LA UHAMIK BVKWlMf OjJSKRVER MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1912.
PAGXS TECIZ3
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TEf JT REARED
WITH HASTE
CHACTAUQri GROUNDS TAKE OS
; ...V .. COLOB.
rrogmni (or First t bre y B.1 tt
! iTery PcUU, .;"
.Haotaier saw end sledge are uiak
. Ing a met ry tune at the park where
tie cbautaaqua grounds are rtltf.y
being made Into a place of comfort
- for the cbautauqua .visitors this year.
.Workmen are hard at work wl'h.the
mala tent and'seating capacity and.by
tomorrow the grounds will be all bat
., ready for the opening day which la
Saturday. . The program for the -Orat
three days, including educational day,
, follows:"- - " - .'
la Grande Day Saturday, Jane 89.
9:30 a. m. -Domestic Science Miss
Helen M. Burr. :
11:00 Bible Study Bev. Edith
': Hill-Booker. :
: 2:00 p. m. Opening exercises: . In
troductory address, Pres. Wm. Miller;
Invocation, Rev. J. D. Glllllau, D. D.;
. Address of Welcome, Hon. W. 3.
; Church; Response, S. Piatt Jones,
platform manager. "-
2:45 Operatic .Concert Chicago
Operatic company. ,
v , 5:00 Athletic and Swimming Clas
" ses. . :'-. '! --
. 8:3Wrand Concert Chicago-Operatic
company. ' ,1
.Union Connlj Sunday School Kill)
Day. S"mlay June 80.
' 10:00" a. -n. Special program ar
ranged by' Union County Sunday
School association. Addresses, c'tiia
work and special music. "Conserva
tion," Rev. C. A. Phlpps, general sec
retary Oregon S. S. Association.". "The
Value of Sunday . School Education,"
'Rev. Edw. H. Todd, D. D.,-vice presi
dent Willamette niverslty. .'.,''.".
2:00 Lecture--Dr". J. E. Talmage,
Salt Lake City, (professor or geology,
University of Utah.) r ' :
.30 p. m. Concert Chicago Oper
atic rompany.
S:C0 Concerts-Chicago Operatic
company. ",. ... .' '--' "u U,.
The steel nwlng for the children
and the giant stride for the boys are
hi .the city and will be set up at; Riv
erside this week. . '
A sand pit has been "put In for the
little ones. This Is away from the
nater and mothers can feel sure that
their babies are safe when they leave
them there. . j; .. " ; '". ':''.'.''
As the summer season opens it be-,
"comes necessary to remind the public
ctthe rules governing Riverside park.
'Ho shooting allowed. .
No defacing of any building, bridge",
;, seat or tree, t ..;
'No borses allowed "off of the road
or tied In aay part of the park.: ; ..
'No one Is allowed to pick or remove
any shrub or fiowerv---" .- -
Garbage and refuse must " be put
HOMESTEADS
A few 320B acrej Homesteads
near R. R. in the wheat belt of
Malhuer county. This is fine
level sage-brush land and will
" grow good crops , without irri
gation. Hurry if you vant one.
v For information call at office of
Security Land &TrustCo.
into the barrels provided tor It
Anyone breaking Uese rale Is sub
ject to arrest . Riverside Park baa
been provided at treat coal and much
labor by the ladles of our city and It
Is surely the duty of those who en
Jo it to do their part to keep It In aa
sice shape as possible. - ..'
tdsrational Day, Monday, Joly 1
9:00 a. m. Domestic Science ." Miss
Helen M. Burr .' ' '
11:00 Bible Study, Rev. Edjth Hlll
: Booker.'-'. ,. ';-,,' -
2:00 p. m. Round Table.- '.'' V. .'
2:30 p. m. Special program by repre
sentatives of Oregon and Washing
ton Universities: "
Introductory Address, Hon. W. M.
Pierce, Member Board or Regents, Or
egon Agricultural College. "',
"The Educational Unrest," J. H.
Ackerman, President Oregon Normal
School, : . ." ; : : i
"The New Education," Prof B, D.
Hetzel, Hetzel, Director of Extension
Oregon Agricultural College. ,- .,,
'The State System of Higher Edu
cation" P. L. Campbell, president
state university, '- -Tv. '"
"The Coming Citizen" Edward H.
Todd, D. V., v'.cs president Willamette
university,
'-. Miss Helen M. Burr, instructor of
domestic economy. Whitman college,
Walla Walla, Wn. ; - :".
