THURSDAY, JUNE 19. 191.1
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1913.
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WOMEN'S OXFORDS
AND PUXIPS Value
up to $4.50. Your choice
of entire lot for
$1.29 Pair
MEN'S OXFORDS
Values up to $4.50 ;: in
tan, calfskin and patent
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reduced, Every new style of the season to select
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"EVERY ARTICLE IN
West s Remodeling Sate
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor, and Owner
' Entered in the poet-office ? at La
Orande, Oregon, aa second claaa
SUBSCRIPTION HATES.
Daily, single copy ............. 5
Daily, per week Kc
Daily, per mWh . . . ..... . 65c
Daily, per six months in ad
vence $3-50
Daily, per year in sdranee.....$7.00
MIDPLEWEST HAS PROSPERED. ' LondonJune J9-The new and com
" i - V prehensive valuation oi Buckingham
The epochof rosperity're.Tch.ngP!68 d contents was published ;
overthe past few years has certam- a)d a ft containg is p,aced at
ly applied and taken in , the middle17500(000- The valuation was made
west country as well as the westernin order to reinsure the palace because
states. Dr. Upton recently returnedof suffragette outrages. :
Entire
Men's and Boys9 New
Clothing
REDUCED TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT.
$30.00 Suits reduced to :
25.00 Suits reduced to
20.00 Suits reduced to
15.00 Suits reduced to ......!....
Very latest models from four of America's best
lines to choose from . . .
"BENJAMIN" "SOCIETY BRAND" "FIDEL
ITY" and "HIRSCH WICKWIRE"
150 Men js and Young Men's Suits Jrjf PfJCg
, Great Bargains in all
Hats, Etc. Every article
West's Remodeling Sale
MISSES' SHOES'
'Sizes from 11.1-2 to 2.
All t leathers and all
good styles. Values to
$2.75Kper v gjjc
BOYS' OXFORDS &
SHOES All ' sizes and
all leathers. . Values up
oxfords in our entire stock
THE STORE REDUCED"
from Kansas, whers he went to look
after property ha owns in that state.
He says the advanced prices of land
there is astounding. "A few years
atro," isaid the doctor, "I lived in Kan
sas ahd land was considered high at
25 an acre. To my surprise on this
trip back 1 found that same land sell
ing for $75 an acre. It is so all over
that country a constant advance in
value and a contsant improvement in
conditions. . In fact, this is a great,
great country we live in and it is
getting better,' .every .year." ' .i;
Value Placed on Buckingham Palace.
Line
:....$22.50
X 18.75
.. 16.90
X 11.25
Men's Furnishings, Shoes,
in the store reduced.
CAUGHT THE INFECTION.
The Feel Gunboat Toek a Mad Freak
Juat Lika tha Meroa:
. Captain Jobn. K. MorrU. who spent a
long, long time to the PhlUppinaa chas
ing tbe.Moro. 4eU a- atory-aboot a
Bpanlab millUry goTernor In Jolo wbo.
in the peace of fancied security, allow'
ed a whole flock of bis soldiers to go
awlmalng one day. '- , .
Now. the Mono baa a habit of going
Jsramatado when religion alts him.
When a Mora goes juramatado be
takes the most disagreeable weapon
be can find and earves qp toe flrst
unnsuan wen.. v v-, ', -.'. 1
When tbe Moros saw tbe soldiers in
the water several of tbeu thought it
was tbe very best time to go Jura ma
tado, with tbe result that those sol
dlers never went swimming any more.
Tbe saltan, wbo bad charge of thai
particular boncb , of Moraa. . promptly
was sent for. Tbe Spaniard wanted to
know why bla men were slaughtered to
aeb manner. -;.;r ---y '
"Bow eoold I help Itr tbe nHaa
asked. "Tbeywent Jnnunatado. ;
: Nobody wants to Interfere with any
body religion, of course, bot there
was a Spanlsb gunboat, lying aretmd
loose in that Immediate vicinity. The
governor sept for tee commander of
urn gnBDoai. , rv. : ,!- r-
fTou harentJjad moch target prae
tice lately," be remarked to tbe naval
officer, "and yon might try Aa nttle.
