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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1904)
L ' aa M- H . A Two Light Electrolier Empire style complete with etched glass shades and all attachments put up iu your residence for $5.00 See samples in our window. . La Grande Light & Power Co OFFICERS: R. Smith President J. M. Bkbrt Vice President J. M. CiiUBCi! Cashier F. L. Meyers Asst. Cashier DIRECTORS: J. M. Berry, J. M. Church . A.B. Conley, R. Smith L. C. (Stanley . La Qt 3655 RANDE IN ATIONAL D NK Z La Grande. Oregon CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $72,000.00 I Transacts a general banking buelncBS. Bavs and seUsVexchange on all parte of the world. Collections a specialty. THE TALK OF THE TOWN Have you got all your Winter's Clothing, . end did you get it at THE UNION STORE? Ifynudi.:? Alright. Xf not? well, waiti ond you'., ik. P. S. The above refers to G e 11 ts' GroocL s THE PASSING Or A GREAT MAN Senator Marcus A - Hanna, who Died Monday Afternoon of Typhoid-pneumonia. One of the Greatest Men of his Times. A great force has ceased to energize man and asBist in push ing forward the car of human Droeress. " In the death of Marc u a Alouzo Hanna the na tion has iost a . masterful, con siderate and guiding hand, that always directed to victory 1 overcoming ; the impediments that traditional prejudices and cherished habits born of teur and negative fast athwart the nUional pathway. The voice of clarrio eulogy is inapt 1 and ; sounds discordant with his life work and the ideals to which he pushed with as tounding energy - and tireless industry. How tame in thuii roll of sinuous sentences, would appear the college taught eulogies, after . the models of Cicero or Periclese, applied to Hanna. Imperial Rome and Oligarchial' Greece ; bestowed their choicest garlands upon the .graves ol those who ' had won honors by lives spent in deepening the yawning crntsm between the common people and the gifted rulers thereof. Since Lincoln and the ideas Auelent Bda.'. ' In ancient times the beds we rcao about wore simiily ruga, skins or tliln nmttressea which could be rolled up ind carried awny lu tbe morning. At night tbey were spread on tbe floor, vblch In tbe better class of bouses was of tile or plaster, and as tbe sboes irero not worn In tbe bouse and tbo feet were washed before entering a room tbo doors were cleaner tban ours. Alter a tune a sort or oencn, The rural route mull carriers of lotf'u have taken up tbe Improvement of rural highways and by united action propose to advocate various measures looking to tbe betterment of tbe eoun" try roads of the state.; One of these will be the favoring of tbe adoption by the next legislature or a law levying a two mill road tax In place of 1 mill There are about 1,500 rural delivery carriers In Iowa. - . . . . At present tbe mall carriers, who are three feet wide, was built around two paid on an average (000 year, supply or three aides or tue room aoout a tneir own means of trausportatloi. foot aborc the floor in'd, covered witb ' and, though many of them employ hi a soft cushion, was used during the: cycles, tbe greater number use bones, day to sit or lontigo on and as a sleep- Routes 1 and 2, Morrlsvllle, Vt, are uiu iiiuvu ul inBui w wmv ...