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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1908)
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Beautiful Imported Free to Patrons of ok. wuhii yv"-! feel like maklhtLfhe exertion much shoprng btit whatever you need in our line it vlpay youjoj)uy now while we are offerin4hisefraordinary induce ment. . :':;r:,';;':::1 ' AlAiAiiAAlAAAAi4AAAAAAAAii AAAAAAAA AAA A A to See Window Display You Want to Buy - 8 o U s 5 : 1 fl a w 6 13 5 - : o C e C o S a S "2 K e 1 ! 1 & 0 t- s 8 1 o a S h tt Vi 3 Phone Main 10 Only house in the city employing white help only TRY OUR SERVICE ie9s Store 4tTTTtTMHtttttHtT ............ ...... Big Continues! OFFER ; - . ............ China ... . "y uui to do A A A AAA AAAAAAA A : or Not LA GRANDE, OREGON bid two Four thousand dollars Is the sum that will be expended on the corner of Third and Jefferson this summer, when the brick structure now about completed, and the one under process of construction Is finished. The out lay of improvements Is being done by 'Avery Harrison and M. A. Harrison, ex-county Judge of this county. The Junior Harrison has a commodious home about completed. The structure proper, is of brick and the roof gam breled. Adjoining this building Is where M. A. Harrison will build a similar building, workmen being now engaged In constructing the cellar. This building activity only bears out the statement made by The Observer some time ago, that La Grande is on the eve of a building age. Rodnuw Elect Sarlicm. Medford, Ore., July it. The 17th session of the great council of Ore gon, Independent Order of Redmen. today elected J. II. Fitzgerald of Med ford, great sachem for Oregon. Port land will be the next meeting place. . . . Sale LA GRANDE, ORE. Oil RECORD 0 CITY'S ILL This afternoon Chief pf Polio Wal den went over the record book for the past 12 months. In which la recorded the contagious d If eases reported by the physicians of the city. It will be noted that "La Grande Is one of the healthiest points In the northwest.'Of the 64 castes reported, 46 were emall pov, so-called chlekenpox, . Manila Itch, etc. There Is no question , but that during the past year there were several times that many .cases which were not quarantined, but would no doubt have been had a physician been called In. '.' Only one death occurred, that from diphtheria. Smallpox Diphtheria ......... Scarlet fever ....... Total .14 MARRIED TWO WEEKS. Went to Portland Innocent and, Harm toes, But Waa Carried Away. Two weeks of married life was suf ficient for William H. Jamison, a res ident of this city, who. yesterday filed suit against Idenia Jamison, his bet ter half, for divorce, alleging inhuman and cruel treatment Jamison's matrt monlul experiences cover a period of time about the shortest in the records of the state, says the Salem States man. He was an Innocent and harm less youth, according to his friends, When he left hpm.fi for Portland July 5 of this year, but It was ail off with him next day when he met "Sweet" Idenia,- her of the gentle disposition. The courtship lasted only a few hours. terminating In an immediate mar riage. . - GOBBLERS PLAX PICNIC. Unless It Is Frustrated, Plan. for Ptc nlo Will Mean Big Time. The Gobblers are planning on a Sunday plcnio for the coming Sunday. Paul Rohr knows ot a secluded spot near the summit of Mt Emily, and there Is that the lodge members will wend their way unless present plans fail to materialize. If the affair Is s go, teams will be provided to take the members to the picnic grounds, where liberal luncheon will be provided. A VANDERBILT KILLED. First Ttioogtit Victim Waa William K., But Rusnor Proved a Canard. Paris, July 2 J. The big Vanderbllt motor car was wrecked today near Polxsy, and a Mr. Sands, son of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt by her first husband, was killed.' It was first supposed that William K. Vanderbllt was killed. The 1'Patrle Issued an extra ' edition an nouncing his death. It Is thought the car, which was on Its way from Dean vllle to Paris, upset at a sharp turn. The chauffeur was seriously Injured. Fifty BiuJiel Per Acre. Fifty bushels ot wheat to the- acrel That's about all a patch of grain on land owned 'by John Miller on the hill between Mill and RussclJ creeks will make. The wheat Is ripe and ready for the harvesting crews and It is one ot the prettiest pieces of wheat In that lo cality. The stalks are even In length and the heads well developed, and all about the same else. The wheat Is called the "Jenkins." and waa shipped In by Mr. Miller from the Big Bend country. Walla Walla Bulletin. Phlppa Coming. A treat Is In store for all who at tend ' the. union rally In the Presby terian church tomorrow evening. Charles A. Phlpps has been here be fore and pleased his audience. He Is a live Sunday school man, and has something of Interest not only to the teachers and officers, but to all church workers. ' Tell your friends and all come. Admission free. What For? Pendleton docs not propose to let any advertising escape on account of being the one point In this country where "near" products are In demand. The dressmakers down there have gone to making "near" dlrectolre gowns, Sova the buttons. HEARST IS CHAIRMAN'. WUllo Is at Helm of IurtciH-iidcnee 1 League Ship Tills Time. ' Chicago. 111., July 89 The nation al committee of, the Independence league today elected 'Win. R. Hearst chairman and campaign manager, and Charles Walsh, secretary of the com mittee. An" active campaign will be started at once. ' The present status of the Independ ence league Is Indicative of certain de feat of Bryan in New York etote, an Issue in politics which goes far to ward nnmlnjj the executive. , Forest Fires Near Keno. Klamath Falls, Ore., July 29. A big forest fire is raging in the vicinity ofj Keno, among timber holdings of the Weyerhauser. Lumber company. Men have almost succeeded in putting the fire out. It has already destroyed nearly 800 acres. FEW SET SPEECHES. Bryan Will End Campaign Stomping by October 1, Say Friend. Lincoln, Neb., July 2. A close friend of Bryan said today that the great Commoner plans to make very few prepared speeches during his campaign, and that he contemplates completing all speech-making by Oc tober 1. He will spend October at FalrvleWj where he will give inter views and prepare stuff for publica tion. He declined today to discuss Taft's speech of acceptance. v Forest Nurmyy Promlxed. ine wenana forest reserve whlen . encircles the town of Kamela, has . been promised a forest nursery, a ' seeding ground for forest trees. . The ncn soli or the Blue mountains Is In- vltlng to the forestry department and It is believed that enough young forest) trees can be grown on a few acres on the summit of the mountains to reseedl all the denuded land In the Wenaha ! IJI I 111) I ft Ifll For Sale by GRANDE RONDE MEAT PHONE IS YOUR 0RDFRS -TWO PHnFS City Meat Market Main 50 fir Street Market Main 48 Our largo trade permits us everything to be found in a : Try our home made Bacor, .Hams and Lard ....A.AAA.A.A.A.AA.A.AA,A.A.A,A : THE : OREGON FIRE RELIEF ASSOCIATION ! A HOME COMPANY 34 000 Mfmrfpc $28,000,000.00 MWiK-iS , I A Mutual Company can Save Yeu from 40 to 50 per ccn on Your Insurance t ! J. W. OLIVER, ACENT.U Grandc.Or. I Cor. 6th Stand Washington Axe t .......A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A A and Blue mountain reserves. The for estry bureau gathers seed of forest trees and plants millions of thum in favored spots from where., the yi tr0.i are sent to the various reserves for reforesting the burned-pff lands. r ml let on E. 0. . , . AFTER: WINTER SUPPLIES. Indians From . Imiitlllo , Reservation FulUming Custom of Veirn. . This morning three hack loads of Indian -women and several on their horsi-s, passed through the city , en t-miir. in tha viillcv to dig camat.'vXbe Grande Ronde valley, for posiduly , hundreds of years, was the mecca for Indian tribes of this section of. the northwest, seeking the camas fields that grew luxuriant here prior to the advent nf the rule faces. But In those days the Indians did not ride Into the . valley In nicely painted hacks drawn ness. We not only - have - convenou their camas patches Into fertile fields of golden grain and sugar beets, but we have in a large measure educated and domesticated the wild . savnve, until he Is no longer looked uponis an enemy, but during the beet har vest his labor is eagerly sought after, and his rights are respected. SURPRISED AT CROPS. Elgin Attorney Knew Not ot the RMies In the Valley Tills Year, , ittn.nnv T. nnnhim nt Ullnlrt .......... j v ......... v j.Bmi drove In to La Grande today to attend ei-QMs alluvial e u ti i ncu tliak he was agreeably surprised at the splendid appearance of the crop in K " wcn.am.e i mc v-roy-v i v,ew of tlle numerous adverse rut ta that he nM heard. His drive was alonK crops awaHIng the harvest that . Land for Rent. We have 820 acres of excellent land for rent Call at once. F. S. BRAMWELL, : t ' C J. BLACK. 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