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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1913)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8. J913 .PA UK KlflHT LA GRANDE EVENING OBSEJtV lilt. When Dealing With J. K PEARE &SON La Grande's Leading Jewelers and manufacturing Opticians. You are trusting yourself to a store of twenty-two years! " standing which should satisfy you that you will be treated right. Call when you desire anything in the jewelry line or are in need of glasses. S LI. long PERRY WILL OPERATE NEW MILL QUINCY, CAL. IN Will Send Furniture and Family to Salt Lake for Winter. JOHN B. MOORE. Counselor to the State Department. The best fitted Optical Parlori I in Eastern Oregon. WE GRIND OUR OWN LENSES. J. H. PEARE James Voodrow Wells Born. James Woodrow Wells, son of Mr. snd Mrs. J. B. Wells. That is the ti tle of the 10-pound lad born in August 6th in North La Grande. The father, who is among other things a barber in the Foley hotel shop, is also an ardent Woodrowwilsonioan. i ! Vacuum Perry, Ore., Aug. 7. (Special) W, Y Stoddard, superintendent of the Grande Ronde Lumber company, is now packing up his household goods and making preparations to leave Per ry. Mr. Stoddard says he will have everything ready to ship Sunday to Salt . Lake, where he will locate his family for the fall and winter) Mr. Stoddard and family will depart for Salt Lake about the 15th of the month. After arrangin ghis affairs as to lo cating his family in Salt Lake, he will go on to interior California, where he will take over the management of his lumber venture in Quincy. He will im mediately begin the construction of a single band mill and expects to have everything completed,' for running at the time spring months open. ' The company has several carpenters tA tirA.1r 1 . . S 1 , 1 ... tl...n nl(nna An U saw mill. These are being to give more ventilation part of the mill. - Perry Mill Has Break-down. - 1 Wednesday at noon a large shaft on I ( the transfer cable was broken and the , saw mill ceased operations. With the planing mill and box factory not run-' ' ning, everything 'was at a standstill,' j yesterday afternoon. Workmen were. i at the mill most of the night repairing the breaks. Thursday morning the" ! saw mill started on usual, and also the Fire Blight Prevails But Disaster Not j"U . . 'J if f (si 1311, by American Preaa Association. I SnFIRE BLIGHT 1 LONE JOURNEY IS I EVANSTON, WYOMING PASS IN CAR. Bargains in Real Estate l: Salt Lake Machines in Trip, One Here I and Second 'Coming. Trans-state auto touring is at its' height. A party of Evanston, Wyo.,J people traveling ' in a Michigan car J reached La Grande today en route to i Seattle, where they will locate. In the party are O. N. Steir Mrs. Bowen J and her sons, Arthur and Henry. They j J nave made excellent time in covering the 800 miles notwithstanding they were mislead frequently. Two tire punctures is the sum , total of their mishaps. Tonight or tomorrow a party of seven Salt Lake people en route to Portland will reach the city. They were delayed in Vale by a broken axle case. A Ctaa rv.mliina timilrltnnr a ffrnnn of Salt Lakers was also in the city i this morning on their way west. MORE CLERKS COMING. . Desks Provided for Last Delegation' of O.-W. Clerks Lowallv. il - D. HUFFMAN WRITES ABOUT PRESENT OUTLOOK. K0C8Z OLEACTirfl FDRMTURB REPAIRING MATTRESS MAKING PUIXITURE PACKIHfl. L. F. BELLINGER, 1607 Wash. Ave. Phone Black 1023 pinning mill was started after a lay. t off if about ten days. This haa been j the longest shutdown of the planing mill on account of breakages for sev ( eral years. The company will now , put on a night crew in the box fac tory and will rush wort all' possible in order to make up for the lost time I during the shut down. . La Grande Taxi and Touring Car Service Four good cars available day and all night for city and coun try driving, and to surrounding (owns, charges reasonable. Experienced, licensed chauffeurs always on job. Call Summer House or Foley Hotel. J. D. LYNCH Really Liable. La Grande, Ore., Aug. 8. '(To the Editor of the Observer) : My attention has been called to an article! in your valuable paper of the 6th instant rel ative to the actiotl of the county court on a petition from the fruitmen asking for expert help in exterminating fire blight and pear blight, which Is now prevalent in Eastern Oregon and espe cially in this county. -::-,. .While many able articles have" baert Wallowa to Be Gathering Place of published and many speeches made Many Church Leaders. ' relative to this matter and practical- j ly none of them agfde on any point ex- The 28th annual Sunday ffchool con-; crept that they do not know what it is, vention of the Sunday school's? of Wal-jjior the remedy. I will now give my Iowa countv will be held in Wallowa 'idea on the subject it is fire blight next Tuesday and Wednesday the 12 pi,e and simple according to fepolt3 mer of raising their knowledge of SUNDAV SCHOOL MEET. pf O.-W, Clerks Locally. Although there are close to 30 0 W. officials, clerks and stenographers now housed in the O.