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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1913)
-,r, .rW V --- HOTEL MAN LIMIT STUDY lMftllltl4MlWN wo More Days of West's V Only! fl MINUTES INVESTOR A.KD V UTERIS HOTEL EXPERIMENTS BY DOCTOR HUE MAS IS DEAD. (.IYK DATA OX MOKW. V. II. Ferguson III but lw Days Willi Attack of roeuniiola. Seized . with Bevere cold last Mental Ability May Br ArcnraU-lj PttarmiBed la Time How much a studen'. ran do in a Thursday and forced to take to h! g,ven xime nM Deen tne u"Jec( for bed. W. H. Ferguson, proprietor tf eats since universities began. Kv- the Grande Rondo Valley house audi" Professor ot paychology has been I an inventor wnnaa chief fear waa to workl"K on the problem and the re- Improve the rotary snow plow, was 8"" nave not lwy been the saui-! 1 5th Amnmyal Clcaraince Sale Jan. 31, the Last Friday Day for'M to surrender a brief but paln fv.I :ggle with pneumon'a lust xtlghi at 6 o'olortc., No final arrange r'i have buon: made for the funer tu landing word from a relative In St Paul. . i ne demise wu guuiien and re owing to the difference in men. Then too,, the experiment have not cov ered the field In a manner to mike the data reliable. The following ex cel pt from the I'nlverslty Missourlan throw some Interesting light on a a qust'on that baa been freely ilia- moves one of the old buslnesa men 0f CUMed ln Grande of late: 3 a Grande. Aa bale and hearty as "The two Important questions to ever a week ao' an today dead. Is ' consider in dealing w!th economic the final chapter in the Teteran hoe-1 procei,ur ,n learning." aald Dr. W. telry manager's life. Mr. Ferguson FyIa Derore tne Scientific, assocla- Final Reduuiori in til Lines foi last two days WEST'S THE QUALITY STORE Dont Delay Your Pur chases Another Day was a aon of New Brunawlck, Can ada, where he was born 65 years and 26 days ago today. ' Thirty years ago he waa married and the widow sur vives him, the recipient of deep-felt sympathy from ber many friends. Mo children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson. ..'., Fourteen years ago Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson moved to La Grande and Hon Saturday night, "are: How long a period can one spend profitably in Intensive study and how often can these periods profitably occur?1 Doctor Pyle had charts to show that from thirty to forty minutes is the proper time; and that there periods can. profitably be repeated only three or four times a day with half-hour intermissions. This Is for hard mem have continuously occupied the North ory work only. Fir and Adama avenue site for a ho-1 Tl,e testa thut Doctor Pyle used in tel. Four brothers ami a sister sur- raakln b!s charts were or speed, rive the deceased, In addition to the 8Ucn a 'earning shorthand or type- widow. They are:; . Thomas, a .resident of St. Paul, writing. Jn experimenting with flr- but teen minute periods Doctor Pyle at present in the West somewhere howed that a person, having for in- on a mission for a wholesale house tance elBht "ours of ; work to do, and may not be advised of the demise loBe" 22 Der cent ln efficiency by do here until too late to attend the fun- ,ng u ln Periods of fifteen minutes eral; Christopher of Stillwater, Minn i eaoU Instead of periods of thirty Harvey of Stillwater. Fraxler of Miles minutes each. If that person took- City, Mont, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Periods of forty-five minutes each ho McKay of Miles City. , would lose 17 per cent and if he d:d SEES BRIGHT TBAJt AHEAD. I It in periods of an hour he would lose 30 per cent ln total efficiency. I So If one has to learn hastily a new Beat Estate Finn of Black A Clillder "'Phabet or to run a typewriter, he should take a thirty-minute dose for Optimistic as to the Future. " each meal ln the day and perhaps V ' , - , . one before going to bed. He can "Things Irak good for the future", then be confident that he Is working . said ex-Sheriff Childers of the firm of about as fast as Is possible. ' Black & Childers, today. "I believe "Changing the kind of work," said the county and the entire Eastern Doctor Pyle, "will do little to help Oregon country Is destined to have a matters. For a short time, perhaps, .splendid growth. . Things have pass- the Interest would increase the speed d the spasmodic stage and from now but as soon as that wore off the fa on we can look for permanent ad- tlgue woud be as great as ever and rancement and an influx of people progress as slow, who have come not so much to specu "However, a person might spend late In western lands as to make half a day. in ordinary studying; and homes." since we do not work at a high pres- The new firm la listing a great sure the ordinary day's work is deal of property. The ex-sheriff is probably of the right length." probably one or the best posted men Doctor Pyle believes a way will be in this country on values and loca- found to test the mental abltttes of tlons of real estate and the firm will different persons with some degree of doubtless do a big business. arcuracy. i We handle the "PEERLESS PRODUCTS" The name "Peerless' signifies perfection in Mazda and Gein Lamps