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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1904)
ii ' 1'. Money to Give Away ; For Second Baud Goods. Remember we do not uk yon to Ui trade or exchange, but pa.v cash for everything you have to sell. We have found out that people would rather have the cash than exchange. Call na up by phooe if you are thinking of selling oat and we will call and see you. . The La Grande Corner Fir (Remember we ttUI buy and , ai Sacone Hand Goadajl . D O 0 D D D D D B O Sttoss shoes them in jter. these the trade P 69 .aOaODnDBBBBBBHBQBBaBfln v Make your fowls lay when eggs bring lop prices. We carry standard goods whose merit has been tested .for ymrs INTERNATIONAL POULTRYFOOD Oyster Shell Clam Shell Ground Bone Bone Meal Flour, Feed and Hay PROMPT DELIVERY J. V. Oliver JEFFERSON AVE. WE ARE HERE.1 Tht Imperial Roller Skating Rink Co. Art GWinS Their f jt A jCmllx7C Sjt3.nO XVS5v IllPI jr J Dillvat the Red Front Bldg, tjj evasively the Rubber frl bearing skates. , r-XtAL FEATURE RACE EV32T SATURDAY EVENING V wJAS Friday afternoon. ,iV alnM. Gentlemen ad- littwi with ladiet only. rwfA h intereet Demg ,:CW-a4 w will mate tbee J?iJ .""h. --similar inter Pawnbrokers and Adams. sell til kinds 'Phone 1581 j js j . ,rflong 3i D O B B I! PI B O B B B Anclrews,a 9 Ollltli ((.. jwgg : M 23 Have justrenoived a larjjo line off"! Dres Shoes and wo are selling thest- S3 cheaper tliau you cun buy Portland. We do this to shoes introduced among that wears good shone. . 3 1 SEEE3Sr?EZSffiE8a Plione 1571 Suprise Party A number ul young lolka guvo Mr J. J. Peck C'ttnplrto surprise I lie i other eveninn tlio ncrHin being hip 41st birthday Biitnveiaary. Mr and Mrs l'rrk toun rccuvoieil the shock ol llie inirttere and if Mr P.'ck neio to t. II the truth, he is not ,uile ""re ""lt Mr r,'ck i""1' knew more about I than ih- prof.fi i hly peei. HnBandr flu. t-ril in-fiHil tv.P tniHIlS and the evening will long bo remcir. bjred by thotw present, who wero Ed Oat, J.ilin Stl "zitigfr, F.uk Baohelur, M"ie H irri", Jim Bchil I n, Claud Sulliviin, Aichin Nrwrome, O-n Cade, Mr Ayeri. lUymond l't;. ': Howard Ptclt, AHitita OUcs, NhHu and Myrtle iuiiuns, Katie ntul Q teenie Wcimlu Kllii Il.i :l I n Uatlie Burnett, (in.oe I'erk. Annual Meeting Nutioe is heioby given that the ftnp ual meeting 1 1 the Maaonia building A-sooia tiou, will bo Iield in tb U j. Rni at S o'ehxk uranue i..,- Febroa'y 12 H'B ru'P-"0 ol .. . . . tl.a anaiilno ttfllr eleoting mtrainrs u.r ... and other biiinis that may ome before the meating- -. J. M. Church, ProMd.iit. Local Newsltems W Bartlett left last night (or Port land. I E B Moorelock and E O Blancher are ', In tlie city from Elgin. I Chai Mekjuiet is In Portland on bnai I neaa. Don't forget Hie Mormon ila ce to night. The Regular buaineaa meeting of the Baptitt Church will be held on Satur day at 2:30 P. M. ... ' Wood la selling at t7. 00 per cord In Pendleton, Mrs Luke Booth of Wallowa County was a paseengor last night enrcute to her former home in Kentucky. : " J. A. Russell returned laat night from Portland where be took a load of hogs. J W Knowlea visited Pendleton yea terday, returned Inst night. . Be aura and read ''Business proposi tion" of La'fion and Noo, the feed mer chants, which appears in this lame. The Ladles of the Presbyterian chur. b will serve a chicken dinner Saturday brglning 11 A M in the room formerly o.cupledliy Iho Red front deportment atore. . - O. E. Wilson, of Elgin was ih the i lty yesterday transacting business We ucenowl'dge a very pleasant call from the gentleman. The Commercial Club house warming is to come off next Tuesday without any more delay or adjournment. On tlw refreshment committee Jtf rs. A. V. An drews haa been appointed chairman of Iho A class; Mrs. Dr. Bacon of the B cluas and Mrs. J. J Carr of the 0 class. These ladies have authority to appoint assistants in their respective clasaes. A great time la anticipated. The annuel waaea of labor in manu fa. toriea in the United States wrb 2S8. 