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EYENUt. KSEJUEUvLA Vl.y i.i.M3. AY, Zr;Z31 " 109. m 1 , Will be Held in Spokane, Washington This aijp'c show is a world wide event oi th great est importance to the Pacific Northwest and in order to !jKjo".:ifitre ou one to atend the Oregon Ifcui road and Navigstion Company will make a spcvi;l rouLd trip rate of . - i , " " - -) - ,"-J 7 i ": f ONE AND ONE THIRD FARE THE SECOND ONNUAL. . From nil points on its lines in . . .,.;.. OREGON, WASHINGTON AND IDAHO Tickets will be on sale at all stations west of The Dalies, NoArember 14 and 15, and from all stations east of The Dalles, November 14 to 19, inclusive. Final return limit November 22, 1909. $25,000 IN PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN AWAY. . . GRAND DISPLAY, INSTRUCTIVE LECT URES AND AN INTERESTING PRO- . wiMiiuuiJuitji xjr. a isuxvxnur XXIJU -;'. v-v show. .. r': : For further information call on any 0. R. & N. agent ev mi ' . i''l8i TOLLIAM McMURRAY, ; ' ; General Passenger Agent, Portland, Ore. DRUM SPEAKS PLAIN OUTLINES HIS THEORIES OX SIS AND DRUNKENNESS. Former "Boose Fighter" Pictures the Causes and Care. I too bashful to ask a girl to dance un til some cf bis friends put "sand la bis craw." This operation, he Bald, con clsted In taking a swig or two out of a bottle. "After that I would have asked Queen Victoria to dance the first Bt with me if she had been present," be continued. - fT TV :.a!,0li:5' f ..! i . "More People" Pass the word to your relatives and friends to come now. LOW COLONIST RATES To Oregon will prevail from the EaBt September 15 to October 15, via the , Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co and Southern Pacific ; (LINES IN OREGON); ; From Chicago . .'..'. .SSSJM From St Louis l.0' From Omaha , From St Paul ................ ISM From Kansas Cltf ,. 25.00 : Deposit the amount of the fare with the nearest O. R. & N.' or , Agent and ticket will be delivered In the East without Extr cost Send us the name and address of any one Interested in the State for Oregon literature. WM. MeMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, 1 ,. PORTLAND, ORE. , Daily Observer, 65c per Month 1 ;' in Vi. -vr. ' J .r liking t1' rol,lt " ' 'WW ...... .1 (I..,,. ...... Olympic flour." f Mother. if Alwnv ioidt U(ou Olympic . pure, whiileaume. elv:ku and nutri i tloiin mule of elected North- western wheat- It's) "better than ever." i-SS3$ Trensorer's Call For Cltyq IVarranls. Notice Is hereby given that there are fund son hand to pay all outstanding city warrants Issued on General Fund of La Grande City, up to and Including No. 7340, endorsed April 24, 'OS Interest on all warrants on General Fund from No. 7180 to No. 7310 in clusive, ceases from this dat. La Grande, Oregon, Nov. 10. 1909 It W.LOGAN. City Treasujcr. AT YOUR GROCER'S The Little Shop Main St. Stamping of all kinds, lnclud I inn shirt waists tt Center pieces, V done, embroidery lessens given. Orders taken and lesson given In stenciling, roll line of em- brotdery materials. ASTHMA REMEDY. Gives prmpt and positive relief In every cane. Sold by druggists, price $1.00. Trial package by mail 10 cents William's Mff rVv Pmn n.Hl.nit Portlananouringiinuco. Dayton, WMh.;0b)a T Hm "Drummer Billy Williams at the Meth odiBt church last evening held a fair sized audience spellbound with a line of logic which is seldom heard from a pulpit. "Drummer" has been in East ern Oregon preaching for some time, and his addreBa here last evening is but one of the many which he haB. In the beginlnng of his lecture Mr. Williams told how he had inherited his taste for liquor from hia mother who was not a drunkard, but being an English woman had retained the Eng lish custom of an occasional use of liquor known as half and half on the table. However, he Bald, that his father tcii, mm was never drunk. "He never came into a saloon except when he came after me." , Mr. Williams then told of his first step downward. When a boy about 12 he got drunk on some current wine which was kept in the family pantry. After this his mother -would not keep any thing in the house of that kind. Shortly after the incident that he men tions, his mother was converted. Drankenaess a Disease. In speaking of the liquor habit, Mr. Williams Bald that drunkenness was a disease. "This is not a wild assertion on this subject," be continued. "The appetite is not in the palate. It is a craving in the nerve cells which are in the lining of the stomach. There is a time in the stages of a drunkari t career when a drink is a necessity." As an illustration of this statement Mr. Williams cited an instance which occurred Just after the San Francisco earthquake. He said that the San Francisco Chronicle of the time told that forty refugees who were quarter ed In the parks went Insane and were taken from the parka to the asylums. "The saloons and places where they could get drink and drugs had been burned down and they went crazy for the want of it. You have no more right to put a drunkard on the rock pile,' he continued, "than you have a con sumptive or a typhoid fever patient on the rock pile. Better put the "Presby terians and the Baptists and the Meth odists there who foster bllng pigs and boot leggers in La Grande.'' Consider able applause followed this suggestion. , Sin an Inheritance , ' "Sin runs In the blood, but grace oesnt I know why I am bald headed," he Bald, referring to his past