La Grande evening observer., January 24, 1912, Image 8

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-SITD SHIl'JJEXT TO LEAVE ELGIN
TO-MORROW.
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"Sjiud Tralu Will Be Featured by 0.-1V.
Company 111 1'uotogTaplis.
Photographs of the banner tralnload
"of spuds to start east tomorrow will
"be taken in the local yard tomorrow
morning when a special from Elglu
- reaches here to make up for. the run
to Denver, the first principal stop. The
tralnldad will bo 'unique In many ways
repreHontlng above all, the first of Its
'Wnd to be sent out of Eastern Oregon.
There will be but 21 carloads however;
-rather than 24 as first planned and
subsequent tralnloads are to be shlp
' pert out Inter, nut because tills Is the
'first : O.-W, photographers will take
views of the monster shipment before
Its gets under way for the east. The
Elgin pooplo aim to designate each
" cars carrying spuds to that wlierever
tbe cars go the Elgin potato district
will be brought before the public.
Stork Shipments Homy.
A great doal of Btock la moving
west and eastward this week. A traln
IToad was fed In the yards here laBt
"might aJid sent west and this evening
another stock train Is due from tho
- east. Equipment for a tralnload of 11
cars of sheep was sent to Joseph to
t day and will reach here tomorrow and
Vnead'for the Chicago markets.
TITLE F
- ORGANIZED
M. LOCKWOOD TO HU MAXAtJEK
OF KKW fOJUMSiY.
nipany Capital l&od nt I.1,H00 tu
. Open Abstract HiisIiicns.
Ai'tli'lcs of Incorporation of Ihu Ab
struct and Title company have been
filed with the secretary of state.
Tho new company , has. purchased
and taken over the abstract Plant ot
ho Ia Grande Investment company,
-'and will. 'open an office-In this city
Ifor'buslnoHB on February 1st, 1012.
"'With a niodern and u-to-dnto plant,
' and backed by Its copltal stork of ?lii,
' 000, the new company will bft In n po
sition to Issue accurate and reliable
"abstracts of title- to real estate In
this -county.
The personnel of the 'directors oml
officers of the company has not been
'made public as yot; however, It Is im--dar
stood that '('. SI. Lock wood who
. for the past year, has had charge of
"the La Grande Investment company,
will be tho manager of tho now coni-
-pany.
Kill!' ROOY TO ILLINOIS.
HfrmaliiN of Late Roy Criindult to lie
Son! to KlrksTllle, 111.
On Instructions received by Coro
0. T. Itncon from the father of
rOie Into Hoy Crandull who perished
-1tr-he mountains Monday after boiua;
"".loGt since Saturday mornlngthe re
nnalnR which have been lying In the
"Henry & t'air undertaking parlors.
win be shipped cant today. They go
Mo Klrksville, III., for Interment.
mini
Jbcrc Is Only One
"Bromo Quinine"
That la
, (Laxative Brtem Quinino
USED THE WORLD OK-i; TO
.j.. - Always remember ,the fu) wne. Look
r WU signature oo w , y oos.
LA GRANDE
gSgSSgSSJ?? S? -, .iwA it mi pIt a few i . iiii
PLAYING CARDS.
An Interesting Study From Hietorlo
nd Pictorial Viewpoint.
Quite opart irom their use In vari
ous games, playing cards are on Inter
esting study from historic and pic
torial points of view. Take first tbelr
numerical arrangement 52 cards. 3G5
pips or dots and 13 tricks, representing
tbe weeks and days In the year and tbe
lunar mouths.
There are four suits, representing
four classes of people as they were di
vided at the time the pack ot cards
we now use was devised by tbe French.
The "spades" stood for pikemen or sol
diers, the clubs for clover, typifying
furnjers: tbe diamonds for building
tiles, representing artisans, nud the
bcuris for chairmen or eccleslustlcs.
The "kings" and "queens" at that
time were more or less correct likeness
of certain royal and noble personages.
Even in our modern packs it Is said
tbut one of tbe queens Is a convention
alized portrait ot Elizabeth of York,
wbo was engaged to tbe dauphin of
France,
Tho "knaves" wero then tbe king's
Jesters, and even these cards may be
portraits. All tbe court cards. In fact.
retain tbelr sixteenth century charac
teristics. Cards are among the few
things thnt huve not changed with tbe
centuries. Ili'ooklyn Bugle.
ENGLISHMEN'S GAMES.
Quaint Hindu View of the Beating and
Kioklng of Balls.
' Some amusing descriptions of Eaat
Indian life are given la Mrs. Penny's
book, "The Rajnb." Here Is a Hindu
servant's opinion of tbe English de
votion to ball games, given to four
ranis princesses whom be was try
ing to enlighten:
"The English," be wild, "all play ball.
