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Promised to tell you here all about their great BARGAIN. FEAST but
as this space will not permit half they want to say, theyK are obliged
to ask you to refer to their large ad. on another page of this Issue.
READ EVERY WORD, IT WILL SAVE YOY MONEY
THE GOLDEN RULE COMPANY
1308, 1310, 1312 Adams Avenue.
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SOCIETY
Th who, which, what, party, given by
Misses Jessie and Nelle' Grimmett, of
bland City, waa a decided auccaaa or as
the young folk pronounced It, a "mighty
awaH,' but "rather questionable" affair.
The room were gorgeout with long fet
loori of red crepe paper, little tinkling
bell and pretty cluster of mistletoe. To
say that the boy were dismayed, mildly
ipresses their feelings when, after re
moving over-shoes and donning "company
manners," they were informed that they
bad come to the wrong house, but final
ly the mystery was solved and all were
ready for the good time, which was fully
realized. The unique guessing games
caused much merriment and prize were
given to Florence Childers. Don Meyer,
and consolatiou to Mr. H. Rosenkamp.
During the evening Mr. Merton Kiddle
tendered tome very pleating vocal selec
tion, piano solo by Imogen Russell was
enjoyed by all, then every one joined in
singing late popular tune. Misses Jessie
nd Nell have the reputation of being
harming entertaii-.ers, but this affair
certainly redoubled their popularity in
that respect Delicious refreshments,
daintily served added to the delight of the
evening. The guest present were Miss
Pearl and Carrie Hunter, Minnie and
Lillian Holman, Maud Walters, Netta
Kiddle. Stella Hunter, Ruth and Imogen
Russell, Lizzie Fouste, Florence Childers,
Hilda Schroeder, Sara Riddle, Adda
Hunter and Mrs. Merton Kiddle; Messrs
Hugh McCall, Don Meyers, Henry Rose
lamp, Wilbur and Benjamin Zururick,
Ralph and Jay Reynolds, Charles-Conkey, 1
Claude Scranton, Eli Stein, O. W. Mas
tan, John Schroeder, Elmer Thomas,
Glenton Irvin and Mcrtsi Kiddle.
Last evening Rev. W, H. Gibson with
family returned from Summervill where
the Christmas season was greatly enjoyed
'm the home of Mr. N. J. Choat. The
imilv circle was lares. On Chrint.mm
lay the children and grand-children,
tsrenty-nine in number met in "Qrand-
anaa" home. Joyful greeting, happy
stories of family experiences and life, eon
tmued feastings and the family Xmas
tree, were some of the features of the
day.
, The families of D. W, Hug, William
Ovate, J. M. Choat and W, H. Qibson
ere present Grandma and the bachelor
at al A 'iL . ii
Hunter were the happy host. Three
grand children, Viola, Vivian, and Ona
Wovlley were absent. The entire family
circle i prosperous and face the New
, Year in the exercise of a splendid hope.
t NEW POSTMASTER
" , Lovell E. Tipton ha been appointed
postmaster vice A. J. Clare resigned at
' Kamela.
ORDINANCE NO. 321, SERIES 190?
An ordinance to provide a levy on the
taxable property within the "city of La
3rande. Oregon, of a tax for general and
municipal purposes and for paying' inter
est on the bonded indebtedness of said
citv for the mr IQOfl. end nnll
' The city of La Grande doe ordain a1
I follows:
J Section I. That a levy of four (4)
mill on the dollar be and the same
hereby made upon all property within
said city assessed during the year . 1905-
for state and county purposes to be used
and expended for paying municipal and
current expense for the year 1908.
: Section 2. That a. special tax of . five
(6) mills on the dollar be' and Is hereby
levied upon all property within, said city
assessed for state and ' county purposes
during the year 190S, to be used in pay
ing interest on the bonded indebtedness of
said city during the year 1906, and esti
mated at $4250.00.
Section 5. . That a levy of a poll tax of
$2.00 le hereby made upon each inhabi
tant of (aid city over the age of 2 1 year
and under the age of 60 yean, said pol
tax to be set apart for the purpose of im
proving and working the streets and high
ways within the corporate limits of said
city.
Section 4. That the recorder be and
he it hereby instructed . and directed to
make a report of (aid levies to the county
clerk of Union county, Oregon, on or be
fore the 1st day of January, 1 906.
Section 6. This ordinance shall be
published in one issue of the La Grande
Evening Observer, a newspaper pub
lished within the city of La Grande, Ore
gon, and be and remain in f jII force and
effect from and after the SOth dav of
December, 1905.
Passed by the council of the city of La
Grande, Oregon, on the 29th day of
December, 1905; six councilmen voting
therefore and no councilmen voting against
the same.
