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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
FRIDAY, JULY a;
Our Windows Filled With EpdrrdinarxBg
Every department offers many reductions that equal those on display. You must come soon it you would
profit by foe forced sacrifice of the season's newest merchandise
P
MEN, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE
'r Take your unrestricted choice of any suit in the store for ;
$2.5.00
none reserved includes all the newest styles and materials in "Benjamin''
"Society Brand" and "Hirsch-Wickwire", Suits. .
SEE THE WINDOW.
Any Woman's Tailored Suit in the CfdD. (Tkf
Store for - - - v - JU
SEE JHE. WINDOW : . "
Japanese Kimona WOMEN'S SILK
Crepes : DRESSES
: Regular 20c. a yard, now . ' . ' Values to $25.00. for J
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BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner
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up in time. It has shown oj.
The Portland Telegram editorially
very aptly called attention to the bick
ering and 'foolishness engaged is by
Senator Cummins in order to delay
congressional matters, and very ap
propriately gave the senator a gentle
rap that should reach him. --
It is a good plan to keep the glass
on senator ummms ana watcn nim
selfish streak and that it would show to the chautauqua platform because hibit ever before shown in the county, j It only took the strong right arm of
there is revenue in it. and Cove will also have a proper sec-i Mayor AIbee ueU L w-- w-
Can it be that we have all been dis- tion of the horticultural hall carrying j in Portend. The wonder is that
j - , the wonderful nrodurt of thai nart tne 8ironS right arm of someone else
appomted m thw great alleged Com- ?Tt? , . .had not dn. it Inn. .
fmoner? I 1 me vaney. n,igin, imoier ann Aii-i" . -. .
. eel will be represented as will Summer-i s-"' as scarce
THE LESSON TAUGHT BY COVE. ivi,!e and Island City- Th" Kll,? backbones the Willamette
of the Sandndge people making a. " --5381.
rov'ii pitv fair haa ika larKe exhibit known as the "Sand-
closely. If you notice a sidestepper meeting for Wallowa and Baker people
history as the most successful event rid&e Exhibit" v;hich in itself will be
ever pulled "off in that comnrunity. It worth traveling a good many miles
has grown to be more thanja county t0 6ee-
a man who has a very selfish dispo
sition, and a man who does not mea
sure up to the high standards of
which he talks do not be surprised.'
Advertising rates on application. All
copy for display advertising must
reach the office the day before the
ad appears.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT
OF MR. BRYAN?
were numerous this year and a few
came all the way from Portland.
Cove has taught us that a good time
A GOOD WILL CELEBRATION.
With the celebration in Erie of the
There is not a' fire now but what
scales fidgety with their bskinea
Evidently the recall has besnJ
formed or put to sleep by soinf
its friends, which is after all thel
teel andgraceful way to handle
a matter.' - 1
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Cards of pure gold have oeen
by a wealthy Russian nobleman at
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general satisfaction is expressed by PtpreWo- V. k. i.ws. ji5 .i
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vV"- moaern i.re eoiden weddino-. This man rorbJ
fightinf apparatus and a band of hus
ky volunteer firemen who are on the
job before one can call up central,
It is the opinion of Chicago suffra
gists that women policemen must be
must have a real feeling for hisv
Not to carry a sear from an apjr
dicitis operation is getting to be jr.-.
as unfashionable as a mole
nose. . ? - .
is not measured by dollars and cents, Perry centennial, marking 100 years
but rather that the old-fashioned spirit of peace between Great Britain and
of getting together and renewing ac- the United States, attention . is drawn j husky and have nerve. We have seen
quamiance is quite as essential as maimer in wnicn ir.ese wo great : a number of little women who had
witnessing a head-on collision or a nations, in spite of occasional provo- j plenty of nerve without making the I the alfalfa is in the stack
bird man. cations, have maintained pleasant re-'t - '
The program at the cherry show lations. ; J
was complete with good attractions ' The good will between the two coun-:
A few showers do no harm mwfi?
GIVE CUMMINS TIME
WATCH HIM.
(talk like that, and reminds one of a
,, . , , . . T I wayward girl who, when criticised by
When Mr. Cummins waded into Iowa ' . . ., ,
a parent,, makes a similar remark,
and lipped that state over politically: Mr Bryan oweg hia tim(?i his ef.
many thought a new political saviour fort, his energy to the government,
"I have found in my experience that
people will find fault, no matter what
; a man does, whether it is eood or bad."
