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nntt un-miMtmi'Mitmii'f'''1 '' ' ' . ' '- r PAGE EIGHT r LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1913. rooms and Good boaku ' iM VV.VL WEEK and up HOTEL GLASS Yf. W. OLASM, Proprietor ! 1404 'Mad son St. La Grande TbU U the most extreme corset that baa ever been produced at such mod erate cost It brings to the woman who bos been oblged to deny herself the satisfaction of a corset approach ing the extreme boctuse of price, the privilege of securing a model the lines of which cannot be questioned when criticised ffom'-the standpoint of the 1 at eat demand In corsetry. IModol 364 la low in the bunt with comfortable fullness over diaphragm, flexible clasps, extremely flat hip and long close fitting spirt, suppled with three sets of hose supporters. I have & complete line of other models on hand. Prices $5.00, $6.50 and 18.50. MRS. ItOBT. PATTISOX, Coraetlere. Phone Rod 3221, Res. corner Spring and Oak. The SAFE WAY IN (SETTING Eye Glasses and Spectacles that are correct, give comfort and look well, "The Intellect of man sits en throned visibly upon his fore head and In the eye." " Longfellow. TI1E RELIEF OF KYK.STIt.iIX IS OUR SrECIAIiTY Come In and talk over your eyeglass problems; consulta tion at any time. We grind our own lenses. Our opt'eal parUiin bave all -the la'cst scientific .Instruments, for detectng errors n refracton. Attendance Graduate Optome trist, La Grande. J.H PEARE & SON To Horsemen Try Cramer ft B'unon, tne Homeaboers, for all classes of horseshoeing. Special attention given to hand turned work, also to all of faulty feet and gait. We arc also prepared to do general Wacksmittilng. Give us i lal al be conrlnceJ. ctet next to Cherry's dry. Jefferson street. 3!od(J SCI, I'rlco :UV. Ipi ' - PEItSOXALS. ' H. W. Cowan of the Smith Manufac turing Co., is stopping at the Savoy. Frank Smith, mayor of Elgin was a guest at the Foley last night. E. E. Spencer made a bu'sness trip to Baker this morning-. Mrs. Loyd Scribcr returned hume Siturday night from Portland where she has been for the past two months. Arhtur Swift, well known Baker polltio'an, passed through the city to day bound home after a Portland vla't. Herman Selgrlst arrived home th's niornng from Portland where he has been taking In the ball games. J. T. Harvey and Henry Lovln letf last n'ght for Illlonls. They expect to be gone about a month. R. D. Osterhout, Sunday school sec retary for the Idaho conference, was in La Grande yesterday. Mrs. Fred G. Schllke and daughter Frederlca, went to Baker this morn ing to visit with fronds. F. D. Turner and Jas. McMurrln of the Logan Knitting factory are ia the city for a few days. I. B. RJioades, state secretary of the Y. M. C. A., Is transacting business In the olty today. E. R. Martn. district superintendent of the AmetVan Sunday School Union is !n town today. He leaves for Baker tonight. Jno. E. Crymes of the American Sunday School Union takes the La Grande district. He succeeds Mr. Close. Peter Kuhu arrived in La Grande thla mornkng. Mr. Kuhn has been makng Portland his home for the past year. Gardner, Geo. Victor Portland, A. T. Louise Frank Seattle, J. R. Willis Pen dleton, E. G. Fotser, Topeka, Kans., R. D. Osterhout Nampa. Ida., and Mrs. J. B. Harvey of Elgin are among the guests at the Savoy. Attorney L. Denham Elgin, T. Todd Elgin, E. D. Brooks Denver, Waldo Shopman Portland, Jno. Martin Pen dleton, Leonarg Wrlglit Payette, la., B. Wright, Payette la., F. R. Brlsley Portland, E. D. Bruce San Francisco, and O. O. Thomas of Los Angeles, are among the guests at the Foley. J. A. Wilson Portland, Mrs. Wylle and son Wallowa, J. I. Myers and daughter Haines, Mrs. P. A. Brownell Gardner, Geo. Vivtor Portland, A. T. Bruce Portland, lit J. Gorden Port land, A. S, Rand Pendleton' and Mrs. J. I. Crltser