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BICYCLES
The season is on for bicycle and if you wish
to rW in the lead, get a
Crescent or , Rugby Wheel
Step in and we will show you how they are
built If your lawn needs sprinkling, we have
cotton or rubber hose that will give you perfect
satisfaction. Our ball-bearing lawn mowers
lead them all for easy running and durability.
MRS. X N. MURPHY
Shovels, Spades, Hardware
HOUSE CLEANING
Tim is here and you will probably have some
things you will want to sell. If so call up phone 1581
and we will call and pay you the cash for your goods.
Also if you want to buy we can give you bargains on
anything we have.
We also have some choice city property for sale at
bargain day prices. Terms to suit purobaser. -
The La, Grande Pawnbrokers
Corner Fir and Adams
TURKESTAN
ALFALFA;
The Dry Land Alfalfa grows without irri
:. gation. . ;
BROME GRASS
Red Clover, Alfa.fa and all kinds of
Garden Seed in bulk
Seed Wheat, Baled
Barley, Oatv Etc'
The oil ly Seed House in
Union County.
A. V.
JEFFERSON AVE.
Oliver
Phone 1571
& We Offer Good Shoes
lianan Shoes.
!k-nver Shoes
rawing
thev are Hood.
$3.50 to $7-50.
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A FEW OBSERVATION!
BY OUR, REPORTERS
April showers brinjr Mar flowers .
Mr and Mrt J K Romig ft re la Bauer
City,
Mra T P Fatty was In Union yester
day on business,
' D U Steward waa a guest at the Hit
Lake yoaterday. '
C. w Ruckmsn la visiting in Pendle
ton (or a few daya.
Bead the new ad cbangea in thli
morning! Observer.
. The ulty council expect to select the
aite (or tbe city ball to day.
Mra T T Glenn of Bummervllle waa
In tbe citv trading yesterday. '
Jewlerer Jaa R 8ruith wbo baa been
quite sick (or several days ta improving.
Baker City baa a diptherla scare on
at present according to tbe Herald. '
Mra W W Berry will entertain the
Kafl'ee . Klaicb this attrrnoon at lier
borne. . . , '-. " ' ", '
M las Victoria Duryea, one c( the ac
commodating central girls is quite. Ill at
her borne. . - '.
The Elks give a social Saturday evening
Summer Robes
Jaok Cbilds the harness man yes
terday received a large invoice of
summer robes wblob be invites tbe
publio to call and examine. He is
oertain tbat a better assortment was
uer shown in this city before. He
is also equally certain tbat tbe prices
wil' please equally as well as tbe
style and quality. He would alto be
pleased to snow you bis now line cf
light buggy harness whiob hs just
arrived. All styles and kinds. Botit
thing new and stylish in whips. . Call
at tbe store on Adams aveuae and see
what be baa to offer.
Continued from first page.
tbe sale of said tor ds shall be pr.ld Into
the Treasury of the City of La arande
and shall be kept and set apart by the
City Treasurer into a sepera'e fund
which shall be known and designated as
"City Hall Fund" and no bonds shall
to which all E)ks,.tbeir wlvus and sweet be deliveied except upon such payment.
hearts are Invited. . .- I That w hen the iroceeds of the sale of
The Invutions are out announcing the ! the bonds by this Ordinance authorized
wedding May 3. of Mr, John Dordan,
and Mies Hasel Eldridge.". :. -.
' The whist' club will be entertained
this afternoon by Mesdames Sargent and
Ormond at tbe formers borne.
Street cominisBiouer Earl Jones wbo
has been at tbe Hot Lake several weeks
has returned much . improved in health.
Editor A R:' Tuttle of tbe Elgin
Recorder wob In the city yesterday and
favored thiB office with a pleasant call
' W. J. DUhman, manager of the G. M
A S. Co. at Elgin staed over night in
thA.city and will leave.tbis morning for
Baker City,
"' G. 8. Craig, a well known farmer and
stockman of Wallowa county, arrived
from walla walla and will leave for
home this morning,
0. Ralston arrived home from Port
land, lBBt night where he baa been
attending tbe democratic state convent
ion as a delegate. -Recorder
i! tiler's court will be oc
cupied this morning at 10 o'clock in the
oase of Frank lluffmier wbo is charged
witb the theft of a saw.
