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r iebASSiriEB ads Rates-One cent a word, one-half a cent tion. Classified adds bring quick results. FURNISHED FRONT ROOM-Phone Black 61 MONEY For loans on city property see Wm. Grant's agency. Also real estate and insurance. FOR RELIABLE ABSTRACTS OF TITLES go 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. REAL ESTATE LOANS Any amounts on cMjMd country real estate. Loans closed promptly, as soon as title is ap proved. La Grande Investment com pany, i WANTED Two men to take contract to cut from three to five hundred cords of FOR SALE (HEAP Two good' work horses, five first class milch cows and five calves. . .., . . i . See J. T. Baker Box 11. R. F, D. No. 2 WANTE ITEQ. Dining room help, male or or ferJTatthe he Model Resturant. FOR SALE House of five rooms, 5 lots, well and City water. Good location on Monroe Avenue. John Hoak, 1512 Monroe Avenue. WANTED A competent girl to do gen eral housework. Call up W. A. Moss on vergere phone at Island City. FOR RENT Rooms, either furnished for light house keeping or not. One block from High School. Suitable for stud ents or teachers. .' Martin Larson. Brick furnished in any quanUy or any style, No contract too small or to large. See samples nf our pressed brick. GEO. KREIGER. reeon LA GRANDE SCHOOL OF MUSIC PROF. DAY, FRINCIPAL. MRS. DAY, ASSISTANT. This is one of the best musical in institutior.s in the state, and that people in this city and vaiiey are begimnngtod scover the advantage of this scnool. The system is the lateftaifi most practical, and in ciudcfjjl the latest discoveries in the triof teaching music. The school is divided into two depart ments; No. 1 is for beginners from 5 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 5 to 15. Here they graduate. Pupils take one or two lessors a week as they desire. No scholars will be permitted to remain in this scnool who do not study. Opposite the Fcley House over the candy store. Phone. 473. La 'Granie National Bank ESTABLISHED 887 United States Capful Stock, Surplus and undivided profits 5160,00000 OFFICERS AND ELECTORS SE0RGE PALMER, President. J- M. BERRY, Vice Present. F. L. MEYERS. Cah;er. W. L. EH EN HOLTS, Assistant Cashier. GEORGE L. CLEAVER. F. M. 8YRKIT. A. B. CONLEY." C. C. FEN'.NGTON. " J- HOLMES. Oeral banking business. Drafts drawn on all parts of the world J a word each subsequent inser- S Try one today. WOOD WOOD WOO D Pa ties desiring to engage their winter supply of wood 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. FOR SALE Pure Bred shopshire Buck Poplar Grove Stock Farm. J. E. Reynolds Prof. La Grande R. F. D.. No. 2 WANTED Fresh milch cow, part or all Jersey preferred. Must be a first class cow. For particulars call at this office. FOR SALE Wood saw, complete out fit in first class condition. John Allen Cor. Valley and Osborn Sts. FOR SALE Furniture complete for four room house. In good condition, nearly imw. Inquire at iouo beventh Street. Phone Black 1122. FOR SALE-Lots 1 2 and 1 3, block 22, Predmore's Addition, corner property, level, city water. Inquire of U. G. Keenan. 1422 Hill Street. SUGAR CORN FOR SALE , Sugar Corn Roasting ears and string Beans and can be purchased cheap by caning on Kerry J. LilU. Near LaGrande Flouring Mill. THIS fOR MINE EVERY TIME No more a muddledbrain for mine I'll call for soda every time Quench my thirst to my heart's content, Save cash for clothes as well as rent Treat my wife and children too "Smile" with them, and "smile" with vou All the popular drinks at Hill's soda fountain. Elf TT MEN WANTED By the Amalgamated Sugar Company The Amalgamated Sugr Company will commence listing their crew on Sept. 1 All exemployes who desire work should make early application. S. G. Taylor. Supt. Sugar Factory. UP-TODATE Our vaults, safes and other equipments are modern in every respect. They pro vide you with every convenience for the transaction of business. Capital $60,000.00 Surplus 14,000.00 Farmers and Traders NATIONAL BANK FORESTERS OF AMERICA, ATTENTION Thursday evening, 30th inst., the bis class initiation comes off. Meeting opens promptly at 7:30. Banquet, smoker, etc. John Hall, D. G. C. R. TRESPASS NOTICE Notice is hereby given that all parties are hereby warned not to hunt, fish o . trespass on any or all of my lands. A. B. Conley. .vkMMLlrf 60 YEARS w. V EXPERIENCE A xV Design ''WH Copyrights) Ac. Anyone wndlng ankrlrh and description may enlckly ajnertaln our opinion frae whether an fnrantlon la probaMr patentable. C.imniunlea. tlnniltrlctl'OHilldeiillal. HANDBOOK on Maimit, lent free. OMeit airwicy fur securing- patents. Hatenta taken llirnuah Munn A Co. raoalvs wrtol nolle, without ctinrae. m vim Scientific American A handeotnelT Illustrated wel. l.areal cir. dilation of an? siieiitiBc Journal. 