MAN WITH MoNEY
ia always in a position lo dic
tate bis own terras when mak
ing bargain. Beal, estate
offers no beVer investment, (ban
' QOOP FARMS ;
We are offering far bujare with
ready money some choice farms
at bargain counter prices.
There is no cbartrfl' to .give
you full particulars. If you're
1 joking for a "snap" now is the
time to get it Don't lose the
opportunity, as they are certain
to go soon.; ' : :, ,
jCa S ran do Sn vestment Company,
1110 Adams Avenue, La Grande, Oregon
Li Grande Evening:. Observer
CUR RET BROS, Editors Props
Enteral at tbe
Inula, Oregon,
Mail Matter.
Post Oltyo at Le
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Published daily except Sunday
Ote year in advance. ..... $8 SO
8ix months io advance. . . .3 60
Per month. 65c
.Single copy . . . . . . ...... .60
TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT 27, 190
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Uas. Pauocs ...V. ..President
' t. M. BaJHr..,...Vioa President
J. M.ChubCH. Cashier
; pnusarossi ......
i. M. Berry, J. M.Obanh
A. B. Oooisr, Goo. U Ctaa.
rar, Geo. Palmar. .
F. L. Mktebs and Goo l Cleaver An. Cashiers
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t La Grande National B nk ;
La Gran), Oregoa
? I , CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $72,00000 J
: Transacts a general bankint business. Boys and sails exchange ea .
. - all parts ol the world. OoUactfcms a upsxaaatav.
JOHN JAMISON W B STULO JUiVA. JAMiauM a
We will call for it and bring it
home wheripromised-
We guarantee satisfaction and only ask for a
trial order to demonstrate to you that we un- .
derstand the laundry business, f ou can stop
our wagon at any time or phone the Laaadry
and your work will be called for at once.. We
make a specialty of family washing, and cab
do your washing better and cheaper than ,
on. A trial order solicited.
Union Steam Laundry
",' FOB FBBSIDBMT
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
"; of New York
,F0B VICB PBESIDBNT
CHABLES W. FAIRBANKS
' " - of Indiana
FOB PBB8IDBNTAL BLBCTOBS "
o, B. dimmick, ! Clacksnas
A. c. bough, Josephine
J. N. HABT, rOlK
-' WW nil
I. a. fbb, ' ; umasuia
. school books,
stationery, drugs
; ". -. ' at ..
La Grande Drug Co. and Red Cross Drug Co
INDIAN SCHOOLS
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742 FIR STREET.
TURKESTAN ALFALFA
The Dry Land Alfalfa grows without irri
gation. . 4
BROME GRASS
Red Clover, Alfa.fa and all kinds of
Garden Seed in bulk
Seed Wheat, Baled
Barley. Oats, Etc'
The only Seed House
inUnion County.
A.. V". Oliver
JEFFERSON AVE. Phone"J571
Chemawa, Or,, Sept. 24.
Eighteen pupils were received
at the Indian school yesterday.
They catne in.two parties one 01
12 beipg brought - from Roche
Harbor, Wash., by C 0 Frenah,
and the ether by Mrs. McBride
of SoiUh Bend,iWash. n : : '
The attendance is larger at
present than it was at this 1 time
last year, and in all probability
the record of last year will be
broken. Last year Jhe enroll
ment was 868. The work at
the school has settled into its
regular groove, all of the indus
trial shops now being . open.i
Oregon Journal .
The. Chemawa school is main
tained by the United States. It
is a manual training school in
hiob the young Indians. of both
sexes are taught .trades, includ
ing cutting nd making gar
ments, modern eookiag as well
as mathematics and literature,
free hand .drawing and music
Young Indians from Oregon,
Washington and Idano are
taught at this school. In 1900
the United Slates census gives
the Indian population of these
three states on tbe several res
ervations, Oregon 4,065, : Idaho
3,557,and Washington 10,0019,
a total pf 17,639:'..
Tbe Indians of school age, 5
which the "proportion ' is in
creased to 6.4 for those 86 to 44
years, to 8 per cent for those in
groups 45 to 54 and , 55 to 64
years, and 10.7 per cent for those
65 years of age and upwards."
