Oregon Produce : Co
Phone 1761
La Grande, HOreca.
Corner Jefferson A?enne ndGreenwocd Streett
Largest , Packing; ,
House, .
In Eastern Oearon.
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The Nurse and the Doctor
Will tell you that the success of a prescription de
pends on the purity of its i Ingredience,' There is
as much variety in medicine as in other merchan
dise.. .In pur prescription-fiJUng ."Ojility" is always
out first consideration. : ' '
You can implicity trust . your prescription to us ,
quality, accuracy and the right price are the never
failing trio upon which we think weave a right to
appeal for your patronage. ,
a.t.;hill,
Registered Pharmacist. .
'Phone, Farmers Line, 68
Pacific States 181,
La Graode, Or.
CITY
JULIUS ROESCH, Proprietor,
BREWERY
Largest Brewing, Plant, in Easicrn Oregon
Ask. for La Grande Beer and get the Best
LA GRANDE BEER IS MADE IN LA GRANDE
AND SHOULD ; HAVE Tift, r-KEFERENCE.
Keep
Cool
If jou have no other way call on the
LA GRANDE LIGHT AND POWER CO.
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and secure an
Bates and all prices
will be explained at
the office
Electric Fan
A Dandy F.or Burns r ...
Dr Bergln, Pana, Ills, writes; ' i
nave used Ballard's Mnow Liniment:
always recommended It to my, friend
ul im confident there ii no better
mide. "It ta a : dandy for I oros,
Tboe who live on ferae are especially
liable to many accidental oats, bams,
braises, which heal rapidly when
Ballard's Seow Liniment Is applied.
It should always be kept In the bouee
for tmses of emergency ,M 26o. 6O0
1 00 botUeNewifn Prog Co '
Resolution
Don't Forget
. Pemember, stoma photos -at 25 eta
a dozenthla month only, at the Taylor
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Be it resolred aud oidered, that all
cement sidswalki now provided tor
and require! to be bail! upon Adams
Avenue and Depot 8treet, In the city
of La Grande, Oregon, be ordered eon
stracted br the owners of the abutting
property, in the manner provided by
ordinance,- and completed by the first
uay ui Aoguei iw Ana it is hereby
made the doty of the street soperin
tendeat to notify, ear- Owners of the
oonteuts of this order
, , J u SLATER. Mayor
I, I R SNOOK, Recorded of the City
? La.Urmnde, Ore, hereby certify
ajoorreet, transcript
of the pr Iginal, . 4.1SoJ
Eat leas and live longer.
a Grande Evening Observer
TT tT BEOS, Editors A Pr pe
Entered at the. lPot03o at La
Grande, Oregon,, as geoocl C1m
alaU Matter. ' T
Published daily except Sunday
One year in advance. .. . . ;$6 60
Biz monthe-ja adyauca .S EO
Pe?. month C5
Single eopy . .............. .60
Tuesday, tApril 25l9Q5.t
A DVCBTiailf a RATKH
Display Ad relee rarnUkad moam BiOLiinn
u nuiai hum 10s per llM Orel
noo.se per UMBeeceauUraeDt Ii
Uon. . ft
KsoleUoaa of eoadolence. ta . m lfn.
Oarde ef thaalu, 6e per Uaey
EMPIRESLOW BUT SURE
The story- of the- discovery
exploration andd settlement 0
flower pilgrim 235 years ago.
American independence was
declared 220 years ago. Lewis
and Clark crossed the continent
to the, PaciEa Northwest 100
years tjo. The . United Stale
finally, 1 acquired the Oregon
country, by bright of , discovery
and exploration after forty
years of haggling and -joggling,
55 year a ago J ' " Westward I the
Ceorseof Empire Ukes iU War"
but until three, score .years ago
it took its war most deliberately
and with dignified slowness.
