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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1913)
'ft-'- . 'i-ai PAGE FOUR LA URANDB EVENING OBSERVER. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1913. THE OBSERVER BRUCE PENNiS EDITOB iD OWHIR. lateral at the post IT Ice at La Grande. Oregoa, a secead elass aiatter. SUBSCRIPTION BITES. 1 Daflr, single copy Batly, Mr Mk ..! Mr. per nth BED FOR THE MAILS. out the atate will today mingle their sorrow with bla over the accidental death of bli tittle ton, Thomas Ben-1 Frank Hitchcock, the Beau Brum ton, who yesterday waa killed by aa mel ot Washington aoclety. ( sot a elevator In one of the office bulldtags cay blade, but the announcement baa of Portland. ' ' , ' ! KOne frt that h ro,ns to p,lnt To lose a boy at tender age must i n1 country red from one end to the be the acme, of human misery and other- N P1. 'ly red, nor a anr man who Is a father can In a 4yUU wtne color, nor yet a new- DEATH CLAIMS LITTLE SOS Friend! of Jay Bowerman through- measure know what bitter grief Mr. and Mrs. Bowerman are expe;;:nc tng.' 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LA GRANDE, OREGON fangled cerise, but plain, bright red, like the red hi the grand old stars and stripes, -Mr. Httchcock wll! paint the coun try red by virtue of his polslton a l postmaster general, Every mail box : In the rnietd Sta'es will be a bril liant red as will every postal wagon, postal street car and rural deliverer's buggy, and red will In the future be the prevailing tinge of the whole de partment. In order to carry out the color scheme Mr. Hlcbcock will him self, undoubetdly, put on a red neck tie. The action of Mr. Hitchcock, taken on the eve of his departure from the postmaster generalahlp. one which must be commended. For a great many years the postofllce department has been rather fickle as to Its color schemes. It has switched from green to red pontage stamps and the mail taxes have, In ycara past, been paint ed almost every color In the rainbow. Rural delivery men who have been In the habit of painting their wagons any old color and not Infrequently the rural eye has been offended with a fawn colored body rfnd yellow run ning gear chasing up and down the country road. Uniformity In color has long been needed and It la' hoped Mr. Hitchcock will stick to hla guns. Of course, almoet everybody will believe he could have Improved upon the col or, but the demand for a uniformity In hue will be unanimous. IP BOOK it is IIP- IT" rv' ' SPRING 1913 Mtiania aiwmrain MILLER HAD ODD CAREER Cleaning Talks NO. 1 5 "Benzine Laundry" would perhaps be a more expressive term than "French Dry Clean ing Plant." A Frenchman discovered the pro-1 cess. . Thorough "dry" cleaning requires the use of power washing, wringing and drying machines Jn which clean benzine or gasolene must be used . "free as water." We have the equipment and an expert to han- i Cherry's New Laundry Geo. Gilbert Manager The Test of Time Time determines whether the policies under which a' bank is oper , . , This bank has been In business twenty-six years. It has grown steadily until It bas become one of the strong-?', and most prosperous financial hiMltuttons In the West. Tbe soundness of Its policies Is attested by the long list of conserv ative business men who transact their business here; alo by an . earned surplus of tir,0.(M.oe, the work of time and the res-ill of conservative management This bank has facilities for taking care of more high grade Inn! ' ness and offers Its services to those wbo appreciate the best In banking. La Grande National Bank .La Grande, Oregon Capital. $100,000.60 Surplus, $130,000.00 Resource. 1.100.000.00 DESIGNATED DEPOSITOR OF I'XITED STATES GOVERNMENT. CJilTED STATE9 TOSTAL SAYINGS DEPOSITORY. A SQUAW WAN BIT OUTGREW THE STIGMA. London Society First Made Odd Foet Popular Married 'Often. '; '$$4iiS .MILLER REMAINS CREMATE!) Oakland, Feb. 19. Remains of $ the late Joaquin Miller were S cremated today.. At the home of the poet, on Oakland Heights, i before the body was borne to ! the crematory, simple services1 were held. J , . ; Pacific roast states have never produced a more 'srange character than that of "Joaquin" Miller, the late poet, to be burled this week, I Clnclnnatus Heine Miller, . be;ter I... V ... . .. I .jiuvu w," it-u-naine Joaquin . 'Miller, the 'Poet of the Sierras." was I .one of the most picturesque ,cha,ract- : !ers In the literary world of tho T"n't- ted States In his day. He was born from BooUlih-Amet lean parents In the Wabatsh district of Indana. Nov ember 10, 1842. He was scarcely 10 years old when hla father emigrate to Oregon, then a wlld and simrcely I fettled country. 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Ke was i districts of Idaho, which position he foruia and Southern Oregon. Gold- treated with contempt, like all the resigned to become the editor of the diggers, lumbermen and trappers, "gquaw men" are and retaliated by "Democratic-Register", a weekly Indians and outlaws were his com- leading the Indians In the!r attacks ' newspaper In Eugene, Ore., which, pntvions. The erratic nature of the upon the whites. ! was suppressed bv the authorities and ad- vnnnar nnet waa untntellletble to the After his return to his home In i n i . . i I " r anciwaiua uruiuut; VI me sen. , venturous life. 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