It Speaks For Itself
' Lf Grande Evening Observer .
jCd Srande Snvestment Company,
1110 Adams Avenue, La Grande, Oregon ;
Mail Hatter.
r as Ha pejfeotly clear that no loan CL'RREV BROS., Editors Trnpa'
can be made on any piece of property j aasaa
on a better b sia than our offer.. The f " I
trsosactiou ia hi. kly consumated nod ' Entered at the Poef. Office at La I
iho oust is oommuativelv trifling j Urande, Oregon, a Second Clau j
The Road To Fortune .
, is often re .died tli:QU(jh the medium
- of a loan. It you tbink yon aee a
.. obaaoe, don't let it .paes. Von niny
regret 1'. "Nothing risk, nothing
win." We've got the money and we'll
: treat you right Also Homes for ealo
on inaii llmenta.
Published daily except Sunday
One year in advance. , . . . . 6 50
Six mouths in advance. . . .3 60
Pel mouth'. . . . . ,65c
Single copy : . . . . .5c
SCHOOL BOOKS,
STAdllOKERY,
DRUGS
La Grande Druu Co. and Red Gross Drug Co
DIRECTORS: 1
i. M. Berry, J. M. Church
A. B. Cooley, Goo, L. Clea
ver, Geo. Palmer
, OFFICERS: . ,
Uio. Palmkb ........President
J. M. Baimr.;....VIoe President .
J. It. Chubch. ....... .Cashier
F. L. Mbykes and Geo L Cleaver ' Asst. Cashiers
L,A LtRANDE IN ATIONAL D NK J
La Grande,' Oregon '
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $72,000.00 J
Transacts a general banking business. Buys and sells exchange 01
. all parts of the world. Collections a specialty.
BOSS
Meat Market
Stellwell & Vanderinuelen, Proprietors.
WHOLESALE - AND RETAIL - BUTCHEPS.
Highest market price paid for all kinds of butchers'
stock Hides, pelts and furs. - Also chickens & poultry.
Coal For Hot Weather
Our Rock Spring coal will give satisfaction
We always have it on hand. Castle Gnte and Clear
Creek coal, too, if you would raiher have it. We al
ways have coal, all kinds and at lowest pi ices. .If
you want wood we can furnish you the kind that burns
longest and best.
G. E- FOWLER,
TKANSFEK AND DELIVERY
Phone io 1611
oaoooBaocjota )
JOHN JAMISON W E STULL ELVA JAMISON
We will call for it and bring it
home when promised
We guarantee satisfaction and only ask for a
trial order to demonstrate to you that we un
derstand the laundry businese. oil can stop
our wagon at any time or phone the Laundry
and your work will be called for at ouce. We
make a specialty of family washing, aud can
do your washing better and cheaper than
ou. A trial order solicited.
Onion Steam Laundry
PHONE 1981.
742 FIR STREET.
SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT 10, 1004
MONE, IN UNITED STATES
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kiuds i re going out of business
in these two counties A prece
dent has been .established ' in
these two cases thalother sheriffs
will, no doubt, follow. They
have the authority to stop all
inch games if they are disposed
to do bo Eugene Register.
The Sir Knight Tempters who
attend the next conclave, might
read "Samantlia' at Saratoga"
with profit ' : , "...
. Either General Apathy or a
mighty fine bass hole has got a
strangle-hold on one Grover
Cleveland. - :i "'
The newspaper fraternity will
be pained to learu that carrying
radium in the pocket affects the
tone and color of diam nda ,
It is suugeted that the mes
senger boy who delivered that
gold telegram ought tobe bunted
up when Judge Parker visits ', St
Louis for purposes of identifi
cation, morely. ' '
One of the first things that
Mr Heury James, after an
absence of more than a score of
years from his native land, .did
was to step in the New York
post office and ask for a three
cent stamp
TURKESTAN ALFALFA
The Dry Land Alfalfa grows without irri
gation. '
BROME GRASS
Red Clover, Alfa.fa and all kinds of
Garden Seed in bulk
Seed Wheat, Baled
Barley, Oats, Etc
The only Seed Houae
inUnion County.
