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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1913)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1913. TA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, PAGE EIGHT F. I SUF OF D J1'5ERAL SERVICES AT IM)VE A.D OGDEJf (tioisod Plains Overland Four Times I.anm Family Survives. Tinner T. Sanford, a trekker to the west in the days of the California gold rush, died at Cove Dec. 31 and lis bod will be shipped to Ogden to Biorrow for h.terment. Brief funeral ervkcs will be held at Cove prior to fee departure of the train. DealU ant after a lingering Illness, and with bis family of a wife and eight oiiildren at the bedside. Sr. Sanford waB born in 1810 at Au ynsta, 111. He was the father of 11 ahlldren, eight of whom are living, and had 13 grandchildren. Te crossed the plains four times ver'and, the first time at tne age ot . IS when the gold excitement prova-l-4 in Califorpia, and on each trans continental trip bo met wit i ihj hard ships that befull the pioneer fron tiersmen. He was married to Elizabeth Hen rietta Henrlod Sept. 17, 1369, at New Ark, Key., and lived In that state tor ten years, pursuing a policy of dairying and stock raising He sold out there and moved to Ogden and lived there 20 years com'ug on to Covs In 1901. lie is survived by bis wife and eight children who are: Mrs. A. Bnlllnger of Price, Utih; George H. Sanford of Vancouver, Charles Sanford of La Grande; Alf Sanford f flagstaff, Arit.; Fred Sanford, ot 9tim; Mrs. Al Dannlel, June San rd and Leah Sanford, all of Cove. AGREEMENT. We, the undersigned, carpenters cod Jointers residing In La Grande, Oregon, and vicinity, for the purpose ot establishing a uniform scale of wages and working hours, do hereby agree that from and after January Jstj 1913, we will work not to exceed eight (8) hours per day which shall constitute a day's labor and that the wage for such labor shall be fifty rots per hour. All buildings under construction nd contracted for prior to January Ha. not to be affected by this agree ment. Done aud'dated at La Grande, Ore gon, this 9th day of December, A. D. 112. . H. E. Roskamp, Victor Johnson,' J. . Kohl, T. J. Hughey, E. T. Lothrop. X. L. King. W. P. Noble C. R. Good sough, Lewis Wright. E. J. Phillips, H. H. Moulton, P. M. Slagle, W. L. QUTard, G. O.Chapman. Albert Smith, P. TV. Ward, W. S. tleuy. S. L. Moore. X L. Sheets, Wm. Smeal. Geo. R. Ly aian. Perry Blaiichard, E. J., Stuart. Aw resilets, It. W. Jameson, Geo. J. Vagener, W. C. Kolly, G. L. Oliver. J. I. Oliver, J. D. Plank. I. F. Douglas. H T. Crawford, E. T. Sloggy, Wm. Sogers. W. A. Scullt. Burt O'Brien, Tuis E. Rogers, F. W. Pattlson. Dress Skirts 2 PRICE Nothing Like It , .. LaGmndeBefote All MiWnery PRICE Gei TIO Deis Price Sale Started with a rush and jam. The reason for the crowds here are the prices, which are away below any other sales in town. Competition can neither head us off or stop this wonderful sale. Read below' a few of the prices: Dress Goods ; Silks Curtain Goods Children's Coats Furs 1-2 , . 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 PRICE PRICE PRICE) PRICE PRICE WOMEN'S SHOES . I " Coats Dresses I WOMEN'S SUITS Values to $4.50 1-2 1-2 1-2 $1.00 THE PAIR . PRICE PRICE PRICE FOR YOUR CHOICE Corsets Sweaters Waists Boys' Overcoats Men's Suits 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 PRICE PRICE PRICE .'PRICE PRICE Women's Underwear Men's Overcoats Boys' Suits Muslin Underwear 1-2 " 12 L2 . 1-2 PRICE , PRICE PRICE PRICE Boys' Pants Caps Men's Shirts Men's Hats Short Kimonas 1-2 ' 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 PRICE PRICE PRICE PRICE PRICE ' i 1 ' EDEN CLOTH .. .- 1-2 Price ED EEL'S ietaHtajspa LACE COLLARS 1-2 Price it atom WVVWSVVWW4-$$! - UrtiCXE CROSSES HIGH TRUSTEE. 2fo. 10, eaathound in a I train, wis spring. It was a dcmonstratalon of the mother instinct In a brute crea ture for Its young. And she remain ed true to that instinct. 'Ahead oi her was the highest railroad brl'Jjs on the line. Would she leave the traik before reaching the trestle, or would Bhe attempt to cross,, fall be tween the ties and delay the train? It wag a mile ot the greatest nervous tension In King's and Sailer's lives. The dumb creature noared the tre- aaeertlng along near Mearham n "e. Her colt had been pushed aside somlng or tn agu when one of tlio j Into the snow by the klu-hcarted saoit stirring Incidents ever rernr I-j fireman. The mare halted at the tres. oil in railroad aumls took place. With i Ho. in full glare of the headlight. The We train of bleeping passeni',is. snow was driving about her in swirls wrapped in the shniud of uurons'-i'ais- nud her mane stood straight with the sen. with a swirl of Minding r.r.ow heavy w inds. She raised her stat.vv beaming like flakes of silver In 'lie head and nelghod. Her colt was not aaft of lisht frmu tl.e encino h.vij- In slttht. Now