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Many special priced lines have been completely sold out and others
are so low that we will offer them to you at STILL GREATER
REDUCTIONS all next week Many new special bargain lines.
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EMBROIDERY
SALE
Hundreds of beautiful
patterns in Edgings and
insertions to match
Special price
14c
$239
Young Mens Suits
Sizes 32 to 36
Have been on sale jxi
3.75....Reg. prices $5
to $17.50
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Mens Dress Shirts
Sizes 14 1-2 to 18 1-2
With and without cuffs
attached. Reg. prices
$1.25 to $2.50
0c
Mens Overcoat Sale
Mostly small sizes but
all good styles. Reg
$7.50 to $17.50 coats
Don't-overlook these
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Mens shoes that were on sale at $2.25f Qf) Mens shoes that were on sale for ''$1.90, were Ei)
$5 to S shoes, yillbe soldfor - - fV:.. . $2.50 to $4.00, iy7J f be closed out at ' - - -$lJl
Boys Underwear, broken fine bofh cofon and woo, 15c Mens odd coafs on sae now for $1.00
EVERY AR77CLE IM THE STORE
AT REDUCED PRCES
N. WEST s?!
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS
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Eifertd at the jwkteffire at La Granae
at setna-clas natter.'
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disappointment.
IDE CRA3DE B05DE DORSE j
It would seem' that either Intention
al or unintentional, certain state
live stock officials are making: state
ments that baTe a tendency to destroy
tbe horse market In this Immediate
vicinity. That anyone should Hriifully
claim f landers ei!rs among horses
of th!s section Is more than tan Le
understood by local people, for as .
matter of fact no glanders have ap
peaxed In this raller for years, and
"there la not and has not been a horse
under quarantine for a long time. .
; Statements of this kind are most
damaging and every man, especially
every official clothed with the least
particle of authority, should be irery
careful In making them. One man
serving as a minor official even by
appointment can do more damage to
I a market with one or two utterances
than ranchers can repair in years of
constant care and attention to their
' "breeding animals.
j Now. It is veil known that the
j Grande Ronde horse is In many ways
' superior to other horses and the rea
j sons are plain to even the layman who
j does not study horse breeding. In the
' first place, the altitude of this part
of the state seems to be especially ad-
I apted to bringing but and developing
5 the strong, sturdy horse. The feed
1 raised here has considerable to do
? with successful horse raising for It
Is admitted that the bunch crass Is
far superior to the grass of the coast
country.
Knowing that these facts are es
tablished .horse buyers come to the
Grande Ronde valley every year and
buy large numbers of animals which
are shipped to different points. This
CEOKGE PALMER, PBet. T.'i. BOOTES, Tke Pres.
IT. L. BBESnOLTS, fash EARL ZC7DEL, U Ait Cah.
F. L. XETEBS ,Cath!er.
La Grande National Bank
of La Grande,. Oregon
United States Depository
Capfsf, Surplus 2nd Undivided Profits $2C0,Q00.00
DIRECTORS.
GEOKGE PALHER, W. L..EUEIIIOLTS
TT.j.mrKtn p. lmltess
F. J. BOLXES . W. H. PIERCE
C C. PESISGTOX
Tf. P. fEEATER
P. X. BIRIT
TTIlh enr ample resource and fseflltles ire rsa resoer jea 13
dent sen Ice and handle year ksilae te jear entire sathfactloa.
v alley has sent a great many "horses
into Canada, which means they must
undergo the severest tests as to health
before they are permitted to cross!
the boundary line and the English
horse examination Is recognized as
one of the most minute, yet Grande
Ronde hprses have never been refus
ed entrance to Canada and each year
the buyers come back for more.
But it makes no difference bow
well a horse business is established,
and the refutation of ' the horses
carry, Just let the story get In circu
lation that glanders are prevalent t
and the horse buyer will shun that!
pnmni Yi n 1 1 V It la fi orefftra imnArtinf '
V lllll . .J . w v vu. v v.. V j 1
that local horsemen do all they can
to overcome such reports.
