LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1916V
PAGE FOUR
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HORSE RACING WORTH WHILE.
There is a well defined movement!
on now to have four days of horse
racing in La Grande early in Septem
ber, and the program is an excellent
one. Joseph Waddoll, of Baker, has
mapped out a four days entertainment
that would be hard to duplicate and he
has entered for the occasion the best
Jhorses of the Pacific coast.
Does La Grande and Union county
want four days of good, first class
horse racing?
. We say, yes.
We believe the time will never
come, especially while the present
generation is on earth, when a good'
horse race will not be about the most
interesting sport possible to find.
Other citizens . and business men
share this opinion as was evidenced
last nigttvt when a meeting was held
to consider the Waddcll proposition
and it was unanimously voted to pro
ceed with the work of organizing an
association to care for the event.
Elsewhere in this issue of the Ob
server is a complete history of the
program offered with names of horses.
Read it carefully and before you (have
finished you will be a race booster.
Let us all get behind this event and
make it a great occasion for good
horse racing is herd to beat for first
class entertainment.
!the heart whidh re-echoed in ', the
heart of every .person present. The
entire proceeding was a delightful
lodire event and did just honor to a
'deserving member who has battled
faithfully and fairly for the Eastern
Star for a quarter of a century.
Cove will have her Cherry fair. Of
course she , will. Cove never quits,
and besides that gentleman called
Jack Frost did not whip Cove in the
little bout last spring. Cove will
, have lots of. cherries for all. Attend.
Here is hoping all the La Grande
boys wflvo journey, to Spokane for
. 1 . I .1 . i ....... n,.l. ...... 1 1 1'll
me lailU uittwin inuy cul.Ii onme
(quarter section of high grade land
with alfalfa set on every twenty acres
and a mountain brook full of spotted
trout running diagonally through Hie
tract.
The quarantine for infantile pa
ralysis should be firm and binding.
No dhsnce whatever should be taken
with this dreaded disease and the
health authorities are to be com
mended for acting promptly in the
matter. ;; ! ;:'""'"
I AUCTIONING OFF A WIFE.
I The fight of the women should (have
been staged in a hall with an admis
sion fee charged. Gross receipts
would undoubtedly have more than
paid all fines.
A London countess has discovered
that as tlhe demand for automobiles
increases the desire for babies de
creases. The countess likely did not
have to investigate very deeply to
discover this extraordinary condition
HONORING TnEIR SISTER.
The Eastern Star reception last
evening tendered to Mrs. Dora li.
Schilke by members of tlhe Eastern
St'.T was a fitting and proper tribute
to a lady who has worked diligently
for the good of that prominent order.
It was also an exemplification of ap
preciation of her standing among her
neighbors aside from lodge work.
Mrs. Schilke has been elected to the
higfhtest office within tni. giW.r of the
Oregon Eastern Star and the oc
casion last evening was ;i reception
trndered to her by Hope chapter.
Srs. E. E. Ki'He in presenting the
rewly elected '.flT;Jc. with a beutiful
diamond lavalerc spoke words fiom
The auto parade for "Speed 'Em
Up" day promises to be one of the fine
events of this year's program and
many auto owners are beginning to
plan elaborate flouts for the day.
The Germans have made one class
of submarine that England cannot
successfully draw this country into an
international controversy over.
It looks as though the price of coal
would be soaring along with other
necessary commodities.
Foley Hotel Guests.
G. H. Ferrin, San Francisco; P,
H. Peterson. Cihcago: G. L. Hurd, O,
A. C; C. J. Hall, Seattle; K. M. Pack
and wife, Salt Lake: O. F. Dillman,
J. D. Welch, J. W. Day, W. C. Sar
gent, Wilson Smith, Portland; F. H,
Anderson, G. C. Bear, Boise; O. M.
Moretenson. Spokane; A. A. Krown
Los Angeles; A. Louch, E. B. Van
Arman, C. H. Bettman, K. V. Vaon, M
A. Boss, W. C. Moblcy, M. R. Colwell
Portland: M. King, Kamela; P. D.
McRae, Chicago; Mrs. Robt. Houston,
Minneapolis; A. C. Lettig, Portland;
William Bauer, S. H. Fountain, San
r rancisco.
A Delayed English Joke.
iLondon, July 13. The latest musi
eul comedy joke in London:
First Actor I see that the Ameri
can battleships have mobilized.
Second Actor What! All four of
them ?
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WHAT IS THE USE OF REAPING A HARVEST UNLESS
YOU REAP A "RESULT" FROM YOUR HARVEST. BEING
CAREFUL IN GROWING YOUR CROP WILL NOT BENEFIT
YOU UNLESS YOU ARE "CAREFUL" WITH YOUR MONEY
WHEN YOU GET. YOUR MONEY.
