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QUALIFIED "BOOK" MAX WILL
SEEK RECORDER'S JOB.
Has Had Several Years' Experlt-uce
With Records and Office Work.
C. M. Humphreys, a former locomo
tive engineer who has been employed
In abstract and county offices the rast
four years, today announced his wil
lingness to become a candidate for
the office of city recorder wn'ch will
be vacant at the next city election
In December. Mr. Humphreys has been
urged to make the race and his accept
ance has pleased hli many friends
throughout the city. With the duties
Mrs.RobertPattison
agent for
GOSSMD
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PRICES
$3.50 and Up
PHONE
.Black 81 or Black 1481
You Need
from a Drag Store you'll sorely
'find In oar ample stock. We
watch the seasons and are al
ways prepared to meet demands
with new fresh goods.
If reliable remedies for ail
ments that prerall In the fall
are wanted here you'll find the
most reliable
If your doctor leaves a prescrlp.
tlon to have compounded, here
. youll not only find the purest
ingredients, bnt the compound
ingr will be done by regular li
censed expert prescriptlonlsts.
Ton can depend npon all goods
yon buy here. We reject In onr
buying the goods that are nn
certain.
WRIGHT
Drug Company
Both PhonvH Free Delivery
COAL
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HUMPHREYS
ENTER
Whatever
Co To Barley
Genek al Contractor of Cement Work
Hain and Reenforceu
Joncrete
THE SIDEWALKS DARLEY
of the recorder becoming nio.-e and
more difficult and ardorous the posi
tion requires and demands an exti enie
ly competent "book" man. Witn the in
auguration of the Bancroft svatem of
paying for improvements, th' work
of the office is almost doubled and be
comes more and more intncav). r'u
this reason, Mr. Humphrey? friends
argue, he is pre-eminently tiualil'e.1
for the responsible position Mecaust
of his thorough knowledge of records
and experience in handling ; icounts.
Cox to Retire.
With the completion of thij term. D.
R Cox plans to retire fro-u official
life and is thinking some pt .avlnt
tj California. It was oril yaf .!' Mr.
Cox s definite announcement that te
would not again seek the office th.it
y.r. Humphreys agreed tomna the
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Blow for Suffrage Movement
Washington, Nov. 2 Opponents of
the ballot for wom'en who hold that
suffrage would reduce the baby crop
are now provided wth facts to prove
such a theory. Anthropologists who
have been investigating conditions In
Nunlvak island, off the Alaska coast
in the Bering sea, report a curious
state of affairs. It Is alleged that the
women of the tribe are in complete
charge of all Important affairs affect
ing the welfare of the family or the
entire people, and that the men have
no voice in such matters, having been
reduced to. a condition almost resemb
ling servitudeThe women wear trous
ers, literally as well as figuratively
as skirts are unknown.
Now comes the point that will inter
est the , antl-eufTragettes. There j&re
practically no children on the Island,
as out of an average of ten marri
ages, only one child is born, During
the last decade only seven children
hare been born, and the population of
the Island' has been reduced to less
than 200. Unless' conditions change,' It
Is predicted that the eland will be de
populated n 188 than twenty years.
SAMTSOX FUXERAL TODAY.
Local Lodges Take Tart in Interment
of Local Engineer Today,
The funeral . services over John
Sampson were held this afternoon, and
local Odd FellowB and Woodmen of
America participated in the services.
Mr. John Sampson was born Aug
ust 22, 1863, at Kelthsburg, 111., and
died at his home on Jackson avenue,
Monday afternoon, October 31, 1910
at the age of 47 years, 1 month -and 9
days. He was married to Ella Barr
Sept 10, 1890, at Oskaloosa, Iowa.
They made their home at Peoria, then
at Keithsburjg, 111. Aug. 31, 1901 he
with his family moved to La Grande,
Ore., where he has lived until his
death. By trade he was a machinist. He
was a night machinist at the O. R. & N.
shops for nine consecutive years. Aug.
4, 1905 he was buried with his Lord in
Christian Baptism. H. O. King, then
paBtor of the Christian church of this
place was the minister. Thef deceased
was a member of the orders of Odd
Fellows, Order of Engineers and the
Modern Woodmen. He leaves to mourn
his death a wife and two daughters,
Lela and Fern.
