I Li r-rande Evening; Obaervcr
tET BROS., Editor ft Pr p
SEEKING A HOME
and getting raited It often aa bard as
"finding a Media to a bay-ateoe.',? .
TooM bar o? trouble at U thougbj
if jdu'd etep Into oar office andfe) Entered li
yer our Itsc, Wa are now n.altirig . Urande, .Oregon, u Beooad Class
aaaaiai orio,M njf jf -1:
tat tbe Fort P4 ft jfca
. SUBURBAN. HOMES
o easy payment. Don't coat mora
hao mi rant, aod when yon gat
tb'ouicb wl'h it, it'a yours.
- These two., ara ideal.plaoee (or
. lamiliu aod will shortly ba worth
double what wa now aall them at.
I
Maa Matter.
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TURKESTAN . ALFALFA
The Dry Land Alfalfa growa without irri
gBtion Ji.. t .
BKOME GRASS ,
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,wlj J-.'T t f, i
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Red Clover, Alfa.fa and all kinds of
Garden Seed in bulk
Seed Whea Balel
Barley, Oats, Etc.
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q a&uo.iu '
Tlje only; Seed House
m union uounty.
A. V.
JEFFERSON AVE.
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one. 1571
i .ils
FULL MEASURE, (
' Chain wood by ' the Cord :
' 128 cubio feet io the 1 oord. 16-inoh1'dry chain
wood $3 per cord. This is cheaper than tyhe ;'oad-
"You pay for what you get and get what ydu "pay for, t .,
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Phone S7i i ..... ji ,. . . H. W. NIBLEY t,
r . ;,. ), rm natfiymtf J j
THEODORE RobsiviXT,
of New York
r, FOB SfIC rRESIDINT,,
CHABLES W. FAIRBANES
si r.. ;f Ija&ana'' "
' FOR PBK81DENTAL CLBCT0B8
0.' b. sniuicK, . Clackmas
a'.' o, hough, , ; Josephine
J. N. HABT, ' . - Polk
J.A, fbb, j ' Umatilla
dent making is gtTen on March
4, 1905, when the President
elect is inagurated at Waahing
ton flitv bv takine the oath of
offic ann .delivering his inagur.
al address;
If that Baltio Beet doesn't get
a start it will be" left at the post
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The issue of The Commoner
following the "November" elec
tions will convey to Jndge. Park
er the reasons why . Mr. ' Bryan
thinks' another, man might have
done much better.' ;
PRESIDENT MAKING
chosen in
by a ma
in
)
A Few Choice Bargains in Wal
i Iowa County Real Estate
. (1) aooaoraeaf lnl. li oioibh of oaldntln
In fall nwa wheat. Hoae itra aal,ijthiri ballllno
x i iv 1 1 x Vj
7"1
mtean 12.500
(3) 240 Mre..iM.ll orchard, lioM, biua uia Ood oatb.lMtni., unh t.ll
owp cun; m.U itraam of water law through Dlaoe A treat barrtli at CAM
i ia-CI,!ilw I1"0' "hloa It lha thvit of meadowi a aod hoaaa and
III O ;
-i ir i
barnll at Si ,60
' thedt. ilX) ton ( hay at. tifiM on 4b plo will Utce
i this propertr. Price 114 pw inrfl- ; j I iT " .
aloe Uod Prfc 910 par twra. This il m rjrut barfata.
outbuiiamn koi
MO in fftttle in trade on t
4 I60tirfML 1'JO of nhnlne lanti Pri.-at.n MPn Tliltli. k. .t.
S of flu Uad at $M0 par fccm- Tbes are a faw ol the ouny anapfl W
Iut to otfbr la th way of raal etuu banaiaa. Ft (Urther partloalari adaraM.
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OREGON
M'Da.nlel
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FOR BUSINESS
I am 'graduateof ;the Welandar
Cutting Souool, New York, and hold a
diploma therefrom. I am ' practical
cutter and designer. Give me a
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TAILOR
M GraDde, Oregon ...
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J Farmers' and Trincler . ?
a National Batik,,,,,.
B LAGrAfJDEi OREGON
B Capital Stock fully paid . 'co'.OOO
Surplus fund ... 1S.0O0 j
Ba Liability of Shareholders (30.000 a
" Responsibility . . . 183,000
Z We do a general banking and exohange business,
f rafts bought aud sold on eartern and foreign banks.
