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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1911)
ft Tmmmm ii 1 f 1 1 ' W. M. Runnels, a cltv official at Jo- Itrllm rnnfpwt i,. lr If you content vith "8 your, condi tion -improve it. r Y O U are the one on whom ' . your success de pends. YOU must earn your living save your money. If you are NOT saving you CAN im prove y our condition by open ing an account Wim una ucum. U. S. National 4 $ & $,8 $ l 4 t LOCALS x DR. A. C P03BY. Specialist for Eye, v Ear. Nose and Throat (Usenet. Eyes fitted with glasses.,. .Over Better's store '". u: . . . ' V .... " - ; v; Get a nlce'c'ool driuVftt nuftermilk at the Valley Crcs-meVy aft you can tain for n'lcMe. : ' 7-27-3t ; iPrttf f. J. Freeior, the magnetic fcsalfet,,has:retr,hd to L Grand and '"located at tlii Savoy; ho! el, rooai 10. tmre hoursf9 a", ra. to. 4 p. m. He tr;ata ,1 hrcr:ir-dl3?a?9.;," If you "would be ' "w-:U b: him. , All -r'eatmentB by ap pointment only. 7-278-3 : ' Buttermilk, fresh and cool, at the 7-27-3t Valley Creamtry, 3c a drink. - Arthur Gammond: the music, teach- r Is moving into tip residence of 405 Fourth street. The place is hlng pa pered adn' generally 'renovated. , The Valley Creamery. 215 Fir 'r?t. rr lis Ire cream in "cones or by the pint, quart or gallon. 7-27-3t ' : Hus:h Kinney of South La Grande Is building a fine barn on his property. ' Tho IrerpftaTn. maker at the Valley Creamery la making the best " Ice cream in La Grande. 7-27-3i ": . Gladys Linderman. an actress, was married yesterday.. afternoon to Ern est R Scott a railroader of this -ctty, at the Stewart theatre. The ceremony was conaucted"by Dr., J, D. Gillilan. t W. W. Ross of Haines Is Jn the Ba ker hospital suffering from "Injuries BUBtained In an auto accident this wtek. The ' machine was owned by Harvey McColloch. The "car hit a tel ephone polet baldly damaging It,'.. f The 'remain of T. Mathews, known aa "Uncle Tom" when he resided In this county for 26 years prior to going to Albany, were burled thl afternoon from the Henry & Carr .undertaking Parlors. , He died In Albany Sunday. The pioneer had many friends in this" valley. He is survived by his sons, S. W. of Pendleton. J. W., Richland, and L. E. of Prosser No Cause for Mnrdrr. Sacramento.- July 27.-:-'InveBtiga- tlon today failed to develop any mo Ave for the murder of Miss Dudley, by a man whose name appears to be Cole. It Is known that the man drank heav Hy two weeks before the shooting tut nig identity Is mysterious. Assessor Goes to Prison. Oakland. July 27. Former Assessor al ton was sentenced to eight yearB for soliciting a bribe and was taken. to r Bo.icmng a brine ana wu San Ouentln penitentiary today to W term. LA GRANDE THEATRE THE COOLEST HOUSE IX LA GRANDE. ; "The White Rose of the Wilds" , Biograph. , Th white rose is the daugh ter of an old gold miner. . Iu 'a' momsnt of great danger h! r in nocence saves, her from thugs 'who attempted to said the cabin in the wilds. "Her Hurnbl'3 Ministry''. .Lub'in A tale of reformation, of two i:v.'s from thi .sluzrs of a bfg cHy. It is beau ifully ctnc:ved "Stab:ii y Versus Nobility"... Sellg Two' cowpuncher8 having res cued a millionaire from wests rn,' frontier robbers are Invited by Mm to ''.ak a tr'p to. New York nd fnter "rociety."' They are "out of their natural element ini ?v:n:r.g dress euHs and lots of rl tinny t-ningg happen . it s -gooa. Ilh strafed song "Soraewh:re." sun-'by M'ss Garrlck. '". t y $ 4 PERSONALS. '':-V $S'$44$,$$8 4 q $ Mi HiiHie jIc.MuJiy f South La Grande U recovering from an attack of m'.aslee; . William Dox Is back from a trip to Boise. Mt. Dox was formerly a bar tender at the Sommer bar. Charles Wax and wife are at the Sommer today. Mr. Wax Is connected with the Portland Oregonian.v- s i E. C. Skiles, with Stswart & Holmes of Siattle, is a gusst at he Somm today. . ,': 1 R. J. Kirkley of p:-ndleton transact ed businesj here yes erday, "stopping at the Sommer. ' ." "4 G. F. Schoefield of Spokane and J. J Blair oJlSpokane were some of the Savoy guest last nlgnt. S. P. Bement of Bakr was a busi ness visitor In La Grande last night. He was registered at the Savoy. Will Erhckson formerly a business man of this city, but now a resident- ot the state of Washington, is here visit ing with friends this week. vr D. W. Sheahan, a well known attor ney of Enterprise, stopped at the Sa voy wbiH -transacting business here yesterday evening. A. R. Johnson, J. H. Slbcumi J. A. Martin and E C Bergen all of Port land, night. were Savoy hotel guests' last Lee Ferguson Is In from Elgin for a few days.