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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1912)
PAGE TWO LA rvKlXfl OBSERVER. TlireDAY. APRIL 9, 1912. Here Is PROFITABLE Every Day In The Year HAS SAVED HUNDREDS of Pfopfe?11 on -furnishing their homes. Will sajeMONEY , for you. Year by year our CUSTOMER LIST is growing j larger. There is room for you to make a saving and buy, here. i m , I :ty" & I! I Rugs and Carpets Mr new rugs sd txrptiM are teniae liiWIui skewtac senw very "wtlTe pat at Saving Prices Call and see them Sanitary Linoleum is taut Uh Ike place ef Palat 4 seen and i-sirs for every ro ta tbe Ihm. TUs littw Ma te bey. patteras to select frem. Pbeae me and I wfll kare year mas aseasared and teU job the cost to eerer yoar goer. Jrat Received, a shipment of LACE CURTAINS in exclusive patterns. Low ' WINDOW SHADES. I will fit and hang them for you. iii.il ryuniiuftB kvgum" F.D; Haisten Furniture on Easy Payments. p WINNER OF 1912 GLIDDEN TOUR Equipped with Top Wind Shield and Speed o meter $1575 , Thia great horsepower of the new Maxwell Special is unmatched by any other car within $500 of its price. This 36-horsepower plant is big enough to produce all the speed and power you will ever need and then leave some for emergencies, ,...,!;; Big Powerful, Stylish 36 hp. Maxwell The new Maxwell Special --in add-on to liberal power has . high-class styie of expensh . "trs. It is truly of the aristocracy, with its new ventilated for- Joor, flush-side vesti ed steel body, with in side control, the Columbia Honeycomb type radiator, new designed bonnet and rich finish. Look up its record. The extraordinary price is realized through the large manufacturing and pur chasing economies of the United States Motor Co. Compare with . ' r cars near this price see it. If you cannot conveniently come to us, we will bring the car to you at your home or office. Write to day for catalog. MAXWELL MASCOTTE 5 - passenger, is equipped with top, wind shield and speedometer, $1250 MAXWELL MESSENGER Equipped with top, head lights and generator, $735 PRICES LA GRANDE DELIVERY LEIGHTON'S GARAGE WCfflSi " LETS BURIAL CASKET. 1 Mssussr In Which K Ce ! . Whan It Wit Hirftd. ' ' Hi. l-"Sli Ctfteffl Pkett tells of General IUAjOX E. Lee. U aeeta that when b died at Lexington. Va, (be North rivtr, a tributary to the James, tad overflowed Its banks, and Utxingioa was cot off from all com Hunfcatioo with the outside world. . A warehouse was washed away and with it all the supplies contained therein, Ut etodlng all tbe coOns lo the city. Ia this extremity,' writes . Mrs. Pickett In Llpvtooott's, "Professor Nel son of the University of Virginia was coos citing with some of tbe other pro fessors as to what could be done. In the. midst of their dilemna two bojs came up to them In a amid war, hesi tating to approach the group of digni fied strangers, yet feeling the necessity of Imparting tbe information they were bringing. Each feared to be the first to speak and poshed tbe other on. say ing: -Ton teU.' - XO; yon teU. ' Ton saw It first' " Xo: yon saw It at tbe same time.' Saw what 7 asked Professor ei- SECRET WRITING. Siinpla CpW System That i Kssps - ., Postcard Wst3 Prfvat. ' Portal 'cards ' woitid undoubtedly be , in much greater demand than they are for purposes of correspondence bet for t tbe tact that the messages they conrey are open to all through whose hands; they may pass. Yet this objection is easily overcome. There are some beaotifolly simple dpbers that are almost Impossible for any one not in tbe secret to read. Only oy iocs, ror uduux, ujh. ctcu pert find the key to a short message wrinen In the "trelSIs- or grUT cipher. 