REGULARLY BANKING THE MONEY YOU EARN FROM
YOUR WORK OR IN YOUR BUSINESSES THE ONE SURE WAY
OF GROWING A FORTUNE. TRY IT.
BANK WITH US
WE PAY HIPER CENT INTEREST
6l2 Money for Improved Farm Loans
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON
Capital $200,000.00, Surplus $50,000.00, Resources $1,000,000.00
FVed J. Holmes, President; C. C. Penington, Vic President; F. L,
Mayers, Cashier; E. Zundel and H. E. Coolirigv, uiiUnt Cashiers.
DIRECTORS
Fred J. Holmes, J. G. Snod grass, J. F. Conley, C. C Penington, H.
6. Brown ton, F. L. Meyers, A. Bloklaod, A. I. Bill, H. E. Ooolidc.
I. a it Case of a Once Rather Common
Cuatom In England. ,
It was long a popular belief among
the ignorant in Knglaud tliat If a man
sold his wife at public auction sucU
a aalo bud all the legality of a regu
lar divorce. The latest case of the
kind on record occurred In 1832.
Johu Thompson, a farmer, bad been
married for three years, snd he and
bis wife agreed to separate. Thomp
son brought his wife into the town of
Carlisle, and by the bellman announc
ed be was about to sell her. '
' At midday Thompson placed . bis
wife on a large oak chair with a rope
or baiter of straw about bcr neck. He
then made this announcement: "Gen
tlemen, I have to offer to yoor notice
my wife, Mary Anne Thompson, oth
erwise Williams, whom 1 mean to sell
to tbe highest and fairest bidder. Jt
is her wish as well as mine to part
forever.
"She has been to mo only a born
serpent I took her for my comfort,
tbe good of my home. But she became
my tormentor, a domestic curse, a
nlgbt invasion and a dully devil.
''I speak truth from my hearl'wberf
I say: 'Slay God deliver us from trou
blesome wives and frolicsome women!
Avoid them as you would a mad dog,
a roaring lion, a loaded pistol, cholera
morbus, Mount Etna or any other
pestilential thing in nature
"Now, I have shown yon of ber
dark faults and fallings. J win intro
duce the bright and sunny side ot
her and explain ber ioalIflcaMons
and goodness. She can read novels
and milk cows. She can laugh and
weep with the same easo that you
could take a glass of ale when thirsty.
Indeed, gentlemen, she reminds me of
what the poet says of women in gen
era': "Hoaven save to women the peculiar
graco
To laugh, to weep, to cheat the human
race.
"She can make butter and scold the
ma Id She can sing Moore's melodies
and plait her folds and caps. She can
not make rum, gin or whisky, but
6he Is a good Judge of the quality of
each from loug experience in tasting
them. I therefore offer her, with all
ber perfections and Imperfections, for
the sum of SO shillings."
Tbe woman was liually sold to one
Henry Mcars for the sum of 20 shil
lings and a Newfoundland dog. Alan
and wife parted in perfect good tem
per, Mears and the woman going one
way, Thompson and the dog another.
Boston Transcript.
Moat Original Club In America.
There exists in one of our great
western cities a unique secret' club
called by the members the Get Out
and Get On club. It was organized
years ago by ten ambitious men who
looked upon themselves as nor yet
having won success. Membership for
twelve years has been limited to fifty.
The rules are what make this club
different No member may call himself
a success until the club voles him one,
and wben the club votes any member
a success, he is expelled and bis place
Is filled by another. But before a suc
cess is expelled a dinner Is given in
his honor and to welcome the new
member. At this dinner the success
must read a paper explaining to bis
fellows bow and why be won. These
papers are preserved. American Magazine.
Rare Violins.
The rarest violins in the world are
those which were made by Guarnorliis
del Gesu. only about forty of tln-m be
ing known to exist One of thesi- in
struments was purchased by Ysnye for
$30,000. Two famous Stradivnrius in
struments which were used by Sara
sate during his great concert tours
were sold. One of these, the Bolssler.
is In a museum at Madrid. It is valued
at J50.000. The other Is In n museum
In I'arls. There nre only twenty-nine
Stnidivarlus 'cellos In the world. Of
the 300 Stradlvarlus violins that were
mnde more than 200 have boeu bought
ana sold by one dealer. Argonaut
Imitation Galil.
By comblnimr iiinitv-foiir nnrt r.t
cornier wim six narta or nntimonv pnd
adding a small quantity of magnesium
carnonnte to increase the weight a
substitute for cold is nroducoil. Thin
alloy. It Is said, can be drawn, worked
auu soldered much tbe same as gold,
and It also takes and retains a cold
polish. It can be made for about 25
cruts a pound when its coustltnnnta
cau be bought at normal prices.
