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"V " LA SKANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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THE OBSERVER
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THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St.,
La Grande, Oregon.
vide sufficient means to apply it.
Up to this year the government has
spent about $27,000,000 on levees foi
the purpose of maintaining and im
proving navigation, but not for pro
tecting lands from overflow. Conse
quently the burden of carrying oat the
plai.'S of the national, co'-imissior
flood prevention has failed almost en
tirely upon the inhabitants 0)
stricken territory. Year after year
congress has been asked to gj 'e the
matter its attention tut the este r, i
its action has been to seek and se :ur
additional reports that h.'e only con
firmed the earlier reports.
HURRY CALL OUT.
All Subscriptions to Y. M. C. A,
Needed Bady by July 15.
Fund
Many are rallying to the special call
for funds to the Y. M. C. A. building
fund. At the regular meeting of the I
bojrd of directors, held at the Y. M. '
0. A. office last Wednesday evening-
j 1 . , i. il o '
ine treasurer a repuri, sin""- . i - -600
more than was on deposit would be
needed to meet the payment on the
building site due July 15th. A special
'"?s tmt out by. the general
Thursday. This letter
THE GRANDE RONDE CHAU-
TAUQUA.
The Union Republican passes this
judgment on the 1913 chautauqua:
The closing of the meeting of the
Grande Ronde chautauqua at ' La
Grande Sunday last, ended one of the
most enjoyable sessions yet held in
that city, and demonstrated that the
utitUny on
statement of the situation.
This morjiinir Secretary Rudd sum-
mprl nn thn pit.nntinn in t.hp. following
A bill has just been introduced in4.o worcB; "While many have respondf (
congress to complete the levee systam, to our special call for funds, I can
as originally projected by the Missis- easily see that unless practically ev-
nmvivBlnr. Tf io Innnm KTVVm VI1U IIUW TIBS HUE
river commission. It is known ' ... . . f' th -
as the Randell-Humphrey8 bill. Un- j (jay(, it j be necessary for the asso
der b the affected territory must con- ciation to negotiate a loan.. I am hop-
tributv to this work and, if this bill ing that this loan will be small as l
tu i,, -v,o. i do not like the idea of usinr our
' J , ' . . . . good money for paying interest."
tem when completed will have beer,.0 j .
borne equally by the national govern- K CONDUCTOR BUYS HOME. .
ment and the states affected, and the: , .
enormous losses of life and property Mrs. Ralsto-i Sells Her Beautiful Home
from overflow of the now inhabited. On fifth street.
i i Conductor H. M. Topliff yesterdav
1 T .T v T a 'ed a deal whereby h ebecomes
of Maryland, will be prevented and a the owner of Mrs Raston's )sr(re
I new trade territory as large as the eieht-room, modern house on Fifth
s Remodeling Sab
Exceeding all expectations and surpassing all other s
WHY?
Because first, of all the public knows
when "West" advertises a bargain that it ,
will be found exactly as advertised. -
ales
why;
BECAUSE here you will find ony Ithe highest grade merchandise, all pric5r2
i ' ' ' i ''"--.". . r . " . . ;
traordinarily low not a Jot of cheap goods at cneap prices. ,
TTTIl A TTOT1 J.L' ' i i l ' : I 1 11.. J. i . . .
j)nuj3ii xms saie is a real iorcea sacrmce wnere ausoiuieiy every article in the
store is reduced not a trumped up excuse to attract a crowd.
-k m - m m " ' m mm m m Mm m
Many lines reduced still lower tor rinal cleanup. All
Saturday specials continued next week.
m 0
states of Massachusetts, New Jersey
and Cennecticutt ombined, will bt
opened up to ; the commerce of the
whole country..
The Mississippi river commission
estimates that 200,000 cubic yards of
street. Mrs. Ralston will doubtless
soon commence the construction of a
smaller residence. This sale was ne
gotiated through the Geo. H. Currey
real estate agency.
backers of the chautauqua propose to oi-a ATof in Via nut. in nlnrp nn
establish that event beyond a doubt. ' . " . , i .
?."wn STi'a.1 Wcdnesdir Evening.
The Ladies Aftfc'societv of the Pres
bvterian church wil lhold n lawn so
cial on the Frank Baker lawn, 1519
year at a cost of $4000, is a step in leling the river before the system will, Adams avenue, Wednesday evenintr.
1 .3 : x i . i i i i : . x (Pro . . . -n
the rightdirection and assures com
fort to those who attend the chautau
oua during inclement weather. About
fifty camping outfits were in . the
ground this season and the program
presented was of unusual merit. Not
withstanding much unfavorable weath
er, the 1913 chautauqua was a success
in point of entertainment and instruc
tion for .those who attended.
