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LA GRANDE EVENING 015SEI.VEK MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1910
A fiE two
l.l,E ill TO
I SCHOOLS
vsios corsirs ppobtioj.
HEM OTEBTOPS $19JM
mr fi Aid te Last Year's If.
portlonmeBt -
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Union county' school apportion
ment this rear Is much higher than
ever la history and the sum is twelfth
largest la the list or thirty-four coun
ties la the atate. Where previously
Union schools drew but $3X00. they
this year get II04JU4, which Is
greater than the amounts drawn by
Baker county schools. This money
was apportioned yesterday by State
Treasurer Steel and will be forward
ed to County Superintendent Bragg
soon. The total number of students
of school age, L between four and
twenty in Union county at the last
school census was 5,272.
Xettee for Publication
Te the Etpeblkaa Vetera ef Umatil
la, Unlcn aai 3Trrow Counties
TTs.lz I n Del ur grateful to the
E-Lllcaa assembly of the state cf
Oregon, which gave me its endorse
ment for Joint senator for Umatilla,
Cnioa aad Morrow counties, I watt it
distinctly understood by every voter
in said counties, that 1 am first. laat
and an the time a firm believer in
and a supporter of the- Direct Primary
law, and leave myself in the hands
of the people in accordance with its
provisions.
S. F. WILSON.
Paid adv.
Itif J aui l' weefc Liter i Larii
the a.tnre young Lar;aJj fcunter a
check for $2X00.
-At another sale which I conducted
there was ia old picture uo covered
with dirt atid grin,e that it wu alovfet
impossible la bat it was like.
AUCTIOIlJTOillES
Unexpected Prizes That Have
Been Won by Bidders.
A GREAT BARGAIN iN EGGS.
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Department of the Interior, U. S.
land office at La Grande, Oregon, Ju
ly 2. 1310.
Notice is hereby given that Rex
Conaway, of La Grande, Oregon, who,
rm IZZZ. mJo Homestead
Entry So. 0637S. for S 1-2 NE -4. and
N 1-2 SE 1-4 Sec. 24. Twp. 4
South. Range 33 East, Willamette
Meridian, has filed notice of inten
tion to make final commutation proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described, before the Register and Re
ceiverat the United States Land of
fice;' at La Grande, Oregon, on the
20th ay of -September, 1310.
claimant names as witnesses; Wil
liam Banton, John Lara, William
Watkias, John Conaway, all of La
Grande, Oregon. '
P. a BRAMWELL, Register.
Aug S-Sep II
Hew Two 8pcimns of th Great Auk
Species Wars Bought For S3 and
Sold For fZOOO An Old Picture That
Had a Valuable Lining.
"Of course J have met with a good
many interesting experiences during
my career as an auctioneer,'- relate
Henry Stevens to a London magazine,
"but the most striking of them all oc
curred. I think, in connection with
great auk's egg.
"Some years ago a young fellow rode
over to an obscure furniture sale at
the country village in the-hope of se
curing a bargain to help in furnishing
. hub TaMiabie vfcr.i. The bid-
d'.ns for our bw shell io particular
wa id in' u more bru-t than I had ao-ik-il-ated.
bat the rvasoo for this be
ta me apparent when at last it was
cnorked 1ovb i a peutlercuo in a
very excited rendition, who directly
a ft. m--m tiim4wa? t him ffllllK l .1 UAH tlO
ground and trampled it to atoms, at
the same time shunting out in a loud
voice that now that oov was destroyed
be possessed the only specimen in the
This mas hutz upon tbe wail in
prominent position, but did not appar
ently Cud faror ia the eyes f any of
the dealers who were present. No re
serve price was placed upon this pic
ture, which had been put into the sale j v,irUl
by a local pawnbroker to whom it had
beta pledged and not redeemed. They're All a Bluff.
-in spite f every effort on ta- part ! s-ene - P.allrued car on the New
f the auctioneer. It was eventually v.irk Central aolna ur the Dudsoo
knocked dotm to a younx man who ,rfr . 1UJB,tng Tonkers.
had looked .nto t&e sale quite casually j nrst TrateJer-Say. have you heard
In order to wane nair an nour curing about the Palisades?
hk-b be bad to wait for a train. Tak
ing a treat fancy to the frame, which
was f xsk. blackened with age. be
hazarded a bid of Jo. at which price
it van knocked down to him without
any competition.
As be did not want the picture, he
asked the auctioneer whether he would
mind trying to get a bid for it if he
cut It out of the frame, and. being an
swered in the affirmative, be took out
his knife and neatly cut through the
canvas all round the edge.
"Imagine the astonishment of him
self snd all present when, bidden be
hind the canvas, be discovered five
bills for $100 each. Evidently the pic
ture had been used to conceal the sav
ings of some previous Turner, who had
died without clifckissiiig the secret and
whose bard won fortune thus came
into the bands of a total stranger.
"1 should quote as very interesting
sale at Rutland Gate, where there
were only the remains of the furni
ture, a find having been allowed to
take what they chose to their rooms.
