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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1904)
aaoDaaaaoosaaaooaaoDOii FVi rmt-rs' nnH TrnHprs Surplus fund - 13.000 Liability of Shareholders - 60,000 a ; -i Responsibility - - - rr 1M,0U0 -"J e do. a; general banking and exchange business, r! raft bought and sold on eartern and foreign bank J w , m m Capital Stock folly paid . . -0,OOOT La Grande Evening Observer tET BBOB., .Editor Pr p gcsUnd at lib PostJOfnc at La Oaand, t Oregon, a JaaUMattar. Second Claw aJiaeaffl JU.SEl'U i'ALMEK, President B a iaoa oc a an da Harness I Published daily except Sunday One year inadveneej. ,t . 50 oix uocuu iu auvance. ,ou Pat month. . ......,., .SSc Single copy. 6e IsAtUabAY i EVENING, .NO MV Wi , Is onr specialty. We know horn to make good: har ness and we make goad harneai . ' ' Call and see the kind we recommend for logging. .--. a RQES j The flpeVajorta?ent qf winter robes " in ' " the county. We . carry everything , which, should '.be',, found in a tiret'clui harness itore ' -. .., ., E: CHR1ST0FFERS0N ' Harness fuid Saddles -, ..hi Grande, Ore FINE TAILORING im.Befoxe .ordering? your, tall and winter suit or ofarooaiiwmember that lam in thetusiness. I have "17 years experience, have worked for some of the beat firnia in, the "i Vf p. andable to compete), with the best If . I can't 1 auit ; vnu M ARQUARDT, The, 'Tailor; Phont 1241 ( La Gj-ande, Oregon ..r . e a a A QtTYTO-Witll .JrVvelbeen doing bnsi- J 1. vaiAlVs If 1111 new in tbis town for 5 yaars Ah'1 j lnHmTbe lowii-Hi KeCOrCl .warirdbUcVtapolMto : (i n During the same tine ov es Uaa i siajeas I has ton Jurinr. the same tine our business Uaa ineraaaed F' VE FOLD. la other worda oar biieirtai haa mad a great deal more rapid iicrease lhan tnetown;U )Th(irere doienaotNaioaa fartnia 11 ortrbiih yori wOl peteeife if yoa begin buying, drug tore good of us. iirlm the first plac w bad -a, tharough training for pharndacy la the anooad flap e bad; ex ceptional .opportunities for learniug the praotioal. aide of fiharMaoy in svenecNssfuL drag store of the higbeat stand ng. Id the third pi aoe we: bare kept our, ayea apen and attended W business until wa knew the demaads ai,- the peoplejof this town. A. T. HILL The facaitbat,', th'eraflfeada out of phiqago , anl iMjaspBrj! iiyer pjinta diave ao-.i arranget their sobedviesathat th'JtfaTa( to the Lewis and Clark y.'ir'w'ilf pM jtbrongh tbisi oily both' ton their wayaiidretiirnthr'Kd yanaagee' baying our 'Bxb jbi, Hall" at the depot are 'plain .to aJL , ' . ' ''. ;t ' '-' AN AGE OF COMMERCE . ; v-; i ' AS' m Prescription Drttf gist La Grand, Ore a , 1 This is 'Memfiiwdyapij or c&miuere. ,3At ' DQ time the world' ? history have ' the people of the earlh intercriari'fred obmmodjiie's, ohe.wthVhf) Oteic so generally as in this century and , transacted ' Ihtertational business b'n tud'a'lBidpendoua scale. At no tima - since mah began to make history; has .the dipljOmacy'of theworld been' so dominated bj; a deaire ' .'6n(thW Pi ui we wuriu a ruiers im care for the commercial . interests of their people as now; this iacom- meroialitm. ' "! We have Before rus ilafii prepared by the , Vnited ; 8tf Ua Department of Commerce and Labor, published itf the Month. ly Summary of Commerce an1 Finance fur September 1904, aud received direct from Washing ton City on Tuesday, 'showing the area and population of sixty ne of the pririoipal c6untriis6f the 'wdrtd, their - total ... iqreign cominerqe and -ommeree ' witb the United States and per capita commerce; from. wtjch the fol lowing figures are taken. , ' The total area of the 61 countries is 41,414,33 square miles ;n which 1.508.659.OOO pbpl. live . The most , densely populated of the 61, countries: is Belgium with 688 69 persons to the square" mile. The "popula tion in,; the United . States is 26.661 per square ! mile. 