hmm,,mJ,.mm. HA SAL T - Each and Every Hat now In stock at just Hal Prtee Come in and Secure a Genuine : Bargain' 1 a 'Vande Evening Observer rr tEY bROa Editor it Pr pa Entered at the Grande, Oregon, Mail Matter. Poet Offloe at : aa Second Claat Published daily except Sunday One year in advance $650 bix months in advance.. .'.3 60 Per month .....65o Single copy. 6c Perfumes, Toilet Soaps, and , PowdexsL Switches, Pompadours and Bangs ' Novelties Ribbons, and Handkerchiefs MRS! J. E.; F ORR EST, - 'Milliner : ft e - ROADSUPERVISORS There are. aome ninteen, road supervisors in Union, County, who have been selected for that important office by the county court. The term important ia Died advisedly became we know of no officials in the county up on whose official acts and .effic iency the progress and develop ment of the county bo much de pends. There are about 1.500 miles of common road in this county, over wh ich this products of about 1,500 farmers, (there were 1,481 in J 900.) 'baa to be drawn to market and . the home suDnlies ' T i:: V .w" nvw two ium ufnjvvjuaiir ui inbuiiinil HMMIIIMS llflff mu rrMtfRitatlf n Ht'.Att UNETAKE EUNERAL DI:REGTQRS: Scientific Embalming. - ti' I titt.t'tt' i , J'j . . Licensed Oregon and Montana . ' , Experienced Lady Assbtant Inl attendance The only Exclusive Undertaking Parlors in La Grande. Our office b always open Phone 1761 Office in Lewis Buildings opposite Sommer House - t M I. i'i "In III '.1,(1 Hi' Ill i .i ..... I I. -J - . - - - mullinu UCS1UCO i REDUCTION SALE 4. Mi We have mads Bp our mlntb to Sc eViry roll of Wall Paper in our tare btfere the itod 'spTtaej Aodt and In order to Insure a complete dun-up we have eat 'tits pries rejardlee of former' price Wall Paper fronts cents iup ;Wf Want to dear the house before March 1st at we expect a carload W W Jl Waper to a arrive on that date. We have more Wall Piper h row on hand than alf the other paper houta In "the county. 'There . fob yon will have a jreater variety to seled from. Our preicnt stock Is coinpleW Stacklahd & Metaclilen j PAlNTS. OiliS AND GLASS ' 1 iifl-Jllt iitl'tK V1V-iii tti:- t.l i'.iL illU- : d on an dd a a no d o g sc .National LAGRANDE, Capital Stock fully paid Surplus fund t Liability of Shareholders Responsibility , JJWe Tdo a general baokiag' and exchange business. dSfiPttiLfiVrreWeiit J. W. SCRIBER, Cashier i the travel on the roads to meet the social demands of the entire population of the county and the transmission of the U S mails, and strangers looking for location, pleasure or business. Now take your pencil and, figure op the amount of travel on our common roads and you will be astonished at the stupendous amount. Then,, calculate the difference in the cost of moving this tremendous tonnage of weight and vast number of per sona over good or bad roads and you will have some idea of the importance attached to the posi tion of .the men who have been placed in charge of our county roads. To assist you somewhat in your calculation the following figures are quoted from page 58 of the bearing on roads and road building before the i committee on Agriculture, and Forestry, United , States Senate . January is5, 1904. "The traetidn force required to draw a ton over diff erent kinds of roads is as fol lows: . Over a street'oar track SO iba an'Aaphelt road 25 " a atone or wood block pavement.... Xi.tX 30 ' " a good Macadam or plank roaa.i-:.......;...;.,;y.y..i. 30 " " a poW Mackdam or plaflk road. 60 " a (rood herd gravel road.-.., 75 " ajrood hard clay road.. ....100 f1 " looWeoartti...... .300 No Iman is born with , the knowledge and skill requisite for directing the operation of a a a a a a u OREGON $ M.000 13.000 60,000 .133,000 a nap a a a n al J? a road making, be must acquire them by study, observation and experiment. lie must study what roadmakera in other coun tries have found out. observe closely the material at his dis posal, aud experiment with con- ditions tnat surround his work. To do this successfully the super visor will find it a great help to confer with others who are working on the same line. The Supervisors of Oregon, to the better prepare themselves to perform their important duties should, and in some counties they are, meeting in convention to talk over road making," and it would be a capital idea for the supervisors of Union County to, after the manner of school teachers 'assessors aud other county officials, meet in conven tion at stated times and discuss road making. The letter, from Judge Scott of Marion County, Oregon, and president of the Good Road Association, will show what supervisors are doing in other parts of Oregon. Correv Bros.. La Urmnde Or. Gentlemen : A tew dava ago I aent eouio data relarlro to highway improvement., I mxnrmmml' ing my sratifloaticn'aixin teafnln from yoor letter of the 18th Inst; that yon are desiroai of taking up a ' atand through your valuable paper toi high way Improvement - throtuchunt tula atate. 1 firmly believe that there la no problem now . before the Ameiican people, the DroDer aolutlon of whloh la of no great importance. I am, there for, especially pleaaod to note the in terest that you manifeit and refer you (or fuither information to Hon. Mar tin bodge.