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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1904)
iUoTaJi aaaaDDOODoaonDoanooDDD SWE ARE: .' Receiving our new Woolens g and Sprihg Patterns, Call and a look them over. Top Coats from $18 to $45 Suits from $18 to $38 a a 41 a a a a RUNAWAY TEAM Boss & Andrews, TAILORS AND GENTS FU GS. a a d a a a a a a a o a h h hhhbbbbh j hwumt iFi 1 - . El Make your fowls lay when eggs bring top prices. We carry standard goods whose met it has been tested for years INTERNATIONAL POULTRY, FOOD Oyster Shell Clam Shell Ground Bone Bone Meal Flour, Feed and Hay PROMPT, DELIVERY A.. "V. Oliver JEFFERSON AVE. Phone 1571 Earnst Lewis has an Ex citing Runaway Last Evening Causing Damage of $150 A bad runaway occurred from the residence of H P Lewis in Old Towu laet evening. Earnest Lewis bad just returned from a trip down town. bar-. iug driven the big brown team belong' ing to Preas Lewi. He opened the bain Jot gate and allowed the team to oasg through alone. About this time the horses concluded tbey bad not had sufficient exercise and refused to obey 'the command "Whbal" They ran through the lot, tore the end out of the buggy abed, left a wheel behind and eoattered a crop of boards through the orchard. Evidently there will be a short crop of poaches and pears un some of the trees as a result of coming in oontaot with the wagon. The north end of the house was struck, leaving cue ooruei lit good shape to he used as a ventilator. Tbey finished up on the corner of First street and Jetlersou Ave., with or.o wheel, one single t-ee and one tug book. The balance was scattered along the route taken by the runaways. The horses were . somewhat injured, one being quite severely hurt. ; Press Lewis, the owner ot the out lit, estimates the damage at $150 or more. Earnest Lewis, the driver, es caped unhurt. Battenburg Patterns Etc. It will please tin admirers of the hes'itiful Battonburg and lovers of the fund n a ting work to loam that a large line of new Battenburg patterns, braids, buttons and thread have ar rived aud are uow ou display at ''The air." A FEW OBSERVATIONS BY OUR REPORTERS Arch Bishop Christie baa 'issued 'cer tain Initructloosunnoundng that Lent begins February 17tb --. A B Thompson and family leaves this ujornlng tor Echo, where tbey will make their future home, ' Mrs Holmes, stenographer In the land office, underwent an operation Id Port land a few days ago and It will be pos sibly three weeks before she mar return The trouble was caused by an stress In one of her ears, - Mrs F Conley, el Cove, was poisoned a few days ago by ea'lng canned toma toes. . At least that is the' suspected cause. As a result she has been quit sick, but la now improving and is not thought to be in any danger. . The American Navy stands fifth on the worlds listr Drand Mrs Tape of Hot Lake who are in San Diago, for Mrs Tape's health, are expected home the latter part of March. . - :-:;' ... Leo the thirteen year old son of Mr Mrs J H Keown, of Elgin died Friday of appendictls. C, J. McLAlN, President1 B. D. CKOWB, Sac. & Trea Tb nembers of Co. L. O. N. O. will give a Leap Year ball next Monday night at Armory hall. This will be real ladies affair. Extra gentlemen will be charged an admission fee of twenty five cents.' Tickets Including gentlemen will be fifty cents. Do not fail to at tend. : . . " Nelt Hanson an employ at the O E & N shopawas so unfortunate as to be the vec'tira of quite a severe accident a night or two ago, In which his knee was quit. badly mashed. The accident v. ill prob ably lay Mr Hansen up for some days rij. t - 1 1 f ,i . - f tained by Mr Hansen within a few months. . Tbe Japanese in Han Francisco are en deavoring to raise (&,000,000 to aid their ' country In the Russo-Japanese war,and Portland Japs are trying to raise (10,000. Albert Rasor, who was injured by Ben F Roea near Elgin a few wcoka ago is improving and ia now on his way to recovery. .