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I. A.-H HA X I.) !. K V K ! N r ! I S ', . K V. -Ti:i DAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1911. i'A;E7 100 OUGHT TO KNOW... f ' this shop, and its ability to serf !' job best , , 0nr ob strongest desire Is U turn oat the best CLEANING AND , PRESSING ' and to' price' our services ,' to meet yoar satisfaction. t We be lieve tto do this. "If y onr" gar ments ned our attention send tbem to ns and we will do yonr ; work promptly and! guarantee i , not to re hi the materials. ' , - ELITE DYEING & ' . CLEANING VTOilES Kaln 61 a H. B. Waggoner L J HjafiMrr n : nt John Melville LA Cf?A)W); ORE- - s Southeastern Washington's 'Greatest Fair Septemberl8to 23 1911 $30,000 IN PREMIUMS AND PURSES. Greatest Race Program ever offered in the northwest SPECIAL ATTEACTIOXS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. , Concerts Dally by Rnsifs Fam- ' " nos " "" :- . ."' -: ITALIAN BAND Special Rates' on "ill Rallorads. ' , WALLA' WALLA, WASH. ' a numbing j La Grande's Leading Oftwtt C 8. Lani OfSea Kama Area. ;; si tntnimiiiiiiiimnHn'iiiHHiMttn lidinij Maten 'kinQV 8HIXGLES, PAIST, WALL PAPER, SASH, DOQRS, BOLDOG PA PER, BUILDERS' HARDWARE. IT IS A MOSEY SATrSG PR0PO- SmOH FOR YOU TO COSE HERE. LET US FIGURE 05 YOUR BILL. U r. j t'l ;: '-;V ' V ..V1 NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the undersigned for the construction of cement walks on Second street from Jefferson to Main avenue; on Third street from Jefferson to Main avenue, and on Fourth street from Jefferson to O avenue, same to he constructed In accordance with the plans and specifications on file in this office. The amount to be laid on the streets above mentioned can be tad by applying to this office. Certified check for 5 per cent of the amount of the bid must ac company all proposals, which must be filed with the recorder before 6 o'clock p. m. September 6th. 1911. ' The coun cil reserves the- right to reject any and all bldB. C. M. HUMPHREYS. ; " City Recorder. 8-31-Dt ' . - 'sSartssasdsLwiAai i isha isjsaJL. Jt . ;tilms!LiLwi . Wfit t.irU " I . k. Cll T t r. r,r v nr- , ij mu.ic Art, tioomon and Comnwr ! Vrpa. K,d4namt Da, tw. Rrfd Morl and Intel Irani! Tiinlnt . W ntr for AnnamurmRit. Arfrfm, turn uKfmM. . t.; Ml, r,.,i4 jSavoy Hotel EUROPEAN PLAN I . j . i n rnnnu r vooa ana 1 1 steam : heated only ; one 1 i block from depot i j iD. C. Brichoux;Pro . DON'T Let the dealer select your cigars for you. Get what you want. Call for a Fam Us King Havana cigar and get the best that your money will buy, and not a cigar that the dealer wan a to sell you for reasons of his own. - , Fam Us King Cigar Factory t06 Fir Street Iff v." ' tf? 5 .,' ? f; H a J -ff V-J -jf-v . A r SlOrLGE M EE ill! HIGH PRICES MAKES STORAGE FEASIBLE PLAN. Interesting News and Gossip From New York. New York g?pt. 1. As the largest consumer of foodstuffs In the coun try, thlg city Is, genuinely concerned over the prospect of another season of high pplcea for all kinds of meat products. At first there was a dis position to decry the neciassity of any decided advan.ee In retail prices and attribute the threat of higher rates to the operations of tho beef trust. As the reports of a genuine scarcity of high grade cattle and other me a-: animals have continued to come to the front from all parts of the coun try, however, and have been reflected in tn e actual advance of wholesale prices ..the . public has. .become con vinced that It must pay more for Its daily roast or go without. As a ten per cent advance in prices will add nearly a quarts r of a million dollars a day to Ne w York's meat bill, the prospect that may amount to twice ibis Sum is a serious one for most citizens. One class that does not .Thare thls apprehension s the cold storage mibn. .' A quiet investigation ol the storage houses shows 'that they are carrying far more than their ordinary Quantities of the ordinary substitutes for meat foods.; Taking pdvactare of the record-breaking sup pl'ifg cf fish, pouKry and eggs that have been pouring into the market for