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; Conductor J. T. Richardson spent
Sunday .with friends In Baker City.
Commercial Club Secretary W. J.
Church is home from a business trip
to Baker City.
There will be a union prayer meet
tag at the M. El church' to '-whichjhi
are cordially Invited.
Early this morning there were ()
registrations at the Recorder's of
fice for the coming city elections.
,Mr. and Mr R.W. Logan and
children Marjorie and Hugh left this
morning for Nyssa to be absent sev
eral days. :.' "; -.'
tars. L. Smiths the , milliner, left
this morning for Portland, . to buy
uer spring ana summer millinery
goods. ;
A. L. Roberts has the contract for
the building . of a concrete block
foundation for J. O. Snodgrass on the
corner of First and Washington.
Rev. and Mrs. S.. W. Seemann left
this morning for " Enterprise where
Dr. Seemann will assist in special
services fbr a few days. -
Mrs. Minnie Miller who has been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Campbell
for the past two weeks, returned to
her home in Milton this morning.
The services tomorrow, Ash Wed
nesday, In St. Peter's Church will
be at 16:30 a, m. and 7:30 p. m.
The offerings will be for the Lenten
expenses.'
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. , Jarker& who
'have been visiting with relative and
i friends In the East, stopped off to
visit a few days at the A. T.. Hill
home on their way to their hornet in
Newberg. :
On the belief that there will be as
pirants for city nominations, Re
corder Cox has prepared, a number
of blank petitions. The early -bird
catches the worm.
Mrs. I. W. Faulk, who underwent
-. an operation at the Grande Ronde
hospital yesterday afternoon, rallied
: nicely from the shock and her speedy
recovery is looked forward to.
F, A. Harmon, general' manager of
the Eastern Oregon Light and Power
company, with headquarters at Ba
ker City, is In La Grande today look
ing over local 'business' matters.
A telegram from Druggist A. T.
Hill, who has been on a visit to his
father in Illinois for the past sev
eral weeks,, states pat he expects
to reach La Grande tomorrow.
. Miss Dona Geddes left this morn
ing for Baker City where she' will
take lessons in china painting under
Mrs. George H. Small for a few
weeks. While In Baker Miss Geddes
will be the guest of her uncle and
aunt , -
, Rev. Frank Gray leaves tomorrow
for Elgin where for the next two
weeks he will assist In special ser
vices. Next Sunday morning Rev.
Barlow of Elgin will fill the Baptist
pulpit in this city and the following
Sunday morning Rev. Parker from
Portland will be here. . .
O SOCIETY
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Mrs. J. K. Wright surprised her
daughter Ethel last evening with a
merry little party of Intimate friends
the occasion being the young lady's
14th birthday. The guests first as
sembled at the home of Mrs. J. T.
Richardson and from there going In
a body to the Wright home on Penn.
Are. Among the Interesting games
and amusements was the Observation
contest In which Hiss Alice Hill re-
Dr. 17. D. UcUlllan
Painless Dentistry
U Grande National Bank Bldg.
BothlPhones
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ceived the prize, a beautiful sterling
suver spoon. The color scheme of
the, banquet table was pink and
white. The place cards were birth
day fortunes, .which caused much
merriment. . (V At a late hour the
retired to thjair respective
homes after, wishing their hostess
many happy returns of thd day. ; ..
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A call meeting of the Alphi Thela,
Club met last .evening with; MIb3
Ethel Wright V '
The Daughters of the Woods will
meet this evening with Miss Helen
Curjey at. her hone on Fourth St.
'The' Literature Department of the
Neighborhood Club meet this' after
noon t the club jrooma. The study
of Act I. of "Hamlet". A very in-
, . r 4 m .UAftUtSf
the able leadership, of Mrs. Stella
Ingle. ".
The three divisions jf the Ladles
Aid Society of the Methodist church
will meet with Mrs. W. W. Klnzie
tomorrow afternoon for transacting
business. : ; :
Do not forget the tea to.be given
by the ladies of the Presbyterian
church tomorrow afternoon Vat the
home of Mrs. Turner Ollvef on 4th
St. A cordial Invitation is extended
to all. Hours from two to five. v.
The Inter Nos dancing' club give's
its fourth and last party tonight at
the Elk's Hall. The music starts'
promptly at 9 o'clock.' "
Miss Irene Murphy entertained the
Le Jaunesse vclub last evening.
The Ladies Aid of the Baptist
Church will meet tomorrow after
noon at the home of Mrs. C. E. Hap
persett. Prof, and Mrs. J. D. Stuot enter
tained at their home at. the corner
of Sixth and P. Streets, in honor of
the debating teams of the high
school over the recent dual victo
ries. Light refreshments supple
mented the social festivities of the
evening. Those present were Messrs
Joe Ingle, Arlo Meyers Will Hamil
ton, George Currey, JrMnd Roy Cur
rey. Sickness prevented, the attend
ance of the sixth meinWr' of the
teams, George Kerr. Other guests
were Misses Runa Bacon, Lillian Ba
ker, Olive Massee, Evangeline Hume
and Kathleen Thomas. j " , -
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IF POSSIBLE LAND OFFICE LIE
CP TO BE AVOIDED.
With enimissarles here to watch de
relopments thing warm up.
