5- !D5 LA GRANDE MESSENGER SERVICE Aurelia Stoci HOI VELL -RATES- -. : ' - - ' ' " n pFFftD i LIIUIUO AMUSEMENTS Five blocks from fountain ... ... 1 On Seven " ' 150 Any place in the city ... ... . 25c PHONE REP 261 : Reports from the mines during January has warranted a raise, consequently stock has gone up to 7 cents, and this is not all, it will keep going up ajs 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, thereby helping yourself. " AURELIA MINING CO. J. A. THRONSON. ! Holiday Gf o J Never was a better time to get full value for your money than now. Everything in the line of Holiday Groceries. NEBRASKA GROCERY MRS. MACCIE SHEARER, Prop. Milk Talk No. 2. CLEANLINESS At milk ii 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 how the cow and the milk are handled before using it as a food for the baby. SPRING BROOK DAIRY is always open for inspection and 2 invites you to come and see, Practical Gunsmith Repairs Strictly Ftetdass Guns rc-stockrd Kr ys fitted to door l.o b WM. AGNEW ' Aiiiims Avet.ne IJS GRANDE SCHOOL OF MUSIC ?ROF. DAY. PRINCIPAL, MRS. DAY, ASSISTANT. This is one of the best musical in institulions in the state, and that people in this city and valley are begininng todiscover the advantage of this school. The 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. I is for beginners from 6 years or more and are taught the first three grades. Pupils come one hour each day. This is no kin dergarten system but far superior. In No. 2 the grades are from 2 to 6. Here they graduate. Pupils take one or two lessons a week as they desire. No scholars will be permitted to remain in this school who do not study. Opposite the Foley House over the candy store. Phone. 4fS. - ! Ml eerie s LODGE DIRECTORY ' EAGLES La Grande Aerie 259 F. 0. E. meets every Friday nieht in Redmen Hall. Lewis Buildingat 8 p. m. Visiting brethren invited to attend. I. R. Snook W. S' Dr. 0. L. Blggers 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. CooLiDOt, N. Q. 0. E. Cox, Sec. STAR ENCAMPMENT. No. 51. I. 0 0. F. Meets every first arid third Thurs' days in the month in Odd Fellows hall, Visiting patriarchs always welcome; G. E. Fowler. 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 7:30 D. m. in Masonic Temple. Genevive Bohnenkamp, W. M Mary A. Warnick, Sec.. M. W. A.- La Grande Camp No. 7703 meets every first and third Wednesday of the month at I. O. O. F. hall. All visiting neighbors are cordially invited to attend. C. S. Williams, V John Hall, Clerk. FORESTERS OF AMERICA Court Maid Marion No. 22 meets each Thurs day niitht in Redman hall. Brothers are invited to attend. Fred Hon Chief Ranger. L. u bNoooRASS r inancial bee. Board of Trustees Dr. G. L. Bioobrs John Hall and C. S. Williams FRIENDSHIP TENT No.1. K. O. T M. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays each month in I. O. 0. F. hall. Visiting Kmehts welcome. i H. C. Ball. Com, Mox Bloch, Record Keeper. LO. 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 33 Meets each Thursday evening at eight o clock In Like hall, on Adams Ave nue. Visiting Brothers are cordially in vited to attend. F. S. Ivanhoe. Exalted Ruler. 0. E. McCully, Recording Secretary. LA GRANDE LODGE No. 169. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD Meets every Friday or each month the K. of P. hall in the Corp building. AH visiting merooera welcome. N. L. Acmes Consul Commander. J. H. Kekney. Clerk. Centennial Hotel ' Under new management Board and Room $5 per week. cash. Meals 25 eta, . Special rates furnisht Monthly patrons. No, 1417 Adams Ave. Phone No. 1161. Mrs. W. E. Murchison. proprietress Service This drug store tries to serve every customer so well that they will not think of going elsewhere for drug store goods. A. T. Hill, Prescription Drug 3, m YED . Jie following dispatch from North Yak. tnA E' an Illustration of the ex perien enjoyed by "Rev,'.' Swackham mer, a, ' itinerant colored minister, who was in L Grande, Elgin and Wallowa county 8W months ago on a lecturing toun : ' Thedispa ten says: Re. Mr. & Vackhammer, colored, made a complaint to ' officers that as he was commencing his ' celebrated lectureon "The Philippines" last' light at a house in the Nachee valley, th audience, which was mostly composed i laborers, on the North Yakima 4 Valley t milroad, instead of re ceiving hie oratorio ' efforts with ap