It seemed to her a aght. with a driving, old wind whirl- matter of self-preservation. She tog and chasiiiij I lie Mack clouds of started for the trestle. Step by step. Maok from the enginer!nKlneor from tie to tie. steadily, cautiously, Hart In King, wl:h his eye rrimod to' with every nerve stretched to the MMng distance ahead or Mm, saw, breaking point, she strained to gain nfor him tu the middle of C. '.rail; the other side. Two hundred and wait seemed to be a fleetl'ij doer. ! fifty feet In the air, on a three hun- either side "were great ueups of dred foot railway trestle with a threat All members are urged to meet at terd snow, and an accident at thls.enlng mail englne'on her heels, with the lodge room tomorrow at 2:30 to feint might have wrecked t'-e tr iiu j a driving snowstorm making a mighty attend the funeral of the late M.. J. and nnmberles lives. CIjsj- crr;t effort to blow her to destruction be- Alton. t8 ttrf steed upon the hells of taejlow, this mother horse battled with (Signed) ED COOLIDGE, erroiu animal. King renllxd the.ttie elements for life. It was a dra- i. C. testvr and brought the engine to a made Incident. She neared the oppo- creeping pace. Fireman Wm. Sailer site side. At last she was once more FOR REN'T Housekeeping rooms at eended from bis cab to the cow.1 on solid ground. Bhe collapsed and 1911 Third street. . 1-2-tf catstier, to base this apparently f-ir-' rolled down the snow embankment.! gtne the tender feeling of a faithful mare for Its colt. It was an Incident that raised, man's faithful helper, the horse, to a nobler level. It was a plain battle of living flesh for living flesh, surrounded by the-hard set tings of a snowy, wintry night. A kind-hearted engine crew held human l'ves in their hands; the life of a dumb brute was in the scale. They saved both. '' How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for . any case ot Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh. Cure. T. 3. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. V,'o, tlio unclorslsnert, linvn known F. J. Clu'iiey for tho last 15 yoara, and believe Mm Tieetly honorable In nil business tranflurtlons and flnanclnlly nhlo to carry out any oblluullons nuulo by Ids Arm. NATIONAL BANK OP COMMKHCE, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure I taken Internnllr, Kdni; dirctly unn the Mood and mu cous pupfaces of I lie svstem. Testimonial nt free. 'rli i cvnta fKT lotll. gold by nil PniRirlsta. Take IlaU'a Famtly Pitta for coaallpaUoa. Curtin, state senator In Californai, right to free access to his land.' that 50,000 acres on the north and west edges of the Yosemlte park be taken out and placed In the Stanis laus national forest. Curtin complained that the soldiers patrolling the Tosehilte drove ofT his cattle. He and other non-residents own 6,000 acres within the park lim its, and he claims that he is not per mitted free use of his property, al though he had won a suit in the fed- Two groves of the famous "big trees" were Included in the area which he proposed should be placed outside. Congressman Needham, defending the right of the Turlock and Modesto Irrigation districts, supplied by this watershed, to protection of the 44,000 acres of unpatented land from future settlement, testified that Curtin was a land speculator, who had bought at er.il supreme court granting him the a price as low as $3 an acre the park timber claims which are now valued in some cases as high as $125 an acre, and that the purchase of most of It was made after the creation of the park. The bill. Introduced by Congressman Baker, will not be re ported. Needham favors the plan of Secre tary of the Interior Fisher, that the military give way to civil adminis tration In all national park areas. In this way It Is thought that friction with settlers will be avoided. SOTH'E TO ELKS. gotten and trapped animal Inn the! The track was clear. course. But lo. Instead of der King derlared that his nerves were Park Lands a Problem. ?ffitrned to tl Inclemency of a never more tried. Sometimes he felt Washington. Jan. I. No more inter night, no beheld b"f.ej like laughing. But when tho poor lands are to be cut off from the na- Mwlldred mare with a guck- brute, after gaining safety, collapsed,, tlonal parks to accommodate private t The pour mother horse wJ. be declared that his heart rose to his owners of land within the park throat. The passengers knew noth- boundaries. That Is the concensus Ing of the Incident. It wan a drama of opinion tn the Graham sub-corn-1 of Intense excitement staging In thejmlttee of the public lands committee trru aixKwt bereft of horse tense. Ner tvulr she ic4 ahead, neghtng for bW ahlveiinsr colL mindful of the fearer that followed fear and her off-' potltght of a apeedtng rar1 en-a'w hearing the nlea of John n. Everybody's Doing It SO ARE WE See our windows for a real CUT PRICE SALE Dalton's Cash Store WHERE CASH BEATS CREDIT