- '. - Tbia is Bt Valentines day, the day that "the birds, the bears and the hearts go in pairs.,. GRAND R0NDE CASH Co. ! (Incorporated. FARM MACHINERY. FEED OF ALL KINDS, WOOD and COAL Two car loads of best coal ever brought C 7 25 to the city. We sell it Delivered for r Sixteen-inch Wood delivered, $5.00 WHERE OLD HATS GO, Clerk TU. f Uslqae Scheme Fas ' MAkiuar cisrar af on7. , "Needn't send that old bat borne,' said the customer as be placed the new ly purchased derby on bis bead. "It's too shiny around the edges, and It would just take up room In the closet." The customer walked out of the store and the clerk turned to a friend. "That meunB cigar money for me," be said, "and I smoke good cigars at that. In most stores It wouldn't do me very iMa'.iiiriMU Paper Is Cheaper Than Coal and Looks Better. In other words if your walls are well papered jour fuel bill will be nduced. "We do proper Paper Hanging at drioes you can afford to pay, HARRIS & PRICE Paiutere, Paper Hangers and Decorators. A. 0. HARRIS, Phone 1560, J.M. PRICE, Phone 1491 MR HANNA BETTER His General Conditon Is Encourageing, and there is a Chance for His Recovery Washington, Fob. 13. At 0 thi morning Mr. llannu ia sleeping peace fully. nnd apparently there has been no change in his condition since 2 this morning. His general condition is vastly more onc.oiiraging than yesterday, the chanc es for dissolution being many fold re duced. Washington, Fob. 14. 1 a. m. Mr. Hanna's condition has wonderfully im proved since yesterday afternoon and his recovery Is now assured. mm CREAM WANTED Farmers, bring your creain to us and we will pay the very highest market price for it. At thejpresent price of butter it will pay you fur better to sell the cream than to churn it. We are igents for the famous DE LAVEL separator. The beat made. COVE CREAMERY COMPANY E. O. Harper, Mgr. Headquarters at Hill & Allen's, La Grande. isssgg mm m m m m 1 m . m Money to Give Away FRESH SNAPS. LoaV at some of the bargains, goods the same as we buy them. 18x20 picture frame and glass Trunk ' Carpenters tool chest " 80-30 Winchester " " 135 Bedroom set " " , Coal neater Cooks outfit of kitchen .11 prices. Crockery, u your own price. tool 8 chen Haidwure Wo are soiling 1 20 2.50 4.00 7.50 12.00 600 i. Conk stoves and Jewel))' Gamblers Fined. Pendleton, Feb. 13 Pv. Oknt t the crusade started yesterday i ftaraoon by the district attorney, all of those arrest de for gambling were arraigned this afternoon at 2 o'clock before Judge El lis of the circuit court and entered their pleas. All but two of the men pleaded guilty and waived time for sentence. All much zood. na all the discarded hnta thOBe who have never been before the arc given to the drivers of the delivery court on a similar charge were fined $50 wagons. But here the bouse allows tbe and the others (76. Those pleading not clerks to have tbe bats, and as result gnilty were placed under $150 bonds. we make a little extra money. About - once a week the bushelman comes """"" around to the store looking for old hnta, and when I give him all I hare collect ed he puys on an average of IS cents apiece for them. . "After tbe bushelman baa made bis rounds he takes the hats to a shop on South street, and there they arc taken apart. The silk ribbons nnd bands and sweatbands ure removed und the but given a thorough cleaning and new ma tcrlal and trimmings put on. When it is all fixed up It Is extremely difficult to tell it from a new hat, and In many cases It will sell for as high us $2. When you can buy a bat for 15 cents, . clean It for about 6 cents, put 25 cents' worth of lentber and ribbon on It aud sell It for a dollar or more, you ser where tbe profit comes In, don't you?" I Philadelphia Press. i Camel CarrlMffea. ! Camel carriages are not common conveyances In most parts of India, r:i::.v:.VAi:::!:aMV:v.','i-: x:'.-.7V.-.-..----.Vf--.Ti3V' ML:?.::.-:.:v.Jl STRICT ATTENTION is given to orders and there are no vex atious delays due to misundersandings. Each patron gets preolsely what ho calls but on the great trunk road leading to for nnd as far as possible all little indi- FOU RE I N 7 room cottage, centerally looated with barn, for particulars call at Land 11 11) oo. Relief Oonference Conference of the relief society of Union Stake will oonvene at the Mor mon Cburoli Thursday mornicg Feb. 18, at 10 o'clock a. m. All are cor- lially invited to attend. By order of Stake Board Maky E. Bciiofikld, P.