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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1908)
.Hi t s V i "' --'-'. -; w :"; ; '. ! 1 1 v 1 i ;( 1 1 ;;!;-.; ( r , -'-A - AMaixX ; " . EYKSINO OBSERVgR. 1A QRANDC OREOO. PA'lAr MARCH 88",1 oV ' " -EIGITC PAGE&VP :r"'" if a r III I III U 1 1 " ":: Fj53ssri r iBl : I i'. ii .1 s.h I , Hi Li i hi! Ji 'if i! n 1 1 4 I' vl . f -Hi ' Hi. 77; 1 : ii i ne : reopie s I LA GRANDE'S LEADING DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING EMPORIUM THE TEMPLE OF ECONOMY I 77ie Spring season is on in earnest and everybody now knows who has the goods, who makes the low prices. OUR GRAND OPENING of last week alTracted hundreds of people-in fact we think every lady in La Grande and many from the country attended the L , mm . v v n . -4.i mm . f t i fc.sj i utOIfe ! TAMftfinftu If II - I f L. ' mi ffcM v r .......... , IH1HV chases but there are still lots of good things left. Everything in Piece Goods, everything in Readyto-VUear Garments at - ! The People s Store l Although the dedicatory season Is on at the Baptist church, the real dedication will not take place until tomorrow evening-. Service will be held regularly until then, and aa the other churchea of the city have de clared a holiday for tomorrow night seating room will be at a premium. Following la tha program for to morrow: . , .' Sunday, March 29. Sunday school. :45 a. m.. Dr. J. E. 8tevenson, superintendent Address by Dr. Broughar on "Nicknames." Morning worship. II a. m.: orenar. aiory io dedication; sermon by Dr. Brougher: "Millionaires In Heaven " Eevangellstlc meeting, for men orilv p. m. Sermon. "Paylna- tha Fid. dler," by Dr. Brougher. Budn.. Toung People's hour, :J0 p. m. Address by Evangelist Thomas 8. Frets. "A Living or a LifeT" Evening worship, dedication, 7:S0 p. m. Report of building committee. Sermon by Dr. Brougher. Theme, "Neutrality in Religion Impossible." Dedicatory prayer by Pastor W. H.' Gibson. "Tread Softly." by the chelrJ , Evangelistic services follow the ded ication: meetings will be held at 8 o clock each evening. Inspirational congregational singing In everv m Ing, led by C. G. Greene and his chor us Choir. A cnrriffll InvUntu- .... tended to the general public to all services. . To the woman who bakes, Royal is the greatest of : time and labor savers. Makes home baking easy, a pleasure and a profit s nil BaliingFowder I The only Baldng Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar With minimum trouble and cost bis cuit, cake and pastry are made fresh, clean and greatly superior to the ready made, dry, found-in-the-shop variety. jj a Oi ERA HOUSE BLOCK LA GRANDE, OREGON mm week DAY BY DAY New York, March 28. Among the Important news events scheduled for the coming week are the following: Moiulay. William J. Dryan will be principal speaker at banquet of Toung Men's Democratic club of Missouri at Kan sas City. ' International Klndmgarten Union begins Its 15th annual setwlon In New Orleans. " , National Hank of Commerce, great Kansas City financial lnstlutlon, will reopen for buiOniws. - Ten per cent cut In wages of so, 000 Now EnKlaml cotton mill opera tives wlls bccimie effective. Turalny. Republican, ileniocraliu und lnde-pcntli-nce league primaries will be held In Hlate of Now York. Contracts l.i lwci-n miners and op erators in uil liiiinrtiuit soft ouil flolil.s if the country expire. sixtieth nnnlvi-rxiiry of the founda tion of modern iinoallHin will lbc iflfbnm d by devotees of the cult. WnliM-tiloy. KimuiVIIi'::ii.- or Inilliitm will hold B'lile ioiim u'loii In IndlunaiiollH, when i'. I'l eted. fo'ir (lcliH it at lat'K Fnlrbii'iliH, will b,. sr,. John Mitchell will n tiro n prcnt il. nt of the I'nited Mlneworkers of America and ivlll lie Hiicceoiled by Vice-President Lewis. . . -. Order of pOHtofttce department, re quiring that sccond-claMS rates shall not apply to delinquent subscribers, becomes effective. Governor Joseph K. Toole of Mon tana, will resign from office and be succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Edwin Morris. I Trial ofHyde. Ulmond, Benson and Schneider, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government of western public lands, will begin In Washing ton, Idaho board of pardons will meet to decide fate of Harry Orchard, self convlcted assassin of former Governor Steunenberg. ' : - ' Union Pacific and Southern Pacific roads will pay quarterly dividends. Tliurmlay. Populist national convention will meet In St. Louis for the purposo of nominating candidates for president and vice-president of the United States. ' Candidates for governor and other state officers will be nominated by In diana republican