SPRING SPRING Is coming and you will want to change some of your old furniture and carpets. We are the people you want to see. We will pay you cash for your goods and you can bay new. We will trade anything we have and we have anything you want in the line of Furniture. Crockery, Hard ware, Tinware, Trunks and Wood. The La Grande Pawnbrokers Corner Fir and Adams Remember w still bvy and mU all' kind m, .rot i Second Hud Goods. Jt j rhone 158) Singapore Pineapples Sliced 20 cents Per Can 1 CA BAKER BROS, Adams Avenue Phone 1101 eeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetee , GET THE HABIT Of buying your Coal from us WE HAVE Rock Springs and Cumberland Ask any of our customers about us - We are wholesale and retail dealers in Hay, Grain, Millfeed, Flour, Etc. I Grande Rondc Cash Company, Press Lewis Dean Crowe X Phone 1801 New warehouse on Jefferson Avenue Eggs "Eggs' Eggs INTERNATIONAL POULTRY FooD LEE'S RQG MAKER KOW KURE WOOD WOOD A-V.OL-IVER . IEFFERSON AVE. PHONE 1571. LOCAL ITEMS WHAT SOME PEOPL IN MD V'OUT OF TOWJARE DOING-. Jarrj-VaalatrdQtar, of Elgin, U la the city today on business. Miss Ltlliaa MoG'all is conrelesclcg from an attack of the Grippe. - There are still a number cf caies of L itrippe in me city Dot there seems to be no oontagioua diseases. Tbe Commercial Club will give lta regular daoce at the Commercial Clab hall tonight. ' , George Benson, ex-caanty clerk o( Union county, is In tbe city from (Jo ion ob a brlet busineesjvhlt; Dirk Buckley, chief dispatcher for the OB A N at thla point, has re tamed from a brief business trip to Portland. there will be a meeting off Grande Assembly No SO United Elks bail Monday evening Ail Arti eana should attend, as business of im portance nill come before the assemb ly. LOGilli'an, B F Hopper and V Kirk were among those who went to Baker City this morning to witness the game of Basket ball between (he La Crande and Baker High School teams tonight. This afternoon MoKiuney Royce was brought down from Athena tor the purpose of being exam in ad for insanity. He is a boy of 12 or 14 years and is suffering from nervous trouble. Pendleton E O . Al koberts the popular register o( tbe United 8tates land olfiv at La Griode wte in tbe city jteteHsy look log after rel estate matters in which be is personalty interested. Mr Rob-its M maDy friends in Biker City who always gladly welcooa bis vieitsv Bsker Democrat rbe members of tbe 1905 Wbi.t Club were entertained by Miss A 1 lie Stepbeas aqd MrtCarana al tbe borne of tbe former yesterday afternoon, Mrs E A 8tephena winning fir.t and Mrs Cbas Dunn second prizes. "Your Neighbors Wife" will bs the next attraction at Steward Opera House. Officers Elected At a meeting of the Stenographers and typewriters In this city, held at the court boue last night for the pur pose of forming an organization, the following oiSoers were elected : Presi dent, Harvey Bay ; Vice President, Miss A ana PsLong; Secretary, Miss Sebofleld ; Assistant, , Secretary, . Mies Holmes. A committee baa been selected on program and a meeting will again be held two weks from last night. Tt.is Artifans in organization ill be of general Interest to all who are engaged in this work in any way and should not fail to be at tended by sli who may be benefited thereby. Farm Bought Mr J jbo 3 Ksllam today purchased through tbe Causey Beat Entate" Co the $210 acre farn west of Bummer ville of J E Westoyef, paying $12600 or iux.uO p r acre The funeral lot tl e six year old daughter, Bell, of Mr and Mrs B F Howell, cf Suinmerville, took place from the family residence this after noon, ths.Jremains being Interred in the Sunimtrville ceu;etery. The German Sanzerfriend a society which baa been organized in La Grande held a tocial and danoe at the Armory ball last evenlDg which was well at tended by many of the German citizens. They have a very good club of singers. Origin a Mystery The origin of the Island City fire U a mystery, It started in hmery Bos quet's saloon but