LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1913.
PAGE EIGHT
EUGIHEERS'
ORDEB GROWS
SttOTUKKHOOD rtKrdKTS THROW
, INTEREST LIGHT
local Dlrixlua Hun Hlif mid Active
3faiborhli. -
Off'clit ro;r;s -of the Brotherhood
ef Locomotive Knglueers for the
month of December, 1912, show a
ery' flourishing condition of affairs
fn l! at Institution, both from a flnan
ial qnd membership standpoint and
aicnihers of the I -a Grande dlvtslou
ill be m ii ci ! ate rested in It. The
tml'aerTiniMl owns a modern 16 alory
Rice buIMiiih la me heart of Cleve
land, Ohio, erected soaie three years
to o' a ooai of ll.2C0.C0C.C0. in
whlcl thtr na ''In their general
fflcea, rentins; the balance at an av-rn--
raoooia o JC.fOO.OO per month.
Tbu odOdlac occupies oue-fourth nf
a Mock and the pride of the
Brotherhood. . being now practically
pntd for and furnishing a home where
Jta oil probability the future tri-enniai
sessions of the brotherhood win be
Held..
The brotherhood now has Insur
ance In fcrc among it members, to
the amount or 5136,809,000.00 and
since the organisation of the Insur
smce department, have' paid benefits
to the amount or 126,426,241.06. this
fnce 1868, at whlch time this de
partment was organized. The meni
Bershlp carrying insurance is 65,910,
showing an average per member of
12,075.00. The entire membership of
the brotherhood is 71,937, the d Iff er
ase being accounted for by the fact
that at the time of organlzalon of the
sn ranee department, many of the
embers had reached an age that
prevented their taking Insurance, and
further that until 1890, the carrying
f Insurance was not compulsory.
The brotherhood ' contributes lib
erally each year to the Highland Paik
koine, near Chicago, Illinois, a home
for totally disabled railroad men and
to whtch B0i the railroad brother
hoods contribute and support, there
helng members of the Institution fi'om
the different classes of railroad ser
vice. The brotherhood maintains an ac
cident Insurance department that In
sures Its members against accident il
Injury and death, solely, and thus be
coming a dlrecto competitor of the
accident Insurance companies. This
department , being operated by the
regular officers of the brotherhood
aad at actual coat of maintenance
furnishes aorldent liiHurance to lis
members that since orBHiily.nl Ion six
WHAT IS
Dry Cleaning?
WlATRIt IS INJURIOUS TO MOST WOOIJ5N AND SILK K AM
IR ICS. WASHING IN A Sl'HSTlTl'TK FOR WATER IS TERMED
DRY 'CIIBMICAL,' OR 'FRENCH' CLEANING. ALL, MEANING
THE 8AMK
BBNZINK 19 THE MOST USED. IT IS A i.fcEAT S3. VENT.
SPECIAL 0AP8 AND OTHER SOLVENTS ARE ADDZM1 TO
MAKE IT STOONGER. J :J
GARMENTS MUST RK FLOODED. SOCSED AND AGITATED
Fon .Ainoirr an hur to get results, hbnce the need
OF POWRW WASHING MACHINES.
. Our machines will be at your service
in a few days
CHERRY'S NEW LAUNDRY
Inc.
OBO. QILBHRT. MANAGHR.
V-
years ago has not cost the Individual
member to exceed $30.45 annually
for a 120.00 a week benefit, good for
62 weeks if necessary, and In case of
death, $2,000.00; compared with the
corporation companies this cost lij
less than one-bau.
The brotherhood also maintains a
pension department that Is being
well patronized by the .membership
generally having only been organis
ed at the Harrisburg convention. In
.May, 1912..
"The tlocal division of the brother
hood is known as Grande Rosde Di
vision No. 262, ' and has a present
membership of 80. There are two
other divisions on the O.-W. R. & N.
vstem. No. 236 being located at
Portland and No. 443 at Starbuck.
Washington." says C. "M. Humphreys
secretary of the local division.
HOYT REJECTED.
(Continued from Page 1.)
for the approval of the city, fathers
Is the method or letting contracts. It
changes the method or Improving the
streets in such a way that all of the
iles a I details of the matter are dis
posed of before work' on the street
commences. The Issuing of bonds
and the signing up by the property
owners for the payment of the Im
provement will he done before the
Improvement is commenced. This
uvolds' the issuing of 'warrants and
saves Interest. After the work Is
completed 10 per cent of the con
tract price is withheld from the con
tractor for the period of six months
and will be paid to the contractor af
ter that time only when the city en
gineer Informs the council that the
work Is satisfactory after the six
months' test- Dr. Lincoln proposed
the foregoing measure and there was
no opposition. .