' Some beat balls with Iron shod sticks,
standing In tbe fields and striking with
sufficient force to break a man's skull;
some beat tho ball with a long bit of
j wood in front of three sticks that rep
resent their gods, some with corded
spoons over a net wall, some with
loug hnudled hammers as they sit on
horses: somo kick the ball with tbelr
feet Tbe balls are of all sizes from a
small orange to a man's heud."
"By whose orders do they kick and
beat balls?" be wus asked.
"By order of tbelr pujarls," the syce
replied, "and he must know, because
j be serves the writing sahib."
"Why should such nn order be giv
en?" asked tbe second rani.
i "They are a fierce and warlike peo
ple, those English, who must be al
ways lighting and beating some one.
It Is by this means only that they are
prevented from killing encU other."
"But the Mlssle Sahib would she,
too, beat and light?"
"She Is strong. Who knows? At
Bombay and Calcutta the English la
dles bout balls over tho wall of net.
They do it that they uiny bear chil
dren fierce and strong like their fa
thers. When the babies are but a few
months old they give them balls to
beat with tbulr little hands nnd to
creep after as soon us they can move
by themselves."
A Queer Monument.
A monument erected In tho Stra
glleno cemetery has a very curious
history. It is that of an old woman of
Genoa, who made n living by selling
strings of nuts In . tho streets. By
frugality nnd industry she succeeded
(u amassing a small fortune lu this
way and then commissioned a well
known sculptor of Genoa, Lulgi Oren
go, to make n life sized portrait of her
In marble just as she appeared at her
pitch In the streets. This statue she
ordered to be placed In the famous
Straglleno cemetery, probably tho lar
gest lu tho world. Wide World Maga
tiue. Sweet and Hard,
The Royal band was playing for the
king, Louis XIV., tbe "Miserere of Lul
ly." Tbe ktug was on bis knees and so
was the whole court nis majesty
kept tbe awkward attitude until tho
end of the bjuin. After rising, the
king turned to the Count do Grain-
mout nnd asked bow he found tbe tnu
lie. "Very swi-et to the ear, sire, but
rery hard on the knees."
Gov. Woodrow Wilson Is due !
Chicago Feb. 12 to bogli a short tour
of Illinois and Wisconsin.
CURE A COLO IN OKE DAY,
xoo. M 0 JLWrrrr
EVENING OBSERVER
BUNKER'S RECORD
The Colonel Always Ready to De
fend His Honor, v
LED MEN IN BRAVE CHARGE.
Httppened to Go tho Wiy Thirt Was
No Enemy, and This Mistake Caused
Cruel Remark That Served at Basil
For Challenge. '
By M. QUAD. '
fCopyrlght, 10U, by Associated Literary
j'rese.J -
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T was my custom, sub,", said
Colonel Bunker as be careful)
replaced tbe glass on the table
and elevated his feet, "It wis
my custom in all perilous moments
during tbe wab to place myself at the
head of my regiment and wave' my
sword and call upon my gallant men
to follow me to-victory or death. 1
do not go so far as to say that I orig
inated this custom or practice, but 1
believe I followed it more closely than
any other colonel in the service.
When u private soldier sees his com
manding omcer ready to sacrlfire bis
life there can be no banging back.
"Yes. "sub, ,1 would pluce myself
where shot and shell rained tbe thick
est, and after allowing the men to
steady themselves I would wave my
sword nud utter a few words of fervid
eloquence. Then I would wheel nnd
lead them, and it was seldom that
victory did not perch, upon onr ban
ners. She bad to percb. There was
no getting out of it.
"When you' follow a fervid speech
with a dash and a yell something has
MOLE'S kick pkevbntrd ddbl.
got to break. Tbe one noted excep
tion was at the second buttle of Ma
nassas. My glorious old regiment was
placed lu a certain position and order
ed to bold It until my Judgment dic
tated an ndvunce. We had fought for
threo hours when the opportune mo
ment arrived. Iinclug myself in frout
of the line, I went through tbe usual
Waves and then said:
. " 'Men, the enemy is In front of us!
Wbo will follow me until the last one
has died or surrendered ?'
Dashed For Two Mile.
"'I will!' shouted a hundred men,
and the nest moment we wore dash
ing forward. After we had dashed
about eighty rods I began to look for
the enemy, but he was not to be found.
Wo kept on for half a mile, but no
enemy. We wore determined to do or
die, sub do or die nud we continued
charging ahead and thinking of oiir
forefathers who died at Lexington or
Bmikcr mil until we bad gone two
miles. It then transpired that there
was no enemy for ten miles In that
direction, and after a rest we returned.
