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The Store Of Greater Values
Let us enumerate the three points which entitles us to this name In the
first place we unquestionably carry the largest stock in this locality; Sec
ondly, we have the choice of purchase of the leading manufacturers and it
is our aim tc select only those which are foremost in style and quality; Third
the scope and extent of our business and our methods enable us to sell at a
small margin of profit. Summing up these points ycu can easily see why
we have the advantage and why this is the Quality Store.
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Spring's Choicest Production in Clothes and Toggery j
The man who is not glad when
springtime arrives has need ol a
doctor to touch up his liver. Every
man hails with delight when it is
time to change from heavy gar
ments to light weight. It lifts a
load from the mind as well as the
body. We are after your clothing
business. Do you blame us?
Buy Alfred Benjamin & Co.
Suits at our store. You will get
the exact New York styles. Prices
ranee from $21.50 to $35.00. Sincerity Suits $15.00 to $25.00
Also a fine line of suits that we are selling for $10.00 which have
the snap and style of the higher priced kind ;
West
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STEWARD'S OPERA HOUSE
lohight
Curiiss Comedy Company
SUPPORTING THE CHARMING ACTRESS
, MISS LEOTA HOWARD
In the Great Play From Nature
Down on
the
Farm
Those Easy Comfortable Prices-10c, 20c, and 30c No Higher
SEATS AT VAN BUREN'S
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I DRY CHAIN WOOD DRY f
For Best quality ol DRY chain wood call on
V. t. BEAM
Biggest ioads for least money
Pi10E EtD I74I
imiier business booming
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ItAIJX IN NKAU IT1TKK.
Frank and Juhn Conklln have pur-
ehum-d the barn formerly until an
feeding place and after rebuilding and
repairing extensively, will open a first
class livery stable.
Looking tor Location.
A Dr. Lilly of low, is here looking
for a suitable location. He Ih highly
Impressed with the valley and believe
he will locate at IinDlcr.
Pane a Sneers.
The social ball given last night wai
a decided success. 100 dancer enjoy-
In Uio.Heacock.. .orchwlra ' -xplemiw)
music and open hospitality of the. Jhh
tesscs. Henry lllnchart Soils Out.
Edwin Morrison of Walla Walla,
through Wade ft Itlnehart of that city,
has purchased the Klnehart farm or
240 acres, paying $15,000 for the farm.
Mr. Morrison will move his family
here at once, while Mr. Rlnehart will
go to Walla Walla to live In the future.
The community Iospb one of Its pio
neers by the transfer, as Mr. Rlnehnrt
has been a resident of this county for
many years.
Personals.
A son was born this morning to Mr.
and Mrs. William Taylor. ' -
A. L. Rice has assumed theO. R.
& X. agency here to succeed R. Camp
bell, who la now In Washington.
PROMISING PKOSI'ECTS.
Hniulull nrliiK Hack Ore That Assays
lyingly to Owners.
W. W. Randall, -who for the past
five months has been In Montana look.
Ing after the affairs of the McDonald
Mining company, of which he Is large
ly interested and has great faith In,
brings back some very rick-looking
rock. This mine carries copper, gold
and silver, copper predominating, the
assays running all the way from three
to 23 per cent.' The ledge Is six feet
between walls, and the pay streak av
erages four fet. , The company Is now
In 116 feet ana conditions are most
promising.
ROOSKVKI.T Tit 11 SOOX.
Ko)M It Jeaven Simhi With Party for
South African THi.
ttr Plwwscs of Skin.
I sleep and rest. Quick relief may be
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Nearly all diseases of the skin such i had by applying Chamberlain's Salve.
as eczema, tetter, salt rheum and bar- It alUys the itching and smarting al
ters' Itch, are characterised by an in
tons Itching and smarting, which of
ten mhltes life a burden and disturbs
most Instantly. Many cases have been
cured by it use. For sale by all good
dealer. ' . '
Hotel Aliixwi K.Hily Henry Kliu-liHrt
Sells Imtsv nil in hii.I Will Moe to t
WalU Walla m Mhs-.
ImW.'r. Mir;;b 13. ' r'C.'! i
ll-i is alive and hurtling. The new
lintel buiMIng Is rai'ldly nearing com
pletion and lil be occupied on April
1 by the builder, Mr. Coebel.
New York. March IS. Ex-President
Theodore R. Roosevelt and Ker
mit, with Mrs. Roosevelt and daugh
ter Ethel, sail soon on his South Afri
can trip on the North German Lloyf"
steamer Koenlc Albert, for Naples,
which port he will reRch March 25.
The ex-presldent has taken out two
ordinary game licenses, for which he
will pay $250 each, one for himself
and one for his son. Kermit. Thif
will be, sufficient' to carry the expedi
tion through the Kast African protec
torate. The president has refused al'
offers of special facilities from the
English colonial office, but said tha
!n the event of his not being able tr
et some of the rarer specimens of
animals, while he was out, he would
like to get them from the government
game preserve.
