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PAGE 4 liA UKADE EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1910. f 111' lit THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNIS 1 Editor and 1) flair. Entered ct tbe postonire at La Grande hs sceend-class matter. SIBSCRIFTION RATES Dally, single copy ............ 5c Dally, per vtek, lie Dally, per month 65c . This paper will not publish an ar tide appearing over a nom da plume Signed articles will be revised sub ject to the discretion of the editor, fleas sign your articles .and save disappointment . ' HUE FIGIITIXG IIEEOES. , Though Chicago is hundreds of miles away, sympathy for the bereav ed families there has reached even . La, Grande. When scores of families are thus robbed of father and hus band It Is sad indeed. Money cannot appease sorrow but it can lessen the . burdens of life so that the thousands f dollars that will be subscribed by Chicago to care for the families of the dead firemen will not only be welcome to the widows and orphans but brands Chicago as a sympathetic community. The details of the Chicago and Philadelphia fires are heartrendeiing yet there is admiration for the men who gallantly met death while fight ing to save the lives and property of others from the fire demon. In ChJca- r 6" u are cniet and a ' half dozen other commanding officers of the de partment were killed. Directing his men In a desperate effort to check the flames, Chief Horan gave up his own life as a part of the work. The . manner of his death Is to his credit for it shows' that he sent hlo men in to no danger that he would not face ' himself. He showed the same sort of courage as does a captain who refuses to leave his sinking ship until every passenger and member of the crew . has (first been rescued. . : v . ' Whatever he may have been in life Chief Horan ! a hero now. go are 11 the men who met death with Wm ftnd so are fhe Philadelphia firemen who were killed. If that la any consol- atkm. - INDIANS AND CAMP 'MEETING. When Indians make special arrange ments to lay aside other duties ' and v (features to attend a camp meeting, : then there Is conclusive proof that : Oregon's redman Is not a degenerate ', scion of the hardy v race," but ha caught the spirit of the times and Is as a whole, highly civilized. Not only are camp ; meetings In order but Christmas trees are to their liklr g. The following from the Pendleton East Oregonian is of interest in this connection: . . ; ' . - .,. , Umatilla Indians to the number of 100 are now gathered at the Tutullla mission for the annual Chriatims camp meeting. This will be followed next week by the New Tear's camp meeting, which will last over Into the first of the year and which will be attended by fifty or more Indians from other reservations in the northwest The first service of the Christmas meetings was conducted at the mis sion last evening by Rev. James G. - 1 '. . " . j ; ooo. 11 U llla-' ItaA-A 1J lU l&l&UNiooo ii' - - " i"ibssmsmm Our store .s st.Il full of the choicest line of Christmas Goods ever shown in La Grande. . Our prices are very low v and you can find just what you want here. Pickard Hand Painted China,.none quite so good. Our cut glass d.splay.ssbll complete and the prices are very low. You have never seen a nicer display of perfumes.:..and they are always acceptable gifts. o o o You should see our Ladies Hand Bags.. .All kinds, shapes and colors .and Jewel Cases that never Tarnish HEX Dickson, the Indian paster at Tutuil la. Tonight the children of the govern meut'achool at the agency will hav their Christmas tree exercises ap propriate to the Beason. They will then be permitted to go to their homes and join their parents at the camp meeting for the mission Christmas tree on Sunday evening. The services Sunday will close the Christmas meetings. The people will then spend a couple of days at (heir several homes and will return to the mission on Wednesday or the New Year's meetings. These will continue until January 4 or 5. according to Rev. J. M. Oornelison, . the mission ary.: 1 , Grandpa's Money By M. QUAD Copyright, 1910, by American Pres . Arnoclatlqn. Jacob Brown, farmer,' had come to be eixty-flve years old when he got his money. A brother whom be had not seen for years died and left him $30, OOO in cash. For the five years Dreced- ing the old man bad been a widower and lived alone. He bad four children, two sisters and half a dozen more dls tant relatives llvinr nmmui t' no one had offered him a home. It was seldom that any , of thf m came near him.' He was referred to as "the old man," and the few acres of bis stony old farm were nof coveted by any one. When It became known through a lawyer that old Jacob had struck it rich there was hustling. ,. His oldest son, Hpnry, was the first to reach bis house. He brought his wife and three children along, and he galloped his horses for the last mile. It had been two years since they had been in the old man's house. Now they shook hands with him. The son patted him on the lack and called him a glorious old father, ne must give tip his farm and go heme and live , with them.i For the rest at his days he could sit In a rocking chair snd have custard pie three times a day. s On the way to Henry's borne bames and hla family were met as they came driving. Janws was the second son. He had often been beard to wonder why the okl.mao man didn't torn up his toes and get out of the; world, bat " V ' Uf UNIi jo, no JJUU I never thought of killing bis father 1 with a club. Jamas leaped from bis wagon to embrace bis father and offer him a borne for tb next hundred years. He should bar fried chicken and milk toast every day, and the best bed In the bouse sboWd be bis at night No one should rout him out In the morning, and fresh tea should await, him when be deigned to arise, nenry and James . were squabbling when Hannah snd Mars; the two daughters, drove np with their mis bands. They had come for, father. They had board that he was ill and were t going to .take him home and nurse him more tenderly than s baby with measles. ' , These was a row on the highway be tween those devoted children that was beard a mile awny,(but Henry 'gained the victory and bore the father away. That night his house was surrounded by the two sisters and other relatives, and they had to be menaced by a sbotr tfun. : At the beclnniuK of the row thr was only one lawyer In Glendale. the