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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1906)
IGbASSiricb mD3 ! Rates One cent a word, one-half a cent a ,iA u J ton. Classified adds bring quick results ! V, , sa ' KINlbrlhU K03MS-Inquire at this! mce GIRL WANTED For genera! house work. Small family. Good wages. Inquire of Mrs. A. L. Richardson. MONEY For loans on city property see wm. Urant 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. SALE OR TRADE-Two acres in ;onan' addition, nicely improved, laroe roomy house, good water. Will trade Vj. n L,ARY. REAL ESTATE LOANS-A nv amounts on city and country real estate. Loans closed promptly, as soon as title is an proved. La Grande Investment com pany. WANTED Two men to take contract to cut from three to five hundred cords of wood. Inquire at this office. WANTED Dining room help, male or female at the Model Resturant. NTED- Fresh milch cow. Dart 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. SADDLE FOR SALE. Nearly new saddle and bridle etc. Full leather. Call at the home of Mrs. Jacob Newman or phone red 1661. nn i cu ft origm sieaay ooy about 1 7 years old who goes to school, to earn some money on the side. Steady job will not intefere with school work, lftpply at this office for particulars. rt)R SALE Pure Bred shopshire Buck Poplar Grove Stock Farm. J. E. Reynolds Prof. La Grande R. F. D., No. 2 PASTURE fOR RENT Pasture for rent 100 acres of meadow land and 70 acres of grain land. Inquire of Dr. M. K. Hall. HORSES LOST Return fifteen and twenty head of yowig horses, brand half circle V on right thjjf, have disapeared from my pasture. A reward will be paid for the return or information leading to the recovery. A. B. CONLKY. 10 TEAMS WANTED $4 per day to haul 6 loads of gravel or sand from my gravel bar. 5.000 pounds to the load, furnish one man if teamster hauls, 6S00 or more to the load. I will pay accordingly. Haul one mile, good evel road easy plan to load and unload J. L. Mars. ESTABLISHED The La Grande National Bank A. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts United States Bonds Premiums on U.S. Bonds Real Estate, Furniture, etc Cash Assets: Due from Banks $92,143.80 Due rrom U. S. Treasurer. 2.600.00 Cash on hand, 65,089.91 Total LIMITED STATES DEPOSITARY OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS GEORGE PALMER, President. J. M. BERRY, Vice President. F. L. MEYERS. Cashier. W. L. BRENHOLTS, Assistant Cashier. SHERWOOD WILLIAMS, 2nd Assistant Cashier GEO. L. CLEAVER, W.th arr.pie capital, large exper.ence, and unsurrasstd faol.tes. we offer you absolute security fcr your deposits; and so.ict our banking business, promising you courteous treatment, and every lib erality consistent with conservative bank.rg. FOR SALE-OnnH i , aftLt--ood Jersey cow for sale "4uire at Chicago store. WANTED Girl or woman to do genera housework in small fam.ly. Inquire at La Grande National Bank. ROOMS- NxeiTwshed front rooms, north front. At 906 Main St. WANTED A competent girl to do gen eral housework. Call up W. A. Moss on vergere phone at Island City. FOR SALE A swell, single' driving lioVse, six years old, well trained, good dispos ition, free traveler, Baymont. Inquire at this office. FOR SALE Blooded dog. fine animal for children, or watch dog. F. D. Haisten. ' Second hand tore. MEN WANTED Pick and shovel and thoveland rock men. Wages $2.50 rd '5.00 week Inquire at Hot Lake. LOST-Between Island Citv and John McNealy's ranch one leather gun-sase containing cleaning stick. Finder please return same to Jas. Ganity Island City and receive reward. FOR SALE OR TRADE Good for sale or will trade for wood at 1603 Adams Ave., or phone Black 601. FOR RENT Six room house furnished or unfurnished, inquire of Mrs. W. W Berry or Al Andrews" store. FOR SALE 8 room house, furnished in good location with lawn, shade trees, electric lights and city water. Also a business lot and 5 room building on Adams Ave. 3 room furnished house with good water on Jefferson Ave. and two good building lots. 50x113 on Adams Ave. Also corner lot on east Washington Ave. Will be sold on easy terms. Call at 1603 Adams Ave. or phone Black 601. EOR SALE Eightacres,6 room house.barn. Dlaeefnr chickens or hogs, orchard, all kinds o fruit and plenty of water. Located east of flouring mill, will exchange for city property Apply at premises. JohnGavan TIMBER CLAIMS We can locate a number of Dartia. on good timber claims of two million feet and better. Foley Blk. La Grands Investment Co. 