CRESCENT GROCERIES
AJRE G-TJ.AJR.A. 3ST T EED
Thir mans your money hack if yon are net
satisfied. Crescent Spices, Orescent Tea, des
cent, Baking Powder, Crescent Extracts.
Full line of Superior Crackers, hest' on earth.
Remember we have oar own delivery wagon
and insure prompt delivery.
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SEATTLE GROCERY CO.
Masonic building, Adams Avenne
ZUNDELL & LAWSON, Props.
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Oregon Produce Co
Phone 1761 U GracJcEOregon.
Corner Jefferson Avenue and Greenwood Streets.
Largest Packing
House
In Eastern Orearon.
Q5o PER BUSHEIjL
Good No 2 apples at the packing house. Call and see
them, they are as good a those offered by peddlers
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STEAM LAUNDRY !
PHONE j i85i
La Granie, pregcn.
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business
WE DO IT RIGHT
CITY BREWERY
JULIUS ROESCH, Proprietor.
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Largest Brewing Plant in Eastern Oregon
Ask for La Grande Beer and get the Best
LA GRANDE BEER IS MADE IN LA GRANDE
AND SHOULD HAVE THh FkEFERENCE.
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All Modern Conveniences
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Best Dining Room Service in Eastern
Oregon: '
A. L. MORRIS,
; Tres.and Manager.
l-a Grande Evening- Observer
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Wednesday. April 5, 1905.
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FORTY "YEARS AGO
When -April opened: fort?
year! ago General 'Grant -at
the head of the "largest armv
that had ever, done battle on
the American continent, was
pounding away on Hhe Confed
erate army under Lee, that was
stubbornly defending Richmond
Virginia; the capital of the
Southern confederacy,' confl J ent
ly hoping to drive Grant and
his array from the atafo. as' he
had previously driven McDowell
zzi IZiCUlltu.' The tate of the
Union was ataked on the - result
of the battle, which -i had then,
MiiU aturnate defeats and vic
tories been' gaiDg on for two
months, and had now reached a
stage that failure "of any special
move on the part of either of
the combatants would prove
wHiffi - iuu aeiermine : toe
issues of the war.17
"On 'April 1, 165; Grant
opened a tremendous bombard-'
ment along his entire line and
ordered three army corps to be'
rendy to attaor Petersburg on1
the mornirijf bfthe '2nd."' Thia'
long line of men' in blue in "the!
morning twilight" Swept likn ti
tidal wave over the protecting
intrenchments of ; )?etersbui'
that bad detained the Unioi
army for mouths, and planted
the starry flag -over that town
This was Sunday and" as Geui
eral Lee's for'cea" it' tnmnltnni
retreat runhed from , the oute
defences ' into Richmond," he
caught the significance of the
disaster that had befallen hiin
and his cause, hurriedly wrote
a note to ij efferson Davis. PresU
dent of the confederacy,' tellinft
mm that, "his outer lines hat
been forced, that he ' cobld rL
sist. only ' i few' hour longe,
and that Richmond must be
evacuated without delay." ' This
waa in the forenoon and Davis
was at church ' when the noe
reached IhimV: 1 Davis and his
cabinet made haste to UavV
Richmond for Charlotte N;
The retreating confederates
prevent a" 1 large "qutfuiity
liquor 'from ; falling ihtd tho
bands of the Federalists at night
fall burst the t calks and - tne
flowing liquor caught Are. T
flames soon communicated
me aojoining ouuaiojri ana by
the morning ofApril 3 a' Ure
part of the city i It in : flame's.
The ttreets i)Oi possessed' r'ytfce
flames were filled 'with : people
latent on plunder; -t,? ,i' ! j
About 7 o'clock on the morn
ing of. the 4th. the advance de
tachments of Unionist; enter
ed the city and - hoisted' the
American flag over the capital
of the dissolving cfnfederacvi '
' On April 9th. at' Appomatoi
General Lee 1 surrendered ,1' bis
army m uen. , urant, , and the
-I L.I I . I s'
lave vuoiuers . . reDeiiian waa
crushed and the Union waa re
'stored. ,!. j
I It ie profitable and proper a
times ti take a retrospect eo . as
to have an intelligent conceiv-
tioa as to what extent our pte-
sent surroundings were deter
mined by events long since
passed. Suppose the scale of
the battle about Richmond bad
balanced different and Grant hi d
surrendered to Lee : instead of
Lee to Grant; ' the confederacy
established and the Union di
vided what would be the present
condition of borne Ufa in Union
county? The prospect of a di
vided Union 'reduced the nation
aTcredit so that a U 8 promise
to pay a 100 cents only brought
50 cents in gold and in Oregon
Jail before the fall of "Richmond
buY"87i Vents." What would
have been the national credit
when that division became a
reality? ' With a national credit
so low; with a discouraged po
pulation and a national debt of
$2,674315,157 an - army dis
banded In disgrace with no
hope of pension, can anf ra
tional person figure out how
bur- present -prosperity ' could
possible be. With Lue victorious
at Richmond there can "be no
doubt but that 'Union county
today would be without railroad
or lelersphfo; 'communications
withoct sea ports and the older
states, without these our large
wheat fields would be impossi
bilities, our ornbr b?s
mills', woolen mills could not
exist without a "more 4 efficient
style of transportation than' . the
pack mule,-ox or horse team.
