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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1913)
r M02roAY,tJUNE2,1913. LZ GIUlNOE EVEHH7G OE3HRVEB, C' gait? Off Youir Rheumatism.' ' ' ' ' --V' " '..W'; $eurotisiri. Try a twenty-five cent bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment and f see' how quickly; youif ; theumatiam pains disappear ; For ; ; by all Lock Your BarnDcor BEFORE your horse "isl stolen NOT AFTER. An abstract o( V title ''to your real estate Is as necessary as Insurance on your ' borne.- I will make an abstract ' for you at a material reduction la the price charged by others". I will guarantee that any at- ' torney will 'approve It or there will be no charge. , Ask for , FENDER at the office of the SECURITY LAND AND UBUST 1 COMPANY. . La Grande National Bank Bldg PIES COSTLY "'w.. Announced at . $150,000. More Than Local Lumbermen Say Loss is Prob- . -, " ; ably $75,000 However. . Exaggerated reports of the Baker fire Saturday evening have gone into print according to local lumbermen who dispute the possibility of a $150,' 000 lire, and claim that 375,000 a more correct estimate of the damage done ,. by the blaze. The Sunday Morning Democrat says of the disas trous blaze, ; which among other things came, hear destroying the new fire truck at Baker,. says; Fire, - entailing a : loss estimated :" Tever, by hard work." The "ruins con- yards, which-was accomplished, how tinued to burn' a greater part of the night! ;.The- fire is : the most costly that has visited Baker in a number of years. ' The plant which was ' destroy ed was absolutely ' new in every de tail and one of the' 'finest In v the Northwest. : It was owned and ' con trolled by Baker, Nebraska and Mich igan capital, with Frank Gardinier of Baker as' president of the company and its general. Mr. Gardinier was not in Baker yesterday, being' at the company's sawmill at Austin on bust-1 ness. The fire comes at a most inop portune time. Just now the company is rushed with orders and for several months the mill has been running da 7 and night in an effort to keep even. The ' amount ' of business even then could, not. be handled and a number of ..' orders have been turned over to other mills , the past week, so it was stated Saturday evening, y-?' 5 .0 Residents of ; South Baker in the vicinity of the burned plant " were yyy corsets ' They lace in front without ' belts, buckles, bands, straps or other pat , ent contrivance. They naturally, eas ily,' sensibly and comfortable support 'the abdomen. They are enthusiast! X cally endorsed by eminent physicians I for their. 'hgienic;:jqijalitf'es. & I You will never know the truest un i'iou of corset. comfort and,&i-'iU sti.'e, f iinta you have been fitted to ados-' rd. Phone Red 3821 and I will' ,call and give you. a trial :fittmg,jn jjyour home. ' 11 " ; A complete line ot'!'G"b9saH cor f tcts, lace front brassio'e-bac pads,: 'sonitary belts 'Riia sim'j aprons t 'I; MRSRfBTl PJTtlS G'. ; ' l. jCorestiere. 'f.? ; :y-: : Phone Red 3221, Res. corner Spring, 'and Oak. from 2150.000 to 8200.000. totally de- kept . busy with garden hose and i stroyed the plant of the Baker White buckets to save their homes and 1m- Pine Lumber comnanv at South Ha-1 V-"'"V" uum. , houses from destruction. He-i originated shortly after 5 o'clock in' roic. effort was also made by employes and ' volunteers at the W. ! H,v ex- cles Lumber company mill and ' the Oregon ' Lumber company's plant ai flying sparks for -several hours men aced all the' mills and lumber yards. A young, man named Caldwell, who was working at one of the threaten ed houses, was overcome by the heat and fainted, hut he soonrecoyered. j tAn'officer of the ., company j' Satur day evening, said, that; thft insurance carried i.would , practically ocover? the damage' to ;th'e; plant, 'but even in so, there' was still a heavy loss on the Ohe'of 1 the ' heaviest the shavings room adjoining , the en gine room, presumably from a ,spark blown from the arches, and in a little over an hour the splendid plant, in cluding planing mill and box. factory, fine dry kiln and warehouses,, recent ly constructed, was a mass of twisted and charred ruins.