La Grande evening observer., May 08, 1913, Image 2

THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1913.
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LAQRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
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AVERTED A WRECK f
Monuments Concrete Blocks
Made ia La Grande
LATEST DESIGNS Best Building Material
Made In La Grande. KnOWn
aanaaWMMmOT
E. C. DAVIS Cor Greenwood & S Ave.
i ' .La Grande.
LADIES'
TAILORED
COATS
AND
SUITS
Thrilling Railroad Experience on
Horseshoe Curve.
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SAVED BY A WEIRD WARNING.
Tha Ramarkabla Signal Light That
6ummarily Stoppad Two Traina That
Ware Ruahing on to Certain Deatruo
tion In a Head-on Coliiaion.
lSATURDA Y
Once upou a time if mmi hnrl
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Retail Department Phone Main 8
For Lumber, Lath
Shingles, Sash and D Dors
Ruberoid Roofing
GEORGE PALMER LUMBER CO.
wKssesismmssi
New Telephone Directory
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We wish to notify our subscribers that we in-
rena to issue a ..new mrentorv -no.Yt rnrmtrv onri in
order that there may be no errors in it we ask their
co-operation, aji those whose names or addresses
are not correct in the present directory or who wish
any changes made, kindly notify' us All notifica
tions must be in by the 10th of May. ,
Home Ir dependent Telephone Co.
Potatoes and
A 1
ies
Both very good varieties
Apples 35c Box Potatoes 35c Sack
THE GOOD Tlll.NON CWST NO MORE Til AX 0RD1UKY
TW.NUS IK YOU KNOW WHERE TO BUY.
asked me if two locomotive nmliim.
toward one another head on and with '
uo human geucjr between could avoid
jn collision 1 would buve renlfwl -nt !
by any earthly Dower." Since I hv '
bud uiy Uiik at niilroadinir m a (iraurt
Trunk brukcujiiu In Canada, however.
I do not feei no cocksure about
uuinaeft. i venture to say that any
man who panned through that affair at
Sandy curve, in weHteru Ontario, end
ing himself 11 h aurtdenly rewued as he
wan suddenly in peril, would not he
too glib In future regarding whnt mn I
ami wuut cunuot happen.
On one section of tny nin lay what
was probably one of the most danger
ous, curves on any railroad route in
America outside the Rock-v mountflW
They called It by many. names Sandy
curve, the Horseshoe. ) rioi-ic i.
how ond the Switchback-hut of nil
deMcriiitloiiH uone titled it
the Horseshoe, for tile track formed
exactly that shape. In order to save
the cost of a tunnel the const merlon
engineers had taken the road around
the bead of a mountainous cliff that
Jutted out Into the take and then back
100 yards to the mulnlaud. lietween
the points of the curve loomed an ugly
wall of granite 30 feet In helirhf a
barrier absolutely . Impenetrable to
light n iirt sound. The curved roadbeds
forming the two sides of this piirlnim
piece of pioneer construction bad their
point or conflict, of course, nt th fw
of the shoe, beueutb which lay the
glistening waters of the lake. The
Horseshoe curve was notorious for a
long series of nasty accidents.
It was the 7th of November and md.
crably dark and foggy. Five miles
from the curve 1 was nnssinir ncrnea
an open pliitfonn between two conches
ffuen i heard our whistle shrieking,
n the forest of sutures and those nirlv
galleries of granite the sound echoed
and throbbed until it fell to u murmur.
At that moment It seemed to me that
I caught the blare of another whistle.
a trifle louder than our last echo. A
shudder run down my spin, mid I
Icilllt'd far Ollt oil the storm hut ..il.
- ; . - i i net u
lug cild be seen, and the sound was
not repented. I mentioned fh in..i.
dent
TO CLOSE OUT OUR SPRING STOCK OF LADIES' TAILORED COATS
AND SUITS WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING VERY LOW PRICES FOR
SATURDAY, MAY 10TH.
AH $12.50 to $15.00 Coats, Saturday Only -
17.50 " 20.00 "
15.G0 " 20.00 Suits,
$ 8 . 75
10.75
11.75
MAY 10th
The PmpleStom
Opera House Block - -
La Grande
FOR SALE New 1913 Ford auto at
discount. Address M, care Obesr-ver-
5-7-5tp
Union to Have Big Livestock Ex hi
bit iort.
(Portland Jou inn I l
"Union, Or., will have the biggest
to the COIldlll'.'ir llllt ha ..nl.
Inured at me. That, did not innin I ... , , .'. ' w,,, nave the JTgest
W forget the blast I hud beard sifting ' livestock show in Oregon this
r ii . . 1 vear" said Rnhopf TI I?.,l j
i. ui wit-njii iii-i- irees. lino i Knew In j . ""Bianu, fren-
my heart that It did not mum tr,.,n feral managrer of the Central p:,ii,.
our locomotive. ! of Oren-on. Vesfuwlrtv r. ri..jJf NfiW FnlfiV Tllrlor
To keep my mlml off m.v fenrs I wM chairman fh- ,- l.:.- - e'
The 10th of May is Hot Point Day
Saturday is the.
J.oiiit LJec-ti-K; Heating Co. This year the host bar-
j.tii us snow you.
gum
Stagebcrg Grocery
PHONE MAIN 70
VEGtI.Uil.IS SE,tS M.I. Tilt THirK.
D. R FONG
- ' ' - URAJiDE, 0BEO0A. I
ME1)1(1E CO.
