La Grande evening observer., January 13, 1913, Image 6

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MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1913.
TJl GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
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1ST UM IN
MPflOVEMENTS
SEW IOKK BUILDS 12,006 HOUSES
IM 1912. ,
Jfew Residences vTeuld House City of
l&iLoot reputation.
, New , York, Jan. 13, Jly spending
on new buildings during the past
year a sura of money greater than In
any similar preceding period, New
York has achieved a new record or
having added enough structures to
house the whole population of a city
as large aa Savannah, Peoria or Fort
ITayne. These buildings, Indeed,
according to figures covering this
Held of expansion, which are now be
fog completed, would be sufficient to
xoake half a docen sizeable cities
The figures show that close to 12,
000 new structures, or about 30 a
day, were added to the city last year.
' Even were they all dwellings of the
ne-famlly kind they would easily
accomodate a population of 60,000
persons. As a matter of fact a very
large number of the new structures
were buildings capable . of bousing
from scores to hundreds of persons
so that the capacity of all is probably
In the neighborhood of 150,000 or
about equal to the population of At
lanta. ; On the accomplishment of
this great amount of construction
more than 206,000,000 was expend
ed, being far ahead of the amount
similarly applied In 1911 and apnrox
ftnately one-fifth of the annual ex
penditure of the national government.
fRnmarkable as this record for , the
live boroughs of the city is regarded,
that for the borough of Manhattan,
that In, the narrow strip extending
enly as far north aa One Hundred
and Twenty-fifth street, is looked
uponas even more extraordinary,
since In this limited area $116,000,000
f the total of $206,000,000 was ex
Nowlsthelimelo Buy jj
or Sell
During the winter months when the earth is covered with snow and all
vegetation upon the farms has become fertilizer for the next season's cr
crop, the real estate dealer must turn his attention in some other direction
City proper is the natural field in which for him to expend his energies.
For the next few months we perforce must place much emphasis upon
this class of real estate.. Therefore if you wish to buy or sell city property,
you will be assured our best efforts in your behalf.
Our listings of city homes, and of good investments in both houses and un- .
improved lots and blocks are very extensive. We can offer to the buyer
the most for his money iuall classes of La Grande property, and to who
ever desires to sell or exchange our host endeavor to serve him.
SOME ATTRACTIVE OFFERS
AN ENTIRE BLOCK FOR SALE OR TRADE
and five room house. Four acres in 5 room house and two lots. 120x110.
all, mostly in orchard. Good land. Path, hot and cold water, wired, sew-
An unusual piece of city property., or- a few fruit trees. Priced low.
5 ROOM MODERN HOME. 1604 FIRST STREET
Terms reasonable. Nice lawn, good 5 rooms, smooth plastered, cement
woodshed, good plumbing, excellent basement, bath and toilet, lot 50x110,
location. Only $000 down. barn 18x24. Built in 1912.
GEO.
pended a record which It la believed
has never been approached by any
similar area In the world. While it
is not easy to estimate the average
height of the city's 12,000 new struc
tures, statisticians are already point
Ing out that if 40 feet, certainly not
an extravagant estimate, be accept
ed the new buildings would If placed
one on top of the other form a struc
ture nearly fourteen miles high.
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proposition for one person
either lady or , man In every
school district in , Union and
Wallowa counties outside of La
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THE OBSERVER,
tf La Grande, Oregon.
City Property
H. CURREY II
REAL ESTATE
Kotke of Final AcceuL
Notice la hereby given that Henri
etta Day, executrix of the last will
and testament of Edwin Porter Day,
deceased, has filed In the county
court of Union' county,, Oregon, her
final account in the matter of said
estate and the county court has ap
pointed Tuesday the fourth day of
February, 1913, at the hoar of ten
o'clock a. m. at the court house at La
Orande, Oregon, as the time and
place for bearing of objections to
such final account and the settlement
thereof.
