"VT V
f'.V- !
Li GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OEEGOIT.
iiiumC!TTr Trrvm on -inn .
OUCIlliM SCOLD
A Custom Quite Popular at One
Time In This Country.
WOMEN ALWAYS THE VICTIMS.
In Colonial Days Ducking Stool Wert
Common In Maryland, in Virginia
tho Panalty Waa Often InflicUd, and
Georgia 8'mned aa Lata ae 1819.
Nowadays If a woman forms the
habits of talking too load and too long
or insists upon saying i unpleasant
things In wrong places and at wrong
seasons there are several things which
may happen to her. If she Is a person
of some social standing her husband
may get a divorce, or If sbe belongs
In one of the lower strata be may
leave her without that little formality.
If she makes Ufe too unbearable for
the neighbors she may possibly be ar
rested and fined ; If she lives in Eng
land and Interrupts the proceedings of
parliament, calls names, chases digni
taries to cover whenever they show
themselves in public and knocks off
policemen's helmets she is called a suf
fragette and sometimes imprisoned.
But even the most "obstinately oppro
brious and virulent woman." to quote
the stately Addison, may be confident
that she will escape the punishment
meted out to her sister of old. What
ever happens, she won't be sentenced
to the ducking stool. In many ways
13 Uu w uuu tacbiug 111
dramatic incident for a self assertive
lady, and even the English suffragettes
complain that they are not taken se
riously enough.'
No such claim could have been made
In the past say between the fifteenth
and eighteenth centuries, when far
more rigid views prevailed on the sub
ject of feminine self repression, in
those days magistrates were unani
mous in the conviction that "meekness
is ye chojsest orniment for a woman."
and it was held a crime to speak "dls
cornfully" of those in authority, civil
or ecclesiastical. A woman must not
even Indulge In too great freedom of
speech in the privacy of her own home
and neighborhood. Sometimes she did.
and then she was attended to In a sim
ple yet spectocular manner.
She was bound securely to a stout
chair firmly fixed to the end of a long
beam, arranged to work up and down
on the principle of the seesaw, on
the edge of a river or pond. - On the
bank at the other end a man worked
the contrivance by means of a strong
chain, and she was given a ducking,
which lasted until justice was satis
fied or reform was promised, the popu
lace of .course gathering in large num
ners to assist at th function. "
: In England in practice was so gen
eral that each town had Its ducking ,
pona conveniently located where petty
offenders of various kinds were disci
pUned. The pond for the western part !
of London was what Is now a portion
of Trafalgar square. Charing Cross.
Many of the old ducking stools are
still in existence as curiosities. In the
days of their activity they were kept
in the church porches, where they
doubtless pointed a moral as to the
haughty spirit which goetn before a
fall- . i
The first colonists brought the Insti
tution to this country, although it nev
er flourished in New England. In fact,
there are no authentic records of the
actual use of the ducking stool, in
these, colonies, although a number of
women were sentenced to be so pun
ished. They had. however, other meth
ods of treatment for ladles of a shrew
ish , disposition, one of these being
the wearing of a cleft stick upon the
tongue, t . " .
In the central and southern colonies
the custom was quite popular. In the
seventeenth century decking ; stools
were In every county in Maryland, and
In 1775 one was placed at the conflu
ence of the Ohio and Monongahela riv
ers. In Virginia the penalty was often
employed, and in 1634, a Thomas Hart
ly of that colony, wrote. It is said, to
Governor Endlcott of Massachusetts,
giving a detailed account of a ducking
administered to "one Betsey, wife of
John Tucker, who by violence of her
tongue bad made his home and ye
neighborhood uncomfortable." , After
describing the machine be adds: . "Ye
rope wa slackened by ye officer, and
ye woman was allowed to go down
minute. Betsey, bad a stout stomach
and would hot yield until she bad al
lowed herself to be ducked Ave several!
times." After she promised to "sin no
more" Betsey was untied and allowed
to "walk home In ber wetted clothes,
a hopefully penitent woman." '
The ducking stool prevailed longer
In America than In England. In the
old couutry It does not seem to have
been used later than 1800. but in Geor
gia women were ducked for scolding
as late as 1819. It is interesting to
note that In 1824 a woman In Pblla
delphla was sentenced to be ducked,
but the decree was not carried out as
It was "deemed obsolete and contrary
to the spirit of the times." A writer
on colonial customs states that one of
the last Indictments for ducking in
this country was that of .Mrs. Anne
Royal! In Washington, a lobbyist who
"became so abusive to congressmen
that sbe was Indicted as a common
scold before Judge v William Crouch
and was sentenced by blm to oe duck
ed In the Potomac. She was. hower
er. not subjected to the ducking Indig
nity, but was released with a fine."
