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LA GttAXDE EVENING OBSEliVER,
"'FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1911,
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS
Editor and Owner.
Catered at the postoffice at La CrandeH
as second-class matter.
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THE! FOOD GOOD FEELINti.
Wallowa county with her usual hos
pltallty, greeted the delegation from
La Grande's Commercial club In a
.u.l o.Umi manner; The plan of ad-J lllot,B who go nt,7 Pre''
vertising both counties at the same
attended returned wiyi the full assm mea wielded the age and crowbar lully
ance that the right note had been eight hours, with a vigor that remov
struck and nothing but harmony nowd obnoxious stumps, .and excavated
fills the air between La Grande, Un- many nerve 'jolting "rocks of ages"
ion county and the Wallowa county from their firm foundation for which
the passing wayfarer will no doubt
return thanks; and possibly - Uncle
Sam will deem it worthy the rewarl
of & rural mall route in the near fu
ture for the benefit of his progressive
homesteaders and tax payers in that
region. , ,. , . .'.
people.
Let It go out to the world that the
branch line country is a very import
ant part of Eastern Oregon. Let it be
d'inned la the home seeker"s ear that
Wallowa county has an abundance of
everything to offer those who will go
into that section and work to build
horn's and make the country morel
rvrndiif tlve. With the best watered
section of Oregon, with dry lands that They Cost from a Few Cents to Thou
MAIL POUCHES.
produce wheat galore, with cattle and
hog and sheep on' a hundred hill3,
with the people all working as a unit,
just watch Wallowa county grow.
There is nothing to prevent, and
when the easterner comes to La
Grande it Is now. a written law that
not only the virtues of this valley
shall be explained to the visitor but
Wallowa's merits must also be included.
ECHOES OF JOVITA.
As time goes on. and the Jovita
Heights matter gradually comes to tha
surface, it Is shocking lu tho extreme.
Every day causes a pathetic story to
come to the ear, and ev-?ry story
brings to'.nind the fori of punish
ment that should be meted out to
time met with favor and every com
munity vlslud by the party had the
same loyalty to offer and the ssme
disposition to do all within reason
for the great cause of getting a two
county movement started that the out
side world may know of the merits of
two of the greatest valleys in all th?
world.
Every member from this city who
Arcade
THEATRE
BELTING ON QUALITY OF
PICTURES.
"TWO comedies this change
"Hungry Hearts". ...Vltagrapli
A comedy. Dick and Elsie,
the Vltagraph children, hunger
for the love of their parents.
The means they take to gain It
are worth while.
"The Angel of the Slums"... '
Lubln
A. very strong "story of a
young girl doing slumming, de
termines to convert to her falih
a certain young man. After
.falling 'several times she finally
.has a chance to protect him and
his pals from arrest and the
.story ends vfry pleasantly.
"The llunco Game at Lizard
' head" Essanay'
A comedy, western and full of
lively situations.
Miss Stephenson in latest Il
lustrated song: "What the Kosc
.Said to Me."
"Music and Efforts. Matlne?
every day.
easy
lng upon the public with some
term", proposition.
One woman from Montana, it Is said
had a few dollars In the bank and her
home. An agent painted the won.
picture of great values of Jov'ta so
strongly that the poor .woman give r-p
wha money she had and mortgaged
her little home to buv lota In the
scheme Of course, sh is now desti
tute or practllally go.
What should be done with a bunch
of road agents who aro guilty with
this class of grafters?
Good Work Done.
On Monday, June 19, a fsw interest
ed citizens of school district No. 3:
met at the. home of Mr. A. H. Perry-! individual way. so, that
man for the annual school meeting
and other business.
After hearing the report of District
Clerk Perryman .read and approved,
thsj following officers were elected:
B. F. May, to succeed himself as di
rector and A. H. Perryman, also suc
ceeding himself as clerk, for the third
consecutive term.
It was decided by the board and cit
izens present to build a school house,
and a social tax of 20 mills was voted
was voted for that purpose. Henry
spears generously aonated an acre
of ground In a beautiful sunny spot
near a fine spring which was unani
mously and appreciatively accepetd.
It was also decided Mr. Perryman
should continue his school, which Is
now In progress, fiv? months Instead
of three, as at first engaged.
The following Thursday Mr. Burnap.
