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la. G?.AiTD.nvr:mro OBSERVER vted:te2Bay. HAY. 4, ,tHH4 h5 , h 'mmat X X TonoiTOi7 Jelly Roll Doughnuts Cinnamon Rolls Drop Cake ; Angel Cake Nevports Golden Rod Ro AND yal Grocery Bakery l4 i European Plan Only " First class Throughout D. G. BRIGHOUX, Proprietor. Olit BLOCK FROM DEPOT La Grande, Oregon Notice of Street Improvement To whom It may concern Notice Is hereby given that in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the Common Council of the City of La Grande, Oregon, on the 2d day of May, 1910, creating Improvement District No. 14 and designating Fir Street as such district, and In pursuance of a reso lution adopted by said Common Coun cil on the 27th day of April, 1910, mm DIRECTORY OF f rate: r N UA GRANDE. ORE. iF.ftJLK. La Grande Lodge No. 41, A. F. & A. M. holds regular meeting first and third Saturdays at 7; 30 p. m. ' JNO. 8. HODGIN, W. M. A. C WILLIAMS, Secretary. - Weaen of rToedcraft ,r i Grande Rondo Circle K 47.! MeeU Tery artt ii4 third tTIiursday OTen lng tn the month, at the I. O. O. F. HalL All visiting members welcoem. CHLOB ROBINSON, O. N. LISZIB ELTSWORm. Clerk L 0, 9. FnWsiBsto"';'' La Grande -Lodgei No. 16, meets In, ' their bill every 'Saturday night Vis- itlng brothers cordially invited to at tend. Cemetery plat may be teen At . the Model restaurant . GEORGE GROUT. N- Q-, .. , ';:-:Z.; r ; L B:6N00Ki,Rec : Becv W. A. WORSTBLU Fin, See L O. O. F-EaesjDBsaenU " Star ; Encampment No SI. L O. O F meets every second and fourth Wednesday) in. the month In Odd Fel lows halL Tlsltlng patriarchs always wslotJma.;:, : '- v H. B. COOUDGB. C P, : V ; W. A. WOR3TELL, Bcrlbtt. t La Grande camp No. 7703 meets very Monday each- month at.lA'O. O. F. HalL All visiting neighbors are cordially invited'fo attend. ( . ; : ; . : . FRED B. CURRBY. C bsreby .aid Councn determined and m ...... declared lta lateitlon to improve all that portion of Fir Street, la said Improvemeat district as hereinafter described by laying thereoa Bltu-1 ilthic pavement, the Council will, ten days after the service of tail notice upon the owner of property affect ed and benefited bjr such improve meat, order that a bore described lm prorement be made; that the boun daries of said district to be so im prored are as follows: ' All that portion of Fir street, from i the North curb line of Washington Avenue to the . south curb line of Monroe Avenue. : Notice ts hereby further given that the Council will levy a special assessment on all the property affected and benefited by such Improvement for. the purpose of paying for such Improvement That the estimated cost of such Improve ment is the sum of 849,115.00. That Hie Council will on the 11th day of May, 1910, meet at the council cham ber at the hour of 8 o'clock p. in., to consider said estimated . cost, and the levy of said ascsesment, when a hearing will be granted to any peo- tron feeling aggrieved by such as secernent , .