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EVENING OBSERVER. U- OMXDTB, ORXUOX ' MONDAY, -TNE 15, 108.
..- , tCAL ITEMS. , - "'
Harris French t home from a brief
visit to Portland. ' V - t
Mrs. George Stoddard la expected
home from Logan, Utah, tomorrow. -
J. M, Kochenaparger left last eve
ning for North Powder, where he haa
,a well drill at work.
Clyde Kiddle, a student at O. A, C
returned Saturday night to spend va-
cation with his parents at Island City.
ViJames Nelll returned Saturday .eve
'nlng from Eugenv. where he haa been
attending the University of Oregon. '
The Ulsses Harriet and Nell Young
returned from Whitman college last
night. .'";'.
Barney Hubert Of Summerville,
who has been attending the Masonic
grand lodge, returned this morning.
Warren Chandler returned this
morning from a business trip to Port
Ian J.
. Joseph Kill, a student , at Forest
Grove, will go to his home in Lewis
vcoun-.y,. Washington,, tonight, after
upenulng a couple of days In this city.
Mister Cecil Cpe returned to his
hcn:e In Milton yesterduy. He had
,'..:t!ni nd Mrs. J. F.
Ciini'uc'il the past week. '
ilr,..E. Polack, accompanied by
Mi-, and Mrs. George Schwelgcr. have
gone to Seattle. ' They will visit Ta
coma and Portland before returning.
Miss Anna Relsland, night operator
at the Pacific Slates central office,
left vesterdav murnlnn- for n ihnrt va.
.. IV..1 . w U DJIFU1 III wflUlClwU auu
points In Washington.'
Miss Edna Wlssler, who has been In
Portland for the Rose carnival as the
gueRt of Miss Bonnie Forrest, who Is
a student at St. Helen's hall, during
last week, returned this morning.
S. O. Swackhammer snd L. A.
V'rlght of Union, who have Veen In
Kirtlund as delegates to tho Hason
rland lodge, n turned en th aiornlnx
Chief of Police Juhn.Wnlden went to
"Walla Walla Snturay night, to mm
Mrs.' Waldcn," who l:ne been ill, and
Constable I. W. Kami, is acting ch't-f.
Mrs.,F. Ncwiln. wio has nt-on Vbt
Ing her daughter, yi-. L. Keith. In
Fpoltnno, since about iie fir of May,
is expected to return. lr La Grunde In
a few days.
J. W. Bu?h, jrc?Wrnt of the Hue
Mountain creamery, ccorojanled by
his little daughter. Mildred, 1. In Cnjon
today. Miss Mildred will remain I
few days with frU-nb-.
Miss Ethel Fuller of Baker City, tie-
. turned to her home nut awning, af
ter spending Batur?.ay night and Sun
day here as the girc-sl of hw grand
mother, Mrs. Carrie i-ackso and her
uacles, Clarence and Ccar.
' Nerl Acklcs left ttidtcy as a Alegate
to the Knights of Fyielas convention
1n Portland this wee It. The other del
gates from La Ornn V. and those who
will represent the ItatMtione Bisters of
this city, took their dVarture yester
day morning. 1
Mrs. Edna Morrison came down
from North Powder Knterday evening,
to spend a week with tut parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Puhilke. Mr. Schllke
Is Indisposed, and "Mr. Morrison will
remain here until the family Is crnn
fortnbly located In.tTiilr ailcndld new
home on M street.
MIhs Emma Knurl, who l-.aa been
-vIMtlng Dt f.;C hn nr f tin' unci',
George Ar'.lrs of N.'HVi La Grande,
returned thl irnrn,,"r to her home In
borne In I'ortinml. wh.re she holds a
responsible p'-'-I'l'Ti 'vlih the Aetna
Life Insurance omjiany.
Mr. and Mrs. F.d KI.M1" returned
from Portland, v.h.rc Mr. Kiddle was
ttemllng the grm'l l"l(f" of the A. F.
A. M.. In which was rlcr'.c 1 grand
Muster, nr.' l'ie f:rni riuipicr of It.
A. M.. w'i. h latt.-r body n'xo honored
Mr. Kl.lcVo by . lecllr.,' Mm to the po
sition ff deputy gland hlRh priest. J.
