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llebA'SSINEB ADS Rates One cent word, one-half a cent word each subsequent inser- tion. Classified adds bring quick results. Try one today. FURNISHED FRONT ROOM Phone B!aH2 MONEY For ioans on city property tee Wm. Grant's agency. Also real estate and insurance. FOR RELIABLE ABSTRACTS OF TITLES so to the La Grande Invest ment Company, La Grande Ore., in Foley building. FOR SALE OR TRADE Two acres in Honan's addition, nicely improved, large roomy house, good water. Will trade C. A Cary. r tV ESTATE LOANS Any amounts ort city and country real-estate. Loans closed promptly, as soon as title is ap proved. La Grande Investment com- t-ahy. ' : TOP. SAl1 One SSbv 60 Russell Sep arator with wind -stacker and long and short serf -feeder and band cutter com plete. - ' J. E.Reynolds, La Grande R. F. D., No. 2 FOR SALE One threshing machine 13 by 60 with band .cutter long feeder everything .complete will sell or re. , J. E. Reynolds "Phone 1961 Dona lo nraiiRS Notice m hereby .given that no hunting is permitted on any part of the Williams pasture south of town. All trespassers are liable to prosecution. , 7T. L. Williams, Mgr. j. j niLiLsiER's swanc- unimenf A New Remedy. Sold by all Druggist Give it a trial. IKSIM FORJkODifuTMW liw is the time to insure against acci d$? of all kinds: Wm. Grant is agent for some of the best companies. Claims adjusted by him. ORE f IKE fOR ROUND TRIP The National Irrigation Congress will be held at Boise, Idaho. Sept. 5 to 8. The 0,R.4N. Co. will -sell tickets at the rate of ne fare for the round trip, children hah rate. Selling dates on Sept. 1 and 2. Continuous passage from date of sale until final return limit. Stopover privileges will be granted for return trip witV the final limit A hard lot of troubles to contend with, spring from a torpid liver and blockaded bowels, unless you awaken them to their proper action with Dr. King's New Life Pilla; the pleas antest and most effective cure for Cons tipation. They prevent Appendicitis and tone up the system. 25c at Newlin Drug Co.- - jrtck furnished in any quantty or any style. No contract too small or to large. See samples nf our pressed brick. " GEO. KREIGER. Lh (JrauHe, Oregon La Grande ESTABLISHED I 88? United States Depositary Capital Stock, Surplus and undivided profits 5160,00000 OFFICERS AND CIREGTORS GEORGE PALMER, President. J. M. BERRY, Vict President. F. L. MEYERS, Cashier. t W. L. BREN HOLTS, Assistant Cashier. GEORGE L. CLEAVER. F. M. BYRKIT. A. B. CONLEY. C. C. PENINGTON, F. J. HOLMES. " General banking business. parts of the world FOR SALE A one and one half story house three lots. Well and citv water. Good location on Monroe street. Inquire at trr office. WANTED To rent a house with 12 or 14 rooms, 'urnished, suitable for a priv ate boarding house. Mrs. Grace Barrie WOOD WOOD WOOD-Parties desiring to engage their winter supply of wood I will please leave their order at Mr. Polock's grocery store. I have 600 cords of good dry cord wood and of any kind. Respectfully . J. Anthony. BIDS WANTED Notice is here by given that the under signed will receive sealed bids up to and including'August29 for removing 8,000 to 10,000 cubicyardsof sand and gravel. 'We reservethe ri&ht to re.tciery sr.d ail bias. For iurviw pai uwu inquire at the office of the. George Pavlmer Lumber Company lLa Grande National Bank Bldg. La Grande Oregon, OREGON STATE fAIR On account of the Oregon State Fair which will be' held in Salem, September 10-15 inclusive. The O. R. & N. will give a Tate of one and one third fare to Portland plus $2.25, ticket carrying pas sengers through to Salem. The above rates will be offered under following con ditions: Sale dates September 6, 8 and 1 3. Limit Continuous passage in each dir ection up to tiie final limit. September, 17. Stopovers will not be allowed to pass engers in either direction. Children of half fare age, one half of above rate. Validation for return Tickets must be executed for return by Southern Pacific agent at Salem or at the Fair grounds. If not properly validated they will not be .good for return from Portland. ' (ALL fOR BIDS The necorder of the city of La Grande, Oregon, will receive bids up to October .3, J906, at four o'clock of ssid day for the grading and graveling of Sixth Street from its intersection with Washington Avenue to I Street as . per specifications to be seen at the Recorder's office, said bid to be accompanied by a certified check to be equal to ten per cent of the contract price. The right reserved to reject any and all bids. Dated this ) 7th day of August, 1 906. C. S. Dunn, Chairman of street committee HE CALLED HIM PROMPTLY Dr. Smith was in town yesterday from Boise. He has a brand new story, which be is relating to his friends, which runs something like this. There was a new night clerk on duty at one of the Boise hotels. A guest wanted to be callad at 7 o'clock. The new man looked at the call sheet and found that all the spaces for that hour had been filed in, and re marked to the guest: "You'll have to take a 7:30 cell; all the 7 o'clock are occupied." Mountainhome Maverick. How Dr. Smith got hold of the story is not known. There was an effort on the part of the hotel people to keep it quiet, but it any rate it is evident Dr. Smith was not given the correct version. Now that the cat is out of the bag the real f.