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EVENING O BSERVER. LA GRANDE, OREGO.V FhfDAT, JA.VTART 10, 1908.
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ui-iiig competent to Know wnat was
going on In their own office, at least
they did not. If Mr. Davis consent
to become a candidate his nomination
and election Is assured, and the of
fice will be filled by a man who is
eeptclally fitted for the posltjon.
While Mr. Davis has not consented.
his friends from all over the county
are urging him to enter the race.
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KMTIRKLY TOO TKCJIXICAL.
No wonder we are a law-breaking
people. It matters Utile what the ev
idence shows at a trial, if a word Ik
left out of an Indictment, if the court
in charging a Jury through Ignorance
or otherwise, makes a misstatement,
. or the district attorney In presenting
his arguments to the Jury in the heat
m of oratory wanders off somewhat
from tho Ideas of the sages In prehis
toric times, the higher courts hand
down mandates for a new trial, ori
quash the Indictment and order the
defendant set free. A cold-blooded
murderer in the Willamette valley was
given another trial a few days ago
because tho district attorney made a
nilsstu lenient In mldressing the Jury
POULTRY.
Tho poultry exhibit of the Oregon
State Poultry association, which Is to
be seen in Portland this week, la said
to have brought together one of the
finest collections of high-bred fowls
ever seen In this state. Oregon's
poultry Industry Is rapidly Increasing
in Interest and Importance. The Ob
server for several years lias urged to
advantages that would accrue to the
poultry interests of this county by tht
holding of an annual poultry show.
Hltuuted as we are, surrounded by
mines and large lumbering Interests
which furnish a steady market at the
highest prevailing prices, Jurgopoul
try farms similar to those in C'ullfor
nla woul
the lnves
late the Ind
farmers'
mis county stimulated the duiry In
dustry,
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C-'yTV-!!!:: !.'.: n""' jnU,nt for
free city mall delivery. Having reach-1 f
ed that point where her postofflcel
receipts entitle her to this service
At our present rate of activity and a! I J
he present rate of growth of ouil
thriving little city of North Powder
she will become a successful applicant
for a delivery system before a similar
service is Inaugurated In this city,
which supports a postofflce that doe
33 1-3 per cent more business than
law requires.
Oregon City Is to have another
A full line of New Mattresses and Springs
iiiii 'sMtXUJl!liJgBB iftm
Agents for Leggeth's All Steel Spring, 30 days free trial. 3 Makes
of Ranges. Elite, La Clede and Acme Ranges, $28.50 to $55 Heat
ing Stoves at Reduced Prices. We have to sell 2 sets of double
harness, also 2 sewing machines. . .
Phone Black 641.
H. B HAISTEN
SIS FIR STREET.
COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS
NEW AND SECOND HAND GOODS
'Phone Red lli.
F. D. HAISTEN
1411, 1418, lilS Adams Avenue.
Id return large dividends on "" w
itment. Poultry shows stlmu- 4W
Industry Just the some as th. I 1 T I O ET 'r""Tr" CD V ,
Institutes held so often I' X i IntW I VjR Y .
lly stimulated the dulry In- J t OF THE ' I
Main 43
PHONE
Main 43
SNODGRASS GROCERY
FRATERNAL ORDERS
LA GRANDE, ORE.
The hind fraud rases that have ruined on (ni, .nr There
honor, fortune and life, as a result nf
a recent decision, has been reduced
almost to a farce. From this time on,
after the present cases have been
ground through tho courts, there will
be no more land fraud casts. Note
the condition of San Francisco fraud
cases: they are all at sen and It Is
possible that Schmitz and Hiief will,
through technicalities .of the courts,
be freed. Our courts ore so techni
cal that Justice Is so often tardy In
being meted out, that we its a people
large paper mill. It will undoubtedly
bo a paying proposition. This week I
we received notification that news
print paper hail advanced another
quarter of a cent on the pound ft
are trusts and
have been educated up to that degree
' Of tolerance that we have In a great
measure lost our respect for the law.
Just about tho time our courage be
gins to rise and we begin to calmly
review the situation, we note dally
where some poor. Ignorant, misguided
Individual Is given a sentence of from
five to seven years In the penitentiary
for larceny of a watch or a J40
horse, while some bank president de
liberately steals by the hundreds of
thousands of dollars and often mil
lions, through whoso embezzlement
hundreds lose nil. is given six months
or possibly a three-years sentence, If
he Is so unfortunate In not being able
In keeping tho cane playing hide and
seek back and forth among the courts
until kind nature In Its mantle of
charity removed him from this wicked
world. It Is true the public conscience
Is becoming awakened, but It would
multiply more rapidly were the courts
to take a more common sense view of
the nctniil facts nnd not wander off on
every possible excuse, to defeat the
ends of Justice.
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sr;t;ixn:i c.niii.ti
The republicans, of I'nlon county ore
taking an unusual interest In the nom
inee for slierlff this year, and were
apparently at sea until someone sug
gested K. V. luvls. who will Boon re
tire from the land office, contained
nil of the necessary qualifications to
place that ofrice upon the business
piano which the position demands.
