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PAGE 8 LA OKANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1911. t ' ociety and Glubs 00. Mrs. Will y. Stoddard Of Perry '"was Fred Schilke, Mrs' George Stoddard, hostess to a most delightful party lu ! The poem by Mrs; T. J. Scroggln Is honor of,' her cousin, Mrs. Louise O. McCune,' pt Salt Lake, on Wednesday afternooij. The guests were entertain ed on the beautiful lawn and spacious porches and the whole affair Ws Ideal la the entertainment provided for the fortunate guest. I .' 4 1 V . ' Mrs. Stoddard presented each guest with a sheet of paper containing , a picture, pasted thereon and requested that a poem be written suited to the picture. All "proceeded to comply with her wishes with as much : ease as though writing poetry was an every day affair. The poems were varied, witty, grave and gay. The prize was awarded to Mrs. F. S". Ivanhoei 1 Delicious refreshments were serv. ed and the guests will always cherish teas and her charming cousin. j Those present were Mrs. s', Molitor, Mrs. It. Newlin, Mrs. C- Newlin, Mrs, 1 C. II. Finn, Mrs. M deserving of special mention and is as follows; . ' . . He stood on the shore ; With his shovel and pall . " , i; ... In the glow of the setting sun i His young heart light V . With the joy and delight : .. ' '-' Of the knowledge of work well done. For his house was built And his gardens were made, 'Just as he'd planned they should be, But it wanted the face of a bright eyed lass1 , '". ,'. ' , , ' Did . this palace beside the sea. Since must it be though our task be i well done-': ) '", 1 ' ' ' ' . There Is always the missing link, And lhe thing that we wanted And longed for most ,: : accompanied on this trip by a son and a grandson. ..All the boys and the old sen lemen are ;emberB of the Brotherhood. Stopping at every divi sion point where he meets the rail road boys and shows his card, the old engineer Is thus adding a great deal of pleasure to his trip. He Is a well preserved man. Is very Interesting to talk to, and his r brief .visit ... In La Grande has made him many warm friends among the boys who actually do filings In all departments for the transportation company. ' , . I Hi ' OF SOIL SELL HOME GKOIVX BLACKBE BRIES AJSD SWEET CORN TODAY. I'IOEER IJi PROHIBITION MOVE MENT FACES SEW FIGHT Worm Eaten foru Displaced by Good Kinds Other Market "ews. , The Five Hundred club has re sumed Its weekly "gatherings aiid'Mrs K. Hall. Mrs. L. ' m1 i, v.t.' , . ... I ? t r;k ,Mr- W- K' DaV'8' at her home. Mrs! H. C. Grady Mrs. J,hn Stoddard, Mrs. C. Conkey, on theonor8, ' ; . ; " uiaiu ueuues, airs. F. S. IvsDt hoe, Mrs. A. T. Hill, Mrs. -Ansofi, Mrs. Frank Lilly, Mrs. Turner Oliver, Mrs. Will Allison, Mrs. F. L. Meyers. Mrs, Fred Kiddle, Mrs. E, E. Bragg, ;MIs8 Carmen Stoddard, Miss Head, Mrs T, J. Scroggln, Mrs. F. " Wllhem. Mrs. '.'Mrs. J, F, O'Conneli entertained the Busy Bee club, of the lady Maccabees, at her home on O Ave. The afternoot was .pleasantly jiih :aiid thoroughly enjoyed, especially the, dainty refresh ments served on the lawn. 3;li VETERAN "EAGLE EYE" IS HERE VM. HOGG NOT SENTENCED THIS .. M0lciISG; ' 4:v Motion Delajs Sentence Under Ad vlsenifnt by Judge. Placing a motion1 for a new trial, .council for William Hogg, convicted of assaulting Mlsg Edna Moffat after, a lengthy trial earlier In the 'week,) was able to at least delay sentence on the defendant thts morning. Hogg (was j to have been given sentence at 10 j o'clock today but until the motion i decided, he will not hear his fate. I Should the motion be allowed the trial win be gone over again later; on this fall, but If denied, sentence will be read when the decision Is " reached. ! Judge Knowles took the' motion under advisement and a decision will likely be forthcoming shortly.; , Chicago music lovers have subscrib ed $250,000 for the next grand opera season In that city. It Is to begin November 18, with "Samson and' De lilah." 