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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1913)
'A 1 t .--Am 1 If , . . THE HOUSE OF COMFORT "FRIEND JOHN A Lubin featuring Arthur Vobnson. ,',:. A "THE HONOR SYSTEM" A Kalem drama. . ; , "THE RlSEN SOUL OP JIM GRANT" An unusually strong Edi " son drama.' 1 , "ELINDA, THE' SLAVERY" Splendid Yitagraph comedy. ; "THE ALPINE ENTERTAIN ERSV-Complete change. of act. COMING-Friday and Saturday, .i "A MODERN PRODIGAL" TWO REELS A Yitagraph Drama of Surpassing Merit 4 Fine Music and effects. Guy H. THE FRUIT DELICACY WITHOUT A RIVAL PREFERRED STOCK PINE APPLE SLICED, CRUSHED OR GRATED. Sliced in 15c and 30c Cans. Grated in 25c Cans "PICKED RIPE." "CANNED RIGHT." . For Sale by PATTISON BROTHERS GROCERY PHONE MAIN 80 ckYourBarnDoor BEFORE vour horse Is stolen 4-SOT AFTER. An abstract of 'title to yourv real estate la as jjecessary as Insurance on your ipome. I will make an abstract fpx you at a 'material reduction W tpe pdce cnargeu u.v yuieia. I 7 111 guarantee that any at- nr? to will s.nTrove it or there ae no charge. Ask for W : E'E NDER ;'4ft the office of the SECURITY LAND AND TRUST COMPANY. I. Grande National "Bank Bldg mm kaul he SAFE WAY IN GETTING ' - fye G!ft and Spectacles are correct, give comfort tLat aid look well. The Intellect of man aits en- oned visibly upon his fore- d and in the eye." V- ". 'Longfellow. ;; REL7EF OF EYESTRAIN IS IB SPECIALTY Come ia and talk over your yeglass problems ; ' consulta tion at any tune. v We grind our own lenses. Our optical parlors have all Ihe laitest seientiflc Instruments, lor detectng errors h refr acton. Attendance Graduate Optome- trist, La Qrande. I.ll PEARE&SON r: : 11 ha U all : tll Curtis, musical director. i 4 ' LOCAL litifcVlTIFS. Red Cross Drug Store for kodaks. 4-30-tf - BITTER j The photographer in your town. 11-ltf The Grand Union handle a full line of groceries, Royal Club canned goods and dub House Coffee are the best. 4-22 tf NEW SHOESHINJNG PARLOR Nevt door to Sherry's Theatre. I give expert care to my customers and clean all kinds of shoes white, suede, tan and black. J. K. KAf ELLAS. ' . , 'Grand Union scouring pan and soap pang are the best on the market. Try them. We guaranteo everything we sell or money refunded. Grand Union Tea company. , 4-22-tf l' To the Public , The, Sumraerville Cemetery assosi- jatlon will hold their annual meeting on May 3, at 1:30 p. m., at the 'Mason ic hall. Everybody requested to at-; tend , this meeting. Business of im portance. ,V,.v"'i : ; !" C'' There will also fie a general clean up day at the cemetery Friday, April 25th. Everybody requested to come and help care for their graves. ') W. H. GLENN Chairman, v. ';. Imbler, Oregon, 'SS'3sSSJ'S'S -s $ Be up-to-date. . Wear the f Q American f Queen. ' Mrs. O. C. 3 Coombs Corsetlere, .1103 L ave 4 & hue. Phone Black 831. Order S now for spring ; fitting. ' ?8sJ?'li'tJJ$ . Mrs. E. L. Evens, teacher of artistic piano playing and harmony. Phone Black 881, Home Studio, 1008 Third St. 1 9-23-tf Old Line Legal Reserve Life insur ance is the kind that Stays and the kind that pays. It 3 the kind you buy when you take out a policy in the Northwestern National Lfe of Min neapolis ,.. .v 'r-" f FISHER A HAIL, Gen'l Agents. Office Rtms. 20-22 the new Foley Bldg. P. O. Lock Box 863, La Grande, Ore. DR. H. S. BROWNTON, Dentht. Ot flee over Sherry's theatre. If you are extremely particular and desire, the very best table fruits, you wiil find perfection in Hunt's Su preme Quality. Price 35c can, 3 for $1.00. For sale by Pattison Bros. Grocery. , ' 4-30-13 Tickets for the excursion to JWallo wa May 11 are now on sale at the P. H. Peare jewelry store. ; Hallie L. Boswell, a prominent young man of Wallowa county, and Miss Clara Bue, one of the popular Model restaurant waitresses, were married by Justice of the Peace Will lams Tuesday evening. . They will make their home in Wallowa county. "A Box' of Monkeys." BALL GAME SUNDAY. Elgin vs. La Grande Moose. . Ad- mission 25c. Senior class play "A Box of Mon keys," high school auditorium, Friday night "' " t FOR RENT Light housekeeping room, 1914 Third St.'