PAGE 4 ; IA GKAKDE EVEKING OBSERVER,
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1911.
m i i immfp nnnnc ni7p hi iddy AIIT n&nFPt AT
--W '5 IVI I UOCAjUIN 1LlAKA1NVG sale
LADIES'
GAR
MENTS AT
CLEARANCE SALE PRICES
60 Ladies' Suits at HALF
PRICE.
All Long Coats reduced
ONE FOURTH.
Wooltex Suits , reduced
no to &o per cent.
Entire line of Dresses re
duced 25 per cent.
Ladies' Wash Suits, val
ues to $10.00. '
PI
$3.95
MNKoltWMIW
Commences Saturday July 8
A sale worth your while to attend
Entire Line of
Millinery
Half price
...... Iblt Iw
'. This includes every : tailored
- pattern and street hat in our
I millinery department i : v
Mid-season clearance
.of Ladies' Skirts
Shirtwaists ,
Summer Wash Goods
Hand Bags
r
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MEN'S
CLOTHING
Every mans suit of clothes ,
: in our entire stock
reduced .
Four great lines to choose ;.j j
from.
SOCIETY SUITS
SINCERITY SUITS
BENJAMIN SUITS
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Annual .Clearance of Mid-Season Sale of BdVS Clothinp Annual Clearance of All Summer Parasols Mid-Season Sale of 0 ' V A
Suk Gloves Wash Belts 1 wme gaye Qne fourtn . on
Kayser and Oentem- Our Entire Line Re- Lawns and Batistes Reduced all Fancy White
cri makes. 15c Belts,- 9c . Reduced ' Waistings and Wash vour by' 8ult at this
7ricminlit.tr-' sfi,. t4 "Rnio oo Pi Pn I OH av rnf . " .S Mid-season Sale.
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You know what a Sale AT WEST'S Means. Don't Miss It! M Pf WICST Tho Aimllfri Cfnrn
SALE STARTS SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 8TH Kl. t. UU U , Thc Quality btOre
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New Mexico Reward
North Carolina areennboro, High Point.
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North Dakota Blumarck. Mandan. Ml
not. . ' . .
Oklahoma Ardmore, Rartlesville. Dun-'
can. El Reno. Knld. Miami. McAleMer.
Muskogee.. Oklahoma City. Purcell. Sapul
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Oregon nakvr.
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ton. Kennedy, Marble Falls. Marshall.
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L'tuh-Salt Cake City, '
Washington Spokane, Tacoma. , '
West Virginia - Hluefielil, Huntington.
Parkersburg . -
Wisconsin Appleton. Kau Claire
"THIS IS MY 4STH HIRTHD AY."
JIASY CITIES
UXDER
TEM.
NEW SYS-
New cltlea are adopting the .Galves
ton or Dea Moloea plan of Koverament
Tery day. At ibis writing 133 bare
It In force. These cities are located
In twenty-seven states and aggregate
at least 2,600.000 population. Tbey
are as follows :
' Alabama Birmingham, Montgomery.
California Berkeley. Modesto. Monte
rey, Oakland. San Diego, Santa Crus. Ban
Luis OblsDO. Vallelo.
Colorado Colorado Springs, Grand June
tlon
Idaho Lswlston.
Illinois - Carbondala. Clinton. Daeatar,
Plxon. Elgin, Hlllsboro, JackeonrUU, Ka
wanee. Molina, Ottowa. Pekln, Rochella.
Bock Island. Springfield, 8pring Valley.
XVaukegnn -
lowa-Kiirllngton, Cedar Rapids. Daven
port. Des Moines. Fort Dodge. Keokuk,
' Marshslltnwn. Sioux City.
Kansas-Anthony. Abilene. Coffeyvllla,
i Cherryvale. Cnldwall. Council Orovs.
. Dodge cuy. Kmporla. Eureka. Olrard.
Hutchinson. InOopendence. lola,' Leaven
worth. Kansas City. Marlon. . Newton.
Neodeoha. I'nmons, ' Pittsburg. Topeka,
WicliUa. XWlllnKKrti. '
i Keniuikv-Newport. '
lulnlins-rtli'-vopnrt.
" MarviHini - urtwrmnd,
Mni.rfn.fwi)" - niiiister, Haverhill.
l.vnti. Tnit)(n:i. :
;:!c:.: V lUxirh... Port Huron,
' Lee Cruce. ',
Lee Cruce, governor of Oklahoma,
was born In Marlon, Ky., July , 18C3.
The death of his father threw, him
upon his own resources at an early
age and It was only by hard work that
he was able to obtain an education. Wa
studied law during one year at'Van
drbllt university and In 1888 began
the practice of his choBen profession
Three years later he removed to Okla
homa, locating at Ardmore. In 1901
he abandoned the legal profession to
enRf ge !u the banking business. About
tle same tlm he began to take an
active interns in political affairs and
in 191 he wag nominated and .elertsd
governor of Oklahoma on th5 demo
cratic ticket. In 1893 Governor Cruce
was married to MIbs Chlckle L Flcrej
a young Indian woman. .
. confederate fortres8 on the Mis-i
; ; slssippi. ' . ; I
1896 Sir Charles Tupper resigned
the premiership of Canada. .
1898 Admiral Dewey's vessels, took
C i . poesessloa of Isla Grande in1
.. Sublg bay, mear Manila. ;'
. IMPE0VEMEXT BOND SALE. V
City of la Grandly Oregon, Bond Sale.