1 " i : -"" EC4NEEUV LINDSLAY SPENT 42 TEA US IN THE SERVICE. Is Making a Trip from Omaha to Alas- ka Stops to See the Boys. ' Speaking of a life of achievement It would be hard to point to a case with more merit than the life of Engineer LIndslay, who 42 years ago ran an en gine on the Union Pacific and Is today visiting the railroad boys ; In La Grande while en route from Omaha to ' Alaska on a pleasure trip. Mr. LIndslay has been on the re-J tired list for some time, but for more I than two scare years he "held the throf-1 tie of a Union Pacific engine across the deserts. The whistle of his loco motive was a panacea to the pioneer and frequently startled the Indian and bob cat. lie ran a train when settle ments were few and the main travel was from the Pacific coast to the mid dle states and the east, there being lit tle local work. He Is 72 years of age and has .three sons who are now en gineers on the road where their fath-; er worked so long. Mr. LlndBlay U Saturday's fruit markets carry the firs tiresentatlon of . home , grown blackberries of the year Cove yarle tles are now on sale. Along with this Important announcement It: might be recorded that watermelons are selling for 2 cents a pound,' price eeldom teached'ln this locality and the direct result of the drop In prices has been the Importa'lon of fdiir or" five "Car loads of the juicy fruit or vegetable, whichever Is the more" desirable to the English taste. Local dealers say today that the price Is lower than It has been In many years. , , . Many Homegrown Products. " , All local stores opened their doors t6 Saturday shoppers today on a line of vegetables and fruits that looked homelike. Red raspberries and black caps of the home variety also, were sold like hot cakes. The home, pro duct In all berry lines Is good, plen tiful for: the time being, but canning should be done immediately for the rush, ,1s on and regardless of how fast the product Is marketed, it ;wlll be gobbled up. Orders are being placed for next Tuesday when the next big market day ocmes for fruits. O ; ; Home Grown Sweet Corn. ' Let us not forget that home grown sweet corn went on the market today at 30 cents a dozen and no worms. The local market has been forced to handle Walla Walla and Portland sweet corn the pastfew days and worms have Tjeen generously donated by, these growers. The home product Is minus this feature however,. and the specimen shown on the market today was exceptionally free from pests. ".:A" Cantaloupes Sell YtII. ., Cantaloupes still at 10 cents each, or Jwo for a quarter for the large ones are selling rapidly today. The Payetta melon la to come early next week and many are holding off on that account preferring the Idaho brand. ' THE MAf Y liMAItj STORE Mason Fruit Jars fason Fruit Jais, quart, dozen $ .85 Mason Fruit Jars, 2 quart, dozen- 1.20 ECONMONY JARS. , 1 lJmts, -ptJr dozen i.; ,.., ji;;::,;.,..,, ;;.; 1.25 Quarts, per dozen .... 1.50 Two-quart, ier dozen 1.75 FREE t r FREE ! - - FREE ! ; ' r "With each dozen Economy Jars we give fre one Vox of 25c Soap;. ,;; "f. ' 45c jelly glasses, how, per dozen. .36c Everybody For h Come and look! over our shoes and he convinced that we can save you money. Men's Bilk lisle liose 40c value, extre special i . : 25c .- " ! t : t " - Hew Line Post Cards Regular 2 for 5c, our price, each.. .lc Drink Quality Coffee Price 30c, 35c and 40c. v J ' v ' 1 Save your coupons and get your no tions free. . Loral Option Among Leading Features of Maine Election. . , Augusta, Me., AuguBt 5. Sixty-five years ago today the democratic legli lature of the state of Maine enacted the first prohibition law against the liquor traffllc, thus setting an exam ple of state wide prohibition which was not Imitated by other common wealths until many years later. In another month on September.il of this, year, at a general election, the voters of Maine will be called upon to decide whether Btate wide prohibition which has been statutory from 1854 -to 1S84, and constitutional ever since, ! tutfon or not. . - . Since the state or Maine