The sheriffs office has changed with
the times, once It required the most
bloodthirsty Indlvldui.l whose expected
duty It was to corral the cattle rustlers
and lone highwaymen and keep the
peace between the knights of the
green cloth when the stakes were
Mgh, but that is ancient history -In
fact, uhvays was overdrawn. -Now the
principal duty and responsibility Is
the collection of the taxes. In other
words, the office today requires that
the sheriff be personally capable of
knowing that hto records are prop
erly kept. It hns only been the past
three years that 1'inntlllA county and
Baker county sheriffs were short
many thousands of dololrs. which tluy
trusts, but the paper trusts of this
country need not take their hats off
to any.
Portlund Is to commence the con
struction of n 13-story building, and
It Is quite possible Hint another story
or two might be ndd-d before It Is
completed if some enterprising Seattle
newspaper man would suggest that
Seattle had In view a 16-Htory struc
ture.
The next reform that the people
will demand will be that United States
senutors und congressmen exert their
energies In legislation and not ns to
who shall be "It" In the distribution
of the federal pie.
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Tl'KP NOTES.
Turn over a new leaf for 1908 and
don't knock a good horse because you
own a skate.
The Oregon state fair will renew
the two jr.onn stakes for this year's
fair.
Get your horses ready for the Port
land horse sale In April.
Washington McKlnney brought $823
at the fhuse Holiday sale.
There will be neither pool selling
nor a bar at the Oregon state fair this
year.
Oct your horses ready for a big
racing circuit this year. It will be the
best ever.
Weanlings have nil passed the
grammar grade and are now year
lings. Rural Spirit.
A Note! Cunt.
There Is now on exhibition In tlo
display window of Andrews & Berry,
n coat which is certainly a novelty.
: The outside covering of this smoking
j Jacket Is made with cigar ribbons, of
! which BOO were required. The lining
Is satin, quilted and hand stitched. The
I coat was cut and quilted by the firm's
.tailors and If Is estimuted that there
litre 160.000 stitches in the garment.
I The coat is valued ut $200 nnd the
ribbon work was done by Mrs. dates,
j who is now at Hot Lake.
JUST RECEIVED
A shipment of pure Honey
in the comb .
Also a new barrel of Heinze's
CHI Pickles
Fresh ranch Butter on
hand at all times
Woodmen of the World.
La Grande Lodge No. 1,9, W. O.
W., meets every Friday of each
month In the K. of P. hall In Corpe
building. Al visiting members wel
come. N. L. ACKLES.
J. H. KEENEY, Consul Commander.
Clerk.
A. F. & A. M.
La Grande Lodge No. 41, A. F. &
A. M., holds regular meetings socond
and fourth Tuesdays at 7:30 p. m.
L. H. RUSSELL, W. M.
C. JD. HUFFMAN, Secretary.
Foresters of America
Court Maid Marian No. BWJ
" "ecnesaay night in fMislt
, mviiea I0 attend.
NEW ACKLES, C, R.
. MKNDRICKS, F. S.
ooara or Trustee: Dr. O..L,Blj
gers, vscar Berger and Herbert P
terson. -
Pylliluu Sisters.
Kowena Temple Ao. , Pythian
distils, meets every Thursday evening
at a p. m., In K. of P. hull, in the
Corpe building. Visiting members cor-
dlully Invited.
LIZZIE HAWOHTH, M. E. C.
x.uiUi nwcTEH, M. of 11. & C.
BI. W. A.
T a OMinJi. f,- .
vamp io. 770J neeil
every Monday evening at I. 0. 0. B
hall. All visiting neighbors are cor!
dially Invited to attend.
E. C. DaTS, c.
D. E. COX, Clerk.
F. O. K.
La Grande Aerie No. 259, F. 0, E
sneeia every Friday night In .Elkif
hall at 8 p. m. Visitlmr hrthrn i.
vited to attend. J. 11. PEAI1E. W. p,
GEO. J. ABEGG, W. S.
Telephone orders will receive prompt attention
J AS. G.
Main 43
SNODGRASS
PHONE - Main
43
L. O. I. M,
Hive No. 27. L, O. T. M meets
every first and third Thursday of euc
month at 2 o'clock In the aftn....
'islting members made welcome.
SADIE KLINT WORTH, L. C.
MAGGIE REYNOLDS, K. of It.
Brotherhood of Ottls.
La Grande Nest No. 17. meet, m
the K. of P. hall every Tuesday eve
ning at 8 o'clock. Visiting brothers
cordially Invited.
N. L. ACKLES, Executive.
B. L. LEAVITT, Secretary.
I. O. O. P.
Star Encampment No. 31, L 0. oi
F., meets every second and fourtll
Wednesdnv In th i. rvxj
... .l.Ulltll ui.wwi fCIV
lows' hall. Visiting patrladJrtiwijl
welcome, D. E. COX, C. P.
