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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1913)
I I'M w t 1 LA. GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1913. 4 rr i 1 1 STEERS SHOW TONES ADV AXE F TEX CESTS IX PORT LAXD. Hoga, Sheep and f Lllewhe Ge4 Sellers Trade' In the live stock market atarted off thla with an advance of im rents on best crade beet stuff and with a feeling of confidence In the future of the market on ail una, eijr!ally( In the case of quai:ty stoc t say a Portland market critic. ,' Tirae loads of prime ateert aoil ei'riy yesterday at Portland at 7.75, as against $7.65. laat week's to? quotation, and the best figure paid for steer stock In that market for the season 'to date. Other steers sold at an extreme range of $5.50 to $7.50, ac cording to' quality. The best cows pnt up at the yards Monday wj tak en over at $6.50. while heifers that graded up well sold at $6.6. The few calves worked off went at $7 to $3. Uw 'hcp and hog dlTUions no: miiclv In the way of trade was report ed, but there waa no evidence of any loss of the strength disp'ayed by i these lines at the cKw of last wrrk, and dealers were confident that t bulk of the day's offerisss would b disposed of before the close. One toed of hogs a little short of prime old at $7.90. Floar, Feed and Grain. ! Wild Hay (retail) $1J.W. Timothy $15jOO (retail), f Alfalfa hay $13.00 (retail). Shorts $1.45 per cwL Oats $1.60 per cwt. .Braq $1.25. par cwt .Rolled Oats $1.50 per cwt 'Rolled barley $1.45 cwt . Bin Stem Flour $LU sack. .iPatent -$U5.i u .White, Quartz $1.35 per sack. , Snowdrift W.35.. ' ' 10a Corn ideal Mr., par sack. J '(" :" 'Frnlt;Et. Home grown apples 75cC$t a twi.ii! -i ! r ' .Orangea 15360c. ' Bananas 40c per tot. ' Pineapple 20o and 26c site. Cranberries 15c qi drape frnlt (large size) 10c. ' .. TgUMs aad Kleelltaat. Ontooa 1.60 per ,ewt, small lota 2c ' Potatoes 75c jer cwt. I Beans-i-White, f 1-Sc: Una, 10 cent ; Cabbage 2c iff. I ; Celery J bunches for 25c. (Home grown. 10c , Sweet potatoes 5c per lb. Green peppers--ZOc lb. Squash :Hc Jb.1' ': , Pumpkihs 2HC r i .Turnips H4c lb. ,., , Em and Ratter. Fresh eggs 45c. Ranch eggs 45c. Storage eggs 35c. ' Butter Fancy creamery, 40 easts. I lb. roll; 2 lb. roll, 80c Electric Light A Real Benefit I 1 'r , ' ' Webster's Dlotlonary define "besefit"' as: "What ever promotes the comfort ssd well fcelij f a ' person or thing or Increases the vslse af proserly" Electric Light does all this aad mere. Msst people appreciate this, which accounts fof the Increaslag aumbtr of electric light asers la L Grande. There are sUU some pteple. hewevtr. wha slisg to the old belief that electric lights are expsaiiv. it Is there people we want to reach.' We wast to couvlsre them that eltrtrie lights are 11 not In the'Iuxury class; that they are cesaltl; ssd that Uey are ''cheaper than aver before. Phone, call er write for rates. i .1 j : Eastern Oregop Liglit & Power Co. a i? Always at your service." Ranch totter S lb. foil 7c rattle, lift as fL (Bnyta MeO Heavy hogs 1.60 ewt. Light hoga 17.00 ewt. Medium light hoga $7.0t ewC Docks. dressed, ltc Geese Dressed ISc. Cowa C5Ve. Steer 4c. TJSTE, SMELL Simple, Harmless Remedy Qnlcllf Believes Catarrhal Deaaesa. - . The thousands who suffer the mis eries of colds and catarrh and claim they have never found a cure can get Instant relief by simply annoinling the nostrils with Ely's Cream Balm. Cnlike Internal mediciaea which upset the 'stomach, or atrog snuffs which only aggravate the trouble, this cleansing, healing, antiseptic Balm Instantly reaches the seat of ths trou ble, stops t te nasty discharge, cleans the nose, heart and throat, and bring back the sense ef taste, smell and im proves the hearing. Afore thai tnis It strength's the weakened anl dit eased Maun., thus protecting you against a tetur aof the trouble This remedy cure a cold In a day. and prevent ' T ecoming chronic or re sulting 'a catarrh Nasal :)t.rrh 1 a- Inflammation ot the memi.ai.o 1 si the air passages and can hoc rercbed by mixture; tken into the stomach, nor cau It be cured by snuffs and powders which only cauae add'tional Irritation. Don't waste time on them. Get a 50 cat bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist, and after using 't for a day you will wish you bad tried It sooner. Mothers ' should give the children Ely's Cream Balm for colds and cro.i'. It la perfectly harmless, and plea sant to take. i Annual Stockholders' Meeting Notive Is hereby given that the an sital meeting of the stockholders ol the La Grande National bank will be held at their banking 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 the ensuing year, will be elected, and such other business will be considered, as mat properly be offered at said meeting