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COUXCIL HEARS SEW REQUEST?
FOB PAVING.
Various JUttws of Importance Taken
l and IiUposed of.
Requests . for more paving were
beard at the meeting of the city coun
cil last evening. President Mackey
presided in the absence of the mayor
and considerable detail was attended
to.
New street lights were allowed for
the corner of Spring and First, Jef
ferson and 0Te Avenues, East O and j
North Cherry street I
A sidewalk; cement, of course, will,
be built oa the East side ot the court'
house grounds, the county and city
dividing the osts.
Storm sewers are to be built along
Tint street to handle the spring
freshets'. '.
, Flagmen promised.
SI. J. Buckley, assistant general
manager' for the O.-W. sent several
communications to the county and city
attorney dealing with the various mat
ters before the council. The first told
of promising prospects for paving Jef
ferson from Fourth to Fir, where the
NOW IN
STOCK IN
ALL THE NEW
STYLES IN
BLACK AND BROWN,
SUEDES, SATIN,
PATENTS, GUN MET
ALS, AND KIDS
CARRIED IN ALL
SIZES FROM AA TOE
I COME WHERE YOU
CAN GET THE BEST
SELECTION AND.
BEST SHOES
MORE
WE
New
Siloes I
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I.J. FRENCH
1 SHOE CO.
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LA GRANDE
company b'wni all the adjoining prop
erty on the. North. The next teld of
negotiations' pow pending for instal
ling a flagman at the North Fit street
crossing 'between 8 'Iri the morning
'tjnij.'at night.
'i--y Itesldents Want Paring.
' Residents on O street oetween First
and Fourth want the street paved anJ
so 'petitioned the council last night
Thta will connect the hard surface
paving on, First with that on Fourt'.'
and will neduce the grade on the stee;
hill' oh that street.
Commissioners appointed to handle
the wanted paving on Second street,
from the O.-W. right of way to Spring
avenue.
Bids foruthe construction of the new
city hall, 'or 'rather ' the extensive
changes to the present one, were or
dered advertised for. The plans are
now In the recorder's office.
A careful Inspection of all theatres
In the . citr. and Instructions to the
fire chief to enforce every phase of
the Are ordinance, was ordered by the
council. This Includes the moving pic
ture houses as well.
The night police and day forces
must wear their badges on the lapel
of their coats and not the vests here
after.
Alleys will have to be cleaned up
hereafter and prevention of Are traps
in the business section alleys taken
It Is pointed oiit that when the lower
Insurance fates are put Into, force,
this will be. one of the strict require
ments. . , .
Trees hanging over sidewalks anl
unsightly lots must be cared for lai
mediately. In compliance with an or
der Issued last night.
This council last evening toos steps
to prevent;. the Davenport "Carnival
company returning, to the city thl
ear.. ;. . '"' '-'.i-''- r
Hernechen, 'the German, Prodigy.
Chrlstlap " Henry Heiuecken, the
most wonderful of oil the world's pre
cocious prodigies, was born at Lubeck,
Gormany, in the year 1721. When but
nine and a half months of age this
human wonder could pronounce every,
word contained In the German lan
guage, and before bo had rounded out
bis first year of. earthly existence be
knew all the leading events . of the
world's history. At the age of four
teen months be could give chapter and
verse of any quoted passage of the
Scriptures and knew the history , of
very book in both the Old and New
Testaments. ' At the age of two and
a half years he could answer every
question In the geographies and histo
ries then In one and could converse
with visitors In either Oerman, French,
Dutch, Latin or Greek. His fourth
year was devoted to the study of re
ligion and ancient history. He had
finished the studies mentioned and had
started on a course In oriental religion
when he suddenly died before complet
ing hie fourth year.
Instinct In Bird,
la the stormy part of the year
steamer encountered rough weather,
and, as often happen at such timet,
many sea gulls hovered near the ship
and even came on board. 'One allowed
Itself to be caught and it was jtoqmi
that It had a Ssh bone stuck In the eye
In such a position as not absolutely
destroy the eight but penetrating an
Inch Into the Heed-of the Mrd-wad pro
Jectlng. an Inch and a halt. It might
have had a fight with a flsh or got
transfixed seeking Its prey. The doc
tor of the ship took the bird, extracted
the bone, applied a soothing remedy to
the wound and let It go. It flew away,
but returned the next day, allowing It
self to be caught The doctor exam
ined the wound, which was progressing
favorably, applied more of the remedy
and let the bird go a, second time. It
flew several times around the ship and
then departed and returned no more.
London Sketch.
Q. A. 8ala and His Epitaph.
Among some autograph letters and
historical documents sold recently were
a aeries of eight letters by George Au
gustus Sala addrewtcd to W. V. Frith,
Including an amusing forecast of his
own epitaph: '
Wtxn I die It may be written oa my tomb.