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. EOR SALE CHEAP Two good work horses, five first class milch cows and five calves. See J. T. Baker Box 11. R. F. D. No. 2,. , 3655 REPORT OF CONDITION. SEPT. 4th, 1906. $668,835.92 100,000.00 1.750.00 28.1 98.96 - 159.723.71 Capital Stock Surplus Undivided Profits Circulation Deposits Individual, .. U. S. Deposits Bank $958,516.59 Tot F. M.BYRK1T, C. C. PENINGTON. F.J.HOLMES. A. B. CONLEY, A SILENT WANDERER Acting Express Agent O. V. Bear, is busy today exhibiting to cat ers at the i x press office, a fireman's heirr.et. .This hat will have a history al.-ezdy written by the time its journey is complete, but when that date occurs is most awfully uncer tain. The helmet, according to inscribe! in s'.ructians, was sent out by the Wei's barto Express company of San Fiancisco and is the proptrty of a valiant fireman who endured all the hardships of the San Francisco fire and earthquake. The fol lowing inscription is pasted on tne hat: "Please return this hat to the San Fran cisco fi;e dejartment in care of Wells Fargo Ferry depot. This helmet has an swered its purpose in the awful quake and fire of April 18, so please donot kee;j but send along." Needless to say it has been "sent along" and at every stop, tags cards and various trinkets have been at tached with appropriate "speeches." At Pendleton, where it came from to this city, Lee Morehouse had performed a unique hi. nor to this emblem of heroism, by photographing a Umatilla Indian en robed in feathers and carrying the helmet o.i his head, and attaching the card , to the wanderer. There are already hun dred of names of cities written on tags on the hat. In Portland and other large cities, par cels containing contributions to the origin al owner, were attached and are yet in tact From this city, after proper in scription, it will be forwarded to the next station and so on until a complete circuit of the globe has been covered. Justwha. inscriptian Agent Bear will tack on has not yet been decided, but when he gets his poetic brain matter in working order, he will "hatch" up something appropriate Many and varied are the inscriptions i. now carries. Frai K Martin, local agent helper, this morning composed the follow ing and tied it on among the rest: "This world I've traveled over, Through Washington and Idaho, And now I'm in La Grande. I went upon my journey. To see if I could find, The man who invented 'Work', For he's no friend of mine." The hat tags' and all are now displayed in the Al Andrews furnishing store and is attracting the attention of pedestrians on Adams Avenue. ADVERTISED LETTERS List of letters remaining uncal'ed for in this office for the week ending Sept. 7, 1906. Brown Mrs. Edith Cotter Mrs. Lizzie Chalmers Miss Louise Loddes Mrs. Chas. Harrison Mrs. HarrietLaurer.ee Mrs. McReynolds Mrs. M L Multon Mrs. Harry Burns Mr. J. C. Ballou Mr. Walter Duffey Mr. Chas Dean Mr. William Govner Fred A. Howell Mr. Andrew King Mr. W. R Keltes Mr. Fred Kallam Mr. Spencer Long Mr. A. J. MeLueas Mr. C. McCullem C. W. Olsen Mr. A. M. Phillis P. M. Pattison Mr. P. Reed Mr. M. M. (2) Rice Mr. R. R. Schultz Mr. Brig Wilson Mr. H. E. Wolfe Mr. Ed McReynolds Mrs. Margret Spaulding Miss May (2) Malstrom Mr. Clarence Railway Station Master These letters will be sent to the dead letter office Sept. 21 1 906 if notdelivered before. In calling for the above, please say "Advertised," giving date of list. Q. M. Richey. P. M l 887 LIABILITIES $100,000.00 20,000.00 38,714.34 .. 60.000.00 $671,974.74 60,000.00 27.827.61-749.802.25 $958,616.59 WOMAN AND E RUINS In order that he might shower Mr'. Nadine Nichols, whom he was m intain tuining in elegant luxury in a flat in Portland, a young employee of the Port land Gas Company, has stolen thou sane s and thousands cf dollars from his em ployers. His, name is Bernard Velgu h and holds a clerk's position in the com pany's office whe:e he had access to the funds. He started in with a small theft and latter becoming infatuated with the c'isrms of the lady mentioned, began to go deeper into his employer's coffers and now has removed at least six thousand dollars. Mrs. Nichols was accustomed to drive ts the office, in an outfit purchased with stolen money, and receive the clerk when he finished his day's work. The employers noticed the shrinkage in the receipts and placed a trap. Young veiguin waikeu iuuj a anu mat vn!r., as usual, when he was about to step into the rig driven by Mrs. Nichols, detectives arrested him. He is now n prison and refused to see anyone