La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 28, 1912, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextLA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28,1912. MO MEB UCTION ON SUETS PAGE TWO 'Ye have been giving our customers the Best Possible Prices FOR NINE YEARS Toggery The PALMER HOUSE. ! CHICAGO. V Dec. 16, 1912. Mr. Al Andrews' ' 'Am ready for some glad "rags." I want you to mail me the coat pattern to the last suit you made for me. It was the gray. Send it to me addressing 211 213 W. Schiller St., Chicago, HI., and I will pay you for it. With best wishes to all, I am, Yours truly, . - J. T. ROSSER. PRICES $18 UP, FOR MEN LADIES - - - $30 UP - , ,.'" ' ' " , i . , 1. .. HIMM7M" j-! " 1 - Al Andrew's Let Us Protect Your Health dition, connecting it to sewer so i mil pass all sani tary laws. WATER PIPE SLIV let ur put runners on your buggy and n9lr a lf nt It Licensed Plumbers BAY & ZWEIFEL LA GRANDE AN INTERRUPTION By ANNABEL BRINSMADE '' Complete Equipment tor Resetting and Repairing Rubber Buggy Tires LA GRANDE IRON WORKS D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor " COMPLETE MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY I J 1913 SWEAR OFF USING Kerosene Lamps RESOLVED; No more smoky, dangerous oil . lamps for me. ' I'm going to install ELECTRIC LIGHTS in my home. They are more convenient and clean er, and will save my wife a lot of work. They will be safe, and easy on my eyes. Better still, they will cost mo no more than I am paying now for the same amount of light. A. WISEMAN. Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co. "Always at your service." The Coffee You Like Is HILLS BROS, Ir. Red ar.d B!uz Cans BKCAl'SE IT 11.19 THE FLAVOR, CARRIES ABSOLUTE ITKKMESM ASD LEAVES THAT DELlGHTrTL PLEA 8AST FEELIYQ AFTER IRIKIG I Also HM Bros'. Hilavilla Tea THE GOOD THINGS COST SO MORE TnAS URDIXAKT 'THINGS IT TOC KJIOW WHERE TO BUT. Stageberg Grocery PHONE MAIN 70 VEGETABLES Iff SKAS05 ALL THE TIME. - Preparations were being; made for a funeral tn the Maiuot family. The body of Betty Margot. aged eighteen, was to be burled at 1J o'clock, and It was now 10. A great deal of sympathy was shown the family, for there were very sad circumstances attending the young girl's death. In fact, It was con sidered a case of suicide. About a year before Betty began to show signs of despondency, she had left school and was ready to take a social position among the young people ji cue iowu in which she lived. Her' mother, partly to divert herVrom her'l MllftlHAII n.t. JIJ 1 . . . . I ...MVU vl iuiuu, U1U WUHl Hue couia to Induce ber to do so. . Betty did not refuse to go among those of her own age, but when 'with them. Instead of being the bright, cheery girl of a fr ueiore. sne was listless. The young men and maidens who bad grown np wun ner endeavored for awhile to araw ner rrom ber lethnrgy, but. find ing their efforts futile, at last gave up The family physician was. of course. Consulted. He talked with Rett, a.k. ed her a great many questions, pre scribed a t.mlc to be taken "three times a duy before meals." but told hpr ninth. er that be could find no organic dl. ease. He thought that change of scene might be beneficial, but the Lfarcrnr. could not afford to take the Datleut away. Besides, she said she didn't care to go awny. The doctor siun?mti that there might be a young man in the case, but Mrs. Margot declared that ner daughter bad never shown nnv nr ereuces for any of her male acauoinr ances. 'io this the doctor replied that nrst love on the nart of a vonm? iriri rroin sixteen to twenty was apt to as sume very singular forms. He bad treated cases of su noosed nhvsl. nl mill ady which eventually hadMurned out to be simply loveslrkness. Oue of bis patients had shown slgus of a break ing down In health simply because she couia not make up her mind between two suitors and had Onallv elonpd with a third, to whom ber parent bad no ob jection whatever. One morning when the good lady went into her daughter's room with the usual tnaRt and coffee she would not permit Bettv to arise hefr.ro 11 o'clock the room was empty. The bed had not been slept In. The frightened matron rushed frmn the mom -iiino her daughter wildly The household, Betty excepted. resiMimlixl unit mn. tunlly the whole town was roused. The day imsKeil with no word from the missing girl, she must have de parted In the, night, for no one had seen her go. Kvery vlllaire In the neighborhood received telephone mes sages describing Betty's personal ap pearance and Inquiring If she bad been seen. All her relatives far and near were notified. Not a honefnl wnM came from any point I airs. Margot, after she became so : far calmed as tn the cause 0 her daughter's denarrnro. 