-r .. ' La Grande, Oregon, April 27, 1910. City Council of La Grande, Oregon, i f By D. E. COX, Netice of Street Improvement To whom It may concern Notice is, hereby given that in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the Common Council , of the City of La Grande, Oregon,' on the 15th day of December, 1909, creating Improvement District No. 12, and designating Pennsylvania Avenue, aa each district, and in, pur suance of a resolution adopted by Bald Common Council on the 13th day of April, 1910, whereby said counpil determined and declared .' Its inten ion to improve all that portion of Pennsylvania Ave. in said Improve ment District as hereinafter describ ed, by laying thereon cement side walk, the Council will, ten days at ter the service of this notice upon the property owners affected and ben efllted by such Improvement, order that the above described improve ment be made; and that the boun daries.of said district to be so Im proved are as follows: v : " ' South side of Pennsylvania ' Ave nue, from ' the ' east I curb , line of Fourth Street' to the east line of Lot 4, Block 63 on said Avenue. Notice is hereby further given that the Coun cil will' levy a special assessment on all the property affected and; ben efitted by such Improvement for the purpose of paying for such improve ment. That the estimated cost of such improvement is the sum of $967.80. That the council will on the THE - - J ;- v A 'Lii O pD ERS n t n v La Grande . Lodge No. 433 meets each Thursday evening at 8 o'clock In Eli's club,, corner Depot St, and Washington,. Ave. Visiting-; brothers are tordially invited to attends H. .CO0LIDGE,.Exalte4 Ruler. - HUGH . McCALL, Reo Sec. 7 Forester, of saerieft,.. . "Court Maid Marion Vol-22 meets each Wednesday night In the K. of P. 1. ' Brother! are. Invite, dto attend. .i ;FRANK BAT; C. R. hHERRING;,Ct8;s- ....J.;.-.. ; , C 3f VANDERPOEU F. s. - (r- Bebekshs CrysaU Lodge No. 50 meets every Tuesday evening In the I. O. O. F. Hall. All visiting members are In vited.,t9 ( attend; . e , MRS. CORA FITZGERALD N. O. MIS3 SUSAN McILLROTr Sec Knights of Pythias. Red iross Lodge No. 27, meets ev ery Monday-night In Castle Hall, (old, Elks ha'l) A . Pythian welcome to all visiting Knights: - r;'-"-:-;. ed wright. c. c R. I LINCOLN, K. of R. ft S. r O. E. 5. Hone . Chapter No. 13, O. E. S, hold stated communications the sec ond and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Visiting members cor dially invited. Vv';: Pauline Lederlee, W. IL , Mary E. Warnlck, Secretary. i I 11th day of Hi,, 1919. at tie .. . . . .. . - - Council ctiuLiUr at tie tour of 8 o'clock p. to consider said esti mated cost, and the levy of sail as sessment, when a hearts will be granted to . any . person feellug ag grieved by such assessment La Grande. Oregon, April 27, 1)10. City Council of La Grande. Oregon. By D. B COX, Recorder' of the City of La Grand, ' Oregon. 4-29-t-10. Bets cleaning Unte Is here. Fer get the eU way ef wsJpplsg year carpeu. Savi half the cost and all of the work by getting the Vacume House Cleaner. Cleans everything from floor to celling. Carpets, Bugs, unholstered Furniture, Bedding, Cur tains eta, thoroughly cleaned. Up holstering, mattress making and fur niture repalreing nicely and neatly done. For estimates call at 108 Fir Street or Phone Red 8941. 5-T-tf. ;. J. M." BOWLSBY, Prop Baying a Lawsuit Did you know that placing your re liance cp a warranty deed Is simply blddlr- f a lawsuit?, I' c4dUornta this fact Is so wall understood that a warranty deed to looked apon with suspicion. .-. It is for this reason: If the title Js good It passes with the deed, and that It all tiers Is tc ttr-no need of a warranty. If bad. the adding; of a warranty; does no make It good.:; A warranty ts only a sort .of bet a wager that yon will hare no treu ble; but If you do, and flnallyi Iom out IH pay yonr , money, .back. . a better plan la to require an ev stract Consult . J. t OIJVRR. ; ITeedmen of the ' World. : , La Grande lodge No. 169, W. O. W., meets every second and fourth Tuesday evening in, K. of P. Hall In the Corpe building All visiting mem bers welcome. MERI ACKLES. C. C. J. H. ' KEENET, Clerk. THEIR FRIENDS. 