-W. superintend ent's suite of offices, three more are still required and Chief Clerk Scott, of Superintendent Bollon's office, has .made room for that amount. By the first of the" coming week the offices will be fully accrouted with office help and fully 30 will be thus employed. The office forces' checks will hereaf ter come through Mr. Bollofi'j office jjnd be distributed from there, and the other departments will draw checks from the local agent as before. EXAMS IN SEPTEMBER. ' Those Who Failed at La.-;. JExamina tion Can Take-Another. ',' September 4 and 5 there will bt fondueted an examination in the! of fice of County Superintendent Mrs1. Ivahhoe, for those who failed in the eighth grade examinations at the reg ular examinations. This will be a con venience for those who failed but have had an opportunity during the Sum- and 1,1. The sessions will be held in from .0. A', C. and the Department of the Presbyterian church there and a: the Interior at Washington, D. C. Fir-? number of prominent La Grande blight and pear blight are one and church people will be in attendance the same thing. The theories that it at the convention. W Melwin Miller of is one thing on pe'ver trees lid another Flora, is president of the association j on apples reminds l?ie i the story of and Mrs. W. G. Trill of Wallowa, is the pioneer doctor who treated his pa secretary. This convention is a great jtients with the bark of a" certain kind event in the annunl history of the of tree when prepared is a certain Sunday schools of that county and is ! way it was high-pop a lnricim in an said to be doing a great work. Many other it was low-pop a hiram the dif protninent thinkers and speakers will ference being that for one the bark be present this year and deliver ad- was pealed upward, and for the other dresses. Among the many are: . it was pealed downward. j President Fletcher Homan of the. While this is a question of impor- studies in which they failed. Adv. 7-8', IS, 22, 29, Farmers' Union Picnic. Myrtle Point, Ore., Aug. 7. t" Coos County Farmers' union will hold its annua'' picnic at Coquille, August 14. The president of the Stat Farm ers union and' speakers from the Ore gon Agricultural college at Coulils will be "in attendance. 320 Acres 60 acres under cultivation. Small patch of alfalfa, about - 135 peach trees, some apples, pears etc., 208 acres good land can . be cultivated. One half million feet of saw timber on place and four good springs. All fenced. Rural route by door, telephone line near house. Will trade for a residence in t.a , from $1500.00 to $1800.00. Balance part cash, and will take a ' mortgage for security on other half, or will sell outright, and ; will take $2500.00 down and mortgage on balance. Six roomed i house partly finished. Three and Three-Eighths Acres At Union, Oregon, all fenced. Un- , der good cultivation, some alfalfa, some potatoes ami ga.u.., cow pasture, good seven-roomed house with nice hall, rock cellar, good barn, chickeu house and other outbuildings. This place is adjoining the city of Union, Oregon. Will trade for some good property in La Grande. Price $3600. 208 Acres Three miles east of city of La Grande. 60 acres in fall wheat, 25 acres in spring grain, 80 acres in alfalfa, balance in pasture, but some more of it can be cultivated. 50 shares of water right in the La Grande Irrigation Ditch. Small orchard two years old. Four-roomed house, good cellar, good shed, barn. Half of the crop harvested goes with the place. There is a mortgage on this property for $3700 which can run yet for four years at 8 per cent interest. Can be assumed or paid off. Price $70.00 per acre, terms to be arranged on balance of payments. We have four five-roomed modern houses, close in on the north side of the railroad track. Will sell either one of them for $2500 each on terms of $200 down aad $20 per month. 4 lots 60x110 feet each, beautiful modern home of seven finished t rooms and two more may be finished. Good cement cellar un- 4(f der house. Fine barn with lights and water, will hold three head of horses, one cow, buggy and five tons of hay. Private garage adjoining. Place is all connected with sewerage. , A splendid bearing orchard on lots, cherries, apples, pears, peaches, plums', apricots and splendid strawberry patch. Beau tiful lawn and shade t'reers. Situated on M street near High School. Price $5000.00 C. J. BLACK & COMPANY Banker's Long Trip, 918 miles with J. M. Brundage, casK" I ier of the bank, and their wives. The Olean, N. Y., Aug. 8. Asa Frisby, party took a southern route to the president of the Andover Stats) bank",. coast and returned by a central route today concluded a vacation trip of 8,-1 via Denver. iii ill m p i i i i i ii ii inn urn i nil iiirirnj .irTTTTtai'iTT3irrTT:Tr-'.'