La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 15, 1908, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextFAGS EIGHT. EVEXIXG OBSKRTEK. LA. GRANDE OUEGOX, WEDXESDAT, JCXY 15, 1908. EIGHT PAGES. i ' ( ; s ! J Pi I M ;1C ; ' "r THE FIRST DAY OF OCIt "AFTER THE 4TH" CLEAItAXCE SALE DEMONSTRATED THAT THE ITBIJC IS ALWAYS INTERESTED IX A GOOD T1HXG. THE CROWDS CAME- EXPECTING MCCH, AND THEY DID NOT GO AWAY DISAPPOINTED. WE LOOKED OCT FOR TILVT. WE INTEND MAT. THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING ARRAY OF BARGAINS SHALL MAKE Tin 8 STORE A SHOP PING CENTER THAT MAY BE VISITED WITH MCCH PROFIT TO YOC AND VS DAY AFTER DAY. CNLESS YOU COME TOMORROW, YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE BEST. IT IS WORTH YOCR WHILE TO COME EVERY DAY. , ,' . .. ; . li ..J;ifr;i Muslin Underwear A large assortment of odd pieces, at 25 to 60 percent below regular priqe. Lawn Waists Some very good numbers left $1.50 values now 88c, $1.75 values now 98c $2.60 values now $1.98 White Canvas Shoes What remains of these will be put in at HALF PRIGE $1.60 values now' 75c $2.25 values now $1.15 500 Remnants Including everything from calicoes to silks at practically half price. Lawns, Dimities etc 12 1-2c to 18c values now 1 6c to 20c values now 25c to 35c values now 10c 13c I8c Silk and Lisle Gloves White, black and tan $1.00 values now 79c, $1.25 values now 98c $1.50 values now . . . $1.19 THE PEOPLE'S STORE OPERA HOUSE BLOCK, LA GRANDE, OREGON Will FARMS SHOULD - 'ATIEHD THE MASS MEETINO La Grande, Ore., July 15. (To the Be itiir.ii of the La Grande Observer, Dally mid Vcckly.) That America In advancing t'l everything Ih a well known f;'.ct lo every Intelligent man or worn m. That America Is Improving and revaluing fouler than all other nations of the earth, Is as well known to students of the times. Knowing; this, the question natural ly presents ItHelf. "What ure the peo ple of thli community and of Grande Hondo valley doing to keep puce with the advancement of the rest of pro- BLUE MOUNTAIN HOUSE j L. A. Livingston Prop. ( New Management) Rates 3T.O0, $1.25, $1.50 Best 25c meal in the city Bads 25c and 50c All outside' rooms. Board and ledge $6. per week One block from depot. Only house in the city employing t gresslve Oregon?" From every hand cornea the report of progress being made by those localities with resources second to ouri In every respect. As a matter of fact this valley Is making progress, but at a gait unsatisfactory to the progressive man of business who has his money invested and who depends upon the population of his surrounding territory to make a fair Interest upon his investment and a fair and reasonable reward for his ef fort and labor. And the reason for this is that there is not being made a concerted unani mous effort to Improve the condition. "We are hiding out light under the proverbial bushel." The time Is here today, even while you are reading this, to put the Grande Rondo Valley on the map to slay, and be known as Ore gon beautiful, prolific inrrlr-nltnrnl vulley. How will be put her there? Is the question now being asked by progress. Ivo men and women who want to be abreast of the times. I answer wlth-i out hesitation: ADVF.iltih iri-n MKIUTS TO THE WHOLE COLW- TUV THUOl'GH THK STAN'DAltn .MKTHOliS NOW KNOWN TO KX rr.UTS IN THAT LINK. Xhlhtto Uoln n M if ' Tl' """-Prosresslve party will ask: VVlfiC UClp OlJiy ; tho "on-prorcFslvo are always ask- J, ,nK questions and standing in tho wny I'luKirns wny uo wo want to ad vertise? Wo ore dolnir well enonirh. iiurstlon reminds of an old-time t:rnier whom I solicited for aa adver tisement for a paper of which I was TRY OUR SERVICE J, The BIG Business is being done at the Creditors Big Slaughter SALE at the RED CROSS Drug Store M.1S Dm t;s Miimous STATION KllY leatiifii Goons TOILET ARTICLES nilVNllKS OP ALL KINDS itrnitEit coons and MtlliGIST fcVNimiES at KXTKEM ELY M)W r RICES Creditors Need THE MONEY FREE a souvenir postal of La Grande to each customer as long as they last at the RED CROSS Drug Store advertising manager. I said to bin: "Colonel, I can Increase your tusla s SO per cent by Writing your advvr- Using If you will put nn advertisement In this paper." He answeted: "Son I don't want any new fangied Iricca In my business. 