"The proportion of illiterate
negroes range between 30 and
40 per cent for the age groups
from JO Jo 34 inclusive, beipg
more than one half of the entire
number n group 85 to 44 years
of age, more than two thirds in
gioup 45 to 64 yars, more than
three fourths in group 65. to 64
years old and considerably more
than four fifths in the group 65
years and over." ' - 1
'The proportion of illiterates
among the Indian population is
large for all age groups, ranging
from about three tenths for the
earlier periods ' to ' about four
fifths for the period from . 45 to
54 years and to very nearly
nine tenths for the old Indians ;
from 65 years and upward. "-
The percentage of illiteracy
shows large in every class of our
population when it is remem
bered that in 1900 there were
21,404,322 persons. of sohool age
in the United State that is 5 to
13 years of age, of whom 15,
503,110 were enrolled in tbe
public schools, to instruct whom
422,062 teachers were employed
and $137,687,746 paid them for
their services and the total ex
penditure Tor the public schools
that year v. as $214,964,618.
aoaa o o o a o a a o o b o o a a n n jv a
" Farmers' and Traders jj
B Nationaf Bank, ; a
m LAGRANDE, OREGON
1 Capital Stock fully paid r , $ 60,000 , 1
O i Surplus fund , . xo.wv
mm T LiabiUiy of Shareholders , 60,000
1 Responsibility . ' - . 183,000
We do a general banking and exohange business.
' rafts bought and sold on eartern and foreign banks.
mm ' JOSEPH PALMER, President ;:
B J. W. SCRIBER, Cashier
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Chain wood by the Cord
128 cubic feet to the cord. 16-inch : dry chain
wood $3 pgr cord This is cheaper than by the load.
You pay for what you get and get what you pay for.
- Phone 571
H. W. NIBLEY
New York will be entitled to
give thanks for tbe fact . that
Murphy and McCarren have
wiped each other off tbe politic
al slate.
ONE MIGHT ONLY
Friday, Sept 30
A FESTIVAL OP LAUGHTER
Muller and Bates present Mark E. Swan's
Hilarious Mirth -provoking success
j; "A RunawaytMatch"
A Rouaray Match
at the third Aveaae
yasteiday jammed
the theatre both
afternoon and even
ing and pleaed tbe
people So well that
a lot af them are
go'PK
week.-
Monday, Aug. 27.
again next
SeaUle Times
FUN THAT'S
CONTAG10TS
All the new songs of this season! "No, yon haven't
beard them; they are new.
PRICES: 26c, 50c and 75c .Seats now on sale
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A Few Choict Barjjaina in Wal
lowa County Real Estate
(1) 200 acres o! land, 129 aaras capable of caltlvatlon, 113 io
iofall sown wheat. iiooM,. lam and otbsr boiidlnjt,. A ;r
RIMnan (2.600 -, ......
2240acref,Blaallorchan3, taodft. barn and good ombnfldlnsa. 80 acres in 'fall
own ftiatn; saulj atreain of water now tnrouirh plaoeA great bargain at $3,600
8 SUo acrea of land part ol wbica is tba flnetl of moadow; good honae and
ombnildinira good ha shed&. 'iw tons of hay can be cat od Lbe plaoe wtll take
$600 in cattle in trare on this property. Prlca 110 per acre.
4 160 acrea. IJb of choice laud Prf'.-e $19 per acre. Tola ia a great bargain.
5 louaetea oi cue una at s-su per acre Aoencarca lew or int many anapa vve
' nave to offer in th way of real estate bargains. For further particulars address. 4
BBlSMSj
M' Dona-Id
OREGON
M'Da.niel St
WALLOWA,
How dear to my heart is the old-faahioned waabbsard ,
That mother aaed to wash on when I was a boy,
a With Its zinc-covered ridges the auds usl to play In " J
And sap babbles gambolnd to niy ohildisli joy. a
J Ofttimes have I watcbei her when wearinp, ber knuckles.
As over the rid ires oar duds she would rub. J
I ne'er will forget how she snlashed and she slatherep
The old fasiiionod wash board that stood in the tub.
to 20 vears old Jpclucive, in i the
three, states aggregate 6,691 dis
tributed as follows, in Oregon
l,745j Washington 3,142 and in
Idaho 1,204. From these figures
it will be seen that eo,per oent
of the Indian children of school
see attend this school, which
speaks well for that school.
The census reports for 1900
rive the number of Indian
children, who .attended school
the census year ending June
1900 at 37,537 in the United
States.
The following conclusions
drawn from tbe figures gathered j
by the census takers as to the
relative illiteracy of the whites,
neeroes and Indians in tbe'
United States are worthy of
consideration and abow that the
Indiana are advancing educationally.
