The Elite
Theatre
:i'OU CA1 UK AT THIS PRO
GIIIAV. , TIIE PABTING OF, THE
WATS" Hex
' A powerful drama of love and
; "devotion to, the moth Br church.
; One of the finest Rex ever rg
. duced. : -' . .. . ,.- .-
MISS MASQUEItADEIt'V. j .
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.. . Winsome and pretty. The fa
f.mous "Harrison Fisher Girl" In
the title role.' A galaxy of sterl
ing comedy, "
A WESTERX OSE SIGHT . '
vBlHoa
THIS 18 IT. The famouB "Cher
, ry Sisters" never had such a
.stirring reception; no, not even :
in their rottenest ' days. THEY
SAY .THEY'RE GOOD; WE'LL .
SEE. Come and see.- ;.':
Violin Solo by Miss Mabel Blair
"SIMPLE AVEU" .
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'Mualcal Director. Chas. King
KNOX OX TOUB. "
Secretary of State Takes longr Trip to
Central America. , '
"Washington, Feb. 13. Starting his.
aiplomatic tour of Central American the avenue we find a boulevard with
.'republics, Secretary of State P, ! C. parking' on each side and. In the cen
TKnoxlB en route to Palm Beach.. He ( ter., We then pass over to . -Fourth
II remain there a week then era-( street' and' see , the Carnegie library
ark On the cruiser Washington , for-costing $50',00Q,. We cannot stop to
: Colon.1 His Itinerary la not announced tell you all the improvements. : But we
yet. ' ' pass , Fir street and on to the Js-
Before Building See
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Brief Address of George T. Cochran
Points-Oat the Salient Truths.
-Macadam or greatly improved high
ways radiating from La Grande to
the outlying districts, suggested some
time ago ;by George T, Cochran In
an after-dinner speech as1 the actual
, reality for La Grande 10 years hence',
! has been much talked of since the
i memorable banquet given by the Com
mercial club In the Elks' hall. i' Good
; roads matters are this winter holding
j the down stage position, and to' illus
trate how La Grande must look after
j the improvement of highways leading
: to the city in order to keep all phases
of industrial hhd municipal develop
; mont shoulder to shoulder, the Ob
server repeats the brief yet pointed
I addreBs delivered by Water Superln-.
tendent ; George T. : Cochran at the
Commercial club banquet some time
'ago. Mr. Cochran said at that tlihe,
apropos to good roads; -i ,
( To tell, what La Grande needs, let
us look ten years Into the future and
slop off the train at the depot, which
is a large fancy trimmed brick. We
: cannot enumerate all of the changes,
j but we start . up Depot street and
( come to the corner of Adams avenue;,
We look up and down each street and
there, are no- wooden poles: standing
In the -streets.!. The - sides are lined
with cluster lights. We pass down
Adams avenue and see a Y. M.'-C. A.
building covering a piece of ground
110 feet by 120 feet. W also see two i
or three six-story buildings, put ; up .
by the capital, energy and push of
our own citizens. ) At the lower end of
MORE
Silver Fillings 75c '
GoldSl.OO Cement 50c
Low: Prices
Over Nowlln'a Drg company, De
DR, T. C. 4HIMART, Mgr.
land City road. And wonderful to
tell! It Is beautifully macadamized
and no mud. ever stays on it. Friends.
If we ever want to cultivate a friend
ly feeling between city and country,
we must have good roads. ; We,. then
will swing to the south, and find that
the-, waters of Grande Ronde river
foave been- conserved;:- that all, the
farms between here' and Cove, have
been broken up into ten acre tracts;
all of them are irrigated in the best
systematic; manner; their production
Is enormous. There are more country
churches and school houses. The
songs and laughter of the people de
light us, For when the valleys laugh
and sing, It Is not. the farmer only,
but' al .creation that rejoices. ;
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FILE
BOTH 1VILL ENTER RACE FOR RE
NOMINATION. , '
Detailed Platform Statement to He
: Forthcoming Within Few Days. .. .
. County Clerk Ed,, Wright and Counr
ty Recorder Ira R. Snook today filed
their intentions of Ibeooming ' candi
dates for re-nominatiori at the April
primaries on the republican ticket to
the offices of clerk and recorder, re
spectively. ' Both men are so taken up'
with) office. 'affairs that they cannot,
at this particular time devote Bpecial
thought to' the customary announce
ment statement, but a clear-cut plat
form will be forthcoming' from both
within a short time. They have filed
their .intentions : today, however, and
as Boon as their official duties will
permit; will make public to the voters
0f union county their respective plat-
forms of candidacy.
A. E. Lambert of North Powder also
filed h!a nomination papers" today be
ing a candidate for the; oftice(of rep
resentative from this county. ;
Two Jups Shot, One Fatally, at Haines
Lust Night Suspect Held.
' Howard Collins; said to be a broth
er of Maggie Stanley of this city and
also said by Baker county authorities
to have hfS home In La Grande, -was
arrested this afternoon' near . North
Powder on a' charge of having Bhot at
and fatally hurt a Haines Japanese
and. inlured another . Jap, while mak
ing his escape from a Japanese store
where he Is said to have committed
burglary. ' . ;' : ': ''-. ' ' - ' '.,
' The news, of the shpoting reached
La Grande this morning, unconfirmed
reports saying that one of the Japa
nese is very critically, injured by s
.22 rifle ball fired by the man who
broke Into a Jap store last night; In
making his escape he was detected
and when the proprietors gave chase
he oiiened a running fire,, with .the
results above noted. -. v ' : vf
Chief of Police McLachlen was put
on his guard for the suspect this fore
noon and given- Information as to tne
tiprsonnl nnncarance of the man want
ed.- I.ate tills afternoon Sheriff Rand
or Baker telephoned the police here
that Collins has been arrested and
susnected of having done the act. Lit
tle Ib known of Collins locally and
the looal police records do not show
flint he has ben suspected of any
crimes In this section.
