LOCAL ITEMS.
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. City council meeting tonight.
Dr. Myers of Union, la over today.
Don't forgot the supper at Mrs. P. H.
Greene's on Friday evening.
MlHS Maud Cotner is visiting friends
In Spokane.
'Robert Day Is out from Wallowa
county visiting for a few days.
Druggist Mack visited Elgin today,
: retartng n the- aftni-noun train.
W. K. Davla made a short business
trip to Elgin today. ,
MJss Irma Alklne returned to Port
land, where she la attending Business
college.
Miss Louise Roeach has finished her
vacation and has returned to St. Mary's
academy In Portland.
Miss Bessie Alllnson left on the
morning train to visit friends In
Portland.
William Alllnson and Warren Chan
dler are en route to Portland with 14
, acrs of stock,
iy Mrs. Mamie Anderson and Miss Wln
4 nle Bunker spent the day with friends
In the valley.
Mr. and Mrs. George, Mapes came
up on tha train from Elgin this after
noon. '
Conductor and Mrs. CTHarra and
John Donnelly arrived this afternoon
from Enterprise.
Dr. Ault of Enterprise was among
the large number of passengers who
arrived on the afternoon train.
Go to Mrs.'P, H. Greene's Jor your
supper Friday evening, and give the
wife a rest.
George Wyat, one of th-e leading
business men of Wallowa csunty, came
In last night on the train.
Mrs.' J. Fontaine of Pleasant Valley,
Is visiting with friends In the' city to
day. -
Duniel Boyd, the Enterprise business
man, came In n the evening train
and look his departure or Portland.
The railroad boys report It was 5
degrees below zero at Kamela last
night.
' Go to Mrs. P. H. 'Grrtene's for your
supper Friday evening; and hel the
W. 11. M. S. t help otters.
Miss Ethel dulling will return to La
Grwnde from Portland early nesttt week
to accept a position, as stenognaphej
In Division Foreman Watson's ntflci.
Miss Etta and Mis Bessie Fisher
have returned from La. Grande ta re
anter the Pendleton Business ceilege.
Pendleton I'ribune.
'Kill" ,Wade, who luts been uieltlng
In Wallowa pounty, he a returned to
Walla Walla, where he Is making: his
huadriarters At present..
J. W. Bush, president of the JBlue
Mountain creamery, lefit last evening
for Portland, where he will transact
bustnora for hfa company.
Peter O'SuIHiian Is home from Pen
dleton. He reports that Mrs. CSul
llvan Is convalescent after a serious
illness in the hospital at that place.
Charles Reynolds Is gating to bike
advantage of the present snow tonigJht,
by giving a stag sleighing party for
for tonight.
Cavil Engineer W.ylth of Sjokane, Is
here looking over the Beawer Creek
water projor.t. He may hare some
proposition lo subm&f Ao the council
this evening. - '
Miss Kelley of Los Angeles, .la now
superintendent at the Grande Ronde
hospital In the laoe left vacant try the
resignation of Mrs. Barry. Miss Kel
ley is an experienced nurse from
Los Angeles hospital.
Frank Burke was in North Powder
this morning for the light company.
North Powder is now practically wired
by the Grande .Ronde Electric Co.
for private use. The city is not light
Ing Its streets. '
The furnace In the Christian church
"went wrong" last night and the audi
ence at the special meeting was sent to
the basement where an Impromptu
service was held. All trouble has been
remedied today and the church will be
ready for the audience tonight.
The room In the rear of the United
States National bank Is being put In
readiness for Receiver Nledner, of the
suspended Farmers & Traders' Na
tional. The charter for the United
States National Is expected on every
mall and the officers are getting ready
to commence business as soon as the
charter arrives.
Among those who went to Portland
last evening, are John Collier, presi
dent of the local Merchants' Protective
association; H. J. Rltter.'the photog
rapher; J. G. Snodgrass and E. E.
Polack, grocers; Walter M. Pierre, of
the Electric company. They will at
tend the convention of the Oregon
Merchants association, which con
Tened today.
Father Cruel to Son. '
Ban Rafael, Cal.,' Jan. 6. Enraged
because his son Frank burned a wood
en gunrack where $000 were secreted.
Mulin Lorenzo attacked and nearly
killed his son, according to a report.
Fl'LTOX'S BILL KILLED.
Committer Knifes mil to Force Read
ing of Shippers' Complaints. .
Washington, Jan. 6. Senator Ful
ton's bill requiring shippers' com
pTbinti '".against'. '. ' Increased
rates on freight . to terminal points
shall be read by the Interstate com
mission before the rates become ef
fective, was killed In the committee
today. "
Came Near Choking to Death.
