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. in -i ii mi .1."' .-- - M ""V" mimmm m I11"1"1" "' ' " " " r .' - ' A ' ' if ' PAC'R 8 j'" LA ORAXDK EVENING OBSERVER, WEDNESDAY, March 1, 1911. " V j I F)V7An 1 1 SilP ED-V- PIGE oS COMPANY - IMVWA W I THIS SECTION -V ; Merchant Tailors ' ' : ' Wholesale Only l-)AllAlll jfffl ENTIRE EASTERN ORGON RUN ' ' ' ' '-; U'irUUttUijUUJ :. . . v.-.. .: I NING GROUND Fftll THivvna Absolutely Pura The official Government tests show Royal Baking Powder to be r an absolutely pure and healthful grape cream of tartar baking powder, and care should be taken to prevent the substitution of any other brand in its place. With no other agent can bis cuit, cake and hot-breads be made so pure, healthful and delicious. Royal Bailing Powder costs only a fair price per pound, and is cheaper and better at its price than any other baking powder in the world. It makes pure, clean, healthful food ' ' ' ' " ; ' -. " - " ' Royal Cook Book-800 Receipts-Free. Send Name and Address, ROYAL BAKINQ POWDER CO., NEW YORK. ' i LA GRANDE WITHDRAW!? ' $4,091,261 FOR GOOD STREETS W ill Not Enter Debating league this V Tear Fire in. After months of waiting and voi ces of . correspondence, ' th La Qra ide debating team have fallen flown, have withdrawn from the race and forfeited their rights, to the de tttJny team of the Pendleton High trtwt. says the Pendleton LIv Wire, i Thia decision kaves only Ave team in cTre Eastern Oregon circuit wrth al;r' lined up with Prlneville and Ttcn with Fossil and Pendleton the (M member of the circuit. Wltaton will debate with Fossil on next Fri day 'n Fossil and the winner of the ebst will' debate with Pendleton at 8.11'. IntAr data Tho n.,aninn i . - - - - uy IUUDUUU Llf UV j debated will hA "Thnf fi.tt, . ... I Ibcreascs in the United States navy aro desirable." ; Members of th? Pendleton htgn school . debating team have been in training for the past several montas and are prepared to land the pennant thlg year from any team that cares to compete with them for that honor. Imnrovenwnts Include' SIxfy.Three Miles Pavement. Durfng last year 63.43 miles of hard Burface pavements were laid u Portland, an Increase of 43.28 miles over the record made in 1909 or 213 per cent. Property owners' of the city nave shown a decided partiality for btiu Hthlc pavements. It leads all otn:r pavements with a total mileage of 54.03 to Its credit. Asphalt is nexi with 46.12 miles. All of these figures are. shown in Engineer Hanam's re port and were the totals of each kmd of pavement up to January 1. I9n. During the year, In addition to the hard Burface pavements that wera laid and accepted there were 12.5 miles completed which have not yet ben accepted, but will be very shortly, t The report shows that 1J5.7 miles of cement sidewalk weri laid In 1910 and only 6.7 miles of wood sidewalk. ENTIRE EASTERN OREGON EH- XIXQ GROUND FOR THIEVES Small Bands of Box Car Robbers to Make Headquarters Here. "Yeggimn Infest Eaastern Oregon with woll-organlzeed ; hands crspaie in the various cities," asserted chief of the O-W secret service. Edward Wood today during his conference -with the local police regarding three alleged yeggmen held under surveil lance her& pending an Investigation or an asse'rtlon by one of the three that goods thought to hava been , stolen from box cars, was purchased by him from a merchant at Gooding. Idaho. Special Agent William Edgley, In chargi of the east end of the service of the 0. S. L. arrived this noon on No. 17 and one of the three will be taken to Gooding where he -will be asked to Identify the man from whom he says hs bought the disputed goods. Several Gangs at Work. With the rounding up of eight no torious yeggmen at Umatilla the oth er day, Dectective Wood corralled one of the worst bands of criminals he said todav. th has za been jailed at Pendleton. P.obbing trains an t banks Is within their caliper. Bands of the same sort of men are running through Eastern pr?son. La Grande ia said to have an aggregation of about a dozen who commit lasBsr crira:s, such as robbing befx cars. They apparently make this their stop ping place and hie themselves out to outposts and commit loot. It 13 be Heved that Wood's net U about the yegemen and that within a short tlni: he and his associates will have run down a greater per cent of the box car robbers, ; SLEEK BEEVES IN H IK jlA GRANDE WILL HATE M HEAD AT PORTLAND SHOW Rev. G. 0. Haley, returned today from Flora and goes to North Pow dfT tonight. BUY DIRECT AND & VE MONEY hS, Ir Prroct building material, cut to a nair. wo nt he paper on the wall, shipped dally Our S-cros p. $i,o Door ta the bent value -r oftortd anywucra ror this remarkably low fiifj a,;i U only a a'1Ple of the many good thlriK and prlce-savera contained hi our catalogue We own and operate our own mill In Seattle and SAVr YOU MIDDLEMEN'S PROFITS fiend ;r , . -t of what you need and let us show oti i In Ai.Tf'.. VIQURE8 what we save you. 9ll,"fverv..,iy and ship anywhere. Save mlddlemen'M protil. 