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Convocation Next Week ! Will Draw Church People. Honan Hall to Be Scene of Animated Gathering of Church I'eojile- Two Bishops to Be Present at Function t'lmrch Notes. 'THE GOSSARD. CORSET; LACE I NFBONT." THEY Model O, Gossard, Is for the women of full proportions. Let your next corset be a GossarJ. A trial fitting will convince you why the "Gossard Corset" excels. A complete line of new models ai rways on hand. , Price $3.50 to $8C0 MRS; ROBT. FAITISOJi, Phone Red 8221 Corsetlere. You are crowding more Into a year now than the lndbrldaal put Into ten years a short time ago. That means that you moat prepare your entire makeup., for the strain. Your manner of taking care of the digestive apparatus has not improved commensurately with the strain placed upon it. It is time to wake up and give this matter more atterijtlon. Would : you expect a grain separator to do the proper work with a third of the teeth missing from the cylinder? Would there be a' loss of efficiency? ( Apply It to the human body and see where you are. i 3. E. STEVENSON, B. B. S. Complete details of the fifth annual convocation of the Missionary ; Juris diction of Eastern Oregon, to be held in La Grande May U, and 15,! with Rt. Reverend R. L. Paddock D. D.', as pre siding bishop, has been announced. iA.ll the clergy of Eastern Oregon save one and about twenty lav delegates will attend the convocation; the pro gram for which Is: ", . Tuesday, May II. 10 a. m. Conference of Clergy. 4 p. m. Preliminary meeting l.'ol convocation in Honan Hall with ad dress by Bishop Paddock. ' 7:30 -p, m. -Evening service with two addressee. '. ... o;o ji. m. nevepuon m : nonan Hall. Wednesday, May 15." 9:30 a. m. Morning prayer. 10 a. m. Holy Communion with aer mon by Bishop Wells of Spokane. 11: IE a. m. Organization of Convo cation and House of Churchwomen in Honan' Hall. 1 a. m.-Lunch. 2 p. m. Reassembling of Convoca tion., i a p. in, Adjournment. ." i .: .':'' 7:30 p. m. Closing Service. " The convocation will transact its business in the south room and the House of Churchwomen In the north room of Honan Hall. The services will be in the church. ' A cordial Invitation is Issued to the public generally to attend these meet ings. :. - . ' Island Cltj Church Sonfcea -Sunday School at 10 a. m. "Mothers' Day" services; sermon, "Mother;" 10 a. m. Third address for Boys by Mr. Geo. L. Cleaver of Imbler, at 3:00 p. ra. Anniversary program of. the Ep worth League at 7:00 p. m.; Installa tion of officers. Address The Epworth League, i 'at 8:00 p. m. , . : JOHN H. RUDD, Pastor. . St. Peter's Church. First Sunday after Easter. ' Holy Communion, 8 a. m. A( Sunday School, 10 a. m. . ". . , Morning Service, 11 a. m. "'' Evening Service, 5 p, m. ;UPTON H. GIBBS, Rector., Zlon's Lutheran Church : Fifth Sunday after Easter. : Church on "M." Street near Fourth Service at 2 p. m., subject of sermon "Lessons from Nature." Sunday School at 1 p. m. , Everybody welcome. ' ' THEO. SCHOENBERG, ' ' Pastor, , First Presbyterian Church. "Regular services. Rev. . K. Laurie will preach nt 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m shoe Oxtoird BA'L ' - . ....)'.'-- Our Prices Lwer Let Us Trove It to Ton'- - Out Goodg Better OpeningiOf Grand Union Tea Co. Soaps Tea Coffee - Extracts - Spices -Baking Powder Tickets or Premiums given with each Purchase Cash Grocery Department. Full Line of Groceries. City School Items Shrimps . 'Catsnu ... Tomatoes . Salmon . . 15c, 2 for 25c 25c .,. ......2 for 25c ...20c, 3 for 50c Sardines ........ . 10c, 3 for 25c Oysters 15e, 2 for 25c Plain Sweet PicklC9 80c Carnation Mijk . . . .10c can FRED H. LE FEVRE Manager LA GRANDE, OREGON Phone Red 3231 Phone Your Orders "Quick Delivery" 200 Fir Street "Just a whisper off Adams" BE CAREFUL, to Bpecify our lumber, so as to Insure an even grade of good quality and finish. When we sell you timber as first quality you do "not get seconds slipped In on the chance that you won't notice the difference. That's not our method or policy. Hon est goods' and straiforward methods only. Rev. E. P. Borden of the Bantist church will take, the place of Dr: See- mann to deliver the baccalaureate sermon, which will be held at the high school auditorium on Sunday