. Phone . Red 712. . , 6-l-3t Tomorrow is parents' day in the schools. Anyone cordially, invited to visit schools morning of afternoon.' Henceforth the ttuss&y taxi and buis .line will have quarters at the Foley hotel. Phone Main 191. Day and night ' Piano Tuning Expert work guar anteed. Chas. Burger. P. 0. Box 158. 3-18-tf La Grande Business College. ' , Telerrsphy, Spanish and a full practical course In business. Enroll at any time. Office help supplied at a momant'a notice. BALL GAME SUNDAY. Elgin vs. La Grande , Moose. Ad- mission 25c. - 1 ' "A Box of Monkeys," at the audi- torium, Friday , night. Admission 25 cents. B. W. Shores will conduct air aura livery henceforth, with headquarters at the Sommer' hotel. Patrons wish ing to use the service ' can call the Sommer hotel and leave instructions. Mr, Shores will provide a day night service. Notice of Dissolution. Notice "is hereby given that the firm of Johnson & Webb, proprietors of the City Livery Stable, has dissolved partnership and all bills against and outstanding with the firm, up to April 25, will be collected and paid by E. .B. Johnson, who remains pro prietor of the City Stables. . . " E.TB. JOHNSON. .V '- A- J. WEBB. , 4-29-5t PERSONALS. : ' -C. Morris, Pcu-tland; T. M. Hale. Portland; Drt Myer, Hot Lake'; Phil ip Kelly,1 San Francisco; ' H. L. 'Mc Lean, Chicago; Ralph , Harper, Port land;., E.H. Hunt, Seattle; E. Duin and wife, Portland; P. S. Mitchell, Portland; and W. S. Shearer of New York, are among those who stopped at the Foley last nighf. - Wm. White left; last night for Salt Lake. ;-r''VX'.'V:-V'A,-v;.-"vs''Tt.!. h W. T. Welch, St. Paul; S. E. Rife, Salt Lake; W. A." Bowles, Portland; C. A. Miller. Portland: H. G. Vincent. Portland; Mrs. ; J. M. Choate, . Sum- merville; C. K. Avery, Chicago; Dr. Frank Barrett, Imbler; and' Neil Stewart of Spokane, are among the guests stopping at. the Sommer. Mr. and Mrs. : Fred Currey came over from Hot Lake this morning. : . John Rudd ' made a business to Imbler this morning.- r: trip Father Murphy of Wallowa was a business visitor in the city this morn- B. Toney and wife, Haines; A. P. Owans, Baker; ,0. R. Barnes, Elgin; N. T.; Gray, Alicel; ' J. Miller, Walla. Walla; J. S. Tote, Walla Walla; J. Anderson and wife Spokane, and II. Williams, :' Chicago, '. stopped . atthe Savoy last night. ; ; . ''' , T.r. A. Summd-vilie, formerly a col lector here, left this morning for Mena," Ark. Mr. F. Collins, arrived last night and is visiting his sister, Mrs.' Jno. Frawlev. , Y ' DETECTIVES FACE CHARGES Eight Officers in San Francisco Charged With Disorderly Conduct. San Francisco, May 1. Charges of unofficerlike conduct and of accept ing bribes were lodged today against eight detectives, recently suspended by the board of police commissioners in executive session. Charges pre ferred today are independent of any action the grand jury has already taken. TELEPHONE GIRL MARRIED , -WHILE AT HER SWITCHBOARD Ceremony Frequently Interrupted Hello" and "Number, PluH," by MIm Alta F. Gum, operator lo charge of the Telephone Exobauge at Euton Colo., was murrled reteutly to H. B Mick while wearing a receiver .'lamed to hur head, hnldlug awltchlMiard il"Ki In uh- liiiad 11 uj putting up couuwtlou for HUbscrlbera. . Several times the ceremony