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TA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1913.
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SHIPPERS IT
ISLAND BUSY
TWO CARLOADS 8RNT
MONDAY.
OUT LAST
Personal Jfoativa and Sew
Fro oi Suburb.
Items
Island City, Jan. 8. (Special)
Considerable hog shipment to Port
Inad has been the rule the past week.
T. H. Kiddle went to Portland Mon
day with a carload of hogs.
Garret Blockiaud and Aaron Jobu
son shipped a car if hogs to Port
land Monday.
Island Vltt New Mention.
Chief Mason has retained from a
business trip io Po.-tlvid.
B. E. Arant, professor of t!is Isl'inJ
City high school oa.i retjriu.1 affer
pending the holiday, with bU par
ents at Monmouth.
La Rose Bailey ha returned from
Ontario where she apmt the holidays.
Miss Shelton, a 'ej:!ier a' Island,
has returned from Union where she
pent the holidays.
Tab Thomas of Allcel was a visitor
here Monday.
Thomas Muilenburg U out after an
attack of la grippe.
The Odd Fellows lodg met Satur
day night after a bus'neM soss'on
and held a stag supper.
Carl Perrlne and Frank Terry have
returned to the mountain where they
are trapping.
j A an Offset,
"That girl has been promoted twice
to my once. She has all the luck In
this office."
"Well. 1 notice that she also has most
of the work on her shoulders 80 1
ernes she's entitled to the luck."
Washlngton Herald.
Mada Her Laugh.
Tom-Did' Mis Roxley entertain
your proposal? Jack On the contrary,
my proposal seemed to entertain her. -Boston
Transcript.
! ENDED THE COMEDY. ."
A Telegraphic Dialogue That Closed
With the "Wires" Down.
Two telegraph operator were seated
In a downtown cafe recently when an
athletic young man and an exceeding
ly pretty girl entered. They were plac
ed at a table opposite the "key" men,
who , were sitting side by side In a
position facing the girl. As Is the
custom of the craft when wishing to
discuss some one in a public place,
they telegraphed to each other, using
their knives on the plate.
"Peacherluo. Isn't she?" one ticked
to the other.
"A tree full." came buck the tapping
reply. "Wouder who the sack Is with
her?"
"Search me looks like a boob tied
op with a wren like her."
"Bet they aren't married, if they
are. all she ueeds to do to get a divorce
la to exhibit that mup of bla In court.'
While the two men were enjoying
a luugb over thitr silent Joking they
were surprised and somewhat alarmed
to hear some more ''table knife teleg
raphy." The "penehertno" was doing
it, and abe did not look at all pleased,
either.
"Tou two had better look out while
you are all together." carelessly ticked
ber knife blade while she listened to
something ber companion was saying.
"Tula stick and Iswb. as you called
him, with the divorce mup. Is my hus
band safe mover by trade. He eats
fresh little boys."
Something hapiiened to the "wires"
about that time, and ail communica
tion ceased. K an wis City Journal.
8tar Oistance.
" Miles are useless In measuring as
tronomical distance. Tliey have to
use the rate of light-184.000 miles a
second In covering the mighty spaces
with which they are forced to deal.
Even then we csnnot tin 1 f understand,
let us say. the iuiiueiiHe dlatauee of
Gamma, in the constellation Virgo.
Many, many years in nut light travel
In order to reach our little world from
these two sunn. They might even have
been extinguished hiuulretls of years
ago. and yet we should still "see"
them, so Taat are their distances. In
the year 1877 a new star suddenly
shone forth lu the -Swan." but many
did not know thnt the star really came
Into existence hundreds of years be
fore, but Its light did uot reach the
earth until It whh seen by the observer
to 1877. New York American.
Why Wife Waited.
A certain married man who boasts
to the boys thai bis wife uever slta
p for him slipped out for a cigar the
other evening after supper and failed
to notice that Ids wife had her party
own -on. When he softly tiptoed
i... hnnut at "J a. m. he was
Mis aunirlMst to see a dewy eyed
1 trio down the stairway, turn her
1 in hlia and tearfully say:
, here are I wo hooks I Just couldn't
.-h- won't ou unfasten them so 1
can go to bed?"
Fortunately he -mild and did. Chi
eaco Becord Herald.
CONQUEST OF THE AIR.
First Publio Flight of an Aeroplane In
Thie Country.
In "The Curtis 'A vim inn Hook"
Glenn Curtis descrilieH the flint public
aeroplane flight U America, lu the days
before any one had ever beard of the
young Yankee luveutnr. aud be was ex
perimenting with Alexander Graham
Bell and other:
"Baldwin climbed Into the seat, took
the control In hand, and we cranked
the motor. When we released our bold
of the machine' It sed over the Ice like
a Beared rabbit for two or three bun
dred feet and theu. much to our Joy, It
Jumped Into the air. This was what we
bad worked for through many loot
months, and naturally we watched the
brief and uncertain cowne of Baldwin
with a good deal of emotion.
