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ELECTRIC FIXTURES
All who arc building new .r ' rebuildiug their
home?, can ''"Tfc finish their parlors, dining k..-ji
balls eto wiili Ho 0 light Eleetolere, at a rent u
" able price, us we are iu tjusitiou to uuJersell uny
fixture io the Inland Empire. .
We huve at our office a complete stock or assorted
styles o ceiling and wall fixtures of beautiful de
signs and finish. Also Shades of rll designs.
We cordially invite the public to inspect our
stock even il you are not ready to buy.' Office
open from 7 a in to 8:30 p m.
' La Grande Light and Power Co.
I Get The Habit I
t
W - Of trading at the Nebraska Grocery Store and you T
cannot break yourself of it. Our goods are always 2
f the best, our prices are the lowest and our stock is 7
complete. X
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3T Reir!iC .having the largest stock of I' Preferred"
DvMUta cauned goods, Allen : & Lewis special ;
$ brand on all their leading lines.' We. have just re- J
ceived a new and complete, line of Men's and Women's . J
'und.Shiea which we invite you to iuspect. ' ' X
f.C.CRAL-SXON; S
NEBRASKA GROCERY STORE
& Oor. Fir and Jefforsun Sts. J
tv"1"
A3U YtHil Grocer
The Most Stylish and Most
jjModem
Fall
Millinerv
AtPrioes Far Below Any
1 Previous Offer
Now on Exhibition
Mrs. J. R. Forrest, j
Mneonio buldingon Adams avenue. j
THE BARGAIN STORE
An elegeut assortment of
TAILORED HATS
And another lot of those new and stylish ca
just received
PS Bring your heads and have them fitted.
E M Wcllman & co
dams Avenue.
Covernor Promises
Enterprise, Ore, Sept. 40 The man
agement ol the Wallowa county lair,
wfaioh opens bera next week bare to
oared a promise from Governor George
E Chamberlain that he will be Ipreaent
Monday tbe opeuing day and will de
liver an address.
General News
ment of the fair and it will oome off on
eohedale time u advertised, Ootober
3rd to tttb. loelurlv. Tbe prospecli
re good for one of the beat attend
ances in tbe etate at any of the fairs,
and UoTernor Chain berlaiu will apeak
on Friday of tbe fair. -
The at'endance at ihe Oregon Ai,
rcoultursl Ci liege baa reaebed 600,
thai being 103 greater than at th
same time last year,
Twi tone of gravel 'ell on F 8 Lan
dera at Portland, Wednesday, ioamot
1 killing. He was known at "(be
young giant" and was 19 yean old.
Dr Henry J Stubb', of Wilmington
Dtl has sued (be Yellowstone Park
for $30,000 damages for Injuriee re
eeivd from a lall from a stagecoach
in t'jepark.
George W Isaacs, of Medford, aged
73, a pioneer ol 1862, died Wednesday.
The Amalgamated Copper Company
will fight tbe proposed goterument
irrigation dam and reservoir at Bonner
claiming it will interfere with ita water
lights.
JH Mannot Ohehalia Wash, has
been found guilty of setting fire to (
well insured millinery store at Che
balis. His wife will be tried for tha
same crime next week -
It is now estimated that there are
12,000 salmob in the storage btsin of
the Ontario batobery: It is expected
that 15,010 will be confined by Ootober
15 when spawning wiil begin.
Clackamas county will try the ex
periment ol oil on the oountry roads.
Tbe cost Is about f 160 per mile.
Three vesaels havo arrived ut Seattle
from Alaska with 100,000 oases of sal
mon oe board, tbe output' tf the Alas
ka Packers' Arsooialion for the season.
Dr Edward W Manning, teaobirol
German in tbe boy'a high eobool at
Philadelphia, culled lor Ihe police and
then shot ani killed himself on tbe
street Tuesday,
Unknown persons placed heavy ob
tructions under water on tbe ways
lown wbiob tbe new battleship Con
necticut mus( slide into tbe water.
Had tbe obstructions not been found
by divers tbe hull ol tbe vessel would
have been pierced. .
Hr. Tripp, of Meaobam, won the
fancy bridle at the raffle which took
plaoe at Ihe Foley House last evening.
U Li Forbes haa rented the Win.
firlckson farm on Clover creek and has
taken possession. -
Last evening the La Grande Concert
band gave i heir last open air oonoert
which was enjoyed by hundreds of our
people who began to assemble long be
fore the time. La Grande la pioud ol
her band and baa so sxpeeaed herself
on the many oooas one by the large at
tendance at the public rocltaU on the
streets. .
