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Ve are ready for the Holiday
' trade. We " have .' everything'
that's fit to sell in Holiday .
Goods; euitable for gifts, appro
. ' priate, useful and sensible We ;
invite an early iuspection while
assoriment8 are complete. We
' show yoa in all lines we"carry y
worth and quality for the price.
This announcement and pv
is to acquaint you with" the com
pleteness of our I. stooge And we
try to make the news as econom
ically interesting as we can
and we will extend" suggestions
. that may, help , you with the
; problem of making presents
' we invite yoa ' to' come and see ',
our stook, as we can give you
only , a hint o! the complete ,
lines we carry. But , we are
ready with the gift things and
extend yoa a hairly invitation
to call at this store and ; see
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We have been doing busi
ness, in this town for 6 years
In that time the town has
.nearly doubled in population
Durinir the nama' tii nnr
business has increased FIVE FOLD. ' In other words
our business has made a great deal mere rapid increase
than the town has. There are dozens of reasons for tnis
all of which you will perceive if you'begfn buying drug
store goods or ub: ' In the first place we had a thorough
training for pharmacy. In the second place we had ex
ceptions,! opportunities for learning the practical side of
r pharmacy in a successful drug store 'of the highest stand
ing. Ia ttie third plave we haye, kept oar eyes epen and
attended to business until we know the demaa is ) of the
people of this town
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Oanital fetock f'uily paid i 1 $ 60,tt00 '
Surplus fund - 1 ' 13.000 '
Liability dfShareholdera - 60,000
Responsibility 183,000
We do a general banking- and exchange business.
Irafts bought and sold on eartern and foreign banks.
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J. W. SGRIBER, Cashier
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La Qrande National B nk
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CAPITAL! AMDi SURPLUS, . $72,000.00
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IEY UROSS.dlton A Pr pi
Entered j..at JLthe Po8ta0fflce at La
Grande, Oregon, aa Second Class
Mail Matter.
Published daily except Sunday
One year in advance. ..... $6 50
six montns in advance. . . .3 50
Per month ....65c
Single copy. 5c
WEDNESDAY EVENING. DEC, 14. 1904
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THE VALUE:: OF TIMBER ,
There are many millions of
acres of timber laud in Oregon
that belong to the General Gov
ernment, and aa two sections of
613 acres each m each township
of 36 sectious of this unappro
priated land belongs to the state
of Oregon which by the terms
of the graut from the United
States is irrevocably dedicated
to the support of the common
schools, the state of Oregon has
a large interest in the timber
growing in Oregon.
The state should take a care
ful interest in this hmd. The
next Oregon legislature should
devise some plan fur securing
for the children now in Oregon
and thoso that will be here in
all the years of the coming fu
ture as good a price for its school
land as possible. If the school
land cannot be made to realize
an adequate price at this time,
the sale of school land should be
stopped until such future time
as it will bring what it is worth.
The United States on Decem
ber the 12th received sealed bids
for the timber growing on 116,
000 acres of land in Minnesota.
Sealed bids were tubmitted by
twenty three different persons
ranging from 5 to $8.81 per
1000 feet of lumber in the trees
regulation guaging. At this sale
the matured trees were sold on
69,000 aores of white pine forest
for $931,319 or $13.50 per acre
for the standing timber.
Oregon has . many thousands
of acres of school land that will
guage as much board measure
as the Minnesota land, and if
disposed of in the Fame way
would bring to the school fund
at least four times as , much as
the land and timber will bring
if sold under our present law for
disposing of the school land at
$2.50 per acre. There are hun
dreds of quarter sections of Ore
gon school lud that the matur
ed timber alone thereon would
sell for at least $1,920 whereas
land and all will now bring but
$400, a clear loss tor the school
fund of $1,520 and to the child
ren of Oregon for all time.
The Oregon school lands have
been managed f long enough in
the interest of the purchasers,
and it is high time the interest
of the children should be con
sidered. 1
DOCKED HORSES
.Today's snow is piling up
wealth for the citizens of this
valley. Snow is a wealth pro
ducer -in this. section of the
state. It insures a cood crrnsn
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crop, and is therefore a benefit
ipu iuu bmjck men. it insures a
sufficient supply of Ion "and
il . .
mereiore Denents the mill men.
It insures a bountiful water sup
ply and therefore is a benefit , to
the farmer. And all these in
turn guarantee to the business
man a sale for hU wares. Let
the snow continue.
of
be
Statesmen of Russia are
the opinion that it would
well to wait and gee what comes
of the Baltic fleet before turniug
out the Black Sea fleet for Jap
anese consumption.
The puzzle in the ChariwiVt
board measure as determined by tease find the man.
The following signed editorial
is taken from "Our Dumb Ani-J
mala" and expresses our senti
ments to a dot regarding the
brutal method of disfiguring
horses. If the government has
officers who wish to ape this
foreign style of brutality, they
should be allowed to resign . and
enter the service of some Europ.
ean Nabob.
"Wo have recently read a se-
vere attack in one of oar leading
p jpers on the riding of docked
horses in military parades. If
anything can be imagined more
disgusting than to see a military
officer or cavalry man mounted
on a mutilated horse with its
tail cut off and sticking up 1 like
a shoe brush, we hardly know
where it can be found.
Geo.TAngell.M
Mrs. Chadwick was sufficient
ly shrewd not to venture among
the lambs gamboling in Wall
street.
Mrs. Chad wick's sister insists
that, Mrs. Chadwick . is crazy.
Her methods certainly, have a
look of bank insanity about
them.
As Commander-in-chief of
the Massachusetts militia Gen
eral Miles may be called upon
to pacify the anti-imperialists
of the Hub.
J span's acceptance of the in
vitation to The Hague bars con
sideration of the present conflict
in the expectation that "there
won't be no Russia" whe it is
over.
Fi ne Organs
. FOB
$46, $48, $52, $55
The! well - kuown and . .
. popular Pacific Queen.
' Very handsome styles."
Payments $3.00 down .
and $4 a month. Write
us for particulrrs. Mail
Orders promptly and
carefully filled.
Eilers Piano House
. 351 Washington Street,
corner Park
Portland, " Oregon
Large etoros alao Spokane
and Seatlle, Wash., and
Boise, Idaho.
Preparatory
Commercial
Columbia
m-m - . vommeroiai
University
irruj r 01 01TAI1O901 Courcea.
Boarding school tor yonnc men St bora.
Box 34S University Park Station,
Portland - ' Oregon
TRADE FOLLOWS THE PRICE
There la one rlaaa ot alnaera that al.
waya take glee el aba. The nnlTeraU
ty oi Oregon's aggregation of 20 men
with a atunninz repertoire annear hr
December 21. Fine imperaouationa
and aolo numbers. The treat- of th
aeasoa la tblnga moalral Admiaaion
That is why people com. here
for men's and by boys' shoes
The J. E. Tilt line is our spec
ialty. Here is where prfa and
quality are combined. ? ' '
C W. PRESTON,
Shoe Specialist DEPOT STREET
60 oenta will be charged .