Bellman. , ; .
When our hatred Is too bitter It
places tin below those whom ire hate.
La Rochefoucauld.
SPECIAL SESSiOn
BOJiDntG OKDIXASCE IS PASSED
AM OTHER ACTS FINISHED.
Trees on Cement Lines Must Gc
Gravel Seventh Street Soon. :
SUCCESSFUL CHIXESE DOCTORS
FOR HOME TREATMENT.
The world - known
C h 1 n e 8 o doctors
with powerful and
wonderful Chinese
remedies, cure all
chronic disease and
blood disorders suc
cessfully for both
. men and women
If you art suffering and cannot bt
cured by other doctors why not writi
us for a free book and symptom blani
or describe your case to us? Ou,
doctors will diagnose your case an!
tell you the exact result. All our
Chinese medical advice free to every
one. TORE & TORE, CHINESE REME.
DIES CO,
210 W. Main St, Walla Walla, Wash.
I I',.'" 1' AAV fM
Jokai'a Joke. "
At a banquet held In his honor In Tor
da, Maurus Jokal was called upon to
propose the toast of "The Ladles." He
made an excellent speech, during
which he continually toyed with the
brown curls upon his forehead. Final
ly he said: "1 raise my glass In honor
of the gracious ladies of Torda. May
they all live until my hair grows
gray." Ills audience drank to the
toast, but It was easy to see by the
faces of the Indies present that they
did not think much of the compliment
Jokal rose again from his Bent and
took from his head a magnificent
brown wig. showing an entirely bald
head beneath it. "My hair," he added,
"will never grow gray." And the la
dles, who had not known of his bald
ness, were more than pacified.
The beautiful seems right by force
of beauty and the feeble wrong be
cause of weakness. Browning.
QUIT PAYING RENT
By paying rent you merely, accumulate a bunch of worthless
' rent receipts. By applying that rent money on a home of your
.own you accumulate a valuable deed. It don't taki a large pay
ment down to do It Just a small payment now ind the same
.money you hare been paying for rent.. Come in and talk It
', over with us. , : . ., . ' . . '
BLACK & PRATT
Real Estate and Insurance
111 Depot Street BOTH PHONES
Passage of the Fourth street bond
ing ordlnanec was realized at a spe
cial meeting of the council last even
lgn and within a few days' the notices
will be sent out which will bring in
the first annual Installments for the
paVlng of that thoruoghfare The en
tire council was present when Mayor
Richardson ' rapped his gavel and un
til nearly midnight the problems of
the city rapidly growing more and
more, numerous "and difficult because
of the extreem amount of Improve
ment going on were, wrestled with
by the councllmen and executive.
Much of the wrestling was done to
the tune of many a flareup of oratory
led principally by Councilman Logs
don and Flnley. . . . , ,i, '
' Seventh street will .; be 1 graveled
soon, following adoption of a favor
able report last night at the council
meeting on the, petition of taxpavers
ou tnat street, south from Fir street,
and the annual mud hole is doomed to
disappear. It will be graded first and
then graveled to remove the disagree
able features during rainy weather.
, City to Help Decorate, '. ,
With the exception of Councilman
Logsdon and Flnley of the Fourth
ward, the council waa heartily In fa
vor of donating $75 for the purpose of
decorating the streets on July Fourth
The matter-came up when Mac Wood
appeared for the Commercial club,
asking for assistance In this respect.
The business men are to decorate win
dows and the city will spend the $75
on the streets proper. . Councilman
Logsdon and Flnley voted against it
on the roll call.
The Spring avenue board walk pe
tltlon was adopted. This runs from
Fourth to Alder, or will, when con
structed. ';. l' ' '' . .
An ordinance was passed, establlsh
llshlng the route for the La Grande
irrigation ditch in Riverside addition.
Connerdale Improvement Started.
The first steps looking toward , lm
provement of Connerdale with cement
walks and curbing and street grades,
were taken last night at the Instiga
tion of the sole owner, Dr. O'Conner.