-Notwithstanding that no lineup has
occured at the land office up to date,
there are nevertheless several per
sons .In La Grande whose alleged
object Is to keep in touch with af
fairs at the land office door. The
Umatilla project will . open at nine
o'clock Thursday morning and Judg
ing from the number of personal In
quiries there will be from 30 to 40
applicants for each of the 62 home
steads available. A land lineup was
anticipated, and If It can be avoided,
is the rumor(-none will be attempt
ed. Emmlssaries said to be here
now, will be ready for any turn that
may occur, and should one start, will
be quick to seize advantage.
AGENTS HERE
TO JOIN IN
OFFICE LINE
Prescriptions and Family Recipes
Are Accurately and Carefully Compounded at
JURORS ASK
OXE UERMASN JUROR WASTS TO
- KAOW WHY SILVER
Evidence of Harvey Scott abont free
' sIlTCf paulea Juror
Portland, Feb. . Albertua H.
Aletcalf, a juror in the Blnger Her
mann tral got into action again this
morning and helped to shorten the
agony of the Hermann trial which
bail haen nn1trA hw htmni o. ki
11 companions for more than four
weeks. ' ''
"1 would like to ask a question,
if permitted." Count told him to ask
what he wanted to. "1 would like
to know" he asked, "what reference
the silver question has to the con
spiracy to create the Blue Mountain
Reserve?" While the court explain
ed the reference, Heney brought the
examination of Harvey Scott to an
abrupt close. Scott had been called
for furt'aer examination. :
He had been put on the stand In
the first Instance a3 a character wit
ness and Heney had drawn a long
list of editorials he had written as
sailing Hermann for his - political
acts.' ' " '" " ' '
End Bank Troubles
Manila, P.f I. Feb. 8. At a meet
ing today of the ctockholders of the
Spanish-Filipino Bank, in which
there have beep Borne strong faction
al controversaries recently, elected
John S, Hord president of the Insti
tution. Mr. Hord was formerly col
lector of Internal revenue and is
now managing' director of the Ori
ental Products Company.
Archbishop Harty and the religious
order control ' thevstock of the
bank. ' ' ' -" .' '
Sl'OPE NURSE
STARTLE JURY
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 8. A, vivid
description of the death of Colonel
Thomas H. Swope, the capitalist In
whose stomach traces of strychnine
was found, was given on the witness
stand by Miss Pearl Kellar, the unrse
pi the Colonel, at the Inquest Miss
Kellar said on the. day that Swope
died Dr. B. C. Hyde brought him a
capsule which he said would aid di
gestion. Twenty minutes later he
was seized by convulsions and soon
afterwards died, the nurse testified.
THEEYE IMPORTANT
TU area la me of tie Boat Import
ant ami 4elicate Mrt o ftaa koto.
"Sight la Pricolesar. Glasses should
not bo worn waera no error of refrao
Uon exists, but where an error does
exist they shoeJd be nt em as soar
aa posJble aad won constantly until
the defect la care. Wearing Uaaasea
once does not signify that their will
always be worn, Yon can at aaj time
(Before the defect la eared) go hack
to the poorer virion If 70a no testr
The vision wOl not he poorer than tt
was before the glasses were worm, be
wsi he aere ncaee&ia aa neean
havmg fetsa acert ia Is better vfc
smb. I hare nuio a aayetal staty
the eyes ana hats been Cttng giasaat
lor foaneea 7aam Ask aayssta ttjn
I have tl d f r nnes sa be i
ahCttr, than gtro me trd -
eonvlneec. AH work aaraaaeot
B. W. C37RT.
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Dr. Kendelieha deep carrfr leies
h wider field, cleareo' tlUn,
greater comfort and tayveved
appearaace
Permanently located U05 Adams ave. OpposifelfheP. 0.
' ; . Br. Mendelsohn' has been located . here seven
, months and during this Deriod has collected .
a i Nearl v 1 1500 patients, 130 children, can truthfully
' say that I have suceeded in doing better work and
more work than any one man ever done in Union
'Count v. This proves that I have conducted mv prac
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vvno want ine trutn. m v ousiness is on a square
- - deal to everybody. I rarelv hear complaints and am
alwavs readv and willing to correct any error that .
I make ' -: .: ,V'V. l':0-: .r r,
MY 29 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE PRACTICE.:
OF OPTICS IS F ITSELF A VALUABLE ASSET
If our eyes trouble vou see me. I believe my ex
tensive experience and skill together with my hon
' sty and sincerity of purpose, I can give you a guar- -antee
of truthfulness and satisfaction. I refer you to '
vour neighbor, to vourphvsician, who have knowni
ine for the past 16 years and I am endorsed by the
most prominent ocultist of Portland.
The entire problem lies in these three words:
"Rightly Fitted Lenses"
Tour Case Will not Puzzle Doctor Mendelsohn
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atyles tnat are autkor
ltative, patterns tnat are
novel, exclusive and dis
tinctive, tailoring of sur
passing excellence -all from
Ed. V. Pr ice s. Co.
CHANT TAILOSl CKICAQI
NowLere else in tLe
community will you see
uct an elegant assortment
of fairies, or sucL complete
ralue for tne money. Let
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prove our claims. Today.
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