La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 28, 1912, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextLA' GRANDE EVENING OBSERVElt PAGE SEVEN our rr'xods are the newest and most scientific. Tes very reasonable. Examination free. MODERN DENTISTS DR. T. C. OHMART, Mgr. Phone Main 747 " " " Depot St. and Adams Ave. La Grande, Oregon. . v D. R. . aaL . , - - ; -1 " ' t ' ! ; J 4 J ' J ay J ' ,. ? .. """ I U J Phone Main 8 THE GEO. PALMER LUMBER CO. for Box Shook s, Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash and Doors HELL: Three telephone systems in a town. PURGATORY: Two telephone systems. PARADISE: One Good Telephone System. ELBERT JUST RECEIVED, A NEW SHIPMENT OF ' Caldwell's COFFEE THE COFFEE YOU WILL LIKE. Our Stock is Always Fresh, Clean and Complete ' Phone Your Ordera to Main 16. ; WE BUY COUNTRY PRODUCE Cummings GROCERS Have Your Teeth PUT IN ORDER FOR CHRISTMAS y; i You will enjoy your r Christmas dinner and the riclidttv iestivities much 'more :r your teeth are in first class condition. We do all kinds of dental ' v work. Our operators are -All reliable dentists and FONG JTEDICISE CO. ' v , Branch of Baker City Office CHISESE HERBS ASD ' : BOOT BEMEPIBS Our wonderful Hie giving herbs will absolutely extirpate every Impurity from the system. No drugs, no poison, non-alcoholic. " FBEE CONFIDENTIAL . C0NSU1TATI0N FBEE Those living out ot town can "cure .themselves 'at home with our herbs. Write to ns tor par ticulars. ; Office Hours: 9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to ' 9 p. m. . ." ' '' Sundays 9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 p. m. -;-' Telephone Main 762. Oftleet .1412 Adams Avenue LA GRANDE, 0BE605, HUBBARD Fd Adv. miitiiigwtwwj & Black DEFINITIONS - - I P A'MOONSHINE LEGISLATOR ' -By M QUAD,, " , Copyright, 1912. by Aiiaoclated Lit r' . erary Preu. ' "It was teu or twelve yeurs ago wbei our niemlier of the legislacbur turned agio moonshine whisky. ': '."Tbat nieunt that somebody else must be elected In bis place, and what did the pesky people around yere dc but cum to me and want me to stand They cum to my cabin a doten at a time, and they shook bands and called me an honest man and all tbat and tbf mo' 1 bung back tbe mo' tbey wantoc me to run. When Umy got me into a tlgbt co'oer I says: i 'I can't skassly read, and I can't skasaly write, and yo' all know tbat 1 can't get up before that leglslacbui and speak ten words, and wbtit good could 1 do down to Nasbvlller "They purtended to give In at thai but what did tbe critters do but fiui me up to be voted fer when the tinu cum, and tbe fust tblus I knmviil I was 'lected by 4X) mnjorlty. . When : heard the news I told It to the old wo man and sold: . . "'Waal, what am I i;wlueton iihou ltT I've either got to hunt fer n rsr.i and bole myself up or go to N'ohIivIIIu "'Yo'll go to .Vimhvllle,' she mi .vs. "'And wbat'll yo' UoV - "TU go vitb yo'." "Waal, we started off one day aol got aboard of tbe railroad kysrs. I was a little narrous, and the old-wo man braced her feet, and bung on Witt her hands, but we get along witboui any calamity. In about th hour, whet she dared to open her eyes and 'draw her breath, she says to me: "'Zeb, bow many bouses have yo seen since we left borne? 'More'n a hundred,' says L ' "'Ami how many people? ' 'More'n a thousand.' " 'Shoo! Then we must bev got clea. around : tbe world and back bomt ag'lni' ',.. ' .. . .... "When we got down to NashvllU thar was so muny people and so many bouses and such a movln' around tbat 1 got tbe old woman behind me and prepared to tight to the death, but no. a critter laid bands on us. Some ot 'em laughed at my cowhide boots, and some ot 'em grinned at tbe old wo man's poke bonnet, but everything wat good natured. We went to a tavern to git board, and when the old womai sees tbe enrpets on (he floors, tbe stufl cheers standiu' around and the look In glasses as big as a tablecloth she turni pale and puts ber arms around me and says: "Zeb. I kin see now why tbar ar so many sinners in this world. . If a critter kin hev all these things, b don't keer a pesky drat about gwint to heaven. I'm n feared we'll be bad 'nuff to steal huwgs in a week.' "At the end of three days the legis iacbur opened, and 1 had to go up to. tbe statebntixe. Lordy. stranger, but .'d rather tackled three old b'ars ai once: ' I bud goose desb as I struck tbiit crowd, and the old woman wasn't around to incourage me. I went Into, the stutehonse with, tbe crowd, and I'd Jlxt found a seat when a fellei comes around' and says: "'Excuse me, but ain't that a rifli yo've got thar?' . ' 'She he,' says I. 