THURSDAY DECEMBER 8, 1910.
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
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The berry Bet that the Observer Is
Siring free Is a alee piece of ware,
pame can be seen by calling at the
cSlce and taking the paper on terms
offered. Too can save big Interest
and get the et free. "
1 Drankenncss Curable. ' '
.Drunkenness is no longer consider
ed a crime: eminent scientists and
physlclons have agreed that It Is ' a
disease and must be treated as such.
" The home .treatment that has been
used for a. number of years, and is
highly successful, is Orrlne. It Is sold
under a positive guarantee that if it
does not effect! a- cure .your money
will be refunded. When desiring, to
glye secretly purchase Orrlne No 1
ind if ipatlent will take treatment. Or
rlne No. 2, should be given. Orrlne
$aata but $1 per box. Mailed on receipt
ci price, Wrte. for- free , booklet- on
TDrunkenneeaJ. ,Th,e Orrlne .Co., 74
Orrlne building, Washington, D. C,
Cold In this city by Sllverthorne's
uiii- mug owns, twc. !-'-., '
T Lad Ixen troubled with constipation
for two ears and tried all of the best physl
dans id Bristol.' Telin.; and they could do
Bothtorf for me,' writes Thos, E. Williams,
lliddleboro, Ky. Two packages of Cham
hrtAn'$ Stomach and Liver Tablets cured
joe. for aale by all dealers. 1 ".
Sop -Spokane Route
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TO '";.
Llinnsapolis, St.Paul
: ' AND ALL POINTS EAST
EQUIPMENT i i Electrlc-Ughted
Observation Cars and Standard
1 Sleepers, the most up-to-date
Tourist Cars and through din
ers. -.. ;- '; 'V'"V V "-'"
' Through tickets to all ponta
; east are on tals by tout locals
gent t lowest cirrent fares,
' EeUlI titttis ' Uteratar
t O. IS. Jackson, Qeo,tA. Walton
i TTiT. faes. lit ; ;aeo Aft
v 14 Wan St, Spokane,
0 S. Royal f immediately T r if
,,7 Cook Book 1 CI,'' on receipt of - X ' ' J '
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hlfiTek How to M&ke;178 Kind of Cake 11
If Calces of all kinds for all people
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FJIK LIST OF MIRCHAJiDISE
PRIZES FOB POULTRY, SHOW.
List of Those Who Date Contributed
to the Coming Project 1
Merchandise specials offered by the
merchants of La Grande for exhibits
in the' Poultry show which opens
December 13 In this city, follows:
1. O. R. Coolidge Paint and Wall
Paper store offers $5.00 in merchan
dise for the highest scoring bird in
the show. ;
2. Fred Gelbel . of the Fair, Store
offers one pair of $5.00 Diamond Shoes
to the beet pair of Barred Rocks.!; , 1
3. Bock & Rohr of the La Grande
CaBh Meat Co., 10-pound pall of best
Lard on Silver Wyandottea.
4. C. Clements offers $2.50 cash on
the , highest , scoring., slngle-omb
Whits Leghorn. : ; , ', ,'''.'' ,'''
6. A. S. Geddes of Geddes Bros.
Grocery givee $3.00 worth of Peerless
Rocka.
6. The Art Store ArtlBtlc Picture
frames a specialty, ,Frankn Harris,
prpprletor, will give to the best pen
of light Bramahs a beautiful picture.
7. 11 Harris Market will give 100
pounds Blue Stem Patent Flour to
the highest scoring S. C. B, !. Red
male.. ; . '.
. W. C. Hansen offers one pair of
Haiaburgs for the best pen of S. C.
Brown Leghorns.
8. The Toggery, Al Andrews, pro
prietor, offers a $5.00 Stetson hat on
the best pen of Butt Rocks. ' .
10. Evening Observer ' offers 1
year subscription (The Dally) to the
best display of Black Orphlngtons
11. The Morning Star offers 1 year
subscription (the Dally) to the beat
display of Buff Leghorns. .
