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ChasHug ot Wallowa is in the city
aiid will remain few aays.
Detective Woods of the O. R. & X.,
vcame In on the train this morning.
.J. 3. Thorson of Elgin, arrived this
afternoon for a business visit
Mr. .Mc Beth of Elgin. 1b a business
riBltor here this afternoon.
Mrs. George Parkeh was down from
Kamela this morning.
F. B. Boyd the Enterprise citizen of
considerable repute, is here this af
, ternoon.
y- The musical features of the morn
. Ing services, and the . program last
evening follow: '
Mrs. J. Gardner and her sister. Miss
Rachel Turner, spent Sunday in Baker
City returning last evening.'
Mrs. Garrit Oldenburg Returned last
evening from Baker City, where sha
spent a week with friends.
Perry Oliver who is experting Baker
county books, after spending Sunday
In the city returned to Baker this
morning.
William Morrison the North Pow
der druggist came down to take in the
' carnival Saturday, returned home this
morning.
The Romig twins, who have been,
playing in the vaiiwm nnil.no , r.
the past week went to Baker City this
morning. " '
Frank Bay and E. W. Rumble spent
Sunday in Elgin. They made the trip
In the Bolton-Bodmer high-wheeled
auto.
Machinist William IClbley took en
gine No. "62 to Album Saturday night
for a general overhauling,
ad mothers day.
Judge W. T. Slater, of the state su
preme court, is in the-city 'today ar
the guest of his brother. -Attorney J.
D. Slater.
. V. O. Couch (if Island City returned
this morning fioin a wanness trip to
Portl. id ami other Willamette val
ley points.
Dr. Al. K. Hall's prize winning Togs
returned from Portland this morning,
where they took the blue ribbon H
the present dog show.
Mr. Zimmerman' the anti-saloon
league division superintendent, ar
. rived this afternoon fhom a campaign
carried on in Wallowa county.
Chas Weugle who has been touring
the western portion of the state fo'i
the past six weeks returned this morn-
ing. He was down in Curry county a
. portion of the time.
D, Fitzgerald, proprietor of the La
Grande Iron Works left this morning
for Enterprise, to look over some ivos-,
' pective work. He expects to return
tomorrow.
. C. M, Humphrey left on his second
trip to Spirit Lake, Idaho, Saturday
. night. This time he will probably re
main, having secured a position ts
railroad engineer. ,
Mrs. Henry RInehart of Su'mmer:
ville, who is grand conductress for
the Eastern Star in Oregon, spent
Saturday in the city assisting with
the public dinner. Her assistance
was greatly appreciated by all.
Mrs. O. F. Coolidge, who was ojwra
ted upon at the Grande Ronde h s
pital last Saturday, JsreBting very
satisfactorily today. The operation
was performed by Dr. Richardson.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Green returned
today from Gooding. Idaho, near Twin
Falls, where they. proved up on a val
uable claim under the Carey act. They
have been gone five weeks and come
back tired of the shanty life.
R. B. Strause of Stouchburg, Penns
ylvania, has reached here to assume
the duties of a stenoghapher in the
land office. He was detailed here by
the civil service commission.
The first man to file an application
for a homestead or 320 acres under
... the new act, Is Charles A. Owen, of
Holman. Oregon, who today appeared
in the local land office for that purpose.
MULES
.The $1.00 bottle contains
2i . times as much as the
. 50 cent size.
FOR ALL KIDNEY BLADDER
TROUBLE, RHEUMATISM
AND LUMBAGO .
""" A dose at bed time usu
Ltfr ally relieves the most
severe case before morning.
BACK-ACHE
JOHN Wi KENNEDY L CO.
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Mesdames John Clarke. J. E. Reyn
olds. Ed Wnght and Albert Hunter
will entertain at 500 next Wednesday
afternoon at 1603 1-2 Adams avenuS
ic honor of Mr. J. M. Berry, who
leaves for Portland to reside perman
ently. The Lambda PM Alpha club will
meet tonight at the' home of Mr. Roy
Funk. 1301 N avroue. All members
are requested to be present. .
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Mrs. J. W. Xpowles will entertain
the Current TopVtlub next Wednes
day afternoOnfpfThis week.
Sam Carlton Ilewrew Comedian at The- j
Scenic.
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Premature Explosion.
', FREDERICKSBURG. Ohio. May 1.0.
Two men were kitted and three fa
tally hurt in an explosion of dynamite
here toc'ay. . It is supposed the djna
mite at the mouth of a coal mine,
while the men were trying to thaw it.
V : CITATIO.X,
In the County Court of Union County,
State of Oif gon.
In the matter of the guardianship
of Maggie Given whose true name id !
Marparet Given, an insane person.
Now at this time this cause came
on for hearing upon the aplication
of S. L. Given, guardian of Maggie
Given, whose correct name 1s Mar
garet Given for an order authorizing
him as such guardian to sell, the
following described land belonging to
Baid Margaret Given, his said ward,
to wit $.11 of the Northeast quarter
of Northwest quarter section Thirty
Township Four South of Range Forty
E. W. M. in Union County Oregon
excepting that portion thereof here
tofore conveyed to Minnie OBtrander
by W..B-. Beidleman and Clara Beidle
man on May 24, 1SS9 and described
as follows to wit; Commencing at
the Southwest corner of the N. E. V,
of N.-W, i of Sec. 30 Twp. 4.S.R.40
E. AV. M, and running thence East
fifty four rods ..:id six links, thence
North fifty nine rods' and three links,
thence west fifty four rods and six
links and thence South' fifty nine rod
and three links to place of beginning,
with the water right owned and used
in connection with the said land of
said Margaret Given described as an
undivided one eigth interest in what
is known and described as the Pres-
cott Ditch, and more particularly de
scribed in the muniments of title of
said Magaret Given to said lands; it
appearing that the sole next kin of
said ward and only persons Inter
ested in said lands are Alfred Given,
John F Given, William A. Given and
S. L. Given, It is therefore ordered
that said Margaret Given and all
above named next of. kin of said Mar
garet Given and all others interested
in said lands are hereby cited to Hp
pear in this Court on Tuesday the 4th,
day of May A. D. 1909 at the County
Court house in La Grande, Oregon
at Two o'clock P. M. to show cause
If any they have why an order shall
not be made authorizing said guar
dian to sell the above described lands
of said ward for the purpose of rais
ing funds . for tbe support of said
ward. .
