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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1912. HOFEH DEFENDS SHE LINE IS 75 PER CENT We Have Some PRES DENTKERR W SURVEYED of the public eyeB are defective and' ' ' 70 PER CENT of the detective eyes should be wearing - .'. . ;. PROPERLY FITTING GLASSES From all parts of the country people come to me: some suf ferlng with severe HEAD ACHES, and OTHER FORMS 0F EYESTRAIN, others who have not seen FBOPEBLT all their life, and to one and all, I render a service which It has taken 10 years of constant study and practice to ;' PEBFECT. ' . If you are a sufferer from head aches, If the print blurs when reading; It you cannot see to sew or knit as you' once did, It Is certain that EYE STRAIN IS PRESENT. Call and let me make a scienti fic examination of your eyes, and advise you as to their care and the BEST METHODS FOR PRE , SERVING GOOD YISION I GBIND ALL MY GLASSES. HEACOCK EYESIGHT SPECIALIST Next Door to the Post Office ANSWERS BACK AT EUGENE PA PER' CRITICISM. ':-.:. Membership of L. D. S. Church Iii La ' Gruude Pointed to, ;. I J.H. Richardson E.S., Given E. S. Givens Investment Co. Rear La Grande Nat'l Bank Real Estate, Insurance. High Class Invest ments and Securities Foley's Iljonejr and Tan Compound "Cures Ju Every Case." Mr. Jas. McCaffery, Mgr. of the Schltz hotel, Omaha, Neb., recom mends Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound, because It cures In every case. "I have tried It myself and I have lecommended' It to many others who have since told me of Its great cura tive power in diseases of the throat and lungs." Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is a reliable family medi cine. Give it to your children, and take it yourself when you feel a cold coming on. It checks and cures colds, coughs and croup and prevents bron chitis and pneumonia. ; Refuse substi tutes. A. T. HILL. Col. E. Hofer, editor of the Salem Journal, rebukes the Eugene papers for their attacks of President Kerr of the 0. A. C, the Salem editor saying in the appended from the Journal: The Eugene papers are very abusive pf some of the men In this state, who do not happen to hold Just their views on certain matters. It Is the height of Intolerance for the press to try to discredit me'h like President Kerr, of the O. A. C, and Mr. Moore, editor of the Corvallls Daily Gazette-Times, be cause they happen to hail from Utah, or because their ancestors happened to be Mormons. The Mormons ot to day will average In general Intelli gence and morality with any denoml- .DcCUUat? a IUau a luiuci. who a muiwuui does not Justify the inference that he is therefore lacking In brains or com mon decency or any other- attributes of good citizenship.' The Eugene pa pers will blacken any man who would even suggest reforms In our Institu tions ot higher education. What is to become of free criticism and a free press if any editor or public man who dares to open his mouth for netter conditions in public affairs, for less extravagance or lower taxation, Is pilloried as a public enemy and clas sed with malefactors? The Eugene papers are hurting their own cauBe every time they give way to bad tem per along that line. There were some members of the Church of Latter Day Saints in the delegation that has Just Ijeen visiting our city, and you could not tell them from other business men W the crowd. T beso men are the soul and life and financial backbone of some ot the biggest enterprises in Eastern Oregon. Bishop Bramwell, who resides at La Grande, is a man who can asoclate with the biggest men in Portland or the national capital on perfect terms of equality, and as a gentleman and a business man la the peer of any man In the northwest. It we are Americans what la the use of being small about It, and casting odi um on acocunt of his religious or po litical opinions? The regents of the state agricultural college went out in the open market of the whole Unlt ' ed States, and hunted up Prof. Kerr, and offered him the Job at Corvallls, on condition that he would make good. While no one who studies higher edu cation critically can agree with every thing that is done at Corvallls, not even the critical mind, it fair, can sav that President Kerr has not served the state well, and made the school at Corvallls serve the greater Interests of the state and its Industrial develop ment along the broader lines ot effi cient citizenship. A man who has done that work faithfully cannot be harmed by calling him names. We advlse the Eugene