12. People's Store offers a fine In
dian Robe on the best display of Sin
gle Comb R. I. Reds. "
13. Grande Ronde Cash Company,
Press Lewis, proprietor, offers 100
pounds of granite grit on the best pen
of R. C. Brown Leghorns.
14. Robert Masterton offers a set
ting of Black Orphlngton eggs to
heaviest male chicken In show.
.15. Star Quick, Print, Jack Nice,
offers $5.00 of Job Printing on best
pen of White Rocks.
16. Waters Stanchfleld Co! offers
100 lbs. of Snow Drift Flour on the
best pen of Buff Orphlngtons. ' '
.17,. F. D. Halsten offers o fine $3.00
rug to, the best trio of ducks,
18. The Great Bargain i Store, (S.
II. Dalton, proprietor) , offers a fine
$4.50 picture la oak frame to the best
pen of White Wyandottea. -
19. G. J. Wagner gives a setting of
his, R. I. Reds', eggs to the best trio,
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of Reds hatched from his own eggs
but sold to others, (himself no com
peting.) 20. The M. ft M. Co. offers a $1.00
package 'of International Poultry
Fcod to the best pen of Anaconas.
21. F. L. Lilly, the hardware man,
offers a bronze, bust to the best pen
of P. Wyandotte.
22. Pattlson Bros. Grocery, offers
5 (pounds gunpowder tea to the best
pen of White Cochans.
23. La Grande Flouring Mill Com
pany offers one sack of their 'best
flour to the best pen of R. Comb Leg
horns. . 1 -. ' .' '
DebaUnj Phampkt Out
University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.,
Dec. 8 -(Special) The Oregon High
School Debating League Bulletin is
Just off the, University Press, and Is
ready for distribution to those de
siring copies. The Bulletin gives full
and concise : information concerning
the work of the league. Forty-one
high schools of a single district fight
ing, for supremacy of their district,
the winners, of the separate districts
appearing In the semi-finals and fin
als. The Bulletin gives the questions
for debate for the five districts, with
full bibliographies of the question.
and in addition a short review of the
work of the League, and the League
Constitution.' It contains also a val
uable list of affirmative and negative
brtefs on public questions, including
Naturalization, ' Income"! Tax, j Ship
Subsidies, ' Increased NavyJ Popular
Election of Senators, Protective Tar
iff. They are intended for aid to all
persons interested in debate, and sug
gest the essential points at IsBue. The
hardest task of the debater is to deter
mine these points, and the most com
mon fault of the average debate Is
the failure of the two Bides to clash
on the real points at issue. The re
sult Is that too often the two sides
fall to lock borne, bo to speak, and
the debate fails of Its purpose. , '
Hermlston Rotalns Mayor Newport,
The city election passed off sery
quietly, yesterday, says a Hermlston
dispatch. The polls, were opened at
9 o'clock In the morning and closed at
7:30 in the evening. The only contest
was for the mayorship. The socialists
had Dr. Ml V. Turley as their candi
date and the citizens ticket has Ross
Newport for another term. The count
was as follows: Turley, 65; Newport
89. Three councllmen were elected
a6 follows: Robert C. . Todd, IL A.
Waterman and Russell Brownell will
be new members.
,.The regular meeting of the board of
directors of the .Waterusers' assocla
tlon was held at the office of the asso
elation last evening. This was ' the
first meeting of the new board and the
regular election of officers, was held.
Those betas: elected were as follows:.
President, Howard -t, .Irvln;. , vice
president. C. 8. McNaught; treasurer,
Frank. B. : Swayze,. William .Leathers,
C. S. McNaught, M. Dishon. This com
ing term of the board will be more
work for the board than heretofore on
account of the canal divisions, etc. It
is expected that meetings will be held
twice a month during the year.