Oliver
Phone 1571
lSecause tinker (Jointly suc
ceeded in getting away with the
panhandle of Union County , a
few years ago, Bite need unt
think shecau expand her b rap '.
arv lines
north.
any further on" the
A. V.
JEFFERSON AVE.
In our brief sketch of Joseph
A McWhirter we said; when he
was a young man in 1853 money
was scarce in the United Slates,
since writiug that article yester
day the Circulation Statement
of the U S Treasury Depart
ment shoeing theamountiu the
United States oh Sept 1 1904,
reached the Observer From it
we learn that ou that date the
general stock of money of nil
kiuds gold, silver, and paper,
Aggregated $2,829,273,316 being
ing au increase from A ug 1904
10,562 079 of the increase 7,
463, 835 was gold and $1,955,
452 in subsidiary silver the. re
mainder increase was in the
U S Bank note.
; Of the whole amount of mon
ey in stosk in the Unit fid States
on Sept 1, 1904 )270,993,332
were held ou thnt date in the
US Treasury as assetls of the
government being less by
128,412 than were so held on
Aug 1st. :
After deducting the amount
' eld in the treasury on Sept 1st
from the genera) stock iu the
U S on that date the remainder
gives the amount in- circulation
on that dty which is $2,558,279
984.
The U S Treasury assuming
t hat the population has increased
at the same per cent since the
census year as before estimates
the population of the United
States on Sept 1 1904 at 81,098
000 people with this basis the
per capita of money in uircula
i n oa Sept 1, 1904 is placed at
531,10 the large'! per capita ol
unnry iu circulation since the
governmeu'. b-gan. The lime
Wti said money was seance in the
United Stale b.ick iu the fifties
the per o pita in circulation
was if 12 0-4 being $19,14 iest
now.
'IV ke our imports and exports
as an other measure of ihe lime
the figures taken frm the
Monthly Summary ol Commerce
and Finance tor June 1904, aud
it will be seeu thai in 1850 the
people of the United States were
tiir.rtnrt.iil(y lYifrrhiiiw!iaf tfi tlip
yaluo of $7,48 per capita, and
exporting $6,23 of tiitrt'liaurii e
per capita, tbat l hey wete pur
chasing from abro.id $1,2") per
capita more than they sold In
1U3 we sold aurot'i merinm-
di?e to the value f $17 32 per
cipitaand purchased from a
broad $12,54 worth per ctpita,
IihI is in 1W3 wo fold
, - 4 ,a ........ C,..T il..... i tl'iiir UnilHln IhHutei of Cnllrurnia, ore-
' T l H,IO more Stun lliatl loll, xvu.1h. nd WiiMhlnilon rrrrltorr." w
i? bniigh'.
Iii 1850 the total vabia of
agricultural products exponed
from the United Sluies was $105
605.713 In 1903 il was $s73,
322,882 In 1850 xporird
niitnu'actur- tl products to the
va'u! of $17 580,456 and in 1903
to the value of $407,526,882
I
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS
i GRAIN BAGS GRAIN -BAGS
$4.75 per 100,
By order ol the State Board of Prison Directors, I
" am authorized to sell grain bags in any qt)aptty -aHove
v 600,. manufactured at San uentin Prison at a j price
fixetj at $4,75 per 100. , Bags delivered free in SanjFran
oisco Orders must be accompanied' with cash of ex
change on San Francisco in full,, and also with the fol
lowing affidavit verified bo fore a Notary Public or Justice
- of the IVaci-: .. v
J'l hereby certify that I am a consumer residing
' in i . '. .". ....... and that' the bas ordered by me" are : for
my own perconnl and individual use."
"
k Subscribed and sworn to before me this. . . .day of . . .
Seai ........ .v. ., .-v. . .
