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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1916)
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1916. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE THRO SHERRY THEATRE Today " ' - ' Gold Rooster Present Heiuy W. Savage's ' v , "EXCUSE ME" . ' ' A Pullman Car Pleasantry of Berths and Mirths in Five. Sections Featuring GEORGE F. MARION and A ROLLICKING CAST. Osmer Smith For District Attorney Osmer E. Smith, well known young attorney of tbjs city, is the .first to declare himself an active candidate for the office of district attorney. Frederick Steiwer, the . present en cumbents having annaunced that the will not seek re-election, Mr. Smith this morning decided to enter the pri mary campaign for the republican nomination, gays Pendleton paper. Mr. Smith has been a resident of Pendleton for the past two and a half years, he and his wife having come here from Colorado. He was gnaduaited rom the fUniversity of CbloiMo where Jhe took his first training in law and, after coming to Pendleton, was in the office of Raley & Raley for a year and a half. . Dur ing the past year -he has been prac ticing by himself. Mr. Smith announces that he will make an active campaign upon a plat form of strict law enforcement. . SGHDD BONOS BEFOR About Well Known People Senator Lane of Oregon uses a doz en pipe-cleaners a day. Our Want Ads bring results. FOLGER WEEK March 6 to 11 Save ten cents a pound FOLGER'S GOLDEN GATE , COFFEE To convince you by trial that It Is better than other coffee's, and to induce you to make the test, we reduce the price during FOLGER WEEK 45c Coffee 45c Quality BegvUr . Special Tin pri pric 1 LB. .45 ' .35 A 2 " .85 .65 254 " 1.00 . . .75 5 " 2.00 1.60 Send or telephone your order today FRESH EGGrS AT 25 CTS-A DOZ. City Grocery & Bakery E. Polack, Prop. inlillllll!llil!lllli!lllllllllllllllllllllllilW ! X 4? 4 4" 4? $ 4 4 4 4? 4f 4f 4" 'if 4? $? 4f 41 41 H I 1 Bulk Garden . Seeds Diamond Quality Spray Your Roses With our v Rose Spray Rose Bushes ' and ClimbingVines Plant th,em now while dormant Call and get a catalogue and make your selection now while the assortment at the nursery is com plete. , ... Do it Now, It is the Proper Time to Plant We can get you anything on short notice that we do not carry in stock if it is to be had in the market. La Grande Seed and Floral Co. Next to the Telephone Office. Cut Plants and Worm Lawn Food Fertilizer NORTH POWDER TAXPAYERS PROMOTE ...... Jackrabbits Die in Great Numbers Other News Items North Powder, Or., Mar. 5. -Cold windy weather with occasional snow flurries to vary the monotony continue. It seems as if Sprhig is as far awav as ever. Farmers will notv be able to get to plowing for sometime yet. However the ground will be in line shape when they do begin and seed will not be long in coming when once it is planted. North Powder had a meeting last Saturday to consider voting bonds for a $25,000.00 school house. The senti ment seemed to be in favor of it and notices were, posted for the election. It is to be hoped that this proposition will not be voted down as the water works has been two or three times.- It does not pay to be to conservative on some things and schools and water are two of those things. The Powder schools are not just what they should be for a town of its size and there has already, been enough losses by fire to pay for waterworks. If those who are opposed to those things were the only ones to suffer it would not be so bad, but all have to bear' the burden imposed by a few who are af raid-of a few cents of taxes. "Come, Mr. Tux payer, let's have a new school houso worthy of a town the size of North Powder and let the outside world know that we can at least have good schools," said one resident this morn ing. Herman White, Ellis Hess and Chas. Law attended the "Rubber Game" pull ed off between Union and La Grando at Union on Wednesday, March 1st. They did not get to Union until late owing to their train 'being late but got there to see most of the game which they report as 'being fast and furious. La j Grande came off victor. Dr. Hall of La Grande was a profes sional visitor to North Powder on Mar 1st. It is reported by many of the ranch ers that there are very few rabbits now as to what there were some weeks ago. It is thought that the heavy snow sometime ago has killed themoff or that they got into holcn and starved to death. Anyway there is a noticeable fulling-off nt their former haunts. This is good news to the