1 said she believed that Betty's mind had been affected (brougti some dis ease which "that stnnld doctor" had ! f J! tied to V..-er. T!;j rw.-.titr r r ha 1 town had many and diverse opinions. Mrs. Grimn. across Jhe street whfl bad heard Mrs. .Margot su Impatient er- cuanie woman scold her daughter, averred that the latter bad been driven away by cruelty. Some of the neigh borsold maids or married women who bad adopted dogs In lln of chil dren eald that Bettv hurl nn ho.ii properly brought np and had gone to the bad. One day a fresh Imnofna waa Hn. to these conjectures by the discovery of body of a woman tn the river. It was bloated beyond recomlHnn. hnf If was about Betty's height, and the balr j was about the same color as bers. The I consensus of opinion was that it ber remains; that In a fit of temporary 1 Insanity she had escaped from borne ' oa arownea nerae r. The, eirhr - ( so awful that the parents were per-I tftaded not to look at It An under-1 taker prepared It for hllHfll lid hla brings us to the beginning of our story, which Is also the end. r-ersons were assembling at the Mar got borne to pay their last respects to the dead. The clergyman dad nrrtvwt. the undertaker was going about with soft tread giving directions In a modu lated voice, when a yrtung man and woman turned a corner and caught a view or the hen rue and carriages standing before the door Tim larir aank on the man's bosom with a gasp; but recovering, the two pursued their way 10 tne nouse or the funeral. The clergyman was mentioning some lovely tram at me uiH-easea when the chief monrners uttered an exclamation of surprise and made a bolt for the hall. woere bum mi tne newcomers. "Oh, Betty!" exclaimed both fnthor and mother In a breath. The obsequies were dlwonrlniiori on account of the appearance of the nh. Ject for which they were held, and a great reuer. a great Joy. reigned in uieir sieaa. nils was Betty's explana uon: ueonre met me when 1 - schoolgirl, and we loved.- Then that uurnu uatt- iiaxter came between ns. ana ror a long while I was afraid she'd get him awav from me Rut ni h.. be wrote me that she bad been telling ues noout me. and I concluded to go and give her a niece of mv mind Tn. result was that George and I thought u utner oe married. So here we are." The doctor's diagnosis of the case was. -1 ne insanity or juvenile love.' A"CURIOUS COINCIDENCE. Dramatic Climax to a Trial In a Frenoh Court Coincidence chance nlnva a tnnwn. dous part In human history Fata ! another name for the same thing; so Is luck., ah thesi wonls wrA merelo aiip uuuv eupnemisms ror A. the unknown tjuauciiy. N'Ot a day (Hisses but the arnrv of a remarkable coincidence la hmnnht tn puDiic notice, a stranger Incident nev er occurred, however, than this one, the account of which Is In an old enn f j or tne Cbronlque de Paris. - A youth of about nineteen was brought to trial for havlne hroiren th window of a baker's shop and stolen a iwo pound 10a r. The Judge Why did yon steal the oair Prisoner I was driven by hunger. "Why did you not buy It?" "Because I bad no m'onev " "But you have a cold rl 11 IT nn "mil anger, wny didn't yoo sell it?" '1 am a foundling. When I was ink. en from the bank of a ditch this ring was suspended from mv neck h silken cord, and I kept It in the hope of inereoy discovering at least who were my parents. I cannot dispose of It" . ine procurer du rol (klnir's attornevi made a violent speech atrnlnst the nria. ouer, who was found cuiltv arl sen. fenced to Imprisonment for five years. immediately upon this a woman more worn down bv novertv fha n n