of Eugene are among the guests at the Sommer. Here's a Snap One-half acre and good 4 room house, fluest view In town. Must be slid at once. Price cash $"00. Prce terms $3.50. Phone Red 1162, 4 21 4t A LITTLE BIT OF PARADISE. Tahiti. In the South Sas. a Place of Charm and Leisure. ltnrotnnun i:lf vmi a kind nt fore taste of the wuuie tuurui auii beauL) of the south seas. It Is the appetizer, the bora d'oeurra. not the whole meat Ta hiti Is the whole thing, the real thing, tbe thing one haa dreamed about all one's life, the thing which made Ste venson leave Europe forever. All tellers of fairy tales and all poets from Ho mer downward have always Imagined tbe existence of certain Islands which were so full of magic and charm that they turned man from bis duty and from all tasks, labor or occupation In which he was engaged and held htm willing captive who would nut sell his captivity for all the prises of tbe busy world. Stevenson (tn one of bis books, The Wrecker." I'tblnk. nays thst If man who la tolling In some English town were to be suddenly transported to one of the south sea Inlands. In the neigh borhood of Tahiti and had vision of (he beauty that la there and then were to be transported back again to bis prosaic &nl Ui'J surrounding he woul(T"say7'At any rate 1 hare nnn mr dronm" That is Imw iiw fivl wli-n one has seen Tahiti One feels ime him bad one's dream . ' Tbe bay of l'iiK-ete curves Inward As you aril Into ft ynu are sure to see several white schooners at anchor At one aide Is a rauge of light blue vol canic hills Ntretcliliig out Into the crys talline sea. reminding one of Naples. Capri and Sorrento, and In the middle of tbe hay there In a tiny little Islnud. consisting of a few cocoa palms. The sea In a trnnxpiirt-nt azure. l ittle white bouses sre dntti-d all alungMlie line of the bench. nestling In greenery. We wallci'd along the heiich Into the little towu and Into the siiluirli It whs spring la Tahiti. hiI every kind of Itna glunlile blossom wns rlmmtiug Its rtik less and ixtrnvni:iiiit is-siity Every thing grows wild In Tahiti The people seemed entninrdlniirlly conti'titeil nrtrl Invlin-llilv Indolent. I was wiillcinc nluna the main street, H nd I wanted M get to the Mjstotr)'-e. wblcb I knew was somewhere along that street. I stopped at a store and aaked whether I was going the right way. The storekeeier. who was a Frenchman, said. "Yes. you are going right" I tbeu asked If It was far. The storekeeper said It whs very far luureu. it wuiiiu lane uiv a puuu quarter of an hour or twenty minutes i to walk there. I asked blm if I could hire a conveyance, as I was In a burry. He shook his head and thought It un likely. I tbeu went on my fvay. I thought I would Just time myself and see bow long-It did take to reach tbe poHtotlice. I walked fust, but I found. to my amazement, that It took me ex actly three minutes to get there. Doubtless It would have taken a na tive of Tabitt twenty minutes. There is no such thing aa burry and no aucb thing us energy In tbese Inlands. Mau rice (taring In Metropolitan. Ths Rhine May Get the Danube. Of lute the evolutions of the course of tbe Danube ubove Vienna have been tne subject of much research Accord big to most authorities, the source of tbe Danube ta In the two streamlets called Bregacb -and Br eg, wblcb de scend from the flanks of the Black forest. In tbe grand ducby of Baden, and unite at Douuuschlngeo with spring, regarded by some as the true source. Tbe streum from this point down southeastward toward tbe bases of the Kblne and tbe Lake of Con stance through tbe calcareous inula of tbe Swablao Jura and atceruiu points Into sinks and rlfta. Coloring matter bus shown that there Is a leakage of tills subterranean wuter to the Rhine basin. The prediction of a German scientist is thut the whole of tbe Dan ube