1 It Is extremely simple, and thousands ! of people use it to bacBe folks who take an Interest In tbe contents ot post cards. To use it all yon baTe to do Is to cot a few oblong holes in a blank post card, place it orer the postcard,. yo mean to write on and write roar-mes sage In the holes. Then take Ve. upper j I UNION COUNTY ABSTRACTS J. R. OLIVER, rVopmt-w The ReosVse Abstract Erm of Unxo Coa-tj. FIRE INSURANCE. MORTGAGE J card off and write some nflul read- j ing seatiences ronna the dfte woras. , . Any InqaisltlTe perat, reading the -catiwhen it reaches year correspond-, I house will 84 i message of no 1 I toerest whatervc. . Only your eorre- celred that tlwre was something cut. I spondent himster hetself-ean read. . tbe real me&agei and that by Pacing, on the c&vt a, blank earn cu V eiacuy tbe same.'wa'Bs ipur ft-Pearson's j Weei ' j BHr Part of Valor. Piste o Willie Jones kicked yon. d bet And did you kick bim back? Bobby No, I didn't. If I bad then i Kindness U catohln?, and if you go lboat with, a thoroughly, developed case nm MAXWELL j unusual importance on tbelr minds. "'Yes; saw what? repeated ooe'ot bis companions. "Encouraged by-the readinoasi to re ceive tbelr tidingSvone of tltCi replied, 'A coffin." - " 'We saw It,' affirmed tbe other. " Yes; we saw it th.eo.Ufon the tixtx there by the Ulancy. " 'On tbe shore-re, eofflnl Where? " 'Just about three miles from, town. We saw ItJ haUl the boy who had first spoken, 'ifaybe nobody's in it We was iw, scared to, do, , more- tbau see tb vtide and tbe we tuck, ouu yonr nHstibor will be sure to get It pankin' new.' "I wonder If they really saw it or only imagined it,' said one of the gea Uenen, "Professor kelson arose aQd. M.oe t tbf. "boys, saying: ''Come and show us (be way.' "The boys led on atjd all followed. uncertain as to. What tbey were to find, but trusting, tbat In some way heaven bad graciously supplied tbelr great ne cessity, - Along the river bank, they Talked until tbelr two guides stopped beside a long- closed box that bad float ed down the swollen waters in the great flood and drifted ashore. In tbe box was a beautiful coffin." Tbey carried home tbe box and in that casket all that was eartb'.y of the famous general was laid to rest in the college chapel, , ( ; Balks th Jail Breakers. A detective was talking about )&H breaking. "Down in Colombo," he said, "tbey bare got a very good dodge against tbe jail breaker. It's simple too. Just bricks. You see, the MuOval Jail at Colombo Is surrounded by a very high brick--wall.' Well, tbe last dozen courses of these bricks are laid loose, without mortar. So when you try to escape, you climb stealthily, hardly daring to breathe, up the wall, and. with a sigh of relief you reach the loow course at the top ana-clatter, crash, bang, clatter a thousand bricks in the profound silence fall with a noise fit to wake tbe dead and a dozen warders rush oat and you climb down sadly into their waiting arms." New York Press. , , : necessity Cycling fe !r the fori front, of health giving, needfijj apd enjoyable ovX of door exercise. See our; new shipment of Colombias just In. Skilled mechanics ell kinds repair w. & FRATEB9AL 0BDEB8 OP U GRAXDE. ' ... fl kl Owwww - Lcighton s Garage , F. & A. M. La Orande Lodge No. 41, A. jr. ft a. m. noias regular meet ings first and third Saturdays at ' 7:30 p. in. Cordis) welcome to all ' Masons. K. MOLITOR. W. M. I "A. C. WILLJAM8. Secretary. ' 1 " . B. P, O .