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SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1911'
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNiS,
-'Editor and Owner. . ,
Entered at tlte postoffice at La Grande
at second-flags matter.
SUBSCRIPTION SATES
Pall j, single copy ic
Dally, per week, lit
Dally, per month. fSe
severest mcntn of all, March; certain
ly not the various tillers of the soil
mentioned. 60 entering on April and
lta related . activities in the field and
orchard, let us with one accord give
thanks.
THE JiEW SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
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THE 8EAS0VS CROP IXDICA TIMS
(100D.
Mountaineers tell us ihat the snow
Is melting slowly thi failure5 of the
river to assume torrential proportions
verifies It- fruitmen tell us the or.
charts are In better condition tTian
ever before, that the owners are prun
lng and doing all the necessaries to
Insure ood crops but above all that
nature seems to have touched the or
CLiri Il..bv wi.u tuuu miners tail
; leg to crimp the tender March buds
with disastrous frosts; wheat growers
tell us that the winter ' has had a
, peculiarly productive element Jn .It
and there is apparently nothing to
forestall a banner crop again; hay
'raisers are unified In the statement
: that the alfalfa and timothy fields
have fared well during the winter
really a promising ascept for the com
s Ing. wo think. , ..-
,' Weighed und balanced,. It Is found
the past winter treated Grande Ronde
-valley royally and who is the man
who can complalu. Certainly not
thoBe who live In cities, and who en-
Joy sprint:, winds and sunshine in the
Some record-smashing ganus of golf
are promised In Washington this sum
mer as a consequence of President
Taft'o appointment of Walter L. Fish
er, of Chicago, to succeed Mr. Ballln
ger as secretary of the interior. For,
saya the New York Tribune, "like the
president himself, Mr. Fisher Is an en
thusiastic devotee of golf," and quite
a hard a driver oa tue utd ai his
desk. Moreover, when Mr. and Mrs.
Roosevelt to Journey to the national
capital after Mft. Fisher Is Installed
there as a hostess, the country need
not be surprised to hear an "unprece
dented talkfest" on the subject of
race suicide, aa, we are Informed, "thj
private life the new member of the
presidents cabinet is notable for
two hobbies golf and children."
THEATRE
. PROGRAM.
RED MAX'S CURSE.
THE RAJAH.
A SHOWGIRL'S" STRATEGY.
Sonff-JMeft Me Tonight in
V Dreamland, by "Our Mr.
Cowan, I'lanUt and Tenor
Lynn F. Cowan, pianist , and
teneor soloist. ': Greenaway
drums and effects. ' "
Admission 10 cents
WILL BEAUTIFY CHICAGO.
The "city beautiful" plan which ha
bten slowly gaining headway In Chi
cago was epitomized by Chairman C.
H. backer of the Chicago Plan com
mission In an address this way; "It
is proposed first of all to widen and
dev. lop existing rectangular streets,
and, secondly, to cut diagonal streets
to facilitate still more the movement
of traffic. The circuit of first Import
ance for Immediate relief of the Con
gestion in th: heart of the city, and
fcne. that will 'be typical of all otheri
to be executed as the clty"s growth de
man ds, is Michigan avenue, 12th street
Michigan avenue 'may be called the
base line of traffic of the city. A great
development of this avenue 14 propos
:d. It Is proposed to develop 12th
street simultaneously with the Michi
gan .avenue extension (or north and
south connecting boulevard) In order
to bring the west side people down
to the shore' of Lake Michigan and to
Grant, park, flialsted street, a great
I business thoroughfare, Is so situated
that Its usefulness might be much in
creased, It must inevitably carry an
enormous traffic, and is selecud as
the north and south axial line of cir
culation. Chicago avenue, already 100
feet wide, will, If -well maintained.
serve for a long time the traffic which
It will ba made to carry. Connecting;
as it does, with the proposed , north
and south boulevard at Pine street, It
will form the fourth side of the rec
tangle, constituting the first circuit of
Improvement." ....,
HOW OLD IS YOUR HORSE.
There are four ways to tell the age
of a "torse, according to Prof. E. L.
Potter of the Oregon agricultural col
lege: by his teeth, by his ribs, by the
UeBh on his tall, and by the skin on
his cheeks. '
In a young horse the cheek skin Is
soft and elastic, and files back quick
ly when raised; In an old one, It is
lifeless and.gofs back but slowly. .
Old horses apparently have a wider
and more distinct cpace between. their
Hbs than young ones. ' And with age
the flesh on the tall of a horsa shrinks
making the Joints more distinct than
they are on a young horse,"
Judging by the changes in the teeth
is a more accurate method. The com
ing of the temporary teeth .first, and
then the permanent ones; the develop
ment to maturity; the change In shape
on- account of wear; the coming of
the cups In the teeth, and they wear
lng away afterward: and the change
THE OFFICERS
s of this bank will We pleased to talk with you at
, ' any time concerning mutual business relations
HA HEN the Federal Government, the
t J county, the city and a large and
growing of list commercial and private
depositors entrust tneir funds to this institu-
tion to 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 ORANDE, OREGON.
CAPITAL . . . $ 100,000.00
SURPLUS . . . 100,000.00
RESOURCES . . . 1,125,000.00
UNITED S TA TES DEPOSITORY
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F. L.' Meyers, C&shiei Earl Zundel.ss'f. Cashier
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Savoy Shirts for
Men.