Unless the signs are misleading
Union will' send a delegation to the
eounty fair at La Grande in Oeto
. ber that will make'-.he county seat
whizz for a day nt les.t. .. Pra -'
. tio-c now iirr,',M "-r in fh?t end'
and it is the purpos of stockmen and
citizens generalk 1,0 "(M"--.-i.-rf r '
th county fair in a manner that will
eclipse any former efforts in' that line.
Every owner of a good horse or cow
who can possiblv do so should amfe
to tnVe such animal to the county fair
this fall, and every citizen in this .w
tion should join the Union hunch whn
the time comes and go to La Grande.
It is early yet but Union figures Bhead
on these things so get readv. Union
will be there. Union Republican. ,
WHY NOT PREVENT THE FLOODS
be completed and fixes its cost at $58,-1 ice cream, coffee and sand wiches will
000.000. The states are willing and , be served. All welcome. Adv 7-1-2 4t
Avpn nnYimiR t.n hear a share of this
on n Dnn0-rc tA hp nr. MORE ARRAIGNMENTS MADE.
excusable reason why congress should
hold up the work longer. Either di-
SCHOOL DAYS" ill CHAPTERS
Silts EWERS' TALENTS
For 34 years the people of the flood
stricken Mississippi valley have wait
ed patiently for relief from congress '
and up to this time it lias not been!
forthcoming. Will the lesson that has
been tuaght the country in the disas
trous floods of last spring bring a di
latory government to action ? As early
as 1879 the Mississippi river commis
sion was created by congress to deal
with this problem. After an exhaus
tive survey and careful consideration
of all of the methods suggested, it
recommended the construction of
earthen walls known as levees to be
built to a height and section sufficient
to conduct flood waters safely to the
gulf. These plans have never been
carried out. After congress had as
certained the remedy it failed to pro-
Installments of a "book" written by grains of corn, 'twill keep this little
different members of Union county life I've got 'till the coming of the
granges and- read at meetings of the morn." Slowly the hours passed away
granges, will be published from time ?ach moment Lucy grew a little sleep-
to time until the book is completed. " "",e. n"-T!UJryJ' unul ny
t rii. i-Li i . . j wur" sue enmuea aown ana arop-
Several of Those Recently Indicted E,f h conttor ote a chapter, and ped to sleep from utter weariness, at
c;vt Chanel's to Plead. 611 were read ,n tneir logical sequence. uie foot of the tree. At break of day
rectly or indirectly, everybody in the . Additional ar'aignmentR and nlead-. CHAPTER IV. the lonesome wail of a coyote awaken-
United States is affected and no one! ings were made and heard before, ' Georgiana Miller. ed er- She sprang up greatly fright-
cares to see the disasters of this yea, i? J!. L Luc m, her Perch - the, tree, ? tZXfs SAS?" i?
"""'e11 wi;inii.uuu was giaa io see xnai tne pamner , u t i. j , ,,
Kamela sheep case where he and oth-i as Ene concluded it was and the n"me,' , .l00" found ou j
ers are alleged to have stolen two bear were interested in a little quarrel she had taken the wrong path, and
sheep from an O.-W stock car. How-iof their own and paid no attention to pradually lessened her pace and wan-
H Vu-kprs pleaded not guilty to a her, growling and threatening each dfre.d along reflecting upon the trou-
similar charge. Monday was set as; other thev disappeared in the bushes. ?le her spitful disposition had caused
the time for pleading in the Newlm jt was now p.ettinp dusk and the idea "?r'.na. was a. verv Popular gu'
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ROLLS AND SCROLLS.
borders and linings every thing in j
newest designs in Wall Paoeii
here in the most artistic patterns
most popular colorings. We are An
ing a particularly handsome torn'
j iici , ouiia waa a very pupumr gu i. i ... .
. - .. . . . . ... r- " - . . i i i t . . t . i i i , , 'nn imii. a vis, lvaimni. iuiiuh k -..""
CflPP. 1). J. Austm, vno oiede cuilT-v f having to snem. a nip-ht in th joy ner teacner ana scnooiniates -i uiMuiug iwm ifap.i
J 1 ... ... O YsA i unit hnA oaiiVi4- - r-.s U ... 1 . I Lri V4 fhn nnll -nlnnnM 'U Jn.n..
yesterday morning to relations with!W00(is by herself seemed terrible
repeated, since it is certain that they
are preventable.
The levees along the Rhine, the Dan
ube, the Po and the Arno all alluv
Tal streams like the Mississippi have
prevented overflows for hundreds oi
years. So have the levees o fthe up
per Mississippi district, 100 miles long
been built higher and stronger than
any other along the river and while
even these are not up to the standard
nnUcinn ihv hpld the nnnrecedenteo i exhume the bodv of Alice CriPwell was end she Ion cred with all her heart for i-ucy; .started down the stream in the mmm
eranted bv Judge culler toaay. iier-1 "Home, sweet Home," as mortals are ?"'-y"" ouuuu. uvn o .u.n
bert Johns, the girl's sweetheart, is; prone to "do in times of dire distress, in the middle of a clearing met herj
hfiinir hpld on susnicfon.- The bodv was: she tripd to nrav. hut hPr Pdiit-ation in Kaze. but no one was in sight- a"nd!
the Kamela case, was not sentenced
today.