ntatnn. mnrnvftH him with overripe teat and decayed vegetable nd other unsav ory articles. .' ' '' The lecturer says that .he did not care much for the ancient e ve and vegeta bles, for he has met with t.Su knid of re ception before, but what he slid object to and what forced him to Me a" complaint was that during the lecture some one in the audience heaved a rode in hi direc tion, -which struck him with great force and violence a he was with drawing from the rostrum. As evidence the assault he "carries the very rock" hie pocket, and upon this evidence is willing to submit his case. Rev. Mr. Swackhammer says that when his audience finally became to demonstrat ive he was forced to flee to escape being overwhelmed. He sought refuge in 'an outhouse and locked himself in. He states that the building was bombarded by the zealous members of his audience, but the door remained firm. After remaining some time under cover the lecturer sought refuge in flight. He eays that he has ex perienced his share of the strenuous life in this section of the country and will go to St Louis, Chicago and Pittsburg and other large eastern cities where his mas terly lecture will be appreciated. s Officers and teachers of the several Sunday schools in this city met Sunday afternoon in the Central church for the purpose of listening to Mr. Merrit. who is one of the inter-denominational Sunday school secretaries, who is on his way to Wallowa county. Mr. Merrit soon dem onstrated that ha was perfectly familiar with the Sunday school in all of its many phases and it was unaminously voUd to arrange for a county convention whereby representatives of all of the schools in the valley couid have an opportunity of meeting with Mr. Merritt. It was ar ranged to have the convention in La Grande the first week in June, the c act date will soon be arranged. ANDREW JACKSON A great many good things are told of Andrew Jackson. One was, that when he was about to fight the British troops at the battle of New Orleans, and a dep utation of the city government went down to ask that he would not fight the battle, but retreat, because if he fought the battle, the British troops would burn the city he replied that "they need not concern themselves, for if he was obliged to retreat he should not leave anything in the city of New Orleans for the British to burn." 1 PURCHASED IYHAN PROPERTY C Oldenburg, a well known orchardist ef La Qrande. has just purchased the Lyman property on the hill north of the river, known as the Dickson house, and will immedistely nt it up for rent It i one of the beet houses In the oity. and Mr. Oldenburg is considering the con structioa of a cable foot bridge across the Umatilla river at the north end of Col lege street, to make eloser connection between the residence and the city, With a bridge over the river at that point the residence would be but little, over three blocks from the court house. East Oregonian. In every clime its colors are unfurled Its fame has spread from sea to sea; Be not surprised if in the other world. You hear of Rocky Mountain Tea. Newlin Druo Co. DAT SCHOOL CONVENTION Scene in "Meet A PIOHT FOR MILLIONS The popular actor, Mr., Percy Hunting will be seen at Steward's Opera House st irting Thursday March 1 st for three nights presenting for the opening bill "A Fight for Millions". Tha production is highly spoken of, and - bears the marks of liberal and intelligent management. The supporting company Is excellent and is said to be without a flaw. The scen ery is elaborate and exact as to detail The bill for the second night is ''When The Bell Tolls," and for the closing night In Louisiana". The price of admission of this engage ment will be 20, 30, and SO cents. Seats can be reserved without extra charge at Jay Van Burens. "HUMAN HEARTS" Arkansas has often been the theme of song and story, and no melody evSr writ- en has evolved more genuine pleasure than 'The Arkansas Traveler." The same may be said of "Human Hearts" which is a strong story, dealing with life in . the Arkansas hills, only in addition to laugh ter, it is mingled with heart interest and tears. This season's company secured by Man ager Nankeville will be far superior to any ever engaged to portray this strongest of strong plays. The scenic equipment this LAST YEAR'S ( Fifty-six million bushels of wheat grown in states of the Northwest is the total output as contained in the January bulletin of the Weather Bureau relating ta climate and crop statistics. It is made by Forecaster Edward A. Beats, of this city, and gives the exact total wheat yield at 56.240;927 bushels, divided as follows: Oregon, 13.382.685; Washing ton; 32.S 1 6.8 1 0, and Idaho, 1 0.34 1 ,532. In Washington and Oregon the product was about even with the preceding year, but Idaho shows a gain of nearlr 60 per cent Cash values were: Washington, $21,325,638; Oregon, $9,100,151, and Idaho, $6,784,737. Oregon yielded 403.788 bushels of corn, 6.792.392 of oats, 1,855,722 of barley and 27.312 bushels of flaxseed. 