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f AGS EIGHT. EVEXIXG JBSERVER. LA GRANDE, OREGON, TtXSlAY. JAXCARY 28, 190 g! ggaF1 ir 1 J If! Ui. . '- c. BETTER PAPER FOR f LESS . . . . . . .1 Rightly or wrongly we unconsciously Judge people by appearances, and that is one reason why you ' should use good paper for correspondence. Good taste in the matter of stationery is t indica the of refinement, and you cannot choose amiss when you buy here. Ifs not necessary either to pay the high prices commonly asked. We have " a nice'ii'ic o? box pzpcr: stiOto 40' per box. A good quality by the pound an economical way to buy 25 cents. Ruled or plain linen papers 15 cents per quire. We have a very attractive line of tablet papers from 5 cents up to 35 cents, the latter a tablet of fine correspondence paper with envelopes to match. Always glad to show these things. INEWLIN DRUG CO.! OREGON : LA GRANDE , . . . t. DIRECTORY I or THE FRATERNAL ORDERS lA GRANDE, ORE. Ft rotters of America. Court Maid Marian No. 22 msett each Wednesday night In Elk' hall Brothers are Invited to attend. NE1U ACKLES, C. R. Q. V. HENDRICKS, F. 3. Board of Trustee: Dr. O. L. Big gora, Oscar Berger and Herbert Pat terson, : T mm lEASURES Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 28. Thirty-seven measures are recommended for passage by Oovernor Dawson dur ing the special session of the West Virginia legislature, convened toda,y. The most Important of these are the limitation of the' amount of rate of levies for taxation, to prescribe the duties of county officers' and regulate their fees and commissions, to provide for the supervision of public offices a,nd Institutions and to establish a uniform system of public accounting and auditing. The governor also recommends a more effectual law pro hibiting the sale of liquor on Sunday and providing for a thorough enforce ment of the license law. An act pro viding for- the examination and su pervision of aH trust, guaranty, sure ty and bonding companies will also be considered. -The matter of the representation of West Virginia at the Anrska-Yukon-Pacific' exposition will also be taken up. A law requir ing mining companies to make more thorough provision for the safety of the mlnera, with the view of prevent ing the repetition of such terrible mine disasters as have recently oc curred in this state, may be consid ered by the legislature. REBUTTAL BY STATE BEGUN (Continued from page 1.) of Harry Thaw In their hands by ear ly tomorrow afternoon. Summing up should begin at It o'clock tomorrow morning. Olilo Publishers Moot. Columbus, O., Jan. 28. Legislation, postal rulings and the Increased cost of newspaper production are among the topics slated for discussion during the 23d annual session of the Asso ciated Ohio Dallies, opened this after noon at the Nell house. The presen tation of the report of the legislative committee was the principal business of the opening session. The conven tion will extend through tomorrow morning and .will be addrassed Try some of the leading editors and pub lishers of the state. m he finds . condition there do not compare favorably with this valley, j The farmers do not receive as good j prices for their products, and the ' market Is not so reliable. j 1'r. and Mrs. Yade was aceompan-! led home by Mr.1 Wade's nephew,' E. H. Moore, who expects to purchase a farm and locate h'erV. The following market Quotations will give -our read ers some Idea ff the prices the Kan sas farmer receive for their pro ducts. The list was taken from a lo cal paper, which was printed last weekend tells the story of why Mr. Moore decVJed to look for a western farm: Produce Market Springs, over I lbs, 4c; hens, per Xb", 5c; butter, per fb. 2pc; eggs, per doz.', 17c: turkeys, per fb, 8c: ducks, , per TbJ 5c;' geese, ff, per tt, 6c; old roosters, 10c; young chicks, 2 lbs and under, 5c; old Tom turkeys, 7c. m Of T1VE Yf ALMOST fATALLY km URGES! FILED TODAY The Bank of Commerce of Boise, today filed a suit to foreclose a mort gage against W. R. Kavlett, Dulcle Kaviett and C. M. Kelly of North Bowder, to recover the sum of 12753. The petition calls for attorneys' fees of 82000. Cavunaugh, Llake and J. L. Rand appear for the bank, and J. W. Knowles represents the defendants. PLOT ABO ff mil Woodmen of the World, La Grande Lodge No, 168, W. O. W.