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EVEXIXG OBSKRTEK. LA. GRANDE OUEGOX, WEDXESDAT, JCXY 15, 1908.
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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. ,
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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
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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
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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.
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j GRANDE RONDE !
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PH0ME US YOUR OIcDfKS
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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.
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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
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I J. W. OLIVER, AGENUa Grande. W. I
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