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Union Woolen Mills Indian Robes Wt hav received a consignment of Union Fleece Wool Indian Robe which we have nn sale. These robee are . i nitable for couch ' covers, steamer robers and orna- mental for Indian corners. The price range is from $5.60 up HENRY &. CAT ?R ! HOUSE FURNISHERS AND UNDERTAKERS I Phone No. 621. J. C. Henry, residence 664 J. J. Carr, residence 886 . j LA GRANDE IRON WORKS 1 " ' D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor, ; Complete Machine Shops and Foundry General Blacksmiths, We manufacture The Fitzgerald Roller Feed Mill., the best and cheapest mill on the market. Our ehops are J equipped with machinery to handle any sized work, nothing too large or nothing to small Highest prices paid for old iron. . eeeeeeeee eeee Miut Talk No. 2. CLEANLINESS As milk Is the natural food for the young, containing within itself all the reguirements of the body, and at any adulteration it Injurious to the system, (either from absorp tion or otherwise) therefore the health of the consumer, and espec ially; the young, depend to a great extent upoq those who handle the milk. And as there are so many ways in handling the cow at well as the milk after being drawn ? from the cow. Every consumer should visit the place from whence he gets his milk (no matter if it it turrounded by a high board fence) and tee how the cow and the milk are handled before using it as a (ood for the baby. SPRING BROOK DAIRY it alwayt open for inspection and invites you to come and tee Practical Gunsmith Repairs Strictly Fi-stclass . Guns re-stocked Keys fitted to door Locks WM. AGNEW Adams u L No one can be perfectly free till all free; no one can be perfectly moral until all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy. Spencer. Brick furnished in any quantcy or any! stvla. No contract too small or to. large. See samples f our pressed brick. GEO. KREIGER. L ranoV, Orffon To Chicago and the East Fast trains daily, through to Chi cago without change, from points in Oregon and Washington, via the Thiraan. Union Pacific and North western Line, the route of The Overland Limited, over the double; track railway between the Missouri River and Chicago, making direct connection at Chicago with all lines to the East Trie BEST OF tVERYTHINQ. For further Infortnstioa spply to W. A. Cos, General Aft. C. w , kj. 153 Third Street, PortiaM.w LODGE DIRECTORY EAGLES La Grande Aerie 289 F. 0. E. meets every Friday night in Redmen Hall, Lewis Buildingat 8 p. m. Visiting brethren invited to attend. ' I. R. Snook W. S- Dr.G.L.BiggertW. P. I. O. O. F. La Grande Lodge No. 16. meets in their hall every Saturday night. Visiting brothers cordially invited to at tend. Cemetery plat may be seen at Model Restaurant , H. E. Coolidqi, N. G. ' D, E. Cox, Sec. STAR ENCAMPMENT. No. 81. I. 0, 0. F. Meets every first and third Thurs days in the month in Odd Fellows hall Visiting patriarchs always welcome. 1. K. sNOOK, U r. Edmono Robinson, Scribe. EASTERN STAR, 0. E. S. Hope Chapter No. 15 meets the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:30 j p. m. in Masonic Temple. Genevive Bohnenkamp, W. M. Mary A. Warmiuk, Sec M. W. A.-La Grande Camp No. 7703 meets averv first and third Wednesday of the month at I. O. 0. F. hall. All visiting neighbors are cordially invited to attend. C. S. Williams, V. C. John Hall, Clerk. FORESTERS OF AMERICA Court Maid Marion No. 22 meets each Thurs day night in Redman hall. Brothers are Invited to attend. Fred Hon Chief Ranger. L. L. Snodorass Financial bee. Board of Trustees Dr. G. L. Biooers John Hall and C. S. Williams FRIENDSHIP TENT No. 31. K. 0. T M. Meets second and third Wednesdays each month in 1. 0. 0. F. hall. , Visiting kniffhts welcome. U.T. W EISENBBROER. Mm, Mox Bloch, Record Keeper. L.O. T. M. HIVE No. 27. Meets every first and third Thursdays in the after noon at the Redmen hall. All visiting ladies are welcome. Maude Long Lady Commander. M. C. Vessey, Record Keeper, B. P. 0. E.. La GRANDE LODGE No, 433 Meets each Thursday evening at iffht o clock in fc Iks hall, on Adams Ave' nue. Visiting Brothers are cordially in vited to attend. F. S. Ivanhoe, Exalted Ruler, , E. McCully, Recording Secretary. LA GRANDE LODGE No. 189 WOODMEN OF THE WORLD Meets van Friday of each month the K. of P. hall in the Corp building. All viaitincr members welcome. n. 1 ackles, consul wommanaer. H. Kebney, Clerk. V&vM4 60 YEAH' 'Tnadc Mark ! DiaiaNS COPVRIOMTa V& AnroMMndtat ekelr-b. end derrlo i"T .i.,iutulii onr opinion free whether u i. Drob.NT patentable, Comnunl. tkme eutetlr eonOdentla len Id pi MaNnBOOK on Patent eenl rree. I'l Ann Inr (, rl 1 1 DatMlU. Tor eecuri Patent taken tli imrti Muua -awlal notice, without onjj. Lee Scientific nl.uon of anr erlenllflo Journal, Ternie. SJ ear i four month. SL told by ell tieweoeaiere. MUNN&Co.",B' New York "'iilrt omoe. i r St- Wa.hln.ton. U.C YOU m, BE SATISFIE If yiT tlrket reed and Kloilrao' Belli Line ol the world" the Penvet tut "rjoeulo HKOAUfeE Taere ro matir rnie tt , 0t !MinToi Hi re i limn w ir t wrtn'hnlen nl Drnrr I tat tin III)' never beoomea tlreeotu If jna n eo'nr t. writ for i "w- niHtlon tn4 ptttl) bo UiH will Irll von ell lut il W C McBRlOE, Asrnt, 124 Third St ortlard Ore; HIS BEAR CROP A FAILURE Bo kiUa, Muster, I Bruin's Ingratitude. " r GUESS ol" Bob Eklles wont never I have do confidence in Van ag'in,' said Sabin Budd, who snsres rattle snakes with a leather strinfrand bunt leer and bears with a tingle-barreled Duzzle-lnadins shotgun. "And it arves him right, eo It does." Bob Skiles is fa mom in the neigh borhood of Kettle Creek, Pa., as a bear hunter and one who pretends to use philosophical forethought as an sid to his hunting. Thus, one day last pring he dlcovred a family of bears 'n the woods along Polly's Bun. It onsisted of a big and savage mother hear and three cube. The cubs were ut a few weeks old. Skiles' first Impulse was to put a ball through the old bear as she 'imbed toward him from her retreat beneath t root of a fallen tree, am' to earry tie cube home alive, but on -eeond thought he resolved to spar he family. He knew that the enbf would pine for their mother and per hap would not live under alien care I'll just let the hull caboodle of 'em lone," said Bob. "8lx months from now" them eubt'll be In fine shape lo rive me some fun In 'the wood, end he ol' woman b'arll have nice new oat o' fur on to her. I'll let 'em lire. tnd reap the harvest o' my beiu' kind o 'em along when snow begins to By lext fall." So he did what no other hunter In all hat spread of water would have done He ptied on and left the bear family to itself. About two, weeks before Thankurlv nar he had tb satisfaction of knowlnr hat the eu! had rrii to be more :han bnlf a hlir s their mother, fst a iir ready for the klllinc tnd wltl- 'nats of fur of the hlnekeet anH rlrlet The mother was alo In tuperb coat end finest ponditlon. They were snugly boused tn Tamarack jwsmp. "Oueat I'D let 'em ptck op for week or so more.1 said ha. "Then they'll be ready for me to have fun with." A eouple 64 day later he saw the lear family apnin The old bear tnd two of the eu went Into the swamp tnd the other cub started away on hit i account, over toward an old wood "oad. and down the road toward Bly's steering "That ain't reg!sr."taldBob. "That b'ar ain't actio' square!" So be followed the cub, which went along at a lively rate, and turned into the woods, at the further edge of which Bly bad a tew sheep in a lot, with long fence around it. Bob SI lk hurried on. and came out of the wood Into the lot just at the young bear had cornered the sheep and bad killed one. That beln' the ease." said Bob, "I'll have to have my fun with this young :ub right now. And he killed the cub and (rare ft to Bly becaute H killed Bly's sheep. A day or two afterward Bob had an offer of good price for big bearskin, and he went out to get the mother of the family. He got on her trail. The two young bears were with her. Bob followed her for an hour be fore he got t shot, and the old bear turned on him so fiercely that If it lad not been for his dog she mljr! 'lave got him Instead of his getting er. but he got her. The two young earr went up a big tree "I'll leave 'em," said Bob. "Til jure Thankairtvln hunt with em nd have a lot more fun I'll get one if 'em on that day and then 111 keep t'other one for Chrtstma Vint They'll wait for me." Id lesc than week after ' that, though, some one from the county 'ent sent word to Bob that It . h -oulr send over cotinte of bears voting fat and juicy, right away, h mile set nl own price for them, st 'lot concluded that he wouldn't keep he two remaining members of th amllj waltinc for him any longer inc he starter? out bright and earl; tr get them for the man at th 'onntj seat. - Sabin Budd tella the rest. " Taln't fer me to be the jedg o' folks' oiiln's, nam Sahln, "but when a feller