-, sum to ue me coldest routes in me he espoused, taught and made the world to reoognize, the voice of eulogy is raised to proclaim the virtues of those who bravely buttled for the rights, and la bored to enlarge the comforts of the home life of the great mass of the human family. It w&s nloag these lines, to reach t' is h'f'.i id. al Marcus A. J Har'it'vurkni, asa l-y in a groc:: j etvra, flti 1 in lu.n- years as chief manager, and as thrift and tireless industry enlarged his opportunities, he moved ever onward aud upward to ward his high ideal. With ten thousand men on the pay roll, by sagacity and economy it was possible for him to maintain, he forgot not the poor nor scorned the unfortunate. Jealousy aud ambition tra duced him but the people who knew him best- and. longest loved h.ra most and deepest and his own state thrice sent him to the United States Seuate and tbe last time with the largest and most prouounced majority it had ever honored one of its citizens with. . sometimes inutle like a settee, movable and of carved wood or Ivory. London Standard. William In m Swum p. The Imperial dignity of tbo German emperor, who is well known all over he world to be an enthusiastic hunts man, may have been a tritle dampened when he sunk to hi hips lu n bog while be was deci-ntnlklng within one of his enormous domains. He win pulled out without any damage except to the appearance of his clothes. Luter be gave orders Hint the swamp should be drained and tilled with earth. United States. Rome 1, Hubert, Wis- la known as the most desirable because of the fruit along the road, and routes 1 and 2,X'leone, Ore., covered by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Schram, are said to be (he loneliest - Reallr Vleloast . Bllton They say all tbe world loves a lover, mid I believe there is eomu thint: In It. 'T any rate, all WJ ac quaintances appear to be very much pleased because I am going to be mar ried. . . Tillou-Your married acquaintances, I suppose you mean. Misery loves com vany, you know. Boston Transcript. Should protect then beauty by soring that they have only COMPETENT BARBLR. To, shave them. ;iWf will protect your face. Evans & Fitzgerald; ANTI-TOXIN SERUM AND DIPHTHERIA Record Given by Chicago Health Department Showing Decrease in Death Rate For Diphtheria Cases in Past Nine Years. FURNITURE Spring house cleaning time will eoon be here and there will be many articles that you will need. Our line the niost complete in the county to select from, r. lour of inspection will demonstrate the fad. Tf you want a Bed Room Suit Side board, easy Chair, Couch, Carpets Rugs, Linoleum, Pictures the latest creations of art Matresses, Window Shades, in fact every thing usually found in an up-to date establish ment. We can please you iu assotment, quality aud price. E. ANDROSS Leading Furniture House in Union Co. Aryano-tuar Fnrnltare. When the sitting or drawing room In large enough It Is always a good Idea to arrange the furniture In cozy little groups. Where there Is a fireplace a delightful effect Is produced by plac ing a settee at ore side at a right an gle and a large ' - .lr opposite, with t small table perl..:- i beside It. for read Ing lamp and hi Near the window may be another jp of chairs and a little table. I. ing chairs are out of plnce In a r- where visitors are formally rccelvrii hut tbe chairs should be large and comfortable to sit on. Aa to Mob.. Tou can't punish n mob unless yon punish It while it is a mob. A man is hot the mime man while be Is lu a mob as be Is while he is an Individual, and this Is one renson why It Is so dlllleuli ever to punish nnd Individual for what be did s a part of a mob. This (11 tinction Is not fanciful; It Is a real dlf fcrence. and public sentiiueut nnd proa, ecutlng oHiccrs and Juries recognize It, wh ither they know It or not For this reason It Is generally useless to hope for tho puulshineiit of men after a mob baa dtnperscd.