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FuUJsLed Daily Except Sunday.
Vl'OBliE H. Cl'MIEY.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
UaSU i l'ress Telegrojib Scrrlca.
SUBSCRIPTION RATE3: ; 1
OfclU. -Icsls copy ............. - 6c
ally,' per month .............. --65c
i&tiy, six months in advance $3.50
"ally, on.i year la advance . $6.6u
?eckly, sis months In advance 75c
& eikly , one year in advance ,.,,$I.C0
i.iered at the postofflce at La Grande
a sot-ond-claes matter.' '
article appearing over . a com V d
. jiuaie. Signed articles will, be . re
-csed subject tu tie dlsrretlaa ot tS-
editor.'.' Please sign ypur articles cu't
v disappointment " , ' i
Atf'Crtlilag Eates.
- Lccal. reeling, notices tOc ir' lii.f
E:;.t insertion ; per line eacit
Blst-iPent insertion. ; ' '."' .; ,
relation of condolence, (e a line
'x Gr'ftt Interest la being manifested In
le Johnson meeting to open with a
Iflq'iuet on Friday night. Tbu tabrr
liadft Is now. being stated sthI vUI
be ;o. loca! jdiv ?'.t a public path
well JUljtPdk', well'. .bested '.ai
.afortabje. Tin. choir and pulpit JK
rangement could not be better ant1
with two excellent new pianos,, furn
hlsed by the Eiler Piano House, th'
music will be a great feature. , i ;
The program for the banquet fol
lows: 'V" : ;v: : -"'
Banqnet. Program w
T938rPn 8, W, Seemaun, Toast
" waster;:-i;-;'" V;.
Prayer ;. A. , .-v. ,T .Rev. F. E. Gray
f usI$-ochran, Cleaver, . Cochran
The Church and the CommunU
W.'I Brenholtfl. -'.':':': '.'"'
The . Churches' Challeng to Men
F. R. 1 Bridges; ' -'" . '.-.
Music. , V. . .. . .Chas. H. Gray-
The Relation of the Churvh to Busi-
aess.,. . . , . . . . .5tev. H. E. McLeod
What Men Expect of the Church
Walter M. Pierce.
What the Church Expects of Men
Rev., F. M. Canfield. c .
' The Meetfhg, . .Rev. R. E. Johnsor
BInglng.,. Led by C H. Gray
Jrayer. . . ... .Dr. J. D. Gillilan
This meeting Is not the concept
ion of a Bet of narrow religious cranhu
but Is managed by ft committee of
broad minded, public spirited cltl
eens of La Grande, with nos other In
tentions than helpfulneBs for all. We
would brine Inf uences for good to
bear on men and women, that will
strengthen the character, purify the
mind and transform the life. . These
gathering are under'the auspices of
rertaln named churches, but are not
to be considered denominational In
any sense. All will ee made welcom
and every citizen of La Grande !s
kindly- Invited to attend and take
part in this series of meetings.
If you sing yon may consider your
self a member of the choir and fit
tend tho rehearsals, All ft re asked to
attend the first service. of fie 'serlefl
ot the tabernncle on Saturday even
iug. If you are a church member It lit
your duty to bo there at tho -Ural
meeting, and If you are not a member
of any church yoa are Just as we!
come as can be. ' '.
This meeting will be a great adver
tisement for La Grande and we cnu
make It the source of great belp
and Inspiration to all . ,
Neither preceding or following the
banquet will there be - any appeal
jnade for money.
ti inns nf hundreds unon hun ,
dreds ot bridges and damage to roads,
throughout the country this spring!
will
a- sat! f
realize.; There ate few points but
what have been damaged. Union
county has escaped with practically
no 'damage so far, but we must wait
a few days longer before we can con
w.(iQio rmrnnivoB : Oulte a number
Lm in'-tM' mnr.tv have been
replaced within the last few years,
acd It Is not expected that many.'.r
any, of these will , be damaged, a
they were built with the Idea o
withstanding foods, but tuts yea. pc
sibly was not thought of. '
. .Mayor Gaynr, of New York, ha
'list cut off the salary .of four coir. y
tdssloners at $5000 a year, each c
.vhose work ceased In 18S3. By th''
waine act he has " stopped the pay o
jiumerous ahgmoejs anil other a:.
