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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21,
THP ORSIFRVFR w5skel n applicants for the honor
BRUCE DENNiS
Editor and Owner.
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each one possessed. Mr. Clark carrl;d
the earnest approval of practically
Entered at the fft-itofike at La Grande. ine " uve, Lnion ana North
1 Powder d'strkt to say nothing of the
t .support given from La Grande and the
Immediate vicinity. Personal litters
from prominent men In all parts 01
the county found their way to Judge
Henry's desk asking for the appoint,
ment of Mr. Clark, as did lengthy pe
tition: " ) ' -
: Now that the matter Is settled, it is
perfectly reasonable to expect tnat
machinery In the assessor's office will
move along without any friction and
aside from missing the pleasant Rlne
hart smile, no one would realize that
Tad had been beckoned toby the gov
ernor to come up higher and take a
seat to hl left Mr. Clark Is abund
antly equipped and qualified Tor the
office, and so long as there seemed to
be sentiment demanding a Democrat
be named to nil tb': vacancy the Ob
erver Is glad to extend the hand of
welcome to Dave Clark bellevlne he
will do good work for the county as
a whole.
This paper will not publish an ar
ticle appearing over a nom de plum?.
Signed articles will be revised sub
ject to the discretion of the editor.
Flease sign your articles and save
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CLABK AS AN ASSESSOR
In the appointment of Dave Clark
of Cove to the assessor's fflce. Coun
ty Judge Henry has done what seemed
to' be best and fairest to all concern-! bas 8 counterPart M who go.s
INK, fflSK, PISK.
; (Boston Globe) ' . . 0
The popular colonel of this city
who once went to a livery stable and
ensnffftd a charger for a holiday pa
rade with a distinct understanding
that be didn't care what color thj
horse was If it were only white, now
ed. Mr. Clark is a Democrat while the
court Is Republican, tout this appoint
ment only shows a broad mlndedness
on the part of the Judge and proves
to -the ;ntire county that he is big
enough to recognize the people as a
whole and not a few politicians re
stricted by party lines.; .
The voters of Union county elected
T. A. Rlnehart to the assessor's of
fice. Blnehart was a Democrat when
elected and it therefore followed the
will of the voters must have been to
permit a Democrat to hold this par
ticular office In tho county. With this
as a guide for his act Judge Henry
The New
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!! KITCHEN
i CLEANSER
V. Scours snd Polishes
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Cleans and ' Scrubs ; '
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!: 10c a Can ,
i Pattison Bros,
Use either phone ,
to the department store and orders a
gown with, the simple stipulation that
it may be in hue of the spictrum so
long as It is pink "Helen pink." ;
The new, shade of dress goods is
named aftef the present daughter of
the White House. ,
Soon 'we shall ba dazzled with an
outburst of pink hats' pink ribbons,
pink likere, pink, stockings, pink shoes
and pink parasols.
Pinkeye, a variety of ophthalmia,
will be fashionably epidemic.
Pink teas, after a period of Innocu
ous d:uetude, will rage . again
throughout the land. . . ':.. ,
Can't it be stopped? i
Or must we suffer in silence as we
did "during the reign of terror under
"Alice blueuv when men of normal
vision prayed for a temporary spell
of color blindness?" .
. 0, Helen, frown down this latest
fad; give it the count Ink, mink,
pink, and out; and thus earn for your
self the everlasting gratitude of ev
erybody who hates monotony, whether
it he In raiment or music.
States senator. t
Joseph T. Robinson, representative
In congress of the Sixth Arkansas dis
trict, will be a candidate next year for
th Democratic nomination for govern
or of his state.
Simon Wing, who was the first can
didate of the Socialist Labor Party for
President of the United States, died
recently at his home in Charleston.
Mass., aged 84 years, ' :
Permantnt headquarters of the cam
paign for nominating Governor Har
mon of Ohio for the presidency of the
United States have been established in
Cincinnati.; i' . ' V :
In connection with the proposal to
hold the next D.ftnocratic national con
vention in Baltimore it is Interesting
to recall that no fewer than fourteen
candidates for the presidency .were
nam a In that city. , ;v :
Franklin Roosevelt, who has been
leading the .?ht of the Democratic
surgents in the New York legislature
asrslnst th election of W. P. She-fosn
to be senator, is a cbunsin of Colonel
Th eodore Fopce velt , , ; ' i ; ' "
Vernon, the of .Tannines conn
tv. Indiana, is bedevil to be the onl
town in the 'entire state that is still
governed under a charter granted bv
the 'Indiana constitution in 1816.