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JOSEPH PALMER, President i l0jV ;iV
f , , .r a j4 w, S0RIBER, Ctwhie
noDaaBaaonnDnnnoBDnnoi
Presidents are not
in the United States
jority ef the popular Tote.
laot we do not vote for Preiident
but for 1 electors in whom we
baye confidence that thev will
it elected rote for. the .man- ,we,
want to be president. .But . in
oase .the,,, elector we voted for
should 'Dot Vote rj our rnad "We
are' "without remedy'.h'ia !,ypte,
will be counted lor the other
fejlow and all we can do is to
grumble. i"-d; .,1 h.i., i .,.
) Each state on' November. . 8 tb.
will hold an election to choose
as many electors as H, is entitled
to have ;U. -j 8. Seaatots . and
members j of Congress. ' This
election will be held ' under the'
election laws of eaoh . State.!, Jt
is'h State and not a national
election, i State laws ' prescribe
the qualifications of. the, voters
In lour states womeri r can j vote
and in:4 1 they' bannot, J Some
states have educational qualifies
tiomf others have not. 8tater,
ficials will count the 1 Votes and
issue certificates of election to
electors. j.t. v. i,, r j
'jn me nrst Wednesday -in
December (this" year the,' 7th)
the electors hpld.ingcertiticates
of election will i meet in '.their
seve'al state capitolB - and Cast
their vote? for l President " and
vice-president t ? The t- electors
will make record of their "vote
sign and; seal it in aa envelope
ana direot, to tde , president
of the .United SUtes Senate
at Wsahington and select
one of their number at messen
ger to deliver H as directed .for
which service the U S pays him
milage.
On the. first Wednesday of
February following the meeting
of the electors at theif respective
State capitols. both houses of
Congress will meet in joint oon
vention in Washington city D 0
the Piesident of the Senate pre-
Biuiog. ; di win men open, ine
several envelopes and - lay the
contents before the convention
which will count, and'canyass
the vote and declare the result
i ne person voted lor as presi
dent who leoeives a majority 61
all the electorial votes cast in
the several states will be declar
ed elected, and the - one getting;
a majority for vice president
will be elected. It uo person
gets a majority the lower House
of Congress will choose a Presi
dent and vice president each
state having one vote only,
This year 45 states will hold
elections for electors and choosd
in the aggregate 476,' electors.
If the election should i go into ,
the House of Representatives
24 states for ona man Will elect
him. It will take at least ' 239
electors to elect a president or
vice president.
The finishing touch in Presi-
i Jf any more St. Louis boodlers
give way aud confess, Boss But
ler will begin to believe that the
adage about tionor among
thieves is notniii;but an irides
cent dreani." ' '
-j An Idaho
an artiefe'illustrated
contemporary has
wi thVfour
pictures entitled "The Four
Stages! in the Life of a Lobster)"
All that will save the paper from
thousands! of lidel suits is the
fact that the") particular lobster
is not meriffonefl?. i A I S ;
Dissolution Notice
Notloe Is itnr4gfTenlbaVtoa.Jdo'
DartnerablD ot J'Hota'nfi! Ayil!Ao-
drewt, nndar thertlrm aama ol Boaa it
S Bow dear to mj heart la the old-faahloned waahboard
That mother oatd to wath oo when Iwui boFi
I With iU xioeroorered rldget the tudt used to plaj 'in
And aotp bubblee gambolwi to n.f ohlldith joy.
Ofttimea hare I watched her when wearing bar ItaajWei.
J As over the rldgea oar doda ebe would rab. j
I ne'er will forget how aha aplaahel and the slatherep
The old (aahiooed waah board that atood ia the tab.
a . ., ohobus ; .
. ' - The old fashioned waahboard; x
' The aluo-ooTered waahboard;
a ... The taak-bresWng-WMhboarl that stpoc! jp the tub. , . '.
a Some folka alwaya kiok about op-to-date 'aoddrlea,
a - And aay they wear out their clothe every day; . .
But give them to me, to 1 will have a hot dinuer
a At borne, with the amell of the aoap auda away,
a I know that thewaahiog maabioeie maohaaaier v .
On all of our olothea than to take them and rub
a Till the buttont aoi botomt are loat and worn out '
a .. By the old faahionaoV waabixiard that stood in the tub.
Wa are not th old faahloned kind.