the p?t two months they are ful ly stocked with all thee products and are. looking forward to a corres pondingly rich harvest. It te. esti mated that within the past I- re ts more than ten , million dozen egg? nans gone into atorage, while poultry is being, received t he rate of IMoon pounds dally and much of it is being takien by the same interests. More fish are said to be bteld in cold stor age than ever before in the history of the city. As a result of present conditions it; is con.fldently ' predicted by tin storage men that the country will have to rely upon them in great er, measure than ever before for its food supplies during the coming win ter.. Meanwhilis the . state officials are planning to give vigorous enforce ment to the new law limiting the time that food products may be kept in storage. " , . . New York, Sept. , 1. Postmaster General Hitchcock appears to be a past master of .the art of making things interesting, for those who are compelled to do business with this branch of the government. In addi tion to having the publishing inter ests of the country on the anxious seat as a result of the threat o In crease postal rates on magazines, an order from his department from his department has . now astonished and dismayed the" officials of the railway Unes having headquarters here. This order requires tn.3 companies to pro vide steel cars for the conveyance of mail over their lines and names Jan. 1, 1912, as the datra when this new equipment must be In readiness , for service. While admitting the desir ability; of using steel cars for the convyan;e of mail matterj the rail way men point out that It is a physi cal impossibility for them to provide between four and five thousand of these cars wif.hln the next four or five months even if every available car builder in the country were put ,on the Job immediately. They protest also that in the present stats of the railway business the lines cannot af ford to Invest upwards of $40,000,000 in new equipment, especially in view of the fact that the government pays the roads nothing for the use of four fifths of the mail cars, Including all of those known as compartment can In which par of . the space is devoted to use as traveling post- office and part to express or baggage. To deep en the predicament of the railroads the postmaster general Is revolving a plan to still further reduce the pay for their mail carrying services by a cut of about $9,000,000 a year. New York, Sept. 1. Although the police department refuses to give out any figures on the number ot rob beries that have taken place here re- cently the long list of notices of stol- C. T. U. had made for the memhera n jewelry and silverware that are of the crew of that vessel. Thie trip being sent out afford a good Indica-Jcost the government several thous and tion' of the fact "that metropolitan dollars which Is perhaps as much as burglars have had a very busy anml!th value of the 750 bags equipped profitable summer. Especially large' has been the number of lootings of houses closed for the season and it is probable that many more of these will come to light when the wealthy residents of the city return from tnelr summer trips. In some quarters t.h increase of theso robberies Is attri buted to the adoption of the stationary post plan for policemen. Under this plan which was put In force early in the summer the officers do not patrol long teats but remain at one point throughout their period of duty. Tit's idea behind this system is that citi zens will know where to find a police officer when they need him. Equally of course the crooks know wher to avoid him and in the uptown districts surrounding Fifth Avenue and River side Drlv' where eighty per cent of the houses, are closed up throughout the midsummer months they can ran sack an expensively, furnished resi dence at their leUure with little fear of detection. While the stationary post plan possesses some advantages the end of this month to determine whether crime has increased or de creased since its adoption. New York, .Sept. 1. While the ad journment of