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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1905)
HOLIDAY GOODS WHERE I TO GET THEM j StiJE Our Great Window Display of Mechanical Toys j in Motion Santa Glaus Will be there and show how they work I Every afternoon from 2:30 to 5:30 J Silver Cake Baskets A beautiful ornament for the table and ery Dooular. Prices $4.00 Chafing Dishes utensil is coming into more general use This elegant household utens. 'w',' Our line is complete at prices ranging from to $3j)o ; e everypiaf,' to $14 00 Silver Trays These are large, beautifully decorated .trays, room.. Prices . One of these should be in-every home. Silver Crumb Trays Pnces $7.50 to adding tone to any dining $3.00 to $9.00 in these goods. We can suit you $2.50 to $ 50 Silver Mugs These are shaving mugs, goia unea aiw oeauu.-u, 3 50 to $5.00 - na Tkua era mAm nf huW ftllVSr Jewel Oases, CUUOn D0Xe5 ' ,""7 a .wWnt bu'raau ornament. Prices and Hair Receivers - with raised exterior decorations and silk 1. 00 to $6.00 Silver Tea Sets An appropriate gift to an, lady. Our line will phMiw ?9n ftn 3 piece sets $6 to $15, 4 piece sets $20.0U Pearl Handle Knives and Forks The very finest Rogers 184? goods made, forks In silk lined leather case Silver Knives and Forks, per set '- Price per set six kn.ves and sii '$30.00 V $5 and $15.00 The Golden Rule Store 1308, 1310, 1?12 Adtmi Avenue. areest Storp- . Smallest Prices X LOCAL ITEMS : .- X77i ' : Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Russell are down from the Sanger mines. . A. P. Sprague le up today from Elgin. Joe. Nibley of Steel Spur, came down on No. 6 this morning. Qeorgs McCabe the railway contractor was up last evening . from Elgin on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs O. C. Fleshman are visit ing friends and relatives in Promise at present. ' This is the time of the year for long and frequent editorials on good roads. We certainly heed them. , This applies to the etreets likewise: '. ' i, ' ' J. P. Newell, division engineer of the v. n. oi li.. wan neaaquariersai ruruanu was a passenger on this morning's . train to Huntington, where he goes on a tour ef inspection.- V- ' ' "'""' Presiding Elder t? D. Gillilan returned from,Huhtington last evening. ' The Elder is considerably i.the worse for wear on account of a serious accident which befell him, end as a result he is wearing 'a pair of onttohes. ... ' O. C. Osburn, manager of the , Pacific , Statos Telephone Co., request thasyb cribers to 'the rural telephones calf- at the telephone office and gSt a copy of the new phone directory. All of the Sunday schools in the city have agreed to hold their Christmas ex ercises on next Saturday night. While no extra features are in , contemplation an interesting program and a sxlal time is is assured in all of the churches. Mrs. H. B. Hals'.en leaves tonight for Moscow, Idaho, to take treatment under hir father, Dr. C. E. Worthinston, of that city. She has been in very pior health here for the year durinj which time has. submitted to two Of orations, and shs toes hoping to be greatly ' benefited? by the change of climate as' wall -'a to'' be under the immediate eve of her father. Will VISIT 01D HOME Loye Qulen, better known as "Louie, the Chinese gardner," will leave in a few days for the scenes of his childhood, and once more to meet his parents, brother and brothers, and last but not least, the lady who is to become his wife. "Louie" left his old home near Hong Kong, some twenty-five years ago, and the greater part of the succeeding quarter of century he has been, in this valley. Ha has been engaged in the gardening business and by his pleasant manners and fair dealings has made many friends and established a a good credit among the which residents. "Louie" is no common "chink." He speaks and writes good English, wears American made clothing, and sports a white shirt and diamond ring. He expects to be ab sent about four months, and if the govern ment authorities will permit, to return with a Mrs. Loye Qulen to preside over the jome which he has prepared in- this. to""her, a foreign and unknown land. . MEXICAN DRAW WORK , Theiladies of the Eposcipat church have just received a fine selection of beautiful hand made Mexican drawn work, con sisting of side board scarfs' and lunch cloths of various sizes. Call up Mrs. Mac Wood or Mrs. John Collier and this hand some work will be sent to your home for inspection. Make yourself or your, friend a Chistmas present ,- . t FUNERAL YESTERDAY ; ' ' h The funeral of Miss Grace Deal, aged 23 years, who died Sunday of consump tion, was held yesterday afternocn, Rev. 0. H. King, officiating. The Interment took place in the 1. 0. 0. F. cemetery. OLD MAN FOUND DEAD r . J ' ..." V- . .V ' Hnry: Shiiemaker, an old man living four miles from Pilot Rock' 'was found de?d in his chair yesterday. .Death .was apparantly caused by heart disease. Coroner Handarson was; nbtifled of the case, but as the circumstances indicated that death had come from natural causes, ho inquest was held. The funeral will be held at Pilot Rock tomorrow. Pendleton East Oregonian. EXPRESS BUSINESS HEAVY The annual rush of express business las already commenced and from now until af ;er New Year the express mess engers and agants will have their hands full to take care of the business. Even after the I olid ys the packges temporar ily lost, continue to come in and . increase the volume of business. COMMITTEE APPOINTED J. A. Woodell. T. J. Glenn and Williajn Choate, of Sumnierville. were placed en the cattlemen's allotement committee for