- He recently bought a large farm In that counry and l very well pleased with general conditions. Dr. Gutter, wife and family are ex pected to arrive this evening from Valparaiso. Nebraska, to visit with Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Bridges for a few days. Miss Edna WiBsler and Miss . La verne Wlssler, both of Pendleton, left today for Joseph lake after having been guBts with friends here yester day. .Mrs. W.'B. Bach 1 recovering rap idly from tbe effects of an operation performed by Dr Hall for appendi citis last Monday at the Grande Ronde hospital. . .. '.,.t,"J";...i,;,..1,:. , F. D. McCully, a prominent banker and merchant of Joseph etopv d at the gommer last night and yesterday af ternoon while transacting business matters here. W. W. Smith of Spokane, C. E. Rein hart of St. Louis, A. Schultx of Port land, H. R. Fleming of Chicago and F. W. Morgan and wife of Ontario , rf Sommer hotel guests be-jjartcnsht "i " ' EVENING OBSERVE!?, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1911. w. M. Runnels, a city official at Jc sph, stopped at the Foley last night. : F. R. Hanks is here from Portland today, a gueBt at the Foley. E. C. Hirynger of Pendleton. a a business visitor In La Grande today and stopped at the Foley. William Boiions and W. R. Ladd, O. W. officials, were In tha city this morn ing. . Mr. Bollons was a guest at the Fohy. . H. S. Geddes, a resident of. Baker transacted business at La Grande tbitf morning., staying at the Foley while Mrs. R. F. Pollack and . Uaughte-, Miss Anna, have been touring the wes and lately have beu vlsittng illr. and Mrs. E. Pollack, have rtturned to their home in York, Pa. :' TO HELP ELKS iAMti tOJ illf AA r' V t ftj.li MUCH INTEREST. Visiting Elk Herd Said to Be Excep- tonally Clever Bonch. Big Bilyou. the Enterprise twirler. will occupy the mound for the La Srande lodge of Elks next Sunday h?n the locals weft the crack Boloe Hlks' team coming here for one game. That It will be a bang up affair goes without Baying. The local ball tosBers -vho weftr Elk buttons are Industrious ly preparing for the game of big mo ment by diligent practice and the big slab artist is coming from Enterprise prepared to twirl the game of xhis life. There will be no fall , down If hard work can drum the local players into shape. : ' '"' . I . ; ; . '-" " .That a banner crowd will attend ts concded for It will be a diversion to see Idaho players here. " During the summer there has been ratling good ball but the fan Jiave come to know -II the playtrs ln the league and are fcow looking for something new for a diversion. ; HARRY DODEXD0KF EXPLAINS HIS ABSESCE. Court ; 0T?rs Investigation of Cause for Contempt Yesterday. ' For the time being H. W. Dodendorf has been able to avoid punishment for contenipt of court in not appearing as a witness before the Van Duyne triaj yesterday morning sb ordered to do by a subpoena. Mr. Dodendorf was served with the warrant for his arrest Cn' sT Contempt charge last night when he returned from his run and he told the court In showing cause Why" he should not be held In contempt, that he would have been In on' time had bt not' received a urn around ? order which delayed ; his arrival In La Grande.The statement will be Inves tigated and while no decision has been handed down. It Is believed In court circles that the sentence will be light ened If everything is found Just as Mr. Dodendorf states It and that he could not have reached La Grande without disobeying orders from dispatchers, House to Praise Wiley. Washington. July 27. Dr. Harveyi Wiley, the chkt chemist of the depart ment of agriculture, whose "condign punishment" was recommended by At torney General Wlckersham, may get praise from, the house, Congressman Rodenburg, of George, today Introduced a resolution which expresses confidence in Wiley and it is expected the democrats will support it, V1- .''' : .',' ' Got. Marshall Gives Advice. Auburn, Ind., July 27.