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SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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AUGUST 7-12TH
BUYERS
WEEK
SEA
PORTLAND SENDS OUT INSTRUC
TIONS '
Anticipated La Grande Will Have Big
Showing That Week
La Grande always takes advantage
of the annual Buyers' week in Port
land to not only make stated trips to
Portland but get the liberal discounts
on goods shipped out. August 7th to
12 are the dates of this year's week,
and while no check is obtainable in
the city to date ,it is presumed that
.all the larger firms will) have repre
sentatives on hand. 'The Trade &
Commerce bureau of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce is distributing
-accurate and painstaking information
as to how to utilize the benefits to bo
bad. Several La Grande people have
already received this information.
Here is the gist of it:
The entire week from Monday,
August 7th, to Saturday, August 12th,
has been set aside, by Portland Job
bers and Manufacturers to meet buy
ers from all parts of the Pacific
northwest.
This well established event offers an
unusually splendid opportunity for in
spection of enormous stocks and com
ing in close contact with the whole
salers with whom the retail merchant
deals. In many lines, the largest and
most complete stocks on the Pacific
coast will be found in Portland, Ore
gon. It is the desire of the jobbers and
manufacturers' official organization,
the Portland Chamber of Commerce,
to make this Fourth Annual Buyers'
Week eclipse all others. Your visit
will be both pleasurable and profit
able. Ask any previous attendant regard
ing the value of Buyers' Week from a
business and social standpoint.
Your Railroad Fare Refunded
Your railroad fare Tefunded, pro--vided
you take a receipt from the
Ticket Agent, and provided same is
purchased strictly according to in
structions of, this circular under "how
and when to purchase tickets."
Don't fail to take a receipt for
amounts spent for railroad fare. Rail
road fare refund is based on one and
one-third rate to one visiting buyer
from each store who places orders ag
gregating not less than $500 with job
bers and manufacturers who are par
ticipating in this invitation. For the
names of these .firms, tsee last page
of this circular.
How and When to Purchase Tickets
Note the railroad which serves you,,
and be sure to purchase tickets ac
cording to instructions under that
line.
O. W. R. R. & N. Co. and branches
(excepting Sumpter Valley and Ore
yon Short Line) Certificate Plan.
Buy a regular one-way fare to Tort
land, Oregon, and take a receipt for
the experditure. Sales dates Augur.
8 to 9 inclusive. Final return limit
' Ajgust 15.
ti- Sure to Get Receipt from the
Ticket Agent
Present leceipts at the validating
headquarters in the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce. Visiting flivvers
must immediately register at che
headquarters in the Portland Chamber
of Commerce, located in the Orn'on,
Building nt Fifth and Oak Sheets.
IIl---; jou will receive detailed infor
mation as to the many courtesies that
await you. "
Special Kate for Members of Family
Members of family and business as
sociates of buyers will have the bene
fit of the reduced rates to Portland
iluiiiif above mentioned sales dates.
In order to secure this, be very careful
to follow instructions "Hownd When
to Purchase Tickets." Be sure to take
a receipt for the fare paid andvbe
sure to buy the ticket according to
instructions under the railroad which
serves you.
Unusual Entertainment Arranged
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
will be the headquarters and enter
tainment center for the entire week.
Luncheons, smokers, banquets, excurs
ions and many other delightful events
are arranged as jollifications in your
honor.
Columbia River Highway Trip
An automobile excursion over the
famous Columbia River Highway will
be one of the delightful events ar
ranged for our guests.
Pacific Northwest Merchants' Con
vention The session." of the Pacific North
west Merchant' Convention, of which
A FAIR PROPOSITION
We can nnf recommend a more
satisfactory remedy for rheumatism
than
RHEUMATISM POWDERS
Guaranteed to give relief or money
refunded. So'.d only by us, 50c and
$1.00.
LEVY-VOGEL DRUG CO.
La Grande, Oragoa
EXCURSION
via :
Coo IRo Mo io
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9th:
SPECIAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
Lv. From all Wallowa Branch Stations in llegular Service.
Lv. La Grande at 9:50 p. m.
vAr. l"ortland, Union Station at 7:30 a. m.
LOW ROUND-TRIP FARES
From Joseph, Enterprise, Lostine and Wallowa .....$12.60
From Elgin and Imbler ! .;. $10.60
From La Grande ...... ;.J. $10.10
From Union Junction . H $10.60
Free Auto Transfer Union Station to Ash st Dock
VIA STEAMER "HASSALO"
Leave Portland, Ash Street Dock 8:40 a. m. Arrive Beach (Dock) 3:40 p. m.
OR VIA STEAMER "POTTER"
Leave Portland, Ash Street Dock, 9:00 p. m. Arrive Beach (Dock) 8:50 a. m.