-cts might as well be given. , The guest told the clerk he wished to be called at 8 o'clock. After the guest Had retired the new clerk happened to remember that he went off duty at 7 o'clock; that he would .iot be on hand to call the guest at 8 o'clock. He thought over the mat ter a while and then solved the problem. He called the guest twice at 4 o'clock Boise Statesman. National Bank Drafts drawn on all M III MEXICO (Scrlpps News Association) - Sonora, Mex.,' Aug. 1 8 Destructive forest fires are still raging through the section bounded by the South Fork of the Stanislaus river and Rose creek. The burned district covers nine miles in length and three miles in width. Last night the fire jumped across the South Fork and a determined fight is now being made to save the saw mill and valuable improve ments on the Kelta mine. The progress of the flames have In a measure been checked on the west, but they are still sweeping eastward. The flames are now consuming a valuable timber belt and a crew of fire fighters left this morning for a confident and determined fight. The timber belt that is no v threatened repre sents a million d.llars in money. BARHARD GETS TWO YEARS ON MCNEILL'S ISLAND (Observer Special) Portland Aug. 1 8 Federal Judge Hunt today sentenced Geo. Barhard, convicted of perjury in connection with homestead claims, to two years on Neil's Island. The sentenced of Watson was postponed as he turned state evidence after conviction. ARMED INVASION INTO CANADA , (Scrlpps News Association) Ottawa, Ont., August ' 8. About twelve hundred officers and1- men' of the New York militia and a number' of companies of various militia regiments in other East ern states arrived here, bearing theirarms by permission of the Canadian Govern ment. The occasion is the annual visit at the invitation of the British Army and Navy Veteran Association, of BosUnj Mass. The soldiers pay their own fare and defray their own expenses on the trip, but the officers and men of the Ottawa garrison have arranged an elaborate program for the entertainment of their visitors. Mil AHftKAB OVER (Scrlpps New Association) Rio Janerio. Aug. 1 8. The Drago com mittee reached a unanimous decision in formulating an invitation to the -Hague conference to consider the Mexican minis ter to Belgium. As soon as the session closes it will present a resolution to the permanent committee. This settles all important questions except the selection of the next meeting place. ' MANY LOST (Scrlpps News Association) ' London, Aug, 1 9 An explosion occured ia the Pennycraig colliery, Wales this morning. Many miners are unaccounted for. SPECIAL AGENT (Scrlpps News Association) Oyster Bay. Aug., 18 President to appointed Clair Hunt, of Coleville, Wash ington, to be special alioting agent of the Spokane reservation. GRAIN MARKETS (Scrlpps News Association) Chicago Aug. 1 8 -Wheat opened at ,70 closed at 70V. corn opened at 37, closed at 37'; oats opened at 29, closed 29,. DEFIES UGHTXING; IS KILLED (Scrlpps News Association) Green B ly, Wis., Aug. 1 8 This morn ing Fred Billings.- while chiding his daughter for being frightened at lightning, was struck while speaking and died t.-.e same instance. MAT SUTTON RETURNING (Scrlpps News Association) Quarantine S. I. Aug. 1 8 May Sutton arrived today on t board the Cedric and said that she lost the world's champ ionship by a peg and would like to try it again next year. IMPRESSING RIOTS (Script News Association) St. Petersburg . Auir 18 Rumfnr cements consisting of five battalions have been sent to Warsaw to suppress riots. STENSLAND REPORTED CAUGHT . (Scrlpps News Association t Chicago Aug. 1 8 The Dolicehav. i notified that a man thought to be Stens- , land, the president of the defunct . Mil 1 waukee Avenue State bank, has' been ' seen and caught at Midway British . ooiumoia. WANTED-Two men to take contract to cut from three to five hundred cords of wooa. inquire at this office. NEW BAKER SCHOOL HOUSE The new $20,000 school building in North Baker is rapidly assuming propor tions of a completed structure. The frame is up to the second story and the work is being rushed as fast as men can be se cured to do t' e work. This building, when completed, will have eight large, well lighted and Well heated school rooms as well as all the conveniences of cloak rooms, closets, class rooms etc. In shape and general appear ance it closely resembles the South Baker building, but differing in the respect tha the second story ceilings will be two feet higher above the windows. The entire building will be heated by steam. Baker City Democrat. ' OLD AND RESPECTED The meeting at Minneapolis was the fourtieth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. The organ ization was formed forty years ago last April, and the first encampment was held in November of that year.. There was no encampment, however in 1 867. Since no soldier or sailor can obtain member ship who were not in service prior to April 9, 1865, no member at this encampment can be less than 59 years of age. Tha membership numbered 409,487 in 1890, a year ago it was 232.055, and the death rate is gradually increasing. NEW YORK TO FRISCO TO BREAK RECORBS New York Aug. 18 An effort to break the