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New York, Jan. 26. (Special) A they will keep a record that certain
new real estate price record bat boen Judges "loafed" and that they could
established here by the purchase of a hear many more cases It they worked
lot twenty-flve by aevenly-three feet as much as the Judges In other
fer enough money to cover the ; counties. The New York Judges
ground with two layers of dollar bills,! however, have always had defender.
a layer of Uvea, a layer of tens, a lay. who contended that more work Is per
er of twenties, and a fifth coating of formed by Individual Judges In .'New-
hundred dollar notes. The land was; York county than-anywhere else In
bought to build the new thirty-two the state. While the keeping of the
story home of a giant Wall street record Is done through sn order made
banking Institution. It has also been by the supreme court Judges them
learned that J. P. Morgan, located In ( selves. It Is done at the suggestion of
an antiquated looking building In
era from Europe, maeea toe worst 1
exhibited will have little or no value
since the gallery, which is to be oper.
ated by the Metropolitan Museum,
will contain only art fakes. There is
a very serious purpose in in plann
ing of this gallery sinoe It proposes
as far as possible to educate the pic
ture buying publie In the wiles of
art ' dealers who annually unload at
fabulous prices on an unsuspecting
public clever countrfetla of the work
of famous painters. The faked pic
tures which will appear in the gallery I
to be used as the basis or instruction
In the art of picking out a genuine : 1
old master, as compared to a counter,
felt, are themselves good enough to
fool the average buyer and It Is ex
ported that through them real results
ran be accomplished In educating and
protecting the art lovers. While the
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Wall street, almost directly across
from the Stock Exchange, has bought
an adjoining lot at what Is said to be
an equally fabulous rate. The exact
amount Is not known, but the land is
said to he the highest priced portion
of the earth's surface, not excepting
any real estate in any city, nor the
surface of any gold mining claim.
Just how local Talues compare with
In London. lor instance, 10
the State Bar association which pass-1 fake gallery Is certain to prove pop-
ed a resolution to that effect at- Its ular here it Is not likely to be enthus
iast session.. Among other things the
record will show the uujiber of cases
heard by each Judv. tv'ii:fW
litigant, the number of disagreements
defaults, dismissals, ani dlscontlnu
ances, amount of verdict and the num
ber of opinions written by the Judge.
For the first time in the east a
strike of newspaper writers ls on
luusn j mill
shown by the fact that a record tnak--Tne paperB affected are the "Yiddish"
ing sale In the English city was re- aaMes of New York, and though they
tently made at a figure which would. are prlnte(J ln a language that is for
brlng the price of a square foot J elgn to moet Americana, their circular
about $127 an compared to an actual j t,on ches to nearly half a million
-le here at the rate of 558 a square For yMr. attempts have
foot. The significance of these bcen made t0 unionire the newspaper
changes ln ownership seemed to be nrofe.Bt01, and In some of the west-
that Wall street which nas suoaeniy
taken to reforming Its banking, it
brokerage transactions and its mem
bers' nablta and reputations, has now
et out to reform it physical appear
ance as well. The street at present
Is anything but the canyon of sky
scrapers which, outside of New York,
it Is supposed to be. "Only two build
ings in the whole street go above
eighteen stories, and the average
height is about six stories. Also the
structures are for the most part old.
and while they have a great deal of
dignity and even luxury ln their fit
tings and furnishings, their exteriors
suggest a banking and business sys
tem of Andrew Jackson's day, rather
than those of the present.
iastlcally regarded by those persons
ln this country and abroad who gain
a fat living by manufacturing "old
masters" to be sold to unsuspecting
purchasers.
While it has not yet been determ
ined Just how much work a Judge is
expected to do to earn his salary,
plans are now under way here to find
out Just how much work they do ac
complish, and for the first time in the
. . . - v.A .mini the members oi
the Judiciary are soon to be confront
ed with something very like a time
clock. While matters have not yet
come to such a point that Judges will
be expected to punch such a clock
like any employe, arrangements have
been made by which tabs will be kept
on their work in a manner Just as
strict. The clerks of the trial parts
r , sunreme court have been furn
ished with special charts on which back a few truckloads of "old mas
"Seventy thousand children are
made orphans In one year by our di
vorce laws Is the startling express-
Ion of facts which were brougth out
here by the Rev. Francis H. Moody in
an attack upon American divorce!
conditions. In the last forty years.
according to tne clergyman s careiui
ly prepared statistics, no less than 3..
700.C00 men and women have been leg
ally divorced, and the persons direct
lv connected with these cases number!
ern cities they have been successful, more tnan 5,000,000, or almost evact-J
but this It is believed is the first time jy tne Bame as the present population
that such a thing has been done. ' of New York City. Most of the chlldi
ren who have been "orphaned" by los
-ng one parent through the courts
this part of the country, or on so
large acale. The new union, wnicn
la known as "Newspaper Writers
Union No. 4," was organized and
chartered by the International Typo
graphical Union, one of Cue largest
and most powerful of craft unions. It
rrew from an organization formed by
Horace Greeley, and has more of the
features of the old European ."guilds"
than any other active labor body. A
curious twist of Its history comes out
in the fact that the hundred or so
Jewish scribes who walked out of the
offices ' the other day are organized
Into a "chapel" of the union a name
that is used because the first English
printing press wa set up In a ruined
chaoel of the Catholic church in the
The " demands of
the striking reporters and writers 1?
for shorter hours and more pay, fo
recognition of their organization anf
for the "closed shops". If the move
ment Is successful, an attempt will be
mads to call out the staffs of the Ger
man dailies and later to organize the
great English papers themselves.