enacted the first prohibition law, prohibition has made tremendous strides1 The movement is no longer, a state or even a national movement, but has assumed an International character. In many countries throughout the .world the war'aga!n8t the liquor traffic has been taken up and the prohibition 'move ment has met with varying degrees of success. For this" reason . the battle which Is now being fought In ' this state Is attracting world wide atten liar nrf Ifcjlr ---I The Only Baking Powder Made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar. Safeguards tfie &cS Chemists tests have shown that a part of the alum from biscuit made with an alum baking powder passes Into . the stomach, and that digestion is retarded thereby. Read the label and make sure that your baking . powder la not made from alum. ' was flooded with campaign literature of the( most vigorous nature. She en ted the churches, the Sunday schools listed the churches, the Sunday schools, the children and women to fight prohibition and , brought speak ers from all parts of the I'nited Stat?s and even from Europe, where prohi bition has many stauncn supporters. The antl-prohibitlon tlon. Maine was the pioneer of the ine ntt-proniDitlon campaign' Is prohibition movement and maintained conductei by the Maine Non-Partlsan sta e wide prohibition continuously Local Self Government league, which longer than any'other commonwealth : U con5I,08ed. of men of high standing In the world. It Is quite natural. therefore, that the coming election's awaited with the most intense inter est throughout the world. - It Is generally admitted by friends of prohibition in and outside of the state, that a great deal depends upon the outcome of the coming election. In fact, It Is believed that 'the results of the vote will be of the most vital in fluence upon the future of the prohl- and has enlisted the support of four leading newspapers In the state. The work of the league is carried on sys tematically and thoroughly; but With little noise. " Passengeig may have their choice of steamer Potter, leaving Portland at 8:30 a. iu. August 4th'and 5th or the steamer Ilassalo, leaving Portland on the same dates at 8 p. m. A round trip rate of $10.00 wll be named which Includes stopover, privileges at Port land and Astoria on return trip; limit 13 days from date of sale. Make your sleeping car reservations now. , ROOSEVELT WITNESS. (Continued from page one) Special Train Excursion to Seashore. The Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company will operate a special train consisting of free reclin ing chair cars, tourist and standard iiucuce uyuu uie luiuio ot me prom- ' " "" bltlon movement. If the majority of sleePin to Portland In connection . ..... . ... .. - with their ifaflmftn n Vah. t.u the voters In Maine should decide by their vote that constitutional prohibi tion, after a test of 27 , years, was found by them unfeasible or undesir able, this decision would mean a se vere blow to the hopes of the friends of prohibition who, for years, have been working, Inspired by the thought that some day all nations would com bine in suppressing the liquor traffic. " The campaign now in progress in this state and which will continue for another month, until the last vote shall have been cast at the coming election, began practically immediate ly after the election in September of last year, when It became certain, that a democratic legislature had been elected, believed to be pledged to vote for a resubmission of th prohibition clause of the constitution. People outside of this state cannot imagine how bitter and desperate Is tl)e fight between the prohibition and the anti resorts and Astoria. The special train will leave La Grande at 8 p. in., Wed nesday, August 23rd, arriving at Port land the following morning at 7:15. of big corporations. greeted each member of the committee ha knew warmly. . J ..:. ; Despite the fact that Roosevelt de- clared he believed the action was nec- j essary,' the committee has proved by many witnesses that the Tennessee was one of the best steel properties in' the world and that its gobbling gave the trust control of one of Its biggest competitors. ; - ; For two hours the committee bom barded the colonel with questions. In concluding h!s testimony Roosevelt said he favored the government exer cising drlect control ot the ownership FREE TO Yfllf-HY SISra.n?,r.i.i I una woman. ' " -. ...i .