1 antra. Il mar: fonr months. II. Sold bf all newsdealers MUNN XCo.r New Yijrlf Depositary mm A- W A 111 BROW ED BY (Scrlppi New Association) Osawatomie, Kans.. Aucrust 50 Fiftu years ago, on August 30. the battle of Osawatomie was fought and the anniver sity is celebrated here to day in the most elaborate and befitting manner. Thous ands of visitors from the surroundino districts are here to attend the celebrat ion which i graced by the presence of many prominent men of national remit. The program of the celebration includes a snam battle on the site of the historic battle fought by regular troops from Fort Leavenworth a public meeting at wmcn Vue-PresidentFairbanks. Senator Chester Long, Governor Hoch, W. A. Harris and several others will sneak. and reunions of old soldiers and eld settlers The battle of Osawatomine was fought on the hill in the western part of the town between a band of about 400 Missourians under the command of John Reed and the Rev. Martin White and John Brown. force of 41 men. In the battle John Brown's son Frederick was killed and the entire town burned. Only one present citizen of Osawatomine. J. C. Chestnut lived here at the time of the fight. The. last time the anniversary of the battle was celebrated was twenty eight years ago, when Senator John Ingalls was the principal orator. On that occasion the monument to John Brown now, one of the ornaments of this city was dedicated. Ossawatomie, Kas. Aue. 30 Vice president Fairbanks spoke here today during the anniversary of the first con flict on account of slavery in which John Brown was the central figure. Thousands of people were present to listen ta the masterly adrescs. GENERAL NEWS A sanitarium is to be built at the hot well in Vale. A telephone line is to be built from Bend to Silver Lake. The forest fires in Linn county are now practically burned out. Work of surveying has begun on the railroad to be built from Seaside to Tilla mook. The Southern Pacific is now paving the men on the gravel trains $2.50 a day. and is finding difficulty in getting men at that figure. According to the assessment Lane county is the second richest county in the state outside of Multnomah. Hopgrcwers to the number of 85 met at Woodburn ard agreed that the price for picking should be 50 cents for a 9 bushel box or $1.00 a hundred. The celebrated Briggs mine on Sucker creek where the ncx pocket waa found, promises to develop ir.to the greatest gold mine in Oregon. Assays from tunnel run $500 to $1,000 the ton. Dorothy Davenport, aged 4 years, fell from a second story window yesterday at Pascora dislirce of 18 fejt and es caped death by failing on a hoarhound weed. The child fell head first, striking on her head and shoulders. A bold burglar broke into the Oregon Penitentiary stable a few nights ago and carried away a lot of blankets and robes and escaped. A man who was recently released from prison and who had not left the city, is suspected. J. Sparks, a deaf and dumb boy, who confessed to robbing' the rooms of W. L. Stienweg. cashier of the First National bank, has been arrested at North Yakima. An effort will be rrade to send him to a school for defective youth. J. A. Wade, the county treasurer who disappeared recently from Concordia, Kan. has returned and was at once arrested on a warrant charging him with defraud ing the county and embezzling $5000. An American da;rvman in the province of Havana, all of w lose horses were tak by insurgeants. rus brought a claim against the goverrner.t for the value. This is the first ins'ance of a claim ba ing made against the government for the seizing of property by revoluionists. The Frasier river sawmills at Millside B. C claim the Pacific coast record for sawing with one circular saw and an ed ger. On Friday la ,t they cut 115.490 feet in 10 hours. The previous record was held by the B. ti. &. I. mill in Wash ington, which cut 1 1 4,728 feet ir. a 10 hour shift. James Lanigan "as drowned Wednes day in the river at the Great Northern bridge two miles fr:m Mt. Vernon. Wash., while driving shingle bolts. The body has not yet been recovered. Miss Grace Logsd i, of Endicott, Wash., is suffering from a severe case of blood poisoning in her right hand. The trouble started from the point of a graphophone needle which broke nff in her finger. 