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We have in a ficesh lot of
Queen Olives in bulk
Heinz bulk Sweet Mixed Pickles
" . " Sour Plain "
" ' Dill PicHeo
' " Chow Chow
." Bottled Goods
Fresh Vegatables every Week
Bread, Pies and Cakes.
to Eraser
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Our Want Ad Column
' Vout'want i placad before a thousand or mom want -Maker
, avery day Can you afford to spend ona cant par word of your
want ad whara raeulta ara tha keynotes?
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FOR SALE. Fire room houae, lot
; 7i z 110. on Cedar 8t between Mara
Washington. A bargain If taken
at nee. R, W. Lelghton, Phone Red
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1-23-t.
1GR SALE Pedigreed female Pitt
tall terrier. A snap at $10. Apply at
BaalAe- Express Office. ;
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' WQBL SALE Household furniture fjr
I &- ait a- sacrifice. Inquire 1603 7ta
stmt or phone Ind. 464.
rOK KENT.
30R RENT Nicely furnished rooms
tor gentleman. 1710 Second Street,
or phonos Red 1972 2-24-16.
JTOR RENT Four room dwelling at
1912 Adams. $10. Inquire at this
rife. ' ".' ' v 2-21-t6 '
WASTED.
WANTED To buy 10,000,000 feet
lumber. Will take mill cat dellv.
ed at La Grande or other Eaatei
Oregon points. W. R. Ktvette. Box 2o
WANTED--Comyetont woman d..
aires , position. nursing preferred
Call up Obresver for particulars.
2-11-1$. '
WANTED Girl for general housu
JirK. Inquire of MreA Charles
Cochran, corner of Second tnd Wash
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JN3R REST Nicely furnished room
tat Ftoeutk street, close In. Inquire
afc the Observer office. V
ICR. RENT Furnished , front room
flr geatetaa. close in. 1710 Fourth
ft Pbaa Red 152.
JfOR RENT FurnlHhod room for
housekeeping. Call Mrs, ZubeiN
i pen o.. Wednesday
x Oa Weduesray -venlng from f.iu
ff a'clnrk City Recorder D.. E. Cox
Ul kip the office open to giy-
Chose people Ifho work late In tits
evening a chance to register. Re
member. th replscrntln lmi, tni
a. March' 4. 2-21-24.
Help Wanted .
WANTED District managers, ag
ents and solicitors for new Wholv
Life and Ten Year 6 pr cent Deben
ture bond,'. also best natural deatl
and disability policy., No classifies
tion for occupation, m&i or sex. Good
pay. Mr. Meek, KC 2el BWk
Phila., Pa.. 2-19-20.
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ATTENTION Mrs. T. W. fng 1,.
ready to resume her dressmaking
Call at 2102 Second Straet or phon.
Red 3411. 2-21-28.
WAXTKD To borrow $1300 on goihl
real estate security .Address "h"'
Cnre Observer. .
PONT fall to examine the $1.00
i cjKalr brushes In our wlndow You
will svirprlsed at the quality. This
week only. NEWILN DRUG CO.
;: Millinery Opening
tailored hats will be eld at Mrs. L
Smith's millinery store Saturday,
February 26. 191).
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BCSSyS QAC.k LINK
t Beai ef serrlce- Day !
Nlbt flacka wuraiahi " tor
funerals and private partlos .
v Baggage transferred Day and
Stand at Panl'a Clar Stor
'Phone Red tl
NlpM 'Phone Mai I
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BROTHERS:
' RANTED A woman to stay even
' fflgs with two childrtn during the
tabernacle meetings. Phone Main
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Scrretary' Reynold wil send man to
Meadow Brook today
Yesterday afternoon Secretary . J.
