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DETERMINED
ROLLING AND SWINGING
TION SPREADS RAILS.
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NO Personal Blame Attached to the
Haines Wreck Recently.
Report of the Board of Inquiry of
the derailment of train No. 10, near
mile post 349, at 7:30 a. m., December
20, is out. It says:
Passenger train number 10, engine
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warn
Gossard Corsets adapt themselves
perfectly to, the present demands of
fashion.
The change effected in the figure
line when fitted to a Gossard corset
will atnare 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 th6ro 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. POBT. PATTISON,
Corsctiere.
Res. 1702, Cor. Spring and Oak.
Phone Red 3221
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j How's your sole j
1 NeedFixin!
Bring it Ao us, we'll flit it tvhile
you wait. With our modem
plant we are turning out a
class of work that's different.
Turn sloes a specialty.
Modern Quick
Shoe Repair
R. L DUIGNAN Prop.
Opposite Ncwlin's Book Store
Ihone Bit 81. 1116 Adams Ar.
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209 and ten cars, Conductor Wissler,
Engineer Ferguson, derailed engine
trailer, engine tender and ten cars
between Haines and Baker. Acci
dent occurred Within automatic block
district. No personal injuries, Es
timated damage to equipment and
enirine $400, and to track $300.
We. the board of inquiry, alter
examining into the condition of the
power, equipment and track on the
ground and after listening to the
testimony of the trainment, engine-
men and baggagemen in charge of
thn derailed train . and that of the
rnaHmaater and section foreman in
'charge of the -track where the de
railment occurred, find: .
The derailment was the result of
the rolling and swinging motion on
the part of the locomotive, sufficient
to spread the rails, first to one side
and then on the other at intervals
of thirty-five feet and for a distance
of approximately 450 feet before
rails spread sufficiently to cause de
railment. No individual responsi
bility. - : ' v
. W. BOLLINS, Superintendent,
GEO. ROSS, Master Mechanic,
H. J. LYON, Division' Eng'r.,
R. P. ANDERSON, Stock Ra'r.,
E. W. COLES, Stockman,
: " E. P. STAPLES, Merchant.
A Fait Proposition. , -'
The manufacturers of Meritol
Rheumatis mPowders have'No much
confidence '. in this : preparation that
they, authorize us to Bell them to you
on a positive guarantee to give you
relief in all cases of Rheumatism or
refund ybhr money. This is certain
ly a fair proposition. Let us show
them to you. Newlin Drug Co., ex
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Phone, Red 8931. La Grande.
, FRESH TAMALES AND
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All kinds
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HOT DRINKS
Ice Cream
Finest Line of
Fresh Candies
in town
HOT TAMALES, OYSTER
COCKTAIL, HOT BEEF TEA,
HOT TOMATO NECTOR.
Fish
Fresh fish every" day
, Fir St. Fish Market.
We have our own delivery and
deliver any time. '
N. Maderick
402 N. Fir St. Phone R. 741
! For
Sale
90 Head Horses
Con sis ting of
Marts and Geldings,
Ranging in age from 2 years up
Many of these horses are' good
work animals weighing from
1,200 to 1,700 pounds.'
Terms Easy Terms will be
given with bankable pnper.
H. M. C. Co.,
Hot Lake, Ore.,
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F. McKennon, Mi
REBUKE BY SARCASM.
About tha Poorest Plaee tff Uii It l I.
tho Clawroom.
In a well known Boston school there
was a boy conspicuous! doll at hie
LaOa He was a straightforward fel
low and a gentleman by birth and
breeding, but be was a bungler at syn
tax. . . : .' '
One morning he bad tangled himself
In a simple phrase.- The teacher asked
a question that... should have fleared
blm. But the poor lad did not know
the answer. ,
- Then the teacher leaned bitch In' hbt
chulr. rolled bis gray eyes to the ceil
ing und sulil for hit the- class to bear.
"I lnivo been told that It In a bard
thing to stuff a wildcat with butter,
particularly if yon have to do It with
u hot awL but that Is child's play
compared with putting Latin- In a' boy
like this." ...
Of course the ln.rgb came, but as the
boys laughed they despised the teach
er.-. - :f " . r:''.. ; .--:.;
'Sarcasm.1 Sf.!i tiarlyle. "is the Ian.
gunge of the devil," Be tlint ns It
muy. It Jias turned ninny a schoolroom
Into a place of torment. .
A boy may be too dull to be In school:
but while allowed to be there he can
never bo dull enough to Justify a knife
thniHt from one whose first dntv Is to
help and cheer blm.-Boston Herald.
OYSTERS AND DYSPEPTICS.
When the Bivalves May ' and-- When
They Should Not Be Eatenj -It
Is popularly ' supposed that the
oyster digests himself -In the-human
stomach owing to the great size of the
liver, which Is crushed as mastication
begins and is thought, to digest the
niollusk itself. .." As the oyster, more
over, contains some 10 per cent of exz.
eremeiy assimilable protein., together
with phosphorlzed fats and glycogen.
