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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1910)
THE ETEXIXG 0 ESISTn, LA C2AS TAXES COSE FAST t 1 We have in a fresh lot of Queen Olives in bulli en it Heinz bulk 'Sweet Liked Pickle: " Sour Plain V Dill Pickles " Chow Chow Bottled Good: IS Fre:Ii Vegatables cveiy Week " Bread, Pies and Calies. t'ollectiua up to date Indicate that-- money Is jileantiful f yal Groceiy Baliery , j .TJercnanfs Save : 50,000 : J la 1907 ffte Wercfianfs J u Oregon saved ove' $10,000 by carrynj a part 9f ffter Insurance n tter ? own company, the Oregon -J Itlercnsnfs Wufua Fire As- J 4 sirance Assocafon, of Dayton, Oregon. In 1908 i tkey wilt save $i5,000 t During the same period ffter neighbors were hand- ing over $t, 500,000 in profits to outside companies J muiuai you gen INSURANCE AT C0S1 ALMrTOTOUff tMBl- ! HS J J .- PROMP TSE TTLEMENT OF LOSSES - i W.OLIVER, Agent BUT BIG SHORTHORN Local meat amrket secures biggest : . young beef cow In county. Tc,e Grande Konde Meat Co., local dealers, recently purchased what Is Bald to be the finest speclment of a beef animal of the class seen her? In a long time.'' ; , It. was a fine four year old Short horn cow weighing 1S20 pounds, con sldered by local men to be the larg est four year old In the county. On foot, It brought the owner over $70. Indications are that there will be very few dellnqpent taxes for the present year. In porportlou to t amount enrolled collection to date for the year 1910 exceed those of any past year. Ap proximately $190,000 has already been turned In, and It is estimated that fully $230,000 will be la by the fourth of April, after which taxes be come delinquent ' This Is an enrollment of $290,000, an increase of $50,000 over last year. 1 Vv.. . V. S. 1ILMSTEB ATTACKED Domingo resident attacks Uncle Sam representatiTe at Santo Domingo Washington, March 1T -Horace O. Knowles, American minister to Santa Domingo, was assaulted by a man named Costello, a brother of the gov ernor of the Prorlnco of Santo Do mingo, according to dispatches re ceived by the State 'Department to day. It Is stated the man was de ranged. The Dominican government officials came to theAmerlcan lega tion and expressed regret GRAFT OX HALLET'S COMET Read the New. West A live and progressive magazine Full of good, sound reading. . 1-15-18. .v.l',.'. Coming of heavenly traveler gives opportunity for grafters. : Kleff, March 17. -Taking advan tage of the Ignorance and supersti tion of the Russian masses, swind lers in many parts of the empire are reaping a harvest , In the shape of subscriptions for Bpeclal prayers for the delivery of the world from the comet In ' Kleff and vicinity the scare Is general. It is Buspected the police is getting its rhare, as there Is no attempt to stop the frauds. - . CHARGED TUTU NEGLECT Washington state Is after the Great , ; . Northern for neglect y ' Olympla, March 17.The Great Nor thern raUway Is liable to the state' for $48,000 for failure to provide a station . building at Velvet, Stevens county, as ordered by the railway commission, In a suit on file here to day. The state will demand only $1000, the suit being to test the law. The law provides a penalty for $230 damages for each day's failure to ohey the law, which was Issued last August " ' ..' ' .: ' - DIG UP OLD FILES Land office Installs new filing case that brings np old letters ' Documents that have lain la one place untouched, since the early six ties, when the land office1 was insti tuted here, were last night dusted out and placed In a modern filing case. There was a large , volume of this ecrt of paper and much of It has lain Icr decades, unmolested, . 1 A 1(1 M -If ... o'ua Coats ! ' si f Vhy Yc Zcll Wooltes Garments u i v. 1 mil The majority of well drecced vo-mcn-ccck-v elegance combining per fect style and quiet refinement, and Wooltex styles best 'meet their ideals ! - 7ooItcs materials contain no cott' n no adulteration whatever. One is zxyc of lasting newness and perfect shape. Wcolte:: Tailoring is perfect in every detail and there is no skimping of , time, material or labor. All the Vooltc:?: linings and inter linings are of the highest qualiy and only the best of linen canvas is used Wooltex Garments made satisfied 1 costumers. That the best reason. Suits a " yv v; 11 rv 15.00 to $27.50 coATlljiTsSKiRTS 20.00 to $45.00 Spring Styles in Oxfords Easter Millinery DELIVERY OF EXTRESS Patrons should have packages od dressed to street nad number. The city Is to have an express and dellvery: wagon tbout April first and from now en the patrons of the com v ;' Greek Peasants Fight Constantinople, , March 17. A seri ous clash between Greek peasants and troops In which . many peasants i pany ' having packages coming to were killed and wounded, occurred at them by express should remember Kardita. according to a censored dls-j and have them addressed ; to their patch from Athens today. The fight street and number thus saving time was-the result of land riots. 1 V and trouble. ,. J . -1 r-.....r iisi D P V . .. .. . , ...: Y la 1909 our.cof- n fee business ; 7n- Tea ifiisiness in-: creased 66 lbs. a, Sole Agents a for the Chase o i v vcinuum a o V. i. LI o 0 r The largest showing of spr ing oxfords we have ever shown. Tan, Black, Patent, and colored Shade. $2.00 to $4.50 N. K. Many new Pattern hats are arriving daily and you will find an excellent assort ment of exclusive spring shapes to choose from. WEST THE QUALIlY STORE INCREASE ONLY SAVIOR Strike o fmlno workers April first un. : les better wagos come . Cincinnati,. March 17. Labor lead ers who attended the special conven tion of the United Mine Workers here, Intimated today taht the only thing that will prevent a strike of 300,000 men after April 1st will be an ad vance la wages. The scale committee, however, wil lendeavor to reach a compromise before : submitting the matter to the Union. Out of Quarantine. . The GarVlt Oldenberg residence was taken out of quarantine yester day after a slight attack of smallpox to one of the family. ' . ENGINE WAS LEAKING Switch engine pulls In first section ; of No. 3 from Baker City . Engine No.- 200 sprung a little leak this morning and left her train, the first section of No. 7, at Baker City. Prom- theer the train was brought down by a switch engine. Weiv Garden and Flower Young Men want clothes with "snap" and "class." These features can best . be secured by having your clothes made to order by . The new Spring line'com prises the largest and "swell-' est" assortment of Scotches and Cassimeres ,in O r a y shades ever shown." " : The clothes are guaranteed to fit you and to be flawlessly made. We will be only too glad to show you through the line no obligation incurred on your part .. - . " BAKER CAS3rDI . . ' Tailors lilt Adams Avenua. a Blue Grass and Wile Clover Seed - ' i ! a o . :, . !;: r