as lie had olosed bis business at noon the day before and was in La Grande, be could not under stand it. Tbe boys in the flooring mill passed the buildings at midnight and nothing was noticed then. 8 Kinehart saved a portion of hia gooda but lost the greater portion of his stock He has SlijOl) insurance ou the stock and fGOO on the building. He will undoubtedly be loser between 160(laudi000. Kirkpatrick h,id 200 insurance cu bis stock and , Uowjuet had 9350, there was no insurance on either of the buildings. Mr. Kirk patriok will rebuild at once, co will Mr. Kinehart It required heroic work to prevent the destruction of the M & M Go's store and this would not have been possible had not the ladies and children helped carry and pump the water while the men worked on the roofs of the adjoining building. Notice , v All members of La ttrnude Lodge 133 B V'O E are requested to be present 'at a special meeting to be held tonight at Elks Hall for the purpose of bearing reports of Dance Committee and psymsnt of bills contracted .by said Committee (if accepted) and for all bueiutsi con nected with said report ' J O Galling E K 1900 7 WASHING . MACHINE I am agent for the celebrated 1900 Ball Bear Washing Machine which 1 ain selling on an -absolute guarantee, you can take it on trial '. with the previlage of returning If hot satis ! . factory. Atrial will convince you of its' . good qualities." MRS. TV N. MURPHY,. CROCKERY AND SPORTING GOODS IS - - g - ... lia 'x v:nn "irrj'J 'v -vur m 1 3 J IIUIII 5 aneoaoase tbeyaay. It Is becoming J more eomoa every day. People ue ' eierclnlng tbelr food Judgment by sup plying Ibaur seeds la menu at our market; If you want tbe beat, el prices aa low tbe lowest, eome In and tee what we ba to sell. Your, eyes will tell a bigger a 1 better story than our spaoe pet miU now BOSS Meat Market Stillwell &Vandermeulen, Proritort, , . i Chicken Dinner The Centennial hotel will eeive a chicken dinner Sunday, February 20, Dinner 8 rved 12 m to 2 p m. 25 cents 5TEAK5I? m 1 I HEN RY cS6' CARR FUNERIL DIRECTORS LKEWED EnBflLflERS Lady aseistant. Oallsanswered day and night, Phone No. 2l. " J.O.Henry, residence 664 J. J. Oarr, residence 386 La Grande Oregon a :1 Grande Ronde Lumber Co. PERRY, OREGON. Manufacturer of Notice A OU W AH members of La Ur.tnde Lode No. 113 A O U W are lequeuted to meet at Od 1 Fellows' hall Monday evening, Feby 27. Matters oi great importance to the order to be dlscuw ed. By order of Master Workman. FOR BALE New Ideal washiOR m.t chine price $7.00 K J Courad R V D Nol The food and theoook are what make or unmake a restaurant. Roth must be Kood or else those who eat will more from Instead of towards the door. The Model restaurant has tbe cook -an artist in his line and the choic est food of every description is pro cured daily. Thia ia prepared in a way that will tempt the dullest appetite and the "quality is high enough to satis fy the shariieet one. M O 13 E Li RESTAURANT , : J. A. AUBUOKLE, Prop. OPEN DAY.'ANDJSlUIIT We fe.. weekly Meal Ticket Cash '$4-50 and LUMBER LATH BOXES Grande Ronde Lumber Co. PERRYI0RH50N. The kind your mother used to make. Baked every day and deliver ed at your home. Why net buy the best when it costs no more. I IIOXIQIOLI WU rBOHHll prompt attention given We manufacture Better I horn sweet cream. Our I butter is foil weight and guaranteed. Leave ordert at J. D. McKennon's I oomerville Creamery Ass'n 'eaeaeeee LA GRANDE MARBLE WORKS f. C. DAVIS, Proprietor, Complote assortment ofn est marble and granit tdirays on hand. Estimates cheerfully furnjshed upon application, Headstones'and Monuments A Specialty eeeeiiieetss THE t i i Go!den Rule Comp For Investments In MALHEUR COUNTY Write to C,T. McDANIEL Ontario ..-.Oregon any WANTS YOUR BUSINESS They Have The Goods and Prices to , Merit It - More tfian 500 PIECES YARD GOODS already received. ALL THE NEW WfAYES, i v Largest Store 130S-1310-1312!Adam9 Avenue iteesistswtsaeeiweeaeeeasiwreea Smallest Prices I 1 iiiiiiu.i