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LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON. rz' MONDAY, JULY 3, 1911
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SPRING FABLES.
A Peasant's Counterfeit ; Dollar
I 'Catches Robbers.
THEY CENSURE HIM FOR IT.
Citation.
In the coun- court, for the county
of Union,, State of Oregon.
In the watter of the estate of Henry
. D. Coger, deceased.
To Mary C. Coger, Prentice W. Cog
er and Richard Coger and to all un
known parties interested in said es
tate, GREETING:
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF
OREGON, you are hereby cited and re
quired to appear In the county court
of the state of Oregon, for the county
of Union, at the court room thereof, at
La Grande, in the county of Union, on
Wednesday, the 6th day of July, 1911,
at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon of that
day, then and there to show cause if
any there be, why the real estate' of
said estate, viz: Lots 9, 10 and llin
block 6 of Grandy's addition to the
city of La Grande, Oregon, should not
be sold to pay claims against said es
tate and expenses of administration.
WITNESS, the Hon. J. C. Henry,
Judge of the county court of
the state of Oregon, court for
(Seal) the county of Union, with the
seal of said affixed this 3rd
day of June, 1911.
Attest: ED. WRIGHT, Clerk.
Jun 5 12 19 26 Jul 3.
Happiest Girl in Lincoln.
A Lincoln, Neb., girl writes, "I had been
ailing for some time with chronic constipa
tion and stomach trouble. I began taking
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
and in three days I wns able to be up ana
got better right along. I am the proudest
girl in Lincoln to and such a good medi-
mig. ror snie ny n' dealers.
Wher U the Chinaman?
Sir Robert Ball told the story of a
Chinaman who entered the bridge over
Niagara falls. He started from the
American side with the idea of crow
ing to Canada. On arriving at the Ca
nadian end, however, be was met with
the Information that there was a toll
of 10 on all Chinamen coming into
Canada. John hadn't 10 cents in bis
pocket. So be started back again.
Arriving once more at the American
side, be was stopped. No Chinaman
In any circumstances, they told him.
was allowed to enter the United States.
Now. the problem that Sir Robert Ball
professes himself unable to answer Is.
Where Is that Cblnuman now? Is he
still on the bridge? If not by what
process of circumnavigation were the
laws of two great nations circumvent
ed?-Cbicago Record-Hera Id.
Zulu "House Boys."
The best of all servants In South
Africa is a Zuln. especially if be Is
raw that Is. fresh from., his native
kraal and totally unspoiled by the
wiles of civilization. Such a "house
boy" is honest, sober, quick, clean ond
anxious to learn the ways of the white
man. He soon becomes as deft as an
English butler and as bandy as the
ideal housemaid He does everything,
from cooking to answering the door,
and after a little practice he does it
well. The boys have all manner of
strange names. , usually chosen by
themselves from some one or other of
the words they hear often used, such
as sixpence, "tlekey" (threepenny
piece), shilling, breakfast, kettle, silly
fool. ugly, pint pot, scrubber, chopper
or whisky. Harper's Weekly.
Peacock and Gobbfor Engage In Dis
pute to Their Relative Value, and
Farmer 8ttla Question- Squirrel
Too Wiso to Accept Fo's Word.
By M. QUAD.
Copyright. 1911. by Associated Literary
Prees.J
rt PEASANT who was on bis way
V borne from market sat down
by the roadside to count over
bis money, and when be found
that be bad been stuck with a coun
terfeit dollar he raised bis voice in
lamentation. He was still bowling
when a robber stepped out of the
bushes .and exclaimed:
"What is all this row about? Hand
over your dougb or take a broken
bead!"
Tbe peasant complied very willingly
and made baste to get away, but be
fore be bad cone far he was accosted
by a second robber witb a command
to shell out
"AJ. uui i met a robber back
there who took 'my all!" be replied.
Be tru? to your word and your work
aud your frlend.-0'Rellly.
ROBBER THREATENS TBS FEASANT.
and after some delay to search his
hind pockets be was allowed to pro
ceed. It turned out. bowever. that
both robbers were arrested, and when
be bad sworn against tbem and tbey
bad been found guilty and sentenced
the first one cried out to blm:
"See what you have done! Had you
not "bad that counterfeit money In
your possession I could not have rob
bed you of It and weald still be look
ed upon as an honest man!"