, v . liens .Profitable. ; ;
' Spokane, Wash., Dec 8. (Special)
J. G. Cotton, of Okanogan, ' Wash.;
north of Spokane, who started in the
poultry ; business on a small - 'scale
about a year ago with nine hens, has
compiled some interesting statistics.
The hens began laying in December
and he has kept a close record of the
eggs obtained from February 1, 1910,
until November 1, 1910, as . follows:
T7l 1 AT, Hr.,V 1ST. . Anvil
203; May, 166; June, 114; July, 135;
August. 161; V September, 146, Octo
ber, 108. This Is an average of about
192 eggs per hen a ' year. Another
record which promises to be as re
markable as that of the hens, Is for
pullets. , Eight pullets that . were
hatched April 11, 1910, began laying
August 15, and during that month laid
29 eggs.' In September they laid 196
eggs and in October 178 eggs.
Clea&lBff and Pressing.
Ladles and Gen's Clothing cleaned.
pressed and repaired with satis fac
tlon. Ladles' work a specialty. 1704
East Adams avenue, W. R. Baxter,
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. .C M. UUMPIIUETS
Candidate for City Recorder
Respectfully solicits your
support .
Deserted House
Br EDITH V.ROSS
Copyright, 1910. by American Pros
Association. .
Tbere was smuggling on the coast.
but we revenue officers were not able
to locate the point where the goods
were being run is. We were told that
It was a beacb midway between the
two principal ports of the region." We
watched the coast nlgbt and day for
weeks, but not a sign of Illicit work
did we see. Driving to the city. I reach
ed a point on a rocky coast Nlgbt was
coming on. and no botel or other shel
ter was at band. 1 espied a house a
short distance ahead ' of me. set on
rocks against which the waves were
beating, it was of brick and colonial
In" style, with long, pillars extending
from the porch to the roof, which was
built out to cover it ' The place had a
forlorn look, and on coming up to It I
found It unoccupied. '
I went around it thinking that If X
could effect' an- entrance I would at
least find shelter there for the night,
but there was not a window or a door
that was not perfectly secured. I was
about to drive on. when I espied a
upper window, one, shutter of which
bad roded away- I climbed the tree,
vrent out on the limb, broke the glass
and entered the house. . ,
1 Had it pot been for curiosity I would
have gone out as quick as I came in.
While It : was ' furnished ' throughout,
there was not an article in It that was
not rotting away. . There was bed
clothing, but it was moth eaten; there
were curtains, but they were dropping
from their supports; there were car
pets, but they came apart as I walked
over them. The only live things in the
house were millions of bugs.
I would have retired from this dis
mal abode and slept In the open air.
but the night was cool and 1, espied
a fireplace in one of the. rooms. So
with the fragments of once handsome
chairs and other articles I built a fire.
Then, having gone out for my blan
kets and stabled my horse, I rolled my
self in the former, lay down before
the fire and slept 1 -
Something awakened me, I knew not
wnat.
The fire was out but there was
a strip of light on the ceiling above my
head. While I was viewing It with
perplexity It moved. In a moment re
membering that , I was on the ground
floor and the flooring had shrunken so
as to leave cracks, It occurred to me
that there was some one In the cellar.
Noticing a round spot of light on the
ceiling, I knew It came through a knot
hole, and, crawling to the hole. I could
look Into the cellar. " " '
Several men were storing , bales and
boxes. ; ,, 1
"Obor 1 exclaimed to myself. ."Here
la the leak? . .While we .have .been
watching the smugglers above they'
have been running goods in down here.
