ac A d m i rii s t i? a t rix Sale of rt $2,000 stock SHOES $2,d00 stock Having sold the groceries to VI n. Shearer, I have arranged tt Mr. T. M. StabbleGeld to close oat for me, r Rurdless of cost, the stock of shoes, which invoice over $2,000, consisting of men's, women's and children's shoes of the very best make. Every pair Is new and we expect to make this the greatest SPECIAL SHOE SALE ever held in T.a Grande.' V SALE COMMENCES THURSDAY. NOV. 2 And will continue until every pair is sold, regardless of cost, The sooner the stock can be disposed of the so.nor the estate can be settled, and 1 intend to make prices that will sell the goods. The Stock vvill be moved to the Stubblefield Shop in the Lewis Building Opposite the Sommer House THE CREATEST SACRIFICE IN SHOES EVER HELD l THE CITY, CALL AND BE CONVINCED. REMEMBER THE TIME AND PLACE - MRS. HATTIE RAt-STON, Administratrix of the estate of C. Ralston. GOING TO Paper or; Pj?int this Fall? IP SO, CALL ON STANIELS & JARMAN uGET THEIR PRICES We are closing oat oar entire stock of wall paper at a great redaction in price, to make room for the largest stock ever pat In L Grande. We handle everything in the line of Paints. Oils. Glass, etc. We do all aw w Y kinds of painting, paper hanging Jiud decorating f Call and see us. , V STANIELS & JARMAN, Dealers In Wall Paper, Paints, Oils, Class, Etc LUMBER RETAILED AK WHOLESALE PRICES Better Lumber and Cheaper than it io sold in La Grande, We Deliver it to your Building. Grande Ronde Lumber Co. PERRY, OREGON. leeeessiiinsi New, and Elegant Line 1 OF LADIES' NECKWEAR ' okioj New switches Eighty-five dozen new dolls Millinery and caps always In stock ami rr r TxrtjT T 1VT A M Sir- fin i - XiuL TT J A r AVA . Jh I l WW 1 Adorns A.ve "The man who loves his wife the most, Is not the one to let her roast" These hot days, in a kitchen overheated by .a sweltering stoveCut oat the family wash day. Send your laundry to as. Saves wood, time and energy. Don't burn up a lovely disposition. Send your linen, all of it to A. E C STEAM LAUNDRY! PHONE Main 7 La Ctmie. Oregon. PI ANNOUNCEMENT u pri; ; I I take this means to inform the publio that I have We 1 purchased the Nebraska Cash Stoie, and will endeavor at all times to keep a full stock (of staple and fancy Groceries, and shall try, by fair and impartial treat Do V inent, to merit a share of the publio patronage. We uS$ will be pleased to receive a trial order We ' MRS. MAGGIE SHEARER On -' . ; v -' .-.I- 1111 ..' ' " I III' i'llTlfll'lllM "1:-- WASHINGTON GIRL TURNS HORSE THIEF Will Walla, Ool SOMyrtle Tip ton, a 16 year old girl, was lodged Id the couutjr jail last evening on a charge of bone Healing, and will be taken to Whitman county today. -be Hole three bortee, a back and barneaa from an Indian family on tbe Coner d'Alene reservation and lold them, in tbe kwn of Bl John., Wbit-I man eoanty for f 225. Deputy Sheriff Neesiy, of Whitman eoanty, arrested ber yeeterday afternoon at tbe Hark- neea ranch eight milei east of Piesoott and brongbl ber to Walla Walla, from where he will leave thit morning for Colfax. She admits stealing the outfit and disposing of it, and to a leporter this afternoon related ber escapade as fol lows: "I oanght tbe horses in a field one night, about tbe tenth of Ootober, bitched two 0! them to back and struck out. I reached St John's tbe next day and readily sold tbe horses to the proprietor of a livery atable for 225. With the money I purchased a suit of boy's clothes, bad my hair cat and went out and bad a good time until quite lata that night. . I tben se cured a bed at tbe hotel, wbere I re mained nntil tbe train started' for Pieeoott tbe next morning. -1 was ac quainted with the Uarkness family and have been visiting there since. I don't cure if I am sent to the peniten tiary , I bave a curioueity to see bow tbey run suob an institution. I wonld rather go tbeie than be sent to a re form school." : When asked why ahe stole the hors es and outfit she replied : "My father has been larming some Indian land on tbe reservation for two or three years and has made me go out into the field to plow and do other kinds of work, and would never give me any money. I came down to Walla Walla to atay with him this fall after harvest and wanted him to give me money enough to go and visit my mother at North Yakima, but be would not do it, so 1 rode back up to tbe reservation on horseback, and, after staying with friends a short time boncluded that I would laise rome money, and that is why I took tbe horses and outfit." Endorses Judge Ellis Judge W B Ellis of this city la be. Ing talked of a the coming man to repretent Oregon In congress, to suo. ceed J N Williamson. Douglas bUts, the well known sheepman; ia highly in favor of Judge Ellis' nomination and endorses his candidacy in the Pilot Rook