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mulshed Every tYldny Morning.
GEOEGE H. CCHKEY.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
United Prett Telegraph Service.
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Billy, per month 65c
Dally, tlx month la advance.... $3.50
Dally, one year la advance $6.50
Weekly, six months in advance... 7Ec
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Entered at the postoffice at La Grande
M eoood-eiaas matter.
' Tola paer will Bet publish any
Article appearUs ever a aeaa de
June. Sighed artioiea.wlU he re
ceived subject te the diacreWea ef the
'editor. Pleaae aia year arWetea aad
aave AJsaftpatataaeat
AdrertMag Bate.
pispiay ad. rates rurmiahed npe -folcatleo.
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Local readlaf aetice lie er lie
ret ansertiea; io per liae fer eaoh
wubeegment tnserHs.
BeedlaUra ef eeadoleoce, Sc a liae.
Carta of thaaflca. Sc liae. . .
A aaaa fell over backward! in lean
lag back trying to aee the top of the
Vn foot fir tree flag ;m!j wn'le s-Mm.'-
Wortd'e Fair.
Aa orchestra of fifty pieces is com
4Meed in the Orchestrion which gives
Aafly concerts .in the German section
f the Foreign building at the Alaska-Yakon-PacMc
Exposition at Seattle.
wise. There' are two new 'organiza
tions in this city and eouaty whose
interests are mutual and should work
in perfect harmony. Do work in har
mony to a much greater extent than
those who fiave not given the matter
serious consideration realize.
We refer to the Merchants Protective
Association of this city and the Far
mers Union. It Is to the natural in
terest of the merchants to see that
the farmer gets the highest nrirpa
possible for bis produce and find mar
kets for him. ' It is to the interest of
the farmer to patronize and help build
up the city which naturally Increases
their home market Both . interests
are now organized and should occas
ionally hold Joint meetings where
matters of interest could be discussed
and closer relations maintained. ;
In the matter of grand Juries Judge
Knowles baa adopted a system that
will certainly meet the appropriation
of the tax payer as well aa litigants.
The old way was upon the open tog
ofthe court tod raw the grand Jury
and the first few days of court all
criminal work was at a standstill. The
District Attorney was more than busy.
Lnder the system of having the grand
Jury meet the week, before court be
gins, relieves all of the high pres
sure and delay, wheh means expense.
Again the grand Jury can be recalled
at any time between court sessions.1
thus providing for further reduction
in expense .when a orlsonor i)ro
to plead gulty and begin serving his
sentence and not ' be compelled to
wait weeks in the county Jail waiting
court to be in session.
. One entire day may be spent by the
visitor in "doing" free moving picture
Bhows, so numerous are they, in the
landings at the World's Fair a,t Se
Me. , , ;
The allurement of Niagara Falls for
aeopl to Jump over the guard rails is
well known. The beauty of the Cas
cades at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Ex
position with its myriad colored
' tights, had the same effect on a man
at the fair opening. He Jumped in but
was quickly fished out by the guards.
Five girls from Frankfort Arsenal,
Philadelphia, demonstrate the manu
facture of small arm cartridges with
"aetaal machinery in operation at the
Oovernment building at the Alaska-Ynkon-Paclfic
Exposition at Seattle.
A monster sheep with a ton of fleece
ea its back is one of the curiosities
fat the Oregon building at the Seattle
World's Fair. ; The fleece was taken
iroin many sheep, one in each county
: ef Uie state and Is on a wooden model
, aa a display of the 'industry.
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Bxploslon of a submarine mine in
1 Paget Sound wrecked a ship, In mini
ature In the 30 foot tank in the Gov
' eminent' building at the Alaska-Yui
lum-Parlflc Exposition at Seattle.
Hourly demonstrations are gtven by
experts to show the results of this
sort of defense. ;
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A new construction was given the
Hepburn railway rate act by the court
la several decisions notably that in
. hhe so-called "commodities clause"
litigation, wherein the court of last
resort, although reversing the. lower
Irlbunul's decisions that the clause,
was unconstitutional, as to practically
nullify the obvious intent with which
It was enacted by Congress.
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During the past term, several note
worthy cases were disposed of by the
Court. Some of these will go down
In history because of their importance
notably the famous $29,000,000 Stan
dard Oil case, decided adversely to
the Government by refusal of the Su
prerae Court to review the decision of
the Circuit Court of Appeals which
had held against the fine.
