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Howard GHunt left today fop Port
land' jlon. Frank Clark or Enterprise, is
, vUiW ,n Crandd today.
" councilninn &, N. Bolton left Sat
urday night for, PortlunJ.
pr.-W. T.'Phy returned last evening
from a month's visit In eastern cities.
The Christmas tree exercises of St
Peter's Episcopal church will be held
this evening. v
Hiss M. Barboe of Detroit, Mich., Is
Jiaittn with Mr. anl Mrs. W..H.
Attorney xiubort , iJuyd vaimT. up
from Elgin today to transact legal
Business at the court house.
jllss Ida Hill came up from Sum
mervllle this afternoon to visit friends
i few days. . '
Sheriff Chllders returned this after
noon from SummervJlle, where he
went on official business today. ' ,
lies'-8- Kelley and Crummlt, who
nave been In the hospital a week, are
reported much better today.
Mr. Shell, an employe of the La
Grande Iron works. Is . getting well
rapidly at the Hot Lake sanatorium.
Eight thousand attended the open
ing Hervices of Evangelist Blllyk Sun
day In Spokane yesterday.
Conductor Neff leaves soon for Spo
kane, where he will be employed in
the future.
Prof. Knox, the elocutionist, will be
in La Grand tomorrow night not to
night as at first announced.
Mrs. p. T. Paeon and son Archie,
left last evening for Portland to be
gone for several weeks. '
Mrs. C. P. Fcrrin and wife returned
last evening from Union, where she
has been visiting since Thursday.
T. E. Buehler, the yard foreman at
the railroad yards, Is in Portland on
railroad matters ,
Walter Elrod, drugjlst at the Hilt
'drugstore, has gone to Ellensburg,
Wash., to visit friends thfc; week..
Terry Tuttle and H. P. Rogers, who
spent Sunday in Pendleton, returned
last evening and went to Elgin this
morning. ,
William Lumsden, a local switch
man, has gone to Huntington .to re
main two weeks in the switching serv
ice there.'
Conductor H. C. Grady Is back on
his La Grande-Joseph passenger run.
J. B. Ollham spent Sunday in
Union'. .
A. J. Rogers and family, of Elgin,
arrived Saturday evening to proceed
on their way to Missouri. They will
visit friends there for a while.
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Mr. and Mrs. Claud Hamilton re
turned this afternoon from Summer
vllle, where they spent Christmas with
Fred Hamilton and family.
The meeting of the Neighborhood
club, which was to have been held
tomorrow, has been- postponed until
the next regular meeting, on account
of the Illness of the chairman.
Judge H. J. Bean of Pendleton, is
on trjp bench today hearing the case of
the City vs. Turner Oliver, In which
Judge Knowles, prior to being elected,
was Interested.. Judge Bean is a
guest of Judge Knowles.
The certificate necessary for the
United States National bank corpora
tion to open Its bank doors, has not
arrived, the mass of business in the
Washington office evidently being too
extensive" to permit prompt attention
to the request of the 'La Grande
bankers.
KIM Hi
have mm
The books and keys of the county
assessor's office, now In charge of R.
A. Hugg and his deputies, are ready
to be turned over to the assessor-elect.
T. A. Rinehart. Mr. ICnehart will
assume his duties next aturdfty. .The
Ing already filed bonds which were
approved at the time. He has not yet
announced his deputies.
Mr. Hugg, the retiring assessor (re
publican), will Jom his family on
their Elgin ranch just as soon as his
county office obligations are removed.
He closes a successful term In office,
having established a new record for
completion of the assessment roll.
SOCIETY,
Mr. and Mrs. "Walter ?lednpr last
Saturday entertained at their apart
ments In honor of th second anniver
sary of their wedding day., A sumptu
ous flve-cbursoUinner was served to
the 12 guestsin attendance. Follow
ing the ensemble about the festal
boards, -music entertained the guests
In a delightful manner. The affair
wa elaborate in ' every detail. The
ruesta to the hostess and host were:
Messrs. and Mesdnmes Jav Van Buren.
grass, O. E. McCully, Mr. B. M. Sher
wood and Miss O'Neal. "
x Every nitch and corner of our Immense store is crowded with toys. The ceiling
shelves, tables, 2nd Ucorare burdened wilh gifts to commemorate the greatest day In life.
