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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
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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.
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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.
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(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.
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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.
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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.
Ilcut in tnnil.it is nut a I'aieui nor i tin a
KCClvl medii loc. lull l he l-iiv ut ile l ies, i ip
tlon 1. 1 it ii C"inil cil'ii uieil f,t, sicj.,n of
lal'Ke l pcn, ncc m lc , Ule of woman's
lie. 'ii I ui l loll, cuts who finnklv ami c'lilil
hurlv Hikes i is imiMiits Into ins full n n
tlOence I' I, llli c il,ni, Just wli;,! I, is, ' I t,..
scllHlou is . 'oi,im ll of (if ll. i ll. i I ti. cu
ll lie imi j, ,,i woman's micckI im.Ihi.ic
and sciii tt,oi, u.'n uiut'tfists. can it u- si,,il
that (in n.l,,r is not u I noil iu c.eal thus
fnuiklv ,.'ctii null honoialilv. i v Uiuig
every i nii. i i i,.,ik ih sum- knew tni Ui
wlou s,.. is laku,!.'
Sick won, en iite Invited to iu-i,ii fir.
Pierce. I,y leltir. (If. All ci,m-mlill-ence
Is fiiiirtlcii .is Kucredlv -iciu ai.il
wornaiiiv coiilioeiiics an- i.n.tx tt-d I
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told In In I n !-. '. ( 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
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Bite Hard?
You should be able to.
Something ti
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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.
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