95, in 1S0. Frank E Smith und W J Long were visitors from. Elgin yesterday. G S Berry, of Suiumervllle, was a visitor in the city yesterday. The Kafle K latch will be enlortalned this evening by Mies Margaret Newlin and Mre F. L. Meere, at 'the latere home. The fact that Jualice of the peace Win- Grant has no bill before the County Court for the month of February, Bpeaks well for the mol of this vicinity,. The condition of' Al Itnsor, who shot and killed I' en Rosa after being beaten with a canthook at a saw nil I near Elgin, :a reported to be growing worse, and it is feared he may die. The Portland Orgonian entered, upon its 44th year yesterday, , Mrs, J. Breeden is visiting friends ij Pendleton, We are requested to announce that there will be no dance in Armory hall next Monday night. Mr Black, the coal dealer weighs on an avorage about fifteen wagon loads of rock which is being used in the -Mormon tabcrnaele. The average load weighs about six thousand pounds. The teamsters are paid by the pound in atoad of by the perch. The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs f.uther Ward is very low with rpinal me nangitis, and Is not expectat to live. 8TE.VENSON. lo Limp ne Looked aa Thooarh Joel FlHhe.l Frun. the Sen. lie wns lull, thin, apiire Indeed, he 8truek me ns almost fiintnsttcally flp:ire. 1 remember thinking that the atiilitin draft eniiht him like a torn ieuf tlim-hiK tit the end of a briineh. Ills elullies hung nbi.ut him us the elntlicd of u convnleKcent who bus lost ImlU mid weight nfter long fever. Ho hiid on n jneUet of brown velveteen I I'tiiuml swenr to the color, but that de tull :ilw:iys comes back In tho recalled picture a llnnnel shirt, with a loose necktie buu.Iled Into a snllor's knot si)iiii:what fantastical trousers, though no dniilit this effect w;is due In part to their llinp aiiiplltudo about what seemed ruiber the thin green poles fn mlltnr in dnhlla pots thiiu the Icga of a huiniin cretiture, lie wore a straw lint Hint In Its rear rim sungestiHl ferget fulnesa on the pint of Its wearer, who hud nppnnMitly, In sleep or heedless ness, treated lt as a cloth cup. These. however, were details In themselves trivial and were not consciously noted till Inter. The long, narrow face, then almost sallow, with Hoinewlutt Ioiik. loose hair, 'hat draggled from beneath the yellow straw but well over tl-.e earn, along Hie dusky bollowa of tem ple und cheek, was what IniinctlhitclY attracted attention. Hut the extrnor (llnniiness of the Impression was of n in ii who had Just been rescued from the sen or n i lvis. Kxeept for the fuel tlint his clothes did not drip. Hint tl ' long black locks hung limp, but not moist, and that the short vclvctee: o;kt vis rtirr -n ti ItVv ift ilti" tllS It-pM I(IB tf S H- JSJt C.V.I t taken from the water was overwhelm lug. William Shnrp In Pull Mall Mag Deniiinn Thompson rccenlf cciebrni ill the seventieth miniver- ,-y of l.is hlrlh. Klinnr Htiffhnin Is slurring as Sh' lock In the Merchant if Venice." i der iimiiageiiicnt of I'lelcher uinl Sr. nneh. 1'redciic Uruilugtuu. me arlM. e Ristetl In the staging of "John line of the Yellowstone." now at the hiiltan theater. New York. llerr Coin-led nntiouiuva Dec. ".'1 a the date or the production of "I'lii-of il' lit tlio Metniiolltilll Opera House. Nen Yo: U. Ilepelltlolis will be given Dec ill, .Inn. T. II and 1. Itusnrlo Uuerrero, the Spnnlsli puuto inlinlst, nrrlvwl In New York nwnlly on Hie Kulscr Wllheliu der (ir.ws. She will present "Ciiiiueu" In paiitomlnie lit a rrondwny theater. Ada Itehnn has tiled obj.vtlons to the executors" nwounts of the Auuiistln Daly estate. She has ns well sued for the riovery of U.OtK), which she clulins as nrrenra of sulnry. Lev f thai Olmr. An one who carries about a tour leaved clover will be lucky and will have the power of discovering; ghosts or evil spirit. . With It under the pil low the lover may Insure dreams of the beloved one. A fragment In the shoe of a traveler insures a safe Jour ney. Of the five leaved clover It ta de clared that If It be worn on the left side of a maiden's dress or fastened behind the ball door the Christian naino of the first man wbo enters will be the satne aa that of the future hus band. The power of the four leaved shamrock for good Is familiar to all, from I .over's once popular and pretty song, the. speaker In wblcb pictures what ahe would do should abe And the magic plauti I would play the enchanter's put and .cutter bllM around, and not h tear or aching heart should In th t arid bs (ound.