The day to breathe peace to every man, woman and child, and bring joy in every home has
arrived again, only once in a year, why not be
HAPPY-HAPPY-HAPPY
Off for Panama.
Washington, Dee. 28. Members of
the house committee on Interstate and
foreign commerce gathered in Wash
ington today, preparatory to leaving
for, Panama, where they will make a
thorough inspection of the construc
tion work on the canal and the man
agement of the cannl zone. They are
expected to be back In Washington o
January 13. Owing to the.promlne
that has recently been given to c.-.ii j
matters, and the charges of '---n-agement
and Inefficiency, the result of
the tour of Investigation is awaited
here with a great deal of Interest.
B. M. Sherwood last evening enter
tained eight at a four-course dinner
at the Model restaurant. The guests
were Messrs. Walter Niedner, J. J.
Carr, J. G. Snodgrass and G. E. Mc
Dr. W. D McMillan
Painless Denisiry
La Grande National Bank Bldg
Both Phones
Three Cent lae.
Detroit. Mich., Dec. ?-0ne of ihe
first official acts of Plillla Breitmeyer,
mayor-elect of Detroit, who assumes
office next Friday, will probably be
the appointment of a commission of
50 business men to treat with the lo
cal traction company in regard to
lower fares on the street railways of
Detroit. Eight fares for 25 cents, uni
versal transfers and the best possible
service are among the demands that
the new executive of the city will
make upon the United Railways company.
TRAIN" ROBBERS INDICTED.
JiW'k Walton, Alius Hayes, Accused by
Portland Grand Jury.
Portland. Dec. 28, Jack Walton.
Has Hayes, who with two accom
f'lces is accused of holding up an O.
& X. train on December 10, was In
dicted by the grand jury with W. J.
thlrd mlssln gin an. Burke confessed
to the crime. The train was held up
Just outside the Portland city limits.
ut only a trifle was secured..
Importance of Touch Scne.
Physiology teaches us that "the
sum of knowledge which may be de
rived through touch alone is greater
than that" which may be derived
throuhg any other sense." A thor
oughly developed sense of touch Is one
of the absolute essentials of the prac
ticing, osteopathlst. Without this one
acquirement his work in practice can
amount to but little. It is not to be
implied, however, that the osteopath
relies only upon the Bense of touch in
his work, for his respect for ' other'
methods of diagnosis Is as great as
that of any medical practitioner; al
though relative values of the different
diagnostic measures may be changed.
A carefully educated sense of touch Is
the keynote to both osteopathic diag
nosis and operative technique. From
the very nature of the osteopathic con
ception the physical body viewed as
a mechanism whose disordered or
diseased conditions demand anatomi
cal readjustment it is Imperative that
a delicate and educated sense of touch
be acquired in order to logically and
successfully apply Its tenets. Osteo
pathic Advocate.
Mexican "All Fool's" Day.
City of Mexico, Dec. 28. Today if
the Mexican "all fool's" day, com
memorating the feast of the "Santos
Inocentes," which Is the day on which
Joseph and Mary with the aid of an
nmrel fooled the soldiers of - Herod,
King of Judea, who had been sent to
kill Jesus. According to the tradition
linked with this day when Herod, king
of udea, heard that a king of the world
had been born, he ordered his soldiers
to kill every child In the kingdom un
der 2 years of age, thinking in that
way to rid the kingdom of possible as
pirant for his own throne. Joseph and
Mary were warned by an angel and
fled to Egypt. On the road they en
countered a body of soldiers, but
fooled the soldiers by hiding Mary and
the infant Jesus in a bush, which
quickly grew beside the road.
COADJUTOR APPOINTED.
San Francisco's Bishopric Given Co
adjutor After Vacancy.
Washington, Dec. 28. After two
years of vacancy, the post of coadju
tor to the bishop of San Francisco
was filled today by Bishop Dennis J.
O'Cormell. rector of the Catholic uni
versity at Washington, D. C. A cable
gram from the Vatican announcing
the nppointment, was received yesterday.
Back From the Xorth.
