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ROOMS WITH BATH
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Best Dining Room Service In Eastern
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J.F.DORPAN,
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A. L. MORRIS,
Tree. and Manager.
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Notice to the patrons of La Grande Light aud Power Co.
' That on and after, January lit we will install a' day
circuit in this city and take this meant of notifying our
Eatrons," Any changes to be made in lights which cen not :
e turned off during the day should be arranged as soon as
possible. . .Those desiring power can confer with us at any
time regarding prices of motors, rates, etc. We have motors
pncea as iouows u o. 04 oan p ranciaco;
h. p. . . . . . . .$ 87 75
hp 44 60
h p ...... ;i 85 60
hp ...... .i 104 15
hp 123 85
5h. p. ...... ..$192 00
10 h p 279 75
15 hp 887 70
20 h p ........ 452 50
80 h p 555 65
To this price must be added freight from San Francisco to
La Grande.
Shipping weights
i hp 8 phase
top
1 bp
2 hp
3 hp
5 hp
7i hp
10 np
15 hp
20 hp
30 bp
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120 lbs
,,155 lbs,
,242 lbs
, 845 lbi
425 lbi
form K
: form K
,, form K
form K
form K
form K
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I hp single phase
bp
1 hp
2 hp
3 hp
5 bp M "
, 810 lbs form L
,., 950.1b i form L
1175jlbs form L
1430 lbs form L
,2345 lbs form L
2980 lbs form L
225 lbs
, 270 lbs
275 lbs
380 lbs
- 465 lbs
680 lbs
670 lbs
820 lbs
1075 lbs
1350 lbs
2300 lbs
2810 lbs
For information call at office oi.
LA GRANDE LIGHT AND POWER 00.
GITY '.BREWERY
JULIUS ROESCH, Proprietor.
Largest Brewing Plant inJEasiera Oregon
Ask for La Grande Beer, and get the Best
S L A GRANDE BEER IS MADE IN LA GRANDE
AND SHOULD HAVE THh INFERENCE.
, When you want
the Best
PHONE 1851
A B. G. Steam Laundry
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1 4 Grande Evening Observer
T tT UEOS Editor tPrpt
Entered at th fPoitOfflce at La
Urande, Oregon, aa 8eoond Clau
Mail Matter.
Published daily except Sunday
Qne year in advance $6 60
six months in advance. . . .3 5J
Per month 65c
Single copy 5c
ADVERTISING BATES
DlapUj Ad rata tarnished ipon application
Local nadiog ootloea 10a pw line Brat ituurta
Uon, 5 per tin fur each sabiteqaent laiuraa
. Uon.
Reaolutlom of ooodoleBea, 50 rer Una,
Card of thanks, 60 per Una.
YE GOOD OLD TIMES NO 2
In a recent article, wherein an
attempt was mpde to briefly ill
ustrate borne life in "ye good old
times" in the U S from tbe
Revolutionary war to 1840, no
mention wa,s made of the part
t-.-l.l ! T it!.
mvubu in ar
ticle, an effort will be made to re
freeh the memories of those who
are piniog for the good old
days wherein our grand mothers
were so happy.
In those days there were neith
er cook stove?, sewing machines
nor washing machines. The
women cooked the family food
on and before an open fireplace;
made all the soap for family use
by combining the lye leached
from an old ash hopper filled
with wood ashes and then boiled
with soap greese in a big iron
kettle.
' Nearly all tbe clothing worn
by the mass of the American
people in the good old days,
now so patheticully piued for,
was made by tbe women folks
in their homes from flax, hemp,
cotton and wool. The flax was
grown on the farm, when ripe
was pulled by hahd, the whole
family taking part in the opera
tion of pulling and binding the
flax into shelves. Later on the
teed was knocked out and the
flax was spread on the meadow to
rot; after which it was taken up
hound in sheaves by hand,
broken, scutched and hackled.
The residue of this process was
fiue Btraight flax fiber and
tangled tow. From this on the
women took exclusive charge,
the flax was spun into sewing
thread, or threads for weaving
into linen for garments, table
clothes, sheets, pillow slips or
towels. The spinning was done
on a little wheel at which the
grandmothers sat working the
tredle with her foot, that made
tbe wheel go around with a ceas
less buzz and the fliers that took
the flax from tbe spinners
fingers and twisted it into thread
aud wound it upon a spool.
Then came the band loom that
was run by the diligent use of
both hands and feet and linen
was made at the rate of five cr
six yards per day. The linen
was thtu cut into shape for gar
ments and fewed by baud, f r
there were no eewiog machines
iu those days. There are pro
bably more than one man or
woman in Uuion county who can
recall how he or she used to
thread grandmothers needle for
her, and sometimes got a gentle
chiding because she discovered
the marks of his or her teeth
upon the ball of beeswax which
he carried around her neck by
means of a cord, to have handy
to wax ach thread and make it
follow the ueedle through the
cloth without futzing.
The process of converting the
wool grown on the home flock
of sheep into garments was
epually tedious and much more
laborous. After the men sheer
ed the sheep the women
took tbe wool in hand,
washed, puked aod often
where there was no carding
machine in the neighborhood
carded it into rolls, spun it into
yarn, wove it into cloth or knit it
into sacks,, stockings, gloves or
mittens. The rolls were spun
into threads on a big wheel with
a single spindle by a process that
required the spinaer to travel
something like 12 miles per day
6 miles of which was paced back
ward, to do the usual task of
turging out a dozen cuts or thiee
skeins per day. A cut is 120
threads each 12 feet long. In
addition to this pacing backward
and forward the spinner had to
keep the wheel going by deft
pushes on the spokes thereof,
and also to wind the threads upon
the reel, tie each cut of 120
threads together and when four
cuts were reeled, twist the four
into a hank.. All this treading
back and forth was generally
done by girls on a puncheon
floor, barefooted to save shoe
loonier One man. in the wool.
en mill at Union, in the eame
time that our grandmothers
were 60 joyously ringing, 'Oh
dear mother! my feet are sore.
