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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1911)
PAGE 8 LA GtfANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1911. We TT NO: dopdo Gleam Steele topkkfrom A Aii OFFICES FILLED I AST (illCIIT III VII WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS RECOII. MENDATIONS RATIFIED. , Water Superintendent and Few Other Offices Not Filled as tet. , WVWW Wv wvvv Office Appointments ... Street Superintendent II. A. Stoner. Q Water Superintendent De- f erred. Asst. Water Supt-Deferred City Attorney" 0. E. Cochran City Physician 0. L. BiggerB A Nleht PntrnlmnnT. W Mr. o " Laughlin. . 4y Asst Night Patrolman De- 1 ferred. ' ' Pipe line caretaker Ed, Pro- : peck. Pound Master Q.x W. Farrls. A Auditor M. .T Mnnantror ,' A A Scavenger Joe Turnbough. V VV WW W Wvvv Allowing salary and the routine hills against the city, Introducing an Improvement ordinance, and taking action on the appointments offered by Mayor A. L. Richard Bori to fill the ap pointive offices, constituted the prin cipal business transacted by the coun cil last evening. Four or five of the recommendations were not acted on and appointments have been deferred anttl the next meeting. The office of water superintendent Is still. vac ant as rar as new appointment igoes for the nomination of p. C Brlschoux was not' ratified by the council. In Villi he a better pharmacy than ever. Our Increased bus!, ness enables us to buy In large quantities which menns a money tuning to ourselves and con seqnently to onr patrons. For he same reason we ran pro though we have alnajs made It a rule to serve people prompt , ly and courteously. , AVe shall endeavor to make this a store at which It will! be worth while to trade even If It may for some, not be the near, est one. In fact, we think It nl. ready such a store. Wright DrugComp'ny ' ' 'JI..I.....N.I ,.I,M.,I..I.,I..I..L.,II(. ! Our Store . in 1911 i i 'i "i draws this connection a petition signed by 125 business men and voters asking for theappointment of L. M. Hoyt, present assistant superintendent, was read to the council. As the wat er superintendent ba not been ap ji!i.tiI li I umurai o( course that the office of assistant will go unfilled as -well. , j V ' ' ' C. T. Darley was recommended as city engineer to succeed "Doc" Cur tiss but action on ratification was deferred on this too. The . same was true on the recommendation for as sistant night patrolman. Mr. McCor kle' was "nominated by the taayor but action was deferred. , The, other appointments were rati fied by the council last evening and take office Immediately. O'CONNEL BAB TO FACE OX IFF. FERSON AVENUE, Cigar and Pool Room to Join It and , Face on Depot Street - La Grande's new saloons are rapidly nearing the point where all of the eight will be open tb business. J. V. O'Connell, the last man to secure a license, 1b fitting his place of busi ness up for Bpeedy opening for trade. The cigar store and billiard hall wa!ch he has operated will be remodeled bo that what was formerly the billiard hall will now be the saloon and will front on Jefferson. The former cigar store has been enlarged by tearing out the partition between it and the Wil son real estate office and combining the two rooms In one. A cigar storo and billiard hall will be put in slm.ie there, and it will front on Depot street. Herman Roesch, next to the last man to get a license, will do buslaess in the place known, as the Blue Front. Bishop O'Reilly Goes to Chicago. lit. Rev. Bishop O'Reilly, accompan ied by Rev. FaUier J. J. Kerr, took his departure last evening for Chicago whither he goes to consult the cele brated surgeon, Dr. J. B. Murphy, having been in poor health for sever al years. Father Kerr will visit his parents In New York before he re turns. The condition of Bishop O'Reil ly is such as to cause great anxiety on the part of the members of the diocese and his return to Baker and in good health will be earnestly pray ed for Baker Democrat . WEST'S SLIPPER CONTEST. Free Tickets to the -Stubborn fin derella. Lucky is the lady who has a foot near the size of the star of the Stub born Cinderella for N. K. West la go ing to present complimentary tickets to those ladles for the musical com edy. I This is an Ideal opportunity to pro i cure tickets for Monday evening's play at the Steward and all ladleB j should go to West's and get full par tlculars. Announcement. I have taken the management of the ; Crystal Cafe again and ask the pat ronage cf my eld customers. II. L. CLARK. traoN Cinderella Slipper Contest The management rHT'award two (2) best reserved seats to each of the first two (2) ladles (over 18 years) apply for a fitting who wear a slipper ; nearest' In size to that worn by dainty . i Miss Lillian Goldsmith ;.. - . .' Appearing in... - A STUBBORN CINDERELLA" ' The musical play of Qualify and Merit at the Steward Opera, House on 3Ionda y, January 9. ..V Come In and be fitted for size . ; ' ' " , Contest closes on Monday noon sharp. Winners to be announced In Monday's Issue of the . i f 4. EVENING OBSERVER. N N K. WEST, The Quality