editors to get good natured, soak their tootsies in hot wa ter, pare-their claws a little and put a snaffle bit on their vocabularies. The Texas State Federation of La bor will hold its annual convention in Palestine, beginning May 6. YOUR ROLL will not be shrunk much by buy In your rolls of Wall Paper 'here, anC you will be sure of getting the newest designs and best colorings. We have Paper., lor every room in the house, also Hall Paper of the prettiest patterns In floral scroll and flgnre 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. WM 8 Call Main Eight Retail Department Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Ruberoid Roofing, Sash Doors, etc. 1 at the George Palmer Lumber Co. ENGINEERS COMPLETE WORK SAY LEWISTON REPORTS. Detailed History of Various Locations ; ; for 0.-W. Line Given. (From Lewlston Tribune.) The location of the O. W. R. & N, line from Homestead to Clarks ton' was completed Tuesday, the last party of surveyors under Engineer Watklns departing from the city for Salt Lake last evening. The work was commenced last summer at Home stead by Engineer Wlngate, and ear ly In Septemebr Engineer Watklns and party arrived In Lewlston to be gin the location from the Clarkston end. Later a third party, under En gineer Martin, was added to the forces and Mr. Martin commenced work at a point a short distance above Pitts burg landing and made the location to within a few miles of Imnaha. Later he located ten mlleB of the line In the vicinity of the Grande Ronde. The data collected by the engi neers and from which the estimates iinvn been comnuted show the average cost of the line from Homestead to Clarkston, a distance .. of 120 miles, will be approximately $80,000 per mile, or In the neighborhood of $10, 000,000 for the entire line'. There are stretches where the location Is across productive bars where the cost of construction will be light but. In the Imnaha section and at other r,ninfa alone tho route, where the construction work will consist of tun nels and cuts through solid rlcK, tne cost will roach $250,000, per mile. t ib hnlldlnir of this road tne will eliminate the difficult grades ot the Blue mountain division and will have a line upon which the onnt of maintenance will be practical iv nothing, with snow blockades, washouts and landslides unknown The maximum curvature at any point Is six degrees and the maximum grade is four tenths of one per cent. The cost of operation and , maintenance will be o materially decreased that the saving will more than offset the Interest, on the . Investment and 'the question of -providing a road over which the steadily increasing business to the coast can be conveniently and economically handled will be solved. In comparing the proposed road with the. line now operated by the com pany over the Blue mountains, state ment Is made that three ot the larg est locomotives are required to takrf a train of twenty-five loads over the mountain division while one locomo tive of the same type will handle from 60 to 80 cars from Huntington to Portland over the Snake river route. This item of reducing the operat ing expense is but trivial, however, in comparison to the other Important results attained in the construction of the road from Homestead to Clarks ton as the new line will open a new empire rich in agricultural, horticul tural, mineral and ' timber resources which is now non-producing because of its complete isolation. Wherever the mountains close in on the river, rich mineraVproperties have been de veloped to a point of ore shipping while large areas of bar lands will be as productive of horticuiaural pro ducts as any section of the river be low Lewlston. On the high bench lands are vast tracts particularly suit ed to the growing of grains while from the Grande Ronde Bection alone will come a tonnage practically equal to the rich Nez Perce and Camas prairie sections. From the time the work, was first undertaken last fall, the rumor has been current in engineering circles of the Short Line that the construction work would be Inaugurated this spring and the character of work demanded would suggest that the location has been made with a view of early activi ties. Men have been lowered over cliffs and bluffs with ropes to operate their instruments and set the stakes that will" not remain In place for a period exceeding a few weeks. ThU character of location has retarded the progress of the survey to such an extent that for days the large engi neering crews were not able to com plete more than 200 feet of the line In a day. The line is located on the Oregon and Washington side of the river and will become a part of the O.