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LADIES
Don'f bar Mreat.phop, machine
made hat, lo you can gt the
bMt hand-mad op to date hata
juil u cheap. Made to order bala
ipeeialty.
, - UntiL April 3d we will give a apeaial diacodot u drew gooda, dreu
trimmings, bate, ribboni and hundreds of other tblnga too numeroua
Ibmantioa. . Remember U out gooda are new tbia aeaaon and onr
& 4 t r - i - .
pricat are from 10 to 80 per cent lower ban anr Ira In La Grande.
' We doo't want roa to Uke oar wordt hive hondreO of wltneeaea
' beridea oar good a ad nrlcei. ..Jt will be money in your pocket to call
and la oa ahoar you wft right. Expert jeweler who guarantee! all work
RAINBOW. STORE
AN INVITAION ,TO YUU, 2
THIS 18 A 8PECIAL INVITATION TO YOU.
1 We are receiving daily many, new deeighs in Wall ,
Paper anWall, JJe'corationa, apd we extend this special
invitation to you and your friends to call and aee them.
We are nxjouB to; have you eee oar line end we fee)
ureyou will be delighted witkj the visit.
" ' Yours Respectfully, .
Stackland & McLachlen
PAINTS. ,'eiLzS !AND GLAbS
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Paper ;ls 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 drioes you can afford to pay.
HARRIS & PRICE
' Painters, Paper Hangers and . Decorators.
A. 0. HARRIS, Phone 1566, J.M. PRICE, Phone 1491
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LA GRANDE MORNING OBSERVER
ClIRREY 6ROS, Editors and Proprietors.
ttoterod as the Poas Offloe ' at La Grande, Oicsan, aa Second OUm
,1 Kail Mattel. . . -'..;
PublUhtd Daily Except aiopday. '
hie ax in Advancer.'.
Hi Montha in Advance.
W.60 j Per Month...
g3.50 1 Single Copy..
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SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1904.
THE FIRST. HOMESTEADER
IF BROKEN HEARTH
could be mended aa Deatly, quickly
and thoroughly aa I ean repair
your jewelry Ibere would be no sor
row io tbe world. No matter
whether it be a watch, Hog, a neck
lace or a baby pin dear from aeao
riation need repairing, hiing it to
nn and it will be mended to you
eannot loll It from new. My
peoialty ia watch repairing. Bring
it bare and have 11 done boned ly,
eipertly and cheaply.
J. H. Peare, the Jeweler
Freih Chocolates
Fresh Bon Bous '
Fresh Nougact
Fresh Carmels
Fresh Taffey
Fresh Salted Peanuts
Fresh Salted Almonds
Fresh Popcorn
Fresli Fruit
GREENE & CO.
I ALWAYS !
I ON TIME I
,,n ban yon crder groieriea from tie yon
are aure to have Ihemdelivered on time $
ANOTHER THING
When you order groceries from us you are sure to $
get the Terr best to be bad. We keep only the best
Tbe next time you are at our store
askto see our speoial line of
BREAKFAST BACON ,
& POTTED MEATS
C. R ALSTON
STORE ,
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GROCERY
aud Jefferson E
A statement is going the
rounds of tbe press that .Daniel
Freeman, who made the. first en
try under the Homestead law on
January 1, 1863, at Brownsville,
named after Old, John -.Brown,
in Nebraska, is still alive ano
residing on, the laud he bled on
41 years ago.
: The history ol the struggle on
the part of the common people
for fr e homes was. a ; long - oiie.
stretching through . many long
years, and should not be for
gotten by the people. Away
back in the 30s the people , in
the west began to clamor for a
change in the laud laws so as to
enable landless pioneers to . se
cure homes without running the
hazzard of ; being outbidden at
the public land sale, aud turned
away from their log . cabin and
little clearing by the wealthy
speculators. In 1841 the pre-
emotion law was passed by the
Whig Congress and approved by
the Wnig ' President, Millard
Fillmore, which gave settlers the
right to go on UDoilered land
and granted them time to make
payments therefore.
The demand for free homes
began about 1850, and in 1852
the Free Soil Democratic Nation
al Convention, that met in Pitts
burg, Pa., aud which nominated
John P. Hale of New Hampshire
for President, and George- W.
Julian of Indiana fur Vice Pres
ident, placed in its platform
"That tbe public lands of tbe
United Stutes helong to the
people, and should not be sold
to individuals, nor granted to
corporations, but .should be
granted in limited quantities,
free of cost, to landless settlers."
Franklin Pierce, the regular
Democratic nominee on a plat
form endorsing the Virginia aud
Kentucky resolutions of 1702
and 170S, to solidify the slave
holding South, was elected Pres
ident by a lurge majority.
