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WE are sole agent and pur personal guarantee stands
back of each and e very padkage. All our groceries
are strictly high grade but we charge no more than
for inferior brands.
J AS. G. SNODGRASS
SUCCESSOR TO f. P. STAPLES
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Woodmen ol the World.
L Grand Lodge No. lt. W. O.
W meets every Saturday evening
In K. of p. hall in the Corpe
building. All visiting member we-com-
. M. M. MARQUIS,
J. H. KEENEY, Consul Commander.
Clerk.
Fcrester of America.
Court Maid Marian No. 23 meet
cond and fourth Wednesday night
In K. of P. hall. Brothors are Invited
to attend.
1 NERI ACKLE3, C. R.
, O. V. HENDRICKS, F. S.
Board of Trustoe: Dr. Q. L. Big-
Cera, Oscar Berger and Herbert Pat
terson.
F. O. E.
La Grande Aerie No. 259, F. O. E.,
meets every Friday night In Elks'
hall at 8 p. m. Visiting brethren In
vited to. attend.
D. H. PROCTOR, W. P.
J. H. LEISHMAN, W. 8.
, Brotherhood of Owls.
t Grande Nest No. 17. meets In
the K. of P. hall every Tuesday eve
log at I o'clock. Visiting brothers
cordially Invited.
J. B. VANDERMUELEN, Executive
C. W. BAKER, Secretary.
K. of r.
Ked Cross Lodge No. 17. meets
very Monday evening In Castle Hall,
Corp building. A Pythian welcome
to all visiting knight.
D. H. PROCTOR, C. C.
R. L. LINCOLN. K. of R. & S.
O. E. g.
Hope Chapter No. IS, O. E. S. hold
stated communications the second snd
fourth Wednesdays of each month
Visiting members cordially Invited.
MARY O. FORREST. W. M.
MARY A. WARN1CK. Secretary.
4 I. O. O. F." "
Star Encampment No. II. I. O. O
F meets every second and fourth
Wednesday In the month In Odd Fel
lows' hall. Visiting patrlurchs always
welcome. r, k, COX. C. P.
W. A. WORSTEI.L, Scribe.
Rcbekalta.
Crystal Lodge No. 50, meets every
Tuesday evening at the I. O. 0. F.
lodge. All visiting members are In
vited to attend.
LAURA STILES, N. a.
JENNIE SMITH. Secretary
A. F. AA.M.
1 Grande Lodge No. 41, A. F. A
it., holds regular meetings first
tad third Saturday at 7:10 p. m.
L. H. R1788ELL, W. M.
CR HCFFUAN, Secretary.
M. W. A.
La Grande Camp No. 770S meets
every Monday evening at I. O. O. F.
hall. All vlBltlng neighbors are cor
dially Invited to attend.
E. C. DAVIS, C.
D. E. COX, Clerk.
Relief committee: ' E. C. Davis.
Charles Dlsqua, A. J. Warner and D.
E. Cox.
M. B. of A.
Moets first and third Thursday eve
at I. O. O. F. hall. Visiting members
always welcome.
J. A. ARBUCKLE. President
C. J. VANDERPOEL. Secretary.
B. P. O. E.
La Grande Lodge No. iSt. meet
each Thursday evening at t o'clock In
Elks hall on Adams avenue. Visit
ing brothers are cordially Invited tr
mend.
W. B. SARGENT, Exalted Rult
G. E. M'CL'LLY. Rec. Sec.
I. O. O. F.
La Orande Lodge No. 1, meets Ir
heir hall every Saturday night Vis
ting brothers ordlally Invited to at-
'.end. Cemetery plat may be soen m
Model Restaurant.
T. J. SCROCGIN, N. Q.
D. E. COX, Serrelnry.
C. J. VANDERPOEL, Fin. Sec.
A CHAIR HOSPITAL.
