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I am a graduxte of the Welander
: Cuuiutf, School, New York, and, hold .a .,
diploma iheiefioiu. I am a practical "
: cotter t-'ahd designer. Give me a
..clmiue.
.A. H..Ma?quardt
T AILiOR
-La Grande, Oregon ;. ,
La Grande Evening Observer
1EY BROS., Editor Pr pa
Entered at Itb Port ',. Ottos, at La
Onoda, Oregon, a 8ooad Class
Mail Matter. i
Published daily except Sunday
0e year in advance . . .
Six months io advance. ,
IPet month. : . ; ... ... . ... .
Stogie copy
.5c
WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCT fctf IW4
mail, direet from the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor,
on WndneadaT morning, 1(8
Bulletin No 15 on vital statistics.
The bulletin; is compoaed largely
of tablei showing, the death, rates
per 1000,,otihe population from
all disease!, and specifio diseases.
Table 1, of Ihe bulletin, is
comparison of thefdealh rates
per 1000 popnlation for certain
countne whieh refute tne popn
TURKESTAN ALFALFA
r
The Dry Land Alfalfa grows without irri
' ; gation. -.
BROME GRASS ;l
Red Clover, Alfa.fa and all kinds of
Garden Seed in bulk
Seed Wheat, Baled
Barley,' Oats, Etc'
The only Seed House
a Union County.
A.. V. Oliver
JEFFERSON 'AVE.
Phone 1571
FOR PBBaTDBHT
oTHEX)DOREOOBEVli:LT,
of New York
" FOB! VIOJBf BBBSIDBNT
CHABLES-Wi FAIRBANKS
i of Indiana
FOB FBB8IDBNTAL BLECTOBS
4W
.8 60
flCojif rnotibu that' the push, and
rush, inahe -United States' ii
more' disastrous to human life,
than-the slower pace, along tr
dltional paths in Europe.- From
it we learn that ' for the twenty
five years from .1870 1900 , the
death rate. per. 1000 persons of
all ages ib-'AOBtria was 25.4; in
EDgland'and WaleB for the same
period1 it wag,i8'2,ih the German
Empire it' was 22,1, in Prussia it
a. B. DIM if ICK,
A. . HOUGH,' '
J, N. HiET,
J. A. FEB,
Clackmaa
Josephine
Polk
Umatilla
There U no parkness -
There is no shadow: In the day,
, No darknese ip, tle. night;,. .
What men Call daiknesa is bat this;
The laok of light
There la do hat re. to the wot Id,
Beneath It or above;
For what Is.hstredT only this;
Th lack of love.
r There are Lob arid Lots
x' Of people who could be lewn'owoers
II they wanted to. It doesn't take eb
muiSK1 money by bur plan. 'All they
ncedla a little money.' The balance I
we aooept' fu'' smair'oonyenient pay
ments: ; lrdre'.they know 'iVlbey . ;
" CtwniLot :t
'And It won't be In tome desolate far'
away region that will never improve.
It will l lnaoty tbatlg bound
I; toJmpO'end-lndVetto lWsVellieMf
, you want to know where each, lot are,
drepin anf aik"us. W ttjfnk can
show yo'a 'thebeefani1 easiest'' real ;
state proposition yon aver beard. I
Envoy
8ay not, because be did no wondrous
deed,
Amasied no worldly gain,
Wrote np great book, revealed no hid
den truth
r Perchance he lived la vain.
For there 'was grief within ' thousand
hearts
The hour he ceased to live:
He held ' the - love of ' womem
men
Life has no more to give I
ad ol
BRYAN IN OHIO
W J . Bryan made a ten days
apeeobmHring lour "-in -"Ohio
(he ' expense of 'which" to ' the
Democratic NaUonaL Oomjjiittee.
is said to ! have- been 1 500 aday
or-5;OO0 in all. .' Not thatcMr
Bryan,, was paid iliat . auni to
raise his voiceu iu persuasive
ones to induce his friends to
O -i ff j i ' 1 vote 'for .Judge, Parker and the
ua oranae JnvQstment Isompajiy, Gold Standard, bu thit -theVpe.
1110 Adama Avenue,
La Grande, Oregon
Chain Wooc!, tffly tte; Cord
128 cubic fret to the ; cord. c lo-Tncb dry chaia
wood 13 per cord; " This is oh'eapeYthan by the load.
