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If Not Why Not?
Wf are sole agent and our personal guarantee stands
back of each and every padkage. All our groceries
are strictly high grade but we charge no more than 4
for inferior brands.
J AS. G, "SNODGRASS
SLCCfSSOR TO f. P. STAPLES
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DIRECTORY
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FRATERNAL ORDERS '
L.A GRANDE!, ORE. '
Woodmen of the World.
La Grand Lodge No. 16 , W. O.
W, meeU every Saturday evening
In K. of P. halt In the Corpe
building. All visiting member wel
come. M. M. MAjlQUIS,
3, H. KEKNET, Ooniul Commander.
Clark.
Fcresters of America.
Court Maid Marian No. 31 meat
weond and fourth Wednesday night
la K. of P. hall. Brother are Invltod
to attend.
NERI ACKLES. C. R.
O. V. HENDttlCKS, F. 8.
Board nf True tee: Dr. O. L. Big
ger, Owar Berger and Herbert Pat
tenon. .
Brotherhood of Owl.
La Grand Noat No. 17, meet In
the K. of P. hall every Tueaday eve
Ing at I o'clock. VlaKIng brother
cordially Invited.
J. B. VANDERMUELEN, Executive.
C. W. BAKER. Secretary.
K. of P.
Red Cro Lodge No. 17, meet
very Monday evening In Caatla Hall,
Corpe building. A Pythian welcome
to all vliltlng knight.
D. H. PROCTOR. C. C.
R. L. LINCOLN. K. of R. 8. .
U. E. 8.
Hope Chapter No. 13, O. E. 8., hold
tuled communication the Second and
fourth Wednesday of each month.
Vliltlng member cordially Invited.
MART O. FORREST, W. M.
MART A. WARNICK. Secretary.
I. O. O. P.
Star Encampment No. II, L O. O.
P., meet every second and fourth
Wednesday In the month In Odd Fel
lows hall. Visiting patriarch alwaya
welcome. D. K. COX, C, P.
W. A. WORSTELL, Scribe.
Rebekaha.
Cryatal Lodge No. 10, meet every
Tuesday vnlng at th L O. O. F.
ledge. All visiting member are In
vited to attend.
LAURA 8TILE8, N. Q.
JENNIE SMITH, Secretary.
A. P. A A. M.
L rnde Lodg No. 41, A. F. A
A. If hold regular meetlags first
art third Saturday at T:ll p. m.
L. H. nnsscLL, W. kt.
C XX BUfTaUN, Secretary.
F. O. li
La Grande Aerie No. Z6, F. O. E
meets every Friday night In Elk
hall at V p. in. Visiting brethren In
vlted to attond.
D. II. PROCTOR, W. P.
J. H. LEISSHMAN. W. S.
U. W. A.
La Grand Camp No. 7701 meat
every Monday evening at I. O. O. 1
null. All visiting neighbor are cot
ilally Invited to attend. '
E. C. DAVIS, a
D. E. CO$. Clerk.
Relief committee: E. C. Davie,
Churle Disqua, A. J. Warner, and D.
B. Cox.
M. B. of A.
Moet first and third Thursday eve
it I. O. O. F. hall. Visiting member
tlway welcome.
J. A. ARBUCKLE. President.
C. J. VANDERPOEL, Secretary.
B. P. O. E.
La Grande Lodge No. 433, "meat
ach Thursday evening at I o'clock Id
Elk' hall on Adams avenue. Visit
ing brothers are cordially lnvltd to
ittend.
W. B. SARGENT. Exalted Rule"
O. E. M'CULLY. Reo. Sec.
I. O. O. F.
La Grande Lodge No. 14, meets In
heir hall every Saturday night. VI
ting brothers cordially Invited to at
end. Cemetery plat may be seen at
Model Restaurant.
t. j. scroggin. n. o.
D. E. COX. Secretary.
C. J. VANDERPOEL. Fin. Sec.
A CHAIR HOSPITAL.
If you have a chair or In fact
t any piece of furniture which Is
on th Invalid list you can not
do better than to bring It to my
furniture hospital, wher a
speedy cur I assured. Prompt
t and neat work assured. Remem-
ber that I make all kinds of
buggy covers. Call oa mi for all
kinds of upholttsrlng.
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J. H. HITXiMAlt.
Shop m Plr Strasc, If eat Door 4
Shop oa Fir Strasc, Weal Doc to
Thora's Grocery. Black Ills.