- Director of Pabllo Boad Euqalrlea, Washington D 0. A letter addreaaed to that department asking' for the lateat and beet, publications Upon the aubjeot will bo heartily re- eponded to and the fruits of whloh will be of great internet to yon. . ' We have Just had convention of onr supervisors and And that It waa a very profitable one, and I believe It will be followed by similar convention! in many of the ooantlea In the atate. Judge Stewart of Linn county inform ed me yesterday that he haa .called a similar convention that will convene within a few days. It you find that I can do you any good for the cause, call upon me at any time. ' Thanking you for the interest muni. tested, I remain, fours for good roada. JOHN id PCOTT iTrri-"'-" eej- Hotel Sonimer THEJHOTEL gQMHER UO, LeeB . v a WE cater; to commercial TRADE ROOMS WITH BATH HHSTEAM HEATs . All-Modern Conveniences Best Dining; Room Service inSEastern Oregon, I J. P. DORIAN, Secretary. A. L. MORRIS, Trei. and Manager. LA GRANDE mArble WORKS E.CDAVlS..Pprieior, y f.;;i:..- : v.s- ; . i Oomplote assortment of fin est -marble. and granit always bn hand. Estimates cheerfully furnished upon applicathn, Hesajtonciand Monumcntj ,. Ai6ptaa!ty . -; Don't be Selfish Share your money with us and we " will' give you tbi' danitiest confections in return. It's hard to sell you candies orfpaper; but you CQcne here and see the assort mente offer and the candid will sell themselves. Ilqyte i Gahiy Parlors, The Finest Place in Eastern Oregon. I m "I wasmiion aQjtjl with soiatoal writes Ed Q Nud. IowavUlo Beduwlok Co Kan, "going" abjut oa .cratch ana aunerinir a deal of D.in. 1 was induced to try Ballard's 8now Liniment - www vv.mg ( ( u ' IZZ greateat liniment I ever , oaed, have M leoommended it to a namber of persona all express themselves aa being tbene-. niea oy it, i now walk without orntuh ea, able to pefrorm a great , deal of igot Ubor on the Urji."-Neli n Prog Co. Cured His Mother of Rheurrutisrr j'My mother haa been a Batterer for many years from rheamatiatn," eaya W U Howard of Husband, Pennsylva nia. "It times ano was unable to more at all, while at time walking waa painful. I presented her , with a bottle, of Chamberlain ' Pain Balm and after a few appUrationa aoe ducid edit waa the most wondersnl nain . iferer aha bad ;ever tried, in fact, ahe la .never without it now and la at all times able to walk. An occasional an. plloatlou of Pain Balm keeps away the pain, tnat she waa formerly troubled With, tor sale by Newlln Drug Co. "Dven inexperienced btryera J cannot make ' a mistake"i when theJ.orQer pur La Qrinde Creamery Butter :,lt . i always pure, - will add a relish to -'atiy"fwell 'cooked meal. Lai Grande Creamery Oo ...Water.ConsbmH Noticea hereby glven'to all cdnium ersof city water who are In arrears In their rental that aalees all deiloqnlno eo are pid to the City Eeoordei- by throe o'clock Tuesday, ' Janu ary 31 1900, too water will be turned off of the premises ol each ot such parties in arrears ; nntil , payment Is made of motint doe with one dollar In addition for the expense of toraina water aft iabd on.tn aocordance wlte Sec 28, Ord o. aa. Owing to the. repairing of the Re corder's office the Beocrder can be found at Newlln Drug Co., where pay ments are to be made from 9 to 11:30 o'clock a La., and 1 to S o'clock n tn from 30th to 81st Inclualvo of January 1900. A L RICHARDSON, Chairman, ,GB FOWLER, . S A QABDCNIER, Water Coramlttee. m LUMBER YARD Headquarters for Lath, Shjngles, Doors, Sash, Boxes all. kinds of Mill Work BUILDING PAPER AND OTHER. BUILDING MATERIAL 'Measurements 1 on the' ,-PJacaof ' Bpqinesa on the I STODDARD LUMBER GQJ LA GRANDE, OREGON. m WHEN YOUR. MEAT COMES home from our place yon know .It is gelog to be good. . JToa can orSer from as and get juat as good meat aa If you selected it yourself. We don't have any.tronble in picking it out for you. For we keep only ONE KIND That-i the very best. It'a eaar to nlnk out good meat when thero la no other kind In the store. So send along yoor order. It will be filled promptly and to your entire satisfaction. Bock 8c Thomas Notice to the patrons of La Grande Light aud Jower Co . that on and after January 1st' we will instill a day circuit in this city and take this means of notifying our natrons. , Any ehaoges to he nude in Jignts which can not be turned dff-dAring the day' should be arranged as soon as possible. Those desiring power can confer with us at any nSirgf?!ing p".Ce8 uf ISotor4' rat88' et0- We hae moton priced aa follows, f. o. b. San Francisco; P 44 50 10 h p 279 75 I t P 560 15 hp 367 70 2P ... 10415 20 hp i6250 Th.P : 'MM SOhJ :65io5 rjj q"JJ mu8t. be added freight from San Francisco to . Sbippiag weights t bp 3 phase bp " lhp '2 bp 3 hp ' 5 hp bp 10 hp 15 hp 20 hp 80 hp 120 lbs 155 lbs 242 lbs, 345 lbs 425 lbs form K form K form K form K form K form K i hp single phase 1 hn ' r . 1 hp " 2 hp 3 hp 5 hp M 810 lbs 950 lb i 1175 lbs 1430 lbs 2315 lbs 2980 lbs it i it form L form L form L form L form L form L 225 lbs 270 lbs ' ,275 lbs 380 Iba 465 lbs 030 lbs 670 lbs 820 lbs 1075 lbs 1350 lbs 2300 lbs 2310 lbs For information call at office ot LA GRANDE LIGHT AND POWER CO. Read The Daily Observer