It is further ordered that a copy
of this order be published once each
week for three successive weeks in
the La Grande Weekly Observer, a
newspaper published at La Grande,
Union County, Oregon, and circula
ting in said County and State.
In witness whereof I have hereun
to set my hand and caused the seal
o fthe County Court of Union County,
Oregon to be ' hereon to affixed by
the clerk of said Court on this Cth
day of April, A. D. 1909.
W-4-S-4-29 Attest J. C. HENRY.
County Judge ot Union County
Oregon.,
.."- ED. WRIGHT.
County Clerk, end ex-officio Clerk
of te County Court of Union County,
; Oregon.- -
STRAYED OR STOLEN Black poney
V Billy" branded V on left hip.. and
H on right shoulder, white hind
foot. Was last seen near Eichen-
berger place on Ladd Hill about
March 25. Information received cad
rewarded. -
HILDA ANTHONY,
STORE TOR RENT.
Store room on Elm st. now occu
pied by the L. C. Smith garage will
be for rent on or before June 1st. It
quire of A. C. Huntington, phone Red
Want ads find things.
t Merchants! Save I
$10,000
In 1907 the Merchants
of Oregon saved over
$i0,000 by carrying a part
of their Insurance in their
own company, the Oregon
Merchants Mutual Fire As
surance Association, of
Dayton, Oregon. In 1903
they will save $15,000.
During the same period
ineir neighbors were nana-
ing over $1,500,000 in t
profits to outside companies t
t In the Oregon Merchants
Mutual you get: t
INSURANCE AT COST . t
t A LIMIT TO YOUR LIABlb
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PROMPTSmLtmNTOF t
i LOSSES I
J. IV. OLIVER, Agent
. PUBLIC LAXD S.4LK.
Department of The Interior. ,
U. S. LAND OFFICE at La Grande,
Oregon. April 27th. 1909.
Notice is hereby given that, as di
rected by the Commissioner of the
General Laud Office, under provisions
of Act of Congress approved June 27,
IJM (34 Stats.. .517), we will offer at
public sale, to the highest bidder, at
10 o'clock 'a. m., on the loth day of
June. 1909, at this office, the following-
A.miniv
TK School that Flacet
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THE
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will be in their large and
commodious new quarters
in a few days.
IN
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however, they are prepared
to take care of all business
in their line.
described land:
: SE4 NWi. NEV SW4' and SW4
' SEfc Section 32, T. 3. S. R. 35 E. W.'M.
Serial No. 01785.
Any persons claiming adversely the
above-described land are advised to
file their claims, or objections, on or
before the time designated for sale.
Dr. IV. D. McMillan
Painless Denisfry
La Grande National Bank Bldg
Both Phones
THE; 'SCENIC
' PANTAGES CIRCUIT. "
La Grande's Foremost Taude.
4 Tllle Theatre. '
' Depot Street
; tS. A. GARDIXER, Manager.
Week beginning May 10.
The Llnolles, , in the comedy
sketch entitiled. "The Silent
Partner" for three nights, and
finishing the week with "The
Adventuress."
Sam Carlton, the Hebrew co
median.
Master Charles Herman, sing-
ing and dancing. :
Matinee. Tuesday, Thursday
j ., auuub, uiaunee:
10c: Children, undnr 19. nam
, 5c. Evening prices, 10 and 15c. f
PASTIME THEATRE
HAKUIS FKEM'lf. v
Proprietor and Manager.
" ' . . Program '
v Three ippI3 or latest moving
." pictures.
,. Marguerite. The Great, in won-
derful feats of, hand bul-
, Utidng. ..
v Adnftsion 5 and 10 cents.
-, .. Change of program Monday, J
Wodneda.y, Friday and Satur-
i day. Matinee: Monday, Wed- I
,.. nesday and aSturday. . Doors f,
open at 2:0 p. m. Evenings
r . performance r.t 7 o. m.
Change oi program Sunday,
'4 Wednesday and Friday. ; Mati- ?
T nee: Monday. Wednesday and $
Z Saturday.
1 llll.l.. SiftA. n ft. or
Z V m. Evening
at 7 p. m.
performances
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BUSINESS COLLEGE
WASHINGTON AND TENTH STREETS
PORTLAND, OREGON
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GEORGE PALMER, President W. H. BRENHOLTS As t Cahir
F. .1. HOLMES. Vict President C. S. WILLIAMS. 2d Ast'tCathi.r ;
F. L. MEYERS . Cashier
La Orande National Bank
Of La Grande, Oregon
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. $170,000
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
DIRECTORS
M. Btrry J. D. Matheson F. J. Holmes : F. M. Brykit
. C. C. Pennington F. L. Mayers Geo. L Cleavtr
, W. L Bunholts .George Palmer '
IDAHO CAREY ACT LAUD
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The Idaho Irrigation Co. Ltd.
Offers 20,000 acres a! $35 per acre, ad
ioining the Twin Falls Tract, basiest kind
of terms. Land now open for entry.
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