La Grande evening observer., November 07, 1912, Image 4

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TrA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1912,
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS.
EDITOB AKD OWXEB.
Sstere d at the pontoflice at Lm Grande,
Oregon, aa seeon! elaat gutter
BUBSCRIPTIOJi BATES.
Mr, stogie cop j te
sWTIt, per weft ISe
aUr, per oath tie
-U-l
1900 -The Liberal! carried the Can
adian parliamentary elections
1911 Mine. Currte of Paris awarded
the Nobel prize for chemistry.
j In"tbe oiurulnjf (louLtloosbe "would be I
PRESIDENT WILSON
It is settled.
The county as a whole grew tired
of Republican fights within the ranks
of the majority party and did what
swemed to many Justifiable voted
tie Democratic ticket throughout th
nation.
And In doing so tbey elected lion.
Woodrow Wilt-on as president. Per
haps It is for the best. Perhaps the
Republican party will be taught a
laason. And In speaking of tbe iRe
publlcan party, no other meaning can
fee taken than that the Bull Mooae
party this year waa a wing a rebel
lious wing of the Republican party.
It was Justifiably rebellious, but had
there been no Bull Moose party Wil
son would still bare won over Presi
dent Taft
President Wilson will enter upon
his duties with tbe best support pos
sible for him to bare, from the Demo
cratic viewpoint. He has a congress
of his own political faith and there
la nothing to prevent complete Demo
cratic lawmaking and execution.
But, bear in mind, Mr. Wilson Is
president of tbe entire nation. Wheth
er you voted 'for bim or not, be la your
resident now and everyone's duty
is to give all the support possible for
the good things that he will advocate
and denounce the bad things should
he advocate the bad ones.
"THIS IS MI GTI! BIRTH DAT."
Charlotte M. Crabtree.
Charlotte M. Crattree, the former
actress, known in her long and suc
cessful carere as "Lotta" was born in
New York City, Nov. 7, 1847. Her
Jim stage appearance was made at
the ag eof six years, when she sang
and danced for the entertainment of
the miners at Petaluma, Cal. Ton
years later she made her New York
debut at Nlblo's Garden and scored
an Immediate success. For thirty'
years starred in the United Stater
and England and became one of tha
most popular actresses of her day
One of her best known parts was the
Marchioiwss In "Little Hell." Some
years ago she retired with a fortune
estimated at about M.000,000 and has
aince resided the most of the time
in Boston, where she baa large real
estate interest. -Mies Crabtree has
never married. .
Ed. Kiddle and John S. Hodgln are
till running. Their race was a long
one, for they will likely run until
the official count. The same Is true
of Belling and Lane. But where is
Bourne?
Oregon is still reasonably sane. At
THE FACE AT
THE WINDOW
A Story For Hal
loween By JOEL WASHBURNE
feast the vote on Single Tax would In
dicate it. Also the vote on Governor
West's pet law to aboliRh capital punishment.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1814 Gen. Andrew Jackson, with 2,
OttO Tennessee militia, drove
the British from Pcnsacola.
1837 Elijah P. Lovejoy, anti-slavery
editor, killed by a mob nt Al
ton, 111. Born at Albion, Me.,
Nov 9, 1802.
1864 Second session of the second
Confederate congress convened at
Richmond.
1865 William R. ..Marshall, Republi
can, elected governor of Min
nesota. 1873 Captain Fry and crew of the
filibuster "Vlrninlus" executed
at Santiago de Cuba.
1874 Charlotte Cuslmian made her
last appearance on the stage.
M78 Remains of the late A. T. Stew
art stolen from the vault In
St. Mark's churchyard In New
York City.
Tom Biggs, tramp, was tho son of
respectable pnrt-uts. As a boy be
would neither study nor work. He
was not ouly lazy but of a roving dis
position. When he came to manhood
and his father told bim to go and earn
living under pretense of seeing the
world be became a tramp.
