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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1905)
r - t . i '.. j I V. 5 Hotel THE HOTEL gflMHERJ UO, Lebb . WE CVT R TO COMMERCIAL TRADE ROOMS WITH BATH - II1ISTEAM HEAT . All Modern Conveniences Best Dining Room Service in Eastern Oregon. A. J. F. DORPAN, Secretary. Notice to the patrons of La Grande Light and Power Co. . That on and after January let we will install a day circuit in this city and take this ineaas of notifying our patrons. .Any changes to be made in lights which can not be turned off during the day should be arranged as soon as . ! . mi ' . . . i t. time regarding prices of motors,' rates, etc. We have motors priced as follows, f. o. b. San t n. p. 1 hp Up 2 hp 8 h p 37 75 .. 44 60 95 50 104 15 128 85 . To this price must be added freight from San Francisco 'to La Grande. l Shipping i bp 3 phase 120 lbs i i hp V 155 lbs 1 hp 242 lbs 2 hp " 34"lbs .8 hp M 425 lbs 5 hp form K . 7 hp " form K 10 bp " form K 15 hp " formK i 1 2 3 20 hp ". 30 hp form Ki& 2315 lbs form K 2980 lbs For information call at office ot LA GRANDE CITY IRREWERY JULIUS ROESCH, Proprietor.- i Largest Brewing Plant inJEasierri Oregon Ask for La Grande Beer, and get the Best k LA GRANDE, BEER IS MADE IN LA GRANDE AND SHOUF.D HAVE When you want the Best PHONE I85i A. B. C Steam Laundry La Grande, Oregon. Sommer L. MORRIS, Tree, and Manager. Francisco; 5h.p. ....... .$192 00 10 h p 279 75 15 hp ...... .. 36770 20 h p 452 50 30 h p 655 65 weights hp single phase 225 lbs 270 lbs 275 lbs 380 lbs 465 lbs 680 Lbs 670 lbs 820 lbs 1075 lbs 1350 lbs 2300 lb 2810 lbs bp " " hp " hp " " hp " 5 bp " 810 lbs 050 lb) lnsjibs 1430 bs form form form form form form LIGHT AND POWER CO. THh 1-kEFERENCE. l Orande Evening Observer "T" IEY BEOS Editort k Pr p Entered at tha Post .Office at La Grande, Oregon,, aa Beoond CUm Mail Matter. Published daily except Sunday One year in advance ...... $6 50 Biz months in advance. . . .3 60 Per month 65o Single copy.... 5c ADVERTISING BATES DUplay Ad rate farnUhed pon applloatlon Local reading Dotloea 10 per Una flrat inauraa Uon, j per Use for each subsequent lnsaraa- Uoo. Resolution of oondoleDoe, $e t er line. -Cards of than In, to per Una. To know one's Ignoranoe li the beat part of knowledge. WRESTLING WITH A GIANT Under the above Caption the Commercial Tribune of Cincin nati. Ohio says; In directing Commissioner Garfield to proceed to an invest igation of the Standard Oil Company with especial refer ence to its operations in Kansas President Roosevelt is preparing to wrftallfl with a cn'nnt onrnnm. tion whose tentacles ' are in every State, and whose course has, hitherto, . been unchecked and apparently uncbeckable It is to be said of President Roosevelt that he fears no man and is trusted by the people of the United States. When he is fully equipped with facts and figures if the Standard Oil com bine is not completely thrown with both shoulders touching the mattress, it will not be for lack of courage skill and the most perfect intergrity of pur pose on the part of the Presi dent. It is claimed by the advocates of the methods of the Standard Oil Company that its principal commodity was never so 'cheap as it has been since the com bine secured absolute control of the output. It is so, in all pro bability, and if the end justified the means, but little could be said against the combine. . But its history is the his'ory of wreck and ruin of men who believed in the right to hold arid control their private prop erty for their own use and beue- ht, to seek a market for their commodities in their own way and to deal .with the consumer after their own fashion while violating no law of city, State or Nation- 'A recent refusal of an inde pendent operator 4in Kansas to sacrifice his oil wells and holdings to the .Standard Oil Company was followed by a severe cut in the price of oil in that State, and by a deliberate and increase of freight rates against him on the railways owned or controlled by the' great