- London Globe. , Did mm Urn Promise a. During the civU war there waa one conscription fukir who made thousands of dollars before the authorities re strained him. This rascal would aend letters broadcast, wherein he said be would communicate for S2 a sura menus of escaping the conscription. Letters Inclosing two dollar notea pour ed In on him, and in reply to each let ter he would send a printed slip read ing, "Join the nearest volunteer regi ment." She Waa There. "Mamma." said little Prances, '! dreamed of you last night We were all sitting In the parlor, and you began to seoid me." ' . "What did I say, Frances?" asked mamma; "Why, you ought to know, mamma," replied Frances, with some astonish ment. "You were there." Judge. Preeoelooa la Simta. Bobby Do I have to "go to achool, tiother? Mother Of course, Bobby. Bobby Why. mother, I beard you toll father last night that I knew er ttioly too much. Detroit Free Press. na-are. It Out. ' Jolli When mnj a knothole be said to bo not whole? Polk What are you talking about? Jolk The nnswer ta: When only a 0'irt of the knot Is not Philadelphia THE HALL OF FAME. Tati'lck Mubaney of Derby, Conn., In the course of thirty-two years saved f.",200 on a salary never more than $12 month. Seuator William A. Clark of Mon tuua has determined to harnesa the fumous Shoshone falls of Idaho and put them at work. Austen Chamberlain, new chancellor of the exchequer, Is but forty. Lord ltuudolph Churchill waa three years younger when he assumed the same post. John Butler of Rockland, Mass., though but sixty-five years old. Is the father of thirty-five children, the old est of whom Is forty-five and youngest two years old. Mllllciin Hunt, a Chicago merchant. Is fin Id to bavo received the first train loud of freight sent to Chicago. lie Is eighty-two and received his con signment in 1848. Slgnnrd Ibsen, a sou of Inrlk Ib sen, the Norwegian poet and drama tist, has become chief of the Norwe gian delegation in the council of state, sitting ut Stockholm. Mr. Mnhuta, the Maori king, now a member of the New Zealand legisla tive council, has solemnly taken the teetulnl pledge before commencing bis ctirccr ns a statesman. Uvelyn Wrench or London, who Is responsible for the great craze for the picture post curd, started business Willi a capital of $250 and now Is earning $100,000 a year. Miss Helen Gould, with her broth cr, Frank Jay (iould, will establish a well equipped Young Men'a Christian association in Itichmond, Va., for street railway employees. Miss Florence Tate of Granite City. III., although thirty-four years of age, Is only twenty-four Inches high and weighs thirty-six pounds. Her fa ther wns a soldier In the civil war. Charles Albeit Nichols of South Windham, Me., has bad the uulque honor of being master of ceremonies at four golden weddings, the first be ing that of bis parents nud the others i being friends and neighbors, Wisconsin now has two admirals In the navy. The newest one Is William Henry Whlllng, whose home wns once In Jnnesville. The other la Admiral Cotton, uow commanding the Kuropcau snuailion uud a nutlve of Milwaukee. I Leslie Skinner, recently elected to the ! directorate of tho Ornnd Trunk West ' ern, Is one of the youngest railroad di rectors In the United States. He Is twenty-nine years of age. He la vice president of the leading bank lu Val pm-also, I ml., In wblcb he began his eareer as clerk. What relt Oat. "The next time my wife asks me to bring hoiue a fimhloii paper," growled the Imhlhendcd man. "I'll tie it up tight before 1 leuve the utUce. "I've been ninrrled twenty years, but everybody takes me for a bachelor. That's where the rub cornea In about this fashion pnper. My wife asked me to bring one homo last night, and I bought the thing nt a news stand on the I. station. Of course I didn't look nt It. When 1 reached my station I had to walk the whole length of the car to get out. and Just before I reached Hie door n boy enme after me, touched me on the anil and handed to Uie a big sheet of white palter all marked over with Muck Hues. j " 'I hi-g your pardon,' be said, 'but yotl ilnppi'd