( I know woman's auffarinin. ' , . , I 6t found the cure. ' , woman1, ailments. I want to tell V w?m.bSS thta oure-tw, my reader, for yonrieJ? yonr daohter your mother, or rour4ter7Twanto tell yon how to enra n -VT w.. . ontfte help of a doctor. Men m!! understaiid iwrMan, we Know better than any dnntnr I know that myhom. trtmetoaie Sd InrJ onrforl.n(.,w(Wflafl,c, uiS. M, ka ma kmK. ktirlM Son fnlien. MmMmT flaikt WMriMtt, Mm. ut kUMr fewMti tkm Zt krntkMiMtHMllutooursez. I want to eend yon tef!tfi hi ttf IrulaMt '"if prTe m jou inat you ean cure . - - r j - juu cau tun, yourself at noma, easily, quickly and lreiy. KememDer, tbat.H in ml jm Mfhhito it th treatment a complete trial : and if yon surely . P - " - w v".u,..i.u HUU . HIU U Uoentaa week or leea than two eenta a riv I -tah to eonwnna, It wul cort yon onir .v,. prohibition factions In this state. The smter u yon wiah, War rtv rafcnrn ma campaign was begun by the prohlbl- eipW.torfiiitioMrho t home. Eerr woman h v." . "'. " -TV" m"i.r?? 1."""""'.'"? "iwb MiTnntiWtluwa V. ri. "ui wn w or wa tumn two cents a day. it Will not lntert ere with your work or oocunatlon. let uJ b. m d l.h ' " ii i JJJi Tend T0.u ,he treatment for your case, eatlrely free.ln plain wrap- 11. 1 Will fdan SUMIrl wah lu. i m. W.kHiiiAyiMit SMI Mi-aimi aHL.... . -S fcmZn J?0 hZ WOf?en uner how they oanewily ourethnK nave an otrUo " T" -."f."H"- " lo" aoP,or at home uouists wua. a rusn ana steaauy n-. rv"u'""- t";j -""n"aP creased in vigor and ltternes. and w2tt - .. . . simple nome treatment which .nHu. rZ,tV:. ? erness and with my home rimJf. -ucT,' JZZ?ui.iZZmL there. Is every reason to believe that ' JnfuioMrrIMlT the remaining month will witness a lu t r-'r'rr" lell UT inffarnr tliA lkl. i.i il . r. f.""r luiauiij WW isownawiuiua T Jtron'nlr.nS '? J"h"'eany catti ah woman's diaeaxm. and makwwomeSwelL thh,5F th free ten day's treatment Is yours, also me hook. Write to-day, a rott mar not tlila ..(To-iaaJL . m,wmu MRS, m.summers. boh - - Notre Dame. Ind.. U. 8.JL campaign In this state, unparalleled In, fierceness in the history of polltl- rnl flchia ; So far the prohibitionists have been the aggressors. As early as October of last year the Maine Sunday Sthoo association adopted by unani mous vote i a resolution declaring, "That any person who votes or In anv way Influences others to vote, direct ly or indirectly, to so amend our con stitution as to admit of a license of the liquor traffic, high or low, local or state wide, Is equally guilty of giving his neighbor drink and putting the bottle to him as the rum seller. and the woe of the prophet of God is upon him." This Is rather strong lan guage, but it Is a fair Sample of the language used by the prohibitionists In the present compalgn. Everywhere their cry is "Rum against Righteous ness," y Even the opponents of prohibition are forced to admit that the DrohJhi- tlonlsts are remarkably well organized and are putting up a great fight. The leader of the prohibition campaign Is a Vomah, Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens . tlonal president of the W. c. T. V. S'.ie has fought for prohibition many years, but she regards the present contest as the greatest battle of her life Under her direction the whole state isHiiiMiii "DIGNIFYING THE INDUSTRIES j This la tha titia t k........ . . : . ' V ' postal ia the mm TODAT and It wlU bVtant mm .!itH0."tnr DoBlclenoe and Art, Com iiViaVak-rfaS- Perrv Pnemafir Wind MUls, Deming Pumps, Richardson & Boynton Warm Air Furnaces, Pipe Valves and Fittings, GuV BflV 6 ZWElFEl PLUMBERS, HEATERS, SHJ METAL wnRKfBt