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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1910)
LA GRACTE EVESIXG OBSERVER. TVEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1910. PAGE It)CB 1 ' " " "" - -1 THE OBSERVER rationed Ia!lj ExTt Caaflay. Bruce Dennis, Efilur and Owner. Enters at tie jostoffice at La Grande . as secern d-cltai matter. suBScnipnoN eates. Dally, single copy - Dally. pr Daily, per month - U 15c This paper w21 not publish at ar ticle ap'earing over a bobj d pi ime. Signed artlclw will be revised ob ject to the discretion of tbe edatr. Please aim your article and avre tlsappointinejLl. THE EXPOSITION 0FE5S. This morning tie Union coucry ex position threw open tie gates to the public, and in doing o exhibited one erf tie greatest displays of products that any country can boast ot Tbe long lines of buildings and sheds make a handsome appearance for con siderable effort has been made to float . proper decoration and on every band is the Grande Ronde enthusiasm and home pride. Entering the exposition grounds one is reminded forcefully of the larger mivm whth have claimed attention c late yearn There axe tie J tbe exhibit from uiuivkjuiuo uu poratlon. There are tbe demonstra tor telling of their wares, and the not tamale and hamburger man. Is on Up to fill the stomach and ouench tie thirst But tbe attention 1 bound to be di rected to the fruK. grain and otier exhibit from tbe farm and from that one turns to the live slock. Bewild ered at the remarkable product of tia county the question at once arise, "Is there any place is all the world lialf 90 good at thisr And the anwer i simple Stand for a moment at tie gate and ee the Grande Ronde farmer bring hi fam ily to tie fair la an automobile. No tice the well dressed, well fed. nappy people. Listen to the conversation on every band and. .you will bear wheat mentioned In the hundred of thous ands of bushel, yon will hear the apple crop talked of in hundred of carloads, and other thing la propor " Hon. It 1 good to attend the fair, for It open the eye of borne folk and and . mhim then to realize in what a grand and glorious country they are permitted to dwell. A sight-seeing car might be provid ed while the fair 1 ia progress for there are many thing to witness around La Grande beside that which i enclosed. And that car might tart at the top of the hllL First, It passe the high eciool building and the new structure by It side now Hearing completion. Next we see the court bouse which i gradually "being out grown by a prospepou county. In front is tie bird's eye Tlew of a valley especially blessed by kind providence. To the right as we descend the bill" will be noticed the magnificent homes none better la a city of twenty thousand people. Now we pass tiat splendid structure, the L. D. S. tab ernacle where hundreds of people of tbat faith worship every Sunday. From there we go to Adams avenue andf en Joy tie new pavement and going north we pass the business section complete dCECE FiXKEB, Pres. r. J. HOIJreS, TIee-rm. F. L. KETERS, Cashier. LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK) OF LA GRANDE, OREGON United States Depository Capitol, Surplus and Undiridtd Profits $200,000.00 DIRECTORS GEOXSB PALEXa r. J. noutzs W. L. BZXXBOLTS F. L. XZTZ&S W. K. FIEECE Wltk ear aapte reeemrcei sal fafllitJe we cai reader ji effVieit service a bulle year Wslaess to year entire tatisfacUea. with eery anmercial industry knows to tie retail trade. A black U j the left are lit warehouse and Ira 1 1 patting establishments- TTe are now j passing tie Inderal building s:te and . propriaticm has been made fcr tie building wbifh probably seme ay irffl be erected.' Turing ra Adams avenue yon w2J notire tie large brkk bufiding on tie hillside. Thai is tie ' Grande Ronde hospital enmpWt In ev ery detail. And now we travel through tie residence section. A little to tie left yon will notice tie smote stack -.f n Palmer mills, tie railroad leading. theret.a See tie Jog trains just j arriving from Wallows county carry- Ing some of tie choicest timber known : to tie woodman's aie. Yon will no- tic tie large excavation. That is lie j new log pond for tie mill and if the car stops all will see one of the most modern lumber manufacturing estab lishments in the northwest, cr any place else for that matter. Tie pay roll of this institution is around 1-5.-00 each month. From here we to eastward and pass ; the sugar refinery an institution that also brings in the outside money j to La Grande and scatters thousands j of dollars each year among tne peo ple who labor. To the north is the Dew city par. which is a beauty spot of Oregon and is to be made more beautiful. Returning to the city let us take a took at lie O. It A N. shops and yards the most extensive1 rail- roadvWon to Oregon. Here im- buildings which, mean larger pay roll, and the pay r31lf the company already reaches ever $40,000 a month. Then there are many smaller Indus trie which we iass hurriedly. Back to the top of the hill. And be fore alighting look to the southeast Notice tiat rolnt where the mountain seem to project. Well, that Is Hot Lake Sanatorium, The House of Ef ficiency," where each year hundreds of afficted people are made to feel the benefit of nature's great gift cician. This institution is also among tie class that brings in money from the outside world to the Grande Ronde ralley. Tes, the sight-seeing car should be put on and every stranger who -visits tie fair should hare a ride on that car. TVe call attention to tbe article in tie People's Forum written by J, B. Stoddard in which he puts forth some very sound argument Mr. Stoddard, like we believe the majority of Un