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LA GRANDE'S LEADING DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING EMPORIUM
I THE TEMPLE OP
The Spring season is on in earnest and everybody now knows who has the goods,
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who makes the low prices. OUR GRAND OPENING of last week attracted hundreds of
peoplein fact we think every lady in La Grande and many from the country attended the
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opening. All praised the splendid showings of merchandise and many made', large pur
chases but there are still lots of good things left.
Everything In Piece Goods, everything in Ready-to-Wear Garments at
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OPERA HOUSE BLOCK
;onni.i;itH to eat.
Committee Working to Tiling In
Slnie for Hungry Members. '
The I. O. O. G. has a special and
cupuble committee arranging for a
spread next Friday night at the lodge
hall and at this stage of preparation
It la announced It will be out of the
ordinary. All members are wanted
out as there are Initiations before the
banquet
I Wood AD Coal i
; Why Pay More? J
Best Yellow Pine,
now, but green rut.
Dry
18 inch
per cord
Rock Spring Ccal
per ton
$7.50
TRUCK and TRANSFER
Phone your orders to
Main 1 0. Quick service
guaranteed.
Storage in fire proof
and damp proof building.
C. E. FOWLER
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BRICK IS
Brick building, at the present price of lumber, ia
t cheaper as well as better. It has been demonstrated
tnat my brick is superior to any made in Oregon. I
zan furnish cemmon brick 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.
jGRO- KRIEGER!
PhotiM Rwiawca, Black T01. Yard. Rad 621. U Qranda, Orsgon
People s
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Hon. H. M. Cake, candldute foi
United States senator at the Oregon
republican primaries, will Invadi
Union county tomorrow morning and
will make at least two public ad
dresses, and perhaps three, patch us-
his fences hero and there and leave
for Baker county on Saturday morn
Ins.
Tomorrow morning Mr. Cake will
reach La (Irande and upend the day
here securing nn alignment of his foi
lowers and admirers. At 8 o'clock to
morrow night he speuks at the Com
merclal club, and his oratorical repu
tutlon will no doubt Insure him a full
house. Friday morning he goes t'
El;ln. Whether or not he will ad
dress nn audience there Is not known
If he docs, it will be an Impromptv
one. At any rule he will puss nmonp
the voters of thnt district, accompany
Ing lilm being several staunch friend.-
from La Grande. Ho is due In h
Grande on Friday evening, and will go
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Jjto Union either by auto or train, and
uiiurcss voters ol that city on the
same evening.
LOST A ladies' cameo pin, encircled
with pearls; between ftnptist church
and J. C. Henry residence, Return
to this office. 3-30-31
Let Hencock repair your wntch.
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ECONOMY I
GRANDE, OREGON
til JOKE
une ot me meanest deeds perpe
trated with a motive of April fool was
committed In The Observe!; office to
day, when a woll known buslnoss man
of this city, usually grave and sedate,
walked briskly up to the business man-
flger, called for his account and pro
niced a check book. The business
ninnager's heart beat Joyfully; here
was a man who was going to pay his
bill without the trouble of sending out
i collector and as the . collector for
The Observer Is not working today,
there was all the more Joy In the visit
from the business man.'
The revolving chair turned with
moro vim than usual this time. A re
ceipt was made up, but alas! when
the chair turned again to face the
debtor, the debtor was gone. Soind
waves rebounding from among the old
fun, pictures and forsaken pipes, on
the wall spelled out the words, "April
fool!"
The business manager has assumed
the title of flghtlhg editor and is still
looking for the gentleman.
La Grande Is to have a market day
and horse show combined on April IS,
according to advance notices from Max
Zimmerman, the man who Is inaugur
ating the system In eastern Oregon.
Ho is going to pull off a similar event
In Baker City In a few days.
Market day is firmly planted In
Union county, and with the added test
which market day will give, there
should be a rousing attendance In La
Grande on April H. Mr. Zimmerman
announces In a letter from Baker, X
ilty, where lie Is now working, that
rain or shine will have no power to
change the date. Remember It, April
OH MANAGER
HORSE MOW
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TO REPAIR
WASHOUTS
An extra gang of men will be sent
to the wet aide of the Blue mountains
tomorrow to permanently repair the
washouts and damage to tracks which
was Incurred during the recent block
ade on the O. R. N. The repairs
heretofore have been of a temporary
nature, but the gravel train, steam
shovel and a large crew will leave for
the district tfimnrrnur n malr IhlnM
permanent The washouts and land
slides destroyed several miles of track
at Intervals and It will require some
time to get the roadbed In shape
again where It can be called first
class. PAYETTE CHOSEX.
