MHH TAGS-
Evmmao obskbvtch, la gsjljtdh, objegon.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY f . '. - , i
.a.O 24"'X I
! WHEN
! SICKNESS
i COMES
Anything ihit will minister to the comfort or help to
conserve the Vitality of the patient is an aid to recovery.
We have many items of this kind in our stock of sick'
room goods. Some that we are sure people would use
more generally if they understood how helpful they are,
both to the patient and attendant.
' When anytning in this line Is needed you will find it
here if it Is to be had and both price and quality will be
right.
:
;
;
Ice Bags,
ei.t c4
Medicine Droppers
Hot Water Bottles
Atomlzere .
Disinfectants .
Unts
Bed Pans
Cliniral Thermometers
Medicine Classes
Syringes
Deodoiants
Dusting Powders
Gauzes
Hypodermic Syringes, etc.
DRUG CO.
ORE'-ON
INEWLIN
LA GRANDE
a
WAUjA walla growers
FEARFIL REGARDING FROST.
Premature Spring Bring Fruit Bud
Out, and Even a Slight Cold Snap
Would Re DiHatitroua to 1008 Cror
Other Forms of Vegetation Ir
Serious Danger ' Should Weather
Turn Suddenly Colder.
SHIPMENTS
- Beef cattle have formed the prin
cipal figure In freight tonnage over
the mountain! from La Grande In the
pant 24 hours. Last evening a train
load of IS cars was taken through
here en route to Troutdaln, for the
Union Meat company at that place.
The stock was shipped . from Sago,
Wyo.
' Six carloads, bound for the same
company as the consignment , named,
were unloaded here this morning and
re feeding In the local yards. They
will be taken west this evening.
A shipment of 14 cars from Bnker
county, was started west from Bnker
City this morning, thus making a to
tal of S3 cars that have been shipped
' to Troutdale since last evening.
L
as m m
4 For County Recorder. 4
4 I take this means of announc- 4
4 Ing that I am a candidatefor 4
4 the republican nomination for 4
4 the office of Raoorderif Union 4
4 county, at the prtmaV election. 4
4 D. lkROCTOR. 4
444444444 4 4 44444
Bid DM
The last trench to be dug at present
by the Home Independent Telephone
company, was started this morning
and when completed, Adams avenut
will have been tunneled and under
ground wires laid from the office ol
the Home company to the overheat'
polo In the alley adjoining the La
Ornnde Iron works, a distance of 25C
feet. This Is the fourth ditch am!
completes the underground wire ryn
tern proposed by the company recent
ly. The conduit leaves the Musonl
hullding nt the Van Duyne store, ant
leads diagonally across the street un
til It reaches the corner of Sixth am
Adams avenue. From there It rum
south on Sixth to the plncc mentioned
The third trench has been dug In thi
alley Intersecting the block In which
Is located the head office.
. The conduit la laid with a wire
within It, and as the company deslrer
to run wires and cables, It uses the
wire as a guide and with It, can pull
the wires through the underground
portions with ease.
Old paper In bundles of 100 for sole
at The Observer office, fries 25 cents
per bundle.
1 THE GEORGE PALMER
LUMBER COMPANY
RETAIL DEPARTMENT
We Solicit Your Orders for
Lumber. Lath, Shingles, Mouldings.
Chain Wood
I We are prepared to furnish and deliver matclal
j promptly.
I Call up Retail Depaitmtnt Phone Main 8.
-4444444444444444444444444
FRUIT ill
ART Hi
s
The following taken from the Wal
la Walla Union of February 17, wl!
be of Interest to local fruit men:
This year's premature spring with
Its effects on the fruit trees Is belnt
watched carefully by many Iocs
growers. The orchards ' are givlnr
signs of spring restlessness that ma;
be productive of damage to the forth
coming crop.
Through the warm weather charac
terizing this winter not only trees, bu
other forms of vegetation have at
talned unusual growth. . Bo long a
the weather remains mild, this actlvlt:
s not causing any alarm, but should
sudden drop In temperature result
the effect may be felt Immediately.
Police Sergeant Frank Morse, for
merly fruit inspector for Walla Walli
county, has been particularly obser
vant of late.
'The buds on the peach and othe
trees I find now are much further ad
vanced than they should be," said h
'The growth Is quite noticeable. O
course, there Is little to be feared dur
lng this present weather. 8hould th
thermometer reach as low as four o
five above, many of the trees, I ar
afraid, would crack open from th
freezing of the sap.
"Several days ago I cut a small Urn
from one of the trees. The sap flowe
in such copious quantities that It soo
ran down outside the bark and react
3d the ground. Thin activity I bcllev
la apparent in all sorts of trees. .
"Other forms of vegetation are Hk
.vise affected. Hop vines that I hav
planted In my yard have grown aboi
tlx Inches, while rhubarb and seven
vegetables have sprouted an Inch c
nore."
The futility of predicting the cours
if coming crops from the early sprln
ndlcatlons, however, has been prove
nany Mmes Last year, 'after the cr
lad gone forth that the entire fru
rop was destroyed, nature gave
nmplote denial of the report by fui
nlshlng a bumper supply.
4
4 ' , ;
4:
4
4
4
February
'.AND
El n
Saks
in
0 if 4
daws
ATSHERIFF'SSALB
There was but little bidding" am
rsH bidders at the sheriff's sale at th
onrt house yesterday to cover thi
delinquent taxes of Union county am
islde from 21 sales, the county wa
Tnrced to bid In on the entire bulk.
