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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1904)
1. I ' Vf t- - ? - f- iissw? Ig'lKZFfjl? fSTW - - - sV , .Ifnilll I III' I IT I T TT WW -, l An Yow ami . . I a Grande Evening Observer iEf BROS.,, Editors A Pr pe Entered , at the Uraadej Oregon, Mali Matter. 14' 4 Foit Office' at 1 u Becond Olaaa Published daily except Sunday nne year in advance.-:. .... f6 60 Six months in advance. , . .3 60 Pet month i'. .'. . ,7. '. . . . . .666 Single; copy . . . . . . . . . , . ... .6c 1 i !c'. i EVENING, NOV. 28 1904 BOB F armers Natl6haFl3ank, LAG RAN DE, ''- OREGON Capital Stock folly paid - $ 60,000 Surplus fund - - "13.000 Liability1 of ShartLolare - 60,000 Responsibility 183,000 . We do a general banking and exohange business., rafts bought and' sold on eartern and foreign banket 1 1 r m u H The Oregon buildings at Si Louis Las ben sold 'for 11.000: The' money Will be added to ine aprropriation made for OregonY exhibit at the Louis and Clark Uimtenial. . h; Prohibition carried in the precinct in ' which the r fair grounds at Salem are 'situated It was an over sight of the Voters but it cannot be helped now. The fair grounder will 'now have to close up, or move W Portland'.'' Lantern. '.! JOSEPH PALMER, President ;" ' ; " JK W; SORIBBR, Cashier ODBOaBOOl ..... ..I I ... . BBBBBBBBDDB Hea Team I Harness Is our specialty. We know hojt to make obd har ness and we make good harness, r Call and' see : the kind we recommend for logging. " '- -.- w ROBES The finest assortment of winter robes the county".' : We" carry everything whioh should found in a first class' harness' store ''" in be Harness and. Saddles La Grande, Ore A Store With A Record. ' We have been doing busi ness in this town for 5 ears In that time the town has nearly doubled in population . T)llfi,tcr am timi mil business lias increased FIVE FOLD.' ' In other wordB our business has made a great deal more rapid increase than the town has. There are dozen of reasoas for tnis all of which you will perceive if you begin buy in? ' drug tore goods of us.- .In the first place we had. thorough training for pharmaoy.. Iu the Becond place we had ex-' oeptional opportunities for learning the practical side of pharmaoy in a successful drug store of the highest stand-, ing. In the third pt'atSe wt have'kept our eyes. open and attended to business until we know the demands, ef the people of this, town.' V. ' ,' ' '"', ' Of the 232 county offices in Idaho, the democrats this" fall got 27; Of thwl conn ties in the- state, 12 Went republican for' every office voted spon. The Dubois pqhoy did not pro duce ti e desired results. A. T. HILL Prescription Druggist La Grande, Oro P Closing h V: LATENf 'POWERS , . By latent powers is meant powers ef nature which man has not utilized 'and rendered sub servint to his will, and ; made to perform work'fdr hfmt uWh'en" 369 years ago','1 James" Cartier,"a French nayal officer, stood on the banks of the Niagara .river and listened ' to 'its'' 'roaring waters he bad little conception of the uses man eould or would put- the tremendous ' waste' of power 't(. He" heard ' the' roar, saw the' rainbow , glory on its wreath of mist, and felt the jar of the mighty river ' as it made its' fearful plunge of six hundred feet breadth down a perpendic ular leap of 168 feat. But all the learning the colleges of his age had gleaned from the pbilosopb -ers of modern times failed to suggest to' him. the utility of tne power that was wasting its energies to no other effect thau nil nis soul with an awesom shudder. He dreamed not; that men would come after him, no greater in stature than he, who would haruaBS the mighty' cat aract and make it an obedient servant to their will,' to do for them' the' work that in past ages had been wearily performed by sweating human beings. To Jay the energies that Cur- tier Brut described to the civil ized world. is made te torn thou sands of factory' wheels, light c6Hages', mansions, streets and whole cities with a glure of splen dor. Soloman with all the learn. ing of Egypt never dreamed of and neither a Pe.-ioleas or Cea- Bar conceived as possible for man to effectuate. Nor does the thunder spurt of Niagara halt at loiog all this sinoe roan has re duced it to servitude, it now 1 has Become his willing raesBen- gr and with a twinkle carries hie ""thoughts on" the electric telegraph to the most distant parts of the eartb, or by tele phone transmit his words from family to family' or city to city with accuracy and preccsion. The same power that carries a worded message is also used in propolling trains of electric cars 16'aded with multitudes of people or'thouBaudsof tons of merchan dise and 6hows no futigue, and there is yet an unused reservoir: of power in Niagara to do othor tacks for humanity. Tremendous and incalulable as are! tne powers oi miagara th'atremained unused for cen turies: did you ever pause to 4tiinitbat the wasting, or unus ed natural forces in Union County iu the aggregate equals Cb!kt of! Niagara. When the lat ent powers now scarcely used in Uniou County pre put to work for man tficre will be found an abundance, io drive all the fact ory wheels wenow or may tver requiilej "light all our homes, illuminate ail