The bags arc of the Fame capacity as standard Gtlcul
'tfa, and superior in qtrdilv Don't delay erid'-irfroUr-border
JoHay io J W. TOMPKINS, Warden San Quen
tin Prison, California
Sninple ot tliese biss to bo seen at this olBos. j
? Farmtrrk' and TrHder's
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LAGRANDE,
N a t i o n a I B a nil r , " ,
OREGON
Capita! S o. k fu:!y paid 0.0"fc .,
Surplrs I'uiid , - . , 13.UH0 '
1 Lint i ity of Sluirclioldeis : Ikl.ttOO t . - .
.Responsibility , vl:,;,,,?.(JMn -
We do a general haiikint! and exchange business.
lulls boiiuhi. ifi'l o..l i.ii . ilt'in . 'iTnivltJii hank-.
UBioa
JOSKPU PALMER, President -
J. W. SCR1BER, Oushier s
StiSSgBllB SHBABJsin
In
In The District Court of The
United States for The
District of Oregon.
tlin muttir of) Niticeof
Mary M. Caldwell, V tirat meetlDg
Uaukriipt' 1 of Creditors.
To the Creditors of Mary M. Cald
well, ofElKin, iu the county of Union,
stnto of Oregon, llaiikrupt: ,
Notice is boreby kIvod, Tlal od tbe
first dny of September, 1904, the said
Ma y M. Oil 'well was duly adjudicated
a bankrupt, and that tbe Urst Meeting
of tbe Creditors will he held at the
office of be undersigned, In ha Grande,
Oregon, on Monday, September loth,
11101, nt ten o'clock In the forenoon of
said day, at which time and piece said
creditors may attend, prove tbalr
claims, appdut a Trustee, examine
tbe Bankrupt, and transact such other
business as may properly eome before
said meeting. Twenty fit e cents must
accompany each claim filed.
Dat.'d nt l. Grando, O egnn. Sep
'eniborflth, 1!XH,
H Ivi hoe,
Referee In Jlnnkrnptcy.
( Sept. 7 9
I Daily (
FULL MEASURE :
Chain Wood by the Cord
128 cubic ftot to the cord. 16-inch ,. dry chain
wood 3 pit cord. Tins is rhnpor than ly the' loadt
I You pay for what yo i net ai d ge whui. yon pay for.
Phone 571
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H. W. NIIlEY
I A Few Ch oices BHrtjat 11s In Wal
ts Iowa County Real Kstate
f ft) axia r'a of l '. lit .-oi Ji.iib 1 if M'tiiiiM li t iJ
f In fall own hea . it 1 nrii ill '"ii- 'ill lllj- -V if
$ ""!i".!tu',.''ln.lor, lii H. Ii 111 lorn mill kxi1 iilllmll"tifijt. B0 Cf In fall
" mwn g,ai.i;iiiii i'l'.r.ji!il "I wali-r .v h,r .nitli pi i-A n-al faifaln l 100
IA 2.1) actffti.f uinlirtiH wlilffi i Oie flilr.t ol IlluiuluW; Ifoofl b'iue atifl
a ouiiiiilld 11 Koodhi .'i:l-. 211 I nn ol ti.iy 11.111 lx-cut oil i.e IM0-l)l UK
S a'iW n rank I o.l h i tIO" V "'' 1'OcuHim.ci jivo..
g 4 iMU-rm. lili.fn miw 1.. il -10 c l l P-Timr- Hil 11 analbaimla. .
M 5 IWncli'411 line tmiil iU H l ir II..T TIujo lw of lire liMny Ii s
I I111vrl0ur11rll1l.il wny ol ru.ll rjliiu. Iiiriuiiia. far fllrtliiT urllmiliiri .Urj-, ' ,
1 M'Daniel Sc M'Donald
I WALLOWA, - - OUEUON
RIGHTS Of THE SHERIFF
Iii Multnomah and linker
counties the sherit.'s iiave dp
dared that the law proliibitm
gaiiibling of ah kinds, im lod
ii.g slot machines, tuusl bt
stopped and are carryiug their
authoiiiy iuto execution. A a
result gambling devices of all
tiMUKlt LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1878
.Mrt'ICB FOR PUBLICATION
'J . (f. Land onloe at La UrAndn, Oregon
AUglMl II, IWI.