ARBOR DAI
-OK APRIL 13
Arbor day occurs in Oregon this
'ear on April 13, snd it will probably
e observed this year more generally
than ever before, notwithstanding the
pupils and teachers of many schools
iave anticipated the occasion to a
'arge extent by planting roses In the
vlnter. Superintendent of Public In
struction J. H. Ackerman has suitable
material for Arbor day exercises and
Is sending copies of the pamphlet out
to the various countls this week. Pub
lic Interest In civic improvement and
especially the rose-planting campaign
In Portland, have aroused new . Inter
est In Arbor day.
In order to encourage teachers and
pupils In Improving schoof grounds,
Superintendent Ackerman ha ar
ranged to secure photographs of some
of the best-kept grounds In each coun
ty and to keep these pictures on dis
play in his office, together with the
names iu kue ivctcitci uu litu ii,iu2.
that have been Instrumental In pro
motlng the good work.
ANARCHIST PAI'EIt BARRED.
ntmaKter General Issues Order Do
rfairliur It liiniullable.
Declining to permit the postofflce
department to be put In the position
of being accessory to murder by ad
mining to the mails publications which
.dvoiate kli.-.a -r elevens 'jy iynu
me, ohtmaHter Ctnt-rul Meyer hci
'sui;d an order declaring non-nilalabl.
he Italian pubilcatiun L. Question Bo
ialc, a weekly published in Paterson
.. J. Tho postmaster In Paterson ha:
ecu instructed to refuse admittance
J the mulls of Issues of tho publlca
Ion on the ground that they ate itn
loral pernicious and harmful to tht
iterests and welfare of the people,
'his action is a departure from pre
loua practice ant) is said to have bee:
axed on section 3X91 of the rcvisec
tatulcs, which covers "every nrtlcli
r thing lntenilec" or adapted for an;
Klecent or Immoral use."
La Question Soctale, It is charged
dvneates murder by dynamite, thi
murder of enlisted men In the United
tates army and the officers of pollc
irees and the burning of horfses o
rivatc citizens. It is snid to have r
Irculatlon of 30.000 among the Ital
in population and announces itself a-K'lnllstlc-nnarchlntlc,
To Divide on Convention.
Pittsburg, Pa March 31. At th
inference of the national council o'
'ie Presbyterian Brotherhood o
n-erica In Pittsburg, the date an
lace of the next national conventlor
the order will be decided on. Th
uncll Is composed of 21 promlnen'
mn. who act In the rapacity of ar
dvlsory board for the brdtherhood
he last convention was held In Cln
nnotl, and an eastern or far westerr
'ty will probably be given the honoi
f entertaining the coming gathrelng
If your Observer Is not delivered
should be, please notify this orflc
'hone Muln 13. We will consider i
ravor,
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LA GRANDE ... OR COON
Route No. t.' 'Phone No. 14x1
Evening Observer 48c per month.
THE COLUMBIA OIL MD GAS
DEVELOPING" COMPANY
INCORPORATED CNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF WASIUXG-
TO.V.
CAPITAL STOCK iOOOfiOO SHARES
OFFICE: SPOKAXE, WASHINGTON.
401 Nlehola Block. Corpcr Riverside and Washington Street.
OIL FIELDS IX MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON.
PURPOSE OF THE COMPANY
THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMPANT IS TO PLACE ON THE MAR
KET ENOUGH TREASURT STOCK TO PURCHASE A STANDARD
DRILLING RIG, PLACE IT ON THE COMPANY'S CLAIMS. AND CON
TINUE WORKING THIS RIG UNTIL A THOROUGH TEST HAS BEEN
MADE FOR OIL OR GAS.
PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY
THIS COMPANT HAS AND OWNS FORTY-EIGHT CLAIMS SITU
ATED IN THE HEART OF THE MALHEUR OIL DISTRICT.
THE CCUPANT ALSO HAS A SMALL Dwn.T.TVO RTG. COMPLETE,
AT VALE, MALHEUR COUNTY. OREGON.
OUTLOOK
THE SURFACE OF THE MALHEUR OIL FIELDS ARE ROLLING,
WITH DEEP RAVINES, SHARP POINTS AND HILLS. IT IS COVERED
WITH SAND AND GRAVEL AND IS DEVOID OF VEGETATION WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF SAGEBRUSH.
THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS FIELD SHOW IT TO
BE OF THE NATURE OF A DRY, BARREN PLAIN OR BASIN, THE
SUB-DIVISIONS REFERRED TO CONSISTING OF SILICIFIED AND
CLAY SHALES, SANDSTONE. CLOSE AND COARSE GRAINED.
THE UNDERLYING FORMATIONS ARE CLAY, SANDSTONE AND
CALCAREOUS CONCRETIONS. WHITE CALCAREOUS SHELLS, FOSSIL
1FEROUS CONCRETIONS, CARBONIFEROUS LIME AND LIME SHALE.
THE FORMATION GENERALLY IS SUCH AS TO GIVE THE LANDS IN
QUESTION A HIGH CHARACTER AS LANDS PECULIAR TO OIL FOR
MATIONS ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
THE SANDSTONE STRATA IS IMPREGNATED AND STAINED
WITH DEFOSITS WHICH WOULD RESULT FROM SUCH SOURCE.
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY
, IN A RECENT REPORT FROM A GOVERNMENT EXPERT A
STATEMENT WAS MADE TO THE EFFECT THAT THE MALHEUR CO
UNTY OIL FIELDS OF OREGON STOOD IN THE HIGHEST CLASS.
LIKE THOSE OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, AND OTHER PROMI
NENT PACIFIC COAST FIELDS.
A NUMBER OF OTHER EXPERTS, PROMINENT AND THOROUGH
LY RELIABLE, STATE THAT THE FORMATIONS OF THIS OIL CENTER
POINT TO AN UNLIMITED WEALTH IN OILS AND GASES.
SUPERINTENDENT BEARDSLEY'S
REPORT 4
IN A LETTER FROM SUPERINTENDENT J. T. BEARDSLEY, OF
VALE. OREGON, DATED IN JANUARY, 1908, HE STATED THAT AT A
DEPTH OF SEVENTY FEET. ON THE COLUMBIA GROUP. OIL SAND
AND COLORS OF THE BEST QUALITY WERE ENCOUNTERED. A
SAMPLE OF WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN THE COMPANY'S OFFICES
AT SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.
TO THOSE INTERESTED
STOCK 15 CENTS PER SHARE
THERE WILL BUT A FEW SHARES SOLD AT THIS LOW PRICE
OF FIFTEEN CENTS. ANY INFORMATION WANTED ON THIS OFFER
WILL BE GLADLY GIVEN BY T1D3 COMPANY'S SOLE AGENT AT LA
GRANDE, RAY W. LOGAN, AT IHS OFFICE IN THE LA GRANDE X.
TIOXAL BANK BUILDING.
IN A VERY FEW DAYS BLVE-PIUNTS SHOWING THE COM.
PANY'S GROUND, AND ALSO THAT OF OTHERS WHO ARE SPENDING
LARGE AMOUNTS TO DEVELOP THE OIL II ELDS IX MALHEUR COUN
TY, OREGON, WILL BE AT THE AGENT'S OFFICE.
THOSE WHO A VERY FEW MONTHS AGO BOUGHT STOCK IN THE
MALIIEVR OIL 4 GAS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, THE UNION ORE
CON, COMPANY. AT 12 J, CENTS PER SHARE, COULD NOW SELL WITH
A HANDSOME PROFIT. BUT 1LWE TAKEN ALL TIIFJU STOCK OFF
THE MARKET, KNOWING THE VALUE OF IT IN A VERY SHORT
TIME, FROM THE WORK NOW DONE BY THAT COMPANY.
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET IN ON THIS STOCK ISSUE T Tins
VERY SMALL PRICE, BEFORE TIB3 RAISE, WIUCH Is BOUND rn
COME LATER, AND INVEST YOUR MONEY IN A HOME COMF1 w
THAT YOU KNOW IS GOOD. " i-x
OFFICERS
WM. PARKER, Prwldent. j. n. WATERS, Vice-President
R. F. LOUNSBERRY, Sec-Troaa. J. T. BEARDSLEY, Supcrlm'enJcnt.
4 DIRECTORS
J. B. WATERS. L, U ACMOCK, J. T. BEARDSLEY, R. F. LOUXSBERRY.
ADVISORY BOARD
WM. PARKER, 4. V. MARLOW, A. E.KNAPTON, C1IAS. BESGROVE. .n
W. A. INGRAM. "E,and
R. IV. LOGIN, SOLE AGENT
LA GRANDE, OREGON
The La Grande National Bank Building
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