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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1915)
dGB TWO. , LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1015, BARGAINS GALORE! AT THE PEOPLE'S STOE : Bargains indeed, true to their name and more, because we are of fering barge ins in everything, NOTHING RESERVED Our entire stock is offered at "Bargain Counter" Prices. You can't realize the importance of this great closing-out sale unless you come to the store and examine the goods, the quality and the genuine slashing of prioes. " " COME WHILE THE STOCKS ARE STILL COMPLETE, COME AT ONCE! DRESS GOODS, SILKS AND WASH CHILDREN'S CLOTH '; TOP SHOES 23c KNIT CORSET COVERS FOR 25c FINE VEILING SPECIAL GOODS FOR LESS ONLY ; . 15 iiZttttttt ' .npUi4 :m:,m; 1S now, when you can save from 1-4 to 1-2 quality v1Ci kid, with good quality crav- and half sleeves, while they last at only ' ' of the regular price. We have a fine as- . tt1": New k::jl:i- - FINE QUALITY PERCALE FOR . sortmcnt of these lines now, but they are . last While they last only .$1.09 ,,. p 4 1-2 YARD going mighty fast, so if you want to get MEN-S . SUITS FOR ABOUT HALF 10c AND 12c DINNER PLATES NOW 500 yards of fine quality percale; all the your share m them you want to come Men! Don't you need a suit for Easter? ' 5A - . new spring patterns in navy, indigo, redi soon, now! V , Here is your opportunity. Fine quality ' - V " , ; ' turkey red, gray and black, a wonderful men's suits at about the cost nf thi mn' A bargain you can't afford to miss. You, assortment to choose from, while this case . NEW SPRING COATS FOR WOMEN "Sne nd I tT country house-wife, just think what this lasts for 1-2 AND MISSES FOR ' - " ' , ,r . ,,- $4.57 to $9.97 loc INDIA LINON FOR ans to you. You will soon need lots of 50c HEAVY SILK GLOVES FOR Regular prices were $8.50 to $15.00 ' . .. 8 1-2 YARD plates for harvesting time, t ready how ,39 - . . . . Fine quality India Linon, about 30 inches and supply your wants m this line for less Fine quality, two clasp silk gloves, come in Closing out our entire line of New Spring wide, regularly sold for 15c, our price in than half of the original price. blafck, white arid all wanted colors. Reg-, coats, made in the latest new styles of the the closing out sale, only ............ 8 1-2 35c, now only 15 ular 50c quality, while they last only 39 - , prettiest and most wanted fabrics, white ........ . ..... ... ....... - -. chinchillas included.- Here is your chance 15c FINE QUALITY, PERCALE FOR 20c FINE CURTAIN SCRIM FOR ' REMNANTS 1-2 PRICE ' to secure one of the newest models in a .. , ". Vt'J YAR,D,. , 12 PER YARD A lot of new remnants, which have accum- sWpe.reguMy sold forL,ur priced ScHM,ve,-y e ,d eve,, nKsh, a wonder- :tZA,T aT'oNE-" . . . - - $4.57 to $9.93 this Bale, only... I...................,..;....... 7 ful value for only, per yard i.....:..... 12f HALF PRICE. - I THE PEOPLE'S STORE j Ml MAS NtW BOTHER PUPILS STARKEY CHILDREN ' SUFFER CONSIDERABLY Personal News and Itero from Up River Section SUrkcy, March 20. Mis. Chas. Thurston and son Ward of Portland are visiting' with Mrs. H. O. Johnson. Snm Williamson of La Grande is visiting this week with the familv nf u. r. Burnett. Mr. Burnett has gone to La Grande to bring his wife home. She has been sick the past several weeks at the La Grande hospital. A. J.. Sullivan spent the latter end of this week in Pendleton. Ralph Sullivan and wife have re turned to' their home here. They spent the winter near Hot Lake feed ing their cattle. Tom Loftus is spending tho 'week end in La Grande. W. H. Crawford and little son El mer have gone to Long Creek. Elmer will make his homo with his sister this summer. Several school children have boon quite sick with sore throat this week and had to miss school. YORK IS UNPROTECTED BEN TILLMAN POINTS TO FENSELESS STATE DE- About Half an Hour Required Level Gotham Skyscrapers to AdmiiUHtratrix' Final Account Notice. In the County Court of Union County, Oregon. In tho matter of the Estate of James M. Kohl, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has filed her final uc count as administratrix of the Estate of James M. Kohl, dowmed, and the county court of Union County, Ore gon, has