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LOCAL ITEMS
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THi: GOLDEN RULE COMPANY
Is prepared as usual to fit the Children out with ever thing in wearing
apparel and school supplies.
All the newest and staple things in Dress Goods
The Best in School Shoes
The Best and Newest in Caps
The Best in Hosiery 0ur 25c hose for l8c has ncvcr bccn matchcd
Tablets, Pencils, Pens, Ink, all at "Golden Rule ' Prices
ALWAYS THE LOWEST
THE GOLDEN RULE COMPANY
Largest Store
1508, 1510. 1512 ADAMS AVENUE
Smallest Prices
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:i A Square Deal C.B.SIMMONS, 'President ?!
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PARR-SIMMONS COMPANY
Dealers In Grande Ronde Valley Products
Fruits. Hay, Potatoes and Grain ::: Apples a Specialty
HIGHEST PRICES
Call and sue us before
PHONE MAIN 31
INCORPORATED
LARGE COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE
Hay Wanted Mow
PAID
you sell
Jefferson Ave. and Greenwood St.
La Grande. Oregon
! WATTS DRUG CO. !
I Corner Depot Street and Adams Avenue.
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School Books and School Supplies
Toilet Articles and Fine Stationary
W. B. Bach, the Imblar saw mill man
transacted business in the city last even
ing. W. W. Weatherspoon of Pleasant Valley
is in the city today.
Mrs. A. F. Huge arrived last night
from Portland enroutes,to her home in
Elgin.
J. L. Matheson train master ihvthis
city for the 0. R. & N. returned i!
evening from a business trip to Pendletoi
A. C. Cleaver, president of the Central
Railroad, who has been in Portland for the
past eight days, arrived home this morn
ing. He was a witness before the feder
al court in the Mays land fraud case.
J. W. Lytle returned last night from at
tending the Irrigation Congress at Boise.
He was delighted with the royal treat
ment received as a guest of the capital of
Idaho and regretted the fact that he
could not have remained throughout the
session, as it was very interesting as well
as entertaining.
Beautiful flowers
All who really love flowers and enjoy
seeing them, should drive to the W. T.
Cross place, three and a half miles from
i town on the road to Hot Lake, and call
upon Mrs. Cross. She makes a specialty
of growing asters, and without doubt she
has the finest collection of both foreign
and domestic asters to be found in the
state. An attempt to describe the many
varieties and colors displayed in her gar .
den would but poorly describe their beauty
and therefore we would advise all who
delight in flowers to drive out and see
what care and intelligent attention will do
toward converting a weed patch into a
bower of beauty.
Our
Prescription Department is
Complete and our Prices are Right.
MIILRACE BURNS
Island City has established a new re
cord for dryr.es. real hrnat.r.linn
j dryness. When it gats so dry that a mill
, race burns up. njt figuratively, but actually
I cor.sumod. then the air is tru!y dry. The
! mill race belonging to the Pioneer Flouring
5 Mill company was the one that suffered
f Agents for the "POSTAL TYPEWRITER "
J has the universal key board and only $25.
It
most. Last nt.-ht a glowing spark helped
t ie dryness and within a few minutes the
nvil race was no more. The bulk head
A' as completely destroyed.
for th
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N E W COLLARS.
NEW RIBB0S l ALL VATED SHADES
MEW VEILINGS, EV FALL MILLINERY,
NEW SCHOOL CAPS
E. M. Wellman & Company I
ADAMS AVENUE
HEADED THIS WAT
Right-of-way agent W. J. Snodzrass
Central railroad stated today that
d:ng crew were at work this side
ovo heads for La Grande and
' -jrk would bi pjshed just as
'svb: The gr.ater distance of
the gruiing will he comparative
ir across the valiey.
j SIM! CD iPUUNG GAINING (ONVERTS
! ISi News Amoolatlnni
. Sept. 6 -The simplified spell
today announced that 825 uni
'eials have agreed to use the
ified words in their own eorres
Among these men are 67
professors.
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. Mr. and Mrs. Robert French are over
from Cove today.
Miss Mabel Gallowaj returned to her
home in Union this morning.
Mrs. S. D. McLain left this morning for
an extended visit in Baker City.
Mrs. J. C. ' Ardrey is visiting
friends at Pendleton this week. -
Fred Houch manager of the Grande
Ronde Electric Light Company is in Hot
Lake today.
Attorney C. E. Cochran, of Union.
transactine leeal business in the city to
day.
J. E. Berch, route agent for the Pacific
Express Company, is checking up the
local express office today.
County Superintendent E. E. Bragg is
in Baker City today attending the Bake:
county teachers' institute.
The Misses Esma and Gussie Sawtell,
of Pendletor, are in the city the guests
of Dr. and Mrs. P. A. Charlton.
D. Sornmer of Elgin is visiting friends
in the city this morning J. W. . Lytte of
Alicel was a county seat visitor this mon-ing.
Miss Mabel McCullen, who has been
visiting in this city for the past ten months
returned' to her horns in Montana) last
evening.
Mrs. Frank Bramwell and hersister Miss
Luetta Stoddard left this morning for
Logan, Utah where they will visit their
parents for a few weeks.
Guy E. McCully has returned from his
visit with friends in Joseph and is again
seen behind the Teller's window in the
Farmers and Traders National Bank.
Judge Robert Eakin is today occupied
with a case wherein M. J. Duffy and Mr.
Erickson are interested. It is a civil
suit regarding the possess on of land
There are quite a number of wltn33ses.
attending.