was In terrupted while Miss Gum answered calls. The ofBdutlng minister became 8ouiewbat 'embarrassed, but pemlsted between "hellos" and finally sucotmded ed in making Miss Gum Mrs. Mick. "Henry B Mick," began the uilulHter. "do you take this woman to be your lawful. vedUed wifo. to" i "Hello! Hello! Yes. Just a minute." broke In Miss GUm. in whose eur an other voice than the minister's also was demanding certain Information. "Sorry to Interrupt you," she said, turning to the minister. "Proceed." And so It went on until the ceremony was finished. ; Miss Gum had been in charge of the Eaton exchange for several yearn, and on the day set for the ..wedding she informed Mick that she could not de sert her post at t be switchboard.. After the. wedding Mick, who is a stockman, waited nnxloiisly while the telephone company looked for a successor to Mn. Mick. .- GIRLS' HOTEL FOR CHICAGO. Vie ' Comminion 8uggesU Plan to . Merchants of the City, A plan to erect a hotel for working girls Is being considered In Chicago. At a recent meeting of the Btnte sen ate, the vice commission of the city and about forty of the leading mer chants it was suggested that $1,000, 000 be raised for the project Such an institution, its advocates said, would effectually safeguard the morals of young women who' Hve away from home. ; ' - V ' Senator Beall after the meeting said; "I told the merchants that If they divert the money given to colleges and churches Into a fund for the erection of a 1 great hotel . their philanthropy would do more good. Practically all the merchants agreed that the project was feasible, and practically all agreed to consider the: matter. .': "The hoter we contemplate erecting Is to house all . working girls who do not live at home. They will be given board and room, places for dances and other amusement for $2 or $3 a week It will peun 'on a nonprofit basis."' '' Tbe commissioners proposed that the Chicago stores take the lead by esinb' llshing a '.minimum wage , for theli; women employees without wnltlng for legal compulsion Bljrlit HmOjhv a 'wk. set by the majority of tlios-i- ruirrhaiirr. who testified an- the lowest amount on which self KiipiiiirriiiK girl can live In Chicago, was i-oiiMidercd ilit- iiiitum' minimum. . .; : ' ' GIRL WALKS ASO'JKD ':??.LD. Now on Last Lap of Hor Four . Year Miss Dora Itodt'lgues. u nineteen year-old girl, recently passed ; through Toledo, Detroit and other cities of the middle west on tbe last lap of a four year walking trip around, the world. The girl, whose home is In the Neth erlands, started out primarily to make a study of tbe politics of the countries which she has visited. She has walk ed through Europe. Egypt, Mexico, the Central American .countries and parts of tbe United states and Canada. Her Itinerary; beyond Detroit lnclud ed Toronto. Montreal and ' Quebec, from which city she will sail for home Aug. 16. She has already covered more than 20,000 miles on foot Her money comes largely from tbe sale of postcard pictures of. herself and some scenes she bus taken in her travels. ' She wasn Tiffin, 6.;"wben the flood washed away the bridges.' She Imme diately left her. hotel 'and started for Toledo so that she would not be held In the flood stricken city. Y ' ' Miss Rodrlgues tells many interest ing ItorfeB'of her trip. She baB visit ed prisons, asylums, ; hospitals and poorhouses. - and believes she has an intiujute knowledge of the affairs ot every country she has visited. BROOCH GIVEN WITH DRESS. Young Woman Donates! Garment For : Flood 8uffrer pd Gems Are Found. : When Miss, Mary Pollock, daughtei of a stogy manufacturer of Wheeling, W. Vs.. was asked for. a donation for the lluud sufferers she turned over to tbe relief