automobile recofd from this city to San Francisco in a two-cylinder car started at 3 o'clock this morning from Herald square. Richard Little and Christian Hargerity of Chicago, were in the machine. LIFE TIME OWNERSHIP In discussing the wisdom of extending public ownership of public utilities, the San Francisco Chronicle expresses a thought which frequently comes to pei sons who run up against life-time officials, it says: "When public servants in America betray a disposition to do anything else than draw their salaries, we may begin to think of trusting them with important works; untill then we had better depend on individual effort, which accomplishes something at least, even though faults may mark the doing, EQUALIZERS AFTER WALLA WALLA The county board of equalization, at Walla Walla not only advanced the assess ment of nearly all the saloons in the town but found three that were not on the tax list at all. They are owned by Peter Werner, who owns the Horseshoe saloon on Main Street, was assessed at $800; S. Stovall, who owns the Depot saloon on Elm Street, was assessed at $600, and John Potras, owner of the Owl on Alder Street, was assessed at $600. Pendle ton E. 0. MEDEORD POST OFFICE BURNS The post office building at Eagle Point, the eastern terminus of the Medford Crater Lake railroad, burned Friday morning. The loss is about $1600 and the insurance $700. Postmaster Florey occupied the building as a residence. His family was absent in the mountains, ex cept one boy, who had a narrow escape from the fire, escaping in his'night clothes A VALUABLE LETTER Governor Chamberlain has in his poss ession the original copy of letter written by Thomas Jefferson in 1791, arranging a meetir.g between himself and James Mad ison and Chas. Thompson, of Philadelphia for the purpose of investigating the history of the Hessian fly and the best means of exterminating it. SENATOR GEARIN BACK Senator Gearin arrived from Europe Wedneseay, where he had been touring in an automobile for six weeks. After a few days in Washington he will retui n to Ore gon to remain until the next meeting of congress. IN THE COUNTY COURT FOR THE . COUNTY OF UNION STATE OF OREGON In the Matter of the estate of 1 R. D. Ruckman, Citation Deceased J To E. H. Ruckman and Martha J. Ruck man, and all heirs or devisees unknown or non-resident Greeting: In the name of the state of Oregon. You are hereby cited and required to appear in the county court of the state of Oregon for the county of Union at the court room thereof, at La Grande, in ths county of Union, on Thurs day the 6th day of September, 1906 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of that day then and there to show cause, if any you have, why an order of sale should not be made as in the petition of the adminis trator prayed for. of the following de scribed real property belonging to said estate, to wit: Lots 1-2-3-4-19 & 20 in Block 21 Town cf Imbler, Union county, Oregon, to pay estate debts and e'aims. Witness, the Hon. J. C. Henry, Judge of the county court of the state of Oregon for the county of Union, with the seal of said court affixed, this 7th day of August A, D. 1906. . (Seal) Attest:-rJ. B. Gilhax, Clerk. By F. C. Epkf.li, D; .:;. A ROAST FROM GRANDY & RUSSEL'S will give you a very agreeable surprise if yoa are not a customer of our, and you will wonder why you never favored us with an order before. Any of r.r patrons will tell you that our meats far surpass anything ever tasted, being of th finest and most tender quality; and what is more, always so. The best lamb, mutton, beef, veal and poultry in season is always to be found at ' Grandy& Russell MEAT Fresh and Cured Can be obtained at this mar- at all times. We deliver all orders promptly. Phone to us or leave your ' order. We will do the rest. KR0USE BROS Prop. Successor to J. Bull and Go. Phone Main 48 B. W. NOYES NOYES Electric LAMPS and HOUSE WIRING A SPECIALTY Phone Black 1161 Hamilton Building. Corner Fir and Adams Avenue v see e e e e LA GRANDE IRON WORKS D. FITZGERALD. Proprietor Complete Machine Shops and Foundry Ueneral Blacksmiths, We manufacture The Fitzgerald Roller Feed Mill., the best and cheapest mill on the market. Our shops are equipped with machinery U handle any sized work, nothing too luge or nothing to small. Highe' prices paid for old cast iron.: . .,. WE WANT MONEY and in order to get it we have decided to sell groceries FOR CASH at a reduced price. , ' We can do this and still make a good profit because we have cut our expense account in the middle and we are willing to give the benefit to our customers. Our line of groceries is complete and the quality is un excelled. Gall and allow us to quote you prices on cash purchases. ... SEATTLE GROCERY STORE LAWSON BROS. Prop. , ., , All our groceries are good, clean, fresh, and pure. The kind that 2 will make your meals very delici- ous, and give the house-wife an : I easy rasic in prepairing iu , - Wt challenge the city on fresh I , - i - ' 2 tarm proauce ana oernes. every thing that should be found in a first class grocery. PROMPT DELIVERY PHONE MAIN 48 ' QEDDEX BRIT " NORTH FIR STREET If you bring her to our ICC CREAM PARLORS you wiH have her won wit'hou pleading your case at her feet SELDER, The Candy , Man JOHN HALL. & HALL Dealers in Supplies eee.ee.