'Should the population of : the United States reaeh the density that Belgium now has there will be 1.780,837,904 people Within our borders not counting our insular possesions, or more than 270,- OO.pOO more than now live in tlie 01 ! principal coutrie M The UL principal nations now tranBactiwith etreh other ani anU nual busineis uyalu(l yt fl;- ant Ann . - ooo,u3,uuu a per capita of in ternational tradejof 114 .'60. f It is this international arade? ihkt is criticised by those who think there is danger Sn "tbe fraudu lent influences of commercial ism." . ( '' Uaing the American dollar as 'a unit of measurement for the volume of tartness done by each of the sixty one principle nations and ranking them according to the amouat of foreign ' businesa adne in 1903 the United" King dom (England, Scotland, .Wales and Ireland )Tatands firatj with 12,640,264,000 worth qf imports and ii.416,179,000 worth of ex ports', totalling 'f4,05r,743,000 : 'Germany stands seuond with fm'plsrts amounting to $1,428,- 640,000 and exports .valued .at ,f The United States takes the third place with $991,091,000 itripoHs and $1,485,191,000 ex ports lo 'that year. ' " (AH.tlfe .natjons of the civinzea worierare now B.trivjng as iney have' rever before striven, each to secure to ilscitizenB a ' larger ahare oT.rla) trade or t he World which j rapidly in crtaaing In ' 1 the ' th vyears hovowluvo uermaur luureaeeu nef"'foteign trade , U3.y, Rer cent." ' the t . United ' Kiuzdom awqled (the Vblitme 6t bar foreign waae or.01 per cent ana , vue Uaitetf States showed a growth of 124. 31 per cent for the same .The fbreign commeao of . the. United Stiiteg:' is - flow- $80 1 per capita annually. t'AIng $135' tier . r,. -4 u'l.,,.1.- j . . ... family 01 t persons. ) r. Therej are but very fewiAmeri can' citiieHis ho "do not feel a glbW'of isfaction in seeing the progress onr country is making toward Commercial leadership. ' bounty Treasurer John Fraw- ley does not believe in letting the county funds' pile up in his hands.' He has made two calls during- the "pasf month. This method wbioh he has employed during the several years1 he ?hasj beerr cvtstodian of the county fttoda has resulted in a saving 01 mny doHara, as the' interest cease on all outstanding war rants after they have been called in, Portland Markets HAY AND GBA1N WhMk export prio.. 81o to 860 Ha, "ttaotby..,.........,.l'16 on-PTKR KOOa AND POOLTBT Bottw bet crwniorr Xo to 30 d. Awllnatrv B-- nar AaUOk 2Bo to 20C awHt ' . Iftf yam.. ami r" r - BBDIT8 AND VEGETABLES PoUtoea pr owt..., Ooioa. pr owt IUOtoH.85 Annlu. but. DWDOZ 700 tO 1 PeacbM, bt, per box. Beat, per nok Cabbtrt. Mr pound ..! LIVE STOCK 8- Boll ..i." 8tai.J.. Hog, bt... Uog. feeder $2.96 $4.20 LOCAL BJJTTEB MABK6T ... Onsmnr;. SattSr 6j eerits par roll. Batter Ft 45 oents. per poond. ....80o . to76o ;.:.. !A Round Steak ' ia lost toe thlBg to Va the (oandatlon for a good day'a work. That it, when ,It the kind we asll. Jalcj, rioh beefy flTor. Fall of oairnnent. Make tbe weak itrong, and the atrnng etronger 'All Kinds of Meat t'bat 'ara good to eat oan be foand ta our Icebox in prim condition, at pricey that please. You will fare well if yoor bill of rare ia based on oar meat. Bock & Tfiomas CASH MEAT j MAR KET I huve reopened my shop on North Fir Street. 