Though the town has only five hundred
Inhabitants it boasts of a mavor and
othe official the sam-i as the largest
munlclnalitles. , . '
Tft'i foerwtve Lagu ot New or
Jeans will nay for a snecial train for
Col. Theodore Roosevelt and will ale.J
provide a $10,000 banauet in h's honor
to b-t given In the historic French On
ers house, when the former presllnnt
of the United States pays a vWt to the
Crescent City next month. , ;
' A new Texas Republican Asaocla
tlon has been or?anIz;d to combat the
rule of Col. Cecil Lyons, who as na
tional committeemen, state, chairman
and treasurer, has dominated tho Re
publican party in Texas 'to: many
years. The new organization has also
declared its opposition to th? nomina
tion of Theodore Roosevelt for the
presidency in 1912. - '
; When Speaker Joseph G. Cannon re
signs his gavel on March 4 he 'will
have achlevd the longuit record for
the speakership, with one exception.
Mr. Cannon has served faur full terms
or eight years. This reco"! Is surpass
ed only by that of Henry Clay, who
was cho8enslx times and servrd an
aggregate of ten years. Mr. Clay's ser
vice in the speakers's cha'r, however,
was not continuous.
POLITICS ASD POLITICIAJiS
4 vGr iensboro, N. C, has adopted the
commission form of government.'
! Six aspirants are contesting the Re
publican nomination for mayor of Chi
cago. ' ' ' ' , .
. Congressman Ben Johnson has with
drawn from the contest for the Demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination in
Kentucky. ,
c :James A. Reed. United States senator-elect
from Missouri, will be the
principal speaker nt the banquet of
Kansas Democrats In Topeka on Feb-
X i ruary 22. .
.., The Democraktlc State Ex:cutlve
; Committee of Kehtuckv has issued a
f ; call for a state primary to be held in
fr-Hil l 111. . May for the nomination of a United
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THE OFFICERS
; of this bank will be pleased to talk with you . t
any time concerning mutual business relations .
WHEN the Federal Government, the
county, the city, and a large and
, growing list of commercial and private
depositors entrust their funds to this institu-'
tion to the extent of $800,000.00, you may
be sure that it is a safe one for you to identify,
yourself with.
GALL AND TALK IT OVER WITH US
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON.
CAPITAL . . .t $ 100.000.00 .
SURPLUS . . '. 100.000.00
RESOURCES . . 1.125.000.00
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY '
: George Palmer, Pres. Fred J. Holmes, Vice Pres.
F. L. Meyers, Cashiet Earl ZundelMssY. dshier ,
fttHHMIHI till llllMUtlitillwm-t
"THIS DATE IX HISTOKi
February 21
1677 B. de Spinoza, celebrated a
defender of the doctrluo of .rb
. eismfdled. Born In 1632. '
1711 CharK Craven commissioned as
colonial governor of South Car
olina. "
1813 Ogdensburg, N.'.Y..' captured by
a force of British and Canadian
1829 Virginia general assembly pass
ed a resolution condemning:, the
' first high tariff bill as unconstl
tutlonal. . ; .)
1848 John Qulncy Adams, sixth presl
. dent of the U. S., died in Wash
' Ington, D. C. Bom In" Qulncy,
Mass.. July 11. 1767. "
1849 British under-Lord Gouh de
featt'd the Sikhs In bloody batile
at Goojerat.
1854 Czar of Russia. proclaimed war
against the Turks. '
1856 Roman Catholic diocese of Lon
don, Ont., was established. '
1882 Charles Bradlaugh expelled
from the British House of Com
mons. 1891 Gen. William Tecuseh Sherman
burl'fl at St. U,un.
WlO-The new British Parliament vat
formally opened by King Ed
ward with a speech from the
throne.
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Jabotb, Stocks, Lace and Embroidered.
j'? V: ' ::-Pri-25s-to:$i.o"6. . -' ?
Dress ; Gmghams fcpfS
O in showing of draperies comprise all the newest
patterns and materials.
FINGREE UTZ & DUNN'S
OXFORDS OXFORDS
EDUCATOR SHOES AND OXFORDS
Spring Stock Arriving Daily
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IS
trlct to be so. improved are as- fol
lows. -
All that portion of "S" avenue, from
the east side of Monroe avenue to the
west ld,a of Spruce street. ;' ;
(A) And the property affected
or benefitted by said improvement .is
as follows: The .north half of blocks
14$ and 149 Chaplin's Addition to the
Town of La Grande, Oregon.
Notice Is hereby further- given that
thjf Council will levy a aeclal assess
ment on all the property affected and
benefitted by such Improvement for
the purpose of .paying for such Im
provement. That the estimated cost of
such improvement Is th i sum of $180
That the Council wll Ion the 15th day
ofM arch, 1911, meet at the Council
chamber at the hour of 8 o'clock p. m.
to consider said estimated cost, and
the levy of said assessment, when a
hearing will be grant:! tony person
feeling aggrieved by such assessment.
La Grande, Oregon, February 20th,
1911. ' .
CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE.
OREGON ; '" ;'
( By C, M. HUMPHREYS,
Recorder of the City of 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 or tha City of La Grande,
Oregon, on the 1st day of February.
