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. Dion ri; - . v KVKJrneo v OBSERVER. LA GRANDE, OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 10, 1MB. r Rai LROAD Books Now in Stock Ferguson' s i i The Wealthy The Particular The Poor ,' X will be happy in the use of that new light the DAVIS-JORDAN MUSIC CO. have in their store. Burns the gas your coal oil lamp lets escape. Gall tonight and se it Formal Announcement. ; Washington, D. C.. If arch 1. 'OS. John McCourt, Pendleton, Oregon.'' Tour commlMion as United States district attorney was forwarded today. You may qualify at once. BONAPARTE. Lata Thursday afternoon the above message was received by John McCourt and It was the first official lnforma in he had received to the effect that he waa confirmed aa United States district attorney ' for Oregon, says a Pendleton paper, .'. Now that he has been agreed upon by the delegation, nominated by the president, favorably reported by the committee, confirmed by the senate and notified to qualify for the office. Mr. McCourt feels that the district attorneyship W his and he Is making active arrangements to commence up on his duties. According to Mr. McCourt he will leave for Portland Saturday or Sun day, and when' he goes he will take his family with him so that no fur ther trips back and forth will ' be necessary. He will give up hts home here and has already received offers from several - would-be purchasers. But while he will live In Portland the new district attorney will still keep tils residence In thia city. While having his future home and headquarters In Portland he will be "from Pendleton" for some time to come, at least. The si!:rr ' t TTnltea States district attorney for Oregon to $4500 per annub aad the government pays all the office and ether expenses con nected with the poet. " li i rims Plant.' " -v D. Fltsgerald, proprietor of the La Grande Iron works, of this city, has a force of men at work this morning building an addition to hie plant. The new room will occupy a ground ppace 18x14, and will be covered with cor rugated steel. It will be used as a store house for a carload of Iron and blacksmith coal which will arrive In a few days. Treasurer's Call lor City Warrants. Notice Is hereby given that there are now funds on hand to pay all outstanding warrants issued on Gen eral fund of La Grande city, up to and Including No. S503, endorsed Oc tober 8, H0, Interest on all warrants on General fund from No. .(378 to No. (503, in clusive, ceases from this date. La Grande, Ore., March 10, 1908. J. K. WRIGHT. City Treasurer. We Want Your Wants IN Our Want Ad Column Your want is placed before a thousand or more want-seekers ever day Can you afford to spend one cant per word of jour want ad waa. results are the keynotes? , as 8 s HAY, GRAIN, WOOD We have in stcck a lot of fine timothy, wild, grain and alfalfa hay, bought before the price advanced. We are selling this hay at low price, quality guaranteed. We'buy and sell oats, barley and mill stuff of jail kinds. We'll sell flour at lower price than others. Try us. We are closing out our wood business. Have about 1 00 cords left. Get some at a reduced price before ' it is all gone. THE REAL ESTATE, LOAN AND COMMISSION CO. 7i jti riiitt'inniii rttt v YOUR WORK Is what we want. We don't call on you one week for it and tell you the next we cannot do it for you. We want it now, and all the time. We do not think it necessary at this timejto say anything about the class of work we turn-out The fact that we have been in the LAUN DRY business for twelve years in La Grande we think sufficient evi dence that our work is sat- isfactory. Try it. A. B. C. LAUNDRY. TELEPHONE MAIN 7 , -' "" MACCABEES HOLD FORTH. Local Ledge Give Baaquet AOn - lU-gular Lodge Work. The Ladles of the Maccabees held one of the most enjoyable meetings of the year at their hall Thursday