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Real Sale Crowds to West's 14th Annual
Clearance bale
40 Ladies' Suits
Regular values tip to Z22J50, sale
price $0 93
Entire line of newest Wooltex and
Seigel Suits 0NE HALF PEICE
300 Pairs of
Mens' and Boys'
Dress and Work Shoes, values up
to $J 00, special price $1.25 pr.
500 Tailored
Waists
White and colors. Values up to
$2.00, special 39c
Ladies Slippers
Ladies' Shoes
.39c
..98c
One lot of about 300 pair ladies'
dress shoes and oxford3, values up
to $4.00 pair, special $1.49
BENJAMMIN SUITS AND OVERCOATS REDUCED 25 PER CENT.
SOCIETY BRAND YOUNG MEN'S SUITS REDUCED 25 PER CENT.
KENYON SUITS AND OVERCOATS RER CENT.
ONE LOT MEN'S SUITS REDUCED 33 1-3 PER CENT.
BOYS' KNICKERBOCKER SUITS REDUCED 33 1-3 PER CENT.
20 BOYS' KNICKERBOCKER SUITS, VALUE TO $5.50, SPECIAL .......
$l.fcO DRESS SHIRTS 79c $2.00 to $3.00 DRESS SHIRTS
...$2.39
..$1.29
Some Live Prices From Dry Goods Department
Imported French Ginghams
12 l-2c
Best Quality Apron Check Ginghams
5c yd.
Best 31 inch Dress Percales
8c yd.
Toile Du Nord Ginghams
10c yd.
Teazeldown Outings
9c yd.
Best 7c Calicoes
5c yd.
SCORES OF PRICES JUST AS ATTRACTIVE ON ALL PIECE GOODS
Up StairsAnnual Clearance of Muslin UnderwearUp Stairs Hundreds of Eager
Purchasers That's Our Best Advertisements
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THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNiS
Editor and Owner.
ZMre4 at tbe poaUiffli at La Grande
a -coad-clit matter.
8CBSCIHITI05 KATES.
Pally, lngly copy , 5c
Ifljrf pi-r week lfe
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1V0ltl.I'GMMrSK.
What a delightful New Vcnr 1912
In! Ik;' been iirounri hern only, n
week, liut he Is pleasant ns a new
Arcade
Theatre
'on' Hun n I ii k Four liccls of high
CIiihx Photoplays
Font tiioi sam) feet of
FILM
A.N INDIAN VESTAL Sollg
Tlio call of tlio race comes to
a wlillu girl who Iiuh lived
among Indians nil her life. l'rt
1 ucfJ In Unit ever wonderful
YoaemltP valley. Drama.
A DAY AT WEST POINT....
ElllSllll
Kvery Amerlcnn will lie glad
to see this picture of n day's
doings nt this point. It nlHo
give a view of Admiral Toko.
the Japanese hero, viewing the
corps. A great educational plc
turo. IIIS EXONERATION". . .I.ubln
A western story of lovi and
Btrlfe beginning In the oa-t full
of life anil action. Drama.
"KITTY AMI TIIF. COW.
HOYS" . : Vltngraph
Our fat friend (RUNNY) take
everything In fun. Then ho
Jins a little fim himself and wo
all hnvo n stark of fun watching
him. It'll a Ilunnyprnph com
edy. Mr. WllllamB will sing:
"I Will. MISS Y0TT."
YOU ARK ALWAYS WELCOME
boarder. Ho has filled with unallay
ed gladness the heart of every young
ster who can beg, buy or borrow a
tied, and Is yep pouring the gnow down
plentifully from tho great Ice mills
he Ik working In the big upstairs of
the Hky. More than that It all means
that Jood Dame Naluru Is preparing
to be good to Grande Konde valley as
well life to the rest of the great coun
try and will give them abundant wa-
tei lor the crops of the Hummer and
fall. The high Tillls are JiUKglng tho
too drifts cIoho to their broad bos
om uimI lucking them fast In the can
yons where the boring eye of the sun
will not .find them till late In the sea
son. If 1!M2 coiilliiuef, thus all tho year
he will prove himself a lovely fellow,
lie will make good. The first thing he
did was to declare China a republic and
elect a Christian man, Dr. Sun Yat
Ken, president. Ho will see It through,
we me sine. Tho unconriuered rem
nant of tho Maiichus are "hugging the
delusive phantom of .liopo" and blind
ly expecting to retain the already
"lost chiiho" but tho various nations
of tho earth are In sympathy with the
new Idea.
