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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1915)
PAGE TWO. LA GRAXDE EVENING OBSERVER FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1915. WllLL if W IllS.WlL ll lUJIliulJlfAlitW' : Have You Felt the Thrill? Were You One of the Hundreds That Crowded Our Store for the Last Three Days? If not, DO NOT FAIL TO COME HERE TOMORROW! It will pay you. Think of the immensity .of this sale, think of the wonderful savings afforded, think of the class of mer chandise offered you at prices that NO OTHER STORE CAN MEET and then realize the genuine opportunity, Thou sands have responded with the greatest enthusiasm to our sale, and all over the store for the last three days hosts of cus tomers, suipassing all our expectations, thronged the various sections of our big institution to their full capacity. A call lor additional salespeople went forth and we arc now better prepared to take care of the great crowds that are. pouring into our store. L . . - . " WILL YOU BE ONE OF THEM? I INFANTS DRESSES 1-2 PRICE A lot. of pretty infants' dresses, made of fine lawn, nainsook and batiste, daintily trimmed with lace and embroidery. While they last at only .." 1-2 Price $1.75 NEW SPRING BLOUSES NOW $1.19 Yes ma'm new Spring blouses just re ceived by express. s The manufacturer positively refused to accept 'our cancella tion on this order and now they go to you at about cost. Mode of fine voile and crepe, daintily embroidered with silk. Come in white, sand and putty. MEN'S IROO AND $5.00 OXFORDS FOR $1.98 Men's high grade Oxfords in patent leather, gun metal, Russia calf and vici kid genuine oak soles, Goodyear welt. Regular $4.00 and $5.00 values for $1.98 ' PILLOW CASE LACE 3 l-2 YARD Pillow case lace 3 1-2 and 4 inches wide to close out for only, yard 3 1-2 BARBER TOWELS SPECIAL Fine quality barber towels,' size 20x12, very special to close out for only 4 , NEW MARY JANE PUMPS $1.69 Another one of those orders which was shipped before our cancellation reached the manufacturer. Made oh a' nobby new last of fine patent leather. While they, last only $1.69 $1.25 NEW, MIDDIES FOR 87 ' ,y $1.50 NEW MIDDIES FOR 98 W: Beautiful new middies, ; made of fine j quality lonsdale jean,- made with a de tachable collar, sizes 16 to 20, while they last, regular $1.25 value for 87. Regu lar $1.50 value for 98 BOYS' SUITS. VALUES TO $6.00 FOR $1.85 A lot of boys' suits to close out, made of good quality English tweeds and worsteds. Regular values to $6.00 now for $1.85 75c and $1.00 MESSALINE FOR ; 59 YARD Fine quality messaline, very soft and drappy, come in all the "-wanted" colors. ' While it lasts only, yard 59 LADIES' SHOES AND OXFORDS VAL UES TO $4.00 FOR 59 Seems almost incredible, but it is a truer cold fact. Come and see them with your own eves. j THE PEOPLE'S STOGIE . -- aa BOU I APPLE PACKERS PACKING THE PALOUSE ORCHARD E. Johnson Dead Other Interesting Imbler Items '. Imbler, Mur. 17, " (Special). Prun ing la in full blast, hut only agricul turally. John Conklin has been indisposed for several weeks with u combina tion , of plaints. Grippe, rheuma tism and nerves seem to be taking turns in their visits. Most of the teachers from in and around Imblor attended the local in stitute at Elgin Saturday and all seemed well pleased with the pro pram. In fact,' most teachers' real ise more benefit from a local "Rive and take" meeting than from the Eastern Oregon annua meeting. The work is practical. The local annle nackinu- nl,.,,t ;' again has? paCi!g the pick of the) Palouse orchard. 6CVrai imoir;:es will hear Fel ice Lynn in La Grande on the 19th. ErneRt .Tntifitsnn w!iu ctii..lrAn K.. ------ - , -. . - ...inncii i.j . acute stomach trouble last Friday and on becoming worso was taken to! the hospital at La Grande the next'; auernoon. tie was operated on . the same evening but. cancer had dcvclon- cd to such a stage that the operation l was too late and ho died Sunday morning. Monday th corpse was shipped back to Imbler and on tho following afternoon, after a short service at the home, conducted by I Rev. Dressier, a former pastor of! the local M. E. church, was interr ed in the Summervillo cemetery. The! deceased is survived by the wife ar.d ! six childrn, the youngest being n' baby less than one year old and the ! oldest a married daughter, the m'c, of the O. W. R. & N. operator here, I Hnrrv Waddell. Mr. Johnson ennnt i nrnstMAllv Mr Anflrw lif A In Mo ! valley and was a skilled tnachanic. Mrs. Ruby Bradshaw and sister Miss Myrtle Brixey, both of La Grande spent Wednesday with Mrs. W. V. Connor. 