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Anything ihat 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'
Some that we are sure people would Use
more generally if they understood how helpful they are,
I 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,
Sick Feeders
Medicine Droppers
Hot Water Bottles
Atomlzere
Disinfectants
lints'
Bed Pans
Clinical Thermometers
Medicine Classes
Syringes
Deodoiants
Dusting Powders
Cauzes
Hypodermic Syringes, efc.
NEWLIN DRUG CO.
LA GRANDE
OREGON
AGED PIONEER GONE.
Moses Laurie, Aged 104, Dies Near
, I'nlon This Morning.
Union, Feb. 10. (Special.) Mosei
, Lorie, the well known pioneer, died
at his home on Catherine creek this
morning at 11 o'clock. The deceased
u a French-Canadian, and has been
a resident of the northwest since 1828.
For tears he waa with the Hudson
bay company. In 1842 he waa a rei
ldent of Champoug at the time the
first Oregon elate organization waa
made, but did not vote, as his Indian
mite objected to his becoming allied
with the United States . In 1864 he
aettled In this county and has resided
' aers since. He claimed , to be 104
years of age at. the time of his death.
and those who have attempted to es
Umate his age by the events which he
UUined to have witnessed, believe that
,atv was no younger. Ha haa two sons,
Joe and Judd. The former was with
aim at the last. Funeral arrange
stents nave not yet been made.
Into the Tanana is an effort to break
the Fairbanks, Alaska, strike.
DRUGGIST HEAVILY FINED.
Former La Gramlo l'liyhlcluu Given
$100 Fine at Pt-mllctoii.
Pendleton, Feb. 20. (Special.)
Dr. J. D. Plamondon of Milton, wan
arraigned and fined $100 today In thlh
city for selling whisky without a II
ceniie. He conducts a drug store In
connection with his office. He war
formerly In business at La Grande
Milton Is a closed town.
WORK, YET NOT ACCEPTED.
Liberal Wattes Offered, Hut Portland
i ,, o Minora Raise Havoc.
' Portland, Feb. $0. As a result of a
widely advertised offer made by Ta
aana mlneowners for 2000 men at $5
per day. board and traveling expenses,
to work In the Tanana placer fields,
the Western Federation of Miners to
day, placarded the city appealing to
the unemployed not to accept the of
fers, , The Western Federation men
state that the Importation of men
StoesHol Sentence Fr?inimciuIi-(
Bt. Petersburg, Feb. 20. It was rec
ommended by the court martial that
General Btoessel be sentenced to 10
years' imprisonment, and that he be
excluded from the Russian service.
General Fook was reprimanded anil
Ileitis and Smirnoff acquitted.
Just Received.
The Grande Ronde Cash company
has Just received one of the flues'
carloads of Rock Springs coal thai
was ever brought to this city. 'Phon
In an order.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
nonce is nereny given that the un
derslgned has filed her final accoun
as administratrix of the estate of John
H. Bay, deceased, and the count)
Juris of Union county, Oregon, t
appointed Tuesday, the 3rd day dl
Marcn, nog. at two o'clock r. m.. a
the court house In La Grande. Unloi.
county, Oregon, as the time and plac
for hearing of objections to such final
account and the settlement thereof,
Dated January IT. J90S.
1-tt-I-tl MRS. ANNA B. BAY.
Administratrix of the Estate of John
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I THE GEORGE PALMER j
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Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Mouldings, !
Chain Wood
We are prepared tt furnish and deliver material t
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Call up Retail Department Plant Mala .
That La Grande merchants are go
ing to offer reductions on Market day,
February 29, which are simply too low
(0 be believed at first thought, is the
announcement of Max Zlmmreman,
who has been petitioning the La
Grande business men for attractive
reductions that will attract farmer
to La Grande on the initial, market day
In its history.
Since yesterday morning he has
called upon the principal merchants
and before the campaign closest every
business man will be asked to make
reductions for that day on certain
lines of goods and wares. .. , v
He Is meeting wit success; and
from present appearances the farmer
of Union county cannot afford tJ miss
the opportunity of seeing La Grande
on that day and Inspecting the marked
down goods and wares that will be on
exhibit One thing will be marked
way down in one store and la the
next establishment some other line ot
vnnilx will he riven the ax. ......