6tetson's Advice as to Where They Might Possibly Be Pound. V John Stetson need to have a vaude ville house in Philadelphia, and he In augurated there the custom which pre vails now in some of the cheaper the aters of taking a performer off in the middle of the tarn If he did not please the patrons in front ' Every Monday night opened his house with fifteen acts, and fas each one went on he stood in the wings and allowed those In front to decide whether It should be retained on the bill. ; j ; Sometimes the people in front would cry, "Take him . off, John; he's no good," and Stetson would march out on the stage and drag the performer off, give him $19 for bis performance and tell him he need not return. One, evening there were two men who seemed especially , obnoxious to the audience, who greeted them with cat calls and howling derision. , They man aj,i,' however, to get through with their SOi.be.nd came off the stage nerv Hy ' preparing to return for the re mainder of . their act.- .... "Here, you," shouted John Stetson, ''what was the name of thai ngT ' i "What that to you 7". asked one of the singers. . -v. ...- :, -' "It may, be something to ou," an swered Stetson, with a' few:' of the curse words for which he was noted. "I'm John' Stetson, and I , want ( to know the name of that song." , "Beg pardon, Mr. Stetson.' said the crestfallen variety man. t- ''It Is. called Where Are: the , Friends . of Our Youth,'."- , f' - " "Well, you didn't seem to find them out in front ? Take' this JI0nd .go, and faont them on the outside.", , t ' i :a ' . . . . ...... ':'" " ' , T it ) "?l Creamof Tartar - .:.vSaBl! " 'fim x- ' Absolutely '':y' -:' Vilst J. J. HIM V.ill 1 5 Fer 0 rosea. James J. HlllwlU build aa lade pendent depot in Portland for the ac commodation of trains and traffic of the Hill lines. ' Confirm ownership of the Oregon Electric and the United Railway lines. Will begin the most extensive and comprehensive campaign ever attemp ted anywhere to acquaint the people of the eastern and middle states with . the advantages and wonderful re sources in the state of Oregon. Will build and extend railroads to accommodate the immense influx of settlers that will follow the publicity campaign. No section of the state will be fa vored. The publicity campaign will apply to the state in general, and the moral ' support of the state govern ment will be sought so as to more fully to bring out the . fact that the campaign Is for the purpose of de veloping the largest and most prom ising domain in the United States yet in Its Infancy. , Thousands of dollars will be ex pended in carrying on this campaign, both by means of an exhibit car to tour the east and by literature. ; ' Increased train service will be put on between Portland and St Paul and Portland and Vancouver, B. C. ., The A Writer In the Wrona Pew. . When. James Payn was editor of the Cornhill Magazine , his, private, office was invaded one day by an unan nounced visitor, who had managed to evade the porter downstairs. The call er's hair was long, and his clothes were shabby and untidy. . He bad a roll of paper In his hand. Payn, surmising a poet and an epic several thousand lines long, looked up. JiWeU, sirr "I'm hrnucht vml nnmnthtngr ahnut sarcoma and carcinoma," "We are overcrowded with poetry couldn't accept