Now, a few Moros make fair targeba
When I want target practice to stop
rn ran up a flag, hot until tbe flag Is
ran np keep at it"--':''"'' v' :'! .
It was one glorious bombardment, A
lot of Moros accidentally got hit. and
somehow tbe post flag was mislaid, so
it wldnt pe JWietfiV v.
f: It!. was a most excited sultan wbo
bowed pp before tbe Spanish gover
nor. If thargonboat didn't stop its
nonsense be wouldn't be a saltan an
longer, because be wouldn't have any
subjects to sultan over. And be told
toe governorTK.
"Bow can I Help it T" demanded tbe
governor, with some neat "The fool
boat has gone juramatado. and I cant
Interfere with the religion of tbe blam
ed navy." San Francisco Chronicle.
PERSIAN
gulf: SPRINGS.
Fresh Water That Bubblka Up From
the Bed of tha Ocean. "
Bahrein Island, In the Persian gulf.
Is said to be tbe hottest place on earth.
It Is usual there to find tbe thermom
eter at 140 degrees F. ' On tbe coast of
this island, where practically all tbe
people live, there is no fresh water,
which is needed above all things In so
high a temperature, t And It Is to be
bad from the bottom of the sis. Here
and there scattered over the Boor of
the harbor of Bahrein are springs of
purevr8b ' wnten " which wells' np
through the sand to mingle with the
salt water of the sea. V:' -.
; If seems a difficult task to And these
threads of fresh water amid the ocean's
volume, but the Islanders are thought
to have f'Aind them ages ago and to
have passed on their location from
generation vto generation. A ' diver
equips himself with a water bag made
of skins, the mouth of which is closed,
and ileHtvnds to tbe bottom of the har
bor at a point where one of the springs
Issues. The bag Is cnrefully , Inverted
over the current of fresh water as It
flows up from tbe sand.- the mouth Is
opened, the skin is filled, the mouth is
closed, and the diver returns to the
boat awaiting him on tbe surface. '
One scientist gives it as his belief
that at some period In the shadowy.
past that which Is now the harbor's
bottom was not covered by tbe sea,
The springs were then .on the shore
and ready for the Islanders' needs.' Lit
tle by little the sea encroached on the
land, but the location of the -springs
was not forgotten. : '
An Annoying Speed Limit. ;
An old man 'of nearly eighty years
walked ten' miles from bis home to an
adjoining town. : When he reached his
destination lie was greeted with some
astonishment by an Acquaintance.
; "Yqii walked all the way?" the latter
exclaimed. "How did yon get aleng?"
"Oil. first rate," the old man replied
genially "that is, I did till I came to
that sign out there, 'Slow down to fif
teen miles an. hour.' . That kept me
back some. '.V Youth's Companion.
The London Policeman.
London goes to the rural districts for
Its policemen largely, and the result Is
often amusing, not to 'say exasperat
ing. ; The London Chronicle tells of
one encounter with an inexperienced
policeman who was asked the . where
abouts of a famous firm in the neigh
borhood, to w hich query the new bob
by replied gajly:
"Bless ; ye. I know no more than
yourself, sir. 1 only came up from
Dorset yesterday."
The Wsy of Wives.
Be was one of a group of men
dts-
cussing wives.
'My wife and I like to window shop,"
he said. "My wife never bought a hat
In her life when I wasn't with her.
and she never bought one that I picked
out" Indianapolis News.
OUR STOCK EXCHANGES.