committee several of del old dresses without examining them closely. After tbe clothing bad been distrib uted one of the dresses was found to contain a diamond brooch valued at $1,000. It had been missing for six months, and Miss Pollock believed it bbd beeD lost or stolen. . ' V Whole Town Mourns Its Dsad. The entire town of Throop, Pa., re- wntly suspended business for a day sive Shoe Store is the best place to buy your shoes . : ' Because we carry only staridard makes whMi have proven their worth. ; ' 1 ' ' Because our business is fitting shoes only to which all our time is devoted. Because we can fit you in your proper, size and width in all the new spring styles in shoes, pumps and oxfords at prices no higher than elsewhere. , " You will find here complete lines of shoes for whole family. x . AGENTS FOR 5 j ; L. J. French Shoe Co. - ..: -.- -'-. v -.: .;... . ..;. 1 . Oxy-Acetylene yielding Plant For Welding Broken Castings of Every Description Oast Iron, Steel and Aluminum Welding, Crank Cases, Cylinders, or any part of machinery repaired. No order too large or too small for our attention. This special work is handled by expert workmen. Best equipped custom shops between Portland and Salt Lake.' ' ' ' - J. A. Gyllcnberg, Machinist and Founders BAKER, OREGON TELEPHONE 403 . while a general memorial for tbe sev enty-three men killed two years ago In tbe Pn neon st mine Are was In prog ress;. All stores were closed, nearly every door In the town was .draped ith crape, and solemn -services were :.ekl in all tbe churches. I Bar Flying Skirts. - The state legislature of California h:is passed a hill prohibiting exhibitors nf inovlna pictures from showing pic t;i res of girls with skirts flying In the lnd' "My hair Is getting 'thin!" he sJjhed and - touched his shining; kead, . ,...-- Whereon two hairs stood up like spikes. "Which one?" the barber said. . ; .. . Dallas News, y . Hostess I hope you'll dance t&nljrht, Mr. Sniggle. . Mr. Snlggle-Oh. rathahl 1 hope you don't think I came merely for pleasnh! London ppinlon. v v Gwendolln (blushing naively i George says I have n complexion 1JU peaches and cream. . , Bernlce (sweetly! Cold L-ream?' Judge Grange . Passes Resolution, Resolution passed by Union County Pomona Grange, April 26. Whereas, tli ere appears that our Water Com missioner is serving in two capacities, viz, as railroad attorney and water commissioner. . Therefore,, be it, Resolved, by the Pomona Grange of Union County, Oregon, that we indorse the action of our governor, in upholding the laws and protection of the taxpayers of the state. . " ' . . GEORGE MILLER, J. A. M'NEILL. Spuds for Sale. The La Grande baseball team has 300 boxes of fancy potatoes for sale. Call P. A. Foley. Wanted. Man and wife to take charge of kitchen and dining room. Furnished. No rent, near La Grande. Address E A H are Qbesrver office 5-1-tf ONYX HOSIERY. MAY WINDS , Are apt to play havoc with fair -complexions. All that raw: winds can do In a day can be undone in a iiifU y applying Blue Mountain . Cream This is a dainty preparation that heals and softens the skin in a magical way. . . It also removes tan and 'minor - blemishes, . and . is absolutely . harmless in every respect. RED CROSS DRUG STORE THE ABSTRACT . TITLE CO: La Grande, Ore. Owners of a complete and up-to-dflte set -' - ' Abstracts of . Union County, Oregon All .work guaranteed. Give us a trial. C M LOCKWOOD, Mgr Office in Foley Bldg. Birth Record. Born to Mr. and Mrs. McCu'-i - daughter.' Dr. Dora Underwoo .: ; iJ tendance. '( ... Born to Mr. and . Mb. Eal Still a son. Dr. Dora Underwood attended. T.om to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stitt a, land City, a son. C- ' . i 1- 'I X TT to
