La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 01, 1914, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Texti J. w THUliSDAY, JANUARY 1,1914. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER STIBKEI FOLKS rninv unniMV I IJklll I 1 1111 IIIHI Mrs. : : i.iiuwi uwkiwiii CBRISTMAS WEEK .IS ONE' OF , ;',.. ... PLEASURE. Various Entertainments Given In the , Mountain Town. V Starkey, Jan. 1. (Special.) Christmas was passed very pleasantly Ihere, the weather was fine and' the sleighing good, although it registered t 12 below zero on the 23rd. 1 The JNeedlecraft club ; gave a 'Christmas tree at the school house 'Christmas eve, which was . well at tended and young and old made happy with suitable remembrances and to .finish the week a dance was given at the Sullivan hall on the27th;about30 couples were in attendance. I 'Ward Smith, Dick Burnett and the I Misses Elsie and Flossie Burnett took ;:i in the dance at'Hilgard December 24 Mr. and Mrs. William Briggs and family spent Christmas in La Grande with Mrs. Briggs' : parent, Mr. and 1 Mrs. Evans. . ." ' Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smith and their daughters, Buelah and Jean of Island IF youhave never '.. used Electric Lights, you cannot, fully appreciate theii superority; if you have always used them,', you are apt to accept them as a matter of course ; but if you have used them'and then, for some reason; areforcai to cb without them--THEN you will frealize how much . their bril liance and convenience meant to you, You needn't do without them in La Grande, however, for our service reaches every Where, and our rates place Electric Light within the means of all. Eastern Oregon Light-& Power Co. "always at your Service" A 1 La Grande Investment Company Old U. S. Land Office 1113 Adams Ave. Foley Building, La Grande. City, are spending the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Press Burnett and family. J -v '. .. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gourlay of Hil- gard, spent Christmas with Mr. and E. M. Coombs. On . December 27 Dick Burnett brought the horses belonging to.the MountaMrView ranch oftof the ranch ; and he says there is good feed yet in the hills.' . . I , : .. . ', Miss Edith Burnett, who is at- tending school in Pendleton, is at.uilinu. ; But he Should consider care. home for the holidays. , I Ernest Schultz spent his Christmas in La Grande. . Henry Hagey and Kenneth Smith and families are both on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Young and Mr. and Mrs. W. Banks of Hilgard, at tended the Starkey dance on Decem ber 27. , ' How's This? ... We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. JT. CHE NET & CO., Toledo, O. VT, the undersigned, have known P. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. NATIONAL BANK OP COMMERCE, . . ....- ' Toledo, 0. .Hall's Catarrh Curs Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. Testimonial; eat free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Small Deal may be the means of making you a home in the near future. These lots described below are lo cated where they are desirable. They are lots and 8 Blk. 83. Chaplains Addition. Just north of the old white school house. Each lot 60 x 110 ft making 120 ft. south face or 110 ft frontage on west. Price $600 Cath for the two. for sale by ! ' The LuobUu Proorastlnaton ' The procrastlnator is aiwaya liable to be luckless. To postpone a duty that should be discharged at once Is to Invite trouble for all concerned. Many a man who Is well disposed toward lira insurance is sun aerernng toe purchase of a policy which would bo 0 (Mion to his rauilly la tbe event of, bis death. The would be Insurant is - E'JELZEZ that may bur hlui from tuo ranks of the Insurable. Mils reason for iiiittlnn oir securing a noney way ue wai n jla.))HVeuent ,lt present to pay the pre fa"? . " " " V ' dny pl8 yea,.y premium on a tlli-y taken mit now. would be appreciably texx'ttmn would be the premium mi u policy of the same a mount taken nut when be Is a year oldir. Delay, there fore, will add somew,hat to the yearly burden be would have to carry. The best tblus for tiuy- uninsured man l do Is to irixnre at once U'lille " Weekly. . ' ' .. t Wall Papers and Llsht. "Tbe good lighting of a room do ponds not only oh the disposition of tbe light so as to produce an ade quate llluuilnatjou and ou the proper shielding of the lumps ho iim In avoid needless glare, but on the nature of the wall surface on which "the llv:ht falls." said Professor Sllvanu Thomp. son of London, "liven when the Illu mination that Is received by the walls Is ample the room may be badly lit if the walls absorb too much of that Illumination Instead of giving It back by diffuse reflection, Few people ate n'ware bow much lljjht Is thus wasted and thrown away. 