above Tuttlingen will some day be captured by tbe Rhine. New York Bun. First 8unday Papers. How Sunday newspapers were circu lated lu London before tbe abolition of the "taxes on knowledge" was de scribed by the late R. M. Morrell. tbe founder of the National Sunday engue. Barbers used to take In copies and let them out a penny an hour, and Mr. Morrell recalled tbe details of the sys tem. It was necessary to call at tbe barber's on Saturday evening and state tbe hour for which yon wanted tbe pa per. On Sunday tbe customer fetched It, left sixpence on deposit and came back wltb tbe paper at tbe end of but bour. receiving flvepence change upon I Its return. London Cbronlci Cholera Carriers. As there are "typhoid carriers" In this country so. It has been found In India, there are "cholera carriers" per sons who, though healthy themselves can convey It to others. Russia's Inland Water. Russia has over 178,000 miles of nav igablo iuland waters. Drivers' Warnings. Drivers of every country have their own peculiar way of warning any one who crosses In front of them. In Eng land a driver calls "Hey!" In Germany, Austria and Hungary "Hop!" in Swita erland be cracks his whip, aud In Spain and Portugal says "Phist!" Iceland. Men aud wuucu ure political equals in Iceland. Tbe natlou numbers TO, 000 people and is governed by repre sentatives elected by men and women together. Too Much For ths Oyster. A perfectly formed hard shell crab about tbe size of the end of a person's thumb wss found In an oyster shell. The crab bad evidently been swallow ed by the oyster, but presumably the crab proved too much for the oyster, aa there was no oyster in tbe shell when it was opened. Buffalo Milk. Milk of the Indian buffalo Is richer than that of the European cow. Wood Pulp 8pongt, . Treated with chloride of sine, wood pulp forms a viscous mass. When salt Is added ni d the mixture has been rinsed with alcohol and compressed a fab? Imitation of sponge results. H I AT TIE ARCADE Cooperation aa a -.nearu not only for Tinker and Helena open at the Ar cade tonight with a new act of vaude-. vllle. Tos act comes well recom mended and Is a musical and novelty turn. above the ordinary, featuring; "The Patriot" an excellent comedy drauiia, played at Washington during the In auguration. Several fine Imauguia- tlon scenes are Bown. There are three other good pictures, closing with tbe ever popular Uaumont Week ly which is, .If possble more nterest- ng than ever. Coming Wednesday and Thursday, Maron Leonard In a three reel production of "Carmen." Fairbanks at Xoncie. Muncle. Ind., April 18. Former President Fairbanks was the domin ant figure In today's celebration of Arbor Day by Wuncle. A visit to the public schools In the morning accom- paned by an escort of 20 automobiles bearing city officials, and an address In the afternoon were on Mr. Fair bank's program. The ex-vice presl dent personally superintended the planting of trees and shrubbery in different sections of the city. PROMISEMT CITIZEX YEBY ILL 3f. II. KIrtley Surfers Stroke and Is Unable to Regain Strength. The Evening Obesrver regrets to announce that the condition of M. H. Kirtley, one o fthe older citizens of La Grande, is not encouraging. After his long sick spell durng'the wnter he reganed his strength and was able to walk around the city until a few days ago when a paralyetlc stroke returned him to his bed since which time he has been gradually growing worse. y ARE MEDIUM LOCAL SHOTS FAIL TO LIVE IT TO THEIR CLASS. 'One Hundred ntd Striven Is Best Thai Local Shots Uould Do. When the greatest strength was need In view of the fact that three shoots were being decided In a day, the La Grande blue rock destroyers yesterday failed to display the usual class and only mediocre scores were made. 1X6 Information dealing with the score of other towns has been re ceved today. The scores made yesterday follow, the five hlgti in three separate shoots counting: Shot at Killed Kayburn 75 71 Hughes 75 61 Goodhue 73 37 Hunter 73 63 Dossier 75 65 Mackey 75 66 Kiddle 75 64 Lemons .'