"Rising to a height of six or seven
feet. Buldwln flew the unheard of dis
tance of 318 feet 11 Inches! Then he
came down lnglorloiisly on one wing.
As we learned afterward, the frail
framework of the tall hud bent and th
machine bad flopped over on Its aide
and dropped on the wing, which gave
way and caused the machine to turn
completely around.
"It had taken Just seven week to
build the machine and get It ready for
the trial; it had taken Just about twen
ty seconds to smash It. But a great
thing had been accomplished. We had
achieved the first public flight of a
heavier than air machine In America!"
THE FIRST WATCHES.
They Had Weights, Not 8prinae, and
Were as Big a Plates.
At first the watch was about the size
of a dessert plate. It bad weights and
was used as a "pocket clock." The ear
liest known use of the modern name
occurs in the record of 1552. which
mentions that Edward VI. bad "one
larum or watch of Iron, the case being
likewise of Iron gilt, with two plum
mets of lead."
The first watches may readily be
supposed to have been of rude execu
tion. The first great Improvement, the
substitution of springs for weights, was
in 1550. The earliest springs were not
coiled, but only straight pieces of steel.
Early watches had only one hand
and. being wound up twice a day, they
could not be expected to keep time
nearer than fifteen or twenty minutes
in the twelve houra'Tbe dials were o!
silver or brass. TfiVcases had no crys-1
tals, but opened at the back and front
and were four or five Inches, in diam
eter. A plain watch cost the equivalent of
fl.OOO In our currency, and after one
waa ordered It took a year to make It
Exchange. .
Exasperating.
A stuttering salesman called on a
New York buyer with an excellent
proposition. In well turned sentences
he proceeded to lay before the buyer
his superb argument But, alas. In
every well turned sentence there were
1)k" uud "rns," and over these the
(talesman stuttered pitiably.
The buyer before whom he waa
pleading was a caustic, nasty sort of
t-liup. aud after five minutes of stutter
ing at a point where the salesmnu win
floundering most dreadfully, the buyei
held up bis hand and said:
"I'm afraid I can't understand you.
Call Hgalu when you're sober."
The salesman turued scarlet with
mortification aud rage.
"B-b-b-but"
"No," said the buyer, waving hlio
resolutely toward the door, ."not now
when you're sober."
And the Infuriated salesmun depart
ed. Washington Star.
Maeaulay as a Talker.
Where Mucuulny's talk fulled is
clearly shown by Grevllle. "If he could
trend less heavily on the ground, If he
could touch the, subjects he hnndlp
with a lighter hand, If be knew when
to stop a well as he kuows wum to
suy. his talk vi.t:!l be us attractive as
It Is wonderful." It is all summed up
In the sentence. "lie gave society more
than it required mid uot exactly of the
kind" Maennluy. In fact, suffered
from excess of the first requisite of
talk, according to Johnsou "materi
als." As Sir Henry Taylor said. "HI
memory had swamped his mind."
Hushes of Ignoniuce 11s well as of al
ienee are necessary to the perfect talk
er. And so, us bus been said, Maeaulay
often exhausted his audiences before
Ite exhausted the subject. Londou
Curoutcle.
A Juvenile Critie.
A small girl or live was walking re
cently with her mother through the
public garden In Boston. The Wash
ington monument attracted ber atten
tion, and she Inquired what It was.
'That." replied her mother, "la a
statue of George Washington."
The little lady regarded It critically
for some moments, and then ahe said.
Washington didn't take a very gmsl
statue, did he. mother?" Everybody's.
No Self Seeker.
Indulgent Uncle The trouble with
you. Horace, Is that you have nut
struck your proper vocation. You
haven't found yourself yet Seni
uraee Nephew-Hub: You want uie
to be a self seeker, do you, uncle?
Chicago Tribune.
It Was on Foot.
"You say that there la a movement
on footr
"Rtiredld you expect It to be on
horschsrk. "r Bn automobile, or per
haps lu an slr-.bln" New 01 I'rww
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HERE IS THE GREATEST SALE IN LA GRANDE. HERE IS A SALE THAT IS SIMPLY
CLEANING UP ALL THE BUSINESS A SALE IN WHICH PRICES HAVE BEEN CHOW
CHOWED AND CLAW HAMMERED BEYOND RECOGNITION. A SALE THAT COMPETI
TION WILL NOT EVEN CATCH UP WITH THE ECHO WE LEAVE BEHIND.
