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A baby at Marshall, Mich., fell from
a second story window into a tub of
soft water and was unhurt." Had it
been hard water, the fall might have
been fatal.
A man at Merrill, Mich., was cured
of a nervous affliction by shock from
a bolt of lightning. This remedy is
not copyrighted. Anybody can take
it . ' .
Also, by getting up early you will
be surprised at the people you meet
going home.
The girl who has just graduated
from college may not be able to get
into the kitchen and make pies like
mother, but she is a mighty handsome
ornament for the front porch.
Just when everything is poinc alone
smoothly a French scientist discovers
that a couple of sun spots are missing
Now we are all wrought up over that
matter.
The Test
Time determines whether the policies under which a bank Is oper
ated are safe.
This bank has been In business twenty-six years.
;It has grown steadily until It has become one of the strongest, aud
most prosperous financial Institutions In the West.
The soundness ... policies Is attested by the long list of conserv
' atlve business n.en :. transact their business here; Jso by an
" earned surplus of V 'i-v.00, tbe work of time and the res'ill of
conservative managem.it.
This bank baa facilities for Uking care of more high grade b-n'.-nes8
in1 offers tie services to those who appreciate the best In
banking.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Capital, $100,000.00 Surplus, $130,000.00 Resources, 1,100.000.08
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF CMTED STATES GOTERXMEST.
UNITED STATES POSTAL SAYINGS DEPOSITORY.
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Savings on Dry Goods
Beads and Nettinq
, ; Are the Latest
ModestiFads
By Margaret Mason.
(Written for the United Press.)
She always dressed in black,
Though it wasn't from a lack
Of a husband or of other garments
rare.
But being a'brunette.
She looked a silhouette,
' Till she stepped into a taxi and turn
ed fare.; ; -New
York, July 4. "Mrs. Black 'is
back!" Rose Madder, Pearl Grey, Olive
Green and a1 the other hueful adies
have t0 teke a back seat after
their prismatic color riot of the spring
and early summer. All black gowns
and hats' have come into or rather onto
1)1011. mm n train. Tfc is true a touch
rl decided decollete
corsage livens most of them up as if
with a high light. It tends to soften
the severe contrast of the plain black
against the skin. Soft charmeuse and
filmy crepe are the favorite materi
als for the graceful draped black
gowns, but taffeta is smart for the
little troteur suits and frocks.
Beads or No Beads?
To bead or not to bead that is the
question. One quaint black frock worn
at the recent international polo match
was all over embroidered in red and
green beads in a pattern of crimson
ramblers climbing over lattices. It
was worn by a slender debutante and
seemed a trifle ornate for such youth
ful charms. .
The Latest In Dress.
A peasant bodice cut out square to
the bast Kne r.nd !r. vrlih fc!:b
of soft chiffon or net is gradually win
ning by a neck over the pointed decol
lete. As with all necks, whether
round, square or V shaped it has its
omnipresent ruche of pleated blue
lace or net, ard an o
some of these gowns shows a fall of
of Time
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windows for extra specials during July m
lace in the middle of the back from the
upstanding de Medici ruff -a jabot
worn behind. ; ,
A military cape is the newest cloak
for traveling. It is comfortable and
smart at the same time and can be
worn over a gown, a suit or even a
filmy evening toilette, In cadet blue
lined in scarlet and with a gleam of
brass buttons it is , truly dashing
enough for fashion's vivandiere.
: Transparent Sleeve ' Popular. ,
The transparent sieeve is another
innovation gaining wide spread popu
larity these fervid days. They are of
chiffon or net and found in all and
every sort of gown. So easily are
they seen through that yon can't hay
anything up your sleeve any more.
Black chiffon sleeves in an ebony char
meuse creation are especially lovely.
With a Chantilly lace fichu over white
chiffon draping the low neck of this t for more than four minutes.
gown and a huge flat hat of black crin .The Oregon boy had been a favor
veiled in the inevitable net the whole jte at od(Jg as high as 2 to 1. When
dusky effect is most artistic The net he went down( the crowd thought he
manufacturers are certainly netting i was dead Cross thought so too.. In-
enormous profits this season.
Hints as To Colors. j easterner bent anxiously over his pros- , Nielson has a clear recollection of the
A last concession to the gorgeous trate adversary anj when Anderson ' steering gear failing to work. While
tints of Futurist ilks seen in the wide finaiy raHied the vanquished pugilist! the injuries are painful to all, none
sashes of vivid plaid taffet worn with' wag helped to his corner by the victor, j of them anticipate serious consequenc
bolero suits of black taffeta. Wrap- Anderson was so weak that he had es or much delay in complete recov-
ped in the plain ana crownea wnn a
tam-o-shanter of biacK net you iook
already for a Highland fling, and al-
together clannish and ."Hoot monish.
iiiacK anci wnite siripea cubiumra
strikingly zebraesque in morif are run
ning the ajl black costumes a close sec
ond. It is merely a question of the
running at that whether the zebra
frocks are fit for fat and fair females
or smart and suitable for slendeJ
sylphs. Running up and down these
striped gowns are guaranteed to re
duce the rtly person at least a pound
a stripe while draped horizontally
around a bean pole figure it immedi
ately assumes the proportions of a
pudge.
As black as your hat is no idle
phrase now-a-days. The blacker the
smarter, and all are trimmed in flut
ed tulle and tufts of black Paradise
or Numidie. In spite of the triumph
of art over nature in the matter oi
artificial flowers, lovely women still
insist on having a feather in her. cap
"Explorer" Reaches St. Paul.
St. Paul, Minn., July 5. A. J.