111 SUMMER VRII ITEMS Mr. J, A. Murchison mH ,.;... trip to La Grande Tuesday. Miss Beulah Rhodes of Elain hi. k.. the guests of Miss Stella Newbill for the past few day. Miss Pearl Getman is reported to be slowly improving. Mr. Mrs. J. W. Hunter mcde a business trip to La Grande Tuesday. Mrs. Simon McKenzle of Lostine is vis iting in this vicinity. Mr. E. F . Tice made a business trip to Elgin Wednesday. DIED At his home in this city Aug 23 1906 CD. McDowell. .The Summervilie Public School will commence Sept 1 0. RANCHERS ARE HAPPY The Portland Journal says: Ranchers in the Grande Ronde valley will be able to do away with the heavy haul necessary to get their grain to mar ket this year by the completion of 16 miles of the Central railway of Oregon. A. B. Brown, chief enginee of the new road, is in Portland and stated that the work of laying the steel had beer, in pro gress for several days. "We will have 15 miles in operation in 7iO rlava ' aaiH M ....... , r- - - hiiu vv move by fall. Work on the new line has been pushed forward with all haste and its ecmpletion can be expected early next spring. "The farmers and ranchers are happy over the prospect of having & railroad in operation within a shot t time and realize what a great thing it will be for them. 1 he mining interests in that part of the country are also eager for its completion ana wrien all the work is done, a great boom is expected in the price of land in the valley. "Delays in steel shipments have been our lot the same as other contractors, but no at that the metal is arriving there w be no delay. We have an extra force of men at work putting the steel down and we expect to have cars of wheat travers ing at least 15 miles of the road within 30 days." MARRIED flflY EIGHT YEARS The following clipping is taken from the Morristown, Penn., Herald, and referrs to the parents of Rev. B. F. Meredith of this city: The celebration of golden wedding an niversaries are of more or less frequent occurence, but when the same couple has shared the sunshine and shadows of greater period or time, the event borders on the remarkable. But Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Meredith, of 303 East Marshall Street, had been spared to celebrate the fifty-eighth an niversary. They were given a very pleasant surprise on Wednesday evening at their home by their children in commemoration of the anniversary. The happy couple were married in Dudley Church, England. July 1?, 1848 having all of their children and grand children with them excest one daughter Mrs. Wm. Homer, who marrieil and re mained in England. The aged couple participated in the celebratoin festivities with reioicinir and were practically the life of the gathering. WILLAMETTE VALLEY PRUNES The hig prune dryer that Henry Stone has been building was completed Satur day. The capacity is 125 bushels per day. and every arrangement js such that first-class work can be done. Mr. Stone has. during the past two months bought forTillson & Co. of Salem 3?5.000 pounds of dr ed prunes of Benton county growers They are all the Italian prunes and the price paid for the best is to be $3.65 per hundred pounds delivered in Corvallis. Some of the crops engaged are: Si Herron, Irish Bend, 60,000 pounds; Bristow. of Bellefountain, 1 00.000; Crab tree. Philomath, 15.000; Beck Corvallis. 60.000 and Henry Stone 75,000.-Cor-vallis Gazette. Marion county's assessment under the new plan wi I be $28,754,969, as com pared with $9,000,000 in 1905. ,4? vfvvvf vtvif . iwvf ivvi a IF SUGAR No chemist can tell the difference beet sugar by chemical analysis. The purity of La Grande sugar is unquestioned, and it is produced from our own soil ar.d sunshine. Why not be loyal to our own interests by patronizing Home Industry? The only sugar made in Oregon is made in La Grande X i . i. i.i.a. a. i ' i m. . : . ana mere is none oeuer in should bar all other brands home market. ISLAND QTT ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. J. Whit, of Baker City, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. R H.m. ter, from Friday until Mondav. Mm White isa sister of Mrs. Hunter. Mr. Ed. Kiddle is in Portland. Mr. Floyd Jones and Miss Addie Hunter were Baker City visitors Sunday. Missbusie Deal of, La Grande, spent Tuesday with Mrs. C. H. Bidwell. Mrs. Elizabeth Atherton and daughter Edith, of Hamilton, Mo., who have been visiting Mrs, Ed. Kiddle and family for the past month, will spend the remainder of the time in La Grande with their dauah. ter and sister, Isabelle Atherton. Mr. J. F. Reynolds, Princi.jal of our public schools, is in town meeting the patrons and pupils, prior to taking up school duties on September 1 0th. Mrs. F. H. Kiddle returned from her trip to Boise, Wednesday night. Several of our students will soon leave us. Nelle Grimmett will attend St. PauPs School in Walla Walla, Nest Smith the Pendleton Business college, Elmer Thomas ill enter the Oregon Agriculture college at Corvallis and Netta Kiddle the Willam ette University at Salem. