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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1912)
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSEftVEB, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1012. YOII MFN WHO HAVE YOUR CLOTHdS MADE TO ORDER Do you realize what you are missing in sucK realdjr to wear garments as we sell, when a man can buy, ready, at a considerable saving on price, such clothes as those of . DUairto cfoaffineir Marx; There's no need of the to-measure tailor. We'll fit you perfectly. Suits $20.00 to $30.00 Opera House Block - THE, PEOPLED OTORE - La Grande, Ore. Gall Main Eight Retail Department Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Ruberoid Roofing, Sash Doors, etc. at the George Palmer Lumber Co. ELK PESTS TO WYOMNG RESIDENT OF JACKSON' S HOLE COUXTBT'lIERE. r . Itelutes Habits of Elk and Their Treat ment lu Wyoming. SEND IX A LIST and get our estimate and It will surpYise you what wo can do in the way of prices for first class, kiln dried lumber. You can't beat our priceB anywehre quality considered and you can't bent our lumber at any prices when you buy at the WENAHA LUMBER CO. Main 732 La Grande, Ore. Approximately 40,000 elk congre gate in JackBou's Hole every winter and become a serious detriment to the welfare of that famous section of Wyoming, according to a pioneer set tlor and resident of Wilson near Jack son'B Hole, who has been In the city and returned yesterday morning. His name is E. N. Wilson and he Is .a brother of the late Henry Wilson of this city who died a few days since after a protracted Jllness In Salt Lake. Mr. Wilson returned home this morn ing, but before he went, found time to explain many of the common de tails of caring for the wild elk that graze on the ranges in Wyoming. Mr. Wilson's grandson has a contract this winter of feeding a band of 7,000 elk, but usually, the number varies, he said, the total elk that drift to Jack son's Hole Is around the 40,000 mark. They come from points hundreds of miles distant to get the feed and hay provided by the industrious farmers for. their own stock. One band of 40 'sold by Mr. Wilson last winter from his private herd of 100 tame elk, was taken to Cheyenne several hundred Tlio undersigned will sell by public auction at the W. B. Campbell ranch 2 1-2 miles southeast of La Grande, on the foothill road on, . Thursday Feb. 29th at 10 o'clock the following described 01 head Shoats 2 Sows with pig .1 Berkshire Boar ;'l Sow with 6 pigs .1 Sow with.. 5 pigs 7 Small pigs 4 Milch Cows 1 Jersey Bull 2 yrs. old. 5 Calves 2 Black Mares, 1 with foal. 2 Geldings 4 and 5 4 2 year olds 3 Yearlings ; 1 Saddle horse and ladies saddle. 1 Mare with foal property: 1 Gelding . 1 Driving mare .. SO "White Leghorn Chickens 1 Hay rake 1 Hay Baler 2 Buck rakes 2 wagons 1 Walking plow 2 Buggies 2 Set Single harness '5 Set Double harness Cream Separator. (4) Tubular iMiorsc cultivator, new 75 rods woven wire hog fence and many other useful articles. miles away but within, a few week'j a large per cent of them had returned to Mr. Wilson's range and were se renely munching at the hay stacks one fine morning. Elk eat about two thirds less than cattle. Become Nuisances to Settlers. The elk are so thick and numerous and so tamed and cowed by starvation that they ramble about the streets of Jackson, get on the sidewalks, in the I back yards and last winter on big bull elk died In front of a residence In such a position that he had to be haul ed away before the owner of the house could free his family, Jackson's Hole is a depression in the mountainous "country somewhat similar to the Grande Ronde valley, though narrower and longer. It Is cut up with buttes and gridironed with; streams that empty into the Snake river which bisects the valley. Wil- j son tho town where the Wyoming man ! halls from, Is 40 miles south of the i Yellowstone park and is reached via the Tetori Basin route, and that sec tion of the country, as is well known, Is the rendezvous of criminals of all the northwest, yet the settlers see nothing of "bad men." "One man could elude a hundred officers with 15 min utes' "Start," said Mr. Wilson. "We often find deserted camps in the crags and back of rim rocks where the des peradoes have secluded themselves, but at Wilson and at Jackson we nev er see them. We settlers are Indeed pleased that they are sending elk to your sctlon and other parts of the country. They are too many there. We have to patrol our hay stacks, to protect our own stock. The elk con gregate about the stacks and when we drive them away, they come back at night: It is a startling example of the survival of the fittest. The big bulls and strong elk can get through the fences to reach hay while the starving calves and less