-p. Mamk I'idcock, Hto. Delhi they are frequently to be seen. They are lartie. double story wagous, drawn sometimes by one, sometimes by two or even three camels, accord ing to their size. Iron bars which give them a cagellke appearance were orig inally Intended as a defense against robbers, nnd the carts were probably also used for the conveyance of pris oners. "The most picturesque 'proper ty' of the Punjab government," says John Lockwood Dlpllng, "Is a huge chnr-a-banc to which la harnessed a team of four or six fine camels with leopard skin housings and gayly at tired riders." Neither camel nor bul lock carts commend themselves much to the western traveler, but In out of the way phicea tbe latter are often found virv iiHpfnl. virtual tastes are considered There is no better popular priced res taurant within many miles' The food Is excellent and well prepared and is put before the guest in an appetizing way. OPEN DAY AND NIUHT We sell weekly Meal t . -n Tickets, Cash $4-50 MODEL RESTAURANT Adams Ave. La Grande, Ore HOME GROWN Healthy Apple Trees In Variety, Thiilt and Prices. I can furnish largo or small orders of Apples in nny variety, also shrubs, uines, weeping trees aud small fruit3 Carolina Poplars, Black Locust, Syca more, Mulbury, Catalpa, Linden, Maple, Larch, Birch, Elm, Ash, Privet and roses in any variety. Write for prices to Con. Plant, Box 604, LaQrande, Ore. VM. GILPINS' GREEN-HOUSE 'Phone 1101 i m m a 9 Our present supply of Brand is extra ; heavy Shorts and Brand. iwe do all our own milling and can furnish the trade j with chopped or rolled feed in quanties to suit. ; Get our prices, , OATS EXTRA FINE WHITE $1.10 cwt. We own our building and mill and are in a position to ! i 4 meet competition and will do it. GRAND ROUND CASH COMPANY. i Free delivery 'Phone Main 1801 Wholesale and Retail JUST.SHOES That's all. VVe sell Shoe, ami leave milli ery, hardwure nnd mousetiaps tor other people to ft 11, Shoes absorb our attention Our stock is is fresb and always up-to-date. C. W. PRirSTON Sboe Specialist, Depot St. Gcddcs Bros. Why are (Jeddes Bros, kept eo busy? Why do they sell the best goods at the lowest prices . Preferred St'k Tomatoes 3 for 50c Preferred Stock Corn 8 for 50c Preferred Stork Salmon 3 for 60c Preferred Stodk Peas 8 lof 50c Preferred Stock Beans 3 lor 50o Don't pay other gn cors 20 cents a can for any of theBe goods. Standard tomatoes, corn, beane pea4, etc., 2 for 23 rents. They have the best butter made In the va'ley, aud their creamery butter has no equal here. Try it and see. Dill pit'klea, Heinze's niincc meat, Swift's pickle pig feet, premium hams, loose uilves. Everything tasty, nice and cheap ' Teli'plion 4431 Geddes Bros. BaBHttaaiBBaiiiiaH WHITE ROSE I FLOUR Jrn.illed with the idea of pleasing every dealer's high olass trade-customers who appreciate quality. The name of the Pioneer Flouring Mill Co. guarantees re liability and highest grade in every sack of flou bearing the White Rose brand. Poneer Flouring Mill Co. BflBBHIEIBBBillBgQ UNION COUNTY TEACHERS PASS TEACHERS EXAMINATION Only Three out of a List of Seventeen Failed to Secure Certificates. oney to & oan ftri-SChe La Grande Pawnbrokers N!S!iii . - in- ,rl Adams. only intw vxinici .. .. ,pt.-. t5oi 1hbJ-- 1 V omC t 'I hi ..llowiug applicants were gteiia May field da Hi I .a tne leaouer examination held in Union Ftb. 10-il- 12lll. First Orado Mrs. Nura Webb iJuion Krel Palmer Snmmerville Wallet KeiRiison La Grande Mrs. Maud Cliilder Aliuel k. A. Wilkerson La Grande Second Grado Mary A Harris LaGiando E gin Mary Gibbirts Union Third Grade Alice Hensen La Grar de Grace Kinsey La Grande E. A Kilpatnok La Grand Vesta Johnson 8ummervili( Francis Herritage fsummervilli' Primary Ceiliflcate Josephine Twarling, Mollie Puirie .las and Hector Mc Donald left last evening for Kansas for the purpose ot purchasing a nnni'iir ot thoroughbred Clydesdale stallions They expect to lie gono about two weeks. Mr and Mrs B K Sparrows are visiting In Pendleton. Lent begins next Vi ilnetilay. SOMMER HOUSE O E Harper Union J C Hewesy F.lgin Mr and Mrs Buchanan Elgin A K King Portland It I, Mc Comlie do M C Smith F D V Jennlnus Boise Guber Green Porllaod A II Witbnor do 90 PER CENT RISSELLS 9Q This statement made by the Manufacturers of the Bissell Carpet Sweeper. They make ninety per cent of all the Carpet Sweepers used in the whole world. If this be true they must be right. Grand Rapid nickle trimed " " $3.00 Standard " $2.75 Japan Frame $2.50 We Have Thcml Crown Jewel nickle trimed " " $2 75 Japan frame $2.50 Ideal, nickel tr $3.25 We have a complete line of the American Wringer Companys Clothes Wriueers Kevntnne 1-nll rinnrmrr rnnA r-..,., i'i r- it . . . S - - & ..iiiuc nc vnaiienge wooil frame 12,00 Crcsent Household, wood frnme $2 60 it irtin fr..,n . rn r. :..... i..i,i ' '0 i nun. u i'iic'1'enniic J.i.t'U. THE rM rvcrvf nitic rr llll- UULULI KULC U. I OX III) AJ. A... II, -S" S3 a a a v" AUdlllS MVC .2 i3m J v flw;-1 ''', jtuige- inn ru yoor cvipannnT