another line, not If it were by Milton." . . ' "Poetryl'V the caller, flashed, k "Do yon know anything about sarcoma and carcinoma?" . : - v . rf "Italian loVers, aren't they 7" said Payn imperturbably. ; The caller retreated with a wlfther lng glance at s the editor. ! Under , the same roof as the Cornhill was the office of a medical and surgical Jour nal, ftnd it was this that the caller sought for 'the disposal of a treatise on those cancerous growths with the euphonious names which, with a lay man's ignorance, Payn ascribed . to poetry. McClure's. , Heidelberg Castle. : The castle of Heidelberg is the lar gest In Germany. ' It stands 330 feet above the Neckar river and was oc cupied as a castle as early as A. D. 1204.: In a cellar in one corner. Is the famous "tun." or monster cask, capa ble of holding 49,000 gallons. ' This was for the storage of wine used by the nobility who dwelt in this castle. ' Exorcism In England, n'" 1 broke; a cup on the child's head when it was dying," a mother told the coroner, at an inquest in England re cently. "That was to drive away the evil spirits." '- - ' v-- Maxim's. Early Ambition. : Sir Hiram : Maxim confessed that when he was a youth xhe thought seri ously of becoming a prizefighter. ' In stead, however, be gave up his life to making real fighting extremely danger pus. He got the Idea for his rapid fire gun from the kick of a shotgun he used In hunting as s boy.'c'' " : . v-; !."; ' 8lamete CatSv" - v y;.; Siamese tats oth In , appearance and. character, closely resemble, ' pug dogs. Even their tails have the cu rious curl so familiar In these stolid 1 E ' CLA tl 1 mm rings FOR SALE Old papers at the Ob- server office. W ANTED Chambermaid at the Sa voy Hotel.. - '. ... 4-25-tL Y liRNISHED ROOM For genUemen cniy. Nice location. Close In. Call ui. Red 952. 1 : tf. FOR SALE Alfalfa hay. Ten dollars in stack while It lasts. J. E. REY NOLDS." , ' , . . FOR SALE Single driver; weight 1100. Safe for lady. J. E. RET NOLDS. ; LOST An account book on Fourth street Finder leave at Observer office. 7""' ' '. ' ' "'. - IFOR . SALE Seven tpom modern house and eight Jots, young orcnara Inquire of Earl Zundel at the La Grande National Bank. . '., FOR RENT Furnished housekeep 4 ing rooms in a quiet home place, close In, Mrs. H. R. BcDonald, 1616 Sixth Street Phone, Black 462. . FOR RENT A modern furnished front room, ', one block off Fourth street, 804 Main street. FOR SALE Anyone wishing full blooded Cocker Spaniel dogs in quire of Hariey Richardson or phone Black 1812. FOR SALE-rThe building fromerly used for' an electric light . plant, nt Oro DelLUhe, same Is thirty by one hundred feet and thirty-eight feet high and contains a large quantity of lumber and heavy timbers. Bids for the purchase of this building will be received at the office of the EAST URN OREGON 'LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY ROOM and BOARD 1617 Fourth St, DRESSMAKING, and Sewing, t Adams Avenue. . - , 2010 FOR SALEt-35,000 feet of lumber cheap.; 15,000 feetof odds and ends cheaper. Call at Stoddard's planet1. o o o o o bacqi haiju v-. Physicians; ani Bars-eons. '; r, ce ss Ls Owae ' ' tlonal . Base Bildmg,.. ,Thone Main H,.''!' ; r. Baoon, EesUraew..lSal. 11 ,. ' u ! 11. K. IUH. ResWtace, Main 12. , , . , DIL L, H, UNDERWOOD ' Physician oud Surgeoa , ; la: Dr. lUcbardson'i . office.., Kill's Drug Btore. 