( meets every Friday of each month In the K. of P. hall In Corpa building, Al visiting members wel come. , N. L. ACKLES, J. H. KEEN FY, Consul Commander. Clerk. ' ; A'. F. A A. M. La Grande Lodge No. 41, A. F. A. M., holds regular meetings ' first : and thlrJ Huturdays at 7: JO p. m, L. II. RUSSELL. W. M. C. D. HUFFMAN, Secretary. . Pytliian Sister. Rowena Temple No. I, Pythian Sister, meet every Thursday evening at 8 p, m.. In K. of P. hall. In the Corpe bulldlrg. Visiting members cor .dlully Invited. : LIZZIE HAWORTII. M. E. C. EUNICE PROCTER, M. of R. & C. . L. O. T. M. Hive No. 27. L. O. T. M meets every first and third Thursday of each month at 2 o'clock In the afternoon. Visiting members made welcome. SADIE KL1NT WORTH. L. C. MAGGIE REYNOLDS, K. of R. M. V. A. La Grande Camp No. 7703 meets every Monday evening at I. O. O. V. hall. All visiting neighbors are cor dially Invited to attend. E. C. DAVIS, C. D. E. COX Clerk. V. O. E. La Grande Aerie No. 258, F. O. E.. meet every Friday night In Elks' hall at 8 p. m. Visiting brethren In vited to attend. J. II. PEARE, W. P. GEO. J. ABEGG. W. 8. ' llrotlurliiMMl of Outs. La Grande Nest No. 17. moets In 1 , 1 I. O. O. F. Star Encampment No, 81, I. O. O. F., meets every second and fourth Wednesday In the month In Odd Fel lows' hall. Visiting patriarchs always welcome. 1. E. COX, C. P. W. A. WORSTEI.L. Scribe. M It. of A. Meets first and third Thursday eve- O. O. F. hall. Visiting member 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. K. of P. Red Crnsa Lodge No. 87. meet every Monday evening la Castle Hall, Corpe building. A Pythian welcome to all visiting knights. HAROLD HERRON, C. C. R. PATTISON, K, o( R. A 8. llobekalis. . Crystal Lodge Nu. 80. meet every Tuesday evening at the I. O. O. F. lodge. Alt visiting member are In vited to attend, ' LAURA STILES, N. G. JENNIE SMITH. Secretary. always welcome. J. A. Alt RUCKLE, President C. J. VANDERPOEL, Secretary. B. P. O. E. La Orande Lodge No. 418, meets each Thursday evening at 8 o'clock In Elk' hall on Adam avenue. Visit ing brother are cordially Invited to attend. W. B. SARGENT, Exalted RuU-. G. E. M'CULLY. Rec. See, I. O. O. F. La Grande Lodge No. II, meets In their hall every Saturday night. Vis iting brothers cordially Invited to at tend. Cemetery plat may be seen at Model Restaurant. T. J. SCROGG1N, N. O. D. E. COX. Secretary. C. J. VANDERPOEL, Fin. Sec. Chit-ago IIohhIits to Itiiic. Chicago. Jan. 28. William Dudley Fotilke, the silver-tongued orator of Hooslerdom, who Is championed as the peer of even Chauncey M. Depew, will be the principal speaker anil guest of honor at the third annual re union and banquet of the Indiana So ciety of. Chicago. The literary lights of the Hoosier state will be here In force, nmong them Booth Tarklngton. Wilbur D. Nesblt and Meredith Nich olson, mithor of "The House of a Thousand Candles." The banquet will be held tonight at the Auditorium Annex. Art liMlnp Kit Imrtl Dead. Paris. Jan. 28. Cardinal RU-hard. archbishop of Pai ls, died today, a vic tim of congestion of the lungs. He was 89 years old. .Mnny to Hour Taft. Cleveland. O., Jan. 2s It Is ex pected that the presidential stock of Secretary Taft will he given another decided boom tomorrow nhtht. when he will deliver un address on the po litical Issues of the dny before the Tlpppcnnoo club. Republican pntltk-al leaders from all over uhln will gather around the Kinouet Imnrtl to cheer I the utterances of Secretary Taft. and be will he given nn enthusiastic greeting ns "the next president of the United States." The last of the testimony to be Introduced by J. L. Cavlness and his counsel In the big water suit, will be In this evening If- members of the counsel have guessed right, and the case will be given a rest Indefinitely. The defendants are not ready at t'.ils time to take up their side of the c. -troversy. but when they are, Refers j r - Kamela. Jan. 28. (SpfciaU Hot-( rlble sufferings were endured by the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mr. Emmet McCojr of Kamela this morn ing, and Mrs.' McCoy was severely burned about the arms, because