SOCTETT.
Wbfie La Grande Is not society mad,
it does ma'ntain a steady' gait, and
though the holidays are still in mind,
there has been a wide range of so
cial affairs, and club activities have
been resumed In this first week , of
1911. Strangers coming within our
gates remark at the. great number of
club- and societies in La Grande, and
therein lies democracy. A weekly re
view of club life and social life In
volves every walk of life almost, and
"society" as used In La Grande Is sya
onomous with pastime's that urllft
and entertain.
Last Saturday evening Miss Ethel
Wright was hostess to a large number
of her friends who had gathered at
her home on 1202 Pennsylvania Ave-
, cue to watch the New Year In with
TVarne Plckler of Portland as "motif."
Many aaicsing games 'and contests
were heartily enjoyed by alL Light
refreshments were served soon before
" the . whistlts announced the begin
ning of 1?H. The guests spent a very
pleasant ever.'ng and certainly could
not have been more royally enter
tained. ; The Imitird list was as follows:
Mlssrs CUre Maseee. 7a Kregg, Hil
( da-Anthony. J.jnntte Smith. U'.l'n
! Baker, Lillian JIcDonald. Nellie Pick
ens, Grare P'.t kens. Sarah Smith, Mir
iam Smith, Ida Billings, May Nelll, Henry Saline,1 and Mr.' and Mrs. W.
Alice Hill, Naomi KIrtley. Louise' V. Conner. -Roesclu
E!lhel Hanley, Frankie Craw- Mr. Vaugh will leave for Portland at
ford, Phyllis Moore, Gladys Oester- the close of the present semester of
ling, Mary Penington, Charlotte the La Grande Hih school to Join j
jone, .eiue tuu. usa uoucn. Mar- ma part u us. no win naisn me year s
garet Romig of Baker City, and Runa schooling in that city. j
Bacon. Messrs Wayne Plckler, Lynn -
Bohnenkamp, Harley Richardson, Among the .many pleasant New
Milton Stoddard, Russell Ralston,. Lee Year parties, was that of the La Jaun
Reynolds, Tracy Wade, Merlin Bat- esse club last Saturday evening
ley, George Curre, Frank Ralston, when the club members entertained
Frank Earls, Joe Whitby, Hal Bonn- their gentlemen friends at the home
enkamp. Harold Grady, George Kerr, of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bay. A three
Clarence Garrlty, James Irwin, Gro- course luncheon was served by as
ver Grimmett, Cecil Bolton, Fritx many sections of. the club. Among
Lottes, Willard Carpy, Robert Kelly those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Vehrs, and John Ruby. ! Archie Bacon, who were closely affll-
'. i lated with the La Jaunesse club be-
Miss Ethel Bearden entertained a fore their removal to Merntana. The
few of her friends la her home at other guests present were: Mr. and
603 Fourth street last Wednesday Mrs. H. M. Bay, Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
evening. The young folks were en- Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Jackson,
tertajned until a late hour by many Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Nelson, Misses
amusing games. The guests partook Lena Jones, Marjorle McCall. Etta
of a dainty luncheon serred by Miss ( Foley and Irene Murphy; Messrs. Leo
Viola Knapp and Miss Elsia Bearden. I Herring. Walter Francis, Frank Con
After several more games had been ; ne-ra and C. O. Ramsey.
played they all departed for their
homes after spending a most pleasant
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Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dresner will
evening. The house was decorated , commemorate the golden anniversary
In evergreens in a very novel manner. of their wedding on January 1st. An
Those present were : Misses Winnie
Ladd. Esther Wilson, Clara Carbine.
Vera Swalberg, Fay Strigham, Letltia
Foster, Etta Mathews, Lizzie Math
ews. Rosalin Wilson. Louise Pierce.
event, which will take place at the
home of Mrs. Isaac Simon, 2178 Pine
street Several hundred guests have
been invited to participate in the hao-
P" event, and the hours of the re-
Viola Knann anil Elsia Rejtrtton? nfl cention will h fmm 1 ntn e
. - , . uiiiti o.
