Aurelia Stock
Reports " from the mines during 1 January has
warranted a raise, consequently stock has gone
up to cents, and this is . not all, it will keep
going up as long as the property gets better, as
it is you should buy' before another raise in
price, or you will miss a good investment. You
should consider this as being a home enterprise
and help the matter along, 4 thereby helping
yourself. ; . ' v , .. :.
AURELIA MINING CO.
J. A. THRONSON.
o
Holiday tiro
Never was a better time to get
full value for your money 'than
now. Everytning in the line of
Holiday Groceries.
NEBRASKA GROCERY
MRS. MAGGIE SHEARER, Prop.
Milk Talk No. 2.
CLEANLINESS
As milk is the natural food for the
young, containing within itself all
the requirements of the body, and
as any adulteration is 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 upon those who handle .
the milk. And as there are so
'many ways in handling the cow as
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 is
surrounded by a high board fence)
and see haw -the cow, and the ' milk
are handled before using it as a
food for the baby.. ,
SPRING BROOK DAIRY
ie always open for inspection
invites you to come and see
and
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Practical Gunsmith
Repairs Strictly Firstdass
Guns re-stocked . -
Keys fitted 10 door Lo ks
WMe -AfcNEW ;
. Adam. Tt.u.
urn
ji GRANDE SCHOOL
, OF MUSIC
PROF, DAY. PRINCIPAL,
' MRS. DAY. ASSISTANT.
This Is one of the best musical in
institutions in the state, and that
people in this city and valley are
begininng todiscover the advantage .
of this school. The system is the -,
latest and most practical, and in
cludes all the latest discoveries in
the art of teaching music. . The
school is divide ioto-two depart
ments; No. I is forttginners from
6 years or more and are taught
the first three grades. Pupils come
or hour each day. This is no km
dirrtm system but far superior.
In t4 I the grades are from 2 to
8. i;rrt they graduate.. Pupils
takeentt or two lessons a week a
they desire. No scholars will be
permitted to remain in this school
who do not study.
Opposite the Foley House over
the candy store. Fiione. 45. .
ceries
LODGE DIRECTORY
EAGLES La Grande Aerie 259 F. 0.
E. meets every Friday night in Redmen
Hall, Lewis Buildingat 8 p. m. Visiting
brethren invited to attend.
1. R. Snook W. S'
Dr. Q. L. Biggers W. P.
I. 0. 0. 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. Coolidob, N. G.
D, E. Cox, Sec.
STAR ENCAMPMENT, Noc 81, I. O.
0. F. Meets every first and third Thura
days In the month in Odd Fellows hall.
Visitins Datriarchs alwavs welcome.
' O. E. Fowlkr. C. P.
D. E, Cox. Scribe.
EASTERN STAR. O. E. S.-Hope
Chapter No, 13 meets the second and
fourth Wednesday of each month at ?:30
D, m. in Masonic Temple.
Genevive Bohnenkamp, W. M
Mary A, Warnick, Sec
M. W. A.- La Grande Camp No. 7705
meets every first and third Wednesda'
of the month at I. 0. 0. F. halt A
visiting neighbors are cordially invited to
attend. C. S. Williams, V. C,
Johm Mall, 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 r inancial sec.
Board of Trustees Dr. G. L. Biooers
John Hall and C. S. Williams -
FRIENDSHIP TENT No. 81. K.O.T
M. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays
each month in 1. 0. O. F. halt. Visiting
lenient welcome.
H. C. Ball, Com.
Mox Block, 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 Lono Lady Commander,
M, C. Vessey, Record Keeper. . '
B. P. 0. E. La GRANDE LODGE No.
433 Meets each Thursday evening at
eight o'clock in Elks ball, on Adams Ave
nue. Visiting brothers are cordially in
vited to attend. ?'
F. S. Ivanhok. Exalted Ruler.
0. E. McCully, Recording Secretary.
LA GRANDE LODGE No. 169
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD Meets,
everv Friday of each month
the K. of P. hall in the Corp building. All
visiting members welcome. -
- n, L, A skles, (Consul uxnmander.