set Tuesday, April 18, 1915, n , o'clock, a. m., at its court room' ?t , Court House in La Grande, Union County, Oregon, as the time Ann nlnCA JIW hAnfmn nn.. nJ -.11 , . r. . ,:"s n"J ul,u " uujwuums 10 me allowance of suid ; final account, approval of same and settlement of sniH tnta ftPtcd at La Grande, March 10, MARY I. KOHL, Administratrix, Estate of James M. Kohl, Deceased Dly Mar. 10.17,24,31; Ap. 7. High Grade Job Printing costs no more than the other kind. Observer, Washington,' March 24. "A fleet of English or German battleships mak ing an attack on New York, could destroy several billion dollars oi. sicyscrapers in a half hour's bom- Daniment, and steam away again with but little damage, as far as the defense are concerned." That was the statement of Senator Benjamin B. Tillman, of South Carolina, chairman of tho Senate Naval Affairs com, mittee, in an interview granted the United Press. "Every now and then we have a war game, in which, a .fleet attacks the forts defending somo nm-nnia,. town,- both fire enormous quantities of blank cartridges and shells, and then tho umuires snii,W thr.ii. inti piece, always somewhat to this effect: solutely confident that a fleet enter ing by that route, passing through Hell Gate after detonating the mines that might be placed there, would have no trouble at all in bombarding the city all it wanted to." Senator Tillman paused and gazed proudly at a picture of the New York, steaming full speed ahead, with an aeroplane flying above her.- .Let me be sure about that now," he said, taking off the " receiver of his telephone. A few minutes later he was deep in a maze of figure with experts of the Navy Department about depths of water at variou places along the sound route, "Yes," he continued, "the battle ship Massachusetts just passed through Hell Gate the other day on her way from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to Newport. Now I don't mean to say, or have it understood, that I ' am in favor of buili niP a whnln f1rv1r nf llRftloaliinn 1if.n..A T - I uwauaa A pay tniS tribute to their power. We ought not io nave authorized two i renHnano-hta this year. It was ridiculousness car ried to the teenth power. We want battleships when we know how to ouua tne most effective shin, ihnf personally I would not bo at tne end or this war not only every battleship afloat, but every battleship building, will bo obsolete. Certainly inose now -built and building are very LA IT EASTERN OREGON PEOPLE NUM i EROUS SAYS M EACH AM Poison Sign Hung Over Apple Box to Protect Its Contents .' 'The attack made bv the nBt v iriPHt P,-.,nt fi, m 1 Be "ow DUUt ana 'oui ding are ven unv uiui-iuiic oi ineir r ll,.. r, , .. . . ever, it wn ol..,lv "ll .Z.t. .? ma 06 Covered that if we ' mat tilt; fleet could not have tmtrnn nuot , forts and destroyed the town.' tome day we will get an umpire Read the advertliemenu. build dreadnaui;hts with thtwo w. toms and throe decks to O-mirH nirninAt both mines and torpedoes underneath, who will make this hiickiinvorl . :ombs fro' ov"'h. to assure tho people in the c 1!. " "" ,?hU C.ertain those which the war game was tried and ..T . j 7 exuvmcly vH'erable. when we do there will be an .waken " V -f?0 lrea(lnau8. ing. Whv if we could attack Kr2 ! V Were t0 build two biS S'PS. We of New oi'k Itth tt' fl et whicth iNra T T C nation has, it would not wqu re anv'!?- g , u StrUCk in particular luck to reduce tho build ' .War by dre"dn"Kht- A ings on Manhattan Island ' t X of i Zttlt'l f T- 7" b'Wn UP' ilcbrw. It would be absolutely and , , i th?'r C0Untry no Particu- utterly impossible for the forts to ' K? B,"t.tl cruisers have struck 'protect the citv. Tho . , " S sevcrnl Kood blows- Their tremend- simply pound down those skyscrapers I'iff guns enable them until there was nothing in sieht to !" 