Dated this 3rd day of January, 1913
HENRIETTA DAT,
Executrix of the last will and tes
tament of Edwin Porter Day, de
ceased.
dally jan 4 11 18 25 feb 1
KEMJOTIOK
Oa Sweaters
We stil have a few of the popular
ruff-neck sweaters. ' In order to close
them out we have decided to reduce
the price from $8.50 to $7.00.
W. II. BOIINLWKAHP 00.
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Ketfce to Stockholders. -The
annual meeting of the stock-
solders of the United States National
bank wilt be held at their banking
rooms! In the city of La Orande,
Tuesday. January ' 14th, 1913, at i
o'clock p. m. for the p nrpose of
electing a board of directors and for
transacting any other buslaesa thai
may come before the meeting.
T. J. 8CROQGIN, Cashier,
dc It jan 14
Drives Oft a Terror.
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the winter aad spring months li
pneumonia,
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lost In taking the best medicine ob
tainable to drive It off. Conntlesi
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Trial bottle free at all druggists.
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A Breach of
Promise
By F. A. MTTCHE1.
"My daughter," said Jodge Lead bet
ter to Mr. Kalpb Fanning, "since send
ing you to me to ask for her band has
changed ber mind. Not as to her feel
ings toward you, but she has decided
to pursue the profession she has been
studying uudur my tutelage. We are
a race of lawyers, and my daughter in
herits the family Inclination. After
giving an affirmative answer to your
suit she fell to considering that mar
riage would necessarily prevent ber
following a legal career."
"It seems to me, judge, that this la a
case of breach of promise. I, too, have '.
Inherited legal Instincts from a long I
line of Jurists. My great grandfather
was an associate United States justice,
my grandfather was an eminent crimi
nal lawyer"
"Enough. Tou enter a charge against
my daughter of breach of promise.
You shall have an opportunity to sub
stantiate it and she to plead." I
The judge called a maid and told her
to ask Miss Murgaret to step Into bla .
study. The lady came In, somewhat
surprised to see Mr. Fanning there and
curious to know why she had been
summoned, -
"My dear," said her father, "Mr. j
Fanning charges you with breach of
promise. I do not understand that It
4s for the purpose of claiming dam
ages,' but I cannot allow you to treat '
any one unfairly. What have you to
say to the charge of accepting him and
then throwing him over?"
"I plead not guilty
"Very well. Now, Fanning, you may
proceed to state your case." -
"My attentions to Miss Margaret
have been noticeable and noticed by i
our mutual friends 'for months. She :
has accepted various lrll!os from nie,
especially glts of flowers, Indicating
that my attentions were agreeable to !
her. Last evening I called upon ber.
We were sitting in a cozy room in this .
bouse before a fire of blazing logs. An
aroma of the last lotof cut flowers I
sent ber, arranged In a Dresden vase I
by her own shapely bands, pervaded j
the apartment The cheery firelight '
contrasted delightfully with the winter I
gloom without We cat side by sldd '
on a large
"I object!" cried the lady.
"The objection Is not sustained, rul
ed the Judge.
"Nevertheless I prefer to respect the
defendant's wishes," Bold the plaintiff.
"I will omit the rest of what happened
except so far as it pertains to the law
of contracts. I tbcfl and there asked
your daughter to be my wife. Her
head sank"
"I object ognlnr cried the lady.
"The plaintiff states In one breath that
he will omit what happened except as
to a contract he clulras to have been
made and in the next breaks his prom
ise." "I beg the defendant's pardon," con
tinued Mr. Fanning. "What occurred
was the delight of my life. 1 was In a
whirl of Joy"
"Yes, yes." Interrupted the Judge.
"The court underRtamls all that He
has been there himself, though many
years ago. Please confine yourself to
the contract."
"Your daughter, her beautiful face
burled agaiust my breast whispered
Yes.'"
There were a few moments of silence,
when the Judge announced to his
daughter that be was ready to hear
her defense.
"Your hftnor," she began "I mean
papa I base my defense upon that law
which bug protected many a minor in
an Inheritance, the law against exert
ing undue Influence upon a testator.
