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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1911.
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Love and Law Thanhouser.
The Rummage Sale American
Beautiful dishes given to lady
patrons of the matinee. See dis
play in lobby.
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; Haradon'e Tru-Fruft Chacolates.
Made just right. At all of the leading
confectioners.
General Repairing at K. W. Lclghlon'g
Auto and Bicycle Garage. I repair
everything. Umbiellas, phonographs,
olujs uittcuiuvH, typewriters, stores
and guns. Shears and knives sharp
ened, skates hollow ground, saws fil
ed and set and soldering of all kinds
done. I repair granite walr, make and
fit keys, repair locks. I carry a full
line of flash lights and their sup
plies. Phone. Main 737. 309 Fir street
Tru-Fruit Chocolates. No imitation
flavors.
Coming, Mr. Seaman with a line of
Oregtih calendars wait for him as
he is coming north.east and west from
La Grande. His line is the b!ggest in
the world and prices are right.
The W. C. T. U. will meet1 with
Mrs.. Grace McAllister, 1102 M. ave
nue, Thursday at 2:30 o'clock.
"Wait for the Irrigon, Oregon, firm's
calendar man. He is coming your way.
f Notice of Annual Meeting.
Notice Is hereby given that the 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
MMOUNC
ACTUAL MONEY
Until further
give away Ihe lowest CASH
DAYS SALES of each monih.
Purchaser will be handed a
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ticket with amount of purchase
and date of same.
Those holding tickets bear
ing the date which 'will be an
nounced the first of each
month in the local papers,
will, on presentation of the
same be refunded the amount
of his purchase in CASH.
Yours for a
JVew
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Smith $ Greene '- I
Jhoemen
I 10th. 1911 at 2 o'clock p. m. for the
I purpose of electing a board of direc-
iura io serve lor me ensuing year
and for the transaction of such other
business as may be properly present
ed to. said meeting.
Dated at La Grande, Oregon, Dec.
10th, 1910.
F. L. MEYERS. Cashier. .
A rERSOXil.S. A
vm. Getchel left this morning for
Huntington where he has employment.
J. D. McKennon, the real estate
agent has moved his office to tbe Fo-
Buuuiiig. -
Lyman Myers and wife of Hughes
ville. Pa., are guests at the Sommer
today.
Emma N. Murphey of Palmer Junc
tion is registered at the Sommer to
day. C. E. Hawkins, a prominent ranher
of North Powder is a business visitor
today.
C. O. Ramsey, the fruit merchant
was a business visitor in Elgin to
day. ,
Williamson Bros, of Portland are
at the McCarthy stable buying hor
ses this week. .
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gibbons left this
morning for Lostine where they will
visit friends for a few days.
Mrs. A. L. Richardson who has been
critically 111 for some time Is again
improving slowly.
H. F. Bendlx, Walla Walla manager
of the Eiler piano house is here on
business matters today.
The Maccabees are planning on a
.social event for this evening which
will be Important to the lodge's social
feature.
Mrs. Leila Thomas has accepted a
position with the Fair Store and takes
charge of the Ladies Ready to Wear
and Suit Departments. "T
J. M. Gassett who owns one of the
fine farms in , Lower Cove has been
a county seat visitor for the past
few days.
Mrs. John Dupes is down from
Pleasant Valley today visiting rela
tives and friends and attending to
business matters.
J. D. Porter and Nils Holverson
of Hilgard are in the city today se
curing licenses to sell liquor In Hil
gard. Beatric Meade and Helen Barham,
prominent members of the "Barrier"
company are registered at the Foley
today.
Attorney R. J. Slater who spent
New Year's day with relatives and
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EftflEN
GIVEN AWAY
notice we will
Prosperous
Year
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irlends rettiuaa this morning to Pen
dleton. . ,
, The Ditteia,idt Auto company bas
sold a MitAilt 30 to Guy Glenn of
Summen lite." jffhe sale was closed
yesterday. .(i
Ernest LeM has secured a farm
in Umatilla foltnty ana Is preparing
to move atjrciii the mountains to be
gin spring wtrl;.
M. F. Dean, . Emmett, Idaho w.ho
has property literest here Is look
ing after buUs matters and will
bo here BeverrLdays.
Jas. H.,Stajjf7 is In from the val
ley today "etj;ing medical consulta
tion forMrs : Stanley, who, while
not H.eriO-isly Hi, Is not well.
