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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1905)
1 t IN PROGRESS MV ANNUM RARP.ATN SAI,R IS NOW I bar. made inventor- HARK DOWN In price Ul Hong the lineef Met YoutheS iTW Tt. THERE ARE ARGA1N8 FOR ALL AH my stock is new and up-to-date It will pay you to-eell and sec wnat yam Ladiea' fine vici kid, latest style, welt and tarn sole, regular $8.60 shoes, Inventory price $2.75 and $3.00 Ladies' $260 and $218 kid shoe Inventory price $L&54o 2.00 M-u's box W, vici kid a ad "j ' I hive many cheap grades i paent colt, wait aole, regular work shoes that ran from prior to, 1 1 vctory price -72w $4 00 Mr box calf, Tici kid, velour eelf and kangaroo, well aolr, regular pru a $3 60, I iventory price $2 65 and $2.75 $150 to $250 Boys' and Youths' 8boaa from TiAl .YAQJ Miasea Skoea $1.25 to $2.00 Ladiea kid shoe, welt and turn sola, $800 ahoe, Inventory prica $2.00 and $2.25 Ladies' patent 1 id, regular $4.5'J Children'a shoes 50c to $L00 b S 4iki shoes, Inventory price $s.uu and i 1 T i i E a'U A'LIT'Y SHOE STORE, Stubblefleld, i 'ropnetor , , i uiii Hi ma ni oino ul aoti , I 1 m ilT J ATS w 25 Per Cent off on nil Hat j.oiflWr I JPlP r w f7nZ theflrtt of the year every Hat in the store will be told at 4 JGfhptfptff Uiseount , JAp if your omrtiUt tb tet your ffoli- I JNavdtki , f ' ;'; ;;e lateat "in. braided handle parses and Peggy bag. Something new in combe and Viu mm I Jnei VlW burette. tab raj . I S At a Jiecount. The ' Wni ever shown ia the city. a Miionxrcrucis Special line juat re ceived. From now until Ian. 1, for 5 centa up. Soaps and Powders Switches, Pompadours and1 Bangs Collars ml This s positively a new line and can only a e a a! I t rnMRS. J. B. FORREST, Milliner : : f'" ' 'muiincr ...j h ii-A A . t k . ...... .! !- 0 i .11,, - r-ande Evening Observer an CKT BROB., Editors Pr pa 1 " ' ' at tea Peat Office at La Urudt, Orecoa. aa Beeoad Claas MaU Matter. . Published daily exoopt Sunday One year in advance $6 60 Six months in advance ... .8 60 Per month 66c Sin fie copy 6c - IF I WERE YOU Si iv . W MPH wtS TOlliET ARTICLES l0 ,1? The Big Line is at OlW ''' US, DRUG STORE A. IT. HILL, Preacriptloo Erugitt it A an Lowest Prices .... f MlrVWai Bel Goods annnannnnnn when the son la wall disposed TO shine a pen oar friends and foes, I'd he oontent with even leas, If I were you. T It I ware pea I wouldn't eare How forton want; Joa do your beet yoa'll have a share m M.-Qtmm ooateat, i It eoap oe, wtU.ham the sense To pat year feraas la Providence, And hake whae'a aaat I " tain, or enow, erahiae; 'Twill bring no gain To btaaae mlafortane, or repine; Mfeirjhe, aid everv Boaaa Will bloom along the way, Because of rain. Then sing your tonga; cry if you must, But keep in ,iew ' ' J The health, eoal-inaplrlng trust Tbat'e el ways dae To thorn Ml MUM ha live above All earthly things exoepUng love; I'd let all other treasaree mat, If I warn roajr M 4 UNION COUNTY LEAPS g mm mmm t TrmeiandTradi iNtiorial Bank, 5 mmiiS'sS J i . -inijwwt) - ev aa ieiii a enh tens iiniaiiaa Kn.;.... PrafU bought and sold on eartern and foreign banks. JOSEPM PALMEK, Preeident J. W. SCBIBER, Oaabier Mfk m flrtt M SfflOBIS: DtKBOTOSd: Oen, Paaaaaa. . . . s . v (IVestdsnar, AK9mru f?U. J.lLBaaar ttm Ptaatdeht A. B. OoeJey, Gee. L. 1. S655 La GrAndb National, B nk ; 4 n rrjS t,1-: m Ik an Olaaaifiedby the number of common laborers employed in 1904, Unipn county ranks third. By common laborers is meant those who perform the kind - of work that is not classed with any of the 15 vocations speci fied in tke repert of Labor Com missioner 0 P Hoft Three counties employ mere common laborers than Union, according to the report of Com missioner Hoff, vis IfuUoeinah with a total population of 130,- 046 in 1904 employed 2,678 common laborers or 2.66 per cent of its population ; Clackamas county with a total population of 20,637 employed 819 common laborers, being 3.5 per cent of its population and Union county with a population of 16,786 j people gave work in 1904 to 69a J common laborers, being 4.14 per eent or the entire population i The whole state of Oregon, in 1904, gave work to 18,199 com mon laborers, the same being 2.81 per eent Of the total popu lation. The above computations, which are made up from the date found in the official report of the Commissioner of Labor for Oregon, show