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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVES, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1911. rrrr PAGE 7 Kotlee rf Street Imprevement h whom It may concern; Notice is eby given that In pursuance of a olutlon adopted . by the Common uncil of tha : City of La Grande, egon, on the 1st day of February, hi, creaU-:i, Improvement District i 31, and designating "S avenue, as ch district, and In pursuance of a olutlon adopted by said Common buncil on the 1st day of February, ill, whereby said Council determin li A blared Its intention to lm- au. Mr. in -i I i A ill BUSINESS MAN ; Do you realize the import ance of an Electric Sign in drawing trade to your store or place of business? Vie make a very low flat rale on sign lighting, and are prepared to quote at tractive prhes on any kind of a sign that you may de sire. Oar representative is al ways ready to call and talk the matter over with you. ': ; ' . prove all that portion of Avenue, in said improvement district as here inafter described, hv t "J J O the south side, a board sidewalk, the Council will, ten days after tha ser vice of this notice upon' the owners of the property affected and benefit ted by such Improvement, order iaat said above described Improvement be made; that the boundaries f said dis trict to be so improved are as fal lows. . v All that portion of 'S" avenue, from the east side of Monroe avenue to 'the west elda of Spruce Btreet (A) And' the property affected or benefitted by said improvement is as follows: The north half of blocks 148 and 149Chaplins Addition to the Town of La Grande, Oregon. NotlCS U Itefvby fUitlrtr that tha Council will levy a special assess ment on all the property affected and J benefitted by such improvement for the purpose of paying for such Im provement That the estimated cost of j such' improvement is th sum of $180 ' That the Council wll Ion the 15th day ofM arch, 1911, meet at the Council .chamber at the hour of 8 o'clock p. m. to consider .said estimated cost and the levy of said assessment, when a hearing will be granted to any person feeling aggrleverby such assessment. La Grande. Oregon, February 20th. 1911. ' ., CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE). OREGON By C. M. HUMPHREYS. Recorder of the City of La Grande, .. Oregon.' . .... ; When yes have a cold s a bot& e vnsmoeriain s iwigii KerneO. n wil! -won fix von up all r:g!:t and mi i.rt ofl my tendency toward pneumonia. !:. -emeiiy contains no opium or otlier narofcti and may be giver ""nfii'pntiy to a huh' 'a nn ad.ii -'., O O O O O OOd ' LOCAL THEATRES GOOD PLAY POORLY PLATED Van of the Hoar Company Seea Here Is Considered Weak. Although George , Broadliurst s play. "The Man of the Hour" Is still very popular and Justly so. La Grande people who witnefted it last ev ruing suffered disappointment at the weak ness of the company and consider able surprise was htard that such a good play should be put In the hands of such poor players. V Alwyn Bennett, the mayor, was very weak. : Wain wrlght and GIbbs were neither up to the standard. Horrigan and Ph'Ian, the politicians, were the best of the bunch, while the ladles in the cast were decidedly lacking in ability to handle the pretty parta written for them by th-i author. How ever, it is well to have the "Man of be Hour" plnvpfl occasionallv In ' r Mtv for the lesson H tenches, even hough th-i cast may not be strong. UMBRELLA REPAIRS Eastern Oregon Light & Power Phone Main 34 Your Old Shoes Made New, at the Modern Shoe Repair Shop Prices Lower 1 Better Work Quick Service GIVE US A TRIAL. 108 ELM ST. NEXT to CITY HALL Govers from 50 cts to Three Dollars L. ( Smith-La Grande ytlhy pajr Rent ? We loan yor money to build, ana yoi pay us as you would rent An 1 ' ' Essential Thing and there are many, in the man. agement of a bank is the per. sonal, painstaking eare of Its officers. Recognizing this re sponsibility, the officers of this institution keep themselves in touch with eTery important de tail of the business. 'And the outcome! A generous, - and a steadily Increasing patronage. The United States National Bank, LA GRANDE, OREGON a AAAAAJ,AAAXAAi.J J..I A .. tTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT y. FRRQUHRRSQU'S LUNCH ROOM Clam Chowder, Chile, Fruits, Cigars and Tobaccoes Fresh imported Swiss and Limburger cheese 215 Fir Street nuimniiimnwtnniniimimHiHnnii) Cement Sidewalk Cotisfrucfipn FIGURE WITH Co To Barley, " " . "' "' ' 1 1 " 1 Pure Political Theme Tl:e keynote of the story of "A Gentleman from Mississippi" which will be se:n at the Steward March is pure politics for Americans. While the play is one of the many laughable comedies that has bem produced in many years, there is a serious sub strata beneath the fun that is bound to mak- people think. Robert R. Fish er in th part of Senator Langdon, with his old fashioned ideas of na tional and personal honor, is partic ularly happy in the role for he lives the part In his every day life. He is delivering lectures on the subject In each