E. Reynolds also returned.
Albert Gibbons, principal of the Is
land City schools during the past year,
returned to the home of his parents In
North Powder this morning, after s
short business visit here. Mr. Gibbons
and his brothers. Clyde and Gale, will
leavo tomorrow on a trip through the
Harney country. They will travel by
wagon, and are going In search of
land.
County Bridge Superintendent J. F.
Campbell returned this morning to his
task on the Looking Glass hill, where
lie and a small crew of men ars es
tablishing a grsde that will allow the
T:den people to reh the Palmer spur
h less effort Tho gTade haa now
fcsenrestabllahed for a distance of UOO
feet, and there remain about that
much jrst. Many Eden people art do
nating work for the project
SOLICITORS ARE MMl
r:-;-.-..vf T-
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; Tha committee In charge of solicit
ing funds for tha celebration has been
successful beyond all precedent ' Busi
ness men generally have shown a more
willing spirit in their contributions
than ever before, and In addition to
giving their money, hava as the petl-
Mr. and Mrs. 8. A. Gardtnfer, for
some tine living In Tacoma, returned
to La Grande yesterday morning, and
will again make their home here,
Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. White who' have
been visiting frlendii here alnce Fri
day, leave this evening for Pendleton
and from" there they will return to
their home near Portland. , , .
Roger Deal and .wife, accompanied
by Mr. and Mrs. .. John . Underwood,
Mrs, Deal's parents, left La Grande
Saturday on a trip overland to Kla
math Falls. .
J. Q. "A." Richardson, tha pioneer,
returned yesterday from Portland,
where he was In attendance at the
gathering of the Oregon Pioneers and
the reunion of the Indian, War Veter-
IUl.!iSriT',T? iove1 the Week
very much, and says that one of the
most pleasant sights he witnessed was
the drill of the Portlnnd school chil
dren on Multnomah field.
AX.WAL SCHOOL MEETING.
Xot Much Inn-rent Displayed I vanhw
Only One ncgularly Nominated.
Today Is being held at the high
school, the annual school meeting. One
director is to be elected' to take the
place of F. a Ivanhoe. At this writ
ing It looks aa though Mr. Ivanhoe
will Itkely succeed himself, as he !
the e.nly regular nominee. It Is un
derstood that votes are being cast for
tt L. Bresholts, but he was aot for
mally nominated for the place. Not
much Interest la manifested as cora
paivd wits the elections of tone other
yeaxs. Al 3 o'clock only'15 votes had
bwm cast toy tsxpayers.
1loriim AniJvcwary.
New Tork, June 15. Today'-ls the
fmirth aan'lvcrsnry of the burning of
the- Gonttral FSocum. ' an excursion
steamer, on June 15, 1904, when over
a thousa-nd women and chlldrea per-
lnV-d. Ma-mortal services will be held
by the srn-Vlvers and relatives and
frtrnds of the -victims. Captnln Van
Siiukk, who was In charge of the
General Wocum, Is now serving' a 10-
yesr sentence In Sing Sing prison for
crln.lnal argligeace.
Mtrrldea rnengrrfest. I
Mrrlden, Conn., June 15. German I
singtag societies frem nearly all the
cities and tsm-ns of Connecticut, are
here V take rart 1a the bicanial state
saengerfest. Kmperwr William of Ger.
many recently presented' a handsome
collection of Gt-rman tnuslc te the srt-
cV-ty and a special song service will be
hrtd In his honor.
Kxninlnbiic Klgbth Gnulo I'aiiers,
Miss Gertrude IMever. no of the
elght grade exnmljilng board, Is en-
gnged today In marking the papers of
the yoeng people who took the June
examination. The other members of
the board are Ml Denning of North
Boeder, and Mies Kyra Kuhn. Nel-
thelr Miss Denning nor Mlxs Kuhn
could be In Ln Grande totliiy, so the
work falls entirely upon Miss Blever.
Baker f 'it y , Toting Folks Married,
t'harli's H. Cotton and Mlrs Edna
Love, both of Baker City, were mar
ried this morttlng by Hi v. ('. E. Drul
of the Methodist church. The cere
mony took place In the parlors of the
Summer house. Mlsxes Pearl Collon
and Mary Love accompanied the bride
PaHflt' Monthlies Hero.
After nearly two weeks of delay,
the Pacific Monthlies for Juno hove
arrived and are being distributed to-
dav. Subscribers who rail at this of
fice for their copy shoul ddo so .at
once.
Maine 8pcrtJnMn.