' County Judge Harrison was over yes
terday inspecting tbe Froeletel bridge
Tbis bridge is in much more danger of
beihg carried out, than many realise '
Mies Nellie Grace of Cove who hat
just' closed 11)03-1 term uf school in
Vale iKwns a summer term near Rock
vilie Idaho in Malheur, connty Oregon.
- A call for a mooting of the republican
oounty central committee has been is
sued for the 29th of this month to be
held In this city at the offlee of secre
tary W B Sargent.
F F Chlldera and family arrived in
tbo city yesterday frnm Elgin where
he harr been in business for tbe past
year. They will make La Grande thei
home from this tfma on,
J. T. Mason a merchnct of Enter
priae, arrived in the city last night from
Walla Walla, where ho underwent a
surgiral operation. He will leave on
the Elgin train for home this morning'
The Observer throuch the kindness ol
Senator Fulton lias received a sack of
garden seeds from the Argtiuitltural de
partment which we will distribute to
all applying to the oOice as long as they
laat.
The city is up agaimt a question
which it must meet and that right early
It is the side walk question. In many
Instances our sidewalks are Dot only a
disgrace, but a menace to pedestriacs
A gentleman came into tills ol)'ii-e Inst
evening and exhibited a badly skined
shin which was caused by stepping into
a hole in tbe sidewalk. This accident,
thouuh comparatively insignificant, goes
to show what might happen in the way
of a more serious accident that might
involve the city In an expensive law buIi
to be issued end negotiated shall have
been paid into the hands of tbe City
Treasurer of the city he shall hold tbe
same for tbe purpose for which said
bonds werefsfcaed and tbe same shall
not be used for any other purpose.
Section Nine: Tbat this Ordinance
shall bo published iu the La Grande
Morning Observer for one isBue then of
and shail be in full lorce and take effect
from and alter the 25ih day of Apiil A D
1904. ' - "
Passed by the council of the City of
La Grande Oregon on tbe 18th day ol
April A D 1904 by six members voting
therefor.
Approved April 19th 1904.
; J. E FOLEi",
Mayor City of La Grande
Attest: WM. MILLER, Recorder of
the City of. La Grande, Union County,
Oregon,
WHEN YOU WANT RUBBER
STAMPS REMEMBER ME.
I manufacture every style on any
mounting and carry a complete slock
of Padn, Ink, Backs, Daters, Rubber
Type, etc. 8esl, Su-ncils, Trade
Check, Door Plates, Postal Scales.
Write me' what jou wsnt. I can
please you by return mail Eveiy
stamp requirement supplied.
WESLEY ANDREWS, Bskcr City.
TO RENT Barn centrally located. See
Ja. cbilds.
Central Church of Christ
Opposite Sommer House.
OPEN EVERY DAY
Pastor's Office Houtr 1 to 2:30
Free . Reading Room open from
noou until 9 p ra. Men aud
'-. boys invited v.
Bible school Sunday 10 a-tn
Preaching Sunday 11am and
7:30 p m..
Prayer Meeting Wednesday- at
,7:30 p m.
WOOD WOOD
The best in the city, , .va' .pilot.
COAL
FINE'LUMP.
The World's Fair Route
Those anticipating an Eastern trip, or
a visit to the Louisiana Purchase expo
sition at St. Louis, cannot afford to
overlook the advantages offered by the
Missouri Pacific Railway, which, on
account of its various routes and gate
ways, baa been appropriately named
'The World's Fair Route."
Passengers from the. Northwest take
the Mi&sorjai racirio trains from Den
ver or Pueblo witb the choice of either
going direct through the Kansas City,
via Wichita, Fort Scott aud Pleasant
Hill. ,
Two trains- dally from Denver and
Pueblo to St. Lonis without change,
carrying all classes of modern equip
ment, including electric lighted obser
vation parlor cafe dining cars. Ten
daily trains between Kansas City and
St Louis.
Write, or call on W. O. McBrlde,
General Agent, 124 Third at, Portland
for detailed Information and illustrated
literature. .. "' .tf.
OS-TE-OP-A-THY
It would be an unqualiQid boon to
health if the use of uo poison in the
Pharmacopoeia had ever been dia
oo voted.
