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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1905)
LUMBER & RETAILED AT WHOLESALE PRICES Better Lumber and Cheapetfhan it io soli in ; La Grande. We Deliver.it to your Building. Grande Ronde Lumber Co. PERRY, OREGON When you want GOOD PRINTING Call. Phon No. 1371 Dinnf ind I I 111111 That Satisfies THE OBSERVER f " ft A Yt Let me reaions why the Rock Island System. There are lots of them. i. t. CORHAM, Central Aaanl, 140 Third St, Portland, Or. Everybody Look and Read The Brattle grocery com puny is bet ter prepared than evar to wit goods cheaper (or cash. Come ink eiamine our sUwk of flrnt class groceries. We expoct to establish our business on purely cash basis a 00 n possible. We know tbat by no doing we Can tell cbr-aper, and there by secure more trade and thereby I make a greater profit at the end of the year. Caib count here. Quality, weight and wrvioe gusran. teed. Crescent Seattle Grocery Co. , ZVVVKL A LAW80N. 7 III? here it a difference , " between printing that "will do" and that which in the kind . you really want. We make a specialty of pleasing, as we have the equipment with which to produce good printing and printera who understand the art ot printing. There is no order too small or too large to receive our caret ul attention. We print anything lrom posters to visiting cards. u You don't have to hire a Cab The La Salle Street Station in Chicago, which is used by the trains of the Rock Island System, is located in the very heart of the citv. less than a block from the Board of Trade; less than two blocks from the Post Office: within easv walk ing distance of the principal hotels, theatres and stores. You don't hare to hire cab to reach them. The ' 'union loop" Ii right In front of the ttation. Pay J cents, get aboard the elevated, and you are huicrd to anv part of town vou with tn nch. give you omrr you ihould use RED FRONT LIVERY BARN Wm. Smith, Prop Safe and reliable rigs furn at all times. 8pecial ac comodations furnished to commercial traveler, Phone. 3-5 WM, SMITH FEED STORE Hay, Giain and feed. Free delivery to alt parts ef the city. Mountain trade a specialty. Phone 1061 Hone, rumraa and wagons bought and auld Kolb, Dill and Dillon as the Convict Escapes jronr. the Boise Was at Work on a Came for WAS CONSIDERED A Boise Aug 17 Joseph Lawrence, who had been a prisoner at the state penitentiary since July 11 of tbis year, has been at liberty since about 10:30 o'clook yesterday morning, with a posse of about 20 men and a couple of trailing bounds in pursuit, but up to a late bour last sight be bad not been overtaken . Lawrence was one of a convict crew engaged on some ditch work on the grounds yesterday morning, nnder the supervision of Ouard Perkins. About 10:30 o'clock Quard Perkins turned and left the men for a moment r two to go a distance of perhaps 20 feet to get a drink of water. This apparently was the chance that Lawrence had Lives Beyond Income New York August 17 In the I ict 'tree months John D Rockefeller has b -m giving away money fatter than Standard Oil brought it in to him. Standard Oil today declared a qur lerly dividend of f 8 a sham, amount ing to 16,000,000. Of this R ckefeller will get 12,400,000 as bin share next month. Rockefeller's d sburoements for the quarter that brought him in $2,400,000 have ben about $11 000.000 or $9,000,000 more than his income. Stock Of Switches Wigs and toupees, switches and pompadours made. Switches made of combings. Hair dyes and tonics tor sale. Hair dyed and scslp treat ments given. Mrs A D Vanddcar, 8 24 Room 14 Ronde Valley House. Japan Gardening The Japanese arc good gardeners, that is they manage to get large re turns from a small area Tbey plant cucumbers in rows as we plant peas, and train them np ou stout slicks, instead of letting tbem spread over a large ground surface as we do, tlus saving much ground space. Ii is claimed that by this roat they grow alout font tiroes aa many cucumbers on a given space of ground surface, as the American gardeners can. if V ' " . The Bell Boys in I 0 U Penitentiary Ditch when a Chance Him to Run DANGEROUS' MAN been looking tor. He jumped into t be ditch, ran a abort dietanoe and vault ed over a wall into another and deeper