A B C ' LAUND R Y J
PHONE j l85l
Mr Jobn. H CalrODitfEdlto oi. the
Garland, Tezaa, Newawrfcaii: written j a
letter ol congratulatioua. to the manu
facture of Obamberlein'i Cough He-
inedy, aafollowt: "Sixteen years ago
whan our nrat child waa a baor ba was
aubject to eroupy apellt and would
be vert uxhaay about him. .- We began,
neing Ohamberlaln'e Congh Remedy in
1887. and finduw it auoha reliable re.
medy for oldaaadoruop(Wa naveineyer
been without in, -the .bone, eiBoej.to.at
thnet We have fire children and have
given it to all of them with ;good ' re.
tuita." For aale by all drdggista. n;.
MOTIOS FOB JBUJSUGATU,;j
ti..,.' veparunena oa,ioe innnom
1 ?l : , .,i Juna Is, 190a.
Sotloa la herebj given that tha following
nameeaetller Uaallled notice ol nla Intention
to muke floal proof In support of hla olalin,
and that aald proof will to made before the
Keglaur aDd Receiver of the U. g ,JLad Offioc,
at LaGrande, Orea:oo, On Augnat 'l, UKaV .via;r
H. 4 Bo.TOtt, Waraacetaatlinbiiigtr, LuWnde
Oreson, Wldowof John Mtutainger. dMeaaed.
for Uia EH SB & K4 8F.X ttao. 13. Tp. 8., B.
JJ7 iBa Waj MJ -
txQsi&mm me ioupww WW? to &toa-s
- NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION
U. & Load Offic at La Oraoda, Omgon. ,
U. .i;a t AUgTUt 18, 1904.
fiotlceta hrw?y iveu that th .following
AmMaetlKrihai filed notice of hia inteotion
jtainithalioaiproof Inttupportof hli claim, and
toat saia prow win oc maae oeiore toe jouuiy
GUtrtoaf lira 1U Lift Coaoty, Oregon - PQdleton
Oresoo.onaept. 3O, lWi, ris H EHo 86fl, Joel
A BtantoD, oi Meacbam, Oregon, for the lota
8, 4, 5. Wad 6, tteo 24, Tp. 1 8, R. 85 B W M
He natnei the following witnesses to prove btl
oontinnoua jQaldence uuon and cultivation til
oauu ibiiu, fit: 1 , ,
GeorgfeD, HUyardaild John Todd. Doth of
Jamea Al Uays, both of Athena, Oregon .
- , Hi.. Wa uavti
,,, ! KegUter.
UMBER UND, ACT JUNE 3, 187$
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
'U. fi. Land Office. La Grande. Orecon
...... , ., . i i - Hept.6, 1-04,
Notroe is Hereby given that la compliance
wlthtbeprowlBlonaofthe act of Oongra pf
June o, 1878, eniiueo "An act ror trie sale or
Umber tanda in the it-ttea of California, Ore-
Aiidrtwg: ha tBllvaaV Nn :Mold I rXZiXT wood! buui of WtJTn
ru oL. wt!...nr Tb. Kn.inn.. a.1 n haa thla (Uy filed In tola offioa nil iwora
W V avroar iwauauB. wvu.aaa. niw atalamentJMa
bfc obntiritied by A V Androwrfwho wi
bat all debt and coXleot all amonnU
Diua ill La Grind, Union i oonntr.
Otgotii thU 28th day oC September,
19M.' N v J V Boa. ;,
r,. i... AV ADdrewg.
XJMBEa LAND ACT JUNE 3. ,.1878
'-iNOTICE; FOR PUBLICATION .
U. P. Land Offloe at La Grande, Oregon
i August 11, IBM.
..NoUte.lananbT riven that In Mm
Witt laa-DMTlalona of the act of Coni
Junes, L878. entlUed "Aa at for tUe ,aal ol
UQiikir landa In the HrAtBti or CaUfornla. Ore-
on,iiNvada, and. Waablngton'Terrltoryaa
ewnaea to aii me ruoiio Mtna owiea oy act
wiaootuin
hli iom
.fentKo. ,u160l for the nurehaM of the
UUUftVVXi HH KWJi and Lota Sand 4 of Sec
tion No. a in Tawnahln No. 5 Houth Ban (re No.