1 ain't rich and I don't ever expect to be. I know advertisln la a great thing for business, but, dog. gone- it, if my, business increased 1 would have to hire another clerk, an I ve got all I kin do watchln the one I got now.". Now what do you think of that argument? But this story Is not finished. The aforementioned clerk was a bright younar fellow ami he asked one of the banks In the city to buy the grocery for him. The bank old It and from the- day he started I wrote his advertisements for him. He set aside $1000 for the first two months' campaign. . Instead of. de creasing his appropriation for adver tising he Increased it, 'and his busi ness increased until he had- eight wagons delivering goods about the city, and 11 clerks employed In the store. He did' nothing but oversee the work and attend to the cash. To day he Is the merchant prince ot that city and Is still advertising. His name Is Henry Rlthenberger and the city Is The man with the old-fashioned Ideas carried as good a line of goods as the younger man did, but no one but the few customers he had knew It so the older man waited upon the trade himself and watched his young clerk. The younger man never wait ed upon a customer. He hired young men to do it and saw ,to It that each customer was promptly waiter on. He Installed a cash carrier system and made all the change himself, and did It with less work that his predecessor He employed the new-fangled Ideas. I simply want to say to Mr. Non- Progressive, that if we can, by new tangled Ideas, increase the present value of this land SO per cent, then he should have no hesitation about adopting them when little more than his moral support Is all that Is re quired. I want to say to the business men of this valley that If, by so- callec' new-fangled Ideas, we can in crease the demand for his goods 60 per cent by increasing the population SO per cent, and at the same time by. the- same new-fangled Ideas keep the present lines of business from becom ing overdone, then he should not pro test against my new-fangled Ideas. Now, then, to be brief, the Grande. Konue valley Progressive league Is being organized and soon a great mass meeting of farmers, business men and progressive workmen of the valley will be called nt La Grande, to discuss the progress of this commu nity. As delegates to that meeting I would like to see the best and most progressive men of your locality. In fact, their very nrcsenen nt that ma meeting will make plain the fact thnt they are progressive men, and thnt they wont this country kept In the vanguard of prosperity. Get ready for this meeting. If you have a new Idea, frame It Into words, and when you come to the meetinir vet nn nn.l make It known, because at this meet ing every man Is to have his say. The entire work of the meeting will be given over to the question of "How eon we build up our resources, make more business for our merchants, bet ter markets for our farmers, secure better freight rates for the transpor tation of our roduce to markets, and such other questions along tho same lines nB may come up. This meeting Is to be a prosperity meeting whero nun will meet each other r.:t Kiunl rround. each settinc the benefit of the others' views. V.'o v. HI securo prominent speakers for the ocasl-in, r.nd tl;o La Grande Comr.it .ih'.l club vlll put forth every et.'ort to mako th's a grand reunion of tlio paoplc old and young of Grande Hondo Valley. Yours for prosperity, T. C. LA VET. Manager Publicity and Information Bureau, Ln Grande Commercial Club, La Grande, Oregon. Two blows were landed, after the vis-!' you will forgive m ltorn hnri nroelrrftnt,..! li 1 ITa A ClnA will ..t.r. , ... . " ..... uuu . 1. fci . u ii . j i l iu vnurcn visiting' delegation taken a Joke as a and' said some prayers for us alfl , t Joke and, left Us slugging artist , at send a kiss to all. Your loving douK. " If ounow, dear. ..Twent to church home but a fair. there would have been nothing friendly end of the whole af- GIRLS WELL CAKED FOR. Many New Honscs Being Built at TTnl verslty of Oregon. ' : University of Oregon, Eugene, July 15. (Special.) Girls at the Univer sity of Oregon will be well housed next year. At least three new houses, accommodating .between 60 and 70 girls, will be ready for occupancy in September. The Mary Spiller house, named for the first woman connected with the university, is now being com pleted and comfortably furnished. It will have rooms for 20 to 25 girls, and be under the same general control as the men's dormitory. It Is beautifully located on the highest part of