thome folks who dressed ud in costume, tries perhaps was put to its greatest ! 3
at Warsaw, Indiana, in referring to Eave a Pretty drama and interspersed, stra'n during the civil war when Freatj jTl
ithe widespread objection regarding his the program with good music. Ttwre Britain, cut off from its cotton supply. ; lh
! lecture tours while holding a high of-, were cherries for all and the only thing openly sympathized with the south;! II M
'c -r x i tj. j: :i i to be chrfrtrEH for was rpfrpsJimonta and. what is more imnnrfanf normif. &
lice ui triiRL. ii i a -vauuuiiii-iiiejib , " ...v. . - , ,
' . tea vessels that later harrassed the
MR. McMURRAY'S NEW FOLDERS. American marine to be fitted out in
' its ports. This wroner was riu-htpH
and . . rr:. i
I to hear one of the nation s big men
Willia.m McMurray, passenger agent years after when we were given a sub
for the O.-W. R. & N. company has stantial award in the so-called Ala
just issued two new folders. One is bama claims. Some idea of how hie
had arrived. Old Iowa with her' An office such as secretary of state , captionea central uregon, and the puonc men m England felt toward tne
staunch and substantial delegation in docs not run well without th'e head other' "Along the Columbia River." To struggle is shown by the fact that
congress was transformed into a hot- At this time there is a fearful unrest j look at these elegantly printed fold-; Carlyle, philosopher and writer, wrote
bed of pulling and hauling almost the all over the world. Wars are being. ers showing the fishing streams, the; a pamphlet defending theConf operate
moment Mr. Cummins' entered politics, staged in other countries almost hour- j &xd hotels, the perfect auto roads and , cause, an act which he afterward re
Still, through all of his successful ly and the United States with its far)the People thoroughly enjoying them- ."retted and did his best to atone for
career there were good cool heads who reaching commerce should be on guard selves makes one long for the big bank by making liberal provision in his
predicted that he also contained the every moment Yet Mr. Bryan holds ro11 and a fishing rod a 40-horse; will for Harvard university.
1 " 11 . power machine and a camping outfit. I During the controversy . over the
I Jhe roiders are works of art that Venezuelan boundary Cleveland .fired
i will cause people to leave their work- two hemispheres by his famous "'war
: shops and seek enjoyment; will cause message," but Lord Salisbury, at hpt
,the weak to seek health in the moun-,me the head of British foreign af
j tains and the Easterner to hasten to fairs, give "the soft answer which
j Oregon to take up a few hundred acres turneth away wrath" and war oncej
j of government' land where there is more was averted. Since then trifling!
j artesian water. j fishery and boundary claims; have been !
I Railroad litpratnra it nlontifnl K,,f : the onlv auestinna arising Itolu'aan i ha '
I ..- (" ."I VUbf . 1 ..... v.w.v.J V.I
j Mr. McMyrray has shown the final ef-' two nations. 1
fort in bringing out these handsome During the Spanish-American war:
folders. " j Great Britain proved a good frierd
- - . -- when it declined to enter or endorse a
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All Sorts and Sizes
MASON ECONOMY
GOLDEN. STATE MA
SCHRAM . SON (wide mouth).
EXTRA LIDS FOR ALL. EXTRA RUBBERS
FOR ALL THAT NEED THEM.
The Test of Time
Time determines whether the policies under which a bank Is oper
ated are safe.
This bnnlt b hr-n in hitoinoo 1t"-iT years.
It has grown steadily until It has become one of the strongest and
most procperoue financial lu&Mtutions In the West
The soundness . .u policies Is attested by the long list of conserv
ative business n,n w transact tbelr business here; also by an
earned surplus of i'SO.tv.ftO, the work of time and the reg'iM ot
conservative management.
This bank has facilities for Uktng care of more high grade busi
ness ind ofTers lu services to those who appreciate the best In
banking.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Capital, $100,000.00 Surplus, f 130,000.00 Resources, 1,100.000.09
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF mTED STATES GOVERJiMIJIT.
UMTED 8TATE8 POSTAL SAYINGS DEPOSITORY.
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This is lemonade weather and a lifcLIa zratje iuice
The next big event in the county is European movement for intervention f aUUS W 1U wellave Me lemons and the glape JU1CB,
I Armour's or Welsh's.
All sorts of fresh vegetables.
the Union county fair a f orcrunnTr ln behalf of Spain.
r-.'l .,1, ... . ll it. , ' . ..
or wiucn win oe pulled oir Sunday lne present moment the moiher fe
when the motorcycles chuj: through 'ntry is proving that blood is thick-j
two counties on me great endurance e lnan water oy maKing it plain to g
run After which the cow girls and iti! a"y Japan, that it is distinctly' i
cow boys will hold forth -it the fair be counted out of any quarrel which
ffrruiids with an extpnsivp nrmrram if the oriental nation mav havp with fhis I
I irekarooing, roping, etc. But the coun- Some day the influence ihat Great,
ty fair proper is an event which is Britain's advice to Japan has'hnd in '
entitled to the extreme interest of cooling the latter's diplomatic corre-.
, ... ....... ...L 1 1 ' . . ennn.1i.nA. 4kH I t ) fa
nvij uic kviiv lias an umuiiioii tc see ""wvt vu me vuuurma jaiiu fjues-i
Unicn "county forge to the front. We" t'on wi'" he better realized than it is
have the stock, the grain, the frait today. ' '
and the people, and if we do not have The United States faces British ter-
an exposition that is second to the '"tory on the longest unprotected boun-! ft
state fair in Oregon it will be due to "a7 line in the world. It is fitting that !
no lack of products and live stock. We the good feeling which this indicates g
believe this year there is a greater be celebrated not merely for itself but
interest than ever before. Union has an example to a rather quarrelsome
promised to be here with the finest ex- and lellingerent people.
Phone your orders to
Main
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The City Grocery
AND BAKERY
HOME OF FANCY GROCERIES
Phone Main 75