Ivtptirfat village.' Wit&m a vonr thor .. .. .. ; ALL :Tf .uxf. 11 required at liust trec to keep track of the Buits end motions that cnuie up. One stipulation that old Jacob made was that be should be privileged to see his lawyer as often as he wanted to. That was respected by all, but from purely selfish motives It came to be believed that every time he saw his lawyer he changed his will. It turned out that this belief was well founded. When death came at last it was found that he bad made forty-two wills in all. They had bobbed from Henry to James, from James to Betsey and from Betsey to Hannah and back to James. They had taken in the two sisters and cant them out .They bad enriched nephews and nieces and Impoverished them again. Four times in one year the father was kidnaped by relatives. Once be was chloroformed In his bed at midnight and lowered from a win dow. . Ones he was kidnaped and hid den away In an old barn for a week. That neighborhood became the live liest in the state. '- There was a Fourth of July going on all the time, Even a circus could not draw against it No old man ever lived who was coddled and cared for more. A hundred times a day, no matter who he was with, he was asked if anything more could be done for htm. In summer a child was appointed to fan him, and in winter they bought stoves with . looking glasses set into the top that he might see himself as he toasted his toes. The doctor said that he would have lived three years longer if left to eare .for himself on bis farm. Queerly enough, he did not die in the house of a relative, but was stricken in the office of his lawyer just after mak ing his forty-second will. The gang came on the wings of love as soon s as to where the funeral should be held, as to where he should be burled,' no to who should pay for the coffin," as to who should weep ihe most. The will was not read at the. bouse of any relative. They wouldnt have It so. They assembled in the village hall, and there were scores of outsid ers. There ; were quarrels for front feats. At last the reading began,' and it took two constables to protect the lawyer from being massacred on the spot.'-, '. ' ." '". ''A 's V "As all my relatives "from tny oldest son down to my youngest niece have been equally kind to me," . read the paper, "I hereby will and bequeath to each and every one the sum of fir And the balance of that $ 30,000 went to the county of Hope to improve its highways. Thorwere six or seven suits to break the will, but it couldn't be done. Jacob Brown had read hu man nature right and had mads, th? best disposition possible of his for tune. It may be sajd in conclusion that every single relative took bis dol lar. Young Safeblower Killed. Chlco, Calif., Dec. 24 Bert Kelly, aged 28 and a safeblower, was killed last night by Richard Epperson at Durham, a small farming village near this' city; Kelley was breaking a safe and Epperson who lives above his store, killed him4with a shotgun. Notice U SteekhoMers. Notice Is hereby given to the Stock holders of the United States National Banl of La Grands, Oregon, that the annual meeting ot the stockholders of the said bank, will be held at their banking house In La Grande, Oregon, on Tuesday, January 10th, "between the hours of 10 a. m. aad 4 p.m. tor the purpose of transacting any other business that may come before the meeting. ' . v Dated at La Grande, Oregon, thU sixth day of December, .1910. T. J. BCROGGIN, Cashier. AND THE BEST WEEK TO BUY : DQH'T MilFs Brim k ter .. i ti ii in i 1 1 .. i - - and Happy Mew YeaF : '; . ; ' : -:' ".': ; ' ' ,' '. v . - Ve talie this occacion to convey our thanks toi oar thousands of customers for their very lib eral patronage during the year, and ve assure we appreciate your loyalty . to THE QUALITY STORE, and in , tho future our '.aim will be, not only to maintain our High Standard of mer chandising, but to improve it in every possible manner. v-.a;--:;'v-V;'v '' . IV- H . U Jr ......:- V4 . m aracter ? tudi at the Stewart, Mo poxrr roEfiiT gkwuse GaBurrBAxcKorr: at the ? o o o o o o o o Notice of Annual Meeting. Notice IS hereby given that th an nual meeting of the stockholders of the La Grande National Bank" of La Grande, of La Grande, Oregon, will be held at their banking house In La Grande, Oregon on Tuesday, January 10th, 1911 at 2 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of electing a board of direc tors to serve for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may be properly present ed to Bald meeting, . , Dated at La Grande, Oregon, Dec! 10th, 1910. . ' v F. L. MEYERS, Cashier. Ton Mast Real This If yoi Want "-f - Benefit . -i: 3. W. Greer, Greenwood, La., suffer ed with a severe case of lumbago. "At times the pains were so intense, 1 was forced to hypodermic Injections for relief, " he says. "These attacks started with a slight pain in the small of my back which gradually became OVERLOOK' A' -Merry QiEiotociG -i. m - - .. . ,. v,,... W 111- IBeyuahty Store ! WILL APPEAR IN HIS les o o o o ooooooyoo 4 fairly paralysing in effect My atten tion was attracted to Foley's Kidney Remedy aad I am glad to say after using this wonderful medicine I am no longer bothered' in any way by my old enemy, lumbago. , Hills Drag store. ; Treasurer's Call for City Warrants. Notice is hereby given that there are now funds on hand to ipay all out standing warrants Issued on General Fund of La Grande City, tip to and in cluding No. 8474, endorsed Aug. 13. 1909. . ' : Interest on all warrants on General Fund from No. 8311 to No. 8474 inclu sive, ceases from this date.- La Grande, Oregon, Dec. 17, 1910. RAY W. LOGAN. -' ' City Treasurer. Life" steward, jajuaet im Notice to Property Owners. Notice la hereby given" that the Council of the City of La Grande, Ore gon, did on the 21st day of Decem ber, 1910, pass a resolution declaring Its Intention to' Improve Cherry Street from the North side of Adams avenue to the South side of Cove ave nue by grading said Cherry Street to the proper grade and by building a wagon oad crossing over the railroad track; all property owners are here by notified that they may do said work or have same done, provided the' improvements are made , within 30 days from the last publication of this notice, otherwise the City will cause the said Improvements to be made' ac cording to the City Charter. ' ''v;'-.. D. E. COX, Recorder of the City of La Grande. Dec." 23, Dec. 28. REXALL