STOPOVERS LIMITS ,
Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, August 9th and
will be honored on special train only, and will require,
validation at some point along North Beach.
Stop-overs at any and all stations will bev permitted
on return trip up to and including August 25th
EQUIPMENT RESERVATION
Special Traill will consist of Pullman, Standard and
Tourist Sleeping Cars and all Steel Coaches.
Make your reservations early for sleepers and accom
modations at Beach points.
For Additional Details and Information PHONE BLACK 311
J. fi. KE&NEY, Agent
you automatically become a member,
by attending Buyers' wees., are nem
at this time.
You are subjected to no membership (
fee or dues or other expense inci-
dental to your membership in this
league.
You Are Cordially Invited
Prtlun.l Unlila nnpn Mnnvs to visit
ing merchants during the entire week,
and special inducements and oppor
tunities nre offerer! for nersonal visits
to our factories and business insti
tutions.
Purchases made from any of the
firms listed, while you are attending
Buyers' Week, will npply on amount
of purchases required for refund on
round trip railroad fare.
Notify Us at Once of Your Intention
to Conic'
ViU in nrirl mnil enrlnspd card im
mediately, that we may count on your
presence and arrange our program accordingly.
Inquiries
Anv nf hp firms listed on the last
n:nrp of this circular will answer vour
questions, or full information may be
immediately obtained oy addressing
Portland Chamber of Commerce, Ore
gon Building, Portland, Oregon.
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COSI
PALATIAL SERVICE PROVIDED
BY O-W. K. It.
Annual Excursion to Beach Comes in
. August
NEW INVENTIONS OF SECOND
YEA II OF WAR
Germans introduced liquid fire.
Germans introduced asphyxiating
pns.
Germans introduced lachrymose
vapors.
French introduced air torpedoes dis
charged from aeroplanes.
French introduced aeroplanes car
rying cannon.
Germans introduced merchantman
submarine.
On Wednesday, August 0th, the
O-W. R, & N. Co., in accordance with
its previous policy will operate a
special train excursion to Seashore
points. This will be the seventh an
nual event, which has in former years
proven such an attraction.
The special train will be equipped
with Pullman standard and tourist
sleeping cars and coaches and will
leave La Grande nt 0:50 P. M. Wed
nesday, August 9th, arriving at Port
land following morning at 7:30. The
palatial steamer "Hassalo" will leave
Portland at 8:40 a. m. Passengers
may breakfast aboard the boat, all
meals being served on the a la carte
plan, at popular prices, t No stops
will be made between Portland and
Meglar, the first bench point. The
trip down the Columbia river in day
light is a big attraction. The stvum
er "T. J. Potter" leaves Portland at
0:00 p. m. same date,
The round trip fare fiom l.a Grande
is $10.10 and tickets are good for two
weeks, or until August 2fith and will
permit of stop overs at all points on
the return trip. All tickets will re
quire validation nt some Beach point.
The lound trip fr-.re for ehiWren of
five, and under twelve yea's af age,
is half of the adult fare.
Correspondingly low fares from
Wallowa branch points and east will
obtain.
Slow to Call Harvest Hands
Topeka, Kans., July 29. Tho state
employment bureau announced today
that it won't call an urmy of eastern
laborers to the Kansas harvest fields
next summer until it has a job for
every man called.
The bureau will make a canvas of
farmers in the spring, asking each
how many men he must have.
Under the present system harvest
ers are sent to the farmers or calls
are made for them.. The result has
been that generally there is an esti
I mate given out far over the number
of men actually needed. Men who
j come from eastern places sometimes
l do not get sufficient work to pay
I t!um for their trip to tho state.
J list Like a Woman
London, July 8. The quick w:,t of
a London barmaid saved her emoloy
cr a heavy fine today when two de
tectives attempted an arrest under
the anli-trcating law.
"Two quarts of beer, please, mis:i,"
ordered one of the men as the pair
sat down nt a table in tho "pub."
The barmaid brougia Uiu beer, ac
cepted the detective's mom -.w
about to turn f.w..y the sluu'.h
arose with a triumphant smile
"Now! I've caught you, have;
"Not on your life," was t!io
come-back. "You ordered two cuans
of beer and you got them. Now vou
drink them.'' Then, turning tj Uk
other detective, she asked "What's
yours?"
:'t I?"
quick
British introduced use "of nets in
trapping submarines.
Italians introduced avalanche war
fare, creating avalanches of shell-fire.
I ON TAP
The Great Summer Beverage, the Beverage that makes
you Smile and Cull for More.
Blunford's Greaseless, Mosquito and Fly Repellent Cream,
Guaranteed to be harmless to the skin and to be as lasting
as the heavy repellents without the disngreenble feature!.
PRICK 23 CENTS A BOTTLE
SpLD BY '
B. W. Hughes
Sporting Goods Store i
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