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LA GRANDE, UNION CQUNTt OREGON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1911.
We have added a new department to our store.
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' Fneomonla Follows A Cold.
But never follows the use of Foley's
Honey and Tar, which checks the
tough and expels the cold. M. Stock
veil, Hannibal, Mo., says: "It beeas
all the' remedies I ever uaed., I con
tracted a bad cold and cough, and was
threatened with pneumonia. One bot-
tla of Hu' w;cr
ittely cured me.", "No" dpiaies, Jusi
reliable household medicine.
tHlhy pay Rent ? We loan y
.: money to build, ana yo
pay us as you would rent.
. 1 7. P. OLIVER!
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THEATRE
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PROGRAM TONIGHT
The Heart of an Indian Sqaw-
Kalem.' ,. .' .' " ' '
Uncle's Birthday Gift Edison.
;A Father's Love-Lubtn. '
Song Curlejr ILad. : '; ,h
Admission 10 cents
Arp t mi wpii
Groomed?
if i
You cannot lie veil groomed
with your, shoulders covered
wMh dundruff, you can be rid of
this disgusting, loathsome ail-
ment ' ' .'
BLUE
DANDRUFF
POMADE,
nhwi sv vutc tun nvriH
frm of dandruff, or eciema of
i the scAlp In 10 A.,, roar n,on, tl
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y back if dlsHaiicd.
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50 CENTS
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Wright DnigCo;
KOCK ! FROM SLIDE STRIKES
, FREIGHT ENGINEER
Train Dashes Down Hill Without the
Guiding Hand of Engineer.
Though the story. Is just ' getting
into public print,' a runaway train on
the Umatilla side of the Blue moun
tains came near spelling death to two
rajlroad men of La Grande. The storj
of the hair-raising Incident U told
from Pendleton . 1
j .Daehias wildly down the western
elope of the Blue mountains with the
band of an unconscious tinglneer on
the throttle, an ; extra westbound
freight bad a narrow escape from de
struction on the night of February
9, according to railroad men who have
been trying to adhere to the company's
rulci to keep such things from the
public. ' .- .';' .. i, , , .
, The accident, which Is one of the
most remarkable In the history of
railroading occurred near Conway
station about 10:30 o'clock at night
while the train was In charge of Con
ductor B. E. Hancock and Engineer
'i. A. Anderson of La Grande 1 wag j
speeding along under the rocky bluffs
which border Meacham creek. . '
Though the exact cause of the near
disaster Is not known It Is supposed
that, as not unfrequently happens,
the rumble of th ( train loosened a
shower of rocks on the hillside and
one of these flylnsj missies striking a
tirojectlnst ledire wan shot Into tho
cab. striking Engineer Anderson n
the bock of th i hend. rendering him
notiiclou?. This 's the theorv sd
vwed hv th rn'lrond mennd a
rc'k found on the floor the cab
lepn ftrpnidh to the theory,
; .Tmt how loir t on'iee'' wpi
nTrtous will r"vv h Vnowij, n bin
memory Is not clear In regard to the
happening. A soon as he was struck
the hand which grasned the airbrake
lev.tr relaxed Its hold and the heavy
train Immediately began gathering
momentum which sent it down the
I p wllous mountain curves at a tre
mendous rate of speed.
Tin fireman on his side cf the cab
knew nothing' of the accident until.
notkins that they were flying around
curves at a rate - of eneed which
threatened to land them in th:t ditch,
made an Investigation and discovered
the form Of the engineer ' crumpled
up on th:( seat wun nis, poweness
hand still grasping the throttle.
The train was stopped and Conduc
tor B. E. Hancock Installed as engi
neer. He brought; the train on Into
IPjendleton.
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Detroit, Mich.. Feb. 21 A coimre
I' j i . it. . i.. . m
!henslve campaign, to abolish the sa
whoH of the southern peninsula of
Mlchlgpn at the Y. M- C. A. In th'i
city today. The league Is Jiopeful of
victory In at least eighteen of the
I counties that are to vote on local
; option this year and next year the or
ganization will carry the . fight into
the large cities where the liquor for
ces are most strongly Intrenched.
It will pay you to look our line over; We can save you ; jl
5Qc to $1.00 on every pair.
WHY
I3LBLER OBCHARDISTS Ft AN
BODY OF PROMOTERS.
Thirteen llnuJred Acres Describe hj ;
Radius of Three Miles of Imbler
Creation of a fruit growers' union
and announcement of the fact that
radii of three miles would describe
circle about thejlown of Imbler and
would have within their contour a to-
tal of; 1300 acres of orchard land ac- j of Jackson Wright, a well known far
cording to local fruitmen who have J m6r of th9 vallejr Thoma8 wa8 born
figured the proposition out. minutely ; d. 15 1884 dled Peb 18 mu Rfter
are two of the features of the Imbler j two weeks ' of Illness. He leaces to
apple history. This .enormous acre- momn his death two sisters, five
age-mormous because It Is entirely , brothers, father and mothflr also a
new orchard will become a fact after ht nf triA, tk aa .ttoa
the spring planting this year," about
April 15. The statement can best be
appreciated when It Is remembered
that seven or eight years ago Jhe
Sandridge country was devoted ! en
tirely to wheat raising and the applet
business wasconsidered an Industry
fit only for other communities. This'
Budden increase In acreage' and out-
nut fwtm tliait tl.at.l.t V n . 1 J i.
liminary steps of forming a fruit
4'lers association.
