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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1911)
I PAC.h'4 La tiKA&Uh rA-tJNiAu U15SiUVJbtt MONDAY, APRIL 24, 191L THE OBSERVER BXVCE DENNiS Editor and Owner. I-.lfrtd at tie postofiice at La Crauu as secood-clatiH matter. .SUBSCRIPTION BATES D&'lj, single copy Ds!!j, per week, Daily, per month.... , ......... e 15c C'.e i brain. No true American can fail to j apj.reciat: a ball ;am; tbat Is being plajed by gentlemen and this is the kind of ball the borne league purpose! to have, fuch games as the one played yes terday m an that crowds will In crease; that better feeling will pre vail between towns and cities, and when the season will have been closed In the fall there will be nothing: but the most pleasant recollections . of what Las transpired. . ' HERE TO STAY. ;larrjiz & I A I T I WITT 1 FTS ! I l ! i "f 9 LOU 12 1314 15 IQl7Ttl92tf2T22 !3d ill T THE BASEBALL. 8EA80X. Yesterday was the opener for tlH baseball season In pastern Oregon. The home team went to Baker, was treated like princes, won the game by a score of 6 to 0, and Came home feel ing very fine. ''. ' And La Grande rejoices over this victory. Not In a way that would be little the opposing team, for we realize that, base ball success Is -something like' politics up ' and ' downT ' Prob ably, the next time La Grande plays Baker the latter may score a victory. True,' we hope that La Grande will continue to win, but If she should lose : there will be strong applause for the winning team whoever It may be ; composed of. ,' ' La Grande people who witnessed the aviation meet at Boise hare no hesitan cy in saying the flying machine is no longer a dream, but that it is here to stay. And they believe It will not be long before the airship will be a com mercial proposition. So easily was the machine controlled, so completely was every claim carried out that our people returned from Boise consider ably wiser on tht question of air navi gation, . It may be some time. before flying machines Invade the Grande Ronde valley, but they are coming. Most, of us will live to see the day when a trip to Elgin or to Joseph in an airship will not only be practical but it will b? a daily occurrence. "" THE DALLL'S-CI.LILO CAXAL All shippers of the inland empire are much Interested fn the work now underway on Thj Dalles-Cejllo canal. Farmers and shippers of wheat are displaying considerable interest in what congress will do for the project is now dependent on further congres- " ' A Mto(ttnn4Ali ers this question fully: Should congress grant the appropri ations asked for at this and the next session, The Dalles-Celllo boat canal will be very nearly completed within the next three years, according to Ma tJr Jay J. Morrow, corps of engineers, TT. S. A., who fini returned from an In. ' Let us have a season of good, clean 8pection of the big waterway. If euf baaeball for clean baseball is a tonic j flcIent. funds are niade available he to the Boul, the stomach and the gaTg he is certain that steamers will .7. .T- - " be passing through the canal before the expiration of four years. I Jle found everything progressing tmpothly on the eight mile ditch ! which is being built at an estimated jcost of $1,000,000." Caughren, Winters & Smith, who took ft contract to con struct two miles of the canal, will fln .ish iWt work the latter part of this , month. Fran now on It is the present .intention of the government to buiid the remaining stretch of the canal without the aid of contracting: firms, j Camps have been established along J the site at Summit Big Eddy and Five Mile Raplda. , : Seven hundred men are on the pay. rjll. -which represents a disbursement of $30,000 a month. Three steam shov el Arcade mr THEATRE PROGRAM. ''Heart of a Savage" ..Bfograph "My . Prairie Flower". . . . Melles "After 100 Years....... Drama. ' Stllg "Her Words Came True",.SelIg The change at the Arcade for Tuesday will be for one day on ly. "The Passion Play" will run Wednesday and Thursday. . A ..,. ... - Admission 10 cents '--'i - r'"j-.".:"'i-:"""-. a f- w ' .. ' . -if- 1 . .1 i of iSiis Great EaMcriipi t Sale i SALE CLOSES SATURDAY MGHT, APRIL 29 Buy Your Spring Suit Here This eek and Save 10 TO 50 PERCENT MEN amcniDt ana Dam- pie Liiie Sale of SPRING SUITS AND DRESSES. SHORT, JAUN- TY COATS WITH THE NEWEST HABIT BACK AND PLAIN SKIRTS.'1 V,: , DRESSES IN DAINTY MARQUISETTE, LIN GERIE AND SILK- SOME WITH ELBOW SLEEVES, PEASANT STYLES, HEAVILY EM BROIDERED IN. BULGARIAN EFFECTS. The Last Week at Half Price Just Received FROM ALFRED BENJAMIN & CO. BY EX PRESS, SEVERAL NEW STYLES AND PAT TERNS IN SPRING SUITS FO$ MEN. THESE ARE INCLUDED IN OUR f 'A ureal ioinmg oaie ENTIRE SPRING LINE OF SOCIETY, SIN CERITY, BENJAMIN AND EIDERHEIMER STEIN CLOTHING FOR MEN AND XTRAGOOD BCLYSSUITS AT REDUCED PRICES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK ONLY. it Bankrupt Bargains Throughout the Entire Store. I Better Take Advantage of This Saving While You Can SALE CLOSES SATURDAY WIGHT, APRIL 29. JUST 5 