Mr. Funning sought to deprive the no
ble profession of the Inw of my life's
services. lie took advantage of our
llensntit surroundings, the cheerful
firelight, the nrottia of flowers, the lux
urious sofa"
"Chair?" Interrupted the plaintiff.
"Will you protect me?" cried the girl,
apicallng to hor father.
"Another such Interruption," said the
)udge sternly to Fanning, "and I will
tine you for contempt."
"I claim," the defendant proceeded,
"that Mr. Fanning took advantage of
these surrounding to unduly Influence
me to bequeath myself to luui instead
of my natural heir, the law."
"And I claim." urged the plaintiff,
-that In giving herself to the law the
lefendant disinherits her natural heirs.
x husband and children, besides wreck
ing the life of myself, the plaintiff in
ihls case."
A silence followed these words, which
were spoken with great depth of feel
ing, it was broken by the judge, who
isked of Fanning:
Ik you desire to enter any rebuttal
it my daughter's statement"
No, your honor. I rest my case.
which 1 hare summed up In my Inst
words that If the contract Is broken
It will result In the wrecking of my
life."
"I reserve my decision," said the
fudge. "The court will take a recess
for half an hour, at the end of which
time the decision will be handed down."
Fie retired from the room, leaving the
plaintiff and defendant together. In
exactly half an hour be returnedand.
eating himself, appeared u be fram
ing what be was about to say when
bis daughter spoke:
"You needn't trouble yourself, papa.
The case has. been nettled out of court''
"Indeed!" The judge looked pteaaed.
On what terms?"
"We're to be married In th
and go to Europe on our weddlug trip."
SUCCESS IN LIFE,
When tbou dost clearly see the
path thou canst not wander from
It. Ont of tbe lightnings of the
mind come forth the thunder
shocks of action. See thy act
In thy mind's clear vision and
'tis already done. . In hours of
strength prepare for hours of
weakness and tbou shult never
fail. Fore live tbe thing thou
dreadest - Fight thy battle In the
high arena of thy mind, and
when thou comest to the arena's
bloody sands thy victory is al
ready won. In silence prepare
thy battle shout. Steadfastly alt-
. ting in thy lone retreat act tbou
thy coming part In silence let
thy speech be framed. In tbe
still chamber of the mind let all
thy acts conceive and none shall
fall of sturdy life. If tbou dost
fear temptation's power, alone
In silence meet thy foe and slay
him with thy thought With
sword thrusts of brave words let
out his life, and when tbou meet-
' est him upon the sands naught
but a shadow faceth thee. Trust
not thy soul to conflict unpre
pared. Go armed with predeter
mined thoughts, with will strain
ed, like tbe bowstring, ere the
strife begins. . Sharpen thy ar
rows in the forge of thought Let
each be pointed with a willful
word and they shall reach the
"tempter's throbbing heart So
lon Lauer.
A 8AFE RULE.
It is a good and safe rule to so
journ 13 every place as if you
meant to spend your life there,
never omitting an opportunity of
doing a kindness or speaking a
true word or uaking a friend.
Ruskiu.
THE 8AYINGS OF A ROMAN
SAGE.
Never a man hath won him a
nobler prize than woman, if she
be good; but, again, there Is
naught else worse than a bad
one.
Evil he worketh himself who
worketh 111 to another.
Work is no disgrace, but tbe
shame is not to be working.
If you but work, thou be who
works not will envy you quickly,
seeing your wealth Increase.
With wealth come honor and
glory.
Pass by the seat at the forge
and tbe well warmed tavern In'
winter. That is the time when
tbe man not slothful Increases
his substance.
Praise, then, a little vessel.
Bestow thy freight In a large
one. Heslnd.
Every man who marries is like
the Doge who weds the Adriatic
sea. He knows not what he
may flud therein treasures,
pearls. monsters, unknown
storms. Helnrlch Heine.
MAN'S ARTERIES.
And Some of the Causes That Tend to
Make Them Harden.