A refunding ordinance will prob
ably be passed whtch will provide for
the refunding to property owners the
difference; of the preliminary assess
ment and .the actual cost 61 construc
tion. The city's finances are not i In the
very best of shape. The report of
the city treasurer seemed unintellig
ible to the council and considerable
study will have be Indulged In before
aH of them know exactly Just what
Is and what Is not. The Beaver pipe
line' sinking fund Is to be put to
use. An ordinance will be drafted
by the finance committee and the city
attorney, providing for the purchase
of general warrants with this fund
nt not less than 95 per cent of their
fnce value. Councilman Sargent pro
posed the adoption of a resolution
providing for the purchase of district
Improvement bonds -with this fund.
Objection was made that many of
the bonds had been purchased for
lest than 90 cents, and the .city would
he required to pay for them at their
face value. This was unsatisfactory
IB GETS
iiuii nnniTinti
BECOAES PHYSICAL DIRECTOR
OFY.JCCA.
Management of the Institutions Em
pleys Popalar Athlete.
.
Tangible offers on which to bid for
new members to the Y. M. C. A. have
been added in that the board of di
rectors has complete a r'-.vi-'nts
whereby Ed Warne.'.w.i; .aj t.i.i. je
of the phys'cai tic; a tr-ve r :'' V
M. C. A. Mr. Warner w.I. i
lu La Grande and Eastern Cregon.
He takes uimedlate direct .i o; t.:e
gji..rtj;.. ... u oped auJ e..:i::-'
ed tint the men of the city will Lack)
up this latest move of the assi u-
tlon with a membership large eno'ugli
so that they may break even. The
fee to .May 1st will be only $2.50.
payable ' In advance for seniors and
bus'ness men; $1.50 for boys nine to
15 inclusive.
The A class Juniors have elected
James Rosenbaum as captain ' and
L)le Geddes. as manager of the first
(teams. There la . material in this
class for one of the fastest .boy teams
in the county.
The schedule for classes Is as fol
lows: . . .
Monday
4:00 p. m. Junior B class.
5:00 p. m. Business mea.
.7:30 p. m. Seniors.
Wednesday :
4:00 p. m. Junior A class.
3:00 p. m. Business men.
7:30 p: m. Seniors. v
Friday .
6:00 p. m. Ladles cHass.
7:30 p. m.--Senlors. :
Saturday
9:00 a. m. Junior B class.
10:30 a. m. Junior. A class.
Hen's Meeting.
Next Sunday afternoon C. B. Pick
ens, who was until recently Boys'
work director of the Boise Y. 51. C.
A., will speak to the Y. M. C. A., 3:30
o'clock. Come and bring another
man with you.
Scouts.
General Scout meeting of all troops
at the V. 'M. C A. Friday night. Ev
er yScout should be present at this
meeting.
to several of the council and It was
voted down.
A number of other resolutions were
adopted, among . them one for the
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,utciiiliiK lite nm ductus ul icil.-
clos In the intersections of streets.
Some of these will be printed later.
A new system of double entry bonk
keeping will be started In the city
recorder's office, and an assistant
will he employed temporarily for this
purpose at a salary of JP0.0O.
School District Bond Election nlloe.
Notice Is hereby gln that at
school meeting ot school district No
One ot Vnlon county, Oregon, to be
held at Old high school building In
r.U district on the 18th day of Janu
ary, 1913. there will be submitted to
the legal voters of said district the
question of contracting a bonded debt
of thirty thousand dollars for the
purpose ot purchasing land for school
purposes and building a school build
ing, and for repair of school
buildings, the vote to be by ballot
upon which shall be the words
"Bonds Yes" and the words "Bond
No." Polls to be open at 1 o'clock
p. m. and remain open until 4
o'clock p. m.
By the order of the board of direc
tors of school district No. One of
Union county, Oregon.
Dated this 2t6h day of December,
A. D. 1912.
' ARTHUR, C. WILLIAMS,
Clerk or School District No. One, .
or I'nlon County, Oregon.
S. N. BOLTON
Chairman ot District School Board
or School District No. One or .Union
County, Oregon. l-l4-4t
THIS WILL INTEREST MOTHERS.
MoUmt Orj1 Iwm Iowds far ChUdm,
Omsm rll for Fnnlilmm, Hisdach Bad
Moaurte, TxtMc IMaoraVn, nor and mnUU
Um Bowtl tnd l)H) Worm. Tkr bratk ap
cildr is M bum. TImt v k plauui fto lb
Ur riilklFmlikrumn. Om lu,o. ulnotitil4.
t'Md by Miithw fur HI TMrr. Thf imir U.