Koehn, the United States naval offi
cer, who is making a trip from the
source of the Mississippi river to its
mouth, arrived here today. The last
half dozen miles to this city he had
an escort of a score or more of small
boats. Mayor Keller and Governot
Eberhart welcomed Koehn and each
gave him a message to the mayors
and governors of cities and states
where he will make stops along the
route. Koehn is making the journey
in a sixteen-foot row boa,t, provided
with cooking and sleeping accommoda
tions. He has so far been easily able
to keep to his schedule for the trip and
plans to make the entire distance in
ninety days.
Delinquent Fees Cause Suits.
Salem, Ore., July 5. According to
announcement by Corporation Commis
sioner Watson, all corporations delin
quent with their annual license fees
will be prosecuted. The fees are due .
July 1st, and become delinquent on
the 15th. A great many are said to
be delinquent and a big group of pros-
ecutions threaten to be on the boards
on the 15th.
150 pr Women's Oxfords, val. to $4.00, at 98c
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KNOCKED OUT
VANCOUVER LAD MEETS WATER
LOO IN TWELFTH.
Adversary and Crowds Thought Bud
Had Been Killed.
Los Angeles, July 5. Leach Cross
the New York lightweight, finished
Bud Anderson of Oregon yesterday af
ternoon with a right swing to the jawj
in the twelfth of what was carded as
a 20-round battle. The blow landed
:vAth terrific force and Anderson was
stead of retirine from the rim? the
to be carried to his dressing room.
r . . th fi ht th In
vprnn(i j,- KPnt. the Oree-on firiiter
t.pvawling upon his back. In the suc-
cee(jing round the New York boy pun-
ished Anderson severely while avoid
ing nearly everything the Oregon bs-
aimed at him. Anderson's face and
body were pounded unmercifully and
in the fourth round a straight nrm
jab delivered by the dentist relived
him of a tooth.
Cross Fire Bliw Wins.
San Francisco, July 5. A wicked
right cross the same blow which had
forced Wclgast to foul away the light
weight championship proved too
great a stumbling block for Joe River;
in his attempt to wrest the lightweight
title from Champion Ritchie Friday.
The Alexican was knocked out in rthe
(leveiith round of a scheduled 20-round
i.atUe. ' -
Immediately preceding the knockout
Ritchie toppled his victim ovor f oi -
the count of nine with a right to the
jaw. Another right to the chin pre -
ceded by a left to the stomach settled
Rivers' chances as a lightweight con-!
tender. ,
Twice during the early rounds it J
looked as if Rivers might win, Ritch-
ie's wonderful ring generalship and
ability to strike effectively straight
from the shoulder . with either hand
however, offset the Mexican's tremen- I
dous swings which frequently found.
their work. After the fifth round J
Rivers swung wildly. I
At the start both men on their met- i
tie were eager to mix at close rar!ge. j J
The first round left no choice, but in J
the second, third and fourth rounds
the Mexican punished severely with
swings to the face and body, several
of which staggered Ritchie.
$, MEDFOUD AUTO RACE FATAL t
Medford, Ore., July 6. The
condition of Newton H. Mark,
? vhe Mechanician in the car with J
fc Donald Helms, aged twenty, a ?
driver, who was killed in a race
here yesterday, is , unchanged.
Mark was seriously injured.
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rushed to the car and pulled the lit
tle boy out from under the car a gear
load resting on his ' abdomen.. Mrs
fielson was pinioned under the seat
but lying on an occupant of the rear
seat. It is mysterious to us how any
escaped instant death and if any one
thing is responsible it was the fact
that the top of the car was vup. . A
heavier car would have ground all of
hem to pieces. "
"We stopped the engine and help
ed pull the wounded people out of the
debris, amazed that any of them were
alive." '
j One fortunate phase of the accident
was that it happened near town, close
to the old fairgrounds, and surgical aid
could hurridly be brought to the suf
ferers. Neither Mrs. Nielson nor the
other occupants of the car have clear
ideas of what happened, for the ma
chine turned turtle so suddenly that
in the excitement actual developments
I were overlooked and forgotten
Mrs.
ery.
SWIMMER IS HURT.
Narrow Escape From Drowning Is Lot
' Falling to L. Nelson.
To go over the Oro Dell dam, a dis-
tance of fully 20 feet, and strike his
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head on a timber, thereby losing coi
sciousness, was the fate of L. Nelsoa
a Palmer mill employe yesterday af.
ternoon. Me was saved by the hero;-'
and strenuous efforts of Alfred Car.
son and Oscar Thompson. A grou
of friends were picknicking just abote
the dam -when all decided to go batt
ing. Mr. Nelson though a husky yooij
fellow, ventured out too far and vu
caught in the swift stream and hurled
over the falls. In going over he evj.
dently struck on a timber and si
tained serious scalp wounds that ren
dered him unconscious. Alfred Car
son and Oscar Thompson plunged into;
the' foaming whirlpool and after it
long struggle brought the wounddb
man to shore and had him hurried tol
surgical and medical attention.' Hal-
escape is almost anexplaainable and'.
rests entirely with his friends who
saved him under adverse circumstan
ces. NOTICE.
Nnf.ice is herehv civen that a trnil-
belonging to L. B. Barrett, whose last p
known address was Cheyenne, Wym-
0 rti
ing, was left in the Carbell Hotel Jt
Baker as security for a board cm a
$100.00, and the same will be boB
to the -highest bidder on July 26th
1913. Adv.
O. E. MORAN,
Daily July 5, 12, 19, 26.
Thirty-three Injured On '4th.
New York, July 5. Thirty-three an
injured as a direct result of the 4tU
Seven drownings are reported. ;
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