Will Exhume Girl's Body.
Lucy.. That tree didn't seem to
made especially for girls to stay
1 l . . -r - . i . .
jjg oaa repute, i L,ucy came to a small
m stream of water and sat down to rest
ana quencn ner tnirst. Haric a wel
ling housewife of artistic tastes. IS'
qualities are high but the price i
lor i.ucy cpuia lino no piace or posi- '""J1 '". r u sxceedintrlv reasonable
could feel comfort- tinc t.u ni eai, aome, --------- -
VUSlVpcorrp InK,' 19Tho iinnlifH. ; al.lp P.verv vrpi,- nr,ioo tnp ,rU OT16 CHOpping WOOd, DOSSlll'V SOine l0g-'lU8t MXtn &t,
tion of District Attorney Bigelow to j brought a fresh terror to the truant fer splitting wood to get breakfast and
waters of
year with
1912 and 1913. Yet each
its disastrous flood losses
has been allowed to pass and congress . fount fioatinp 0n Harvey's lake Ju!y;this line had been sadly neglected, she the black smoke came in great vol-
has waited. Isn't it about time to act .'
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS
r.fh. An eyreH will be brought from knew thet there was a noted sample ume.s. IVom lM st0-ve PW? m e r001
New York for the autonsy. I "raver that had been handed down as " tie occupant ot the cabin had
'from generation to generation but she iust started a fire with an abun-
,rk Apniverarv ransacked the recesses of her brain in dance of pitch for kindling. It was
Eelfast Julv 1' Serious rioting va;n for fitting words with which to a welcome sight to the almost exhaust
between the Orangemen and' Nation- dress that great unseen power to 5ri "tsflh5,,c,h!C,Jie..
alists marked the celebration of the - ch we instinctively turn m time ;r "! I! "rjZ...
01 trOUDl6. T" - I - i vviiciuciiv auu uaucin ui
Lncv was a stout, hpartv irirl. used ! nel position naa Kept ner nerves
Mr. Freeman, of Willston, N. T.
who was here a few months ago and
to make his future home in tlm cny.
Mr. Freeman's family will soon join
nim.
Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Stang, Mr
Mrs. Larry Lanison, Mrs. M. K.
and Mrs. T. J. Scroggin have gone
.2.
V n.io : . 1. l . . . ' . r 1 ,
W-s snd vs nulled "fter the nolice'to eating three square meals a y "Sjr Tj 7 Tk i T
had charged the mobs repeatedly. ?nd an occasional piece between herjw tht she had found human habi
Jl"v -were Tinned .mes and the only words of suppli- Jftion a reaction took place and as
. xVl'i.j j ratin ihut Kbi rnniH tninV nf n suit, the door was opened by Tom Clark.
n'ounir wHi .-iri;u wneii a nuwu " fcf t ..n j
uive me three i ta,,L, iuiaiu
Tainin, Always arterwara in tell
ing the story she claimed she fell
.1 l l ri i. i v r i
using clubs and rock?. Many heads : . ,j. '"r" .,' r."' .ui
I .nk.n I .fn.a .k.o ..(slJ.a J JUUIIiei LMRUna Ji j; A II 1 AIT. WUUUHIliail ttllU SC1UU1I1 MttU VISILUI S OI
' the upper hand,
and i
; Carpet Cleanio;
J Carpet and-Rugs taken up vi
i Cleaned and Laid at short no-
tice. Rug and Carpet Wearat
PHONE BLACK 1521.
purchased the H. W. ibley home on j 0f Nationalists attemoted to break un ! in? her situation were: "Give me th:
Cove avenue, arrived this morning , hp Orangemen's psrade. A general , grams of corn mother, only th
fight was soon in nrneres. both sidus;
ree
to Wallowa lake to spend bunday ana; municipal arEteur field and tracIOpo-n. A larp-p and enthusiastic path
Monday. j games, second only in importance to ering discussed plans for the future
me oig anmiai in"-s-noiii.u- meet in. arid the appointment of permanent
i.mcHgu, is neipfr f o r-eie luuav w.-i
niRnv ni-cn-'-ont nthletes entered
i At a meeting held last night at the any kind and to say he was surprised J
I horne of Rev. and Mrs. Drahn, the is puttiny it mildly when the desolate 1 1
; young people of Zion Lutheran church woods fired a fainting girl at himj!
completed the organization of a Luth- j before breakfast. Tom washed Lucy's i
with -cold water and she
Big Amafeur Meet On.