4,453. 6B0 of potatoes, and 897.175 tans of hay. The fruit yield (estimated) was $3,000. 000; butter and cheese. $2,433,760. The Statistician of the 0. R. eV N. Company estimates the livestock yield at $10, 000,000, and the wool at $3,000,000. PRESENT YOUR BILLS As I expect to leave this city on March 1st, anyone having clains against me will present them immediately. Q. W. Thomas. i " MP LA GRANDE IRON WORKS 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 shops are equipped with machinery to handle any sized work, nothing too large or nothing to small. Highest prices paid for old iron. , " Me in Louisiana" season will be entirely new; the past sum mer having been devoted to securing new models and the building and painting of new scenery. Consequently, this year. "Human Hearts" will be practically a brand new production. It has been Man ager Nankeville's aim to improve the performance each season and to this fact he attributes its great success and lasting popularity. "Human Hearts" will be seen at Stew ard's opera house, Tuesday, March 6. "HOOLIGAN IN NEW YORK" The greatest successecpred by any comedy drama produced last season was credited by the critics of all the eastern cities to "Hooligan in New York." The character of Hooligan is known wherever newspapers are read and is naturally as sociated with broad farce in stage repre sentation. However, in the production which will be seen at Steward's opera house, Tuesday Feb. 27, he is more than the happy-go-lucky careless tramp of the cartoons. The author has made him the principal role in a drama of intense hu man interest a play with a plot a story taken from life in the great metropolis. He not only gets into continual trouble, thus causing screams of laughter, but he saves the innocent and punishes the guilty, thus gaining the hearty applause of the auditor. THEY WOULDN'T HEAR HIM Angie invited her young man to supper, everything passed off harmonously until the seven-year-old brother broke the blissful silence by saying: 1 "Oh, ma, yer oughter seen Mr. the other night when he called to take Angie u me ariu. ne looked . so nice sittin" alongside of her with his arm " "Fred!" screamed the maiden, quickly placing her hand over the boy's mouth. "Yer oughter seen him," continued the persistent informant after gaining his breath. "He had his arm4" "Freddie!" shouted the mother, as, in her frantic attempt to reach the boy's auricular appendage, she upset the con tents of the teapot. "I was only just going to say," the half-frightened hoy pleaded, between cry and an injured whine, "he had his arm" "John, thundered the father, "leave the table!" And the boy did so, exclaiming as he went "I was only going to say Mr. had his army clothes on. and 1, leave it to him if he didn t COAL SHORTAGE AT NOME (Scrlpps News Ansoclation) Nome, Feb. 26 The coal supply of this region has been cornered by the North western Commercial Co. John Seson agent for the company, today refused to sell coal at fifty dollars per ton. The city council has appealed to the war de partment to secure coal from Fort Davis. The situation is serious. Indian mail carriers report that whalers in the Arctic are safe. Some are on the way to Point Barrow and some to Point Hope. T Qrt;ii-rt-i 'w uirii a a A t i CKEAMEItY BUILDING IN A HURRY? " THEN CALL WM. REYNOLDS THE TRANSFER MAN ne win axe wai iron to tne Ut pot or your home in less time 1 it takes to tell it . 7 Day phone Red 761 Night phone Black 1 792 ; Wagon always at your service 4 eeeaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee)' ; Beautiful Hair and Face J May be had by having scientific - , , Shampooing and Massage. 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