combine. The fight is still on between the individual and the corporation, with little doubt of the outcome unless the ong arm of the Federal Gov ernment be interposed on behalf of private rights and aeainst public wrongs It is interesting to note in connection with the coutest to begin against the Standard Oil Company that it will be under the immediate direction of an Ohio man, Commissioner Gar field and he will be the third 01) io man to go against the monster corporation. Moonett went up against it and went out of office and so did Watson both Attorneys General of Ohio but neither had the strength that will be back of the content whioh President iRoosevelt has undertaken and which Com- miaeioner Garfield will conduct In this fight, as in all pothers he has pndertaken, the great body of the people will be witb the Presidsnt, knowing bis cour. age and placing implicit faith in his integrity of purpose La Grande already enjoys a large number of pay rolls, amd we will have more before 1905 is numbered with the past. Our natural conditions are such that a very little effort on our part should secure the estab lishment of a cannery. We grow the proiucts that would keep a cannery busy each sea son, the product of which has an unlimited market. There are also others, but we refer to cherrie, pears, and peas. caanery employs considerable labor. . C1IY ELECTION NOTICE To Whom It May. Concern; Notice ia hereby given that there will be General Eleotion hold la the City of La Grande, Union County, Oregon, oa Morfflay the 13tb .day of Match 1905, for t'.e purpose ot electing a Mayor, Kecori-r, Marshal and Trea surer; of a:'i t.ity to tirve for one yar an !. one , councilman from each war J in suldj City lo servo fur the cer- i two yean. -ne.'polling place in the First WarJ will, be In.the.old Council Chamber, and the following named persona have been appointed to act as judges and olbrkarof said first ward,; Judges, ferry Clark. J L Curtis, and C Rals ton, Clerks, V Warniuk, Ed Coolidge, and Frank "frown , The polling plaoe in the Second Ward will be in the 1' ire Department Building on Elm Street, and fcthe fol lowing named persons have been ap pointed to act as Judges and clerks of said Second Ward, Judges, li W Stoner, m Masterton, and F S New som, Ulerks, Wui Urant, 1 B rioook, and C J Vanderpool. The polling plaoe In the third ward will be in the Ganlolf building on Fourth Street north of Jefferson ; Ave. and the following named persons have been appointed to.act as judges and clerks of .said Third Wrad, Judges, Arthur Williams, Wm Grandy, and R L Lincoln, Clerks, Clare Scriber, W I Bissonett, and C L Thornton. The polling places will be open from eight o'olook A M until seven o'clock P Mof said 13th day of March, 1905. Dated this second day of Feb' 1905. ;heBter' Newlin. Recorder of the City ot La Grande Union County, Oregon. A Touching Story Is the savins from death ot the baby girl of Geo A Kyler Cumberland, Md, lie write; 'At the age of 11 months our little girl was in deoliulng health wnn serums i nroac trouble, andjtwo physicians gave her op We were al most in despair, when we resolved to to try Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption, I'onchs, and Colds. The first bottle gave relief, alter tak ing tour bottles sne was cured, and la now in perfect health." Never fails to relieve and core s conpo or cold At Newlin Drug Store 50o and $100 guaranteed. Trial bottle free Health Means the ability to do a good day's work, witbont undue fatiicue and to And life worth living, i'ou cannot have indigestion or constipation with out its upsetting the liver and pollut ing the blood. Snob a condition may De best ami quickest obtained by tier bine, the beat liver regulator that the world has ever known. Mrs. D W Smith writes, April It, 1002: "I use Heroine, and nnd it the best medioine for oonitipaiion aud regulating tin liver 1 nave ever used." rnoa ou ceutt Newlia Urng Co THE CENTENIflL Mra A. E. Muruulson and UiaiO U. Uura, Props.' BOAEB BT TDK SAT 02 WEEK BOOKS