Thousands of Dollars Worth at
1-2 PRICE,
AND EVERY ARTICLE IN THE STOCK CUT DOWN TO THE LAST NOTCH IN PRICE. THE
LOWEST PRICES EVER MADE BY THIS OR ANY OTHER STORE. HERE ARE A FEW PRICES
Men's Suits Women's Suits Dress Goods Silks Women's shoes Women's and
1 $5.00 j, , t1 Children's Un-
2 to a ' $10 - derwear
PRICE $9.25 PRICE PRICE Pair Y2 PRICE
Sweaters Dresses Women's coats Child's Coats OverCoats Furs
Vt K V2 V2 V2 V2
PRICE PRICE PRICE PRICE PRICE PRICE
Lowest Price
Sale
BOUNDARY LINE MARKS.
those Between Hanover and Holland
on the Rhine Are Unique.
Many of the International boundary
marks display a sentimental as well as
a practical character. The famous
"Pillar of Farewell." which marks the
line between Russia and Siberia, has
been celebrated In soug and story.
This boundury mark stands between
Ekaterinburg, In Russia, and Tlumen.
In Siberia. It stands on the main road,
along which thousands of exiles have
passed. It is an obelisk of brick, six
teen feet in height On the west side
It bears In Russian characters the
word "Euroe." aud on the east side
the word "Asia."
The boundary marks along our north
ern frontier, separating us from Can
ada, are of a most practical sort For
many hundreds of miles the St Law
rence river uud the great hikes form
the natural boundaries, but there Is a
vast stretch of prairie land beyond 1
with no natural
boundary marks
demarcation. The
herev are pillars of
Iron and wood placed at Intervals of
one mile. They have been alternately
supplied by the two governments and
may be seen from the Lake of the
Woods to the Red river valley. Be
yond that the marks are mounds of
earth and calrus of stone.
The strangest of European frontier
Hues Is that marking the boundary be
tween nanover and Holland, where It
crosses the Rhine. A row of pontoons
lies across the river, chained bow and
stern. Inasmuch as the dividing line
runs through from stein to stern, the
eastern halves of the boats are pnlnted
In German colors, the western In
Dutch. The effect Is most striking.
Austria has a frontier line of about
3.S00 miles, of which 2.0!M1 Is Innd
Every mile of this must be guarded
agninst the encroachments of Austria's
neighbors. Germany Is In a similar
situation, since her land frontiers,
bordering upon Russia. Austria. Swlt
serland. France. Holland and Belgium
are 2.2.13 miles In extent, and by far
the larger portion Is not protected by
mountains, rivers or any other natural
boundaries. The German seaconst how
ever. Is only 744 miles In extent Har
per'a. DRESS OF MALTESE WOMEN.
Silk
Hooded Cloaks Hide Faoe
and
Form From the Curious.
The dress of the Maltese Is very sin
gular, and that of the women striking
In the extreme When abroad they are
all arrnyed In black. They put on over
theu- other dress a robe or loose skirt
of that color, brought high on the
bosom, and in place of bonnets their
beads are covered with a black silk
mantle which Invests their shoulder
and descends hairway behind.
The part which oner the head Is
furnished with a piece of whalebone in
serted In the hem. which keeia It In po
sition and prevents the silk from drop
plug over the eyes One hand, placed
Inside, is always ueitsnry to bold to
gether the Hr of tho rnrf In front,
and the other ham! is mien bid under
its folds, only a torvnuger being snt
A W El A L E
OF A
fered to appear through the opening
left for the purpose. Of course, under
such mufflers little can be seen of the
beauties of form or feature If a Maltese
nymph happens to poBsess them. The
eyes and 11 moving, pall black figure
are all that can be distiuguisbed.
But sometimes the fair one deigns to
exhibit her face to a curious gazer In
place of engrossing herself the privi
lege of seeing, uud features good hu
mored, rather pleasing tbnn handsome
and Irradiated by a pair of fine, spark
ing eyes, are displayed to the beholder.
The complexion Is a durk olive, partak
ing a' little or a nort of mulatto tinge.
The mantle Is obviously borrowed, or
rather It bus descended from a distant
age and people. It answers to the veil
of eastern Indies.
Such tlgnres. thousands of whom are
abroud on the Subbath. give the streets
a funeral look. It seems as If all Malta
had gone In'", inourulng. Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Winklewads.
': No man can be n hero or a nome aciion
.... ,Kke , ,, h. nA.
that hlii suspenders break.
No matter If she lives out west or east or
north or south,
A woman early learns to hold her hair
pins In her month.
They hung the picture on the wall, as gal
leries will do.
And those who saw that painting wished
they'd hung the painter too.
Don't name the child until you see what
later years reveal
What Is Ita batting record and what bases
H can steal
In this swift axe or living we can tell the
patient man
He solders one small hole a duy and don't
stamp 011 the pan.
