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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1914)
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1914. MARS W I J II L D COLLECT NT PRESENTS NORTH SECOND STREET CLAIMS. Remonstrance to Sewer on North Side Presented Commission. - Contractor J. L. Mars who did the .macadam work on North Second three or four years ago, is trying to -collect his pay. Ho presented an ite mized statement to tne city commis sion last evening, asking for settle ment. The face value of the improve- . ment warrants is $11,640,03, and the interest amounts to about $3,000. The commissioners took the matter under advisement. Prolonged letiga tion brought by property owners on that street is responsible for the de- lay in liquidating improvement war rants. President Wood, Commissioner Russell and City Attorney John Hod gin were in attendance at the ses sion. Remonstrances filed last night against proposed sewer construction on the North Side, were referred to the Friday night meeting when all interested are to meet. Petitions for water mains on East Pennsylvania and on Division street, ' were allowed by resolution. Bids presented by Adam Kolb for the construction of cement sidewalks on N. Street, 'were accepted and a contract resolution passed. He is to receive 10 cents per square foot for the cement. City Manager Lafky's weekly re port follows: The police released three prison erg held over from last week. Ar rested four, one fine of $5.00, one horse and colt in pound to be sold to morrow afternoon. The new chief, Chas. B. Orai has Ed Brady on the swirfg shift, and S. A. Weagle and J. R. Rhodes on the night shift. Other j fines were collected directly by the j Recorder. i The Recorder collected $12.50 j fines, and ?5.d0 forfeiture. Of these ! one old case paid $5.00 and one $2.50 ! after serving half the time. The f or- feiture was in the hands of the form ! er chief of police. The Recorder col jlccted $6.00 dog tax, drew $1,304.48 ; warrants for bills allowed, $1,000 on j Imp. Dist. 57, and May salary for 11 days for former police force of $145.47. I The Street Superintendent spent $70.93 cleaning streets and $75.00 for i grading. He graded 4 blocks at Wal , nut and Cedar, 3 on L. Ave., 3 on M. I Ave., 2 on G., 2 on N., 3 on uro ueu road near stock yards, and on S. Ave. j The .Water Superintendent spent J $37.30 reading and repairing meters, , lowering pipe ana looKing atver sen ' ers. ', The treasurer collected $324.40 for ' street improvements and interest, $25.00 license, and $551.60 for water : rents. Paid $6,699.28 for warrants 1 and'interest thereon, and paid $150.00 interest on improvement bonds. I Mailed 300 notices of street assess ments and installments due on same, i TW fire deDartment had 3 fires, cne a chimney fire at J. W. White's, jene at Wm. Crandall's where the house burned, and one near 2nd and Main in a shed, broom was on fire. Some one is careless here. It has cost the city $25 or $30 for volunteer ser wce, the chemicals and a couple of scares. If parents and others insist on being careless it might be well to make the ones to blame pay the costs and expense. F. J. LAFKY, General Manager. WANTED Work by day by experi enced woman. Call Red 491. 5-21-(!t. Read the advertisements too. PEOPLE DISCOVER SHORT WAY BACK TO STOMACH HEAL1H Use of Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy Brings Surprisingly Quick Results. If you want to feel'woll quick be sure that your stomach is alright. A very large part of human ills are cen tered in the stomach and the digest ive apparatus. Hundreds of Oregon people have found the way to health in the use of Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Rem cdy, a truly remarkablo remedy. The first dose proves what it will do and there is no long treatment. Hero 5s what somo Oregon people say of the remedy: MRS. W. H. HELLMAN, 222 Ains worth Street, Portlnnd, Oro. wrote: "I am beginning to fonl like a differ ent person. I have been telling my friends about your wonderful rem edy." W. H. GERRISII, Albany, Oregon, .wrote: "If it had not been for your medicine I feel sure I would have been dead by now. I feel like a new man." I Thousands of others from al parts of the country have written in praise of the remedy. It is known every where, because it brings results. Its record is astonishing. Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy clears the digestive tract of mucoid accretions and removes poisouous mat ter. It brings swift relief to sufferers from ailments of the stomach, liver and bowels. Many say that it hat saved them from dangerous operations any many declare that it has saved their lives. Because of the remarkable success of this remedy there are many imi tators, so be cautious. Be sure its MAYR'S. Go to Hil's drug store and ask about the wonderful results it has been accomplishing among peo plo they know or send to Geo. H. Mays, Mfg. Chemist, 154-156 Whit ing St., Chicago, 111. for free book on stomach ailments and many grateful letters from people who have bscn restored. Any druggist can tell you the wonderful cfl'ecta.Adv. DON'T PUSH A DULL LAWN MOWER It is hard to do, and there is no reason for it when for a small price we grind them like new. We have the machine that is used at the factory where lawn mowers are made. SAVE YOUR MUSCLE AND BE HAPPY. i --leighton Garage- Main 737 DANCE TO FOLLOW CONCERT ON STREET. . Danccland to Be Scene of Monday Evening Band Dance. Next Monday night the La Grande band gives the first of a series of open-air concerts. The program will be commenced at 8 o'clock, and will be over af'9 o'clock, at which time the band will give a dancing party in Danceland, on Washington Avenue. Director David Haines has re hearsed his organization for the opening open-air concert, and also for the dance so that high grade music is assured for both functions. The public is invited to the dance which follows the concert. Holiday Starts Friday. (Continued from Page 1.) history. He will return earlier than any of the others of the faculty, likely, to get the coming school year's work lined up. Charles E. Olsan will spend sum mer in La Grande. Flora M. Koch will attend Univer sity of Washington summer school. Stella Hunter will be at home in Island City. Sara Riddle is to summer in ia uranae. , , lunat Harshnv irons to University of California summer school at Berkeley. Grace E. MacMillan, at home in Omaha, Neb.. Bert W. Harris will do institute work in Nebraska, teaching Palmer Method of Business writing. Minnie Holman, at home, La Grande. E. A. McEacheran will visit in Portland. Mrs. Carpy, home in La Grande. Rnrnice Oliver will visit a sister at Ustick, Idaho. Maude Leadsworth will visit at Baker. Lenore Buchanan will go home to Chicago. Will teach music at Boise next year. Edna Mason at home in roraanci. Mollie Snider at home in La Gran.de. Lucille Switzer at home in Saska toon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Mrs. Stella N. Ingle at home in La Grande. Susanna Deal at home in La Grande. Helen McHugh to Minneapolis, Minn. Ruth Ghormlcv will visit in Port land and Wallowa. Janet Jones is to spend par, of the summer ;n Astoria. Lelia Gannaway at home in Gays, Illinois. Ran Morrison will visit a sister in Palo Alto, California. Etta Woodell goes to her farm near La Grande. Grace Snook, at home in La Grande. Edith Bork at home in La Grande.. Mrs. Nellie G. Neill at home in La Grande. Nina Kame will visit part of the summer in Ashland. Lillian Holman ut home near Li Grande. Mrs. Hattio Hale Wingo is to visit sisters on farm near Alicel. Caroline White at home, La Grande. Eleanor White at home La Grande. Mrs. Bessie Mnstcn, at home La Grande. Nevada Smith, at home, in Aucel. W. V. Connor, at home in La Grande. Mrs. B. Drvborousrh, at home in North Powder. L''iiibpth Bunnell, at home m La Grande Sue Wilson, at home in l.a uranae.. Hnlln R Kiluiirds. to attend sum mer school at Columbia. W. Homer Mans, at home at Port- lr.nl. l'isthsr M. Bonner, at homo in Ohio. Mrs. Nellie B. Billiard will be at home in I.a Grande. A. H. Prince intends to visit his son in Oklahoma, and then will prospect near Salida, Colorado. Want Ads FOR SALE Excelsior Motorcycle, 7 10 horse power Fully equipped. Inquire at Red Cross' Drug Store. 4-24-tf. FOR RENT Three rooms for light I cusekeeping J403 S Ave. Phone Red 11. E-19-3tp. HOUSEKEEPING Rooms for rent 1914 Third St. 5-19-5t. TO EXCHANGE for improvements, new 4 room house, 1 acre. Phone Red 1751. 5-16-tf. FOR RENT 4-rooni house, close in. Modern. Phone Red 3152. 5-16-6tp. FOR RENT New five-room bunga low, close in. Call 1606 Sixth. 5-16-tf. Work Wanted. Can do any kind of work in the carpenter and concrete line by the day or contract at prices to suit the present conditions. J. L. MARS, Ia Grande. Adv 5-18-6t. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercniy ns nu'roury will miri'ly destroy the sonae of smell nnd completely doranpe the whole pyntem when entering It through the mueous urfncen. Such articles should never he used except on prescriptions from reputable phvslrlatiR, ns the dnmnire they will do Is ten fold to the Rood you in pnsslblv derive from them. Hall's f'ltnrrh 0:re. manufactured hv P. J. Chenev . Co.. Toledo. O.. contains no reereur. nnd Is taken Internally, acting dltee'N- upon the Idood and mucous sur-f-'dx of the svlsem. In buying Hall's Oinrrh Cum he sure yon Ret the cenu Ke It Is taken Inlernallv nnd made In "olefin. Ohio, by F. .1. Cheney A Co. Tes timonials free. Sold bv lirucKlsts. Price TSc per bottle. VulEo Hall's Fnmlly Pills for constipation. Adv. WANTED Furnished or unfurnished house, any size from six rooms up. Call Red 1081. 5-14-tf. FOR SALE 160 acre timber land. B. T. Roberts. X Ave. and Spruce St. La Grande. " 5-16-tf. i WANTED Woman for housekeeper and general housework, family of three. Phone Farm 78. 5-5-tf. FOR RENT Furnished housekeep ing rooms, Phone Red. 962. l-5tf. FOR RENT 1512 Adams Ave.,light housekeeping rooms with bath, two blocks from center of city. 'Phone Black 3901. 3-13 tf. FOR RENT Furnished housekeeping rooms close in. Inquire 1707 Jef ferson or 'Phone Black 1642. 4-21-tf. WANTED Dressmaking and sewing by the day. Call Mrs. Nash. Red 1022. 4-17-tf. FOR SALE OR RENT Water Shares in La Grande Irrigation Co. Ditch. 1520 Y Ave. 5-1-tf. LOST Between Summerville and Imbler or Imbler and La Grande, hand bag with embroidery work.A. V. Andrews, La Grande. 5-4-tf. FOR SALE OR TRADE One com plete Steam Threshing outfit, an 18 horse power Buffalo Pitts twin en gine, one 36x60 Gaar Scott Sepa rator, two steel water tanks, Der rick, Feeder, Cook-house all furn ished and everything complete, all in A-l shape, ready for business. Phone Farmers 20-X-2 or address E W. OLIVER, Will take some threshing. 5-16-7t. FOR SALE Nice residence lots on the hill $200. and up. Morgan 1306 Adams. 5-18-tf. TO TRADE 30 H. P. Mitchel, 4 pas senger automobile. No' 1 condi tion to trade for lighter car, run about preferred. Red 1511. 5-18-4t. FOR RENT New modern flat, five rooms, bath and basement. Inquire Red 561. 5-20-tf. WANTED General housework. Ad dress Lena Waring, La Grande, Ore. Gen Del. 5-20-6t. Ranch Property. FOR SALE, at a sacrifice, 160 acres, 5 miles from Joseph, Oregon; 100 acres arable and under ditch; 60 acres now an crop; 60 acres splen did pasture; two story dwelling; first class barn; all fenced. Trice $46.25 per acre, and if sold by June 15th, crop goes with it. Call on, phone or address: F. A. Gaylord, Joseph, Ore. 5-20-6t. WANTED A camp and ranch cook and wife want position. Phone or Address A. Copier, Elgin, Ore. 6-20-2t. WANTED Furnished house or furn ished housekeeping rooms. Tele phone Black 171. 5-20-tf. FOR RENT Furnished house. Tele phone Black First St. 3761 or call 2103 5-20-tf. BED CROWN vjasoiine is STANDARD OIL Gas oline Red Crown is in no sense a new grade or manufact ure of gasoline. It is the same product which automobil ists have known and relied on for years as "Standard Oil Gas." We have V ways called it Red Crown and now we wish you to know it by that name. If you purchase Red Crown you are sure of obtaining a thoroughly uniform, reliable gasoline not a "mixture" but a straight product of ' refining the best gasoline the Standard Oil Company can make. Red Crown signs are furnished to all dealers hand ling Red Crown Gasoline. Watch for the Sign or ask our nearest agency about delivery in bulk. Standard Oil C o m p a n y (California)' La Grande A Reliable Hair Tonic, - as these geuns are the cause of the t majority or cases oi danaruii ana It is an easy matter to prevent di- later, baldness. We are authorized seases nf the scalp by using Meritol to guarantee Merltol Hair Tonic. Hair Tonic, it should be used reeu- Newlin Drug Co. Exclusive agents. larly to keep the scalp free of germs, Adv. Supreme" Sodas are in great favor among children because they keep crisp longest. rt 17 wonVnes yO tSfl SuPreme Sodas! i JM"'X free A Full Sample Box 1 S&S!) X&rirjr introduce the unusual m goodness baked into V . Haradon's "Supreme" Dam , 1 tlea. a surprise box will be sent f 1 to you at once by parcel post, abso- f I lutcly free upon receipt of 12 end labels from six packages rfjfttL. of "Supreme" Sodas, or T&?&&&'. "Supreme" baked goods of A?! Y. F. Uaradaa & Son ltt!g I t. "Suprern."SodaV Or.. 10c at your dealers. Sw Eak '" li vfS Art for them by nume. JN. 1-' J ffi ET the children have all the Tea Garden Syrup they want. It is Dure, health ful, delicious and nutritious; Scientifically refined from the choicest imported sugar. At all reliable grocers. Name City Grocer's Name FREE PRESERVES Those coupons will appear every week. Snve 10 and take them to your grocer properly filled out ami lie will slvo you absolutely free a 10-oz. Jar of Tea Garden Preserves. Pacific Coast tjyrup u . PORTLAND. OR. J , J?ead the adTertlsemcnts too.