'V tfC r .sPectacJu,1' s shoot at. b 111 l0, that of the Lion and the Princess "In tho first nlnce. H i 5?yal BRain8t t,le eot of which the any atartled 0UMtion nhnnt was n Part-" Hook, and the big 16-inch gun there, let me say if I were commanding a icei, wiucn nuacked Now Ymt I Notice This Ad. if .... . . '-' ,..,. u ! . .i 7. " stoves smokes and does would not bother with Sandy Hook i not draw, don't blam. the coal and at all. Knowinc- that Mi f.N.,.,t i wood man. but call tnr t c.., fortifications are there. .1 would come lchimney Sleaner n"d stove and fur-' in by Long I3,aml Sound. , . b. jrirAdan'yu.0' BY WALTER E. MEACHAM (Director .Eastern Oregon Exhibits.) Panama Exposition, San Francisco March 21. Eastern Oregon people continue to flock to the Oregon build ing when they come to the fair. Among them the past week are the following; Mrs. Jack Childs and J. Rosenbaum, of La Grande; Jas J. Snider, of Pendleton; W. B. Snider, v. J. Lmehall, M. H. Alger and Paul Drinkel. of Lakeview: .1. N. Ki ssina.nl. Mrs H. Masters, Miss N. Masters, D. Kj. amitn, Jessie Uilfillan, Mrs. F Eppmger, Mrs. J. C. Shields and Mrs.- C. I. Flvnn. of Raker. Vulma Woolery, of Hetmner. Oregon continues to attract home seekers and large numbers are go ing to visit Oregon after seeing the iair, expecting to return home via iL. M 1 me iMortnern route. Fruit Is Attractive Our fruit looks vary attractive to the visitors and we would miss an aDDle out of tho box ..V.,v.v..vV, so m self defense we had to resort to the following rules to protect our i run. "To Look at onlv Pnisnn Tlocn are specially treated and are dan gerous to eat." . Since this card went on display we have missed no fruit. - ailing? You don't have to. Take one small vr. lung's New Life Pill nf. nichf in hn mntmiin. ...Ill "-- vji iiiviiimg jruu Will havoa full, free bowel movement " iiiucii uetter. neips your appetite and digestion. Try one to- Call for Bids. Nntir'0 is llAl-onv fyii.An ' V.nf 4t. County Court of Union County, Ore gon, will receive bids for furnishing and rlplivArino 1fln f Q 9 inch, yellow pine i or red fir wood, cut iruni green timoer, iree from limbs. Sliph wnnH in Via rlalii.nA.l nJ corded in the basement of the Court House at Ijl Grande. Orpcnn. nn v before October 1, 1915. All bids to be filed with the County Clerk on or before April 8,. 1915, and to be accompanied by a certified check amountincr tn Ava not pnnf nf km The court reserves the right to re ject any and all bids. KU. WRIGHT, Pnnnfv P1ai.1. Dly Wed. Sat. 3-10, to 4-8. TIME IS THE TEST The Testimony of La Grande People The test i i mi. . " "'", lens sne tale. The public soon finrfb nut misrepresentations ro maA -j merit alonp will ianj j.' - ..... aw.nu nic Ul oi time. . - . La Grande nnnnla a and manv mnnrhv oA 1 1 ' r,. , " . citizens publicly endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills; they do so still. Would - a citizen make the statement which follows un less convinced tanf. na otii , - m . ..Lie Tints I just as represented? Below is testi mony such as the sufferer from kid ney ills is looking for. Mrs. M. Pike, 101 Greenwood! St., La Grande. 'nn vq MHn. t had weak kidneys, and the result was backachn. Tliin r.nn nnj u , ivmiiu ib very hard to ostraighten after Stooping, mm uu uumg so, Bnarp twinges darted through the back. After using Doan's Kidney Pdlls a short time great relief 'was had. . S lament great relief was had," (Statement given. May 20, 1910.) Over a year later, Mrs. Pike saidt: "We are still enthusiastic in praise of Doan's Kidney Pills. We Btill use them with good results." . Price 60c at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kdney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Pike recommends. Foster-Mil-burn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.- Are You i To Build? ! Two ereat auestinns to f Tm ! o x - w w ! prospective home-builders ! are "How much is your ! Tinmfl crmmo fn oncf " a-nA ! - Q O . U11U ! "wllof TITlll Un V.r ! repairs in the future. " J There are two ways to build, the cheap and inex- perienced way, and the 5 ! good and substantial wav which means good work-1 S manship and good ' ma- i terial. 7 I See me before you build, 5" H. E. Roskampi ! Contractor and Builder Health Promotes Happiness. Without hoalth. .V, e,,..u...V: jiy ta I II- , " cwvu UlRCOUUll UIIU regular bowel movement you cannot have health. Why neglect keeping bowels open and risk being sick and Golden West Gof fee 1 i 40c a Pound Roasted and packed in Oregon. Always fresh. None better at any price. Steel cut. No dust. No chaff. Sold: by reliable grocers. 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