'FOR THE CHILDREN." Hcnd fur Catalogue. - One price to everybody " 1 - MMM"SajSJMMiBMHMl fcT ii 1 BuitdcrsNeed TbisOildloc Mi' ! ! i A New Barrel of Dill Pickles JUST RECEIVED SN0DGRASS GROCERY George Chandler Personally Supcn ls. Ing Care of Prospective Winners Forty sleek, fat and attiacinr: beeves, groomed for the Portland stock show, commencing late In March stand ready for the trip to Portland where th;y will be placed In compe tlon with cattle from the entire North west and that they will figure conspi cuously when the blue ribbons are awarded. Is certified to by m n wno have seen the lot. George Chandler, who is feeding the premium cattle for McKernon & Chandler, the stock buy ers, said last night that the bunch will certaily be at the big Bhow. ori ginally there were fifty-one In the lot but eleven have been weteded out as not tn to the htgh standard of the other fo:ty. ' ' As the cattle have been sheded bedded nnd rested " undrer shod they ar: particularly clean looking and have the stamp of premium wvi tiors on them.. ... Mr. Chandler will personally ai t.-hd to their care en route and while show nnd as this Is the first time tint the lornl bus'fiess has had tha M'omiHPs of'socd represcntaMcn . ni Northwest stock shows, much inter rati is fix d on the eventually d! Itensation of the blue ribbons. CIU'RCll IS HOME. f i t n 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 lt ( , I'll Ion County's Representative Re. turns from Salem and Portland. Having spent a few days in Port land transacting' business matters. Hon. W. J. Chuicii. .epreseutatlve from Union county. - arrived home last evening. Mr. Church made no mat splurge in the way of introduc ing new bills holding hima If rathe, to the theory that there wjro alie'ad; plenty of laws and his negative vote was generally found recorded agatn appropriation bills. Oik, of the few bills Introduced by Mr. Church was relative to game In this county but it fell Into the scrap heap In the. exe cutive back yard where all the other game laws went when the veto powers Feb. 17, 1911 V 225-228 Franklin Street, CHICAGo'lLL, Toney & Soranton,' ' s Ia Grande , Oregon; i:"'' " G 'f ; ' . ' ' v Gentlemen: .; . '.'' ; : ' ' -: : , : Following the custom pursued by us for a number of years, we wish our. old, as well as new customers, to return any coat made by us the past season where the fronts have not held their shape, and we will be pleased to put in a new front,; or if this cannot be done we will' make a new coat. Also if the coat linings have not given satisfactory wear, -we will reline free of charge. 7 - Yours very truly, ( , Ed. V. Price & Co. JTE can save you from $ 10 to $20 on strictly nigk grade tail ored-toorder clotness through tmr advan tageous connections' witL tLose famous Ckicago tailors- Ed. K Price y Co. and deliver unquestioned style, correct fit, honest work manskip and aksolute satis- v faction. Select your favored ' pattern and let us take your - ' i Three-Button Novelty measure today. : - ; , ; Dtp Front, No. 7 17 Mm M t : v. were exercised. i one. Sale Well Attended The public sale held yesterday by am. uiauae tjnuaers was well at- To Cure a Cold in One Dny Take LAXATIVE BROMO puinino tablets. Druggists refund tended. The horseB especially sold ! lt fails to cure. E. W. GROVES slg- ana tne saie was a profitable nature ou each box. 25c. The quicker a cuid gotten rid of the le tl.e dpnwr from pneumonia and other nerions d:awu. ilr. IJ. W. L. Hall, of Waverly, Va. ,ays: "I firmly believe Cham berlaiu'n Cough Remedy to be absolutely tbe best preparation on the market for colds. I have recommended it to my friends and titer all agree with me." For sale by M Steward's Opera House, Monday, March 6 DIRECT FROM 2 YEARS AT THE AST0R THEATRE, NEW JORK WITH ENTIRE RROADWAY CAST AND PRODUCTION. THE WAGENHALS & KEMPER CO. PRESENTS ::HtSMMMMBHSMShaaiBMBiMBHBWMMBBaMSkkiaMte. . . . . G5T COMEDY HIT III ZOYEARSl fc ' .. i . I Iff MART ROBERTS RI EN II ART and AVERT. HOPEWOOD. A laughing wonder' -N. Y. Times. "Veritable conspiracy of fun.-N. Y. World. "Too funny to be told" vnrP itUrna, ?Cream,ng,y Y' Tribune. "One long laugh" N. Y, Sun. NOTE Tha audience Is requested to be seated at the rise of the curtain a. ttu action beg!n immediately Prices: 50c, 75c, $1.00, and $1.50. Seats on Sale Saturday