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; TTOTTT ' Cleaning House This Week! We Can Fit You Out With New Curtain Nets and Swisses, Draperies, Bed Spreads, Sheets, Pillow Cases or the Stuff to Make9 em m Oh lOWlS ' file OPERA HOUSE BLOCK z 4 s ' " BOCIETV. ' Aula 1'nrty. The Kessle Kar recently purchased by Fred Kiddle of Island City, war thoroughly Introduced to the roads of 5 I LA GRANDE Studio over Solder's t candy parlors. : : : 5 : PROF. DAY, Principal JNimiRRY? THEN CALL N JnE TRANSFER MAN Ht will take that trunk to the D pot or your home in lets time than Uksa to tell it. Day phone Rad 761 Night " Elack 1792 Wagnt alwsin .-crr mtv 4e4e4ee4e4e4e4)e4ee44ee 4e444 ! BRICK IS CHEAPER Z Brick building, at the present price of lumber, is :heaper as well as better. It has been demonstrated tnat my brick is superior to any made in Oregon. I ;an furr ish cemmon brick in any quantity. No order - too large or too small to receive prompt attention. J Correspondence with contractors and builders solicited. Estimates cheerfully furnished. Prices made known or. application. ?GEO KRIEGERl Phone Residence, Black 701. Yard, ace vunams Crashes, Last but not least a Nice LA - the valley yesterday, when a jolly par ty of tourists were taken to various points In the county. The Summer-vIlle-Elgin baseball game was "taken In." The party took dinner at the Kiddle home' In Island City. Those who were Included In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Swaney, Mrs. W. 3. Allinson, Merton Kiddle, Lyle Kld .1lo and Mr. and Mrs, Fred Kiddle. All persons taking part In the Gib son pictures are requested to meet at the Commercial club at 7:30 this eve ning. A MuHlcnl Program. Following is the program which will be given between posea of the Gibson pictures at the Elks' auditorium to morrow night: 1. Piano trio Air from the "Magle Flute" " Misses Hilda Anthony, Runa Ba con, Sarah Smith. 2. Vocal aolo "Whisper- and I Shull hear" (Plcolonum) ...... . Mrs. J. F. Corbott. J. Piano solo Liszt transcription of Schubert's ."Am Mcer.".... Miss Jean McDonald. 4. Selected ..Men's quartet Cochran, Cochran. Cleaver and Williams. ". Vocal duct "Folksong," (Men delssohn) Miss Jean McDonald, Mra. E. C. Moore. . riiino duet "Prince and Pens ant" by Suppe Mrs. M. K. Hull, Mrs. Charles Vurplllnt. LOST Saturday, sunburst ladles brooch, act with small diamond In center and with pearls. Finder re turn to this office and receive re ward. 4-20-24 Rad 621. La Grande. Oregon I EVEXI3TG O nSERVEll. LA GRA.YDE, OREGOX, MOXDAT, APRIL SO, l iuiiityS aitu New Wrapper i GRANDE, OREGON 1 DENTIST. Dr. W. D. McMillan.' Red 581. Painless extraction. Expert gold work. Special attention to children's teeth. La Grande National Bank Bulldlnc Rooms 4-5. PRESEXT "PASSION" PLAY. . Electric Theater Has Strong Card for the. Week of the 27th. The "Passion" play Is coming to La drande. For one solid week the Slectrlc theater Is going to present :hls masterpleec In the form of a reel that Is 8054 feet long and requires a rull hour and a quarter to be present ed. Commencing on the 27th this bis ittractlyp Is to be the sole feature of he Electric. Because it Is so long, lothlng else wilj be given during that rtvok. Everyone has heard of the 'Pusslon" play and local theatergoers ire promised something great. Due o the heavy expense of presentlnf "his film, the admission for that week lny will be 15 cents. "THE PIT" PRESENTED. More HiiiiiHuI Hoars Home Talenter Talk From llHiliul Footlights. "The Pit" was presented at thi ipera house Saturday night to a mere land ful of people, but nevertheless he actors did the parts well. In the nst were five home-talenters: Merril Chllders, John Davis, Thomas Bruce, '.lose Harris and Miss Delia Jackson. The promoters did their parte well and 'he home people were good In most Instances as well. FJUs Benefit Friday. Electric will do "Good Samaritan" hunt on Friday this week. The Electric theater will be turned over o the Elks on Friday and a matinee and the evening performances will go entirely to the Elks to help swell the building fund of that order. The Elkf will have charge of everything and will pocket the receipts. Here Is a chance for the citizens to help the Elks' building project