LUMBER
& -DPTATT
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WHOLESALE PRICES
Better Lumber and deaperjthaa it io sold in
La Grande. We Delivery t to your Building.
Grande Ronde Lumber Co.
. FERRY, OREGON.
When you want GOOD PRINTING
j Call Phon No. 1371
Printing
That
Satisfies
THE OBSERVER
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Let ma
reaaona why
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' the Rock Island Syltem.
' There an Ion of them.
L. B. CORHAM, Cerwral Agant,
140 Third St, Peruana, Ore.
A TRIAL ORDER MEANS A
I CUSTOMER
All that the Seattle Grocery Co.
asks is that you give us a trial
order. If we cannot please we
do not want ' your . trade. A
satisfied customer is a pleased
one and we try to please. The
best groceries for the' least
money, r This is our motto aLd
a trial oder will be a doaiou
stration of how wall we succeed.
SEATTLE GROCERY COMPANY
s
2UNDIL t LAW80N.
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'here is a difference
between printing
that "will do" and that
which ia the kiud yoa
.' .
We make a ipecialty
of pleasing, aa we have
the , equipment with
which to produce good
printing and printers
who understand the art
. of printing
There it 00 order too
mall or r too large to
receive our oaretul
attention;
We print anything
from posters to visiting
cards.
You don't
havo to
hlro 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
city, less than a
block from the Board
of. Trade; less than
two blocks from the Post
Office; within easy walk
ing distance of the principal
hotels, theatres and stores.
You don't hrt to hirta cab to retch them.
, Tha "unktt loop' 'Wright In front of the tutiun.
Piy ( cents, ftt aboard tha titrated, and jroti are
WhUked to an part of town rou avian to reach.
girt you outer
foil ahouM Mt
RED FRONT UVERY BARN
Wm. Smith. Prop,
Sate and reliable rigs furn.
at all times. Special ao
oomodationa furnished to
commercial travelers,
Phone. 3-5
WM, SMITH FEED STORE
Hay, Giain and feed. Free
dehverv to all parts ef the
city. Mountain trade a
specialty. Phone 1961
' , ' Horeea, turnrM and wtou
bought anil Mid
GOT A
LONG
TERM
Colfax Wash. Aug 23-R Barl Bag.
giud, allaa Barry Lorell, wua j eater
day aentenoed to five yeare ia the
penitentiary for larceny by embeszle-
meet; Haggard was formerly clerk In
tbe Artesian hotel at Pullman, bat
left oo night, uklag with bin $12 of
hU employer's money mod a val tattle
(rip. tha property of one of tba
board era. Ha waa oaptarad at Bpo
kaue, broogbl back to Colfax and,
attar lying In jail two months, yeeter
day entered a plea of guilty and Judge
Miller of Dayton, who came op to
bold eo art for Jadge Cbadwlok, daring
the UtWr'a abeenoe, aentenoed blm.
Ue la alao aocused at Pendleton, Ore
gon, of foregery, eommittad at Weston
while be waa employed aa a printer on
the Leader there.
Haggard la 35 yeara old, bat appeari
much yoanger. Be baa arved,aaa
aoldler la the Philippine war, aa
aallor on aa Eaglltb aalliog vessel, aa
a printer and reporter on various newe
papera and aa a waiter In reetanranta
and hotels. Hla mother and etep-
fatner lira In La Qrande, Oregon, bat
his appeale to tham for help were on
anaaered. Haggard expected to get
light eentenoe and nearly fell when he
beard the iodge'a wor la.
isiana uiy acnooi
The Island City ecbool will aUrt tha
flrat Monday In Beptember, tba Mb.
The directors are now having a neat
picket fence built around the grounds
and getting everything In ahapa' for
tba next nine moo the term.
Prof. W L Tuoker haa teen ratalned
aa principal and will have Mite Era
Nell!, Mies Jessie Grlmmett and Miss
Wilkerson aa assistants.
Completing Tunnel
Fifty man are oow working two
ablf ta on the O R & N tunnel at Maa-
cham and hope to complete the im
provements being made In tha next
three weeks. When oompleUd thla
will be one of tba best tnnnela and
approaohea In the northwest. It will
be fire feet wider and four feet higher
than tba old tuonal, with new tlmbera
throughout.
Automatic Phones
Eugene, Ore., Aug 23. Four . hun
dred new phonea of tba Webster patent
arrived yesterday and are being in
at ailed today for tba use of the local
patrone. They will be in use aa soon
aa tha awltobboard ia changed.
