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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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MILITIA FOR .
' CITYilTALKED
-;KEATKU INDUCEMENTS VOtt
GUARD I'KEVAIL.
Other Cities, Including Pendleton
Think Like La Grande.
On all sides is heurd these days per
sistent tnlk of creating a militia in
: this city. ; La .Grande has ascoro. of
' men who ate versed in military af
.fairs bassd upon long militia service
both here and in other states, and up
on long active service in the east' in
the days of American warfare.
Since the government assists mili
tia comnanies with liberal pay and
there is a spirt of militarism extant,
; those favoring a company in La
'Grande have reasons to believe it will
materialize. It is likely that ycon
verted efforts to have state and jrov
' t-rnment officials brought into cor
respondence on the proposition will be
"inaugurated at once. Other cities of
the state at present without national
guards, are seriously thinking along
the same lines. Pendleton is one of
them. Says the' East Oi egonian:
Now that congress has passed the
lill providing for the increasing of
the state militia and providing pay for
militiamen, Pendleton has startad a
move to form a company and to se
cure, if possible regimental or bat
talion headquarters for this city.
At the meeting of the Commercial
association last evening, Dr. M. S.
Kern, who is a member of the execu
tive committee of the Security League
' of the State, called attention to the
91I and recommended immediate
steps toward forming a company of
militia. He expressed the belief that
the 60 necessary men could be easily
secured in view of the pay to be pro
vided. The new bill will give Oregon three
regiments, he stated, one of which
undoubtedly will be in eastern Oregon.
Pendleton, being centrally located,
should lay cairn for regimental head
quarters of at least battalion head
quarters, he said. The formation of
a company here would bring $5000 a
year to the city, he said, battalion,
headquarters would bring $10,000
more and regimental headquarters
$20,000. Also an armory would prob- j
ably be built, he stated.
Dr. Korn's suggestions were well ,
j Dry Chain Wood
$3.50
GREEN CHAIN WOOD
$2.50 Per Load Delivered
Grande Ronde Lumber
Company
Retail Department
Greenwood and
Madison Streets.
Wood, Stock and Dairy Ranch
10 acres in cultivation, 100 acres level
black soil 250 acres could he culti
vated, balance Hue bunch grass pas
ture, 3,000 cords of wood on place
worth .1.00 to 1.2") per cord in the
tree. Enough wood can bo sold off
this place to pav for it and improve it.
Present owner will take 500.00
of puivSihse price in wood at
1.25 per cord standing, or at H.50
FARM
Opposite Y M C A
108" Elm St.
Both Phones
ARGENTINE BEAUTY BECOMES BRIDE QF .
RICH PLANTER AT UNITED STATES CAPITAL
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MRS. ABEL V. EZEYZA.
Mru. Eieyaa Is the daughter of Col. Eduardo Raynaud, military
attache of the Argentine embassy at Washington and the bride of Abel
Ezeyza, a wealthy young planter of Argentina. Mrs. Ezeyza Is a mem
tier of one of the oldest families of the South American republic and.
one of the most 'beautiful woroon in the diplomatic set at Washington.
Xhe wedding was a brilliant affair.
taken and a committee consisting of
himself, Secretary Cranston and Geo.
A. Hartman was appointed to look in
to the matter.
T'hrt niuniiva uuMinan'a irlmt nf rock-
less magnanimity is admitting that
nnnHW u-nmnn iu nrrftv 0-nnri-look-
ing.
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Phone Main 732
360 Acres - - $6.50 per Acre
cut aud loaded on the cars at siding 1
mile from place. Railroad runs thru
corner jof' place, 1 mile to shipping
and trading point, flood roads. 4
rnom log house, log barn, place all
fenced with 2 wires; Several good
springs.
Price 2K)0.00. Terms 1500.00 must
be paid by this Fall, plenty of time on
balance.
LOANS AND INSURANCE
Geo. H. Currey
Money Making Concerns Pass Around
Their Wealth.
New York, May 31. The final state-
'ment of . the affairs or tne ouggenneim
Exploration Company has been. issued
by its president showing the manner
1 1 Which the ' filtlllaHV hBS DJIJI. OlSillV-
iOii. Mr. Daniel Guggenheim, president
.of the comriai .. says m lo'ai
amount stockholders paid for their
I shais was $'27,050,000.00. Eor this
t'ae total received by them was $73,018,
248.00 distributed in liquidation,' or a
total of S)7.171.184.00. Another' in
stance of big profits and prosperity
ha-! U-en :.,i!".ui cd in the Mltm of
a "melon" by the the Central Trust
ComlDanv. This will be $2,000,000.00,
eaual td sixty-six a.nd two-tlurils dol
! lars a share to the owners of its bank
securities. The Central will enlarge
the capitalization to correspond with
the large business done, and tne stocK
ibo increased from three to live
million dollars. The institution has a-
boirt $20,000,000.00 in suiiplus and un
divided profits. A fifty per cent divi
dend was paid last year.