- World's Wori Chiosgo, Feb., 16. Proof 'hit anti toxin saves hundreds ol liven each year in Chicago is oll'ure.l by the health de partment in its weekly bullitea. Tbe use of anti-dxin in the treatment ol diphihria was begun by the oity nine years ago, and since that time the mortality has been 6088, while the nine yearB belore 11,488 psrtons die:'. Ihe decrease bst been 5,400 or 47 per c it, while tbe population Indented marly COO.OO, or 65, per oent. Con sidering population, the deoreaae in death is given at 63 per o int. Tbv recent aolinn of manufacturers increasing the price of the serum to $133 tor 1000 units led the depart ment to atoertain the eoet of manu faoiure, which, it deolares, is les tban 20 per cent. : t A BUSINESS PR0PSIT10N Vhy pay high p.ices for Hay - Feed, Wood and Lumber, when ' you save money by buying of us. We are in a position to undersell all other dea'ers in in Union county, and- beiievd to our advantage to do so. A trial order will convince you that we are not onlyjable to undersell,' but are doing so." We have combined the Lumber business with our Feed business and would be pleased to figure with you when in need of Lumber. Try a months busi with us and see for yourfelf : Yours for money saving, LARSON &NOE LA GRANDE,'. " Cor. Jtffersbn Ave; and Fir St, La CARRYING A HOUSE in not a heavy Linden it you have a lit tie rendv money and w:ll make the moderate payments regularly. Nothing like the ownership of property to give a man a standing in any community, and it is SVRI'RISING how easy it is to own a house If you rtnl'y wart to, and are earn;ng a fair ii.conie. Wo have some houses that eome good men should own instead of paying; rent. Maybe one ot them i (or you. Better see us nhout it any way. H. Grande Investment 1110 Ad iras Avfiiue, Company, La Giande, Oieg HOW CAN I CURE MY INDIGESTION? THIS IS A QUESTION' THAT HAS BEEN ASKED TIME AND AGAIN BY HUNDREDS yes, ihousandsntid tens of thousands of people There is hut one way to do this; namely, relieve the StnitiHch of i's nervous i-train re"t it; and nt the same time As ist tl.c Stomach and Diges tive Organs in Digesting and Assiinulutiug Sufli ient Food lo Kebtiild the Tisuts Support ing the Organs Invoiced. There is but one remedy that will do thif, and that remedy is KODOL DYSf'E'IA CUKE. If you want to know more about Kodol, come iu and WE WILL TELL YOU HILL & ALLEN Pre-xriplioi Pruggist La Grande, Ore v. PAYNE, Who will net as chuirman of the National Uc uL'iicun com mittee, to succeed Mr. llar.na, until the meeting of the Nat ional convention. nntlin'a Itvntai'iifiltle Rnpnite. Among the Interesting stories told by Lord Roberts Is the following: "Com mandant Hen Rotha (old uie when In London n few months ago that on one occnslon during the war ho did not retreat with the rest of the Roers, but slept the night of .May 20 In Germs! tou. within n few hundred yards of where I was sleeping, and that he was only able to escape tho next looming by joining one of our mounted patrols and passing hiiMHolf off as a colonist In our employ. That Is n dllllculty we always had. The ltoers could eome and go in our camp without our know ing who they were, ns we had nian.x people of the country in our employ Botha actually Joined one of our pa trols and rode with him to the top of the hill, when ho galloped off nnd Join ed his own people again." DRS BIGGERS & B1GGERS iti ysicians and Sunasotia : O. w. Burners, M. D. Geo. 1 niggers, M. Telephone No. Office, 1821 - - kesldenca, 41 . nm,.e. ItnlRlnn llullrilnor over J. M. IlerrS'r Hlore. IteHlilonco on Miiuliton Ave. Reeolli) door wedt of lurnfur runlduoue, Dr. a.W.HIgKur. LA GRANDE - - OKUOON FiurcKttloual calls promi-tly allended to, day or uighl. J! - a J 004 PORTLAND AND LOCAL MARKETS. Eggs, fresh valley 30uts, eastern, 30c. 4 10; clean, 13.55 and 3.75; hard what Horse Ment In l.omloo. A