farmer as the rabbits form one of the worst pests in this vicinity. The ground squirrels are next and many think that, the excessive moist ure in the ground this Spring is kill ing them off. If this is true this will be a banner crop year for North Powder and vicinity. Homer Bidwell has been helping Mr. Carlisle of Oklahoma, buy a car load of horses. Mr. Todd shipped out a car of hors es to Portland last Saturday. He has been buying for several days in Powder. I however, should be curbed until the ground it settled fairly well so that footmarks will not show in the turf. W here a lawn has been trampled down during i the winter or played upon when it was soft in winter or early spring, the owner should take steps to compact its surface at the earliost possible moment.- This compacting, however, should not he done until all j trash has been removed As soon as j the ground is sufficiently settled so : that a rake does not dig into the turf i the owner shoud rake it gently with ! a wooden toothed rake.' Frequently, however, all that is necessary is to pick off the litter. If a lawn has been covered with manure in the fall, it will be necessary to break the manure up in the spring, and remove some of the coarser portions. A wooden rake is best for this purpose, as it will leave so much more of the fine material on the ground. , Do not rake off so much of the manure that the lawn will have , a per fectly clean appearance. All of the ' fine manure that the summer growth of grass can possibly hide should be left. It is surprising how much litter the grass will cover on a lawn, as one or two heavy rr.ins will beat down a quantity of such material. Before the freezing weather is en tirely over, fresh grass seed should be sown, for it,must be remembered that only by repeated application of grass seed will a lawn bi produced. The ordinary seeding of grass on a new lawn is 1 pound of seed to every 400 square feet that is, to a piece 20 feet square. For reseeding a lawn, one-tenth to one-half of this quantity should be used according to the condi tion of the lawn at the time. For the northern part of the UniUd States Kentucky bluegrass and redtop should be . used. However, where there are many bare spaces it will be found that it is well to use some white clover. About one-tenth the quantity of clov er ot the other grasses mentioned will be .required. Probably as good a time as any to npply grass seed is some morning when the ground is frozen so that when the ground thaws during the middle of the day the sown seed will bo covered sufficiently to germinate well. The most successful seeding is that done while thu ground is freezing a little each night and thawing again in the day time. Many people have success m sowmng grass Beed upon a light snow-fall at a time when the snow is likely to melt soon. With eith er of these methods thee is danger that birds will eat it before it is cov ered in the soil. In spite of this.how ever, there is a better chance of get- tine a trood lawn bv these methods than when the seed is own or. land,; that will not quickly cover it. The laost operation in the prelimin ary spring care of a lawn it to give it a good rolling. This rolling, which should be done with as heavy a roller as can be handled, should not be begun until the lawn is dry enough so that sinking at any point below the gonerul level. If the land is too wet the roller will leave depressions. This rolling should be done as soon as the land is dry enough to permit it, as rolling compacts the soil about the roots of the plants, .brings them into closer conact with the soil, and gives them a better opportunity to make a quick start as soon as weather conditions are favorable. " Grass cutting should begin just as soon as the lawn mower can get a good hold. The very early cutting may be made with the lawn mower set close to the ground. As soon as the growth of crass becomes a little leas vigorous, the mower should .he set j'ist as high as possible. This high cutting should be done as frequently 'as though the grass were being cut s-horter. Now Is The Time To Fertilize Lawns Washington D. C, March, 3. Home owners who wish to get the best results from their lawns should begin to work on them the last of February or early in March, accord ing to the lawn specialists of the Uni ted States Department of Agriculture. Too many people delay giving any attention to their grass plots until the weather becomes warm and thus lose an opportunity to take advantage ot melting snow and the alternate