Attest: I. R. Snook, Recorder of the
city of La Grande, Oregon. ' -
Approved this December SOth, 1905.
J. D. Slater. Mayor.
CASE OF GRATITUDE
Osteopathy has received a great im
pulse in New York the past winter
through the strenous fight in the legisla
ture to prevent the passage of an Osteop
athic law, (which was finally won by the
Osteopaths), and through the production
on the stage of "Mr Leffingwell' Boot."
a play turning upon an Osteopathic cure.
Written by Augustus Thoma, the fore
most American playwright, and staged
by Mr. Frohman, the foremost manager
of the day, at the Savoy, the dav has
been the success of the season in New
York. The plot of the play is built upon
the eccentricities of a young man, insane
from injury in college sport. The startl
ing and educational-influence of the play
i in the cure of the young man by an
Osteopath finding and setting a (lightly
displaced bone of the neck.
The play originates through the exper-
ience of the two men with Osteopathy.
Mr Thomas' eon having been cured from
a hopeless invalid, and Mr, Froham him
self having been treated,
The play has awakened the people of
New York, particularly the press, and is
proving the greatest educational means of
the day for Osteopathy, and the greatest
blow to pill doping.
Hurry it West! '
THE LARGEST STAI.T.VAY.
Twenty Thousand 8ter n liotn-
tain Up Which vu t
Toll.
Mount Oml, on the border between
Western China and Thibet, baa the
longest etalrcaae In the world. On top
of the mountains there etanda a Bud-
Jhlst temple, around which gather
wine of the holiest traditions of that re-
ftlon, and which la made a Mecca to th
Chinese.
To facilitate the ascent of Ita slippery
tides come 20,000 steps have been cut
In tb morning forming a single ui.ht.
up which the pilgrim toils. - - - .
Because of Ita Inaccessibility Uw
ropeane have ever visited the spot, buc a
aussber of travel ore have ascended th
stairway and are positive that It to no
legendary myth.
There la ft legend that In earlier time
the pilgrim waa forced to . ascend th "
mountain without artificial aide, un..i
the monks conceived the plan of requir
ing every pilgrim who would gain espe
cial benefit of hie Journey to ut aalngl
FOR SALE-5 year old jersey bulL .for
particulars enquire, of J. W, McAliiier
or of the farm of Mrs. Lindsay, north of
g.ttttttf eeeer Jind City.
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Just Received by W. It Bohnenkamp a beautiful
LINE OF . ROCKERS
Prom 75c up .
The Finest display of China and Class
In the city. See the Ten Cent Table
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W. H. BOHNENKAMP,
' Miss Maud Richards of Union is' viait
ing friends in La Grande.
; L S.Corpe is over from the Cove today
on business.
' J. A. ThrjMon returned Irt evirihg
from Dayton where he ha been viiuna
m ..,KWM.tf UUMIiHI.
Joseph Bartori, general passenger and
freight agent of :the Sumpter Valley rail
road, is in the city today on business.' He
state that this torm is raging all along
nis una ana uie report received yester
day that at the highest points on hie road
the anow was about two feet deep.
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER '
American girls ought to be interested
in the reminder just given that more than
500 of their number have married titled
foreigners. According to an English
statistician 162 of these girl have mid
uowry or ioi,uuu,uoo. in a recent
discussion between a German baron and
his rich American father-in-law the baron
contended that a foreign title of nobility
nas an actual market value, which should
be regulated by a sliding scale. ' A nurn
Der or the brides have found that there
is quite a slide after marriage, the money
going down but the title becominir no
more valuable.
, William Smith is down from Baker Gty
today.
engineer J. C. Shea has returned from
Baker City where he has been visiting,
Attorney Cha. H. Chance i in the
city from Sumpter on business.
T. N. Proffit, the well known stockman
of Baker City, is in the city today. .
H. F. Shoemaker, the well known resi
dent of Elgin, came up last night from
that place and is in the city today.
u. bommer, the pioneer merchant of
Euin, came up last night and is at the
Sommer House.
Blaine Burleigh, a resident of Lostine,
came up last night on the Elgin train and
is in the city today.
i jW. E. Ruckman and family are in from
Alice! today and are registered at the
Fo.ey Hotel. - .
Samuel White, Judge of the 8th. judicial
district, i down from Baker, City on a
city
and
Mrs. Ben
SPIRIT, OF THE PIANO.
Misconstrued by Musicians Who
Use the Instrument In Publio
Entertainment.