'J Yoa- will find my shop well supplied and the prices to uit the times.' Yours for business ' -" Free delivery. Phjjne 1601 HARRIS. MEANS tjis OYSTERSu 1 LOY ServesJthm in any style. -FOE BENT, LEASE OR SlLE .Lots 17,.1?, block i02, Chaplain's Addition. Address bids to ''P" care , of , Observer. Very Low Tern 8abdrton, a pioneer Q E A N witohma oj La Grande yard it re potted to b ,djing ai St. Vinoent'a botpilal iq; Portland where be; waa taken aonja , tim ago for obronio tomaoh tioable. (hodern dijilomicy" is concern jig itself with and for which it ; To Be Pitied The town; oow i op against it onoe njpr and br freedom 11 to be jeopar dized t j f ntther ponilderation of . ibe town fiaiitire proposition at tbe com ing election 8-c-ol Bossr. Republican FOB SAtE Bast Urgaln In real FeaiaU In tbe city. M residence prop. ertf Oor. Washington Ave. and .Green- proMSt. Lot 75x110.. Jlodarn hooae. even luge room, hot "and oold water, bath rooml eleotriQ light. Lawn, trait and (bad tree. Finest, resi dence looatleb In Maelty. Geod easp propoalUon to right "pUrtfts." For par tloolara O J McUin. Ill . FULL MEASURE Chain wood by' the Cord 128 cubic feet to , the cord. v 16-inch dry chain wood $3 per cord '.This is cheaper than by the load. You pay for what you get aud get what you pay for. Phone 571 1 .. . . . seeeeseaaaaaa. H. W. NIBLEY .4.. ........0. ................. ........ ' " fiow deai1 to my heart ia the old-fasbloned washboard That mother used to wash oojvhan.l was a boji . With it sinc-oovered ridge the suds used to play in . .And aoap babble gamboled to n,y ohlldieh joy . J Oittlmea have I watched her when wearing her knuckles. a. orer me nafres oar aaas she would rub. I and she slatherep 1 irooa in toe too. ANNOUNCEMENT! U ,Wa have purchased the Big Stock o Fflmiturt, HwdwareTin and.Qr'auitewareV Oaroaatafs Tool "kin V.f Bros at A BIG DISCOUNT an! for the next 80 day. w. offer t'b. pebpte of nion-cunl.REATE of tbe season in House Furnishings at 76o an the d lar in order to close out this stock qo-jeklv ' Rcjular 0o $30 bed rooni suits N , 120 to 20 .Drejsara ' 8 00 (0 22 5 Iron Bidi 10 00 to 21 00 lounges M -Ui0t250BabyCanka 12 60 to IS 00 Extension Tables 8 65 to 14 25 ' S 50 to 9 00 Child's Beds 2 45 to 675 " .75 t 2 50; .Dining Quire .60 to 185 V tl 3 5p, to. 9 50 R. 2 50 to 25 , WOO Double supported steel springs 7 15 Comnion springs' 50c Ia 4 90 $12.75 to S2l 75 8 75 to 13 5O 5 75 to 13 75 7 50 to (2 50 8 00 to 1500 m a. uTur iu. riuqes oar. Qaas ane woi I ne'er will fonet how she anlashed and J The old fashioned wash board, that 1 . ,. . ( ,ohoo8.. : The eld fashioned washboard; , ' ' ' Tbe aiue-coTered washboard . . Th baok-breaking washboard that stood in th tab. Borne folk alwayi kiok about up-to-date laaddrise, And ay they wear oat their olothes every day ; i But give them to me, o I will have a hot dinner, At home, with tbe smell of the soap and away, I know that the washing machine ia rauoh easier ' , On all of our clothe than to take them and rob Till the buttons ani bosom an lost and worn out'. ; By the old-fashioned washboard that stood in th tab, ' We are not the old fashioned kind, I A B C. ....LAUNDRY i:n I.-, i vl nA ........sssssssssMeiasstMassa.. . . a .Vi . i . i . . i . , 1 1 1 1 m , , ( , , Motary rublie - Insurance Money to Loan , v Representing the Equitable Savings 4 Loan Asso wation of Portland, .Qr,,;the,slrontieat,:safe8t ds inoetl i reliable institution on the Pacific - coast, . under Sute supervision. Loans made short or long time to suit ' ui t , WM. GRANT, Agent City property for sale. ;i v J MmitaiiiM.huuMn aod Axes; nails, SUples, hinges. Cartridees ahadaa, CurUms, Pertiers, Cata.eta eta Call while the stock is complete Look out for ofr sign 8 ' rindow H: B HAISTEN Pi:o ;c 2051 FD OFFICERS: DIBEOTOR81 Oan. Paum ....President J. M. Berry, J. M. Ohuroh '"B"8' Vlo.Pre.ld.nt AB.ConI.y,Goo.L, Ctaa. J. lf.CHC.oa.. OMhler ver.Qeo. Palmtr F.L.MsTasandaeoLOlever Aur.Oashiar. 3655 La Grande National B nk La Grand., Oregon CAPITAL ANDj SURPLUS, JJ7a.000.06 , ; A a gwerat bankini bnsiness. Hn .. i.;.' : Traasaetai .0M4MUaiiJiiU