And tbe second robber took up the
refrain with:
"I am to go to prison for long years,
and tbou art to blame for it. Hadst
thou bad money In thy possession
when I stopped thee I could have
paid my car fare Into New Jersey and
in.
NICE LEVEL LOTS LOCATED TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF
THE RAILROAD SHOPS.
We are offering these lots at from 5160. to $200. each, on
the most liberal terms ' ; i i J ! :
We furnish you an abstract of title, When wv have iW
,w inese lots. Not a poor lot in our whole offering"
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LA GRANDE
Be Phone Main 752.
Independent phone 262.
Foley Hotel Block.
La Grande Oregon
been Hare -
" Moral. More than one man bat
harmed bis fellow man in seeking to
belp blm. -iY .
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V The Peacook and the Gobbler. ' .
One day the Peacock and the Gob
bler met on the patb. and after survey-'
tag each other for a moment In con
tempt tbe first cried oat:
"Out of my way, thou fowl of the
barnyardr y ry f - f .
"Don't lag In no barnyard business
on me!" replied the Gobbler. "You
seem to think yourself some pumpkins,
but no one else does." -.
"They don't eh? Why. 1 have only
to spread my tall to stop wayfarers
and bear exclamations of admiration."
"But one gobble of mine will do tbe
same thing and more."
"You make n sound like an old cow
choking to death on a turnip!"
"While your scream would drive a
hungry bog from bit feed!"
"Aside from your feathers you are a
useless bird."
"And tbe world would never miss
yon." , . ,
Tbey were still disputing as to wbicb
was of tbe most Importance when the
master came along witb a chicken
buyer and said:
"1 have saved- the Peacock that I j
might get a bunch of bis tail feathers
to go over tbe looking glass, and I've
bung on to tbe Gobbler because be'
rather beftv on mtw brt it J"-"
want the pair at a dollar and a half
take 'em along."
Moral: Tbe man who gets tbe no
don that the world couldn't get along
without him ta preparing tbe way to
behold cheap. ;
The Fox and the Squirrel.
A fat but active Squirrel was nJoy
Ing himself one day in leaping' from
limb to limb of the trees when a nun
gry Fox came alopg to say: . . ;
"My friend. I'd like to have a little
talk witb thee In regard to tbe acorn
Prop."
"But that la months away. was tbe
reply.
Then we'll talk about strawberries.
Bnt you see bow hoarse 1 am. aitd 1
hope you will come nearer."
Tbe Squirrel descended to within ten
feet of the ground and there paused.
"What I have to say to you bad best
be told In a whisper." said the Fox in
a confidential way.
"And I am listening." was the reply.
"I've got a good thing on hnnd and
want a partnor. but it must be some
one who has confidence In me."
"1 have the utmost'"
"But you persist In remaining np the
tree Instead of coming down beside
me."
"And therein lies tbe basis of my
confidence. Knowing that you can't
climb and tbat 1 sban't be fool enough
to come down to you. I feel a feeling
of chumnjlness stealing all over me.
What did you say about strawberries?"
Mora.-Tbeir voices bad aroused
a Coon dwelling in the same tree, and
when the situation bad become plain
to blm amJ the Fox bud departed in
disgust be turned over, with a grunt
and said:
"Whpn tbe one can't come up and
the other won't go down, the string
game Is all off, and we must look for
another sucker."
The Judge and the Thief.
Being arrested for steallnc n sheeD.
a countryman informed tbe Judge be
fore wlioiu he was to lie tried that he
would ple.id his owu case. This he
was permitted to do. hut of the three
witnesses who swore nalnst hltn he
bad no questions to nsk. When the
evidence for the proseeutlou was all lu
the prlsotuT arose and said:
"Your honor. I move to quash ou
the grounds of defective complaint"
"But I see no defect"
"Then Jet me point out to you that
there is no complaint of my having
stolen the horns. This sheep was a
ram. A ram may have horns or he
may not If this ram had horns the
jouipiulut should be quashed; if he did
not have, then It was right to bold me
for stealing the body. It Is up to the
prosecution to prove the born question,
and It' hnsi not been done." ? : t I f ;
I "I obseave." replied tbe Judge after
a little reflection, "that you have but'
one leg."