W. A. WORSTELL, Scribe.
Adjourned Again.
There was not a quorum present at
the council meeting last night and nn-
other adjournment was taken until
next Monday night. s
The Eastern Oregon
Trust & Savings
bank
IN "I HURRY?
THEN CALL
Interesting Question.
What Is the "unpardonable sin?" Is
a question frequently asked of preach
ers. This evening Mr. McSpnrrnn will
discuss this question. There will be
a baptism before the sermon. A lot
of new mottoes are being arrnnged on
the walls of the main room. Last
night four more came to unite with
the congregation, tw o of then! to con
fess Christ and be baptized, and two
who had been members In the past.
. w i .., i-ifni Biivwii, ino meet-
in each Instance claimed was the work Ings will probably continue for some
of their deputies, they themselves not time.
THE TRANSFER MAN
He will take that tturk to the
pot cr your heme in less time
it takes to tell it.
Day phone Red ?61
N:ght " Black 1792
Weccr. always i.-t- r rtrv -
than
LA GRANDE
SCHOOLofMUSIC
Studio over Selder's
candy parlors. : : : .
PROF. DAY, Principal
THE BOY AND
BI. B. of A.
Meets first and third Thursday vJ
at I. O. O. F. hall. Visiting member!
always welcome.
J. A, ARBUCKLE, President.
C. J. VANDERPOEL, Secretary.
K. of P.
Ked Cross Lodge No. 27.
every Monday evening In nn un
w ww Man.
e- Uu.,u.K. A rythlan welcome
to all visiting knights.
HAROLD HERRON, C. C
It. PATT1SON, K. of R. 4 S.
B. P. O. E.
La Grande Lodre No. 4V meet
I
racn inursday evening at S o'cwclt 1
Elks hall on Adams avenue. Visit
lng brothers are cordially Invited t
attend.
W. B. SARGENT, Exalted Rukrl
G. E. M'CULLY, Rec Sec .
I. O. O. F,
La Grande Lodge No. 16, meet! It)
their hall every Saturday night. Vtol
THE B.VXK BOOK.
Itcbekalis.
t-rys,ai Lodge No. 60. meets every 1 y Saturday nignt v
THiesdav .... - y Itlng brothers rnrdlnllv Incited to It
UK M I in. r f n I j - ,
lOdire. All ' ' ' ' . tend. ' CfiRlfitflrv ntat wnnv ha Mn IK
" oiling members r in. i . ' 4 .
vlted to attend. .
LAURA' STILES, N. O.
JMME SMITH, Secretary
I-
should bo Inseparable that Is, every
boy should be taught to save, even be-
tore he begins to earn. The younger
thn Blnrt v. ..
mure ,ney W11I Bave
and the better they will enjoy the
habit of saving. We encourage thrift
in the vounr ... .. .
to Independence . and prosperity In
middle age. Bank your savings with
us, and watch them grow year by
ear. In this way your money will be
earning money.
OFFICERS:
T. M. BYRKIT. President
WM. MILLER. Vice-President
GEO. L. CLEAVER. Cashier.
T. J. SCROGGIN, Assistant Cashier
F. J. HOLMES, rrwuniw.
Special f,ir v..
We are closing out ,..' .t.-. '
at 75 per cent discount. Old pat
e n mou.d.ng. mou.ded gutter. baI.
usters, newels, brackets, blocks and
other oJd mil, work at 60 per cent of,
All otner stuff SlId at cost (to you)
no matter what It cost. us. We do
not need the
fellow wants It .nV ,hflr
for him. ' We must
Ju unloaded from the car a load
of cedar shingles, ,nd now we
0 Un'ad for the money
oiuiJDARD LUMBER CO.
Land with Wood on.
have 149 acre, of land exactly
mile, fr0m here up
and which ha. at least 2000 cord, of
cellent wood on. W. will
ny reasonable offer for this tract if
taken soon. The entire tract 1. lev.,
nd a wagon can easily be driven on
every foot of It. Make u. an
Terms.
REAL ESTATE. LOAN A rnniuta
COVE. OrtFGON. i
The finest of land In fnlon county
lays In this section for cherries, ap
ples, berries or vegetables, the soil has
the required amount of proJucil"
ness to make It a garden of Kdea, if
only mankind will plant ani eujtlvsw
It. Now any one can pjrehase a
tract of 10 acres or more from the
farm known as the Ed Payne place,
which has been cut Into 10-acre tracts
and on sale now by the recent pur
chasers. Will sell on Installment.
LA GRAND INVESMENT CO,
12-30tf La Grande, Ore.
Notice of Annual Meeting.
Notice Is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders ot
the La Grande Real Estatctclatl00
win v.. w. ia .... aiJ t txHiilam
"... ug iiuiu ia ma oiiiuw "
Miller & Bro., on Monday, January
13th, 1908, at 2:80 o'clock p. m.
12-1-Im
Board and Room.
Go to the Palmer house for board
Best and cheapest pl
and room,
'u iou.
SION COMPANT.