Klneo, Me., June 15. A rifle match,
canoe race and fishing contests will be
features of the 13th annual outing of
the Maine Sportsmen's association
which commenced here today.
Heavy Train Today.
The westbound passenger train 'his
morning was composed of It care. In
cluding baggage and express. All
chair care and coaches were comfort
ably filled.
1
tion circulated said, "given f rae of
charge of their good will." But with
out money good wilt could not give
La Grande the celebration of her his
tory, and the money Is subscribed far
in excess of the minimum decided upon
as absolutely necessary.'
IS US
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la responsible for the telegram that
delegates are receiving opposing the
demands of labor organizations. He
said: '.-i :;'v ., ; .'.'
'"The. personnel of the committee
will be known tomorrow. It's up to
the men who pay the bills to see that
It stands tor a square deal.. I am ask
ing every man with money Invested
In the countryi to wire."
A member, of the national commit
tee said thla afternoon, that the antl-
Injunctlon proposition will be elimin
ated from tn pmi:u;nv, """
that the best Interests of the country
opposed It The Taft managers prac
tically acquiesced in eliminating It
The committeeman said :i
"The president will not Insist, and
nobody else will except Gompers and
his followers."
' Take Up Rate Question.
It was announced today that the
delegation to the convention from the
state of Washington will ask. the plat
form committee to favor an amend
ment to the Interstate commerce laws
so that the rallroada will not be per
mitted to put Into effect the Increased
rate to which objection has been
made, until the justice or Injustice of
the change H passed upon by the in
terstate commission, Uader the pres
ent law thte railroads muy give notice
of 10 days of any Increase of rates and
at he expiration of thut time the In
cruased rate bevame effective; an up-
ppsl may he made by the shipper, but
unaii a tVi-clHi is resvhed the rate to
Wklch tVe ObVctlon was made, must
be paid.
It has toeen learned on good aadhor
Ity that RooKevelt and Taft prefer
rnher Dwlltvw or Cummings to Fair
hunks for vice-president It 1b known
fnat since ,fhe events at Chicago lined
n In sui-ln way as to iolnt to the nom
ination of Fairbanks, a message has
tinen dlspatchHl fruis the White House
aying DoinveT or Cummins would
find more favsr.
Futtaa on "Crrdoiitiukv
Tke state dfaV-gatloas this afternoon
announced the following selection of
ooraanlttees:
Oresron For credentials committee,
Senator Fulton; for resolutions, A. N
Gilberts; for national committeeman
It. E. Williams. The Oregon delega
tlon also declared In favor of Fair
banks for vice-president.
Washington For c"e-tilals com
mittee, Frank T. Post; r-rnlvlon. R.
A. Balllnger; national cuutm. ceman
R. L. McCormick.
Coloiado Credentials ni l:ie,
Judjte Charles Cavender of Lvi'i-'Mie.
t New Tork The delegation held a
caucus at which a resolution was
adopted unanimously asking General
Stewart L. Woodford, president of the
National Hughes league, to present
the name of the governor to the con
vention for nomination. Forty dele
gates nttemllng caucus flre unanimous
ly In favor of casting their vote for
Hughes on the first ballot.
MngHiichtinf It The delegation hns
adopted resolutions (U culling for Gov
ernor Guild for vlce-preuldi-nt.
The California delegutlun hns an-
n-utnerd the following selections: On
credentials comnitltee, II. II. Mnybi-r-ry;
on resolutions, Judge Henry A.
Melvln of Oakland; national commit
teeman, George A. Knight.
Aolullt Exclusion League at Work.
Hin Francisco, June 15. Resolu
tions demanding the exclusion of ori
ental laborers from the stats by legls
Istlon and not by diplomatic exchange
between nations, were wired to the
resolutions committee of the republi
can national convention today, by the
Asiatic Exclusion league. The resolu
tions are strong, calling for effective,
quirk action on the part of congress.
In addition, letters were sent to all
candidates of both parties, asking their
views on the question. The matter
waa also brought to the stMntlon of
the Denver convention.
Arlaona Works for Statehood.
The two Arlaona delegates and oth
er coming to the convention from the
territory are glad because they have
pledged the Taft forces lo a plank ad-'
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Tfii lint of kud-Pmbt steel Corsets we are now showing
numbers ofthepast, with the addition of several numbers inew
date in every detail of design, lit, material, and construction.