H wrot th wont burtasqu evwr acted;
He abuaad the commuted authorities
and
with malice prepense '
maligned
The Royal Academy ot Arte.
He did the thins he ought not to have
done and never did
Tboae he ehould have done.
Re was atoat In pereon and bloated m
countenance, and
Re never came to dinner when he wae
aaked.
Bat when he "dropped In" unasked was
no doubt better company than many In
vited (ueata arel
Pearson's Weekly.
Paaepert e the Nerth Pete.
passport to the north pole was le
aved some year ago by the governor
ot the province or- Tobolsk, which
atisUhes along the Soaatan ahoree of
ttte Arctic ocean. The o IB Hal was ap
proached by two men who had been
engaged to proceed to the north with
an Bogtleh expedition then fitting out
Thflr nfllthB for Ajtajeport tt
EVENING OBSERVER.
Ml
SPELLS DEFEAT
PIPPIJTS HATE BEST OF CAME
') ' OTHERWISE,' '
Pendleton Allowed to Climb up on
Fitcbuer During One Bad Canto .
STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS.
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.516
.500
.333
Walla Walla
Pendleton . .
Boise .......
La Grande .'
ai
44
45
58
' Pendleton, 'Aug. 22. La Grande al
most won a game yesterday, but
Fitchner loosened up In the seventu
with two down and allowed a batting
rally which netted .the Buck four runs.
The final score was Pendleton 5, La
Grande 3. Berger did the heaving for
the locals and had his usual bad Inn-
Ing, but aside from that was In fine
torm. ,
' Both teams played good ball In
the field, and the game -was a good
one to watch. Straight blanks were
drawn until the fourth,' when Pen
dleton put onjp over.'Pembrobk clout
ing out a three-sacker and ,'N'adeau
scoring htm with a two-sacker.. The
Pippins tied It up In the sixth when
Fltcbner doubled, took, third .on an
error, and scored on a sacrifice fly.
Berger's bad seventh netted La Grande
a couple of two-sackers and a single
that made them good for two runs,
but In the last half the .Buttys. forged
to the lead aga,In, With, two down
and one on, Augustus, Berger, Rider
and Robinson all hlt :safley tour runs
coming In. . .'''.
The score: "" " R. H. E.
Pendleton .....'.............,.511.1
La Grande .-. .,.,..3 8 2
Batteries Berger and Wilson; !
Fltchner and McBrlde. ' !
Bears Meet Defeat
Boise, Aug. ! 2. (Special) The
Irrigators got away with the Bears
yesterday In a loose game. The score:
' R. H. E.
Walla Walla .................3 10 3
Boise 4 7 '3
Batteries Kelly and Johnson; Pope
and Taylor.
the' Sole itself, BuT the" governor" point
ed out that the pole was as likely to
be In their home province as In any
other, that It was extremely unlikely
they would reach It and that If they
did there were no police there to ex
amine their credentials. At last how
ever, to satisfy then) he ordered the
(sue of a document allowing then to
pass without 1st or .hindrance to' the
north pole, i" . ', . "
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'. Futility of Eduoation.
An eminent physician, at a recent
convention of railway aurgeona In Phil
adelphia, said of a safety device that
has averted many railway accidents:
"Th advantage of bla device la How -almost
universally recognized. Indeed,
the railroader who disputes Ita advan
tages la as antiquated aa the old reel
denter who said:
" 'Bdicatlon be banged . Thars young
Bill . BmlthersV took an englneerln'
course In a correspondence school and
then put up a sign on hi carriage
house and hadn't no better sense than.
A -..oil Wa-mwImm MMMtN
change.
He Aroused Them. .
When Samuel S. Colber was preach
ing In an old log acboolhouse ip John
son county, Missouri, in 1852, his con
gregation v.-:ia quite small One Sun
day all were sitting at the desks for
ward near the puncheon floor. The ser
mon was monotonous and the old log
eats bad no backs. Observing the
sleepy, downcast look of the congrega
tion, the minister woke them up by
shouting, "Arouse, heaven is not under
the floor!"
Proof of His Love.
Arrlet (doubtfully) Bill, you says
you lovea me, but how do I know It to
be true?
Bill (cheerily Bust me, 'Arrlet!
Didn't I stand yon a tripe supper, a
feed of whllka and a plate of stewed
eeisT What more d'ye want? London
Globe.
An Exchange of Compliments.
Howell Your head Is pretty' thick.
Powell t don't think the Inside meas
urement of your would be sny strain
on a tope mwtxure. New York Press
L:y Little Prue.
Sue-Wouldn't you Just like to he ss
happy n a lurk? Pros No. Indeed.