w ? f n t f 1 1 f twin i i i rri rf f j ivj f
a nnogia ionic uiac orinM ricn
red blood. Makes yon strong, DMltby
bl active, t That's wbt; tiollUteft
Kooky MoanUla To will do. 35 cento
Taaorlableto - - . ,
'. Oil For Bids
Notice Is' hereby k1?d that the
andenlgofd will ' receive sealed bide
on the following described work and
materiel On. and ,. before 4 . o 'clock
p as Wednesday April, 5 1906. For
raralehlnc and laylna 6a ton of the
ground twenty eevea bandred foet
lA'wu more or leea; or one inea gai4
vanteed iron pipe, and fifteen bandied
tlt&OD) more or lees, ol one inch gml4
ranixed iron pipe, to be placed in a
ditch not less than twelve tnchee deep
and properly covered; also eighteen
bandred feet, (1800) more or' leai o
galvanized Iron pipe, also to be plao
ed In a ditch tact less than twelve
inebe deen and d roper If oovered.. the
aid pipe ,to be one half inch pipe, also
twenty etand-pipes with One half Inch
garden Valves. v .:. ;
,A11 bide are to be aocompanltd by
a oerUoed cheek for an amount .equal
to ted per cent of the bid," said -check
to. be retainable when the contract Is
signed, and the said work to be com
pleted by May 1st, tbe weathtr per
mittlng . Before tbe contract iJ ao
oepted, a bond, with approved security
muit be made for the faithful and el-
f cteat Mrformance of tb eea tract ae
cording to BpeotBoatlona
For farther particalare, plans and
peotfloations, oall npoo I B Snook,
at the office of the oity Beoorder.
, i tt unook
SB Haworth
K P tbllders
Trasteee La Grande Lodse IUOlf
No IS
Call For Bids
Notice is hereby given that tbe un
dersigned will receive sealed bids, np
uaut tour o'oioca pnot wed need r
the 6th day of April. 1906, for tbe con
struction of a reservoir, sufficiently
large to contain one hundred
thousand (100,000) gallons, the said
reeervoir to be stoued or bricked up,
and cemented on tbe inside, the, con
tractor to do all the excavating, and
the said reservoir to be completed on or
before Hay let, 1903, toe weather per
mitting. A bond ehall be furnished
by tbe contractor witb eeearlty tor the
completion of the reservoir in a pop
er, faithful and workmanlike manner.
All bids must be aooompanied by a
check for ten per cent of tbe amount
of the bid, the aald eheok to be re
turnable to the depositor when the con
tract Is signed For further informs
tion oall upOa I R 8nook at the office of
tbe Ulty recorder, signed.
i-.S. . oMIHIK, -.
8. B. HAWOKTH,
F. P. GUILDERS
Trustees of La Grande Lodm I O O
F No. 18. J.
Notice Of Proposed Street
Improvement
To Whom It May Concern; Notice la
nerecy given or tne propueed improve
ment of P Street, in the city of La
Grande, Oregon, by the cone traction
ofa eevea loot side-walk along the
orthelde of the block No 67 of
Chaplin's addition,' in ,aid city, and
a croee walk aoroai Third Street " ex
tending weat of aald Block No 67. Bald
walk to be conatreoted at tbe exoenee
of abutting property owners.
nottoe is nereoy runner given, tbat
unless said propoeed Improvement ie
deieated by remonstrance etncd by
tbe abutting property owners, and
Sled with tbe undersigned on or before
tbe fith tJay of April, -1906, weld aide
walk will be ordered conartucted by
the Council of the City of La tirvide.
Union CountyOregoji:. ,.
lMtted it U Grande Oregon, tht
14th day 0lMajrcH, li5. .
v 'IBSnook
Beoorder of the city of La Grande,
Union ocunty, state of Orvgon.
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i Have .
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Have you seen Our
new . spring suits
Coals extra long-, wide
collars and lapels,
shapely shoulders,'
wide trousers, with all
the late kinks in the
cut and tailoring?
If you have not
seen them ' you're
missing something.
t The Swcllcst Suits of the Season are Here j
Single and double breated, in the new brown and
gray mixtures, or in broken checks ar d stripes.
Our spring suit display will certainly be a feast
for the man who wishes style and durability at a
moderate cost, say $10 to $20.
Our $15 suits aie particular favorites.
ASH
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OUTFITTERS
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THE FINEST EVER
Tailored Turbans Dress Hats
Cordays New Veilings
Ombre Ribbons Pretty lace Collars
Handsome Jetted Collars
E M WELLMAN & CO
Ija Grrunde - Oresron
Notary Public Insurance
Money to Loan
Representing the Equitable Savings & Loan Asao- '
ciatiou of Portland, Or., the strongest, safest A most '
reliable institution on the Pacific coast, under State !
supervision. Loans made short or long time to suit. 1
WM. GRANT, Agent J
Oity property for sale. ' :
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We Want te clear the house befors Msrch lit si we expect a carload S
of Will Wspei to a arrive on that date. We uvc more Wall Paper 0
now an hand than all tk nik n.-... .1 "
REDUCTION SALE
W have made np our mindt to sell every roll of Wall Paper in our '
store before the next spring; stock arrives, and In order to insure a J
eomplrts clean-up we have cut the price rejardlus of former price
Wall Paper from 5 cents up
.now on hand than all the other paper houses !n the county. There
sore yon win nave a greater variety to select from. Our present
stock Is complrtt
Stackland & Mdarlilen
FJAINTS. eihS AND 61 .A5S
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IT'S NOT TOO UTE TO
ORDEK FRUIT TREES
1 have a good stock of shade trees, shrubs and vines
also American Evergreens for fencing and wind
breaks, $5 per hundred, $40 per thousand . Weepinc
trees for cemeteries. Carnations, tbree colors, 12 for
$1. Touble Daisies, large, three colors. Large
flowering pansies, all colors, per dosen 50c.
LA GRANDE NURSERY
Box 637
Or leave order at Thorn's Grocery Store.