Cleveland, O., July 12. Ine annual er League that was begun some timejface
soon
FOR RENT Five room house, fur
niobml IT Spf-nnd st. Adv. 7-12 It
revived and entertained him with
history of her adventures while he
prepared the morning meal. Lucv ate
:-pe Air Mansaeer presided a hearty breakfast and was feeline al-
at the meeting. The league will take most herself again, when Tom told her
The Test of Time
Time determines whether the policies under which a bank is oper
ated are sate.
This bank has been In business twenty-six years.
It has grown steadily until It has become one of the strongest and
most prosperous financial Institutions In the West.
The soundness u. policies is attested by the long list of conserv
ative business n.en w. transact their business here; also by an
earned surplus of i110.fi ,...00, the work of time and the res'ili of
conservative management.
This bank hat facilities for taking care of more blpb graile tru!
neeg and offers ha services to those wbo appreciate the best in
banking.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Capital. 1100,000.00 Surplue, $130,000.00 Resources, 1,100,000.00
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF r.MTF.D STATES (10TERMIT. .
TMTED STATES POSTAL S4TISGS DBF0S1T0BT.
n'irinff clo1?1 to .r9i o-p .f thp pupninir Rprvipfl nnp wpplr rVp rmiM u-nch tho HicVipa ae Via VinA
.,t.v.,c nv oh,n from tomorrow night. The league has somo w-'- to do in the woods and
cities, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Detroit and somewhat over 30 charter members, would not be back agtiin until noon,
other municipalities. ! , (To be Continued.)
I
La Grande Fluff
Rug Co.
G. L. SUSEY. Pros.
Iilinaai"1""1'
SaSB-ISSlSSISSl-iaiM WMSBSBM-M-""
You can now have your
Auto top or scats
Repaired at home byone whj
knows how. Prices
sonable. r5
T .M. SHANNON'S
HARNESS SHOP i
,mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmma"':--
Wont Leave Jail.
London, July 12 Kittv Marion, who
Vnvio j. narVre of suffragette liter
ature through the window of the
home office yesterday, was arraigned
in court today. She refused to nnv
the fine and was sent to Holloway inf.
As she was lead away she shouted:,
"Not onlv will I start a hunger strike i
out of jail when I am released."
ftp(-kpr Miic
New York, July 12. Sta'e Si;nre-"f
- r-fe AtiiA T itnpnnfi
Becker who is sentenced to die. a new
triaL Becker was the man responsible
he Ko.-rnthu! murder in New
York.
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.!
Notice is hereby given that after
.Tulv 2oth. 1913. nil nronprtv owners or' k
aeents for same, who have not com
plied with Ordinance No. 461, Series
BUYS ANOT'jy.R HOUSE.
"f.n r nr.lf ivifr and Better
V -n TtTIP," tV Jn'.ctnrc.
TV'q etpi-nonn Lswis W. Morgan
purchased the FHwprd O. Pavton repj.
dncp in West Tn Grande. M. Mor
gan simply made the nnrcha.se k
ini-putmpnt hplipvinc thit I.a Hi-ond"
has a great future and e fs wi,';"",
o tiV-p a ehnni-p. Opo. TI. Ch" hr
Ipnd -x-in. rnrde the deal. Mr. Psvtr
will build a larper home in the near
future.
FOR SALE Cherries of all vn-p:s
Raspberries, black and red. McAllis
ter farm. Phone Farmers 7V Adv.
7-12 tf."
1910, an Ordinance relating to the cut-i
ting of weeds on lots, blocks, parkings,
or parcels of land, improved or un-im-proved
within the City Limits of the:
City of La Grande, will be prosecuted
in accordance with the provisions of
this Ordinance.
Dated at La Grande, this 10th day of
July, 1913.
C G. STACEY,
Street Superintendent.
Adv. 7-10 6t
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European American Pl
A. S. HOGUE, Mngr.
A hotel whose homelike comfort
and safety will aDneal to you s"'
your family'. Ladies' tea room
beautiful roof garden and large lob
by for your pleasure and convenient
Located close to the shopping district
write for family rates. .
Flpvrnth Rl ntt WnKhinptonT
PORTLAND OREGON i!
L
S WE SELL
Pure Artificial Ice at 50c a
hundred.
Pure river Ice at 30 cents a
i hundred.
Our Artificial Ice is made
' from pure Beaver creek
i -water and is guaranteed as
! pure as the city water.
Please get your orders in
I before noon each day.
; RANDY
i THE ICE MAN.
Retail Department Phone Main -t
Foij Lumber, Lath
Shingles, Sash and D :ors
Ruberoid Roofing
GEORGE PALMER LUMBE!
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