strong ani mals die on the way to the feeding grounds. An elk calf is more easily caught single handed than an ordi nary cow,. When confronted in the trails by human beings they' leap into the snow and are too weak to move, consequently can be handled and pick ed up. We are about SO miles from a railroad but a line is bomg surveyed through the Teton basin and In this wny we will come nearer civilization ! by 40. miles. . ;"As a general thing the rugged 'Hole' 'is crammed with about 40,000 oik every winter and in the summer they spread out hundreds of miles to the ranges, but invariably return, if they have physics! strength, because a taste of hay seems to destroy their native instinct to forage for food forever." THOROUGHBRED; PLY MOTH ROCKS Pullet and Cockerel Mating Utility Eatings. . Eggs for sale. For Trices Cor , respond to D.B. STODDARD La Grande, Ore. tumm The Laundry YouVe Been Looking For Prompt, reliable, up-to-date and sanitary in every respect . TRY US CHERRY'S NEW LAUNDRY PHONE MAIN 78 Savoy Hotel EUROPEAN PLAN The rooms are good and Steam heated only one block'from depot E. E. FREE LUNCH AT NOON TERMS: All sales of Ten Dollars and under Cash. Other amounts on 9 months time at 8 per cent with approved security. 3 per cent discount for cash. Mrs. A. G. Herrmann, Prop. ED. STR1NGHAM, - - - AUCTIONEER Xotlre of First Jfoefciiig of Creditors. In the district court of the United States for the District of Oregon: In the matter of Bird A. Bennett, bankrupt. In bankruptcy. To the creditors of Bird A. Bennett, of La Grande, In the county of Union and district aforesaid, a bankrupt: Notice Is hereby given that on the ICth day of February, 1912, the said Bird A. TTennett wag duly adjudicated bankrupt; and the first meeting of his creditors will bo held in the office of the referee In bankruptcy in La Grande, Oregon, on the 8th day of March, 1812, at 10 o'clock In the fore noon at which time the said creditors may attend, prove their- claims, ap point a trustee, examine the bank rupt, and transact such other business as may properly come before said meeting. February 24, 1912. JNO. SBODGIN, Referee In bankruptcy. (All claims must be verified ac. cording to bankruptcy forms before I""?-) 2-26-lt Notice! We have just received one of the most np-to-dute line of wool ens ever received In Eastern Oregon, nd ore now prepared to give you what you want in un up-to-date tailor made suit. Come In and look onr ;lno over, and be convince. I'opulnr Trices , Expert Workmen City Dye Works Gleaning,. Pressing, Re. pairing and Dyeing I OWN YOUR HOME I Live" some exceptionally . fine listings in' city yropuitv of which the following Is on ly a sample. I know I i::u: pleatte you. You know you i:uer,d to own your '. i-wn home. Never put oT until tomorrow what you cm do tc.di'.v. Come in uuJ U'J un talk it over. Corner Oak and JafJ'eiv.n, G roi.in plastered hous?, floors double, city water In hens:'. Sidewalk. Price $1640. Tl-o terms are $'800 cash, ba'rr.cc monthly payments of $8. 1208 W avenue. 2 lo', 5 Horn house "with bat.i, wive I. Price $1500, cash $500, mom1! ly payments. Will GKiiiuiie for country property. Corner Adams aud Walnut, new 7 room plastered ho'is", , wired, city water. Nini.y :o. ciiied. Price $2750. - $1000 ' cash. At $4500 a large hum and 8 lots can he ul(i!,i 1 j the above. , . fcix room house at 2003 N. Fir, close in. Can ba secur ed lor $1900. A close In 5 room houpe on Seventh street fo.' ?2(0. This is a desirable lo-i:'.-m Cor. 3rd and H. sts. li.'s 110 by 15G, 6 room hovo, a stone foundation, city wac "jr, Binall barn, cellar. Price $1, 700. Terms $H00 cash and $12 per month. Five room house 1605 Wnsh nvemie. Lot 95 by 120. Good barn, lawn, fruit trees, $2000. $250 cash, monthly payments of $17. ' Nice home on Adams ave. line,' basement, modern, nice lawn, shade,, trees. A very desirable home at $3000. This' property must be seen to be appreciated. Six room house in Sunny-;- side addition .with bath.'barn,'; chicken house, " fruit trees $1350. $650 cash. ; Nice home on Second St; leading toward Palmer mill. This property is offered for $2400. $500 cash, balance on monthly payments. Here is another nice home, corner Fourth and V avenue. Four lots, 5 room house, city water, splendid barn, fruit trees, everything in good con ditlon, $2250. $1000 will han dle this, terms on balance. Two houses on Washing, ton avenue, one $1200, the other $1400. Small payments down and small monthly pay ments on balance. ... I have choice residences for sale in all parts of the city which I would be pleasiA to show. Many are now pay ing rent month after month, year after year with nothing to show for it. La Grande is growing, property is cheap to whaf it will be a few years hence. ' .'. ' ; Geo. H. Currey Real Estate
