THE OBSERVER
; BRUCE DENNIS Editor and Owner.
otcred in the Joat i Office it . L
Grande, Oregon, as"; second class
natter.
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northwestern country in th 6's and
in 1862 he and David L. Moomaw, who
survives him and who now resides in
Baker. Oreiron, went together, to the
taines at Florence, Idaho, and within
a few years thereafter ne seiueu m
Cove in Union county where he re
sided up to the time of hie death, hav
ing married Miss America Hall in the
year 1802 whom fce survived some ten
years, the issue of thismarriage be-
Zella, flea a long
hardly a community wherein does not
dwell some one playing double, which
fact is known to most people yet all
refrain from taking tha initiative in
speaking out their mind. 1
iCW Colonel fo; "strong on speaking
pijt4 It-has ever been hiscustoim and
when he 'thought it was for. public
good to Impugn the motives and crit
icise the actions of Mr. Barnes, he did
so with a vengeance.
Would it be well to have more Col
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year, ago, she being the We of John one, "T" Jjj
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Shoemaker
goii, and four sons who survive him,
Sherman B. Keeo of Portland, Ore-
Edward and Walter Kees or
$3.50 ' Cove and Deputy Sheriff Harry Rees
. In his deatn
n.llv. ner vear in advance.... sf.uv of La Grande, Oregon.
Daily, by mail per year, ir. ad- . one of the very few left of those old
WeAlybservStaerVeaV" Pi and arganauts who blazed
advance":. ... . .... ' -60 1 the way to civilization in this great
' " I northwest country has crossed the
M. B. REES.
great divide and has passed beyond i
i tha nirket lines never to return, and
...'" ' ..- i every one in Union county and , in
McDonough Bainbridge Rees .;.waj Eastem Oregon for that matter, of old
iborn in the region of the Great Lakes i pjoneer git and m0nt of those who
in the state of Ohio in the year 1831; h8Ve come later, knew Mack Rees,
when that new country had JuBt been ; and aU hig lar)lre circie 0f friends and
conquered from the then greatest foe BCqUaintonces have only words of
of the white settler, the American commendatlon of' his life and char
Indian, and at a time when the sav- aeUr an(J 0f 80,.r0w at his death."Mr.
age was held back in the western part ReBS never subscribed to the creed or
of that state by a chain of military catechism of any particular church
posts, the names of, which, Fort,or religious denomination, but in his
Wayne, Meigs, Stevenson, Croghan every day life and acts and in all his
and Seneca were as familiar to the ! dealings with his fellow men he lived,
ears of those sturdy pioneers of that) not theoretically, but practically up
day and generation as the names of
Ohio's greatest citijes, Cleveland,
: Cnicinnati and Toleda are to the deni
zens of that great state today, and
his forefathers on both his paternal
and maternal- sides were contempor
aries with and comrades in arms of
those hard old.hittors and bravest of
sea fighters of the Revolutionary and
of the Second War with England,
Commodores Hull, Decatur, Prebble,
McDonough and Bainbridge, the
names of the latter two being givep
him at his christening, and the spirit
that dominated these worthy ances
tors has dominated the subject of this
1 tribute of respect and friendship and
his large family of brothers,, most of
whom were soldiers of distinction in
the greatest of all our wars,, that for
the preservation of the Union in the
60's, the sole survivor Of them being
Rear Admiral Rees, now living in re
tirement in one of the cities of the
east, Mr, Rees emigrated to the great
WEIlVifeR
AUTO STACE
COVE LA GRANDE UNION
Leaves Cove for La Grande 8
a. m. 1 i
Leaves La Grande for Cove 9:30
a. m.
Leaves Cove for Union 12:00
noon.
Leaves Union for Cove 1:00
p. m. ; . . .
Leaves Cove for La Grunde 3
p. m.
Leaves La Grande for Cove 5:15
p. m. .
Pare Between Cove and La
Grande )1.00; round trip $1.50.
Between Cove and Union 65c;
rount trip $1.25. La Grande to
Union by way of -V Cove $1.50;
round trip $2.50.
Will call at Sommer, Foley and
Savoy hotels,
S. H. Weimer Mgr.
to that creed of. all creeds, the Divine
command of the Master, "Do unto
others even so as ye would have them
do unto you' and he believed in "The
one true and' ever Living God" with
reverence but without superstition or
bigotry, and he was.opposed always
to ecclesiastical folly and despotism
and he had the courage of his convic
tions and all who knew him recognized
Mb great reading and his ability to
maintain the stand he took on any of
the great public questions of his time.