large city visited by the com pany, and is doing a work of rare edu cational value. Wm. A. Brady will send the entire special New York company for this engagement. ireiApSTER, Balakireff Is the Joe Miner of the - Muscovites. HIS WIT TICKLES THE BEAM What Ainsee Says. This is the stamp of approval put on "SeTen Days" by Ainse's Maga zine: "A veritable scream from the rising of the first curtain to the fail ing of the final curtain." " The writer of the foregoing might' have added that the laughtfT does not end with the play, but is resumed when ever one thinks of the wit and tun in It. This comedy is all the more attractive from the fact that its per sons are ofth- twentieth century set. Its fun is drawing room fun." To be sure It gets into the kitchen and climbs to the roof, but it carries the drawing room folk along with It. Underlying the laugh-creating quali ties of "Seven Dayc" is a decidedly Interesting story of love and lover, such as all the world has liked since the beginning of time. "Seven Days" will be acted at the Steward opera house March 6, by a distinguished New' York cast. MessiTS. Wagon hals & Kemper are sending the play here right from the Astor Theatre in New York, where it is in its sec ond year, and with a Broadway cast and production. It will b;i the best thing of. the season. , Jiotice t Final Settlement Notice is hereby given' that the ad ministrator of the estate of Mons Mor land, deceased, has filed his final ac count and the County Court of the State of Oregon for Union county has fixed Tuesday, the 4 th day of April, 1911, at the court house in La Grand:, Oregon, as the time and place for hearing any objections thereto, and to finally settle sai deetate. , Dated at La Grande, Oregon, this the 25th day of February, 1911. . ... J. J. CARR, Administrator of the estate of Mons Moreland, deceased. ' Feb. 27 6t Backache, Rheumatism, Sleeplessness Result from disordered kldneyB. Fo ley Kidney Pills have helped others, they will help you. Mrs. J. B. Miller, SyracuB, N. Y., says. 'Tor a long time I Buffered with kidney trouble and rheumatism. I had severe back aches and felt all played ' out. After taking two bottle of Foley Kidney P'lls my backache is gone and where 1 used to lie awake with rheumatic pnlnB I now Bleep in comfort." Foley Kidney Pills are ft reliable remedy for backache, rheumatism and urinary IrregularltieB. They are tonic in. ac tion, quick in results and afford a prompt relief from all kidney disor He Was the Court Pool That Many a Tim Braved tha Angar of Pater tha Great Hia Miracle of tha Sword and a Wondroua Deed of Daring. Every nation has ita typical jester, around whom crystallize all the float ing stories of a people. Thus England has Its Joe Miller, Germany Ita Till EulensplegeL Italy Its Punchinello, the orient its Nasreddin el Khoja and Russia Its Balakireff. Like Joe Mil ler, the last was a real character, though not all the jokes credited to him were his own. Some were inven tions of a later age; others were bor rowed from the past He shares the credit for many of the latter with Joe Miller and Eulenspiegel. History records that Balaklreo was the favorite Jester of Peter the Great Tradition represents him as the con stant company of that czar, frequent ly exerciBlng bis wit at royal expense. One day, for example, a cousin of his had fallen under the czar's displeasure and was sentenced to death. Balaki reff undertook to obtain a reprieve. The czar guessed his errand, even be fore he opened his mouth. "Nor he cried. "Tis no use your coming here. I swear that 1 will not grant what you are going to ask!" . Balakireff dropped at once, to his knees. . "Peter Alexetvirrh." h pHmV "I pray you, put to death that scamp of a cousin of mine!" f Peter, thus caught in his own trap, had no choice but to laugh and send a pardon to the culprit ' On another occasion Balakireff ask ed that he might be enrolled among hia master's domestic guards, peter consented for the sake of the joke, but warned his Jester that death was the penalty if any officer of the guards absented himself from his post or mislaid his sword. Then to test the volunteer he sent him up a flagon of wine to "moisten his commission." Balakireff, as was expected, drank to the intoxicating point While he was sleeping off his debauch the czar him self crept into -the room and carried off his sword from the scabbard. Bala kireff, though badly scared, on awak ing made shift to replace the missing weapon with his own wooden imita tion ' of the guardsmen's sword. .. He was called to parade next morning, wben Peter feigned hot indignation at the untidiness of one of the guards. "Captain Balakireff," he cried at last, "draw your sword and cut off the head of that sloven!" . y, Balakireff cast his eyes up to heav en. "Oh, merciful God," he prayed, "grant that my sword may turn Into wood before I use it on one of my own fellow soldiers!" ' v And, lo, when he unsheathed it the blade stood revealed as a wooden one. Peter laughed heartily at the knave's presence of mind and restored him to favor. A more