Mr. Rrondhurst and George Bartemus
with his hired man. residents of road
district No. IS, met at a point south
east of Sheep creek and proceeded to
do some badly needed work on the
public highway that the county
and of Dollar Each,
Cncle Sam bns iwenty-etgbt differ
ent kinds of mail hugs in service, and
they range In cost from 22 cents to
$2,150 each. There are mail pouches
for almost every conceivable use. and
you can ship almost anything that
comes within the postal regulations
with a minimum of toss and breakage,
says Harper's Weekly. ' Probably the
most peculiar mall bug is the one ar
ranged 'for carrying bees. Sending
bees by mall was a difficult operation
before the "bee bag" was adopted.'
Usually the bees arrived at their des
tination dead or so exhausted tbut
they were of little use. Now these
little honey makers can be shipped by
mail several thousand miles in the
"bee bag" without suffering and can
obtain air and a good supply of food
during their transit
Mail bags are made of various mate
rials. The cheapest are of cotton and
the most costly of leather. TIhwa ni
on fast expresseM ure re-enforced with
metal so that they can be flung frbm
fast moving trains without damage.
Even then these bugs, or "catcher
pouches," do not last much more thru
a year and a half, while some of the
cotton bags used for the work will re
main in service upward of ten years.
In parts of the west, where the mall
must be carried for roauy idle. on
horseback, special pouches are In use
for slinging over the 'aniirial's flank.
In the far frozen inr;h special hairs
are made for slwl transportation, and
In the cities a in use' fur pneu
matic tube service I made of a com
position culled "ieaiheruld." The r-
uinary cotton nrni are woven so
closely that they are practically wa
terproof, nud in the weave there are
thirteen stripes nf blue. Each country
marks its own mail pouches in some
if one gets
lost In a far country Its ownership
can be readily detected. .
Nearly C5.000.0O0 mail bags are used
each year by the whole country, and
as they are being worn, out all the
time the supply has to be kept up.
There are mall bag hospitals, where
tens of thousands of tbjera go every
week. One such mall bag hospital re
pairs upward of 5,000 a day. These
crippled bags are In all sorts of dilap
idated conditions. A railroad wreck
may Injure several hundreds or thou
sands, and these must all go to the
hospital before entering active life
again. Christmas Is responsible for
NEW ARRIVALS in
SUMMER NOVELTIES
"DIRECT FROM NEW YORK"
Linen Hand Bags
All the rage in the Large
Cities. Sizes and styles
to suit every fancy
Hercules Bare ttc
Absolutely the Strongest and Most
Durable Barette made. Plain and
Fancy Shapes
PRICE 25c each
ACME COLLAR SUPPORTERS;
The new flexible and ad'yjstabe collar
supjort adapted fo collars 2 to 5 1-2 in
high, set with brilliants and pearl, 25c pr
CORA: NOVELTIES
An excellent assortment of coral be 'd
strands and coral bandeau s - - - .
Ptkes 25c to 50c
New Satin, Suede and Oriental Hand Bags
You will find our assortment and prices the very best. Leather Hand Bs of
Every Description
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Mew Ficheu Collars
Very popular for Summer Wear
Several neat shapes in dainty
i-ace i rimmed Lttects.
Keiser Neckwear f
Our line of Keiser Collars comprises
all the Newest Styles in Jabots, Sailors, Stiff
Collars and Lace Collars.
Special Sale Millinery
Our entire line of imported Gage
Pattern Hat. Value $20 and up, on tale for
$12.50
WEST
THE
QUALITY STORE
much damage to the mall bags, owing . ,ln.g addltion all ln Grwte, Ore-
tn t rift nnr1 CACt'lna linn nnf n rA lt '
to the hard service they get. and lm
mediately after the midwinter holiday
season several hundred thousand bags
go to the hospitals.
Mall bags are the most traveled of all
article ln use today. They are con
stantly moving, and It Would he im
possible to estimate the number of
miles a bag ten years old has traveled.
Hi Objection.
Mrs. Klchnulcb -John. I
Ig-'to buy a new parlor suit
nores on the principle of "!hat isn't
my line, do it yourselves," nnd al
though Messrs. Burnap and Bnrtrhiu
have escaped the call of the road sup
ervisor for nearly a quarter of a cen
tury on account of age, the old gentle-
want you
Mr Rich-agreeable
quick-Maria. I've tieen
euougti so f:ir to get dlOVreni clothes ,
lr morning, noun, afternoon and
nlglit. but I'm eonsarned if I'll change
etn every time i go into a different
loum.-Hrooklyn Ufe.
Old Friends and New
Winning permanent, lasting friends is the work
. of time, and this bank numbers, among its clients
hundreds cf banks and business houses with whom
it has had close relations for a great part of the
twenty-four years of its existence.
. Our friends havehelped to make this one of the
, largest and strongest banks in the West. We have
helped in their making, too.
We welcome new friends and will attend to their
wants with the same fidelity which has cemented
our relations with our older ones.