Think of the time they have to get np
-Llpplnrntt's
THURSDAY,
SCOUT BALLY
F
TROOP THBEE TO BE BOOSTED
WITH A VIS.
Other Troops of City to Bally Aroand
North Side Troop of Scouts.
A few weeks ago the original troop
Z of the Boy Scouts, which had grown
very rapidly under the direction ot
Scoutmaster E. P. Borden, was divided
to form the nucleus of two other
troops. One of these troops Includes
the territory on the hill while the oth
er takes In all of the boys who live
on the north side of the track. . ,
In order to boost these new troops,
Scoutmaster H. C. Vioacke and Assis
tant Scoutmaster Clark have asked all
three, troops to meet Friday night at
troop 3 headquarters. They meet at
7:30 In the-M. E. church South. All
Scouts are expected to be present, and
If possible' each to bring with him a
boy who should Join. Parents of .boys
are cordially Invited to come to this
meeting In order that they may know
some of the purposes of the Boy Scout
movement. There will be a program
including some demonstration work by
the older Scouts. Here are the re
quirements to be met by any boy wish
ing to loin: . "-
Know the Scout law and signs and
salute. '' . . : '
Know the composition of the nation
al flag and the right way to fry It. ,
Tie four knots out off the follow
ing knots: - Reef, sheet bend, !to-
hitch, bowline, middleman's fisher
man's sheepshank.
He then takes the Scout's oath an A
Is enrolled as a tenderfoot, and ,'afi-
HI
NIT
It means the most possible
to buy in Automobile
value for the money
THIS IS A PROVEN FACT
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Ldghfon, Agent
Ask For Demonstration. "
AUGUST 22, 1912.
tltled to- wear the buttonhole bvlt, .
. The oath he takes Is as follow i:'
"On my honor I promise that I
do my best:
"1. To do my duty to God anl y
country. . 1
"2. To help other people at all
times. . - ....
, "S. To obey the Scout law." ,
Any boy who is now a Scout wi'l
willingly assist any new b? to meet
the above requirements ria I t pre
hi. co him to ;s iht- . ovaiuiuatlons
Vll boys and their parenU wht Ilv'o
on the north side ot the tract are urg
ed to be present at this moving Fri
day night .
"WAR NOT NEEDED."
-
Senator Bacon gays Interventiei la
- Nicaragua Is Unnecessary.
Washington, Aug. 22. "If the Unit
ed States pursues the same tactics In
Nicaragua that It did in Mexico there
will be war," said Senator Bacon In
the senate today.
"There Is Just one-tenth the Justi
fication for Interference In Nicaragua
that there was In Mexico. Dollar di
plomacy is commendable when prop
erly carried out but when personal
fortunes, ane furthered in a way re
quiring the use ot the army and navy
I do not belleTe in It"
RUSSIA SAILORS MUTINY.
Transport Sunk and Another Vessel Is
-, Threatened by Mutineers.
- Odessa, Aug. 22. Russian ' sailors
mutinied at Nlcolaeff today scuttled
the transport Cagsul and now threat
en to sink another vessel. The Black
Sea fleet Is en route to the scene to
suppress th mutiny. Flften mutinous
sailors are condemned to death and
206 others -are' under arrest.
Bride From Sooth Africa.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 22. At a
and fashionable wedding her, tod?
Miss Kate do, Vllllers, whose hoanl
In Paarl, South Africa, became th
bride of Henry Baldwin Schwab a
New York City. The ceremony
performed at th9 home of Mrs. c. c
(Is Hu'ssey, sister-in-law of the brll
The. bride belongs to a notedsJ
African family, being a cousin of L, j
d8 Villiers, who was president of th!
convention that forced the Union
South Africa In 1910. Mr. Schwab
bridegroom, is a Harvard Vadu
and a nephew ot Gustav H. 8ch.k
the New York banker. The bridal coB
pie will spend their honeymoon (
the Alps and later will make a ,h
months' tour of South America.
WOMAS KILLED 1ST DUEL.
Miners' Union Official Also w
Death in Gaa Fight
Herrln, 111., Aug. 22. Thomas Gaf.
fy, president of the Miners' union tt
Colville, and his sister-in-law, Utt,
Anna Floher, died here today as tb
result ot a Distol duel following Mn.
Floher's attempt to save the life of
Mrs. Gutty, who had boen attacked by
her Isusband. -Guffy received six hni.
lets In the body, and Mrs. Floher was
shot through the heart
Vacuum
' HOUSE CLEARING
UPHOLSTERING
FUBNITUBE REPAIRING
. MATTRESS MAKING.
FURNITURE PACKING.
s .
L. F. BELLINGER,
PHONE BED 479