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FOR THE ENTjREjAMlLY
la a 'certainty tbft the total ou'.p;
for the year will be the largest on
record. In such circumstances mere
has been but slight accumulation
of tbe raw material, and. as yet there
are no signs of . the first-class log.
being lacei on the bargain counter.
The days of haphazard logging and
lumbering are about over in the Pa
cific Nortnyest, and is highly im
probable that we will ever again see
the time when it will be necessary
for loggers to make a 25 per cent re
duction In orkes in order to move
ttelr stocks.
WELCOME TEACHERS.
Today La Grande has for her guestB
several hundred Eastern Oregon
-w,i teeters. They have come to
attend their annual meeting and this
city unite In extending those con
nected with the schools the hand
. va roniWfl what a
Oi weicuiuo. , n
T.nt work the men and wo
men w-ho are today our guests are de-
Toting their lives to. We realize that
the true character builders, tne moui
jftra of advanced ideas and the archi
tects of future enlightenment are the
tPAc.hers.
Tn nund that rocks the cradle may
rock the nation's destiny, according to
n old statement, but we would sup
nlement it by adding, provided the
hand that rocks the cradle is aided by
a nomnetent and honorable teacher
Ro today and for three days fol
lowing this city belongs to the visl-
tora. Everything fn the city is theirs.
trnnov an nil doors shall open, and
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a request for anything not In sight
will Immediately bring it If the com
munity possess It. '
Count Tolstoi is dead,' and with his
passing the world loses one of its
most eccentric characters. He chose
the life of an exile prior to death, not
because of poverty but for novelty. He
attracted attention by this act as he
had attracted attention by many oth
er strange acts. As a writer he has
orlelnal. rotated and carried a stern
conviction through all of his works.
No industry in the Grande Ronde
valley, whether large or small, should
be overlooked by those who have the
welfare of this valley at heart. To
achieve the advancement due this
region every inducement should be
given any enterprise that will locate
here, whether It be one of large or
small dimensions.
It really does not make much dif
ference whether Mexico sends a dele
gation across the line into this coun
try or not, for if war is declared there
will be nothing to it but additional
country for the stars and stripes to
wave over.
VUta e Eafl""ifofl so far. no be took
the next train for Pittsburg.
The tenant of the b6use In Pitt
burg proved to be a traveling cult
wbo spent most of his time In the mid
dle west The secret service man bad
the good luck, however, to catch hlin
Just as be had returned from a trip.
and the man at once recognizee: me
bad bill as one that had been given
him bv a catient In Cleveland, tee
very Doint whence the aleutb started.
The carJent was a boss carpenter.
Th secret service man got his addre
from the ocnllat and went right after
the new clew. At this point be bad a
premonition that something was going
to happen, and be wasn't disappointed.
The carpenter, an honest old reiww.
said that be had received the bill from
certain Parker. The said . Parker
was the small grocer In whose bank
deposit the counterfeit had turned up.
Th exDert flew to the grocers as
quickly as a cab could take him an
found it closed. He bad left town.
Afterward it was shown-- beyond
question that the grocer was the agent
of an organized band of counterfeiters.
His shop was a mere blind. That the
bill which he gave the , carpenter
should get back into his own funds
after traveling ajl over the continent
was one of those miracles of chance
for which there Is no explanation.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Uifawear
Our line of warm Woolen and Uon "T
never been o complete before. We can please the
most particular buyer. , ': -
When the mail order houses cut
their melons it must please the local
citizen who has patronized them to
know that he helped swell the enor
mous dividends.
The city, election is not waxing
warm, but there Beems to be a feeling
of safety on erery hand that compe
tent officials will be named.
A Dean Ramsay Story.
Dean Ramsay's memoirs "contain an
anecdote of an old woman! of Startb
apey. Just before her death she sol
emnly Instructed her , grandnephew,
"Willy, I'm deein'. and as yell hae the
charge o' a' 1 have, mind. now. that as
rniiiT i lu um uneu at my in
neral as there was at my baptism."
Willv. ha vine no record of the Quan
tity consumed at the baptism, decided
to give every mourner as much as he
wished, with the result that the fu
neral procession, having to traverse
ten miles to the churchyard on a short
November day. arrived only at nignt
faU. Then It was discovered that, the
mourners, halting at a wayside inn.
had rested the coffin on a dike and
left It there when they resumed their
Journey. The corpse was a day late
In arriving at the grave. .;. .
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THE PRICE OF LOGS.
