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-1. ' . . PAGE 8 L GRANDE E VENING OBSERVER, . FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1911. n Any Woman's Suit or Hat our Entire Stock Jrnce . RESERVE TIM1IEK SOLD. ! triiHniaB Forest Timber I Sold Huffs Had Damaged It. Woi-a has Just been received that the district forester at Portland, Ore gon, has approved the application of the Metzler-llegsted Lumber company to purchase a email tract of govern ment timber from the Whitman na danal forest. Thla company has been operating a small saw mill upon Wolf creek and ia estimated to have about 1.890.000 feet B. M. of saw timber. The "prices which have been approved and which will be nam-ed In the advertise ment are $1.50 per thousand for west im yellow pine and J1.00 per thou sand for timber of all other spectes. Thla Bale, Is the first which has been made upon the Whitman, national for- wt In this region. It Is especially de ferable since a considerable per cent of the timber Involved has been killed TwenUy by the dark beetles, which. Tfcave ween working to such an extent . daring the last few years. This ln- i sect-killed timber Is nearly all Btily mercnantaDie nut tr wn uncui ror a " longer period will soon weathereheck nd become valueless. The forest ser vice "hones' to make further sales of iVhe'ttmbe rin thla reslon and the for went supervisor at SumpTer, Oregon win willingly fnrnlsh Information re wardlng raluable areas and terms of resale upon request. Alftuita to Entertain A. F. of L, Atlnnta. ua Nov. 10. -The labor "fcofllea of Atlanta are making elaborate preparations for the entertainment of the annual convention of the Amer ican TVdoratlon of Labor here next week. The convention will be attend- M 1y representatives of organized la bor throughout tire Vnlted States and ty fraternal dolegates from Canada or. HKnfland. More New Shoes We have received shipments Patent Leather Shoes in the new Pug " . Last which have so popular this 1 season. Also new Tans in the same last in regular . height Also 18 button Rubbers for the whole family. L J. FRENCH SHOE GO. Agents for Onyx Hosiery. 7DTHMiLESTDHE I'OET OF THE SIERRAS HAS HAD : BRIGHT CAREER. ' : At One Time Located In Eawtern Orel gob Mas s Sqnaw Man. Oakland, Cal., Nov. 10. Receiving congratulations from distinguished friends in this country and also from , abroad, "Joaquin" Miller, the "past of the Sierras," quietly cele brated his 70th birthday anniversary today. Notwithstanding his advanc ed years the poet Is .still enjoying igood health and is mentally fresh and full of energy. . Ctncinnatus Iteine Mtller- was the nance which th poet received in bap tlsm shortly after the day of bU birth November 10, 1841, and under this name was be known before he as Miller at. the beginning o his liter aumed i the pen . name of "Joaquin' ay f iipor. In the tliree-acor and ten of hia life Mlilei has crowded a greater numbr of adventures and ag3 men of the same age could mus ter in the aggregate. ; He was born from Scotch-American parents in ' the Wabash district of Indiana and was scarcely 'ten years oil when his father emigrated to Or egon, then a wild and sparsely set tled country. He received but little education, but became thoroughly ac quainted with everything pertaining to woodcraft and the adventurous life of the trappers, hunters , and prospectors in that region. He was only 13 years old when he left home to try his fortunes in California. For seven years he aimlessly roam ed through the wilds of northern Cal Ifornla and southern Oregon,' shar ing the life and dangers of golddlg gers, lumbermen and trappers and finally casting his lot with, a tribe of Indians, becamlnp a squaw man and losing caste with the white men alto gether by" this step. He was treated with contempt, like all squaw men and retaliated by leading the Indians i-i their attacks upon the white, set tlers. '!... After seven years of this life young Miller returned to his home in Ore gon and began to study law in the office of George H. Williams at Eu gene, Ore., who afterward became at gene, Ore., who afterward became at torney general of the United, States, 1 ne following yer M'ller became ex press messenger In the gold mining districts of Idaho, which position he resigned to become the