'I am sorry to say that our gallant
dash was misconstrued in certain quar
ters. The brigadier, for instance, said
he couldn't muko out why . we should
go charging all over tbe country after
an enemy that was close at band. I
repeated tbe words of my fervid ad
dress to him. but it was no go. I told
blm of our wish to die for our country,
but he only smiled. At length, sub. at
length when he became sarcastic I re
marked that he was my superior offi
cer nnd outsldo of any challenge from
me. but If we both lived to tbe end of
the wah he would be forced to meet
mo on tbe field of honnb. For my
words I was put under arrest for two
weeks. .
Colonel Johnson Misunderstood.
"Colonel Johnson of my own brigade
was au'thor who did not understand,
the situation. It was Just nt the time
blackberries were ripe, nnd would you
believe, sub. that he hud the Impudence
to ask me If I had taken my regiment
on a little trip to gather tho succulent
fruit? I had blm challenged within
five seconds, but in golug to the field
selected I fell over a stone and Injured
my back so that I was laid np for a
Month. At the end of that time Colo
Gel Johnson was drafted Into another
regiment,' nnd we did not meet again
until till was over. Then bo came up
to mo ono day with outstretched band
and said:
" 'Colonel Bunker, I lmve bad almost
threo years In which to think that
thing over, nnd I have come to the con
clusion that blackberries had nothing
to do with It. 1 think you were In
spired altogether by heroism and that
If you had found the enemy he would
have been slain- to the last mnu. Fer
ret the words spoken years ago, sub:
I forget them.'
Brigadier Ws a Grocer, ' '
"X bad to forget them, suli. . tou
can't force a man to fight you after h
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
baa apologised. It was only a few
week later wbea I met toe Dngnwer.
Tbe wab was over, and be bad gone to
keeping grocery store. I walkd In
oo blm one day. but before I could
make a remark be came bustllug for
waid to say.
'Colonel Bunker, I am glad to. see
you, sub mlgbty glad. When you
wanted to die for your country at Sec
ond Manassas and made a dasb ot
three miles In hopes to find some oue
to kill you I did not exactly appreciate
the sentiment nor the situation. I have
slvon tliciu diuc'b thought since, and 1
Have tome to the couclusiou that you
were riht-mo than right Accept my
band. sub. nnd let us bury tbe hutchef
Those were his words, sub. while
his di'Uii-iiiiur was in consouauce with
them. And what could 'i do but shake
bis bund nud ui'der twenty pounds of
sugar scut to my bouse as u clincher?
Another of my critics was Mnjab
noke. Tbe ma jab Insisted that my
wfsh to die for my country bad nothing
to do with it;' tbut 1 bad been ordered
to hold it certain position and that it
was my duty to do It: that it looked
more like lending a regiment out to
play a game of baseball than to fight
and other remarks that cut deep. I
could not challenge blm. he being my
inferior, but I tweaked bis noso for
him and stated that if he would chal
lenge me I would waive the difference
in rank.
Mule Prevented the Duel. .
The majah was nil ginger, sub. ; lie
bad the clmlleuge reiidy In ten min
utes, and all was arranged to meet next
mawnlng. Each was fully determined
to kill tho other, but we were not to
meet. That ulght while he was going
the rounds of tbe pickets be was so
badly kicked by an army mule that be
was sent to the hospltnl. A few days
later ho was gobbled up by tbe enemy
and held prisoner to the end of the
wnh.: I met him on tbe streets of this
town a yenr later. I was about to glare
at blm and pass blm by when be held
up his huiid fn- me to halt and said:
"Co:.:: 'I l;un!iir. I come to
tbe conclii;;io:i that f.iy words of years
ago were unc:illd for. Y"'i vore put
In n certain place to n-'' -He your
Jtldgmout and wuuiovw' you d!d was
right I wls.li to recall- llsoae wor!.
sub, and I wish you to accompany me
around the corner and take :i nip iu
bonab of the renewal of our frk-ud-shlp.1
"It was a time when nil men were
burying their animosities, and the
majah nnd I soon burled ours. I then
had only one more man to deal with.
He bad been lieutenant colonel in my
brigade, and it had so happened tbnt
we had played poker together on many
occasions. It had also happened, as
it will' sometimes, that I had most al
ways been the winner. Tbe colonel
was a gentleman, suh, as well as a
soldier, but his losses rnnkled a bit
' Bumblebees Won the Fight.
'"When my troubles came he remark
ed that I was probably leading my
regiment In search of a four ace hand,
and when I called on blm and de
manded an apology be refused to make
one. I .waived the difference In rank
and challenged him. He promptly ac
cepted. As both of us wished to have
tbe affair over with nt the earliest pos
sible moment we went out within tbe
hour. As both of us were dead shots
It was predicted that there. would be
a double tragedy, but there was a
roaring farce instead.
