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'PAGE 2 LA GUANDE EVENING OBSERVER, MONDAY, JTTtfiE 12, 1911. ; Moiiey Invested in x, f . -, -.; 4 - . ,' " ' ' I ;0meMqui ifteafiewaras i FRONTIEHSlEliSE'SIl IN II GATHER LONDON that cannot be measured alone in dollars and cents.: There's satisfaction in knowing you have a home when possibly all other investments fail it gives you5 a feeling of security and demands the recognition of your fellow townsmen, be 'ckuse by ijuilding yo' show your faith in the fu- r tllre of the community; .And, every, community is known by its deeds. You can help and at the same time help yourself A home investment is., always tne most meritorious, and loss is less like 'ly because you are dealing in values you under stand and with people you know. We have slip pieia ine lumuer ivr uie uumco v y ci your friends who are now on the road to success, and want to talk with you whenever you're ready. WENAHA LUMBER CO. , ' , GREENWOOD & MADISON Home Phone 421.! ! Eeli Phone, Main 732 A BUSINESS U similar to a personality, It has character ood.. bad or Indifferent the fiame as an Individual. If the. principles of , the individual , are fundamentally Bound he's an 0. K. individual. If the policy qf the business Is rlht and Us tuthodi squifre it Is an 0. K. business, t THE WARDROBE SHOP la the place to have your clothes cleaned, pressedrepaired and dyed because It Is on t,he square all af the time. 1113 Adams Avenue Phone Main 735 - WILSON BROS. J. E. Bradley 6 Co. ' j i SANITARY PLUMBING7 REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY. Phone, black 3482 NEXT DOOR TO CITY HALL as CELEBRATION OF 100TII ASSIVER .- . S VRY OF DISCOVERY. I Veterans of Early DajTwhr'Hcefat Kettle Falls ext ueek. Spokane, Wash., June 12. When veteran frontiersmen and early set tlers In the Pacific slope country fore gather In the town of Kettle Falls. Wash., of Friday, June 23, to cele brate the 100th anniversary of the dis cove ry of the Kettle Falls on tha Co lumbla river, 95 miles north o here, they will pay tribute to the memory of David Thompson, a trail-blazer for the Hudson's Bay Company, which, estab lished Its first trading post on what now Is American territory. In 1812, The celebration will be under 'the immediate direction of the Kettle1 Falls Pioneer association, beaded by AJ W. Smith. George H. Beven vlcet: pres ident of the Stevens Cuunty Pioneer liver the address of welcome, other speakers being Colonel J. M. Fish,; Dr. B. L..Brigham, wj. Stambaugh and Thomas Ledgerwood. The latter clem", ly recalls the period when there was only one settler along the Columbia river between Fort Colvllle and Fort Spokane, the latter now designate;) as Miles In the Postal guide. In addition to 'the 'exercises there will 'be ttiej an nual reunion of the 'early setllsro; of Stevens county ; and a centennial din ner. The town of Kettle. Falls, which be host, was founded In. the winder of 1890-1, but was settled more than 40 years ago. ' There is Intsrsstini' tiH:a-,- le gend of the Kettle falls and the origin of .'its name, probably hnndeii own from the Flathead tribesmen, who re ferred to them as llth'-coy-opo, 'on' ac count of the numerous, kettle in the rocks. The tradition is that a pebble was rushed along the current qf the Columbia and found lodgment in; a crack of the rock, and, whirled. Jji'it. new bed, it ground a bit off the onyx. Other pebbles' came-'dowri th si i emu and bit into the same stone and in' the ages that passed the large pot'iil: ex cavations were worn in' the rock.' At the bottom of these cavities todpy .are pebbles, grinding deeper intp .. ,he ledije. athwart which swirl tha.