86 & Wa af.
tuxd will offtr proof to ihow that thaHand
sought Is more valuable for Its Umper or
titone than fdragrloultural puTpoees, and !to,
estaoilsh herolalm to said land betora ttlia
Real tar and Receiver of this offloe at La
tiniude, Oregon, on .Tnesday, ta.allaUa
dav of Ootober. lyrja.
Ha namea aa wltneeaea:. Raloh H. BulUa.
W. tlenry Brown, of DezUrvUls, Wlaoomin;
hlsoontinuoUB nsldennc'i
tlonpf said land, vis: Frank BeinrjoaTt John
avoiujr, uiuui i ouocuer, oiuant aaiim au Ol
LaCirande pregoa
E. W. DAV18,
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
, U.J&. Land Omoe, La Grande, Oregon.
August LlMM, 1
Notloe Is hereby given tbt thronowlntr-)-jf
named settler has died notlWof hla lntentiotf 1
to make final proof In support of his olalm
and that said broof will be made before the
Register and Eeoelrerorthe U H LandOffico
at La.Qrande, Oregonj on Sept. as, 1004, viz:
Utt NOt'Klmer E Oliver, of Meaoham,
OreKoa, forTthe NW)J 80085, T I N, KJ6 EWM.
' He names the following wltneisas to prove
him nnniiniloua resltlanoa uoon and oultivntlnn
of said land,' vis: 8amatti:Biyen Tpba ,
it kuta umw vau
fianna. Qeortre VanOrsdal
OrsdalL all of Haaefaatw Oregon.
id Oscar 1
,1 ". l L.
WfiaTUvXecKUr.
MOTI0K FOR PUBLICATION-,
?ran
Notloe la herebV kWeh ihat th1 IViUowii.yJ.' -
namsal MtllHr haa Hlnrl nntlrM nt hla Intaantlnn. .
to make final proof In support or his claim
BW aatrlaUUUnaji Will aaay-i aa.Mi.j DtXUTO IQBJ 't-. ,
ww a uoury uiunu. ui u
Leonard a llullls, of
ilVawaTd Bean, ol La tira
Any and all Denton
the above described lands are requested lo n
UB aatuu "I n""T 111 HllBUUIVv UH VI afCiUlO M1U
tb day of Uolober, 1UM.
' - K W. DBTla, Reftarar. r.
and that aald brdor twill ba-imad, bemre the
Heejaterend Beaaiver of the U 8 Land QQlce
TKoiMderoregon,' on Sept'Wy'loWf viirt
?1i.S?S2nart,i' NS- JohrKeBer, of talmnUe,.i
i ipso, nauigver CifTima
estate Notictf
.1
gon, Nevada, and Wsiilogton Territory," its
of August 4, 1893, Olarcuce B. Uhannel, of Salt Dl" v4
J-ake City, county of Salt Lake, State of Utah,
haa this dnv filed In thla offloe hla sworn
HtatemenL No. 8187, for the purchase of
lXt 1. 9W, IB, I D, O BOUtU, reDKO OO, Ejf C JCk
A-HmM oi Sectlou No. IA In Township
o. 5 a, tuiiLKe no, us ej.w.m. .
"And will offer Droof to show that the lan-i
sought Aa .more valuable for -hs timber or
atone thah for agricultural purposes, and i'j
oBnabltsa his claim to sala land before the
rhvlater and Receiver of thin office at La
Orattdei Oregon, on Monday, th 0th day of
iwcunuu, ,iwti
' He names as witnesses: Ralph H. Pullls.
of Bfcarkev Oregon, Kdward Boan, of Utarkey,
Oregon, Frank S. Murphy, of Perry, Oregon, Abe
Bomin,orPerry, Vrtjgon. K r (-
Any and all penonHlinilrir s)dvsrrIf thq
Above described lands are roquetitedo file
their olalms In this offloe on or before said
tthdav of December. 1U0I.
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' NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION.
' J tooUiiad TracV-Publlo Land Bale.
' tMtMelS'nereby given that In parsuanoe ot
InstrnoUons from the Commissioner, of the
General Land office, onder authority (vested
sn euisa j owuuu anno u o. kw isw ouatuton.
as amended by the act of Oongreas approved
Pebraary M, 1895, wo will proceed to oflvr ;it
Sutuic sara, at wo o 010c a a. m., on ins cut 11
ay of uepumber, lUOi, at, this offloe the
following tract of land, to-wltt NU'X NWjl
Heo. , Township south, range 88, KWM. .