after noon. A banquet followed the regular lodge work. The tables were leaded with the good things Which the Ladles of the Maccabeoi know so well . how io prepare. Mrs. Prank Baker, Mrs. Lewis Wetxel aad Mrs. Charles Mc- Lain presided. There were various entertaining featsrea. Iln. Jack Clint' worth showed her ability as a for tune teller. Those whs didn't get i dime's worth of fortune ot the bar ance in laugh, . It was a late sour when the ladies departed for their homes, each one thanking the mm mlttea many times for the delightful afternoon they had prepared for them.' FOR RENT. WANTED, FOR RENT Housekeeping rooms. Inquire of Mrs. C 8. Zuber. 'Phone Rsd 1781. FOR RENT Large store building. with shelving and counters; used a number of years for hardware and furniture. Also housekeeping rooms. 1417 Washington Ave. ' J-l-lm Call for Warrants. J La Grande, March 20, 1908.' The undersigned treasurer of Union county. Ore., haa funds on hajd with which to pay all county warrants that were endorsed by the treasurer prior to February 1, 1808. All road war rants thai were endorsed prjor to Jan uary 14th, 1908, and all warrants on the contingent fund. No Interest al lowed on the above warrants after March 10th, 1908. JOHN FRAWLEY, Treasurer of Union County. RlKliop Padilork to The Dalles, Bishop Paddock, who has been here since Saturday and who has been de lighting large audiences with his ser mons at the Church of the Redeemer this week, leaves Friday for the Dalles, to pay an official visit to the church there. His diocese extends as far west as Hood River. Pendleton Tribune, Public Sale, The undersigned will sell at public sale at the late J. M. McCall farm, t miles southeast, of La Grande, Tues day, March the 34th, 1108, commenc ing at 10 o'clock a. nu, the following described property: Six mares, two geldings, three colts, 11 head ntllk cows; two t low wheel wagons; one 14-foot California wood rack; two hacks-, one buckooard; one top buggy; one buggy without top; three bob sleds; owe sieiga; ou mi ul sleigh runners; . two wheelbarrows; two Peering binders; ons Wood bind er'; one Dee ring mower; ons McCor mlck snower: two hay rakes; one disc harrow; one 11-foot drag harrow; one 14-laeh sulky plow; one garden plow; one double shove) cultivator; one feed chopper; one cider mill, one roller; one steel road scraper; one platform scale; one grindstone; two small an vils and vise; two post hole augers: one brush scythe; two grass scythes; three log chains; one carpenter chest and tools; one cross-ent saw; one hoof cutter; two sets heavy harness; two sets hack harness; two single harness' 2 04 bushels barley, and other things toe numerous to mention. Free lunch at noon. Terms of sale: f 10.80 or under, cash; over 810.00 six months' time at f per cent, with approved security. v ' ' TJ. O. COUCH, Administrator J. M. McCall Estate . ED STRINGHAM, Auctioneer. FOR RENT Bullulng on Fir St., ad Joining Ronde Valley house, suitable for store purposes; I furnished liv ing rooms upstairs. 'Phone to Black 481. ' ' FOR RENT Thre rurnished rooms for light housekeeping. . 'Phone to Red IS1. FOR RENT A suits of rooms for light housekeeping. Inquire of Mrs. Mna R warts. ' .. ' WANTED To trade hay Stoddard Lumber Co. for wood. ; I-14tf WANTED Furnished house, 6 or 8 rooms; Inquire of J. Frank Evans,' at Red Cross drug store. WANTED A young man; good sal ary. In or near La Grande, to rep resent and to show property tor; large Portland real estate firm. Ex perience not necessary. 8mall cash' security required. Address Manager, 841 Fifth St, Portland, Ore. - - WANTED Toung man residing at La Grande to represent us at salesman 'on a commission basis. Writs us for particulars. - Page Son, Port land, Oregon. - 8-18-8t FOR RENT Four-room house. Tel ephone Black 1881. mil FOR RENT Well Improved 4-acre tract near Palmer mill; B-room house, good orchard, good land. In quire of B. F. Wade, Owl saloon. 