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,
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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.
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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.
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