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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1905)
GIFFIN & HOGAN UNDERTAKERS FUNERAL DIRECTORS Scientific Embalming. . v Licensed Oregon and Montana Experienced Lady Assistant in attendance The only Exclusive Undertaking Parlors in La Grande. . Ouroffice b always open ' Phone 1751 Office in Lewis'Building, I LA: G R IRON WORKS Wlii be ready tor business Kebruiry 15 Complelc Machine Shops and Foundry General Blaaksmlth and Waon Work Manufacturer ot The Fitzgeral i R ller Feed Mill D. F. FITIG ERALD, f r-KOPRIETOR ' 8UOCE8SOR .YO H. U. ALEXANDER 2 . . 1 'i . i I ITI D. II. STEWARD, Mgr WEDNESDAY, FEBR. 15th A Mvlodramic Feast tats; '!js illtltii C P1U0E3 Children 25c, Gallery aud rear 60c, lleserved Deals oc. beats on sale TO THE PUBLIC: The rush of Holiday trade is over and business in general has got baok to its normal condition, I wish to inform all my patrons, and those Jnot my patrons but who are liable to be, that I am now in a position to take care of all watoh, clock and jewelry repairing with dispatch. I have secured ail the neces sary help in all the latest tools and materials known to the trade, as well as the best workmen that money can procure. All repair work is under my personal supervis ion and I guarautee each and every piece of work douo to be fiuiahed in first class workmanlike manner, and to give (with proper attention) perfect satisfaction. All work sent by mail or express will receive the same careful attentiou as if delivered in person, aud to be promptly returned in iirst cla3s condition. Thanking my patrons for their past liberal patronage and assuring them of my utmost ability to give them perfect satisfaction in the future. I remaiu as ever. J. II. PEA RE, Nett to Netrlin's Drug Store. La Grand' Leading Jeweler opposite Sommer lloase g A N D E j OPERA' HOSSE BOLAND fe CLIFFORD'S GREATEST SENSATION OVER Aaloiidlng Elecrltcal Ellccta Large aolect company NIAGARA FALLS All special scenery NoteThe great falls scene in act 3 is a triumph of elec trical, scenic aud mechanical ingenuit, and, will positively be shown. Monday at usual place. J a Oande Evening Observer IEY BROS, Editors Pr p Entered at the PostOfflo1 at La Urande, Oregon, aa Second CUaa Mail Hatter. Published daily except Sunday One year in advance .16 50 Six months in advance. . . .3 60 Per month 65c 8ingle copy 6c ADVERTISING HATES Display Ad rata fornlabed upon application Local reading notices 10c per Una flnrt iniuraa tlon, je per line for each subsequent Insantv tion, ....... l Resolution! of eoadolenoe, se per Una, Card of than It , fa per Ilea, THE NEW STATES PAID The thirteen original colonies faught and won out in the Revolutionary War but the peo ple who went into the then wil -dernesB west of the Alegehany mountains paid the expenses of the war. The total number of enlisted men that the thirteen colonies sect into the field was 363,410 men, the officers, field and staff, and company would make the total force employed during the ton and Concord April 19, 1775 to surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown October 19, 1781 reach the neighborhood of 400, 000 men. The total cost of the Revolu tionary War is placed by those who have carefully examined the official records at $135,193, 703. When the war closed the most of this was unpaid, that is J the part that bad been paid to the men and for supplies was paid wi'h borrowed money and the public debt was a grievous burden upon the people amount ing to a per capita cf something like , $20 per capita. How to pay this was a serious problem to the statesman of that age. With thfc small foreign trade a tariff gave little hope of ever puttiug the nation out of debt and the poverty of the masses gave no encouragement for raising a sufficient amount, in generations by a direct tax to pay off the Revolutionary War uebt. After New York, Virgin ia, Connecticut, and New Hamp shire had ceded their several claims to wild lands west of the Aleghany moautains to the Mis sissippi river, to the United Stages and the purchase of Florida and Louisiana Territory gave the U S title to the region west to the Paeific Ocean, the natioual government found its self possessed of an immence quantity of wild laud. To this it turned as its most hopeful asset upon which to realize money to pay its debts. With this end in view, of raising money from the sale of the public lands to pay off the na tional debt the land laws were framed and operated and until 1841 no settlers were allowed to go upon the public lands prior to its survey and until it had b en offered at public sale and under no circumstance could a settler occupy any part of the public land until he had , first paid the affixed cash price for the same. Until the passage of the Homestead bill in 1862 the policy of the geueral govern ment was to sell far cash, in quantities to suit the purchaser from 40 acres up the public land The public lands of the United States by sales for cash fees aud commission have rea lized to the National Govern ment siuce the passage of the Ordinance of May 20, 17S5 to Juue H0, ISSOa total net sum of $200,702,849 a sum greater thau the total cost of the Revolution ary War by 65,509,146. UNDER A SHADOW To illustrate what the Obser ver has often said that the fair name of Oregon has been seri ously smirched by the facts brought out by the U S Grand Jury the following is reproduced from a Washington City dis patch. "Secretary Hays says that Gonial Miller of Oregon, Consul at New Chiwang Manchuria has mad a surpresingly good re cord, and recommends his pro motion. That an Oregon man