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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1911)
v ' ., LA GRAKDfJ ftVEtflKCI OBSERVER, WEDNESDAY, JUNE H, 1911. PAGE 3 M aise k our Dollars Work ! Start them working for you in RIVERSIDE ADDITION. By so placing your money you create a savings fund that will double within the two next years. Watching Children at Play Is One of Carnegie's Enjoyments r Fine lots as low as $75.00 to $200.00. can buy on your own terms. , You Sib-.' 1107 Adams Avenue. 1. William Miller &Bro., PHONE, MAIN -t , (. a til a I llll I IIVHIII HUM I '15 OVER 1 "El" la local fire warden, and to a as ref eree In case where there Is a differ ence of opinion between any local '.warden and a resident or company relative to the advisability of issuing a hunjlng permit. Lging . camps, sawmills, railroads, etc., were steam engines burning other than oil for fuel are being operated, will be inspected from time to time to see that proper spark arresters are kept in use. In addition, supervising - wardens will advise with farmers, loggers, and oth- ...::' (era who have. slashings to. burn, ln- ELGIN 'MAX NAMED TO OFFICE struct campers concerning camp fires, OYER IJrtO tOOTIES. distribute copies of the law, post fire notices in places where they will do loggers, farmers or others, do get an adequate force of men on the ground immediately to properly handle and extinguish the fire. ';jv. --' fornlaBankers to 3fif p Appointment Made b State Forest; r the most ood,' and ' keep the state Elliott ew Law Explained. forester fully informed in regard to X1 ,. ' ' " ' '' i the fire situation In their district. , I It Is not Jthe intention of the forest Under the authority given him by fire law that the state should be called the Oregon Forest Fire law enacted upon to fight forest fires, and there 13 by the last legislature, State Forester no appropriation made for that pur- F. A. Elliott is actively engaged in per- pose except in extreme emergencies, fectinghls campaign for the preven- The real intent, however, is to pre- tion of forest fires during the ap- vent .fires, and in case firjB does get , proachlng dry season. Aside from the started to see that, the .proper per- local fire wardens, of whom there will sons, that is, those who are the roost be about 600 in the Btate, supervising Interested In the locality of the fire, .... wardens are being appointed in each whether 'timber owners, sawmill men, of the heavily timbered counties. In that ' portion of the state hax ing but a small amount of timber, two or more counties will be lookel after by one supervising warden. Mr. G. A. Galloway of Elgin, Oregqn, has been "appointed, to the, position of supervising warden ; for Union . and Wallowa counties. ThlB 'appointment was made by the state forester after a ' very careful consideration of the rec ommendations received from the prin cipal timber land owners .of this ter ritory. Persons residing In localities not covered by a local fire warden should consult him in regard to' burn ing of slashings and Information con cerning the fire law. The supervising wardens will have general supervision over the county or district placed In their charge. They will be expected to keep in touch with the local fire wardens, whether serv ing voluntarily or under pay from the timber owners, county courts or oth erwise, and to lend them every assist ance in their ower for the. enforce- ment of the laws. They will be em-J powered to Issue burning permits: ) where the territory Is not covered by I ing shot down an Inclined plane on a roarin'g, Tattling car than to at din ner. One reason Is that the. young man who Is out with his "girl" on a scenic railway has to be a protector. f for the young lady becomes frighten ed when the car dashes into a tunnel screams with fear, and, naturally, her sturdy cavalier places a protecting arm about her waist and laughs light ly and bravely at the perils of the trip.'. "-' ; : 'V ' f Ji - 'V i Punlihmant Afttr Death. 1 A negro, already under sentence of life Imprisonment, was convicted of two charges of assault to murder. With great gravity the Jury sentenced him to five years on each charge and ordered the prison officers to keep his corpse for ten years after be died. 1 Per haps a little theology entered the de cision, the Jury feeling as did the man. found hammering away it i. snake after he had killed it and who eir plained by nyln he believed in pun ishment after dimth.