has no.ed around In . th wood a much Hon Hkllp has, an then goe an' putt hi? confidence ''ar. it sarrer him right if he git1 'iolpd. I wa ettin' on a log ove his ide o' the big cranberry mf "1 vaitln' fer a leer that I thoiip' nebbe mowt come along to ch itime o the wild grass on the ede-, of It, and who should I see but IS" with his gim on bit shoulder, bound for somewherea. "'Hello. Bob!' I sung out. Where do you think you're gain'?" "'Coin' to git them two b'art mine that's over on the edge o' old Tamarack, waitln' fer me. "'Sot. 1 taye. Tlope you'll gtt 'env I tayf. "Course I'll git 'em!' tayt Bob, "1 didn't aay nothin' more, an oo he went. 1 looked arter him till he got out o' tight. Then 1 tayt to my self: o,..(. .!!. I. t...i. 4.r sure o' things. 'Specially If It's b'ar, I sayt. "So I got on the log and tort o' JKIIIUT-I ru. II Mia Villlir ,i lnmmin' nice buck to chaw wiltlV grast at the edire o' the cranberry mnsh.an'l knocked him over, skinned him out an' took him home. An' a I was goln' home 1 says to myselt ag'in: "'Sometimes a feller la a leete too sure o things, 8psUUy If ift b'ar,' 1 says. "Now, the reason why I aald that was aomethio' like this. The day afore I waa aettin' on that log waitin' for the deer an' had tbat talk with BobSkilea I was over to Bly't elearin. It was along in the arternoon when I stopped there, an' Bly says to me: "Why ain't you out helpln' 'em ketch the b'ar?' says ha. " 'B'arr 1 aaya. 'What b'arr " The f atteat an "blackest young b'ar vou ever e,' tayt Bly. tine o the' Nelson boys aaw it first, wub hlin' along not more'n a mile from here, up the creek aya he. 'It was headin' in from Tnmnrock swamp,' "'SoT I says. lf there win two ;'art now, 'tun o one, ru tnmK sure 'iev must belong to P-jb Skiles' b'ar irmllv the two that 'a wnitin' for .im to hnve fun with,' 1 says. "'Mebbe.' save Blr. an' thaft all vhat was said lift then, about b'ar.' "'Iong to'ards nlg''t. as I was on he p'lnt o leaving Bly a, in eome the Nelson boys an' two or three more. Thev was hootln' an" howlin it If they'd jeBt come In from elcc- ion. An' thev had good reaon for 'ootln'. Thev hadn't only fetchetl In 'ie b'ar that Blv wi talkln" about. mt they had fetched In another un t 4. ame an' heft. Thev wa the fattest an' blackeat vonnirter o' b'ar I eves see-' "They're the two orphans o' Bob Skllee' b'ar family, sure as sap! says Thev be. certain. An' 'they're mint beck onto Bob! They've abused ie confidence!" 1 says 'But what lould yon expect of barr I save. "An' with that I left for home, an" didn't think nothin more about It till next dav. when I was tettin' on that log nigh Cranberry swamp waitin' for a der that tnout mebbe come along to chaw the wild gra.s. an" seen Bot with hi gun, headin' for Tamarack twamo to git his two b'ara. I didn't say nothin' to him Tom what Vd seen over to Bly t elearin . cause 1 thought there mowt setch thing be that the two b'are the Velson hoy got wa'n't the Boh Slclle two orphans arter all. but. I couldn't elo ' remarkin' to myself, aa Hon went on to'ard the swamp that aome- timee a teller it a leetle too eure o' thlnir 'epeclellv If It's b'ar. "Well. tlr. the evenln' o" that day at I wat CUttin some sienna tmon the ham o' that buck I had knocked over when It come along to eat wild Trass on the eranberry mash, who should eome In but Bob 6kllet. 'Hello, Robert! tayt L 'Whert't the two orphaneT" ' Bob wat lookln glum an diaap- p'inted. ' " 'Babin,' tayt he, -yoti Know- now I treated that b'ar family. I could plunked the ol' woman b'ar an gobbled her young nnt ten month ago, 'most. If I'd a been a mind to sayt be, but I treated 'em white, an give 'em a chance to be somebody an to have eome high ol' fun with me thle falL tayt he. 'I've been reg'lar father to that family,' tayt he. 'When I found out that one the young 'unt wat tornin' but to be a aheep thief I put him out o' th wit ' temptation. " Then I tee that the or womar b'ar wat gettln' old an' aassy, iv I fixed her so she couldn't git r dander op an' make herself look ' pleasant any more. But, says B 'I kep' my eye on t'other two yonn una,' 'eo't they, wouldn't git to goln wrong, an' eo's they could still havr i bullv ehance to be on hand when wanted 'em, eo't they could thow they 'predated what I bad done for era. " 'But what have they done? tayt Bob. 'Here waa their chance to day, to show their gratitude but 'stid o' doin' of It they go en' hide, he saya. an mnke me trapse an nidge an' tumble 'round In ol' Tata arack an' every which way through the woods.' he sbjs, an' there don' neither one on 'em show up! all that. Rabin.' say Bob. 