MORE DAYS! ASSIGNEE OF BANKRUPT MOR GAN DEPT STORE of PORTLAND two more of jZ mlmmoth macrnes are being assembled ind will be r?ady to begin operations within the next fortnight. One of the main troubles iai1ivilAMaaasdBskpsV 1 fere with operations further than to I and N 1-2 NW 1-4, section 31, town-. make it necessary to shift the crews ship 4 south, range 38 east, Willamette Notice for Publication. Department of the Interior. U. S. experienced of late has been the labor iround tQ other ,octttion8( wntre they meridian, and the timber thereon, un-1 Land office at La Grande, Oregon, question. Men re arming m, ana hi- ... . hMhPrM from flood condl- der the Drovlsions'tof the act of June 3, ', , , , , iDruary zvm, iu. . Notice is hereby given, that Samuel ter staying for a few days, they quit to go in search of a new Job. But these are said to belong to the migratory class, who never remain long at any one place. . It is explained there are many laborers who have-been at work on the canal since the project was started. " . Major Morrow states that the com ing high water season will not Inter- tin rnncreti to amount of 1.000 cub-!J878, and acts amendatory, known as ,c yards Is beta, put in at Big every ween, At the narrowest points the canal proper will be 65 feet wide at the bot tom. The locks will be 300 feet long and 45 feet wide. When completed the canal will accommodate boats drawing eight feet of water. . 4MMtMfHHfHHHtHHMlimimHIHHM- Old Friends and New t Winning permanent, lasting friends is the work of time, and this bank numbers among its clients hundreds of banks and business houses with whom . it has had close relations for a great part of 'the twenty-four years of its existence. .. Our friends have helped to make this one of the largest and strongest banks in . the West. We have helped in their making, too. We welcome new friends and will attend to their wants with the same fidelity which has cemented out relations with our older ones. La Grande National Bank ' LA GRANDE, OREGON. ; CAPITAL . . . $ 100,000.00 SURPLUS . . . 100,000.00 RESOURCES . ...1,100,000.00 ' ; UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Fred J. Holmes, Pres. W. J. Church, Vice Pres. F. L. Meyers, Cashwt Earl Zundel.ss'i. C&shier XOTICE FOB PTBLICATIOX. : Department of the Interior. U. S. Land Office at La Grande, Ore gon, April 18th. 1911, : Notice Is hereby given that James M. Hotter, wboBe postoff ice address la Kane, Penna., did. on the 30th day of June, 1910, file In this otrice sworn statement and application , No. 08267, to purchase the S. 1-2 SW 1-4, Sec. 30, ! tusnt, and that, pursuant to such appli j cation, the land and timber thereon have been estimated and valued by ap pllcant at 1380.00, the timber estimated 1400.000 board feet with the land at ' $380.00 and the land with the timber S3S0.00; that said applicant will offer final proof in support of his applica tion and sworn statement on the 15th day of July, 1911, before the register and receiver,, United States land office at La Grande, Oregon. , Any person is at liberty to protest this purchase before entry, or initiate a contest at any time before patent Issues, by filing a corroborated affl davit In this office, alleging facta which would defeat the entry. p. c. bramwell; Register, J Reasons Why You Should Enlist In The v Observer Contest S. Braden. of La Grande. Oregon; who on July 29th, 1908, made HomeBtead Entry No. 0658,. for SE '1-4 NW 1-4, W 1-2 NE 1-4, and NE 1-4 NE 1-4, Section 14, Township 4 South, Range 38 East, Willamette meridian has filed notice of Intention to make fin al commutation proof, to establish claim to the land above described, be fore Register and Receiver, United States Land Office, at La Grande, Ore gon, on the 20th day of April, 1911. Claimant names as witnesses : - . , E. T. Peebler, Fred W. Braden, Harvey Leaveogood, and Rex Cone-, way, all of La Grande, Oregon. F. C. BRAMWELL, Register. WK March 3. 10, 17, 24, 31 Apr 7, 14 ; An extremely hard artificial wood is being made in Germany from sawdust, and chloride of magnesium. The prlaes are educational. You should lee Portland during the great annual Rose Festival. You should Visit San Francisco during the meeting of the National Educa tional association. You should become acquainted with the beauties of the Columbia river. You should experience recreation In the social life of ocean and Colum bia river tourist hotels. You should study music under the best teachers if you have not done so already. . You should study at home, if you cannot attend college. You should try the thrills of competltve work, such as this contest af fords. V , You should learn how to ask your friends for their support; how to or ganise them into a working force in your own behalf. You should learn how to make friends among strangers and to get them Interested in your success. t THE COSTEST (JIVES ALL lilt St. BfcJfcrlXS AMI UT11EUSI IUU 1 1 I:. i' I 1 I Vte have a permanent position for a good, bright young lady, at good wages. Apply at once. CHERRY'S MW LAUNDRY