editor of a weekly newspaper In Eugene, Ore. gon. The paper was shortly after word suppressed by the authorities because of the seditious character ot its editorials. . ' - , It was while he was editor of that paper Miller became acquainted with "Minnie Myrtle," a frequent contri butor of poetry to the paper, a, A brief courtship was followed by their mar rlaand two children the result of that union. Their married life was not happy, however. His wife soon separated from Miller and took the voungest child, a bov, with her. while the daughter, Maud Miller. In later years well known as an actress, re mained with her father. ... In 1863 Mtller opened a law office In Canon City, Orejron. While Hylntc In that voim and strutrgllnfr town he illst nsulshed hlw3.l' by le?ilni an expedition against the hostile In diana who had attacked the settle ment. Tn 1SG8 Miller was made the countv Jndee of Grant county, which noPt he held until 1870. Ills literary activity besrm about 18fi4 or 1865. He hwran n write now. iM'nr mottlv with the adventurous life of the west and published first a collection of poems in paper . covers called "Specimens," and next a volume with th-9 title, 'Joaquin et al." which con tained a defense of Joaquin Muriet ta, the famous Spanish-American out law, who had been the terror of Cal ifornia for? ten years. . From this Miller took his pen name "Joaquin," under which he published all his sub sequent works. In 1S70 Miller went - to London, where e published in the Allowing year, his "Songs of the Sierias" and "Pa. :fic Dreams," which quickl es tablished his literary reputation and made him a much -sought after lion of British social and literary circles. After his return from England Miller found himself a. celebrity in hts own country. His literary reputaMon was established and he had no difficulty in finding papers or magazines eager lo print and liberally par for his prose and poetry. He became a reg u!nr contributor to the daily and per iodical preBB and in 187S published another volume under the titl-9 "Songs o the Sun Lands," and a pross vol ume, entitled "Life Among the. Mo docs; -Unwritten History." Since then he haa published mors tr.an 20 books of poems, noveb?, essays and pi ays. , ' ' ' 30CZZDGZZ30C U The Michaels-Stern .Postal Banks In Panama. Panama, Nov. 8. The first postal (vine hflnb-fl in tVi rnnnl nn wpro opened today.' The establishment of the postal savings banks systnm here is very gratifying to residents who have long desired to put their savings i In the hands of the government for safia keeping. The system established here differs materially from that In the states, In that no Interest will be paid on the deposits, the object being merely . to provide a depository , for the funds of the canal zone lnhabitr ants. '; - The Youth's Companion Calendar for , 1912. The publishers of the Youth's Com panion will, as always at this season, present to every subscriber whose subscription ($1.75. is paid for 1912, a beautiful calendar for the new year. The cover picture reproduces a water color painting of a bit of New England coast, giving a gPcnpee of breeze swert ocean. :f smiling sky. if warm, sunny rocks, which will come like a breath cf sal- air to thnsa who have once lived nar th sea and to those whose whol life has been passed In lard. The plc'uv being in eight col ors, the tones of t'na original are faith fully reprbdured. J ' , - Y0UT8 HOLIDAY SHOPPING. $ The time la not far distant when everyone will be arranging for holiday purchases. It Is very iessentlal In order to get the greatest satisfaction that shop- ping be done arly. It Is better for the shopper, better for the merchant, and decidedly better. . for the clerks In the different stores. La Grande stores are filled with splendid articles that t will make useful .gifts. Take a look around and begin figuring out what you are going to buy for the ' holiday season. It Is none too early. $ Mrs. Pauline Moore Riley, worthy grand matron of the order of Eastern Star, will pay her official visit to Hope Chapter No. 13, O. E. S., next Saturday evening at 7:30 o'ejpek. All offtcera and members are requested to be pres ident. By order of Worthy Grand Ma tron. Mv Mary A. Warnick. secretary. 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