The combination of Hear and Lion
at leiiHt succeeded In ousting the Am
erican, Sinister, from the llnanclal de
partment of Persia's affairs. Russia
hits made an advance as fur as Tabriz
and committed despicable outrages
(which, of course, Kugland must Btttiu!
by) In tho exocutloil of several pat
riotic citizens who stood for their
homes and their rights. In 1 25;! tho
Mongols of llusKu did the same thing
In the sumo city, ltussla Is tho pro
tested barbarian among the nations of
the globe, Mucnuso sho Is big, she Is
boldly belligerent and blustering. Her
Cossacks are savages and her nobility
varnished heathen.
The several would-hu-candldates for
the pr sidoncy of tho United States
are slipping about among the people
like a soft hoy In school and asking!
with bashful boldness: "Did you hear
any of the girls say anything about ;
me today?" Their tentacles are nn-!
lion wide following the tlnild touch.
of their political atteniie,
l.lke a cold blanket, but not near
ly so full of comforlng promise as !
tho falling snows, is the wave of frlg-j
Idity sent out by "them fellers what j
lix tho taxes" down nt Salem. If In-!
Baulty Is catching. It may be there
were some microbes that were not ing to be mora eneraUy realized that
locked up at the. asylum when the , as man can accomplish but little
others were put to bed. An Increase ' through his own unaided efforts, so
of 118 per cent In one year In a per-j nations must UH.te Joi tne pursuit of
son's taxes Is surely "going some." I world ideals if the universal broth
In Turkey the taxes are gathered In j erhood of man Is ever Vt be realized,
a manner entirely different from the j Ju business as in s.atecraft, ihe
way it is done here. An officer Is told same rule holds true. No Indus: ry.
a certain amount of money Is need- no financial condition can stand by
ed. He goes to the people w.ho he ; Itself alone Thev -vork toi-.et.'ier. If
at anus to The Hugus. Jus', th it n.ea-1 mer delegate from Arizona, will b'
sures the advancement man has made one of the new members. At the pres.
'toward a condition lietl civii.izs-1 ent time there aie four Smiths it
ition. We bavi traveled far. ar.d tuve
yet far to go
Brotherhood t:o-oreraliop, t'le pul--
Ilng together for a ci mraon goai
these spell victor;'.
knows have It and takes what he will.
He turns In the amount asked for, and
keeps the rest for his trouble. He Is
a lax-farmer. Some persons arc
sometimes bold enough to say that is
the way things are done In America
in places, but of course that could not
be thought of for a minute.
Last Tuesday night the outgoing
i lly administration buckled the mun
icipal harness onto the freshly brand
ed bronchoes and hitched them to the
city cart. They seem to be bridle
wise already and the people are pleas
ed with the Way they trot on. The
late mayor niado himself many friends
and as city physician, Dr. -niohardson
will be more and more loved by the
needy who will have hig calls, Mr.
Walden Is honored with the position of
head of tho night force, tho hardest
stunt to perform in things peace-keeping.
At night the roughs try to find
play grounds they fear to attack i'i
tho daylight; but thanks to the well
lighted condition of our streets,
rogues hnvo little opportunity to ac
complish much. Electricity Is a good
policeman.
BROTHERHOOD.
one vlolutes the laws of order'y busi
ness it sins aguin.-.t tho whole busi
ness world. The day of "cut-throat"
competition is gone No matter v. he
there business yrgamv.e.-. under legal
forms or not, they iiiulI work !n har
mony or sacrifice n.uch of the reward
of effort.
