WEDNESDAY,. JANUARY 24, 1912.
We Have Some
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
SHERIFF HAS
THE TAX ROLL
Splendid Bargains
And before investing in Real Estate call and see .what' you. can get that is gilt
edge. We Make Money For Our Customers
To become a client of this company means that you are given information on
all the good buys so that your money w ill net you a nice profit. That's why
the La Grande Investment company never loses a customer after once doing
business here.
We can. sell your property or exchange it to suit you.- Write us if you cannot
call and we will look after any thing you may sngest.
La Grande Investment Co.
Fire Insurance, Surety Bonds, Plate Glass Insurance
GOT A FULL VOTE.
Even Though They Had to Go to Jail U
8eoure It.
That they had some ratber advanced
Ideas as to tbe means of "setting out
the vote In New England u century
ago is shown by an extract from Dr.
Banks' "History of Marthas Vineyard."
The voting, wbicb. occurred in 1807,
was on tbe question' of tbe removal of
the county seat. ,''- " ; .'
Extraordinary means were taken to
get out a full vote in Edgartown. The
sailing of ships was delayed for weeks
so that their crews might vote, and on
the day of the town meeting it wan
found that the contest between tbe
two factions was to be close. 1
Soma one suggested that there were
several voters who, unfortunately de
prived of their liberty, "were languish
ing in the town jail, and if tbe Jailer
would kindly allow them to step
across tbe street and vote it would
consume but a few moments of the
time the prisoners owed to the coun
ty. The Jailer did not feel that he had
the right to allow a general Jail de
livery, even for such a worthy object,
although it might save Edgnrtown.
It was tben proposed that the ballot
box be carried over to the gentlemen
who were Incarcerated. The ' point
was then raised that all ballots must
be cast, in open meeting and In the
presence of the election officials. Nev
ertheless astute minds found a way
out of this nwUwnrd dilemma. A mo
tion was made and carried that the
meeting adjourn to the Jull. There the
ballot box whs carried to the door of
each prisoner's cell, nnd the imprison
ed voters reached through the bars
and deposited tbelr ballots.
I
Call Main Eight
Retail Department
Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Ruberoid
Roofing, Sash Doors, etc.
atfhe
George Palmer Lumber Co.
IN FARM AND
CITY PROPERTY
MIXED RELATIONS.
A Family Problem a Lawyer Did Not
Cara to Tackle.
A lawyer received a call from a new
client, a man bent upon recovering a
sum of money advanced upon a note
and not repaid. ... .
"Who is the debtor?" asked tbe law:
yer.
"Ob, she's a relative of mine." ' .
, "How nearly reluted?" , ;
"Very nearly.".
"But, my dear sir," persisted tthe law
yer, "you must be more explicit."
"Well, she may be my mother-in-law."
,
"May be? Then you are likely to
marry her daughter." .
"I've already, married the daughter."
"Then, of course, tbe defendant is
your mother-in-law."
"Perhaps you'd better hear the
whole Btory," returned the client
"You see, a year ago we lived togeth
er, my son and I. Across tbe way
lived tbe Widow Foster and her
daughter Mary. . I married Mary, and
my son married the widow. Now
perhaps you can tell mo whether my
son's wife is my mother-in-law or my
daughter-in-law."
The lawyer did not answer. . The
problem was unfamiliar. He was not
ready. '
"I don't think I can take your case,"
be said. "It presents too muny com
plications." "Very well," returned tbe man, tak
ing bis hat despondently. . "But there's
one thing ! forgot. Since our double
wedding a child has been born to each
of us. What relation are those two
children to each other?"
YOUR ROLL
will not be shrunk much by buy
In,, your rolls of Wn!l Paper here,
anv. you will be sure of getting the
newest designs and best colorings.
We have Papeiii for every room In
the house, also Hall Paper of the
prettiest' patterns In floral scroll
and fignre work. .We have the best
grades at the fairest prices, and re
spectfully ask you to call and look
over our samples. '
B. B. NUTTER.
Next to Observer Office.
STENCIL LETTERS.
Uied by Writers and Illuminator In
the Early Agei. .