New York, it is announced, is short
ly to have what will probably be the
most remarkable art gallery in, exist
ence. This does not mean another
multi-millionaire Is planning, to bring
have been less than ten years old, and
Mr. Moody points out the- moral dan
ger to the youngsters who grow up
thus In "half a home". Half of all
the divorces in the country, he finds,
have been between couples living in
the mlddlewestern states. In Illinois
alone there have been 120000 divorcer
since 1862. a number which is larger
than that ln any other state.
'S " THINK OF IT.
30,000 Persons Publicly JSeeemraend
Our Bemedy. Some Are La
' Grande People.
Over one hundred thousand have
recommended Doan's Kidney Pills.
, For backache, kidney, urinary ills,
Thirty thousand signed testimonials.
Are appearing now. In public print..
Some of them are La Grande people.
Rome are published in La Grande.
Noother remedy show such proof.
Follow tnls La Grande woman's ex
ample. -
Mrs. Ella Lyman. 1307 Madison Ave.
La Grande, Ore., says: "I have used
Doan's Kidney Pills several times for
bark and kidney trouble with the best
results. . I have also noticed tbtfr
rood effect ln anothr cease of kidney
weakness In my family. We have
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as quickly and thoroughly on the kid
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IS THE ONLY PRODUCT UNION COUNTY
DOESN'T RAISE
A Healthful, Steady Growth
ha always been La Grande's keynote of success. During the past few years
' we have paved miles of streets, established a paid fire - department, installed
water and sewer systems of real credit, built fine schools, promoted various
enterprises and developed many institutions, and, of course, have greatly in
creased our population, rural and urban. : a!
There's a Whole Lot Doing at
Present
as well as a good record for the past. A Y. M. C. A. building is being planned,
a city library, several new churches, new school, new railroads, new mills, new
businesses, new people, all are headed toward La Grande.
Consider what this means to real estate values. We believe that, either as
an investment, a business, or a home, La Grande property is the best proposi
tion on record. Business activity as well as cultural development will more
than ever characterize he growth of the city of pay-rolls in the valley of di
versified interests. - -V ''
A LOT TO BUILD ON
1704 Adams Ave, 101 12
xl20, will make two
good lots. This location
is very desirable. Price
and terms 'reasonable.
A RESIDENCE to BUY
1604 First St. 5 rooms
smooth plastered, ce
ment, basement, bath
toilet, lot 50x110. Barn
18x24. Built in 1912.
A HOME FOB SALE
An entire block and 5
room house, four . acres
mostly in orchard, good
land, an unusual piece
of city property. 1
LET YOUR WANTS BE, KNOWN, AND WE
WILL TBY TO SATISFY THEM.
.GEO
H; CURREY
108 ELM STREET
He Who Sells
REAL ESTATE
LA GRANDE, OR.
to be bad."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents tor the United
States. K ..'
Remember the name Doans and
take no other. -
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FOB SAILS BY A. T. HILL. Ullto
A SCESE FBOM "THE IBI FB0 T0B0, ITTHE STEWARD THEATRE, FRIDAY SIGHT.
O EARN SOaTKTIIIXO DURING
P YOUR "SPARE TIME.
The Observer has an attractive 4
proposition for one person
1 either lady or man in every
t school district ln Union and 4
4 Wallowa counties outside of La 4
t Grande, to act as correspondent.
Space rate will be paid for all
news, provided at least one news
letter each week Is sent In.
t This work can be done dur-
P Ing spare momenta. Checks for
i services will be mailed each
month.
t Remember, a correspondent Is 9
wanted at every poBtofflce and
In every, as well as In each
school district. No previous ex- 4
t perlence Is necessary, as all 4
that Is required la telling the
news of the community as It oc- 4
cum.
Write at once and be the per-
son to represent the Observer In 9
your community, thus making
some extra money for yourself.
THE OBSERVER,
tf La Grande. Oregon 4
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COMMITTEE EXPLAINS
(Continued from page six.)
made of the press of the state of
Oregon so that a special letter of
transmittal will not have to accom
pany this argument, thus saving con.
siderable expense to our taxpayers. It
the previ of the stale will concede
this favor and enlarge upon the Im
portance of any objections fielng ful
ly and plainly stated, with the reasons
therefor, the problem of good roada
In the state of Oregon will be much
nearer a solution ten days from now.
W. IRVrNO SPEN'CER.
Salem, Oregon January 17. 1913.
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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
lips, chapped hands, chilblains; heals
burns, cuts and bruises. Unsurpas
sed for piles. 25o at all druggists.
Chrenle Constipation Cured.
"Five years ago I had the worst
case of chronic constlpalton I ever
knew of and Chamberlain's Tablets
cured me," write 8. F. Fish, Brook
lyn, Mich. For tale by all dealers.
Increase In lYcuU Production.
Washington, Jan. 27. Silver pro
duction ln the state of Washington
Increased 63 per cent last year over
that- for 1911. according to the pre
liminary report made by C. N. Geryy
of the federal geological survey. Gold
output decreased 20 per i-ent, the
vnlue of that produced being )679.00f
as compared with a yield of $Sl!00t
!n the previous year. The ". '' ni
ver for 1912 was 398,000 o-'i:
the copper 1.250,000 pounds, o. - .
of 295 per cent. Both Increases were
largely due to development in Stev
ens county. Lead and sine shipments
were very small. " r
The total value of metal prodoe
ton for Washington ln 1912 was about
7 per cent above that for 1911.