A little boy, the son of Chris D. Pe
terson, a well known resident of the
village of Jacksonville, Iowa, had a
sudden and violent attack of croup.
Much thick phlegm came up after giv
ing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Mr.
Peterson says: "I think ho would
have choked to death had we not given
him this remedy." For sale by all
good dealers.
COUNTRY BOYS WANTED
EOR BUSINESS POSITIONS
Bulness men of Oakland and San
Francisco, and other large cities, want
joung men reared In the country to
prepare for commercial positions. Ex
perl ence has shown that the averag'.
boy from the farm has habits of In
dustry and Integrity that niRke to1
success.
The Polytechnic Business College qf
Oakland, CaL, has mude a phenome
nal record in training and placing
young men and women in business
positions and the College is located a?
to provide liomolike accommodations
at very low rates.
It Is said that every young man who
has taken the complete course In busi
ness training at uiis College has re
oetvM rmuurtlT. emoloyment upon
yrarttuiMnn.
. An Illustrated Catalogue will be
sent free to anyone who will write to
Prof. W. E. Gibson, 80S Twelfth St..,
Oakland C'.
JV ANTED--Local manufacturer's agent
to sell vand Install our Never-Cool
BolTer Insulator and Plreless Cooker;
seltr. in every household; permanent
Income of J1500 to $2000 pear year;
few hundred dollars required to han
dle proposition in this town. Ad
dress for particulars, Range Boiler
Introlator Mfg. Co., 389 E. Wash. St.,
Portland, Ore.
Clothes Cleaaed and Pressed.
iSend your enlt to me and it $
wl be returned to you looking
as good as When new. Ladles
wear given special and pains-
talrlng attention. 4
L, H. WINN. 4
Over NewUtfs Drug Store.
Nooe of SUxictioldonj' Meeting.
Notice Is hereby given that there
win be a meeting -of the stockholder, j
oi J-A ur&nue imguuon coicpany onj
Monday, February first, 190S, at two
O'clock ff. m., at Cbe office -of X
Grande Investment company, or the
purpose of electing a Board of Di
rectors asd conduetlng such other
business sm may properly cone before
the stockholders.
X K. WRIGHT,
.Secretary La Grande Irrigation Co.
29-4-11-18-15
Fr once fkls season we eat Break
fast without oclng botiered by the
pesky housefly.
e
Be sure about It.
Drug Coa.
Get It at NewlJn
LA UN D R-Y
Done
The Way You
PHONE
A. B C.
IXTKRKSTKD IX LA U1UXDE.
W. C. Bro n Wan Today Idortctl Pres
ident of New York Central.
New York, Jan. 6. The board of
directors of the New York Central
railway today elected Senior Vice
President W. C. . Brown, to succeed
President Newman, who retires.
President Brown Is well known Iq
the business circles of this city and
county, being on of the stockholders
of the La Grande National bank, and
r'iiamkatniinbit In' thl. vi
cinity.
Dr.W. D McMillan
Painless Denistry
La Grande National Bank Bldg
Both Phones
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of tha SUU el
Oregon' for the County af Union.
David ' Cherry, Plaintiff, vs. H. C.
Tunnock H. (C. Tunnock Erlckson,
Swan Erlckson, Robert Tunnock and
Joseph Wright, Defendants.;
To H. C. Tunnock, Robert Tunnock,
H. C. Tunnock Erlckson and. Swan
Erlckson, thet above . named De
fendants: .
, In the name of the State of Oregon,
you are hereby required to appear and
answer the complaint filed against
you In the above entitled suit on or
before the 9th day of January, 180$,
and if you fail to appear or answar,
the plaintiff will apply to the court
for the relief prayed In tha complalut
on file, to-wit: For a decree of fore
closure of a mortgage on the Nil of
SH4, and 8ft of NEtf, section 21,
township 5 south, range S$. E. W. M.,
In Union county, Oregon, given June
8, 1901, and recorded In Book "Z" at
page 8, Record of Mortgages, in said
county, anrt further decreeing that
your tighta In and to the said premises
be forever barred, foreclosed and ter
mlnated, '
This summons Is published In the
La Grande Observer for the period of
six successive weeks under an order
of the Hon. J. W. Knowlos, Judge
of the said court, made and entered
this 2'4th day t November, 1908.