Houston i'ot
Orchids.
Many plants have the power to shift
their quurtcrs. The orchid cau move
one stop every year, and, although it
takes a long time to cross tbe mead
ow. If the orchid goes ou long enougb
It would movo one step forward to
ward finishing that long wnlk every
Wig Wearing Very Old.
The ancient Egyptians nil wore wigs,
and the early Christians from A. L.
27 to A. D. 917 considered n false head
covering a badge of distinction this,
too, in direct opposition to Tertulllan.
who In vain declared them devices and
Inventions of the devil.
Little Words.
Out of the 2fi7 words In Abraham
Lincoln's Immortal Gettysburg speech
W. are wonlg of only one syllable. It
Isn't the big words that count New
York Hernia.
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11 "vim 111 uie penrio who no tiling
to cay Is that he Is never happy till ba'a
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Outing Needs In Brief
Whether for a day, week or a mouth; iu the mountaias, up the river, at tflie
Park, at the lake; at the seashore, bathing or automobiling these items of
slimmer mid outing wearables will be f.f interest to you Not only useful' for
your trip but because of the desirable quality from this store:you can get lots
to wear from them the rest of the summer. Also the variety here is larger
to choose from and prices are the lowest. , .
Women's Tub Skirts, newest styles .$1.00 to $650
Women's Motor Caps 50c to $1.50
Women's and Girls' White Felt Outing Hats 50c
Women's and Misses Middv Blouses $1.25 to $1.50..
Pretty Wash Frocks $5.00 up
Women's White Canvas Pumps, rubber soles
' , ,. . .;,'. . 85c, $1.60. $2.00
Women's Bathing Suits", v. .... $1.25 to $5.00
Women's Bathing' Caps . . . ,25c to 50c
Women's Bathing Shoes 15c
Tan or Dull Calf Sport Shoes, with rubber soles
and heels, nurrow and wide sizes . . . $3.50 to $4.50
Women's Divided Khaki Skirts $2.00 to $4.00
Women's Khaki Middy Blouses $1.50
Children's Genuine "Koveralls", fancy trimmed . ..
75c
Children's Leather Sandals,! black or tan .. ,.- .
, 90c, $1.1(5. $1.25
Chief Joseph Indian Blankets, always useful ....
.$5.00, $750, $8.00
Little Bovs' Wash Suits 1 75c to $2.00
Boys' Extra Pants 59c to $1.50
Boys'- "Kaynee' Brand Sport Blouses ; .... '.50c
Boys' Bathing Suits 25c up
Boys' Straw and Cloth Rah Rah Hats
, .......40c, 60c, 90c
Men's Sport Shirts $1.00 to $1.50
Men's Khaki or Whipcord Trousers $1.25
Men's Khaki Shirts at 50c
Men's Bathing Suits : .1 $1.00 to $5.00
Men's Tennis Shoes, Hosiery, Underwear, Hats,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
The Shoe Sale
Continues Offering the
MostRadical Reductions
on all Summer Pumps.
More styles enter the special lot of Women's Fine Pumps and Half -Shoes broken and incomplete
lines of fine styles in patent leather, soft kid, dull calf, and suede plain toe pumps with turn soles
or light weight welt soles, Cuban heels, French heels or semi conis heels the finest kind of regular,,.
"Utz and Dunn". "Pingree" and "Dodge" makes which sold at $3.00 to $4.00. Most all sizes and a '
big range of widths, but not all sizes in every line Very Special for July Clean-Up Sale.
Only -.
$1.95 pair
Every Woman's
Approval
Counts with us because we are "
working for the prestige "of our
store and for the welfare of
ur customers.
"Henderson" Corsets and
"Nemo" Corsets
Have won the enthusiastic ap
proval of the ladies of our city
and vicinity and have an envi
able reputation due to their
distinctive merits.
We feature them at popular
prices. "Hendersoon" Corsets
$1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $50,
$3.00
"Nemo" Corsets ;
.....$3.50, $4.00, $5.00
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GIRL' OF 19, STAR WITH CUE, SEEKS THE BALKLINE TIRE
"sa'Tuedom now boasts of a new artist who may some day supplant
Willie Hoppe aa holder ot all titles. The moat recent addition to the
galaxy of billiard luminaries Is a girl. Miss Clara Katharine Haywood
of Cynwyd, one ot Philadelphia's suburbs. Next winter may see the
-eensnttoo of this Quaker miss competing against men in' the Class I)
national tournament.
Miss Haywood has been a pupil of Harry P. Cline for the last
three years and has been playing billiards five seasons and today, at f
the age of 19, Is the best woman billiardist In the world and the equal '
many nrni rmw uiuu Hiuuieurs.
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