; ,But after, getting our clutches
firmly fixed upon - this Oregon
country, we have pushed for
ward the work of development
With erat fvinr raniditV. ' With
t. 1.1-" (.. 1 r .
thai extension of the railroad and
the invention of the telegraph.
distance has been , annihilated
auo; iU, waa, distance, which,,, was
the Oregon Country. ' to which I the main factor in keenine this
, n-r-ir. ... ( CF
the Lewis and Clark Centennial great region undeveloped for so
Exposition at Portland .is .raw-
ing tbfl attention of ,tbe, wor
A eft.W
presenu some or tne moat:, as-.
m&ny generations, alter the east-
ern.part of America, was settled.
The Pacific coast was so remote
had,fu-go$ten,,., Nojr U i but , a
few day's trip by rail from New
To) k and a- few seconds time by
Oregon and her sister states of
the PACiq.W.eare yet coin
parativejy. infants..., , There, is
room for, many millions of peo
ple in addition to those now liv-
ipg in. these . states, and the
Lewis and Clark' Exposition no
doubt will be tbe means pf draw
ing a large increase of desirable
population.
The Jot oyer the. ! orlainated ia
an aooent which wi pat oyer the letter
when doubled or idaoed next a "a" a
praotloe traoed back, to the, eleventh
oaDtary. , In the twelfth century the
accent ocean la tbe , oombinatiou of
Mi" with other letters, and in the four-
tesnth oentory the aooent was changed
to a dot first inatanoe In USS 1327
which became onWeratl when printing
made It inconvenient to -retain both
forms, s
Originally IV and "J" were modi.
fled forms of the tame letter. In tbe
fliteenth century the "i' ut the be
giOQlng.oLa.word eaa lengthened and
ornamentally turned to the left, while
la the middle of a word It was unalt
ered. Both forms were dotted, and
after the Initial "V' . became 'j .' :
. ... if .
eeparaM leiier ana a consonant, itsttil
reuined itedot This is , limited as
tully to the small V bat abroad It
may be seen also over the capital
letter. London Telegraph.
it-
h Now is the Title
Corns and have some stamp photos
taken while they are so cheap at the
Taylor Btudlo.
' SEWERS AND PIPE
See J H Uhllds for septic sewers and
sewer pipe Leave ordere at the La
Grande Marble Works. . . 5 7
t0ni8hing aspects. Perhaps the ffomciyilijation that bee felt, as
laci inaKiarouiesjiue greatest Joaquin Aiiuer naa expressed it.
degrees of astonishment , in the ! that it was ft land that even Qod
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up-io-aaie, nusutng citizen - 01
tdday is that such a tone period'
01 time was, requuedjort taking
possession of this vast- territory
after its discovery andexplorar
u Tbe coast line of Oregon . and
'Washington was known ' to ma-
'rAV.j-!'-4. ?..--
1 lucre gonerauons.. Deiore me
interior was explored, and maps
more or less accurate were mad
from time ' to . time.' Spanish, I
vukvu.xrivieutu Bou,n4iBBian
navigators viedwith each other
in exploring tbe coast, but prac
tically no attempt was made- to
explore the interior of thecoun-
v7.uhm feoqpn,?enerBonj a
hundred years ago, senjuMe'rirr
wether Lewis and William Clark
fropo t.Louis lifV the ( Misaouri
river to its headwaters,, 'acr'qas
the mountains and plains and
downthe Colntnbisj river to, its
moutl,.),, ' ' V
'' Bnteven. after Uncle, Sam,
with that rare Yankee 1 shrewd
ness which he is supposed t to
possess, had . penetrated this
great unknown te.rritoryl(.biect
ing it fromidejto sde Jit iwas
more thau forty years before
anytbincj.like adefiniteinten
inteitior of BetUeuenUAn co
operation took, form. Though
from the journal of Lewis and
G!arkand,tie of some of
thejrinejaJtf djsnctly evi
dent that "the Oregon Country"
was aland magnificently, opu
lent in promise, a- land crying
for settlers .and 'developers - even
aa babiea. 'ery,',. ier pitcheif "fit
milk, foil two score yeara .passed
before a nation finally took pos
setsiouof the regiop,,' "cplonii
ed'l it and began ,tq" make it . a
part of the civilised world;- -1
.True,, there was a. dispute t. as
to it, ownership, ' Great,, Bri&jto,
and the . United Statea. both,
claimed the : Oregon Countrr,;
and each appeared to have soine
y'r'ISt i.YeV !ll rFed
forty years to settle this matter
and during all thai time Oregoa
and WasUingtou aud Idaho ' as
now named audkupwn reuiain-
ed wilneruea8es,.with,huta.8trag
gling settlement here and there,
and those settlements harassed i
by hostile Iudians apd exposed
to the .natural peri)s) of remote,
outposts.