tra in ma forward and made the following decla ration: "Gentlemen of the iurv. twentv nn ago a young woman was married to a young man of the same town, who aft erward abandoned her. I 'oor and rila. tressed, she was obliged to leave her cuiia to the care of Providence. The child has since grown up, and the wo man and the husband have grown old er, the child In poverty, the woman In misery and her husband In prosperity They are all three now In court The child Is the unfortunate prisoner whom you have Just iM-onounced guilty, the mother is myseir. and there sits the fa ther," pointing to the king's attorney. - om it the Hair or the Face that makes the Woman? iL yuu inin.t it w in isce taxo ainorner ioox ac xnm two hetvda pictured h r Ona thows a prirl which the most critical would pronounce beaut if uJ. While her features aro fairly perfect her frrcatcst charm lies in a mass of fine lustroue hair. The op pueite picture is identical as to features and other .laroil that ,l.k k.: t.. Both of these ladies would attract attention any- WherA but Mrh for m HirTrrnf- rmsnn nnann uvminf V of her suprb beauty and the other on account of her comical appearance. The hair makes at! tne difference. A woman loses her good looks in exact proportion, as aha Lwes her hair. Newbro's Herpidde'j Saves the -Hair There la nothfajr which ! so destractlra to tn hair as dandruff. ' - ma annoying crouDie to wnicn wveryona is mora or leaa exposal la dua to tha working of an In. 1ibl growth or mierobaeaUed the Dandruff Germ. " It roba tha hair of the snap and I uj tor of health, tmrrowi down Into tha follicle Ad armtaallT koaena the hair, allowing- it to fall out. ux Newbro'i Herplciae applied nsularly and Intellicently kill this germ, keeps the acalp clean and oalr health-. Falling hah- la thna prevented and, if tha hair folllclea hare not become atrophied, a new growth Of hair may be anticipated. i no me ana luster of nernmae nalr M neautirul to aee, la unmistakable. .......... ... nun jr. BuMHui. uniL tm NuuwiiuKU.1 uwuinT BAU CO pemut llM neauMaa da. Btruction ia unpardonable. i o"aa oa Kills the Dandruff Germ ' "; Stops Falfine Hair Wc acll LSe one dollar size bottle with a positive guarantee. JfEWLl.Y DRUG C03TPANT fe-rVT r..,. No Mat ter By What RULE YOU MEASUR the quality of our lumber, you than most other lumber' dealers And It high higher In general oer. But not so the price, even though the prices of lumber in the market have been mounting of late. We have a large stock of selected, well seasoned lumber, to offer you at very reasonable rates. Ask for an estimate on your needs. WEN AH A LUMBER COMPANY L.V smL J - v-.--' :l;-.''llflV1l jHWI, WW ,.S-.V f -7 Iff SI : WJr?frl ' '.-TTT B Christmas Eve. The hoar of time where the frost's rra? rime In fsntaatle glamour lies; A sheen of light on the gleam ng white That mirrors the apangled akles; A great cold atar In the heavens afar And moon trail on the hllla; The earth Inatllled with sn awe fulfilled And the night with muale thrilled. The carolers sine aa the church bells fine White tin In lh. nrm. lne . The sage owls croon aa the calm, sweet lunf Cornea awellln K... - mM the metaase fiia through the changing skies By chanclne time a.wt imm. But ever the same aa the tale that cams The shepherd men among Were the mlatletoe and the laurel bough And the holly end hay are twined. Where the hearth fire gleama aa la an cient dreama. One age te but tn mind As In modern dreams the hearth Bre gleama. So. under the easement etm. The farmers alng as the tower tongues wing Mao's peace and God's good will. eternally watch your nmoniey in this bank Day in and day out the Government has its eyes on a .National Bank. Its experts swoop down at any minute to see how it is guarding your money. The argus eyes of Uncle Sam are eternallv watching its conduct. - . " This National Bank is therefore one of thesafest in the world. Your account solicited. Come in . and we will tell you more about it. UnitedStatesNationalBank La Grande, Oregon Capital, $100,000; Surplus, $10,500: Deposits, ' $400,000. - - OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS T J bJStw I- HILL J. C HESRT stDbn Chaimarm.