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Hoti; Much Material
Used by out of town contractors is purchased
through local dealers? And how much local skil
led and unskilled labor do tbey use? ; Think this
over. La Grande contractors use local products
and local help as nearly exclusively as possible.
They live in La Grande, believe in La Grande :
and work for La Grande. .
G. Hi RUSH
Contractor and Builder.
IF you have never used Electric
Lights, you cannot fully appreciate
then ,' sufcerority; if you have always
used them,xyou are apt to accept them
as a matter of course; but if you have
used them and then, for some reason,
areforced to do without theni-THEN
you will realize how much their bril
liance and convenience meant to you,
You needn't do without them inLa
Grande, however, for our service
reaches everywhere, and bur rates place
Electric Light within the means of all.
Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co.
"always at your Service"
Retail Department Phone Main 8
7 For Lumber, Lath
Shingles, Sash and D jors
Ruberoid Roofing
GEORGE PALMER LUMBER CO
THE TELEPHONE
By furnishing quick , service in com
munication multiplies a man's capacity,
and makes it possible for the business
man to transact more business. -
EVERY TELEPHONE A LONG DISTANCE STATION
E INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE SYSTEM
niuLnllLurr.
DS ITEMS
CHINOOK WINDS -BEHOVE THE
v SNOW RAPIDLY.
Personal Mention and Newt Items of
Alder Slope.- '
House? yiw a greater mingling of trag
edy anigayety than It ever did In any
equal interna before or since. Wffl.
Ham Henry -Harrison, Tylef's tmmer
dlate predecessor, died wben only a
month In office, and Tyler served oaf
tbe remainder of tbe term. Mrs. Letl
tta Tyler died a few montba after ber
youngest daughter. Elizabeth, was
married to William Wuller of Virginia.
This was on Kept. 10. 1842. In Febru
ary. 1844. a great gun burnt while ex
hibiting It on n trl down tbe Potomac
lu tbe midst of u brilliant company,
among, whom were Tyler, many mem
lHrn of congress mid of tbe cabinet
nud other dlHtiiigitlybed guests. About
forty persons were killed or Injured
Ailiwnj; tbe killed were tbe father or
Miss Gardiner, who soon afterward
became Tyler's second wife. Although
married while ber busbHud wus In tbe
White House, the second Mrs. Tvler
bad Iter wedding nt bar bouie in New
York, but she held her reception In the
executive mansion She became oonn-
lar lu Wuxhiiiiiton society and nn.
aoubtedly strengthened the social side
of ; her husband's administration.
Cbarles M. Harvey In Leslie's.
. Alder Slope, Jan. 3. (Special.)
Chinook wind has been blowing and
the snow is going fast. 1 - ' ;
J Miss Mabel Bailey of Enterprise,
is visiting on the Slope. She is at
the home of J. L? McKinney.
Miss Ethel Murrey is on the ranch
this week helping with the butcher
ing, and reports her mother feeling
much better than when they first
moved to Enterprise in October.
A number of the young folka gat
hered at the home of H. C. Laird
Thursday evening and sang songfe
and played games , untjil midnight,
when they departed for their homes.
All report having had a good time,
those being present were Mrs. R.
Footberg, Mrs. B. Daggett, Misses
Elsie Varner, Mamie Kooch, Viva
Rowe, Gertrude Richardson, Ethel
Murrey, Bessie Daggett, Alma Foot
berg, and Stella and Anna Laird; and
Messrs Horace Chenoweth, ' Lester
Locke, Ted Radmore, Harley Murrey,
Earnest McGarry, Hendrick and Har
old Footberg, Bert McCormick, Har
old Emmons, Roy Daggett,, Beecher
Daggett, Will Reed and Will and John
Laird.
Miss Viva Rowe was visiting at
the home of Mary and Glennie Mar
shall Thursday afternoon. '"'
Will and John Laird went to Prai
rie . Creek - Friday morning to finish
shopping grain for their 200 head of sy ; to refine ..It so as to -make It
Classified
Directory
FRATERNAL ORDERS;
4. F. 4 A. M. La Grande Lodge No.
41 A. F. ft A. M. holds regular
meetings first and third Saturdays
at s30 p. m. Cordial welcome to
4l Masons.
? C. W. NOYES, W. M.
A. C WILLIAMS. See.
8a It Gsrma. ,
" "Salt, of all things, wo deem germ
proof: but, us a matter of fact salt Is
one of tbe most germ ridden foods we
eat" V .'.' .
The speaker, a physiologist, con
tinued: "You know gray salt the 'gros sel'
that gourmands eat witb boiled beef?
Well, that salt Is made gray by the ad
dition of mud, plain mud; hence It al
ways contains from 6,000 to 75,000
bacterial colonies per gram. Refined
salt ' white salt, Is almost as bad.
It lies, you know, In the refinery un
der a blanket of clay, and Its refining
consists of a sea water bath, after
which It Is dried and heated to the
point of crystallization. "All tbls fails,
of con me, to remove from It Its 2,000
or 3.000 bacterial colonies per gram
thcit It Imbibed from Its clay blnuket
Tbe pure food people should look to
our snit 1 This white, clean stun is
alive with germs. Yet It would be
to
litAliFORNIA
Winter 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
Auto Trips among the Orange Groves Trips to the Beachea Surf
Bathing and the hundreds of varied amusements for which Cali
fornia is famous. ''.' . -
ROUND TRIP TICKETS AT REDUCED
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.