&L Qrsn.de Lfidge fjo. 433 i meets each Thursday evening at 8 t o'clock la Elk's club, oorner of De pot street and Washington avenue Visiting brothers are cordially In vited t9 attend, . ' H. J. RlTTBR, Ex. Rol H. B. COOUDOE. Rec. Sec. . rVOODMEN OF THE WORLD L Orande Lodge No. 169 W. ' O. W meets every first and third Fri days at I. O. O. F. Hall. All visiting members welcome. r . : D, FITZGERALD, C. C. . J. H. KEENET. Clerk, Pr!sn Pit) Bssrl on Horaehaelc A picturesque feature of Persian ' field sports Is the pipe bearer, an im- J portant retainer who rides close be hind his master, bearing the whole elaborate paraphernalia of the Per sian water pipe down to the glowing charcoal suspended in a small brazier. If the party is a large one It will gen erally lie round that some member of It Is riding solwrly along, pulling steadily nt a large silver kalian, or water pipe, the pointed buse of the water bowl being securely supported by a sirup Used to the peak of the snddle.-Wlde World MttRazlne. M. W. 09 A. La. Orande Camp No. 7703 meets every Saturday evening at 8 o'clock in K. of P. ban, over Lilly's hardware store, All visiting neighbors are welcome. -.. W. A. DUNN. V. C. W. F. ItANDRUM, Clerk. KNIGHTS OF PTTHIAS Red Bnm Lodge No. 27 meets every Mondaj night In Castle hall, (old Elk's haU.) A Pythias welcome to all vlsitin Knlgata. ' H. W. RILEY, C. C. M. L. LINCOLN. M. of R. ft B. If You Ride You Ride In Comfort the only motorcycle with Sprlag Frame and Spring Fork. It does away with all bnnM and jolts, and takes ap englse vibration. Its baU-bearlng noter Is the most powerful of Its (lie plenty of power for Mil work absolutely reliable ander ill kinds of road conditions. Easllf controlled. Economical to oper ate. Stop In for a practical demonstration, In former Days. The ong mat mother ued to ting. Although h nevor braK. Were sixty time an good, by HnK. . Aj our newfangled "rasa!" - Youngntown Telegram. The lickings father uaed lo give . ' Were twice as hard. I vow! But then the kids were twice aa bad As what the klda are now. -Loe Angelea Express Tha plea that mother used to bake. Although she never brags, Were better than the kind they make Inside those paper bags. -Milwaukee Sentinel REBEKAH8 Crystal Lodge No. W meets every Tuesday evening In tb I. O. O. F. hall. All visiting mem bere are Invited to attend. LB AH R. COOLIDGE, N. G H MISS ANNA ALEXANDER, See. II0LLISTEB I BOSSI At La Grande Auto Co. Phone Main 758. 0. B. B. Hope Chapter No. 18, O. C. hoMs stated communlcatloai thi second and fourth Wedneadayt f' each month. Visiting members cor dlahy Invited. MRS. MARIE JACKSON, W. M. MART A. WARNTCK. Hoc L. O. O. M., La Grande lodge No. 860. Loral Order of Moose, holds reg ular meetings every Monday at 7:30 p. m, to I. O. O. F. hall. Visiting brothers cordially invited to attend. B. L. LEAVITT, Secretary. R. J. GREHN. W. D. A COLD, LA GBAEPPK, THEJT M0XIA. i ' i ; Is too ofteu the fatal sequence, Bl! coughs that hang on weaken the if tern and lower the vital resistance Foley's Honey and Tar Compouno ! a reliable medicine that stops tkf cough promptly by healing the cum; soothes the Inflamed air pasages, nl checkB the cold. Keep always o hand. Refuse substitutes. FoPr ". by A. T. Hill. FOR RFNT QOHM EKg-PSJtt FURNISHED HOUSE, ALSO POUR At2b5ASEMENT' FURNISHED, CLOSE JJJS SOUTH SIDE TRACK TO RENT ABOUT iivBAT6SSE VERY DESIRABLE. The Slough Investment Co. uver iNewim Drug Store. . mmmmmmsmmsmmmmimm. HALF OF I0UB LIFE Is spent In your working cloth Are you satisfied with the kini you are wearing Too will t more than satisfied If yon DAIS' BIG FIVE BRAXD