1 jtisi"L2ra(Eean who has been vis
iting her Jettj the, Misses Bean, em
ployed by ilie 'ystern Union here, has
returned to her home In Welser, Ida-
W. J. Henrj Hhh week through the
Geo. H. Currey- Real Estate agency
purchase! lot ,j and 6 of block S9
Just - south c:J, the high school for
which he .paid": about $730.
County Cum onssioner J. M. Selder
who is visitlfi'j In Portland during the
winter monthst la here to attend the
Important nwetag of the county court
which ccutnV fh's morning.
N. Seat flu, representing the Ben
net, Seaman ; J flrCo. calendars of Ir
rigon, Oregon; jthe Taylor Brothers
Company Instilment companies, is
staying atr tbJ 'Sommer today.
fiols Lost.
E. E. Lewis 'last evening lost a set
of bookkeeping:,; jwoks including . on-3
ledger and'ou(day book. Also a lad
les pursev Flndir leave at the Grande
Ronde Cash company,
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' AurotincemcnL
I have taken the managepient of the
Crystal afe' a fi'r:, and ask the pat
ronage of my . Id, customers. "
II. L. CLARK.
XEWS OF Tlik SOUTHWEST
Berries on Sew Yar's Day.
Walla Wi-.Ha. iWash A cluster of
ripe strawbe4'rlsr grown out of
doors, is belc inhibited here. They
were grown by J. A. Leonard of the
Mllton-Freewatef! country.
Slide (lets Spokane Men.
Wallace, Id?Hj--(Jaught in a snow
slide for which ipey were Immediate
ly respotisiilo. RiV. Collins and Wm.
Conover, rusldenis of Spokane, had a
narrow tc-ape tom death Saturday
on the mountain We above Burke.
Jthii'r Killed tn S!!!e.
Grants Paas, f jOre. The funeral
will be held ihhj' afternoon of W. J.
McDow, who 'wsb caught In a slide
while mining Friday near Swede Ba
sin. He died near ; Love statlo on the
way' to Granti PaKs. He was aged 63
and leaves arwiif! and several child
ren. .;;' f V
Seattle Honors City Founder.
Seattle The. funeral of Mrs. A. A.
Denny, one of tbe pioneers of the
Puget sound com try, look place yes
terday afternoon and hundreds Jour
neyed to the cenV.'tery to do honor to
this grand old woiijan, who helped her
husband in; estal.lishitig the city of
Seattle. Mrs. .' Denny came to this
section 60 yearV ago. ','
Grants Pass Totes "Wet."
Grants Pasn Ore., Tbe election
held Saturday under home rule was
closely contested and a large vote
waB cast In the ;Muestlonr "Shall the
city council, be authorized to license
saloon?" Ther wai 49 majority tqr a
"wet" town. Prolxvbly action, will ba
brought to test the constitutionality
of the home-rule (bill, as Josephine
county voted dry at the last general
election. y'j
He Settles ft)f Kisses.
Walla Walla, Wash. Archibald TI
derlngton has paid Into the county's
funds-1 through thft . superior court,
tbe $300 taxed ag?inBt htm by a Jury
In the last term cf j court, for the two
kisses he took from Mrs. Klsie Van
Zant, a Spokarufc -widow. Mrs. Van
Zant valued her? ovulatory embraces
at $250 each. ,
SrPEIIMEM)J! SJ HERE TODAY
Rer. Haley Will; Conduct Quarterly
ConferenccTiil Evening.
Rev. Dr. G. G. italey, Buperlntend
ent of 1 Grand ''listrlct. Methodist
Episcopal church, arrived from Wal
lowa points this afternoon end will
conduct the afceond, quarterly confer
ence at the churcti tomorrow even
ing after the' prater meeting ses
sion. Interesting reports will be
read. All Interested,
are Invited to at-
" TH KICKER.
j kn Entirely Different Sort of ,Mar
From the Growler..