FARES.
there.
Born, Saturday, December 27,
Mr. and Mrs, Burl Kooch a son.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Hass and
daughter Victoria, left Sunday, Dec.
28, for California where they will re
main for the Winter. .Mrs: L. Langs
ton, daughter, of Mr, and .Mrs. Hass
accompanied them as , far as La
Grande, returning to her. home Mon
day. ... . '
W. A. Murrey has his new house
near . completion on his ? ranch but
will not move till spring. "
: Mrs, J. . D. : Cornelison : and two
daughters, Golda and Leta, visited
with Mrs', ' Comelison's eister, Mrs.
Joe Cornelison, on lower Prairie
Creek Sunday.
germ free." Exchange.
Annual Meeting of Stockholders of La
. Grande National Bank,
Notice is hereby given that the An
nual Meetlng of the (Stockholders
f the La Grande National Bank, will
be held at their banking house in La
Grande, Oregon, on Tuesday, January
13, 1914, between the hours of 2
'clock and 4o'clock, P. M. of said day.
At this meeting a jaoard of seven di
rectors will be elected to serve for en
suring year and until their successors
are elected and qualify, and such other
usiness will receive consideration, as
nay properly offer at said meeting.'
. , ; F. L. MEYERS,
'' Cashier.
La Grande, Oregon.
Dec. 8, 1913.
; Unexpcoted.
One of the dignitaries of the Church
of Scotland was a minister of a re
mote parish before be leaped Into fame,
but was -sot considered a particularly
eloquent preacher. At his suggestion
extensive alterations were made : In
the church, which bad tbe effect ol
sweeping away .considerable seating
accommodation. ; One day after tbe
alterations had been effected be visit
ed the church to see how It looked.
"What do you think of tbe Improve
ments, John?" he asked tbe beadle.
"Improvements!" exclaimed John In
disdain'. ' "They're no Improvements at
a. Wbaur are 'ee golu' to put tbe
folk?"". :
"Oh," said the minister, "we have
abundance of room, John, considering
the size of the congregation." -
"That's a' very 'weel tbe noo." re
torted tbe beadle. "But what will we
do wben we get a popular minister?"
London Tit-Bits.
Dissolution Notice.
Notice is hereby given that disso
lution of the partnership of J. E.
Mazanti and Bert M. Sherwood, part
ners in the Rex hall, occurred Janu
ary 8, 1914. . All outstanding ac
counts due the firm will be collected
by Bert M. Sherwood and debts' of
the firm will be paid by him. . .
' f J. E. MAZANTI, . -
"I" BERT M. SHERWOOD.
1-5, 10t. Adv. ', ' -'
of
Annual Meeting of Stockholders
', Cove State Bank. " .
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the Stockholders of
the Cove State Bank, will be held at
their banking house in Cove, Oregon,
on Tuesday, January 13, 1914, be
o'clock, P. M. of said day. At this
tween the hours of 2 o'clock and 4
meeting a board of directors will be
elected to serve for ensuing year and
until their .successors are eltcted and
qualify, and such other business will
receive consideration, as . may prop
erly offer at said meeting.
HUGH , McCALL,
- :. ' Cashier.
Cove, Oregon. ' .
'. Ntwfon's 8hook.
Tbe immortal discoverer of tbe law
of the attraction of gravity was at
one time beside himself. In bis fiftieth
year Newton suffered tbe severe shock
from which he never fully recovered.
A dog upset a lighted candle, and pre
cious manuscripts embodying tbe re
sults of many years' experiments In
optics were destroyed. In consequence
of this Newton's' mind lost Its balance.
Brewster denies this,' but about Its
truthfulness there Is not much room
for doubt. It Is certain that for a con
siderable time bis letters were quite
Incoherent. :ind to be accounted for
upon no other hypothesis than that of
a disordered mentality. Newton slow
ly recovered and lived to be eighty
three years old.
B. P, 0. 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. S.
H. E. COOUDGE, Rec Sue
WOODMEN OF THE WORD La
Grande Lodge No. 169 W O. W.
meets every first and thH Fridays
at I.. 0. 0. F. hall. All visiting
- members welcome.,
W. W. BERRY, C C
J. H. KEENEY, Clerk
MODERN; WOODMEN OF AMER
ICA La Grande Camp No. 7708
; meets on the first and third Thurs
day evenings of each month in the
K. of P. ball : Visitiag neighbors
i welcome. ' '' ;, . - . , " -A.
W. NELSON, V. C
v ' W. F. LANDRUM, Clerk.
ROYAL NEIGHBORS Mefta every
second and fourth Fridays every
month. All visiting, members cor .
. dially invited. .... k
CORA FITZGERALD, Oracle.
1: LILLY C. KIMMLE. Recorder.
REBEKAHS Crystal Lodge No. GO
meets every Tuesday evening in the
10. O. F. halL All visiting mem
bers are Invited to attend.
