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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1911)
PAGE 2 LA GRANDE EVEKJKG OBSCIIVKR, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1911. - i a aim i i a n ir I rt I i ' irmVi i fiKI it n.j MiirMum i ' ii r in am ( Tim We Love the Children Mhiit of tit hitittr who visit our store dally are bright little men and women. Xai they are shrewd buyers, most of them, In their way. They are always welcome here and you may rest assured that every attention will be shown to an order forwarded by them Just as much as would be glTen to yourself. It Is a convenient way of getting gro ceries In a' hurry and is nsed by mnny of your neighbors. " -V- p , ; , ; : n h- - h 1 ; 1 'hi Glogston & Nutter Painters, Paperhangers, Decorators Phone Ind. 1341. 1708;i-2 Sixth Street CALL - AND - GET - PRICES J. E Bradley $ Co, SANITARY PLUMBING Phone, Main 77 NEXT DOOR JO CITY HALL FOR Quick Results i.'.M i mi, i , , i 1 1 uu , m1 ram i.,',!, mj i,i , 'i list your FARM AND FRUIT LANDS, With 1 8 E. S. GIVENS INVESTMENT CO. We have Seattle people who are wanting to invest in OREGON we have invested and can interest our friends. Write us at once, giving a complete description of what you have for sale, and we will get you results. No agents. E.S.GIVENS INVESTMENT CO. 22fl I.TTATiV "RTTTT.'nTXrfi a-FATT-m wtkoxx IStllli a PINEO EASTERN OBEGOS ASYLUM WILL . BE COXSTBCCTED. . No Referendum Attachment and Work Can Go on Immediately. ' - (Pendleton East Oregonian.) ... With the expiration Saturday of the time for filing referendum peti tions and no such petition- having been filed to hold up the additional appropriation for the Eastern Oregon branch hospital the state board is now free to proceed with the establishment of the institution adjacent to this city. That the plans for the buildings ars almost completed and that work will be undertaken soon is stated by Gov ernor Oswald West. For many weeks past State Architect Knighton ha3 been at work upon the plans for the buildings and It is expectedNhe will have them completed by June 1, Bids for the construction of the buildings will then be asked for and the con tracts let. According to Governor West the board will .first build the main ad ministration building and a. wing on either side, the other wings propos ed being added later on as needed. The heating plant and laundry build ings will also bebuilt at once. Tha state has already made arrangements with the O.-W. R. & N. company for the construction of a spur through the rear of the branch asylum grounds so as to permit of the unloading of fuel and supplies right at the institu tion. : "In constructing the branch asylum hospital buildings," says Governor West, "we are going to act carefully and with a view to the future as well as to the present needs of the insti tution. We will erect the very best buildings possible with the money appropriated and we will try to ar range for a model institution in every regard." f DRILL TEAM TO INITIATION AT HOPE CHAPTER TO BE BIG EVENT. Banquet, Initiation and Floral Brill for Wednesday Evening. What will likely be the last oppor tunity to ste Hope chapter floral drill team put on the splendid drill which it is anticipated will prove something of a revelation to the Portland grand lodge in June, will be accorded mem bers of Hope chapter and the visiting members of the order of Easter Star, next' Wednesday evening The lodge will lnitiat a class on that evening, and following it comes the f ntlre. drill which is to be put on In Portland. As a climax to it all will be a banquet served by two social sections of the lodge. "Evfry member should be present and the drill team will duplicate Its proposed drill in Portland, on that evening," said Grand Worthy Matron Carrie Hunter this morning, 'The team has certainly perfected itself and there will be an opportunity present ex! for those who cannot go to Port land, to see this team work as it will in Portland." Dissolution Notice. The firm of Martin & Bradley, plum bers. Is dissolved this 22nd day of May, 1911, by mutual consent. All ac counts due the firm will be collected by J, E. Bradley, who will continue the business. He will pay nil out standing obligations of the firm. J. E. BRADLEY, T. F. MARTIN, ' La Grande, Ore., May 22, 1911. My 22-27 Treasurer's Call for City Warrants. There are funds In the treasury to pay all warrants Issued against water fund ot La Grande city, up to and In cluding No. 9,616, endorsed Aug. 8. '10. Interest on all warrants on Water fund from No. 9,(100 to !),61C. inclusive, ceases from date of this. call. La Grande, Oregon, May 13. 