A Twenty Yrar Sentence. "I have Just completed a 20-year sentence. Imposed by Bucklen'a Arni ca Salve, which cured me of bleed ing piles Just 20 years ago." writes O. 3. Woolever of LcRaysvilie, N. T But-klrn's Arnica Salve heals the worst sores, doiis, burns, wounds and cuts In the shortest time. !5c at Nowlln's drug store. Sfore PORTING Glcaulngs From the Diamond and Trac-lc me La Grande baseball club' has had ita first try-out games and, al- mougn losers, local rooters are not disappointed greatly. Though perhaps not entirely sportsmanlike to bring up excuses for two straight defeats, still there are eo many reasons why the locals should not have won that they are worthy of attention. The ralne of lost week prevented a single practice. That, in Itself, Is sufficient to defeat any aggregation. Manager O'Brien expected to find Beck at Pendleton, but u disappointed, and a general shaking up followed on the grounds. Infleldera were lacking and outfield ers were substituted. Saturday's game was a to 0 affair la favor of Pendleton. That game stiffened the soft muscles of the La Grande playera to such an extent that the Sunday performance was anything but atrong. When the smoke had cleared away the Pendleton Pets had scored 14 to La, Grande's i'. Healln started In to twirl for La Grande In the Sunday game, but fol lowing a mix-up with a Pendleton player In which both went to the ground ' and Healln waa severely choked and a riot narrowly averted, he waa relegated to the bench and Hudson took the box. The players returned last night The line-up for Saturday was as follows: Pendleton AB Conrad, c , 3 VanHouten, 2b . . 5 King. If 4 Parks, p 4 Gray, cf 4 Lee, ssj 4 Kehm, 3b 4 PO 14 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 1 PO 6 A 8 2 0 3 Baker, lb ....... 4 Shockley, rf .... 4 La Grande AB Purdy, p 4 O'Brien, ss 4 Zimmerman, cf-.. 4 0 3 0 0 4 1 9 0 0 Wynla, 3b 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 Kooser, If 4 Isaacs, rf 4 Hudson, 2b 4 Lodell. lb 4 Cotteman, p ..... 3 Two base hits Lbdell Baker; first on balls, Cotteman, 2; Zimmerman, 2; struck out, by Parks, 14: Cotteman. 2: Zimmerman, 2; left on base. La Grande, 8; Pendleton, 7; passed balls, Conrad, 1; first bass on errors, Pen dleton, 3; La Grande, 2: hit by pitcher, Conrad, Isaacs. Umpire Berstattl. Time, 2' hours, 20 minutes. Score La Grande, 0; Pendleton, 8. Training Hard. A sadly stiffened aggregation trot ted out on the now baseball park this afternoon to get In sl.npc for the hursday acd Friday series with the Pendleton team here. The lessonr learned yesterday will aid " Manager O'Brien to arrange his players, and he work-out that thry can get be ween now and Thursday will stand hem well In hand: Commencing wltr omorrow morning the sauad ' v. Ill vork out twice a day, and on Wednes day night several of the players n6w 1 'iere will be given their return ticket, j t Is too early yot to say who will fail 'o make good, but tho performance of I Saturday and Sunday, and what the -nannger can learn this week, will give ! Mm time enough to make his weed ing. The next series starts on Thurs day, instead of Wednesday, as first arranged for. Team la Picked. Some exciting races were seen at he fair grounds Saturday afternoon, when the track candidates were given their try-out for the team which will go to Walla Walla on April 2. The most exciting of the events was the 220 In which Bolton and Williamson ran a neck and neck race, both breast ing the tape together. The fastest I me waa made' in the quarter, when Earls tore off the 440 tn 65 seconds, 1 very creditable performance. The dinner Saturday were: 60-yard daah Williamson, first: Carpy. second; Hamilton, third. 100-yard dash Williamson, first; Bolton, second; Carpy, third. 220-yard dash Bolton and William son, tied for first; Hamilton, second. 440-yard dash Earls, first; Reyn olds, second; Crawley, third. Mile run iPeare, first; Rice, sec ond; Borders, third. High Jump hurdles Young, first; Lottes second; Dawson, third. Low hurdles Williamson, first; Reynolds, second; Hamilton, third. Tn these winners will be added 1908. those who won Friday night, namely. Meyers and Carpy. SumnKTvlllo Vklorion. Summervllle. April 20. (Special.) The baseball season was formally opened in this section of the valley yesterday when Summervllle defeated Clnln In ftiwf tr m flf 7 tO 0. Tlllf UlfilU 1U .