Case Prescott and "Chick" Shan
non returned from Erltish Columbia
Saturday, having spotted a horse range
which they expect to occupy with
their band of horses next season. Mr.
Prescott Informs the Republican that
country. :Unlon Republican.
SCRIBER FACES ACCUSATION
(Continued from page 1.)
Heppner and Umatilla countiea, flie
In the United States circuit court today
by District Attorney John McCourt.
Among the defendants Is Jefferson W.
Serlber, a .'ormer official of the de
funct Farmers & Traders' National
bank at La Grande. He was arrested
some time ago, nccused of' having
embezzled funds of the Institution. ""
' ' Scrilcrs First Stop.
It is understood Scrlber's fint step
down ward-was when he Is alleged to
have forged his name as A. B. Thom
son to a J 8000 note. The original
note was given by Thomson, Serlber
putting the money, in the land. It Is
charged that when the examiner was
due to inspect the affairs of the bank,
Serlber forged Thomson's name to4
cover up the deal. Thomson Is also
a defendant. . ' ''-.
A. B. Thomson was receiver of the
United States land office in La Grande,
being succeeded by A. A. Roberts.
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ELSEWHERE
FOR" RENT One or two rooms fr
light housekeeping. 'Phone Red 561.
The extremely low price for which
Grande Ronde land owners "can se
cure perpetual water rights under the
present system now being promoted
here Is exemplified In the following
from the Boise Capital News:
The Idaho Irrigation company has
made application to the state board of
land commissioners for an Increase to
$50 per acre for water rights under
the Dietrich segregation, embracing
50,000 acres. The land board has
taken the matter under consideration
pending a report from the state engi
neer.
The application for an Increase from
$35 to $50 is made on account of there
being from 25 to 30 per cent of the
first segregation of 100,000 acres, un
salable land and not readily suscepti
ble of Irrigation. In view ,of the fact
that the company will be to about
$650,000 expense in raising the dam,
constructing canals and enlarging tho
system, the application has been made
to the state board of land commission
ers for the Increased ' price. ' The
height of the .dam will be Increased
about 20 feet at an approximate cost
of $150,000. The capacity of the
retaining reservoir will be Increased
from 150,000 acre feet to 180,000
acre feet by the addition to the dam.
In order to get water to list No. 22
or the lands under what Is known as
the Deitrlch- segregation, some 20
miles of main canal will be built, Cot
tonwood slough enlarged and a diver
sion dam constructed In the Little
Wood river. The cost-of such con
struction aggregates $500,000.
The application has been taken un
.eo.n9lderat.lon by the state board,
pending a report from the state engi
neer covering the features above out
lined and included In the application
of the Irrigation company.
Happiness does not enme in receiving, but in giving, it you are owe, aown cast .
and think no one cares for you, buy a few small presents for children cr friends .and see
how light your heart v.ill become and how bright ihe 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, one Ihey will appre-
date and one you can afford, is the greatest problem before you. ,
I WITH OUR IMMENSE STOCK
I At your disposal the selection of presents beccrr.e a rrete trifle and within the reach
I of all. We place presents from tke greatest(value to the mere toy at the LOWEST PRICE
I possible. ' " N ' '
I FRE EI---S OUVEN IRS FREE !
J Besides helping.to make shopping a plessurejndto skevj cur zppiicfelicn to cur t
patrons, we are goir.g to give absolutely ThlE, ICO handsome souvenirs a day for one J
week commencing Saturday, December 19ih. , We limit these souvenirs to one in a family. J
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Buy your Christmas Goods where you can get everything ycu viant at the lowest price.
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HIS term includes everything from a visiting card to a full
sheet poster, a leaflet to a leather bound book. THE
OBSERVER JOB DEPARTMENT is equipped so thorough-
ly that we are able to handle "JOBS" with ease which
to other offices would seem a real burden.
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By this term we mean Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Envelopes
and Office Stationery in general. THE OBSERVER JOB DEPART
MENT is in a position to fill OFFICE WANTS promptly and
satisfactorily.
I ALL YOURS
I We haveJseveral Advertising Ideas which we believe are
good and will bring you results; if you care for them they are
J yours for the asking. Remember, good printing costs money and
I should be classed as an investment; poor printing is always an
1 expense. Apply the trial order test and see in which class our "
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