-wn- taxa rt m Vi -vn mn v4 lnL on ami m n .i 1 1 , streams on their way to the TTCIflt ocean, more than 600 miles dia'int. ,. i , s Team Work. f Bids wanted to haul crushed rock I from bin to Second street.! State price pUr ton. I furnish the pump bows. the entire crushed rock tiauling con ! tract on Second street to h let. to one ( or more parties" iif one contract. 1 reserve the right to reject any and all bids. " J. L. MARS. ENTRIES. FROM ALt, ;0;VER THE J-i j- V WORLRvV SteAard's Ope: ra Mouse SATURDAY, JUNE 17 j tentvJfifth season i'l THE ORIGINAL Denman Thompson's Celebrated Play ;The 0M 'Homestead" :: JUST AS PLAYED IN NEW YORK FOR 3 YEARS .('.''' I'll'! )". ... i .it The Famous Double Quartette The Palms The Great Church Choir A Perfect Cast Complete Scenic Prc'duction;.' M All the Favorites e fits uia Hair MilUtury"Coririet3tlon fbr jGold "JTu1 . , rniu ue neen. i f , v . r London; June 12-The fifth-' Inter national,, horse show opened at Olym pic this afternoon. It will, continue through twelvedays. ' Given U It 1? under the patrenage o Klngldeorge, the exhibition Jthis year .has been an ticipated with peculiar Interest by so ciety and horsemen as one of the taost brilliant events of the coroaaUon sea sons. . Thousands attended the open ing day to seelheTmost wonderful!. decorated hall,i, which has been mage to represent a Tudor pillage. The entries fromabroad are more numerous than, ever befofe. : For the first time (Russia, iGermany, . Austria and Sweden have sent representatives for -the officers' competitionsr The other "competitors Include Fraape, Belgium, the United tSates and Can ada.. The military . competition!) j for the King Edward VII. gold cup are expected to be very keera.: . i Judge Moore again heads the list of American exhibitors in number, and variety of entries, his exhibits j ap pearing in almost tvery class. Otjiei Amercan exhibitors are Alfred O.- Va- derbilt, Thomas W. Lawson, ;.Pau1 Sorg, E. T. Stotesbury, J. W. Harrt- man, C. W. Watson and E. H. Wealh erbee. . 1 : , (; , The judges for the United Sritfet and Canada are the Hon. Adam harness horses a d ponies; Alfred G Vanderbilt, costers; Alfred D. Miclay. saddle horses; Algernon Craven hunters, and Robert A. Fairbru, trot ters 'and pacess.. ' Echo of the, Warrtncr, fuse. Cincinnati, O., June 12. An echo of the famous Warriner case, in which Charles L, Warriner, treasurer of . the Pour ailrond, was Bbiit to prison about a year ago for the embezzle ment of $643,000 of the company's funds, was heard in court; here today when the casa of Edgar Street Cooke of Chicago was called for trial. Fol lowing the disclosures of the WarrI ner embezzlement a similar charge of embezzlement was brought against Cooke, who was formerly a Big Four employe under' Warriner. Warriner is to ba 'brought from the peniten tiary at Colulumbus to testify at the trial of Cooke, and it also expected tn.j. Mrs. Hunnette S. Ford, the "wom an in the (ase," will be placed on the stand. Do you want to make more money? We want energetio salesmen In your Territory. Expense money advanced. For particular address Albany Nur series, Inc., Albany Oregon. 