Z warrant the man who pur ua oa to
the false, location was one of them." a
I made op my mind very quickly a
to my course of aetton that Is, in case
iney awm go to we sxame. ana una
my bone, which 'Would betray me ' I
wouia remain wnere i was nil morn
ing, then "pursue my Joorney, return
with others, Be In wait for the smug
glers, and capture the .. gang.; ,iThj i
were not tn the cellar, ten minutes aft
er I awakened. .Then the light ceased, W
shine,' and there was no further evi
dence of their' presence,1 I listened to '
Leaf them go Out to mike sound of
locking a door or give other ' evidence
of their departure, but not a . whisper
did I bear, They seemed to have gone
Into the ground or flown up a chimney..
in the mornlns I went into the eel
lar, examined f be' goods, consisting of
silks, laces and other articles tor which
a high duty la attached. I then went
above and looked carefully to " the
openings. They; were all barred and
bolted on the inside. Returning to the
cellar, I looked about for some means
of egress there. I found none. There
seemed to be no way the men could
get out except as I had come In.
through a window.' !
But how did they bring In the case
of goods? ;' I- ' v. . '
Not willing to leave the place with
out further investigation. I walked all
over the premises and down to the
rocks on which the waves were break
ing. Unfortunately the tide was high.
It was unfortunate because I could
baf e made a more satisfactory exami
nation of the rocks If it had been at
the ebb. 1 resolved to drive to the
nearest farmhouse, get a breakfast
and return tu six hours when the tide
would be at the lowest point. When
I went back 1 found tbat a rock hald
been left exposed, which I couldn't see
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from the shore. There was no boat at
hand, but the water was sufficiently
shallow for me to get on to a small
rock farther out Alter reaching 'It
I turned and saw an opening in the
rock Into which a boat could be pulled
at half tide. 1 was bound not to go
away, without , knowing all about It
so I made a raft, pulled myself to the
opening and walked through a pas
sage leading In the direction of the
home, till I was barred by an Iron
door. . " - ' ' , "
That . atlsfled me for the time. I
went home, brought assistance, enter
ed the house when no one else was
about, waited for the next appearance
of the smugglers and took them all in.
Subsequent investigation showed
that they bad concealed a trapdoor la
a subcellar with earth, the trap open
ing Into the passage leading to the
water. At hlgb tide the mouth or tue
passage was concealed and at low tide
resembled a mere cleft in the rocks.
Appearances Against Him,
"Is he a square manr '
"I doubt It," ,
"Whyr :
"He hangs round an awful lot."
... . Not Neoesaary. . u
" Tapar .'
"Tea. daughter."
"Would I have to be an heiress to
put on alrsT" ' " '
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TnoucH drawbacks are around It
One ead't have everythtas his war
, At least so I hava found St .
Tbera's dally trouble. I'm aware,
; Sometime continued nightly.
But still the place as president
Mar net t passed np lightly.
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I am not tooklnc for the Job, . ;
No ret do I pursue It
But offer It to me lust once
And see If rd so to tt.
Let others bait and hesitate .
And deprecate the rushing.
But when the mob insists on me
No one will see me blushing.
Some folks there arc who might prefer
The Joy of running tosses
Or sitting In the Judge's chair
And smoothing out the cases
Or being harnessed to a trust
As managing director, . '
But If they make me follow Taft !
I'll not be an objector.
Some one must alt tn Washington '
And ran this growing nation.
' Borne one must All the place at least
That's been my observation. -'
My hands are tied In other Unoa,
But If there la po starter
When U la time to make the race
Well, i will be the martyr.
Want ads pay. one cent a word'
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Dtsd&tiap tefgmldlpg Paper. f
. .; iWp' are prepared .to furriUh jmkJ deliver material,
promptly. Phone Main 8.
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Look After That Eve Trough
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have plumbing fixtures of all kinds.
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HORSE BLANKET. Work
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PHONE
Orders. Fancy and
Freeh California
White
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pyhy pay Rtr.t?lVJe lozri ysu
;montji9tMM, ai you
pay os asj you tjguU ml
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO
CALL AND SEE IN OPERA
TION OUR 3 NEW PRESS
MACHINES FOR . LADIES'
SHIRT WAISTS AND GEN
TLEMAN'S SHIRTS. SOME
) THING NEW IN LA GRANDE.
CHERRY'S
NEW LAUNDRY
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Depot street
FROM A NECKTIE TO A
called for and delivered
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