Neither city nor state can pnsper
In the fullest ilcgite if it refuse
i friendly relalioi s witii oth it ci'ies
j and states. Th-j 'nation ;s i- brot ler
hood a sisterhojd, aii oire call -t
; of friendly, co-opera: ing states all
' working to a copuu iii enu. Filth s'.ate
is obliged 'to sui iKiider somethlrg of
its own indonemlci'ie in the interests
of tho common L'nod. The honor -ind
glory of the nntl.-.n lis a whole are the
concern of all. It is now recrgnized
as disastrous sectionalism for tny
state to assert ks oven power over
that of the cent-.-.! government. 'Ihe
civil war settled t'a.'il doctiine.
How far will this loci of brother
hood go In th? fiicnt' ISviuently he
fraternity of the nations !s out a step
beyond the fr.ite.-nlty ol sti les which
make up a single n tt.on And when
one stops to cm iu r tne rarity of
war In these latir days and the prob-
Five Smiths will have seits in the
United States senate within a few
months, In view o" the certainty that
Marcus A. Smith, democrat and for
the senate John Walker Sm;th of
Maryland, William Alden Smith ot
Michigan,. Home Su.ith of Georgia ami
Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina.
Hereafter th-i sale and distribution
of all tickets for world's series base
ball will be in charge of the National
commlsrlon. -
ability that the com'.ng year) will tee
All tho progress ho world has ever still fewer appeal., ta mti.s by the na-
tmido was brought about through ra
ternnl action. I'rimitlve mm fought
with clubs and sto'.o li. tchets, tribes
clashed and rolled in blood, nations
met In battles a:id uacridced the li.'
er of each ollwr's nuumo.id these
were but incidents, 'l ie real bat'les
of progress have b'cn f.mght wltn ;he
combat rrs -M -i t:.i m ij shcii tier to ' f
tlons of the eii;'i, ho tenllzas that
the brotherhood of the nations has
made much process I'ltcady.
Mans welfare Is tne supretr.e con
sideration. Whatever tent's to pro
mote that is th de.-'rabie thing It
Is n far cry 'rota the cavemen's c'tsh
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What Makes a Strong Bank?
1. AMPLE RESOl'RCES Our resources are $1,100,000,
composed of well secured loans and cash.
2. AMl'LE CASH RESERVES Our cash reserves are
usually 26 to 30 per cent of our Immediate liabilities (de
posits subject to check., and always more than 15 per
cent of our total liabilities, the amount required by law.
3. ADEQUATE CAHTAL. Our capital is $100,080.00,
and our surplus, which is profits earned and retained as
additional capital, is $105,000.00.
4. CAPABLE MANAGEMENT Ever since Its organiza
tion 25 years ago, this bank has been under careful man
agement. Its officers and directors are men who have
achieved success In the banking and other lines of busi
ness. The fact that we have safely weathered every fin
ancial storm during our career, and are today greater and
Btronger than ever Is evidence of good management
If you are not already a depositor or client of this
strong and successful bank, become one now. If you are,
tell your friends about ub.
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON.
CAPITAL ... $ 100,000.00
SURPLUS . . . 105,000.00
RESOURCES . . . 1,100,000.00
Fred J. Holmes. Pris. W. J. Church, VcePres.
F. L. Meyms, Gaer Earl Zunde!, As't. Cashier
shoulder
Itroth?
''ood win.-, nut emuiiy. Van-iJ
kind hag censed its serious 'asks from
time to time to tnig.iRc In war, bi t let
no one believe that itrogi"ss has been
born of bloodshed.
Clvlllzntaion 's not nitled by '. ar
bartsm. The suprc incy of law Is nut
vindicated by ltf vho'.esiile vlolat on
This Ii. a of brothPihtvd ar.it ng
men nn.l r . i lonv If .nr,kl,ig more rap
Id progress now tl.nti ever before in
tho history of tho worlti. M Is cnn-
iyp job
After a Cold kuio Ride
what could be more comforting or exhileratlng than a nice cup of
Hot Chocolate, which you will always find ready at this season of
the year at our Soda counter? We give lt to you pure and cheering,
full of that goodness and nutriment so peculiar to the best quality
of Chocolate. It Is a food, drink and medicine all combined, at low
cost.
Selder's
La Grande
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