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PAGE FOUR LA UBANDE EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1912. TOE OBSERVER BtUCE DENNiS , EDITOR AHD OWKKB. .,' latere at the ppslefflra at La Grande, Oregea, a second class natter. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. . Dally, ilntle copy U Bally, per week lie Dafly,' per moata " Ollbert Campbell of La' Grange went to Baker this morning; where be expecli to jo to work. Attorney B. TS. Dixon of La Grande went to Baker tbla morning to attend to legal buslneia. ,j ... G. W. Fisher of Cove waa In the city shopping and meeting old friends. He. returned tbla morning. ' Mrs. Korna who baa been visiting at the Chandler home, muM u Wa.her home In Elgin thla morning. ttt J. De'nsmore, who spent t'ae boll ... days at Missoula, Mont., .returned to l bis home In Elgin this morning. The Commercial club la planning a J i. r. Snook of the Blue Mountain repetition of the excursion so much creamery company went to Baker this enjoyed last year by about thirty morning In the interests of be cream of La Grande and Union county bust-1 ery. V ness men. The objective point this I Mrs. G. M. Collins of Union spent year Is Albany where a state meeting I a number of days at the Frawley of merchants will be held. , 'home. - She was an outbound passen- These excursions 'are fine things. ger this morning. They give everyone who participates 1 g. Perron nd wife returned thl ntorosED excursion. new Ideas, shows them how other communities are doing things and ev ery man returns home with renewed energy. If this Is made an annual event the credit will be due John Col lier, for he waa the one who planned and made possible the first junket which resulted so pleasantly that the desire became at once apparent for i repetition of the event CLEAN THE SIDEWALKS.' , Beautiful snow Is a delightful thing In winter,' but snow npon the, aide walks Is a common nuisance. There Is no concerted effort now made to keep the sidewalks clean, and the man who shows the right spirit and gets out with the shovel bnts np vtfnat hla tiAlorhhnp'a nrallr Ihdt fa not touched ;! to become dlsconr ' aged and wonder "What 'a the use?" La .Grande needs a decided uct'on on the sidewalk question.- Tb?re Is a city law In this Instance, just as there Is In most Instances per taining to the public good, but we need a new law covering non-residents and thorough enforcement of that law. ! ,- , ENTERPRISE IS ACTITE. The good people of , Enterprise are working hard to obtain a Carnegie 11. brary and they will succeed. Some thing about every concerted ' effort u.ae .a wauows, county causes sue- and chiIdren wiU return Sundayfrom cess 10 do acnievea, wnirn re morning from Walla Walla where they spent the Christmas holidays. They live In Joseph. Miss Etta Woodell of Cove waa a homeward bound passenger this morn ing after a few days of visiting with friends In La Grande. W. F. Hendricks and wife wjre In the county seat visiting and renew ing acquaintances. They returned 1o their borne in Elgin this moratng. Alva Duryea, an employe of the 0.' W. (R. & N. returned front Seattle yes terday. He spent Christmas with bis sister, Mrs. Stlllwell, In Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. W. Wright who have been visiting with relativea and frlendB at Troy, Idaho, during the hol idays, returned to their home in Al eel this morning. George Howltt of Portland, who drove some -fast horses on the new track last summer Is in the city the guest of Wm. Orandy , He will re main indefinitely. - . Rev. H. B. Foskett passed through the city this morning from Mc.MInn ville. He will go to Elgin and con duct revival meetings at the Baptist church during the coming week. St. A. West of La Grande went to Imbler this morning to complete work on an artesian well he Is drilling there. He says be is down over 400 feet and expects to get water today. He waa accompanied by Ed. Rlesland who is helping him on the job. , ' Receiver C. R. Eberhard and wife fleets splendid credit to the - people who live In that little empire, There are few communities which have nu Joyed the substantial advancement at Wallowa county In the last three years. ' 'i irnea u comes to "immigration ine percentage Is In favor of that county ver any othr county In the eastern part of the state, according "to" the jecords. The reasons for hiB are slm. j,"," when once analysed. Wallowa i:ountf iiill S f refit d?a ol good land. : . : WkU In Drive, And be. it oas not oeeu Ides there has been much government land subject to entry. People from the east who were looking for a home that would not cost a great deal of money have entered Wallowa county and become satisfied to stay. And why should anyone not be thoroughly, con. tent to live In that county? With Its' "great resources. Its Rood land. Its 'la water and beautiful scenery? .t .W PERS0HAL8, .- . Misses J. Espe and W. May were a holiday trip to Joseph. " Mrs. Rymer of Union was a visitor at the home of V. G. Kennon of La Grande.' She returned this morning. Mrs. Kennon and Mrs Noah spent the holldns at the home of J. A. Rich ardson of Alice. They returned las night. - v .....