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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1912)
TA62 LA GKAKbE E VEXING OBSEUVEll, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1912. rnve r ' . ! - .. - , v,. bjmhiii .... , . . . ,'-.' . , - ' '.-....'...- H Soils , JUM All 1 Me do not say ftey are the Opera House Block - 0 4 0 S J 3 ir ? i J $ J g. ' .' FACTS ABOUT ItEUISTIMTlOXS t IX li12. S General election will be held on November 5. Primary election will be held on April 19. ' At. the general election will be elected president, vice president, one United States senator con gressman for new Eastern Ore gon district, secretary of state, sheriff, clerk, assessor, treasur er, coroner, surveyor, commis sioner, justices of the peace and constables, recorder, superinten dent of schools, dairy and food commissioner, railroad cor.mta s'oner (2nd district) sta'o repre tative, Union and Wallowa coun ties senator from Union and Wal lowa counties, representative from Union Count joint senator Including Union Malheur and Morrow counties.. At the primary election par ties will nominate for same of fices and In addition will ex press their choice for president and vice president and will elect delegates to their national con v ventions. ',.'-,' Registration closes on April 'J. Last day for candidates to, file nominating petitions, April 4. Registration reopens 'April 9. Closes for last time May 15, 83$'$$.???t?V3! KOflCE. Klrtley's livery will ninke a reduc : Hon of 50c on every trip In cast's where cash Is paid. 2-6-tf M. H. KTRTLF.V ' .'' ' ' ' ; .'.. . :. ' 4 SelderV Farm for Sale County Commissioner, J. M. Selders, who owns one of the fincist all around farms in the county, offers it for sale. Situated in that choice section of the county, one mile from Cove, post office, consisting of 280 acres. An abundance of water, the perpetual right to tUc use of the same has passed upon by the Supreme Court. . ': ' ' Eighteen acres of orchard, 10 acres of apples, commercial varieties. Mr Selders in 1910 sold $1095.15 worth of cherries. (Farm rented 1911.) Eighty acres of fine alfalfa land, 20 acres now in good timothy; Oats in 1910 yielded 100 bushels to the ?.cre; Wheat went 52 bushels; Choice pasture;) 50,000 feet of saw timber. Choice spring piped into the house and barn. Farm well fenced and up-to-date in every respect. Modern 10-room house, plastered, basement with cement floor, bath, hot and cold water; shade, trees an ideal home. Large, modern barn, that holds 110 tons of hay, two floors equipped to take care of 30 dairy cows and seven head of horses. Mr. Selders has lived on this flarm for over 30 years. The price is very reasonable and the terms ex ceedingly easy. An initial payment of about $6,000 with an annual payment of only $500 with interest at six per cent. Mr. Selders has made himself independ ent on this very farm, but now desires to retire from active management. ' Here is an opportunity seldom presented. Call and nermit mo to give you the details and personally f take you over the property. GEO. H. CURREY REAL ESTATE. best cloihes made but we do say latest styles, fit THE, ROOSEVELT CLUB FORMING NATIONAL POLITICS TO BE EX , GKXDEltED BY IT. Parade of Roosevelt Boomers to In aiiguriite Ilfo Jiooin Ir. ' Creation of a "Roosevelt for presi dent" club In this city Is to be usher- 'ed In- with tooting of horn and tramp of enthusiastic feet within a few days In this city asking for supporters and it is said pleasing results have been attained. One of these fine nights the La Grande band will swing down the avenues with' a cortege of enthusiastic Roosevelt boomers behind It, and the formation of an active club is the next step anticipated. National In 'nliire Only. , No local coloring Is to be allowed in the makeup of the club and all Its interests are to be centered on nntlon a politics. . Anyone with axes to grind in a local way will have no welcome hand extended, It Is said. PILES CURED IN (I TO 11 PAYS Your druggist w!Vl refund money If! PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure any wise of Itching, Blind,' Bleeding or j Protruding Piles In 6 to 14 days. 60c. The slgnlflcnncn of the present Brit ish cotton struggle may be appreciated when It is understood Hint the unions have a fund of $1,250,000 and can call on (he Federal Ion nf the Trade Unions for $125,000 a week for three weeks. there can be no better made. znd workmanship guaranteed, i NEW TALES r THAT ARE TOLD . Secretary Fisher's Evasion. ' Those discussing prohibition tire re sponsible for the circulation of a story on Secretary Fisher of the department of the Interior. He was once counsel for people in Chicago who desired to close the saloons there on Sunday, and as he was making an argument tu effect