this.' I 'Then everybody In tbe car laughed. The thing waa luliel.xl 'Mother's friend,' and it wns one of those paper pattern, for things to go over corasts." New i York Press. muum It c. When Be bom berg Kerr, tte devoted English missionary, waa In India, be vary much wanted a pony. But that waa the need of all the other English wbo wore uot old residents. Lord Illpon mod his stuff had arrived, and the gen eral cry was: "Where are we to get poulea?" "Oh. thafa easily done," said an Eng lishman who kuew the ropes. "Next Saturday there's to be an auction sals of thirty of the best ponlea lu India. Till then you can ride them and try them." Bcboiuberg Kerr' tried several and eventually fixed a covetous eye on two. Tommy and Bill, which he determined to buy. Saturday came, and the auction was well attended. In due course of time Tommy waa put up, and the missionary bid 200 rupees. "Two hundred and fifty," said the auctioneer. "Two hundred and seventy-five!" "Three hundred!" - - These were extravagant prices, bul the bidding went on amid great excite ment The missionary reached BOO ru pees, which he bad resolved should be but limit, and Tommy waa knocked down at 625. "Who la the buyer?" asked Kerr. ' The Marquis of Itlpon," Bit Id the auctioneer. "Ilia excellency had or dered Tommy to be bought for you at any price." Youth's Companion. Merclfal Escapes. Punch publishes these "merciful es capes:" In a recent account of election proceedings in wblcb a candidate waa pelted with dirt, mud thrown In the face of his wife, and his daughter struck with a stick, a dally paper rir marked that "the police bud (lilllcnlrj in preventing a breach of the peace." A correspondent sends a brief account of various other episodes. In e:.ch ol wblcb by an equally narrow margin a contretemps was similarly nvoldcd "The extensive premises of ' MoKrs Blank & Co., oil and tallow merchants, were completely gutted by fire lcsl night, all fire stories being nlilnze at once. It needed all the efforts cf the lo cal brigade to forestall what prouiJs;i? to be a conflagration." "A motor car. proceeding along tbe High street the other evening, took fright, It Is sv posed, nt a constuble on duty am) ix ploded, blowing the occupants in va rious directions over the adjoining buildings. Tbe policeman Is to be con gratulated uon averting wbat might have- been a serious accident." Oar Aalmala. A dish of fresh water la a constant necessity where there Is a dog or n cat, oven though they never appeur to touch It Offering them water now mid tb doesn't answer nt n Those who suppose a cat rontiircs only meat and milk should offer it. u bit of nicely cooked vegetable, esp; -dally as paragus. corn, green beans -; potato. It Is criminal to keep caged nets un less one Is sure to remcmher their needs, not wheu one "thinks of It," but constantly. The man wbo has no tender feelings for his horse should remember that this faithful servant will last longer and serve better while be does lust it be receive consistent treatment. JUST SHOES That's all. We sell Shoe, and leave milli nery, hardware and uiouseliaps for other people (o sell, Shoes absorb cur uttentior Our ftot'k is is fresh and always up-to-date. C. W. PRESTON Shoe Specialist, Depot St. Odd ends in Porcelain und Cbna at Half Price A O Piece 40 Set for The price talks for its self. Jt We Invito your inspection. Ei her making of JOHNSON BROS, ware none better. LARGE SIZE SETS IN PROPORTION THE GOLDEN RULE Co. Oailand A Mew. Pattern" Any (lie let or part cf ret HANDLING A HUSBAND. Tnke mishaps merrilr. Men like wo men with a sense of humor. Bvwuro of oversweetness. A little acid Is good for the constitution. Let blm alono when he wants to be let alone. Boredom is death to love. ' You will differ on many things, but OtM't dispute them; agree to disagree. Be unselfish, even if be isn't It's the only way, you can be blameless yourself. Opposltcs attract Keep your own eplce of Individuality, but dan't let It stoop to aggressiveness. Never try for effect The average ef fect la either to distress him beyond measure or to muke him mad. Jlve blm plenty of rope. He may love you ever so much, but be doesn't like to feel the pull of apron strings. Don't liunglue thut love makes up all of ills lire. It Is only one side of lt Kut make It the best ana brightest Bide. If he forgets bis appointment and ar-nli'les. don't pout Treat It as a Joke, nud he will love you ten times more, I'ca't cling to blm too tightly. "Even tin nngrl may bo tiresome when one can never get out of the shadow of Its wings," sjij-s a wise person. Cloves. "Cloves," snlo a physician, "make an excellent and haiuly remedy for nuu sea. for the l;c:nl.u.