'It's a rifle, which has killed mo' b'ars and wildcats than yo' could count In an bbur. and she's still ready fer the next varmint." " 'But yo' can't bring no deadly weep" In' yere,' be goes on. This ain't nc J urn pi' match nor boss ruce, but tbi legislacbur of Tennessee.' "1 told him I knowed whsr I was bnt that I should keep tight holt ot that ride till 1 knowed 1 was out ol tbe woods, and be goes away growlln to blast If. Mebbe it was half an bom arter that when a feller stands up on a platform and looks st me and says: "'Does tbe honorable member fron Beaver Cove expect to find any b'an on tbe floob of this bonne.' 1 "'I aln't'sayln' as I do,'. I answers 'but If tbur 1 a riot over moonshlni whisky I might want sunthin' bettei than a club!' "Blmeby tbat same feller stood u( ag'ln and says, as slick as yo' please: "'Mebbe the honorable member fron Beaver Cove would like to be excuseo for bnlf au bour while be takes hh gun borne.' - ' 'Do any c sitter yere want to pick s fuss with Zeb Whiter says I as I stands op. "Everybody laughs and claps bit bands, but no one comes nlgb me, anc and says as 1 wslks out: " 'It's an onery crowd, and thar ain't a man among yo' who kin pull a rab bit out of a boiler log!" "I went straight to tbe tavern, and tbar I found tbe old woman sbiverin and sbakln' fur ber life. " 'Wbat'slbe matter? says L' "Tbey'vpnt plller cases trlmmec with lace on our bed,' says she, 'and tbe gorgeoiihness of It will bring on heart disease! Zeb.. fur the Lawd'iM sake, let's go hack bonier 'Rnt I'm here to watch moonshine, ays I. " 'Never mbid mounsbine nur nothln else on tbe face of this alrtb, bnt left be a-glttln'. This world ain't fnr as Zeb. We Is like two lost children wsn derin' through thr-woods snd ex pectin to be est up say mlnlt, snd I'm so skesrt snd Hnstrsted that I shan't Hv two day longer! Zen, If yo' lore me. come homer "Tit do' if says I. And she got ot, ber poke, packed onr carpetbag, and we was oot of tbe town of Nashville befo suodows, Mfir to go back." A TRANSITION By ARTHUR W. PATTERSON "Good nioruiuK, sir!" hMr. Margnrve. 1 presume?" "I am. - now can 1 be of service to youf. An elderly man received a nitieb younger one lu his olflce. ' Instead of at once replying to the last question the letter produced card bearing the name "Alouzo Ertusnn." then, after being offered a chair, said: My visit will doubtless seem strange to you at Brut, but I trust that 1 shall be able In time to secure your concur rence with Its object. You have a daughter whose life bus receutly been blighted by the loss of her fiance?" "J have." replied Mr. Margrave some what coldly. "There are remedies for such blights, snd 1 come to propose one for this case." Mr. Margrave looked at tbe stranger, wondering at bis Impudence. 'Marriage is tbe remedy I refer to, but you are well aware that marriage Is simply the final act it belug neces sary to withdraw tbe concentration of tbe feelings from the one who Is lost and unite them on a living object." "Tbat In my daughter's case would be Impossible." . "But desirable?" . "Certainly! 1 do not wish ber to pass a lifetime in mourning." "I am an artist by profession, though, being cursed with a fortune In my own right of $2ii0.ouo. 1 do not expect to make any great success.". "Well, sir. will you kindly Inform me what your profession or your for tune la to me?" "I will as I proceed. One evening several years ago I saw your daughter at a ball. The moment I looked at ber I knew tbat X saw tbe woman I want ed for a life partner. 