-' O " " was the first game for both teams and ihmi-h rti..Mp,t. afforded a rattling game from a spectator's point of view. North Powder Take One. North PowdeK April 20. (Special.) North Powder tied Its first scalp to Its belt yesterday when the Haines team was taken in tow to the tune of 18 to 6. A large crowd witnessed the performance. Sophs Win. Now that the try-outs for positions on the La Grande high school team are finished, the various classes of the school have figured out their re spective standings. The sophomores are winners with freshmen second, and the Juniors and seniors third and fourth, respectively. Boston Wins. Boston, Mass., April 20. The morn ing game in the American series re sulted as follows: Philadelphia, 1; Boston, 8. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. vn i v.Mhv tvfi that th un dersigned executors of the estate of John Hug, deceased, have filed In the county court of the state of Oregon, for Union county, their final account In said estate and that the said court has appointed Monday, May 4, 1908, at 10 o'clock a. m,, and the court house In La Grande as the time and place of hearing objections and the settlement thereof. AUGUSTUS F, HUG, BENJAMIN F. HUG, ROBERT H. LLOTD, Executors. 4-4-5t Attorney for Estate. Better Than Spanking. Spanking does not cure children of bed-wetting. There Is a constitution al cause for, this trouble. Mrs. M. Summers, Box W, Notre Dame, Ind., will send free to any mother her suc cessful Instructions. Send no money, I but write her today If your children trouble In this way. Don't blame the child, the chances are It can't help it. This treatment also cures adults and aged people troubled wita urine difficulties ty day or nlmt I GRANDE ! MEAT 1 fH0E IS -TW0 PH0NES City Meat Market Main 50 fir Street Market Main 48 1 I . Our large t-ade permits us to handle only the best of j everything to be found in a first class market. . ' j Try our home made Bacor, Hams and Lard. " V ! SN0DGRASS GROCERY I Sk IllUI IIH H 111 I AI I I IIW1 JV.VV,VA'..STu.h SST w p vifflk ir ii ii l fi ii . ii i mm n r 1 t i lT - '-Mir 11 Z IX a..... " sk Hill i sT - N wain 4 J PHONE - aaaaa T ASTER SERV.CES OsSM (Continued from page 1.) s, able sermon. In keeping with the spirit of the occasion. . ; . Catholic t il"" " Tho Catholic church was most beautiful decorated with Easter Tc and other "ower,. mU' flo added great to the Impresslve ne9, of the service Rev Father ........ silvered a most touching ser mon on the "Death ana nesUrrvu.. r of Christ.- The attendance was large. Method Church, South. The Sunday school In the morning had their most interesting exercises. The church was made pleasing and beautiful by the generous floral dec orations. The church was filled with scholars and their parents, friends and members of the congregation. Baptist Cmn l. t Easter services were unpretentlojf. Because of reecnt extra pressure -ho special program was attempted. The . Sunday school was strong. The larg est attendance for months. The pas tor's sermon was on "Life's Tomor row," made sure by the Resurrection. He dealt with the future life and how the present makes possible the future. ThM truths were set forth.. First, t' life has Its tomorrow. Just as yes- terday has Its tomorrow, ushered in by the knell of the dying day, so we sweep through the portals of death ,k. rl,ii nf hone. SecondSeO life's tomorrow Is the child of today, -v Just as yesterday makes possible to day with Its sunny springtide glories, so this life grants cast, color and con dition to the life to come. ' ' "The tissues of the life to come, We weave with colors all our own; And In the field of destiny We reap what we have sown." . Third, we need, therefore, to put only the best things Into our life. "The sermon was followed by an im pressively administered baptism. Two Good Ones. There are two good features at the Electric this week. Manager Sher wood finds 'the week will open with two goods songs .and a "Trip to the Moon" that Is good. "Scullions Green" Is also fine he says. See the house ad. for full program. R0NDE COMPANY Y01R ORDfRS