-Jutie. . i A Statesman's Quatr Ambition Tbe great Lord Grey had an ambi tion far above politics. Be had passed the reform 'hill, but tbut did not sat isfy hls sdul. . There was talk of Ta gllonl, and' lirey atu quut fttriitwjt "What would 1 ghe to dance it well as she!" : The statesman who bad been prime minister and bad, left an indelible mark on the history of ) his country was actually envious of "an"opera dancer!Loodon Globe. ' . , v UlEHi SOCIETIES ELECT LA GRANDE JSTUDEST SECRETAEY ; OF HIS SOCIETY, Yarious 0. A. C. Societies Select OiT cer for 1912, Settled, r- :- vV 1 Old Gentleman (at his daughter's weddlngHMy dear, I don't see how I am to get, along without you, :Brlde- Oh, that's al fight, pa. Since the cere mony was performed my husband has confessed' that he hasn't enough saved to start housekeeping, so you won't lose me after air. -v"Ji'i tv-fti fm'-i H Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallls, Ore., June H.-(Speclal) The end of the year is a strenuous time for the literary societies at the Oregoa agricultural college with the annual flection and installation of officers, the banquets of farewell for the sen ior members, and the inter-soclety pic- : The Phtladelphlan society, .which, held Its seventh annual banquet at the Hotel Julian, has elected Jay P. Green, '12, Twin Falls, Ida as pres ident for next ear. James M. Caughell, 12, Gold Beach, vice president; W. I Dutton, 13, Lakevlew, secretary; L F. Qronemiller, 'H,' Lakevlew, report- er; J. G. Suramerlln,. Lee, recorded; m H. C. IletzeL 'Madison. Wis.. serKeant- at-arms, and Ck G. Godfrey, 13," Port-" " The new president of the Amicltlaa society Is E. G. Rice, . '13, . Portland, , and the rest of the new staff oj officers are as follows: vice, president, J. C. Leedy, '13, Slier wood; secretary, C. H. Reynolds, "13. La Grande; treasure. T. A.. Rice, ,'14, Portland; sergeant-at., arms, S. O, McFadden, '12,: Cprvallls, most exalted Janitor, H. Hayes; '12, . Joseph.. . . v , v,r:!;.''-;v;', 5.; CallferS san Francyico, Cal Junef:-Mafy leading bankers of CaViforn.iiwh'- ed up ' In ihltt pitjc tbday preparitorlf to depaftinlr" In "a f speclal fafn for Lake Tahoe, where the" lTth- anpual convention of the California Bankers' association will assemble' tomorrow for a session of three days. ' . Piles Cured In 5 to 14 Days. PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of itching, blind, bleed ing or protruding plies in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. BOc. r 5 " ! ,ESUS ND "AM- Gtad Jta&mUmi C.llt.m Cmn.i Muie. Art. Etoctui .JrZ' SISTER SUPERIOR, ft. H'gr,; JtaAmr. New Lot bf 7- Premium Sugar Cured Hams and Bacon Very choice lot of small picnic hams in this shipement. .' 1. i. ... - L : ..,' ,..T " ;,. ,, "', ".TTJS I City Grocery and Bakery The Home of Fancy Groceries. 4iiniuiHiiiHumHHiiiininuiumiiHHH. Photo by American Press Association. , IVING away millions Is not the only means of enjoying himself thafXH- arew carnegie nas. For Instance, In the picture above be Is seen to be having a really good time. ; The. picture was made in Central park. New York's great pleasure ground, when manv thousand children were enjoying themselves while affording enjoyment to their elders. ; Mrs. Carnegie was with the Scotch philanthropist and she enjoyed the afternoon fully as much as her husband did. This Is one of the best photographs of Mrs. Carnegie that has ever been made.'' UNCL E 1 IS VIOLATOR f I ISSUES MORE FREE RIDES THAN AST OTHER COXCERX. .!