1 made Inquiries about ber and was told that she was engaged to a gentleman also present at tbe ball. Tbe troubles that Invariably accompany love were upon me. , My first act was to seek the man who bad been so fortunste. and I was surprised to see a slight resemblance to myself." "Tou are something like, him, now yon speak of It" "It is this slight resemblance which is tbe key provided I win your con currenceto the situation." Mr. Margrave bud by thia time be come Interested. "I will give you references as to my social position and as a man among men. Aa to my fortune, I refer you to my lawyers. Peters & Waters. If aft er examination you are satisfied to give me an opportunity to win your daughter tbat Is all 1 ask." "By what process do you propose to make tbe attack upon her heart? But no; I will make the Inquiries. Then It will be time to explain your plan, or, rather, to gratify my curiosity, wbicb I sdmlt has been excited." ' Mr. Krlcxon ImuvihI himself out and In s fortnight received s note from Mr Margrave Muting that the reports be had received bad been leinlnently satisfactory and If he ronld resurrect a hurled heart he was at liberty 111 'leed.' weliMiine-toto so. In reply tbe ;i liltil ll t merely linked for H photo ui!t)ili of the man whose place he lioeil to tako. One artcniiHin when Mr. Margrave went home from business be carried with him a present for his daughter. It was n portrait in oils of ber lost lover. She was delighted witb it and pronounced It a speaking likeness. A month from that day while looking at It she discovered something about It that was slightly unlike tbe original, or, rather. U was like another picture of the original. Another month went by, and still another difference was noticeable. These changes kept oc curring from time to time. She began to wonder If her memory of ber lover was slipping away from ber. If tbe picture was really defective, though she bad not at first recognized Its de fects. She mentioned the matter to her father, who looked at ber curious ly, thoughtfully, and suggested that If tbe portrait was destroying her remem brance of tbe dead and substituting a pointed Image perhaps she would bet ter banish It. But to this she returned a decided negative, declaring tbat she was growing to love the portrait more snd more every day. A year after young Kricson bad call ed on Mr. Margrave he dropped Into the latter's office one morning with so oil painting. "The successive portraits forming a myself Is ended In this picture, wbicb I painted from my reflection In a mil ror. You have been very fortunate In removing tbe pictures and substituting others without your daughter's discov ering what you have done. Hsng this portrait In the place of tbe lost; then Introduce me." When one ' evening Mr. Margrave brought home with him a friend to din ner Ethel Margrave, on being Intro duced to blm, caught at the back of tbalr for support It seemed to ber that ber lover bad arisen from the dead and stood before ber. Later, when she meutioned tbe resemblance of Mr. Erlcson to tbe man she had lost some admitted tbat there was a flmlllarity. others 'could see none at all. . Nevertheless, her mourning was soon thrown off. Erlcson was a fre quent caller at the bouse and within tew months after bis Introduction she married him. Erlcson bs long Intended to tell bis wife of the plan by wbicb be drew ber from the dead lover, but as yet baa not dune so. A Mystery By F. A. M1TCHEL r , ' i Herman Beck was guide In the Swiss Alps. Old Ootlleb 8wlngler,' the cheesemaker. bad a very pretty daugh ter. Anna,' whom Herman wished to marry, but ber father would not con sent "I bare nothing but a few cbeese presses.' be said to ber, "a dosen goats and tbe chalet Over our beads. I can consequently give you no dowry.