Mcbees, Including stenographer! '
ypcwrlterV..and others employed t,
"eslst in doing hla work for 27 year',
'fter it wua completed, What.wi'
become of the fat polltlrfl Jobs
Iconoclasts like"- that are elected f
.office, ask the, Boise News. -V"v.
twnk.. ij,, . ,i,.. ; '
i.usionajyy tftese flays; This used t--!o
the key tovehlcle transpdrtatio:-'
o the Valley anl that oad undoubted
'y. hwe cost the people pf this count,
ore. than MuifMMtt 'to pxveVit fro;
-t tad tv tws " '-ier. The -count
'xpects to niacsc.?,'-, it liiis year nn"
jiother ptrciaUent improvement?.
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: . It is evident from the .lew protest',
led with the council that the prop
4-rty owners are demanding street Jm
Droveuienta.' Inleas'ihere Is so-' ui
txpected dtlay,, L Grande cf todi,
M La Grande "ot 'IP i will hardly b
recognized as tho.visrae place.
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'50.0 any. amount .wlll -enaua.- Th -
Ice forges, have been the greater.
menaces .' w;-v '
K. Falls Rapidly This Morning
r. Last night' the' rrver was on a wll:
rampage, but immediately' this morn-
nig It receded it Inches ffoin wha
i had reached last night, Last nigh
vhen It was at its,rbighest, reading:
aken at' Perry ' show ithat the stag-
was within 18 Inches of the hlghee.
markr sinc tiere has been a Perry.
: Editors Boom Canada.
Winnepeg, Man., March 3 Edltorc
and publisher of all of the newspap
si s published in the Western part 0
the Dominion gathered In the "Chic
ago of Canada' today and opened th
annual convention of their assoclat
ion. In addition to the "shon talk,' al
wtys a feature of a gathering of the
wllloilal clan, there will be a great
banquet at which the western Cana
xla spirit, the most optimistic and
piOLresslve In America, will be given
full expression. Hundreds ot thous
ands of Amerlc&ns are now pouring
across the border Into' western. Cana
da;' and the editors will attempt to de
vise ways and means to increase the
immigration. Newspaper l publishers
are sharing In the general prosperity,
and dozens ot flourishing publication
have been established during the
past yent and while In the larger ctt
ies the press Is updergolng expansion
and many of the publication have
the true metropolitan style. . ' , ;
Has Bent Draft Team.
Milo, Me.,' March 3 ErneBt Allen,
of this place claims to have the best
draft team In the country, and prove'
It recently by hauling a Blxteen to;
load of birch wood several miles ove
a rough road. The two horses drev
the load "with little apparent cllt.V
eulty. '';-.-'V:
CSKSOWX MAS iflXERATED
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I i.jl.... U nraa written tt HI th
address at the beginning Ib obllterat
ed. A picture postal card, not mall-
fd. carries the address L. S. Kenner
On the backs of . two badly burned
TihftotritDu are iwu nnuiuo, wuwcu
In baby hand. The pictures are of
two little girls about five and three
years. .For this reason it Is purely
olrcumstatlal evidence that indicates
his name to be, Kenner.