Herman Seigrist, of the Seigrist Jewlry
Company of this city left last evening for
Lewiston, Idaho, where this company has
installed a modern store and of which he
will take exclusivebbarge. The store
here will be run by Williarrheigrist.
The La Grande Commercialoiub will
give a fare veil ball next Saturdaeyen
ing at the club in honor of the depart!
young people who leave the first of next
week for various institutions of learning.
The best music will be
all ladies and gentlemen are invited.
Work on the new Baptist church foun
dation is progressing rapidly) It is the
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I have a complete stock of shot guns and rifles all sizes,
I hunting coats, gun cases, and revolvers, all kinds of
: cartridges. If you are going hunting come and try'
j some of the Selby shot gun shells, I have them in tha
different kinds of smokeless powder, also Diac powaer
Do not forget about our doors, windows, and shingles
MRS-T.N. MURPHY
Hardware and crockery,
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expectation of the contra"2tor to have the
walls up and the roof on before the snow
flies. When completed this will be one
of the finest church buildings in Eastern
Oregon.
Mr. A. A. Belden. one of Cove's most
progressive citizens, was a La Grande
visitor this morning. Mr. Balden states
that though the fruit crop in general will
be large and good prices are already being
offered, the crop will not be as large as
was expected earlier in the season.
L. M. Jenson. the wide awake Imbler
realestate man was a La Grande visitor
this afternoon. Mr. Jenson says that
since receiving the reports from the
harvest fields surrounding Imbler he is
better satisfied with the prospects of that
flurishing little city.
The county court expects to get through
its labors possibly" tomorrow evening.
On Saturday they will examine the new
road which the 0. R. &. N. is building
inlieu of the present road. The change is
necessary in order for the company to
improve their track by filling in a long
tresssl just above Hilgard. This will be
of real advantage as the new road will
cut out five county bridges.
0. V. Bear express messenger on the
3. R. &. N. at Tekeo Wash., arrive in the
city last evening to relieve the local agent
L. F. Missae. while the lattor is taLi ,
vacation. Mr. Massee leaves this wesk
for his old home in Menomonie. Wis.
Two years ago he came to the West from
that state and while here has held num
erous offices of high trust for the express
compan.es of Washington and Oregon, and
has lateiy come to the conclusion that a
rest will prove beneficial. He will spend
a month visiting relatives and old school
males in the Badger state.
Rev. B. F. Meredith' writes that Prof,
and Mrs. J. C. Teeters have been secured
for the offices of President and Matron of
the Jason Lee Academy in Weiser and
Pi of. Ludwig ThomDson as nrinr.mal
eeters has for four years been one
THE TIME MAY COME .
when a better cigar will be made
for the money than the C. B. but
not in your generation, my dear sir.
There are no better cigars made
for the money this day. Try one
and be convinced. Don't finish the
box if the first one doesn't suit you
back goes the money if you don't
like the C. B. cigar.
C. E. HACKMAM,
Phone Red 1381
I vanna rv
Aflr
HAD ONE COMING
An Observer reporter was in Island
City yesterday afternoon an J called upon
Lee Umphery one of the live merchants
of that little city. Lee was wearing an
exceptionally happy smile which caused
the reporter to ask for the causa. The
answer was good enough to make any
public spirited citizen smile. It was. "That
smile is easy enough to explain. Every
wheat grower in the valley who threshed
has sacked more wheat this season than
he expected. I guess I have a smile com
ing." The reporter thought so too.
BEAVER RUINING CMP
Peach Bros, are now engaged in thresh
ing a volunteei crop of wheat which will
furnished andVy,ola tnem 1UUU ousnels. Thisisaireat
jpuntry when one sowing means two crops
moy aiso nave anomer unusual condit
ion on their farm and that is the beaver
are ruining quite a body of oats for them
by making roads through it for a distance
of fifty or more yards from the river bank
They state that they are powerless to
prevent this destruction as the law for
bids the killing of beaver.
IA GRANDE APPRECIATIVE
Our people appreciate a high grade
lecture or musical and the txkets for the
Popular Course are being engaged at a
lively rate. The course is a strong one
and should draw a full house.
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DAINTY
Treats in eatables, so folks say who sit
daily at our tables to refresh the inner
man. Our restaurant will give your
stomach a rest, because the foods are
carefully selected and cooked under ord
ers of a Jief of wide reputation. Our bill
of fare is varied daily and always con
tains some choice idbits. Live not to
eat but eat to live and daily dine with us.
It will be a picnic to your interioi VVt
ment. The Model Restaurant
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Prof.
of the teachers in the Industrial Sr.hi ;n
Weiser. and principal Thompson was at
the head of the Academy last year. This
,s a happy condition combining as it does
these two strong men who are thoroughly
acquainted with local conditions and at
the same time in hearty sympathy with
the work. This institution opens its doors
Sept. 25.
L 0. T. M. MEETING
All members of the La Grande Hive L
0. T. M. will meet in the hill Thursday
afternoon. Business of importance.
By Commander.
Doctors Prescriptions and Family Receipts, a Specialty
Two Graduated Pharmacists Always in Attendant
A. C. MAC LPNN4W D,,
Prescription Pharma'rti.i-
RED CROSS DRUG STORE
200
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Arrived For Your Inspection.
Call early and pick vour nattern. win i, u .
you and make it up when wanted. 1 Y rr
al. Andrews!
TAILOR and HABERDASHER