Imall In tome Ways Compared With
These ef London and. Paris. ,
So much la said about tbe bigness of
things in this country and especially la
regard to money matter that we not
Infrequently get a wrong. impression
of our relative sis. ' i '
Take tbe stork exchanges as an ex
ample. In many respects our Ameri
can exchanges are small affatrs com
pared w(th those In Paris and London,
On the average ' dally speculation in
London far' exceeds that In New Tork
and Philadelphia combined. There are
more than 0,000 members of the Lon
don exchange. . 1,100 In New Tork.
fewer than 280 in Philadelphia and
only 70 in Paris. London has nearly
10,000 listed secnrltlee. while Wall
street has under 1,800, of which almost
exactly twojhlrds are bonds. The par
value of London's list la nearly .double
that of New Tork and Philadelphia to
gether,: The Lead on exchange pays a
dividend to members of 100 per cent
To be a member "one mast own at least
three of the 20,000 shares of tbe ex
change. These shares are $65 paid in,
bat sell for about 900. .No on broker
may own more than 900 aharea.
Memberabln in the Paiia boniwe la
ow worth uoward of ffiJB.ofld. r There
broker most put up a guarantee fund
of 160,000 agnst failure. In London
the commission charged by broken to
buy or sell a stock the price of which
Is between $80 and $100 share la 29
cents, and over (200 It is 80 eeota.
Payments for stocks bought In London
are made only once every two weeks
on a given settlement day, whereas In
this country all settlements must occoi
within a working day -Philadelphia
Jdger..-' k''i "uvii ;;-.
' 26el6alekl Mytha. "
0Hain eraatures oft heard of, pray who
; ever sawT . .
There's tbe camel whose baok broke be
. neatb the last straw. - -
There's tbe . wonderful goose that laid !
. east of pure sola v
And the bull that got m Where the chin
was sola.
There's tn ass that' lh skik of a Hon
ootn wear . . -And
the re big we frequency get by
the r,
tht wIM horse that neverani taever
ffthliM Armm .
D somewhere. There's . the cat we Ml
out of the baa. . 1
There's the bird that goes whispering S-
. . creta around. - , : j - ...T:
Whoever has aeen it, whoever nsk round T
There s the oft mentioned doc in tht
: ; manger that stands
and the elephant some one has got on
bis handa . . y
There's the ravenous wolf from our door
:; that we keep
And the wolf that goes round in thi
, clothes of a sheep. '
There's the nightmare that; soinabody teni
us tney ve nad.
There's the. cat with nm lives, and the
March hare that's mad, .. "
And the fox that dfclnrd that the higl
'ri' grapes were sour, 'v: '
And the grim dogs of war. It would tak
quite uu hour" . .' ' . V
Just to lift all the odd, freaklah creature
, that we .. i - -iv.-;-,
Nearly every dny hear of, but never one.
) :. see. ... v -
St. Louis Glohe-Democrat
Cleveland May Hold Big Met.
The - I'.roiiUsiJi' , pnrk stadium in
(TlfVflntirl nini- the site of hu in
rwmiMiinnl iihSetic Hit-et next summer.
N(-rc?m'v ;wrKt ; a. scnneiavr or
die .('Ifvehind. Athletic cltib-. proposed
a piwiMtt .meeting with F'ark Secre-
fnry tfimldiir thst h tournament be ar-
anii'il t which champions of the
United' Stiitcs nod Canndo be Invited
fit participate.. "ASeuts can be provSded
fur Ichumki people at tbe purk, it is esti
mined. ,
UNION MAN HURT.
Gun Explodes Accidentally,
Lodging In Leg. .