-. ew Amusements Ilci'oiulng Risky, If Thrilling, In fhlougo. Chicago, June 14. '(Special)--The most flagrant violator of Uncle Sam's anti-pass law is Uncle Sam himself, whose postofflce department issues the equivalent of 200,000 passes, accord Ing to Julius Kruttschnltt, a "Chicago director of the "maintenance and oper ation of 'Tn"e ' Harrlman lines. "The postofflce department issues annually about 00 travelling commissions to postofflce Inspectors and other postal officials, and require railroad compan lea to honor such commissions for free transportation on all trains on all liner on which malls are carried," he skid. . "In some cases these com missions are issued to government of ficlals whose officials duties are in no way connected with the transports tlon of mail on railroads. The rail roads have no control whatever over the Issuance of these commissions, and cannot even secure from the post- office department a list of them, the department holding that the list Is frequently used for personal travel in confidential. These commissions are violation of the rulings of the inter state commerce commission. The postofflce department In effect arbi trarily Issued about 600 annual passes ever every mall carrying railroad in the United States, which Is equiva lent to about, 200,000 annual passes." Mr. Kruttschnltt, in mentioning facts not generally known ahout h nn'st- I office department, also pointed out J many ways In which the cost of trans- porting malls could be reduced If the department looked for them. "But for the postofflce feature the combined weight of an eutlre mall route could many times be handled in a single car such as is ustd for ex , press Instead of several heavy and ex- ' pensive postofflce cars," he said "while 1 often extra cars for Btorage mall must , bi added for which no extra pay is al- ' lowed. The cost of running these ' ! storaxe cars also is not included in j the computation of cost of service, as j no accurate statistics of their nurh I ber or car mileage are available. On a number of routes postal car pay has been allowed tot running full cars in one direction only, classing such routes as' half lines. This obliges the railroads to move the car in the opposite direction without pay, the small additional compensation of less than 4 cents per mile run received In one, direction being entirely inade quate to compensate the road for the empty haul to say nothing of allow ing anything for moving It in direc tion for which pay is received." , Cause and Effect. . ' "There are many delightful dishes to Id made from left over food." ; ; "That's alee," responded the young bride. "There's a great deal of food left over since I began doing the cook-lng."-WnshIngton Herald. Ruth L. Corbett, '13, Corvallls, heads the Feronlan society for next year and ' her executive staff consists of Hor tense'Epprey, '12, Salem, vice presi-' dent;' Luch Crawford, 13, Ashland, secretary f Christine Orfora. '14, 'De Lamar, Idaho, treasurer; Mabel Hard- ; ner, '13, Corvallls, sergeant-at-arms; Virginia Mezcher, ('13, Silverton, recor der; Vena Rlckard, '12, crilc , The Athenian and Clionlan societies A held their annual picnic on the top of Mary's Peak (Mt. Chlntimlni) thl year. They left the colleee Friday af- It Would Anewsf. turnnnn. rtinnnrnnsit hv Vrnt Anil Mrn Rose I nalnred this nlctnre to keen ..... the wolf from the door. Fleming If j. 3V tW argItWn8 the wolf Is anything of an art criUc It .which .-carried the camping kits. They will do It-Smart Set -spent the first night in camp at th : .' , ' i foot of, the mountain, climbed to the Happiness does not consist in things . snowy summit next, morning, 'and in so much as In thoughts. the afternoon, returned to Corvallls. .. A new kind of death at the amuse ment parks of Chicago is one result of the Coney Island novelties of the "thrillers" which each year get more thrilling and risky. ' Coroner HofT man .and the city building department are Investigating the manner of the death of a man on a new "ride." The report of the former , said: "There is a tendency for those riding in the cars to slide to the outside at the curves. In order to do away with the danger of accidents the management were directed to build cars with high in closures." Each year the rides are crowded in gorfl weather for the coun try over no city is so "parking" mad as Chicago. One of the new amuse ments of 1911 is hurling baseballs at a target, which springs a trap, allow ing a negro to fall from a consider able height Into a tub of water. It is great sport. The negro sits on a bar above the tank, the man who plays the game 'purchases a number of baseballs from the geolal barker and throws at a target. If he hits the tar get down drops the bar and down ' plunges the negvo into the tank. Fine business for everyone except the ne gro especially on cool flights. 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