the campus, and gives promise of being a most pleasant home. The Kloshe Tlllacum club will have a handsome new home by the opening of the university. The foundation has been completed and carpenters are ter." Across the front of the note she wrote: ' ' "Please, give this to mother." . Then Louise went to the rear of the butcher shop and drank Ink which she was carrying with her school books, and full to the floor. ' Tomorrow afternoon, at Washing ton, D. C, will transpire an act which is of deep Interest to La Grande. It Is the opening of the bids . for the sale of a site on which to erect the federal building. While nothing pos itive Is known as to the number of n ' I - - " ' ......... --",.1 T at Harris French. French dropped tc ft. ,4,4,4, .,4,4,,4,4,4,4,4,,hls kne. and the fellow fell over him preparing to rush the building as fast b,u" presented and the exact Idetffty as possible. of each bid, still there Is ample pri? that the. postoffice department will be it win accommodate between 20 and 25 girls: The Zeta Iota Phi sor orlty Is having a new house built on the corner of 18th and High streets which will have room enough for 20 girls.- The plans call for a very hand some building. Rooms for rent seem much more plentiful than usual, probably for the reason that the touch of hard times has made many more people willing to rent. These, together with the new girls' houses and the old ones al ready established, will make It com paratively easy for the university to find good homes for the larze num ber of girls that will enter In Septem ber. DECIDES TO LIVE. Despondent Girl Attempts Sulclilo But Medical Aid Saves Hit Life. San Francisco, July 15. Learning tlyu her mother will be cared ' for Louise Jansen, aged 11 and pretty, today decided she wants to live, al though she tried to suicide Tuesday after she had been refused credit at the butcher and baker shop. Leaving a pathetic note for her mother she drank Ink. Only prompt medical attention saved her life. The girl's father was killed In tho earthquake. 'Her mother sought em ployment as a seamstress and kept the woir awuy by hard work. The care Of three smaller rhllilron upon Louise. When told by her butcher that no more would be charged on her mother's bill, the girl presented with several. Just what process will be followed ln -announcing the successful bidder, Is not known but if any one of the bids is accepted, the department will no doubt notify the bidder at an early date. La Grande went dry June 1, but It was proven over one year ago that there Is an abundance of pure, spark ling artesian water In less than feet below the surface. Why not hi artesian city water? 1000 EVERYBODY PRAISES orn BOTTLING for a do?en reasons, but here are enough to convince you of the pal merit of the product of our estjblfx-, moiiL ' First and foremost, purity of Ingredients, Including water; second, cleanliness and care In the actual preparations and bottling; third, prlc BAKER HOT OYER AFFAIR (Continued from page I.) glng match, which. In Itself, was short lived. In Joking mood several La Grande boys got In the way of the demonstra tion In an orderly manner. When the marching cltlxena turned around and went the other way, shouting and singing which was all right. In Its wny the La Grande boys were again ahead of the marching line. Once more the procession stopped, but this time a leader of the visitors "swung' at Harris French. French dropped to ...u e... . - wrote the following note to her moth-' ln8 al 0,,y a falr profit to ourselves. goods we make: Ginger Ale, farsaparlllo, Soda, Mineral Wa ters, etc. UI0N BOTILEING WORKS or: "I am sorrv to tell vnn t m i..o,i The butcher will not trust me, or the grocery store, and I om. verv snrrv mamma, dear. I know you would scold me, ns I am a bad s-lrl. T v,r. ...7e..... e,,.,, j GRANDE RONDE ! MEAT CCWANY I Mi PH0ME US YOUR OIcDfKS :TW0 PH0ES: rn T.Stv Mrnt Ltt .i u.i Linn i'iui rvi lltfin I) Fir 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. 5 J Try our home made Bacon, Hams and Lard. eeeseeeeee...- ' -. '"",,! THE j OREGON FIRE RELIEF ASSOCIATION iiuiviL MwrANY- 34t000 meiv1bers $28,000,000.00 I,SIRACE IN fORCE A Mutual Company can Sae Ycu trim, 40 to 50 oer v... vii i uui insurance ft- I J. W. OLIVER, AGENUa Grande. W. I Cor. GthStanaWMMiutonAve 7:f a '" ' iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Continued on pig I.) l Mr. Clara 8tulU. a.a4vak , V .-is4 . n