Peace be to his ashes and all honor
to his memory, and after all is said
and done the greatest and truetit to
be said is he left to his sorrowing
sons and friends and neighbors, now
gathered about Ihis bier in the silent
city of the dead to pay him their last
token of esteem and respect, that
most priceless of heritages and great
est of boons, an unsullied name, a
spotless character, ,and the realization
of the fact that in all his long", life
rectitude .of conduct, sterling and
rugged honesty, good citizenship. and
changeless, patriotism, dominated;" his
life and career and his example Siiay
well be and should be emulated' by
the youth of this time and by, the
generations of his fellows and neigh
bors yet to come.
"Thee on thy mother's knee a new
born child in tears we saw, when all
about thee smiled. So live that sink
ing in thy last long sleep, smiles may
be thine when all about thee weep."
' J. B. MESSICK,
; , : .. Baker, Oregon.
THE COLONEL'S TRIAL, i
Colonel Roosevelt is on trial for
libel. A libel case that grew out; of '
politics. Because the Colonel talked
plainly he is now before the court.
What the outcome will be is mere
conjecture, but it brings up a point
that is very important.
One may know a Wring very well,
in fact be absolutely positive in his
own mind, yet utterance of what he be
lieves sometimes makes no end of
trouble. . It is through this desire
to keep out of trouble that many a
two-faced, hypocritical character gets
by without public censure. There is
tere-it of the public to have a spade
called a spade, or would it be better
to ever put on the soft pedal and, al
though knowing inwatfdly of corrup
tion and crime, wink the other eye in
order to preserve a peaceful attitude ?
Anyway there are plenty of "candi
dates in the Republican party for the
presidential nomination and it might
be well to have an elimination j con
test before the primaries are held; .For
this is no year for the Republicans
to make mistake. , ...
Mrs. Rockefeller leaves a million
and a half to charity, which woufd in
dicate that a lot of wealthy people are
not nearly so bad as they are painted.
Apparently to get money from a 1
regional .bank anyone living in the
Grande Ronde valley;, must have the
endorsement of one of , th valley
banks. That kind of an endorsement
will get money any time from sources
other than a regional bank. -.-At " ,.
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Last Sunday's papers pictured Gov
ernor Withycombe on the ranch feed
ing the chickens, and jn that picture
was a commercial sermon, to many
people. ' Staying with the ranch Is one
of the Governors best slogans' and
there is nothing hypocritical about Ms
utterances. ' ' ,
One thing the West administration
did do. It graduated a lot of attor
neys from state house and all of . them
are locating in the city of Portland, in
cluding the ex-governor, where it is
admitted the field is excellent and at
torneys heretofore have been fewf and
far between.
Voting bonds in Multnomah county
is like shooting fish. Anyone w!ho has
ever been in the Willamette valley
during its prolonged wet. season will
not blame those people for mortgag
ing the cook stove in order to have
a hard spot to stand upon. '-r.; 0. ; ,
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"We can't have a ijanic," say the
regional bankers. ; And it is echoed
and re-echoed throughout the country.
Lets see what is the correct definition
for that word panic ?
Curtain andDrapsry Mafceafo
Special Prices Hold Good one Week Only From VVed
ne8day 2l8tj to Wednesday 28th
Avail yourself of this fine collection of curtain needs. - (ketones tapestries, scriniB j
Irredeseent Sunfast draperies, Swisses, silkolines, voiles, etc, in the latest patterns of the .
kind people want most. Our entire stock is composed entirely of . - .,
COLONIAL
To those thrifty housWivus who are houseoleaning, these special inducements are of the
most importance not only by the saving opportunity but because of the high standard
of quality obtained in Colonial drapery fabrics at always moderate prices and of the
wide variety of patterns. ; Our entire stock included. , . -
Great Britian .decided not to go
entirely dry. There will still.be a
'little 'half and 'half to be had over
there.
La Grande lost the first game of
ball to Baker, but La Grande is long
winded and a great finisher. . .- '
Clean-up week
also.. -
includes the dogs
LEGAL RECORD.
J. D. Rode, et us to P. B. Rode,
$20,000. Waranty deed. Conveys: S 1-2
of NE 1-4 and SB 1-4 of, NW 1-4 of
Sec 25, E 1-2 of NW 14, W 1-2 of
of NE 1-4 and NE 1-4 and NW 1-4
of SE 1-4 of Sec 26, and all of Sec
36, all in Tp 4 S R 38, E. Also te SW
4, ,and N 1-2 of SE 1-4 of SE 1-4
of Sec 80; the W 1-2 and W 1-2 of NE
-4, and N 1-2 of SE 1-4 of Sec 331, all
LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK
Capital $200,000.00 Resources $1,000-000.00
' . Surplus $50,000.00
OFFICERS:-
Fred J. Holmes, President C. C. Pcnington, V.-Prest.