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON.
CAPITAL ... $ 100,000.00
SURPLUS . . . 100,000.00
RESOURCES . . . 1,100.000.00
. UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
Fred J. Holmes-JPres. W. J. Church, Vice. Pres.
' F. L Meyert, Cashier Earl Zundel.lss'f. Cashier
tJIHHOHmHimIHtIHIIHIIHllllHt
NOTICE OF STREET Dll'KOVE.MEMT
TO WHOM IT MAN CONCERN.. Not.
tlce is hereby given that in pursuance
of a resolution adopted by thS' com-
j "ion council of the city of La Grande.
X I Oregon, on the 17th day of August,
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iittuiiiK improvement district
No. 25, and designating Chestnut
street, as such district, and In pursu-
X j ance of a resolution adopted by said
common council on the 7th day of
June, 1911, whereby said council de
termined and declared Its intention to
improve all that portion of Chestnut
street. In said Improvement district as
hereinafter described, by constructing
cement walks 12 feet wide on both
sides of the street, the council will,
ten day after the service of this notice
upon the owners of the property af
fected and benefitted by such Improve
ment, order that said above described
Improvement be made; that the boun
daries of said district to be bo Im
proved are as follows:
All that portion of Chestnut street,
from the north line of alley between
Auwns ana jeirerson avenue, to the
T . south line of Jefferson avenue.
I (A) And the' property affected or
Z benefitted by said Improvement Is as
follows: Lot 13. Mock 115, Chaplin's
addition and Lot 1. block 114, Chap-
gon.
Notlec Is hereby further given that
the council will levy a special assess
ment on all the property affected or
benefitted by such Improvement for
me purpose of paying for bucu Im-J
provement. That the estimated cost of
such improvement . Is the sum of
$412.33. That the council will, on the
lilth day of July, 1911, meet at the
council chamber at the hour of 8
o'clock, p. m., to consider said esti
mated cost, and the levy of said as
sessment when a hearing will be
granted to any person feeling ag
grieved by such assessment.
La Grande. Oregon, June 28th, 1911.
CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE,
OREGON.
By C. M HUMPHREYS.
Recorder of the City of La Grande,
Oregon.
June 30-10- t
Dutchers Wagon
Shop
No Horse Shoeing
Wagon repairing a specially.
If your Tires need resetting
give us a call, Second-hand
Buggies, Hacks and Camp
Wagons for sale.
Ited 42.
O'CONNELL'S
Cigar Store
Pool, Billiards, Clg'ars, Tobac
fo and Soft Drinks best and
most complete line of cigars in
the city.
Observer's Const League base
ball scores cTery day there's n
game.
Corner Depot and Jefferson St
MAKE THIS TEST.
How tn Ttll if Your Hair It Oisaid.
Even If you bare a luxuriant head
of hair you may want to know whether
it Is In a healthy condition or not
08 per cent of the people need a hair
tonic.
Pull a hair out of your head; If the
bulb at the end of the root Is white
nd shrunken, It proves that the hair
I diseased, and requires prompt treat
ment If its loss would be avoided. If
the bulb Is pink and full, the hair Is
healthy.
We want every one whose heir re
quires treatment to try Resall "03"
air Tonic. We promise that It shall
not cost anything if It does not give
satisfactory results. It Is designed to
overoomt dandruff, relieve scalp Irri
tation, to stimulate the hair roots,
tighten the hair already In the head,
grow hair and cure baldness.
It Is because of what Rexall
"03" , Hair Tonic has done and our
sincere faith In Its goodness that
we want you to , try It at our
risk. Two'ilzes, 80c. and $1.00. , Sold
only at onr store The Rexall 8tor
Hills Drug Btora.
For the quickest and Most Re
liable MESSENGER
SERViCE
Call-Main 4 or Independent 121.
1LKESLE1L
Galls Answered Promptly.
The
Groce
Savoy Hotel
EU.O2N PIAN
The rooms are good and
Steam heated only one
block'from depot
D. C. Brickoux, Prop.
STAflEBEBG & SAXDD0EG.
Mala 70 lni.tM
: CALL AND SEE
THE C0LDEX STATE MAS0X
FECIT JAB.
Pure food preservative.
Complete Yacnnm
Extremely ivije opening.
3fo clamps needed1.
GUARANTEED. ,
No removal of cap need.
'No shoulder ojr neck.
Sanitary.
Takes largest fruit without eat
ting.
Pints
Quarts
Gallons
l.W
MO
UO
Vegetables or meats can bo pre
served In their natural condition
with an unchanged flator.
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