"That is true."
"And In passing sentence your miss
ing leg- will be left out of tbe penalty
as an offset against .whether the ram
had horns or not Had you appeared
before me with two legs the sentence
would have been two years.. A you
have only one well say" fifteen
months." '
Moral.-When you split bain with
the law you generally get the worst
of It
The Peasant and the Blackbird.
A Blackbird who was scratching up
and eating the corn the Peasant bad
Just sown was fired on and mortaiiv
wounded, and as be flopped around on
me neia ne cried out: . ,
"You should. never have done ltl I
am a Blackbird and not a Crow."
"Weil do I know that." wns th rm.
ply. "and 1 loaded my gutf with less
powder and fewer sbot on that v
count"
Morai.-A conscientious man can al
ways be depended on to do the fair
thing.
. Good For Sixty. .
"If like this, your honor," said the
prisoner who was arraigned for disor
derly conduct., "I was going borne at
a late hour w ben three men Jumped
on to me." ' . i i v j
t."l eee." , . r- ' ;
"And the officer arrested me by mia"
take."
"Um! . Officer, bow was itr
"I think be was only defending him
self, sir." ' f- -
"Well in tbat case Ha! Prisoner,
have you ever been here before?"
"No. sir."
"Speak tbe truth."
"1 never have."
"But 1 am sure I bare seen you
within tbe last two months."
"But it wasn't here, sir. Ijwork for
a plumber, and I was at your bouse
mending a leak in a water pipe." '
"Oh. 1 see. It was a leak you might
have mended in ten minutes, and you
took a day and a ball . Sixty days
for you. my man."
Bight in yonr busiest season when yoa
have the least time to spare yoq are moe)
likely to Uke diarrhoea and lose seven
days' time, unless von have Chamberlein'i
Colic, Cholera aun Diarrhoea Eemedy at
hand and Uke a dose on the first appear
ance of the disease. For sale by all dealers.
Considerable Counting.
A report recently issued by the
treasury department shows that
there are 150.098.028 one dollar
bills In circulation. We assume
tbat tbey are counted every
nigbt by tbe wives of tbe men
who happen to have possession
Wilder 8ay This Is Good.
According to Marshall P. Wilder, be
and Consul, tbe monk, were once on
the same bill in a London music ball.
The British patrons were amused and
mystified by tbe almost human intelli
gence of the monkey.
Wilder always followed Consul on
the bill. One night two Engilsnmen
who had been Indulging freely in hrnn
dy and soda dropped Into the hall. In
a stupid sort of way they laughed at
the monkey's antics and then lapsed
into a doze. One of tbem awoke while
Wilder was on the stage telling stories.
He nudged His companion.
"My word. BUI," he whispered,
"they've got him talkln now." New
York Telegraph.
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Sprains require careful treatment. Keep
quiet and apply Chamberlain's Linimeiu.
freely. It will remove the soreness and
quickly restore the ports to a healthy con.
ditioo. For sale by all dealers.
A Generous Deed.
"Bubbles has bought two new ma
chines, one for himself and one for his
wife."
'That's generous."
"Well, you see. her machine keeps
his going."
"How's that?"
"Hers is a sewing machine." Bal
timore American.
Too Close Scrutiny.
Strict Parent From my observation
of bim last nigbt I came to the con.
elusion that thnt young man of yours i
was rather wild. j
Mlldred-Of course. It was your ob- i
servatlon that mndp him. wild He !
wanted you to go upstairs and leave
us alone.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Anything to Oblige.
Tourist tat Irish hotel You seem
tired. Pat. Walter - Yiss. sorr; up
very early this morning-half past 0
Tourist-I don't call half past 6 early.
Walter (quickly -Well, half past 5
I'lln.- London Punch.
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If yon are going to the moun
tains for an outing don't forget
we have a fresh supply of
cheese jnst in.
Liniberger
Brick Swiss
Imported Swiss
and Cream.
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RoyalGrocery
H. Patthon, Prop.
Not in the Association
J. H. PERE, j
La Grande's Leading
Jeweler
C Opposite U. S. Lani Office o A dams Avenue.
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Complete Equipment tor Resetting ann Repairing .
LA GRANDE IRQRI WORKS
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