Store. IN ELABORATE BANKS OF ROSES CHURCH. BURY CASKET AT Practically Entire Town of Perry Attends Funeral Here'Today. Marked by the attendance of prac tically every family in Perry and scores of. friends from tws city, and with one of the most elaborate bank ing of flowers and roses seep here In years," the funeral of the late Al bert Hanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hanson of Perry, was held th's afternoon from the Presbyterian church. The young man was ex tremely popular In Perry he was born and raised there and everyone knew him Intimately. He was killed earlier in the week by an explosion of a heating tank. An entire drayload of flowers and roses banked the. casket vas It lay In the church. The attendance was large, comprising his host of friends from Perry and here. He Is survived by his father and mother and an older brother, Harry, hla slaters Ames MarearPt nnrl Cor- nts sisters, Agnes, Margaret ana tor- nella. IS GrVEN FIFTEEN TEAKS IN THE STATE PRISON. For Complicity In Trunk Murder . Portland Mnst Stand Term. in Portland, Jan. 5 Mrs. Carrie Kersh. convicted of manslaughter for assist ing Webb in the murder of William Johnson, the trunk victim was todav sentenced to fifteen years In the peni tentiary. She took her sentence calm ly. A stay of the sentence for thirty days was granted. , 1 THE Foley's Kidney Remedy An Apprecia. 'tion. ; '; ; ; ' Lu McConnell, Catherine St., Elmlra, N. Y.t 'writes: "I wlsluto express my appreciation of the great good I de rived from Foley's Kidney Remedy, which I used for a bad case of kidney trouble. Five bottles did the work most effectively and proved to me be yond doubt It Is the most reliable kid ney medicine I have ever taken and shall always have my endorsements. Hills Drug Store, ' HOTELS IN PORTUGAL Plying One's Bill There B-comet a Diel In Politeness. Whi'u traveling for thu. 'first, time. In Portugal one Is apt to become exas perated when he desires to settle up with bis landlord at the hotel. When the traveler asks how. 'much bis bill Is the landlord bows graciously, smiles suavely, rubs his hands together and replies that the bill Is us much as the' guest wishes to contribute. , This Is simply the opening of a duet it politeness, for the hardened traveler at once thanks the landlord for his con fidence In him and again very courte ously asks for n detailed statement of his account Still the bill is not forth coming, for the landlord declares that be does not wish to Insult bis piest ln any such manner. Finally the land lord does reckon up the charges on his fingers. When he has finished he asks the traveler how much the -sum total Is. If the traveler hasn't kept track of ,l lut . nc..nt , lf the uest 'has footed up the bill the landlord la sure that it cannot be so much and In ! slsts on a tv-reckonlng. The' result Is' ithe same, utid the landlord Invariably I needs to bring two or three more fin gers into use for Items that had been accidentally omitted. Needless to state, the traveler not hardened to this process breathes a deep sigh of relief when he "escapes." -Boys' World. DIET AND AGE. Proper Eating Would Insure Better Health and Longer Life. Medical experts. Insurance men, edu cators and teachers of the science of health and fwppiness generally are In favor of simpler llviug and a return to nature. The mortality of adult oVe of the period lwtween forty and sixty Is Increasing, but It is not due to the stress , of modern life, to worry and overwork, as sonie have supposed. It Is due, we ur assured, to overeatlug and bad diets. There U every reason why we , s')v,ild live longer and ' be Uoa'.r'tter, r . ijj;:;is are Itureasin;; , TOGGERY and inventions are lessening toll and anxiety. But our very prosperity has 'led to richer and ampler diets, and there la where the mischief lies there, and in our indoor life. We shun na ture, buui out ugnt and air; we walk little and seldom eat or rest In the open air, in gardens, fields or, on porches.' This is all wrong, and the wages of this wrong are 111 health, depression, gloom, the shortening of the natural span of life. Habits of outdoor life should be formed early at school. As much teaching as possible should be done In the open air and as much playing likewise. N After graduation boys and girls should continue to cul tivate the outdoor life and families should continue tbe'practice. Chicago Record-Herald. - WOMEN m PORTUGAL Dig In the Fields and Do Laboring ' Work, In the Cities. . A good part of the farm work is performed by the women, who see no reason why they should regard dig ging, hoeing and plowing as the work of men alone. Tbe man who owns a few acres of land will often leave Its cultivation to his wife and daughters, while he labors as carpenter, Stone mason or cooper, for cask making is one of their important industries, ne also likes to get a Job as a waiter in one of the numerous hotels at seaside resorts, for the country has thousands of continental and English visitors. Women share In the henvy work of the cities as well. There are female porters, laborers ou the docks, market tenders and even