SawlogB, like practically every oth
er commodity that is bought and sold,
have a value that is affected by both
aualltv and supply and demand, is
the opinion of the Oregbnian. For that
reason it Is not surprising to learn
that two sawlogs reported as Belling
for $7.50 per thousand were $7.50
logs and not the No.'l logs which still
command $10 to $12 per thousand.
With the supply of timber diminish
ing as rapidly as it 1b on the Pacific
coaBt. which is practically the last
etand of the logger and lumberman,
the closing down of a few sawmills
will hardly cause a slump of $2.50
ner thousand feet, as was reported
from ABtorla a few days ago. With
the exception of burned-over land, on
which the damaged timber becomes
wnrthlnRB unless removed within a
reasonable time, ther is not much
dangr of an over-supply of logB being
placed In the water.
. Stumpage values have reached a
point where the amount of money
Involved is sufficiently large to pre
- -vent owners cutting timber until they
have reasonable assurance that there
will be a market for the logs as sat
lsfactory prices. Water shipments, of
lumber from the Columbia river this
year will break all records. While
'', the unsatisfactory freight rates have
had some effect on the rail trade, it
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I Thanksgiving
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TRACING COUNTERFEITS.
Exciting
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Employment For Skilled
erot 8rviee Mon.
The tracing of counterfeit bills back
to the persons responsible for their Is
sue is a curious and exciting employ
ment. The expert assigned by the
government to this work are among"
the most skillful members of tbe se
cret service. The protection of tbe
currency depends In large measure up
on their efficiency, and tbe pains they
take are almost infinite. Tbe follow
ing case is one Illustrating tbe diffi
culties which the secret service people
meet and overcome:
A bank clerk In Cleveland bnd de
tected a counterfeit twenty dollar hill
In tbe deposit f a small retail jrroeer.
An expert was sent for and under
took the case.
He found that the grocer had re
ceived the bill from a shoe dealer, who
had it from a dentist, wbo had It from
somebody else, and so on. until tbe
secret service man finally traced the
bad note to an invalid woman wbo
bad used it to pay her physician.
When questioned this woman said that
the money had been sent her by her
brother, wbo lived In New Orleans.
Tbe sleuth looked up tbe brothers
antecedents and soon became con
vinced that he was the man wanted.
The brother, however, soon proved to
the satisfaction or the secret seme.
man that bis suspicions were unfound
ed. Indeed, it appeared that the mon
ey had been received by tire New Or
leans man In Dart payment for rent
of a house be owned In Pittsburg.
While the sleuth was a bit dlscour
aged, he couldn't give over the case
Interest In Anolent Days.
As a rule, the ancients frowned upon
the idea of interest, they called it
usury, and. except in , the case of
wardships and trusts, when the law
Insisted urjon money beimr usefully In
vested they looked upon, the man who
Hirnri hv Inreutmpnta BR it had char
acter and his trade as a disreputable
one. Even Aristotle, a most aavancea
thinker in many respects, talked most
energetically against money, calling It
a "barren thing, which could produce
nothing without violating nature." It
was not until tbe crusades that tbe
money lender had any standing or re
spectability In Europe. New York
American. , '
8unday Traveling.
Old time acts of oarliament In Great
Britain aimed to stop Sunday travel
ing. In 16C9. tor example, two men
were found guilty of the crime of
walking from Bristol to Bath on a
Sunday and were at once fined 20 shil
lings ($4.80) each. All business was at
a standstill on a Sunday. Nothing
was allowed to be sold except milk.
For all tbe traders of England the
milkman, and the milkman alone, was
allowed to pursue bis calling for the
Whole aeven days of the week.
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Nov'er Sale of Ladies Suits, Coats, Jackets & Misses Coats
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The Perfect Figure.
"John, dear." queried the younc
wife, glancing up from the physical
culture magazine she was perusing,
"what is your Idea of a perfect fijs
urer "Well." replied ber husband. "$100.
000 may not be perfection, but it's
near enough to satisfy a man of my
simple tastes." Chicago News.
Facetious Nomenclature.
"The people of Wales escaped much
when it was decided to call them
Welshmen instead of Whalers."
"Yes. but It would have been still
worse If they had called them Welsh-era."-Baltimore
American.
Headed For the White Hokee.
The small newsboy was leaning up
against the wall, sobbing bitterly.
"Cheer up, my little man," said a
passerby. "What'B the use of worry
ing? You ay be president some day."
"S-s-say," sobbed the little fellow,
"it s-sure do 1-look as If I wuz h-head-ed
dat way; somebody's allers a -roast-In'
met" Chicago News.
