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Aui'k'i.M' PAGE 2 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVE!!, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY! 21, 1912. Hart, Schaf f ner and Marx Spring Suits 7 IVe do no say ftey are fne besf dollies, made but we do say fiefe can no tetter, made. The finest skill thai money can buy is employed in the making cf these i gtitments. ? The : very i ' J j , ' : , 7 ,' u ' . , , l!,t?st, sfK. f'f pnd' workmanship cuaranieed, all wool. PRICES $20 to $$0, 1 Come and see the,m. ' j . ; ( , , J H n -,uii:',i' Just Opera House Block S 3 J- 8 s J J ? FACTS ABOUT REGISTRATIONS 6 - I. 1012. . ,,,-.' : - General election will be held 4 ou November G. '' V' 'Primary election will lie ' held on April 19. ' & At the general election will be $ elected president, vice president, one United States senator, con- 3 gressman for new Eastern Ore- S gon district,' secretary of state, sheriff, clerk, assessor, treasur- $ $er, coroner, surveyor, eommis- ' Bloner, Justices of the peace and 6 constables, rocorder, superlnten- G dent of schools, dairy and food $ commissioner, railroad conmia- 9 $ -s'oner (2nd district) slato repro- 9 tatlve, Union and Wallowa coun- ties senator from Union and Wal- 'Iowa counties, . representative from Union Countv Joint senator' O Including Union, ' Mnlheur ' and Morrow counties.'. ,; l!" At the primary election par- - -'ties' will nominate for same ofJ ' flees arid In' addition will ex-J "press' their choice for president "and vice president and will elect delegates to their national con " . ventlons. .'' J 'y -Registration closes on April $. '' LaBt day for candidates to file nominating petitions, April 4. :" - Registration reopens April 29. ' ' Closes for last time May 15. " . I'M.,.: -. , . ,,-:' s ' :..",' ..'. This is the season of the year when -mothers feel very mucn concerned ov er the frequent colds contracted by their children, and have abundant rea son for it as every cold weakens the lungs,-' lowors tne vitality and paves -the way tot the more serious diseases that so Often roUow.' " Chamberlain's 'Cough Romedy Is famous for Its cures, and' Is pleasant and safe to! take! For .-.sale -by nil -dealers.' . "''' "' -Klrtley'si livery wlll'.'tnake -a ' l'edne - tibn of 50o on 1 every 1 trip 'in V cases where cash la' paid.' "" . i '2-0-tt ' I M. H. 'KIRTLEY 'A six roofiVhoiiseywitli i lotvand'spletidid lawu. A 'I M-la-WciUMUli'aWi: Grie"ii!Df.I('rv-Ivmy'l I , i,m" .ii-;. r f-M-i , ; ' , roud' g'treet.' ' 'Price' jiist1 redueed te $3200,00 Owner! -"'has moved'tm Calif di'iiia" nnd is extremely anxious to ' IT OOO-f.. " llMli:") t 1: t." i : ' 1 '' " ' ' '' ''"'': ondispose of this 'property.- I"" ' I 1.1.1 J.""'' . -JH -A.. w. ..... iej M ill- Vila Oall-and-Jot-Hs show yoii haiMt al! HuotKl" '""tli. "'t':" -- i bononq 'vdo r-attmat (aoi3.i -:;'i t,IMMrlt' tlOll TTBOr MTTHI titMll.-lnnviayi";' . ..... - . , n.J K a .' m4itJ',-iWM.Mf '"""' ""'"' 111 '.SM1M. "' "IT'lt"' I '"" h 11 W tfip 4f' 'J . ;-' ; r l:: ,.!'. ; : " . ... -.1 j, ' .v.','-'-''i" ;. :-' ' FRATERNAL ORDERS OF IA' GRANDE.' a.. F. & A. M. La Grande' Lodge No 41, A. F. & A. M. holds regular meet Ings flrst and third Saturdays at 7:30 p. in.- Cordial welcome to all Masons. N. MOLITOR, W. M. A. C. WILLIAMS. Secretary. . B. P. O .E. La Grande Lodge No. 43: meets each Thursday evening at o'clock in Elk'B club, corner of De pot street and Washington avenue Visiting brothers are cordially In vited to attend. '. , .v r H. J. RITTBR, Ex. Rul ''''. H. E. COOLIDGE. Rec. Sec. VOOUMEJj OF THli) i WORLD La Grande Lodge No, 189 W;. O. W meets every second and fourth Sat urdays at K. P. hall. All visiting - mebers welcome. '". , ; D. FITZGERALD'i C." Ci ' : J. 