'The deep scarlet and crimson wall papers now fnshlnuuhle for dining rooms waste from-"0 to "IV per cent: brown, paper wastes about 85 1u KH per cent: eveu an ordluary yellow or buff wsll .aper wastes nO to 00 per cent. On tbe other hand, white car tridge paper absorbs and wastes only about 20 per cent of the llsht.. while a whitewashed wall absorbs .from W to 40 per cent." ' I Gossard Corsets adapt themselves perfectly to the present demands of fashion. The change effected in the figure line when fitted tq a Gossard corset will amaze you. Gossard corsets all have the long skirts and you cannot detect the lower ' line of boning so carefully is ' it done. With the Gos sard there are no lines, except the beautiful natural lines of the figure. A complete line of models' at from 3.50 to $8.50 always on hand. : MRS. P'OBT. PATTISON, Corsetiere. Res. 1702, Cor. Spring and Oak. Phone Red 3221 ' 1 ' YOU CAN CURE THAT BACKACHE, Fata along toe back, dUslness, headacos and gen eral languor. Set package of Mother Ural's atSSUTK-UAf. lbs atouentroot aad herb ear roraTTLl'tM .Bladder at4 U Hoary trouble, Whea JH I CO, am uvwa, wnu, wvm. miu whwvi oerrj ass this remarkable combination ol nature herbs and roots. As slonlclaxailTelt hainoequal. Mother Graf's Aromatlo-Laaf ll soMby Drog- gists ore lddnss,' wtof auu lorovcia. eampieseni rasa. The Mother Grey Co., U Boy JJ. I A Liberal Education. . That mso, I tblnK. has bad a liberal education who has been so trained In youth that his body Is the ready serv ant of bis will aud does with ease and pleasure all the woiU that as ti mocb aulsm it Is capable of ; whose iutellect Is a clear, cold. Ionic engine, with all its parts of eipial streiiKthi and , in smooth woi'kliit," order; ready, likn a steam euglue, to be turned to uny kind of work uud spin tbe Kossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind; whose mind is stored with a knowl edge of the great uud fundamental truths of nuture uud of the laws of her operations; one who. no stunted ascetic, Is full of lire and lire, but whose passions are traiued to come to beel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love ail beauty, whether of uature or of art: to bate all vlleness and to respect others os himself. Such a man and no other, I con ceive., bas had a liberal education. Thomas Hcury Huxley in "Lay Ser mons." 1 T-ees and Fools. Any fool can destroy trees. They canuot run away, and if they could they would still be destroyed chased and bunted down as loug as fun or a dollar could be got out of tbelr bark hides, branching horns or magnificent bole backbones. 1'Vw that fell trees plant them. Nor would planting avail much toward gettlug back anything like tbe noble primeval forests. . Dur ing u man's life only saplings can be grown in the pluce of the old trees, terts of centuries old. that bare been destroyed. It took more than 3,000 years to make some of the trees In these western woods trees that are still standing in perfect strength and beauty, waving aud singing in the mighty forests of tbe Sierras. God bas cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches and a thousand training, leveling tempests ! and floods, but he canuot save them from fools. Only uncle Sam can ao that John Mulr. : ' , ' 8aw the Praotioal Side. Ideas of advancement In South Amer ica are aesthetic, wbllo lu the United States they run along practical lines. As an indication of the uses to which capital bas been applied In South Amer ica and the difference in temperament of the people of that part of the west ern-world as compared with the In habitants of the United 8tates a story Is told of a meeting between a Bra sillan promoter and an American pros pector at one of the new cities which have recently sprung tip on the banks of the Amazon. The native pointed with pride to a pretentious opera bouse overlooking the mighty river and asked the stranger If the site was not superb, "Well." said the man from one of our western states, "I think it would be a mighty fine place for a sawmill." Notice to Stockholders. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the United States Na tional bank of La Grande, Oregon, will be held at their banking rooms in the City of La Grande, Teusday, January 13, 1914, at 2 o'clock, P. M. or the purpose of electing a board of direotors and for the transaction of ny other business that may come before the meeting. T. J. SCROGGIN, Cashier. , 12-12-lmo. (it' CLASSIFIED ADS. $.8$.fctt$',t'i,i,2 FOR RENT Housekeeping rooms for man and wife only. Call in forenoon, 1911 Second street. -12-23-tf. FOUND Keys and pen knife at tached. Inquire at Commercial club and pay for this ad. . FOR SALE! New 4-room modern cot tage, 4 blocks from business center small lot, a good bargain, som . terms. Edw. W. Kammerer, 2004 ava. 6-20 tf WANTED Sewing by day, Call Mis. Nash, phone Bed 1022. 11-14-tf TWO FURNISHED Rooms with board 905 Spring. Call Red 1721. 