There is a world of difference be
' tween the man who kic ks and tbe man
j who growls.
i The man who kicks who truly, ear
nestly and honestly kicks-Is a good
kind of man to have about. He kicks
because things ure not as they should
be, and be proposes to correct thoui
The man who prowls Is merely c nega
tive quality. lie may know that thins
are not going rtebt. but be hasn't
any idea of trying to do anything
about It. He Just sits round and com
plains. - N
You remember Mark: Twain's story
about the kicker and bow successful
he was In securing everything that be
longed to him. He was a producer In
tho best sense of the word. Just as
every man who kiffcs In the rhrht way
Is certain to be. You probably know
Just such men men who are chronic
kickers. Let anything go wrong and
they go "up in the air" In a minute,
but you can 'cjepend upon it that that
particular thing will never go wrong
again If they can prevent It ,
A kicker may not be the most agree--able
person to have around, yet he is n
healthful factor In almost any estab
lishment. He has his faults, but It
Is possible to overlook them for the
sake of the productive value that he
represents. ; '.
As to the growler there seems to
be no place for him In the work of
the world. He may complain loudly
and whine and talk about other peo-
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pairs no leaks he Just makes trouble.
That Is the dlffrence between the
kicker and the growler. Business.
,WEB OF THE SPIDER.
Thousands of Strands In Each of Its
Silky Threads. ; -
For a long time the web of the spi
der was supposed to . be a simple
strand of wavy silk, but later It was
found that such was far from being
the caso.
Under the microscope we can get at
the secret of the spinning very nicely.
We see that there are either four or
six teats on tbe spider near tbe lower
part of the abdomen, almost exactly
similar to the teats of a cjow. From
these issue four or six strands, as the
case may be. But these strands them
selves are not simple, but are com
posed of at least a thousand fibers
each, for it has been proved that In
each teat there Is a sieve of at least
a thousand holes, through which the
silky matter Is strained. Thus we see
that, fine as is a spider's web, It Is yet
composed of from 4.000 to 6,000 fibers.
Leuwenhoeck states that It would take
at least 4,000.000 of the completed
threads to make a thread as strong as
a Bilk thread of the size of a hair.
As4o the color of the thread, our
ordinary spiders spin one of a uniform
gray color. But In the riotous tropics
there are found spiders that spin vari
colored webs. One particularly pro
duces red. yellow and black threads,
which It binds together with a pleas
ing color effect
In the thread of the spider lies dor
mant a great Industry once It Is prop
erly studied. Popular Magazine.
Struck Coincidence.
It was the hour of family confidences.
Mr. Bugglns had finished his evening
papers and in slippers and dressing
gown was toasting his toes before tbe
asbestos fire log, while the wife of
his bosom was putting a few stitches
in tbe table cover she was doing for
Aunt Mary.
"1 did something today that I've been
screwing up my courage to do for a
long time, said Mrs. Bugglns.
TesT" said Mr. Bugglns, mildly In
terested. "What was It V
"You know that odious Mrs. BJones?"
replied Mrs. Bugglns. "Well, I paid
her a caU that I have owed for near
ly a year."
"My dear. I can sympathize with
you," said Mr. Bugglns. "Today, by a
strange coincidence, I paid that odious
Mr. BJones a bill I had owed blm for
quite as long." New York Times.
MEDICAL RESEARCH.
Romance of tlte Discovery of tho
Cause of Malaria.
In the history of research are many
I romances. Of the discovery that m.-
larla was caused by mosquitoes, it Is
related how Dr. Low and Dr. Sam
bon lived in the taalariou Romnn
Campagna without, quluiue. They re
tired at sunset to n mosquito proof
hut, with double doors and windows
of wire net, and they did not leave un
til suurl.se. The fact tlu.t they re
malned immune, while the imenrlants,
lleeplng outside, contracted malaria,
confirmed the belief that the mos
quitoes were responsible.
But how did they enrry the disease?
At first It was thoupht to be by wa
ter. To settle the question live mos
quitoes which had bitten Infected
peasants were sent home and two
members of the school submitted to
be bitten by them. They both went
dowu with malaria. Agnln. how did
the mosquitoes transmit the pt-rm?
By cutting sections of tbe proboscis
the malarious parasite was found. It
bn-iius lilf,i..i .i.t- ... ioI-u-
sis and in tr;;:isirt:'l t iln I'luie of
the stilly. From tli lirst conjecture
to the final proof w;-s :i sirl:-s of care
ful exiH-rinicnts. ending with the slic
ing of tbe mosquito's urohosci. Now.
this U finer thun nnc hair. Jt U nec
essary to stop to think For it is eas
ier to imagine the triumph of the
proof than the delicate operation that
produced It London Standard. .
LIGHTING BY GAS.
It Was a Costly Process When It Was
, Firet Established.
The first incorporated gas company
was the National Light and neat Com-'
pany of England, established in isoo.