Movuble characters were known to
the ancients. Tbey were used in teach
ing children to read. The ancients
bad also stencil letters, which tbey
used to secure a regular style of pen
manship. Tbey even made use of
plates, thus open cut, containing an
entire page. It was placed on tbe
papyrus to guide tbe pens of children,
"an excellent means," salth Qulntll
lan, "to learn them not to exceed tbe
desired proportions." The Emperor
Justinian (A. D. 518i could neither read
nor write, an unexumpled thing in
one of such high rank. When it was
necessary for blra to sign bis nam
be bad a sheet of gold through which
were cut tbe letters of bis name.
"Then." said Procoplus, "placing this
tablet on the paper, one conducted tbe
. band of tbe prince, holding tbe stylus
dipped in purple on the type of tbe
different letters, nnd took away the
writing rurtusnea wnn nis signuiure.
The snme thing is reported of King
Tbendoiio nnd of Charlemagne.
In the middle nges the illuminators
nnd decorators made much of such tab
lets for tracing Involved Initial letters
nnd even In a way composed entire
works, such as copies of the plain
soil?, etc. A chartered abbey "iieur
Ma.veni-e possessed some sixty of the
alphabets cut in leaves of Intoun. a
copper alloy. Later these patterns
were replaced by stamps whose Im
print Is proved by tbe evidences on
tbe reverse of the page as early as
the thirteenth century. In 12S8 the
monks of Frlbourg published a treatise
relating to money In this way, and It
seem9, according to a passage In Pliny
and another in Petronius, that these
stencils were used to publish figures
and designs as well. Charles W. Hall
in National Magazine.
SUPREME COURT GOWNS.
They Are Made of the Finest Silk and
, Are Quite Costly,
It is '.said tnat the cut and style of
the gowns worn by tbe Justices of the
supreme court of tbe United States are
so peculiar that It is not always possi
ble to have one correctly made.
The wife of a former justice used to
enjoy telling of ber trying experiences
when she wished to have made in Par
Is the gown her husband was to use.
Tbe gowns worn there by scientists,
scholars and students differ altogether
from those our justices wear. .-
In London any clerical tailor would
have understood tbe kind of gown de
aired, but not so In Paris. Wberefore,
after many failures, the Justice's wife
gave instructions to the fashionable
modiste who made ber gowns. This
modiste was entirely successful in
turning out a gown for tbe Justice.
Tho justice's gowns, which, are al
ways of the best quality of silk, cost
upward of $100. When the supreme
court was first organized tbe Justices
wore quite gandy gowus.
A portrait in oil of the first chief Jus
tice, John Jay, now bungs In tbe rob'
ing room opposite tbe supreme court
chamber, and in this portrait the chief
justice is represented as wearing a
black gown with a broad bright red
border around the neck nnd down the
front. It is edged with gray, nnd the
sleeves show a red border nt the top
and bottom, also edged with gray.
Harper's Weekly. '
UXIOS COUNTY ONE OF FIRST TO
- FINISH.
Interesting rigun-s Relating to Taxes
Show u by New Roll.
Union county's tax roll Is now In
the hands of the sheriff for collection.
County Clerk Ed Wright has fully ex
tended the roll and there Is now avail
able some Interesting data as regards
the taxes. .Clerk Wright Is one ot the
first In the state to turn over the roll
to the tax collecting department. -'
The . total . assesed valuation
Is $17,226,615. The total tax money
the sheriff is to demand Is $383,220.71.
Lust year it was $303,363.(52. The total
for the general fund, for the state,
county, school and other taxes, Is
$241,172.01. Last yenr this was $172.
C33.75. The additional taxes are those
for various citlua and school districts.
La Grande's special fv ."""'.:rts to
944,263. For Union It 1h $SU38. Spec
ial school ' taxes- amount 'to a liu'ge
sum. In La Grande the i'''on! tr Is
$35,427. For Union, $i;,'ii). L'sin,
5,4. Cove, $9,129.
. Last year La Grande paid ?!5,1
855 city tax. Tho assessed 'vnluntl.'jnf!
of the various cities are as follows:
La Grande, $2,766,437; Union, $833,
803; Elgin, $522,422; Cove, $118,815:
Mouth Powder, $102,815; Island City,
$72,707. . .
. The heaviest tax payer Is the O.-W.
R. & N. company, whoch pay a tax
of $56,299.26, or . a little more than
ono-seventh of the total tax. - Other
big taxpayers of the county are; Tho
Amalgamated Sugar company, $8,827;,
George Palmer Lumber Company,- $4,
659,13; Grande Honde Lumber Com
pany, $4,780; Frank Conley, $3,846;
J. B. Foley $3,213; Mrs. J. Gangloff.
$1,080; Julius Roesch, $1,378;. N. K.