W. C. T. F. to Meet.
The W. C. T. U. will meet tomorrow,
Thursday at 2:30 at the home of Mrs.
Para Thornton, 1S92 Cedar street.
Business of importance will be trans
acted and all members are requested
to attend.
Grande Ronde Cash Co.
PHONE, MAIN 6
MAKES ST A iht WEAR
A
GOOD
GIFTS
ANNUAL THANKSGIVING OFFERS
BEING SOLICITED AGAIN.
School for Dependents at Portland Has
Local Children in Care.
- As Thanksgiving time approaches
the annual contributions to the Port
land boys and girls aid society are In
.order. La Grande has always donated
liberally to this school. In a letter to
the Observer, Superintendent Gard
ner of the nstitution says:
Perhaps it is unknown to many of
your citizens that the Increase of
the state of Oregon has also brought
an Increase in the number of depend
ents. This may seem strange to those
who are not actually in the work but
It is, nevertheless, true. While it is
tiue the Increase in population has al
so increased prosperity, yet, there is
always a following of dependent clas
ses and institutions, who care for this
class, are bound to feel the Increase
and th,e Boys &, Girls' Aid Siclety of
Oregon in making its annual plea for
Tnanksglvlng donations wishee to
bring this fact before its many friends.
Union county has always been one
of the Socletyls' best friends and the
Management depends on the generos
ity of the citizens at this time of the
year. The County Court subscribes the
sum of $10.00 per month for its sup
port. '
The public schools are quite a factor
toward the maintenance of this insti
tution and at this time of the year the
charitable disposed public, as wel
as the public schools, are called up
on to subscribe all they can for this
cause.
Four hundred and ninety-six cases
were received ' and cared for during
the past year by the Society. These
children came from seventeen differ
ent counties of the state. Besides giv
ing them a home the Society has, as
quickly as possible, found permanent
homes for them in private families
where they are visited by the Society's
agents in order to ascertain If they are
receiving the proper care and Bent to
school regularly. These Held agents
have a large amount of work to do and
Superintendent Gardner says they
would like to double this part of the
force and' would do so If funds were
available.
This field of work Is very expensive
to the society but it is also very nec
essary for besides visiting the five
hunared children placed out In family
homes the agents also investigate
cases of neglect and abuse that are re
ported to them and If it 'were not for
these Investigators, many children
would suffer hardship and degrada
tion without interference. The agents
of this society Investigated about two
hundred of these cases during the
past year and prosecuted about fifty
per cent.
The management urges all those
who have the welfare of the dependent
children at heart to subscribe whatso
ever they may be able to the good
cause and endeavor to make the do
nations to the Society from the public
schools larger than ever this year.
Snead Sanity Inquiry.
New York, Nov. 2 Mrs. Caroline
Martin and her sister, Mrs. Snead, who
were indicted for the murder of Mrs
Ocey W. M. Snead, the East Orange,
N. J. "bath-tub victim" about a year
ago. will oe examined as to their san
ity at Newark, N. J. today. Since their
confinement In jail awaiting trial on
the murder charge, the sisters, espec
ially Mrs. Martin, have exhibited pro
nounced signs of serious mental dis
turbances. Not long ago another sis
ter, who was charged with complicity
in the mysterious crime, died in a New
ark hospital. It was alleged that she
had deliberately starved herself to
death. The trial of the surviving sis
ttrsihas been .set several times, -but
on each hearing a postponement has
been grunted. If today's sanity inquiry
should result in sustaining the theory
that the women are mentally afflicted,
, they will be sent to an asylum and
; the prosecution will bo dropped. In
any event, It is probable that the aged
i sisters will zzsr face a jury, as toth
are in poor health. The victim, Ocey
Snead. was a daughter of Mrs. Mar
tin. The young woman's life was heav
ily insured in favor of her mother, mid
this is alleged to have supplied the
motive for the crlm
THEODORE BELL
7;
Democratic Standard Bearer In .Call'
':' fornla Who Seems Hopelessly
Beaten.