"We entered a meadow well beyond
the lines nnd wero about to take posi
tion when we discovered that we had
stirred up a nest of bumblebees. The
Insects attacked us with fury, and both
of us were stung repeatedly befo' we
could make our escape. The humor of
the thing appealed to each man. and a
few Judicious words from the seconds
brought about a reconciliation.
"I hnd determined to piny no mo'
poker with tbe colonel, but at bis ear
nest and repented solicitations I did
relieve him of small sums at regular
Intervals for the next yenr or two. A
good soldier and n game man, suh,
but not up to the points of the great
iraerican gtne. That's nil, suh:
that's all."
And when the cocktail was brought
he drank It nt a gulp and was soon
nodding In sleep.
Much Needed.
Hampton We're forming, u new as
sociation. Want to join?
Itbodes-Wbat's It all about?
Hampton We refuse to patronize
restaurants with cups and saucers
Weighing move tba ten pounds. Chi
cago Ncwa . , .
TfOLTEBS MUST DIE.
Goiprnor Dix Refuses to Coino to Ills
Boscue Will Bo Electrocuted.
Albany, N. Y., Jun. 24. Governor
Dix today refused to Interfere In tho
execution of Albert Wolters who was
sentenced to death for the murder of
Thith Wheeler In New York City. He
advortlscd for a stenographer and
when she replied he dismembered tho
body and stuffed it In a chimney. It
was one of the' big cases of recent
years. Woller Is to die Monday.
MH4 Kfe?rav. o n
24, 1912.
Geibel s
1-2 Price Sale
Muslin
We have placed our entire line ,pf Royal Muslin Un- p
derwear on tables in the center aisie arid priced tlierh I
at just half. Every careful and prudent woman who
sees the splendid varieties
the superb Quality of Koyal. undermuslins, and fig
ures the savings will surely provide now for all nced3
in Muslin Underwear. -
WHAT
Ittcr or stronger "Buy
ad-;ir."C than the price of
U ' -
i of Muslin Underwear?
All Muslin Underwear On
Sale At
1-2
N C TU
rKESIDEAT OF STATE ORGAXIZA
TIOX TO Sl'EAK.
Will Address Union Service nt Metlio.
odlst Church Sunday Xlght.
Ada Wallace Unrah, president- of
the Oregon Women's Temperance Un
ion, will be in La Grande next Sun
day and will address a union service
at the Methodist church. Her specific
theme' has not been announced but it
will deal with the temperance work In
Oregon.
Mrs. Unrah Is conceded to be excep
tionally well versed on political top
ics, and as her ability as a speaker 13
well known, a large audience will no
doubt greet her coming. The local W.
C. T. U. is making preparations for her
proper entertainment.
. rineharst Trap SuoetUjj.
Plaehutst, N. C, Jan. 24. Noted
marksmen from many parts of the
country faced the traps here today at
the opening ot the fifth annual mid
winter handicap trapshootlng tourna
ment. The event Is one of the biggest
shooting tournaments of the year, A
total of nearly $2,000 added money Is
offered. The winner of the Plneburst
handicap, whtcii will be shot next Sat
urday, will take down $500 In casti
and a silver trophy, valued at $150.
Atlantic Whist Congress.
New York, Jan. 24. Tournament
play at the 14th annual congress of
the Atlantic Whist asosclatlon began
at the Hotel Victoria in this city to
day and will continue until the end
of tho week. The asocaltlon Is com
posed of -clubs-In Boston, New York,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington
and numerous other cities.
I Gel beis j
OF
Underwear
we have provided notes
Now" argument could we
one-half 'on the entire line
v
PRICE
To Honor Bishop Whitehead.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 24 Bishop Dan
iel S. Tuttle of LMIbouH, the senior
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
church, with a number of other prom
inent representatives of the denomina
tion, Is here to participate in a cele
bration arranged In honor of the 30th
anniversary of the consecration of the
Rt. Rev. Cortlsndt Whitehead, bishop
of the Pittsburg diocese.
Attention
To all Women ot Woodcraft. There
will be a meeting of Grande Ronde
Circle No. 47 on Friday, Jan. 2G at 2:30
p. m. At the residence of Mrs. C. I.
Dunn, 1706 Cedar, "to consider meet
ing place and any other business that
may come before the Circle.
EDITH DUNN,
l-24-2t Guardian Neighbor.
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IN STORMY WEATHER
don't be caught with a bad u.'Mila
or without any umbrella at all- at'fl
the need of getting yourself we- vhen
we can repair that umbrella o ours
and make it as good as newT e d
re-covering, supply new ha; si, fix
broken ribs, etc. : Charges modef'e.
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