It was accordingly after the nature of
Sroud Traveler Xo. What about
them?
First Traveler - why. they say
t Le j "re all a bluff.-' New York Herald
The man-who ha nw attained to
self itvernmnt ran tint safely live un
der the law of liberty. Wagmer.
THE ARCTIC CROP.
Frigid
Yield From Greenland's
Icy Mountains.
THE MAKING OF AN ICEBERG.
If the world looks bine, tut Blue
Mountain remedies. Get them at lis
Red Cross Drug store.
Mitcouea mar-1 which bad been overlooked were what
riage. And a bargain he did get, i the Junior clerk described as three
though not of the kind be originally silver cups. The auctioneer was sit
tbocsht of. . v ting in his office when 'a gentleman
"One of the lota put up for sale was - drove up In hansom cab, anxious to
a basketful of shells, eggs and other j "Pea bont these cups, for which he
ornaments which had attracted the at- j offered no less than f 1,500.
tentionof an old lady who happened to; Th auctioneer was so much sur
be present Just as they were on the Prtaed that he thought his visitor must
polnt.of being knocked down to bereave some reason for this high bid,
the young man was struck by the ap-1 D he wisely determined not to take
pearance of two large eggs in the baa-! the first offer he received. Oh. 1 don't
Iket, and. thinking he might as wei ; uunis iney wui iae inai. ue ku. uu
have them as curiosities, he started to . n in, answer me euueu.u uau
bid. with the result that the lot was , cnt- An expert was called on
Anrn him fnr tft to examine the so called cups, and he
"Upon examining the eggs It oc-: discovered them to be In reality slx-
w. .t.. .. v.- .k.J teentb century chalices, for which he
cuireu iw unit ur ujiut. vc bum ,
to make a profit on their sale. He ac I "lf ao of $J100.!
JT. a .k . h.n,! three cups were subsequently sold for
vfct!. .Vk. ,k-JT - ' -750. but It was only by the slightest
"A. soon rm they had washed off the;chaDte that they hsd not gone for a
i wik i a mere song. ; ,
fT.; . .:.:;r,r. m; "I hall never forget an' incident
r , , " V which occurred in connection with the
Hugo 8hets of lee a Mils Thick In
Places Slide Down to the 8a. and
ss the Ends Bocomo Too Heavy
Thay Broak Off and Form Borgs. '
At any time of the year Ice may be lL"ta"ac" "uulu" " ISZl.
...... h r From their. verv name. wtT :
sexxa-sjaaaaaca szu su tuc avsuw mw m
rummage sale, but In ilt rtietn parallel of latitude, ap-
iz. uutU ty Dually dwapj"ar iwuj
j.!ete!y. The prixess soineuoies take.
severn I years. ,
Onre set adrift Icebergs cna ine.r
way into the Labrador current aad be
gin their Journey. But of a!I bergs so
et sdrift only a very small proportion
ever nud their way Into the pab tDe
transatlantic steamships.
Nor do all bergs take the same
course, some aro souiu; "
sgaiust the shore or against islands.
Two years may separate the time that
two bergs reach a low lautuae. mougu
they were "calved" at the same mo
ment Field Ice also offers sn obstruction to
the icebergs, though by their great
size and bulk they often act as plowi
and aid materially in breaking up the
Ice fields which obstruct the arctic ba
sin. Ice fields are more affected by the
wind than are icebergs. Bergs gener
ally drift with the current, so that one
sometimes Is seen moving into the
wind.
Advantage is taken of this by the
sealing and fishing boats when caught
in an Ice field. They often moor to an
iceberg and are towed miles through
the Ice. through which otherwise tbey
could make no headway. This is ac
complished by sinking an anchor into
the berg and using a strong towline.
As the berg advances open water, with
small floating iw. is left astern.
But this is Indeed a dangerous thing
to do. All ice Is brittle, but especially
icebergs. A blow of an ax has been
known to split one. while the report
of a gun at times will accomplish the
same end. In July and August when
the bergs are breaking up along the
coast of Labrador, the noise at times
f Is deafening, and the noise of one of-
spur. Toe forerumen re;Mn says;
'It is generally best for ships to go
to windward or teem, because oisin
te;: rated fragments bare a tendency tJ
drift to leeward, while open water will
be found to wlbdward."
80 nicely are kebergs balanced In
the wafer' that the slightest melting
sometimes wui cause tne center of
gravity to shift, and the entire bergl
will capsize or rounder, mas many
ships have been wrecked.
Field ice is formed throughout the
waters within the arctic circle south
as far as Newfoundland, and elch
year vast floes leave the shores and
drift south Into the patns 01 com
merce. The arctic Ice often has lived
throuzh several seasons In the fan
ortb and occasionally Is ten to fifteen!
and sometimes twenty feet thick. Be-
cause of its continual motion, due toj
currents, wind. etc.. gradually It be
comes broken up. Swells from storms
in the open seas cause It to raft or!
pile one pan on another In the arctic
every piece of field ke Is a pan-untlB
It is covered with hummocks.