The fact that the piano la descended
from the spinet aud the harpsichord If
still a stumbling block to amateurs o
music; the fact that in tone aad resor.
ance It has lately been enormously de
veloped is aldo a stumbling block tc
those who write lor It The first class
says the National Review, have entire
ly neglected the harpsichord ft perfec
aad fully evolved instrument, th.
eplrlt of which is altogether different
from that of the piano; the seconc
class have been tempted by the dy
namics of the piano to treat it too
much like an orchestra, and to forge'
at it la not only a solo instrument
but really a chamber instrument
Ita utterance, which Chopin under
stood so well, la really chamber music;
and there la always somcthUg lament
able to me in the contemplation of
great artist distressing himself and hit
Instrument In the attempt to fill a
large concert room with exaggerated
expressions of a delicate and Intlmatr
temperament. The effect ia never en
tirely satisfactory, however great tin
artist n ay te; for that not of Inti
macy which Is surely the very essence
and spirit of the piano cannot posslbl)
be maintained in the presencp of
large and miscellaneous audience. '
When we consider amorg all our Im
pressions of pianoforte music the mo
ments that have given us memoral)l
pleasure, we find that they took plac
In Intimate assemblies, where som
one played and some one sang, and
where the atmosphere thrilled with
just that amount of electric disturb
ance which we call sympathy, which It
born with the meeting of friends and
die when they disperse.
A. R. Wilson of Spokane is in the
the city this week visiting friends
relatives.
Mrs. D. D Mt.n
Christmas wfth her daughter,
U randy of May Park.
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neney, advance agent for the
antt-Nelson Picture Company, is here
preparing for a performance by his com
pany in the near future.
F. D. Culver, successor to Alma D.
Katr as manager of the western depart
ment of the Mutual Insurance Company,
is here today from Boise on business.
Miss Hattie Glenn, of Summerville, will
leave in a few days for Salem where she
will take a course at the Capitol Business
College.
; Mrs S. R. Thompson of Pendleton ac
companied by her daughter Thelma, are
in the city the guests of Mrs. M, L,
Causey.
W. A. Storie, he'ad of the hrWo. K.iiM-
ing department ot the O.R.&K. with
headquarters at Pendleton, is in tho r.if it
today on business connected with his de
partment.
Engineer Will Estes of the O. R. i N
l in Pendleton visitinir his itnr. M-.
John Hampson, who has just submitted to
iwo operations at St. Anthony' hospital.
Rev. Eads, who has bean on fh.
list for the past few weeks, has so far
recovered as to be able to be upon the
street.
T. T. Gleen. the well known frm '.a
stock raiserof Summerville. was in this
city Tuesday. Mr. Gleen return. .
days since from Walla Walla, whara "he
was in attendance at the
the allotment of the grazing lands in the
forest reserve. He says that the results
of the meeting were very satifactory to
both the cattle men and sheep men and
he is well p9aM(1 wifh neweondition
of affairs.
ON
2 I will give ONE FOURTH OFF :
FANCY CHINA
AND CUT CLASS
10 per cent Off j
HEATING STOVES j
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. This is to reduce my swck ior siock iaKing
! MRS- T.N. MURPHY I
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wi i4 19 Wifei at?i5y
GIFTS FOR SMOKERS
Christmastide offers no better oppor
tunity than can be found in the f
Our line of these favorites embrases
all sizes, and there ia not one but
would be treasured and prized by any
''lover of the weed."
C. E. HACKMAN,;
Factory Corner Adam Avenue and
Greenwood Street Red 1641
STATIONERY AT HALf
we nna it best at intervals to put our
stationery stock in order by closing out
all broken lines at much less than cost
One of these opportunities has now come
for you. This morning we nut on sale
128 boxes of stationery at 9c to 23c a
box. These papers have sold at 20c to
60c a box. They are as good as new,
butwe pay you half the price to take
them quickly.
Not over two packages to a customer at
these prices. Newlin Druo Company.
Saved By Dynamite
Sometimes, a flaming city is saved bv
dynamiting a space that the fire can't
cross. Sometimes, a cough hangs on so
long, you feel as if nothing but dynamite
would cure it. Z. T. Gray, of Calhoun
Ga., writes: "My wife had a verv ag
gravated cough, -hich kept her awak
nights. Two physicians could not help
her; so she took Dr. King's New Dis
covery fof Consumption. Courtis And
Colds, which eased her cough, gave her
sleep, and finally cured her." Strictlv
scientific cure for bronchitis and T
Grippe, for sale by Newlin Dni r
Price 60c and $1.00; ffuarantaad. T-;,
bottle free. .
DINE WEU ON NEW YEARS
and you will fare well all the rest of the
year. To be sure of the. right start eat
your New Year dinner
HERE 1
It will include all the delicacies of the
season and Some out of season. Th
The service will be perfect and the cook
ing a delight. ' The bill will show you
that the cost of living has not increased
nere at any rate.
The Model Restaurant
" J. A. Arbucktc, Proprieto
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