J I For many months tliere has been a
i persistent rumor that a merger or com
J , bine was being efliected in the moving
J picture business, it now appears that
I there recently have been large sales
Jjof stock in the Vitagraph company
1 1 of America, to tobacco alnd traction
J i interests. Comprehensive iplans aire
! said to have been nindo by some of thp
J , film stock corporations for the arnal
' Tarnations of thousands of movign
i i)ictuie houses throughout the country
with thhe United Cigar Stores and the
Rilar and liegeman drug stores. In the
belief that drugs, movies and tobacco
sre demanded by the same people,
plans are being made that on either
side of each theatre dntranee there
will Iks a tobacco stand, a drug stor?
and a soda fountain. Such independent
companies as can be acquired, will be
picked up and attached to the now mer
ger. You certainly couldn't call a photo
graph of Justice Hughes a speaking
likeness.
What with a British blockade and a
Mexican blockhead, Washington is up
against it.
lie Who MoTfa
REAL ESTATE
La Grande, Ore.
A GREAT PREHISTORIC, SEA.
It Rsachad From the Gulf of Maxico
Far Up Into Now York.
A prehistoric sea or arm of the ocean
which extended from the gulf of Mex
ico far up Into New York state Is de
scribed by the United States geological,
survey In reporting to a correspondent
on n rock sample: '
"Tuo rock was formed very long ago.
mauv millions years ago, in what go-
j olosists call the Dpronlnn pr-rlod. At
'' that time a lare irl of the cistern
I L'nlted States was occupied by an
! arm of the sea which extended north
.' eastward from the gulf of Mexico re
gion Into New York state. Tin; east
ern shore of ueBea was not fur east
of the present line of the Blue Ridge
aud the Highlands of New Jersey and
southeastern New York, and still far -
ther east lay a great continent which
extended an unknown distance Into
the. area now occupied by the north
sea was somewhere near a lino drawn I
from Albany through Syracuse, Roch-'
ester and Buffalo. T!io present site
of the Catskflls was thus near the
northeast end or head of this sea or
gulf, with land not far away on the
east and north. . -
"The sea teemed with life, almost
wholly Invertebrate animals, and ma
rine plants, ami the larger part of the
life appears to have inhabited the sea
bottom. Brachiopods, though rare now,
were very abundant then, and many
other forms of animals crawled about
or grew upon the sea flooV. As the
streams washed in sand and mud from
the neighboring lauds the sea grad
ually filled up, and the shells of many
brachiopods and other shell beating
animals were thus burled In the sand
and their forms preserved till now
By slow upward movement of the
earth's crust the sea was drained from
the region, and the beds of sand aud
mud that had been hardened iu'o sand
stone and shale were lifted thousands
of feet above sea level to form a great
new land. The. Cntskill mountains
have since' been carved from this tip
lifted mass of rock through tho cut
ting of valleys by the streams."
BURMA'S COLOSSAL BUDDHA.
Thia Statue la Said to So the Largeat
In the World.
The largast monument of iheTiuaian
form existing in the east today. If not
hi the world, Is the great reclining j
statue of Buddha near Pegu, In Bur-1
ma, around which the government
erected a building with luttice, steel
pillars to protect It from the elements.
This colossus was brought to light dur
ing the construction of the railway
that runs northeast from Rangoon to
Mandaluy.
While the permanent way was being
banked up to protect the lines from
occasional floods the engineer In charge
required for the purpose of his work
a harder ballast -than tho alluvial de
posit over which the line was running
could give him. Less than a mile away
was a tree clad mound, and here, it
was thought, suitable material might
bo found. The tusk of clearing away-
some of tho trees took but an hour or
so, aud then shafts were sunk to And
the needed stone. Before the diggers
had gone down more thau a yard they
struck an enormous and fairly pre
served Ugure of Guutamu.
iu actual length the statue Is ISO
feet and fifty feet high at the shoul
der. The figure' und its pedestal are
of brick, covered with plaster. Since
its discovery the plaster has been re
moved nnd painted over, the bos at
tho head and the finger nails gilded
and the headdress decorated with
glass jewels. The statue is thought to
bo about 500 years old, but no one j
knows its bistorv. no reference what-
ever being mndo to it in Burmese leg-1
vuug ur rttuiuuus. wiue worm aiag-
azlne.
Ruddy Mara.
There seems to have been no reason
other than its suggestive color for the
selection of the planet Mars as the ce
lestial symbol of the war god. Yet it
was universally so regarded in ancient
times.