evening May 19. - The schools had half a holiday Fri day on account' of Clean-up Day. Bruce Dennis made a short adress before assembly Tuesday on "Make Good." , This evening he Juniors give a ban quet at the high school, to the Senior class. ' Monday the followers of Gregg Will hold a tryout to see who will enter the final shorthand contest. The prize for the best writer will be a complete court reporting' course of the Gregg system. ' The final typewriting contest wilj be held next Thursday. The prize to be given is "The Great Stone Face"' written in Gregg shorthand, . , ' ' ! Those who won in typewriting this week were: Laura Moss, Frank .Clark, and Mary Penlngton. Miss j Moss wrote 36 words net per minute ror, nve minutes of straight matter. For every error five words were de ducted according to the rules of the international contests. Miss Angst is training the Glee club and the girls' double quartet for commencement. The advanced manual training class 1b making bookcases for the different rooms arid are now working on the fourth library table. Miss 'Edith Wilson will be the sal utatorinn for the graduating class while Miss EtheJ Wilson picked the plum as valadlctorlan. About seven hundred invitations were sent out this week by the grad uating class. . Orders are being sent to Portland for red roses, the class flower. A stereoptican with 600 slides was received this week by the Bchool. Sev eral stereoscopic outfits were also In. eluded In the shipment, $4, $5 and $6 Values 50' for $2 THEY ALL GO The Toggery DR.FONG CHINESE HERB CO. Our wonderful life giving herbs will absolutely extirpate every Im purity from the system. No drugs, no poison, non-aicohollc. FREE CONFIDENTIAL CONSULTATION FREE. Those living out of town can cure themselves at home with our herbs. Write to us for particulars. "... .-i v.-v Telephone Main 807 P. 0. Box 620 Cftice: 128 Bridge Street, Baker, Ore. . a l WFNAHa I IIMRFR COMPANY folain732. Greenwood and Madison Before Building see Gar k&Co OR REPAIRING Corner H And Cedar STREETS H-- ' i n i wim n i ii i ihiii mnrm t Land Owners ATTENTION! Pid vou ever consider that neglecting to order an. fialwtract of title, is just as dangerous as neglecting to all a doctor when you are ill" A SlUiS. TlTiiJi. needs ie immediate attention ot the most skilled ADstract octor. Do not del a v until your Title becomes IN SURABLE, biit call at once. - ' . The Abstract & Title Company, Inc. LA GRANDE, OREGON H. LOCKITOOD, Seeretaqr Offlce with La Gronde and Manager. InreetMcn Compaiij NOTICE OF STREET ISPBO YEMEN T TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: No tice is hereby glvep that in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the Cora- I mon Council of the City of La Grande, ! Oregon, on the ' 12th day of April, ; 1911, creating Sewer Improvement ! District No. 1 and designating such ! district, and in pursuance ol a res- j olution adopted by said Common Council on the 3rd day of April, 1912, whereby said Council determined and I declared its intention to improve all that portion of Section No. 3, in said I sewer Improvement district as hereln I after described, by. laying thereon an 1 8-tinch sewer, the Council will, ten days after the service of this notice I upon the owners of the property af- ; fected and benefited by such improve- mejat, order that said above described improvement be made: that the boun daries of said district to be bo -Improved are as follows: ; All that portion of section No. 3 In sewer improvement district No. 1, -"(A) And ail the property affected or benefited by said improvement is as follows: , Commencing at the center of the In tersection of Spring avenue and Oak street,' thence south to the center of Pennsylvania avenue, thence west to the center of Walnut street, thence north to the boundary of section 1, of sewer district No. 1. thence east to the center of Oak street, thence south to the place of beginning. Notice Is hereby further given that the Council will levy a special assess mmt.on all the property affected and biMinfited by such improvement for the purpose of paying for such Im provement. That- the estimated cost of such Improvement is the 'sum of $1009 62. That the Council will, on the 15th day of May, 1912, meet at the Council chamber at the hour of 8 P. M., to consider said M:iiato.d cost, and the levy of said aascf sment, when p, hearing will be granted to any por son feeling aggrieved by such .assess ment. La Grande, Oregon, April 21th 1912. CITY COUNCIL OP LA GRANDE OREGON, By C. M. HUMPHRKYS, Recorder of the City of La Grande, Oregon. NOTICE OF STREET IMPROVEMENT Pitcher Eddie Plank, of the Ath letics, has started his 12th yoar In las; company lilte a whirlwind. