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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1909)
1UIU 'A eyrmm. cu-uivi i:. i. ;:: mi;. oia.r.'.-., nun ;a::y 8. . LOCAL ITEMS. K. B. Currey spent tho iluy in Elgin trunsactlii business. I,. Sloop, the Klgln candy merchant. H in La Grande today: a illvorce aiUt waa filed today. E. AV. Powell la the plaintiff, and Carrie Powell the defendant. 1 Mrs. E. Jacobnon came up fiom 1'nlnier Junction this afternoon, to ti m a few day In town. 0 County School Superintendent E. E. Bragg returned this afternoon from an :uc!ul visit to the Vlparla school. Judtt.) Coj-ivinn of .WalUo-a, Is In Iji .;: i; ml'.' tills afternoon nn official bus iness. Messrs. J. II. and C. It. MlmnatiKh I, ft this morning: for Wallowa, where tii.y huve lumbering Interests. Mr. and Mrs. Ren Oranily, jr., are visiting relatives In Elgin. They left on this morning's train. The William (Spider) Anderson property on Adams avenue, was sold S.itnrday to Donn Woodall. The for nii-r owner in now located in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. E. Lewis left last eve ning for Union. While Mrs. Lewis Is visiting relatives. Mr. Lewis will at tend to some shipments from Cove. Mrs. Irwin Wade of Imbler, spent 0 Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Gil ham of West La Grande. She re turned this morning. Manager S. D. Crowe of the Home . Independent Telephone company, is looking after business matters In Wal lowa county today. The social committee of the Elks lodge announce a social 'for Tuesday evening, to which all members and their families are Invited. Erie Cowan, one . of the leading Cricket Flat farmers and stockgrowers, is in tho city today transacting busi ness with our merchants. Mrs. Sonnenberg, who lias been vis iting her daughter, Mrs. H. G. Meske, for the past "three months, retuned tills morning to her homo In Oshkosh, Wis. Kev. H. G. Meske, pastor of the Lu: theian church, left this morning for Spokane to attend the unnual confer ence of his church, which convenes Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The Pacific Telephone company has j" furnished the local office with new directories and early this week Man UK'T Laughlin will have them distrib uted to patrons of the company. Mrs. C. E. Cochran and mother, Mrs. Uhormlcy of Wallowa county. who Is u guest at the Cochran home. spent the day with the Huckmun fam ily at Alicel. 'Fred Fox, who Is teaching: nt th I.uiie Pine school house, came up this afternoon and will remain, for Ui teachers' examination, whieh will taki place In this city Wednesday morn ing. Freight shipme's ::: beginning to respond to the !,..lng demand. This nw.rnlmr thu itellot WaS filled With a. (........ " t - goods for our merchants. 'Among other evidences of spirng was several dozen rakes ami hoes Instruments suggestive of labor. Mrs. J. M. Berry went to Baker City yesterday to attend an Eastern Star morrow she and Mrs. Fred G. ScMlke will visit friends In North Powder, re turning to La Grande Tuesday eve ning. Captain E'l, the famous nautical hu morist, was In La Grande-this morn ing en route to Wallowa county. While here he gave a very Interesting but brief address to the high school, on sharks. He carried with him a shark jaw bone. The students would hav njryed a longer address. Mrs. Hanna Baker of Rltchfield, I'tah, returned to her home last eve ning after several months spent In La Grande visiting relatives. She was ac companied on her return by . her daughter, Mrs. V.'Bean, who will visit Uietehfield, Salt Lake and Iduho points before returning. The volunteer fire department of Slilwater. Okla., have sent an Invlta- V tion to the La Grande fire department ... nniil-lhiita nnuuhuro from 2 S rCntS to $1.25 to assist them in building a home. The La, Grande department, just to show the boys that their h"arts were in the right place, en closed $1.25 and mailed It today. Mrs. I. W. Faulk did not go to Ka li"!,! last Saturday, as wai erroneously stated In The Observer. Out of .the vulture hflve grown several jokes, but v.-ho the joke is on has not been de i?ed. Constable Fa-ilk end Mrs. P.anchard occupied adjoining seats, to Kamela. Mrs. Rancbard gon on to P-n!l.:tnn. Th. r.onstaJr'e tMnk has a Joke on Mrs. Faulk while the latter has one on her husband, and J ist who has one on The Observer Is Mrs. A. H. Drake of Union, Is visitor here today. Dr. Molltor . visited Union prcftv itlonally yesterday. Mrs. J. H, Il.indrahun Is vlrltli.g relatives In Union. The La Grande Irrigation company stockholders held their annual meet ing this afternoon, in the Commer cial club rooms. Rudolph Schmidt, th Medical Springs resident, w ho was declared In sane Saturday night, was taken to Sa lem today. 