It has always been freely administered
to convalescents, while dyspeptic bons
vlvants have nover hesitated, to. eat it
abundantly. - ; "
Dr. Pron expresses the opinion-that
the oyster may be allowed, therefore,
to those dyspeptics, whose gastric func
tions are deficient In anorexia, gastric
atony; ulcer and Incipient cance-,. and
to convalescents from acute disease, an
It Is likely to Improve the appetite and
to excite the stomach to. increased
motor and chemical activity.
But to the large number- of dyspep
tics whoso stomachs are- hyperacid oc
hypersensitive Dr. Proa would forbid
the oyster as well ns all other stimu
lating foods. In tnutkyof these dys
peptics the gastric secretion Is already
sufficient, and It Is unnecessary and
unwise to Increase It New Sort
Press. --. -. .'
Made the Judge Perspire.
Sir John Charles Day. the English
Judge who earned the title of the
"hooligan's terror," died at the age of
eighty-two. In the nineteen years Sir
John was a Judge of the high court
from 1882 to 1901-he was noted for
his gift of solemn humor and for bis
drastic flogging sentences. In fourteen
years he sentenced 137 criminals to
3,700 strokes of the cat Once be said
to u gang of Liverpool ruffians: "I am
not going to give you men long terms
of Imprisonment, but when you go in
you get twenty lashes of the cat; when
you have been In nine months you get
twenty lashes of the cat; before you
come out you get twenty lashes of the
cat And then you can show what you
have got to your friends." He was per
haps the only English Judge who ever
did "hard labor." While ou a visit to a
prison ho tried the treadmill, but when
he asked to be set tree tue gunra pre
tended not to hear his request The
udge was perspiring freely by the
time he was permitted to ubnndon his
experiment. ':
Spread of the English Language.
The English language is the richest.
most virile and must powerful of all
he languages now to be-found among
men. Tlie uien who eoncoiveo nun
nm!e good this nation were English-
nicn. aim ol i-ourse moy spone iuo
inly language they knew anything
uhuut. the language of their ancestors.
the English language. The great; Hi'
Bollinger said of tills language t lias
to It Is assigned In the coming age
the Intellectual supremacy Unit In an
dent times belonged to the (J reeks
and afterward to the Ituiuans." In I7n
English was the language of ft.tXHUlUti
people. Today It Is the language ot
175.000.000. and by the end of the ecu-
tury It will he the laiwirtge of SOO.WJO.-
KK people. New York American.
Tactful.
Miss De Vere." mild the lady who
was entertaining the popular actress.
'would yon mind telling me what youv
real naniv Is?"
My real name? Ob. yes. It W
Tubhs-Sylvln Tubbs. Hut I hope you
will not Introduce me to your guests
by it"
Oh, no; you needn't be nfrnld. I ox
Just ns much ashamed of It ns you
are," Chicago Record Herald.
Pin Money. -
It was the bride's first request for
money.
"I must have some pin money." said
she.
"Certainly." said the brldegiwui.
'Here's a quarter. .That ought to bu.f
Ave or six papers of plus." Washing
ton Herald. -. '.
, Slow, but Not Sure.
, "Your daughter Is not engaged to
young Johnson yet, then? I supiiose it
Is n ease of slow and sore?"
"Well, yes -be Is Blow, and s'"1 U not
at all sure,'' i
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: BOLIVIA'S SACRED LAKE!
Over a Billion In Treasure Said to Be1
, 8unk In Its Muddy Bed.
Legend bas It that for more tbun 500
years the lake of Guutlvlta, at an ele
vation of 10,000 feet In Bolivia, bos
not only been held sacred to the gods
of the Indian tribes, but Into Its wa
ters the natives, with solemn ceremo
ny, used to cast their gold and silver
ornaments, gems mid other valuables
as an offering to propitiate the evil
spirits. . It bas been estimated that In
this manner treasure to the amount at
$1,000,000,000 found its way to the bot
tom of the lake. .y. . yy - -
Many attempts were made to recov
er tho treasure. The first was by the
Spaniards 2T)0 years ago; They tried
to drulD off the waters of the lake, but
tbelr engineering skill was uot equal
to the task. When tbey bhd drawn
off all but ten. feet of the water they
were compelled: to give up their pro
ject and take to. dredging Instead.
They did succeed lm recovering a small
purt of the treasure' In tnls way. -;
The- most modern- attempt was made
twenty years ago by a company of
Colombians fltid Englishmen. . By dig
ging a runnel MOO feet long down
the side of the mountain they succeed
ed In draining the lake, but then tbey
found to tbelr dismay. Instead of a
clear bottom, tweuty-flve feet of mud
covering the treasure: - In- all this com
pany spent $7!j,000 and recovered but
$10,000 worth of gold- and Jewels be
fore they, too, abandoned' the- search.