-T-i jinn 1 1 i ,i ksx i - - - - mva-i.t hiTiMMrtrffniiTiiniiiriiiiiir 'iai si -"" S IT PURE PLENTIFUL DEPENDABLE ECONOMICAL? Supply you'f horns with all the pure, clear, sparkling water you need OirfCt trora well or spring, oy me t-erry cysiera. imo water tanx iri yllecf Siime, mud or rust. Compressed air delivers fresh water fh nressure and in Ollantities vou need. Automatic econnffliW in oueration easily Installed. Water left in well until you need it tnen tirawu ucsu. au ana uei vopy ot ine rerry book or let Hi So'.nd It to you. We want you td know nil about (lie merits of this up' o dat system of water supply. 1 he ferry System lias more advantage than fray other is just wlru you need. It will ciivu you water for drinking, krtohen, laundry, fa!l. barn, sprinkling and lira protection. tOU SALE D?" Y BAY & ZWEIFEL, Complete Equipment tor Resetting and Repairing Rubber Buggy Thei Garrison hi- Boise-. Boise. Aug. 8. Th grounds afiil buildings of the recently abandoned Willamette University, Rev. R. D. Os- lance to iruitmen geueraSy, I do not i barracks at Boise were inspected by terhout of Nanipa, Idaho, conference look upon it as disastrous to the fruit f. S. Missionary, Mrs. S. W. Oimsliy business simply cut' it out and that of Portland, state field worker. Rev. ends that particular case. ISut the J. V. Milligan, D. D., of Portland, same climate and ether conditions wi'l superintendent of synod of Oregon; bring it ac;aiti, we have had it before. LA GRANDE IRON WORKS FITZGERALD, lroprietor and Rev. E. 11. Fyke, of La Grande. ("HANOI. Kll BABY DEAD. 1 annnnml i in noi a O till Wi ' n ri raising pears Secretary of War Garrison and Gen eral Wood today. A luncheo'iV in their honor was tendered by the Boise Com mercial club. The party will leave thisl evening. COMPLETE MfiiHINE SHOPS PM FOUNDRY still, Uncle Sam's Loan Office Loans money on all kinds of Watch, Diamonds, Gold, Jew elry, Clothing and all kinds of personal property. We sell unredeemed pledges at a very low price. FOLEY HOTEL BCD IMNG. i North Side Parents Lose Son Funer al Held Yesterday. ; Roseburg, Or., Aug. 7. The Doutr- Cut it out ; as County Fair association has elect- I d DANCE AT n Dancelancl i Saturday Night I 4 GALLERY FOR SPECTATORS 5 The Garrison party will pass Professor Jackson told us how .and , through La rGande tomorrow morn when to cut it and why not do thatjj,1l? we.s-boutid according to present On an examination w the npple trees plans, .'you will find his statements true thati it has r.ow stopped spreading and a Douglas County Fair. The sympathy of a large number, new growth has already started just of friends is extem'ed to Mr. and Mrs. where the blight stopped. Dan Chandler, who feel deeply the loss now; burn up the limbs; sterilize tiin ej new officers us follows: Frank L. of their only child, Dan V. Chandler, wounds and go tbout your business. ! Calkins, president; E. L. Parrott, vice who died at the family home on the! If there is any class of men more , president; George Nuener, Jr., secre cotner of Fir and W avenue on August thun another that is entitled to assist-J ta,y. b. Strong, treasurer. The (, and was buried from that place on ance in protecting their business it is j.,tes fixed for the fair are September August 7. The services were conduct-! l rniitmen who have been striving to 17; jj 19 anj 20. The premiums offer ed by Rev. II. P. Nelson, of the M. make homes and a living on small ej for the races are more liberal than K. Church South. Many beautitul tracts of land, paying high prices for , heretofore. Premiums for the first day floral pieces were tendered by friends, the same and selling crops at low fig- -ures and paying high taxes. llempe Trial Drags. The county court is to be congratu- lated on the interest they have taken REDUCED P RICES ON WALLPAPER All Printed Oat Meal 60 Cents Per Roll i Pretty Bedrooms From 15c to 50c pmount to $1575, for the second day $875, for the third day $1000, and'for the last day $000. Premiums offered for grange exhibits are large enouirh to pay the farmers for their trouble in securing good exhibits. A new feature of the fair this year will be, the school children's fair. Premiums j are offered tor the best collective f PARENTS ESPECIAI.LV ix. 'x I VITED TO ATTEND. A 1 STRICTLY HIGH CLASS. 4 f. CP. FARRIN. Mgr. f Evidence is still being taken in the in the matter and I hope good results federal hearing at Union with the will come from their actions.- Amalgamated Sugnr company and , C. D. HUFFMAN, llempe and some 09 others involved. Senator Johnson Dead. Sneciul Examiner Hanna is the refer- Washinirton. Aug. 8. Joseph John- ec in the case which has been under ; son the senator who died of pneumonia 'school exhibit and individual pupil's way all week and is not ended yet. ast night, was a prominent democrat. I exhibit of poultry, garden produce and There are a great many witnesses to He was born in North CaroSna and canned fruits. New sheds now being be examined before the water case in- ( Was 70 years of age at the time of his built on the fair grounds will give volving riparian rights in Catherine (Jeath. He entered the Benate in ample room for ull stock brought to creek are disposed of. 1 1907. the grounds.' ALL WORK GUARANTEED . B. B. NUTTER Phone Red 971 i708 1-2 Sixth Street