Spinning over the puncheon
floor." and making one thread,
will make 240 such threads with
machinery run by water power
instead of grandmother power.
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GIFFIN & - HOG AN
, UNDERTAKERS
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Scientific Embalming.
Licensed Oregon nd Montana
. Experienced Udy Assistant in ttendance ,
tThe only g Exclusive Undertaking Par lor s in
i La. Grande.
, Our office b always open
! Phone 1761
Office in LewU Building, opposite Sommer House j
CIIY ELECTION NOTICE
To Whom It Alajr Concern; Notice
la hereby giveu that there will be a
General Election held la the City of
La.Graude, Union Count, Oregon,
on Monday the 13th day of March
19U5, for t'.e iurpoae of electing a
Mayor, (-'.floori', Marshal and Trea
surer, of -a'l i.ity to irre for One
font anl one, councilman from each
war J n bld.CHy lo ser for the
r-ii two years.
-ue.'polling place in the First Ward
will.be inthe.old Council Chamber,
aud the following named persons have
been appointed to act as judge and
clerks of said first ward,, Judges,
Perry Clark, J L Curtis, and C Rals
ton, Clerks, v Warnick, Ed Coolidge,
and Frank HJrown
The polling place in the Second
Ward will be in the 1 ire Department
Building on Elm Street, and kthe fol
lowing named perso.ia hare been ap
pointed to act as judges and clerks o(
aid Second Ward, Judges, 11 VV
Stoner, vim Masterton, and F U New
aom, Clerks, Win Urant, 1 R Snook,
and C J Vanderpool.
The polling place in the third ward
will be in the Ganglon building on
Fourth Street north of Jefferson .Ave.
and the following named persona have
been appoiuted to.aot as judges and
cleiks.of.sald Third Wrad, Judges,
Arthur Williams, Wrn Grandy, and
R L Lincoln, Clerks, Clare Siriber,
W I Bissonett, and C L Thornton.
The polling place will be open
from eight o'clock A M until seven
o'clock P M oi said 13th day of Maron,
1905.
Dated this second day of Feb 1905.
Chester 1 Newlin.
, Reoorder of the City of La Grande
Union County, Oregon.
JUICY MEATS
are the only kinds we at 11.
The meat that has tbat rich appear
ance and tickets the p. late Is the kind
you will gt here.
Choice lamb, pork aud veal chops,
sirloin, round and porterhouse ettaksg
and other luxuries In our line, are
sold here daily 'and prices that are
HARD WORKERS
require good, solid food. Meat ie
a necessity to such a man and h
should have it. All women of the
be use should hove it. All women
the house should proviJe their hu
bands with food tbat will strenstitn'
them so that they will be iogood coodi
uon to toll so that the family may
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Bock & Thomas
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!iand Citv, Oregon
Breeders of BERKSHIRE and POLAN DOU1N A
8 WINE.
' We now Jiave eight young backs, pure bred, ( Cots
woM and shropshire8r ready for service, anyone need
ing choice. bucks, should see these to appreciate them
Young stock always on hand, and always glad to
have von call and see our hogs, as we breed them for
the Farmer, and ask you to compare our paicos befor
buying some where else. .
Notary Public Insurance
i Money to, Loan
Representing the Equitable3avings & Loan Asso
ciation of Portland, Or., the strongest, safest & most
reliable institution on the Paciflo coast, under State
supervision. Loaua made short or long time to suit.
WM. GRANT. Arent
t , Citv nronertv'for Hal a.
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t l. UU ;MKASURK $
CM ain W(, cd by the Cord
.128 cubic ftetto. the cord. 16-inch dry chain
wood 3 per x rd. This is cheaper than by the load.
You pay tor what you get and get what you pay for.
H. W NIBLEY
f Phone 571
G. FOWLER
- Truck and
Transfer
Wood and Coal
Phone 1611
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All ordergiven prompt
attention.
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RED FRONT LIVERY BARN
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rin. omun, rrop,
Safe and reliable rigs furn.
at all tirces. Special ac
comodations furnibhoii to
commercial travelers,
Phone. 8-5 i 1
WM, SMITH FEED STORE
Hay, Giain and feed. Free
deliverv to all parts ef the
city. Mountain trade a'
specialty. Phone 1961
Horw. harneia and wagons 7
bought and sold :
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L ATTfitffnn . &
uicKiiiwa WANTED
We pay cash lor chickens.
aug want an we can get at
our new warehouse on JV
eon avenue.
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LA, GRANDE
MARBLE WORKS
E. C. DAVIS, Proprietor.
Complote assortment of fin
est marble and gran it
fclwayson hand. Estimates
cheerfully furnished upon
application.
Headstones and Monuments
A Specialty
SHADE TREES FOR SALE
The nnd( rs'gned has a limited qunn .
tlty of sbad r-ss whioh he will soil
at a reasonable r 'ce. These trees e
of the variety known at tbe Rer
Em a.-l the Gray Ash. Parties
wishing me to set the trees out may
do so bj navins flrt . j j .
Address l T Jackson, La Grande, 0. 0
gon, or phote 1893.
of .
is -JJyTnannfacture Butter
Pj- ;ificm aweet cream. Our
.utte is full weight and
, guarauieea Leave ordere
; at jj u. weKennon's
jummerville Creamery Assn
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WXMCBRIDE,: Agent,
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