All other personal effects are crisp
excepting a note book on which, pecu
llarty enough, an unburned leaf.bna
the name of F. M. Jolly, a duplicate
to P. M. Jolly of this city, Mr, Jolly
1s searching , for other, names that
might lead to a clue as there are sev
ral names and accounts In the little
- Body Territdj Boraed
Th9 stumps of both 1pb Indicate i
lat tho man was lying prostrate
.'hen, killed. ' Both arras, are bxruerijj
. !', and there Is only one white spot, f
iat; of his. breast, "The rest of the
mains are as black as charcoal.
iThe Jury which .r.fiidied the mys
rlous .death of the stranger near
icoka this ; morning,' brought in a
t I'lit't this afternoon Bar Ir.g-that the
; an . met his death. In a paunuer u'u-'
known
to tho jiry. The' orlncfox
Zweiiller fif -Telocastt who, toM liow
Jie found the, man. ' ' "
' He jsald )ie had seen a man.lasnt
nfght beaded towards Brooks, walk
'ing,'al(,'ne end arrntly. fxhausted
, CEXERAt SIJRIitfi ORDERfil)
i:-VMi4ljki9.-plu. L-yX general
'rite oCnioii laborers of I'liUawi.
ihlA, effer iU at Inlijlght tomorrew,
as proclaimed today by the Cffltial
f.aor;CafeB. :L ' ':: r
z:x Z rmstovn aim uctires ,
Washington1;- March 3 First lleu
anant Burton, J. MltchelirTwelf'ta Iri
Hntry. Aide-de-camp to General Fu
ton, was today granted leave of
Jence until July 20,, when his reslgi.
ttlon from the army will become fuT
y efecUvel He will engage In bus;
v jss at, Niagara Falls. He Is a cous ,
f General Funston, , '
Lieutenant Mitchell was"-a clerk I
nstts eparOna't during; the ed '
ministration of President HarrIso!.
-n3 was engaged in the Insurance bu:
(ness in Kansas at the beginning o
i!e war with Spain. He enlisted in
ite 20th Kansas Volunteer InTantr,
a June 1898, when he was appolnte.
y second lieutenant .He became firs
;i jutenant In August of that year,' ant
,vis honorably mustered out ifi'Oct
-'ber 18d9. He was then'appolnteds
second lieutenant in the Fortieth Un
!ted States Volunteer Infantry, being!
romoted to first lieutenant In Janu
ary 1901. He went to the, PhlUIpIne
vlth th Kansas , regiment, and ac-
f ompanled General Funston on . the
expedition which resulted in the capt
ure of Auglnaulda. He was appointed
second lieutenant in the Twenty
Second Infantry on February 2, 1901.
The following day he was appointed
second lieutenant in the Twelfth In
fantry to date from February 2, 1901
Lieutenant Mitchell is No. 25 on the
tlst of : first lieutenants of Infantry,
He served two long tours on duty 1
the Phllllplnes as aide , to General
Funston. v .".". s !.;-;
Lft;:eford to Fight Ross,
Pittsburg, March 3 Sam Langford
the colored boxer and Tony Ross will
fight' a six-round bout tonight' at the
National Sporting C ib. " After., to
nights fray Langford will return-to
Los Angeles where he will t'.galn meet
Jim Flynn, the Pueblo heavyweight.
Ia the first fight ' with Flynn the col
ored m,an won an easy Victory but In
the recent ten round bout In Los An
geles resulted in a newspaper de
cision tor the. white, man. The comma
battle with Flynn is scheduled to gf
rty-flve rounds and at that distanc
'e negro is confident of a victory
. While Langford is the favorite lv
night's battle the adherents of Ros-:
tpect that he will make a game tus
'ile. Ross is one otthe five men In the
country whom the'poHce of Pittsburg
think good enough to go into the
Hng with Langford. The other four
ore Jeffrleu, Johnson, Kotchell an
Papke. : .'.'"-.'.;, .,' -r
" Elmer SaTed the Coin.
Elmlra, N. Y. March 3 Elmer von
Fleet has returned to collect a wager
of 110,000 that he made two years
ago, that he could not save $100 In
that period while working as a day
laborer. He has been driving a milk
wagon la st Louis at $40. per month,
and haB worked in Beveral other cit
ies of the Middle West and saved the
$100 with ease. .'.. '. "
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This is a snap we picked up and can
that they arc worth SOpercent more
Latest LaVojue
coats. '
Nev spring line of Embrroidies Consisting
ofiFlouncirigs Corset covers in all narrow
widths-
I TIie'-Gdclei MinSe Co. ' ': IP ' j
San Franslsco, March 3. Otis A.