should do well strikes the Sec retary with amazement. CITY ELECTION NOTICE To Whom It May Concern; Notice is hereby given that there will be a General Election held la the City ot LaGrande, Union Countr. Oregon. on Moods? the 13taAdsy of March xor iup purpose of electing a Mayor, Kecorinr, Marshal and Trea surer, of J8:4 i.ity to erve for one year an j one, councilman from each warJ in aid City lo serve fur the ter. i two years. -uejpolliog place in the First Ward vill.be inltbe old Council Chamber. and the followirg named persons have been appointed to act aa judges and clerks of said first ward,; Judges, Ferry Clark, J L Curtis, and C Rale- ton, Olerke. Warnick, Ed Coolidge, aiid Frana Mrown. The polling plaoe in the Second Ward will.be in the Fire Department Building on Elm Streat. and ithe fol lowing named persons hare been ap pointed to act aa Judges and clerks of said Second Ward. Judues. H W Stoner, m Masterton, and F 8 New som, Clerks, w in (iraot, I R Soook, and C J Vanderpool. The polling- plaoe in the third ward will be in the Ganglotf ballding on Fourth Street north of Jefferson Ave. and the following named persona have been appointed to act as Judges and cleiks of said Third Wrad. Judaea. Arthur Williams, Wm Grandy, and R L Lincoln, Clerks, Clare Scriber, W i BlsBonett, and V. L Thornton. The polling places will be open from eight o'clock AM until seven o'clock P Mof said 13th day of March. liflX). Dated this second day or Feb 1005. Cliester 1 Newlin. Reoorder ot the City of LaGrande Uni ?n County, Oregon Administrator's Notice to Cred itors. Notice is hereby given that the uuderiigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of John Morrison, deceased, by the Countv Conn nf Union County, Orfgon, and all people having ! any claims agninst laid estate are hereby notifie I to present the tame properly verified within six i months from this date, either to the undersigned ! this ranch near Alicn 1 or to Ram sty & Olivtr his attrneyR, at La Grande, Oregon. . j Done and dated this 11th day of February, l:K)J. j p. a. Mcdonald, : Administrator of the etate of John Morrison! ?c 'eased. Still in busiiuss nnd don't you forget it. Every week brings us new customers. There is a reason for it, and the reason is that tur cus tomers always receive fair treatment. Wholesale nid retail dealers in Produce. Hey, Grain, ioibler Flour. Lawson & Zundall Phone 11J3 Free delivery Jt'dersun Avenue A Trial irier H- hciifd J. R. OLIVER. UNION COUNTY ABSTRACTS Best equipped abstractor in Union couuty? Many years experiences with the Unioa county records gives me a cret advnnt Hge. It is folly to pur chase realestate without first securing a proper abttraot. An al,rct from my oilice will htw the title just as it appears on the oliici.il record. J. . R. OLIVER, LA GU AN DE, OREO ..X Opposite Sommer Hou?ft SlLULWJtl"..imftieiBiiwa msmrHmx B fi Q Everything- you SUNDAY Is AwaitinglYour Order at U. R ALSTON'S ; NEBRASKA GROCERY STORE" Ooi. Fir and Jefferson Sts. OUR SPECIALTY Full Lii.e'Terferred Stock" Oanred Goods. I t TTim t?r Headquarters for I Lath, Shingles, Doors, ofctsn, Boxes all kinds of Mill Work BUILDING PAPER AND OTHER BUILDING MATERIAL Measure ments on the I STODDARD LUMBER CO. fl I LA GRANDE, OREGON. ' 1 PJiiMij JUICY MEATS are the only kinds we sell. The meat that has that rich appear ance and tickets tbe palate ia the kind yon will irtt here. Choice lamh, pork aud veal chops, sirloin, ro.ind aud porterhouse steaks-) aud other luxuries in our line, are e.jld here daily ;and pi ices that are right. HARD WORKERS require gooi, solid food. Meat is a HrCiwity to euch a man and he should have it. All women of the .Iiciina should huve it. All women of the house should provi.le their hus ; bauds with food that will sirengt'iea tiiem so that they will be itigood coodi tion to toll eo thut the family mar lire. iBock & Thomas RED FRONT LIVERY BARN Wm. Smith, Prop, , Safe and reluhle rics furn. at all times. Special ac comodations, furnished to commercial travelers, Phone. 3-5 WM, SMITH FEED STORE Hay. Grain and tVrl . - wv js. a cc delivery to alt parts ef the city. Mountain trade a specialty. Phone 1961 Bones, harneaa and wagons nought and sold - G. E. FOWLER Truck and, Transfer Wood and Coal Phone 1611 All order I given prmnnt attention. want want lor that WINNER SHOES Good School Shoes a specialty r . - - ti V ADn 1 Plane HoSn r IASR V W oa the 21 LA: GRANDER SCHOCL OF MLSIC ;PROF. DAY,oPilnciple. y WR5, OAy. AMisUnt Tbisis oneiofthe:bet'n)asical Ia- etitntions In the state. During tne Ti.aryC4 there were nearly Fonr thousand lessons given. The people in thi city and valley are beria ing to discover the areat advantage of this school. Tbeaygtem used ia the latest and most practical, aad includes all the latest discoveries in the art of teaching mnslo Tbe school is divided into two depart ments; No. 1 is for beginners, from 5 yean ap, and taking in the 1st to 3rd grades. In this department pupils come one buur evary day In No. 2 the oradna nr frnm 51 15. Hare thar take one or two lessons a week as they desire. No scholars will be permitted to remain in this school wto do not atudy. Brick furnished in any quanity or any style. No contract too small or too large. See samples of our pressed brick. GEO. KREIGER. v La Grande, Oregon. The kind your mother used to make. Baked every day aud deliver ed at your home. Why not buy the best when it costs no more. ff. . X0XE08. OLD TOWS, PHOSS 2111 J prompt attention given ; Are You Restless at Night? And harassed by a bad conght Use n secure you sound eleeD anrl ff,. - o uorenouna Syrup, it will I ii H I -ma j L'rugcr-