J. H. Keeney. Clerk.
HOTKE Of DISSOLUTION
Notice is hereby given that the part
nership firm of Drs, Biggers and Biggers
is this day dissolved by mutual consent
Dr. G. W. Biggers retiring from the firm
The business of the office will hereafter
be conducted by Dr. G. L. Biggers. Al
persons indebted to the late firm are re
quested to call at the office and settle the
same at once.
G. W. Bmoers.
Dated Dec, 4 '06. O. L. Biooirs.
HOUSEHOLD fURWTURE "
Vr will iII . nrivaf. .11
This household fur.titure. . Ail new and n
first class shape.' Call at residence op
posite court house. ,
PROPOSES iMPORTAUT BILL
lie Offers llwsSpti to tte Senate Rate Bill WHscb
Yiewed as tHe First to Mle tlie Law
Affective.
(Observer Special)
Washington, D.C.. Feb. 20. As the
rate regulation bill reaches the voting
stage in the Senate, it is found that the
first amendment proposed in that body,
which was by the senior Oregon senator,
carried the substance of the court-review
provision which the Senate insists upon.
At the time that Senator Fulton offered
his amendment to the leading measure in
the Senate, discussion of the question had
not been indulged this session on the floor.
His statement did not receive greater at
tention then than tributes for its clearness
ku amnimant and legal . accuracy. But
soon after the Fulton amendment was
submitted and spoken upon, the Hepburn
bill came from the House, having no pro
vision for court review. Champions, of
the Hepburn measure argued that the im
plied right of the courts to review when
confiscatory rates were imposed, made it
unnecessary to incorporate such a clause
in the proposed law.
Senators began an exhaustive research
into the legal aspects of the proposition,
with the result that it soon developed that
the best lawyers consulted thought a
specific statement ' regarding review of
the acts by the Interstate Commerce
Commission should be incorporated into
the proposed law. Some held that the
specific right of review should be granted
not only when a rate imposed by the
commission was confiscatory, but when a
prim;) facie case had been made out of
Red Cross Lodge Knights of Phythias
of this city celebrated the 42d. aunlvers-
ary of the order, by a social evening. W.
B. Sargent and Turner Oliver gave short
addresses in honor of the occasion. The
quartet sang several choice several choice
selections, and a few dances were en
joyed. There are times in the history of na
tions, societies and individuals when it Is
wise td turn back the pages of the past
that we might have a clearer view of the
work done by the heroes of the past end
as this is the birthday of the great order
of Knights of Pythias, it is proper that
Pythians take a look backward and con
sider how well their heroes builded. .
The order of Knights of - Pythias was
founded at Washington' D. C, February
19, 1864, by Justus H. Rathbons. It
was originally intended for clerks em
ployed in the various government depart
ments in that city for there mutual pro
tection. There were fourteen members
of the first lodge (Washington No. I) and
they held their meetings lit Temperance
Hall on E street The work for the new
lodge' seemed to be uphill, and on October
9, 1865, it was consolidated with Frank
lin No. 2. As this was the only lodge of
the order for some time and as it has
maintained its orgatization uninterrupted
ly to the present time, it is considered the
"Mother Lodge"
Very soon after the organization No. 1,
the members began to consider plans foi
organizing a grand lodge, which plane
were successfully carried out and on
April 8, "1864, the grand lodge of the
District of Columbia was organized. The
supreme lodge held its first meeting on
Tuesday. August 1 1, 1868, in the city of
Washington. Representatives from the
grafta lodges of D. C, Pennsylvania,
Net Jersey, - Maryland, and Delaware
wer In attendance, and at the next sess
ion New York, Virginia, West Virginia
and Ohio were added. In 1 870 six more
states sent representatives to the su
preme lodge, which held its session in
New York City. - - -
Thus the Pythian idea spread until now
it has reached to every state in our union
and to Alaska, Hawaii, Philippines, Can
ada, Manitoba, Maratime Provinces and
oriusn irfUumDia, ana It is stiu moving
forward to the islands of the sea; New
Zealand, Australia and others.
. phythianisn in oreoon
Louis Lachman and Charles Tichenor
Of San Francisco, went to Portland in
HIS
CELEBRATE
BIRTHDAY
is
the unreasonableness of the rate. These
thought the courtshould be authorized to
review, and, after finding the rate unrea
sonable toward either eide, should have
explicit authority to impose a reasonable
rata.