Complete Organization at Once
Before this week Is out the fruit ,
is rowers of Imbler will have formed a
union or organisation tending to not
only encourage the growth of orch
ards set to handle the output. , j
Planting Just Commenced. , '
Planting of, commercial orchards
can be said to have just commenced, i
Three hundred and sixty acres will be .
planted at Alkel In April and many '
people ar-i coming into the valley this
spring to locate and help develop :
this fruit land. Jnibler apples captur-'
ed the first money at the St Joseph,
Mo., fruit show and have Bold as high
as $4.00 per box - delivered this sea- :
son.
Sawy.tr Green, the Hardscrabble
men, sold a carload of their apples
for $1.75 f. o. b Imbler and thil'Thron- j
en Fruit company sold a car ror $2.00 J
per box at Colorado Springs In com-
petition ; with the choicest Colorado i
fruit.
George L. Cleaver, a prominent pro
moter of the Imbler acreag.i who last
fall , made an extended trip through
Iowa says that the orchard men are
cutting dowu their orchards rapidly
and that during all his trip he did
not see a young orchard. Mr. Mincer,
leading Iowa fruit expert sp.mt
something like $2,000 on oil trying to
save his orchard last year and here .
ls what an Iowa paper says 'of the
prospects for this season In Iowa:
C. E. , Mincer, the Hamburg fruit
specialist, says our 1911 peach crop
la already gone to tin definition bow
wows and the apple crop ls mighty
likely to follow. Means dried prunes
Mid In canned stuff another year for
this section." f
It Is a state of affairs, like this that
Is driving orchardmen to the yest.
, To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO pulnlns
tablets. Druggists refund money If
It falls to cnre.'E. W. GROVES sig
nature on each box, 25c.
Because our; only terms are cash. You need not pay book- v J
keepers and collector's wages. Neither the dead beat's bill. : jj
FUNERAL SERYICES HELD AT
. COVE YESTERDAY . '
Two Weeks' Illness Fatal to Resident
of Core Ellis OfflcSates. J
The funeral services of Thomas
Wright was held at his fathers hfime
at Lower Cove yesterday afternoon.
Ford A. Ellis, minister ' of the : La
, Grande Christian church preached the
) flttrmon. Thomas Wriirht wnn tha eon
at the funeral speaks
life of the' young man.
well for the
tfanfa Carnival Opens., V
: Manila. Feb. 21 With thousands of
visitors present from Hong Kong. Ja
Dan and other oolnta. Manila's annual
carnival' onened today..' L; N ,
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laying
offer
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Folldng Property;
1 good York horse, 8 years
ol$ weight 1240.J
INo. 1 cow, freshens March
'; 6, tvo and one-hatf years old
100 , pare bred Rhode Island l20 rods
Keds new.
1 220-egg incubator
No better hatcher made.v
1 Brooder, with large runway
1 12-inch plow. 1 ditching
plow ;for4mgatingl. har-
row. 1, shovel plow. I
garden cultivator.
1 Iron Age garden lioe and
wheel hoe.
GEO. J. WAGENER
CALL, AT. 304,EOURTH.ST.r SOUTH IX GRANDE PHONE BLACK 97r
EVERYBOD
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1318 ADAMS
PROGRAM OF MUSIC AND
ORA.
TORY TOMORROW.
Everyone Invited to Attend Services
at L. D. S. Church at 2 p. m.
Washington's memory Is to, he hon
ored tomorrow afternoon by a public
meeting In the L. D. S. tabernaclei
with oratory and music. The L. D. S.
church has arranged for a very Inter
esting program of music and City At-
torney C. E. Cochran will deliver Utevhlcle Lealers' Association met In an,',
principal address of the afternoon. nual conventlon ln lWe"cIty today to'
The hour is placed at 2 o'clock for the ; dlscu88 varIou8 matter8 of lntere8t to
reason , that It wUl give all school the trade. Chief among the subjects to
children an opportunity of attending receIye attentlon ls the que8tlon of
the services which , will probably., be , combatlng the practloal of
abdut the only observance of the day. , manntocura f BftiHn rtir,wt t th
There will be no charge whatever
and everyone is welcome at the meet
ing. - ' ;' - ." ;
" HOLIP AY TOMORROW
Public Offices Wm tlqse in Accord-
Bnce..Witl Holiday Regulations.
Banks, court house-offices, land of-
M6v;to;:M'Giand
at;-, tiyatfe
1 single open
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M
AVENUE
11c offices will be closed tomorrow" in
accordance with the holiday regula
tions honoring the memory of George
Washington.
Fleld Day for Suffragists. -
Alwiujr, In. ' .., Veh. 21 A field day
for the suffragists will be observed in
the legislature tomorrow, when the
senate and assembly committees on
Judiciary will give a Joint hearing on
the three measures Introduced at the
request of the equal suffrage orga
nizations. The three bills are practi
cally, the same In all their essential
fentures and thi suffragists will be
r.ptl8fled with the adoption of any one
of the measures. ,
Seek to Protect Retail Trade -(.
. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 21 The New v.
York State RetalllmDlement and'Ve-.
consumers. The competition of the
mall order houses will also receive at
tention; Five hundred members of the
association were' on band this moan
ing when the convention was called to ?
order by President A. Stewart of Fort '
Plains. The proceedings will continue
ov: tomorrow.
Sale the
1 Mann No. 9. bone cutter
good as new.
1 double set work harness
good condition.
gal" barbed wire,
70 rods 54 Elect-
ric wild stock cr poultry
fence, new.
3 Feed Hoppers for Poultry.
1 gasoline Spraying Outfit.
1 4 H P gasoline engine and 3 inch cen
trifugal pump.
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Buggy, also some Burpee's )
' extra early seed potatoes and a Barn
24x32x16 high. '
A 10 acre ,tract for rent, 4 acres in
bearing orchard,.
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