F. L. MEYERS, 12-11-301 Cashier $100 Reward, $100 The readers of this paper will be plesjK-d to learn thnt there Is at least one drradd disease that science has been I able to cure In all lis statics, and that 1 I Calnrrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure U 'he only J positive cure now known to the medical ! fraternity. Caturrh being a constitutional I disease, requires a constitutional treat ; mcnt. Hall's C'atnrrh Cure Is taken In : ternally, nrtlnir directly upon the hlood I and mucous surfaces of the system, thrre j I y destroying the. foundation of the dls I ease, and giving the patient strength by , building up t'ie constitution and assisting ( rmturo in doing; Its work. The proprietors ; have so much faith In its curative pow i ers that Ihcy offer One Hundred Dollars : for tiny rise ti nt It falls to cure. Sund . fur )lt of testimonials. , A'Mr- r. i. CIU.NI.V M CO., Toledo, Ohio. Bold l.y all rroiHBt, ". Take Hall's Family rills f r constipation. l I USE OF WHO OR WVter brammar Bunks Up Against Idiam and Ceia a Jolt. The employment of the nominative "who" for the accusative In certain forma of Interrogation baa become so Imbedded in common usage that re sort, even now. to the strictly orthodox practice frequently requires, on the part of educated men. poeltrve effort or prolonged training. It somehow does not seem nuturaL In the past assured ly thla nomiuatlve form, where precise grammar would require the accusa tive, torna up with almost invariable regularity in works whicb set oat to represeut colloquial speech. Wuo is It from?" says tbe mother in Jsne Austen's "Pride and Preju dice," to ber daughter, wbo baa just received a letter. "Who Is it liker says tbe heroine of "Jane Eyre" to 8L John Rivers as she shows blm tbe picture of Rosamund Oliver. Such ex amples could be multiplied by hun dreds. There are cases, tndsrd. when tbe use of "whom would strike upon tbe ears of most of us aa painfully pedantic "Wbo tbe devil 1 be talking tor saya Sir I.uclua O'Trigger In Sheri dan's "Rivals.' as be notices Captain Absolute soliloquizing. To tolerate "whom" In place of "who" In such a sentence as tbe last would require tbe speaker to be ao thoroughly steeped In grammar that tbe sense of traditional usage wblcb lias been hardening Into Idiom, has at Inst been completely overcome. That height of linguistic virtue few of ua there are wbo attain. Thomas It. Lounsbury in Harper's Magazine. FURY OF A SPIDER. An Inssct Tragedy aa 8sen Through a Magnifying Glass. One day, rumaglng in an old desk, I found a magnifying glass. It was September, and In a sunny, weed rid den corner of tbe gurden I bad dis covered a big black and gold spider wbo bad strung ber web between two tall bnlock and was doing a thriving business In grnsxhoppers. Seated on the ground. I now sur veyed ber through tbe glass for an hour as nlie bung In the middle of ber engine of destruction. When I touch ed tbe net with my finger she awung frantically to and fro. prompted doubt less by some Inxtlnot of self preserva tion, but otherwise wan its motionless as If carved In jet Granx!ioper were not very plenti ful aa yet. but nt last a large green fellow fletv plump Into tbe toils, tbe spines on bin lets that bad so often dls coursed sweet iiiuhIc becoming entan gled. Instantly tbe crafty spider was all alive. Durtini; upon ber victim, she took ber station Above blm. and. banging by two legs, raized blm in ber other six and rolled. him round and round, unswathing blm In a band of silver silk until be whs as helpless as a mummy, aud then she bit blm in a dozen places with fangs oozing with poison. At tbe spectacle of ber evil eyes glittering with the lust of killing, mag nified as they were by tbe glass. 1 turned sick and rolled over on my face amonrr the weeds and lay for a long time miserably Inert. Atlantic Monthly. Strange Freak of Memory. There Is a MtruiiKe xiury of bow Sir Walter Sim tt, producing "Tbe Bride of Lammermour" during illness, was aft erward found to have forgotteu entire ly what be hud thus created. Accord ing to James Biillantyne. "tbe book was written and published before Mr. Scott was able to rise from bis tied. and he uiwured me wheu it was first put into bis linndK In a complete xhit.e that be did not recollect a siui;le Inci dent, character or conversation It con tinued The original lucidentH of the story, nliii'h he bud known from lxy hood. be mill remembered, but he knew uo more about the Mory be bad written than be did before be lieiruu to nrile or even think about wrltinc It" These fads were corroborated by Mr. I.m-k bart. Sir Walter Sontt' mui in ln w and biographer, no that they lire piai-ed be yotnl question Founder of the Japanese Navy. The founder ol the .la:iuee navy wns n n Knulisliiiian nunicd Will Ail a