When Arrested Collins was head
ed west from North Powder.
. In attempting to forecast the results
of the November electton It may be
well to remember that six presidents
of the United States were elected by a
smaller number of - votes than those
which woman suffrage states . will
control in the next electoral college.
' Henry St. George Tucker, a former
professor at Washington and Lee uni
versity' and one of the foremost legal
authorities ln America, has announced
Ms candidacy for the democratic nom
ination for governor of Virginia. :
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I RAKER SHERIFF CAPTCRES SUS
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ELKS' PROGRAM
IS
GENERAL PROGRAM FOR GRAND
LODGE PRE PA ED. v
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Advance Shoots First Published in Ln
Grande Today.
For the first time ir Portland or
out detailed announcement of the
general program for the grand lodge
of Elks in Portland in July, 1912, has
been announced' J. H. OW'bil, travel
ing passenger, agent for the O.-W.
hero today on company business, has
with him the advance program sheets
Which' have just been made out.
For the benefit of local Elks who
are planning on invading Portland that
week with the finest showing it pos
slble, of ' any star : Elks' lodge, the
advance program is appenced: .
r ; , Sunday, July 7th.
. ' Reception of visitors and special
services at the churches.
'',' . r- ! ': Moudny, July 8.
Reception to .visitors. Free auto
rides and river excursions. '.'
; Tuesday, July 9.
Opening of the grand lodge at 10:00
o'clock. .- Free auto rides and river
excursions.' J ' ,
Repetition' of the rose festival pa
rade with Elks floatB ln the ovonlng.
Wednosdny, July 10. '
Free" entertainment the, entire day
at the Ouks. -. Salmon barbecue at 6
o'clock1 at the Oaks,'
, vtellar Parade Thursday;
Elks' parade at i 10 .o'clock. - Will
last all morning and part of the af
ternoon.'' Will be about four miles
long and will take from three to four
hours to pass the reviewing stand.
Council Crest will be onen to all visit
ing Elks in the evening.
; Friday, Jnly 12.
Parade of naval and merchant ves.
sels on Willamette- and Columbia riv
era leaving at 11 o'clock a. m. and
returning about ; 7:30 p. m. i Grand
ball at Multnomah hotel In the even
Saturday, July 13.
No special program arranged for by
looal entertainment committee. Free
automobile and river excursions and
! It is suggested that visitors visit the
seashores. . '
MINOR CHANGES, INCLUDING
SPIKES, PROPOSED.
American League Will Meet Tomorrow
, Mornhig.
New York, Feb. 13. The club own
ers of the National league, together
.with the organization officials and
several team managers, were on hand
bright and early today for. the second
section of their anniinl meeting, the
first part of which was hold in Decem
ber, 1911. ,. The sessions are held at
the Hotel Bresliu, in this city, and
wil probably last until late tomorrow
or.Thursday. The magnates will udopi
a schedule of games for the coming
season and the rules committee will
be kept busy with the consideration oi
several proposed changes. Open dates
and the playing of -postponed games
are to receive attention and some ac
tion may be taken to change the size
of the rubber slab on which the pitch
er stands and to reduce the size of the
spikes worn by the players. : , ; : '
,; American Lenaiio Meeting. ;
Chicago, 111., Feb. 13. The baseball
magnates of the American League are
gathering In Cihcago for their annual
Bchedule meeting tomorrow. . Outside
of business pertaining to the schedule
there is said to be nothing of much
Importance to receive attention. As
the work of the schedule committee
has already been Inspected and ap
proved by practically all of the club
owners the meeting probably will be
a very short one. ';., ; i
i New Jersey progressives, led by for-
ner Governors Fort and Stokes, have
perfectea an organization wnicn laey i
hope will be effective in capturing the!
new delegation to Chicago for Colonel
Roosevelt.
ANNOUNCED
SCHEDULES FOR
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OTHE faerie and iaskion
f JL i i ' c
you desire,made up to tit
your etape and personality, at
; a very convenient price, may
te obtained tnrougn us Irom
our famous Chicago tailors,
Ed. K Price & Co.
Our system oi measuring and
tne unsurpassed tailoring of
this famous organization will
insure you clothes embodying
every attribute of satisfaction
and service value.
TONEY & SCEANTON,
LA GRANDE, ORE.
Gentlemen: , 1
. Following the custom pursued by us for a number of
years, we wish our old, as well as our new customers, to
return any coat made by us during the past season where
the fronts have not held their shape, and we will be pleas
ed 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. .
Yours very truly,
ET. E. V. PRICE & CO.
i The kind the family like- delicious
I cake that melt in the mouth and
light, flaky bread that make you ask
for more. That's the kind we have
Isold since we besan business and will
continue to sell to maintain our repu
tation for the most delightful cakes
and the finest bread in town.
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Your neighbors do why not TOUt
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