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;"' ISk GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1911.
THE OBSERVER
BRUGE DENNIS
. Editor and Owner. -
tfitlfred at the pestofflce at La Grande
as second-class matter.
SrBSCBlITlOS BATES
Oalljr, single copy it
!nHy, per week, .............. 16c
Dally, per month. 65e
in her city water system to gemrate
current for the icitr'a use. But eren
In this Baker need, not grow cheaty,
for La Grande has a water power just
outside of the city limits wher: cur
rent could be generated in quite a
quantity. - . "
Alread- the street making machin- j
ery is at worn, uatn the bitunthic t Y
crews and the city crews are laboring
to build pav:d streets and to make the
dirt roads better. Let the good work
go on. La Grande needs ood streets
more than she needs a bank account.
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JCST ONE OF SEVERAL.
v The announcement last evening that
a brick building was to be erected this
. spring on the Snodgrass corner is on-
(Jy one of several new business build
' ings that are planned. Such Intelli
gence cannot help making every citi
zen of La Grande r.alize, that his
home city is fast approaching that en
. viable place in history when all vil
lage ways shall have been nut aside
una metropolitan methods and prices
. must prevail here.
' The n?ed of more business houses
has been apparent for some time. No
time in the past two years has 'there
been sufficient business buildings to
, accommodate the commercial entsr
prlces and those that would like to
have located here. In one way this
seems too bad. but in another way of
viewing It there can be no doubt as. to
La Grande's healthy business location
And the sunny days came to a close
with a nice invoice of heavenly dew
rirono nil nf wWcti the va'l v '
i thankful for. Cannot raise good gralB
without moisture as well as sunshine.
DANGER OF DUST.
(Inland Herald..
, Give an energetl cbut ignorant maid,
unaware of the fact that the danger of
dust lies not so much in its presence,
but In its motion, a feather duster and
the average man is glad to g t out of
the room. The public Is gradually be
ginning to understand that curtains
and carpets are the worst breeders of
diseases in any household. While the
average householder, however, is re
formln his home practice, the streets
are left very much as they were a
generation ago. Any man walking the
business -streets of Spokane aft :r a
certain, not too belated, hour In th?
evening is liable to be choked' by
clouds of dust raised by the scaven
ger department. Dust that rises pene
trate the luns of every passer-by,
gets into every open window, destroy
ing the furniture, the shoo goods and
the health of eviryone with whom
comes into contact, to settle again af
ter the machine brush passes. What
Z"H Is ejected? Tlirio i a Hille sur
face cleanliness, but aft-r the removal
of dirt and dust about the same result
is accomplished in the street that may
be effected in the parlor by a feather
duster, that medieval weapon of ig
norance. The sidewalks and streets of
this city should be flushed before
sweeping and if thta wer? done spinal
meningitis and its allied dust diseases,
so productive of infant mortality,
would disappear.
It may be said that the cltv has not
sufficient water to accomplish this un
There is not a firm in the city that is
not doing a better business than the (louDtedly beneficial reform, but if the
the commercial Importance of this city
water commission tr, C. M. Fassett
will make a thorough examination of
s mountains the ladder until the en- tne matter ne w,n probaWy find tnat
ure normw 8i is tailing uue ana prop- .hop, ,,. . ,.,,
nitlce of La Grande and Eivlns U no a ao,i , iMa ., . ,,, '..
io iwv-n ill lino . III I. 11 DUlULIiri
the waste of water is .laid at the
j door of the lawns, but lawns ar? not
watered in winter and waste of water
er
credit for being what It Is The com
ing city of the Eastern Oregon coun
try. '
I
IT TO FRUIT MEN SOW.
j still goes on.
"THIS IS MY .VTH BIRTHDAY.
McKennon and Chandler took to
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i uriwuu me pr.ze iuuiuB leers, una Edward A. Moseley
iney were uranae- nouae sieers. am E(lward A. MoBeley. secretary of the
prizes were capiureo. irom sweep- nters(ate commerce commission since
takes down. It was a great v ctory lts orpan,zatlon ,n 1887. wa8 born )n
r.th V??' K me?wn,.B mPUU1 Newburyport. Mass.. March 23. 184(5.
that will last years; that will attract ;xt lhJ a of 16 ne ran to
good stockmen here; that will plsce 'an(j for gome years'Vas connected with
iw imw iruui una v.n n:n : the East India trade. Later he en-
u?.? h I? !lun, lumber business, and In It
with the many other good things this roa. t. fopMinp TIfl utA law nH
valley produces, McKennon and Chan
dler have shown to the outside world
that the Grande Ronde Is the home of
the betf steer.
, But there are other prizes to be tak
en. No .finer fruit can grow that th!B
valley produces. It is now up to the
fruit men to prove this excellent dis
tinction by competing for prizes in the
fruit shows this fall.