When a general concensus of the Sen
ate's views was gathered from the sever
al presentations, it began to be apparent
that Senator Fulton's amendment had ex
pressed the concensus early. In other
words, the Oregon senator was credited
by many friends with having antisipated
developments, through careful legal re
search, and with being the pioneer in the
effort to have the la w , conform to the
best judicial sentiment or tne --time, re
garding such matters.
A New York attorney has just furnished
an interesting analysis of the legal situa
tion, through the New York Sun, this
opinion being extensively printed through
out the east This clearly confirms the
pioneer argument of the Oregon senator.
The Post, o? Washington, In caricaturing
the advent of the Hepburn bill in the
Senate, had the Oregon man's features
upon the senator who was standing by
ready to amend with a cleaver.
But, Instead of Senator Fulton being
placed in the light of the champion of any
given side, his amendment and argument
made upon It, are now being viewed by
prominent attorneys as the first advanced
work to make the law effective and suffi
ciently sound to withstand the legal strain
to which it will be Immediately subjected.
1872. and later they met with J. C
Breese and John Gilbert all of Excelsior
lodge No. 12, of San Francisco, and with
others asked for a dispensation to organ
ize a lodge in Portland, which was grant-
ea oy supreme Chancellor Berry ; on
Christmas day 1872. John Gilbert was
commissioned as the instituting officer
and Excelsior lodge No. 1 of Portland
was instituted January 26, 1873. At
different times it has been consolidated
with other lodges and is known as Ore
gon No. I.
OSTEOPATHY IN KERYE TROUBLES
AS ustaopatny deals with nerves very
largely, and makes a more thorough
study of their duties and their sufferings
than any other school, it is not at all
strange that it has achieved better results
In the treatment of nervous diseases than
old methods have ever attained. No
stimulant Is administered to whip the
jaled nerves into action, no sedative given
to make it seem as if pain and suffering
had departed. The actual cause of the
derangement is hunted down and made
normal again. So that cures wrought
by this method, although not always rapid
are permanent cures every time. And
usually very speedy relief is secured.
THE CORN
i
Observer Bpecial) r
Chicago, III., Feb. 20. A special train,
carrying what may be called a school on
corn growing on board, started from here
early this morning, over the Illinois Cen
tral railroad, to make a tour of about two
thousand miles for the purpose of instruct-
I ing farmers in the visited districts in the
best methods of raising corn. The plan
of sending out this train was undertaken
by the Illinois ' Central railroad without
any idea of immediate returns. The tour
will last twelve days and will cost the
railroad company about $12,000. The
train consists of six cars and will stop at
126 cities, towns and crossroad stations
Each stop will be of forty minutes dura
tion. during which there will be lecture
on seed and soil. The tour is in charge
of Professor Hopkins of the University of
Illinois, who is assisted by several pro
fessors from various agricultural schools.
Representatives of the Illinois Central
accompany the train and will tell of the
results in the way of increased shipments
that have come from Improved methods
of farming.
The earliest record of the existence of
the mariner's compass was found in 1 180
But the Chinese appear to have knowl
edge of it at least as early as B. C. 2634
ill ;
THE LA GRANDE
NURSERY
Geo. W. Powell,
I have made a special reduction
on roses for the next 1 5 days,
roses from 55c to 60c
Your choice for 25c
Until the 28th of February
Come and be first to select I
also have a fine lot of Apple,
pear, prune, plum, cherry, appri-..
cot peach, mulberry, shade "
trees and ornamental trees,
grapes, currents, gooseberry,
blackberry, dewberry, rasp
berry, -i vines, creepers, and
hedge plants.
Phone 1611, Thorns' grocery ' i
new;
TAILOR
am An
onur
I desire to inform the public that
I have opened a tailoring establish
ment in the McKennon building,
where I would be pleased to . meet
my friends and ths public generally.
My five year's experience in the city
has been such that to many of the
readers of the Observer I need no
introruction, to .others 1 only ask a
trial order.