If wo could toll why Siars is red we
might hit upon the whole secret of that
strange planet. Its color Is probably
due to some pcculinr quality of its soil.
It may bo principally composed of ma
terial resembling our red sandstone, or
it may be stained red by an abundance
of iron in Its rocks.
Suits to a T.
The clause "It suits to n T." mean
ing it fits exactly, is as old as the fa
miliar instrument, the T square or T
rule (so called from lis resemblance to
tho letter Tl. used by mechanics and
draftsmen for making angles li'ne and
for obtaining perpendiculars. The ex
pression was in common use "iu tire
time of Dr. Johnson, who is quoted b
Boswcll as saying of Warbtirion "You
"i
see they have fitted him to n T.'
Condescension,
isu't tile style of music you have
been playlnc rather lucking in classic
quality?"
"Oh. yes," replied the highly accom
plished girl. "But one must show
some consideration fcr the tastes of
one's parents."--Washington Star.
Dad's Portia, i.
"I notice an eastern paper runs tin
attractive mothers' depart meat bended
'Frocks and Frills."'
"Some of these papers." grow led the
old man. "ought to run a fathers' de
pnrtmentjie.'iilod 'Shocks and Hills.'
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 1
Where Her Thoughts Were.
Paughter-To tell the truth, pa, 1
didn't think much of the close of the
sermon. Father-Tlmuplit more of the
clothes of the congregation, eh?
HE COULD PLAY CHESS.
And Ha Proved That Fact In a Moat
Emphatio Manner.
In Austrla-lliuivtno' some years ago
ihere wwu marvelous chess player,
ivho.se iiuuie and residence wero. un
known, but who every now and then
displayed his remarkable skill in the
game. The last story of him was told
by James 11. Hyatt of Philadelphia,
who had then Just returned from
Budapest.
"1 was playing chess with a friend
In a cafe," said .Mr. Hyatt, "and plain
ly saw my defeat, when a little bit of
a shriveled I'ole with a tray of cheap
li.u-nh-v ulaml In I'miil- nf lltz mill offer
llIsvaM.H iu IU0St persuaSVo tones,
'"(jo UWIiy I said
1 .. .you can'lH,nt um - answered the
:,u!u.ri wllose .. was on the
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. .. .,wt do yo kll0W ,lballt ,tr i
" '.May I tell bim? w inquired, look-
iuK fit n;y opponent.
"'Certainly. Crack away,' came the
reply in' a tone of assurance.
"Take his knight,' said my self ap
pointed instructor. I did so to humor
hlui, though 1 lost my queen by the
'operation. But, much to my surprise.
1 1 found that the very next move gave
me the gama. 1
j "'Let mo play with you?' asked the
, peddler. 'I mate you In the moves you
say and where you saj'.'
I " 'If you do I will give you 10 florins,'
I answered. 'Take the white men.
Mate me on my queen's fourth snpare
In twenty-two moves !f you can.'
"We started In, my friend keeping
account of the moves, and moved rap
idly. After about a dozen moves I had
the advantage of a bishop and a pawn
and was assured 1 would defeat my
aggressive little opponent. When he
lot a castle go by an apparently care
less play I was sure of victory. Then
came a midden change In the situation,
and I had to move my king out. of
cheek. 1 was on the defensive and In
rapid retreat '
" "Fwentytone moves,'. said my friend
j as the- little peddler put me again in
cnecK wuu r.is Kiiignt.
"'Mate!' cried my opponent as ho
swung bis queen across the board.
"My king was on the queeu's fourth
square.
I gave blm 10 florins, and he walk-
ed away shaking his head and hands
with Infinite satisfaction." New York
Herald.
CHANGED IRON TO COPPER.
Curious Transformation Wrought by
Nature's Alchemy.
Not so very longyago a curious find
as made in one of the copper mines
at El Cobre. Cuba. These mines,
once among the richest in the world,
wers abandoned for a long time on ac
count of the Insurrections In Cuba
against the Spanish rule. In 1S08 the
coal supply was cut off by the insur
gents, and consequently pumping be
came impossible, and the mines be
came ailed with water.
After the Spanish war au American
company bought the mines and pro
ceeded to pump out the water. In ouo
of the shafts thus made accessible
was found what once represented an
iron pickax as well as some crowbars.
The metal in these implements had. It
Is said, turned to copper. Extraordi
nary as this may appear. It can be
scientifically explained.