Messrs Ralph Xlcoles, Harry Moon. I Mr.- and Mrs. Dresner will be as
John Schofield. Ray Baum. Irving ! sisted In receiving their guests by
Watson. Clarence Cole, Arthur John-, their children and grandchildren,
son, .Clarence Stevenson, Al Harris, Among them will be: Mrs. Isaac Sim
Harry Baum, Arno Johnson, Esttl j on. Mrs. Isaac Jones, Mrs. Adolph
Wright and Elmer Curtis. j Newman. Mrs. Julius Ilitsch. Mrs.
M. P. Mendelsohn and Isaac Dres-
" A farewell party was given to Mr. ' ,
Earl Vaughn Tuesday evening at thej Mr. and Mrs. Dresner formerly
residence of Rev. Ford A. Ellis, 1701 1 M in New York but have nmde
Washington Avenue, The tjme pleas-J their home for nwfty years in San
artly pas-sed while numbers of the Frnnclsco-San Francisco Chronide
rarxy. piaj-ea amusing games ana list
ened to delightful music. Light re
freshments were served and the young
people departed with Joyful . hearts.
The fo!lving persons were present:
Misses Lela Hough. Anna Meloy. Jen
nie Meloy. Leona Wilcox, Helen Rich
ardson. Ruth Cother. N:na Erickson,
Lula ilendricks. Bella Kindred. Edna
Bankson. and Messrs. Frank Miller-
leg. James Clay. Earl Housh. and
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E
Baker near Snmmerville ocnirred the
mnrrlnge of their tanchter Effa Con
rad Baker to .Mr. Wm. P. Clmtten on
Sunday. Jnnmry first, at one o'clock
in the presence of n few rclntives
Rev. II. P. retersona of Sommorvllle
vws the master of ceremonv. a sum-,,
tuous dinner had been prepared an.i
was greatly enjoyed by all. The young
people departed for La Grande whera
they will visit friends and relatives
for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Chattii
are well known and a host of friends
wish them a long happy, and prosper-
ous life.
On January 25, the Brotherhood oa
Trainmen of this city will make u
other bow to the social world when itl
gives its annual ball an event simil-l
ar to the Firemen's ball, which Is al
ways waited for with much interesU
Not only to the trainmen, but to th
railroad employes and the public atl
large do these railroad events proTei
themselves of especial Interest Ser-
eral committees have the matter of!
details In hand. In years past the
lanterns and headlights which the
firemen lay claim to in their decora
tions, are superseded by fuses by tie
trainmen.
There Is every reason to believe
that this year's event will be up to th
former dances given yearly by ;tte
Brotherhood in this city. The Ett'
hall will be the scene of the event
.
A dance will be given by the Mod
ern Woodmen or. America on Mon-,
day evening; January'lilnth. . The in-.
spallation of officers Is to be heM t
that time. This Is the first event olti
social order that the M. W. A. has to?
tempted for some time and all &e 1
members are laboring faithfully to ,
maKe mis a grand success. It prom
ises to be the stellar M. W. A- social
event for the coming week.
On the evening of January 5tn,
number of friends of Mr. and Mrs.
P. II. Dickenson "took" them by sur
prise and spent a Tery enjoyable ev
Pnlng at their home" in May Park
The occasion was the birthday anni
versary of Mr. Dickenson. After
plnjfng games and enjoying a social
evening the Mr. and Mrs. Dickenson
were served to a splendid luncheon
which the guesVs had prepared. U
was appronchtnt midnight when the
guests departed .after' wishing their
hosts many happy b'rthdays. Those
present were. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson.
"r. arid Mrs. C. D. Huffman. Mr. a"0
Mrs. 1, H, Castle, Mr. and Mrs.
Class. Mr. and Mrs: C. E- .Snydam.
Mrs: C.eorg Keltt, Mrs. S. B. Will-
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