--Attacklng the decision of the supreme court in the Standard OH and American Tobac co cases. Governor Marshall of In diana today asserted the time had come when the individual voters must drive the 'interests" out of politics. Ill 1 Bribe Confession Proven. Washington, July 27. Testifying before the Lorlmer committee today, H. D. Holtslaw, son of State Senator Holtslaw, presented evidence of his father's confession that he was bribed to vote for Lorimer, was correct. Young Holtslaw is the cashier of the State bank at Luka, 111. He present ed a deposit Blip showing his father deposited $25,000 in the State bask of Chicago June 1th, 1909, the date the elder Holtslaw said he received the bribe. SEEING A JOKE. It Depend en th Brand of Humor to - Which On. Is Accuitom.d. ; Forelguent. as a rule, do not under stand our wit uud bumor Sir Alfrt-d Hnrum worth out- ivumrked to me. nayrt a writer In the Sty Louis Glote Democrat, that American humor was roarse and sometime brutal. Mark Twsln and Fin ley Peter mn are the only Amerlcao bumortstn wbo are accepted by Englishmen. . On tbe other hand, we do no,; appreciate the hunioi of Punch, the Englishman's delight. . I tiave ftwn an EnKlUhman laugh heartily over a Joke lu I'uncb that I couldn't see any point to until It wns explained to me. and no doubt that gentlemnu considered me an flense a w -iiiider them wheu we tell'theiu a funny stpry and get a sort of pulued look, rather mystifying to' be sure. In stead ot the laugh whli-b was expHted It IM lUtf lucat IIIHM wu w. wv that counts tbe world over. Tbe fun nlest thing I ever snw was tbe cburgv a yearling Hereford bnli made at a barbed wire fence In tbe Texas Pan handle. He struck the fenre full tilt, and the rebound caused bim to turn a complete luick somersault. He landed on bis boots all right and there be stood all straddled out with a look ot astonishment on sat face that was al most human. It was ini ludicrous tbnt I lay down In tbe mexqulte greBu sua rolled over In spasms of mirth. Then he began to bawl like a whipped child Jurned tnll nnd rao as from a bnnsbee. ( was at dinner In a Bradford club and told about It expecting to Ret a langb. bnt all I got was this from Hon Smith Feather, mayor of thnt York shire' city:":-' : - ' ' "By Jove, I didn't knox? those wire fences were so strong. It's a Jolly good, thing the poor brute wasn't In Jured." . ..""''::-::.' r . WATERSPOUTS. .m-. i . ; ?.y OJd Tim. Marln.ro bought Thorn Wifh - Noise and Cannon.. ; In the wateniptmi he medieval mariner saw a malevolent living mon ster a sea dragon. Therf4 were., varl- niiM, means of combating thera:-fOnoe II ssllors carried black band Ifd knives, which . themonster was belief ed ; to bold In speViar'abhorrence. ' "'! ', When a spout made tts appearance these knives vere produced and point ed In Its direction, waved Id the air so as to make the sign of tbe croan or. sc cording to tbe recommendation of cer; tain -contemporary authorities., driven several times Into the side of the ship, Certain passages from the gospel of 8t John were recited aa, charm against waters pouts. A loud noise of any kind was also believed to he efficacious against tbem shouts, the clasti of swords, tbe beat ing of drams and gongs, etc. Tbe cus tom of firing cannon against . water spouts, says tbe Scientific American, dates back at least as far as the six teenth century.. The original Idea ap pears to bare been to frighten tbem away by tbe noise of tbe report, but In the later times it was believed that the watery column could be cut tn twain by the cannon ball and the spout thus dissipated. It would be Interesting to