One nigbt Turn stopped at a house
and asked fur food. It was given biiu
and be went uway, but not finding any
place to sleep except under the opeu
heavens, ami tbe ulgbt being chilly, lie
returned to tbe place at wblcb be bad
got his supier, but lustead of asking
fur a lodging within be went Into the
carrlnge liunse and pulling some cush
ions out of the vehicle he found there
be spread (hem on the floor and went
to sleep
Tom slept till after midnight, when
be awoke chilled through. Never hud
the fact that tramping did not pay
taken possession of him so forcibly. He
loiiged for a good bed, or. better still,
for a crackllug fire before which he
might sit In an easy chair, toast his
shins and drop off to sleep njralii
thoroughly warmed. Through a win
dow of the carriage house he saw
bright coal lire blazing In one of tin
lower rooms of the house A desire
took possession of him to go Into th n
room and enjoy that lite. Going out In
went to a window of the room Ii
which It was burning, and stainlinu or
tiptoe looked In. Tin. re was nolioilv
In the riHHii. and lie was tempted t
try to effect an entrance and pass a
short time before that cheerful blare
Cutting his list jut to the window aasl.
he discovered Hint It had been left tin
locked. He raised It and cllmlilna Ii'
by the whitlow stepped -down oti to the
llior and shut the sash after bim An
easy i hair stood near and he rolled Ii
tr t'' fire cautiously so as not to mal;c
a noise Then he s.it down ami
reveled In Hie warmth. But he li':
n'.-tiiar? V; ':.. ?"i if found
banded over to the police. So be sat
thinking bow- much more comfortable
tt was after all to have a roof over
one's bead than to be a tramp.
An Illustrated calendar stood on the
mantel before bim, and In one of the
pace be noticed the word Halloween.
Then be remembered that be was sit
ting there on tbe anniversary, that
young girls look for sight of tbe men
they are to marry.
Marry. What bad be to do with that
word? He was a rolling stone gather
ing do moss. What girl would think
of marrying bim, at least what girl In
the circle In which be bad been brought
op? Tbe thought was far from pleasant
Finding blmselt getting drowsy, be
arose from his cbalr, and it occurred to
him to make an exploration. Tbe only
thing of any value be carried was an
electric lamp that ha had bought from
a small boy for a dime. He found It
very serviceable In nosing about where
he had no business, hunting for some
oft place on which to sleep. Cautions
ly opening a door, he saw by tbe fire
light that It led Into a hall. Closing tbe
door behind him, be pressed tbe button
on bis lamp and, treading lightly, went
about on the lower Boor, where he did
Dot expert, to find any one, for be
thought tbe , occupants of the boose
were all In bed on the upper floor. .
After having explored this floor he
was tempted to mount the stairs. Tbls
be did stealthily In tbe dark. feeUng bis
way. When he reached tbe landing he
listened to hear persons breathing or
perbaps snoring. Everything waa still
as a churchyard at midnight Pressing
the button of bis lamp, be saw that a
bedroom into wblcb be was looking was
empty. Passing along tbe ball, be
listened at every door and, finding them
all opened, risked a flash of his lamp
and found tbein empty.
Tom waa thunderstruck. Either tbe
bouse In wblcb be had .eard merry
making a few hours ago was deserted
or the occupants were asleep on the
third floor. He went op there, but
found no one. His sensations were pe-1
cullar. A tramp, be was In possession j
of a bouse a house that bad been de- j
serted within a brief apace of time. j
For the time being be possessed a
roof over his head. He could sleep In
any of Its beds; he could eat up every
thing In Its larder. For the first time
In bis life he felt the pleasure of pos
session. True, by returning day. if not
before, he would I deprived of his I
Anmtrlla hnr for tha nresent be was I
master of the premises. He went down I .