F. L. Meyers, Cashier
; , : Earl Zundel and II. E. Coolidge, As9't Cashiers '
Fred J. Holmes
C. C. Penington
F. L. Meyers
DIRECTORS:'
A. T. Hill
J. F. Conley
J. G. Snodgrass
H. E. Coolidge
A. Blockland
H, S. Browntofi
What This Bank Aims to Do
To promote our customers' interests as we would our own ;
. To do all we can to make their relations here profitable
and agreeable to them; .
To contribute to their enterprises, the co-operation, forc
(V sight and timely assistance which a good Bank can
V properly bestow.
y Fine cretones in the mostijvanted patterns.
Many new ones just i-ecei;edrof . the Col
onial drapery fabrics 'made of the best
known dyes to stand washing. Special
prices for housefurnishing week. 8 13
18 22 arid 31
Many new patterns in Sunfast Irredescent
drapery, a most rich and beautiful curtain
i material, special 43 67 88
50 different kinds of new curtain .scrim
here in ecru, cream and white, plain edges7
lace edges, insertion edges, satin' bordered:
edges, all widths, special prices ,13
M6 22 31f and 42 ' ;
Entire stock of lace curtains fresh,-clean,
new. All at reduced prices. All choice'
draperies, swisses, voiles etc., reduced.
See Window
Display
in ,Tp. 4 S R39, E. Containing, in all
2080 acres, more or less., -j, ,
T.onn N. Rico-era to Theresa Nice
and Fred Nice, her husband; Release
Mtge dated 20th Feb. 1814, recordea
Book 46, page 480, of Mtges and
covering a Tract, Beg. 322 rds West
of SE cor of W 1-2 of Sec 12,,Tp
R r an K rnn.thenWest -16 rds. then
North 80 rds,.then East 16 rds, then,
South 80 rds to beg, and containing
8 acres. (Recorded Book 48, page
537.) - '
Probate Proceedings .
In the matter of J.' G. . Johnson,
Dec'd. Will admitted to probate and
J A Woddell appointed Executor.
Rheumatism tields Quickly to Sloan's
- You can't ' prevent an. attack of
Rheumatism from coming on, but you
can stop - it almost immediately.
Sloan's Liniment gently applied, to
the sore joint or muscle penetrates in
a few minutes to t!h inflamed spot
that causes the pain.. It soothes the
hot, tender, swollen feeling, and in a
very short time brings a relief that is
almost unbelievable until you experi
ence it Get a bottle of Sloan's Lini
ment for 25c of any druggist and
have it in the house against colds,
sore and swollen joints, lumbago,
sciatica and ' like ailments. ..' Your
.money back if not satisfied, but it does
l.w annua v .i.avi.v jiv..&. . ,
Him.
After suffering for over
vears with inaigeauon ana
twenty
having
some of the best doctors here tell me
there was no cure for me, I think it
only right to tell you for the sake of
other sufferers as well afl your: own-:
satisfaction that a 25 cent bottle of
Chamberlain's Tablet3 pot onlyj, re
lieved me but 'cured me within: two
months although I am a-man. of 65
years," writes Jul. Grobien Houston,.
Texas. v Obtainable everywhere. : .
Property Owners
Attention!
MY' ENTIRE STOCK OP PAIN TS AND WALL-PAPER ,OT
TEN THOUSAND ROLLS. I AM GOING TO MOVE IN.
THE NEXT 60 DAYS. WE NEED THE MONEY AND YOU
! NEED Till. IS GOODS. : HERE ARE SOME OF THE PRICE
OATMEALS AND MELTON PAPERS AT . 45c PER ROLL.
MORYE CEL 15c PER ROLL. ALL OF THE STOCK CUT IN
TWO SO COME AND GET THE CREAM OF THE GOOD.
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B. B. NUTTER
Phone Red 971.
NEXT TO OBSERVER.
178i 6TH STREET,
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.Prannie
Otar ; Meats Are
Fair Prices and Free Delivery
S2
I) FISH OFFERINGS
Salmon, Halibut, ! Trout, Clams, Crabs.
Good things to Eat;i, Phone Main 96
La Grande Meat Company;liic. i