- Herman baa nothing ex cept wbat be can earn guiding tourism. Instead of having a son-in-law to re lieve me of providing for one of my children I ' shall likely In time bave grandchildren on my bands, for Her man la liable at any time to slide down to bis death with an avalancbe or fall over a precipice." Anna gave this reply of ber father to Herman, who cast bis eyes thought fully up tbe mountain side, then said: "Tell your father that whether 1 marry yon or do not marry you I will provide for you." Wben Anna told ber father tbat be exclaimed: "Herman is fool. He dreams dreams as blgb np In the clouds as the peaks be climbs. How could be provide for you?" The girl made no reply to this, for she did not know wbat Herman meant She knew that be was full of strange Ideas, and she was Impressed witb tbe sad but resolute expression on bis face when be spoke tbe words that she bad repeated to ' ber father. However, there was nothing to be done In the matter, for she bad no Idea of disobey ing ber father by marrylug Herman. One day an English gentleman en gaged Herman to make an ascent with him. Tbe two started out together, and when tbey got 'up to where tbe climbing was dangerous Herman unit ed them by a rope. While moving along over a narrow path with a preci pice on one side tbe tourist slipped and fell on a side of tbe divide wbicb waa but some twenty feet' above ledge.' Tbe shock, bowever, caused Herman to lose his balance, and be feil on the other side and hung over tbe precipice. Ills ax slipped from his bands, and be beard It strike fur below. Fortunately, tbe rope held, but Horman knew that would not long bear the strain and any rubbing against tbe sharp rocks on the edge of tbe divide would surely cause it to break. For this reason he could not use It to climb up on. and, having no ax, he could not cut steps In tbe Ice. He call ed out to the tourist: . . "We cannot remain long in this posi tion, for as soon as nlgbt comes and tbe temperature falls we will freeze, if I cut tbe roie you will fall on the ledge and in descend tbe mountain. I would like to sell you my life ror money. It will enable you to live." The Englishman would not at first consent to any such plan, asserting that be would blame himself and be blamed for accepting bis life on such terms. But Herman told blm tbat the small strands tbat composed tbe rope were gradually giving way and It would koou break, so the tourist dually said that he would accede to Herman's terms, tbougb he could not see bow the latter could be benefited by money after his death. Then Herman told blm It was to l-e paid to Anna, tbe daughter of old (Sotlleb, the cheese maker In tbe valley. ' . "I will give her." said the tourist "half of what I- possess, or ilO.OOO." "She will not know what to do with so much.'' said Herman, "but you can settle that with her father." Tbe tourist heard nothing more from Merman. Some minutes pasxeu, awful minutes, during which the Englishman kuew that a soul was preparing .for death. Tbe surrounding mountains seemed a part of eternity, the silence that of Inltulte space. Then suddenly he dropped, landing on the ledge below. For awhile his wind was so filled with the terrible fate of bis guide that he could think of nothing else. Then, realizing that he must save himself in order to keep his purt of the contract he had made, he got up and. walking along tbe ledge, found a place somr distance below where be could regain the path by which be and his guide had ascended. Night came on. and he tost his way. lie would have sunk down In the snow and permitted the cold to end his life had he not been buoyed by s desire to pay tbe moue he bad promised. Indeed, when he il.ui.hl he iniiht live under l.u cloud of his guide's dtatb and bis owi safety he would have' preferred to dlr lie stopped to' rest and was getUuv drowsy when be saw a light In a rhs let window some distance below. Kls lug, be struggled on and when a disu was opened to. blm fell on tbe flout Insensible. Tbe next day be descended Into the valley and appered at tbe Ootlleb some. ' Wben Anna saw htm come In alone and looking haggard she knew ber lover bad perished and swooned. The tourist told them tbat Herman bad gone down Into a