- - William Russell of Elgin who spent the Christmas holidays with, his folks In Wtalfa -.Walla returned to his home this morning. . H . ,'! H '- TT.vile W. Leugnii'n TiV. , formerly a resident of La Grande, is Uanaaotln business at the United States land office In this city. Sim Collins, veteran engineer on the 0. S. L.. was In the city yester day calling on friends. He Was a guest at the Comiictclal club while in the city. - , . -;acraia-- A., if. Banders, one of the local ornkemr-n for the O.-W. R. & N., re turned this morning after spending the Christmas holidays with his best friend on earth. Mrs. M. L. Wlllette of Baker spent a number ef delightful days at the home of her daughter, Mrs Murchlson of this t-lty. She was a homeward bound passenger this morning. Harry Frnwley. mechanic on the tleshlp Oregon, sow lying In the Wil lamette river at Portland. - Judge Lionel B. Webster, well known- good road booster and H. A. Zuaeldorf, both of Portland, were in La Grande yesterday o their, way to Baker. They registered at the Com mercial Club. ' r ' -. Wilt P. Snodgr&se and family of Colfax, Wn were guests in the city with Mr. and Mra. J. G. Snodgrass and other relatives yesterday while on their way homo from Baker- - Mrs. Grace Barrle, a former La Grande resident, Is here from Welser visiting her sister, Mra. Stella Engle and other relativea and. friends. . Hhe is accompanied by by her son Rennle. EZRA'S HARD LUCK.' H Began With His Name and Ended on His Tombstone. Tom McNenI of Topeka was talking to Abe Peters about luck, so Tom re ports. Tom thought there was no such thing aa luck, but Abe protested. 'Take the case of Ezra ' Boil." sa d Abe. "To begin with,,tblok of his name. A name like that Is bard enough luck to prove my contention. but Ezra lived up to it When lie was a baby lie fell' Into the borw trough and wns almost drowned. Then he g:t hold i- ii nn of roncentnitei lye ard It tok them- four weeks .to bring blm round. lie fell out of an apple tree when lie wok six and broke both arms und a lei;, and just as be was hobbling round Hgniu be went on a watermelon stealing expedition. wit b six other boys. The others got away, but the dog caught Ezra and chewed him up until the farmer came along and be put on finishing touches with a hnrness truce. He fell In love when be was seventeen, spent all be hud for buggy rides and candy for the red cheeked object of his adoration and she shook, him .and married another. A mule kicked him and broke six ribs. He bad a lot of hogs and they died of cholera on the Identical day when hogs reached 9 cents a pound, live weight He had a big crop of wheat and a hall- storm came along and rnltifjd It one hour after his ball insurance policy had lapsed. He got $500 to make a payment on his land, put In the bank and the bank busted. "A cyclone wrecked his) house and barn and crippled all his family ex cept his mother-in-law. .who escaped unhurt. He bought four gold bricks and took . some counterfeit money in pay for two good horses. Then be died. . When they were tak ing him to the cemetery the team pull ing the hearse ran away going down hill and scattred the remains of Ezra along the side of the road. 'In the course, of time his fnmllv marked his grnveTby an--appropriate stone on which the stonecutter got the date of his birth wrong and misspelled his name In two places. 'And still .voit say there Is no. such thing as luckT-faturd.iy Evening Post y THOUSANDS ARE WAITING, WATCHING ' :' A"- AND PLANNING FOR - v'-" 7 ' West's ISth AHiiiial Clearance al- WHICH STARTS PROMPTLY. Thwc sday, Jam, WATCH FOR THE BIG AD ' . . ' ' m . , . , The crowning bargain event in the history of West's Store will be this greatest of all Annual Sales. Stocks larger, prices smaller than ever before. YOU KNOW WHAT A SALE AT WEST'S MEANS came to sum up the results of the work jn the trade courses, they foui'd that the three departments of print ing, cabinet work and painting; had to their credit a profit of $875.48. This is real value, too; the pupils made articles that were needed In the school; If the,y had not made them In the . school hsops the . author; Jes would have had to purchase them In the open market at a total price of seven or eight thousand dollars. The commissioner then gives the figures for each of the trade classes In the Gary schools, as reported by G. E. Wulfing, In charge of the In dustrial instruction. In the printing department the value of the wnk produced was $1972.92. The salary expense was $1483.49, and supplies cost $314, leaving a net balance In favor of the shop of $175.43. - There were 35 in the printing class, so in stead of figuring the per capita cost of the Industrial training of these pu pils, it was possible to figure a defi nite contribution by each pupils to th,e wealth of the- community. In the caoinet .department the pro duct was valued at $3608.85 and the expense was $3155.37, leaving a bal ance of $453.48 In favor of the car pentersV Similarly, the painting de partment of the school showed a "business" -of $1591.25, and an ex pense of $1344.73, or a clear profit of $246.52. Gary's conspicuous success with In dustrial training is an interesting in dication of the spread of the modern movement for vocational education, which insists that - In addition to teaching the recognized branches the -school must give instruction in those subjects that are of most Immediate value to the community which sup. ports It. In Gary the dominant In-' terest la trade education; in rural districts it Is largely agriculture; In the cities It may be stenography -typewriting and other commercial branches. In any case It la coming to be felt more and more than an educational system Is Incomplete that falls to provide vocational training for Its citizens. Elgin bound passengers tnm I John Reeves of Imbler Is In the training hlp for sailors, Is In the Cltj city on business. He will remain a spending the holidays with his par number of days. ents.