8oM br all Iraggtu, SM. Hunpl v!lr4 IsU
Adaraa. AittTi, Uauud, U Boy, H. X.
rEBSOXAXS.
C. C.'Cates vas a homeward bound
passenger to Allcel this morning.
W. J. Hazelwood went to Elgin
this morning on business. .
E. C. Coles . was a -passenger to
Imbler this morning.
Mrs. O'Brien and daughter were
passengers to Imbler this morning, i
lira. Frieze and Mrs. Mattleve were
passengers to Boise this morning.
J. J. and A. H. Parsons were In
the city yesterday and this morn
ing. I
C. L. Newman of Emmett, Idaho,
'jas been In the county seat visiting
K. H. Jobuston.
-Mrs. Frank Pike went to I'matllla
morning to eat birthday dinner
at t!:e home ol friends.
Vr. Norman Stoddard of Perry
" hi: Inbound passenger this moru
la. ,
". f -'-!' k of Imbler was a busl-
dpi vMtor 'n tie city last night
V'l 'i's mcrtir.g.
i.is. . .i ii.n o island City has
be en vis'lliig'her sen. In La Grande
She returned home- this morning.
"Kid" Parker, the well known pu
gilist of Denver, was a passenger to
Hot Lake from La Grande He was
accompanied by John Duunlgan. .
Mrs. C. F. Smith and son who have
been the guests of Mrs. Smith's folks
returned this morning to their home
In Boise. '
Mr. and Mrs. J. Van Buren left
this morning for Portland where they
will spend a number or days visiting
friends.
. ' City Attorney Jerry Rusk went to
Enterprise this morning to argue a
case before the circuit court. He
will be gone a few days. ,
R. V. Jenkins, the genial traveling
salesman for the Cluetl Wros.' com
pany, stopped pit In" La Grande to
leave some of the famous brand
shirts with locail merchants.
, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Holland of
CoopeTstown, N. Dak., arrived1 In the
city this morning on their way (o
Wallowa where they will spend the
winter with their son.
J. B. Wade of Palmer Junction has
been In the city on business. He re
port. Tour feet cf .snow In the woods
but says all men are at work in
spite of It.
L. W. Eiledge, a prominent fruit
grower of Nampa was in the city In
vestigating the prospects or the rruit
market and consulting with fruit men
of his valley. He left for Welser
this morning.
C. D. Kauffman of Medical springs.
I Is In the city at the bedside of his
i son who has been In the hospital suf
Jferlng from appendicitis. He reports
his son on the convalescent list
Ed Selders. formerly of the Sel
'ders confectionery. . now connected.
with the Blue Mountain Creamery
company, went to I'nlon this morn
ing In the interest 6f the business.
R. A. Hanna went to Enterprise
this morning to do the court steno
graphic work. Sirs. Hanna and
daughter aud Mrs. Grant went as far
as Elgin where they will visit until
"-.nrt adjourns.
Mr. Cherrler who has been In the
tMiiploy of the Grande Ronde Meat
company, and who will soon open a
market of his own In the Geddes
building, arrived from Baker thlB
morning.
Wm. Frazler. a cousin of Mrs. Tur
ner Oliver, was yesterday killed by a
Portland street car. The deceased
was at one time sheriff of Multnom
ah county. Burial will be tomorrow
at Portland. LMrs. Turner Oliver
leaves tonight to attend" the funeral.
Guy Eddy Resigns.
Los Angeles, Jan. 16. City Prose
cutor Guy Eddy recently acquitted
of the charge of contributing to the
delinquency of Mrs. Alice Phelps, has
sent his resignation to Mayor Alex
ander. His health Is dissipated on
account of the trial and he feels the
need of rest. The mayor has accept
ed the resignation.
French Cant Agree on President
Paris. Jan. 16. France Is having
a lively time electing a president.
Jules Pam, the minister or agricul
ture. Is leading In the contest. It has
been customary In France to elect a
man of little force of character, one
who could smile gracloulsly and at
tend banquets and meet foreign plen
ipotentiaries in a pleasing way. But
the pewer element In France have
chosen Premier Polncalre on account
FTBEiXEy TAKE EXCEPTIOX
La Grande. Jan. 16. (To the Edl-
inr Wa the amusement oommlttee
or the B. or L. ft E., note with aur -
prise that the Trainmen announces,
in Tuesday's Issue or The Observer.-
that they will not .ell pu-c. t.o.r
annual baQl Jan. 22, frou: wYrh we
mfr th.i uir dun-
clal condition Is such a to warrant',
their glvng a ball without the aid of
this lucrative source of Income.