stairs, hunted up something to eat. must" lie devoid" notouly or romance,
found a bottle of ale and enjoyed a 'but an lnte-est in her personal appear
good supper. From a box of cigars on j ance, who would not be moved by such
a sideboard he took one. and, seating a note as she bad found on her re
hlmself In the easy chair before the J turn. It was now three years since
fire, he enjoyed, the fragrance of the jj had beeu received, and she bad not
weed. ceased to wonder If the writer would
On the wall before him hung the! keep his word. Evidently he had not
portrait of a young -girl She looked at i thus far kept It as to buying the house,
hlin roguishly as If she sympathized ror having received an offer for more
with him In his Inheritance and than It was worth-an offer they could
thought It all a good Joke, ne fell to Dot afford to decline they bad sold
dreaming that this was bis permanently fln(j to mnn wtn wfe ana a
home and the girl his bride Then n'ij 0f children. The property had
resolution came to him. "" 'passed out of their hands, but they
"By Jove. I'll do It!" he exclaimed were t0 occupy t till the following
starting up. with a spasm of energy gpring. As for the man who had made
entirely now to him Going to a desk himself at home In It he had not yet
on which were writing materials, he a-woolng. Indeed, not a word
wrote n note stating the facts about nad erer l)oon npnr(, from hlla
his tempnn ry occupancy of the house., MnI)4? nim,Uev gat before the flre
with the wonln. "Some day I'm pnoe nott-Pen nI(:ht wondering
going to buy this house and marry the ) what had become of the person who
You Can Buy New Street Dresses at
Special Low Prices Tomorrow Only
THE SEASON'S CHOICEST STYLES
EVERYTHING THAT IS NEW IN CLOTH, IN
CUT, AND IN TRIMMINGS IS REPRESENTED :
IN THESE NATTY BLUE SERGE DRESSES. '
UNRIVALLED ASSORTMENT TO CHOOSE
FROM AND SIZES TO FIT THE SMALLEST OR
LARGEST WOMAN.
Remember, ONE DAY Only
Left to Choose
Come Early Tomorrow
and Make Your Selection while
the , Styles and Sizes are still
' complete
......
READ THE PRICES-SEE WHAT YOU SAVE
Reg. $ 7.50 Dresses, tomorrow $ 5.65
Reg. 8.50 Dresses, tomorrow 6.35
Reg. 10.00 Dresses, tomorrow 7.50
Reg. $11.00 Dresses, tomorrow $ 8.25
Reg. 15.00 Dresses, tomorrow 11.25
Reg. 20.00 Dresses, tomorrow 15.00
The QUALITY STORE
WESTS
The QUALITY STORE
eirl whose portrait hangs on the wall
in this room."
Tom then wrote out an I O U for a
J"!lar to cover the cost of his enter
taltiinent payable "when I have made
the money tw pay It." Tbcu. not dar
.ug to go asleep again lest be should
! caught by some oiie belonging there
ie went out Into Hie night ami finish, )
In a neighboring wood.
When he stood ltf tberooin "before fiei
he began:
I am"-
She lowered her eyes to the floor.
"I am the man who three years ago.
fancying that the world was intended
to be een rather than for a workshop,
made a tramp of myself. I came lit
here one night, saw your picture, and
It made a great change In me. I prom
Ised myself that I would go to work
and make the money to buy this house
That I have done through nnother per
son. I -promised myself that I would
come and marry yon. I ennnot do so
without your consent"
He wa a stranger to her But she
had been waiting for him for three
years. It was nalloween, and he stood
looking down upon her with that pleas,
ant smile. She said nothing, but he
knew what she meant
A Log on the Track
of the fast express means aerlnia
trouble ahead It not removed, so does
In.. n An.u.t. Tl , . -
judo vi uyyvinv. n means laca. o
weakness. If appetite falls, take
Electric Bitters quickly to overcome'
the cause by toning up the stomach
and curing the indigestion. Michael
Hessheimer of Lincoln. Neb., ail
been sick over three ytaiV, nut .a
bottles of Electric Bitten put tl.ii
right on hte feet again. They iav.
helped thousands. They give pn-u
blood, strong nerves, good dlgestlo".
Only 60 cents at all druggists.
Mabel 'Mclniey ms Teturnea to tbe
vaudeville stage.
The Strength
Of A Bank
us based on the character of its assets, and of the men be
hind It
Tbls bank, for' twenty-five years a pillar of "ength In
this community, keeps Its resource ti,s"lutely clean and
dependable.
Its officers will always ste that Its assets are of such a
character that Its strength can never be questioned.
Upon this baals we Invite your confidence and your ac
count La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE. OREGON.
CAPITAL ... $ 100.000.00
SURPLUS . . . 120.000.00
RESOURCES . . . 1,000.000.00
It was Halloween The first chili
sf npproachiiig winter had come, uud
'! a certain room of n certain house a
cheerful coal lire was blading in the
grate. A girl sat before It dreaming
of the Halloween she bud passed
uud (he childlike faith she had had
that she miht be afforded In some
way a glimpse of the man she would
marry. She was now twenty and con
sidered herself altogether too old for
such superstitious. Indeed, they bad
given place to something more real,
I , something that had remained with ner
J lever since its occurrence.