- ' So fiercely did the fire burn and so rapidly did, it spread that thej fire department was: abso lutely powerless to check the flames, confining their efforts to saving near by buildings. " In this the fire fighters "were f partially , iuccessful, although three dwelling" houses 'oit' the east and burrie'd ? stock. south owing tho fli "The fire broke out durihfif the hour pine stock, some of which was: woith between shifts! the' day crew haviiig $90 a -thousand. The fact, that- wind. 'qUir due nractlta' and lie wa .-first warned of the trou-i ber companies', plants. Had 'the" wind been blowing irpm, tne .canyon s?uin, j it is almost, lmpossime -. u esumai sides of the mill were destroyed; items' of loss wast' the destruction-01 . to a high wina,-wnicncamea..the three-quarters oi, a million ieei 91 j iitiai Hirept.lv to tVirnn. ii--I snu!alliT nolu-M Wirh brade ..while i I w.w . . ---0--. CJT . I ... .,'.. .' '. .','..'. Sdjdinislhifliriie THE; ABSTRACT & T TITLE CO. La Grande, Ore. Owners of a complete and up-to-date i set of : Abstracts'" of i Union County, Oregon. All . work' gjiaranteed Give ' us a trial. ;- G MLOCKWOOD, Mgr Office in Foley Bldg. ble when '. the "flames" suddenly, flawed up from behind him, burning his cloth ing and also burning him badly about the head and-hands, when, he remain ed long, enough to sound the .whistle. David Baird. the Sumpter Valley coa- ductorj'whose home is but a Short dis tance away, iv as' on the lawn and ssjy the first smoke from the shavings house ; that indicated ' sbmething as wrong.y Abo,ut.the time he got to .the phone and turned , in .the alarm Engi hefer? Kihg 'sbunded.the frnistle. By the"ti'me '.the fire, department . had made, the ruti1 toSouth Baker,. the en tire mill 'was 'ablaze, a. lively' breeze spreading the flames ' wjth . great ra pidity. The water main to South Ba ker is but six inches in diameter and Consequently'1, the pressure . was T not sufficient ' to give , the firemen , much chance, to do more than save the of flees,,;-, nearby' buildings -.and lumber . . , Call at -' - t Cummings '& Black for staple and fancy groceries and MARTIN Home Made Candies , Ctoto The Valley. Forge for first class Horseshoeing and Gneral : Blacksmithlnf. ' All ; ... ,' i- ...:- work guaranteed strictly first class."' " ' " " '''".'. j ' ; Cramer & Blurbn' 1428 Jefferson Ave, the loss that would have resulted. All the fire fighting apparatus ! possessed ' by the ' department ( was called into play,5 the auto! truck ;'mak-.. ing two trips for. extra hose, and ex-j Fire Chief , W. , H. , Ellis was also ort the job . as usual ; with two of his teams, bringing extra hose carts that had much to do 'with saving a 'num ber of dwellirtg houses in'" close prox- imity to the fire, " and which for . a time Seemed doomed and 'from which all the furniture had been removed. VEILED LADIES.. t ;j Complete Equipment tor Resetting and Repairing Rubber Buggy Tires ! LA GRANDE IRON WORKS -: T D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor COMPLETE MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY ! BBBl!!!n NORTONIA HOTEL ' European - American Plan A. S. HOGUE, Mngr. A ' hotel whose homelike comforts and safety will-"appeal to you and your family. Ladies' tea room beautiful roof garden and large lob by for your pleasure and convenience ' Located close to the shopping district Write for family rates. . Eleventh St. off Washington. - PORTLAND OREGON Three Mien Who Won Literary Laurels ' Under Feminine Namei, ' , One of the most famous cases of a muu writer winning fame under a wo man's name was that of the late. Wil liam Sharp, who kept his identity with "Fiona 'Macleod" a close secret during his life, and it was, only after his death that the public .was . made aware that "her" remarkable novels were the work of the Veil known critic and essayist Their style seemed,.so-! characteristically feminine that even the most astute critics believed that they were written by a woman's hand. Anotner famous writer. ' Laurence' Housman, known already as a poet and artist, made a third and most suc cessful appearance before the public as a ."yelled lady." A remarkable book appeared entitled "An Englishwoman's Love Letters," which all the critics praised and all the clubs and literary circles talked about Who , was this woman who bad laid her heart bare? The critics" agreed that whoever she was, she understood her sex to perfection:'- The secret was kept very close for a time, and then, to everybody's Immense amazement,' the real author was revealed as a man after all. 