Of the 908 cases docketed with the
Supreme Court of the United States
during the session which closed last
week, 578 still remain unacted upon.
From the opening of the term, early in
October, to the last decision day, 430
cases were decided by the court, a
number of them having been left
over from last year. Not.Blnce the
passage of the Act of March 3, 1901
cresting Circuit Courts of Appeal for
the particular purpose of diminishing
, the work of the country's highest trib
una!, have there been so many cases
brought to the Court for decision or
review, -
otlce te Contractors..
Notice is hereby given, that sealed
bids will be received at the office of
the City Recorder up to 6 o'clock p.
m. on Wednesday, June 2nd, 1909,
for the construction of 1653 square
feet of cement sidewalk at the Court
House. All works to be done accord
ing to the plans and specifications
which may been Been at the City
Recorder's office. A certified check
for 10 per " cent of the amount must
accompany each bid. The committee
reserves the r!ght to reject uaj and
alt bids.
La Grande, Oregon, May 24th. 190fr.
I GEORGE KREIGEIl,
Chairman ways and means ?ouu"Iuee.
An Ideal Coiiu Medicine. ,
"As an Heal cough medicine' I re
gard Chamberlain's Cough Remedy In
class by itself," says Drr. R. A. Wtlt-
hlre, of G wynne vllle. Ind. "I take
,-ieat pleasure in testifying to the re
mits of Chamberlain's Cough medi-
ine. In fact. I kaow of " no other
reparation that meets so fully tru
xpectation of the most exacting In
oses of croup una coughs of children
wttftiwa, a eertauux aukee uu
are, pleasant and efficacious remedy
or the ills it U intended." For sale by
II good dealers.
cFACIOTADES
GASOLINE ENGINE
Turnips Water, Knna
iAiirer, Separator,
Vhirt - Keod, Me.
(Jt 'INK J'A1RBNK9 -HI IU-.; Wri.uMlLLS
bv,.MBM, M0or,OM...Bfcj(t1i..i ,.t- ifu ia 7!o;int
;nnnM.rMauBMpira,w.MrtniI).i' ".Vli,lt " ,i
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t. ., ail.
If You Own Any Farm
land, or know anybody who
does, you ought to get in touch
with the steps farmers in all
parts of the country are taking
to protect themselves from some
of the commission men who
have been robbing them almost
ever since they were boys.
If you ioitt turn anjy tut want
tbi kit ibort storiti frinttd this
' mtnth) get the
JUNE EVERYBODY'S
The Little Shop
Main St.
j. 14LUIU5 Ul (111 IWI1US, IUCIUU- (
.
? lng shirt waists Center pieces, 5
douo, embroidery lessons given.
I Orders taken and lessons given
This la the age of organization and
through organization much la ac
conplis!i"d t'int could not 'bf oth?r
In stenciling. Full line of em
i brolderT materials v
j NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
. U. S. Land Office at La Granle. Or.,
May S, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that
KYLE CHARLTON,
of Kamela. Oregon, who, on June 24,
1903, made Homestead Entry No.
13067-Serlal, No. 03975, for WVa s'wVi.
NEVi SWK, NW SE, Section 33,
Township I South, Range 36 East,
Willamette Meridian', has filed notice
of intention to make final five year
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described before ' the Register
and Receiver, U. a Land Office, at La
Grande, Oregon oa the 22ad day of
June, 1909. ' ' . ;' .
Claimants names as witnesses:
Ozto Hunt. ' . r -
II. K. Charltoa. ' '
John S. Gray heal. '. k " v
James L. Walker, all f Kaiaela, Ore-
oa. . '... ' .
F. Q. BRAMWELL,
' Register.
SALES TEOPLE WANTED. '
Twenty-five experienced sales peo
ple wanted at the Fair store Wednes
day morning.
LOST Brown leather coin purse, con
ing small amount of silver. Finder
please call phone Red 1022. (6-9-2t)
WANTED TO RENT Modern ' house
about t rooms. Phone Black 1211.
(J-9-11)
N0TICB FOR. P7LICATl6N.v
Department ef the Iaterior,
V. 6. Land Ofiee at La Graade Or.,
May 3, 1909.
Notice Is hereby gives that
JV NATHAN FAKRELL, '
Of H II card flrmn . --
1902, made Homestead Entry No.
