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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
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chases but there are still lots of good things left.
Everything in Piece Goods, everything in Readyto-VUear Garments at
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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
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BaliingFowder
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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