BuUet
Union, June 19. (Special) Cecil
Bates accidentally shot himself in the
leg the other day.' He is building a
residence for 'Mr.! Hodgkins on his
ranch and has been going out to his
work in his auto. In taking but' the
gun in some way it went off and
wounded him in the leg. The wound
is not dangerous but painful. , ' "
We are just recovering from the
efforts of the stock show. It was the
greatest ever. We are just as proud
as we can be over it as everything
went off in first class style. Even the
mule races where the president had to
drive the mules caused a hearty laugh
Union will have a bigger and a bet
ter one next year. It is understood
that the association came out away
ahead financially so, they are going
ahead wtih great plans for the coming
year and they can count on the hearty
support of all the people that are
loyal to Union. Everyone knows that
we are on the map and intend to stay
there. .,r. . ,." '
Uncle Nels Schoonover was kicked
by a horse a few days ago and quite
badly hurt." It is a family pet and
running loose in the yard antf as Mr,
Schoonover went to loosen its hobbles,
it whirled around, kicking him and
hurting him quite badly. He is able
Bargains in Newest Dry Goods
Not a yard of material
? reserved or held back in
1 . Bead a few
j 12 l-2c yd- wide' percale
ssuc Japanese Crepes
; 25c Figured Lawns
i White Waistings,' up to
wc xurjosn Towels, now
Ijadies' Fan HoRiftrw
Ladies' Fancy Hosiery up to 30c,
One lot 50c Hosiery now ' ,';'
10c Dress Ginghams, now 4-
1,000 yette 12 l-2c ginghams
to? 'agSi wortn New Hand Bags,'wortli
$2.50, now .Ul.89c .w, now $1.48
ENTHIE LINEOTIONS AND PANCrJ ; TOCI--,
' IQNGS ALL BEDUCED. J,.-
IVY COSSfif 3 LADEES' WHITE
Mtijis up to $5.00 . h. : SEalPat?fr
three Meat bargau, !..tB bla "Pwl-Buckles
' -1 Regular 25c quality bow
"EVEBT ABTICLE IN
West's Remodeling Sate
to be fcroond at present and is gaining
qaltefast ,
. The ' school electior .went ofvery
quietly. There waa a large numb'
out but the election was ot very ex
citing. 1 L. L. McKennon was elected to
take the place of M. F. Davis and as
director, and R. J. Kitchen was elected
to take the place of G. A. Casper as
clerk. The new officials will undoubt
edly maintain the present high stand
ard of our school. ' ,vt 5 vr. ' .v
Benson Bros, have purchased, one
hundred and twienty-five, head of the
Hereford Cows from Mr. Draper.; Ben
son Bros, are gding into the cattle
business on a large 'scale.
The ladies of the aid society of the
Presbyterian church havfe purchased
a piano.. They are '-'congratulating
themselves on the fine instrument
they have secured. It is the Ivers and
Pond make. . . ;" ', -
Tom Ficklin is back from Canada
WOMEN'S AND MISSES'
Newest Suits and Coats
Reduced to Wholesale Cost and
Less
"NON RESERVED ALL MUST GO NOW"
ENTIRE LINE OF 25 New Lingerie Dres-
WOMEN'S AND MIS- ses Values up to
SES DRESSES AT $7.50, your tO AA
FORCED SACRIFICE choice . JpZelfU
PRICES. ' - -
"Every, new style and
material included in our ,
enormous stock. bummer Parasols at
None Reserved. ACTUAL COST.
Forced Sacrifice of All Millinery.
PATTERN HATS REDUCED TO EXACTLY
' ONE HALF.
EVERY ARTICLE IN THE STORE REDUCED.
West'slRemodelina Sale
in our entire store Has been
this great forced sacrifice;
of toe Prices, !
l-8c
121.2c
12 l-2c
17c
i 15c
35c,' now :
im in flfWr
29c pr.
lcpr
12 l-2cpr.
7c yd.
9c yd.
THE STOBE BEDUCED"
visiting old friends. He has been gone "
about a year and seems to be giad to
get into the genial breezes of the old
Grande Ronde.' u Those that go away
always return and Tom Ficklin eems '
to he no exception to the rnle'. '
Miss Ruth Scibird has gone east on
a visit to friends and relatives. She
will ? visit in Denver and Colorado
Springs while gone. . She will he away
most of the summer.
, Mr. Hodgkin is having quite a nice
ranch house built on his ranch on the
other side of Telocaset Mr. Hodgkin
will soorf move his fairiilyout on' his
place and go at farming jn the right
manner.
Strawberries are coming into mar
ket and they are very fine. If we do
not have our cellars full of the luscious
fruit it wiU be our own faulu. They
are selling for ?2.50 per crate now but
will be cheaper in a short time.' -
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