West $1,596; A. E. Eaton, $1,625; W.
M Pierce, $1,750; Pierce & Sawyer,
$587.'
: A l..lc. VSRSE.
It Surprised the Boy Who Boasted of
His Wonderful Memory. '
, A boy who had won a prize for
jcaruiiig Scripture ' verses and was
greatly elated thereby was asked by
a minister if It took hlni a long time
to commit them,
. "Oh. no." said the boy boastfully; "1
can learn-any verse in the Blblo In five
minutes."
"Can you. Indeed? And will you
learn one for me?"
"Yes. sir." '.
"Tben in five minutes from now I
would like very much to bear you re
peat this verse," said the minister,
banding blm tbe book and pointing out
the ninth verse of tbe eighth chapter
of Esther: .
; " 'Then were the king's scribes call
ed at that time in tbe third month
that is, tbe month Slvnn on the three
and twentieth day thereof, and it was
written, according to all that Mordecal
commanded unto the Jews, and to the
lieutenants and the deputies and rul
ers of the provinces, which are from
India unto Ethiopia, a hundred, twen
ty and seven provinces, unto every
province according to the writing
thereof, and unto every people after
their language, nnd to the Jews accord
ing to their . writing and according to
tbelr language.' "
. The boy entered on. bis task with
confidence, but at the end of an hour
could uot repent it without a mistake
and had to tearfully acknowledge him
self defeated. St Louis Globe-Democrat
Tricky Lions. '
Some of the most dnngorous tricks of
animals are those of simulating kind
ness. t Charles Montague In "Tales of
a Nomad" says that hyenas often fol
low lions and finish a carcass the mo
ment the Hons have left it.-. Sometimes,
however, the hyenas ore too eager and
steal bits of -meat while tbe lions are
still nt tbelr meal.
"I have been told that the lion rids
himself of the nuisance in the follow
ing way: He throws a piece of meat
aside. When the lion is looking the
other way the hyena dodges In nnd
rushes off with the meat Presently
tbe Hon throws another piece of meat,
this time a little nearer. Tbe byena
takes that also. At last tbe Hon throws
a piece very near Indeed. The byena,
having become reckless, makes a dash
at this also, but tbe Hon wheels round
and lays-blm low with a pat of his
paw nnd a growl of iunoyance."
Showed Him the Point.
A large crowd which collected on
Broadway attracted the attention of
two commercial travelers Just back in
New York. Joining it, tbey discovered
that a safe was being raised to the
fifteenth floor of a building and that
tbe crowd vas careful to stand out
side the roped fence. "Thnt's n good
advertisement for my business," re
marked one of the drummers, who is
Interested In tbe sale of airships.. Ills
companion admitted he didn't see tho
point. "Well, look nt the sign. "Dan
ger below!' Then look up In the air.
Danger below, sufe above. Moral,
take nn airship." New York Tribune.
Q.37 PES EEliT. 6.66 PER gjjf,
These figures represent tho proportion of fires
caused by defective electric wiring and kerosene
lamps respectively. ,
. They are taken from the annual report of the .
Oregon Fire Relief association.
Out cf 2ZG losses during the past year, one was
directly traceable to defective wiring; sixteen to.-'
ovcrtdHiCd tfr exploded lamps. .,
A? practioal electrician can wire your house so
that danger from defective wiring , is abso
lutely eliminated. But no one can guarantee that
your -oil. lamp will not be overturned or explode.
There ig alvws more or less danger.
, You can Vvoid this danger, .and enjoy bright,"
, clean, convenient electric lighst for very little more
than you now pay for oil lamps. Main 34 for rates.
Eastern Oregon Light &
Power Co.
, ''Always at Your Service."
MeJteleJtrfiaJlteJe
A Ci'rftsif 'ir.r'storm.
A peculiar nvak ot . .gather Is tne
storm culled the "wllliwau." This
form of sto-in 1 cn;ii):,i-J to that far
off Island Tleri'a U"i i ..t'o. The const
Is indented with deep fiords crowned
with high mountains. Down from
their gorges drops the .wllliwau. A
low, hoarse muttering Is heard In the
distance. Suddenly, without the least
preliminary puff, u fuurful blast of
wlud drops upon the sea. The wntor
Is not raised Into wnves. but drlveu
luto fine dust. Fortunately the shock
lasts but ten or twelve seconds, and
calm follows ut once, for no vessel
could stnud sucb a wind for even half
u minute. During the coming nnd go.