know, whether the cannonading' of wa terspouts Is still sometimes practiced It was certainty common mucn less than a century ago. It Is hardly nec essary to say that It Is entirely futile. . The Bawbee. Englishmen are familiar . with the same ."bawbee." applied to tha Scotch halfpenny, but to few does It bring the association of a, baby queen and a loy al people.' ft appears thst the first at tempt at tbe portraiture of the unfor tunate Mary, queen of Scots, was made- la ber Infancy, and ber small face was engraved upon tbe.8cottlh halfpen nies at tbe time of ber coronation In 1543, when she was but nine months old. A number of these small coins are still preserved, and lr will be easi ly understood how the name "bawbee," or baby, came to be given to tbo coin bearing the effigy of the baby. Tbe halfpenny of Scotland Is still common ly called the bawbee, although tbe baby face no longer appears on ItPear on'a. Fact ee Fiction T . "The trouble with these literary elFba," said s captious critic, "Is that tbey always degenerate Into meetings for the exchange of gossip." "True enough," replied an enthusi trtlc member, "but how can you ex pect anything else when facta are so much stranger than Actios 7" n : , - 3 u e WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 AND THURSDAY. JULY 27 f - . ,I"T-' "The Birth of a Nation;1 or "The Life of Moses." Five complete reels of 1,000 feet teresOnff BIblicul production tir most fully. ALWAYS TEN CENTS NORTH BEACH Is the pleasure haunt in this part of the country this summer. Its devotees rejoice to learn that they can now go and come on a regular schedule Inde pendent of tides. The popular excru- slon steamer, V "T. J. POTTER" leaves Portland, Ash Street dock, DAILY, EXCEPT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 8:30 A. M. SATURDAYS ONLY, ltOO P. M. Also the steamer "IIASSALO leaving Portland dally, except Sunday, at 8:00 p. m. (Saturday at 10:00 p. m.) REDUCED FMcS PREVAIL From All Points In the Nortbwest - .' via the " - ' ; OREGON-WASHINGTON RAILROAD A NAY1GATI0N.C0. Ideal cottage and camp life, a magnifi cent beach that is not surpassed any where, genial and beneficial climate, and all the comforts of home without costing any more than if you remained at home. v - Call on or write to any O.-W. TC St.fi. agent for complete information; also for copy of our summer book, "Outings in Oregon." General Passenger Agent, O.-W. R. t WMlMcMURRM .N. Co. Portland. Ore. Wanted Girl to strip t Tobacco.v ;vf.: apply ;at FAM US KING CIGAR FACTORY -106 Fir. street, between five & six - o'clock KODAKS WE SELL THEM And we sell them because we have one to suit everybody. FOLDING POCKET KODAKS , FOLDING BROWNIE CASTE HAS. BOX CAMERAS PRElttO CAMERAS Don't be worried about what ' kind to buy, simply come to us 'We will gladly explain and you will surely be satisfied. Drug Co. THE KODAK STORE. weight PAGES 11 m each. Without question the mostla. Kexentd and treats tie suUJm ," . . Duichers CYJsiqaa Shop No Horse Sfiocizg ; Wagon repairing a spethSt , :: ...... rr. - yiuf urea nccu rcsciHNg'g give us a call, Second-hand Buggies, Hacks and Cas Wagons for sale. Eed 42. '. 111 1 1 1 HtKIHI UliiiM UscRalston Bran S Bran GboUias i 20xa Package Tlicy are deWclous and the ITf- t tie folks are ' very :ioud of them. f One.-ortwipof' these 'took km , duj.'wlUi relieve censtliKilIos. For sale -by i.: Some Glasses Disfisre Some glassy dlsflfrore- tne face and, destroy the exprcvsioai of the fyes, by preventing1 flketr color befog -seen. This UNPLEASANT APPEAIUlfCE . frequently results from th M :,V- f ;-..: SECOND QUALITY GLASSEH which becomes opaque soon af ter wearing and gMs a peculiar DULL APPEARANCE 'to.fhe eyes. ;- ,.!..; , ;-. IWmember, that 1 grind an as? , glasses, and that I use onlr FIRST QUALITY GLASS My, glasses fit well, get wB and -' ' ". " LOOK WELL. ; ' - 'With them you get ' QUALITY, ' v-" STYLE COUFORT' ' VALTE- for your money. Any lens duplicated oir Bnrt' est notice. I GRIND ALL MY GILtSSES' HEACOCK Eyesight SiedallsL. Next Door to Postofflcet. O I ar