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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1908)
J EVEMQ OBjiKBVCT. M Cn.WPE, ORECOs) MOXPAT. PECEMHEft X, jW. - ' EICHT PACES. .... yv-rw i i 1 i i i i I iv I ' i a x x t A U Animal br fki&i X. A CC A X thatrsroor y I Th bor n sar bwt J X Towle j ClRCU:si-i Brand . . j j 3 Table Syrup j Q kav it fiw brkf dinnT nd sup- I X I par. IttMtasbkanapWmmi." I 4 Q tt is sdHcioaa bleed of Socar Cut H U Syrup. Cora Syrup. Hoooy sad Mapl A V ., Bmip. . T A Pratwnd by original d to. V V atr DioeoM. ' ' X ctkrey iwotiikic, EDITORS A XL pnOPKIETOUfl. gCBSCP.IPTIO.V RATES: Dally, Ingl copy Pally, per month...... Pally, "x month. In advance Pally," one year in advance. . Sc . Je .it.it .l.5 - yk,iy.,.T3-'n (k.,in 4r"?2.- WMklyiTone year. "In atfviu'ce 2 V. J'i.t Entered at the postofflc at La Grande a second-claw matter. This paper will not publish any artt ! appearing over a aom de plume. 0ifna article will be received ub Jaet to the dlacretlon of the editor. Pleaee l-n your article and ave dl appointment. - - peclally prepared addressee were de iu-,h am .lvot.d to vaiiou d- freea of Odd' relloihlp. Aftr the roll had been called awl the lodge called the member were Invited to the baanuet hall, where a uplendld repast awaited them. After doing porper Justice to the refreshment they again returned to the lodge room, where a pleasant hour wa pent In the recital of personal Odd Fellow experience. Though thl I the first roll call for 7K?s:l.ik"..''V no Mi&-f will not b the iat. and that the first meeting night In Decemoer of each year snail b Roll Vali night hereafter. AdvertlMing JUte. Display ad. rate furnished upon application. Local reading notice 10c per line first insertion; 5c per line for each ubeenuent Insertion. Resolution of condolence, 5c a line. Card of thank, 5c a line. For the flnettock of cut gla for the money you will go to SUverthorn k. Mack' drug tore. BUZE THREATENS GUESTS (ConUnued from page 1.) i j' Thl 1 the week that th Irrigation committee I to Inaugurate it great .campaign for lncreaei acreage. W fiave done ome mlgty good boosting In the pat; we have secured large In dustrial Institution, but we feel that we are warranted la saying that no one undertaking ever attempted ha a much posKlblllty In It for Immedi ate development a the irrigating of 10.090 acre of our valley land. One- JSalf, or nearly o, !a already taken. It j doubt wui not le yry difficult to secure the remaining 10,000 acres. However, tha first half I alway the enslent. so if behoove every one to Jend a helping hand and anl the committee durtptf the nexr'ew day, all we can. U land, practically worthier land, hl even had no value from a ran. tandpolnt and that could be se cured from the government In large tract at $1,245 per acre, "become worth 1100 per acre the jmoment wa ter 1 put on It, what woii'l land that a now elllng from ISO to 175 per acre be worth If water available when needed. Some think land value aro already high Jn Orande Ronde val ley, but within three year after the enmnletlon of our Irrigation project we will look back at our present val ue and wish we had have Invested when the price were low. ' .' Oa which road you may between La Grand and Cove and you wilf not pas more than 10 or U houses, ft distance of H mile. The holding running from 10 to several thousand acres. What a change will take place along thl route when thl land is Irrigated, - It i safe to predict that there will be more new house and barn built lon thl line during the two years following the completion of the ditch than there were built In La Grande the present year. . .. The striking of an artesian well on the famed Blalock fruit ranch has added a cool million dollar to the alue of the land. Water, when needed, on the land of this valley will add the same value In the same. If not greater proportion here, as well a elsewhere. their belonging Into a promiscuous bundle, the three headed toward the shaft In a hall that wa dark as pitch on account of moke, though it wa broad daylight outside of the building. In the hall they encountered other, they. too. earehlng for the elevator. The moke had a peculiarly hacking effect on tho throat, and two or three minute more In the smoke-filled hall would have meant complete strangu lation. Without a moment' loss of time, trfe elevator carried It load of fleeing humanity to the hotel lobby, which by that time also began to fill with smoke. Every guest of the hotel was awakened and taken to places of safety without injury to anyone be yond the annoyance caused by tht moke. More excited ones were stas gring from exhaustion when they reached, the open air. Mr. and. Mr. Bramwell took room in anoiher. ho- M for rho rest of the day. ' The damage done to the hotel Is itrlt. thousrh no figures have been given out. It 1 presumed the smoke worked it way up the hallways from the furnishing room where com bustible material had been ignited The fire department was ov?r rt 'half hour locating the fire. ,, , At One-half Price Smart Hats in the New Styles and Colors I) Offered at a Fraction of their Actual Value t SKATING RINK NEW ARMOR HALL I HUNL0CK & MATLOCK Proprietors . 