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PAGE 8 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1911. GilMlll NY HEAVY JEGOTAIXEERS HARVEST t'RSOPJJ THIS SIMMER. BIG Frest Visits Mountain Farming IM. trirts Otlie r News Items. " Lone E3m Ranch, Aug. 12. (Special Haying is In full progress In the mountains and la an exceptionally fctTy crop. ' C Broadburst baa about 20 aorta In tlmotlsj. wheat and oats and estimates tils 2xdt will aggregate 25 tons or more. Jlr. Burnap has about Ave tons f timothy but his spring sown grain will te light owing to late sowing and on first broken sod ground. Henry Spears is putting up a lot of first clans hay and George Bartemus fs also making a good cutting on his dairy ranch on Rock creek. I'roitt Come Early. Heavy frouts have visited these parts for the last week or so, but vetgeta- 1 THE: GROCERY Stageberg & Sandborg Phone 70. GREEN CORN CABBAGE ... ' SI MMER SQUASH TURNIPS CARROTS ore ex onions potatoes (new) cucumbers green beans wax beaxs eating apples cooking apples ORINGES KANAKAS CANTALOUPES PEACHES RASPBERRIES BLACKBERRIES ; WATERMELONS TRT OCR HOME BAC0S AT 20c PER LB. ties on the higher altitudes remain un touched. ' .Mr. Preston met with rather a pain ful accident one day last week by be ing kicked by one of his work horses. The stroke made quite an abrasion on his left leg just above the kiibj, but the bone was not broken, although the injury and pain confined blm to his bed several days. Forester Parker made his usual round again last week to assure him self the fires were fully extinguished, and the serious trouble of last year in no danger of being repeated. Hr re ported several small fires on his route being started by lightning. ; Society and Clubs I 00 I The Railroad Situation. (Union Republican.) - . There is little, new to report on the rs'lroad situatl'm In Union this week. The Central gan is laying steel In the civ as we go to press, replacing old rails with heavier ones. It Is reported that the gap from the Sugar ranch to Hempe siding la being closed up also, or will soon, and that, some work has bf?n done this week in the vicinity of the Townley ranch. ; The new motol car has nor yet arrived. Nothing .s bning done toward renairing the track from Cove switch to Union punotlon. Accident Sunday. Whlla coming to; town from the Thomson place up tauieiiuo day,. Mrs. W. B. Oassett was seriously I injured by being kicked by a horse, isnys the Uhion Republican. . While on I the road: near the Hall place, a wire became entangled around the horse's foot, with the result that the animal endeavored to kick itself loose. Mrs. Gassett was kicked twice below the knee and so severely Injured that she ;was brought to the city by C. J. Fors Btrora in his auto. Two children in the buggy Mere not hurt. Mrs. Gassett t pluckily stuck to the behlcle and stop ' ped the l.orse which was badly cut. CONVENTION INSTRUCTIVE. , ' t Loral Optician One of the Two Repre- senting Oregon at Salt Lake. - Mrs. A. L. Richardson and Mrs. A. T. Hill entertained Thursday after noon for Mrs. J. W. Loughlin and her guests, Mrs. Thomas Dumbleton and Miss Loughlin of New York. The re ception which was one of the most elaborate and beautiful ever held la La Grande, was given at the home of Mrs. Richardson. One hundred and fifty callers passed the receiving line which was composed of the hostesses, the guests of honor and Mrs. D. M. Clark. The decorations were unusually ar tistic. In the reception rooms trail ing vines of the purple clematis were relieved by masses of snowy marguer ites while inthe dining room a pro fusion of nasturtium blossoms gave greeting from out their graceful foli age. The serving table glittering with silver and cut glass was presided over from hour to hour by Mrs. George Carpy and Mrs. Stella Ingle.Mrs. 8. W. Seemann and Mrs. J. K. Wright. Mrs. Turner Oliver and Miss Anson, assisted by Marjorle McCall and Olive Massee. While dainty refreshments were being served strains of sweetest orchestra music added to the delight of the hours. -. . Cn a shaded porch made bright with gold rod and sweet peas Alice Hill and Helen Currey charmingly did the honors where fruit punch was served to the departing guests while Minna Ash gracefully presided at the door. . Mrs. William Ash. Mrs. F. S. Ivan hoe find Mrs. J. T. Richardson assisted the hostesses who have been highly complimented upon the success of the afternoon's entertainment, while their manv friends ' greatly smnreclated meeting Mrs. Lnuthlin and her guest3. Miss Ethal Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .T. K. Wrleht. entertained her O. : M. Heacock, who. with ' 3. W. Watts, a prominent optician of Eu fcene, represented Oregon at the na tional convention of opticians at Salt Lake last week, returned (bis morn ing and reports the meeting a big suc cess. The delegates from all parts of the country were present and rehears ed the newest things in their lines. In addition to attending