- He Is quartered on the old bnt- We Now Have On "Deposit $800,000.00 of money accumulated by residents of La Grande and the Grande Ronde valley. t. We Now Have Loaned $700,000.00 to business men, farmers and others In this oommunlty. The money deposited here is not "laid away" as some of It might . be If Its owners had not deposited It. but it is industriously at work all about us, doing good. By depositing your Income here on open account and paying It out by check, yon will safeguard your Interesta, build your credit and cultivate an acquaintance at a strong financial institution, wbtcb can and will help yon when yen need help. Dont delay, you can begin with a small deposit at the La Grande National Bank La Grande, Oregon Capital $100,000 09. FKED J. 1I0LMKS President F. la Surplus, $120,000.00. Resource. $1,110,000.0 w. J. ciirncii. Tlce rrwuMent HETEBS, EA1U, tCHDlX, Cashier lsst Cashier LIVING T0WER'i Captain Marker's Unique Idea In ,tf?e aag tins. iVhnt ja tiloTn as the "living tow er," Sdyj a writer In th Jde. YuiW Magazine. Whlttli Hh summit of a hill more than 200 feet high at Camp Meeken a grimmer resort In So noma . countjk CnL It was Captain Meekers an old pioneer, who first con ceived the. Idea of building n tower on the very summit of a high hill near bis hotel, and while looking around one day for n suitable site he found four young redwood trees standing about twelve feet upurt, representing a per fect square. The trees 'were each about 150 feet high. Fifty feet of each top was !oped off. and the work of building b)x stories was then com menced. KWni top to bottom the liv ing towvr Wns a hundred feet high. Each floor Is about 12 by K feet and rests on strong tlmlers, the ends of Which are securely attached to the four trees by menus of stcej cables and bolts. 8o strongly wns every part braced Unit the whole structure does not move as much as one would nuts rally suppose, even when rocked by heavy winds. In the building great care was takeu by the workmen to cut only the brunches growing on the In iide of the xquure. and the trees were not chopetl. mutilated or weitkened any inure tbnn could be avoided. Lending up from each story are broad stairways, so that one may as cend and descend with ease and per fect sufety. while around the edge Of each Door are strong railings to pre vent accidents. Since this tower was completed tbe trees have grown and flourished just as well as before. This living tower Is claimed to be tbe only one of Its kind In the world. Second mobiles Hand Fot Auto-Sale C.ntradictery, . Randall I've written an article o "Why ilea Po Not Marry" and Illus trated It with photographs of dreadful looking, strong inluded women. Bog-era-Where did yoo get the picture I Randall They're wives of the men I know. Mfe. EDrCATIO THAT PATS ITS OWS WAT. Ir. P. P. Clayton. United States commissioner of education, says tbe Industrial work in the schools rr lOary, Ind., made money Instead ot costing money during the past year. When the school authorities In Gary We have listed se veral second HAND automobiles for SALE which are exceptionally good buys at the price for which we are of fering them. ....... . ; ,.: Their present owners havp found these,, cars arc too large for their needs and to get a car, with an u pkeep expense the are willing to pay are willing to make big sacrifices in trading them to us for a Ford, ; . One Chalmers thirty, five passenger touring car equipped with mohair top and. top cover, wind shield, electric lights, Claxon horn, bumper oil lamps and tools. This car has been nm less than seven thousand miles and is in good condition. We can make, you a price of $(585.00 on this car. One thirty horse power Kissel Kar live passenger touring car which has been run almost wholely on the best roads in the Grande lionde valley and a dis tance not to exceed seven thousand miles. A bargain at our price, $685.00. Come in and see the car a nd let us give you a demonstration. One, Maxwell Touring car 1912 model. Was purchased new in the middle of the summer and has been run less than three thousand nules. Is fully equip ped and in good condition . We can also quote you a price on this car the same as the price of a new Ford. $(585.00. - , ':. We also have listed Fran klin, Mitchell, Buick and E. M. F. On some of these cars can take bankable notes in full or part payment. OUR NEW FORDS ARE HERE. LET US DEMONSTRATE ONE OF THEM TO YOU. WE ARE ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE. Smith's Garage La Grande Oregon lisHKaHaHaHaO