'M. KEENET. ciei-u.. : i 'I M. W, OF A. La : Grande Camp 'Net. 7703 meets ;every; Saturday evening at ; 8 o'clock in H. of j (ialj, over Lilly's hardware tore. A.11 visiting neighbors are welcome. ' 1 1 . . W. A. DUNI. V. C; W, F. LANQ RUM. Clerk. i t i KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Ked. 6roo IOdge No. 27, meats every Monrts; night in Castle hall, (old Elk's hal'., .: A tPythlan welcome to all ylaltiiu If nights. ,: , i ii- " H. W. RILEY, C. C. i . . R. L- LINCOLN. M. of ,R, 9, , r.EBEKAhS-iJ;rystnl'';ndaKe' iNo. V meets every Tuesday evpnlng iri Hi' ' !. O. 0.: F.'hiiH. All ' 'rlslting 'rot-. bers' are invltod to ' attend.'"."" ' ''"''" LEAH R. COOLIDGE. N. G 'MISS ANNA ALEXANDER. 8w,.' O, E. S.-r-Hope Chapter, No. Ol: C. h(lf' stated oommunicatlons tnt , SBcppj.and. ,'p.urth. Wednesdays i' ,.ea.i-h moDlj, Visit ing membort cor dlniiy Invited .. . 7 . J',,, MRS. MARIE'1 JACKSON,' w!"m? ' MARY A. WARNTCK. Bi furmtiuo;ln$i. Beautiful few friiit trees, lot 50 by Nicely located,' 2107' Sec- A Terifis' $;)00 Oash, balance m I' 0.1 1 :: .1 Mini!.. . 1 , v ' -.on. inn.t .1 -mii - i t' .in.) n1 - l'i" V , ..I ' !fl: il'l'i '1.) 1! 'Mlll'll.t' tliis -prMfdrty. ,,a" '" ,,,! - . ..... iiUtn' ..tis'int "t.m.linUf 'h,u., - . i nv ,; it ' . .tT iuMf, ll-illmill "!t ntltlfHI-l . J, .(' . 1 . . .... . mj .1 nr.iD , 1 jMifit -at Ti,i. n(' STlr A- lrlVv"-' r'S 1'l-ftnft1 THE:PEOPEE'iS OTORE CKLESS SPORT; Rock ; Rolling Feats ; of Mark Twain In His Boyhood Days. : h onu oonc cimucu int run Th Final Prank on Hollldos Hill Was In a Fair Way of Ending In a Tragedy When the Danger Was, by a Bit of Good Luck, Narrowly Averted. ; Writing on "Mark Twain" In Har per's Magazine. Albert Bigelow Paine reeotinttf . some of tilt? scrapes of the youthful Sum Clemens. Sam was n recognized. ringleader among bis piny mates, and one of the ''pranks 'they played nearly had a fatal termination. "One of their Sunday pnstlnics wns to . climb Holllday's hill and roll do.wn big; stones to frighten tlie people who were. driving to church. Holllday's hill pbpve the road was steep. A stone, once started, would go plunging and leaping down and. bound across the road with the deadly, swiftness of .n twelve lncb shell. , The boys would get a stone poised,. the,n wait until, they saw a .team approaching and, calcu lating the distance, would give it ' a start. Dropping down behind the bush' es, they' would watch" the dramatic ef feet upon tlie churchgoers ns the great missile shot across, the,, road, a -few yards befpre them,, , , ; -. .. . VThls was Homeric sport, but they carried it too far. Stones that had a habit of getting loose so numerously on Sundays and so rarely on other days Invited suspicion, and the 'pat terollera' river patrol, a kind of police of those days were put on the watch. So the boys found other diversions un til the patterollers did not watch any more. " Then they planned it grand coup that should eclipse anything be fore attempted in line. ' - -, -:; ' the stone rolling ' "A rock about, the slste of an.omnlbus was lying up there in a .good position tp gp downhill, once started. They do- elded it would be ii glori6(is tlilhg to see that great 'bowlder' gol sihashing down h litllidred 'yilvds or 4n itii'front of some iiifusp;ct!ng and .peiicoCill mlndttl ilimvhgour. .yiinrrymen jjere getting out. rock, not, far away .and ift their picks aiit shovels ovijr Sundays The boys' borriiw'etl these Iind went' to work 'to utideririiiU1 'the' biji1 stolie.