while retaining his stolid silence. Women, wine and automobiles he says are the cause. He confessed everything to District Attorney Vanning, but was unable to affirm the exact amount. THE PROMOTION EXPOSITION Norfolk, Va. Sept. 12 During the war of 1812. when Nor.'olk was threatened by the British. Craney Island was fortified for the defense of the city. This little island lies in sight of Jamestown Exposi tion grounds. Tre British made an attack on the fortifications. June 22, 1814, with 4000 men. After a desperate fight they were repulsed with a loss of 200 men killed. Again the Virginians lost not a single man. The third bloodless battle, so far as it related to the virg.nians, was fought on the site of Jamestown Exposition grounds, May 19, 1861. It is known as the bat tle of Sewell's Point. The Confederate works erected there were attacked by two Federal vessels of war and after a hot fight the ships retired with some loss, tne defenders suffered . no casualties. After the third victory the man of Norfolk bjgan to feel that as thay were invulner able they should be invincible, and this today i the Norfolk spirit. FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN A five room horns near new school house cheap and on easy terms. Inquire at this office. Colic, Cholera and W TOOK MAN tram Almost every family has need of a reliable remedy for colic or diarrhea al some time during the year. This remedy is recommended by dealers who have sold it for many yean and know its value. It has received thousands of testi monials from grateful people. It has been prescribed by physi cians with the most satisfactory results. It has often saved life before med icine could have been sent for or a physician summoned. It only costs a quarter. Can you afford to lisle so much for so little? BUY IT WANTED 1 00 men to work on raliroad at Union Oregon. Steel laying and construction work. Apply to the office of Oreion Construction Co, Union Oregon LOST Gold locket, engraved as follows: Presented by B. M, I. U.. Ore.. No. 3 to J. H. B.. 1995. Liberal reward. Leave at Observer office or with J. H. B!um enstien at new Baptist church. IN THE COUNTY COURT, FOR THE COUNTY OF UNION, STATE OF OREGON In the Matter of the I r,. , E-!ltate of t Citation Rhoda S. Cameron, deceased J To Ida M. Keuhey and Rhoda Lee Cam eron, heirs of the above named deceased, and to all unknown heirs, 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 Ore gon, for the county of Union, at the Court Room thereof, at La Grande, in the County of Union, on Monday the eleventh day of October 1906. at two o'clock, in the after noon of that day, then and there to show cause if any you have why the petition of W. P. Panf burn. Administrator of the above entitled estate praying for an order nthnriing him to sell the S. E. ( of Section 2, Tp. 2 S. R. 39, E. W. M., should not be granted and said estate sold and proceeds thereof be applied to the paying of claims and estate debts. 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 seventh day of September, 1906. Attest:-J. B. Gilham. Clerk. Official Seal LA GRANDE SCHOOL OF MUSIC PROF. DAY. PRINCIPAL. MRS. DAY, ASSISTANT. This is one of the best musical in institutions in the state, and that people in this city and valley are begininng todiscover the advantage of this school. The system is 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. 1 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 3 to 15. Here they graduate. Pupils take one or two lessons a week at 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. 475. Mams Diarrhea Remedy NOW Can You Bite Hard? You should be able to. Something; is wrong; if ou cannot. Nature intended you to have teeth ai strong and as perfect as an Indian's, But almost no one now-a-dars (except an Indian) has perfect teeth. Nature cannot grow new th for you (if you arc past the mill; teeth stage) .but expert. Dental science can fix your. mouth so skill fully that in both comfort and appearance you will ncrcr feel the loss. Expert, scientific painless dentistry. Don't delay It doesn't pay consult us today. Charges very reasonable. CaGrandc Denial Company Repairs ford? 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I "ttwuia Lin ultbe world" J, IJKOAUfoK f ir are o many arenlp alt m iVrn. ai.d limanr inwrml -lutnf the in i twxrnOfileu mdI l)eurr llal (It tilu oevei luixnw lireauia If you are koI raat writ fur .abir. mtlo and crl a pretty boo"iluil will tell you all about It, W C McBRIDE, Agent, 124 Third St. Portand Ore,