La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 03, 1911, Page PAGE 7, Image 7

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    IX qiOKpE EVENBiq pBERVO, TUESDAY, OCTOBEB a 1911
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I FD0FESSI051L D1BECTOEY
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PHYSICIANS AND SCBGEONS
MOLITOR. M. D. Physician and
Surg on. Corner ..Adams Ave. and
Depot St. Phones: face, Main 68;
Residence, 69. '"
L U RICHARDSON. M. D. -
. W. LOUGHLIN, M. D. ,.:.- 4
! Drs. Richardson & Loughlln, -.
Physician's and Surgeons
Phones Office Black 1362;. Ind. 353
Office Hours 9 to 11; 2 to 5; 7 to 8.
Dr. Richardson's Res. Main 55; Ind.
312.
Dr. LoughMn'B Res. Main 757; Ind
' , 1297.
C. H. UPTON, Ph. O. M. D. Physician
and Surgeon. Special attention to
Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat. Office
in La Grande National Bank Build
ing. ' Phones:, Office Main 2; Resi
dence Maim 32.
DBS. UNDERWOOD & 0NDERW0OD
Physicians and Surgeons.
DR. H. L. UNDERWOOD
Special attention to diseases and
surgery of the eye.
DR. DORA J. UNDERWOOD
I Specialist for women
' Offices. Cor. Adams & Depot, over
Wright Co.'s Drug Store.'
; Phoues Main 728; Main 22. .
GEO. W. ZIMMERMAN Osteopath
Physician." Sommer Bldg.,. Rooms 7,
8. 9 and 10. Phones: Home 1332.
Pacific. Main 63; Residence, Black
951. Successor to Dr. P. E. Moore.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
COCHRAN & COCHRAN Attorneys.
ran. La Grande National Bank
: , Eu'ldlngj La Grande, Oregon.
T. H. CRAWFORD ' ROBT. S. EAKIN
' CPAWFORD & EAKIN Attorneys
t law. Practices in all the courts
of the state and United States. Of
fice in La Grande National Bank
. Building, La Grande, Oregon.
W. C. NELSON Mining Engineer,
' Raker City. Oregon.
G.T. DARLAND, CHIROPRACTOR,
not Drugs, not Surgery, not Oste
opathy Consultation free. Room
20. La Grande National Bank Bldg
lng. Phone, Red 3181.
DR. P. A. CHARLTON, Veterinary Sur
geon. Office at Hill's Drug store,
La Grande. Residence Phone, Red
701 ; Office Phone, Black 1361 ; In
dependent Phone 53; Both Phonet
at Residence.
NOTICE OF STREET IMPROVEMENT
TO WHOM IT MAY CNCERN: No-
Save Eye Troubles and
Doctor Bills
Give your child -good lights to
study by.
Oculists tell us that a large per
centage of eye trouble among
school children is caused' ' by
straining the eyes in., a poor
light. Condition should be per
fect when night study is re-
'quired . , . ; "
There Is Just brie perfect light;
that is the electric light.
You can avoid much of the eye;
strain and the attendant evils
by putting in electric lights now
They are better, cleaner and
.more convenient and the cost
is most reasonable." " ;
Ask us for rates, or phone Main
34. ;-V'--.s ...:
i Just Received
We also carry a full line of ,
Hardware and Building Material . I
mm BOHNENKAMP CO.
tice is hereby given Hat in pursuance ;
pf a resolution ."adopted by the com-)
mon council of the city of La Grande,
Oregon, on the 16th day of . December,
1909, creating improvement district
No. 13 and designating North Fir
Btreet.as such district,, and in pursu
ance of a resolution adopted by said
common council on the 20th day of
September? 1911, whereby said coun
cil determined and declared its inten
tion to improve all that portion of
North Fir street, in said Improvement
district a8 hereinafter described, by
laying thereon macadam roadway, ce
ment curb and drainage, the council
will, ten days after the service of this
notice upon the owners of the prop
erty affected and bentflted by such im
provement, order that said above de
scribed improvement be made; that
the boundaries of said district to be
so improved are as follows:
All that portion of North Fir Btreet,
from the south curb line of Monroe
avenue, to the south line of U avenue.
(A) And. the property affected or
benefit; d by said improvement is as
follows:
The west 4 of block 149, 151, 151
and the east of blocks 150. 155 and
the NE4 of block 125 and the NWVi
of block 124, Chaplin's addition and
the west V of block 24 and 23 and
the east of block 2 and the east lb
of Predmore block, Predmore addition,
all Jn La Grandje, Oregon.
Notice 1b hereby further given that
the council will levy a special assess
ment on all the property affected and
benefitted by such improvement for
the purpose of paying for such im
provement. That the estimated cost of
such improvement is the sum of $6,
438.50. That the council will, on the
7th day of October, 1911, meit at the
council chamber at the hour of 8
o'clock p to-, o consider said esti
mated cost and the levy of said as
sessment, when a hearing will be
granted to any person feeling aggrl:v
ed by such assessment.
La Grande, Ore., Sept. 23, f911.
CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE.