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If you have a chnlr or In fact
liny piece of furniture which Is
on th Invalid list you can not 4
do better than to bring It to my
furniture hospital, where a
speedy cure Is assured. Prompt 4
and neat work assured. Remem- 4
ber that I make all kinds of 4
buggy covers. Call on me for all 4
kinds of upholstering. )
Indianapolis, Ind., April 1. After a
decade spent In active work as the
executive head of the United Mine
workers of America, during which time
he has attained a reputation as the na
tion's foremost . labor leader, John
Mitchell today stepped down and out
and was succeeded by Thomas L. Lew
is of Ohio. During the time that he
has been president of the miners'
union, that organization has grown
from a small and Insignificant body tr
one of the strongest labor unions In
the world, with a total membership ol
oou.uuo. Mitchell's retirement wat
wholly voluntary, and was due to It'
health. If he had wished, he mum
probably have retained his posltior
throughout his life time, so popular It
he with the members of the union.
The greatest event of Mitchell')
career as a Icbor leader was the strike
In the anthracite district In 1903, th
most remarkable and memorable th
country evor saw,. It was Inaugurated
by President Mitchell, the demands be
Ing an eight-hour day, higher wager
and union mines.
It lasted from April nutll November.
when President Roosevelt appointed
his famous arbitration commission and
a settlement was effected, to last three
years. At the expiration of the three
years, the contract was renewed and
now expires next year. The settle
ment was considcerd favorable to the
miners.
Many rumors are In circulation at
to Mitchells future. He has beer
mentioned as a possible democratic
candidate, for gofernor of Illinois, hit
home being in Spring Valley, 111. I
mis Been stated also that Mitchell
would be asked by President Roose
felt to go to Panama and make a re
port on labor conditions In the cana'
sone. The retired labor leader will bi
one of the delegates to the conference
on the conservation of the natural re
sources of the country, called by Pres
ident Roosevelt.
John P. White of Iowa, Is the new
vice-president. He has been president
of the Iowa miners.
W. D. Ryan of Illinois, lonir con
nected wltn the state organization o!
miners, Is the new secretary-treasurer
Ryan Is a Mitchell man us Is White.
Lewis has been spoken of us a flerc
radical and some surprise has been
expressed that a radical could he
elected to such an Important posltior
by men who have had the services for
years of so conservative a leader as
John Mitchell. As a mutter of fact
Thomas Lewis is not a radical in tin
usually accepted sense of the word
He Is perhaps quicker to decide than
the much-loved .Mitchell, whom In
has, on numerous occasions, opposed,
ami his manner of handling the vari
ous questions which confront labor
leaders I perhaps somewhat less con
ciliatory toward opponents: he alio Is
very strong willed, but his reputation I
as a "'fighter" is due more to his work
for what he thought right within the
organization, than for any disregard
of the proprieties In his relations with
employers.
J. II. HXLLMAN.
Shop on Fir Street, Next Door to
Thorn's Grocery. Black 1511.
If your Observer is not delivered e.s
It should be. please notify this office.
'Phone Main IS. We will consider It
a favor.
Don't wait till your made of money.
II a week doe It See Davis-Jordan
Mu c Co. All makes of talking machine.
CAPITAL STOCK 1,000,000 SHARES
OMTCKt SPOKANE. WAMUXC.TOX.
' 401 Nichols Block. Corner. Wu'i-kMo oml V ohln;cton Street.
OIL FIELDS IX MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON.
PURPOSE OF THE COMPANY
THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMPANY IS TO PLACE OX THE MAR
KET ENOUGH TREASURY STOCK TO PURCHASE A STANDARD
, DRILLING RIG. PLACE IT OX THE COMPANY'S CLAIMS, AND COX
TIXUE WORKING THIS RIG UNTIL A THOROUGH TEST HAS BEEN
MADE FOR OIL OR GAS. . '
PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY
THIS COMPANY HAS AXD OWNS FORTY-EIGHT CLAIMS SITU
ATED IN THE HEART OF THE MALHEUR OIL DISTRICT.