"THE HOTTEST
COON IN DIXIE"
Tha above company includes funny
oomedlana, a splendid oborns, mag
nificently costumed, fonr big apeclalty
aota and fall orchestra or , tan pieces,
in all forty perturmera.
Tbe management oarrlee
a futl
equipment of electrioal and
scenic I
rTanta . I
The Military parade la only ' one
feature of tbe entertainment.
The Mg water proof, poi table tent
theatre need by the hottest coon is
oneoflba most omplete ever bull',
and alfoida all of tba oomforta of the
modern play bouee bealdee being cool
and pleaeant for tbe patrons of the
HrttteetCoon In Dixie icompacy.
Changed Her Mind
Oakland Gal August 23 Professor
James W Flannlgan baa not won his
biide yet. Ha got ber as far as the
11 all ol Records to obtain a marriage
liceuM, but there ebe changed ber
mind, for while Deputy Gounty Clerk
Gale waa wiiting out tbe document,
ha ran out aide of tbe building to ee
II bis intended waa waiting for Mm,
Ha found tbat aha was not, and a
aearch up and down tbe atreet failed
to discover ber. Flannlgan aaa com
pelled to return to tbe offioe of tha
oonnty clerk and announce that be
would want no license for the present.
alias Ballet refuses to say why abe
changed ber mind.
La Grande Cleaning And Dyeing
Works
Soi ltd and faded garmanta made to
look like now. Work called for and
delivered. Ladies garments a special
ty. All woik guaranteed. Dye worts
ou Depot Sireei next door to Com
mercial Club.
BIMMON3 A HARVEY, props.
La Grande.
Preacher a Hero
Loa Angelea. 5al., Aug., 28 Rar.
Fmll H. Babb, pastor of the Zion
Oermaa Method lat Church here, waa
almost loetantly killed here last night
by being thrown from a boggy to the
atreet near Eaatlake Park, ilia bead
struck the coib atonea,' f factoring the
ekulL He waa attempting to chock
the aped of faia horae. which waa
running away, and sere bla two aona,
who were in toe baggy with blm In
thle bo waa eoooesktat, for neither of
bla tone waa Injured, bat It wae at the
ooet of bla own life.
Potatoes-Apples
K Gnat, of the Bine MoaoUln
Fruit Co., eetimitea that there will
be about one hundred oara of potatoea
to export tbla year. He ia now
hipping a few cart North, and Is
paying 80 cents per aaok.
The apple crop le aomewhat harder
to eetiaate bat be bellevee that the
shipping stock thla season, will be
about the same aa potatoea, 100 oara
and while th prioe of fall applee ie
now from W to 60 eta. per box. - The
winter prodnot will be somewhere
around tba dolUr mark.
Contest Case
Tba land office officials are occupied
today with the bearing of a contest
case brought by Jack W. Spencer of
Elgin against John J. Light of this
city. The land In question ia located
near Elglfti The grounds for the con
test are non-residence on the claim
C. H. Flan appear a for the defense
and Neil MoLeod of Elgin for, the
prosecution.
Mormon Choir
Ogdea'a famoua Mormon . choir,
composed of 225 Toioee, ia without
doubt one of the finest organizations
of tba kind in exiateoce, and long
ago ita tame spread beyond the
boaodarlea of Utah. The choir made
ita flrat public appearance In Portland
yesterday in tba Ogden day exeroisea
at tba Expoelllon, and will remain
here ten daya.
Public Land
There are more publio landa in
Montana than In any . other state or
territory fn the Union, with the excep
tion of Alaska and Nevada, there
being 26,155,435 aorea of aooh
unappropriated landa.
Don't Want It
ll la announced from Moaoow that
subscriptions there to tbe new internal
loan a'e unsatisfactory. Tbe sub
scriptions thus (ar amount to only
110,000. An imperial ukase was is
sued August 17 authorising tbe issu
ance of a new internal loan of 1100,
000,000 at 5 per oeni.
War Expensive
James Creel men statea upon the
beet obtainable authority that tbe 551
daya since, tbe Russo-Jap war' broke
out have ooet each belligerent approx
Imately il.OOO.OOO per day a total of
1,012,000,000 to date.