You pay for what yoir get and ge" what youpay for.:
Phone 571
ve.
H. WrNIBLEY
.a . eee'ift e i a a a eat s
Few CholCb' BariMifW in Wal-
lowa.jQottttor. R?dli. Estate
. 'J'.. 20Paoaaa'lad. Wafiotpi'jU of ciuiritii ill 11
In fail town wheat. Boone, ra tilithir ball lintt. -V r
napaa a3,6CO' . , ,. ,. ... , .
CJ) o(M.Biiiowaaa, hone, uie nS vxA oniWiiHj,'-eteiW:irl-
m M cru .1 land rt oi wnioS la lh Tnen of moowrr ni -
ouibmldiuRS good kr shtk 2J0 torn at luy can bt out oa Ihe plaoawUl lake
4 l'"onr)oloholocl.iiJ-PtTcrOp.racr. Tail rreat tiutnla
, 1"'lda.li.racm- ThMau. I.w at Iki mm, mp, We
j .biiia r ium. wwuin uanK
M'DR.niel
WALLOWA,
Sc M'Donald
oRsaoN
cial; car, brass bands, halls, torch
lights, posters etc. oost that sum.
The Democratic campaign man
ager expected muoh good, and
that I many frs 'aH yej ejpat
eratic votes would be secured xo
Judge Parker and the Gold
Standard by Bryan's eluenoe.
A prominentZ'nianiiri Ohio,
heard several of
wito;
Bryan's
speeches in Ohio in an inter
view: with the Commercial Tri
bune 6f Oinoinnati eay ;
'They, the Demoorate, have been
makings gpit deal over Mr Bryan's
D O B O D D Lll . O O B SIIh D fl D a a l
Farmers' Wtid
National i'Baxlk,
LAGRANDE. OREGON
Capital Stock .fully paid 1,60,000 ,
Surplus fund ... 13.QQ0 ,
Liability of Shareholder 60,000
Responsibility ... 183,000
1 We do a general banking and exohanie business.
rafts bought and sold. on eartern and foreign banks.
n
prepared to declare, and defend the
declaration, that everything connected
with atr Bryau's tour has been greatly
eiasgarated.
Tb ilt Indluatloo of, the rtwl
effect Mr Bryau's visit, bad lata be
seen in a few of his .friends who were
oloee to him during th6 tour and had
long private conferences with' him. I
talked with one such during the last
twelva hears. I can uos .asa.bis. oase
for obvious reasons,! but ba la, a manl
of promloenoa .In the,. party rwbo has
never been able to reoonolla bimeelf
to Parker's nomination. He is more
bitter now toward Parker than he Was
before be saw Mr Bryan this time
He told me that, he would never vote
for Parker, bat would oat his ballot
w. . -n u .1 . . .
m .' movement for the reorganisation oi the
Denworatlo party.
"1 don't oare what Mr Brvan may
say In hie spjechea," this .roan said, I
know, how he really feels.. Be, knows
Parker can never be eleoted, and be
'does) pot want to see Parker elected,
beoanae he wants to reorganize the
Democratic party after this campaign,"
and lie knows, aa everybody knows,
that you cannot reorgania a auceeaa
ful party. There oan be. nu raorgsn
laatiea if Parker is elected.'
"When he left Democrats In Indiana
talking like that, I can not see where
Mr Bryan 'has done -hit-party- any
good by his speeehea here."
. , JOSEPHPALMER,' President ' "
J. WORlBElVOaahier i !!
an o an a na aaaaana nannani
DEATH RATE IN U; S.
' The Observer reoeived -
by
was 21.8, '1n Hungary 26.9, 1 in
Ireland. J9.6r Pcotland 28.7
and in the United States 17.8
Do not let the., good weather
pass without fixing that rickety
sidewalk. The snow will cover
it after awhile, but the hole will
be there in the? spring,? Fix it
now. .
There is a eood opening here
for a fruit drier; "Union county
produces enough fruit to keep a
drier busy and still have several
train loads of ' first class apples
to ship to other markets.
FOOD,' WATER AND AIR. -
tlM EaaemttalsThMiwa Owt Wkia
Bleed la Hade.
.' Tliaau are the things out of JwlW
blaoa Is made. If the food la mrtrt.