night freezing and thawing of the ground. If the ground has not already beeiM fertilized, some form of commercial fertilizer should be used at once. Man ure applied this lata will not be effec tive in most cases. Ground bone is probably the best fertilizer to use-, al though tankage and fish scraps, some o which, however, have an unpleasent smell also give good results. Prepared sheep manure is an excelent fertil izer for use at this season. Cottonseed meal when obtainable at a low enough price may be used to advantage. In connection with these fertilizers, how ever, it is desirable to use some wood ashes or other fertilizer containing potash. As fertilizers with this ele ment are unusunlly high priced this year, the natural inclination will be to use (minimum quantities. With the soils that have been well fertilized in the past, failure to use a normal amount will probably not affect the lawn in one season. These fertilizers should be Hpplled at the earliest pos sible moment. Temptation to get on the lawn and clean it up as soon as the weather be gins to settle is strong. Impatience, LA GRANDE DRUGGIST PLEASES CUSTOMERS C. I). Putman reports customers greal.Iy pleased with the quick action of simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, ets as mixed in Adler-1-lta. This simple remedy drains the old fool matter from the bowels so thorough that one spoonful relieves almost any case of constipation, sour or gassy stomach. 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Each is equipped with the most up-to-date machinery. - Raw materials are purchased in enormous quantities and far ahead of the needs of manufacturing, thus guarding against ; increased cost due to idle machinery. This also insures favorable buy inj, and the pick of the market. Expert chemists at each mill are employed to select and blend the asphalts, and every roll of CERTAIN-TEED is made under their watchful .care. CERTAIN-TEED resists the drying-out procest so destructive to ordinary roofing, because the felt is thoroughly saturated with a blend of soft asphalts, prepared under the formula of the General's board of expert chemists. It is then coated with a blend of harder asphalts, which keeps the inner saturation soft. This makes a roofing more pliable, and more impervious to the elements than the harder, drier kind. 1 CERTAIN-TEED is made in rolls; also in slate-surfaced shingles. There is a type of CERTAIN TEED for every kind of building, with flat or pitched roofs, from the largest sky-scraper to . the smallest residence or out-building.' CERTAIN-TEED is guaranteed for S, 10 or IS years, according to ply (1, 2 or 3). Experience proves that it lasts longer. - . General Roofing Manufacturing Company World' Largft Manufacturer of Hoofing and Building Paptn Nr York City Chicwo PMlwUlpMa fll.L.oi, Botton Cterckai Plttaburab Detroit Sufmciiu Ciocintl NawOrbaw -LoAmIw Minawwlh KuuuCitr Saallla lailliaipaaai Atlanta Ricbmoad Hosataa Loadoa Srdaar W. H. BOHNENKAMP CO. , "Distributor" The General's New Plant for the Pac ific Coast is now in the course of construction at Richmond, Cal., which is only 1 6 miles from San Francisco. The establishment of this plant at Richmond will enable distributors of CERTAIN-TEED products to give the best service, to guarantee quick delivery, and to co operate with the people of the Pacific Coast in a way that should bring satisfaction to all. San Francisco Office Insurance Exchange Bldg. Seattle Office Central Bldg. NICE SUBURBAN HOME Just 10 blocks from center of city, over one-half acre of ground; fine orchnrd of apple, cherry, peach and pear. trees; currents, berries, and fine vegetable and flower gardens. Chicken houses and parks, large barn in fair condition. Good wood house with cellar under it ' 8-room house, hot and cold water, bath, lights, etc. This houso is in sound condition but needs some slight repairing of porch, paint and paper. The price and terms are made to sell, $200 cash will make deal Discount for all cash, or owner will consider trade for Ford car or cattle. Owner has moved away and must sell. Investigate this proposition. (382) NEXT WEEK OUR LOAN MAN will be here to appraise farm lands for loans. We have plenty of money for ' Farm Loans 6 TO 10 YEARS DEBT REDUCING LIBERAL, OPTIONS If you want a loan on your farm coma in and fill out an application now, so there will be no delay in getting the money. FARM LOANS AND INSURANCE Opposite Y M C A 108 Elm St, Phone Black 2001 Geo. H. Currey He Who Morea REAL ESTATE La Grande, Ore.