The history of the actual, de
velopment of Oregon and her,
sister states in the territory ac
quired by .treAiy with Great
Britain in J81Sris.the history of;
less than sixty years t f heroiq
effort and high achievment.
America was " discovered 413
years ago. Jamestown was col
onised, by by the r English 29
years Ago.. Ply mpujtn, Rock waa,
touched by the tread, of thaMy-
It
That
Wet. Dressed;
Feeling-
our
ta "
It's something moat men ap
preciate.' Soure; of them," pay
' rrettv hiirh to sacare it: others
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""wear our ready-to wear and get
Pn ror na:r. tne money,.
.We don't &sk von ta .. t&ke
Kiford -for' tjie excellence oflour
VlUkUlUg, UUI Jk WUUIU
t J Please, U$s Immensely
If von would come-in and look
P at the new spring styles.
L If you are a merchant tailor's
uibu, no win guiiiauvee. mi but
P' orise von ' ' '
Paying too much, and . waiting
' too lonz is the "made-to-ord er"
F wav. Pa vine lust . enough and.
t--getting perfect , satisfaction is
r our way., we nt au sbapes;
stno to $20 ,
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THE ; FINEST EVER
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Tailored Turbans Dress Hats
Cordays . New Veilings .
Ombre . Ribbons Pretty lace Collars
Handsome! Jetted Collars
; EWELLMA&rqQ,
JLa Grande - Ores-on
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HENRY &. CARR
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Health Ii Youth . r
Dlssass and Hkknesa Bring Old Age
' Heiblne. tmluiti mti mnrninff hafiw
breakfaetwlU keepyoa in robust he&lh
fit rev to ward off wdiaease. It cores
constipation tllioaioeis, dyspepsia,;
feysr. akin. Urea and kidney com plain -to;
It parities the' blood and eleara
the oomplexloa. I Mrs D W flmith
Whltna. Teze. writiia Anvil a 1(M1.
'I have need Heroine and find it is
the beet medicine lor contel nation inri
liver troubles. It does all 70a claim
tot 11 1 can . nigniy. recommend , it.
Wots a bottle-Nelin Drag Co.
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BRICK "BRIir
irickt furniahftd,. an any
iuanity;or any styles- No
intract.too ssaall of too
Urge, See, samples of our
fesftlbriek '
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La Grande, OregXnw
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PUNLR1L . DIRECTOR5
LKENJEb EflBrlLflERS
Ladjj a8sivstai.t CaUs'answere.d day and night,
i Phone No. 2 1.
hi J. 0. Henry, residence 664
! J. J. Carr, residence 386 La Qrande Oregon
1 1 Say SI I S llaaaTari aaw-r-ai siii a 1 a n tmn 1
, ., . mai v lm am a ammm
Old Jewelry made to look like new
Clocks taken care ot
WENNOW JUiT rVrlAT
JS NEEDED, AND KNOW
JUST HOW TO ADMIN
ISTER THE DOSE
Bring it to the store and
we will give it the required
repairs. If it is past fixing
we 'will tell you ho, and
stop , the expense. If we can
fix it we will do so at a
moderate cost. Watch re
pairing is our specialty.
J. It PEARE,
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Are You Going to Discard Your old Carpet
See
W. H. BOHNENKAMP,
The largest line of carpets ever brought to La Grande
now on- display., Something entirely new ix vXor
covering; as cheap as matting, far prettier, and much
more durables Be sure to examine it aa it is just
what is needed where ,ou want something good and
inexpensive. - Linoleum, in all grades and widths
WALL PAPER AT LESS THAN COST
bh 1 I is 1 in 11
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