LA QRAXDE E VEM N'O .OHvtRRVKf? RATUlvDAY, MAT" 21, 1012.-"
CHERRY SHOW
ANNUAL
WOKLD'S BLUE BIBBON WINNERS
FOUND THESE ;
Just to Show the Beat Is Core'
: Slogan in uua mum
Nestled on the, eastern side of the
vaiiev is Cove, a garden spot to be
ure. Each year the Cove people
give a Cherry show which Is probably
different from any other entertain
ment in the state. '. No one pays a
cent to enter.'no one Is asked to pay.
Everything Is free and.lt Is one ot
the grandest gatherlnfls to be wltues-
DOU, 't '
A high moral tone prevails at Cove,
The cherry ahow carries out that mo-
al Idea In every detail. No rowdy
Ism,' no polsterousness. it is a clean,
wholesome gathering ot neghbors
and trends who go thee to meet each
other, renew acquantances and pass
judgment on the cherry crop which Is
always displayed In excellent style.
Cove Is a prize winner on cherries
at St Louts Cove, Oregon tooK tne
grand prize at the World's fair con
test. Again at the Lewis'' & Clark
fair In Portland the Cove cherry met
all comers and claimed the honors.
At Seattle there was a repetition of
former events and Cove came out
victorious. And a slight prediction Is
here made that at the Panama' fair
Cove people will add another loving
cup to their large collection of tro
. , phles for raising the best cherries In
41 the world.
These prizes mean something. One
might fall to Cova on an nor bat
where a community repeatedly takes
honors In every ahow It enters there
Is positive assurance, that the cherries
there are really the best In the world.
Guheston Causeway Completed
Galveston, Texas,, May 25. The
Galveston Causway, said to be the
greatest engineering achievement of
Us kind In America, was formally ded
Icated and opened to traffic today.
The opening was made the occaclou
tor a public celebration In which del
egations from many Texas cities par
tlpicated. .
The compeletton ot the causeway
marks the culmination of the exten
sive Improvements projected by the
city of Galveston after the dlaaster
ous storm and flood which laid a
large part of the city In ruins In 1900.
The causeway connects Galveston La
land and the mainland. The structure
Is 10,642 feet long, including 2,472
reet ot reinforced concrete arch
bridge work ; a 100-foot lift bridge,
4,530 feet of causeway on the Island
and 3,640 feet on the mainland. The
structure la 66" feet wide and provides
for railroad and interurban . tracks
and roadways for; vehicles and foot
passengers. There are twenty-eight
arches In the bridge, in four series
of seven arches each. . The causeway
nas Been three years in building and
cost i,suu,uuu.
BIch Prize in Musical Contest
ParisMay 25. The International
Congress of Music, which 'will hold
forth here during the thre? days be
ginning tomorrow, has attracted an
army of musicians to the French cap.
Ital.. They have come In unusually
large numbers from all parts of Eu
rope, the special magnet of attraction
being the' $100,000 prize offering in
the international musical contests
which will be the feature of the con
gress. The contests will embrace both
vocal and Instrumental music. So
numerous are the entries that the
committee In charge has been obliged
to secure a dozen large halls In which
to hold the competitions.
Topsy Harfsel Is making good as
manager of the Toledo team and is
keeping the mud hens well up in the
American Association race.
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VIEW OF A PORTION OF IA GRANDE
Niagara Delight : : unusual manifestations of friendship
; The delegation which brought , to on both aIde.':::'.v:'.;''..;':'.'';;:',;;
this country the bust "La France" by v The visitors were favored wih a
Rodin, a gift from. the French republic perfect spring day atNiagara Falls,
to the United States on the occasion and spent most of the time; out of
ot the Champlaln tercentenary, spent doors as the guests ot General Francis
May 8, its last day before sailing for v.Qreene and Mr. Phillip P. Barton.
home at Niagara Falls. The visit of
By means ot automobiles and a prl-
trolley car, points of interest
the delegation to this majestic natural rate
spectacle was a fitting conclusion, to ( about the Falls were visited, as well
the trip the culmination ; of "two as the various American and Canadian
weeks of entertainment ' notable - for plants where electric energy Is gener.
JLaGraiid
La Grande is the commercial center of a very large, v ery rich, and rapidly developing section of country.
La Grande, during the past ten years, has had a greater growth than any other city in Eastern Oregon.
La Grande's prospect for the coming ten years are far better than tbey' weire f or the past ten years. 1 V
An investment in La Grande real estate is as safe as money deposited in the Bank of England, and will pay
greater returns ten times over. , ; ,t t '
We are the sole controllers of the property lying bet ween the business center of La Grande, the great Palm
er mills, and the railroad shops, a section of the city which is rapidly building up, and in which values are rap
idly advancing. ' , '
An investment now will return to you a profit of 100 per cent in five years. Write us and let us give you full
particulars. . .