The man who was Injured in the
wreck near Perry Friday night is able
to be up and around but his mind Is
still onbalanced Bo far there Is
nothing to show who he is or where
he came from. '
Mr. F. E.Eoloeol this city has
freak apple tree at his borne. This
apple tree like all other appta trees,
buds, blossoms And bears fruit bat at
this time of tbe year when other trees
begin to show "tbe sear and yellow
le'l," when they look bre and brown
Ibis tree buds, blossoms and bedecks
itself in all the fragranoe aiid beauty
of tbe spring. At ihe present time
this tree has ' many apples upon
it and also full blown blossoms inter
spersed among tlem as sweet and per
fect as any tree produced.
Fleckentiein & May r hav. purchas
ed that portion ol tbe J. D. Kerr pro
perty which ws covered by mortgage
Mrs. Fred Schilke who has been
visiting in Pirtland tor severvl wttka
has retusned home.
Mrs. B E Latbrom of Alicel who has
been visiting in Utah, returned this
morning . '
Eggs are becoming quite scarae and
it will not be long until tbe market
will advance past tbe 25 ol. mark.
Someone wiUet a $35 tailor made
suit read A V Andrews add tor
particulars
Mr and Mrs Cbas G Baker are pre
paring to move to Portland in a few
days,
matter of the Guardianship of the per
sins aud estates ot Ernest N Patty, Z
lieitrU Putty, uud Prunk A Patty,
minor heirs of Thomas K Pattv de
ceased, aud Wrirde of the .undersigned
their guardian, 1 will, from aud alter
the 21st day of October l'.X, at my
home Mo. HID Adams Avenue, La
Grande, Union County, Oregon, pro
ceed to soil at privute sale the South
ea t quarter of Hootlon 34 of Township
Three North of Range 39 East of the
wmainetie Merman in union uonnty
Oregon, for tbe benellt of said heirs
aud their estate. Terms of sale, cash
to uio In band. Zora U Patty,
Guardian of the persons and estates
ol Ernest N Patty, Z Beatrice Patty
and Frank A Patty, Minora.
Dated September 10, 190. . Oot 21
4i(oi Kei bound u no p m onttme f
J No 5 West ' 8:5 p m on time I '
WEATHER FORECAST
Tonight and ,
Tomorrow fair, cooler tomorrow i
THE TRAINS
HARD
WALL
PLASTER
Only ousts about 5o per yard j
more than common plaster, and '
worth many times over. .
ADVANTAGES ,
No danger of freezing as : it
can be used in zero weather
: Being flexible instead of brit
tleas all saud mor tors are -it
will dent like wood when
struck or jammed, instead of
breaking Doors, windows, pipe
holes, eto are eaeiiy cut through
it It is a non conductor of eleo-
trioitv and thus prevents snort
circuiting It adheres equally
well to brick, stone or common
lath it contains no - acids nor
chemicals to corrode It will
aot burn nor disintegrate by fire
beiug a perfect protection for
wood frame work It will under
no condition pit or blister
Parties having plastering to
do should consult me regarding
this oIbbs of work Estimates
cheerfully given
E. REISLAND, Phone 2
Dropped Dead.
Mr Creed Harris who resides at Nib
s' and has been operating a thresher
his season while at work with hie roe
oiiinti this forenoon in tbe aot of split
ting wood for the engine fell over dead.
He was feeling as well as usual and
death was undoubtedly the result ol
heart disease.
The funeral will take plaje tomorow
afternoon at.d tbe interment will be
in tbe Nibley cemetery.
Deceased leaves a i(e and one eon.
Coroner J O Uenry was notified but
upon ascertaining tbe facta deemed it
a usoless expense to hold au inquest.
Dissolution Notice
Notice is hereby given tbat the co
paatnershlp of Win. Grnnt and Harold
Herron, nn'ier tbe firm name of Grunt
& Herron, basthls day been dissolved
Harold Herron retiring. Tbe buoiness
will be conducted by Wm. Grant who
will pay all debts and collect all
amounts due the firm,
Dated at La Grande, Union county,
Oregon, this 80th day of September,
1904. Wm. Grant,
, 9 30-10 30 Harold Herron,
Dissolution Notice
Notice is hereby given that tbe co
partnership of J V Rosa and A V An
drews, under the firm name of Ross &
Andrews, bas this day been dissolved
J V Ross retiring. The business will
beoontinued by A V Androws who will
pay all debts and colleot all amounts
due tbe firm.
I Dated at La Grande, Union county.
Tbe Observer is iu receipt of a letter Oregon, this 28th day of September,
from Engineer J B Oliver who now re- 19J4. J V Ross,
Wrecker Wrecked.
sides in Los Angeles Calif rnia. Tbe
following is an eitr-ot from the letter.
"We have got settled down o work
age.in alter our trip to the Santa Cat
alina IeUnd which we both enjoyed
very m ish, alsj our visit toSsn Fian
oiscu. The trip to ibe UUnd is grtnd.
