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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1904)
BLOCKL AND BROS. Island City, Oregon Breeders "of, BERKSHIRE aDdr6LANI6EUNA SWINE.,' ' . We now have eight young bucks, pure bred, Cote wold and shropehires, ready for service, anyone need ing choice bucks, should see these to appreciate them Young stock always on hand, and 'always glad to have yon call and see our hogs,-as we brerd them for the Farmer, and ask you to compare our paicos before buying some where else. Classified Advertisements PORT ARTHUR IS INTEREST CENTER A Battle Likely at iiny Time--Both Sides 5 wait ing for the Other to Attack. : II You Have Anything to Sen let the People hear aboiit throe h This Depar i merit and V Find a Buyer. It Yon aiit To; Sell Explain Your JWants and You Will Find a Seller. ; BeginOfiris tmas Work Now We have a splennid assortment of r , Stamped. Linens Scarfs IPillop Tops arid Cords DON'TFOEGET . We carry a full line of Headwear E M WELLMAN & CO La Grande - Oreeon Uf ghtful Route, Daylight Ride Dizzy Crags,' Deep Canons. A Golden Opportunity See nature In all her glorious beauty, and then the acme of man's handiwork. The first is found along the line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and thn latter at the St. Louis World's Pair. Your trip will be one of pleasure make the most of it. For information and illus trated literature write - W. 0. McBRIDE, Gen. Agt. Portland, Oregc Thattlie way to reach a man's heart is through his stomach. Try it by using Geddes Bros' canned lruits, delicious beraies, lettuce, on ions, and radishes, just fresh from the garden. We are the first store the farmers callon and of course we get the choice of everything. We always have the fresh est eggs, butter, etc. Special attention given to phone orders. Grand Ball The Forresters will give a grand tall Thanksgiving evening, November 24th. The following committees have been appointed i - Reception Committee Walter Ban ker, J 11 Brown, V 11 Carrey, Richard Hankett, Harvoy Bay, Claud Jones, J B Smith. ' Decoration Committee John Hall, O J Vanilerpool, 1 Kirtley, Mills Andross, A E Peeblor, Ghaa. Andersen, 0 B Lemon, Bert Gilman. ' Floor Committee J M Murphy, Jay Van Baron, if'rarik Pike, J G Ormond, Fred Hahn, U J Scriber, Frank Bay. Yesterdays election passed off so smoothly that a stranger in the town wonld hardly have known that an el ection was ever held. Dr. V A CHARLTON VETERINARY SURGEON, Office at A T Hill's Drug Store La Grande, Oregon Phone 1361 Residonce phone 701., Shanghai, NovO It Is reported in British naval circles that a Japanese man of war has been sank by a mine off Port Arthur. Maiden, Nov '9 Artillery ' Are was oontinoas all along the lioe Monday and is intermittent this morning. A battle might commence at any boor each side waiting for the other to at taok Tokio, Nov 9 According to reports from Port Arthur the oaptuje of Rib lung mountain and East KeeJcwao mountain were not sufficient to force the Hussions to abandon the olty proper - The J panose operations aie proceeding satisfactorily. -. ChJ Foo Nov 9 Advioes from Port Arthur state that the Japanese yester day made a desperate attempt to cap-1 tare the Russian entrenohments -. a j bout L'ao Tishan. Alter an- hour's bombardment the infantry oharged repeatedly, but were mowed down by thj heavy Russian .Ore . Finally the Japanese abandoned the attempt after sustaining heavy losses. Reinforce ments were constantly arriving at Oalny and are hurried to the fighting line. . EFFORTS TO GUARD OANAL . Fort Said, Egypt, ' Nov 9 Extra- nrrilnorv nracantlons are being taken s-.s RnMia to saard'the Haltio fleet during the passage of Suez eanal. The naval attache of Russia at Oon atantinonle and Russia consul general t. r.nim have baan placed the entire length of the canal. . . . BRIEF WAR DISPAT0HE3.. Nov 9 -The offioera and of the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Reyshiteinl have arrived here. The captain escaped at Woo. aung and is probably enioute home