ditch, ran on his bands and knees for a distance of 100 feet or more in tbis ditch which passes through the prison orchard, and within two minutes of the time when the guard turned his back upon him he was out of sight. Lawrence is about 25 years of age, and from the soais upon bis faoe and body it is believed that his past has been a rather checkered one. At the penitentiary he was not considered good prisoner. He was sent up from Washington county tor a term of tw years for burglary. Methodist Conference Baker City Aug 17 Ministers frcm all over Eastern Oregon an I Idaho are pouring into Baker Oity to attend the Idaho annual conference of the Metho dist Episcopal Church, which con venea here this morning at nine o' clock. This conference includes all tbe state of Idaho except panhandle and Oregon, east of the 'Blue Moun tains . Id tbis great territory embrac . 1 .a ea in toe conierenoe mere are more tban fifty ministers in tbe MetbodiM denomination, and most of these are xperted to be present with their wives The visitors are to be enter tamed at the different homes in tbis city, while the conference lssts, which will be until Monday morning when tbe appointments will be read by tbe Bishop CITY BREWERY JULIUS ROESCH, Proprietor. ? Largest Brewing Plant inJEastern Oiegon Ask for La Grande Beer,andlgeflthe Best LA GRANDE BEER IS MADE IN LA GRANDE AND SHOULD HAVE THh 1-kEFERENCE T. M. SJUCCLEf IELD, Boot and Shoe Maker Repairing Neatly and Promptly done. Hand sewing a specialty Lewis building aeeetMeMtw NEW SECOND HAND STORE 1 All kind of second hand ; goods bought and sold CEO. GROUT, Prop, 209 Fir St. bet. Adams and Jefferson A Grim Tragedy la daily enacted, in thousands of nomas as Death olalms. la each one, another victim of Consumption or Pneumonia Bat when Coughs and Colds are prop erly treated, the tragedy Is averted. T Q Huntley, of Oak lad on, Ind, writes "My wife had tbe consumption and three doctors gave her np. Finally ana tovav . - :.z for Consnmptlon, Uoagba and Colds which cured her, and today she is well and strong.', It kills tbs germs of all diseases. One doss relieves. Guar anteed at 50c and II by Newlin Drag Co., druggist. Trial bottle free. Good fjor Stomach Trouble and Constipation "Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets have dons me a great deal of good," ssys C Towns, ot Est Portage, Ontario, Canada. " Meing a mild phy sic tbs after effects are not unpleasant, and I can recommend them to all who suffer from stomach disorder." For sals by ttewlln Drug Co. There are many kiidi of meat. out wo seu oni? ne Dest kind. A trial order will convince von nf the troth of this statement We sail only the best specimens and kill it correct!. uar prices, as Jew aa con- sisipoi wun ut beet quality. Bock & Thomas URIC ACID In fee lirxd aurs Sfhi- a.n Tsnr.wr tut cause cyj wtscuij m 'x cur , REX RHEUMATIC RINGS JbnurlKMnwC if fut fcv tUma1 ttmg tv lhC Ota. Vjfcaa. Pstc tZXO , at J. R. SMITH, fk THE OXFORD MR JAMES FARQUHAR50N, Prop. CoaapUas assortBSSBtof WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS Cold lunches and mixed drinks .specialty. Fair and impartial treatment to alt Ton art in vited to call and get acquainted Hint 'Saloon CWAS, ML BT, Proprietor. WINES. LIQUORS AND CIGAKS Finest collections of staffed animals on the Pacific coast. Illlllllllf lllllllllllllt Blue Front Saloon E. THORSON, Proprietor, TINKST WINES, LIQUORS Imported and domestic CIGARS Hot or cold lunch ail uvuii Jafftrson Areas Opposite Depot I : Palace Saloc a J CHAS, ANDERSON, Prop. J nsn WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS Always on hand ; Ja MSjetaWsmaaflaMI Opposite Depot THE LOUVRE CHRIS WRIGHT. Prop. ' FIN1 ' WIHL5. LIQUORS CIQIR5 Gentlemen always Welcome Fir Street Eagle Sa'oi ULRICH LOHIS, Prop. j FIKl j WINES. LIQUOI and CIGARS Lunches are oar sped i Jeffaraon Avenna, Opposite dep i. r. mn at j.t . eooi. pi FINE WINLS LIQUOR. Aad the but bran da ot Always on hand atlxau drinks a specialty a see If yon don't gat It. Tula U tlamen'a raaort and will bs rn ) aj l SOMMER HOUSE Phone Main 6-1 , 'NUF SAID The !axatlveffeet of Q Btomaoh and Liver Tablet able and so natural that i wallis It la tbe effect of or sals by Nsvlin Orng Q ;gWsni nsj. j. "lamiaisi Jflf..- wsr .i