serious offense resulted in the banishment of the jester. "Never dare to appear again on Russian soil!" stormed the emperor. Judge then of Peter's surprise when, a week later, he beheld hla old favorite coolly driv ing a cart past the palace. "How dare you disobey me?"'shout ed the enraged monarch. "Did I not forbid you ever to show yourself on Russian soil?" , "Nay' .replied Balakireff, "I have not disobeyed you. This is not Rus sian soil." ' "How say yon-not Russian soil?" "Truly not. This cartload of earth on which I am sitting is Swedish soil. I di:? It up in Finland only the other day." Again the czar laughed uproariously and readmitted bis buffoon to favor. Some historians add thitt when he heard the excuse he said, "If Finland be Swedish soil now it shall be Rust sinn before long," a threat he was not slow to fulfill. This story, however, was an old one long before the time cf Balakireff. It forms thq twenty-seventh adventure of Till Eulenspiegel, who Is reputed to have died in 1350. Having offended the Duke of Lnncnberg, Till was "for bidden the land." ne purchased a shil ling's worth of earth to fill his cart with, and, being duly challenged by the duke, he answered: - "My gracious lord, I am not in your land, but in mine own, wherein I do Bit I bought it of a boor for a shil ling. And rightfully could he sell it, for from his forefathers be inherited it So is this truly my land." ' At the close of one of Czar Peter's campaigns Balakireff overheard some Russian officers boasting of exlpoits they had performed. "Nay," he cried, "I can tell a better story than any of you." And, being pressed for the story, he continued: "Never have I liked this modern way of fighting t all in a body together. Bnrely it would be more manly for each to stand by himself. . Therefore went I out alone in search of adven tures. One day while reconnolterlng near the enemy's outposts I espied a Swedish soldier lying on the ground. Before be could .rise and give ; the alarm I rushed upon him and with one blow from my Bword cut off his right foot" "You fool!" cried one of his auditors. "Why did you not cut off his headr "So would I have done," retorted Balakireff, "except that somebody else had already done tt" Washington Stan - INSULTED THE KINS. Tha Joke a Printer Turned on Louie .Philippe and M. Thiera. One 'morning during the reign of Louis Philippe there appeared in the Constltutlonnel the following startling paragraph: ... "His majesty the'klng received ' M. Thiers yesterday at the Tuilerles and charged him with the formation of a new cabinet The distinguished states maq hastened to reply to the king: " 'I have only one regret . which is that X cannot wring your neck like a turkey's." ' A few lines lower down there was another paragraph running to the fol lowing effect: "The efforts of Justice have been promptly crowned with success. The murderer of the Rue du Pot-de-Fer has been arrested in a house of bad reputa tion. Led at once before the Judge of instruction, the wretch had the hardi hood to address the magistrate in terms of coarse Insult, winding up with the following words, which amply show that there remains not a spark of con science or right feeling In this hard ened soul: . , 7 1 . , ' " 'God and man are my witnesses tnat l have never hnd any other am- WeodKotice . Notice la hereby given that tha Dis trict School Board of School District No One of Union county, Oregon, will receive up to 4 o'clock p. m. of March, 3rd. 1911, sealed bids for furnishing said school District No. One with cords of four foot split, yellow pine and red fir wood, said wood to be cut while green and not later than June 1st, mi, free from large knots and accept able to said school board. Said wood ia to be delivered 300 cords at high school building, and 100 cords at the Fourth ward school and to be corded up neatly and closely .where directed by Board. .'; . 100 cords to be delivered by July 1st and all on or before Sept 1, 1911. Bids to be left with school clerk. The r0ibrd TUvTivi uq i igut tv reject any or all bids. , . - ; ARTHUR C. WILLIAMS, . . .School Clerk. .,: Every family bu need of a good, reliable liniment. For sprains, braises, soreneM of the muscles and rheumatic pains there is none better than Chamberlain'. 8oM by son and my country loyally to the best or my atmity.' " , ? , The printer had Just cleverly managed to interchange the two addresses. : The cream of the Joke was that It was uni versally known ,how Very little love there was lost between the king and the minister. Strauss' Reminiscences. Rays ana Raie. . ."Everybody - emits rays. An angry man eieits violet rays: a contented person emits pinkish rays." "Sounds Interesting. I wonder if my boss would emit 'a ten dollar raise of salary!" Louisville Courier-Journal Plumbing and Heating JohnMelviUe 1428 Adams Avt , LA GRANDE, - ORE r i rTTTTTTrTnnnmrirr.'rTiiiiiiTi" ji i iiiiiiiiiiiii hi iiii minimi bati n m Complete Equipment tor Resetting ann Repairing 4 Rubber Buggy Tires LA GRANDE IRON WORKS D. 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