Ice also becomes rafted hy the grind
Inz of a free field against another
frozen t the bore or by the grlndlna
of two fields against each other when
one Ik given a turning motion by con
trary wind and tide. This rotary mo
tion. It I saw. I" particularly aanger
ous to ships that get caught between
flelds.-Cbicro Inter Ocean.
proximately that of New York, and
between 42 and 55 degrees west longi
tude, but It Is in spriug. when the' In
creasing warmth of the sun loosens
the arcjic floes and causes the bergs to
melt and float from the places where
they have been stranded, that there Is
the greatest danger to the mariner.
The berys have their origin almost
exclusively in western Greenland, al
though a few may come around Cape
Farewell from the Spltzbergen sea and
some from Hudson bay.
A huge sheet of Ice a mile thick in
places covers the whole of Greenland.
This gradually slides down the valley
toward the sea. Into which it Is thrust
in great sheets fifty miles wide. As
these ends become too heavy they
break off and become bergs. The proc
ess is known as "calving." The pieces
set adrift thus may be a thousand feet
out of the water and a mile square.
but as tbey drift about tbey become
broken and continue to diminish In
same an endless variety or sua pes.
Some resemble geometrical figures.
while others carry fantastic domes,
spires and minarets.( Sometimes tbey
appear to be veritable Ice bridges.
with two separate supports. In many
there are great caves and indenta
tions. As they drift south and begin
melting cascades of water pour down
their sides or run from the tips of the
hundreds of Icicles whfeb depend from j
every ledge. , .
Frequently there are outlying spurs r
in the water, as dangerous to ships as ;
submerged reefs. For this reason ves- ,
sels should always give them a wide ;
berth, half a mile being considered the !
nearest that one may be approached '. ,&
with safety. ; &
Several years ago the British steam-1
ship Nessmore ran into an Iceberg and
stove In her bows. When she was
docked a scratch was found next the
keel the full leheth cf the ship." the'
plates being almost cut through. The
ship evjdentlj struck a submerged 1
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Walermellons &
Canfeloups
The finest on the
market
Royal Grocery
AND
Bakery.
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V Ladd Park, which Is located in th center of Laurelhurst, Ii to be 1m.
proved at once, and when the proposed improvement! have let- made it
will be the most magnificent p.nic park In Portland. These Improve
ments Include the creation of extensive botanical gardens, an enlarge.
meat of the present natural lake now there, and ecenlc driveways and
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waias. . .in. .. j.,
Residence property fronting on or convenient to a public park is al
ways in demand and brings high values. The boulevards of Laurelhurst
hate been made to conform ta the proposed driveways of the park. As soon
as the improvements in Ladd Park are completed, then prices ;n Laurel
hurst lots will advance another notch or two.
k The Md
ition Willi Character
BECAUSE
BECArSE
BECAUSE
Laorelhnrst Is a good place to invest money in. -The
titles are perfect A warranty deed with full covenants and a certified abstract of title will be gWen to each purchaser.
The prices we low. This Is nearly always the vase in placing a new addition on the market The prices are made very low to get
people interested. The value of all the property increases as new names are built, nd those who buy early share ia the Increased
value, because they help to make It
The population of Portland Is growing at the rata of 30,000 a year, and all of these people must have homes. The building Statistics
for the past 21 months show that 51 per cent or the permits granted ror resiuences nave Deen issuea ror nome on tne twist siue. ro
day 73 per cent of the people In Portland live on the East side, and 27 per cent on the West side,
i Dees this mean anything?
It means wonderful advances in east side prices in general, and Laurelhurst In particular, because Laurelhurst prices are now Just
about one-half of the real values. ,
BECAUSE It surrounds the new city park that Is to be Improved at once, and made one of the great scenic attractions of Portland, adding value
to all adjacent property. .
BECAUSE The lots now selling at an average srlce of $1150 each win be worth double that amount In one year.
BECAUSE We are offering Special laasefwests to those who commence building this year. "Jt- f - " - -
' CFFlCfiftS XS'D DIRECTORS
Chas. fc. Henry, president Chas. K. Henry Co. Portland ; ower Henry BIu.
yrank F. Mead, president Seaboard Bee Co.. Saattle, '
PaS C Hurpiy. director Bankers Trust Co.. Tacoma: V. P. Unrelhnrst
Co Sftftttlfc ".-.
B. Unthlcum. secreUry wnilams, 7ood ft Linthlcnm. Portland.
James B. Meikle, former secreUry Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
Edw Cooklnxham. vlce-presldeat and .manager Ladd ft TUton Bank.
L. A. Uls. manager Allen ft Lewis, wholesale grocers, Portland.
Ft. R. Burke, of the Royl Risnrancj Co.
Chas. K. vTHHams, manager Morris Bros bonds.
Henry Fries, of Wakefield, Fries ft Ca. real estate. i
Robert H. Strong, manager of Corbett Estate, .
George J. t)ekum, of Chat. K. Henry Co.. real estate.
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