Though the Democracy sueered
at and ridiculed the demand for
free homes and Btyled tbe ad
vocates for free land "mud sills
aud greasy mechanics," tbey
cast 156,149 votes.
The "mud sills and greasy
mechanics'' continued to agitate
for free homes in the wilderness
West, and fu 1853 had strength
enough in Oougross to begin an
agitation there. In 1800 they
had grown strong enough to
pnB9 through Congress a home
stead law, which James Buch
anan, the thou Democratic Pres
ident, vetoed on June 23, 1S60,
to sustain which veto General
Joseph Lane, Democrat io Sen
ator from Oregon, voted yes and
the Democrats in Congress sus
tained the veto and the home
stead bill was killed by the
Democrats.
J tie t residential election in
November 1860, plucod the Re
publicans in power in March
1861, and on May 20, 1862, the
homestead law, having passed
both house)1 of Congress, though
Benjamin Stark Democratic
Senator from Oregon, voted
against it, became a law upon
being approved by Abraham
Lincoln, the first Republican
President. By the prvUions
of the act, tilings could not be
made until Jauutry 1, 1SU3, the
day when it is alleged D.-tniel
Freemau made the first filing
thereunder.
Since the homestead law has
been in operation, that is from
January 1, 1863, to June 30
858 acres of land. Not one fib
tng could have been, made or
cue acre secured bad the Demo
oratio pirly remained in power.
A million and a half independ
ent homes is the monument the
Republican party can point to
with pride ..and satisfaction.
The La Grande city , election
resulted io a practical unani
mous vote in favor of bonding
the city to build a 125,000 city
hall for county . seat purposes.
La Giaride has "blood in her
eye" this time and is going after
the county seat in spite oj the
Constitution, '- the Supreme
C urt and the City of Union,
and other small objectiuos
Wallowa Democrat.
La Grande certainly in doii;g
the fair thing in filing the
petitions with the county court
at this early day. It was not
necessary to file them until
April the 6th. We have refer
ence to the petition aeking the
court to grant the votars of Ibe
county an opportunity to vote
on tbe relocation of the county
seat.
Benton county is out of debt.
This is hard for a Union county
citizen to realize, but it is given
out as a fact Were it not thst
a few oth'er counties in the statu
are reported to he in tbe same
condition, we would, prouounce
it a fake of tbe first degree.
Those who are keeping track
of the registrations in the four
La Grande precincts state that
there are at least 250 who have
not registered. This matter
should be looked into. . This is
too large a percentage not
registered.
The report of the referee in
the Wade estate, of Pendleton,
shows that the creditors will re
ceive . about ten cents on the
dollar.
The World's Fair Route
Thoae anticipating an Eastern trip, or
visit to the Loulaiana Furehaee expo
sition at St. Louia, cannot afford to
overlook the advantages offered by the
Missouri Pjtoinc Railway, which, on
account of ltd various routes and Kate
ways, has been appropriately named
The World's Fair Route."
Pasoengera from the Northwest take
the Missouri rAcirto trains from Den
ver or Pueblo, with the choice of either
going direct through the Kansas City,
via Wichita, Fort Scott and Pleasant
Hill.
Two trains daily from Denver and
Puelilo to St. Imis without change,
carrying all classes of nioilern equip
ment, incioilinn electric lighted obser
vation parlor i-afu dining cars. Ten
ilaily train between Kminis City uuil
St Louis.
Write, or call on . C. Moiiii le,
lieneral Agent, 121 1 liinl st, f'ortlan l
lor ileiaik'd Information ai.el illimiia il
literaluie. if.
Marshals Notice
I hereby give notice that from on
and after this date I will etrickly en
force the ordinance prohiHtirg stee'e
runuing at large witlmi the city
I'mits.
24 28 L. Kiyburn, City Maishal
Trot Simpson's dancing school will
tie postpone,! uutil Saturday evening of
thin w.ek. Teaching as Yi.iiiI until
nine Class assemble with on-hestia
(rom nine until twelve. tf
SACRED hEART
ACADEMY
La Grande, Oregoi.
C inducted by Sisters of St. Franci
Solect boarding and day school for
Young Ladies
AcJemlo, Preparatory and Kined
garten courses are conducted on Ibe
same principle aa those pursued in
1903, persons to the number of our ,ohool, ol Udelphi.
1,247,110 have-made homestead ,nd PinliDK P
Bliugs, and secured the right to l,,, 0,ltlliulrt dlrP0d u
become the owners of 160,307,-1 BISTER SUPERIOR
a O B B B B !S P 1 H B
l OUR SPRING
B -
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aie not of the ordin iry
' ' character.
There is a certain no !iii.et
. in the....;.
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I" NEW MARKE" j
Hart, Schaffner & Marx" Clothes
that appeals to evtry stylish man.