The result la equity to all, and will
necessitate shoppers going the roundi
on market dty.
Up to noon today the petition had
the following names attached to It, all
of whom are to make some reduction
In price of goods, wares or otherwise,
on that eventful day:
Observer Office, Golden Rule, K
K. West, Julius Roesch, Peoplci
Store, The Fair, Morning Star, J. O
Snodgrass, Ulrlch Lottes, H. W. Hew
Itt, Mrs. L. Smith, Mrs. T. N. Murphy
Grande Ronde Meat Co., A. T. Hill
W. H. Bohnenkamp, Eastern Oregor
Trust & Savings Bank, Model Restaurant.
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PAiPUK
C0MC THIS WEEK AD CEf AM IDEA OF WHAT YOU'LL NEED WHErffPRlM COMES
In addition to the many special values offered for our February Sales from reg
ular stock and odd lots and broken lines left from the past season's selling we shall
.show this week ' ,
OUR MANY HEW ARRIVALS FOR SPRIHG
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 Novelty Panamas, Voiles, Batistes, Shimmer Silks, Novelty
Silnii, French Scotch ftntf hams, Madras WalstinSs, etc, etc. i t
COME THIS WEEK AMD GET AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU'LL NEED WHEN SPRING COMES
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LA GRAMDE'S LEADIMS DRY GOODS EMPORIUM AND TEMPLE OF ECONOMY
THE OPERA HOUSE BLOCK"!
Slowly, but apparently surely, tt
petitions for subscribers to the hi.
Grande Athletic club park are In
creasing In length and size. There an
mree petitions out and nearly all
have signatures of snug sums." Al
though the dividend-paying scheme
offers some Inducements to subscrlb
era, still the average citizen Is actu
ated by another motive, that of see
Ing an athletic park In the city o
nodcrn equipment.
While it will require at least J150
'o construct the quurter-mlle track,
llnmond, football fields and tennlf
ourt, there are hopes of more belnt
raised for still another purpose.
Autolsts of the city are anxious to
Increase the size of the track to allow
auto race meets to be held on It
Five acres will afford amDle room
for a quarter mile track, but it will
require nearly 10 acres to construct
a half-mile track, such as would bi
suitable for auto race meets. Auto
Ists say they will support the scheim
nore liberally If the latter Dlan U
adopted. The sites now under pon.
slderatlon can be purchased or leased
and the size of the track depends on
the financial support the city gives
the project.
Kvery day Is valuable, and nennl
should not wait to be approached, but
should see the solicitors nersnnnllv
and subscribe the sum ther feel sap.
aoie or. Limited support by many Is
far more desirable than large sub
scriptions by a few. The list now
stands at about 1600.
SPOKANE IS IN
HANDS OF THUCS
Spokane, Wash., Feb. 19. Owing to
the numerous hold-ups, street car
robberies and burglaries, the city will
In all probability Install an auxiliary
police alarm system of some sort. The
police find It impossible to cope with
the band of outlaws now In the city.
The entire police force, counting chief,
captain and sergeants, numbers only
50 men, to police a city of 100,000
people. .'
Some of the policemen are said to
be doing a remunerative business in
lawyer's fees. Complaints have reach-
d officials of the alleged grafting of
certain members of the force, who
make arrests, then notify the legal
man of whom they are agent. The
lawyer then comes around, collects a
fat fee, and divides with the police
man. Policemen, tt Is said, add seri
ousness to some petty offense, and
while the prisoner Is In a frame of
mind consequent to the policeman's
view of the case, the lawyer arrives,
and on the pretext that some friend
of the prisoner sent him, secures the
case. If the prisoner had money
when arrested, he la usually willing
to give the . lawyer an order for the
amount. In many cases the fee Is ex
orbitant for defense of a petty of'
fsnaa. An Investigation la on, and
certain police officers may be sua.
pended or Ignomlnlously dismissed.