considerable quantity of liorsetlesli Is euten iu Loudon. One firm of slaiigh terein kills 2..ou(i horses annually nud they receive the carcasses of an other ii.mH which are killed in nil parts of Kngland. Curloinl enough London is I lie only town In Great Britain where the cats' meat man Hour Ishes, nnd there appears to be n sur plus of sixty ions of sound hoi-selleHl weekly, of which the cats of the mo tropolls do not account for. There an sixteen IkvuMed borne butchers In llh metropolis, who are mostly patronized by Germans and Scandinavians, aud although the trade Is carried on sul' rosn. It la hinted that a very large pro portion of the tinned dellcaclea which llgure on our breakfast tables ow Uielr origin to the horse. Loudon Dally News. nr SPICES, v o COFFEE.TEA RAklNfi POWDER FLAVORING EXTRACTS . ... .... pt . m AMoiurcvunry, rinesrriavor, Ortalesl Slrenh, fitosowbk Pril CLOSSEToDEYEHS PORTLAND., CREOON. , ffliP N OREG01 .via Union Pacific NO. 6:S0p. m. NO. 1 B:1U a. m. BaIi Lake. Denver Ft. Worth. Omahft. Ksdku "NO I. ; ; 9:is p m Nr 2 Dally exeeat Sunday S:15 a m Ooean Steamers between Portland and Ban Francisco every five days LAUNDRY LINES. 60c and firstclaes Butter, cream fry dairy 50o per roll. Potatoes COcts per sack. Apples,50c. to 75cts. per fiox. Cabbage, 1 Jet. per lb. Turkies, 10 cts. lb. live weight C REALS Wriest 74c 108O0 per bu. Oat 1.10 pet cental Barley VOc per cental Portland Markets .ie P. ' 'beat market con i.iti - ; tit no change in latt made during the k A- i of the strength nl tbe tb a' i t flour is ijunted firmer iih i ' o.mscd larger Tte Oriental hiitiM h net over large but some ordinun wa are reported. Prices there uio i :t high enough to admit of a sufficient prod't to ship. WHEAT Wsl'a Walla, 7:ic; blue-stem, 78'; Valley, 7'J. BARLEY Feed, tit per ton, brew iug,f 20; rolled til. FLOUR Valley, 3.75 and 3 85 per arret; hard wneat straights, (3.90 and pntente, ?L20and i.M; Dakota wheat, ?4 DO and ffj.ijO; gra'.iam, $3.75, whole wheat, f4; rye wheat, f4.50 aud 4.75 OA TS So. 1 white, 1.07J; gray f 1.05 per ccntp.l. MILL8TUFF8 Bran, $18 per ton; middling", .f 23; shorts, $19; chop, U. 8. niillr., $18; linseed, dairy lond $19 HAY Timothy, $16 per ton; clov er, $12; grain, $12; cheat, $13. rimi ucB Potatoes, 00 ta 75 cents per sack, Onitns 80 cents to $1.00 per sack. Egg- Oregon, 30 32J cts, K 25 29o I .iutter t'reamnry, 271 sn,l -10c Dairy, 20 and 22a, store 15(8)1 PJ- lb Poultry Chickens, mixed 10c per pound, spring, Wc and hens 10c , turkeys live, 17 and 1 8 lb dreaxed 18 and 20c lb-. (luck-, $0 and 7 er doz. geese, 8c lb. MVK8TOCK Cattle Best steers $1.25 and $4 Oil, medium, 4.00; cow $3.26 and $100 Hofjn Heat Urge, fat $5.26; medium large 1st 4.75 Sheep Biot weatborr 13.50; nned sheep $3 . . Iodine stains will disappear If dipped In liquid nmmouia. Borax la the simplest and least harm fill washing powder for uso with clothes lu the boiler. A epoonful of kerosene In boiled larch keeps It from sticking, but do not use enough to make It Binell of the oil. rTr,,,ll..,.t-i.lili.ra uheulrl lie ironed while I very damp and dried by the iron. i Thus will they acquire a certain stiff ness and will keep clean longer. I So!.,) should never be rubbed on silk ' underwear. Tut the garments in soa suds and miueexe gently lielween the fingers. They should be presseil on the arong side with u moderately hot Iron bard i inuuili cuiit'im"ii-c i u o,t-i.v . I noaiu, which mii':i iiishm.