Proposals . will be received by , the
undersigned, until Wednesday, the
19th day of July. 1911, at 8 o'clock
p. m., for 126,033.84 of improvement
bonds, denomination f 500.00, except
the last numbered bond, rate 6 per
cent per annum, payabl semi-annual,
ly, maturity ten years, redeemable at
thitf office of the treasurer, at the op
tion of the city of La Grande, upon the
paynwnt of tho face value therof, with
accrued interest to date of payment,
at any semi-annual coupon period, at
or after one year from' date' Certified
check of $2,900 to accompany
bid, same to -be -forfeited i If
successful bidder tall to take
bonds . and pay for some. Pro
posals shall be sealed and marked,
"Bid for Improvement Bonds." ' Said
bonds to be sold for not less than the
par value and accrued interest.; The
council reserve the right to reject any
or all bids! v ,
La Grande, Oregon, July 5th, 1911.
4 "'CM. HUMPHREYS,
Recorder of the City of La Grande,
Oregon. . , . . . 7-7-5t '
THIS PATE IX HISTORY.
; . July 8.
1709 Peter the Great of Russia de
feated Charles XII of Sweden In
battle of Pultowa.
1721 Elihu Yale, patron of Yale col
lege, died In England. Born In
.; 1648.'. - . ..
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BIG BRlSlf OTES.
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$ $"$ $"$ 6''$$S4
(Continued from Sporting Page.)
Joe Jackson continue: to play fine
ball; and with Lajoto back In the game
the Cleveland Naps will be able to
start something. . . , .
1758-
" Alexander the Great put a crimp in
every team ; he met until he struck
Boston. The suprroaa nung a wee-
wah on the Quaker star.
. .
"Doc" Newton. Jsse Tannehill and
Bill Bailey, former American league
The French ; under Atercnvu- pitchers, are all doing lab duty in
ble made an , unsuccessful at-j the Southern league this season
tacg on Fort nconuerotta.
acted by the last legislative assembly,
providing thati beginning four months
after the date when any taxes become
delinquent, each sheriff of the state
shall give a month's notice by weekly
publications Jn a certain newspaper
and by publicly posted notices, of a
complete list of the taxes so delin
quent, with the names of the respec
tive owners In connection therewith. '.
, According ; to this law anyone who
shall have failed by the latter part of
July to settle either the whole or the
first half of his tax for the year 1910
(the sarnjf , In this case, becoming de
linquent pn the first Monday of April,
this year) may expect to find his name
and the ' description of his property
listed in such advertisement whicjj
will state the provisions of the . law,
as follows: That the sheriff will, on
and after the 6th of October next sell,
upon application, certificates of delin
quency covering any of the lands so
listed. The first publication will ap
pear about the 4th of Augpst.
D&W2t' -!:'--'.v. ;" "
in
183? John D. TfockeMler born
. Rich ford, N. Y.
1S52 Twelve hundred houses In Mon
treal destroyed by fire.
-EW LAW 0T TAXES.
Delinquent List t- He PuMtxlird Vpjlo
. This Year.
vSTiaf might be of Interest to the
-1863 Surrender of Port Hudson, a general public Is a law which was en-
The Prettiest Waists
and gowns will become soil
ed and stained in time. But
their usefulness is by no
means ended
If Cleaned and Pressed
by us they will be as good
as new. Send us the waist,
frocks, suit or coat that you
cannot wear because thev
are spoiled or spotted. We'll
make them so you wear
them. .
ELITE DYEING &
CLEANIWfi vy GitKS
Manj 61. ;v ssoner Znndol.
NOTICE OF STBEET IMPEOYEMEJiT
TO WHOM IT MAN CONCERN. Not
tice Is ' ? .t ' i pursuance
of a resolution adopted by the. com
mon council of the city of La Grande,
Oregon, on the 17th day of ';, August,
1910, creating improvement district
No. 25, and designating Chestnut
street, as such district, and in pursu
ance of a resolution adopted by said;
common council on the 7th day of ,
June, 1911, whereby said council df-
termlned 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 describ?d.
improvement be made; that the boun
daries of said district to be so Im
proved are as follows:
All that portion of Chestnut street,
from the north line of alley between
Adams and Jefferson avenue, to the
south line of Jefferson avenue.
(1) And the property affected ?
benefitted by said improvement Iti
follows: Lot 13, block 115, Chaplfe
addition and Lot 1, block 114, Chs;
lin's addition, all in La Grande, Or
'gon. ' ";,
Notlec is hereby further given tti
the council will levy a spbeial assessj
ment on all the property affected M
benefitted by such. Improvement iJ
the purpose of paying for such im
provement. That the estimated costd
such Improvement is the sum
$412.33., That the council will, on th
19th day of July, 1911 meet st tl"i
council chamber at the hour of
o'clock, p. m., to consider said est
mated cost, and the levy of said ai
sessment when a -hearing will
granted to any person feeling ad
grieved by such assessment.
La Grande, Oregon; June 28th, 1911
CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE,
OREGON. i, -By
C M HUMPHREYS,
Recorder of the City of La Grande,
' .. Ore?r. -.
June ?o-to t . r ." , :
1 1 MO 1 1 H I U n i .f i f. .f. .1. i ,f, if, ,f , f i ,f , if, .f. ,f i .f. .f, ,f ' if. if.
Old Friends and New
Winning permanent, lasting friends is the work
of time, and this bank numbers among its clients1
hundreds of 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 have helped to make this one of the r
v 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
V Fred J-SHolmesJVes..-. WSJ. Church. Vice'Pres.
F.X. Meyert, Casket Earl ZundeWss'f. Cashier
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