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THE RUSSIANS AND JAPS
Are Having Some HOT TIMES Right Now.
II it not quite so bot here, but we bare the hottest BARGAINS
ever shown in La Grande in all new and up-to-date goods. No
old or (hop-worn goods, but the latest and best at prices that
do one here can duplicate.
Our Motto It "Snwtl Profrb and Quick Returni."
No expense in book keepers, collectors and bad debts. Call and
let us show you that we can do as we say. Extra bargains in
good JEWELBY. We have an expert jewelryman who spent
ten years in the Elgin watob laotory. All work done promptly
and guaranteed. ,
THE RAINBOW STORE
g AN INVITAION TO- YOU, s
THIS IS A SPECIAL INVITATION TO YOU. f
We are receiving daily many now desigliB in Wall (
Paper and Wall Decorations, and we extond this special )
invitation to you and your friends to call and sau them. V
.We are anxious to have you see our line and we fee) jj
sure you will be delighted with the visit.
Yours Respectfully,
Stackland & McLachlen
PAINTS 6.L2S AND GLAbS J)
Paper Is Cheaper Than - Coal
and Looks Better.
In other words if your walls are well papered
your fuel bill will be reduced. We do proper
Paper Hanging at dricea you can afford to pay,
HARRIS & PRICE
Painters, Paper Hangers and Decorators.
A. O. HARRIS, Phone 15G0, J.M. PRICE, Phone 1491
IK 11KOKKN HEAKTB
could lie imnded as neatly, quickly
and thoroughly as I can repair
ytjur ji-wi-lry tjrre would be no por
kw hi the world. No mailer
wl. filler it ho a watch, ring, a neck
lace or a Imby in dear lioni asso
ciation ni-ed repairing bring it to
me and it will be mended bo you
cannot tell it from new. My
sMoialty is watch repairing. Bring
it here and have it done honestly,
expertly and cheaply.
J. H. Feare, the Jeweler
mm
Freeh Chocolates
Fresh Bun Bons
Fresh Nougact
Krosh CnrmelH
Fresh TnfVcy
Kret-li Suited Peanuts
Fresh Suited Alinonils
Fresh Popcorn
Fresh Fruii
GREENE & CO.
ALWAYS I
ON TIME
V I en yrn'i idi r g'ecmirs (mm ns yon
are suro to have llieni delivered on time
ANOTHER THING I
When you order groceries from us you are sure to
gctjthe very best.to lujliml. We keep only the hest A
The next time you are at our store 7
ask to 6ie our speoiai line of X
BREAKFAST BACON I
& POTTED MEATS I
C. RALSTON f
RASKA GROCERY STORE I
.FOP. BALS CHTrl.nor pjr 8nd Jefforsoti Sis.
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LA GRANDE ORNING OBSERVER
CURREY BROS, Editors and Proprietors.
, iCntered at the Post
Office
Publii
at La Grande,
Kail Mattel.
Oregon, aa Beoond OUai
hed Daily Except monday.
One Year in Advance. , .
iz Months in Advance.
$6,601 Per Month.... .6fi
J3.50 1 8ingle Copy .OS
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH II, 1904
AT THE PENITENTIARY.
There seems to be trouble at
the Oregon penitentiary. J. W.
Jones hus brguu a suit in the
circuit court of Marion county,
Oregon, asking for an injunc
tion restraining the Superin
tendent and Warden of the
Oregon penitentiary from using
public money to purchase
private supplies for their per
sonal use; alleging that said
officers used state money to
purchase furuiture tor their
homes, and used public supplies
in their privato fumilies.
On demurrer Judge Boise
held the facts stated in the com
plaint did not give his court
jurisdiction but gave the plaint
iff leave to file an amended com
plaint and further proceedings
will doubtless be had.
The statutes of Oregon make
the Superintendent of the peni
tentiary the purchasing officer
of that institution. The Gov
ernor nppoints the Superin
tendent who holds his office
during the pleasure nf the Gov
ernor. The Superintendent
appoints the Warden,
The Governor is required by
law to inspect the penitentiary
at least four times a year for
which service the state puys
him five hundred dollars a year
iu addition to his salary.