On behalf of the president, Amtms
rp.Snr riclJ liaj icqui'-iwu liie Comma
office In London not to grant any fa
cilities to newspaper correspondents
as he wishes to retire into private llf
after he leuves the White House." On
his arrival at Mombassn the president
and his party will go direct to the es
tate of Sir Alfred Pease, a member ot
the well known English Quaker fam
lly. whic h (s situated at Killma Thek;
Kapiti Plains, Rrltish East Africa
protec-torate, ami remain there fn
three months during the heavy rahii--.
Afterwards he will go to Xnlror'
sod pay a visit to the estate ot Philip
Mac. Mil la ii, who Is head of an Anierl
can company that has a concession o!
100 square miles in the district. II
will cross Lake Uganda, when the drj
season commences, in order to do the
37 days' march to CJondokoro in fine
weather.
lit-stdes the former president and
his son, Kermit Roosevelt, the person
nel of the party, on having New York
consists of three representatives of
the Smithsonian Institute. Major Ed
gur A. M ails, mci'ical corps, V. S. A.
( retired i; Mr. Eilmund H- lier and Mr.
J. Alden LorinK. tn nrrivint; in Afri
ca the party will be t-nlnri-'ed by the
itdiiiiion of Ii. J. .Cunninghume, who
Is now In Africa preparing the outfit.
Ho will have charge of a number of
native porters, who, with necessary
ultimata, will be formed into a siuaII
eaiavan.
Mr. Roosevelt and his sons will kill
the big game, the skins and skeletons
if, w .Ush e p ;"ir.:ii ani! R:(pco I
! to the I'nlted States by other members
of the party. Kermit Roosevelt Is to
be the official photographer of the ex
pedition. :
J. Alden Loripg Is a field naturalist,
whose training comprises . service In
the depart-
.vell a 60" numerous collecting trips
through Lrltlsh AmeiUa, Mexico and
the United Htates.
No detailed Itinerary has been de
cided upon, but the general 'route will
be up the Uganda railway to Nairobi
and Lake Victoria Nyanza, a distance
of about 650 miles by rail, thence
crossing Into Uganda and finally pass
ing down the Nile to Cairo. Much of
the hunting will be done in British
East Africa, where the Uganda rail
road can b used as a base of supplies
and means of; ready transpoi tatlon.
At least one great mountain. poKslbly
Mount K'enla. will be visited.
Khartoum will be reached, If all
goes well, about April, 1910. The ex
pedition) may be expected to spend
about one year on African soli.
tors of the' Joseph Warehouse Co.
, .lis
ngni 10 reject any una ail bid rtw
served. Plans and specifications Cai
be seen at the office of Cavlnes -4
j Wurawrller, Joseph, Oregon, . .
Dated at Joseph, Oregon, March 19
1909.' ',
Board ot Directors of Joseph "Ware.
liotiHO Coiniuny,
ALBERT WURZWEILEft,
Secretary.
nicl Wanted. ,
Sealed bids will be received by the
board of directors of tha Joseph Ware
house Co., of Joseph. Oregon, up to
Saturday, March 20th, IS09, at 10 a.
m., for the construction of a ware
house at tho City of Joseph. Said
warehouse to be completed on or be
fore Tuesday, May 25, 1909. Bidders
to furnish a good and sufficient bond
to be approved by the board of direc-
DRILLING
There are several kinds
of drilling but the kind
the kind tat makes the
farm pay is the drilling
which makes water avail
able. - There is.no,,. need
of a dry farm. The task
is not so great - as you
ma think. I have had
years of experience and
understand the well busi
ness thoroughly.
ID.M. HUNT!
LA GBANDE, OREGON
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BUSINESS COLLEGE
WASHINGTON AND TENTH STREETS
PORTLAND, OREGON
URITP FOR CATALOG
P C The School that Placet You irijoodPosition
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W. H BRENHOLTS Ass't Cashier
GEOUGE PALMER. President
F. J. HOLMES. Vice Presidnnt C. S. WILLIAMS, 2d Ass't Cashier
F. L. MEYERS Cashier,.
La Orande National Bank
Of La Grande,. Oregon
CAPITAL AMD SURPLUS $170,000
UNITED
DEPOSITORY
DIRECTORS
J. M. Berry J. D. Matheson" F. J. Holmes P." M. Brykit
C. CPennirgton F. L. Meyers Geo. L. Cleaver ,
W. L. Brenholts George Palmer
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Accompanied
Bv
Tlie old feed barn owned by Mr.
Hardly wilt also be changed and (re- the Moloitieal survey .of
pairel considerably, all adding to the mvnt of agriculture end In the Bronx
attractiveness and thrift of Itnbler.Zooloslcal " park. New York city, as
STEWARD'S OPERA HOUSE
Event of the Season
MONDAY, MARCH 22nd
ENGAGEMENT OF THE DISIINGUISHED ACTOR
MR. CHARLES B. HA N FORD
Miss Marie Drofnah
IN A BRILLIANT SCENIC PRODUCTION OF
"The Merchant of Venice"
MR. HANF0RD as "SHYLOCK"
MISS DROFNAH as "PORTIA"
And a Company of Thirty
Seats on Sale Saturday Morning, March- 20. . Prices:
.$1.50; $1 00; 75c; 50c