7.1 r. and Mrs. Trippeer, who have been east for several months, returned to their home In Wulla Walla this morning utter spetrdm'if-ft diiy'iir Two', with the doctor's parents, Mr, and Mrs. j Joseph Trippeer of Cove. Manchester, England, Feb. 8. Ten men are known to be dead and others are probably burled In the ruins of a Grosvenor street loiging house, where 100 were trapped by the fire, destroy ing the structure this morning. The lodgers weer asleep. In the panic the men fought cach other like demons to get out first. Most of tho dead broke their skulls leaping from windows and from the roof. . Twenty are missing. Most of them were poor laborers. Dr. IV. D. McMillan Painless penistry La Grande National Bank Bldg Both Phones "1. fli A. Dr. W. H. Keating, The Expert Eyesight Specialist of Salt Lake is now at the SQtfHER HOTEL And will Remain Until Thursday, Feb. 11th DONT FAIL TO SEE THE DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR KYK6 OH GLASSES IK YOU ARE HAVING TROU BLE WITH THEM. Did You Ever Have Your Eyesight fitted? I WANT TOUR DIFFICULT AND STUBBORN CASES. 1 DON'T CARE HOW MANY HAVE FAILED TO FIT YOUR CASE; I TELL YOU MY SYS TEM IS SUCCESSFUL ON THOSE CASES. I HAVE DEVOTED MY LIFE'S WORK T - THIS ONE STUDY I DO NOTHING ELSE. THAT'S j WHY I SUCCEED WHERE OTHERS) FAIL; SO IF YOU HAVE HEAD- I ACHES. WEAK EYES. ETC. AND j WANT GLASSES THAT ARE J EASY AND COMEOHTAIII.E, , . 'CALL AND SEE ME AT ON E. j DON'T WAIT; IK) IT NOW. IXK -1 'TOR I NOT A STRANGER IN LA! GRANDE. CAN FURNISH TOU CRACK IN 0 if 4. 1 t-i ,i . Y t$ PB0DS0L0HS ATCAPITAL Union county's delegation at the legislature has been petitioned by tel egrams and by letters enclosing petl Hons, to exercise their influence In furthering Senator Abraham's senate VIM-. '.- IS? Uw first t.m-Fvrtiv ary"'J."frifra'nioc1i 1 Sunday closing Inl't p.UKTaed alter thu- Idaho law, which Is taken by promulgators to be exemplar In every respect. There Is a strong lobby at Salem working against the passage 'of the bill, which is meant to take the place of the Sun day closing law declared Inefflleent 'oy a late decision of the high courts. Several churches of the city last eve nlng adopted resolutions asking the county's solons work for the passage of the bill. Today, petitions re-Circulated, which respectfully urge upon the lawmakers the duty of carrying the bill through. In many respects tho; bill It not a radical one, though It provides stringent . punishment for violators. VniiHi S liX)ls lliwiimml. t'nlon, Feb. 8. (Special.) Aft.r fveral weeks of Idleness on account of the diphtheria quarantine, the schools reopened this morning. POSITION WANTED Young lady wishes position, either In store or private family. 'Phone Black 812. dF5-l! . ! : Quick Transfer For Rapid Delivery Seivice Call Up 3 WILLCOCK BROS. We' are In position to do any kind of transferring. Give us a trial order. Calls answered day or -ight. 'Phones: Day, Red 761. Night, Black 1271. m Sunny an OF COLORADO ft FREE IP Til Ml HHP WE HAVE DIVIDED A 5W0Q4CRt TRACT MO TRUCK FARMS CONTAINING W to 1,000 Acres PER FARM A? $200. EACH $10. Cash and $10. Per Month No Interest! No Taxes! We want a reliable and energetic man in every town to form clubs of 15 prospective purchasers. We will furnish round trip railroad tickets fPJfcE to one member of each club to inspect land. We pay liberal commis sion. Full particulars upon request. Reference: Any Bank or Banker in St. Louis, Kan sas Gity or Denver SAW LUIS VALLEY LAND AND IRRIGATION CO. Bank of Commerce Bldg. KANSAb Cll Y, Ma I . . right. UK. K. L. LWCOLN. DENTIST. Moat Modernly Equiped Office None but First-Class work done Office Upstairs. Northwest Corner Adams Ave- cue T..-a Depot Street. Tlioiu- Ul 131- THE Luis Valley ' . ...-. .. . - ... - - - : 'IV . Glance over your office station ery, make a note of what you want, then call up Main 13 and ve will be JOHNNY ON THE SPOT to care for your wants in short . , i order. Work perfect, prices THE OBSERVER PRACTICAL EXAMPLES REGARDING THE GLOBE-WERNICKE SECTIONAL BOOK CASES See what those in position to know have to say "WOULD HAVE LOST" "Had my library not been incased in a Globe Wernecke sectional book case kind friends would never have been' able to V Tf "rr-i A f 4" it . w - i w iwuiwiWtf At y b-iW time my home burned. Even if it had been pos sible to have taken the books out the weather was such that every book would have been ruined, a3 it was I never . lost a volume." F. S. Ivanhoe. Dist. Atty. 10 Jud. Dist. We would be pleased to have you cadi and allow us to show and explain the merits of the Globe-Wernicke Sect ional Book Case. Lame Shoulder. Tiiis Is a common form of muscular rheumatism. No 'internal treatment Ir needed. Apply Chamberlain's Llnl ment freely thn time a day am! quick cure !s certain. This liniment has proven especially valuable for muscular rheumatism. Sold by all good dealer. I I rr. "SAVED MY BOOKS'" 'I attribute the fact, that my entire library was not lost to fact that it was held in a sectional book case. On account of this, willing hands were able to. carry out each section intact and not a book was destroyed or lost." ' Dr. N. Molitor HENRY Ml COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS LA GRANDE, - - ORE. I lit rjYi ,s BUSINESS COLLEGE! 1 WA9HINaTOr.ANDTKMTHarTS.ff f POMTLAhfi. otinii m Lit WRITE FOR CATALOG inat tarn 1 m i too. fantwn FT 1? r-.u r Pinesalve $ tin mditkx J- T , 5 j BILIITII Alt -S'302iSOCl toiiuofiiniiMuii. n i' n i II' ii 81 in. Hi ll! 8! Hi 3- i i? .1' Ih, n; til Undecided. MANY REFERENCES.