The Ouskkvbr has no opinion
as to whether or not irregulari
ties have been iudulged iu by
the Superintendent and Warden
of the Oregon penitentiary, be
cause it is not in possession of
any of the fac's in the case, and
it is not iu the habit of jumping
at conclusions. Were it dis
posed to follow the course of too
many papers and take it for
gninted thut every oharge made
against a public officer is true,
it could eluhorato from the ugly
rumors that flout uut from
Salem, a large dose of hot air
about the c.'ooktdnoss that is
going on iu the only stnte in
stitution that is exclusively
under Democratic control, but
it is content to await develop
ment and knowledge of the
actu il facts, in the hope, that if
there be crookedness therein
Governor Chuiuberlain will
prosecute the perpetrators with
the same fearlessness and energy
that President Roosevelt is per
suing the evil doers in the, Post
al and othei departments of the
tmtionnl government. It is a
sad thing to be forced, by cold
facts, to know that a public
officer is a scoundrel, no matter
what his politics bo. The On
SKiivKii will not assume that
any man, woman or child is
wicked to sunserve paity pur
poses; neither would it belong
to a party thitt is so low am
vicious unit it can ue served i y
traducing and slandering in
dividuals.
pound and advocate measures of
national policies or state inter
est, but because they were sup
posed to be able to locate a few
of their particular friends in
federal offices, with good salaries
attached, of which there' are not
now and never were to exceed
one hundred opportuued to
Oregon.
The cold Tact is that for nearly
forry years the Republ can
party in Oregon has been rent
with bitter feuds to secure fat
places for less than one hundred
men, and the whole party joop-
Jardized. The harvest of this
squabble for federal offices has
been that Oregon, though a
Republican state, has had 20
years of Democratic Governors,
and when Governor Chamber
lain completes his term four
years more will be addod. In
addition to giving the governor
ship , for half the time to the
Democrats, three Democratic
senators have represented Ore
gon in the U. S. Senate, and
fivo men have been elected to
the lower house of congress, and
at one time the State cast its
electorial vote against General
Graut and in favor of Seymore
the Democratic nominee for
President of the United States.
But the loss of the gubernatorial
chair for 20 years with U. S.
senators and congressmen is not
atytbe of the losses the factional
strife has lost the party in the
38 yours. In the Republican
counties all over the State many
of the best paying offices have
been given to the Democrats,
because one fuctiou or the other
knifed the Republican candi
dates at the polls because they
happened not to be in favor of
the office broker, it desired logo
to Waihington to control federal
patronage. And stili the fight
goes on, and who can say stop?
Republican voters can.
TO THE PUBLIC.
0 The undersigned desires to thank nil
of his friends who have bo kindly assist
ed hiiu in his canvass for tbe nomina
tion for City .Marshal, and assures them
and the public generally, that if elected
he will do hie duty in conducting the
affairs of the otllce.
W. T. Cross
STEWARD'S
OPERA - HOUSE
WHAT HAS THE
HARVEST BEEN?
The Republican party has
been rent by a factional strife
for 38 years. It has al no time
been a disagreement as to prin
ciple. 1 lie memhers of the
contending factions have at all
times agreed upon nud claimed
to be in hearty accord with the
principles of the Republican
p-irty as enunciated iu the
national ami State platforms.
The squabble for nil these years
tins been a miserable, selfish,
squabble for particular nun,
whose elevation to seats in con
gress was desired, not because
they had greater ability to ex-
Mr. Ed. Redman and His
Fau.ous Company
Will opt n a
Weeks Engagement, Commenc
ing Monday, March 14
Popular Prices. Seats on
Saturday Morning.
Sal
Delightful Route, Daylieht Ride,
Dizzy Crags, Tcep Canons.
A Golden Opportunity See
nature in all her glorious
beauty, aod then the acme of
in ni's handiwork. The first is
found along the line of the
Denver it Rio Grande Railroad
and tlio latter at the St. Lmis
World's Fair. Your trip will he
one of pleasure make the most
of it. For information and illus
trated literature write
W. C. MrURIDK, Gen. Agt.
Portland, Oregon
SECEEST BEOS.