-' It wiis a heavier Job Hum they had count- I ed .ojUi'ibin! they, w;9ri((J fititJilull.ViSi!)- uay inter uuuay. it ineir parents had wanted them tor work .like jthnt they would havu.tlumght tliey were hi' lug killed, ,.,.,.. , t: . ,( ..."Fiijally one .Smiday while they were uigging ir siKHieniy gor loose ami siari- ed down. They were hot ifite ready for lt.': Nobody was coming bllt lui'old colored mnn . In: 11 eavt. so it. wils going to be; wasted.. It: was tint ijulle :wast-, ed.'lioweyer, They ,had plained for ti tlirllljUM;, result, and there was thrill enough while it lasted. ' In' the first place, tlie stone nearly TaiiKbt' Will RoWeii When It started; ' ilolih Briuus had' just' 'tlmt moineiiti quit:,, digging! uud hnuded XVill the. pick. . Will was about to step Into , the .excavation when rSqui Clemens, who was already there. leapeu out wini n yew: " 'Look out. boys she's 'coming!' "''' "She came." The huge stone kept to I the ground at' first, then, gathering o wild tuomeutum. it went bounding into, i the air. . About, halfway, down the bill it,. struck a tree several Inches thick and cut ft clean 'off: ' This 'turned' Its coiirse1 a little.' and the negro in -the cart.' who' -heard the uolsej biiw lfcome: crashing lti'ibis direction uud nnula, ji wlldieffort to whip, up. bf borse. It was also headed, to.wa.rd ,a coopc,ijbq acrosstlie rad. , , ( , VTbe' boys' witclictl' It with 'grtiwtog Intbrest.0' lfninVi'e"ldnBr ?lbap' with' e'v'ery' 'Bound.' 'And- wheue'r:tD trnok' the1- ifrKgmeuts (iaiidn dust '; wpuUKi lly.; They wore , uoruUn it .woi d, ,dxsnol,sli the negro and. destroy tin; .-ooper shop' The slmpwijii enpt.v, ,t b.'.itie,. Sunday, but the rest of the' catastrophe would invite close Investigation v nnd results. 1 wiis m1tkltig"nilglity 1eis dowtmmt tbeiTigro hud .'iuaHakl'ditiget4lectly in Its path. They, stood Iholdlng their bjfjWtb, .yielrrtmoutljs o;L f, . m,s iMilleve their eytw-llic Iv,'U!'t s'.-'itW a pileAl'.n riWm-evT..iflr&.tfM over 1 1. -' .V ;' . - ' ;' -...'..'...;.: i, mi iii;ul ed in .Vinsii';..' .'5V-ji)!a't.';;:a:,v A frUsf-'!! mem sinl;i!ij; ilif,K.nii) diiimtKlnir but not- -rftcl:liiL' It' ' ttiirloil In the ground, that, bowlder lay. then? for j , , ! Blind Soldier's Appoal. . nearly forty years. '-Then it win blast- i 'renchuiuu, writlas. fei'isutly upon ed for milling purposes. It wns the Inst j "The .Mun,d!.ci:iitH of fi." iwnlls a rock the boys ever rolled down. They pretty anecdote of yii'tor Hiiro 'and a began to suspect that the sport was not j,ijUij' The bi'K.ir whs un old altogether, sufe. . 'soldier.'' very fcvblp iind ipiite -sipht- "Limeligbt mid the center of tlie ' jesa, wlio was led every dn.v by bis stage was a passion of Sum Clemens' ; mtie grniulda lighter to a certiiln street boyhood, a love of the spectacular that ' corner, where be wnlled piitlently for never' wholly died. It seems almost a j BHl.h e;int.v nrnis ns the hurrying pub pity that in those old fnroff. barefoot ) nc. mllit drop Into it sm:tll box tlmt days he could not biive looked down' iniM f,.im, ,s mv: the years to u time when, with the I one (hty u uroup f gvtitlemen halted world at his feet, venerable Oxford ! neur i.i,,, imtting. iind lie heard the should clothe him in a scarlet gown.' FRESH BONE FOR HENS. KaliiaDla Supp'emsniary ; Feed For Poultry.. Hens reimlre lime to make eccshells. and, while there is a small' amount of lime In the composition of all grain, it Is not there in' sufficient quantity to make the shells