Nollro ! hereby given Ibat In eompllutirtj
will Iho pnivlnl'inn untie aol of Oongrean ol
Iuue4, 111, eouiien "An hui mr 1110 Nine 01
u mled to all Hie Public l.nnrl Mutes by act
o: A mkiini 4, lirri, liavld u HuKdeo, or fjezter
ville, noiiDty or Wood, HUte of Wmoonmn
n title dny flled In this offW his awora '
stald fleiit No. :IM), fur Ihe purehaae of the I
HK'i HW'i, HK'4 NW( nod fxita Hand inlAm- i
tlon No. 7 fn Towiialilii No. 6 Houtli lunge So. 1
Vi h. W. M.
A j'l will olTer proof to n'riow Cult the Und I
Mint la more valuable for iu timber or J
lone limn for aftrleulturMl purpoaeii, and to
uollah berrl.-jlin Ui wild land before the!
Keatflter and Heeelver of llila nmce at Ia
On ,de. Oregon, on TueMtAr. tbe 2T,ita
dny of oeloher, IWI.
tl I natnen an ItneMaea: IMIan H. riulll.
W. ilenry Itrown, of liexurville. Wl4eonol 1;
loiard C. Iliillla, of Perry, Oregon; snl
fcIW4rd (lean ol lAti'ande. Oregon.
A.!rnd all rxirauna claiming adveraeljr
the aoove deacrtlied landa are renueated 10
fll t ihelr cljlma In tblaotneeon or before laid
2Mt day of Oelolier, luot.
K. W. Davla, Heglatrr
How iar to tny hmrt. is ihn o' l-fusbioue I washboard
Tuat mother mil ti w.nh on wnoti I i 1 liy,
With its ziuc-covtro I rnlK'ia lii-aul nnul ti p'uy la
A 'id SJip b'l 1 lii4 gi nool il 1 1 1 1 chi id is 1 joy
O'ttliiiea Inv- I -it-lnl In- w iui w -irlo f iinr knuckles
As over lb ri.l : tr I ids hoo v,i ild rub,
I nenr wll' Unx In 'n 1 a'' 1 'h " ""i1
T:ie ild f.niloi.'l wuli burl tint sioil i'i the tub.
rllo!:U!j
ri.o out ( 1 ,li l '! wa-libonr l;
T ,e .I 1 rnvor.'ii iaHlll)iial,l 1
The back-br liking wasbb Mr I that siood iu tbe tub.
Hum 1 tolas nl rni' kink 1 r 11 t i.dut. laa Mrm,
And s ,y tne; w 1 ,r ni fi 1- iiolb i ev.vy d i I
Utit ulvn 'h 'in 1 1 111 , s 1 I wi.l h ive a hut iii in-r
At hoiii, l Ii Hi 1 a 11 II of fia a nip s ids ay.
I know that tbe wish in 111 i -niiie is uiuu 1 ei-r
On all of our cloth, a t , 01 10 t.ike liicin and rub
Till tllf b itoms an I b i inn nr- lost au 1 worn out
Ky th 1 ni l f mlii iiiH I w i.thli Mini lliat Bt'Kxl i:i the tub.
We are not the oll 'uhIiIomu 1 ki ol .
IABC LAUNDRY
; PHONE j I85l
Fred G Lawson
Wholesale
HAY and GRAIN
LOTS.
Slater Bldg.
Dealer In
IN GARL0AD
La Qrande, Or.
I City Property For Sale
Find) Lucaft'J, Well Improved s-Koom House For
Sale. AI50 Oilier City Proierty'At
' CivANT &-HERR0NS.
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