ins. wlm went to tlte eulei'ti sen n lHt of a IMitcb Meet III I.MiS ami was cast nway lu Japau a couple of years Inter. He liecauie 11 .lapmiese uohle and constructor of the imvy to the tycoon, but was never allowed to re turn to ICucliind He died about twen ty years afterward, very uigeiilously leaving half bis property to his wife and family in Euglnnd and half bin property to his wife and family In Ja pan. After bis death he whh del tied -Exchange. Sams Big Numbers. If you Hi: n tiny vesxel one centime ter rube with hydri:en corpuscle, yon nn place therein. In round mmilieni. five hundred mid twenty Ave imIIIIIoik f them. If these corpuscles arc allow ed to run out of the ressel nt tbe rate f t.i3 r second It will rtHulre sev enteen qiilutllllon of years to empty It. On ef the Ways. Who was that seedy Indiridual I w you gl'e a dollar tr 'An old literary friend of mine: au thor of Ten Thousand Ways of Mk ma Mouey. Mind snd Mstter. Te.icher is there any connect ion be tweet, nilml and itintter? Mimiii . JjVes; If a Isiy doesn't mind tli.-rell le jsoinethltijr the matter.-Chicago News Men are born to stinted, nut to fall BAR ftOQreTHlSG DCTUHQ TOUR SPARK TIME. 4 Tbe Observer has an attractive 4 proposition for ' one person either lady or man in every 4 school district In Vnlon and 4 4 Wallowa counties outside of La 4 Grande, to act aa correspondent. 4 Sum rat will ha nald for all 4 news, provided at least one news " j 4 letter each week is Bent In. 4 Thla work can be done dur- 4 Ing spare moments. Checks for 4 services will be mailed eacn month. 4 Remember, a correspondent Is 4 wanted at every postoffice and 4 In eYery, as well as In each school district No previous ex- 4 perience Is necessary, aa all 4 Ihil la rnnlreii la telliuaT the 4 4 news of the community aa it oc- f cure. Write at once and be tbe per son to represent the Obsenrer In e your community, thua making 4 some extra money for youraelf, THE OBSERVER. 4 tf La Grande, Oregon. 444444444444444V John Cyclone Thompson says that be now weighs 190 pounds and will enter the heavyweight division. He will challenge tbe winner of the the coming bout between Palzer and McCarthy. I When you wantfgood I SERVICE'CHia j JONES Transfer Co. i Large Wagon - Good, Horses .Careful .Men B. B. NUTTER EXAXIXE ETERT PIECE CLOSED and you will And no flaws or lmper fectlons in any of our Wall Paper Thla Is a new stock of new designs patterns, and colorings of papers i-entre pieces aud borders, sultablt tor every room In the house. Tbes goods are strong and reliable. The colors are non-poisonous, and th tough quality of tbe paper makes it very permanent We solicit a trial order and are sure you will duplicate P1HIE RFT MONEY TO LOAN ; on farm lands in Union, ! Wallowa and Baker ! counties. Vacuum fOl SK t LKAMM. rVHaLSTEHl?( nUMTtRK KLVAI Kl t B.ITTBESS HAhlX. fCRMITntE PACK10. i- K. HKLLIVKK. PR05E RED 47t THE ABSTRACT &, TITLE CO. La Grande, Ore. Owners of a complete and up-to-date sot of A list racts of Union County, Oregon. Ail work gunrantced. Give ns a trial. CML0CKW00D, Mgr Office in Foley Bldg. I anf g onig to . cut down my expenses and put some money the bask. I can live on a lot less if I try will start a bank account today." Money la a good thmg to have if yon lose your occupation with money in the bank you are always Independent Step Into this bank and let us talk It over. United States National Bank La Grande, Oregon Capital, $100,000; Surplus, $10,500; Deposits, $400,000. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS K. K. WEST H. E. COOLIDGE FKA5K COXLET VTX. KILLER A. T. HILL J. C. HE5RT T. J. SCRIMiflf C. T. RACOJf J. L. CA VI MESS Let Us Protect Your Health by putting your plumbing dition, connecting it to sewer so v anil pass all sani . tarylaws. WATER PIPE SLir-let u: make licensed Plumbers BAY WEN AH A LUMBER COMPANY Complete Equipment tor Resetting and Repairing Rubber Buggy Tires x LA GRANDE IRON WORKS . D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor COMPLETE MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY 1 iimsws i The Coffee HILLS In Red and Blue Cans BECAUSE IT HAS T HE FLAVOR, CARRIES ABSOLUTE PCBX5ES9 AXD LE ATES THAT DELIGHTFUL PLEA S.IMT FEELISQ AFTER DRISKIXG Also Hill Bros Hilavilla Tea THE GOOD THIXGS OOST XO K0RE THAN 0RDI5ABT TBJXG8 IF T0C MOW WHERE TO BFT. Stageberg Grocery PHONE MAIN 70 TEGETABLES IX SEASOX ALL THE TIXE. resolution in first-class sanitary con put runners on your buggy and a sled of it. . ' & ZWEIFEL LA GRANDE Board Wanted About 14 feet long In a hurry! Well, we have boards In all lengths ' and wldta and great variety, and you can have 'em in a hurry, too. Our lumber yard carries a large and comprehensive Btock and we are prepared to quote low prices and make prompt deliveries. JTAI5 IK. You Like Is BROS