.5:00 Athletic and swimming clas-
ses. "' ' '
8:00 Music. ; : - . : - ' ' '
: '8:30 Entertainment S. Piatt Jones
A COMMERCIAL
TRAVELER'S LUCK
Queer Happening Turns De
" spair kito' Good Fortune.""
A few years ago I was a, commercial
traveler. At one time we received very
tooO salaries, but 1 merchants gut to
tuttlng'-ufMbe- field Into so many small
5lstricta that they gradually cut'up the
lalurles into a good many little ones
My salary kept coming down till at
last; Just before' setting out on my re
turn from a trip, I received a note
from i my employers stating that my
emcee would no longer da requireu.
What I was to do, how' support my
wife and child. I did not know. My
train did not leave for several hours,
and I speui tie time In a bote!
lounging." ' The distance to the depot
n-ns -but a five minutes' walk, but I
started half nn hour before train time I
and had tweuiy-tire minutes to wait
there. ' Seating myself, I watched the
people coming and going or waiting,
as I wan. A young man with tbe curi
ous t'omblnaUou of ted hair aud black
eyes paKHed before me, went Jo tbe
ticket office aud ' ijiiix-hasud ;a tk ke'
He carried a ult cuMe. There was
nothing' remarkable about that, for
nowadays every one carries a suit case.
Indeed, one of my own was resting on
the seat beside me. When the train
was called I entered a sleeping car,
where I found the young man witb
tbe red hair, and black eyes.; He was
. -
v course.
than 200
And those
experience
presentea
La
putting bis belongings Into a berth di
rectly opposite to my own. In due
time all went to bed and the lights
Were tuaed low,; '." . r -.
lu he middle of the night 1 awak
ened with the stopping of tbe train,
which, by tbe bye, always wakens me,
and, bearing loud talking In tbe rear
end of tbe car, looked out to see wbat
was the matter. .The you n if man wbo
bad occupied .tbe berth oppoxita uie
wn. leaving the train In enmpauy wilb
a u..iu wlij cu.iicu bis suit vaae.
I i.vlvd tiJ.ne uj u "very tloomy
u.urtilng, and it was gloomier still
when I iinnoiiiKTd to my wife that I
was out of n position. ' She a
plucky woman and, Instead ot despond
ing, by ber cheerful behavior did whitt
she could to brace me After breaUfiiMt
I didn't know where we were to get
a dinner 1 went down to the store
and wound up my affairs there. As I
bad overdrawn my salary there ns
nothing due me. I was too discour
aged to go out and look for a new Job,
so I returned to my borne to talk mut
ters Tver with my wife.
She met me at tbe door wltb nn ex
pression of supreme wonder mingled
with fear.
"George." she said, "wbat Ooes this
mean T ;
"Wbat meanT-"
"Uave you yielded to temptation?"
"No." -
"Then where did you get all thnt
money?" " '
"Wbat money? ' ...
"In your suit case. And wbat did
you do wltb your clothes?"
"For heaven's .sake, tell me whut
you're talking ubout."
She led the way to our bedroom, and
there niwn on flip Nd flip '
La
! O O TWO OF A KIND !
EVERYBODY
DoingWhat?" -Why, thinking, and talking about Connordale, of
Pretty soon the 56 lots that still remain unsold will be gone and more
people will be getting ready to take advantage of our buildinc offer.
who have delayed taking action will be disappointed.'
of all who fail to take advan tage of a good opportunity
to tnem. v -,
- ; You may say, ""Why, I kriew th at piece of property, when it was a va
cant field, and I could have bought; it for aong." If thatTs true vou also can
: probably look back upon the time not so very long ago when La Grande was
a village. But La Grande is now a full-fledged jroung (fity with the second great-
. ' est paj'-rpll in the state, and with miles of paved streets-and other city improve
ments. And Connordale is the best located and choicest bit: of fully-improved
and restricted residence property on the market. And La Grande is going to keep
on growing and improving, while thoso who stand idly by and criticize the price
, ; of property and belittle the necessity for improvements and lead the calamity
chorus will be left at the post as. usual. '. :.;-"x " ... - ; '
.v":' .v.' These are PACTS straight fr om the shoulder and every fair-minded '
progressive resident of La Grande know s that they are true." If you haven't seen
Connordale 3Tet, let us take you down in an automobile and show it to you.
Grande
Grande National Bank Building
case wlfn several bundles of bank hills
In it which bad been packed In some
old clothing.
"Dora," I said, "some one has chang
ed suit cases, wltb me. It looks aa if
a -bank bad been robbed and tbe tbief
on tbe eve of arrest bad found it con
venient to turn over tbe proceeds to
me.--. Where Is tbe morning pner?
bbe brought the paper, and there oo
tbe first page was tbe headlun, "Arrest
of tbe Teutb National Bank Cashier."