needed to cover the eggs. Something., therefore, must be given the hens to make eggshells. This Is frequently, furnished in the shape of lime or old ' plaster' or oyster shells, put even with these accessories betis frequently lay- egg's with soft shells; This Is because there is still something lacking in - order to make the .shells hard. Green bono fed to hens supplies this Inck. The mineral mutter fed to chickens In bones is also yalunole in the development of their own bones nnd ln! frrrtwlilfr tliplr frhl hot'-i nlirt ivoll iu tlie ujuking of their tlesh. Rut more ! than anything else is the protein ele - 'mont. tll'e nen .geUt. from the bone fori ' ., ,ni,m- of the hodv of the pl-l' I Qr feedint; nlone will not answer for tli is 'purpose, bei-ause grains hre de- flclent "in this protein' 'element The bone,1 th'ererdfe.' ls a' most valuable sup- ; plehientliry i food, "i It .'enters .into the making' nnd, growth of all the fowls ; mid, (affords Uis'iu nn,,excelleut tonic. . But, it is jCspeeially valuable for the heuj. It inu Ices sure of the eggs. Kiii(- ': una Pin-Minr ' 1 ' ' ' ' 1 '' k i;, -. i ., . , " '" Care of Dry'Cowa. ''" - ' ) 1 'It is-ponr policy to tuni cows out tp rough -it ns soon us they, are turned dry :!'or .1; iy;i:t!i .01:., two, iu wj.nter or e;ii';b'.sp:ii!".. ,.T!!l.i t tlu tluie tlu-y de ni.'iiiO,.;! gl al Vejrulr''i:itiiii omv 110! 'soini lo'do her be: l at the onvv . n jt-mis to ,1,, i,er at tne ',!:rt ' I down In eondttion, ; ' Aoiioa For Poultry. ' Whether yon htirireoul or wood, save the ashes. Sift them and save lie dust to use in .the houses for the. hens to clean th?.iiiselves, and the char can be thrown tji the pen for the fowls to pick up. ' ' ' ' J Warm th Separator. 1 During cold ' Weather the separator howl should be Oiled with hot water before, the milk , is , allowed to .run When It Is thoroughly through it. warm skimming will be more efficient - Epitaph,' ! Mil ; , 'm; 1 The reason! why , My grave is green . I lit the fire " ' ' With kerosene. , -Louisville Post. A Leap Year Chance. "Have'' iron 'nWde 'n': resolu'tlon to marry this yiir oinnelV' asked the dptenntiM .viiiinu imrion nrv tt.'y-niti:i - "No.','!i'Hlledttliiv'Jw!;J.Jn jils pre oeeupied n.aiini'!-. "Ilstp vouV" - ltuf- ''ViniiFW Ut.w rt'r.'-if.ltV u.'W fnvr-!r Whrllliii'-'lie'i'.Miiit iial-'Ji'irintKM . t I .l.llll:i'lt;m'Mi'8 Llln iiihWW'JIi itV- WtV s.o-i. ..1rll.u Mti wh..l?'.' "m.ltvJ .-. nr,vt ill-) '.'. THE BEGGAR. ' A ' VERS'. '': : .- . I Victor , Huao a' Rosnonae to the Old unme by wbi.-h they celled the one who Unwed loudest. UeiiehlnK for: ward iih lie, loo, wiis aliiiut to go, lie fiugli' Iti in b.v the -n:it. "V.Mnit dn .vou want, my wood tnnnV" asked tlie Kcntlemnn "I have already II ytl 2 SOUS.1' i .i: ,: es. M:);ii('ur, iind I have thanked you." replied-the .veteran. ,"lt Is some thins else that I want." 'Wtnir Is It?"' : '': ' "Verses." ' ' ' - -"'oii shall have them." said the gen tlcuinn. and he kept his word. The next day the blind soldier bore on bis breast a placard with a stanza to which was appended' the name of VJc l tor Hugo, and the alms In, the box were quintupled. The; lines may be thus translated: - ; i ; i " Like Helisnrlus and lllta Homer blind, Led by a young chllil on his pathway dim, U.i j -,. !')' i " The hand that aldB his need,-pitying and kind. 1 -)', , i t . ' He will not see. but God "will" See tor j , ..him. ' ' i ' 1 Quailed, U ! . Farmer I'll give you a good job and throe meals ii day. Tramp-riiih iih! What kind of a job Is It? ' ' ' : i Fariner-3- Digging jihtrtop' ! Trarol (stivtehliiB lilmseT. Well, got ! tb.e nuin. tl,:,t Pl". 