MONDAY. JANUARY 12. 1914.
PAGE FOUR
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
TWC." rocrrQ FPP , the New York C6"11 Unes- 11 took
1 ntli LDiJl-(t V LilY j just 10 seconds to remove a coupling
BBUCG DENNIS, Editor and Owner, j section of a car lying between the
I tracks, less time than it took the one
' j who placed it there, and thus made
I it impossible for trainmen to stumble
l over the obstruction and fall under
Advertising rate on application. AH ' the wheels of a moving train. ,
copy for display advertising must y ,
reach the office, tho day before tiie Jt wouU Bppear that half the south
Grande, Oregon, as second class ;
; . autter. : .'
ad appears.
or north pole "di3coverers" who head-
" . .. T" . ed expeditions were out in the in-
Address all communications to r ...
THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street moving picture concerns in-
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. '
DHf,' inl copy . t , , . . .
Daily, per week' ................IK,
Daily, per month ..............We
flallw m alw mAnllia In Alfa. I
I Ttnee .... . 1.. ..i . ... .. .. .$3J50 : j 4 4
ADDITIONAL LOCALS. O
$7.00
Dally, ner year in advance
Dally, by mail per year in ad- ' j with each tooth brush wo ero giv
vance I.. $4.00 jg a sanitary glass holder . New-
Weekly Obssrver, per year in...... jm Drug Co.
' advance......... .....119
We have the best line of stock and
poultry suppiles in this region. Now
is the time to use these goods with
profit. Newlin Drug Co. M-12tfr
FIRE LOSSES BIG
(Continued from Page 1.)
PROTECT YOURSELF.
- T a nsat booklet called "A Na
tionV Neglect," Marcus a Dow, gen-
eral safety agent for the New York j
.Central lines, calls attention to "the,
glarlriS neglect of parents and others and junch equipment
itt ft&t affording proper protection to ghowcaseg gtecked full of finish
children in crowded railroad centers, g00(is; were of course completely
where there is great danger in cross- destroyed. He has no way of de
Ing railroad tracks. ' Itermining the cause of the fire and
Mr. Dow points to the fact that'" J for ??
. conceived by firemen who got into
tinder present day rules and teach- buildIn? 8fter the, smoke had
tag, bogs are inspected, forests pro- been fougnt back. A cellar noszle
tec ted and children neglected, with mas used with good effect in ex
railroad trespassers tolerated. He tinguishing the flames. The depart-
shows that if a dozen persons were was cauea p, f. -.-
...... , iV . . . that the fire had already done its
If You Expect to Take Ad
vantage of This Offer.......
. PRICES TO CLEAN UP ODD LINES ABE BE LOW THE COST OF MATERIALS and today has
been a busy day is every department wiating on the crowds that responded to our Saturday . Ad.
They won't Jast Icng at such ridiculous low prices. v
Entire Line Coats
For Ladies, Misses and Children
Half Price
in pur entire stock, "values to $40.00
killed in a wreck the news would be
damage, and immediately a general
heralded around the world, while II aarm wag turned in. The heat was
a child is killed in the railroad yard too terrific and the smoke so dense
while trying to cross tracks no one that the blaze could not be reached
gives it attention beyond the fact from either front or' rear doors, and
that the death is recorded. ' I m a a cellar nozzle had
. 1 , " .... been run down from the roof. The
Prctarea were showw where children wag .hortlived after that. In
entirely heedless of the chants they atate u approachable,
are taking, cross railroad tracks in - ti,e j,jaze wag one that the chemicals
a busy yard to make a short cut to could easily have handled,
a ball ground; children unmindful The loss sustained by Mrs. Gang-
, of the danger around them quietly a budinK' U cn-
, , . . . . . . .. siderable, but not as heavy as the
sitting under a loaded box car in the ,uffered by 0Wner8 of the per-
,. shade on a hot summer day and fac- ighable stock in the two places.
tory workers hurrying home along Mr. Keiffer, of the bakery, states
a right-of-way where a dozen switch ' that immediately he will commence
repairs to the bakery, and that when
engines are running. . 1 .
. . . , , finished he expects to have one of
He pleads for everyone to look best and most modern bakeries
about and see if danger iBn't near. jn the country.