-W. 1 R. & N. system but the work has been performed by engineers from the Salt Lake office of the Oregon Short line. In railroad circles there Is a general belief that the building of i the Snake river road will result In simultaneous activity In the construc tion of the Gilmore & Pittsburg down the Salmon river and that from the mouth of the Salmon river a Joint on- Splendid Bargains IN FARM AND GITY PROPERTY 'And before investing in Real Estate call and see what you can get that is gilt edge. . . ' Wc Make Money For Our Customers To become a client of this company means that you are given information on all the goodbuys 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 anything you maysugest. . ; La Grande Investment Co. Fire InsuranceSurety Bonds, Plate Glass Insurance eration arrangement will be effected and the Joint line will become a part ot the Camas Prairie Railroad system. This would result in a saving in con struction expense of one-halt for a distance of 50 miles, much, of which distance embraces . the . most expen sive portion of the road to be built. Members of the engineer party In. the city, yesterday report, an .. ice blockade in the Snake river above the Grande Ronde, more than a mile of the channel being filled wlthlce. The members of the party were com pelled to abandon their camp and per sonal effects and make the trip on land to a point a short distance above the Grande Ronde where they were met by the gasoline launch "Flyer" of Asotin. The camp equipment is In charge of Al Stiff el, wbo will be brought out by the launch as soon as the river Is open. FOLEY KIDNEY FILLS always give satisfaction because they always do the work. J. T. Shelnut, Bremen, Ga., says: "I have used Foley Kidney Pills with great satisfaction and found more relief from their use than from any Other kidney medicine, and I've tried almoBt all kinds. I can cheerfully recommend! them to all suf ferers for kidney and badder trouble." Foley Kidney Pills will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble not be yond' the reach of medicine. No med icine can do more. A. T. Hill. When you want a reliable medicine for a cough or cold take Chamberlain's Cough 'Remedy. It can always be de pended upon and Is pleasant and sat to take. For sale by all dealers. JOINT INSTALLATION SATURDAY Mrs. Cora Davis, National President, and Gen. Goodbrod to Install. ' There will be a nublic Installation Saturday of the new officers of tho G. A. R. and W. R. C, in Odd Fellows hall at 2 p. m. Mrs. Cora Davis, of Union, National President, , accom panied by her secretary', Mrs Jennie B.'Higgins, will conduct the W. R. C. Installation and General A. J. Good brod will install the post officers. The newly elected officials to be Installed are the following. Relief Corps Officers Pres. Mrs. Anna Roesch, S. V. P. Mrs. Mary G. : Miller, J. V. P. Mrs. I. W. Faulk, Chap. Mrs. C. M. Jones, Treas. Mrs. Rachel E. Worstell, Sec. Mrs. Sudan B. Williamson, Con. "Mrs. A. S. MoGee, Guard, Mrs. Orva Law rence. . Post Officers. ..Com. I. W. Faulk, Sen. Vice Wm. Grlder, J. Vice O. McCumber, Adj. J. W. Oliver, Chaplain, C. H. Gore, Offi cer of Day, George Jacobs, Officer of Guard, Mose Thompson. All members of the Corps and ot the Post are requested to meet at the hall at 11 o'clock as the veterans are giving a .ine mess dinner to their ladles ot the auxiliary. Usually the favors of the table are given the other way and the old boys are trying to outdo all former feeds and special pains have .been taken to get the best. They have some hard tack from St. Louis and some beans from Denver. The beans are burnt ft little but are all right. The bacon was found at Mt. Emily and Is three years old and still pretty good. All veterans who are former camp cooks try their hand at the mess. , At 2 o'clock the general public 18 Invited to witness the Installation of Officers in tbe I. O. O. F. hall. There will be several out of town membors and guests present. Mr. and Mrs. Al. Goodbrod will come over from Union tonight. Here Is a remedy that will cure your cold. Why waste time and money ex perlmenting when you can get a prep aration that has won a world-wide reputation by its cures of this disease and can always be depended upon? It is known everywhere as Chamber lain's Cough Remedy, and is a medi cine of real merit.' For sale by all dealers. 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