Poole, a tea salesman with headquart
ers in Yokahoma, claims to hold tho
record for . crossing the Pacific ocean.
His next trip will be on the fifth. The
distance , he has travelled equalB to
tJalrteen times arovnd the world.
Administrator's SoUce
Notice is boreby given that the un
dersigned has bees appointed admin
istrator of the eBtate' of 'Nick Ar
moas, deceased, by the County Court
it Union County, Oregon, and all hav
ng claims against the said estate
ire hereby required to present the
ame to me as admlnltsrator at my
store on Adams Avenue, La Grande,
Oregon, together, with proper vouch
ers, within six months from the dat)
of the first ." publication hereof.'.,'.
Dated this'' 2d, day of February, 1910.
, .' JAMES Q. SNODGKASS,
Administrator of the estate ot Nick
Arnicas, deceased. - " V , ''
Cochran & Cochran,1- Attorneys' for
Administrator, , ', , ; 2-11 -4-11.
v Dargalas In Real Estate.'
NO.; 167 acres Sandrldge land
near Imbler a good five room
house, barns and other out build
: lngs. 10 acres good orchard of
which 8 Ib In good bearing; 30
acres in fall wheat, 10 acres in bay,
balance all good grain or potato
land, all under good fence, one mile
- from tho town of Imbler, 1-2 mil
: from achooL About $1000.00 worth
t nearly ne household goods nd
farm lm- i AMe ' goes with the
place ;, '': t $16,958, Easy
" ter. . '' -' v. ': ',-; -v-
v'o- Tt-'. rc " '.' -.'Jim X. vo .; L'-
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A good barn . '.
M uM&lngn. A , '':
..m-'iy orchard, 60 cr .
md timothy hay, good wa
ight R. P. D. by the door,
of a mile from school. About
400 worth of personal proportyNo. 7. Two lots on FourtH street, A--
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F. J. HOLMES. Vice-Pres. SHERW CCEiV ILLlAy.S, 2zd Ant: Ci7h
F.iL.:MEYERS,:Cashierr
LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK
OF LA GRANDE, OREGON
. United States Depository
Capital and Surplus' $180,000.00
T DIRECTORS
George Palmer C. C. Pir,
F, J. HoImes
W.J.Chui h
. k. Meyers
W. M
With our ample resources and facilities we can ren
der you efficitnt service and handle your business
;r V-K. to your cafcire satisfaction : :: - ; '
goes with the place at the price of
:- $6,400,oo. t ;. ; ;..-. ;-
No. 3. 10 acres aojolnlag the above
tract; splendid land well adapted
to fruit growing or anything else.
A small house and under fence
Price $1300.03. :
4. 60 acres, T mllea from La
Grande. Good new 5-room hause.
good barn and other outbuilding.
Two good living springs, and a
' stream ot water for irrigation; all
under good cultivation. R. F. D.
: by the door. Telephone line. Price
..'' 18.039.09.
Ko. 1. lit 12 acres near the Con
rely ware basics, all ta fall wheat
. an allalfa hay; good bBprere
nesta. It sold at oace can le pnr-
':" chased tor tlS3.6.;. '
No. . A modern 6-room house and
lot 60x120, in a good location aad
on ash terms for $2200.00.
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, nd good well. .Caa be sold on the
tostallement plan for $700 0
Na 2-For 1775.00. one of 'tte best
u taken at siice. - ,
joo wen; wood shed on the alley,
ifl fenced tor, $2000.00. .
11-A foar rooa cottage oa "O"
t, close la. two lets, cty water,
wood shed. Ca easy tenaa at
the remarkably low price cf $l:j.
I wEl be ijlwiaj to sliow m tay
f .the above Wtsiaa at try t'e,
whetier ywt kny er set.
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