Watch for the little things as well j . , ' ' '.
as the big ones, for they are the ones '
that often prove the most disast- An Extraordinary Proj.otH.
' rous. A child's striiKRles with tbe intricate
T , ". ' , , facts of history ore sometimes almost
Never take any chances by jumping M ger,ons a ,attef to b,m the blltr
from the steps cf moving cars, or tip of which he rends. The results,
' by a bolt or a nail that projects which h-'- . v... . not always without hu-
, , unit-, iim ii sury In Everybody's Maga-
may injure some one else these are B)ne gnoWs.
" some of his warnings on the little' A smnll hoy hnaded In the followinR
thinirg ; in nn exnmluntlon paper In United
. . . ... , . . . 1 Ptntes history:
An illustration of how easy it is ..(!pi1.. i,raddo.-k wss killed In the
to save trouble and likewise save Rwoiiitloniiry war. He bd three
norsef. snot unuer mm. unu a luuiiu
One Lot One Lot One Lot One Lot One Lot One Lot
Boys Suits aes Ladies' Children's j)res8 Skirts Men $
. Coats Coats Coats Dress Shirts
CHOICE Values$10.00 Values $25.00 Values $3.00 Values to $10.00 Values td $10.00
1.49 1.19 2.39 , 69c 1.19 39c
ALL ODD LOTS LADIES AND CHILDREN'S SHOES REDUCED STILL
LOWER FOR FINAL CLEARANCE
West's 16th Annual Clearance Sale
Don't pass your worries on; ahloro
form them. : i
Chihuahua Is even more dlfllcult to
pronounce thnn Juarez.
In the bright lexicon of love there is
no such word as eugenics. -
Of course right thinking people are
those who think us you do. ,
lives is given in a
the superintendent of a division on
went through his olotbea."
La Grande National Bank
Organized in 1887.
DESIGNATED DEPOSITOR! OF CSITED STATES OVERillK?iT.
PN1TED STATES POSTAL 8AV1N09 DEPOSITOR.
Capital
$100,000.00
Surplus $140,000.00
Tot al Resources
..$1.000.1100.00
For twenty-six years, in all kinds of financial weather, we have
rnccessfuUy catered to the monetary wants of the people of La
Grnnde and the Grande Ronde VRlloy.
We respectfully solicit your business.
''ho price of cigarettes Is'gtiing up.
Now we have the high cost of inhal
ing. ' '
.
About the most useless gift we can
think of would be tlirout troches foi j
loon l.inu. .
It Is reHrtc the nary refused men
with flnt feet May be only a . mis-Batlerstauding.
If we cau't reluce the price of eggs
why not start nn agitation fur more
ggs to the dozen?
The tango makes women fnt, sny the
corset makers. The girls will soon lose
their taste for It then.
The people who have set out to
beat the egg trust to a custard will
not fail If good wishes help any.
It's no sign that life has handed you
a gold brick because you can't be
elected president of a radium mine.
Servln's order of 00,000 war medals
Is, of course, only a ruae to make Bul
garia believe it lias that many survivors.
The ability of the Mexicans to shoot
( as they ruu somewhat decreases the
unique renown or the late Jjumei
Boone.
THE FARMHOUSE PIANO.
The old piano is a pet.'
The farmer thinks it fine.
It was the best that he could get
In 180JJ.
He tells the boarders with much
: pride
Of how he blew his dough -'
To buy It for his bonny bride
So many years ago. ,
The wires are getting rather
loose, ' - . ,
And yellow are its keys.
Sometimes it gurgles like - a
goose, . ,
Sometimes emits a wheeze.
- But still It seems a goodly thing
, When girls from rustle dells
Sit down and make Die welkin
ring
With "Monnstflry Bells."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
If belts could be slipped on some
those South American countries their
revolutions would ruu the machinery
of the world.
Oue of the easiest ways to get rich
Is to take pencil and paper after sup
per ami sit down and upend the even
ing keeping liens.
"Women will be in congress in ten
', years," says n lady lecturer, after
which tho Congressional Hecord will
have to enlarged.
The report that rorfirlo Dins was go
ing hack to Mexico is false. The old
president may Imve lost his authority,
but he has not lost his bead.
"A farm exiurt." according to tho St
rnul Pioneer Press, "says that hens
need to be nmuscd." Might read the
dally egg quotations to thcui.