How many prominent lawyers,
ministers, educators, and platform
lecturers the past year have been forc
ed to give up all work to curse dep
leted nervous system. A littlo
eration mixed with Osteopathy
life preserver for brain workers-
mod
is a
SOMMER HOUSE
B I)wls Portland
A B Collins
R Nyor S F
Mrs M Phy Hot Lake
a N Smith Portland
M Harman chinago
A R Tuttle Elgin
John A Hunter New York
R K Oakes and wife Portland
Thos A Purdy
John A Wilbur Union
Mrs Raines Walla Walla
Cleaning Time
Does your alley or yor 1 need & an-
lngf Have you any old rubbish that
needs to be taken away? II so, ring np
phone 1231, and you can -get thi gar
bage wagon.
8-18-1 18
LOST A ladles black macintosh cape.
Yellowish brown color lined with red
white and blue chck. Was lost some
where bettfeen La Grande and Ladd
Canyon school house. Finder please
leave at tbis ollice. 4-16tf
FOR RENT Office rooms for rent.
Inquire at Lewis P intery. 4 20lf
NOTICE
Having disposed of my grocery bus
ness, I would like all those who are in
debted to me, to.'pleaso; call and settle,
either by caBh or note. My books are
at O L Thorn's grocery store on Fir
street, where settlement can be maile,
Tf OE FOWLER
It s n tho cooking tbnt makes most
of Hip dirtVren'-t- he Aern a i;nod n-.nal
and a poor one. Th best food will he
spoiled by poor t onfeing. We are to pm
dent ' to waste gnral- v'ctuals by p"0
cookl e. Tbe p-ilmrisof our us'ntmuit
are vcrr imrlii n nr pwip'e. If our dishes
were not pr--pn lymnk-il we would lose
the T'ctuaU ii' il ihi'rtatrnnsKe as well:
So you nan ahvaya be si.re of. v first
c.assmeil here. We lannot r.fford to
eeiveiuiy other Hud.
MODEL
RESTAUR ANT
J. A. AHBUCKLE, Prop.
OPES;OAY AND NIGHT
Wp sell weekly Meal . .
Tickets, Cash $4-50
WE ARE IT!
For Shoes.
Other stores mav beat us selling tin
psns and dry goods but they can't
touob us on shies We've been eat
ing, drinking , breathing and living
shoes for so many years that we can't
belp beat the business
C. W. PRESTON,
Shoe Specialist, DEPOT STREET
I Handsome Men -
Should proleot their
beauty by seeing that
limy huve only
COMPETENT BARBERS
To sh uve them. We
will protect your face.
Evans & Fitzgerald
Anything in the
HAY and GRAIN line
Call at our store
Slater building, or phono 1801.
GRANDE RONDE CASH COMPANY.
Free delivery 'Phone Main 1801 ' Wholesale and Retail
THE L API K'S STORK
We have jusi received 11 thipineiil of tiie !iieet m.d
beet shoes on the market and cmi lit yon perfectly.
Wo can give you tlm best pair of shr.og
least money that you can buy anywhere.
for
the.
Come in and buy ope of . our latest tuilor made .'
suiis, a Krippeudorf Dilitnan shoe, tin up-to-date..:
belt and be happy. , .,t.
We are receiving new
our line cc mplele.
fi' oils dnily, which makes
La Grande Mercantile Co., :
' Phone lOOi
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LA GRANDE. - - OREGON
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How Can I Cure AVy
INDIGESTION?
THIS IS A QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN
ASKED TIMEAND AGAIN BY HUNDREDS
yes, thousands and tens of thousands of people
There is but one way to do this; namely, relieve
the Stomach of its nervous strain rest - it; and
at the same time Astist the Stomach and Diges
tive Orgaus in Digesting and A9simulating
Sufficient Food to Rebuild the Tissues Support
ing -the Organs Invoiced. There is but one
remedy that will do this, and tlmt remedy is
KODOL DYSPEPSIA CURE. If you want lo
know more about Kodol, come in and
WE WILL TELL YOU
A. T.. HILL,
Prescription Druggist La Grande, Ore
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First-CIass JOB WORK at the OBSERVER
Latest in Belts
Latest in PURSES and HANI) BAGS. Wast in
STICK PINS. A new and stylish lineol Pattern hats
E. M. Wellman & Co.
Pasture
Anyone having cows to put in a pas
ture call on Louis Baruanl Old Town,
or phone Q W SiUe 1-274. Terms tl 7S
We Have Not Said Much About It, But f
We Have Ladies Trimmed Hats Too
The Very Latest Direct From New York,
The City That Sets the Pace in Fashions.
THE GOLDEN RULE COMPANY
1308-1310-1312, ADAMS AVENUE, LA GRANDE.
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