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TUESDAY, AUGUST .V 1913. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. PAGE SEVEN" I How Do You Spend Your Money Are you doing it in a way to receive substantial bene fit? Are you laying aside something for a "rainy day"? If not, you will never have a better time to begin than now. To get quickly started, begin the easiest way; come to ' The United States National Bank and open a Savings Account. ' Do not wait for a large sum, for it may never come: just deposit whatever you have to spare, no matter how small the amount. We will gladly assist you in getting started. Each pay day when you get your check, deposit a portion of it and remember it will draw 4 per cent from the date it is deposited. This bank is owned and controlled by local people. AUTOS CURTA IL! HIT ft N. K. WEST, President. T. J. SCROGGIN, Cashier. WM, MILLER, V.-Pres. C. R. HARDING, . Asst. Cashier. By Carlton Ten Eyck. i The amusement people are feeling it (Written for the United Press.) " Towns that. formerly supported sum New York, Aug. 4 The open season m" stock to?' " airdomes, now for the sunW tourist is npon us, the bve nt "B Pure time of the year when the railroads' theatre.8 8nd these are doing poor bus- mess, tneir proprietors say. And it is not only the small towns that are feeling the effect of automo bile buying but the larger cities as well. In the big department stores theatres, restaurants and furniture houses it is felt the most. Where for merly the people patronized the f 1.60 and $2 shows liberally, they now get their amusement by riding through tht year from the far, near and Middle West make enticingly low excursion rates to New York and return. On the streets may be seen a lot of hurrying visitors anxious to see all they can in their limited time, and the hotels re-, port a brisk business, but the ' most careless observer can see that there are not so many strangers in our midst as formerly. The shop keepers also What Electricity Means in I 1 A J 1 . il A ll A. contribute mournfully to the evidence counlry "na wnen WBnl lne""e that things are not as they used t0' amusement they go to the moving pic- I 1 i 4 i i , : .1 lure siiuws uiiu lu uie pupuiur jjnecu vaudeville houses. "And that's why you miss a few of the people that August used to bring to our Main street," said the Man Who I Travels, to the wondering Man On be. The Man On Broadway was wonder ing in a helpless sort of way what has become of the August visitors. The Man Who Travels undertook to tell him. gasoline and spark plugs. answer.1 That's the "Automobiles," he said laconically aaway. in.s country is more and the M. 0. B. looked around to see 'prosperous than ever but a good deal if any brand new make of car was in I of the money that once went for c,oth sirfit to nrovoke the remark. ""I mean ! in& and triP8 t0 town now goes for automobiles are the cause of the fall ing off of fall tourists, patiently ex plained the M. W. T. "The automobile is the menace of the west. I mean the commercial menace. Maybe it is the moral menace too; some folks saj it is, but I'm willing to leave that to the sky pilots. However, I do know Fine Auto Smashed. Pendleton, Aug. 5. As a result of a collision which occurred on west Court street about midnight Saturday, the what I am talking about when I say beautiful big .Winton automobile be- More Furniture Arrives. were placed in the new land office home in the absence cf a completely A standing desk and a counter ar-1 new equipment. These two pieces of rived this morning for the United' furniture practically complete the States land office and will displace the j equipment making everything new and makeshift . pieces of furniture that j of the best quality. Retail Department Ph c i ( Main8 For Lumber, Lath ) Shingles, Sash and Doors Ruberoid Roofing GEORGE PALMER L UMBER CO; that the gasoline wagon is the rock on which the west is liable to get a jolt if the people are not careful." The M. W. T. then proceeded to il lustrate what he meant. As just. one illustration he told his f? iend of one small farming community out in west ern Missouri, and I can vouch for the truth of what he said. This town is within fifty miles of Kansas City, in the middle of a remarkably rich river bottom farming district. It has. 6,000 inhabitants and they are prosperous. So are the farmers living in the town's trading district. They have brick paved streets, electric lights, water and sewer systems, handsome and costly homes, rock roads and all the modern improvements that make the longing to John Mumm, is a', total wreck and the Ford taxi cab'owned by Robert O'Neil is badly crippled. The damage to the Winton is estimated at between $500 and $800 and. that to the taxi at $50 or $75. The accident was caused by the pile of gravel and sand lying in the street in front of the Smith property where a residence is being constructed, about fifty feet west of Garden street. Mr, Mumm was driving east on the stree near the curbing and O'Neil was tak ing a passenger west. There being no warning light placed on the pile of sand and gravel and the headlights of the Mumm car blinding him, O'Neil did not see the obstruction until he was close upon it. To dodge it he the Home You might clean your home from top to bottom end use all the soap and water in the world and still it would not have that bright; ' cheerful appearance that ELECTRICITY can give. . Electricity represents the new, clean, sanitary method and does away with all the petty annoyances of matches, scratched up walls, danger of fire from upset lamps, besides the care and cost of other old methods of lighting. A ... - ,,' ' You say you can get along with kerosene lamps but why shouW you? Now is the time to havt that house wired for a small pay merit down; you can have your house wired at once and have the bene fit now. You are going to have it this fall, why not now? Investi gate this easy, payment plan. It costs you nothing to talk it over and find out the cost of installation. Phone-Main 34 and our Solicitor is at your service or see one of the wiring