"The proportion of illiterates!
among persons 10 to 14 years ol
age is less than that for persons
15 to 17 or 18 to 20 years of age,
when the illiterate. population in
1900 is considered as a whole,
but for native whites of native
parentage the proportion ia
slightly larger, 4.4 per cfnt for
t those 10 to 14 years old, as com-
pared with 4 1 per cent for those
15to 17 years old and 4.2 per
cent for those 18 to 20 years of
sge. The proportion of illiter-",
ales for this element of the pop
ulation do not vary greatly, bw
ever, for the age groups from 10
to 44 years, inclusive, after
No Harm To Look
It is now possible to get lor 85 eenta
wbat you hare bseo paying $1.60 lor
sucb books as Bed Sock, . Hinippi
Babble, Caet'e Uiany Crow, Right ot
Way, Audrey, Jauije Meredith , Dor
hy yprnoo, David 1 1 arum, and many
otber ol tbe bast la-e copyright books
formally sold lor II aO, we are now
selling lor 85 cents. .Drop in and look
at tbem over, yon are just aa , welcome
whether yon bay Or not
' Newlia Ding Co.
Notice
.Every lriday afternoon at halt past
two o'clock lwiinniog Sept. IS ther
will be a meelit.it at tbe home ol Mrs.
Geo. glake at Island City tor tbe par-
pose oi. reading the Writings ol tbe
New Charon given to tbe World through
Enunnel Bwedeoborg.
- Any one interested In knowing what
tba New Charch teacboa la cordially
Invited to be prese t.
CHORUS
The old fashioned washboard ;
Tne ziuc-covernd washboard;
Th back-breaking washboard that stood in the tub.
Some tolks always kiok about ap-to-date Inuddries,
And say they wear oat their clothes every day ;
Bat give them to me, so I will have a hot dinner
At home, with the smell of the soup suds away.
I know that the washing machine is much easier
On all of oar olothes than to take them and rob ;
Till the buttons an J bosoms are lost and worn out
By the old-fashioned washboard that stood lu the tab, ;
We are not the old fashioned kind.
A ;B C LAUNDRY
PHONE a i85i
The Piano
We're selling now
'for
$167
cntU (230.00 else
where . Big buying sod
big Belling does it
at
filers Piano House
351 Washington Street,
corner Park
Portland, Oregon
Write us for particulars.
(5 or $6 a moo'h bus one
here.
City Property For
Finely Located, Well Improved 5-Room House
Sale. Also Other City Property, At
GRANT & HERRONS
For
Special Excursion to the World's
Fair.
Tbe Denver and Rio Grande, In oon
section with tbe Missouri Paciilo.
1 w Jl ron a series of per-or-Jly oon
I daotod excursions to tbe World's fair
dtring Jane. These excursions will
ron through to St Louis without
change of cars, making short stops at
FiiuUrWimiuiaaurogis, lbSOrstOf
'.bese excursions will leave Portland
Vine , and the second June 17 " Tbe '
rate from La Grande be 100 to St.
Loils and return. Excursionists go
ing lie tbe Deuver A Rio Grande have 1
tbe privilege of returning by a differ- i
ni route. This is the must pleasant '
way, as well as tbe -arost delightful 1
ronte to cross tbe continent. 1 be
stops arranged give an opportunity
of visiting In and aboot Kansas ity. '
If yoo wish to accompany one of tbesc '
excursions writ at on to W C Me
Hride, lis Third street. I'orUaod, for
bleeping ear mwrvationa j
.City Sea venturer
Vaults, Cesspools and .Wells
Cleaned av
All work done by Scavengers
Phone 1S41 La Grande Or.
Or. V A CHARLTON
VETERINARY SURGEON,
Office at A T Hill's Drug Store'
La Grande. Oregon Pbone 136 1
Residence pbone 701
Ear.? Risers
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awa uiwu UI1L a; if ia.
Pm sweat rarral free Blsaasaaam,
ek Hiilirsi. Terpts Uvw. Jaaa
Slee. rssttneas. ens all hmMss arat
kaf tveaa ss Inaettva av altifftah ive,
DaWM's LMa Early Risers ate w
saaalkia.
Tkary si aveesavy aad atrvet gisys.
They are as Salary that It Is a pkaasar
ts saaa Skasa. Oca ta tare eat as a
anas sues; tv artear'awt a a
alaaeaai aaat effeatlva oarhartte. Thev
ars terekf vagstshla aa4 itiiKjaisy
Thay tests Ska tve.
B.O. SVeWIH a CsiO
SoU By All Drujjists