Tben came an account of how a de
faulting cashier bud beu i-nugbt lu a
sleeping cur tbe . night- before. The
treasure bud uot been recovered.
. "ThutVthe exp!niiH!loii." I s:ilil nd
pave Doni an account of the yi'iiiin
man with red" hair and black evex
Some imitMicfoi'e his arrest lit hud mi
donliliHlly h.:ned suit rnws yltti me
The article closed with a statement
thnt the rewnrri of 10 per cent of thr
money recovered ulTered by tbe bank
bad. beitn doubled.
I counted the bills nnd found f4.
542 In all. Tbe reward would be $13.
TlMiS.to I took Dora In my arms and
danced with her n round the room.
- XoUce for Bids.
Notice Is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the under
signed, for . the construction ot an-,
proximately 1250 .'ineal feet of stand
ard cement sidewalk on Main avenue,
between Walnut and First street, bids
to be In by 8 o'cokk P. M. June 26th,
1912, and to be accompanied by a cer
tified check for 5 per cent of the
, amount bid. The right to reject any
and all bids Is reserved by the coun-
ell
are very tempting, if they be twe
plates of our pure, delicious and re
freshing Ice Cream, which we guar
antee to be perfect in every respect.
Selder's - La Grande
DOING
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By order of the city council June
19th, 1912. , V . .
i"C. M. HUMPHREYS, City Recorder.
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( Jiotlre for Bids. ' ' .
Notice Is hereby given that sealed
bids' will be received by the under
signed, for the construction ' of ap
proximately 1100 lineal feet of stand
ard board walk on Sixth street, be
tween K and a avenues, and of 250
lineal feet on Grandy avenue, between i
First and Cedar streets, bids to be In
by 8 o'clock p. m. June 26th, 1912,
arid to be accompanied by a certified
check for 5 per cent of the amount
bid. The right to reject any and all
bids Is reserved by tbe council.'
By order ot Qse city council, June
19th, 1912. ". ' "
C M. HUMPHREYS, City Recorder.
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JVoUce for Bids.
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received .by the under
signed for the grading of Cedar street
between Main and Spring avenues,
bids to be In by 8 o'clock p. m. June
26th, 1912. and to be accompanied by
a certified check for 5 per cent of
the amount bid. The right to reject
any and all bids is reserved by the
council. Consult the city engineer as
to plans for this work. " .
By order of the city council June
19th, 1912. ' 7 : "
C M. HUMPHREYS, City Recorder.
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Developm
if .
That is the
when it is
Co.
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Ifotlce lor Bids .
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: Notice Is hereby given that sealeS
bids will be received by the under
signed for the installing of a telegram
alarm system for the city of? La
Grande, Oregon,- until 6 o'clock p. at
June 26th, 1912, same to conform wiOi
the following specifications: ""' i ;i
One 2-clrcult autdmatlc 1 " storaaje
battery ' controlling switchboard,
the very latest modern lmproVemenaa,
made ot tbe highest grade cf inatetisB
ana workmanship. ' " -
20 - positive non-Interfering'' t
alarm boxes."." . ;, fi!.,.i
Two 6-inch turtle gongs. ' H '
One 10-inch turtle gong. - r " I
One bell striker (automatic)' css-
ble of bringing out tbe tone ot a UM
lb; bell. - -i. - " ' n:i.rv
One repeater box with twenty dew
cult wheels.'-- . . , . ... .
One motor generator set.
'One punching register.
All of the above apparatus to
p
form to the functions and CexlbKitr
ot tbe specifications on file at Urn
office of the city recorder, but notbirx
called for In the specifications tfes&
cover a patented article not competi
tive, shall bsr anybody from bldJuvi
who "can furnish apparatus perforat
ing the same functions. All ot tas
above apparatus shall be furnlsVet
and Installed Id the city of La Oraatft.
Oregon,' In tbe best manner know t
fire alarm practice.
Also bidder to quote price per iaH
Including all labor and material for
outside construction for fire alarm
circuits. All of tbe above apparatus;
shall receive the approval of the r
derwriiers' Inspection Bureaa, s
Portland, Oregon. . .
A certified check equal to I per
cent of the amount bid, draw ess
some reputable bunk, must actwar
pany each bid as an evidence of gocC
faith. ,
Tbe council reserves the right tf
reject any and all bids.
By order of the city council, Jfc
19th, 1912.
C. M. HUMPHREYS), City ReconJea ,
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