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LA. GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1913.
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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
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' 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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THE OBSERVER.
4 tf La Grande, Oregon.
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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.
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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.
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