In America the first gas company was
incorporated in Baltimore in 1S1G. the
second one in Boston In 1S22, and the
next one was the New York Gaslight
company, incorporated In 1S23.
Prior to 1S30 the gns business of this
country -was nominal, but the price
probably was responsible for Us slow
development From 1824 to 1S2S, says
Moody's Magazine, the New York Gas
light company sold gas to consumers
at the rate of $10 a thousand cubic
feet . .
The first artificial Illuminating gas
was produced in England about 1720
by one Dr, Hales, but not until 17S0
was a practical test made. In that
year the Earl of Dundonald of Scot
land arranged an apparatus by which
he lighted his castle with gas. The
same year William burdock of Bir
mingham. England, introduced gas as
a light In his workshops at Redruth
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As Mr. Murdock was the first man
to reap any commercial benefit from
the discovery of the use of Illuminat
ing gas, he may properly be accredited
as tbe father of modern public utili
ties. In 1S13 London bridge was Illu
minated by gas, and five years later
gas was In general use throughout the
main part of London.
l : Red Lotter Days. v
The origin of a "red letter day" has
been traced back to the third century.
Gregory, bishop of Caesarea. tealous
for the conversion of pagans, found
them unwilling to give up their cus
tomary recreations at, the festivals of
their gods, so, taking a leaf out of
their book, he Instituted festivals In
honor of saints and martyrs. This ex
ample soon led to the Institution of
holy days, now corrupted Into holi
days. In old almanncs all such holy
days were set forth in red Ink, the
rest being In block; hence the term
"red letter day" for any notable occa
sion. Others say that the origin of the
expression Is much more recent and Is
due to the fact that Saints' day, the
Bth of .November, the king's birthday
and accession and King Charles' day
were similarly marked off In red as
holidays for tbe Bank of England, evi
dently in the times of the later Stuarts.
London Telegraph.
Political Animosities.
. Political animosities today are eel-
f dom carried into private life. In the
past just the opposite was the rule.
"Coke of Norfolk' once stated that
when he was a child his grandfather
took him on bis knee and said, "Now,
remember, Tom, as long as yoo live
neyer trust a Tory," and he used to
add, "I never have, and, by George, I
never will." G. W. E. Russell, too,
tells of an eccentric maiden lady whom
he knew In 'his youth, who, having
spent her life In the Innermost circles
of aristocratic Whiggery, always re
fused to enter a cab until she had ex
torted 'from the driver an assurance
that he had never carried cases of In
fectious disease, that he was not a
Puseyite and that he was-a Whig.
London Graphic.
A Resourceful Community.
"We didn't know what to do about
Piute Pete." said the Crimson Gulch
citizen. "He was a real good feller,
but he would be careless about shootln'
up the populace." ;
. "Did you straighten cut the matter J"
"To some extent - We elected him
sheriff, thereby mnkln' it look a little
more legal." Washington Star. ;
Breaking It Gently.
Young Wife Tomorrow will be- my
twenty-fifth birthday. Hubby-Why. a
year ago, Just before our wedding, you
told me you were twenty. Young Wife
Yes, but we women age. rapidly after
marringe.-Boston Transcript
A Book Farmer.
Knlclvor-Jouos Is what they call a
book farmer. Rocker Yes; he has
used up two' check books already.
New York Sun.
I Mahaffey Building
IV5 CLEM ANYWIKG,
HORSE BLANKET. Work
t Elik Dying and
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i Advertisinn
FOR RENT Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. Inquire Clinton
Van Fleet, Golden Rule.
WANTED Position by man and
wife as cook, wife as helper. Camp
preferred. Inquire Ohsprvpr. .
Vacuum' housecleanine. unholstpr.
Ing and furniture repaired. L. F. Bol
linger, Phone R&3-562.
Extra Select
i CALIFORNIA
1 RIPE OLIVES
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I 30 cents a Pint I
I Pattison Bros, i
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Use either phone r 1
The First
Question Asked
when buying or !
renting a house,
the ONE ques
tion of the modern
renter or buyer
invariably runs
this way: :
Is the house
wired for
Electricity ?
EVERYBODY
has come to realize
that electric light
is not a luxury
they want, but
a Necessity
they must have.
EASTERN
.OREGON
Light and Power
Company
Depot street
FROM A NECKTIE TO n
called for and delivered
Cleaning 'Works
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