NECESSITY.
Necessity has no law.
Public necessity is greater than
private.
That 1m necessity which cannot
be dispensed with.
Necessity is the law of a par
ticular time ami place.
Necessity makes that lawful
which otherwise is unlawful. ,
There is no nwesslty for prov
ing the existence of light.
A FIELD FLOWER.
There Is a flower, a little (lower,
Willi silver crest and golden
eye.
That welcomes every changing
hour
And weathers every sky.
Tis Flora's psge in every place,
In every season, fresh ami fair.
It opens with perennial grace
Ami Mos-wns everywhere.
On waste and woodland, rook
and plain.
Its humble buds, unheeded,
rise.
The rose has but a slimmer
reign;
TL daisy never dies!
Montgomery. 1 .
J Government Makes Largest Offering
Washington, Jan. 12. Secretary of
agriculture Houston today approved
the disposal of one billion feet of
.western yellow pine timber from the
Kaibab national forest in northern
Arizona. In order to get this timber
out it will be necessary to build a
railroad approximately 200 v miles
long. Such a railroad will connect
Colorado and Utah with the world
famous Grand Canyon of the Color
ado, which hitherto has been acces
sible only from the south.
. For several years the construction
of such a railroad has been consid
ered by various capitalists, but it has ;
been stated that the lack of assured
immediate traffic was an effectual bar
rier. It is pointed out, however, that
a contract for a billion feet of tim
ber will overcome this difficulty ' by
: providing a commodity for transpor
tation which, together with tourist
and local traffic, will place the project
on a paying basis practical y from
the outset.
Chief Forester Henry S. Graves
made a personal examination on the
ground, and. this examination supple
mented by the reports of his forest
engineers, induced him to recommend ,
the sale of such a larpe body of tim
ber in order that the country might
be develaped through the supplying
of this resource. Mr. Graves says,
however, that the Kaibab forest is
one of the moset beautiful in Amer
ica, and kivds assurance that the
I marketing of the mature crop of tim
' ber will not be allowed to mar the
j scenic beauty of the region,
j In accordance with the timber sale
policy of the government the stnmp-
npre will be disposed of to the highest
' bidder. In order to attract a suffic-
lent investment to assure the buikl
t inrr of the railroad and of the neces
sary lumber mills at least a billion
feet of timber had to be offered. The
investment necessary to make this j
timber accessible will amount to more j
than ?3,000.000. By placing this !
quantity of timber before the lumber
men of the country the officials of the
forest reserve believe that the devel
opment of extensive areas in southern
Utah may bo looked for, because the
necessary railway will render acces
sible resources which ha?e hereto
fore been undeveloped. The whole
region is rich in agricultural land, in
cattle and sheep range,.' and in coal
and copper deposits, as well as in
timber. -; ... ,
. Bids for the timber will be receiv
ed up to the middle of June. 1014, and
three years will be allowed for , then
building of the railroad and mills,
and -twenty-five years for the cutting
of the timber. ; The stumpage rates,
however, Iwill be readjusted at the end
of each five-year period of the con
tract, the readjustments being based
on the then current lumber prices.
By the end of the contract period,
the forest officers say, the young
trees left on the area first cut over
will be ready for cutting, so that by
the system of lumbering wjiich the
government will require .operations
...a: . .Li. i .
etui cuiiMuue fjtsrnuuivuuy III hub lum
ber belt. The annual cut will be not
less than forty million feet, most of
which will be readily sold in the large
consuming lumber markets in Utah
and Colorado. v
The Kaibab forest is one of the most
heavily timbered in tho southwest
the stand of timber being broken only
occassionallv bv beautiful -- meadows
t i i n J 2i.
xidpr the cenntrv ideally adaDted to
logging. There are, altogether, two
billion feet of timber, of which more
than one billion feet are mature and
ready for cutting.
Berry Bros.
, . Grocery
We have just received a fresh
shipment of Heina Mustard in
20c jars, which is t he besfy
Aii.-io.il musiara inai can be
bought.
Snow Flake Sodas which are
superior to any other Soda
crackers. We have them in 10c
and 25c boxes and also in bulk.
BANANAS 25 c PEA DOZEN.
Phone -Mam 721.