Uaus and properly cooler' If lb ata-U
pun and full of oxygeaf- tt.'tkereasarf
la clean and free from lmpuirase, tti
blood will be rich and red and full o
vitality. . --
-Barring physical eeddenta, there li
be skkoesa except- that deDendin&vdl.
rectty npon ai want of food dorywatei
ec alr, aometJmee all three. When any
one Is sick thsipreeumption Is that he
has been.; trying y to subsist on poor
food or-vitiated atr or bad water, one
or more.
In order to have good food a persoa
iaught to have the first eating of 'It
Foe that hiia -boen muaaed over land
tart by one peraon ls not fit to be eaten
hyuother.
- In order, to have good air a person
eoght K bare -the first breathing of.it
Atr that' baa been breathed y othei
persons la not fit to" breathe again.
' Watar ahonld be f reah.. from noma
spring or well. If hydrant water mum
How dear to my heart la the old-faabionsd washboard . ,
That mother need to wash on when I was a oof, 1
S With its aine-oorered ridges the suds used to plaj 'la ,
S And ioap bubbles gambol! to n.rjhlWial. joy
S OHOBU8 ' S
2 The old fashioned washboards .
The slno-covered washboard ;
J : -Tbebaok-breaking waabosrt vtot stood iota tab. , J
2 Borne folks slwsyekiok about up-to-date "lauddries, J
S Aod say they wearout their olothes every day;
But alvewtf to me, ao I will have a hot dinner i
2 It hooeTwlth Se smeU of the soap suda a.ay
e I krwthTt the washing machine is much eaaler 2
,On ,S"fMriotaea than to take them and rab
2 Till thV buttons an J bosoms are loat and wort louti, -
By tasold'fsAletosd'wsahM stood in the tab, i
' a.a. -.U eUBklAMekit' klflti. ,-"v- . aa
W MB HO UW aaasias.w-w .
ABC
: PHONE J J85l . r
a.,,,.,.., eaaaaeaa"t
LAUNDRY
STABKNeatTJnion, toMr and Mrs.
L O Stark, Oct.TH, a daugnier.
: Prize Winners
Just In by' express fronJ New York
Tfaosa jiew Oravlnett coats, Ladies'
Buitav Ladies Beits and many 'other
new novelties. The raw.
LOST A Waterman fountain pen on
Adams Avenue between Model Best
nrant and Post. Office. Finds
kindly return to Bomig & Staples.
Columbia
Collegiate,
Preparatory
PAmm.Ml.1
TJniversitsr
irat roi oiTiLomi Coaross
Boarding school tor fosns Uf 4 boys. .
Box 348 University ParR Station,
'mini : Orsjon
Portland Markets
HAY AND GRAIN ' .
Wheat, export price ...81o to 860
Barley, beet..........21.50 to S23.50
uata :,.m. to amo
Hay,, timothy. .IUSto16
B OTTER, EQQ3 AND POULTBt '
Butter best dreamery ZlXe to 80
Batter, ordinary...'.. .2oc
Bgga, per dozen 'zoo to zoo
Chickens, per pound 10c
KBUITS AND VEGETABLES '
Potatoes per owt tl
Onions, per owt S1.G0 to 11.65
Apples, best, per box ..TBcto'tl
Peaches, best, per box 6O0 to 75o
Bests, per aaok 11.25
Cabbage, per pound 2o
LIVE STOCK
Steers !U5 to 3
Cows t2
Balls 1.76
GUARDIAN'S SALE
By.virtueof an order and license
madejand entered by the Ron, Ccat ty
Court of Union County State of Ore
gon, on September 6th, 1004,-in the
matter ot the Guardianship ol the per
sons and estates of. Brhest N Patty,
Beatrice Paty, and Frank A - Patty,
minor heirs of Thomas K ' Patty de
ceased, and wards of the undersigned
their guardian, I will, front and after
u :ust day 01 uctooer:!iwi at; my
borne- No. UIO Adama Avenue, La
Grande, Union County, Oregon, pro
ceed to sell at private eale the-Booth,
east quarter of Heotton 9s of' Towoehip
Three North of Range 88 Eaat ot the
Willamette Meridan in Union County
Oregon, for the beceflt ' -of - said heirs
and their estate. Terms of sale, oauh
to me In hand. 2o B Patty.