1911. ROY W. LOGAN, City Treasurer. My 13 13 16 17 IS 19 20 22 33 24 For summer diarrhoea in children 1- wtyi girt Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and CMtor oil, and a upeedy euro is certain. For sale by all dealers. TV nl TTTTTT A Osf EYESIGHT SPECIALIST I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO GRINDS GLASSES 1 IN LA GRANDE 4 ,jf- r I ir-,vt ... I Can Duplicate Exactly, Any Lens, . No Matter ; Who Made ;"' or Prescribed Me the Pieces If Located Permanently Next Door to the Post Office Several Reasons why You Should Consult Me in Re gard to Your Eyes. . I X 1st I Devote My Entire Time to the Optical Business 2nd I Grind all my Glasses to Fit the Face, as well as the Eye. 3rd All My Glasses are Ground in My Workshop in La Grande. , 4th I Duplicate Exactly Any Lens, no matter who made or prescribed it. Save the pieces and brig them to me I can tell exactly what strength th ey are. 5th Who should be able to do the best optical work? One wjio makes the fitting of glasses a side line, or one who devotes his entire time and attention to one thing. HeaCpClk' : Eyht Specialist OLD "TIME SCHOOLS. Methods In Days When "!o Liokin', No Lamin'," . Was the Ruls. Tha schoolroom ww ;ii'Ps of a half ?entury ko are lm-rw1:lt!-? to a bioderu If is v.-:l l:it ;'.:cy hive u"t bviMi coathiucil, bin nu account of fiota by uu eyewitness Is ofu-u heius- las. One incident from A. II. Hall's "Old Kradord, Schovid.-iys" brlng up u teacher who tiling to the old jirin ciple. "Xo li klu no I.irnln'." Horace Waiton, at recess, climbed to the top of the highest nut tree und. loslna hid hold, fell to the ground. lie struck on many of the lhabs in his descent. The buys were terribly frightened as he struck the g'"ouud. Just as we crowded ubu:t him to see if he still lived, our faces as white us his. the bell rang for the resumption of studios. . The last boy in was Walton, and just as he fell rather than sat down hi his sent the master shouted, "Come out here instanter!" lie j.;ave him a flogging that made the fall from the tree seem the lesser of the two evils. A few j eurs ago, meeting Walton for the first time for many years, he re marked that he well remembered how that master nt last succeeded in bring ing things into routine order in the school. Euch morning as the school assembled this order was observed: "First bell, come to order; second bell, attention; third bell, lick Walton." the city of La Grande, Oregon, for the construction of 11,415 square yards of bitullthic pavement on Washington avenue between east curb line of First street and east line of Fir street to gether with excavation, curbing and drainage, the same to be constructed according to the plans, specifications and estimates on file in this office. All bids to be in by 8 o'clock p. m., May 24th, 1911, and each bid to be accom panied by a certified check of 5 per cent of the amount of the bid. The ouneil reserves the rljrht to reject any or all bids. Attention of all contractors is called to the agreement of Warren Brothers' company,, filed with this city, in ac cordance with which agreement War ren Brothers' company agrees to li cense all contractors desiring to bid for tha work to lay bitullthic pave ment in accordance with Its patents and the terms of said agreement. La Grande, Ore., May 19, 1911. C. M. HUMPHREYS, Recorder. May J9 to 24 inclusive Siren In Skirts. Which Is the most recent siren (of tbe animal variety) in history? Jacobus Noleras relntes that In 1403 n siren was captured lu the Zuider 7ee, She wns (says Mr. Norman Douglas iu "?lren Land") brought to llanrlem and, being naked, allowed herself to be clothed; she learned to eat like a Dutchman; she could spin thread and take pleas ure In other maidenly occupations; she was gentle and lived to n great age. j But she never spoke. The honest bur-' ghers had no knowledge of the lan- gunge of the sea folk to enable them ; to teach her their own tongue, so , sh4 remained mute to the end of her days. ; Sotlce to Contractors. . Notice Is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the council of , Depot Street Mahaffy Bld Always Send Your Clothes to itie to the Best Place to have them fixed up.... We do the best work because we are equipped to handle it. New machinery, Expert workmen We call for and deliver. THE ELITE DYEING and CLEANING WORKS Main 64. Waggoner & Zundel C. T. 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