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: No tice is hereby given that in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the Com mon Council of the City of La Grande, Oregon, on the 3rd day of April, 1912, creating Improvement district No. 66 and designating Main avenue as such district and in pursuance of a resolu t'on adopted by said Common Council on the 17th day of April, 1912, where by said Council determined and de clared Its Intention to improve all that portion of Main Avenue In said improvement district a hereinafter described by laying thereon Gravel Bltulithic pavement, 40 feet In width, with full street .Intersections and con sructing cement curbs," the Council Willi, ten' days after the service of this notice-npon the-owners of the prop erty affected and benefitted by such improvement order that said above described improvement be made; that the boundaries of said district to be so improved are as follows: All that portion of Ma'n Avenue from the east line of First Street to the east line of Walnut Street,, and the property, affected or benfitted by said Improvement is as follows: Commencing at the center of Block 14, Grahdy's Addition to the City of La Grande, thence west to Walnut Street, hence south to the mi'ddle of the west line of Block 8, Romig's Ad dition, thence east to the center of Block 13, Grandy's Addition, thence north to (the place of beginning. Notice is hereby further given that the Council will levy n special assess ment on nil the property affected and benefited by such improvement for the purpose of paying for Biich Im provement. That the est'matod cost of such Improvement Is the sum of $S170.74. That the Council will, on the 15th day of May, 1912, meet at the Council chamber at the hour of 8 P. M.i to consider said estimated cost, and the levy of said assessment, when a hearing .will be granted to any per son feeling aggrieved by such assess ment. La Grande, Oregon. April 25th, 1912. CITY COUNCIL OP LA GRANDE, OREGON, By C. M. HUMPHREYS, Recorder of the City of La Grande, Oregon, THE FEARE SCIENTIFIC SYS TEM OF FITTING GLASSES MEANS A careful examination of each eye separately by a spe- , clallst who devotes his time to the proper prescribing of glas ' ses. ' ,' ' 1 : MEANS A department sclentl- flcally equipped and exclusively conducted for the proper fitting of glasses. MEANS Permanent relief from . all headaches and nervousnesn . caused from eye-strain, , MEANS An absolute guarantee of satisfactory results from an established business of over 20 years. "" ' l" ! MEANS That you are entrust ing your eyes to an attendance graduate from tbe leading opti cal college of the United States, and not. to a self styled spe cialist. - We grind all our own lense?,' only first quality blanks used, We make a specialty of Kryp tok, Bifocal nnd Torlc lenses. JNVISIBLE BI-FOCAL ' Light, solid lentes mooth,un broken aurf aces no conspicuous Enes cementing done away with. nc clouding and 1 no lodging'; places for dust and dirt ' , It. J HJPEARE&SON Jewelers 'and Optometrists Opposite U. S. Land Office IwliiaiaNwNtf L - . . r ; ; t ' ' '' ;.- ' '' -:' Is a Business Proposition The or(4-dto business man rrovid(!s oteftric light for Ms home,! for the Winn' rcnsoii that ho uses thc;n in Mh Ntor ...... i , .-. - , , . i ' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 11 41. . 1w. l..Mi 1 IJll'I' lr .umI. fflri'i IIWL1 .;: r - f i til, . ' U'l IXVHIIM; II" J llldnv IHM JJItlt 1 .! II1.II' jtltl '.flJL , ' ; ELECTRIC LIEKTS , Are Cheerful Lights Their soft renti'iil (flow adds u lunch of comfort urnl attnictlveness to any homo. , CoiiNldcrlntr tliohr many advant U'es .thrir cost Ik very lew. , I'lione n, Main 81, for rates. Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co. "Always at your service"' ltWlslW(SIISWW,l i- I-