5.27-30t 1 o ft-- . DIRECTION MR. FRANKLIN THOMPSON , ! i i , ' PRICES: 50c to $1.50. Seats on sale at Van Buren'i Thursday I v I Xotice of Annual School Meeting.' Notice. Is hereby given to the legal voters of School district No. One of Tnion county. State of Oregon, that the annual school meeting of said dis trict will ' be held at the1 old high school building In said district to be gin at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. on the third Monday of June; being the 19th day of June, A. D., 1911. , . ' This meeting Is called for 'the pur pose of electing one director and the transaction of the business usual;, at such meetings. . . ' . There will also be submitted to .the legal voters at said election the fol lowing questions; Shall School district No. One,of,.Un ion countjv ielnihur,sjeArthur c. Wil liams, clerk of said district for piorey. amounting to $1,578.34, lost by "him In the failure of the Farmers and" Trad ers' National bank of La Grande, Ore gon. and by him forthwith paid to the district., . Shall school district No. One of Un ion coun,'', 'state of Oregon, piirchaso .block S2 of Chaplin's addition 'to the town of La Grande Union county,' Ore con,;'at the price or $1,600.00 for a play ground? ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Said election shall be held from 2 p. m. uhY.l 6 p. to. and It shall be" by bal lot; I' ' . ,r I Iiatod this 8th day of JuneA, D. 1P11. . i . ' i- ; HENRY t H EN SON, - Chairman District School Board. ! A'tcstr .7 t ; ARTHUR C. WILLIAMS, District Clerk. ,6-8-19 " . KIT CARSON'S iiccni n DflMnu iifii ni'fcon L -TRAINED WILD -ANIMAL I 4.4. TENTH TRANS-CONTINENTAL TOUR. THE LARGEST WILD WEST SHOW ON EARTH COMING DIRECT ON THEIR OWN SPECIAL TRAINS' : AM vmw MMnv M-wMn m v-rtkftff i.r..'f.f f . .,; Uf VUUCLK UHlrtU KA1LKUAU Alva r Rum .1 1 v THE BIGGEST RANCH IN THE WORLD. - JiV,. Menagerie) of Trained W3dj Animals , From all parts of the Glpbe. Daring and death defying acts almost ' beyond the realms of lucid imagination. :i' A COSMOPOLITAN COLLECTION OP COWBOYS AND GIRLS, VANQUEROS, SENORJTAS, GUARDIS RURALES, CHAMPIONS OF THE LARIAT, m ' OUGH RIDERS, PONY EXPRESS VETERANS, DARING '!. ATHLETES, COMICAL CLOWNS, THRILLING INDIAN FIGHTS AND WAR DANCES. PRINCE BOTLOEVE'S TROUPE OF RUSSIAN COSSACKS, ;. i The most daring Horsemen in the World. - BANDS of SIOUX, OIEYENNE and COMANCHE INDIANS, Fresh f:bm the Canip-ftre"'and Council, making their first ecquaintance , ' with pale face civilization. The Grand Ethnological Performance 'conc'-iiJes w.th the Superb - - Spectacularj Dramatic, Historical Fantasy, ' "The Battle of Wounded Knee Introducing a vast and motley horde of Indians, Scouts, Trappers and Soldier that actually took active part in the last brave stand and hopeless struggle the noble redskin made for his freedom and rights. TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY, RAIN OR SHINE . Afternoon t . Evening at 8. Doora open One Hour earlier. WATER PROOF CANVAS. CANNOT LEAK. Grand, Gold Glittering Free Street Parade TWO MILES LONG at ii a. rn. dally on the main thoroughfare. BIG FREE EXHIBITIONS on Show Grounds immediately alter the Parade BRING IN YOUR DAD HORSES AND HVIEG , OurCowboys will ride) them FREE OF CHARGE.1 ' $25.00 will km pal to. any pmnom brinmlnm a bars or mutm Hnrr LL : i -: FOR 0 I -m0 U1CK I results -list' your FARM AND FRUIT 'LA&PS, With E. S. GIVENS IN viuSMliNT CO. j We have Seattle people who are wanting.. to' invest in OREGON we have invested and can' interest our friends. Write us at once, givinc: a.v . complete description 01 wnat you nave for salej ; aau we ,wm get you result, imp agents. ...r.f Tl i V ll Vf v.i I 111 1 n I IV1 H III I I II. JUk J VIA f jUA 1 J hk ff LiU A XTltJl 1 1 , tJm 226 LEARY BUILDING, SEATTLE, WASH , VI