11-4 tf FOR SALE $10,000 improvement bonds with accrued interest. Make your offer for all or part. J. L. STRAYED From pasture, one bay Clyde mare, one tall light bay horse, one. dark bay horse nearly black, weight of each about 1,300. Phone Farmers 18x7 or address H. H. Cleaver, Alicel. 1-1-tf. Ciassiiied FRATERNAL ORDERS. A. P. A A. M. La Grande Lodge No. 41, A. F. V A. M. holds regular - mscttagi first and third Saturdays t 't :30 p. m. Cordial welcome to x 1 Masons. GEO. E. COCHRAN. W..M. A. C WILLIAMS, Sec. B. P. O. E. La Grande Lodge No. 133 meets each Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in Elk's club, corner of De pot street and Washington avenue Visiting brothers cordially invited to attend, L. F. DUNN, E. R. ' H. E. COOUDGE, Roe. Sue . WOODMEN OF THE WOR-D La Grande Lodge No. 169 W O. W. meets every first and thlH Fridays at I. O. O. F. halL All visiting members welcome. W. W. BERRY, C. C. . J. H. KEENEY, Cork MODERN WOODMEN OF AMER ICA La Grande Camp No. 7703 meets on the first and third Thurs day evenings of each month in the K. of P. hall. Visiting neighbors . welcome. A. W. NELSON. V. C. W. F. LANDRUM. Clerk. ROYAL NEIGHBORS Meets every second and fourth Fridays every month. . All visiting members cor dially Invited. CORA FITZGERALD, Oracle. LILLY C. KIMMLE. Recorder. REBEKAHS Crystal Lodge No. 59 meets every Tuesday evening in ths L O. O. F. hall All visiting merit ' hers are Invited to attend. ; ZELLA ROBERTSON, N. G., EVA MONROE, Sec. L. O. O. M. La Grande Lodge No. 850, Loyal Order of Moose holds regular meetings, each and ever Monday night at I. O. O. F. hall, Visitors always welcome. P. A. FOLEY, D. C H. SCRANTON, Sec. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Red Cross Lodge No. 27 meets every Monday night in Castle hall, (Old Elks' hall) A Pythian welcome to all Tlsiting Kniirhts. H. P. OLIVER, C. C. R. L. LINCOLN, K. of R. & S. O. E. S. Hope Chapter No. 13, O. E. S., holds stated communications the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Visitin" members cor dially invited. ' MISS CYNTHIA STEIN, W. M. MARY A. WARNICK, Sec. F. O. E. La Grande Aerie No. 259 on each and every Friday evening at 8 o'clock, at the K. or P. hall. Vis iting members cordially welcomed. HARRY W. SWART. W. P. L. F. BELLINGER. Sec. WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT CIRCLE ' NO. 47 Meet second and fourth . Tuesday nights of each month at K. of P. hall. All visiting neigh bors welcome. , ' LENA HEAD, G. N. LILLIE ALLST0TT, Clerk. CALiFORNIAl Wiriter is the name of a season, not the description of a Climate. ' LET US HELP YOU PLAN A VISIT to the land of Sunshine, Fruits and Flowers. , Outdoor Sports Ante T'ripe among the Orange Groves Trips to the Beacheej Surf Bathing and the hundreds of varied amusements for which Cali- fornia is famous,; ROUND TRIP TICKETS FOR HANDSOME BOOKLETS DE SCRIPTIVE OF CALIFORNIA, AL SO FOR FARES, TICKETS OR RE SERVATIONS. Call on any agent of the OREGON-WASHINGTON RAIL ROAD & NAVIGATION CO. Directoryj PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS . A. L. RICHARDSON, M. D. J. W. LOUGHLIN, M. D. Drs. Riohardson 4 Loughllaw ; Physicians and surgeons. Phonaa : Office, Black 1362. Dr. Richard- : ' son's res. Main 55. Dr. LoughlinV 'S ; , res. Main 757,- ;'"..' . . , DR. R. E. L. HOLT Physician and surgeon; successor to Dr. N. MoB ' tor; corner Adams avenue and De ' v pot St Phones Office Main 68; Residence, Main 780. ' . , , . DR. M. E. HALT- -Phrstrlan and snr . geon. Office WestJacobsoa Bide; Phone Main 53. Rooms 11-12-18. DR. H. L. UNDERWOOD Physician and surgeon. Diseases of the eye specialty. DR. DORA J. UNDERWOOD Dis eases of women and children. Of fices Adams avenue, over Red Cross Drug Store. OSTEOPATHS. GEO. W. ZIMMERMAN Okteopatk physician. Over Lilly's hardware) store. Phone Main 63. Succ to Dr. F, E. Moore. VETERINARY. DR. P. A. CHARLTON Veterinary surgeon. County stock inspector. Office at Hill's drug store, La , , Grande. Residence phone, Red 701) office phone, Black 1861. CHIROPRACTORS. G. T....DARLAND CHIROPRACTIC PARLORS No. 4, Depot St, ad joining Oregon hotel. Phone Red ' 1751. . , ' ' ATTORNEYS AT LAW. . V COCHRAN & EBERHARD Geo. T. Cochran and Colon R. Eberhard, Attorneys. La Grande National , Bank Bldg., La Grande, Oregtn T. H. CRAWFORD; ROBT. S. EAKIK CRAWFORD A EAKIN Attor neys at law. ; Practice in all the courts of the state and United States. Office West-Jacobson build ing, La Grande, Ore., rooms 9-10. R. J. GREEN Attorney-at-Law. Rooms 9-10, Somir.er Bldg., t Grande, Ore. Practices in all sta and federal courts. UNDERTAKERS. W. H. BOHNENKAMP & .CO., Un dertaking and Embalming. Day Phone, Black 241. Night Phone Red 3971 or Red 3412. HENRY '& CARR, Undertakers and Embalmers; 20 years in business; day phones, Main 62; and Main 95; ' night phones, Main 707 and Red 3131, v - " '" " Your Job printing, the Observer office. Have it done at Read the advertisements too. AT REDUCED FARES. mm .