Argonaut - , .
A VERSATILE MONARCH.
Peter the Great of Russia Was a Real
Jaok of All Trades
All hlstoilans agree that Peter the
Great of Russia, was a, man, of various
accomplishments. After be became
emperor - be worked' as a shipbuilder
In Amsterdam. Bis object was' to
study the construction of ships that
the Information, gained as an ordinary
workman might aid him In establish
ing 8 first class navy ta his own coun
try. He also, studied 'anatomy and
seemed to delight In. dissecting human
bodies.' He is said to have acted as
executionereon several occasions,' one
being when, after the siege. of Narva,
certain soldiers ' disobeyed orders,
whereupon, be sentenced them to death
and killed them himself. He was also
wont to fiog criminals witb his own
bands. .
He practiced as a surgeon In bis own
country, where he was accustomed to
perform amputations as wejl ns to
bleed pemous jind draw teeth. In bis
pockets he usually carried q case of
surgical Instruments. His versatility
Is Indicated by the relics preserved in
IVter's'museum. St Petersburg, where
there are ship models, a chandelier aud
other iron urticles and Ivory figures,
all Ills own construction. In the same
phiee there Is ntpresent on exhibition
a wus model of the great emperor
wcurtug a ' pair -of shoes and a wig
mude by himself.-London Standard.
Willing to Oblige. .
Urllliaiit sunshine mnde the garden
party eujoyahle. The garden really
was a garden, aud, though most of the
guests clustered on the lawn, one or
two wiser people sauntered around the
rose bordered paths. -
Two -of these were seated in a quiet
part of the garden enjoying the scent
of the flowers und the solitude. They
were engaged. ' Presently 1 a mutual
friend, sauntered down the pntb and
noticed them.
"You two seem to be enjoying your
selves oyer here all alone," snld ba -
"We are." snld the girl and. being
a girl, managed to look pleased to see
him. "Won't, you Join us?"
"Sorry, I cnu't" answered the friend.
not being a clergyman. . But 1 II go
and find one If you say so." New York
Mall.
Couldn't Afford to Run.
When Jacob M. Dickinson, formerly
secretary of war, as a member of the
Alaskan boundary tribunal was called
upon suddeuly to make bis argument
because Sir Edward Carson had con
cluded bis remarks one day ahead of
time he began by telling a story: "So
far, from feeling any sense of confi
dence." he said to the president of the
court, "1 am In a position very deeply
to sympathize with the feeling of the
Confederate soldier who. when the bat
tle line wns sweeping forward in (he
last fearful charge at Chlekamnuga
and a rabbit Jumped up and ran
through to the rear, cried out: Mtuu.
cottontail! If I did not have any more
character at stake than you have I
would run too.' "
Remembered It .
"What" snld a teacher to a boy with
a slow memory, who hud tried In vain
to tell the name of tbe schoolmaster;
"an't you remember your master'
name?"
"N-no. sir."
."My name Is Brown, blockhead!"
"Yes, sir." y y
"Well, uow see If you can repeat It
What Is my name?
"Brown Blockhead, sir." Exchange.
Youth and Age.
Boys leave the farm perhaps be
cause they want to see more of the
world than KHl acres, though whew
most men nro, fifty,, years old they'd
be quite willing to trade tbe world
for 100 aeres.-St Louis Ulobe-Demo-crat.
.
Reciprocity.
Talkative Barber (nhont to Intheri
Do yon mind shuiiius your mouth, sit ?
I'ntleut One-No; do. you? Loudim
THE
Big
Ben
Says:
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Every Article
Radically Reduced for this Sale:
The
Big Ben Special
for Wednesday
12 1-2 Outing 6c
10:00 to 10:3ft a.m
10 Yds. to a Customer
Complete Equipment tor Resetting and Repairing
V ' Rubber Buggy Jires
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
v -' D. ZGERALD, Proprietor : !, '
COMPLETE MACtiifit SHOPS AND FOUNDRY
Have you eaten too many big, fine dinners during the holidays?
' If so, thorouhly cleanse your system before you become sick.
It is far easier to arrest disease in Us early stages than to perma
nently get rid of it later. See your doctor now, and then us, before
the ill effects have settled down upon you. You can then begin the
new year with vigor and JQSSSISSSSSkSlii
Come to OUR Drug Store.
NEWLIN DRUG CO.
MAN who faflsto in
vestigate the opportunities
of Jif e such as tfes great
sale has no one to blame
but himself if he doesn't
prosper.
Here now, every person in
La Grande is offered the
chance to buy goods he
will surely need sooner or
later, ' at prices way below
what he has had to pay
formerly or will have to
pay later. The shrewd
men-those who are get-
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ting aneaa-are quicK: to
grasp such an opportunity
as this. ' They realize that
to take advantage of it: is
just like finding money.
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