'a treatln' a feller contemptible mean an' lncon. siderate!' he aaya. " That's Jest what It la, Robert, aye. . 'But they hain't made nothin' by It.' I sayt. " 'No?' he sayt. "Why?" " They didn't hide from you, says to Bob. "An then l up an told him a: about the young b'art the Nelson boyt 1 had gathered In, 'caurr knnwed then, for certain, that thev waa Bob $klles' two orphant. Bo I he leaned onto hit gnn and aighed. "'Well,' he says, "taln't that hlnme the Nelson boys. Their bound n duty wat to gether Iri b'art hey ee any to gether In. It'e th 'errible ingratitude o' them tw )'ars that hurts me.' he aaya, never would a 'thunk HI Never! he saya. "An' with that Bob went on home an' though I wa'n't no ways glad wat Tooled to oad quite the eon trary ylt 1 couldn't help thlnkl that It sarved him right. Yes, air You kin bet yonr pile it don't pay to put yonr confidence in barl" N, Sun. There Had Ihi Otkeea. "You," sighed the rejected lover, "would find your name written In im perishable characters in my heart could you but look." -sot- murmured the fair Tonne- tit. - ,.--,r .j Railroad Company. Emory Proebstel versus ttushan. - Walter M. Pierce versus Unio ftrfa4-a Wh.f V.e T5 u,n, i " , u. - Tht Abeline National Bank "What is an nnentofrakWdlht. teacher. "An Inventor." rpl!ed the Invenlor'i son, promptly, "Is something drtgued by nature for the use of a promoter." Chicago Post. KOIKE Of STRAY Notice is hereby given to whom it may concern that on or about the 29th of No vember, 1905, one yearling steer came to my place. Said animal is red spotted with white, has unreadable brand on left hip, left ear underbit, right ear points out off and split Said animal came down with my cattle from the hills. Owner can have same by calling at my place. wo and one half miles east of Island City and paying Charges and proving property. Dated this 12th day of January, 1906. J. A. Holman REMEMBER We can equip you with all the necessar ies to go with that camera you received Christmas. Our prices are the lowest and . the quality the highest. Newlim DruoCo. B. M I). RUN10N r All former students, teachers, direct ors or officers and their wives or hut bands, of the old Blue Mountain Univer sity are invited to attend their second re union to bt held at the Elk't hall Feb. 9th. 1906 at 8 o'clock p. m. Bring your tops and marbles. J. E. Reynolds, Pres. rVtetfteW Sealed bids will be received by the county courts of Union and Wallowa counties of Oregon, up to noon, February 1906, for the construction of t bridge across the Wallowa river, according to ant and specifications on ' file in the Clerk's office of each of taid counties. Bids for the abutments and approaches must bt separate from tht bridge proper. Certified checks for 6 of the amount of tht bid must accompany the tarns, at a guaranty that a contract and bond will bt entered Into to build taid bridge, or abutment and approaches at tht case may be, according to taid plans and specifications. , ' Said courts reserve the right to reject any and all bids. J. B. OlLHAM County Clerk of Union county, Oregon. BLUE MOUNTAIN HOTEL I W. 0'BRYANT, Prop. White htlp only. Dining Room Open, Mealt S5e. Rooms 2flo and 60c. Special rates by wttk or month On block from depot Cor. Jefferson Avt. tnd Depot St. LA GRANDE SCHOOL OF MUSIC PROP. DAV. PRINCIPLE. MRS. DAY, ASSISTANT. This is ons of the best musical In stitutions in tht state, and that people in this city and valley art begininng to discover the advantage of thit school. Tht system it the latest and most practical, and in cludes all the latest discoveries in the art of teaching music. The ' school is divided into two depart ments; No. 1 is for beginners from 6 years or mors and ars taught the first three grades. Pupils come ont hour each day. Thit it no kin dergarten system but far superior. In No. 2 the grades ars from 2 to 6. Hers they graduate. Pupils take ons or two lessons a week as they desirs. No scholars will bt permitted to remain in this school who do not study. Opposite the Foley House over the candy store. Phone. 473. Two Dyspeptics If you ars too fat It It because your food turns to fat instead ot muscle strength. If you ars too lean the fat producing foods that you sat ars not properly aigesiea ana assimilated. . 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