One man In La Grande, Instead of
buylug town lots five miles away from
the busin ss section of Portland, went
out to Imbler a year ago and purchas
ed a few acres of fruit land. Will that
served several terms In the Massachu
setts legislature. In 1887 he was ap
pointed secretary of the Interstate
commerce commission at the request
of President Cleveland. Mr. Moseley
Is regarded as the leading authority In
the United States upon all measures
tpr appliances designed to secure the
safety of railroad employes and trav
elers upon railroads. He has written
several books on the subject of safety
appliances on railroads and has Deen
Instrumental In securing the adoption
of federal and state legislation re
quiring air brakes,, patent counlfngs
i and other safety appliances. At its
commencement last June .Notre name
man exchange his Investment for any
of the town lot and stock schemes In nivrpifv tcrrci , m- m
far off cities? Just ask him and he l jey tne honorary degre of doctor of
will show you where he has a eood
thing where he can look after it and
his future values are assured. No. h
la not in the market for any such
trades.
Ilaker City is talking municipal
ownership of her electric light plant.
Baker claims to have sufficient power
laws.
"I had been troubled with eonstlptUon
for two years tnd tried all of the beet physi
cinn in HrUtol, Tenn., nml they. could do
nothing for me," wrilen Tho. E. WiMinnin.
MiddMinm, Ky. "Two pnekagea of ('ham
tIMlit'- Sluni.irh V"1 T i.--.r 'lulllolB CUT"
a fr.fr f"' .f . '. ,p'1 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'f 'I "i1 f ' 'i' 'I
THE OFFICERS
of this bark will be pleased to talk with you at
any time concerning mutual business relations
tHEN the Federal Government, tho
county, the city and a large and
growing ot list commercial and private
depositors entrust tneir funds to this institu
tion Lo the extent of $800,000.00, you may
be sure that it is a safe one for you to identify
yourself with.
GALL AND TALK IT OVER WITH US
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON.
CAPITAL . . . $ 100,000.00
SURPLUS . . . 100,000.00
RESOURCES . . . 1,125.000.00
UNITED S TA TES DEPOSITOR Y
Fred J. Holmes, Pres. W. J. Church, Vice Pres.
F. L. Meyers, Cashwi Earl Zundel.lss'f. Cashier
much as poKsesslon U nine points of the
law of rightful ownership tbe asxuyer
Is not allowed to be a doubting Thom
as. "Several years ago." said the super
tntendent, "there was a city detective
stationed In tbe bulldlug to watcb for
Jewelry and gold and silver pieces that
were presented for assaying to deter
mine whether or not they were stolen
goods. He remained here for eighteen
months, and during that time be did
not catch a single thief. The reason
was that tbe newa undoubtedly went
out to every 'fence.' crook and thief of
every description In tbe city that a
guard was at the assay office and to
watch out for him.
"After the city detective was with
drawn it became more necessary to se
cure some other means to prevent our
office from really becoming a fence'
for stolen articles.
"The one provision we finally incor
porated Into our rules that hat kept
away from us the greatest portion of
stolen goods that might otherwise be
headed in our direction was that we re
fused to accept any bullion that will
assay leas than $100. In this way we
are able to refuse any ordinary quan
tity of rings, watches and other trin
kets that would be stolen and which
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BARS THE CROOKS
Uncle Sam's Assay Office In Wall
Street Not a "Fence."
ON THE WATCH FOR THIEVES.
Precautions Taken to Kep Jswelry
and Gold and Silver Articles, That
. May Have Been Stolen. Out of the
Government's Melting Pot.
The way In which the Pnlted Stntes
assay office hi Wall strew Lfoi it-j
wnere
we will accept stuff aud It wtll turn
out to be wort'j n few dullars under
tbe amount, hut we cannot always
guess correctly when looting at froods
"We have many other ways of deter
mining whether goods presented to us
bave been stolen, but It would not be
wise to let every crook In town know
what they are. Sufficient to say that
every time we have suspected things
were not right we have secured Imme
diate co-operation of the New York de
tective bureau, and I believe we have
secured better results than when a
man from tbe central office was con
stantly on watch. Then tbe stuff did
not appear. Since then we have been
of assistance in tracing down several
burglar mysteries.
"When goods are stolen that value
aolf from ihwnnilnf n "fence
thieves and crooks may bring their j or asRav r 100 lt mc
tnln WnrM tn hnvp thorn melted nnd eas,er for U8 ,0 keeP ,h lstf Of the
receive cash for the same was recently J an, whlch- ar thed by the po
explained by the superintendent.
