t
Ths attention of the general pablle is called to the
8Ule Grocery Co. Yoa ar in vited to' call, not
to t tha company bet tie goods. Yoa will find
the prices reasonable, and that jour order will b
delivered prompt! with oar own team. Our stock
is complete and contains all that should be
r futmd in first class, up-to-date grocer store
Our cash customers will find that their money re
ceive special consideration. Credit customers
receive fail measure and prompt delivery. Highest
market prices paid (or farm produce. Green .
groceries always kept in season. Hay and .Grain
SEATTLE GROCERY CO.
Mason ie building, Adams Avenue
ZUNDEL & LAWSON, Props.
' . -CI
Oregon Produce Co.
Fbonei76i la GraodfiOregca.
Corner Jefferson Areass aai ' Greenwood Streets
Largest Packing
nouse
In ItJastern Oregon.
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I . A.B.C.
STEAM LAUNDRY
PHONE l85l
La GranieV Oregon.
YOU
Should come to oar I -sundry
when in
of anything from a pleasant
mile to clean liuen
NEED
WASHING
is oar
hubiness
WE DO IT RIGHT
The Nurse and the Doctor
Will tell yoa tbsi the success of a prescription de
pends on the parity of its ingredience. There is
as much variety in medicine as in other merchan
dise. In our preicription-dilling "Qulity" is always
our first consideration. .
You can implicity trust your prescription to us
?uality, accurscy and the right price are the never
tiling trio upon which we think wshave a right to
appeal for yoor patronage.
A. T. HIL.L-,
Registered Pb..r:unciat.
Phone, Farmers Line, 68
Pacific States 1361 La Graade, Or.
$ S$K(,fvT.
CITY BREWERY
JULIUS ROESCH, Proprietor.
Largest Brewing Plant in Eastern Oregon
Ask for La Grande Beer and get the Best
LA GRANDE BEER IS MADE IN LA GRANDE
f AND SHOULD HAVE THH PkEFERENCE.
Ka. Grande Evening Observer
Eatend at la port.Ofice La
Graade, Owyaw, Mooed 1m
KaO KatUr. ' 1
WORLD'S WHEAT CROP
Published daily except Sanay
Ope year in ad vane. . ... .$3 SO
8ix months in' advance , , , .3 CO
Per month.,....,. ...65e
Single copy...... 6c
Saturday, A rpOS.;
aovcsruiiro bates.
Mpif aa
CMS mt thmmtu, to pm ttaaT '
- wseat sk:?ent
From figures given ont by
the Monthly Sammary of Com
merce and Finance of the
United States, issued by the De
partment of, Commerce and
Labor for February 1905,
received by the Observer y ester
day, being the last one publish
ed,' the foUowing' figures show
ing the shipment of .wheat and
floor from Portland Oregon for
the year 1904 are reproduced .
' Wheat ahinod from PnUnA
- - -
4,421,765 ba valued at $3,502790
floor 851 ,60? barrets valued at
13,641,651, barUy 971,745 ba of
the value of $533,915.
Total grain and floor (1 bar'
rel eqoal A bushels) 9,678,
356. ' '
Of the total , of J4,701,S6l
bushels of grain snipped from
the Pacific coast there were,
shipped 9,675,751 from Portland
Oregon.'" "u "'' :" ,!;'
The wheat growing countries
North and South America, Eu
rope, Asia, Africa and Austra
lasia, in 1901, raied 3462,404,
000 bethels of wheat, of which
Tt produced, more than one
half, 1,726459,000 bushels. The
U S that year raised 552,403,000
bushels of, wheat and from, the
above figures., it -appears that
there were but a little over two
bushels of wheat per capita for
the world's population grown.
Ti.peVple! of the Upited. States
consumed in 1933, of wheat,
6 81 bishels pec eapita. When
all the people on eartn dm as
mnch wheat bread as do the
people of the United States, it
will require three times as much
wheat to meet the demand as is
now produced.
. It Oils tae artri-e with rich. rtd
.blood. MakM Mf Onb mmd betltbj
i mi tad woumo. Tom wUI Mot
IMtri Koekr Sloan taia Ta will do.
KnoU, Tm or TsbUU. MtwliaUrug
I "
I Health! Ynoth
! DIomm and BkkaoM Srlnc Old Am
I Borbiao, Uka mry morn ins befor
. imaUMt will fcoop 70 la robaK uetin
"lit Toe toward off duoaw. It cunt
f conotinatloai blUoooMoa. dtspopoU,
I ferrr. akin, llros sod kidney eomplaia-
u. it porlBoB too wood aaa euars
mot mumynunm. wi .- w " wiw
Wbitaer. Tu.wrUee April 3 1903:
"I bare a Harbin aad Bud it U
the bast SMdiclnofor eooUipatloa and
OREGON WHEAT CROP
The Crop Reporter, issaed by
the U S. Agricultural Depart
ment for April gives the condi
tion of winter wheat'iii "Oregon
on April 1 at 90 peri cent, , of a,
fall crop on April 1, 1904 : the
per cent was 96. - ' "' :
1 brougbont the, U 8 on the
above date for this year the per
cent is 91.6 per cent aeainst
76.5 per cent last year on April 1
OUT OF DEBT
Lane county .is aboaj, oat, , of
debt, the coanty treasurer has.
issaed notice to all holders of
county warrants . up. to Jan 9,
1905 to call aud get' their cash.
t t a. : f i : 1 r
The people of Honolulu do
not propose to lose their Jap
anese if they can prevent it.
