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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1911)
':( ... PAGE 6 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1911. i t ' 4 , r t f, ( V 0m siOTTin3 0TS- 169 Lots belonging to Thomas . McConnell have been placed in my hands to close out. Special prices will be placed on entire blocks, and special prices will be named to those vho will build neat, modern n Tinu eoa -.1 ..oJ-i.i,-..' Next Spring modern houses may be built and sold on easy payments.;- ;. : If interested call at my office and let us talk it over. ' We also have other choice lots in all portions of the city IFTfiDHD li REAL ESTATE Here is a .woman who speaks from personal ;kn,6wlndg4 and long experl nce. viz., Mrs. P. 1L Brogan, of Wll- toa, Pa., who Bays, '.'I know from ex s perlence that . Chamberlains Cough ilttemedy Is far superior to any other. ' tr croup th re Is nothing that ex- ' eels It." For Bale by all dealers. . We pay cash -for any Oregon ses sion laws before 1866. Also want sen ate journals 1S62 and 1864. Also codes 1851, Journal of council, 1851, statutes 1854 and of 1855, and code of civil procedure and general laws 1862, and archives 1843-1849.. Write Geo. A Bateson & Co., inc. . Portland, Oregon: v G. T. Dar ley i ; Cement Contractor Consult him before letting your sidewalk H Y O 7 X . r GET 1 GOOD LIGHT. One that is easy on the eyes I ., one that will brighten up the home. . GET A SAFE LIGHT One that can't overturn or J " explode., ' . ; v. . ; :.' ' v GET A CONVENIENT LIGHT One that la always , ready, and that requires no filling or cleaning. ,'. AN ECONOMICAL LIGHT fay for Just what you X UBS. NO Waste. ' : .. Utility; safety, convenience and economy are four reasons why you shouldn't do without electric lights longer.. For rates, phone Main 34. Eastern Oregon Light and Power Company PILOT ROCK IS VISITED G FIRE EATIXG PLACES ARE IN ASHES TODAY. Whole Town Serlouxly Threatened Tetkterday Morning. (Pendleton East Oregonlan.) ' The most disastrous ifire In thehls tory of Pilot lltoek early this morning reduced to a Iwap of ashes th Pilot Rock livery barn, the Pilot Rock ho-' tel. and the J. K. Smith restaurant, with most of the contents of the three buildings and for. a time threatened the destruction of the whole town. In. fact, according to advices from that town, had it not been for the foe'rolc work Ot volunteer firemen, assisted by th dampness from the recent raln.i the flames would, undoubtedly . have' Bwept, tne town off the map. The loss was partly covered by Insurance. The cause of the Are Is unkown: It had Its origin in thra buezv JJuIuIuk ui uvery barn and was ale- J covered about 2 o'clock by John Wil son, who was sleeping m the barn. yuicKiy tne whole town was aroused and the combating of the flames be gan. "" v; ..':- - , v McManus. Property Endangered. The Smith restaurant and the Pilots Kock "hotel stood on the south side of ' Willow street In a row with .the livery barn and they were quickly Ig nited 'by the. leaping flames, The poatofflce building owned by. J. P. McManns and the McManus residence Just across the street were afire sev eral times but the bucket brigade mounted to the roofs and by valiant work saved these buildings. The Carnes Bros, mercantile store also had a narrow escape and would undoubt edly have been lost had tihe building not been moved back fllxtr feet re cently preliminary to the erection of a new building.' ; , , All of the contents of 4 the livery barn with the exception of the four teen head of horses stabled there per ished and most of the furniture of the hotel was lost, although several pieces, were removed from the ground floor rooms. The restaurant was practically a complete loss. -V V . Without atlng Facilities.' , The Are leaves Pilot Rock without eating houses. On March 17, the City hotel, also owned by Mr. Smith, was burned to the ground and the town was then badly handicapped In its accommodations for strangers. Mr. Smith , soon leased the Morse store building and started a restaurant and now for the second time (has had his business destroyed by Are. Thra Pilot Rock hotel was one of the oldest pub- ' lie bullddngs In the town, having been erected thirty jears ago. . Ttecently Mr. Royer made Improvements In it to the amount of several hundred dollars. TAX GQLIPAfiy HOT A9EFJTS OBDIXAXCE SOW IX fOMXITlEE 3IISODERST00D. Each Agent Here Carries Several Com. 1 panles Act on Measure Soon, Insurance companies and not in surance agents arts to be called upon to pay annual license fees by the ord inance now In a council committee and to be put up for final passage sooa. Due to inaccurate statement of the facts In the case yesterday by the Observer the opinion prevails that it is to be the individual agents, all of them local people, who are to pay this fee. It is the companies themselves and has nothing to do with the agents directly. Each agent carries several companies as a Tule, and It is the com panies that the ordinance stipulates. No certainty prevails as . to the amount of the fee, but it is presume. quired. Adminlstra tor's Notice. Notice Is hereby given to all whom It may concern that De Lile Green has been appointed by th3 county court of Union county, Oregon, admin istrator of the estate of F. M. Ruther ford, deceased. All persons . having claims against the estate of said de ceased are required to present them with the proper vouchers within six month from the date hereof to the administrator at the store ot L. J. French, No. 206 Depot street, La Grande, Oregon. Dated this October 5. 1911. , : DB LILE GREENE, Administrator of the estate of P. M. Rutherford, Deceased. Dly 10-13. 20, 27-11-3, 10 urged her to take Dr. King's New Dis covery. "I have be n taking It for some time," she wrote "and the awful cough has almost gone. It also saved my little boy when taken with a se vere bronchial trouble." This match less medicine has no qual for throat and lung trouble. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by all druggists.. eod & wkly BOY WANTED Fam-Us-KJng Cigar ' Factory. , ....... 4 .. ( i . r - ' , ' i ; - ; 7 ' Don't Buy Glasses (It Scfev- c Treasurer's Cail fev County Scalp Bounty and Road Warrants.' I Notice Is hereby given that the un dersigned treasurer of Union county, Oregon, has funds on hand with which to pay all county and scalp bounty warrants which were endorsed prior to Oct. 6th, 1911 and all road war rants which were endorsed prior to Oct. 19th, 1911. u Interest ceases on the above war rants on October 24, 1911. . JOHN FRAWLEY. Treasurer .of Union county, Oregon. " , ATerts Awful Tragedy. Timely advice given Mrs. C. Wil loughby, of Marengo. Wls., (R. No. 1) prevented a dreadful tragedy and sav ed two lives. Doctors had safd her frightful cough was a "consumption" cought and could do little to help her. After many remedies failed, her aunt ASK ANY PERSOiv VER 50 YEARS OF AGE WHETHER THE TEETH ARE IMPORTANT ORGANS. WITH OUT EXCEPTION YOU WILL HEAR THEM SAY: "SAVE" YOUR' TEETH WHILE YOU CAN." WELL, WE : MAIvE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO DO SO. GIVE :. US THE CARE CF YOUR TEETH AND WE WILL SAVE THEM FOR YOU FOR YEARS. . Stev en son's Dental Office As- yon would Shoes. They should be fitted by a specialist. You may select a pair that aids your vision for the time be ing, but they may prove , MOST IXJURIOUS DOX'T buy cheap glasses. DOX'T read in bed or on a moving train. : nOXT read without your .glasses - '' ' - DOX'T read . with someone else's glasses." " . ' " " DOX'T continue wearlng'your OLD GLASSES. 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