SEASON OPENS NICELY.
First Comic Opera is Universally Sat
factory to La Grande..
Manager Steward was given a high
class production last night in the "Cow
and the Moon." While the chorus was
excellent, attractive, real songstresses
and always entertaining, the particu
lar , lauuiM v1 uu miow were -toe
tramp and the tiny little songstress
both of whom appeared here in "Oat
and the Fiddle" last fall. The-'Cow
and the Moon" is patterned after the
popular play of last year; but 'aside
from similar scenic effects 13 new,
crisp and fresh from. curtain to-finale.
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ProhlbOon Meeting. .
Miss Marie C. Brehm of Chicago who
delighted " her hearers in her three
addresses in La Grande on Sunday
will speak Thursday on .the street
at 7:30 p. m. and at the Central Chrls
tion church at 8 p. in. If you want
information on the temperance ques
tion. Hear her. See ad in this paper.
CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
Young Man on Trial for Accepting
Two Checks for One Day's Wort.
Thomas Deeds, a youn'g man who
was employed at the Palmer mill one
day and then discharged, was on trial
this afternoon on a forgery charge.
He was given two checks for one day'B
work, through error in the office of the
company and one of the checks bore
the name of John Davis. He aligned
both checks, his own name on one
and Davis' name on the other. The case
was still in progress late this after
noon. Deeds was charged with having
forged the signature of John Davis on
a pay check issued by the George Pal
mer Lumber Company. He secured the
check's value in cash and the matter
was finally detected. Vincent Palmer
was the complaining witness In the
case.
The arrest was made last night by
Constable Faulk while Deeds was loit
ering about the city, and he was placed
In Jail until his arraignment tola
morning.
LOST HER HAIR,
Woman Almost Baldheaded Grew
Four Inches of Hair.
Here is a piece of live news from
Browstown, Minn., that ought to in
terest skeptical men and women
readers of the Observer who are losing
their hair or have dandruff or itching
scalp.
Remember that the Newiln Drug Co.
seJlB Parisian Sage under a positive
guarantee to stop falling hair and
itching, scalp and eradicate dandruff
in to weeks.
Parisian Sage is a most refreshing
and daintily perfumed hair dressing,
free groin grease or stickiness. It
makes dull, lifeless hair radiant and
lustrous.
"Parisian Sage is the best hair grow
er and beautifier and dandruff cure. I
lost all my hair through typhoid fev
er; I was almost baldheaded and my
scalp was sore as- could be. I tried
everything, but In vain. Finally I tried
Parisian Sage and after using ont bot
tle my hair started to grow, and has
grown three or four Inches inside of
two months. I advise every lady who
wants beautiful hair to use Parisian
Sage." Miss Meta M. Kruger, Brown
town, Minn., June 8, 1910.
' Fr!slaa J5age It only CO cents c
large bottle at the Newiln Drug Co.
and druggists everywhere : The 'girl
with the Auburn hair is on every pack
age.
Want ads pay. one cent a word.
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The Greatest
Bargain Store
in La Grande
Buy where your
DOLLARS GO
THE FARTHEST
Ladies' 65c Undw'r only
" 40c Wool Hose
$1.50 Large Cotton Blanket
1.00 White " "
3.00 Wool Napp "
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Ladies hose, 25c retailer
everywhere, our special
price . 20c
Misses9 35c fine ribbed
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atr . . 25c
Men's black Lisle
oc vai, wmie uiey last zuc
Ladiesl.50 driving gloves 1.25
Ladies 1.25 " .85
ladies 1.00 " " .75
Ladies 5c hemstitched
handkc'fs, for only 3c
25c Stovepipe, only 19c
75c Lantern
65c granite coffee pot 32c
75c granite water pail 50c
15c Lantern globe 10c
French Ffexibone and W.
T. corsets, 75c up to $2.50
15c outing flan'l, yd. 11c
12 l-2c ginghams yd, 10c
15c hairnets 10c
65c Infants shoes, only 45c
40c soft sole shoes 25c
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Men's underwear $1.50
down to , 25c
Men's shirts $1.75 down
to . . . . 50c
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30c
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