As the MoeAng Place of District Ep
worth League Convention.
At the meeting of the delegates of
the board of control of the Epworth
League of the La Grande district of
the Idaho conference held here last
r.lght, Payette was chosen as the p'ace
of holding the next convention, which
will be June 18, 19, 20 and 21. In
all It Is expected that there 'will bo
100 delegates present.
,The committee on progrem was
Herman Clark, who Is president of the
league and Miss Ora Q. Gates, the sec
retary, of Baker City.
, The leagues of the district
are In
splendid condition and active.
AIIl MOTOIl SATISFACTOltV.
Turns Engines W illi DisiMitch ami n
Kavlnj of Much Time.
The air motor on the turntablo is
proving itself to be a wonderful saver
of time. It-has been Installed long
enough now to have been fully test
ed. One man Is all that Is required
to turn the mortster locomotives,
where formerly It require! six or sev.m
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and even that many were forced to
get clown to hard. work. Time is saved
In "spotting" engines. The hostler
need not be as careful In g t'.lnS '
engine on the exact spot with the air
motor arrangement as he Cld when
hand power was used. The round
house crew is highly pleased with the
machine.
ODD FELLOWS MEET AT SALEM.
Grand Lodge Will Be IleW In the Cap
ital on Slay 19 and 20.
Salem, March 81. There will be
something dping in old Salem on Mai
ls to 21, for. on those dates the an
nual meeting of four bodies of Odd
Fellows will be held here.
The four bodies are the Grand
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd
i Fellows, the Encampment,
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the Ke-
bekahs. and the Kremlin Bakin Mus
covites.
Already a committee of entertain
ment of the local bodies is preparing
for the reception of the visiting hosts
of Three-linkers. It is planned to
show them the time of their lives, and
there Is no doubt but that they will be
royally entertained.
This Is not the first time that the
local Odd Fellows have entertained
the grand lodge. The annual meet
ing of the order was held in the Capi
tal City In 1898, and the visitors at
that meetlnr went swny with praise
for the way they were treated.
The Muscovites are a social adjunct,
to which only Odd Fellows are eligible
as members.. The order bears about
the same relation to Odd Fellowdom
as the Shrlners bear to Masonry.
There Is only one organization of Its
kind in the state of Oregon, and that
I Is at Portland.
Willamette 'Encampment No. z ul
act as hosts of the grand lodge of the
Encampment. W. H. Slegmund is
grand patron of No. 2. and H. M.
Beckwith Is grand patriarch
grand lodge.
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FnniH'i's' Union Bank.
Ripley, Tenn., April 1. -The Far-
mers' Union bank, the stock of which'
Is held exclusively by members of the
Farmers' Educational and Co-opera-,
tlve union,
here today.
was opened for business!
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H0N. H.M. CAKE, Supporter of Safe
men No. 1
CAXDIPATE BEIT) RE THE REPVBUCAX PIUMARITl m
OFI1CK OF UNITED STATES SEX A TOR, WILL
ZESS or LA GRANDE THt C1TI.
IX THE COMMKIICIAL CLrB PARLORS.
COMB OVT AXD HEAR HIM.
Thursday Evening April
mum
When the new poundmastor goes
out on his crusade against untaxed
dogs tomorrow morning, there will be
at least 43 canines In this city
will be immune from the campallirr
As this is the last day when the life
of a dog which does not carry the tag
Is safe, owners have, been getting In .
line and procuring the necessary In
signia. Recorder Cox has sold l togs
since he went Into office and seven
were disposed, of by the old adminis
tration. A large per cent of the tt
tags were sold today.
The life of an untaxed dog aftek to
night will not be worth a cent. J
officers are In earnest about thlsnat
tcr, and will either whip owners Into o
line or make a "big kllllnV
OXE HUNDRED SICK SAILORS.
Hospital Fleet Sails for San Francisco
With Sick Seamen.
pltal ship Relief will sail for San
FranciBJO this afternoon with 100 sick
gallon aboard. Most of the men are
suffering with tropical diseases.
cruiser Buffalo has salted for VA
Diego, carrying the mall of the fleet.
HarrlMism Roads Dividend.
Sew York, April 1, A quarterly
dividend of 1 'i per cent on Southern
Pacific common, a 2'4 per cent quar
terly dividend on Union Pacific com
mon rind a 2 ner cent somi-ar.nual
(jivlili nd on Union Pacific preferred.
were paid today.
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Vrlw Waltx Dunce.
The Harris hall will conduct a prize
wsltz dance tonight. All "undesira
bles" will be excluded.
Heacock glasses fit
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