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'v Ail Ladies' Tailor Hats.
V I ATI Ladies' Trimmed Hats.
All Misses Hats. .V I
The Place to
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All Children's Hats.
All Men's Underwear.
All ladies'- Underwear;
. . All Boys Underwear.
All Children!' Underwear.
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CHRISTMAS QIFTS
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One year in advance $6 50
Six moctba in advance. . .S 60
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Bnrploi fund - ,
; Liability of 8hareholdere
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Wtf-a general banking, an exchange huaineii.
Frafu'booght tn4 aoVl onJ eartern an fereln banks.
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Pabliahed daily except Sunday
Monday EvaiiNabec," 2(C IW4
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Ai yet no ' oiBcial action ,haa been levied and unlet s we get to
work at once, we shall .sorely
witness the end of the great ex
position without having receiv
ed any returns whatever there
from. Elgin Recorder. ,
been taken by bur county ' court
out of which may be expected
the growth of. representation
at the Lewis and Clark Ex
position . ' How the " members
of the court may feel upon the
subject, The Recorder, of course
does not know. But it does
know from contact with ' .large
numbers of Union Couuty citi
zens that "immediate- action
would accord wittra strong pop
alar current of thought. It is
fully recognised that the first
international jexposition to be
held on "the Pacific Coast is to
be of ' elaborate proportions
on at which a hastily prepared
or ill-advised representation
would be sadly out of place. It
is recognized, too, that sucn ex
positions have come to be looked
upon as efficient and dependable
means ot education in the eBsen-
climatic
CORPORATION TAX LAW
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There will an effort be - made
at the next legislature to repeal
ine corporation tax law com
monly called the Eddy Law be
cause introduced by the lion B itial dualities of soil.
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L Eddy. This law -Mquirsl conditions," elevation, etc, as
vvwrj ourpurniiou . urgsuiz or
formed for profit pursuant to the
Maybe there .is . something
wrong with the referee at Port
Arthur on the question of hat
constitudes a fall
Merely as incidental to peace
preparations, Brazil is asking
for bids for the construction of
twenty-eight battle ships of
the latest and most approved
fighting order.
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Iawa or this state to pay an or
ganisationfee "" to the ' " state
graduated upon amount of cap ,
ilal stock raneine from 110
where the capital stock does not
exceed $5000 and to $100 where
the eapilal stock exeeeds $2,000
v a a m 1 .
uw. m auaition to organiza
ation fee there is an annual licV
ense fee on all corporationi 'ex
cept insurance companies doing
business in Oregon.
The Secretary of 8taU F
Dunbar inhis report prepared
lor presentation to the coming
legislature lays; "The t total
amount ' of ' fees collected iy
this eOee from" May' 2tjl903
the date : said act (Eddy, taw)
went into effect to September 80
1904 iat $5891; wMe V' the
amount collected by, the. Treas
urer for: annual license feescov-
erint the same pertod. VaillS?.
zto,oo m axing e ouu .oi.mvi,
81587,"' ,,!- m ' '
1.288.790,000 bushels' of Jpota-
toes were raised' in the .United
States this year and the crop is
keeping HiiySaloutJoftftists.
Fine Organs
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Notice of flnL.$ment:
NotlM to hereby clven. thktlfianildimnraod
bai lied lb Anal amount of bar doing aa ex
eoatrlz of tha laat will and testament of Mar
ina J Wataon, deeaaaed; and that tba Ooanty
vuDnoH appointaa nonaay mo zna aaj of
jannary ima, at v ooioca p. m. aa tba time, aata
tnccoun moum at l urande, union County,
tlona U the aama, will appear at aald time and
Oregon, as tbe place for tnc bearing of aald
final aoooauk All peraona bavlag any objtc-
well as in the human spirit
which dominates in the various
regions represented. It is
dnnhtfnl if in rnnntv in th plaoa. aad oOer aald objectlona tbereto.
. 7 , A 7 J , . . IDA at BAY, Executrix.
Original Oregon COUntry, ha V-1 Otande, Oregon. Nvmer xUh, 1904. M
ing like population, can put on
exhibition a better guarantee of
its natural qualities and of the
uses to? which they hafe been
$46$48; $52t $55
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The well, known, and
'popular Pacific Queen.
"Very handsome" etylesl;
Payments $8.00 "dewn
and $4 a moath. H rite
us for particulrrs. Mail
Orders promptly and
carefully filled.
Eiler$ Piano House
351 Washington Street,
sr corner Park
.Portland,
Oregon
Large storos alao Spokane
and Seattle, Wash., and
Boise, Idaho.
ESRAY N.;riCe ; ,
Notloe to'hereby glren to whom It may eon
cera that there eama to my place ahoal July
M. 1804, two mile north of Perry on Dixie
Flat tbe following deeorlbed animal, One dark
urown neuor, imnjcrMy, coming two year
now with my eattleon tbe Draper plaoeabont
i mnea Bortbeaat of - Hhn4-OI(yv aid owner
eaa bave aame by proving property and pay.
Ingebargea. EDBCUK,
; Uome la Old Town, La Grande, Oregon.
Dated tbls Ttb day of M wrember, . .
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nnt tk.n TTkiah Put 1 I aaMI without flaUe branda erieat marks
f"' w-.vm. iu said animal baa been taken up by me and la
require careful and systematic
work, considerable time and an
expenditure of money , all of
which should be centralized
under one general authority asd
supplemented by the aid of as
sociated j bodies and individual
citizens throughout the county
Very properly the primal au
thority ' rests with the county
court and there is much reason
to believe that subordinate en
ergies Would quickly respond to
the 'first call for aid in securing
such representation in Portland
as all know to be our doe. Our
time is short our first expendi
tures ia this matter have already
PER CENT OF
On all cash purchases of;
$1.00 or over on meats and
lard aoiil July. 1, 1905. T A
complete stock of meats poul
try, lard, hams, etc.
dpnOnel601
I. HARRIS
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Columbia
University ,
IrTLTfOlClTlLOm UoQrOM.;'
BoardlBf stibool tor vonat ma.A bojt.
Box 343 University Park Station,
. Portland 1 - fii OttS)
DE FOLLOWS tHE PRICE
Tha isf why people cosa. here
for men's and by hoys' shoes
The J. Tilt line is 001 spec
ialty.1 Ilereis where prtje and
quality are combined.
C W. PRESTON,
Shoe Specialist DEPOT STREET
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