...75 59 Lewis 75 70 Smith 60 45 Stageberg 35 22 Dennis 25 23 Crowe 75 65 Scores made against each town following the order shot off: Bend (tie shoot off) 116; Troutdale (tie shoot off) 115; Eugene, schedule shoot. 113. Normal Conditions Near. Tomorrow, according to present prospect, the Observer will receive much-needed linotype "extras" that wll prmit this publcatin to resume normal condtlons by the followng day. SM I ' 'i No. ". : 1 ' ? ;i' " iu - . J 55 11 !fS!i flliL"A 1 Price, $20.00 RED CROSS DRUG STORE j i.. ' j Drink SAM-0 and You'll Know the Joy of Living Retail Department Phone Main 8 ! For Lumber, Lath Shingles, Sash and Daors Ruberoid Roofing GEORGE PALMER LUMBER CO. 1 ADD STRINGS TO' YOUR BOW. And Kesp on Broadening Your 8phere of Usefulness. Ages ago some one found music In the twang of a Ism-string.' rbeo an other some one pin two strings on a bow. and thus was msde the first bnrp. String after strlnu was added until the hnrp was too hetivy tn Imlil. Then they put It In a ho and struck the strings with hummers worked by keys. They called I tint a hurpslrhnrd. It was the first plnno The finest and most costly pianola of tcd.i.v Is Jut an evolu tion. Just an Improvement on tbe arrow shooting bow. From the history of the piano comes tbe old. old saying, "He Is adding strings to bis bow." it means that one Is evolving. Improving something. It expresses caution, persistency, energy, enterprise. Add strings to your bow one at time. Bring a new note Into , each week of work. Learn a little some thing new and ase It Tbns yon will Increase the harmony and effectiveness of your work. Anything thst has evolved as tbe bow has can never stop improving. So with your work. The more simple the start the greater the puwibiiiUm of growth. Know your work from tbe ! very first string. Know that there is no limit to It possibilities. Keep adding strings to your bow, harp, piano! Joel Blank In Philadel phia Ledger. In the examination bail nt Canton. China, where uuJer the old regime stu deuts sat for their military tests, is a water clock which baa automatically recorded the time for 3.000 years. Wrestled Tor ths Rent. In some cantons of Switzerland there are held public wrestling matches once a year whl h are very largely at tended. At t;renrhen recently a prop erty owner and his tenant wrestled for a year's reut as stakes. The ten ant won. 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It spreads Its influence over every organ In the bodv. through all the veins and arteries, and enables all mucous surfaces to exchange inflam matory acldi and other IrritatlnK sub- i atAUCes for rrtArfnl .i.m..i. .i.- c-Tcctually clertnsa the srstem and thus put an end to all ratsThal pollution. o. o. o. cieana out the stomach of I mucous accumulations, enables only pure, blood-making materials to enter the Intestine, combine with thee food elements to enter the circulation, and In leas than an hour . throughout the body In th process of Plication. , . win aoon ream its wonderful Influence by the absence of headache, a decided clearing of th air passages, a steadily Improved and a sense of bodily relief that prores how completely catarrh often Infests me entire system. Ton in a .. . ?i R on "le " n dru" "tores tt " vr pome, it is a remarkable remedy for any and all blood affec tions, such as eczema, rash, lupus, tetter, psorluta. bolls, and all other diseased conditions of the blood. For pedal advlc on any blood dlseas write in confidence to Th Swift Spe cific Co. 117 swift Bid-, Atlanta. Oa. Do not daisy to get a bottl of S. & 8. of your druggist. statu vt-.. w ' 'V-