantages are due to the different behavior of sheep pastured within such an enclosure from that of sheep herded in the ordinary way. When a band of sheep moves about iu charge of a herder, it must be kept from scattering much. As a reT suit much of the forage is wasted through trampling. Within an en closure, however, the sheep soon learn to spread o.ut tnd shift for themselves. Under these conditions it is not to be wondered at that a giv- en area supports more sheep, puts them in better condition and suffers less wear and tear. The success of the new way how ever, depends on the extermination of all dangerous animals within the en closure, and on the maintenance .of a fence which will keep off outside attack. Mr. Taylor believes that the Wal lowa plan of construction is open to Improvement In one particular. He advocates placing a barbed wire on the ground before the woven wice is unrolled, and stapling it down "I expect to build another closure soon," his letter concludes," and will have a barbed wire stretched around the enclosure and have the men place their foot on the wire and preBS it close to the ground and staple it. With the fence already constructed it seemed almost impossible to get the .wire as close to the ground as Is nec essary on account of the uneven sur face." Your complexion as welt us yonr temper is rendered miserable by .i disordered liver. By Inking Chamberlain l Stoniaoh and Liver Tablets you can improve both. oilverthoriVs Drug Store "Dry as it is. Beaver creek is fur nishing an abundance of water," said Caretaker Ed Propeck this morn ing while in the city preparatory to returning to the intake, where he Uvea in a cottage and looks aft.v th Interests of the city in connection With the long pipe line. "If it pro duces water enough in a season like this," he said, "Beaver Creek will not run short." The pipe is in good condition along the distance he reports and another commendable feature of the system la that the water seeV-s to hcjcorae colder as the summer heat increases 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 I a Grande, Oregon, on the 5th day of August, 1909, creating Improvement District No. 1, and designating Adams Avenue, or street, as such district, and in pursuance of a resolution adopted by said Common Council on the 15th day of September, 1909, whereby said Council determined and declared its intention to improve all that portion of Adams Avenue, or Street, in said improvement district as hereinafter described, by laying tncreon maca dam, the Council will, ten dayB after the service of this notice upon the owners of the property affected and benefitted by such improvement, or der that the above described improve ment be made: that the boundaries of said district to be so improved are as follows: All that portion of Adams Avenue, from the east side of Fourth street, to the west side of Alder street. Notice is hereby further given that the Council will levy a special assess ment on all the property affected and benefitted by such improvement for the purpose of paying for such Im provement. That the estimated coat of such improvement is the sum of, $12,000. That the Council will, on! the 20th day of July, 1910, meet at the' Council chamber at the hour of 8 o'clock, p. m. to consider the estima ted 'tost, and the levy of said assess-j moui, wueu a neanng win D3 granted to any person feeling aggrieved by such assessment. La'Grande. Oregon, July C, 1910. CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE OREGON. By D. E. COX, Lcrorder of the City of La Grande, Oregon. J9-20 DR. KING'S NEW DISCOVERY for COUGHS COLDS CURES "THROAT LUNG DISEASES SAVED HER SON'S UFE Jfe ton Rex wm taken down a year ago with tang trouble. We doctored some months without improvement. Then I began giving Dr. King's New Discovery , and I soon noticed a change for the bet r. ilS?1 jtortBwnt P 'or a few weeks and now my eon ia perfectly well and work, every day . m SAMP. wppEg, Ava, Mo. SOLD AND GUARANTEED BY i Watermelons GOOD AND RIPE Royal Grocery AND Bakery. We Have Them. What? Six pound Elec tric Flat Irons at $3.75 Each EASTERN OREGON Light and Power Company 50c AND $1.00 i i - ii T ll .