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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1908)
WG31T PAGES. rvr.Nfxn t n.:i uvTc::r r,. cnAsrt. msucjx, rrccrr.vr. sr.T'rrr;: y, rv c f : LOCAL ITEMS. : ' .i. . Tod Leavltt of Elgin. a here for a f j- i-ty. ?. , ' ' J. P. P!a and son, sawmill men lof KIrIii, returned homo thi morning, iir. tuiil Ai is. Guy K. MeCully spent Sunday at Hot Lake. , ... . , ... . M. A. Steele has gono to Boiso on business. H. 8. Massee Is In Elgin today for tho Blue Mountain Creamery . com pany. Sheriff Chllders too Knymond Mc Coy to the jcnitintlury Ui.st evening to serve five yearn. , '. Mrs. J. A. Masterson through the city this morning, en route to her home In Elgin. The present cold nnn, wnilr- not & genuine bonan7a for the plumbers, has kept most of them In. practice. - , , It was 17 'degrees above r.ero lust night. Only one night has the ther mometer touched eero. This Is not bad weather. " Misses Pearl Huff, Naomi William son and Sara Riddle are home for the Christmas holidays. They are students at the University of Oregon. F. I Spauldlng of Portland, arrived Saturday evening to assUt in the cler ical work of the land office during the absence of Receiver Roberts. Mrs. George". Orout and Mrs. C. E. Cox, who have been In "Wallowa coun ty in the interest of the Ttebekah lodge, have returned. , Charles L. England, the former car repairer who a year ago suffered se vere Injuries, left yesterday for Metz, Mo., to visit friends a short time. With the arrival of cold weather the hobo traffic has subsided consid erably and the, local police are having less work In the rallroud. yards than earlier In the fall. George Ruckman, of the Sandrldg", subscribed S00 acres on the irrigation project. About 20 more such sub scriptions, together with ' a few of lesser amounts.'and the entire 20,000 acres would soon be realised. At a meeting of iulto a mimher of the merchants of the city, held vratet day, among other things It was ilocldi"' to close the stores all day on b;t! Christmas and New Yours. TI.i'"o was not a sufficient number troei'iit to decide authoritatively, and a com mittee will canvaxs the nvittcr, A group of local Odd Felowa went to Hot Lake Saturday night to visit a fellow lodge man from Fphrulm. Ttah, who Is seriously ill. Those to go were If. E. Coolldge, W. M. Mon roe. Hush McCalfT J. A. Arbuckle, D. H. Cor, Press Lewis, Ceorge Eall and F. B. Currcy. While Chief Dispatcher A. Ruckley Is fn Portland. Ed Walsh, Jr., Is chief dispatcher in the local office. - While in that capacity he holds the distinc tion of being both the youngest night !' ef dispatcher a position he regu-,-:y holds and also the younjrest temporary chief dispatcher. Ho Is 22 v:..rs old. 'joy WIssler, who sustained serious v ury to his right hand last Saturday .' ernoon, is on the road to recovery. ,!ch finger of the right hand was so ily gashed and lacerated that sev eral stitches were required in each instance. The bone was exposed in several places. Notwithstanding the seriousness of - the bruises, Loy is thanking his lucky stars that the bones were not crushed and that there Is no danger of losing the fingers. Mrs. Frne! T'y' left' this mornlir for" Union to visit friends and relative; few da s. . .' ' " ' Something rich is In store for lovei. of college songs and rich wit tonigh at the Steward opera housix :' 3V Schumann program, under thi direction of Win. Clara Lyle, will b rendered tomorrow at. a meeting o; the Tuesday Musical at the home o; Mrs. Anthony, i. All members fchouh. attend. " '' , '' " . " ? . A union prayer meeting, will be held tomorrow evening at the home of Mr. A. Hammond,' corner Flrst and (' streets, tomorrow night. This Is li. preparation for the tnmlnij pivtrnetei' meetings that- are to be held in the near fuftr?. ' . Deoutjr Mii-riff George Hn.!gren I. serving the notice of appeal on Count; Commissioners Brown and Bidders, and Judgo Henry today. In the case of Julius Roesch vs. Union county. In the local option case, which Roesch Is pre paring to tuke to the supreme court. SOME DANGERS OF COMBATI.VG SYMPTOMS. If there Is fever, many M. D.s will force It down, no matter If It is but a physiological manifestation. If the heart is pounding away trying to forci the blood Into a congested lung, he will slow It down rather than clear the lung, and so on through tho list. .Fortunately when an osteopath "treats symptoms as they arise," he must, as a rule, treat the cause, and he thus does not work contrary to na ture. Symptoms are but Indications of disease,' and disease but further In dication of lowered vitality. Forcibly lowering - temperatnre has. accom plished nothing for the good of thi patient for obvious reasons. Nature Is out of balance, and I am convlueed that many fatal results are from med, dlesome Interference with drugs wl!