1 1 It happened at the time of her aunt'a
1 1 death. I.nte at night a telegram had
l ! Come announcing that she could not
live till morning. Mabel 1 1 in kley and
1 1 her mother hud thrown a few thing
J ; Into a suit case, locked the (Wis and
started on foot to the station, but a
J short distance from the house, to catch
1 1 the II o'clock train. After a week's
Jltibsence they had returned and found a
I hit of paper on the mantel over 'the
I ! fireplace on which had been wrltteu.
i "Some day I'm going to buy this house
I ! nnd marry the girl whose portrait
I hangs on the wall in this room." A
Jldne bill for a dollar to pay for what
FRED J. BODIES,
PreaHent
F. L. METERS,
Cashier.
tv. j. rni Rm,
Tlce Pre.
EARL Zr'IEL,
Ass't Cashier.
Designated Depository of the rned States Oorernment Vnlt-
4 States Postal Savings Depository.
had been charmed with her picture. It
hung where It had bung when he '
entered the house, nnd as she looked at
It she mused: .
"When that picture was taken I was
barely sixteen. I am now twenty and
much chnugetls- If he comes and j
proves to be a gentleman nnd attrae- I
the aud, all that when he sees me he
will probably not be so much pleased
with me as wltb my likeness taken ;
four years ago Twenty Is quite old j
for a girl. Hetgho! If he's coming I ,
wish he would come." j
The clock on the mantel struck 11.
and. arising, she started to go upstairs
to bed. - A mirror huug on the wall,
and she puused to have a look at her ;
face to see If she was really very ;
much changed. The mirror faced the
fireplace aud a window beside it. Sud
denly she saw reflected In the nilrror
the "face of a man at the wludowT . i
If it had not been Halloween and j
If the face at the window bad been
repulsive Miss Ma 11 Hinckley would
have screamed. As It was she stood
perfectly still The eyes of the stran
ger were darting here and there., final
ly resting on -the face in the glass
which was as plain to him as the face
at tbe window was to her. When the
two pairs of eyes met there was a
momentary recoil on the part of the
man: then a half dubious, half Implor
lng smile cnuie over his face. It was
answered by the lips reflected In the
mirror, which gave It more confidence
And why tn.t? Surely It was Hal
loween, and what girl on that eveu
tug on seeing a face reflected In i
mirror would doubt that she was look
lng upon her future husband?
There was more In the face lu th
window than this. Something told the
i girl that she was looking upon the
had written her that he
would some day come to marry hei
O'Donnell & Palmer Auto Company
Garage Opposite 'Elks' Building
PHONE MAIN 158
FIRST CLASS MACHINE SHOP
Repair Work Positively Guaranteed
Day and Night Auto Service
to City and Country
COMPLETE LINE of AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES
--- --
bad lieon appropriated accompanied
the paper.
Mabel's mother hnd been Impressed
only with the hsxard of going away
iroui ucr Dome una leaving ii io nine i mau wn
care or nscir. i tie occasion or llieir
,,re""u "urrr ""' " ' Furthermore, she saw a frank. Ingenn
cau then, to Ink a window un- , faoe ,, ,e
locked, and they had not even taken TprT w-I)tl,lir
time to put out the tire buriilni: In the ! ,', ... ,
grate. It was a wonder, she sa.d. the Je "'1. advanced to th.
KIPPERED SALMON. IT'S
Per Lb.
FINE.
25c
BOSTON BEAUTY MACKEREL 2 FOR 25c
FULL CREAM CHEESE, BRICK, SWISS AND
LIMBURGER CHEESE.
TRY A CAN OF PREFERRED STOCK CLAM
CHOWDER. A 35c CAN WILL MAKE ONE HALF
GALLON OF CHOWDER.
house had not Wen rausncked.
Willi Mjl-el il was different. A clrl
txii'led. a t?mi t; admit the vi:
City Grocery and Bakery
THE HOME OF FANCY GROCERIES