the meetings Mr. Heacock purchased the very lat est testing machine on the market, and will add It to his already large line of equipment in his office here. Mr. Watts and Mr. Heacock were th? only deleeates from Oregon. VOTERS REFUSE F i S UNION SCHOOL HOUSE SOT COM. PLETED FUNDS GONE. Election Shows Majority Do Not Fa ior More Expenditures. i HlilWKIMHim-MTBIffl e i MEET TUESDAY WILL PROVIDE FOR APPROPRIA TION OF STATE FUNDS. . Legal and Technical Steps to Obtain , State Fnuds to Be Taken. "dignifying THE INDUSTRIES" This is the ttUs of a beautiful Si-page book, which w.u uivw maj uvj or gin now VJ SUCCSS1I. Drop tL postal In the mall TODAY and It will be sent FREE. The aim of the Collet la to dlfnuy and populsrlie lb induatrlea, andio serve ALL the people. It offers counts in Agriculture, civil Enf meeting. Electrical Eoc lneerliif , Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engin eering, Forestry. Domeitlo Science and Art, Com merce, Pbnrniioy and Muilo. The College opens September 8Jd. ruajog frts, - - - . , Addretl! REGISTRAR, OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallls, Oregon. Prof. C. H. Jones The Magnetic Healer Has lorafed at the Grande Ronde, Valley house. Tito healer has had years of experience and feels competent o treat all diseases with flaccegs. Do not fall to call on liliu nt once. V VIII te bfre from Thursday to Sunday of each week. AM UMMER uggestions Take two-thirds of a glass of cold - o k Kft r 11.'.:. .i i r i sDarKiinsr om-w. aaa one-inira or i .-... .. - Iv anv of the following fruit iuices: r I rmnn Ornnorp. PlnArnnlf nr firanf . .. f , . I 1. 1 I IA A , t ... f , -jurnsum ii ripni aa mix ii lugviuer i It's good for wbal alls 701 In this kind of weather. , Ten thousand dollars over and above the Initial levy needed to com plete the Union high school building, which is now partially completed, were denied the Union school board this vroKlr hv nnnnlar election. The building is not complete and funds are exhausted. The Union Republican ! says of the Incident: I According to the call of the board! of directors, the voters of school dis trict No. 5 met at the brick school ! building at 2 o'clock p. m. Wednesday,! August 9, for the purpose of consid ering the matter of authorizing the board of directors to incur runner in debtedness of $10,000. or so much thereof as may bo necessary to com plete the high school building. ; 1 There was a large crowd present but not as large as at previous school meetings covering different phases of this same proposition. Director Forsstrom read's state ment also covering the needs of the district and reciting the expenditures already made. . . ,i K ' ' , After some further discussion, -'Pres. Levy appointed judges and clerks of election, it was decided to keep the polls open until 6 o'clock and voting commenced, a ticket being furnished by the directors covering the two sides of the case for and agalnBt the appropriation. v The count was made soon after the polls closed, showlivg, 211 votes cast, divided as follows: Against the indebtedness ......... 137 For the "Indebtedness Majority against C3 According to the above showing, the appropriation lost by a vote of nearly two to one. Tile victorious element gives as a reason for the denial of the needed funds a too lavish expenditure or the original $,".0,000 In the different con tractors and extras, while the two old directors see in the result a direct thrust at them personally. Just what the outcome will be re mains to be seen. The two directors announce that they will not resign un der fire, while the other side announc es an Investigation of expenditures pending a possible reorganisation of the board of directors. Off on Vacation. George Carpy 1 chief clerk of the United States Land office, took his family to Fox hill this afternoon an! Intend to camp there during Mr. Car py's vacation. , , ' Sailors Hate N'arrow Escape, Provlncetown. Mas., Aug. 1.2 Eigh teen officers and Bearaen from the bat tleships Delaware and Nebraska of the North Atlantic squadron, nar rowly escaped death today when two launches from tho vessels Collided In a fog. The Nebraska launch sank, but all wero rescued. "Commissioners of: the Unlon-Wal-lowa county district fair association have been called to meet In this city next Tuesday when much Important matters will be taken up.! President A, I Richardson of the local fair as sociation Is urging early exploitation of the fair this year, and forecasts an event in fairdom that will surpass former attempts. The meeting of commissioners of the two counties will be marked with whole lot of Important business and must be transacted at once, that the fair preliminaries ' in both conn tries can be gone through with with out hitch. . ; .: t '" The meeting Is the legal and tech nical step to unloosen the state purse to the extent of the annual fair, ap propriation provided by the state for Union and Wallowa counties' fairs. ' CALL IMPERATIVE. 