$1.50 values 1.15
2.00 values 1.45
2.50 values 1.75
25c Hcse for Men
19c
GOLDEN ROD GINGHAM yd 10?,
LADIES' SLEEVELE3S VESTS,"
17c quality, each ................... 12c
Dainty White Waistings and Wash
Goods, checks, Swiss dots, stripe-,
dimities and fancies, at
'; 21C yd. .
See them in the. window.
Every Suit in the Store Reduced
$1.00 and $1.25 Waists ................ 7Sca
Black Lawn, Sateen, white Batiste,
tailored and colored, sale price...79c
Assignee's Bankrupt Sale of iad
ies' and Misses'
SUITS,
DRESSE3
HALF PRICE
This stock of Ladies' ready-to-wear
garments contains styles and
sizes to suit any figure and the ma
terials are in all the very newest
shades. You cannot afford to miss
this excellent opportunity to save
one-half the price of your Easter
Suit.
HALF PRICE. ,
KAYSER LONG
SILK GLOVES
79c
16-button length,
double tipped fin
gers, all sizes, col
ors black, white,
navy, gray' and;
brown, special
'hi-;-:l,79c.
'tunf:i?-
Toile du Nord &
Amoskeag Ging-
nams
11c yd.
Men's 50c under-,
wear, .
37c a garment.
Men's 50 and 60s
work shirts
39c
Boys' Shirts spe
cial 27c
Bankrupt
Sale of
Fine Linens, Art
Squares, Tray
Cloths, Scarfs,
etc.
$1.25 Silk Hose,
39c
Linen heels and
toe, elastic band;
colors white,- tan,
champagne, blue
and pink, special
89c pair.
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Assignee of the Morgan
Department Store.
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tn the angle of meeting of the teeth,
from straight together at five years to
a sharp angle at 20; all these are
signs by which the experienced horse
man can read accurately the age of a
horse.
"It must be remembered that the
permanent teeth, above and below,
come In at the same time." says Prof.
Potter, "but tnat the cups above do
not wear away until all the cups be
low are gone. It must also be remem
bered that the changes begtn at the
center and continue at the rate of one
pair a year; that a horse at maturity,
which to at five years, has everything
that is, all his permanent teuh and
all the cups. If one remembers this
much, he has the whole thin? in a
nut shell."
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AMERICAN lirSTLE , A TOMC.
'The tonic of American hustle and
shortcuts to applied to European busi
ness methods has done wonders and
no' other, say Chicago business men in
relating certain cases of that sort
without dwelling on shortcoming of
Americans In foreign markets. "In
one instance," one story runs, "a man
came from Europe and emtered in bus
iness In Chicago, whose business has
Increased 00 nor An In nni r. . '
.... ... aa .
a result of knowledge gained by Join-1
lng the association. He followed the
European custom," for one thing, of
failing to discount his bills, but car
rying a large savings account. We
taught him how to adopt the American
system and the nsult has been to
make him wealthy."
GIBRALTAR.
The "Key of the Mediterranean" Ha
Had a Stormy Hittory.,
England has been In possession of
the rocky promontory of Gibraltar
since 1704. From that time to this it
has been a crown colony under the ad
ministration of a governor. By reason
of Its Important strategical position it
la called the "key of the Mediterra
nean." Gibraltar bns bud a stormy history.
In 711 the rock was taken by the Arab
chief Tarik. who called It Jebel-al-Tarlk
(mil of Tarlk and built a for
tress on the promontory. Tart of these
ruins are still extant. In 1309 It was
taken by the Cantilena, only to be re
captured by the Moors in 1333. It was
held by them until vti. Following the
taking and saokim! of Gibraltar In
1640 by BurbarosHo. extensive military
works were built there by order of
Charles V.
Id 1704 the promontory was cap
tured by a comblued force under Sir
George Rooke and the Prince of Oesse-
fcarmstadt, lighting fo the Archduke
Charles of Austria. .The moment It fell
Into their hands the British admiral
threw off the alliance With fha 1 An..
trians and took complete possession of I
me wonts. .
British possession since that time
has been unbroken, although it was
tinder a Spaulsb siege for nearly three
years and gbt months, beginning In
17m Twice the garrlsoo was on the
point of falXng because of the starva
tion of Its defenders.
Right on th Job.
oAt the time Dewey captured the
Philippine Islands there was only one
lighthouse In operation in the Philip
pine waters-that on Cape Melville,
Balabac island, south of the Island of
Palawan and marking the entrance be
tween the China ea and the Sulo sea.
Aa Is the custom In time of war. the
Bpanish authorities bad ordered all
lighthouses to have their lights extin
guished when It was dlHcovered that
an attack on Mnnlla wM threatened
by the American navy, it t,pear that
this order was carried out at all other
Places except at the Hothouse men
tloned above, where the order was
never received The keeper of this
y t1 lining uP toJont
n.w frUhout 0KS,sfce. and was
paid for his services from Mv 1 i
to that date by the Phlllpp SJ
ment-Phlllpplne Monthly. ,
F You Want
a . Cup of Good
Coffee ... . . .
Here is the place to buy It,
we carry all line and don't
push any particular line be
cause thre Is a little more
money in It
We are Hot in the
Association
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