"A man is as old as bis arteries"
is a common saying among physicians,
which has come to be taken up by
their patients. Dr. Herbert, C Clnpp
of Boston In the New York Medical
Record comes forward with an article
declaring that worry la a common
cause of arteriosclerosis, the harden
Ing of the arteries is nut infrequently
considered as one of tbe customary and
proper accompaniments of a ripe old
agesometimes even of middle life
it is not universally so, and that even
at fourscore years, as proved by
autopsies, the arteries bave been found
to be perfectly sound. He cites the
case of the cbnmpion old man, Thomas
Parr of England, who died at the
ndvauced age of l.2 and whose arter
ies were found by Uarvey who dis
covered tbe circulation of tbe blood-
on examination after deatb to be per
fectly sound.
Dr. Clupp says that within certain
limits tbe arteries do not harden be
cause t'ley are old. but are old because
they are diseased. Among causes for
arteriosclerosis be gives overeating, ex
cessive muscular strain and excessive
brain work. Worry produces func
tional disturbances and undue blood
pressure. This brings with It arterio-
sclerosis He holds that most wor
ries are Indulged In without an ade
quate reanon. therefore, and cites tbe
following quotation: "I am an old man
and bave bad many trouble, but most
of them never happened."
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FOR SA.LE Sweet elder 26o per gal.
Phone Black loei.
FOE KENT Five room moaeru
house. Phone Main 736. Dutll'i
hskerv. 12-23-tf
KOK 'ivBNT Bulte of furnished
rooms for light housekeeping with
hth and laundry room. Call 1311
12-23-tf
O avenue.
FOR RENT Four room bouse. B. W.
Kammerer, phone Black 1533. 1-1-tt
HOUSE DRESSES $1.50. Ottar sew
ing reduced during January. 1708
Spruce. Mrs. Etta Wines. 1-7-tf
SEW BOOHING HOUSE 1512 Adams
avenue; close in; nicely furnished;
bath; rooms for rent Phone Black
1721.
WANTED Second girl for nurse
maid and to assist in general
housework. - Call at Mt Emily
Timber company's oflice, new Foley
building. A. J. Stange. 1-10-tf
Chronic Constipation Cared.
"Five years ago I had the worst
case of chronic constlpalton I ever
knew of and Chamberlain's Tablets
cured me," writes S. F. Fish, Brook
lyn, Mich. For sale by all dealers.
Famous Stage Beauties
look with horror on skin eruptions,
blotches, sores or pimples. They
don't have them. For all such trou
bles use Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It
glorifies the face. Excellent for ec
zema or salt rheum. It cures sore
Hps, chapped bands, chilblains; heals
burns, cuts and bruises. Unsurpas
sed for piles. 25c at all druggists.
Best Cough Medicine for Children.
i am very giaa to say a rew woras.
In praise of Chemberlain's Cough
Remedy," writes Mrs. Llda Dewey,
Milwaukee, Wis. "I have used it tor
years both for my children and my
stelf and it never falls to relieve and
cure a cough or cold. No family with
children should be without It as It
gives almost immediate relief in cases
of croup." Chamberlan's Cough
Remedy Is pleasant and safe to take,
which Is of great Importance when a
medicine must he given to young
children. For sale by all dealers.
B. B. NUTTER
EXAMINE EVERY PIECE CLOSELY.
and you will find no Haws or Imper
fections In any of our Wall Paper.
This Is a new stock of new designs,
patterns, and colorings of papers,
centre pieces and borders, suitable
for every room In the house. These
goods are strong and reliable. The
colors are non-poisonous, and the
tough quality of the paper makes it
very permanent We solicit a trial
order and are sure you will duplicate
PHOITK BED lL
Annnal Stockholders' Meeting
Notlve la hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the La Grande National bank will be
held at their banking hous j In La
Grande, Oregon, on Tuesday, January
14th. 191S at 2 o'clock p . m.
At this meeting a board of seven
directors, to serve for the ensuing
year, will be elected, aad such other
business wtlt be considered, as may
properly be offered at said meeting.
F. L. MEYERS,
I2-ll-!0t Cashier.
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