life and also to his beardless scalp. "It is a lie born of the devil that the man jwho sows his wild oats will make a better man than one who doesn't. It is the theology of hell that the man who founds, and sees the elephant will make the best man. A man who has never stepped across the threshold of a house of ill fame will make a better citizen than he who has. Drunk, but Nj Pill Fiend. v "I was drunk for six weeks in Kan sas City, but I never got low enough to smoke a cigarette," he said. He also went on' to say that no cigarette fiend would take the Keely cure as the pois on in the cigarette would counteract the Keely cure. He defined a cigarette fiend as a person who had smoked enough cigarettes to color his finger ends yellow. In speaking of this he said that he had never known a cigar ette fiend to be converted, or to pray or to shed a tear. He then told of crying drunkards who would both cry and pray while drunk. After discussing the liquor habit at some length he then attacked the Sun day base ball games. Discusses Baseball. "I like a good, clean game of base ball," he said. "When a man gets to be a baseball enthusiast the. years don't take it out of him. There is no harm in baseball, but there is harm in Sunday games. The associations of the Sunday games are bad, awfully bad. damnably bad. It's making us lose the sanclty of the Sabbath, we are knock ing out the prop from under us that makes this nation what it is." Then he took a shot at dancing. He referred to it as simply hugging to mu sic He described the first country dance that he ever attended. He did not know much about dancing and was FEW CLAIMS -.Mir ARE OUGHT GREAT DEPRECIATION IX X UMBER OF APPLICATIONS. Report Compiled by Land Office Shown Large Decrease. Register F. C. Bramwell and Re ceiver C. R. Eberhard and the cler ical force of the United States Land office have just finished compiling their monthly reports and as com pared with the corresponding period of last year the amount of fees and commissions for the current month, last year were $191R.R4 n tn year $2209.28, for the present month. . During the month there were 165 final proofs, 40 relinquishments, 76 homestead applications, 11 desert ap plications, 12 timber and stone appli cations, 12 final proof homestead en tries and 12 final desert proofs." ' " , An Indication as to 'how closely good tracts of land are being watched, there are now pending 168 conteBt cases, of which 101 have been initiated by the government and 67 by individ uals, of this number, however 13 are awaiting a decision by the local offi cers. The testimony has not been taken yet in the others. Last March there were 336 cases pending but by working overtime the officers have cleaned up the docket and this department like all others is up to date. , ' One of the radical changes in the land office ls the number of timber and Btone applications. Last month only 12 applications were made in the entire district which is a falling off of over 75 per cent. This has been brought about by a change in the sys tem, no definite price being fixed, it all depending upon the amount of timber by an agent of the government, and the taking out of the market thous ands of acres by forest reserve with Notice to Patrons. Subscribers not receiving their pa pers regularly or It It is not delivered as it should he, will confer a great fa vor by notifying the office. Unless you dp so we have no knowledge hut what the delivery service is satisfactory. The time of the year is new here when proper delivery is essential. No sub scriber wants to dry out their paper, neither do we want them to. If the paper is delivered properly it is not necessary. SWaSESSJEffiBW I CANADIAN PACIFIC Soo-Spokane Route National Apple Show Spokane NOVEMBER 15-20 THROUGH TICKETS TO ALL EASTERN POINTS APPLY. YIA THIS ROUTE WITHOUT AD DITI0NAL COST, PERMITT ING DAY'S STOP OYER. ; ELECTRIC LIGHTED TRAINS J DE LUXE From 0. R. N. Depot Spokane Dally !0 a. m. To St Paul, Chi Chicago and the East Details, Berths, Literature, ad dress Local Agents O. R. ft N. ' - - G. M. JACKSONi T.P.A. J. S. CARTER Gent Arent 14, WaH St Spokane, A GOOD RcGORL) Wehave conducted a laundry business in La Grande for many years There must a reason. A trial order will explain the mystery. ; ;. tt . d. C. Laundry PHONE MAIN 7 The Sum Total of Human -- - 4 is attained by the man who selects a place which la approved by his rflfe an 1 adaptable for his entire f amfl. , it live amidst auch condi tions, approximates about the keen est Joy imaginable, -"Where are satb conditions to be found in the rapidly growing " North west T 111 yon. Go to a J.. BLACK. He has large amount' ot property listed to choae from. Fruit rnns, Stock .Irtu,1 81; Beet " Fama. City Property, Grain Farms", Hay Far ms. Timber Lands, With or With teprrbtementa.; Prices right. Let me show yon. 1 , . , , - CI I. BLACK, Tfiel Real isae: iri Observer 1 ..W-i r The Best "Buy" In America FOR ME MAN WHO SEEKS CLOTHES YALUE IS' UN QUESTION AR1Y STEIN-BLOCH STUB! J.OT1I ING. WE ARE AGENTS IN THIS TOWN FOR THESE CLOTHES AND WE SEEK YOUR BEST INTERESTS AS WELL AS OUR OWN SO WE TELL YOU WHAT YOU HAYE BEAD ABOVE. THESE CLOTHES FIT THEY HAYE A STYLE AND CHARACTER THAT GIVE THEM THE ENTRANCE ALONE OF AMERICAN CLOTHES INTO LONDON AND ENGLAND . ..ALL YOU NEED TO DO ABUT IT IS T TRY ON THE CLOTHES. THEY FIT YOU BEFORE YOUR EYES. Special sale Saturday WS & Andre Berry. T i