1 Mrs. W. V. Connor, who spent the' previous week visiting in La Grande, returned to Imbler Sunday moirt.ng Jeff Bell enjoyed the novelty of a smashup while making a motorcyrle trip to La Grande lose week. Luckily the machine received ti.e bulk of the damage and Mr. Bell was practically uninjured. The motorcycle had to be helped into town. Gladys McFerran, who has been confined to her home several weeks with whooping cough and bronchitis, is entirely recovered and has return ed to school. The Epworth league service Sun day evening was well attended. Miss Edna Martin was the leader. Mr. Wilson's quartet furnished a vocal election as part of the service. Among the visitors at the Imbler Hotel during the past week were tho following: S. Shelton, of Elgin, J. D. Broughton and H. J. Battles of Paradise, and John' Johnson, of La' Grande, the last named being called , here on account of the death., of his J brother Ernest Johnson. I The schools of Imbler and thn r). joining district wore closed Tuesday auernoon on account ol the funeral of Ernest Johnson. j A lire at the home of Albert Fuller I was discovered Tuesday morning just in time to prevent much damage Lawrence Wiggans, while on his wav to school, discovered tha firn an. gave the alarm and a few buckets of water soon extinguished the blaae. Sunday morniner Fr;mlr Povt, '. Stepping a little hiirW ac a .li of a visit the night before of Dr. Stork, who presented the happy Con nie with A (lane-liter. Roth mnthai and baby are doing nicely. Dr. Bar-' rei was caiiea nurricdiy trom the La Grande hospital, where he was at- tendtnir ' Kmest. .Tnhnun,, innnV,i,irv the Perry home near midnight on ciaiuraay nignt. Severe colds and grippe seem to be the nrevailinc- fashion in mirf around Imbler at the present time, a number of pupils being absent from the school, nursing, either colds of their own or colds of other ' members of the family. OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE by CONdo. New York Buildings At Frisco Dedicated San Francisco, Mar. 19. The New York building at the Panama Paci fic Exposition was dedicated torfnv with elaborate ceremonies attended by the governor of Californa, the mayor of San Francisco, all the high uignitaries of the ExDOsition com pany and more than a score of prom- ment jncw Yorkers 1 Seth low. n resident of the Nii-i tional Civic Federation renrocimtort ! Gov. Whitman at the exorcises and "I""'), v, viiu iinj. lit: was accompanied to San Francisco by ! Adjt. Gen. Stotesbury of the New' York National Guard, as aide. Nearly all of th 18 commissioners fixiui New York State were present TABUS v WpiatffajT oi(v 1 v"' V " f ,T hAl P i9VtvilH 1 VS. I 9VP THrieyf if 04at Conference Athletes Meet. . Evanston, March 19. Wisconsin and Illinois will battle for first place ami Chicago and Northwestern for third if the dope pf conference ex perts makes good at the annual con ference meet the Big Nine at North western field. : Northwestern had one of the best track teams in its history, but the Illinois and Badgers were doped the strongest. - : . ... ... : - . ; . when the ceremonies opened. Nor man E Mack, Buffalo, chairman of the New York State Commisson, pre sided. Ho spoke briefly and intro duced president Charles, C. Moore, of tnc exposition i:o, who formerly pre sented to the exposition commission ers the plaque showing their partici pation m the big fair. He also voiced tho thanks of the exposition management for the Empire States support. Mayor Rolph of San Fran cisco and Gov, Johnson of California then spoke briefly, us did Wm. B. Lamar, chairman of the federal commission to tho fair. The ceremonies took place in front of the New York building, one of the handsomest on the grounds. Gov. Whitman, of New York, and his staff arc expected to visit the Exposition in May. You Will Fifcd Fruit & Vegetables as Follows Radishes ' Green Onions '' i ' Head Lettuce' . Leaf Lettuce - i . Spinach , Sweet Potatoes . - . -Grape Fruit Cauliflower . , Rlmbarb . f Asparagus - ' Olery Pineapples . ' . . Cocoanuts - Bananas .' Ienions Oranges ' 25 . . Oranges 35 v Oranges 45 Plenty strictly fresh eggs, per dozen 2l0f PHONE MAIN 35 Union County Co-Operative iation