11391-Serlal, No. 03641. for SE4, Sec
tion 6, Township 3 South, Range 36
East. Willamette Meridian,' has filed
notice of intention to make final five
year proof, to establish' claim tc the
land above described, before the
Register and Receiver, V. 8. Land
Office, at La Grande, Oregon, on the
2 1st day of June, 1909. i
Claimants names as witnesses: ' .
Nels Holverson, of Hllgard, Oregon.
William Lowe, of Hllgard, Oregon.
Earl Rugg, of Pendleton, Oregon. :
Mnk Lynd, of Pendleton, Orgeon. '
, ' F. C BRAMWELL,
, j Register.
1000 TELEPHONES. '
As we are about to issue a new tele
phone directory we would like to re
ceive the names of any parties who
are contemplating installing a tele
phone. This directory will contain
the names of over ONB THOUSAND
SUBSCRIBERS, AND WHY NOT
YOURS? ' ,
Home laseeeadeat Telephone 9em-P"f.
A PlcaBl Ptaysio.
I Hi wmam 1 ;: i
PM apple I
UNDER THE
Preferred Stock Label
SSc Per Gaii V
if yo Like Pineapple, try this. Yob hare seen it
' adrertised.
f. City Grocery and Bahery,
Whea yon want a pleasant phyaic
give Chamberlain's Stomach aad Uvet
TableU a trlaL The yare- mild aad
geoUe to their action aad always pro
duce a pleataat cathartic effect Cll
On aeeount of the lloae Festival the
0. R. A N. makes a rate round trip
of $12.15, La Grande to Portland.
Dates of sale June f tlx and 9th. Time
limit. June .14th. Extra coach and
standard sleeper on train No. 5, June
7th. Those wishing sleeper space
please 'phone ticket or freight office.
Rev. I. W. Williamson's Letter.
Rev. I. W. WilUamsoa. Hanting
ton. W. Ya, writes: 'This to certlfr
that I used Foley's Kidney Remedy
ror nervous exhaustion and kidney
trouble and am froe to say that it will
do all that you claim foh it." Foley's
Kidney Remedy has restored health
and strength to thousands of weak and
run down people.. Contains no harm
ful drugs and is pleasant to take. :
A. T. HILL, :
PASTIME THEATRE
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JOILNSON & BRCCE
Proprietors.
" WEEK OF JUNE 7. :
TATLOB STOCK CO.
f.:s ; .,: ; ' .
Tonight: : .
"Chick The Mountain Waif."
Satudray candy matinee, "A
Family Affair."
Saturday night, great mllltajy
drama.
Needles, Shutilea and Bobbins tor
use in A1J Makes of Sewing Machines.
Sewing
Machine
Supplies
. E.POLACK,Pip ; ;
5 ; Ctll Pttone Main 75 . Inaepentient 241 !
$2.G9.
$2.00.
ALL THE NEW STYLES.
We have a large line of new hand bags that we
are going to sell at one-half price and less. We
have displayed this line of bags on the big table in'
our store, and have marked them "Your. Choice for
Two Dollars." Whether or not you need one at
present, you cannot afford to miss this sale. Twenty
or more differtn kinds. Call and see them.
$2.(X). v ;$2.00.
HILL'S DKUQ iTORE
LA GRANDE OREGON
Gomplete equipment for resetting and repairing
rubber buggy tires. - v -s v
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor
. Complete Machine Shops and Foundry
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W. H. BOHNENKAMP Co.
nm. ii m. Dec
It thread! any needle Itself even In the dork. a
Most Tftluable of all attachments. t
No twIstlDf, biting orouuing thread,
HOUSE KEEPERS
ATTENTION!!
Do You Know
. Thot the '
ELEGTRIG IRON
x ' Furnishes the . 1
CHEAPEST andJBEST.
Method of Doing Domestic Ironing ?
. The Heat is Where You Need ItVou Owe it to
YOU ELF E
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GRANDE RONDE
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ELECTRIC CO.
SEASON OPENED AT
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ICECREAM and
SOFT eDRINKS
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lYm. MllLER, Wee Pres.. tf. . COOUDGE, Asst. Cash
I ADDING Nm ACCOUNTS
We are constantly adding new accounts and
our business is increasing at'a very satisfact
ory rate. Probably you might be glad and
join us. . . :
United States iVafona BanV !i
Of La Grande
N. K. West
. P. Staples'
C. T.. Bacon
DIRECTORS
Wm. Miller
W. f . Coolidge
T. J, Scroggin .
1. L Cavines
Frank Conley
A.T.Hill
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