E. Reynolds of the Grande Ronde
Irrigation Co., received a telephone
message from Starkey valley inform
ing that the water, in Meadow creek
was beginning to riae( . The1 company
has been taking measurements of
this stream for the past two months,
two readings daily, and now that the
watera are ralamg a man will be aent
there for the purpose of ascertaining
the flow of this stream during the
winter season. ,
The board of managers are of the
opinion that Meadow Creek will sup
ply sufficient water to fill the propos
ed reservoir without waiting for the
ttprlng freshet. For several weeks
1 tie board baa had a meter In readi
ness to, be sent to the creek when
the proper time came. This will be
l.laced In position this week. . . t
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v V , GRANGE ITEMS ;
-On Saturday, Feb. 26, in spite of a
lrlvlng snow storm, a housefull of
f rangers' . met at a regular meeting
of Riverside Grange No 406. Several
members froiq BlueMountaln Orange
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the day and assist in disposing of (he
fruits of their farms, served at noon
, Five applications for membershli
were presented and an lutrestlng pro
gram, was rendered by the lecturer.
Mrs. A. Blood. At the next regu
lar meeting on March 12, the bill now
pending In Congress . for changing
the sizes of afcple boxes will be dls
cussed and several prominent fiHiii
growers from the vicinity of U
Grande will be present
Chinook at Kamela
Kamela, Ore., Febt 28. It chlnook
'd hard here all day yesterday ant'
-ontlnued during the night. Abou'
'5 inches of snow dlsapperaded ir
that time, but the weather this morn
ng ( Is somewhat colder and snowr
1 lttle occasonally.. Unless the wee
ther again t rns to chlnooklng ihi
-crrespondent believes there will b-l
10 Immediate danger of floods fron
the Umatilla. ,
Kamela Weather Record. '
An accurate hecount of the dhow
'nd rainfall at Kamela " Is kept b
X. Seaman, O. R. & N. agent an
nostmaster. According to the report.
Mr. Seaman the snowfall at Ka
meal by months has teen as follows:
October, 4.5 Inches,
November 24 Inches.
December 26 Inches.
" Jaunary 39 inches
February 67 Inches. ''" V'
Total, 160.5 Inches, or 13.37 feet.
Within the past few days much c'
'.he snow has disappeared. However
Iho thawing weather has never con
Minted long enough at one' time tr
really cause a breakup.
C A. Norden, section formean'af
Kamela, has been in the service of
he railroad on the mountain divis
ion for many years. He has seen
many hard winters at the summit
ind ho declares that the present win
ter Iihs beeu the most severe slnct
he big winter of 93-94t It is thr
op!n!cn of Mr. Norden 'that floods
-n' ""ishouts this spring are ajmop.
Inevimble. , ' ; ,
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0 tut rate to be permitted within n
Mi.in nine n rule.
Within day or two practically ev.
fry business house In La Grande wll'
bo metered and will then j pay foi
cxecmnty on mat basis instead of
(he flat rate ac many of thf buslnesp
homvs have done up to date. Res
'avrnnts. hotels and pool halls have
been on tlie fiat rate previously, but
I'l'p nil resldonces, are to be metered
fist as the meters can be secured
I The meter system lias been accept
vi as (he only system by' residence?
;i'id will soon, no doubt, be equally
;is popular In the business districts
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The Most Complete Line of Oxfords
Ever Shown in La Grande
NEVER BEFORE HAVE WE SHOWN SUCti A STYLISH LINE OF
NEW FOOTWEAR FOR SPRING AND SUMMER AND WE ARB , SAFE ,
IN SAYING THAT SUCH A COMPLBTE LIN HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN ;
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Utz, Dunn and Pingree v;
V step and ankle straps pumps In Tan Brown. Parent Leather and Calf -akin,
Button Oxfords In Tan with 3 rede tops, patent vamps with dull and
Owsdo tops and calf skins. . ,
Prices $2.00 to M50
Fot Men And Boys
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no went and "atest lasts
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cular. Tanl Patent Leather, Vice Kid, calf Skin and Ox Blood.
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land market and to this price mu:
be added the freight and a suppos.
margin for the buyer.
S1EKDY BUN AW AT.
oa! car ratac down chutes but do(
tomparatlvely HtUe hurt
Late yesterday afternoon a co:i
car half filled with coal, broke fron
its moorings on a level with the oh
coal chute, and raced down the steei
.ntline with great velocity. It strut!