women coal heavers, fishermen, or, rather, fisherwomen, and sailors. They are as strong and hardy as their husbands and brothers and seem to stand long hours and hard la bor as well. ? Of course It rather takes away the glamour of romance when one sees a young woman wltn finely chiseled i features and beautiful bVick eyes dig ging with spade and mattock or heav ing a basket of coal into a ship's hold with as much ease ,ns the Amerlcnn girl plays tennis and golf. Women seeiji happy under what we would consider hard conditions, so the reformer wouk'. probably have his labor for his pains if he suggested a change in this de partment of Portuguese national ex istence. Christian Herald. . ; KILL THEM YOUNG. Do Not Tolerate Weeds In the Garden of the 8oul. i An old man was once walking with a little boy. They came across four shrubs. The old man said to the youthful companion; "Full up the last one." " Tie obeyed with ease. "Now. the next" He obeyed, but it did not come so easily. . "And the third." It took all his strength to move Its roots. "Now the fourth." In vain the lad put forth all his strength. He only made the leaves tremble.' He couUl not move the roots. They had gone strongly Into tho earth, and 'no effort could dislodge them. Then the wise otd man said to the ardent youth: "This, my son, is Just what happens wun our passions. When they are young and weak one may. by a little watchfulness over srlf and the help of a little self denial easily .tear them up, but If we let them cast their roots deep into our souls there Is no human power can uproot them. The almighty hand of the Creator alone can pluck them out. Tor this reason, my child, watch well over the first movement of your soul and study by acts of virtue to keep your passions well In check." St Louis Globe-Democrat HER HOMEMADE HAT. it Brought, a Proposal That 8h. . Promptly Turned Down. ' j in tne aim ut stuuio discussing tne iat -est novel that one of their number wat trying to write, the brutal editor who had refused the best article ever writ ten a masterpiece of the host be moaning the nonlntelligence of the art critics, execrating the mercenary the atrical manager and utterly repudiat ing the general public the vast horde of the Philistines. By way of diversion the painter of pastel portraits said to the bachelor maid: "That's a charming hat you have on. Who else would know enough to com-.. bine turquoise and old rose? You have a genius for color. What a pity you only write!" "Glad you like my hat, anyway. I made It myself. I trust it will only enhance its merit In your eyes to know that it cost me but 50 cents." . "Impossible!" screamed all the bohe mlans with one breath, ceasing their arguments in order to take notice of the vastly becoming creation which , capped the bachelor maid's brown hair. "Fifty cents, did you say?" asked the man who once wrote a poem aye, and had It published. Then rising, placing his hand above his heart, bowing low and solemnly, he said: "Fair one, wlU Ton hA mv wMfof Alt mw Ufa I hum been looking for a woman who could trim ber own bats for nothing. Pray be mine." . "NixieP scoffed the bachelor maid cruelly. "All my life I have been looking-for a man who would be willing and able to pay $30 for my hats." New York Press. FIGHTING LIFE'S BATTLE. Of Things That Must Be Done Tackle , tho Hardest First. I know a very successful man who early In life resolved that no matter how hard anything might be or how seemingly impossible for him to do be would do it if the doing would prove of value to him, says1 Orison Swett Maiden in Success Magazine. He made this- the Hest and would never allow his moods or feelings to stand In the way of his Judgment . He forced himself In the habit of prompt ly doing everything, no matter how disagreeable, If It would further his advancement People who consult their moods, their preferences or their ease never make a great success in life. It is the man who gets a firm grip on himself and forces himself to do the thing that will ultimately be best for him who succeeds. The man who goes through, life picking out the. flowers and avoid, lng the thorns in his occupation, al ways doing the easy thing first and delaying or putting off altogether if possible the hard thing, does not de velop the strength that would enable him to do hard things when necessity forces them upon him. It Is pitiable to see young men and women remaining far below the place where their ability ought to have car ried them Just because they dislike to do disagreeable things until compelled to. The best way always is to tackle the hardest things firsts- A Snake Tale. A man took his small son to the park. They fed bread to the swans and then stood for a long time In front of a cage of serpents. The bor l(vkwi ' then Tlth fascinated eyes. At last he exclaimed, "I like these tails mi right but where are the animals?" Llpplncott'a. Probably. The Orator-I arsk yer. Wot Is this life we 'old so dear? Soon I'll be lyln with me forefathers. The Volce-An' glvin' them points at the game tool London Sketch. Common sense la the genius af onr age.-Greeley. - r