Record as follows: "I know of no man in Eastern Ore (on who would make a stronger caudt. daUt for congress than Judge Ellis, lie made a creditable record a hen in congress from tbla distrlot, is a man of high character and baa a strong following in Eastern Oregon. Ilia nomination assaooessor to William son would meet with my hearty in dorsement" Pendleton Tribune, Tonight The Baker City Democrat bas the following to say regarding tbe Z inn's ooespany whioh opens a week's en gagement at Btewarde Opera house, to-night. "Baker City people last night en joyed thoroughly the double bill put up at tbe opera house by Zino'e Mer ry Travesty company. Tbe produc tion of "Venus" was artistic in every particular 'Up in the Farm" gave wide scope, to tbe tsleot of the entire company. S J Dorrance Sells Monday, Sam J ' -Dorrance, of Prairie Creek, sold his ranoh to the Barton Bros, consideration $1,825. This is an exceptionally fine tancb and carries 150 inches in tbe Mount ain Sheep ditch, which will be com pleted early next spring. This year's crop averxged 25 bushels of rye to the acre and 30 bushels of wheat. Two years ago Sam bought this ranoh for 3,000, and during the two years It haalnc-essed (1,825 in value. Tbe Bar ton Bros, are to be congratulated upon securing a valuable ranch !at sooh a reasonable figure. Mr Dor rance, who invested in land In tbe Canadian Northwest about two months ago will leive for tt ooontry some time in December. Wallowa Herald. Sam need to live in La Grande and baa many frieoda here. Boric Has Resigned Last night It was reported npon the street that J A Borle baa resigned his position as cashier of the Saving! bank and will move '.to Me. loo. The migration it will be etated la to take effect upon November 1 Pendle ton Tribune. Good to Write on. Our fall line of box, bulk and toilet stationery includes the new styles and iateet qualities of paper. The art of paper making has arrived at a point where very high grade papers can be had at very low price at least when we make, tbe prises. Fin pa pars in tablet form are In demand for general correspondence. We bave (hem as well ss anything else roo may require in tbe arlting mater l line. Nswlin D.-ug Co., La Grande, Ore. Wallowa Yield The fore part of tbla .week finished the threshing of this seaaon'e grain crop In tbe valley. It ie estimated tbat tbe wheat will ran 100,000 buehel and other grain about 100,000 bushels,' making a 'total of about 800,000 boehele of grain produced In tbe val ley this season. Wallowa Herald P4-S-S-! THE CITY GROCERY AND BAKERY Offers customers the best of everything in the line of FRESH VEGETABLES, fRUITS. CR0CE KltS, PROVISIONS, ETC., at prices as low as in ferior goods can be purchased. Good things to eat can always be had at THE CITY GROCERY AND BAKERY. If your appetite'goes back" on you, visit our store and yojj are certain to find something that will please your palate, V. If you haven't been trading with us, why not give us a trial order?. We can . please you. Once a customer always a customer. POLACK, the Grocer. PHONE, MAIN 75. WE BUY Sash, Shingles -.Lumber and In large quantities direct from factories and mills at a yearly contract price, and while we pay the lowest price, we Ret the best goods, and can afford to sell at figures that others buy for, thereby giv ing onr customers the benefit of (wholesale prices 1 STODDARD LUMBER CO. CITY 1BREWERY -J: JULIUS ROESCH, Proprietor. Largest Brewing Plant In Eastern Of egon Ask for La Grande Beer and get the Best I LA GRANDE BEER IS MADE IN LA GRANDE AND SHOULD HAVE THh --REFERENCE Notice of Street Improvement To Who It May Concern: Notice Is hereby given tbat the street com rait tee of the olty ar La Uranite, Oregon, hereby orders the Improvement of Adams Avenue ss follows: -ommenoing at tbe sooth east corner of the Intersection if Sprnc Street with Adenis Avenoe; thenoe along and upon the south side ot Adams Avenoe, in a south easterly direction, to tbe south west oorner ot the in tti section of Adame Avenoe with Balm Htreet by placing thereon a eiiJ8) foot side; walk aooording to the epeol-cationa ot the ordinance) providing inch Im provement. And notice Is fnrthsr given that unless each improvement is mad within thirty (SO) days from the data of this notice the earn will be done by the street snperlntendent and a lien Died npon the property for the payment of the expense of each bailding. Signed: L.DBAVI8, Chairman Street Commltte. ) 1 ST. LOUIS LIVERY AND FEED STABLE !) : LARJSEN& N0RRIE, Props.; 3 1 . I Finfc iMflM fnvnnnfa fn Ci ' vaHVMv A W nished day or night, . ) Special accomodation for Ji commercial men. 1 .9) ' ' 9 Best service guaranteed M '' -' ""T ' Horses boarded by day, week or month. V . A. Rigs furnished for parties, funerals and picnics. The best carryall in the city. J k r