These 21 sales vary from S2 U
However, the delinquent tax list o
late of sale was considerable smalle
han the dny It was advertised, fo
Seventh hour payments reduced thi
1st to t-t00. These payments wen
iiade between the time of advertise
nent and the date of sale. The lawi
provide that the county shall bid It
in sales where no other bids an
nade, and the attendance yesterda;
was extremely small. Hence the
'ounty bid In on a large bulk of the
1st of advertised property. When
xlvertlsea, the delinquent list was
ibout $5000, but the strong finish left
the list comparatively short.
Musk and Ijtughtcr.
incidental to the presentation o
'.he most popular of all musical com
edles, "Buster Brown at the Stew
ird tonight, It may be mentioned tha
among other musical numbers thi
following will, be heard: "Rosebud,"
"If Rags Were Music I'd Be a Btr
Brass Band," "Buster Brown.'? "Th
Hoy, the Woodshed and the Strap,'
"Grand Old Sand." "Bill Oliver,
"Won't You Be My Baby Boy," and
"Whats the Uss of Working." Mas
ter Reed who will appear as Buster
Is conceded by Mr.' Outcault, who cr
ated and made Buster famous, to be
the Ideal Buster, and the supporting
cast la said to be the best yet seen
In this rollicking musical play. '
vance ming
M.
codinp. rOMES
COME THIS WEEK flD CEf AN IDEA OP WHAT YOU'LL KtW wnim or. -
, In addition to the many special values offered for our February Sales from reff
ular stock and odd lots and broken lines left from the past season's selling, we sha
show this week
OUR MANY NEW ARRIVALS FOR SPRING
marked in harmony with the prices that are now prevailing here. Some of these
new Spring arrivals too are in small lots which makes them almost exclusive.
Rajah. Chiffon, and IVovelty Panamas. Voiles, Batistes, Shimmer Silks, Novelty
Suitings. French and Scotch Clnshams, Madras Waistings, etc , etc.
COME THIS WEEK AND GET AN IDEA Of WHAT YOU'LL NEED WHEN SPRING COMES
" i
The People's Store j
LA GRANDE'S LEADING DRY GOODS EMPORIUM AND TEMPLE OF ECONOMY
THE OPERA HOUSE BLOCK f
and acceptable to said school board.
Said wood to be delivered, 135 cords
at high school building, five cords at
White school, and 10 cords at Fourth
ward school, and to be corded up
neatly and closely where directed by
board. Fifty corda to be delivered by
July 1st, and all on or before August
15, 1908. Bids to be left with school
clerk. Board reserves the right to re
ject any or all bids.
A. C. WILLIAMS,
School Clerk.
Febl7m5d
Journalist Arrested for Libel.
Stin Jose, Cat., Feb. 18. William
Fraser Herron. who won fame as a
writer when he published the poem.
"Bathsheba," In the Stanford Uni
versity "Sequoia," of which he was
editor last spring, and was later sus
pended from the edltorxhlp, was ar
rested on a charge of criminal libcV
today by Emll P. Mayer, a basebalv
magnate. ' Mayer declares Herron li
beled him In an article In the "Town
Crier," of which Herron Is now editor.
Miss Ray Myers as "Mary Jane"
"Bustor Brown."
In
Bl'STEU BROWN PLEASES ALL.
A genuine musical comedy and by
'ar the best show of this description
vhlch has been seen In Baker City re
ently. Is "Buster Brown," which be
gan Its engagement at the Baker the-
iter last evening and delighted a
arge audience.
A dazzling array of pretty chorus
Tlrln, 1 In alt, a dozen comedians, ex-
client singers and dancers, Master
Reed as Buster, Edwin Lamar as Tlge,
Ray Meyers as Mary Jane, and a first
class company, all contributed to make
the musical comedy "Buster Brown"
olay of unusual merit and on which
both young and old can enjoy.
It Is superior to and different from
tnythlng else In tha musical line that
wer came here, and It a play that
overybody Ought to enjoy. Baker
City Herald.
The company arrived In La Grande
hit morning and will be seen at the
Steward tonight
tt4etsit...,,a
4
4
RECD TELEQRUM
Baker City, Feb. 17, '08.
D. II. Steward,
Mgr. Steward Opera House,
La Grande, Ore.
"Buster Brown" played Baker City
last night Great. Best musical com
edy here this season.
K. J. TAYLOR,
Manager Baker Theater.
r1
stewards
4 n U CTSUTADn r ,
Wood Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the
llstrlct school board of school dis
trict No. I of Unloneounty, Oregon,
will receive up to 4 ofclock p. m., of
March I. 1101. aaauA bids' for fur
nlshlng said school district No. 1 with
ISO cords of four-foot split yellow
pin and red fir wood, said wood to
be cut while green and not later than
June 1st, 10I. free from large knots
D. H. STFWARD, Proprietor
Co.
4
4
4.
The Buster Broun Amusement
Of New York City
Presents
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18
As he was r.tver tun btfors
The ChUdren'. H.ro .nd th , P.nf, Prid,
R- f. Outcault's
BUSTER BR0WHI
Jolly Littl. J.ur
MASTER REED :
A "BUSrER" Vi
. . Supported by . V
4o FUN MAKERS I
BUSTER BROWN'S rhrbv "?r"-40 t
4
4
i
4
4
4
RARELYhas such a handsome lot of Z tetnSEEN
Orchstr.$l.fi0; On,., .... It
Sstta an k.L e.. .
A. . ' "awrott