Date of first publication, Friday,
November 17, 1908.
wfcov27-JanS C. E. NORTON,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
When you buy a piece of
real estate with an Abstract
jwnenyou are ruuy acmsea o
all its .-.istory, know just wba'
you are purcnasing if you
have us draw it for you. Our
records are accurate both
they and our vork is substan
tially guaranteed.
VM 1RVEST1GATJ0H SOLICITED
LA GRANDE INVESTMENT CO
Want it done
MAIN 7
Laundry
,' Wl Pi tie! fe''",' '
Wa
kh For S
We will have something in this I
space which will be of
careful buyers
Golden
j - Baby
Cross Can't
Get Your
washing done
Send a Card
or Phone We
have no babes
" a
j It will be done
I Kight too.
: CHERRY'S NEW
: laundry:
: "Best by Test"
Cured of Hevere Attack of Bronchitis
by CliumlMM-lain's Cough Remedy,
"On October 18th, last, my little 3-
i"' uaugmer coniractea a severe
cold which resulted In a bad case of
bronchitis," says Mrs. W. G. Gibson,
Lexington, Ky. "She lost the power
of speech completely and was a very
sick child. Fortunately we had a bot
tle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
in the house and gave it to her accord
ing to the printed directions. On the
second day she was a great deal bet
ter, and on the fifth day, October 23d,
she was entirely well of her cold and
bronchitis, which I attribute to this
splendid medicine. I recommend
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy unre
servedly as I have found It the surest,
saresi and quickest cure for colds,
both for children and adults, of any I
have ever used." For sale by all rood
dealers.
Brvo lire Laddies
often receive severe burns, putting out
fires, then use Bucklen'a Arnica Salve
and forget them. It aoon drives out
pain. For burns, scalds, wounds, cuts
and bruises It Is earth's greatest heal
er. Quickly cure skin eruptions, old
Announce
Mule Co
sores, bolls, ulcors, felons; best pile
cure made. Relief is Instant 25c at
Newlin's drug store. .
BURGER and SEVERS0N
La Grande, Ore. Phone
Main 91
Real Estate and
loans, Fire and
'a-.
Life Insurance.
COLLECTING AGENCY .
N. B. Long Distance Col
lection a Specialty
OVER NEWLIN DRUG CO.
Notice.
Te the Farmers and City Property
Owners ot Union County:
You are cordially Invited to visit us
at our offices In La Grando, Ore. Our
object will be to bring new Investors
Into this field, In order to do this we
will need the co-operation of you prop
erty owners. Wa ill "cal In farm and
city property, timber land and stu-np
land, rentals and loans. Drop In and
get acquainted whether you have an-
ming to orrer or rot, we will be
ploased to meet y u Very truly yours.
THE VAN DUYN REALTY CO.
Rooms 5 and 6, Scril er Block.
Both 'Fhtnes. La Grande, Ore
Notice of Annual Mooting.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Eastern Oregon Trust
and Savings Bank, will be held at the
banking rooms of the corporation, on
Thursday, January 14th, 1909, at
p. m., for the election of a board of
directors for the ensuing year and the
transaction of any other business
which may legally come before the
moetlng.
The KaHtorn Oregon Trust S Saving
Bank, By
GEO. L. CLEAVER,
Decl2Janl2 Cashier.
Stonuu-h Trouble ("tired.
If yo uhave any trouble with your
stomach you should take Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Mr.
J. P. Klote of Edlna. Mo., says: "I
have used a great many different med
icines for stomach trouble, but find
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
tablets more beneficial than any other
men
interest to
remedy I ever used."
good dealers. ,,
For sale by aU
, E STRINGHAM,
AUCTIONEER.
Sale cried on ahort netlee. '
Satisfaction guaranteed.
No extra charge for distance. .
LA GRANDE - - - OREGON
Route No. 2 'Phone No. 196x8 fc
'tff
Quick Transfer i
For Rani A DpUutv emvi
can up :
WILLCOCKIBROS. 5
We are In position n An
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kind of transferring. Give us a
J trial order. Calls answered day
or sight. Z
'Phones:
I Day, Red 761. 2
I ' Night, Black 1271. 2
CEMENT WORK
All lfinHs nf l!emant nJ
4
Goncrete work.
CONCRETE
BUILDING BLOCKS
CEMETERY WORK
No contract too large or
too small.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
. L. ROBERTS
PHONE BLACK 582
Imblcr Property
For sale by owner.
Hotel and barn with 7 lota: nrice.
12,000.
Shop with ( lota; prlee, H00.
-room house, with lots: price
11000.
-room housew 1U t lote; price $700.
For terms, call on or write
W. T. HARTLEY.
12-ll-2lt Imblsp. Or.
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