Dalian News.
Didn't Know He Was Running.
"I was talking to my colored man of
all work the other day," suld the Hou.
James Yates Mellon of Cleveland, "and
I asked hlni If he went to church."
" 'Yassuh. I goes to church every
Sunday," he said.
" 'Are you a member?
" Y'assuh."
"'What church?
" Trespeteeryun.'
"Do you believe In the doctrine of
election?
" 'Y'assuh.'
" 'Do you think I am elected to lie
saved?1
"Ijiws. Mr. Mellon, I didn't even
kuow you all was a candldateT "
Cleveland Plain lHaler.
It All Depends.
The magnate took his pen in hand and
eloquently wrote:
"I wouldn't trade Rill Beeswax for a mil
lion dollar note.
There never waa a better man then Bees
wax ever played."
The magnate argued thusly when he an
gled tor a trade.
But when Bill Heeawax up and asked the
magnate for a rntae
The maenate up and roaated him In forty-
town aj a.
"You poor old spavined boob," he said.
"you have a tot ef gall!
Toa're luckr to be playing la be baseball
yar at all!"
oElBEL'S
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SALE
I DITCH ALMOST RUDY
(Continued from Paee 1)
completed and dynamite blasting dis
continued. "There remain to be excavated
about 24,500,000 cubic yards. But on-:
ly 6.000.000 need be excavated before
the canal can be opened. K 1: hoped
that the last steam shovel can be re
moved from the Cut by J.ily 1. Then
the dyke at Bas Obispo which holds
the water 'of Gatun Lake out of the
Cut, can be removed and the water
will flow. Remaining excavation
necessary can be accomplished by
steam dredges.
"Less than 8 per cent ot the toial
excavation ai'd concrete work Is un
finished. At the present rate boih
will be finished and all gates and the
machinery for one set of locks will
be Installed by September. Then, if
the water In Gatun Lake is ulgh
enough, the first ship can be put
through one complete set ot locks. If
one ship can go any number can."
MIXED WIVES.
The Dilemma That Mr. Church Faced
and How He Mastered It,
In the early part of the last century
there lived In an old New England
town a Mr. Church, who in the course
of bla early life was bereft of four
wives, all of whom were buried In the
same lot
In bis old age It became necessary to
remove tbe remains to a new cemetery.
This he undertook himself, but In tbe
process the bones became hopelessly
mixed.
Ills "New England conscience" would
not allow blm under tbe palnfnl cir
cumstances to use tbe original bead
stones, so he procured new ones, one
of wblcb bore tbe following Inscrip
tion. "Here lies Hannah Church and prob
ably a portion of Emily."
Another:
"Sacred to the memory' of Emily
Church, who seems to be mixed with
Matilda."
Then followed these lines:
Stranger, pauae and drop a tear.
For Emily Church lies burled here.
Mixed In some perplexing manner
With Mary. Matilda and probably Han
nah. Exchange
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swamped with the business. Peitaps
The thing Is entirely experimental
and the provision that the postmas-
ter general shall have the power to
change zones and rates, and the, like
will enable the department to expand
or contract according as the needs de
mand. .
JUDITH SXODGIKASS MARRIED
On Western Trip for Honeymoon and
Will Come to La Grande.
Announcements of the marriage ot .
Judith Xell Snodgrass, formerly ot
La Grande, to a wealthy Kansas City
resident, reached La Grande yester
day. The several relatives and many
friends rf the bride were remembered
with announcements. The groom Is
Raymond Atwood Wells, for several
years vice president of the Wells
Fargo Expcess company and a step
son of the founder nf tha hlff urnrpu
company. He has retired from acti.
connections with the company now,
however. The announcements telling
of the wedding of the former La
Grande girl and the Kansas City man
were Issued by Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Snodgrass, uncle and aunt of the
bride. The marriage occurred Decem
ber 31 at Kansas City, and Mr. and
Mrs. Wells left Kansas City Monday
night for Denver. After a marriage
tour through California, they come to
La Grande to visit their friends and
relatives.
Since her departure from La
Grande the bride has toured Europe
with Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Moore now
of Portland, and while In Kansas
City was connected In an Important
way with one of the big department
stores of Kansas City.
THIS WILL INTEREST MOTHERS.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, a
Certain relief tor Ftrehihneu, Headache, Bad
Stomach, Teething Diwirden, more and reflate
the boweli and Uwtroy Worms. They break up
.""V?,,?4 b'-. They are ao pleaaant to the
tatte Children I Ike them. Over 10,000 teatlmonlala.
I'fted OT Mothers fnr 94 mm Tk.
Sojd t all DniKjri.!., Uc. Stnyile mailed
. Addreie, All.n 8. olcntej. Le Roy, N. T. 1
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