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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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