He wbo brings ridicule to beat
against truth finds in his bands a blade
without a hilt.-Laudor
There is no beautlfler of complexion
or form or behavior like the wish to
scatter joy and not pain around you
. New York Times.
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I NOW THAT PORTUGAL HAS A POET FOR PRESIDENT.
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Herald. I
Geraldlne You haven't been to sec
me since yon asked my father for my
hand.
Gerald-No. This Is the first time
I've been able to get about Human
Life.
The melodrama, aa of yore.
Resumes tn tall, you know.
And virtue relgna supreme once more
. At ttfty centa a throw.
-Pittsburg Poet.
One of tbe visiting clergymen at the
Methodist ministers' conference the
other day was telling the ministers
of his experience at an old fashioned
camp meeting.
"In one respect it was like para
dise." he said. "There were so tuanv
Demons there I didn't exDect to see.
and so many that I thought would be
there were at some other place.
Philndelplila Times.
If your sorrows you're anxious tn double
And Ktlll Id tlie shadow would ntnv
f you come from the country of trouble.
i oui in pniKiiprny wn .
Atlanta CnnrttniMon
"I had been troubled with constipation
fn tarn vBr nt trim! all nf the best nhvxi-
ctans in Bristol, f enn., and they could do
nnthinsr lor me. ' writes inos. r mumms,
f i.l.llohsiivv Kv "Twn nurliapps of Clin m
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berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cured
me." For sale by all dealers.
ROYAL ACCOUNTS. y
Methods of the King of England In
Transacting Business.
No advertisement is more valuable
to a British tradesman than the royal
warrant, which allows him to place the
royal arms over his place of business
and describe himself ns "purveyor by
appointment to his iniijesty the Uluu'."
Each tradesman who lias the royal
custom must Bend iu his bill ut the end
of the month, it is compared with bis
ledger account kept at Marlborough
House and If correct is paid in tbe
first week of tbe month. No discount
Is asked on any of the royal accounts.
A tradesman who receives the royal
custom is Informed that he must sup
ply goods at tbe lowest reasonable
prices, and there is never any attempt
.at bargaining by tbe official of tbe
royal household. If a tradesman Is
thoocht to be maklne extortionate
charges he simply loses the royal cus
tom.
Coal is 8UDDlled to Mnrlhornnrh
House by contract, tbe contracts be
ing made for three years and the con
tractors paid In equal half yearly pay
ments.' Window cleaning, carpet clean
inz and chlmnev Hweenlnir are nil Anna
by contract, and the glass frames of
large pictures are also kept clean by
contract.
Servants' wares are nnlrt mnnthiv
" s f
the upper servants being paid by check
sent to each from the treasurer's de
partment The king's accounts for
clothes, cigars, theaters, newspapers
dooks ana otner personal artioipn
sent to his secretary, not the treasurer
ana are aiso paia monthly. Toronto
Times.
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FOR SALE Two choice timber
claims In 4 north 41 east Wallowa
county. Price $1500 each. Apply J. ML
Haywood, Woodstock, Ore. Nov 10-15
WANTED Position by a man as
cook and wife as helper. Camp pre
ferred.' Call at Observer office, tt
WANTED Responsible party, to
take the agency of Union and -'.:
counties for the Phelps Carbide Feed
Acetylene Generator for Individual
home lighting.
For further particulars write Ore
gon Acetylene lighting Co., Inc.
230 1-2 Yamhell st Portland, Ore. ,
Oct 20-21.
Utilizina th Wart.
"Why don't yon grow hair on youi
a. .
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"Soil Is too thin. I Ruess."
"Did you ever try beans?"
WANTED Woman to do genertl
houBe work. Call Savoy hotel. Phone
Main 713. L
WANTED Girl for housework. En
quire of Mrs. T. J. Scroggin. Wtf
$5.00 per week.
limited number of room en wi
boarders wanted. Apply corner of
Sixth and O street.
FOR RENT Furnished four-room
house. Apply 1307 O avenue or pho
Red-821.
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Waverly, Va,, savs: I firmly believe I J
ueriain's Uueh Kemedy to oe aueu'"
best preparation on the market for cows, ,
nave recommended it to my u ",n
thev all acrre with me." For W' 1 w
dealers. v
Every family has need of a good, reliable
liniment For sprains, bruises, soreness of
the muscles and rheumatic imins there is
none better tlian Cliamlerliiin's. Sold bv
P I'fl.-.ler.
A special Boap sale 1b now on at tt
Wright Drug store.
Notice to Trespassers.
'.Positively no hunting allowed o
"- 'mlses. Do not ask for permlB'
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