the little girl had been In too close con tact with a stove. The girl had made an early .morning call at the home of a neighbor, but a short distance from the McCoy home, and In her conversation forgot the stove near which she was standing. until her clothing had been Ignited. The small blaze frightened her Into action, and with a scream, child-like. she sprang to the door before her hostess could Intercept her, planning to reach her mother's side. The action la responsible for the se verity of the burns. Instantly, on ealnlna: the ooen. the wind funned f. -.4 ,i . the. burning' clothlntf Into' a flame of tongues, each licking and scorching the body of the little one. Her wua run to the home and mother tf'a brief but burns that may prove fatal were the rtsult e '; To save her child, the mother he roically sustained frightful burns bn her arms, but they are not fatal. She slezed the panic-stricken and Buffering child In her arm and instancy dashed her into a tub of water. The child is burned about the h"dy principally. Dr. Bigger was cald from La Grande to treat the burns. . While Mrs. McCoy Is suffering much from the wounds Inflicted on her arms, she la not in the precarlou condition which surrounds the little girl's life. There Is hope for ultimate recovery. Hanna will again call the Interested parties together. PURE FOOD COMMITTEE. Real Head of Xcw Department Is Se let !! to Work With Uncle Sam. Washington, Jan. 28. It was learn ed authoritatively today that Prof. Ira Ramsen, of John Hopkins univer sity, will be the head of the consult ing committee of five scientists who will work with the government In the enforcement of the pure food laws. This board was created last week by president Roosevelt. The remaining, members of the committee have not been selected. I.ll l:ilOATS ARRIVE. Three Men of American Vpnm'I Died After leaving Sinking Ship. Honolulu, Jan. 2s. A ship's boat containing Captain Larsen and mem bers of the crew of the vessel Eclipse, are reported as having arrived at the Island of Maul. The Eclipse was an American sailing vessel, and went down In open sea 800 miles north of Honolulu. The men took to the boats hut three died later from exposure and privations. Mctlnl for Gotham's Mayor. New York, Jan. 28. Mayor McClel lan will be presented with a gold medal tonight at a dinner at the Uni versity club by the Sotlete desyy chltects Dlplome, which is composed of graduates of the Ecole des Beaux Arts of Paris. The medal was struck In France and Is presented In recogni tion of the mayor's services to art and architecture by appointing a city ad visory architect, establishing a Jury of awards in architectural competition and his services to th municipal art commission. , "Soul KIsh" in New York. New York, Jan. 28. New Yqrlhaa often heard of tho "soul kiss.'T the esculatory flower of the spiritual af finity, and tonight it will have an opportunity to witness tho real arti cle. The spooky caress Is the feature of Florenz Zlegfleld's production of "The Soul Kiss," which will have its premiere at the New York theater this evening. Mile. Adeline Genee, the European danseuse, Is the bright particular star of the production. She is a Danish woman and this Is her first visit to America. The great fact Is that life Is a ser-' I vice. The only question Is, "Whom .will we serve?" Faber. I A GREAT REMNANT SALE f i ic BEGINNING BACK fROH TRIP EAST SAT. JAN. 25i Mr. and Sirs. J. B. Wade, who for the past 80 days have been ylsltlng friends and relatives In southeastern Kansas, have returned home bvtter pleased with La Grande and the Grande Rondo valley than cve. While absent Mr. Wade made a careful study of the condition now obtaining In Noulheatern Kansas, and says that The sales of the past season have left us with' a great many short lengths in our piece goods depart ments. These vie have gathered together and MARKED DOWN TO WHAT WOULD SEEM BELOW THE BOTTOM OF POSSIBILITY. The lot tills a number of large tables in our store and includes ALMOST AN ENDLESS VARIFTV OF CALICOES, OUTINGS, FLANNELETTES PER CALES, COTTON and WOOL DRESS GOODS 'silKs LACES, EMBROIDERIES, RIBBONS AT ABOUT HALF THE REGULAR - , The LA GRANDE, People's PRICE I 't.4,.;i.. . . . -T . :.z i '1