THE COMPANY ALSO HAS A SMALL DRILLING RIG, COMPLETE,
AT VALE, MALHEUR COUNTY. OREGON.
OUTLOOK
THE SURFACE OF THE MALHEUR OIL FIELDS ARE F.OLLIXG,
. WITH DEEP RAVINES. SHARP POINTS AXD HILLS. IT IS COVERED
WITH SAND AND GRAVEL AXD 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 BAS1X, THE
SUB-DIVISIONS REFERRED TO COXSISTIXG OF SILICIFIED AND
CLAY SHALES, SANDSTONE, CLOSE AXD COARSE GRAIXED.
THE UNDERLYING FORMATIONS ARE CLAY, SAXDSTOXE AXD
CALCAREOUS COXCRETIONS, WHITE CALCAREOUS SHELLS, FOSSIL
IFEROUS 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
MATION'S ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
THE SANDSTONE STRATA IS IMPREGNATED AND STAINED
. WITH DEPOSITS 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
UXTY OIL FIELDS OF OREGON STOOD IX THE HIGHEST CLASS.
LIKE THOSE OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, AND OTHER PROMI
NENT PACIFIC COAST FIELDS.
A NUMBER OF OTHER EXPERTS, PROMINENT AXD THOROUGH
LY RELIABLE, STATE THAT THE FORMATION'S OF THIS OIL CEXTER
POIXT TO AN UNLIMITED WEALTH IN OILS AXD GASES.
SUPERINTENDENT BEARDSLEY'S
REPORT
IX 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.
70 THOSE INTERESTED
. STOCK 15 CENTS PER SHARE
THERE WILL BIT A FEW SHARES SOLD AT THIS LOW PRICE
OF FIFTEEN CENTS. AN Y INFORMATION" WANTED OX THIS OFFER
WILL BE GLADLY GIVEN' BY THE COMPAN Y'S SOLE AGENT AT L
GRANDE, RAY W. LOGAN', AT HIS OFFICE IX THE LA GRANDE -TIOXAL
HANK BUILDING.
IX A VERY TOW DAYS BLFE-PRINTS SHOWING THE COM
PANY'S GROUND, AND ALSO THAT OF OTHERS WHO ARE SPENDING
LARGE AMOUNTS TO DEVELOP THE OIL FIELDS IN M L1IEUR COL V
TY, OREGON, WILL BE AT THE AGENT'S OFFICE. '
THOSE WHO A VERY FEW MONTHS AGO BOUGHT STOCK IV THF
MALHEUR OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, THE INIOX ORF
GON COMPANY. AT UM CENTS PER SHARE, COULD NOW SELL WITH
A HANDSOME PROFIT. BIT 1UVE TAKEN ALL THEIR STOCK OFF
THE MARKET, KNOWING THE VALUE OF IT IX A VERY SHORT
TIME, FROM THE WORK NOW DONE BY THAT COMPANY.
NOW IS THF. TIME TO GET LV OX THIS STOCK ISSUE T TIHS
VERY SMALL PRICE. BEFORE THE RAISE, WHICH IS BOU O TO
COME LATER, AND INVEST YOUR MONEY IX A HOME COM PVVY
TILAT YOU KNOW IS GOOD. COMPANY
OFFICERS
WM. PARKER. Present. j. n. WATERS, VlPresh.cn,
R. 1 . LO U N'SIIKR R Y, SecTreas. .,. T. BKARDSLEY, Superintendent.
DIRECTORS
J. H. WATERS, I.. L. AtMOCK, J. T. BEARDSLEY, R. p. LOUNSBERRY.
ADVISORY BOARD
WM. PARKER, .1. V. MARLOW, A. E.KXA ITOX, CHAS. BESGROVF and
W. A. INGRAM. '
R. IV. LOGAN, SOLE AGENT
LA GRANDE, OREGON
The La Grande National Bank Building
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