OREGON
!By C. M. HUMPHREYS,
Recorder of the City of La Grande,
Oregon.
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Light and
Power Co.
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j.vriione;iviain t f ' ; fS
Mrs. Pedrie'
Secret
It Proved (be Truth of (be
Lady's Statement
By CLARISSA NACKIS
' Copyright by American Praas
elation, 1911.
"Of course women can't help being
Inquisitive." said Mr. Pedrie loftily.
"I always make allowances, Phoebe,
for woman's greatest falling." ;
'And what Is man's greatest failing,
or has he so many it's hard to select'
the largest?" demanded Mrs. Pedrie.
with spirit. "Talk about curiosity.
Why, Phlneas Pedrie, I've seen just as
many curious men as you have women
so there!"
"Pshaw. Phoebe! You cannot name
one case where a man has displayed
more than ordinary Interest in ntrairs
which were not his own." And Mr.
Tedrle folded his newspaper and chal
lenged his wife with raised brows.
Apparently Mrs. Pedrie could not
give the desired illustration, for she re
tired behind the phs-pr of a book with
an expression of displeasure on her
pretty countenance. Mr. Pedrie napped
in his Turkish rocker more or less
musically, and after awhile his wife
fell to watching him closely. All at
once a bright smile chased away the
displeasure from her face, and she
snfttv nrnso find left thp room. I
At the end of an hour Mr. Pedrie' ' "lMia on couiunr go, nnve
stretched himself luxuriously, yawned ne asked-
sleepily, and. seeing his wife rending' "Oh. no-that wouldn't make any
on the. opposite side of the table, he . difference." choked Thoebe.
sank into somnolence once more. The ! "Wouldn't make any difference!"
striking of the hall clock awoke him exploded Phlneas, whirling around.
to a realization that it was mldutght, ''Why wouldn't It make any difference.
and he was aloue. Fhoebe had evl-' 1d ,;k t0 know, madam? Am I mns-
dently gone to bed, as was often her j teE ,n roy own house?"
custom, and left him to come to bed ' "You can answer that question best,
when he was quite ready. . . I dear." said Thoebe meekly, mopping
He felt singularly wide awake. The ber eyes with the sheet,
house was very quiet, and sate for the 1 "Well, then. I am master In my own
occasional rumble of a distant electric bouse." declared Phlneas Pedrie grand
car the street vras Btill. , It Was Just, "When I say you shall go to New
the time for another dip Into that sci 3t go back on ray word
entiflc magazine while he smoked n even though I strongly disapprove of
cigar. lie reached for bis cigar case
and looked ToF the" magazine. FT!
f.l.MnAAll ..mam m ... MM..tt '
glance fell upon a handsome box which
Btood on the table near Phoelw's chair.
He had never seen the box before, and 1
BB BTUDIKO THB BOSRWOOD BOX.
his Interest wsb aroused, ne went
around the table and examined It It
was msde of polished rosewood, with
corners and hinges of old brass. t
was tightly locked, and there was no
key. He lifted the box and found it
heavy.' t
Bb stood looking down at It wltb a
baffled expression on ills good natured
countenance. , He , wondered why
I'hoebe should have left the box there,
and at this Instant there was a rus
tling on the stairs, and Phoebe came
rushing in, garbed in dressing gown
and slippers and with her heavy
braids swinging to and fro. She
seemed to take in the situation at
a glance the proximity of her hus
band to the rosewood box for wltb a
little frightened gasp she darted for
ward, took the box from his bands and
left the room without so much as a
word of explanation.
Phlneas Pedrie stood rooted 4o the
siot with consternation. Was Phoebe
Insane, or ' was she walking ln her
sleep? What was there about the rose
wood box tuat be, her husband, might
not see? i What? , i,
Mr. Tedrie stalked slowly ; up the
stairs to find Fhoebe sleeping sweetly
and the rosewood box nowhere ln
sight
"What has she done with itr he
muttered anxiously as he stepped soft
ly to and fro so as not to waken her.
Fifteen minutes later Mr. Pedrie was
still searching for the rosewood box.
He bad explored all the closets in the
bouse and the spare room and was
creaking downstairs In the belief that
his wife had concealed the box in the
hall before ahe ascended to her room
t ben ber voice smote on his ear.
ThlneM. where are youY she called
ileeplly. -
"I'm coming, dear." he amnred her,
making his voice as small as possible,
as if it might come from tb library,
where she had left him.
"It must be midnight. Thin. Are yon
never coming? This light keeps me
wake" '
" "IH put it out Phoebe." and Mr.
Pedrie treaked np the stairs again and
snapped off the bulb. "I've lost my
match case, and I'm looking for it I'll
Just take a ran downstairs once more,"
be explained as he left the room.
Carefully, painstakingly. Mr. Pedrie
searched the lower floor of the house
for the rosewood box which his wife
had so artfully concealed from' him.
What did it contain? ' Did his wife
possess a secret which he did not
share?
Once more Mr. Pedrie mounted the
Bta!rf) thIa Ume ln a lrlt of Ju8t ,n.
dignation. Before be slept that morn
Ing he would wrest this secret from
his unhappy wife. He stalked into the
bedroom without any attempt at quiet
ness. ..