- mini .. win. leeves ami makes Ironing tlicin easy Properly used, tiie sleeve board obvi ates the ugly crease down the back ot the sleeve. It Is recommended Ui.tt a little vine gar be ridded to tho water In which atnekluirs are rinsed after being wash ed. The slocking should then lie dried wrong side out Colored stockings will be unfaclcd and black oucb will retain their orlg'nul Infer I'tipi-i1 Clonic. Pome Boieiittli'- fcouius has tfcfc'n It Into Ids la-ad lo u::ik i-s wi-ar pas-r overcoais. Ae-l why nulV in Ihe lar Cities of .,:C 'U a sort of ltl:ii-kl!lloMl SACRED HEART ACADEMY La Grande, Oregon. Cmduelid by Sitters of Bt. Frauoi Select boarding and day school for Young Ladiea YiiJemic, Freparatory and Kined irten courses are conducted on till 'huh principles as those pursued in nir vcliools ol Philadelphia. iMo?'c and painting receive spool ttsnt'mo Letters of inquiry directed to ' K1STKK SUPERIOR Ladies Attention You arc cautioned to lemcmbai tlmt Smith tho repair man can mak that rewing machine of yours rur ) iit as gooil as it did when it was nea Ho will call at your house aud have I riming in first class shape before ht leaves Leave orders at the La Grande l'awu Brokers or phone No 1581 DeWitt .1 li i 1 1 r rusts Irs tlmn v. iiii (It ., w I ' !;-It.: v hi l!u slrcctH Tlicsc lii 'H. !..,(! lo nil flcjiwuita wi;ir lli"i' . (1 i "Unk poiistitnl ly. iinil iinlwltlintmnlint; tlifir liuTi'tli bio c!n':inii"-"i llicy will J;it h $tur Ot DUirc.-- Km-Ihh The n?ol Force. Mnn rlu- l.l l-'t wtirn h? Is hard n-it in II. Nfff.iiij. ru know, l tbe Motlior of hivfiiilnn." sold tho obwervr-r Of ilU'll fllll! llllflK. "Vna." fi'l1"'1 nonctllrt. "t)t H nwxfilty Inv.ntiou'fl piolhiTlu- iiiw Min yoti'tl nw bow Invrnllou n;iUl lnvr lo hump lUfl(.M I'bJIail?. (bin .'res. DflWttl It the nuna to took for wtita to to Dut Witch Hum Suva. ten i ramet Witch eWlrt'tl Witch Haul K.lvai la thm ortfflnai gnd onlr tnuln. In fad D6Wltf)thoniy Vltca HaulSilv that U mad Iron tba M(hatont4 Wilch-Hazel All Mharf W9 OMmterfeltt bM 1ml tatloni, cheap and wort hie avm dantarout. DsWltt'i Witch HatalSilv U t ipoclflc for Piles; Blind, Bluedlni, Itchlnf and Protrudlnt Pilot, Alto Cut i. Burns. Brulsat. Sprains, tsccratfona, Contusions, Bolls, Carbuncle a, Ecuma. Tettar, Salt Rhsum, and all othar Skla Dismiss s. SALVE E.C. DeWitUCo.,Cti!c4a Time Aohedol UOBAHDS. iJtaat. uiuisiu. nana waiia, Dayton, - Po mero , tilnix, Mooow,Bpo- : a . th via Spb- MUU, Portland, Dalles, Pen dleton Umatilla Wo 1-1 iuiu,LewiHixai,t;oiraa Moscow, WallaceWar dner, bpokaae anil othor poluta east and 'aland City, AllceT Imbler. and Elgin connections atEluln with stage for ponta in wauowa txjuoiy IT ntoH no. V NO lotSD p ,m M0" D.0S( m :Wa ta : J 4 Please Note Our Success And Increase of business from July 15, 1801, to July 15, 190i, 13 years. . ; Surplus fund accum ulated .... 2.50 0.00 Capital paid in .... 6 0, n 0 0.0 0 Reliability of share- - noiuars. o u, u U 0.0 U Protection to de positors $1 3 2, 5 0 0,0 0 Deposit subject to Check were, on -a . - July 16, 1891 "1898 2 " 1893 " 18114 " 1895 ' " " 1800 " 1897 " 1898 .; " 1890 " 1900 " t 1901 1902 ' 1903 . 41,5 9 8.35 7 7,3 9 0.99 27,220.18 .'" ' 20,041.54 42,3 4 8.11 ' 34,397.70 43,6 4 7.59 7 8,7 7 6.25 8 S, 7 5 0.19 8 9 , 7 0 3.90 8 3,7 21,87 77,246.38 13 2,10 3.76 Z Doe not the Jabove flguree as sure you that the management of this bank meeta wltn the approval of its board of directors and pat rons; and deserving of your patronage. We want your bank ing business, large or small. You' interest will be protected at the Farmers and Tradera National Bank U Grand;, Oregon' STALLION NOTICE A great opportunity for you to breed to one of the boat at a very low price. I will snak ... this season with my - imports J (urinous llojkney stallion STUNTNEY T,A.SS(jf j- With return priviu able in hdvunce. terms. Can give.. cei as to his " r . : y 'i3 For Bale by HILL & ALLEN I "'