The water, filtering through the rock
aud tho coppef ove veins dissolved
some of the copper, the solution con
taining sulphate of copper. As soon
as the sulphu.-ic acid in this solution
touched the iron It at once dissolved
that metal and deposited copper In its
place, for sulphuric acid has a greater
affinity for iron than for copper. In
the process certain Impurities which
had existed in tho iron were left be
hind undisturbed. The wooden bundle
of the ax was In good condition. The
metal was porous and irregular in
shape, but in the general outline pre
served the form of the ax, somewhat
enlarged in size. Washington Star.
Heads of Cerberus.
The most famous of dogs is Cerber
us, who watches the entrance to Tar
tarus. Ho has three heads, but Her
cules dragged him to earth, and Or
pheus put him to sleep with his lyTe.
The original dog cakes wero given to
Cerberus by the sibyl who led Aeneas
through hell. They w ere made of flour
and seasoned with poppies und hone1,
lie must have been au opium fiend, us
the celestial 'drug is -made from po
pies. A "sop to Cerberus" was one of
these cakes given to the monster by
Greeks nnd Romans as a bribe to let
them in without molestation.
Caii tin, Moll.
What has became of uie women wno
used to settle their quarrels by cutting
each other's cloilies lines on wash day?
Where Is the boy who stretched a
line after dark across the path of the
man whom he haled because the man
t ld his father he caught him playing
fcookej ? '.tiohniond Times-Dispatch.
When h Concentrated.
"Did tne speaker impress you as be
ing In deadly em-nest?"
"Only once or twice."
"And what w-cre thos6 occasions?"
"When he lost his place and began
to paw bis notes wildly in an efTort to
find It again." Birmingham Age
Ileraid. Her Political Views.
"J.-uie. I have discovered that onr
new cook has decided views about the
policy in the oast."
"John, wh'it do you mean?"
"She firmly believes in the gradual
disruption of china." Baltimore American.
EBEL HOI
CE
1'IOXEfclt BAKEK COUNTY FAMI
LY HONORED
"The Tines" Scene of Happy Anni
versary Celebration
The Baker Democrat this morning
published am interesting item concern
ing a family well known to many La
Grande people both such as have met
the members here, and such others ns
have broken bread on the Ebell es
tate in Baker county. Here is the
interesting bit of news:
Today is the anniversary of Mr.
George Ebell's location on the land
where he has continuously lived.
Fifty-four years ago, June 7, 1862,
Mr. Ebell crossed Powder Eiyer val
ley and 'being impressed with . the
scenic beautiy and splendid farm pos
sibilities of what is now known as
"The Pines," drove his stakes and took
possession. Already there was a Cabin
constructed on the claim, which was
the previous winter quartern of Grif
fin, Littlefeld aind others, wno had
urrived from California and who had
made the first discovery of gold at
Auburn in the spring of 1861. .
Mr. Ebell also 'came from Califor
nia. With a party of 50 or more with
saddle and pack horses, the journey
was made across Central Oregon, and
on reaching the head of Burnt river
the party instead of coming directly
north, the right course of travel,
went down Burtrt river to where
Bridgeport now is and over the moun
tains to Durkee and hit the old Ore
gon trail, coming into Powder River
valley at Which has later been known
as the Baldock place.
Mr. Ebel! was at that time a youth
of 22 years and during all of the 54
years since he has. lived continuously
on the place where his boyhood judg
ment dictated would some day be
come one of the most valuable farms
in the country. Here Mr. Fjbell has
reared a large family and today with1
his most estimable wife ho is sur- '
rounded in old age by the fruits of
his industrious labors and respected
by all who know him.
Two sons of this honored family
live in La Grande, doing service for
the O-W.
If the Irish must fight, it is under
stood that there are excellent open
ings in France and Flanders.
Our army is to be increased by 80,
000 men, one-tenth of the number
Germany has at Verdun alone.
Our Want Ads bring results.
CARUSO
World-famoai Tutor, Sayig
Tuxedo
completely
atisfie my
tobacco
taste. Most
important of
all, from a
linser't
standpoint,
Tuxedo does
not irritate
my throat."
"Tuxedo Does Not
Irritate My Throaj"
That's what the world'
greatest tenor lays about
Tuxedo. That's what
will say about Tuxedo after
you've given this, mildest
and pleasantest of all tobac
cos a week's trial.
ThcPctftct Tobaccafor Plus and Giant!
The original " Tuxedo Process"
of refining mild Kentucky Burley,
mellowed by 3 to 5 years' ageing,
positively removes every particle of
harshness and "bite".
PutTuxedo to the pipe ttsi. That
will show you why, to millions
of men, Tuxedo is the only "just
right" smoke.
Read the guaracces in the top o!"
every tin.
You can buy Tuxedo everywhere
Pouch
5c
Famous
greeatin
10c
In Tin Hit
midtn, 40c
and 30c.
in Glan
HnmiJtrt,
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