These are decidedly "young men's
clothee." TLey have dash you
admire your own appearance if you
wear c no, Along with up-to-date
clothes goes fine shoes We have
tbfui in the Florrhein. make, the
drestdett and largest stock in ! wn.
Let u show you.
j. M. BERRY
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T l OiNlE GROWN
Healthy Apple Trees
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In J Variety, Thiilt and Prices.
I can furnish large cr small orders of Apples in
my varidty,. also shrubs, uines, weeping trees and
mal fruiti Carolin I'oplars, Black Locust, Syca
more, Muiliiiry, Ca!ul, Linden. Maple, Larch, Birch,
lm, Aah, Privet ui.d r ;ics in any variety.
Write for prices to Con. Plant, Box 604, LaGraude, Ore.
WM. GII.P1NS' GREEN HOUSE
'I'l.one llril
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mum reos.
New & Secoi 1-H.nd Goods,
SHELF and H : AVY KAiDWARE.
Gardinier Building FIR STREET
THE ABC
Laundry
Is now Ready-
for Btisinesijsss
With our new up-to-date Plant we are iu a
Position to turn out the best of work. Shor
Order wnk a specialty. Phone No. 185
Cull us up and our witgon will call.
ABC LAUNDRY
PHONE j i85i
DO YOU WANT
CHOICE UMBER CLAIM?
If a-, we phi: locate you on some
"s nne claims m WbII.iwh County.
I Mc Daniel cS McDonald
f wluVA, OREGON
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A Two Licri ; E ctrolier I
2mpire style coi i etched glass
shades and all a chn ts put up iu
yi ar residence fct .oo
S'e samples iu ot wine
La Grande Lyht a Power Co
Stillwell :
: YanderTnuIeir i
- 'tu
rn to
Wish to announce) that on
Saturday. February 'J7- j',
they will open a first clit'i" J
J Mest Market in the old t
I -Stand
"THE BOSS" ,
J Corner Railroad & Fir St
We will always ' keep.-' on
hai.d a good stock of it ah J
and pmoked meats, biu- ;
sages, fish aud poulny,
and will be glad to meet.
S all my old patrons and
J as many new ones. Al!
J orders will receive our J
prompt attention..- '.-;. ..
Phone 4gl- -
Four of a kii l i h a pteU. p oi uu: i
:tt riinlp. Hut t ih" hiiirl.ei', iia ll
kind tltitt counts, not thn four. We Uet ,)
Miily one kind ol meut, ll'" Uin Utai h
iresh, iTealll'y. tender mi i ju vy,
P.iiy your stettki tn1 t'lifp-i lu're, Bi d
'ney'll always be rigid-. Our Hlock i
w -il-ht and p op-rly cart d for. Concu
(iioiilly our iiu-iU liaa a dt iicioiiB fluvor.
Bock 8c Thoma s
iarlvlissrs
TBE FAMOUS LITTLE FILLS.
For quick relief from Btltousnsn,
Sick Headache, Torpid Liver, Jaun
dice, Dizziness, and all troubles aris
ing from an Inactive or sluggish liver,
DeWitt's Uttle Early Risers are un
equalled.
They act promptly and never gr!;:e.
They are so dainty that ft Is a pleasure
to take them. One to two act a
mild laxative; two or four act aa a
pleasant and effective cathartic. T;,,y
are purely vegetable and absolutely
harmless. They tonic the Uver.
VRBPARCD ORLT Y
K.C. DtVWitt & Co.. Chlcfti-o
For Sale by all Drnils
N'OTICE:
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I woulJ like all my ok frii-i,ds nml
costonr.ers to know Ihnt 1 Imvis ront
ed a portion of A. J. Wi-bli.n leeil
bum lot
LIVERY PUHPOSES l":
and will be found tl ere for Im-iiH-s-witn
flrst-elase rinsand poo.l cumtt
datioii8, I will also board I. arsis by
the month. Hoiees lmi;hi, i-ol.l
and exchanged.
G. W. ALLEN
ADAMS A I';.
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famous remedy
doesfor the stom
ach that win i H
la nnaiiU in fMr
llsi-lf ur, if k..i
SliiThtlv H.irrAA
or overburdened.
Kodol
supplies the natural
jiauiuijMioni
ma wo-n ol
StOmarh. rltA-
nervous tension, while
m miiamed muse
ana membranes ot t
organ aro allowed
rest and heal. It cures
--.fev-uuH, naiuience.
Palpitation of the heart
nervous dyspepsi nd
a 1 stomach troubles by
cleansing, purifvlr g end
"engine
membra:
achand
in y C1IUC3
lb; 'i,r of hctAh
t j : and
x :.c.
cu r i ii z all
' stomach
) troubles and
Ilk .
Purifvlr y mil B '
lenlnj ise jUmj,. tk-f , .
ret ol the iom. Sj. II .
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