our publio build ings, Btreets and country roa Is, draw all the plos in our fields arid drive all necessary harvest ing: machines and. propell cars froth' every neighborhood to main railway tracks, and then will he enough left to furnish heat for warming ' ivery dewell ing in the land. OLD YAMHILL STILL AT WORK Yamhill County Making A Special Effort to Make Known their Great Resources -- and Possibilitle Fin or loads of Grangers pained through tble place Monday on tbelr trlD thronich the Willamette valley They itopped for a few mlnueta at the depot where they were met by a num ber of or residents bo distributed a number ol aoQtenirs prepared for the ooeailon. Theae toOTenire- eonslsUd -of samples of bona, prnoea, irasa seeds and grain Incased ia a blOcK of roott oOTered with laat and alto containU a d Udrlptloti of the town 'tod rtonty J and their resoaroea Telephone' Beg: later - City' hi SI. about 6000 head of the Matthews ehi A heavy Bght la on at Eallard.'Wasli for manicipal eontrol, The town hj long been wide open and a union of reform ele.nenta will atrlve (or eop.rol at the coming election. to run through, . when they,, will? -be' through .'-'-'JScbo coi ju. w-- J THE HEART OF HOME (Emma A. l.ente) Herfaceiaallfreokled this girl whom e know, ' And her nose has a tilt la the air; And not even her mother with mother i! love blind, - Can tiothfally say she iBfalr; Her hair la the . color that might be . " called red, . ' . i . And straight aa a ruler hangs down ; Her eyes are , pals blue, and her fore head l low- Though it never la drawn In a frown. HeT slaters are graceful and bonny young things, . And her brother la handaome and bright ' And all ol them think In their inner most1 hearts, That their sister ia truly a sight. But the soul of this girl ia a beautiful thing, ' And her voice la aa sweet aa a bird's And her goodness of heart and her wis 'dmnof mind Are seen In kind actions and words, And the mother baa ever a fond word and smile For this ohild ol her daily delight, And the father's eyes glisten with ten. dereat love Aa be kisses and blda her good night And, oh, they would miss, and miss her full sore, If out in the world she should roam, For the girl with no beauty of face or of form Is truly the heart of the homo I If we cannot trew life's path with flowers, we oan at least strew it with smiles. Diokens. Busy Dipping Asa Thompson, who ia managing the stock dipping vats on Batter oreek, reports that they will soon be through dipping for this fall. They have yet J leap Three 'Months Des Moines, Nov, 28 Leton Ktlliet, who pleaded guilty to the oharges preferred by the government of nalng the mails with tntobt to promote a gigantic mining swindle, was today entenoed to three months n the oounty jail and to pay a fine of three hundred dollars, 1 ' - '" BLOGKLAD BROS. IslandfcCity, Oregon ..Breeders of BERKSHIRE and POLANDCHINA . SWINE. '' ..'' ". '-.'' -... , t - We'now have eight young bucks, pure bred, Gots wold and shropshires, ready for service,' anyone need-" ing choice bucks, should see these to appreciate them Young stock always on hand, and always glad to have you call and see our hogs, as we breed them for the Farmer, and ask you to compare our paicos before buying some where else. ' ' " ' ' 1 ' qr-j ' ' ' -.' " ' - How dear to my heart is the old-fashioned washboard " " ,r"" ",l:1 J That mother used to wash on when I waa a boy, v ;. With its zinc oovered ridges the ends used to play in . ' And soap babbles garnbolnd to iuy ohlldiali Joy. J Ottimes have I watched her when wearing her knuckles. Aa over the ridges oar duds she wojld rub. . I ne'er will forget how ehe snluhe hand she alatherep . The old fashioned wash board that stood in the tab. - ' S CHORUS i The old fashioned washboard; S The zinc-covered washboard; ' , . The back-breaking washboard that stood in the tub. Some folks always kiok about up-to-date ianddrlas, And aay they wear out their clothes every day; ! ' J But give them to me, so I will have hot dinner , At home, with the email of the soap sods away, ' I know that the washing machine ie much easier - i On all of our olothes than to take them and rub J Till the buttons an J boeoma are lost and worn oat! J i By the old-fashioned washboard that stood In the tub, We are not the old fashioned kind. I A B C LAUNDRY ; PHONE j i85i V ; ' I ! . : . . , ' : ' . : ... , . aauisiaMaj full measure Chain wood by the Cord 128 cubic feet to the cord. 16-inch dry chain wood $3 per cord. This is cheaper than by the' load, " You pay for what you get and get what you pay for. .. J W Sumotera, state deputy for the M. W. A npent Sunday in the city. He left for eastern points but expects to return in about a week. Phone s7i ' H. W. NIBLEY Out Specials Six New Go Carta & Baby Uuggies at One Half Price i 26 00 Buggy, new ; 15 (XI Go Cart, now. ' "" Big Redactions on Iron Beds ! $18 00 Bed '' New 8prings : Seoond Hand Springs 12 60 7 60 112 60 ..175 ....60 W have several . handsome Dressers at Real Bargains. 5 Also $12 Extension Dining Room table1 fo 13 60,rNew chairs 60c' ' . ..ML. . We wil pay all your old stoves are worth in exchange for New Ranges and Heaters. Ii B HA1STEN UPH0L8TERING Phone 2051 F D, HASTEN . 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