1 X i i Open every week night at 7 o'clock, Saturday after noon 2 to 6. . First class music by our Hew Military Band Organ lady I beginners will be furnished free skates ' on Friday afternoon 2 to 5 A cordial invitation to all. Good order assured : : All Skates 25 cents Another of our marvelous sales which is stirring the town with its value giving. Lucky the'woman who has waited to buy her win ter hat until now. ; . : The smartest creations of the day, soyou can see by our, win dow, will be on sale all this week at a most remarkable offering. Here is a great chance, all our miliinery stock is at your service and all this week we shall offer hats at a mere fraction of their v value at HALF PRICE A very pretty assortment of burnt wood material of latest patterns will be found at Sllvetrhorn & Mack's drug store. Attention A. F. & A. M. i There will be a special meeting of the Blue Lodge this evening at Mason ic temple at 7:30 o'clock, fro the'pur poso of arranging for tho funeral of our late brother, W, O. Peach. L. H. RUSSELL. W. M. ' Shopping bags and purchase make pretty and useful present for Christ mas. Tou will find them at Silver thorn & Mack" drug store. Remember the school meeting to be hold Saturday of this week. Wo need a new school building. If you enter- tarn any doubts whatever, one visit to the high school building will convince you. President Roosevelt will always mil In tho heart of Oovernor Chamberlain, possibly much warmer than the rntl-statement No. 1 boys. Roll Call Well Attenedil. Nearly l.',0 members of tho Ln Orande Lodge. No. 1. I. O. O. F.. re sponded to Its first roll call last Sat urday evening. Though the L" Orande lodge has been organized f.r nearly 50 years, this Is the first time that the entire rostr has be.-n culled. Hcnre of members who were unable to attend, sent written comnuinlca--rV..iij. Tho !ctter w,r read to the lodge when their names' vers h!HC; Pome of the brother were In Puna ma, other In Alaska and others In the unny outhland. Over 100 mem ber were able to answer In vt-rn. A each nam wa called by the sec retary, the brother called would rise and anwer "Present,' BISHOP SMITH I.N OltEGON. !ael Tlirouich L Grantlc This Morning En Route to Portland. . Rlshop Chas. W. Smith, the newly elected Methodist bishop, whose epis copal residence wa established at Portland, passed through the city this morning for his new home. Bishop Smith has been for 24 years editor of the Christian Advocate and Is regarded as one of the ablest men In the Methodist church. Besides be ing noted as a churchman and editor, he has an enviable reputation of a business man and has been president of the Central National bank of Wll klnsburg. Pa., for years. During his term as president of the bank the bishop was frenuently complimented by national bunk examiners as having the must methodical and best regulat ed bank In the Pittsburg district. District Superintendent J. 1. Oilll Inn had tho pleasure of riding on the train from Haines to this city with him. 4 ,4.4 Gallery Free Boys' Books At Ferguson's E K "The No Favorite One Price Store" WEST . .. . j(t 4 J Observer "Want" column for result. W v ED hilt INGHAM, . AUCTIONEER. Sale cried oa abort aotloe. 4 BatUfaoUoa guaranteed. t No extra chart (or distance.. LA GRANDE - - OREGON 4 Rout No. S. 'Phone No. llSxf .- Grande Rondc Lumber Go. PERRY, OREGON An endless variety of pretty dolls, dressed and undressed, at SUverthorn A Mack's drug store. A Xotkf. The man that took down tlv fence to Mrs. Honun'a lots and toi,k off a load of sidewalk lumber Is requested to return the same at one, or he will Otf W' vt.-d tJ ful!--t rstewt .v? the Iwa. He is known. vw,wbrr tinner t"nt SI Cents. Vi need enough butter fat to sup ply tne urmand and will guarantee 34 cent for the month of December. and then pro-' minr u voru cream. dwl2-15 gjlcasur to th lodge. A number of BLVK MOUNTAIN CREAMERT. HEAT mu Dlftrsa At the Right Time That's it where you want it when you want it and ii you only knew how easy it is to carry from room to room and how much cheery comlort you can have with a PERFECTION 01! Heater ITnufnncd with Smokeless Device) You would no longer be without one. "No smoke no smell" this is the Ptrftciion maxim. Because the smokeless device it smokeless you can have Airert nnvAnn Krai from everv ounce ...vv,,,.......,..-. I oa Brass lonl holds H quarts burns 9 hours. An ornament any where linished in japan and nickel Every heater warranted. f i n J UHlWf l ll WJL. ' IU -'. V-IWry .Vf J The mmS paper-il . . . r ..i .1 I . . give added p!catcrff your matzine or -si mvM 1 ii - Luil, ttrxly light. EquipptJ wilK th latest improved ctnlnl it A iumct. MjJc si Irm, nKkd pUlol. Ertry lam? wirtsntej. Wrile our srjresl Menty kr itrripive cirmlir il you so I fin Ihc Pcrirctio Oil Hfr or Rayo Ump it your dealer 's. STANDARD GIL COMPANY (Incorporated) CAN riRNISH LUMBER Of L MDS IN CARLOAD LOTS. Tor 16 inch Chain Weed Delivered at yoir Heme, Call up V. C. BEAN, La CrandK Thcne, Red 1741 r DAILY OBSERVER 65c a Month i A beautiful line of the famous Kl- ser hand-colored photographs or American scenes. The latest Chrtat mai irreettntT and motto. Only a limited supply of oach. If Interested In these you will do well to call at once at THE LITTLE SHOP. 101 Main Avenue. OLD MISSION PICTURES At I We are Prepared to t n n mane Loans on Farm or city property Our Abstract Books the most complete in the County. Abstract fucnished by us is absolutely reliable .'. An l Fire, Life and Accident Insurance i I La Grande : Investment Co. I t Foley Block - ... La Graude, Ore. jji L.?....! DA,LY OBSERVER 65c a Mont 2i