contractors. . - Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co. Always at Your Service. , m m I I ft' I'lllllllfllBlllli lallllllUl 1 r. J llllitfl IS IT PURE PLENTIFUL DCPENDABU-ECONCMICALT Supply your home with nil the pure, clear, sparkling water you need direct from well or spring, by the Perry System. No water tank to collect slime, mud or rust. Compressed air delivers fresh water under the pressure and in quantities you need. Automatic economical in operation, easily installed. Water left In well until you neea it tnen arawn tresn. ' Call and Get Copy of the Perry Book , or lot us send It to you. We want you to know all about tire- merit o" this up-to-date system of water supply. The Perry System hus suortt advantages than any other is just what you need. It will five you iraicr (or drinking, kitchen, laundry, bath, barn, spviukllng and hie proteciiaat, FOR SALE BY BAY & ZWEIFEL. Kill The Fly! We Carry Fly Swatters Tanglefoot Fly Paper Seibert Fly Poison present day western farm and small swerved his car sharply and collided town life so pleasant. wjtn the Winton with great force. The farms there this year produced j Fortunately no one was hurt, bumper wheat and corn crops, and the j The frame of the Winton was brok merchants of the town looked for greaj en on 00th sides, the radiator totally prosperity. But what has happened ? ruined, the fenders and running boards The peoplefof that one Missouri town broken and one wheel smashed. The this yeaiQpent-$200,000 for automo- ,. .,.: )iSve .to be taken completely biles.. Everybody who cnuM rc'-r-j. f t nd biiilt up from the ground, Complete Equipment tor Resetting and Repairing Rubber Buggy Tires LA GRANDE IRON WORKS D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor COMPLETE MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY , vmmmmuamammmaemssmmmmmm This is the season of the year when the flies are bad and it pays to fight them all the time. j money bc"vM-f.r -i-. Those who did j not have the ready cash mortgaged j their homes and their land. Those who could not do thut, gj.ve nttss f or their , machines. cording to B. F. Trombley of the Oregon garage. The Ford had one -!iwl slashed and suffered other min or damages. Considerable censure is being direct- That $200,000 passed out of the ea- against those responsible for the county and the state for all time. Ex- sand an( gravel being in the street cept for the agents' commissions, not vnthout a warning light. Several oth a cent of it remained in the county that er automobilists report that they have MAIN 43 I MAIN 43 Pronvc Delivery J. G. Snodgrass QUALITY GROCER produced the wealth and not a penny j of it will find its. way back into the community. But the financial loss to the Missouri county and small town ! goes farther. Those people who have bought automobiles, most of them, pinched and saved to do it They now are economizing in every possible and impossible manner. Women who have , cars are not buying gowns. They do not need them. Riding in their ma chines over the roads they need noth: ing but old clothes and linen dusters for the rain and dust would ruin fine gowns if they had them.. The men who have automobiles to pay for are not buying new refrigerat ors and cook stoves. They are making the old ones do. The broken coffee pots and kitchen utensils are being u.a.ued. I he old iamily clock will have to serve another year. No farm machinery is being bought they are making the old plows, cultivators and reapers last a while longer. There is absolutely nothing doing in the pian. and organ line and none ot the car owners ever thinks if enter ine the town jewelry store. There is little or no trade in luxuries. People are not building new homes nor paint ing the old ones, as is usually done ev ery summer in such a town. In short, the automobile took out of the town and county all the surplus wealth that the tremendous crops pro duced, and the retrenchment felt nec essary by the purchase and upkeep of the automobiles is felt in every line of business that is boasted by the lit tle town. But business is not all that feels the effct of the automobile wave that is sweeping the middle western country. almost had accidents cause. from the same No Damage to Wheat. Pendleton, Aug. 5. No damage to grain is reported here from the storms of Saturday and Sunday evenings, the rain which accompanied the thundei and lightning not being heavy enough to beat the grain down. The wind reached a considerable velocity but was not of sufficient violence to do dam age, according to reports. The weath er of the past few weeks has been made to order for the farmers and harvesting is proceeding rapidly. By the end of this week, quite anumber of farmers will have completed their own cutting. The market is still at 67 cents with but few small lots changing hands. What School to Attend? Are you asking yourself this question?. The school that meets your demands is the school of your choicer Write, call or phone for our catalog, that's the first step. Baker Business College 8 M m PHONE 131. HANSON & K1NION, PROPS. BIDS WANTEB. Bids will be received up to 5 o'clock p. m. of the 8th day of August, 1913, by Arthur C. Williams, school clerk, for the tearing out of an old and the installation of a new heating and ventilating system for the central school building at La Grande, Ore. Plans and specifications can be had upon inquiry of the Architect, J. L. Slater. A certified check of five per cent of the amount bid must accompany each bid, and the right is reserved to reject any and ail bids. ARTHUR C. WILLIAMS, Clerk of the Board Daily, July 31; Aug. 1, 2, 4 and 6, 1913. Adv. LU.MLER WILL NEVER EJt. CHEAPER. :han now. ' As you know, the lumber fit for milling is gtltim; ucareer every year. Thou why . not begin building now and take advantage of the preaeti'. !.; ket? Later o nyou will rpt it We have full supplies Itr high-grade lumber for tmT sr terior and interior constructVan WENAHA LUMBER COMPANY Mopuments LATEST DESIGNS Made In La Grande. E. C. DAVIS Concrete Blocks Made In La Urumle Best Building Material Known Cor Greenwood & S9'Ave La Orande. - I