ZELLA ROBERTSON, N. C
. EVA MONROE, Sec. : , ..
L 0. O. M. La Grande Lodge No.
.860, Loyal Order of Moose holds
' regular meetings, each -and ever
Monday night at I. 0. O. F. hall.
Visitors always welcome.
P. A. FOLEY, D.
; E. J. MORRIS, Sec.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Red Cross
Lodge No. 27 meets every Monday
night in Castle hall, (Old Elks' hall)
A Pythian welcome to all visiting
Kniphts.
H. E. DIXON, C. C. '
, R. L. LINCOLN, K. of R. ft S.
PHT810ANS AND SURGEONS
A. L. RICHARDSON, M. D.
J. W. LOUGHUN, M. D.
Drs. Richardson . ft Loaghlia-
Physicians and surgeons. Thonea
Office, Black 13C2. - Dr. Richard
son's re. Main 55. Dr. Loughlia'a
res. Main 767.
DR. R. E. L. HOLT Physician and
surgeon; successor to Dr. N. Moll-
."tor; corner Adams avenue and De
pot St Phones Office Main 68;
Residence. Main -780.
DR. M. K. HALT - .Phvslclan and sur-'
geon. Office West-Jacobson Bldg.
Phone Main 63. Rooms 11-12-18. .
DR. H. L. UNDERWOOD Physician
and surgeon.' Diseases of the eye
a specialty.
DR. DORA J. UNDERWOOD Dis
eases of women and children. Of
fices Adams avenue, over Bod .
Cross Drug Store.
OSTEOPATHS.
GEO. W. ZIMMERMAN -Osteopath
physician. . Over Lilly's hardware
store. Phone Main 63. Successor .
. to"Dr ,F. E. Moor. , ,
.VETERINARY.
DR. P. A. CHA RLTON Veterinanr
surgeon. County stock tospector.
Office at Hill's drug store, La
Grande. Residence phone, Red 701;,
office phone, Black 1361. , . ,
CHIROPRACTORS.
0. T. DARLAND CHIROPRACTia
PARLORS No. 4, Depot St, adjoining-Oregon
hotel.,.,, Phone Red
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
A Mistake. ' '
"I didn't know you bad malaria
here!" said the visitor.
"We haven't" replied Farmer Corn
tossel. "But I saw a man down tbe road
with chills and fever."
"That wasn't mnlnrln. What you
saw was SI Slmlln sbudderln' at the
thought of what bis wife was goln' to
say to him when be got home." Wash
ington Star..
are
Although street car builders
putting on lower platforms to ac
commodate the women, with tight
skirls, they have not yet raised the
roofs to fit the long plumes on the
hats. '.'',
Pessimistic
"In the long' run. i.t always pays to
act decent," observed the sngo.
"Oh, I don't know," replied the fool.
"The prodigal son Is some hero, but
you never bear a word about tbe
brother wbo stayed home and did tbe
chores and helped the old folks."
Cincinnati Enquirer.
0. E. S. Hope Chapter No. 13, O. E.
S., holds stated communications the
second and fourth Wednesdays of
each month. Visitinc- 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 T. Vail. 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 nignts of each month at
K. of P. hall. All visiting neigh
bors welcome.
LENA-HEAD, G. N.
LILLIE ALLSTOTT, Clerk.
COCHRAN ft EBERHARD Geo. T.
Cochran and Colon . R Eberhard,
Attorneys. .La Grande Nation!
Bank Bidg., La Grande, Oregon -:
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T. H. CRAWFORD; ROBT. S. EAKTK
CRAWFORD ft EAKIN Attor.
r.eys 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, Sommer Bldg., La
Grande, Ore. Practices in all sta
and federal courts.
UNDERTAKERS.
W. H. BOHNENKAMP CO.; Un
dertaking and Embalming. Day
nt Til i- n . 1 XT! Dt,
XflUllU, lt .'
Red 8971 or Red 8412.
HENRY ft CARR, Undertakers and
Embalmersj 20 years in business;
day phones, Main 62; and Main 95;
night phones, Main 707 - and Red
3131. .
Your job printing.
the Observer office.
Rave it done at
Read the advertisements too.
No Room For It.
Her Partner If you are tired of
dancing, Mrs. Newrocks, we'll sit down
and have a little tete-a-tete, shall we?
Mrs. Newrocks Ob. dear me, no,
tbank you. After such a big supper I
really couldn't eat another thing.
Boston Transcript . ;
Many Big Sunt. ' '
According to an English astronomer
In South Africa, there are 800 stars
100 times as large as the sun, 6.000
ten times as large, and about 200,000
of nearly, tbe same size.
GRAND
Masquerade
AT REX HALL
Ball
Tuesday, Jan. 6
Tress In Colombia. . ,',
The republic of Colombia require
lumbermen who tnke cedar and ma
hogany to plant young trees of th J
ssmf. nprrlps In the ctit over spaces I
TRANSFER AND DELIVERY PIANO MOVING A SPECIALTY
IV. E. McClure 6 Co.
SUCCESSOR TO A WELTON.
PHONE MAIN 19.
LA GRANDE.