I
Warner's Rust-Proof
Style 274
This Corset is Empire
cbcv? tft waist
Hi HIIU
The hips and front are'
long and have hose sup
porters attached. '
White Batiste $1.00 '
Warner's Rust-Proof No. 2 Brassiere is to be worn with or without a corset. The
straps cross in back and tie in front. White Batiste, trimmed with torchon lace and
wash ribbon. Used mostly by stout well developed figures. ' PRICE SOcts.
i tup r.m hfm mil
t I I fl snf VlVbfiklV ItVbfa
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vorating separate statehood. They say
Taft agreed that the plank be pnrt of
tha platform when it la finally adopt
ed. If the plnnk is adopted Arizona
people think It will have the effect
of giving Taft a big majority In both
Arizona and New Mexico, besides set
tling the question of statehood, which
question came near leading to open
rebellion In tho republican forces at
the flrBt session of tho congress Just
ended. Arizona came to Chicago un
pledged, but are for Taft.
' One Point for Knox. '
Pittsburg, June 15. A atlr was caus
ed In political circles today when It
was learned that Senator P. C. Knox
and his brother left the city for Chi
cago last night, accompanied by a par
ty of 15 millionaires. The departure
of these millionaires, who have never
takea much Interest In the conven
tions before, Is looked upon as signifi
cant, that Knox will have the support
of this phalanx, representing 1100,
000,000. It brings him again to the
front of presidential possibilities.
RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF
LANDS IN NATIONAL FOREST.
Nollco is hereby given that the
lands described below, embracing 110
acres, within the Imnaha National
forest, Oregon, will be subject to set
tlement and entry under the provisions
of the homeatcad laws of the United
States and .'be act of June 11, 130
'31 Btat., 233), at the United States
bind office at Ls Grande, Oregon, on
August , 1908. Any settler who has
actually and In good faith claiming
any of said lands for agiculttiriil pur
poses prior lo January 1, 1908, and
hns not abandoned .aine, hn a pref
erence right to make a homest"a en
try for the lands actually occup'1!'-
Paid lands wcro llhted upon the ap
plications of the persons mentioned
below, who have a preference right
subject to the prior right of any such
si ttirr, provided such settler or sppll
c.r.t Is qualified to make homeatead
er.t-y and the preference right Is exer-
cij.d prior to August I, 190S, on which
d:-.'e the lands will be subject to set
tlement and enrty by any qualified
P' i on. The lands are as follows:
t Viie NH of fSW, and that part of
I' e WH of BE, tying west of Mlnam
r!- r, section 10, township I south,
rnnre 41 east, W. meridian, listed un
ci application of M. N. Myrkk, La
C.v.nde, Oregon.
FRED DENNETT,
Co-imlssloner of the General Land
Office.
Approved May It, HOI.
' FRANK PIERCE,
F1t Assistant Secretary of the In
terior. I-1I-1I-14-1
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mRMR CORSET
Warner's Hust-Proof
Style 28i
This style is designed
for long waist, well propor
tioned figures, i no okirtG
are extra long at front and
sides. Hose supporters
attached. ,
White Batiste $1.50
. Wood For (Mile.
250 cords ot tamarack and pine
wood for sale at M per cord, delivered
in La Grande. Tamarack fence posts,
10c each.
LA GRANDE INVESTMENT CO.
The La Grande Cash Meat company
has a large advertisement on page
It will pay you to look It over c,. .'
fully. - t
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C. W. PRESTON I
Those are J. E. Tilt
Shoes for all Occasions.
C. W. PRESTON
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GRANDE
MEAT
PH0,E US
-TWO PHONES.
City Meat Market Main 50
rir Street Market Main 48
J Our large trade permits us to handle only the best of '
J ' everything to be found in a first class market
: Try our home made Bacon, Hams and Lard.'
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comprise ail tke popular
styles, absolutely up to
Warner's Rust-Proof
Style Wl
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A long; medium high
bust corset for, tall, well
developed ngurea. -' -Vi"
deep bust gore.'
, White Batiste $2.00
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New nestaurant.
On or about July 1 we .
our restaurant on l, ' - wrP""
now quarters wll' rpot grYMt: Our
the Intest r ' be furnished with
which will ' -oAent ' appointments,
Watch oe a errdlt tt the city,
jfl .or emr opetilng'anrmuncement
-! POLLOCK tc GILlfANKS.
In which paper do
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you read'1 tha
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