191L creating Improvement District
No. 31, and designating avenue, as
such district, and In pursuance of a
resolution adopted by said Common
Council on the 1st day of February,
1911. whereby said Council determin
ed and d iclnred its Intention to lm
nrove all that portion of "S" Avenue,
in said Improvement district as here
Inhfter described, by laying thereon
the south sldp, k board sidewalk the
Council will, ten davs After tin ser
vice of this notice noon the owners
of the propertv affected and benefit
ted bv such InrnovAment. order that
said above described lmprovtnent be
made; that the boundaries of said dls-
Backache, Rseumatlsm, Nerronsness.
Mean disordered kidneys, Foley Kid
ney Pills have helped your neighbors;
they will also help you. Mrs. B. Hill,
Peoria, 111., says: "I have suffered
greatly with my kidneys for years and
have suffered also with rheumatism.
Have taken several wel known kidney
Pills. These have done me a great deal
of good, relieving me of the severe
backache and reumatism and I cheer
Hill't Drug Stor.
Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
v ARTHUR C. WILLIAMS,
1 , School Clerk.
Feb. 15 to Men 3 .
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FHI8ICUIfS AND SURGE pNS.
M. MOL1TOR, M. li. Physician and
Surgeon. Corner Adams Ave. and
Depot street. Office, Main 6S; Resi
dence 69. .
C. H. UPTON, Ph. G. M. D. Physician
and surgeon. Special attention to
Eye, Eaii Nose and Throat. Office
In La prande National Bank Build-
' lng-. Phones: Office Main 2, Real
dence Main 32. ' n "'
residence.
ATT0R5EI8 AT LAW.
COCHRAN t COCHRAN Attorneys :
' Chas. E. Cochran and Geo. T. Coch-
mn. La Grande National Bank
mdg.,La Grande, Oregon.
T. H. CRAWFORD Attorney at Law
i Practices In al Ithe courts of the
Bute and United Ptatet. Office In
La Granae Naiwui ttani Bldg., La
Grande, Oregon.'
O. W. C NELSON Mining Engineer.
Baker City, Oregon. ,
A. L. RICHARDSON, M. D. .
J. W. LOUGHLIN, M. D. .
Drs. Richardson & Loughlin
Physicians and Surgeons,
Office Hours 9 to 11; 2 to 5; 7 to 8.
Phones Offlo Black 1362; Ind. 353.
Dr. Richardson's Res. Main 65; Ind.
812. -
GEO. W. ZIMMERMAN Osteopnl
Physician. Sommer Bldg., Rooms 7
8, 9 and 10. Phones: Home 1332
' Pacific, Main 63. Residence phone
- Black 951. Successor to Dr. C. E
Moore. "
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Who's Here
A-.SEW PAIST ASD WALL
PAPER parlor conducted by
, CL0GST0S ASdsUTTER. All
" thelrtock of wall imper Is new
and uj to date In every respect
Call and see for yourself. We
do all of our own paper hanging
and imlntlng In a style that is
bound to please. 1708 1-2 6th
treet, Independent phone 1341
door to the Observer office.
- f ' Wood Notice - '
Notice Is hereby given that the Dis
trict School Board of School District
No. One of Union county, Oregon, will
receive up to 4 o'clock.' m. of March
3rd, 911, sealed bids for famishing
sad school District No. One with cords
of four foot, split, yellow pine and red
fir wood, said wood to be cut while
srrcen and not later than June 1st,
Kill, free from large knots and accept
able to said school board. Said wood
!s to be delivered 300 cords at high
school building, and 100 cords at the
Fourth ward school and to be corded
up neatly and clOBely where directed
by Board.
100 cords to be delivered by July
1st. and all on or before Sept lK 1911.
Bids to be left with school clerk. The
DR. M. P. MENDELSOHN Doctor of
Optics. Spectacles and Eye Glasses
Fitted and made to order. All er
rors of Refraction Corrected. 1105
Adams Ave. . Foley Hotel Bldg. I
Grande, Oregon.
CLOGSTON NUTTER
OR. H. L. UNDERWOOD and DR
; DORA J. UNDERWOOD Office ov
er Wright Drug store. Special , at
tention paid to diseases and surgery
of the eye.
Phones Office Main 22; residence.
Main 728.
J. C. PRICE. D. M. D. Dentist Room
23. La Grande National Bank Build
Ing. Phone Black 399.
DP- R. L. LINCOLN, DENTIST Firs;
class services gtven. Office over Lll
ly's Hdw. store. Phone Black-451.'
DR. P. A. CHARLTON .Veterinary Sur
geon. Office at Hill's Drug store
La Grande. ' Residence phone, Rei
701; Office phone. Black 1361; Inde
pendent phone 63; both phones si
California
Family Wine
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$1.50
PER GALLON
Absolutely
Pure
JULIUS FISHER
221 FIR, STREET