Ing of a wllliwnu the barometer may'
be watched to drop n tenth of uu Inch
or more and rise again at ouce,
She Was a 8keptio.
In pioneer days n settler near the
present, town of Albany, Mo., bought
for bis wife the first cook Htove ever
seen in that part of tbe state, it was
an object of great curiosity, and tbe
woman's next door neighbor, who
lived, ten miles away, came to see bow
It would work. Without comment she
saw- the dinner cooked. She ate the
meal with Judgment held in reserve
and then remarked, with a shake of
the bead: .;."., .
"Well, Sarah, it cooks all right, and
the victuals taste good, but I don't be
lieve it will ever be a success." .
Mistakes.
To make mistakes Is human. Every
body makes mistakes, the best of us.
Included. To acknowledge mistakes Is
commendable. It Is evidence that one
Is learning by experience, and It shows
that he bus tilt- courage to acknowledge
u bluuder. ('oiirngt Is a rare quality
In these days. Leslie's. ,
PEBMAlSENTir n. l , .. ' INTRODUCING
LOCATED KeliaDle IJentlStS EASTERN PRICES
. ' Our untarnished reputation wherever we have established office
is a recommendation we look to with pride, and our motto, "Honest
work," "fair dealings," has nl ways made our success continuous for
the paBt 10 years.
We guarantee our work, and If It is not Tight we make It right
without any extra expense to ou. " .
We would rather be buiy all the time and make a smaller profit
from each Individual patient than charge prohibitive prices. Peo
ple In all stations of life patronize this Institution of Modern Den
tistry. -' . ' .:.::::,.':.
PAINLESS Cn. II C - EXAMINATION. CONSULTATION
EXTRACTION'
- v v a asc
Prices for the Best Work
16 Set of Teeth ...... ,i. 8.00 II Gold Fillings' ...
$10 Bridge Work (best) $C 00 sllver HUnga .
$10 Gold Crowns 22k . T" 1 1 Plates Repaired
12 year protection guaranteed.
Modern Dentists
Our offices'
Suit Lake,
CUTTERS FROM BUGGIES
A Gutter to enjoy' this splendid sleighing is possible at
a small cost. Have runners put on your buggies at a
small cost. , It is done quickly and neatly by
BAY & ZWEIFEL
PLUMBERS, HEATERS, SHEET METAL WORKERS
A 8lmple Get-rioh-quiok 8eheme.
. Take 1,000,000 cats and get rich
quick. This is tho advice of the Liberie
of Parts to its readers. The prescrlp-l
Uon is quite simple. A million cats)
will supply you with 12,000,000 kitten
a year. The skins are worth a little
over 23 cents each, so there you have
a dally gross revenue of about flO.OOO.I
To skin the cats you will have to eio4
ploy loo men. who will charge you . ai
per fifty cats. Your not revenue will
thus bo reduced to about (0,000 a day-
It should cost you nothing to feed your
cats. . Start a rattery. .Rats breed four
times as fast as cats, so the cuts can
have a daily diet of four rats, apiece,
which is ample: To feed the rata Im
perfectly simple. Qlve them tbe skin
ged cats. One cat will be ample for
four rats, The scheme works out lim
ply and automatically The cats eat
the rats, the rats eat tbe cats, and you
nave tbe skins. -ijj '
No Previous Employment.
"You gay. Rastus, that you wank
work for your wife," said Gunbusta,
eyeing the husky darky before blm
from bead to foot "Was she ever em
ployed before?"
"No, sir," replied the negro' noncha
lantly; "dls am ber first marriage."
New York Times. . i
. -. Kotlce.
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual dog tax can now be paid at the
ofico of the city recorder and tags and
receipt obtained for. same, Dray li
cense tags can also, be obtained at the
same place. All persons liable for
same are hereby notified to procure
the above licenses at once.
C. M. HUMPHREYS, City Recorder .
1-24-lwk V
ESTIMATES AND ADVICE
7H
.91.00 up
DEPOT A ADAMS ATE.
OVER NEWLIN DRUG CO.
Baker, La Grande, Portland.