I "Oh, Thin." complained Phoebe, "do
I stop squeaking around and go to bed!
You've waked me up three or fou
times with your prowtlngs. and you
know I want to get up early so as to
go into town on your train."
"Going to town, are you?" asked
Phlneas suspiciously.
"Ol luuiw I him'. You fcuoiv, X wuui
to do some shopping."
Phlneas was undressing sulkily be
fore his own chiffonier, and he saw
ln the mirror the reflection of Phoebe's
face. She was either crying or laugh
ing, and he decided that she was cry
ing. J"ur going." ww.,.
"Why?" ..tffflP--"-
AAA 11C A AW KaAAMOA Clf
Because err-because." stated Phln
eas sharply.
"Phlneas?"
said Mrs. Pedrie In a
strangled voice.
; Welt?" '"
"That's- a woman's reason, you
know." .
"What's a woman's reason? Oh. I
see!,.. My dear, don't try to bo funny
after midnight. One doesn't feel much
ln the mood for that sort of thing.",
Mr. Pedrie wrenched his collar off and
flung It across the room.' He sent bis
vest after the collar and then realised
that the Icy feeling down bis spine '
was caused by the slipping of a collar
button down Ills neck. He swore soft
ly and lowered bis head in the vain
; hope that the offending collar button
would slide out again. - ,
It did not, but his position was the
means of bis discovering the rosewood
box. . :
He caught a glimpse of its polished
surface and brass ornaments under his
chiffonier. lie was sure be had search
ed there before, but apparently be had
failed to locate it He pulled It out
and tucked it under bis arm, throw
ing his bathrobe over It to couceal It. I
"Where are yon going now. Thin?"
asked Phoebe curiously, '
Mr. Pedrie paused on the threshold
and looked with a superior smile at
his . wife. "I'm going downstairs to
the library," be said. .!
He went downstairs again with the ,
rosewood box tucked under his arm.
lie did not stop in, the library.. -In-'
stead be went to the kitchen, where
be found the tool chest and extracted
a hammer and chisel and a bunch of
old keys of all shapes and sizes. '
In the glare of the electrics be studied
the rosewood box. There was the key.
bole, but no key. Ho tried all the
spare keys, and not one fitted the lock.
The hinges were beautifully set ln the
box, and be was loath to wrench them
off, yet the box must be opened. , He
must discover what secret his wife
was keeping from him.' '
He inserted the chisel under the lid
nnd pried trently. The lock strained,
but hold. He bore down harder, and
at Inst, with a splinter uf wood around
the limide of the lock, f he cover flew
up rind knocked bis eyeglasses spinning
across the room, where they shattered
Against the range. '
"And bang goes $15!" ejaculated Mr.
reurie, stariug hopelessly Ht the glit
tering fragments of bis eyeglasses.
"What Is tl;e natter. l'liiiieKV.iisk.'d
his wife from the doorway, nnd tl -n
fls her guze fe!l on the open box In lIh
hnnd she added: "What lire you dolug
wltb my box. Thin? Are you out of
your wind?"
Mr. Pedrie glared savsgely at ber.
"Woman." he sold accusingly, "you
have a secret from me. 1 must know
the worst. Phoebe Fedrle, Walt! Do
not speak! You know I will be quite
Just with you i"
He held the box to' the light and
fumbled ln it. Be brought np a tan
gled mass of white thread, a, measure
of lace and an Ivory bobbin. "What U
this?" he stammered.
"My tatting," choked Mrs. Pedrie!"
"And this?". Mr. Pedrie covered nls
chagrin by fishing np the one other ar
ticle In the box a bundle of letters
tied about with a blue ribbon. Aba I
"Your love letters to me, dear." said
his wife sweetly. And on examination
so they proved to be.
Mr. Pedrie sat and stared speechless
Jy from the empty box to his shattered
glasses, tht nee to the tatting and the
harmless bsbble of his own love let
ters. ITe did not look at his wife.
'Thineas." phe said after awhile,
"do you still maintain that man is not
possessed of his full share of curios
Ityr .
Mr. Pedrie looked sheepishly at her,
threw up his hands and dived Into his
trousers pocket , for his wallet. This
he .tossed across the kitchen table to
his wife. . .
"Ilelp yourself, Phoebe," he said,
with a feebie smile. "It's on me!"
MARQUIS SAI0NJI.
Japan Statesman Who Is
Expaotad to Becoma Premier
Grande Ronde
NURSERIES
(Trade Mark.)
Foreign and domostlc trees,
roses and shrubs.
We guarantee to give satis
faction. We do not claim our
price to be lower than the low
est but claim the quality of the
stock Is the highest attainable.
Therefore when comparing our
prices with others please bear
ln mind that all trees are not
alike.' Our main specialty lies
in satisfying a customer and fil
ling his order with trees of the
most excellent quality. Orders
large or small , will receive
prompt and careful attention at
our hands.
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We have Just open:d a- mw
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The prices range from $2.60 to
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The Gossard corsets. They lace ta
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Impel correct poise, deep breathtag
correst position, both sitting , &&
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