precipice, therf. without further explanation, called for notary and executed papers trans ferring to Anns Ootlleb property In Englsnd worth S3O.OO0. ' "1 wonder," said tbe awe stricken cheesemaker, "how Herman knew that the opportunity would occur for nun to make this provision for my daugh ter." Herman Reck wss the only person who could throw any light on this, and since be wss desd it must re mala i 1 TANT Ml ADS BRING s . RESULTS n It you. need a pure breed Berke ahlre boar and a good one I can please you. 0. Q. Taal, La Grande, Ore. 12-216t wkly it f FOR SALE Sweet cider 25c per gal Phone Black 1061. FOB SALE Combination go-cart and baby buggy, high chair, wash ing machine, lrpnlng board and baby sled. Call 805 N. avenue. 12-21 6 t DRESS MAKING at 1620 Sixth street Satisfaction guaranteed. 12-11-tf FOR RENT Five room furnished house. Modern. Also barn. Call Mr. Damon at M. H. K. Klrtley's. Phone Red 361 12-21-tV FOR RENT 8 housekeeping rooms. Phone Red 261. 12-lt-tf FOR RENT Five room modern house. Phone Main 736. Dutll's bakery. 12-23-tf . WANTED By man and wife; two or three rooms suitable for light , housekeeping;' Phone Observer. .' .. 13-26-3t WANTED Set ot books to keep eve nings. Write S, care of Observer. . - . .- 12-26-tt - ' WANTED Girl tor general house . work after Jan. 1. Call 1310 S avenue. 12-26 tt FOR SALE i year old sorrel horse, 1000 lbs,, 9 year old horse 1300 lbs.. V good driving and work horses, 1 hack, 1 buggy, Studebaker wagons j and harnaes. Inquire Wm. C. Com mon, La Grande National Bank. Phone Farmers 333 12-26-3tp FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE For a home In La Grande, nice home In suburban town out of Portland on two electric lines. Call on Martin Frostner, at 16, 17th st. 12-27-6tp Annual Stockholders' Meeting'. ' Notice Is hereby given tbat tbe an nual meeting of the stockholders of the Cove State bank for the purpose of electing directors for the ensuing year will be held at Cove, Oregon, on Thursday, January 2nd, 1913. Business will be considered as may properly be offered . at said meeting. HUGH McCALL, 12-26-4t Cashier. Annual Stockholders' Meeting. Notice is hereby glvqn that tbe an nual meeting of the stockholders of tbe La Grande National Bank, will be held at their hanking house in La Grande, Oregon, on Tuesday, January 14th, 1913, at 2 o'clock p. m. ' At this meeting a board of seven directors .to serve for tbe ensuing year, wilt be elected, and such other business will be considered, as may properly be offered at said meeting. FL. METERS, 12-ll-30t Cashier. Notice to Stockholders. The annual meeting of the stock holders ot the United States National bank will be held at their banking rooms In the city of La Grande, Tuesday, January 14th, 1913, at 2 o'clock p. m. for tbe p urpoae ot electing a board ot directors and for transacting any. other business that may come before the meeting. T. J. ROTWKMHN. Cashier, ne 12 1an 14 YOU CAN CURE THAT BACKACHE, f'kln along the bmcx,GixT.nm; hedach iind grMrat lain' nor. Ort a tackle of ilotUer Uray'a M A TIO-I.KAF, th pleasant rot and herb erne for all Kitliie,HtaJl(lerand trinary trourtlea. Whoa j cm feel all run flown, tired, weak and vltboat am-rny um thta i emarkabto combination of natare'a nern and rtw.ra. A m rrtcuiainr it naa no eqoai. Mother UrtT'a AmttiBtltvlaf la I4 hj lrmr gijirtre'tt hT mutl firrvic. Kanipleint FKKIL A Mr?i, The Mother Gra Co., 1 llm , ti. T. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Ho ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall s Catarrh. Cure. ' F. t. CItEOTT CO.i Toledo, X We, th un.lcrslRne'l. hav known F, ,1. Cheney for the last years, and believe him perfectly honorable tn s i business transactions and financially abln to carry out any oblisattons mada by his nrm. KATIONAI- BANK OF COMMERCft '- . Toledo, a Trail's Catarrh Cure IH taken Internaltr. acting directly upon the blood and mu cous urfaces of the aystem. Test montals sent free. Price TO cents per bottle. Bold, by all Druirrlals. Take BaU'a rasnly Wis foe oaatlpeUos.