0 young friends last evening complimen tary to Miss Helen Bartlett who on 'Monday leaves for Palo Alto to re sume studies In a boarding school there. The event was largely attended and exceptionally pleasant. Hobbies of each Individual guest were used to entertain and music, vocal renditions, chalk talks and other avenues of amusement were used to ood advant age by. the guests who carried with them particular hobbies. Refresh ments, of course, played a no small part In the entertainment. Miss Bart lett, the motif, has been spending the summer vacation here with her mother J Mrs. ,E. W. Bartlett. Those present were: . 51l8ses Helen Bartlet, May Neill, Zoe Bragg, Sarah Smith. Lillian Mc donald. Miriam Smith. Ethel Hanley, Ethel Wright; Messrs. Kenneth Bart ley. Merlin Batley. Harlev Richardson, Milton Stoddard, Ray Williams. Wil lard Carpy, George Currey. Russell Palston, Lee Reynolds. Frank Rals-1 ton. . ' A social event of more than passing Interest to many young people occured 1 . . o,,., t. nrande last Thursday evening when a large number of young people spent an informal evening with Arthur Gammond, 405 Fourth street, Mus!o and parlor games whiled away the evening hours very pleasantly. Mr. Gammon and Miss Bolton provided much of the music for the'occaslon. The guests were principally young people of South La Grande. Mrs. ' E. Polack wab hostess to the Five Hundred club Thursday evening, the afternoon hours being substituted ifor the evening hours because of the reception that afternoon. Mrs. E. W. RarMett won the honors. F1RO ILenJ XfeaS 11 S CD GO o 53 3 Commercial Banking . - . . ' . ' -. .. ' . . .. This bank has unexcelled facilities for the care of your business In cow merclal banking, and solicits your checking account. ; When you pay all your bills and con tracts by check you can rest easy In cuse a dispute arises as to payment, Tfeu liaTe in your paid check an evi dence of payment that cannot be dis ated. Ton 1 do not need a large -amount of money to open a checking t account nitli this bunk. Open an ac count and acquire the habit of paying bills by check. You will find it both safe un convenient. :' In addition to taking care of jour business In this department we can give you an interest account or furnish you a safe deposit box at a nominal rental Burglar proof vault. It Is our aim to meet your requirements In every way. Call and see us. ' HACK AND AMBULANCE Uptown office Main 720 Residence phone Main 25 E. L BUSSEY COMBINE BUSINESS ' - v WITH PLEASURE Enjoy an Outing at the Seashore. A Stopover at Portland. Visit the. Astoria Centeaulal ' cele bration. Take advantage of the very low round , trip rate of $10.00 offered by the O.-W. It. & N. company from La Grande to any point on the Sea shore-North Beach. A special train affording every . accommodation ; win leave La 'Grande at 8 p. m.' Wednes day, August 23rd. Ask your agent for Information In detail. Sprains r set Jit careful treatment. Keep quiet and app'.j Chamberlain's Liniment freely. It will remove the soreness and quickly restore lie ports to a healthy con Former Island City Resident Likes , Conditions Here and May Return. E. M. Holman and three children of Salt Lake county, Utah, has been visiting his brother, J. A. Holman of Island City, this week. Mr. E. M. Hol man went from here to Utah and It Is now four years ago since he spent a few days with his brother here. Mr. ! Holman sees a wonderful change in La Grande and the Grande Ronde val ley and thinks he will return here again. The changes for betterment of conditions has been really wonder ful, he says, and he Is much more Impressed with the valley now than when he first located here.. HERE AND THEME. The house bf lords reached the en tirely sensible conclusion that it is better to be dehorned than abolished. Kansas City Star. When one looks' at congress, the Im pression forms that the ship of state would do better with more steam and fewer rudders. Life. , ' Senator La Follette offers convinc ing proof that the insurgent opposi tion to the reciprocity bill was blown up from he inside. New York World. . A South Carolina newspaper refers to the colonel as "the dowager presi dent." South Carolina had better be careful or it will be wiped off the map. Cleveland Leader. No wonder Governor and United States Senator-elect Hoke Smith wants to hold on to his Georgia Job a while longer. This Is watermelon time down In Georgia. New York World. Just as we are. getting a little quiet satisfaction over the recinrocltr neree. ment we come face to face with this i sign In the postefflce: "Parcels post.j Foreign matter only." New York World. That recm lar Light ness and Flav bi'Jffijf":-; or round in the finest Mem) mil o . . vOjVUIVVj v etc., is due to the absolute purity, fitness, finrl irr1IMta nnmtl..i!. " " MWVU4aiv- vumrjlliaiioil of the ingredients of the 0j&a The best things in cook-' ery are always made with the Royal Baking Po wder. 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