convention, Uody of Zola, the famous novelet, will bo placed in the Pantheon by the French government. National Child Labor committee will begin Its annual conference In Atlanta to last three days. Friday. Secretary William H. Taft will de liver an uddrcHs at' the annual ban quet of the Hoard or Trade at Colum bus, (. Seerelnry Straus, of the IVpiirtinent of Commerce and Labor will speak cago. Saturday. - republican primaries to select dele gates to the state convention will be held In Delaware. famous Oxford-Cambridge boat race to be held In England. Jged to; before t, board or trado at Savan nah, Ma. Wrestling match Tor the champion- AMD 1 HD HOU The air motor, .purchased by the O. R. N. to operate the turntable In the local yards, Is being Installed to- duy and It, Is expected that by tomor row the former method of turning en Klnes will be discarded and air fur nished by the pump on the engine, will do the work. It Is simple but effect ive, especially as there will be no need of six or eight men to turn the table about. Vo Xew Cinder Pit. The old cinder pit, in use here for iv.nny years, hns been abandoned and nil engines are now denned in k new depression nils. Thu new it I f modern make and Is much more convenient. Section Foreman Hutch Isremovlng the nppronch tracks tr toe old pit. Coal (.'nine Ml,., Pnii'Mcnlly nil the storage coal hap been loaded and shipped out of here. traveling locomotive crane Is Idle When coal begins to accumulate again, the machine will once more be A Special Ita! on irv The O. R. & N. company announced yesterday a reduction of $1 a ton In the rates on hay shipped to Spokane from Boise and Twin Falls, Idaho. The new tariff, which will go Into effect May 4, cuts the present hay rate of 5 from noise down to 14 and the rate of 6 from Twin Falls to 5. The re-luctlon Is mado to eneble fie haymakers In the territory affected by I Mother Says Not Her Child. It to compete with the Yakima valley i Soon after reaching Spokane yes In supplying hay to Spokane. Thejterday, Mrs. R. J. Brittaln, mother of new rates will put Boise and the Yik- kidnaped Cecil Brittaln, had Jesse Ima farmers on about an equal foot-1 Hart, son of a variety actress, who for Ing as far as rates are concerned. a time was thought to be young Brit The mild winter in Idaho has had!,aln' brought Into her presence and the effect of leaving a large surplus lie'-'ldfu1 at once that he Is not her son. ef hay and it Is believed that the re- SIr8' Brittaln came from Walla (luctlon of the rate to Spokane will re-1 t0 s(',tle Joubtf which arose suit In a considerable mmuvnunt f,.,,mlmlnd as to whether her mlsslnir rhtlH Idaho to this market and a decline inrea"' had neen found. After a con- tlic local price. Spokane Itevlew. ! ference between Mr. and Mrs. Brit taln, the former's plan of adopting her son. a JVIla Inyer r Dam e at Harris Hall. nanelng nt the Harris hall thlj evening. the Hart lad was given up and the Brlttalns left yesterday afternoon 'for-, their home without him. If I ship of the world between Gotch and' run on the elevated and put to work. Hnckonscbnildt will be held In Chl- BRICK IS CHEAPER I Brick building, at the present price of lumber, is sheapet as well as better. It has been demonstrated tnat my brisk is superior to any made in Oregon. I :an furrish cemmon bnck in any quantity. No order too large or too small to receive prompt attention. I Correspondence with contractors and builders solicited. I Estimates cheerfully furnished. Prices made known on application. uPtO- KRIEGER f 'Ricoaa-MidMc., Black T01. Yrd. Rail 881. U Ormttda, Ore I a More Xew Machinery A new band saw and a large auto matic grindstone have been Installed In the railroad shops. Thev fill e much-needed want In the shops. Now HeRNter Hoard. A nw bulletin board, for useJn thi "dog house," has arrived from Alblna and will soon he put In place for the engineers and firemen. F.ngltte Itrewks Axle. Engine No. S61 la In the shop pending the return from the Alblna shops of the main drive wheels which have been sent there to be fit ted up with a new axle, which wa broken recently. 1 i , , " t o : ' - i ' v S . " : r- y : jfZ x- h. ' ' J"'v ' I ! ' - ' f 1 , '. ' 3 t"AN ' u 5 ' ' ' - . x 1 b t ' ' """"'Iss1ssssWbssssbs " FOR SALE Modern and large thous and lot In East La Grande, at snap figure If taken before Monday night. Easy terms. Located le splendid part of the city. Inquire at HON. H. M. CAKE, Supporter of State ment No. 1 CAXDIUATF. BEFOHE THE ItKIH 111 irtv .. V"""r.",TE, STm nsxrou , . ' ' ,UES for tins " la UIUXDK '"ut.ss THE till- LV THE COMMEHC.AL CLlB MnL0M ME 0 AXD HEAR H,J Thursday Evening April 2nd,. this office. ImXHMMUM MH m '1 ' ".1 ''x