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bidwell were here Sunday afternoon, on their way home from La Grande. A CCC.AL EVUNiNG Mrs. William Thomas gave an evening of unalloyed pleasure to the young people wi uio isiana ai ner SDacious home on Tuesday evening, Several unique contests were engaged in by the guests. One of the enjoyable features of the evening was the fishing expedition in which :he young ladies received as a catch a souvenir postal card with a youny man s name inscribed thereon who after wards became her partner for lunch. Every one was in his or her merriest mood. The refreshments were excellent such as the hostes knows so well how to prepare. The flow of conversation was unchecked and all were sorry to say good bye. The guests of honor were, Mr. J. F. Reynolds, Principal of Island City schools, Miss Edith Atherton. of Hamilton. Mo. Miss Pearl Edwards, of Malheur. Miss Beryl Day, of Dayton, Wash., and the Misses Nelle Grimmett and Netta Kiddle, who leave soon to attend school in Walla Walla and Salem. WANTED Girl or woman to do genera housework in small family. Inquire at La Grande National Bank. Whose Say-so is Best? With lll'urlv nil mlMi., . .... ... ale tlmmtrli drudging, one tin to Ink in iiiiumr a any -mi mont? as ut tliflr t'ura live value. Ol I'ours'. nuoh testimony I? not Mint of a dMntorejU'd party and accordingly In not to be glvpn thf same credit as If written from disinterested motives. Dr. IMeroe's medicines, how ever, form a slnele and therefore Unking exception u thiH ruin. Their claims tc the confidence of Invalldx doe not ret solely iiihiii their nuikem' aay-so or praise. Their initredieni are matter of public knowledge, lielng printed on purh separate bottle wrapjier. Thus Inviil.d ulferers are taken into Hr. Pierre's full confidence. ,Nn,res f lending hiisIiihI pien have written enough t4 Ml volume In praine of the curative value uf ihe several inurclleiii entering into IUm well known medicines. Amount ti,., writer we And Mich im d Ical Imlits n- I'mf r'lnlcv KllmtrwiKid. M l. if Hemiel .Meillml Cull eve. Oilmini; I'mf II nli. ( ihr an,-city: Tmf J,,!,,, M scuil tier. M ll. Inn- c,f Cincinnati. (ih; I'mf John knur ,M i. h,le i,f Cincinnati. Klim: ' lr. Urovvr Cne. of Sew Vmki In Haitliu- I low. of Ictli is,.!! M,.ili, nl I ,, II., t I'. 1 and scores of others couully i n. menu l)r ll,.r,...'M I. ,., ..!,.. o,.. tlie tturst cases of female weakness, prolap sus, ante version anil rem version and cone, I, iri'i'k'ijlki.lies. cures ituinfiil iH-lloos. ili,, uu dlsurree;,i,!i, and iii HKniiiur iliains. sorie limes known as h mc i minrh and a unoii- lUIlM I'f ,,l,er discuses l-Cl!lHt to w l,( n. 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( ntiiMii ii Sens,. leal A.vis.r It i Int. l or a atr COVered ri'l'.l send I if. K. V. I'iin e liuf falo. X. Y . 'Jl I'lii-ceiii ftiiihis to co-.er tuiclmir on' ; n c.oth I .niMi.il ;! i turiin. I'r. 1'itrit :' 1'i .n.s ctrii ci.it..ii'.twi a vees 4 sk a IS PURE : ! :etween cane ar,d tne weno. i.au vts price of sugar from our own . iff wi r mi Can You Bite Hard? You should be able to. Something ti ou cannot. wrong; Nature intended you to have teeth as strong and) as perfect as an Indian's. But almost no one now-a-days (except an Indian) hat perfect teeth. teeth for you (if you art past the milk teeth stage) but expert Dental science can fix your mouth so skill fully that in both comfort and appearance you will never feel the loss. Expert, scientific, painless dentistry. Don't delay It doesn't pay consult us today. Charges very reasonable. Ca6rar.dc Dental l i Coopany ' THE : OXFORD PAR: JAMES FARQUHARSON. Prop. CoaplcU aaaonmanl of WINES, LIQUOF AND CIGARS Cold lunches and mixed drinks a specialty. Fair and impartial treatment to all. Vou are invited to call and get acquainted. "O ' 'l - . - - w liM'AHl C' .lirnii. Mi Oft I'll Oil '. I1' wm uike f'iDvrr, H. f.m a Aorth. (iiiiblia, Hun .,. tils. H Li am, it :H I' i. 'mo am . . 1'orUhuC. I sji.t, f.n No 1 dtelon. W'Hiia Wallj, 1 tttUin I'ciih roj, I ol 6;Viam wosssiw. Kjsiiane, itnil isnnla end anil oorlt ibH,okart iertiitnd, i)ullea, Wie dlelim, llroi.lilia, WkI o5 lula, L4wi'Uo, l ottaa, !MtW,w, WbllHI. Wiir- t' p. Ui. uer, HfiokMiw atiu otbtn po.i.kv hM til Di.rlh via e MKUr No. : ;laiaiid t.lty. n;. Ini Ii.iH) x tiler auil siu. t un cel ,., tiou al Hi n th Si,i.jy ata-rltn '(..UU iHil. Mi m m in.wi,. No S.40 a ru Ball ! iiima stwtuetf blw ii J'oitliiua and Haa 1 t raLcJiio evry (He da.va K. I'. 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