Tbe federal statutes make it difficult
for those In charge to refuse any gold
or silver handed In, .The sjatute reads
In part that "any owner of gold and
silver bullion shall be entitled to de
posit the same, and It shall be melted
and assayed Immediately." It does
not designate that only the rightful
lice department and to be on tbe look
out for what is wanted.
"Then when tbe value of the articles
la over that amount we are In much
safer position to put a few questions to
our customer, to discover who he Is
and why be wants to get money for
the articles. If we are still suspicious
that all la not as it should be It Is a
simple matter to .make a few Investiga-
count and the settlement thereof.
Dated this 28th day of February.
1911.
ELIZABETH DONNELLY.
Administratrix of the Estate of John
P. Donnelly, deceased.
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FOR RENT Furnish room. Block
post office. Inquire Mrs. J. C. Gul
ling. Mch22tf
nwnnr mnc nnnlv fnr nervlce. and Inns- i """H1" iuuim
w ....!'; i, , tlons before we complete tbe transac
tion.
"I am perfectly aware that the Idea
la prevalent In many quarters that tbe
United States assay office la a fence'
for thieves to bring their wares. This
may have been the case In New York
In the old days, and It may be ao now
In other places, but I feel that It la a
pity that such feeling still exists In
New York. It may be that there are
cases where stolen articles get by us,
but we are constantly on the lookout
for crooks and what tbey bave looted,
and I feel safe In saying that there la
leu Justice to tbe term fence' being
applied to ns cow than at any other
time In the history of tbe office." New
York World,
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TEAM WANTED Medium Bized ttn
horses; gentle and safe. G. F. Duch
er, Cove, Ore. '
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE-We furnish
all kinds f reliable help on short
notice. We have them listed In our
office. If you are reliable 'phone us
your wants. Wilson & Reed, employ
ment office in postofflce block.
FOR RENT Furnished t ooms.:
Roy Rynarson. Close in.
Sixth street.
Mrs.
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FOR SALE Sixteen lots, four blocks
from roundhousej,M. Hendricks.
FOR SAL EOR TRADE Two 80-acre
tracts, uncleared, in Jackson county,
one on county road, also 10 acres
nearly all clear 1 1-2 miles from rail
road station, with seven acres young
fruit trees. Will trade any or all
three pieces for property in or near
La Grande. Address Box 567, New
beg, Ore.
TO LOAN A client will loan $. ,000 at
8 per cent interest, one rear or lon
ger, first mortgage farm secartty. F.
S. Ivanhoe.
For Sale.
j A Bean power spraying outfit in
5uuu iuuuiuob at a Dargam If taken
at once. Inquire of C. O. Ramsev, or
J. B. Stoddard.
WANTED A man with a few good
teams to take contract for hauling
1 1-2 or 2 million feet of lumber, 8
hour trip. Apply at once to Overton
Lumber Co., Union, Oregon. (tf)
FOR RENT
phone 462.
-A furnished fiat. Bell
Hattie R. McDonald, tf
FOR SALE Two good fresh milk
cows. Easy milkers. Inquire 1001
corner 2dn and J streets.
WANTED Man and waon for col
lecting. Apply of E. C. Herzinger,
Savoy hotel.
FOR RENT Five room house for rent
close in. Inquire of Geddes Bros,
store. March 21-3t
CITY SGA VANG ER Joseph Turn
bull, city scavenger. Anyone want
ing my services call up City Recor
der's office.
Notice ef Final Account
Notice la hereby given that Eliza
beth . Donnelly, administratrix of the
estate of John P. Donnelly, deceas
ed, haa filed In the County Court of
Union County, Oregon, her final ac
count In the matter of said estate and
the County Court has appointed Tues
day, the 4th day of April, 1911, at the
hour of 10 o'clock a. m. at the court
house In La Grande, Union county, i FOR SALE Two good homestead re
Oregon, as the time and place for linqulshmenta in Wallowa county.
hearing of objections to such final ac- Inquire of D. Blrchoux
FOR RENT Furnished and light
housekeeping rooms. Mrs. E. C. Moore
1617 Fourth street.
WHITE LEGHORN rooeera for Bale.
Inquire Mrs. W. G. Hnnter, Red 691.
FOR SALE At a bargain. One acre
tract, six room house, barn and
poultry yard; 50 full blood Barred
Rocks, 80 friut trees, also gooseber
ries, strawberries, etc. Fine place for
poultry ranch. Owner leaving valley,
must sell at once. TO SEE IS TO
BUY. A. L. Rice. Imbler Ore.
WANTED Housekeeper for man
with no family;. widow lady prefer
red. Box 321, Union. Ore.
FOR SALE Twenty head of two and
three year old horsea. H. Eichen
berger, Ladd Hill horse ranch.
For all kinds of
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Office In Foly Building
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Phones, Main 709 Ind.
H. J. EESLER, XA3AGLB.