f 1TB OS WITUCII BOARD Bpe lal rat fumUlieJ monthly patron. Tbl house Is nlMulntcly new and la thoroughly citwu from kitchen to parlor. Every room la on the ground floor. All wblta help The table la supplied with all the Kition afTorda. The Ceotenial la centrally looated Admins avenue, between Ore nwood and Kir. La Grande, On-g in. GIFFIN 8 UNDERTAKERS ' C ' FUNERAL DIRECTORS Scientific Embalming. Licensed Ore eon and Montana M Experienced Lady j The only Exclusive La i Our office is .Phone Office in-LewisBuilding, v BLOKLANDBROS Island City, Oregon Breeders of BERKSHIRE aid rOLA. IDC ULNA SWINE. We now have eight young backs, pure .rred, Cots wold and Shropshire, ready for service, an one - need. ingchoice1 bucks, should see these to app t ciate them Young stock always ou hand, and , alw,; a glad to have you call aud see our hogs, as we brer. I them for the Farmer, and ask you to compare our paicoa befor buying some where else. Notary Public Money to Loan Representing the Equitable Savings & Loa Asso ' ciation of Portland, Or., the strongest, safest & most reliable institution on the Pacific coast, under State supervision. Loans made short or long timo to suit. WM. GRANT, Agect Citypropertyfor sale. 4t.i,iM.n,.t.tAt...tfmmtmntl fsMMMaV 1V1 (.'l ain w ! 128 cut ic feet to the wood $3 pm j. rd. This is cheaper than by iha load. I You pay for what you get and get what you pry for. - Phone s7i , JUICY MEATS are the only kinds we sell. The meat that has that rich appear ance and. tickets the palate is the kind you will get Here. Choioe lamb, pork aud veal chops, sirloin, round aud porterhouse steaks and other luxuries in oar line, are sold litru daily huJ p ices lhat ti;e right. HARD WORKERS require good, solid food. Meat is a neoeaeity to such a man and he should have it. All women of the hcuse should have it. All women of the house should provide their hus bands with food , that will strengths them so that they will be ingood condi tion to toll so that the family may live. Bock & Thomas Public Is Aroused The public is aroused to a knowledge of the curative merits of that great medicinal tonic. Electric Bitters, for sick stomach liver aud kidneys, Mary Mary II Walters, of 646 St Clafr Ave, Uolutnbos O, writes: "For several months I was given up to die, 1 had fever and ague mv nerves were wreck 4d I could not not deep, arid my itomach was so weak, from useless lootors dms, that I could not' eat, Soon alter begiuninir to take Klectrio Hitters, I o'iaine4 relief, and in short timet was entirely cured," Goaran eed at Newline drug store, price OOc ! ; i & HOGAN Assistant in attendance Undertaking Parlors in Grande. always open 1751 opposite Somiuer House Insurance KtVSURE i by the Cord cord. 16-inch dtv chain . , H. W. NI3LEY RED FRONT LIVERY BARN Wm..Smitl', Prop, Safe and relit.!)'. ) rigs furn at all times. Special ac comodations furnished to commercial travelers, Phon-. 3-5 WM, SMITH FEcD STORE Hay, Giain and feed. Free delivery to all parts ef the city. Mounta: t trade a specialty. l'hone 1961 Hones, names id wagons bought an I sold - SHADE TREES FOR SALE The undersigned has a limited Quan tity of shade trees w! ioh he will sell at a reasonable price. These trees aie , of the variety kaow.i as the Rook len and- the Gru7 Ash. Parties wishing me to set the trees out may do so by paying fifty rents additional Address J T Jackson, La Grande. Ore- y gon, or phone 1893. . Land Scrip For Sale Unrestricted forest reserve scrip tor - ' sa'e at lowest market prices. My script eeeares title to timbered, farming, (trazing or desert lan 1, ia any quan tity, without reeidi-.ioe or improve mt-nt. Ac dress H M tJsmilton, The Portland, Portland, Oregon. The Best Physic W hen you want a physio that is mild arid gentle, ey to tak and gentle, ensy to take and certain to act alaays has Chamberlain's Stomarh and Liver Tablets. For sale by Newlin Drug Cotnpanv. CHICKENS WANTED We pay ca9'n lor ch icier s, and want all we can get at our new warehouse on Jef fon avenue. Grande Pondk Cash Co. n :