-lie due lo train rides uud for sll-.hi uUit.-kM of seasickness I wrtit uhrimd hist year, and on the ho.it i In- l -i .'ny o-.ii I la-gun to fl tbe np!r::i l.c of stuslekness. 1 took u eln.-e ev -: tr.ier nil the rest of the d:y. r.ii.l t,.v n-MuIght the uttnek hud left ::u, ft i.tt it did not return again. M.v .v.fe :h iniicli given to Indigestion. pnrlN'iiinrly when "he eats pastry, but experl. nee ' bus taught her that she limy now eat pustry with Impunity provided that she swallows a clove now and then for several hours after lbs meal." Tber lla.ln't Itan, Bat A young couple rallied Into tbe city hull the other day and breathlessly an nounced that they wished to get mar ried. The alderman eyed - the nervous bridegroom elect and said severely. "I'm afraid this Is a runaway match." "Well, your honor, I can't exactly suy we run, but we walked pretty smart" wns the prompt reply. New York News. Not a Charaeterlstle. "That was your wife with you at the railway statlou, wasn't It?" "Wbat mukes you think she wns my Wife?" "Well, she gave you such a short an iwer." "That wasn't my wife." Cleveland Plain Dealer. " is" sic crum my ward. . Lady Elizabeth Howard, permit me to introduce to you the Marquis de liichoiuoitt." "I am charmed to have the pleasure of meeting the mnrquls," responded the girl, smiling and courtesying deep ly., SOMMER HOUSE F. E. Ramsey Portland I. . C Martin - do II. R. Brill do P. N. Towbridge do L. Garigus Jr do F. A. Peter do M. K Bohold Sail Francisco D. A. McFarlaml Elgin I.Biuewanger Chicago W. W. Klny do O.T.Stewart Denver P. H. Miller , Seattle W. D. Hall Portland H. B. Smith do . A. Caro San Francisco .1. S. Thnlwad do T. J. Gentninn Portland P WM. GRANT AGENT Equitable Savings & Loan Association Easy Paying Loans and Monthly Installments Fire and Accident Insurance Written In Safe and Reliable Companies. City Property for Sale COTTAGE SET SifiCji? 48 Set Tr 1008-1010 1012 -ADAMS AVE. oor- i. f Thackeray-thai reoreaentlnar , ... ,,. tha Illus- the noveiisrs '" 1(jrA trnted London News of Oct 13. 1BT Tr lusriuun uu.w cluSi tU'Iiaf rwhue myeelf ld"-' cnuw' . . .ii.. ilka worn Canary foa; t- . To M an rl ot a bMomlus huur Gives wisdom, heullh and wealth, IS buoks wo fial; To May no late and sli-P ...all tha Hrwk In ttSSi "it's nlce to .pries rbrht out At I o'clock, but as for m It ato tl If any foollBh bird thliiWa he cn St . By early rising an mo '- " -- . Be lacks the wisdom prianlm'4 him. for Areuiwuy. worms enough oo earth for an. . . ...I. nf llfil. Don't worry; mars me pri.im. Health, wealth and wisdom come In Km?, youll find, ,,. But It you fret to death for them yoi. II Tho keynote of content-lhafs peace ol -Baltimore Newa Obeylna limtruellons. "Come, come. Mabel. Don't turn around to look at everybody we meet" "Why, mamma, you know papa Is always telling me to cultlvnto my fac ulties of observation." New York CVQIliRff Geddes Bros. Wliy are Gediles Bros, kept no busy? Why do they sua) the beat goods at the lowest prices . Preferred St'k Tomatoes 3 for 50c Preferred StockCorn 3 for 60c Preferred Stock Salmon :i for 60c Preferred Stodk Peas 3 fof flllc Preferred Stock Ilea ns 3 (or 60o Don't pay other un cers J0 cents a can for any of these good.. Standard tomatoes, corn,- beans peai, etc., -i for So cents. They have the best butter made in the va'ley, and thoir creamery butter has no eijuul hero. Try it and fee. Dill pickles, Heinze's mince meat, Swift's pickle - pig feet, premium hems, loose olives. Everything tasty, nice and cheap lelrphon 4t)l Geddes Bros. fo close out Shamrock rnlleins sjenii-Porccliiiu 25 Per. cent oU "''' of llviand Herman China. . nn Ml Mnile UrU .nrW.BVa ,. 1 AXJVA trt ii nm ' . '"' w ": -rr ..,..,.,..t.,,....,r r. rs'-T VltntM-l " euipcU lu tbrt "ywfrWisi