'Very few people probably will recall. the "undoubted fact that, one of the greatest of Victorian poets, Algernon Charles Swinburne, hid his identity oc: casionally under, the .very., matter of fact feminine nom de plume of "Mrs. Horace Manners," while another and much beloved singer on the other side of the Atlantic, the charming Quaker poet John GreeOleaf Whlttler. t used frequently as a pen name tbe unro mantic one of "Margaret Smiths- London Answers, .'.'. ."t .. , . . -J '-;:; "i. :..';Si;;';'V ? Ir. Everyman and you, too, Mrs. Everywoman, would 'you not enjoy the - k .privilege and blessing of owning a" nice home in the suburbs of La Grande?' "Vvlhere,' without giving up' any of the city's advantages, you could "get out in , !the Grande Ronde sunshine and raise your own fruit and vegetabels. "Where v;; your, children may haTe room to play; and a chance to' grow' robust in the ; (' daily sunshine. Where y ou can rest in' the 'evening under .the shade Of your J& V your own trees and vines and where you could come nearer living the, life,we 1 all ought to live.'- . x -.,1 ' -iaksiidDf Would You Not like Such a Home? r : Then Jet us show you wh at you are looking forv-VCityt suburban, and coun- try property of all classes and at all prices are on our listings. We offer you ' ( very easy !ter.ms and do our best to help you find just the rieht home for , YUUJt family. . . r :t4 Three Sample Offers " A REAL HOME! " 20 Acres 11 miles from city. , Good J improvements. Beautiful view cf , the valley, ; Some .or chard, mostly cherries. L .Splen- ( did soil. , Free from, frost j to matoea and melons grown. In- . vestigate this. , Price $4500; $2,000 cash required, balance on easy payments. ' ,' , ; -t . ;f HERE IS ANOTHER ' -. . a Well, Improved acre tract, with nice house, lawn, - fruit,' and shade trees. Close to"' school house. City Jroter.-1 Just the iSI; K 'J;ii;i:.;;'-5'i:'.''fK. W-.' vift place for . someone desiring a small piece" of ' rich ground." ' , Unimproved Tract ' ; Two acres In alfalfa water fright for each acre, To the ,right party who has sufficient means to improve the' place by building' a house ' no money iwill ' bel required. If thj"" ap peals to you call for particu Acquaint us with your .wants. We will be pleased to satisfy them. ! ;K:URREY Real Estate HE WHO SELLS ' ,108 ELMS.,'. LA GRANDE, ORE. ' A Contractor.. , "What's your husband's business?". "Contractor." . "What line.?" . "Debts." New. .Orleans" TlBea-Domo-crat . , THE ONLY WAY TO DO .PRINTING QUICKLY AND PROPERLY God gives every bird its food, but does not throw it Into the nest J. G. Holland. ' Is to have the Press Facilities, Material and Work- , rnen. The Observer's Job, Department has within . the past six weeks' added - " ' One Two Revolution Pony Cylinder Press. T , 1 One 30x15 Chandler & Price Job Press. "". ' ; One 12x18 Chandler & Price Job Press. V . 7.V:. , . One Power Wire Stitcher -r" i . On Chandler & Price Paper Cutter - r , , ; ' i I OnePortland Multiple Punch,...' Jl'.t' "J...'.' ". One en horse power motor, and -' j - ' Over $1,000 worth of type and material. " : ' s ' Thli added to our former equipment, which con- ' " , sisted of Mergenthaler Linotype, Babcock, cylinder - ' , . fv ' press, two job presses, cutter and perforator makes , ours positively the , ' :;'':'. .',-':'.;'.".' :A", .::v-'"-t . ''' . '' ' 'V:"" ;' ' ,V ' -"T, ' I - Best Equipped Job Office Between Port land and Boise Sixteen People Work at tho Observer Office.Quite a pay roll each week, . ' every cent of wldch is spent in La Grande. ' II Iaa4laafaatfaaiajta