I met Fred Tate, one of La Gisnde's
bays, who ia playing in tbe band at
Cat. .1 n but expects V soon make
bis u ime In Los Angeles where he baa
a poiition in view."
A V Andrews.
OS-TE-OP-A-THY
Few people realize wbn first (bey
learn of L'stcopatby that it is a oom
plete system of healing, succsssjully
treating all classes of i roubles. But
sucb is thsajue and in tbe diseases ol
respiration it has iudeed proven very
efficacious. In scute tioublee sucb
as colds and pneumonia osteopathic
auccees has been so great as to war
rant (heatsertioa tbat no olber school
is able to get equally splendid result.
Tbe list di respiratory troubles in
cludes nssal catarrh, pharyngitis,
! laryngitis, asthma bronchitis, pneu
monia, omsnmption and pleuriry.
SUMMERVILLE
LIVERY
W. I. Hunter & Son have
Leased the McKinzie S'ables
aud are prepared to serve the
public: iu a first class manner
it reasonable rates 4
mmm
Opposite tbe Sominer House,
One ot the best mu3ical institutions
In tbe state. Four rooms used for
musical inutruotion. logradeB ot music
taught. Depnimout 1, 2 rooms wred
for the 3 first grados. Children at the
sue ot 5 and older oome one hnur every
day. Denurtuiont 2. i rooms for grades
4 to 16 for pupils ot all ages The lat
est course beet practical musical in.
struotlon Misiiul contests for med
als every few weeks.
E PORTER DAY Principal ..
MRS DAY, Assistant ,
WANTED
SpeclulReprusenlaiivo in this oounty
and adjoining territories, to represent
and advertise an old established busi
ness house of solid financial standing.
Salary $21 woekly, vlth Expenses ad
vanced eaoh Monday by obeok direct
from headquarteis. Horse and buggy
furnished when neoesaary; position
permanent. Addross Blew Bros. A Co.,
Dept. A, Monon Uldg., Chicago, 111
CASH MEAT
MARKET
I have reopened ray shop on
North Fir Street. You will
find my shop well 'supplied
and the prices to suit the
times. Yours for business. '
Free delivery. Phoue 1601
I. HARRIS
TRADE FOLLOWS THE PRICE
NO SMALLPOX
NO POSTPONEMENT
It has been rumored that then) was
smallpox at Enterprlie, and on this
account tbe fair at that place wold be
postponed. However, we ars reliably
Informed tbat there Is no foundation
in this report; that there is no small
pox at Enterprise or anywhere there
ebonts; tbat there will be no postpone.
That is why people come here
for men's aud by boys' shoes
The J. B. Tilt lino is our spec
ialty. Here is where prie and
quality are combined.
C. W. PRESTON,
Shoe Specialist DEPOT STREET
GUARDIAN'S SALE
Hf vlrtae of an order and lioense
madejand entered by the lion. County
Court of Union County SUte of Ore.
gon, on September 0th, 1904, In tbe
SEPTEMBEp
R MEANS H
OYSTERS
LOY
Serves them any style you
wish
c That the way to reach a
man's heart is through his
stomach. Try it by using
Geddes Bros' canned fruits,
delicious berates, lettuce, on
ions, and radishes, just fresh
from the- prdenv We are
the first store the farmers
call on and of course we get
the choice of everything.
We always have the fresh
est eggs, butter, etc.' :c A :
Special attention given , to
phone orders .... in
Geddes Bros.
OUR BACK ROOM
Is open for your inspection.
In fact we will . be pleased to
show you through our eatire
establishment. Everything is
kept scrupulously neat aud
clean and we have no besiteno
iu showing the moBt fastidious
how our meats are handled. We
now huve 'lie latest iiaprovdj .
sausagw mutiliiuo and sua sell
you sa '.'align in all styles.
Bock & Thomas
A GREAT BEN8AT10N.
There was a bin sen sation in Leeevllle
Indiana, when W. H. Brown of that
place, who was expected to die, bad his ,
life saved by Dr. king's New Discovery
tor Consumption, lie writes: "1 en
dured Insiilferable agonieefrom Asthma,
hut your Mew Discovery gave me hn.
mediate relief and soon thereafter
effected a complete ours." Hlmilar
cuies of Consumption, Pneumonia,
llronchitls and Uripare numerous. It's
tbe peerless remedy for sll thrust and
lung troubles. Price 60c, and $1.
Guaranteed by La Grande Drug Co.
and Newlin Drug Co., Drngglata.
Sacred Heart Academy
La Grande, Oregon. This well
known institution, conducted by the
Sisters of Ht. l''r uncle, affords excellent
eduoationol advantages. Music, draw
ing Bud painting optional studies,
Preparing young ladles for the prufess
ion of teaching a specialty. Boarding
and day B.hool oitons the ttret Monday
In September, tor catalogue address
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