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MIIXESE II K lifts AND
. UO0T REMEDIKS
uur wonderful life givlug
berbi will absolutely extirpate
etery impurity from the systotu.
No drugs, no poison, aon-alco-tslle.
IKkK-(0.EIDE.TUL
(OSSCLTATlOS-l'KEK
Thoie living out or town can
rlire themielvBs at hom6 with
our berbi. Write to tit (or par-
ucuiart.
Office Hours: 9 to 12 a.
S. m.
Sundays 9 to li a. m.
6 p. m.
TrlephoD Halt 7t
OfTIcet .1412 Adarai Arenuf
LA GRANDE, OBEHOA.
forward to the bnggage cur anil ehatt"i
with the newsy." Then I fell nslewi
ii a ueucn,
'Crunch, click!" and then n finul se
ries of crunches.
I knew thiit mennt the nlr brnke.
snil Jumped, on to the limit In an in
stant I was nil and. jrrabliiiifr m.v Inn
tern, tumbled through the door' fter
we news aRent. The long train wns
swinging fitr out on the HorseKlnw
curve. The lnn h!iiK and grlndlni; of
the btiikes were like the torture of u
nightmare with n Inst painful p-lt-
e ouners me trnln came in
n standstill Pitssengers. cnn!.ictor
and train crew were inmlnii furwanl
In great iilarni. hut liffm-u ... i
reach the locoiiintu-i. n. i
loomed out of the ilnikii..v hi. f......
glowing with fearful
'Did you wr he cried vacnelv unit
. : " . e transportation com-mmm8m
niince ox union that IS niakincr n!r..a
f to secure a larpe attendance at the an
nual show and he was in Portland
yesterday on business connected- with
that undertaking;.
; "The Union show will be held June
5, 6, and 7," said Mr. England. "The
specialty of the show i th
. horses, and this year we expect more
I of them than in any of, the previous
three shows that have been held. An
unusually large number of fine!
horses were stabled and pastured at
Union last winter. Many of these
horses are well known winners on
eastern Oregon tracks, and their
owners and trainers do not hefin
ship the back until about the middle
of June. Our show, held parlv.novt
Waite Electric Company
Phong Main. 199.
Let Us Protect Your Health
hy putting your plumbing in first-class sanitary con
'Uti.w,. ro,j,,mUiK it to sewer so ir mil pass aU sani
tary laws.
license Plumbers BAY O ZWEIFOiLlA OkANDE
never saw n railroad ninn nmr r..r. month, will find tWo ;i
oome -U.ok ynniler!" c.o
m -" a.a i.n unnill1, J
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m.i 1 to
1 to
Wenll stared where lie n.ili.t.ui n,
the dismal lake, nliont Imi,i,.,1i
from shore, there hung suspended a
hall of lirllllimt. sniiiv n-hii.. H
the tiMioti had lost her Is'iirlngs and
had tumbled toward the earth We
were deathly silent at in.. u..i.t v..
ie voiiinteereil an explanation.
I'ont .von iinderMiiinilV" ....n.i
engineer "hnii't von iu.,..",l.. .....I....
nil? T!-i -. , ,
site nlde of the llorsi.sh.. u..,i i.
an hour We missed .,. ,hl.P ,.
ai t of Oudl" .
Then I saw what be i i,i ti....
strnnge hall of Ih-hr .. j...,
- in,,-., ,,,,,
here In the d;irkness n-,,- .1... t -
. . '"" "r nn
i.e iwo tiea.lllghls. and hot I, englnev
hail snn it n the ul.-k of time
We stood there like statues know
m.v heart was heating like s hammer. '
'd m.v comrades were pale faced and ,
"pen mouthed with wonder.
"hcn w had In
cover,.,! ourseKes we all man ned for
ward to shake hands with the fell,,, j
on the other train An
WflH mill tttm I.. . v
Wns "filtHl" for Ht
i.e ran Is we should never have ,.
Proaohed the curve until th? other train
;''''"of.t.MV.deWor.":C
"We are not neelectine the athletic
side of th exhibition, either," con
tined Mr. England. "Many of the
well known particinants in th pnn.
dleton Roundup events will be st tin.
ion and we expect to have a round
up show that will be a close second
in the northwest of the Pendleton
one."
Ked Pepper News.
Rt'(l Popper School District, May (5.
, (Special) Born, to Mr. and Mrs.
; 0. llowel, Thursday, May 5, an 8
, pound daughter.
1 Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Miller were I.a
Grande visitors Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lea Childers were I.a
Grande visitors Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tuck Conley, and Mr.
and Mrs. I.on Eyer were l.a Grande
visitors Saturday.
George Conley just finished dridinrr
. K0 acres of barley.
I Most all the farmers are getting
nearly through planting spring grain.
The next thing they will 1P r7
is summer fallowing. We will all live
in hopes that summer is coming, the !
sun-shine is sure welcome at this
place. I
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This Premises to Be a Eig Ending
Year in La Giande
Scores of bouses will be built for rent and for
homes. A majority of the former, and prac
tical y nine-tenths of the latter will be lifted
by electricity. .
' ELECTRIC LIGHTS
ou 8 But they are none the less essential in'
j r houses. Any competent electrician can '
e your house without defacing the walls or
:iZmQrenkuCe' Yu couldn't
n ake a better investment from the standpoint ,
Call,phoLor'
Easte-n Oregon Mght & Power Tn.
"Always at your service" 7