this end at court the counsel for the liquor Interests. Levy Mayer, asked the court far permission to ask Attor ney Fisher a question, and, on this be ing granted, Mayer asked: "I would like to ask If counsel for the opposition ever took a drink?" " Mr. Fisher looked as If he did not un derstand, and the question wns put to t CHI "ASK TIIK QOKSTION AT THK l'KOI'EB TlMli," BAIL) Mil. PISHklt. It 1 in several times by the persistent Mnyer. Finally Mayer bei-auie embar rassed, hut again put his question, and this time Fisher said: ' "If counsel for the opposition will put tlint question In proper form and tense mid sisl; it nt the proper lime, nay after court shall linve been adjourned. I will lie pleased to give him a demonstrative answer." , The story concludes with the nc laiiiwleiltniieiit 'that at the proper time Mayer bought. Huston. Advertiser. JERRY SOUTH AND THE DESPERADO. House Disbursing Clerk Has a Way of Doing Things. ;: Jerry South, disbursing clerk of the house of representatives, added an other big scalp to his belt when he held up Andrew Carnegie's witness fees for a few days. . Tills Is a habit of Jerry's and recalls one of his ex ploits several years ago. At that time a couple of citizens named Taylor terrorized parts of Mis souri to the point where a large re ward was offered for their capture "dead or alive." : Mr., South was the riding untlltT of a sheriff's otllce and had a habit of rounding up criminals that were hard to take. One dny he wns riding along tho road when he spied one of the Tay lor boys. : lie "took" him. Tho des perado was peeved about It and shock ed when Mr. South told him his program. South explained that he was on his way to attend a conven tion nt Little Rock, Ark., when bis mind wns diverted by the sight of the aforesaid Taylor. lie explained that ho had to go to that convention and there wns no way out of.lt except for 1H Kf; i Bill The fir.est skill that money can buy is employed n ihz making of all wool. PRICES $20 to $30. Come end :ee them. the desperado to go alons, ns he (Jerry , Southi needed tlint S2.1MJ0 revturd. ! Mr. South and his prisoner proceed- ' ed to Little Hock. They put up at a ; hotel and ate and drauk together that ; night. The next day the desperado! occupied a seat beside Jerry in the i convention, and the day following he was an attendant on the Democratic meeting, , On thp fourth dny Mr. South deliver ed his prisoner nt Joplln. Mo., and got the fj.mt The had . man told the sheriff he had li:id n inod time and that South was a. "denied good fel low." A Sad Event. '' The hue Tody Hamilton, who was held to know as much about circuses as arjy human being i-ould.'ouee toU of the misfortune of an filiio man who wns attempting to pilot "one tent njow" thrnigh the middle west. This owner lost n numlipr of valuable animals by accident and otherwise, so that. It was with considerable sym pathy that one of his keepers under took the task of "breaking gently to the old man" the new's1 of further dis aster. The keeper accomplished this with much tact, as follows: . "Mr. Morgan, you remember that !aflln' hyena In cage No. 8?" "Itemember the laughing hyena?" re peated the owner. "What the deuce I nre you driving at?" "Simply this, Mr. Morgan: he ain't got noth!n',to laff nt this mornin'." Llpplncott's. A Vain Flirtation. A young man cnuie out of ft -West Federal street picture theater, one evening last week leading by the arm a companion who .appeared to be in a somewhat dazed condition. . Tho door fonder looked nt the two In surprl-e. us the exhibition laid started only n few laimitos before. "Don't you like the show?" he asked. "Yes, It's all right;"- replied the man who led his companion, "but my friend here is n trllle under the weath er, and he Insists on llirting with the girls ou the Hints."-Youngstowu Tele gram. A Futurs Financier. A very nice young timn was nailing on his sister. To make things easy, he gave him a beautiful new penny, say ing, "Save each penny and soon you will have n dollar." I "I'll soon have a dollar!" replied the boy, with great eagerness. . The young man smiled good nntured- ly, dug Into his pocket, saying: "Well, just how much more do you need?" ' --'. . ' "Only 09 cents." : - ' lie soon had a dollar. Judge. " Even In Boston. Visitor After rending so much about Boston culture 1 wns surprised to boor one of your waiters repeatedly end a sentence with a preposition. Hubblte Indeed! What was the sentence? Visitor Plate of beans wlthl Bos ton Transcript , ' Real Congratulations. "Many congratulations Ilerr Zwen ger! I hear your wife presented twins to you yesterday." "Oh, no; It wasn't I. It was the other Zwenger." "Then 1 congratulate you very heartily." Fliegende Blatter. ' Tactless. "Thnt mon is the most tactless per