There is work: to be done there
for which the little V0"!11-. eP
are needed, and the people in
tend to keep the workers if pos
sible. The other day a ship ap
peared with a a eargo cl. coal.
It bad been arranged for her to,
brinzbacka laree ' number of
Japs. She got, that latter, but
the people boycotted the coal as
punishment for the 'offense of.
the owner of the vessel in com
ing after their w6rkers. J
The mau who kindles the fire
with the catalogue from the de-
lVl ':!:'(";! MivJ
pannient liores anu, giv.s nis
trade to the home merchants, is
the man who helps to put a bet
ter, value, on. youf properly. The
more a town grows and . the beU
ter business it does, the more
yonr propeity will grow in value
The man wht patronizes th
city stores, thinking thereby to
save a few. pennies. is simply
detracting from the value of his
own propely ' . !1
Neutrality s$urcd
b Bcrlpps Nws AMooUtloa,
Paris, April UTbe Jroach minis
Ur to Tokio hm asrarad the . Japaaeee
That
Dressed
Feeling
It's something most men ap
preciate. Some of them pay '
pretty high to secure i; othrrs :
wear our ready-to wear and get
it for ba!f the money
We dontask yoa to take our
word lot Ibe txctllence of, oar
Clothing, bat it would
Please Us Immensely
If yoit would come in and look
at the new spring styles.
If you are a merchant tailor's
man, we will gnatantee to sur
prise yoa. '
Paying too much and waitinsr
too long is the "made-to-order"
way. Paying just enough And
getting perfect satisfaction is
our way. We fit all shape;
E $1o to $2o
w ft )
livor troabloi. It doe alt yoa tmi
for It. Imnhl
SOcte a bcttl
a algblr reootnmwd
he Ha Drat 3o
it
I. EASTER CANDY-1
' 'n '! n." i,' i s tH'.l.n -
it -
We have something new.,
for the Easter trade this
iyear,.'t You cannotj afford,
liot to call' knd see what we
lave.to offer. Easter novel
: liea range Jn price this,
year from one cen up. . See,
our window display.
The finest line .ofj hand
made,, Candies ever, shown
in La Grande. We know
our candy is good ' because
we make it our selves, you
'know it is good, when yoa
try it. Call and make the
test.
E. D. SELDER,
'Next door to Post Office.
GIFFIN flOGAN
t UNDERTAKERS
FUNERAL 'DIRECTORS
r ,. r -
:Thc only Exclusive
Undertaking Parlors
in La Grande.
- Scientific Embalming
Ltcenstd in Oregon and
Lady Assistant
Our, office is always, open
Phone 1761 -Office
in Lewis Building,
opposite Sommer House
ASH BROS.!
I CLOTHIERS
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UCMDV JP OADD0
I i n I i i wx; v-y i a a.
rUNERflL DIRECTOR5
LlCENJEbV EnBfUflERS
Lady asaistaLt Callsanawered day and uight,
1,1 rnone sno.mzi. . IJi
' J. C. Henry, residence 664 M
T I Par. .MiJanAS 4fiA I . n...l. n...A. I.J
w. villi) ivfliuvavv vuv VFirgUU i . .
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
3'' Comolete Machine Shoos and Foundrv
General Blacksmith Horse Shoeing and Wagon Work.
Manufacturer of The Fitzgerald Roller Feed Mill
FITZG ERALD,
r- RORIETOf
6w . Aa
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO
0RDEK FRUIT TREES
Brick furnished C in , any
quanity or any style. No
contract too sat all or too
large. See samples of our
.pressed brick.
GEO. KRIGER.
La Grande, Oregon;
I have a good, stock of shade trees, shrubs and vines,
also - American Evergreens far (nnni
breaks, $5 per hundred, $40 per thousand . Weeping
trees for cemeteries. Carnations, three colors, 12 for
$1, Double Daisies, large, three colors. Large 'at:
flowering pansies, all clor8, per dosen 50c. ' $
LA GRANDE NURSERY I
Box 637
Or leave order at Thorn's Grocerv Store. 69
i f
Keep Cool
!.
If jou have no other way call on the "
LA GRANDE LIGHT AND POWER CO.
and secure an
Bates and all prices
will he explained at
the office
Electric Pan
4
4
Oovernmeal' of ' the ' nsatralltf -of
Franee.