-Anyand'all persons claiming adversely the
alxweKleacrlbea land are ad v I Bed to file their
olalms in this offloe on or before the day above
deslsaated' for commencement of said sale;
otherwise their rights will be forfeited. . . ,
Dated Augusts, itui
K W Davit, Register. t
iH.i; wi.: A A Hoberts, Receiver.
al a.Uli.-
The Piano
We're1 selling bow
for
$167
costs 1230.00 else
where Big buying "and
big eelling does it
at
filers Piano
Wa
House
J R Kellogn deceased, Estate.
' Notice is hereby given that the
ondeiaigned, J M i!burch, haa qoall
Ued ae Kxeootor of th- last will - and
testament of J B Kellogg, deceased;
AU persona hariog olaime aiainst
said .estate are hereby required to
present the same properly vended to
the undersigned at the offices of O H
Finn, Hommer Building, La Grande
Oregon, within eli months-from' the
date of tbe first publication of this
notioe..
Dated and flrat published Ootober
J M (huroh..ExeoatArof Eetate of
J R Kellogg, deceased.
0, B. Finn, Attorney for Executor.
namea the.iollowlng rWUnnaaea prove
upon ana oaiiiTHiwn
hla conUnuoue realderice
or aaia utna, via
niuu uauae
uraaon.
E. W, Davla, BegUtcr.
I, via) A 4 PUU, Cennd vtroelwr.
e and John Mor, all Of IA uraiido
MAKES 'A CLEAN 8 WEEP
-There's nothing like doing a thing
thoroughly ' Of all tbe Salves you ever
heard of, Baoklen's Arnica Salve is the
beet. It sweeps away and eurea Borna.
Sores, Bruises, Ci'ts, Boils, Dicers,
Skin Eruptions and Piles. It'a only 25c
and guaranteed to give satisfaction by
La Grande. Drag Co., and Newlin L-rug
Co., Druggist,' " - .- -
NOnCEFOBPCBUCArlON :o
Drpanment'of the Interior
Land Offloe at La Urando,. Oregon, .-
- ,., July is, WOt,
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing named settler has Sled not I re of "
his intention to make- final proof' in -support
ot his'.elaim. and that said
proof will be made before tbe Begister
and Receiver of tbe U S Land Office, at
La Orande, Oregon, on Sept 7, 1904.
vIxiUFNu. 8678,.,. Henry Dean., of ,
Starkey, Oregon, for the N4' NW !
8eo 2o & Ei NEi Sec 27, Tp 3 8, B 3o
J). . M. - ' ..... .
- ' Ho naqiea the following wltneasea -to .
prove bis continuous residence upon
andooltivation of said land, viz: Ed- .
ward M Coombs, Harvey f Brlggs,'
WioBeld 8 McMillan. Henry' Hagey :ot
Starkey, Oregon. K w Davis, BegleUr.
Here is one for you. When tomorrow
IS yesterday; today .will be aa far from
tbe end of the week, aa was today
from the beginning ol tbe week, when
sjrasterday was tomorrow. . What day
-of the week is itr J .'
etetsatei
ay
Money; to Loan i
Representing tbe Equitable Savings & Loan . Asso
ciation of Portland, Or., the strongest, safest & most
reliable institution on the Pacific boast, under.; State
supervieioa. Loans made shor,t or long time to suit.
Wm. GRANT, Agent
. City property for sale.
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Lawson Sc Zundel
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Hay,"5j Vege-f
iuiw sou cruits. tjar ioaa oia a sp.eoialfy.
Office in Kilpatifick Building
Phone No 1113
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' OFFICERS ra DIHECTOSH- -.
uao. rawta. President J. M. Berry, J. M. Ohuroh
J. M. Bbbbt Vice President A. B. Conley, Geo. t Clea-
J. M.CinaOB. Cashier er, Geo. Palmer
F. V .Hamas and Geo L Cleaver - Asst. Oashiara
S51 Washington Street.
'' corner Park
Portland, Oregon
" Write us for particulars.
$5 or 6 a month buys one
Vre. i .
,3655
La Grande -National B nk
La Grande, Oregon
. j . CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $72,000.00
Transaeta a general banking bnslneas. Boy and sells exchange ' an
all part of th world. Collections a specialty.
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