on a German steamer. . , ,.,,,....., : Manchester,, Nov .9 Thj GuBrdlan bears that the ozar has received an urgent warning from Singapore that a vessel from that port laden with mines is about to set out ..for Europe. Che Foo Nov 9 Aocording to advices boinDalny the Japanese at Port Ar thur are Ignoring General Stoessel, having offered terms of surrender to to the Russian soldiers who are said to be dispirited and In want, The Japanese, are gradually advancing their trenohes. London Nov 9-Nine Russian ool Ilers have arrived at Cape Verde on the west coast of ;Africa. This indi cates that portion of the Baltic lieet will proceed by the way of Cape Horn. Sale 6r Exchange es, six room nonae, 1 for bog and chlcke" bev ri'is ' Riffht aOn hflrn. tiliuw for hoza and four aorss in orchard -' and Just east of flour mill. This will Investigation ... JTor partloolarsinq at MacFarlane'e grocery store, m sell or exchange for olty property; i 10-28-U-28 NOT A WEAK POWER Columbia University Collegiate, Preparatory Commercial and Gram mar Grade iiplt roa 0ATAL05US Cources ' Boarding school toryoun men 4 boys. Box 34S University Park Station, ) t'i I Oregon Lodtje Directory. EAOLEH La Uraiide Atrie 359 P O H meets ovcry b'ri'lny nlsht In K uf i- hall 1' S m Geddes Bros. C. B. Cauthorn DENTIST Offlae Over Hill Drug Store La Grande, Oregon The world is fast realizing that Ja pan is not, after all, so diminutive a power compared with Russia, as many were led to think and believe. Its arcs seems l-iuignifioant, indeed, com pared with that of the whole of the Russian empire, including Siberia, but it is to be remewbored that Japan is densely popuUteu, whereas large parts of the cair's vast realm are a barren waste. Compared, howevur, with England, whioh has so long been one I of the greao powers of the world Japtn is by no means small. Its total area, without counting Formosa, is by 87! 000 square miles greator than that of the British Isles, and as Urge a pro portion of it is fertile aod thickly i.nnlafail Til 1 1, winnltit.f .in fttrntn Visiting brotuom lnvitod U alien-., i c o iiockwei,, w P' ,i N y viiio, w Boo. ' is 44,0OO,ti(10 or 3,000,000 greater than koresterS op AMKUICA-Court Mold "iat ol GreBt Britain, and almoit Mario bull. Japan has defied the .Russians at Liao Yang and Pore Arthur , with . armies greater in he aggregate than whioh Napoleon III; niobiliznd (or the inva sion of Germany.. Of the quality of these forces it is uueoeesary to speak. Sailors and soldiers alike are, in dis cipline, in speed of marching, and en durance of fatigue the equals of any tbat Eutope or Amerioa has brought forth, while in their rtokless contempt of death they display a special quality whioh , as great Russian officers admit sometimes appalls and demoralizes their own stubbornly brave meii. Leslie's Weekly. Notice I herebv notify all- persons that I am the ao'e lessee of the Tboe Smith stone quarry, also all stone on the 23u acre pasture ana an parties are uervuy iw bidden from taking stone off of said traot. 3 U Mara. FOB 8 ALB-One .One, Jersey eow . . for ,tlcular caj at the residence o! ; .Thos Walsh or phone 301. ,, - ; -i-. , ' 'i'i i n- rQB SALB-r-Milch cow ,4erwylt IMO , I lb., driving boiae,, gang plow, .top, t , s buggy.. Apply to ;.A.,Muilenbnrg, . mile N of Island City. ,t r . . i 1 1 . . : Oct H-Dee 14 . , ... FOB BALE Tamarack and Firiplit '.V fenoepoats.' . John Anihony ''L Novltf For Rent J: I be building formerly occupied by : the Salvation army. For full par ticular! and rates inquire oi Mrs SOZuber. Aug. 81 1 1 And Furniture For Sal. ' house to rent apply to Mrs BbeareropposlteStarGroceryNnrth of track. :: . Fruit Boxes. Send your orders for Fruit Boxes to Htoddard Lumber Co. at the La Grande planing mill World's Fair Football St Louis Not 8, The Intersoho- lastie football games of ths . World' Fair basin toda and will continue nn,n k. or.h i io,. n.mh ni l, nantrsll located corner of Wasblna football enthusiastic, have, arrived "a" "own " OTU- here to participate In tpe games and " - ' ' owing to the keen rivalry among the . the elevens to win the Fx position j Try the Observer for nrst cites medals the fiercest kind of struggles j )jyorc are anticipated,; ... ,, -.. . .J.,,,,J,ut " ' ' '" ii ' r. ..... Furnished , Rooms !' ; ' .4 Furnished room for gentleman sleep ing nlghta Mr O W Preston, ' .1910 Adams Ave. $1,687,800 rear-admiral WISE RETIRES . Washington, Nov., 9 Hear William O. Wise, commander-in-chief pf the Atlantic traioin squadron was placed on the retired list today on aooouot ol age. He will be relieved by Captain Royal B. Bradford, now commanding the battleship Illinois. Admiral Wise was bs-n No., S, 184i, at Lewisburg, Va , and has been couneoted with the navy department sinoe 1863, Umlhets aru lnvitod lo nttend. JLl Mouiiur Ublal UaDger. C J Vaadcrpool KocUeo. IOC K l.a (Irando Lodge, No 16 mee's n their hnll every Siiturdny nl; ht. VIslUus u.om bent oordially invited to attend. b li Klaeliirt N U H K Oonlidgo, 8& A , K. & A. M. La Grande Lodge 41. meets every t md 3rd Satur- luy of each month. A 0 Williams Sue, 0 D Huffman W. M EaSTKrNSTAH OEM Hop Hupicr So 11 metis thn second mid fourth Wednesday of aiU month at 7::u p in in IM.-isone IViniile Mrs cluniT Lyle, W At Slitrr A Wmniiik, deo w'iilo it is 6,000.000 groater than that ol France. As regards soldiers, Jtpnn has a conscription, and a conscription tbat obviously works. Within the last six months the. country his sent out Bix armies, each nearly equal to either of the forces that contended at Waterloo England thought it had doue a . great tiling when it sent out 80,00u men to Ind a in 1857 and an extraordinary one when it trensported 200,000 men aornss fie sea to 8outh Africa, but Have Escaped Denver, Nov. 9 A sneoial to the Republican Irom Casper, Wyo., says that Sheriff Webb nd party returned to Casper this afterauon from tthe northwest where they went in pur suit ol the Cody bandits. Not a trace of the outlaws was discovered and the opinion of tiie officers is tbat they have effectually escaped. Nothing was seen of either the Fenton Btougb or Johnson county pusses. After the eleotiou Webb may take , the trail Again. SOKE LUN(G When your lungs are sore and inflamed from coughing, Is the time when the germs of PNEUMONIA, PLEURISY aad CONSUMPTION find lodgment and multiply. FdDLEY" HE? AMI TAB stops the cough, heals and strengthens the lungs. It con tains no harsh expectorants that strain and irritate the lungs, or opiates that cause constipation, a condition that retards recovery from a cold. FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR a ix safe and never failing remedy for all throat and lung ' '" . J . ,. ; , Th ! uld fU Had Consumption -A Marvtlous Cur. I s, Reasoner, Iowa, writes: "The doctors ssid I hsd con- sump. )t no better until 1 used FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR. It heir. . ..h-t from ihe start and stopped the spitting of blood and ths pain in my lungs and today 1 am sound and well. THRICE SIZES 25o, BOo, and $1.00 The Bulletin just issued by the United SUtes ' Government, after mouths pf careful 'research',' showfi . that in the Western . States, the average x .family , pur- ( chases annually goods to the amount of On this basis the 2250 . families visited . with each issue of the Daily ' and. Weekly .QB-. SERYER,.annuaily purchase merchandise to the amount of " ' $1,687,00 The natural logioal conclusion cannot, be otherwise than that no wide-awake business man who., will take, the few moments necessary to convince himself of the accuracy of the . above statement,, can afford to .miss the opportunity of placiug his announcements (25,500 each mouth) before this army of purchasers. An ad under, such conditions, properly taken care of will most certainly bring enormous returns on the investment. oi FACTS Should receive the most careful consideration of every business house whoe volvme of business de pends upon the palronage of this city and county, , THE OBSERVER REFUSE SUBSUITUTES S SOLD 1XD BECDfiiiflENQEO BY " , Pirt Clas- J.b Work r 1 o 1