the Wenaha forest reserve at the meet ing at Walla Walla yesterday. ' ' ' tAWSONNOT ACTIVE. (Snrlpps Newe Association! :'. New 'York. Dec. 19 There Were no signs Lawson of. in the copper market . to day. Amalgapatedand pther copperwasl strong. ( . i : "' ' ' j ' ' " MUST BE CUilTY 0 , (Serlpps News Association) Washington, Dec. 19. Attorney" Gen eral Moody held that, midshipmen who were used to hazing must be found guilty by court martial before the case can be dismissed. Secretary of War- Bonapart will act accordingly, , " REWARD FOR ROBBERS Olympia, Wash., Dec. 19. Governor Mead today issued a proclamation offer ing a reward of one thousand dollars for the arrest and conviction of the men that held up the North Coast Limited Northern Pacific train near North Yakima Saturday night This reward is in addition to thoss offered by the railroad company and Yak ima county. MARRIAGE IKENSI County Clerk J. B. Gilham Issued the following marriage licenses yesteroay: Mr. George1 Guy West and - Miss Lldia Cantrel, both of Summerville; Mr. George South wick and Miss Mary M. Mitchell, both of Nibley, Mr. W. J. Warren, of Portland, and Miss Lillian S. Mitchell of Union. ' -' V' NED. . WRIGHT West of Summerville, Monday night, Dec. 18,1905, Morris Wright, aged 61 years, of pneumonia. The The funeral will take place tomorrow forenoon from the home, at 9 o'clock . and the interment will take place- in the I. 0. 0. F, cemetery of this city in the . afternoon, Rev. Edwin B. Hayes, pastor of the Presbyterian church officiating. The deceased leaves a wife, ' several. children, a mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, and four brothers, Louis, Charley, Chris., and Ambrose and one sister, Mrs. Chasr G. Bunte, who now lives in Portland. ' MARRIED : i .. : SOUTHWICK-MITCHELL--Inlhis city Monday, Dec. IB. 1905. Mr George , Southwick and Miss Melissa Mitchell, President F, S. Bramwell 'officiating: After' the wedding the young people went to the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Southworth, at Nibley, where a wedding supper .was served and in the evening thef guests and neighbrj went to the L, D. a. meeting house where the evening was spent in dancing. The young people will make their home in Nibley, where they have a large circle of friends'. , MOUNTAIN. WOOD MARKET " , ' Ti. R Collins, the Kamela wood con tractor, was in the city yesterday after supplies. ) He states ' that not for years. has the market been so good this early irJ the season and Jf orders continue and cars can be secured there will be very, little left of the 5000 or more cords of wood. The bulk of the wood this season is marketed in Pehdloton and WalU' Walia. However Weiser, Idaho has been quiu a purchaser. . The . freight to the first , two named being one dollar and and a quarter per cord, while at Weaker is two dollars and a half,- The, dealers or contractors pay three dollars and a- quarter on board the cars at Kamela or Meacham. Carving Sets We have them in all styles, from An appropriate and useful gift Prices range $2 50 to $12.00 Cut Glass No dining table is properly dressed without at leastafsw articles of cut glass. Our line is complete and we mvite your inspection Haviland Dinner Sets if you love her prove it by getting her a set of these. Haviland China. Prices per set 10 1 pisces Every woman loves $35.00 Chocolate Sets These are Haviland China and Cracker Jars Japanese ware, highest quality. Pricee $8.UU 10 IU.UU You cannot serve crackers properly without a Cracker Jar. - Our line will , please you. Prices ' ' $1.00 to $3.50 Salad Sets Elegand Haviland and Japanese ware. , these. Prices Every woman should have a set of $1.50 to $9.00 I Jardiniers No parlor looks ' 'right without one or more jardiniers. We have them at $1 00 to $6.00 Vases The largest variety and most beautiful line of vases ever shown in this city. Price ' 10c to $15.00 Dutchware These goods are all the rage this year", now or you may be too late. Come in and make your seItlon Children's Department ,4 CHILDS Knife and Fork set best Rogers 1847 goods. Price $1.76, With Pearl handles $2.60. CHILDS China Mugs 6 cents to 25 cents'. Silver Mugs, gold lined, very fine, $1.25, to $2.00. Also a full line of Skates, Sleds, Toy Banks. Toy Cook Stoves, Sad Iron, etc. ' 1 j ' By making a small deposit any article will be laid away until called for.. Make your selection now while our stock is complete. ' MRS T. N. MURPHY HARDWARE CROCKERY AND SPORTING " GOODS : f .i ,:"". .MMmMMMMUMM MMMMMMMMHvHHH CI Ci ' ) GIFT SUGGESTIONS a - IHTERNATI3NAL FLEET RE(AllEp,. "Constantinople. Dec. 19: The inter national fleet which has been making a demonstration in Turkish waters has been recalled. ANNUAL MEETING Of the shareholders of the Farmers and Traders National Bank of La Grande, will be held at their banking house in La Grande on Tuesday, the 23d. day of January, 1 906, between the hours of 1 0 o'clock a. m. and 2 o'clock p. m. of said day, to select a board of directors for the ensuing year and for such other business as may come before said meeting. J. W. Scriber, Cashier of the Farmers and Traders National Bank of La Grande. Dated this I8th.lay of December 1905. Oiily four days remain in which to make your selec- lions for gift giving. OUR STORE WILL BE OPEN EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK A few suggestions of appropriate presents - Suit Cases Bath Robes 1 1 .Neckwear VSiik Dftss Patterns Fursx jn Men's Suits I'Ovirc Fancy Hose Indian Blankets Ladies Suits House Coats Pws " 'l: Suspenders Umbrellas TabK Dolls Linens STORE OPEN EVENINGS Chica go Store