Full dreas suits a specialty
. Fine repair wcrk promptly
done. Imported woolens
exclusively. .'. , .. . J
S. EDMONDS
Wood! Wood! Woodl
.Good dry wood delivered
to any part of the city.
ANY, LENGTH, ANY KIND.
' Special prices on quantity
: orders. No- order too
: large or too small
James Beavers, Red 1441
" ' A Creeping Death. '
Blood poison creeps up toward the
heart causing death. ' J. E, Stearns,
Belle Plains. Minn., writes that a friend
dreadfully injured his hand, which
swelled up like blood poisoning. Buck
len's Arnica Salve drew out the poison
healed the wound, and saved his life.
Best in the world for bums and sores
26c at Newlin's Drug Store.
att ELECTION HOTKE -
V
Notice is hereby given that the annua)
city election for the city of La Grande,
Oregon, will take place In said city, on
on the 12th day of March, 1906, and that
the polls for such election will be open
from the hour of 9 o'clock a. m. until I
p. m. aaid day. :'
That said election will be for the pur
poss of electing the following 1 named
officers: , . '
One mayor, one city recorder, one city
marshal, one city treasurer, one council
man from the first ward, said city, one
councilman from the second ward, said
city, one councilman from the third ward,
said city, and two councilman from the
fourth ward, said city. .
That there will be submitted to the tax
paying voters of said city, the following
propositions to be voted upon: '
(a) ' Shall the said city of La Grande
acquire the springs situated south of said
city, known as the Falk Springs and the
Schilling Springs, and pipe the ' waters
thereof to the reservoir of said city, at
cost not to exceed $12,000.
(b) Shall the city of La Grande retire
the present outstanding bonds of said
city, drawing Jix per cent Interest s-nd in
lieu thereof issue bonds not drawing to
exceed five per cent
The following polling places, judges and
clerks are hereby designated:
First Ward City hall (court house)
Judges: Perry Clark, W. N. Monroe. Chas.
Noyes. Clerks: D. E. Cox, Arthur Curtis,
Martin Sheaaley. (-
second ward new council rooms,
(city recorder's office). Judges: Geo. Ball,
John Baker, David Bay. Clerks: C.
VanderpooL J. L. Ebersole. H. E. Coolidge,
Third Ward Parsonage, M. E. 'Church,
south. Judges; B. W. Grandy, J. M
Hilu. Perry Stephenson. Clerks: Chest
er Newlin. A. C. Williams, R. L Lincoln.
Fourth Ward Geddes store. Judges;
H. C. Montgomery. J. M. Price, Jas. Far-
quaharson. Clerks: Wm. James, John
Allen. J. K. Fitzgerald.
In witness whereof. I have hereunto at
tached my hand and affixed the seal of
my office, this 1 9th day of February,
1906. , , 1. R. Snook, City Recorder
GET READY
FOR SPRING
Have your
repaired,
bicycle cleaned and
C L SMITH
CREAMFRY BUILDIIVG
IH 71 HURRY?
TI1EN CALL
AVM. HEYMOLDS
THE TRANSFER MAN
He will take thai trunk to the De
pot or your home in less time sr'"
it takes to teil it
Day phone Rod 76 1
Night phone Black 1792
Wagon
always at your 6ervice
o..u:r..i h.u mA P.
May be had by
Shampooing and
having sciantific
Massage. The
HOTEL F0LE1
Tonsorial Parlors
are prepared to do these specialties
and Friday of each week will be
for LadX customers. Pribnte par- J
lor for ladies. Lady attendant in
chare. . -
C. T. COLT Prop.
G. L FOWLLR'
Truck and r '
Transfer
Wood and Coal
PHONE 1611 ;
All orders given prompt attention
THE
OXFORD P1R
JAMES FAKQlitMRSON, Prop.
CompM wwortuiMitot '
WINES, LIQUORS
AND CIGARS , I
Cold lunches and mixed drinks a
specialty. , . Fair . and . impartial
treatment to all. You are invited
to call and got acquainted.
THE LOUVRE
CHRIS WRIGHT, Prop,
run
LIQUORS
CIQIR5
; Gentlemen always Welcome
Fir Street
Oregon
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