8-ttf . FOR SALE. FOR SALE Team of heavy work horses, 14(0 and 1508 pounds; 8 and 7 years; also team driving mares. In quire 1417 Washington Ave. 8-14tf FOUND A watch, , Owner can bare same by calling at tms oiin-o. .-' Ing property and paying for this ad, The advertisements in The Observer are placed there for you to read. Each and every ons contains a plain business proposition. . Remarkable Egg for 6lae. ' H. C. Oilman has In his possession an egg laid by a Plymouth Rock hen of his hennery, which .comes near be ing a record breaker. It measures Inches In circumference and 8 Inches around the long way. AMJARRAY OF GOODIES that will please anyone with a pal ateyoung or old; male or female is here ditplaytd, not only on special occasions, but every day in the year our shop's open. A taste for candy is not confined to child ren and women only. Man we all like them. ; ' . S E. D. S ELDER Grafting Is a dead Issue. So says Dr. H. C. Par ker of th Tr.'llana School of Medi cine,' In Collier's Weekly. Ws concur with him. Blue Mountain Cough Syr- np will curs your cough, not as pleas ant to take aa some others, but It con tains the Ingredients that will posi tively and absolutely cure that cough. RED CROSS DRUG STORE. C. G. HOLST. Contractor and Builder. Satisfaction guaranteed; estimates furnished on any kind of masonry work on short notice. Mantels and fireplaces a specialty. Room No. 1, Smith Rooming house, La Grande, Ore. 'Phone Red 141. Plowing. -; Persons wishing their gardens or lots plowed should see A. G. Hermon. 'Phone Black 1011. Satisfaction guar anteed. Careful work around trees. A trial solicited. ' " mllalld i'-.V1 '.' ' ; ' . .'.."'; . . PAINT AMD WALL PAPER STORE PAINTING AND PAPERHANGINO Staniels & Bugg I 1420 ADAMS A ENUE la Grands, Oregon Phone Red 1921 LA GRANDE SCHOOLofMUSIC Studio over Selder's candy parlors. : : : PROF. DAY, Principal IN A rNRRY? THEN CALL J nE TRANSFER MAN He will take that trunk to the De pot or your home in lata time than it take to tell it. Day phone Red 761 Night " Black I792J Wag:c always a;?: r te.v.je""" FOR SALE Five-room house, partly furnished; S lots, stable and wood shed; 1 block west of White school house. Inquire at 604 K St. 6-2tf FOR SALE Ball barley for seed. For particulars call on J. A. Holman, R. F. D. No. 1, or 'phone 117x1, Bell ' Wood! Wood) We have Just received two carloads of good, dry yellow pine wood. Our price Is right, and delivery service Is perfect. 'Phone Main 8. either phone. GRANDE RONDE CASH CO., LEWIS BROS., Props. If your Observer is not delivered as It should be, please notify this office. 'Phone Main 11. We will consider it a favor. NEW ELECTRIC TliEATRf FORSAKEN. : '4 INDIAN LOVE. ' JEALOUS WIFE. , DARKEST HOUR. FLOUR OF MOUTH. ED1NBURG CASTLES', ;,' TWO ILLUSTRATED ' SONGS "Tell Me, Will My Dreams Corns Truef s ' and - FrlwIUa. Program changer each Moi day and Thursday. Doom opett promptly at 7 o'clock p. m. Matinee on Wednesday and Sat- urday. , NEW ELECTRIC THEATER. II. M. SHERWOOD A CO, Proprietors. ,,. s Mahaffey Bulldl.-s. rurc i nx lcn I m SEASON The following list of seatonablt eatables may helpou to "select your menus during this season, when careful house wlvst wmeUm.s ftnd it diffi cult to arrange a tatisfactory meal, ; - ' B:ston Beauty Mack.r.1; Dainty Brand Cod Fish, two pound bricks; Keg Herrmg; Boneless Lunch Herring In glass; Norway Mackeral Sardines" French Sardines in cil; MutU d Sardines; Broiled Mackeral. CAMMED C00DS Salmor, Lobster, Shrimp, Clams, Oysters, P, S. Stock Clam Chowder. CHEESE Full Cream Cheese. Swiss Chesss, Jerssy Cream Cheese. Fine Limbsraer Cheese, McLaren's Roquefort Chests. , THE CITY GROCERY AND BAKERY E. P0LACK. Propr. Phone Main 75 ' The Kind r That is Advertised and the Kind That Wears I.W.". H. BOilNENKAMP C0. HARDWARE, FURNITURE AND CROCKERY ) ft