that Union county gives employment to a per dent of common la borers than the two counties mo'tf laborers emtoye6MsLlw per eent greater than that of the entire state. Including the 698 common laborers there were 3,661 per sons employed in Union county in 1904, according to the figures given by the Commissioner of Labor. Of this 698 were com mon laborers, 1,319 were farm- j j n -- ; j - ... - neers, 48 blacksmiths, 101 car penter, 124 clerks, 26 doctors 20 attorneys, 164 merchants 146 railroad employees, 29 phintess, 18 ministers, 112 teamsters. A glance through the tables giving the numbers employed in the 163 vocations shoes that thetndastries age so widely diversified fa Union oounty that a person skilled m any vocation can find employ ment in tibia county, except those that are not compatible with our climatic or physical conditions. Persona of almost any voca tion can find an opportunity for employment in thie oounty either as k wage ear ner in en terprises now in operation, or by inaugurating now industries. The county is growing in popu lation and wealth, the soil is good, there is an abundance of water power unused, and a hone ful field opens' to enterprise in any new, industries along almost every line of effort. THE FIRST REPORT 7ue preserver receive? "jw days ago the First Biennial Re port of the Bureau of Labor and Inspector of Factories and work shops of the state of Oregon from June 3, 1903, to September 30, 1904. This document d intended to assist the Governor in executing the present laws on labor and to enable the members of the legis lature to pass adequate laws on that subject. It is a modest pamphlet of 164 pages, but be ing the first report from that, Bureau, it is of especial interest There arc 82 states that have such bureaus. Pennsylvania led off in 1872 and Oregon is the last to fall in line, aud in 1903 it created the bureau that has sent in its first report. This report gives the total population of Oregon for 1904 tt 469,458. There were last year 86,115 per sons in the state classed as farm ers, 13,199 laborers. Union oounty has 693 laborers credited to it in the report, which num ber is larger thin Wat employed in eaoh of the other 38 counties in the state hut Clackamas, with 818 and Multnomah with 2,673 laborers. ' There were SS4 bartendersre ported, 1,019 blacksmiths and 3.591 carpenters in Oregon in 1904. .Everything yon want want for that 1 - at SUNDAY MINN ER Is Awaitine Your Order at C. R AUSTIN JS NEBRASKA GKOGERY -STORE or. Fir and Jefferson Sts, 11 1 i i. I' 1 U .f . tt ( ..1 .11 ' I I ' ' our Specialty saons Fall Line "Perferred Stock" Good School Shoes ,1 iI.ii,',U bJiiflil.iM.bUr.uli IbOiOllli I'iVO WlH tlJ n 19 KW II. AA.AA- AA-AAiAahaTh Ash A A A r a e em vvvvvvvvvvvvwe vwvi www at brrMiftO T. '.V '.. -.j. ? ?i iv--nje aini' mn - ,U1 liJ Vi Jio?ji! tf fin am flJ I f-vn i laowniii i-.- I Heart Flattering Notice to the patrons of Lav Grande Light and Power Co . .That on. and After January 1st we will install a day circuit in this city and take this means of notifying our patrrs.rMaogOT to be nfe in lights which cen not be tdrnedWdoTilsfihe daf sfiduid be arrangVas soon as possible; -Thowdwiring pawer can "bonier with ne at any time regarding prices of motors, rates, etc. We have motors priced as follows, f. o. h. San Francisco; i h. p $ 87 75 5 h. . $192 00 i hp ...r..x 44 60.. I 10 hp 27975 1 h p ..... ?.r. 95 50 1 15 h p . . Y. . . 867 70 2 hp 10416 8 h p 128 85 20 h p ........ 45250 80 h p 656 65 To this prloe must be added freight from San Francisco to La Grande. hipping weights 120 lbs hp single phase , 225 lbs i hp 8 phase t hp 1 hp 2 hp 8 hp 5 hp .7 hp 10 up 15 hp 20 hp 80 hp u 165 lbs 242 lbs 84Ubjt 4251hY form K form K form K form K form K form K i hp lhp 2 hp " 3 hp M 6 hp u 810 lot 950 lb. 1175 lbs 270 lbs 276 lbs 880 lbs For information call at office of f eou ,465 lbs " 689 lbs f.rmL 87011m form L 820 lbs form L 1075 lbs 1480 lbs fopTT50 lbs 2345 lbs form L 2300 lbs 2989 lbs form L 2816 lbs 4lGRAN&B LlGHTrAll POWER OO. full measured Chain wood ty ' thi 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. Pboae 571 isesssststseeai H. WJ NIBLEY eeeex eeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee e e a When you want the Best frfcJONE i85i Ae B. C Steam Laundry tv r I La Grande, Oregon. 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