.wo furniture care and derailed them
and did considerable damage to It
'.elf, but otherwise, the event was
:non forgotten. Grek laborers were
responsible for the accident.
Elected Officers
At the election of officers of the
Daughters of the Woods, yesterday
afternoon, Helen Currey was chosen
president, Faye MIIHgan vice-president,
Thelma Lefel secretary, Con
stance Brlchoux treasurer.
Three More Sights
In spltef the rain a good audi
ence heard Evangallst Whlston last
night on "Things that Are . Settled."
This was one of the besi so far. To
night Whiston will speak on "The
Harvest' and iLonjgman will sing.
The meeting will begin at 7:33 sharp
and close In time for the lecture.
Come on time. Don't, miss these last
meetings.
counsel of the Standard Oil Company,
it Deal Beach, Now Jersey, was to
day turned over to Joseph G. Groft,
x local educator and .wJl be; turned
nto a school for boys. V
of this notice.
First Publication, January 25, 1910.
PARA L. THORNTON.
Administratrix.
WANTED A girl or woman for gen
eral , housework4 Phone Black 481.
2-28-3-5.
will sell
I-et Contracts tor Olhe Drab
Washington, March 1 Bids were
opened today for 1,000.000 yards rf
olive drab cotton cloth for the use of
tho army, to take the place of old
style khakt. A similar contract for
82r.000 yards at 25 cents was recent
ly awarded to a New York firm, rep
resenting mills at Lowell, Mass.
Buys Many Sheep
M J. llnllcy a few days ago pur
rposeil 4S0 hoad of sheep from F. D
Mi Culley if .loseiih, which avernei'
IIS pounds per head, paying S6.tr
per hundred pounds on foot. This.
ve believe the hlgho&t price ever
paid for mutton in Eastern Oregon
These sheep were bought for the Port
Open Venzuela Mines
Caracas, Venzuela, March
a 111 commence tbis month pn the
'"ntiea ore fields, property of the
Wip-Amerlcan Corporation, In which
Charles M. Schwab Is Interested. The
company will employ 2500 men and
yiccts to turn out 1,000 tons of ore
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Million Bollnr Boy's School
New York. March 1 Klldysart. the
million dollar home of th(! late Dan-
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Notice of Bates.
The Southern Pacific Co,
lound trip excursion tickets from
Portland. Oregon only, to Los Ange
les and return as follows:
Date of Sale, March 19th. The go
ing, limit will be six days with final
return limit of 90 days from the date
of sale. Stopovers will be permitted
on going trip within the going limit
on the return trip, at any point en
route within the final limit There
are two kh id of tickets to be sold.
One ticket la a straight fare ticket
the other is a ticket that include
transportation on the railroad, Pull
ma ssleeper, on golng.trlp, meals In
dining car on the going trip. Hotel
acommodttlon, special drives, elec
tric car rides and other special fea
tures. .
On the straight fare ticket the
fare win be $40.50. On the special
feature ticket the fare will be $80.40.
The tickets under the $40.50 rate
will have to be validated for return
passage at Los Angeles. The other
tickets , do not require validation.
,- Please understand that these tick
ets are sold from Portland only, and
passengers desiring to take this trip
from" this territory will be required
to furnish their tickets to Portland
land return. f '-
Any ftu ther information desired by
Intending passengers can be secured
from this onice upon application.
J. H. KEENEY, Agt
Xotice to Creditors
Vntlpo la fcerphv crlvon thai
l-WorkVthe underl?r!ed lias been appointed
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by the Countv Court of Union county,
Or . n, Bitting In probate, adminis
tratrix of the estate of Calvin R.
Thornton, deceased; and all persons
Estate of Ctlvln R. Thornton, De
h.iving claims against the said estate
are. hereby notified to present them,
duly certified, to the undersigned at
her residence in La Grande, Oregon.'
or at the law office of Jno. S. Hod
gin, in said city, within sit months
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