The commissioners were denied the
right to report last night which would
facilitate and expedite the commence
ment of work, because Councilman
Logsdon woujd not sign the report at
this time. The. report is purely me
chanical, being made out by the city
engineer and deals , with matters
which the non-engineer knows little.
It will require at . least a month's
time before the- work can be com
menced, and this in view of the fact
that the owner Is anxious .to com
mence at once.
Trees where ccmentwalks are or
dered, In, are doomed. Following thr
precedent set when this problem first
came up" at the J. F, Richardson resi
dence, the mayor Voted for removal of
a tree on Washington avenue In front
of the J. H. Peare residence when iho
councllmen tied on the vote. In this
particular instance the tree was only
six inches on the line and would be
moved shortly but In keeping with the
precedent already . established the
mayor voted for removal and the tree
must go. This also applies to the
trees in front of the Gangloff proper
ty and on Sevent street in front of
Mrs. Zuber'B propert. Dr. Rlchard
Bon points out that it would not be
consistent to leave one property own
er violate the law in this respect, and
enforce others. ' .
i :
you on that date,' and we believe- the
same will be as complete and aa near
ly perfect as any directory ever pub
lished. It will be a directory for out
entire system, containing , approxi
mately 2,400 names with the rules, toll
rates, etc. .
As before stated, through the med
ium. of this paper, a slight adjustment
'ment of rates for the La Grande ex
change will be made, as heretofore
several different rates had been charg
ed for the Bame class of service. The
number of stations cohnected to the
La Grande exchange will be approxi
mately 1.200 which makes it the larg
est exchange in Eastern Oregon. ....
Commencing July first . the follow
ing, rates will be In effect: " '
4 party residence ...$1.50 per month
2 party residence 2.00 per month
1 party residence . .. 2.50 pr month
1 party business ......4.00 per month
2 party business ..... 3.00 per month
The rate for desk telephones, exten
sion telephones, and extension bells
remain the same as before. Above
rates are . effective within the city
limits and v' a : mileage rate will be
charged to suburban subscribers, the
same as heretofore. ; . ,
A table showing, the long distance
rates will , be' found In the directory
opposite the La Grande exchange. In
most cases , a considerable reduction
has been made- under those formerly
charged by the Pacific company.
" A majority of the resident subBcrtb
ers will not h nffeiwi chr,;
in rate aa the above rates, have been
ln'effect for all new contracts for the
past two years.
HOME INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE
company, : ..;v;;.,;':
Per S. D. CROWE, , ! ;
, Secretary and General Manager.
6-29-30; 7-1 ? , , i;.Y"
That's Whit They A
p
w
It's Good For What Ails You
HACK AND-AMBULANCE
:.. :. .. . . -. " : - '
Uptown office Main 720
Residence phone Main 25
r:.n::n:;:,l:::n,r::i;:::,ll.::i2zz
The Whole Period. :'
"There Is a period in a woman's life
when she thinks of nothing but dress."
"What period is that?" "
"From the cradle to the grate,"
Pock.
Neither despise nor oppose what
thou dost not onderstancL .WUllam
i Right in your busiest season when yon
have the least time to spai$ you are most
likely to take diarrhoea and lose several
dayr time, unless you hare Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera 'ana Diarrhoea Remedy at
hand and take a dose on the first appear
utce of the diseane. For sale by all dealers.
4 :...
PROFESSIONAL DrRELTORI.
FHTSIOANS axd surgeoks.
N. MOLITOR. M. XJ. Physician and
, Surgeon. Corner . Adams Ave. and
Depot street. Office. Main 68; Rest
; dence 69.
A. L. RICHARDSON, M. D.
J. W. LOUGHLIN, M. D. ; '
. Dri. Richardson ft Loughlin.
Physlclana and Surgeons,
Phot SB Office Black 1362; Ind. 853
Office Hours 9 to 11; 2 to 6; 7 to 8.
Dr. Richardson's Res. Main 65; Ind.
312.. ; -'v..;; 'v:;,:. . . , ;;. :.;;'-V'
Dr. Loughlln's res. Main 757; Ind
' 1297. ; : ' : ' '
Notice to La Grande Subscribers.
La Grande, Ore., June 29, 1911.
On the evening of July, first we will
close up our telephone office In the
Masonic building and service to all
the subscribers will be rendered from
our office In the Foley building.