son I ever saw," said Maude. "What did be do?" Inquired Mamie. , "Met a lady In Reno and tried to be agreeable by telling her he hoped her i husband wns well." Washington Star. That Oriental Flame. , Aladdin was boasting of bis litmp. "Doesn't your wife keep it burning after you tell her not to sit up for you?" we nsked. . Sadly he acknowledged It had ltt limitations. New York Sun. You Never Can Tea.. Dolly She married a very old man, didn't she? 1 understood he had oue foot In the grnvo. Polly-Thnt's what she thought, too, but he still continues 'o buy his shoes by the pair. Puck. Q La Grandf Ore. . j . y s e s i ' t i i f & t : ;:' : i FKATfBXAL OKDEltS OF LA (J1UM)E. . F t A. M. La Grande Lodge' No 41, A. F. & A. M. holds regular meet lugs first and third Saturdays at 7:30 p. m. Cordial welcome to all Masons. N. MOL1TOR, W. M. A. C WILLIAMS. Secretary. - B. P. 0 .E. La Grande Lodge No. 43.i meets each Thursday evening at i o'clock in Elk's club, corner of De pot street and Washington avenm . Visiting brothers are cordially in vited to attend. , H. J. R1TTER,. Ex. Rul H. E. COOLIDOE. Rec. Sec. Grande Lodge No. IH9 W 0. V meets every Becond and fourth Sai urdays at K P. hall. All flBltlnt icebers welcome. D. FITZGERALD, C. C. J. H. KEENEY. Clerk. M. W. OF A. La Grande Cpmp No. 7703 meets, every Saturday evenl'ii. at 8 o'clock In K. of P. hall, over 1 Lilly's hardware store, All visiting neighbors are welcome. W. A. DUNN. V. C. .' W. F. LAN'nitU'.M. Clerk.' : KNIG'HTS OF PYTHIAS Red Sro t Lodge No 27 mei-s etery MoniU.' j night in C;Rst)B hall, (old Elk's hi:)) j A Pythian welcnnr.e to all vlIUni . Kn'ghig. H. W. RILEY, C. C. R. L. LINCOLN, M. of R. & S. ' ' ' ' ' P.EBEKAHS tM-Btal ' Lortue No W mpfts every Tuesday evening In th I. 0. 0. F. hall. All visiting mem hers nre Invitwd to attend. LEAH It. COOLIDGE. N. G MIS3 ANNA ALEXANDER. Sec O. E. P. Hope Chapter No. 13. O. F C. hoM stated communications th second and fourth Wednesdays o . each month. Visiting inenibem cor c'l.rtlir )n"il"l MRS. MARIE JACKSON, W. M. MART A. WAftNJCK.W j Here Is a message of hope and good cheer from Mrs. c. J. Martin, Boone .'Mill, .Va., who is the mother of 18 1 J children. ' Mrs. Martin was cured oil i stomach trouble and constipation by ! I Chamberlain's Tablets after five years I of suffering, and now recommends these tablets to the public. Sold by all rfontflvq .It will pay you to come in and have your eyes tested and properly fitted by the latest methods and by a state licensed attendant gradu ate from one of the best recognized colleges in America the only one In Union or Wallowa counties. We replace broken lenses in a short time and grind all our own , lenses. - . i. H. PEARE 6 SON, La Grande's Leading Jewelers and Qpti;::e!iists. Opposite U. S. Land Office' these garments. The very ' & S rl 't' V t f w . S'HOFESS10.AL DlliECfOUY ; S?'S-3S'$''?3SS4S$'i PHYSICIANS ASD SttlGtOXS .S. MOLITOR, M. D.Physlolan sn. Surgeon. Corner Adams Ave. and ; Depot St. PhoneB: OlUce, Main 68; Residence, '69. . . A. It. RICHARDSON, M. D. i W. LOUGHLIN, M. D. , Drs. Richardson & Loughlln, , Physicians and Suiguoua c'hones Office Black 1362. Dr. Richardson's Res. Main 55. Or. Loughllu'8 eRs. MalD 757. I)K. M. K. HALL Physician arid Sur geon. Cor. Adams Ave and Depot St. Phone, Main 23 it ti'Tu.N. Ph.. G. M. u. PuvMciaa and Surgeon. Special aitenti.iri to Eye, Ear, Noae'aad Throat, office tn La Grande National Bank Build ing. Phones: Office Main 2: Resi dence Main 32. DR. H. L. UNDERWOOD Diseases of the eye a specialty. i ' , OH. DORA J. UNDEWOOD Diseases of women and children. Offices: Adams avenue, over Wright Drug " Cq. ' GEO. W. ZIMMERMAN Osteopath. Physician. Over Lilly's Hardware 'store.' Phone Main' C3. Successor to Dr. F. E. Moore. s '.' VETERLVARY. uK. P. A. CHAKLTU.N, Veterinary Sur geoii. Offlce at Hill's Drug store, La Grande. Residence Phone, ReJ 701; OnW Phono, Black 1361; In- ' dependent Phone 53; Both Phone a; Residence. DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC. '3. T. .DARLA.VD, CH IMO f R ACTOR All acute and chronic licenses. Not drug3, not surgery, no; osteopathy. 1 remove the cause t ycur disease. Then you get well. Rooms 18-19-20- 21. La Grande National Bank. Phones Red 3181. ' ATTORNEYS AT LATF .v-hkan & COCHRAN Attorneys, has. E. Cochran and Geo. T. Coch ran. ' La Grande National : Bank Building, La Grande, Oregon; r. h. crawfot;d robt. s. eakin CRAWFORD & EAKIN Attorneys at law. Practices In all the courts of. the state and United States.,. Of fice In La. Grande National' Bank Building, La Grande, Oregon! - - ENGINEERS. D. W. C. NELSON Mining Engineer,' Baker City. Oregon. 80PerCent. Of headacnes"are caus ed by eye-strain, due to some error of refrac tion which we guaran tee lo RELIEVE. V f if,