DEALERS IN
New & Second-Hand Goods,
SHELF and HEAVY HARDWARE.
Gardinier Building FIR STREET
F" NEW MARKET,"!
ANNOUNCEMENT j
I wish to announce to the public that I shall
continue business at the old staud, selling the best line
of clothing, gent's furnishings, hats, caps and shoes.
Al! are familiar with the reliable line of Hart,
Shaffncr & Marx clothing, Longley bats, Florsbein
shoes aud our up-to-daO gcnt'ii furnishings. Iu these
lines our stock is in and open for ii spection.
All are invited to call iuid examine our stock.
i Stillwell
: VandermulBn
Wish to annouuee that on
;. Saturday February 27
they will open 'a first class
J Meat Market iu the old
S Stund
"THE BOSS"
Corner Railroad & Fir St,
We will alwoys keep on
hai.d a good stock of fresh
and smoked meats, sau
sages, fish aud poultry,
and will be glad to meet
all my old patrons and
as many new ones. All
orders will receive our
prompt attention.
Phone 4gl
J. M. BERRY
A Two Light Electrolier
Empire style complete with etched glass
shades and all attachments pot up iu
yi. ar residence for jSij.OO
See samples in our window.
La Grande Light & Power Co
HOME GROWN I
Healthy Apple Trees
In Variety, Thrilt and Prices. s
I can furnish largo or small orders of Apples in Us
finy variety, also shrubs, uiues, weeping trees aud W.
small fruit3 Carolina Poplars, Black Locust, Syca- H
more, Mulbury, Catalpa, Linden. Maple, Larch, Birch, EL'
Elm, Ash, Privet aud roses in any variety. M
it
Write for prices to Con. Plant, Box C01, LuGrande, Ore. gjj
WM. GILPINS' GREEN HOUSE 1
'Phone 1101 cl
irIglllliligjigri gIUrligrgrg;
DO YOU WANT J
CHOICE TIMBER CLAIM?
g ii we can i'-.c.nn y.n, on some
I fine claims in W.dlowa County,
iMcDaniel McDonald,
I WALLOWA, OREGON
WE TttIM PRICKS
aa cloaely as we do our meat. We know
tlat tbe average hounekeoper Hke3 to
save on her meat bills mid we try to se
cure her trade by selling pint as low as
self preservation will permit.
FOR THAT REASON
steaks, chops, roasts, etc. can always be
obtained at our simp a lit I In lower than
our nearest conipe'litor. Ah to tbe
quality nf onr meats we will let our
lame numlier of satisfied customers
fpeak.
Bock & Thomas
Early Risers
TBE FAMOUS LITTLE PILLS,
For quick relief from Blllousnon,
Sick Headache, Torpid Liver, Jaun
dice, Dliilness, and all troubles aris
ing from an inactive or sluggish liver,
DeWllt's Little Early Risers are un
equalled. They act promptly and never gripe.
They are so dainty that 1 1 is a pleasure
to take them. One to two act aa a
mild laxative; two or four act as a
pleasant and effective cathartic. They
are purely vegetable and absolutely
harmless. They tonic the liver.
MKFARRD OtfLT BY
B. C. Do-Witt & Co., Chicago
For Sale by HILL & ALLEN
NOTICE:
I wouhl like all my old friehtU mid
cnstorr.ers to know Unit I have rent
ed a portion ot A. J. Webb.a feed
bug for Z
LIVERY PUKPOSES T
and will be found there for business
with flrst-elnsB rigs and good accomo
dations, I n ill also board horses 1 y
the month. Horses bought, sold
and exchanged.
G. W. ALLEN
ADAMS Al'K.
I'hime 1641.
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With our new up-to-late Plant WP are iu a
josnion to turn nut the host of work.
uruer w i k a specialty, l'lione
Call U8 up anil our wagon will rail.
Shor
No. 1 85
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