Patrons of the Fremen's annual
ball on -New Year's eve. will note
with regret that the Trainmen seetu
to have first considered that tbey
could not consistently, supposedly
from a financial! standpoint, supply
their patrons with punch without sel
ling It, and, as that woriM Incur the
expense of securing a license, they
finally announced that punch would
not even be sold.
Our financial condition warranted
our serving our patrons free punch,
and rather than have our "brothers
of the rail" make the embarrassing
announcement that tbey couttd not
even sell It we would willlnglly have
tendered monetary assistance
The only other Inference left us,
If "he root of afll evil" did not figure.
I. that they feared some ot meir,
members might Imbibe too freely and
create a condition which would not
compare favorably with that result
ing from the ladylike and gentle
manly patronage which made our
New' Year's eve ball such a grand
success.
C. B. HELMICK,
W. M. WIESE.
D. CHARLTON,
Amusement Committee
Editor's rote Incorrect ' Inference
might be gained from the article re
ferred to above relative to the "sel
ling" feature. The word "sell"
should have been "serve" . In the
headline of the Trainmen's notice.
EWANTED TO RENT Three or four
room rurnlshed house. P. O. 3ox
702.. ... -13-8t
of his ability and his diplomacy. The
ballotng has been in progress for
more than a week and neither, has a
majority. Palms received 322. and
Polncalre 310 in the last count. There
are other candidates.
FREEDOM.
Our political creed, without a
dissenting voice' that can be
beard, is that the will of thejeo
ple Is the source aud the hap
piness of the people is the end
ot all legitimate government upon
earth; that the best security for
beneficence and the best guaran-'
tee against the abuse ot power
consists lu the freedom, the pu
rity and tha. frequency of popu
lar elections. John Qulncy Ad
ams. THE LAW OF NATURE.
The law of nature Is hnt a cer-.
tain quantity ot work is neces
sary to produce 8 certain quan
tity of good of any klud what
ever. If you want knowledge
you must toll for It and if pleas
ure you must toll for It. Ruskin.
JUST RECEIVED, A NEW SHIPMENT OF
Caldwell's
ELECTRIC CUT
COFFEE
THE COFFEE YOU WILL LIKE.
Our Stock is Always Fresh, Clean and Complete
Phone Your Orders to Main 16.
WE BUY COUNTRY PRODUCE
Cummings & Black
GROCERS
TKAJXXEX ALL HELP1SG
I
Arrawjln tor a Big- Time Jaanary
, 23 at Annual BalL '
j , , . ." . .
I Nothing la left undone for th, big
Da January 2J when the trainmen
of La Grande will be hoaU to th.
public at a grand ball In the Elk.
auditorium. The best of music, ex-
ceUent rvfce'or every, ktad has
been arranged for, and the trainmen
have no hesitancy In saying this is
the best arranged ball they have ever
attempted In La Grande.
Hair Work.
Madam Kennedy and husband, the
reliable hairdressers are here from
Pendleton at the Savoy hotel, room
17, prepared to do all kind or hair
work Trom your combings. Also a
alee lot of hair goods for .ale and
will be pleased to meet all the ladles
of La Grande while here. 1-16-tf
LOST Double tooth Elk charm. In
itials L. IR. on back. Return to L.
Rayburn and receive reward 1-16-tf
WANTED Clean rags at the Observ-
er onice. ray zc per iu.
WANTED To buy heifer calves
Good pay. Phone Farmers 158.
' . l-16.6t
FOR RENT Four room house. 7Cj
Jefferson, cor. First St 116-3t
STENOGRAPHER WANTED Care
Hot Lake sanatorium, at once.
l-16-3t
WANTED People, sell groceries by
sample to . consumers, details to
Box 601, Portland, Or. l-14-3t
SALESMEN WANTED
To sell our complete line ot guaran
teed nursery stock. Outfit furnlsnod
tree, ccsh advanced weekly. Write
far . territory today. Idaho Nur.pry
Company, Welser, Idaho. l-15-6t
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! DAY OL D i
! CHICKS I
From standard bred
Rhode Island Reds
Black Minorcas
White Leghorns
and, your own eggs
hatched in our mam
moth hatchery.
Descriptive circular
and price list for the
asking. ',
C. C.C00LIDGE
Phon Red 3702. LA GRANDE