When von want a plenpant laxative
that ia easy to take and certain to act, i
use Cbemberlain'a Stomaoh and Liver i
I tableta. For aale by Newlin Drug Co,
Leroy Leishman,
ELECTRIC SHOP
a
Wire and Supplies Shop Cor. 6th and 0
:CITY BREWERY
JULIUS ROESCH, Proprietor.
Largest Brewing Plant in Eastern Oregon
Ask for La Grande Beer and get the Best
LA GRANDE BEER IS MADE IN LA' GRANDE
AND SHOULD HAVE THh PkEFERENCE
Conclude Convention
By Bcrippe Newa Aatoeiatioa
Ban Franciwo, Aug 23-The In
ternational Missionary Conveotioa of
the Christiao Cbor. h which bis been
In station bere - hat decided apou
Buffalo, ft. tor the nxt meeting
place. Today wa the pitnclpal
eeaaion. The confereora touladel
with the meeting of the A merle a
Mialonary Society. 0. Kllertvm.
ol Califorula, aa eWcte4 rvMet
Many of the delrgatee will ratata V
the way of Portland .
v German System
( I'rof. Ttiomaa Homo, tti lU
ia gat beilng eeede ol Orra rAS
ar, hemlock and ottter e t
tha German sraeeX 1W wil
be aaed In reroreetettaa works Mr,
Howe etaUe ae a fert ih4 giNMeall;
known that the Oermaa ffWMaet
baa been raising tiee lraa to
seed for SO years
Injury Patal
C D Smith, the 8outhern Pacific
brakditan who was injured 8etnrday
morning while making a coupling at
Woodville, died at Roteburg yesterday
atl;30.
Later Reports
(Scrlpps Newa Association)
New Orleans Aug 23 4 p m Up to
this time thirty new cases have been
reported with three deaths.
Could'nt Finish it
Taooma, Aug 23 lien ry Meyer,
who waa released from tbe Central
police station Saturday afternoon after
making an attempt to han himself,
made five unsuccessful effort to end
bis life last night In two inatancee
be came about as close as possible to
making an end of hlmeelf without be
ing suoceasfu!. He was finally put
in tbe etraigbt jacket and a pugilist
prisoner sat on blm for tbe greater
part of tbe night.
T. M. STUBBLEF IELD,
Boot and Shoe
Maker
Repairing Neatly and
Promptly done.
Hand sewing a specialty
Lewia building
atseaeesaaevaeeseseeests
MEW SECOND
HAND STORE
All kind of second hand
goods bought and sold
CEO. GROUT, Prop,
209 Fir St. bet. Adams and Jefferson
THE
OXFORD DdR
JAMES FARQ'JHARSONa Prop.
CuaajMa aaauriaaont el
WINBS; LIQUORS -AND
CIGARS
l)d ldMea and mixed drinks
a epeclatty, Kulr and Impartial
treaiment to all. ' Yoa are ln
tltod to call and get acquainted
MwVyVw' rVV 1
CttXML ,1'IST. Propmlor.
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AYINbia LIOUOU
AND CIGARS
Pinaat rollotinrn nf atnvt!
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i auiraals on the Paciiio
1 coast.
Blue Front Saloon
C. THORSON, Proprietor, ...
FINEST
UTWl?Q T.TtTTtDU i
Imported and domestic
Hot or cold lunch all hours I
JefllTSoe Avenoa Opposite Depot f
eeoM(t it sco
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a
Palace Salor :i
CHAS, ANDERSON, Prop
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' FINK
WINES, UQUORS
AND CIGARS
Always on hand -
Jerterson Avenne
Oppof-te Venal
f THE LOUVRE,
CHRIS WRIGHT, Prop.
FINE
I WINES. LIQUORS
I H2 CIQflRS
Gentlemen alwayt Welcome
Fir Street
Eagle
ULRJCH LOTTIS. Prop,
FINK
WINES, LIQIjORS
and CIGARS
Lunches are our specialty
Jefferson Avenue, Opposite depot
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PINE WINES
LIQU0RJ
And the beat brand 01
CIQfliS
Alwaya ou band
Mlxu drinks a apmlalty Ask and
see If you don't get It. "Thin la a gen
tlemen's resort and will be run as auih
SOMMER HOUSE fAFE
Phone Main 6-1
'NUF SAID
Meeraa
. Tlie laxltlve effect of Chamderiain'i V
bt oraath and Liver Tablet is so agre--
., . . namrai tnat yon do not
realize it is the effect ot a medicine Tor
aale by Newlin Drng Co '
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