Guardian of the persons and estates
ol Ernest N Patty, Z Beatric e. ' Patty
and Frank A Patty f Minora. - -Dated
Septonbir 10, 1901. . Oot 21
tstatfc Notice
J R Kellogn deceased, Estate.
Notice is hereby : given that the
undersigned. J M Church, has auali-
Stan .12 Bed ss Executor of tb. last will and
Hon. best S600 1 testament of J R Kellogg, deceased .
Hogs, feeders.
..2S4.20
LOCAL BUTTER MARKET
Creamery Butter 05 cents per roll.
Butter Fat 25 cents, per pound.
Dissolution Notice
Notice is hereby given that the oo-
" ""J? " water mum partnership of Wm. Grant ,nd Hold
4tot " ran a bit, as the bousei ,ton, un.ierthe firm name of Grant
MSB, are apt to be -of-lea 'and. not. 4 Herron, has this day been ilissblved
laoo Uke the pipes that convey, the w Harold lierron retiring,. The bUGineea
tar thrasghhe .clty, will be conducted by Wm. Grant who
Food that iarelleh air tht-eoolt'wiu pay- all debts-and oolleot all
aa invigorates, water that Is quaffed ttn?a'? d"f th flr?- ,
with eager thlrst-these are the ttliigsltAt.LiS'8nJd9' Unln unty,
'SbToodTput freah I ?(I2fon' thl' 80th d' ' fS9''
All persons having claims against
said estate - are hereby required 1 to
present the same properly verified to
the undersigned at the offloet of 0 H
Finn; bom mer Building, La Grande
Oregon, within six months from the
date of the first publication of this
notice.
Dated and first published October
6th 1901.
J M Churoh, Exeontorof Estate of
J R Kellogg, .le 0.193d.
O, H. Finn, Attorney for - Executor.
th hangs, good food and pure water
Into the stonuoav and' nature will da
the sat Medical Talk.
- BUatfal Slaapftettr.
A aaw house' watch 'has-last 'bees
enettt In a western ctty Is an example
ot moaere- altbpUclty lu the- way of
JecssaOon. . Beauty of colors In car
pets and wall paper baa been 'sought
ao beauty, of line. In furniture, but
tkars is very little of what we call
brlo-a-hrac, ana. In soma of the rooms
tou and tht effect It WUl-tava, -oat I'tai above .the . mantels and. In the larger
wall 'spaces. It Is n relief to go Into
uncluttered rooms and have a chance
as tUnk or reed without the istra
also ef pictures and cbinawasa,
The Piano
We're 'selling now
for
$167
costa 1250.00 else
where Big- buying and
big celling does it
at
filers Piano House
t- 861 Washington Street,
0 corner Park
Portland, Oregon
Write us for particulars,
15 or 6 a month buys one
here.
9 30-10 30
' MAKES A CLEAN, SV7EEP
There's nothing like doing s thing
thoroughly. Ot all the flalves'yoa ever
heard of, Baoklen's Arnica 8alve is th
beet.- It sweeps away sad ouras -Burns,
Sores, Braises, Cuts, Boils, Ulcer-,
Skin Eruptions aud Piles. It's only 26o
and guaranteed to give satisfaction by
La Grande Drag Co., and Newlin Drug
Insuraiic
Notary Public
AffriA.r Ve I Aqn
Representing the EquitsblfrSavingsLoan A ,
ciation of Portland, Or., the strongest, eafeBtt 4 i J
reuaoie meuiuuon on me racinc coast, unaerepAte
supervision. Loans made short or long tirriatiYlfl'iit
WMj..GRANT,'' Agent '
property lor sale.
al
, Lawson &, Zundel
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Hay, Grain, Vege
tables and Fruits. Car load lots a specialty.
Office in Kilpatrick Building
Phone No JU3
0FFI0EB8:-:?,
Gao. PAUrea President
I. M. Bbbbt Vice President
JM. CavaoH.' Cashier -
DIREOTORBi
3. M. Berry, J. M. Church
A. B. Conley, Geo. L. Clea
ver, Geo. Palmer
w. l. auTUs and Geo L Cleaver Asst. Cashiers
355
La Grande National, B nk
La Grande, Oregon
, CAPITAL Km SURPLUS, $72,000.00 -Transacts
a general banking knslness. Bays and sells exchange en
all parts of the world. Collections a specialty.
a