'rhi"; kKW wm'ru ""'-v r.?iir!" .;'.no",e J The Reversed Prorram. 1 ' tire walior nil t ,itn'.' 111 AnrV if hr-'it.lrt u il':!.--a:ii;rtioo(! ; ! . Towurrf ii K;;ti,, ey.r'i-'l'tn: mnn i ' He tips ipe to ii' i.i'id "' ' 1 ' ;'ii: :.') i' ; -',ii!:;i:','.Hyiiur .... i (;;IOLCi It. i 1 Vl:-- ' SlVi'i'tr.liii ,"l,.do Muni;." "they're' ''the nii':;:;' i ,h- I' ert I' heilld i)f V'-'l kli'i' S:l!- i!...-V to Wol'k'1' for MiCfft "AVeVk t;t'i'vn1 !liem a fiVW dollars vliciii he :iii. -.unit , :ieji!st,lli:;: they ,Iit wl',eu,tii- o.int'lM"i" .in'', V.'!,-- to. go 10 his e:;iKi ti:d vartitsh Hi- salary!" CillrKgl i 'f I '" .''"OftVious. 'At t ht?i ;i rt iun)K"ii ;ii: Hie. t'u lauds ; 0ff,. . , v,v dlsi.layed he- tor" " Vein,. ,,,'Miio . . ; , a kujiiII clttld look.nl from tl,t to'' the statue "' '' 'x . ,; " '"Anybody 'roultl see 't'liat." she said dryly.- Ladies'' Hotii"'.I"i!itHil: ' 1 OJBi-OjMiH'' r;i :?33 3I22lirjo - it.U.J . .1rlT: ?1 :5.iin!n'Pr -' ' ' ' -" - '' ' f 1 -t it - 1 ' 1 1 "'"!" ill,"" V U m payvyou to cow.jand have your ey tested and'proriy " MaPfl by he,9test,mtb,9ds and, by, a state licensed." Aitandn? V.': t ?' teMt9t thft.besrecognizedoliqges In, AmeriL-ihe only oqe lin.Pnionf,or W(jllo.w,a counties. n' '"' - f. .TiVSJT; "-ir i n't La Grande, Ore. - i i" 'il'RoFKSfiioxAi iuiRktroRr ' S V $ 1'HVSlClANS ASD SURGEONS (M. MOLITOR, M. D PhysldBBAand . siurgf on. : Corner Adams Ave. and epoi si.- fnones: uiuce, main o; ileBldence, 69. . .., . , r - , ; . , ,;,,,' . L. RICHARDSON. M. D. , ; , '. W. LOUGHLIN. M. D. Dra. Richardson & Tmelilln. - Physicians and Surgoons t henes Office Black 1362. Dr. Richardson's Res. Main 55. Dr. Loughllu's eRs. Main 757.; , K. M. K. HALL Physician and Sur gepn. Cor. Adams Ave and Depot '.St, Phone, Main 23.' ,. H. UPTON. Ph. G. M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Special attention, to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Office, in La Grande National Bank Build ing. Phones: Office Main 2; Resi dence Main 32. ' ' ' " DR. H. L. UNDERWOOD Diseases of the eye a specialty. ' l)R. DORA J. UNDEWOOD Diseases of 'women and ' children. OOlces:' Adams avenue, over Wright Drug Co. .- . GEO" w7S ZIMMERMAN Osteopath : Physician, pver.. Lilly's Hardware store. Phone Main 63. Successor to Dr. F. E. Moore. ' VETERINARY. UK. P, A. CHARLTON, Veterinary Sur geon. Office at, Hill's Drug, store, La' Granda, Residence Phone, Red 701; Office . Phone, Black 1361; . In dependent Phone. 53; Both Phones at Residence. ' ' "'1' uu a.it ' DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC.'" " G. T. DARLAXD,' Ch IKu fR ACTOR All acute and chronlr ,r . eases'.' Not drugs, not 'iiraerv .' osteopathy. I remove, the cause m ur diseassi. .:T.hen,you.'get well. . Rooms 18,-19-20- 21 La .Grande National Buk. Phone I Red 3181. it TorSeVS 'at'Iaw Vl-ltAN &. COCHRAN Attorneys. ,' ('has K. Cnrhrin'aW noA 'T 'hru.ti. ,ran, ' La Grande Rational Bank '.lulli'.lng, .'La Grandii'bregoh.'- ''- v'H. CRAWFORD mROSTj S. EAKIN (RAWF0Rli -E'AKIN Attorneys -dLifl w. .PracUees in all the courts --t the stale Snd i nlted 'states; Of'- ' ' 0- lnf U , Qrwd National. .Bank V..,l,h'l..jliGrinl. Oregonl i fllrHi "f -Jij ; ttl ; -y:. ENGINEERS. i ) j i C. NELaONr-j-Mihirig Engineer, Baker City, Oregon; ,' j til tl' SOPerCent yrst t-"";!"" .Mini'. Or. neadanes arecaus-, nil AtiA nt-m.M 'to'some'error- of refrac" ' ticrh which We guaran' te::o',r"" 't;T'i!"u '2!,rtl "- M ' mAi. -(al',ntM4niiii.!i'ft4l!i'fr. :irnt i;i:ur r,J Ii9i,int,'l i1V itittnin Ids '