--still further disturb equilibrium bring about untimely dlssoliu I ,!. Mem 111 of Osteopathy. . foiinM','tslyvw wihihiiiii,' fi.i'iy I (,( J f t Tf t , I - ,t if- A tho Scenic Tills Week. IUHKKYS TURKFYS li THF HU.MDRFf) t GEESE ! DUCKS j -CHICKENS j Too Numerous to Mention ? - At the I TWO STORES t FIR STREET ADAMS AVE. $ t PRICES WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL ! ... SOCIETY. ;.: Y.-ar Party, ; Invitations will b out tomorrow an bouncing a select leap yenr party fo Christmas night, at ;h Elks' audi torlum. The hosts and hostesses ar Mrs..J. II. Alklno, Mrs. W. It. Jones Mrs. H. Polaok. Mi. M. B. Honohue. Mrs. W. H. Bohnenkamp, Mrs. F, R. Swnney, .Mrs. F. H. Kiddle. Mrs. W. S. Alllnson, Mrs. H. C. Grady, and Miss Molna Aiklne; Mr. W, R. Jones. Mr. E. Polnck, Mr. M. B. Donohue, Mr. W. II. Bohnenkamp, Mr. F. R. Swaney, Mr.. F. H. Kiddle, Mr. W. 8. Alllnson, Mr. II. C. Grady and Mr. J. H. Aiklne. ' Married. . Charles L. Nellson and Miss Jose phine Balr, were married yesterday afternoon In this city at the home of Mr. Bad, Rev. C. E. Peal officiating. Wesley Titus and Ava Cunningham wore married Sunday afternoon at Union, Justice of the Peace J. B. Ea ton officiating. The young people re ide at Telocaset. Charles Sanford and Miss . Lottie Mangers of Hilgard. were married to day by Justice of the Peace Stewart. Dr. W. D McMillan Painless Denistry La Grande National Bank Bldg Both Phones , Y ; 1 i i ft. i - ft if I i i f) 1 s r . i ' ; 1 'i. 1 ' I is ' I,' t At tlie Scenic This Wivk. 1 v i j : TOYS: OY Every nitcl and corner of our Immense store h crowded vvfh toys. The ceiling shelves, tables and Moor are burdened with gifts to commemorate the greatest day in life, j The day to breathe peace to every man, woman and child, and bring fey in every heme has t arrived again, only once in a year, why not be HAPPY-HAPPY-HAPPY i ttappiness does not come in receiving, but in givinc. If ycu are blue, down cast and think no cne cares for ycu, buy a few small presents for children cr friends and see t how light your heart will become and how bright the world will have grown and how easy it is to drive away life's cares. Of course the selection of these presents is of . great moment to every person. To get the rignt present for John or Mary, cne they , will appre- date and one you can afford, is the greatest problem before you. WI TH OU R IMM EN SE STOCK At your disposal the selection of presents become a mere trifle and within the reach of all. We place presents from the greatest value to the mere toy at the LOWEST PRICE . possible. . - - FREE SOUV ENIRS - FREE Besides helping to make sheppirg a pleasure and to show cur appiecistion to our patrons, we are gokg to give absolutely FREE, ICO handsome souvenirs a day for one week commencing Saturday, December 1S!h. VJe limit these souvenirs to cne in a family. Buy your Christmas Coeds where you can get ever)thing you want at the lowest price. t Evening Observer Want Ads Pay 2 NIGHTS Steward's Opera House 2 ' t WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23th and Nth JHE SM FRMSISCO OPERA C0MP MY 40 PEOPLE ON THE STAGE 40 &ph . A BIC BEAUTY PRESENTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHUBERT BROS. JAPANESE-AMERICAN MUSICAL COMEDY 9$ The piece with remarkable recerd. Over on solid year in New York, six months in Chicago, five months in Boston COMEDY FROM START TO FINISH WITH 27 BIG MUSICAL NUMBERS ON THURSDAY NIGHT, CHRISTMAS EVE, H. C. CUNES TRANSLATION FROM THE FRENCH "LA PAVPEE" OR The finest Yule-tide opera ever written. It is one continous lauga set to beautiful musk Both Operas Produced on a Scale of Spectactular Magnificence RICES: $1.50; $1.00; 75c and 50c. Seats on Sale, Mail, orders filled in the order recieved f OH HE ft. HRISTMAS seems to be quits a long ways off and yet by ths Calendar there are only 9 days more until Christmas will be here. That is not too far avay for you I to begin to do som3 hard thinking about holiday gifts and it is so much easier to mike right selections when you have plenty of time. We have made all our hol- 'day preparations and the stock is now ready for your inspection. We cordially invite you to call atyour earliest possible convenience and as often as you cm In extent, variety and novelty far exceeds any other that will be seen in this locality and our prices are proportionally lower. Any item on which a small pavme 't has been made will, if you so desire, be laid aside for you. In case of duplication, gifts will be exchanged. We shall be pleased to be of assistance to you in any way. NE-W LIN' B 0 OK & S T AT i ONER Y COMPANY