We sell Westin'ghouse Motors Bvro - Jackson & irrigation, etc. We sell American and Westing house electrically Heated Apparatus Irons, etc. Guarantees . for all time. "Wje will wire your house and take care of repair work." La Grande Electric Co. lVilejr Hotel Block Black SHI ON 5 PUT DOWN WILSOX PKAISE8 LA FOLLETTE HATCH LASTS OVER AX HOIK, HOWEVER, Peudlcwn Fans, 8ee Interesting Bout Between HearywelghU. That Jackson, the -Pomeroy heavy weight, put up a better showing against Zbyszko at Pendleton last night than his friends had anticipated Is the word brought from Pendleton by local fans who witnessed the bout last night. The big Pole put Jackson down In 44H minutes and again in 17 Va minutes which was within his agreement. The crowd was lart,e and local fans say the match was In tensely Interesting. Zbysiko's Whirlwind Trip. The recent record of the Pole Is: Threw Charley Cutler In Chicago two falls in 47 minutes, Jan, 13. Threw Jess Westergaard in St. Paul, first fall 27 minutes, second fall 31 minutes, Jan. 15. Threw five heavyweights In Min neapolis' in 32 minutes, Jan, 16. Threw. Dr. Roller ln St. Paul, first fnll 18 minutes, second fall 41 min utes, Jan. 17. Threw George Turner In Aberdeen S. D two falls In 34 Va minutes Jan. 18. ' s Threw Chris Person in Fargo, X. D., two falls in 37 minutes and 30 seconds. t v Threw John ICJorden, "the Police Champion," In Miles City. Mont, two fulls in 44 minutes, Jan. 22, Threw Paul ' Domke in Billings Mont, two falls in Gl minutes, Jan. 23. . Threw Ole Peterson In Missoula Mont, three falls In 84 minutes. -Threw Jackson at Pendleton, Jan ?8, two falls. the Columbia river." Mr. Corbett said a 14 mile average ' would be extremely hard to maintain. "I J"" Wno Knows What He Talks Mr. Buckley said to the commit- About" Declares Wilson. tee: "It has lately been our order requiring our passenger tralna not to Trenton, Jan. 29.-Senator La Fol make a speed faster than SO miles an lette of Wisconsin is a man who al hour," said M. J. Buckley, assistant ways knows what he talks about; general manager of the. O. W. R. & th!, u tne tribute paid the soion oy N., "and limited freight trains to not Woodrow wlUon foIlowlns the de more than 35 miles an hour. I , "Ever since the TiUntlc .dlsas er clarat'on 'ast nlht at Atlantlc C1,v there has beea a tendency on tho l"3ai favored progresaiveism irre part of railroads of the country to spectlve of party. Wilson's Atlantic reduce high speeds from a stand- speech Is regarded as a farewell to point of safety." I members ot the iNew Jersey legisla- Mr. Buckley was arguing that If I . . ,, . ,, . y., , , e - ture and was delivered at a dinner a bill, proposed by Senator Surgessi of Pendleton, to require stock trains (a' whIcn wlIaon was the guest of to make an average speed of 14 miles honor. nn hnnr In nlpi nf 1? a a a4 rxrnm- ent, were enacted, the result would be reckless stretches. driving on the level "For two years, the average of all SYheB ne concludes hia remarks. stock trains has been 12.11 miles per la dlfflcuIt for anyone to vote aKainst "La Follette," said Wilson, "is strong because he studies every an gle of a question. When, he rises to speaii he Das the subject wen in It hour," said Mr. Buckley. "We con- hlm, because Lo Follette has p resell t- ed the case from the standpoint ot a ord. At times to keep up even this man wno knowg lt average, stock have been obliged to'--t run 45 miles an hour on the level, which I submit to you Is a very un safe speed for a freight train. la places over me mountains in Eastern Oregon, these trains can on ly make nine miles an hour climbing up, and they are limited to 15 miles an hour coming down," FASTER SCHEDULE OPPOSED J. F. Corbett and Other 0..W. Officials ... Testify Before Committee. Chief Dispatcher J. F. Corbett has returned today from Salem, where he and other offlclals of the O.-W. ap leared before the state railroad com mission aud the senate and house transportation committees., relative to a bill Introduced from Eastern Oregon Intended to force stock trains to run an average of 14 miles an hour. Instead of 12: The offlclals from M. J. Buckley, assistant general man ager down, discussed the situation from the standpoint of one opposed "Slower traffic brought about by the speed mania leading to the Titanic disaster," was the substance of the the testimony given by Mr. Buckley. Mr. Corbett In his testimony, told of the dlfflcultlea to be overcome keep ing these trains on schedule, espe cially In winter. In the last 30 days he said, a rotary snow plow had worked 15 days trying to keep the line open about Kamela, at an eleva tion ot 4600 feet, where snow Is now six feet deep. "It sometimes take three' big lo- oomottvee to bring a train up grade." he said. Could Shout for Joy. "I want to thank you from the bot tom of my heart," wrote C. B. Rader of Lewlsburg, W. Va., "for the won derful double benefit J got from Elec tric Bitters, ln curing me of both a severe case of stomach trouble and of rheumatism, from which I had been an almost helpless sufferer tot ten years. It suited my case as though made Just for me." 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