8pec!al atte&Uoa to diseases and aurgery of the era Pbbna nack.1362; and lad,' SSI ' I Residence Phone; Main -728: :,,aaOfnoa,,Tt..)1-.v ;v.i.;: N. MOLITOR, U. f. Floraiclao and Burgeavti-ri Cornet Adams Ave, and Depot Sir Office Main 68. Residence Mala a , C. B. OPTOP tH. !. iL a - J. f ' ' ;.' tTwsIclan 'and '8urfSt!;i"v'' ' Special, attention given to Eye), Ear Nose and,Throat Office la La Grande National ( Baah l hoaea: Office,, Mala 8; Resides, 'rr?. ; " f ;l..v ,'. ; ; J. H. HUBBARD, ILR1 ' 'v'-' Pbyalclaa ' and Bargeoa P1 Office ta Kew Bank BnHdinf Cooms ; tML .Thones: . Residence, iSalM v ' eio w vontMKkjst OSTEOriTH misiaAJr, -Sommer Building Rooms 7-S-t-ie Phones, Home 1332, Paclflo Main U Residance Phone, lack 951, Bvccaeso ta Dr. V. B. itwW J. C PRICE, D. M. D-,. ::: : v.- Dentist -'';-'.;-.V , v: Room 23, La Grande National Bank Bufldlna Phone Blsck 8811 If llsoa s Vrchesaa v.' ; ilnsle funjlnshed. for weddtos. banqueu, daacen and all occasions, O. O; WILSON. Mgr. La Grande, Ore '801 Main dve. Phone Black 1971 i rr : ai - 'J 4 WANTED Men to buy our fine wor sted clothing. All sizes and best val ues at $12.50 and (15.00 per suit, at the Golden Rule Co. HEACOCK'S The only place la Union County : that yon can get a new lens exactly like yours in less than three or four days. Office over HOUSE FOR RENT Six room house. unfurnished. Barn for six horses. Thirteen a month. Inquire at Logan- Sherwood office. FOR SALE Buff Orplnton egs. P for 15. at Fred Nelson's 1605 Jfef ferson Ave. Phone Blk. 102L ' FOR SALE Milch cows and one reg istered Jerjey bull. Phone r&ra era IS. W. J. Hughes, La Grands TL WANTED Boy to sell Observers oa latlcn manager of the Observer. HEACOCK'S The , only , place , la Union County where you can jst a new lens exactly like yours lu leas . than three or four days. Office over Newlln'a Drug Store. : 0 f J. A. ylXfE. . O 0 f Gasoline wood saw. O ;" Phone orders to Black 185L ' V 0- ,-:- '-:. ---'.vv-y-.-.; ;: Chief ; Joseph The best In the market at any xsrfc but no higher. ' The White Svan With the exception of the CUef Joseph brand, la .the best on the 1m Grande , market A trail will cca vince the most ekeptlcal. - For Sale by All Dealers. ATTCSSETS. t C. IL CiiAWjrORD. - I, Attoraey at Law -:J practices in alt the courts at the state v . : ,'aa United States. Office la La Grande Natfonal Baatt ; " Building, La Grande, Oregon.- Chas. IB. Cochran Geo T. Cocaraa : ; COCHRAN COCHRAN ; J, ;v Attoraeya. ' La Grande National Bank BuX&ss . La Grande -' . ... ' Orersa.' iriUA AM aa. raMSST. ' I Attorney and Counsellor at Law. : ' ' ewn.' B and 1 Bommer Eloci. Leroy Lomax .''! : c IL Finn' . , u:,-:r,: -'.rnrir:- mmk- :' Attorneys-at-Law. r v Notaries Pabliet I01-0im08 Buchanaan Bufidiag 1? :4V, :. PORTLAND; OREGON ?? , ' : Admitted to practice In all Federal and Etate courts of Oregon, Idahoi vs. Washington. i ; ' - .,-. r .BR. P. A. CHARLTON. ,. . 's'.,';-,i..VeUrinary.8urgeon.,.'; Office at HlU's Drug Store, La Qrtaa) Ceeldsnce Phone Bed,70L v . Office). Phone Black IS L'" . . -V ' f ;-:.rWnemlsat Pbono t. Sotn . "Idencsy, .'.: .- &I. Tf. SU tnai j Wn.y . t,f Graduate from the Ohio State Uni versity. Vaccination, Dentistry :. aa Surgery of all kinds. Country CaStf Promptly answered. Agent far Kst lonal Live Stock Insurance Aieecti tion, Portland, OTegon. 1 " ' . Office 14 Adams Are. - - Phones, PacifK ElacK 1831 ''. " Independent 878 1 1 ' OLA CACIaXS''-,:..' Teacber at Piano . i PapQ of Pierre Doallet of Cha Cj Jose Conservatiory. For chlldrwa the Burrows wrr of masie stay and masicsl Ll-r garten. CtaSia la . tie ITaJtaltcy Ui