A copy of our new directory, for
the combined systems, will be mailed
C. H.TJPTCN, Ph. G. M. D. Physician
and Burgeon. Special attention to
Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat. .Office
in La Grande National Bank Build
ng. Phones: Office Main 2, Rest
dence Main 32. ;
DR. H. L. UNDERWOOD Physician
and Surgeon. Special attention to
diseases and surgery of the eye.
Phones: Office Main 22; ; Rea
dence Main 72&. Ind. 631.
;p:0. W. ZIMMERMAN Osteopath
Physician. Sommer Bldg., Rooms 7,
8, 9 and 10. Phones: Home 1332,
Pacific, Main 63, Residence phone,
Black 951. Successor to Dr. C. E.
Moore.- ''
J. C. PRICE, D. M. !. Dentist. Room
23, La Osande National Bank Build
Ing. : Phone Black 399. " '
DR. P. A. CHARLTON .Veterinary Sur
geon. Office at Hill's Drag Store
La Grande. Residence phone, Rei
701; Office phone, Black 1361; Inde
pendent phone 53; both phones si
residence.
ATTORNETS AT LAW.
COCHRAN t COCHRAN Attorn ys ;
Cbas. E. Cochran and Geo. T. Coch
ran. La Grande National Bank
Bldg., La Grande, Oregon. I
O SEE US!
T. H. CRAWFORD Attorney at Law
Practices In al Uhe courts of the
State and United States. Office In
La Grande Nauuuai Banc Bldg., La
Grande, Oregou. '
The latest method for preparing such delcious bev-
Electric Drink Mixer are very popular
eraqes as Malted Milk Chocolate with egg, Egg
Lemonades, Egg Phosphate, Orange Punch,) and
other combinations that CT7T Ti W W"C
LAW OFFICES OF GREEN & SMALL.
r Attorneys, over Sllverthorne's drug
store, La Grande, Ore. R. Jos.
Green and Chas. A. Small, Rooms
15 and 16. , 1
Plumbing
and Heating
EXCURSION
Faces ' E'a's t
. : ' ion
1 i'; f" V. , -J '
t '.. From nil - - -
OREGON.WISHIKGTOIT RAILLiOAD
; k NAVIGATION C03IPANT
To , ' ' FAREI
Chicago 1 $72'
Council Bluffs
Omaha .......
CO.
John Melville
128 Adams Ave
LA QRANDE, - ORE
Kansas City
St. Joseph ......
St. Paul
St. Paul, via Council Bluffs. ..... 63.90
Minneapolis, direct ............ . 60.00
Minneapolis, via Council Bluffs. 63.30
Detroit, Mich ...... i . . . ... ..... 82.CO
Bostpn .110.00
New York ...A.. ............. 108.B0
St. Louis ..................... 70.00
Washington, D. C.. ...... . ... . . . .107.50
Atlantic City, N. J. ,. ........ .102.40
Sale Dates
June 5. 7, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 21. 22, 2V
24. 28, 29 and 80.
July 1. 2. 3, 4. 5, 6, 19, 20, 26, 2?
and 2tJ. .
Augun 3 4, 5, 14. 15, 16, 17. 21, 22,
23, 28, 29 and 30.
i September 1, 2, 4, 6. 6 and 7.
Stop-overs within J Halts in either di
rection. Final return limit October 81st
One way through Calfornla $15.00 ad
ditional. Inquire of any O-W. R. A N. Agent
for More Complete Information
' " . or tv-'--vr:'" vvL."
W3I. McXTRRAT
General Tassenger Agent, 1 Portlii,
Oregon.
F AM US KING
' The Prettiest Waists
and gowns will become soil
ed and stained in time. . But
their usefulness is by no
means ended v ; , .
If Cleaned and Pressed
bv us thev will be as'crood
as new. Send us the waist,
frocks, suit or coat that you
cannot wear .because they
arerspoiled or spotted.' We'll
make them so you wear
them. ... :
ELITE DYEING &
CLEANING WORKS
Main 64. Waggoner & ZnndeL
1 (.
are those that everybody Is looking
for, becanse when yon smoke one of
them, yon .want more, ' The last puU
Is the sweetest Get the last pulL
FAMUSlilM
D. W. C NELSON Mining Engineer.
Baker C'ty, Oregon. ',
J. E. Bradley 6 Co.
SANITARY PLUMBING
. REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY.
PHONES t SR0P BLACK 971. NEXT DOOR TO
RXSIDENCE BLACK 82. ' CITY HALL
'1. . . r
. 1.. :., .
... : 1