Wm. Miller &Bro. 1107 Adams Ave.
PROUDUCT
ICE A
I THE VALLEY
ated to the amount of nearly 406,000
horse power. Mr. Hanotaux, chair-.
man of the delegation, member of the
French Academjr and a'former Minis
ter ot Foreign Affairs, showed much
interest in the electrical development,
expressing his pleasure that It had
been attained without injury to the
scenio beanty of the cataract, and that . 1
a treaty had recently been arranged IN ADDITION TO GROWING FRUIT
between the United States and Canadj o : ICE 18 MADE
fixing the amount of water diversion' : -
within safe limits for the future.
, Mr. Blerlot, the first man to cross North Powder Ice Plant One ; ol tt
the English Channel In an aeroplane, ' ' "We"" ln "e8 '
was also fascinated with the mechan-, - -J
leal installations by which, smokeless, North Powder, with her many other
noiseless power. Is furnished withtln resources and achievements has one:
a radius ot 200 miles atbot mifflXVM
cost ot that produced by steam. ' w R & N raiiroaa. It Is her natural '
The visitors were nentertained at ice - Each year ft large crop 'if fln'
luncheon at tne Prospect House. GenV ."ural Ice Is put up, and It became
Green, on behalf of the hosts, pro- a f0 th sh!ppln8; Indui'trr
. . . , . that the Pacific Fruit company has
nnflAn o tnnnt rn PrnnnA nnmlncr nnl ... ... . . . .
, v . " o - mteiy anaea a large ice nouse wnera
as the mother of civilization. Mr. al east bound trains carrying refrlg-
Hanotaux, responding for the delega- erator cars are Iced for long runs.
tlon, said, with typical French cour-' tNrtlluPo!"lerl has , m,any 0thn
' - . , things besides ice including a well
tesy, that when he had come to Nlag- tarmed C0Untry that produces re-
ara Falls to see the Seventh Wonder markable hay and grain. Live stock
of the World and had" discovered in is a big asset and lumbering Is not
his hosts an eighth. C a small Item by any means. ;
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GRANDE
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GROCERY COMPANY
(Incorporated)
Wholesale Grocers
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Distributors of Preferred Stock Canned Goods
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Farm Sanitation
Disease germs thrive in the filth of
dark, damp places. ' Sanitary sur
roundings must therefore be clean,
well-lighted and dry. Such surround
ings tend not only to prevent the
apread of disease, but also aid great
ly in recovery from disease when once
contracted.- . "
: Lime is used for many purposes on
disinfectants, and Is very useful when
applied as white wash for the disin
fection' and sweetening of cellars,
privies, barns, stables, poultry houses,; 0f old age
and other buildings. Unless it can be years old
kept from the air, lime wash should
be made up fresh before using. Air
slacked lime is of no value as a" disinfectant.
apart, and at harvest he threshed out
67 bushels. . The next year the yield
was seventy-two bushels, using a lit
tle more seed., On a trial row he
planted seventyslx extra fine kernels
of seed (weighing 45 grains),, and the
product was 10 pounds or at theate
of 100 bushels per acre.
; Life of the Grapevine. :
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the lite of a grapevine Is longer than
, the life of the oak. It Is rare that a.
wild grapevine Is found that has died
Pliny mentions a vine 600
There is a vine In Hamp
ton Court, England, planted In 1769,
while here ln America, there Is a wild
grapvine on the shores of Mobile Bay, .
with tn a mile of Daphne,' Ala., com- ,
monjy known as the General Jack
son vine, more than 6 feet,in circum
ference at Its base. There is a grape-
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v Good Seed Essential . "
The Importance of good seed can
not be too stronly urged. In Belgium Vne jn carpentorla, Cul-i under which
all seeds are carefully hand-picked more than 800 persons may stand. Its
and the wheat crop cultivated,1 with trunk Is 8 feet lndlameter at the base,
the result that from sixty to seventy ' and It has borne as high as ten tons
bushels of wheat per acre is produced of fruit. ; It Is said that this vine was
on nearly all farms. Prof, Blout In planted ln 1842.
several years' experiments In Color-
ado, found that It paid well to hand- ' g0me of the Eastern scribes are
pick his seed wheat. ' The first year panning'Ttie White Sox for what they
he planted 7 pounds ot hand-picked term "scrapping on the field," but It
. . . - . generally the "scrappy team' that
wheat on an acre in rows, 18 Inches brlngB h'ome tEe baco
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