Indian Prince Insane.
New York, Feb. 10. Prince Ka.
wab. Sultan Ul Mulk Bahadur of Hy
derabad, Deccan, India, heir to the
richest principality In the world. wh
arrived In San Francisco last week on
a trip around the world, went Insane
on the train and Is now closelv mint.
ed while en route to London. On tha
train to New Tork he attempted to
propose to Hiss Marie nAmW
daughter of the Austrian ambassador,
and It was then discovered that ha
had lost his mind. Two years . w.
fell from a horse and hurt his head.
Aa operation will be performed la
London.
Dlxio Baseball Magnates.
Little Rock, Ark.. Feb. 29. Base
ball men are beginning to arrive here
today for what la expected to be the
ireatest gathering of devotees of the
national sport ever held In Dixie. The
occasion Is the annual spring meet
ing of the southern baseball associa
tion, to be held here tomorrow and
Saturday. Ban Johnson, president of
the American league, will be a guest
of honor. Another will be "Booster"
Reagot. of Boston, a wealthy baseball
man. Representatives from newspa
pers In the Southern league circuit
have been Invited and many will at
tend. Governor PtndaU and Mayor
Lennon have been Invited to take part
In the social functions. . The country
club and tha Marlon hotel banquet
hall have been ten da red far tha pur
pose . A trip to Hot Spring Is In
cluded in tha program of entertain-mast
j Boxing Carnival for Jacks.
j San Francisco, Feb. 20. Fight Pro
moter Jim Coffroth Is completing
plans for his contribution to the en
tertainment of the Jack Tars of the
battleship fleet upon their arrival In
Sun Flnaclsco. It will take the form
of a big program of boxing for the
first or second Saturday afternoon af
ter the arrival of the fleet in the bay
to which both officers and the men
would be admitted without charse.
The box seats will be reserved for the
officers of the fleet, while the remain
der of the big arena will be thrown
open to the men.
The invitation to the bouts will he
presented to Admiral F.vans upon the
arrival of the fleet In Mugdalena Bav
In the meantime Coffroth will com
municate with the entertainment com
mlttee, which will have direct ehargf
or tne athletic events which will be
held during the presence of the fleet
here, so that the boxing mav b In
corporated In the regular list of events
and may not conflict with any plans
tho members of the committee may
make.
The boxing carnival will probably
consist of six six-round bouts between
some of the niftiest men on the -.
Jim Jeffries haa agreed to referee one
of the bouts and will not expect his
usual fee of $1000 for his services.
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Dayton to Boost on Big &lc.
Dayton, Wash.. Feb. 1. For the
extensive advertisement of Dayton and
the surrounding country, the promo
tion of a regular market day, the or
ganization and maintenance of a ,,.
ty fair association, and to arrange for
a none show day and annual race
meet, the Dayton Boosters' club was
organized here. It Is estimated that
by the end of the present week the
organisation will number several hun
dred cltUens. Plans are being com
pleted for the most extensive Improve
ment campaign launched by a city of
this else In the stste.
Florid Fliaanclera Met.
St. Petersburg, Fla.. Feb. to.
Bankere from nearly every city a
town of the state were present h.
he Uth annual convention .v.
Florida Bankers' association was called
to order this afternoon by President
T. T. Muroe of Ocala. The currency
famine and the fish and oyster Indus,
trlee of Florida were among the sub-
lecta considered at the Initial
The visiting financiers will ro 0I1
excursion to the gulf tomorrow ft.r.
noon ana tne convention WU
brought to a close with a banai
The pros and com for the local op
tion question will be fought out in
forensic combat In the high school to
morrow afternoon. The debaters are
members of the high school and much
preparation has been given the sub
ject by both sides. This Is only' one
feature of the Washington mm. i
the public schools tomorrow. Many
the grades are nlannln
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thing appropriate to th
George Washington', birth anniver
wry. While the high school literary
-ociety will hear the debate on iocal
option, a Washington program Is .ho
to be rendered by the advanced stu-
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