ion people, takes a stand that tie sa loon Is with us. very similar to Mark Twain's poor relation, and what are we going to do. Whether it is best to continue a law that seems Impos sible to enforce, or Is it best to con trol and regulate tie liquor traflk! This is a question of importanct to everyone and we are glad to see Mr. Stoddard express bis view, as well as others. Origin of Spoon, Two natural objects aeera to have fsralabed tie model for tie spoon to jTimitive man tie river or sea shell and tie leaf of j.lanta la southern China shell sjHxms are still used tiat are closely reproduced in the familiar porcelain spoon of that country, while metal spoons are found la India an which are reproduced even the veins of the leaves from which they were copied. TT. L. BEEXEOLTS, last Cask, EABX ZTCDEL, ti ltst Cat. i c. c. nmGTOx CL L. CXIATEB F. K. BIRS1T P sMirmmm " 'Jim xkrW&i I l ee Fari!icraar. M their shape much The Price is Rich So fifes $20 to $35.00 The Quality Store A F.1ISMATED POET The Tardy Marriage of Fitz gerald and Lucy Barton. A UNION PITIFUL, YET COMIC The Couple Wee Utterly Untuitod to One Another, and Ha Fled From Her During the Hon.ymoon A Reunion That Failed to Reunite. The Incidents leading up to and those following the marriage of Edward FitxgeraH, translator cf the -Omar Khayyam," were of a ludicrous and at the same time somewhat serious char acter. Mr. Francis Gribble gar the facts la the FortnlghUy Eevlew: "Tbe Lucy Barton storr is verr nitl. ful, but It is also rather comic She was a Quaker's danchter. who had Joined the Church f England as a means, one 1 marines, of dimblnir th social ladder, and she was Just the sort of person whom Fltirerald woni. steem, but detest prim, pious, tne moaicai. russy. not quite a lady and yet la a weird provincial way world ly, the eon cf person to whom It seem equally Important to teach ia the Sun day school and to be a leader of s clety. "Fitzgerald and she had known each other for the greater part of their Uvea and were both neatly fifty years penjamln Clothes BSOjiffllnGfiJhy.' . . CarnW ' CmC i 1 1 n Desires BENJAMIN CLOTHES They're New York Styles. They give you that smart yet refined appearance that you find only in BEN JAMIN'S. They will HOLD THEIR SHAPE. . - - Not always the Clothes that look the best in the Store or cost the most, look the best after a few days wear. Benjamin Clothes are so constructed that they hold longer than the ordinary suit. M0 Clo 01 tt Lien uutrriace orertuoiT tbein Be did not even know that be was -n- g&ged to her. Cut she told elm that he was. and be was too polite to contra diet her. "Politeness only broke down when, after the ceremony, she assumed pro prietorial airs and Insisted that ber husband should pay afternoon calls with ber and dress for dinner. That was the last straw, though very likely n was also the first "Tlttcerald supposed apparently that la marrying Lucy Barton be had mere ly acquired a housekeeper who would anow ner place, who would confine ber new dignity to ber housekeeper's room, leaving him a tree as ot old to slop about la slippered ease, unkempt, unshaven, enveloped la a dressing Sown ontil the evening, with books aa orer the floor, pipe an over the mantelpiece and tobacco ash aa over bis clothes. "It would not hare mattered, of course. If he bad married for tore and It hi bride bad been a woman of trace and charm. Soch a one would hare changed all that like a fairy war in a magic wand. But FlttgeraVl bad only married to oblige, and Urs. Flta lrald was not la tbe least like a fairy. She was more Cke a female crd ser feast, conventional, stiff and starched, yet with pretension. "Ber flow of foary small talk was a nuisance, and her tsterruptSon of Flts fferald' meditations with tbe demand thatbe should share and wear clean Baen assumed tbe proportion of a tragedy In ti eyes. "3I stood It for a fortnight and then You pay no more for Benjamin Clothes than for many imerior makes of Clothing. WCSTo fled, leaving the honeymoon uiSnlsbed, going off to stay with friends, bolting like a rabbit for Its burrow. "There were a reunloa and an at tempt at reconcdatloa, but la Tain. Fitzgerald's letters to bis friends at this period are like tbe letters borne ot a boy who Is being bullied at scbooL "1 believe," be write to Professor CoweU. there are new channel fretted In my cheeks with many unmanly tears, and there really Is no evidence that be had anything to cry about be yond the tact tbat be was being hus tled out ot a comfortable dressing gown Into a starched shirt with high collars. That tart was symbolical of the general discrepancy ot tastes and points ot riew. So we find him writ ing again. Till 1 see better bow we get on I Care fix on no place to Ere or die la. and then before long cam definite separarJoa and the drafting ot a deed of settlement "Fitzgerald, it Is said, used long aft erward to walk up and down a certain garden path for hour together ''rr, bimselt a tool, and when hi later years be met bis wife again be first put out tie band and then changed his mind and turned bis back." Not Maying Fal -What's the matter with that chad now?" They're playing bouse and George wont let ber go through hi pockets. Chicago Record-Herald. The Quality Store Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablet invariably bring relief to women suffering from chronic constipation, headache, bilious neaa, dicaineea, saUowneas of the akin aaa dyspepsia. IllllllllHllllllllttiitH- You Doubtless J Appreciate Prompt, Painstaking Men tion to tbe details of yor&r Banking Business. Ibis is wbere tve can be of real t Service to You, The United Stetesi: National Bank, LA GRMDE, OREGON iMHiimiiimiiiHiHii i if r