congress was welcomed with relief in most quarters here, re gret is felt at the failure of one bill in which New Yorkers, for sentiment al reasons, felt a particular Interest. This was the measure providing a site in the harbor for a heroic statue typifying the American Indian. The statue itself is to be provided by a few prominent men and Is -expected to divid.3 honors with the Statue of Liberty as one of the famous land marks of the nation's gateway. The bill was passed by both nouses 2:8 congress and was rushed into the eenate chamber to receive the slgna ture of Vice President Sherman, ar riving there just as the gavel started J to fall closing the session. It theri-i -rc missed becoming a law by a sln- ble second, probably the narrowest ! margin on record. It is expected j that the V.'.l w.ll be passed "soon after congress r-.ei'-- n December and this tribut: io "the, vanishing race"' : will soon be added to the sights of the narbor. : - I New York, Sept. 1 Uncle Sam displayed his gallantry in an unusual fashion here this week and Incident ally paid a fine tribute to the'womien ! ot Kansas when the battleship of that name was ordered to steam from Hampton Eoads to this port especially to receive tha gift of "comfort bags" which the members of the Kansas W. mm NICE LEVEL LOTS LOOMED TWO BLOCKSIIORTHOF THE RAILROAD SHOPS. We are oi lots at from $160. to $200. each, on the most liberal terms . -. . ... , , IrVe iurnish you an abstract of titl e, IVfcen yov have paid for these lots. Not a poor lot in our whole offering Better call at our office and learn more about these os. Htll Phone , Main 752. r; Independent phone 262. Foley Hotel Block. with aeedles, thread and other house wifely necessaries that were present ed to the crew. But In th8 navy senti ment evidently Is still valued at some thing and it is a source of satisfac tion to know that the Jack Tars of the Kansas need no longer be troubled by missing buttons or be subjected to the embarrassment arising from an unmended rip in their garments. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be recived at the office of the undersigned for the construction of cement walks on Fir street from the O.-W. and N. right of way to Monroe avenue, and on North Fir street from Monroe, avenue to W ave nue, same to be constructed in ac cordance with the plans and specifi cations on file in this .office. The amount to be constructed on the above mentioned streets can be had by ap plying to this office. Certified check for 5 per cent of the amount bid must Hfcouipnuy ail proposals, which must be filed with the recorder before B o'clock p. m., September 6th, 1911. The C. T. Cement 1 Consult him before COLUMBIA MILTON, OREGON IS THE PLACE TO SEND YOUR BOYS AND GIKLS. Christian, bnt not sectarian. Grounds and bulldingg valued at $75,000. A select school for young men and young ladies, who seek for the highest Ideals in Manhood and Womanhood. 1 CERTIFICATES ACCEPTED AT STATE UNIVERSITY AND OTHER I SCHOOLS WITHOUT RE-EXAMIXATIOX. . U xnorongn course. .Literary, scientific) commercial department; in t eluding shorthand and typewriting; conservatory of music, Including; piano, voire and stringed Instm ments elocution; art. Vi . Dormitory refitted, refurnished, xortuble, attracthe, gymnnslnm, Beantiful for Sltuntlon. A land of 1 Pure air. Healthful conditions. v street cars. ; U Not a saloon In 20 years. No gambling dens. ' Moral atmespfcere la Send for Catiilogne or other Information to H. S. SHANGLE, Financial Secy., Milton, Oregon K$. La council reserves the rigkt: to rejoct any and' alt. bills. 1 C. M. JlUMPHIfSYS, City Recorder. 8-31-Cf FOB YOUR SUNDAY PINNER CALIFORNIA CELERY SWEET POTATOES CORN ' TOMATOES CUCUMBERS GEEN PEPPERS TEACHES PLUMS . ORANGES BANANAS EATING AND PLES. COOKING AP- Phone 70. & i Stageberz . & ftuidbon? U - . PHONE EARLY." ' T f? Parley Contractor letting your eicfewal!: COLLEGE f; steam heated, electric Htrhted s com- good athletic ficlik fruits and flowers.' Mountain water. Six passenger trains doll-. Electric ! I.. ' ... "TJ- 1 is Grande Oregon .ho -is- S O : n