La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 08, 1905, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Textt I" . i Irs 1 v Everything you want" want for that ; Sunday, Winner Is"AwaitingIYour;Order at . O. ' R ALSTON'S .NEBRASKA GROCERY STORE (Uoi. Fir and JeffersonjSla. OUK SPECIALTY Full Ui e "I'erferred Stock" (hnred Goods. SHOES V Good School Shoes a specialty .eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaa..... A B. C. STEAM LAUNDRY I 'PHONE j i85l LaGranie! k Oregon. S ."7'A"T T Should come to our: Laundry' X JJ when in 3 ' --rj i NEED WASHING of. anything from a pleasant emile to clean linen 5 our business WE DO IT RIGHT awaataaa fcil a- -a . EST note bommer $R01D( BRJl LeeB ' WE CATER TO COMMERCIAL ' ', , ' TRADE " " ' ' ' ROOMS WITH BATH SSTEAM HEATS All Modem Conveniences Best Dining Room Service in Eastern Oregon. Keep Cool If on have no other way call on the LA GRANDE LIGHT AND POWER CO. and secure an Bates and all prices will be explained at the office Electric Fan $ Notary Public Insuran BARGAINS In Improved City Property in Good Location W M. GRANT, A gent SMMM MH FULL MEASURE . Cbain W-cdJ by the Cord 128 cubic feet to the cord, 16-inch dry chain wood $3 per cord. This is cheaper than by the load. You pay lor what you get and get what you pay for. - Pbone57i H. W. NIBLEY. tllttlttlllliHIHfiliaptrttsiisiii Taxpayers'. Meeting Pennant to a general call for the taipayere of Union county to meet la this elt Saturday to disease the present system of, aaeessment, aboot sixty responded from the varloaa nra clnc'a. Hon. O D Hoffman, vaa ehoeen chairman, and stated that tie meeting waa ready to bear suggestions, . L Oldenberg, after a .few remarks, called for depot aaaeaaor T A Bine hart, who waa present, to Inform the meeting what the system af the Assess or's offloe waa thla year. Mr. Blnehart, la response, stated that it waa the intention of the aaaeaa or to aaaeaa aU property at Ita actual cash ralae and that ha waa ready to anawer all questions that was possible, and that later In the meeting he would state what the aaresaor had in structed him to informs the cltliens at thla maatlng. -. Ex -Judge O P Goodall aet the meet iLg straight m to why it waa called: that many were apprehenaive regarding the new change, wherebv Drorjertw U to be assessed at fall Talae Instead of one third aa in former years ; He abowed plainly that Aaaeaaor Morton waa limply following the law. That mia waa not a new law bat has been on the law books for years. That un der a former system whereby the state tax waa based upon the ralnation of taxable property within the state, that in order that each count mlsht eaearja aa much of the state tax possible, that it anally resulted to tha aaaeaeora of ths rarious counties vlelns with' eaoh other In reducing tha actual raluation to aa low a point as possible, fadge Goodall stated that Maltno. mah county was not assessed to exceed 10 per cent. Bat now as tha atate tax waa baaed upon tha aotaal axDcneea, of each county, tha nidation waa Imma- terlal. He commended the notion taken b the citlxens at this time and said that daring his term as assessor ho would only hare been too clad to hare had the assistance of the people in soon a manner, and suggested that a commit tea be appointed to assist the aaaeaaor In hla work. : Mr. Goodall stated that there were certain interests that hare great In fluence in tha atate and that it la al most impossible for any aaseieor to do hia fall duty. ' He referred mainly to tha railroads, and to cite an Instance referred to tha faot that last tear the rallroada wera assessed at 18300 ' but later the county court cut It down to 5500. He then went on to abow that in tha beginning thia road cost about 36,000 and was capital ixed at $74,000 and, according to their reports filed, oleared between three and four per cent, since which time tha road has been greatly Improved and tha busi ness largely Increased. Ha showed how thla same company waa assessed in California at $17,000 per mile and at $10,000 per mile in the. states of Washington and Idaho. Deputy assessor ftinehart then read the law and stated the assessment this year would follow the law. Ha spoke for over one half an hour going Into the details of the taxation question and extended a pressing Invitation for the taxpayers to call at tha assessor's office and examine the assessments, not only of their own, but that of their neighbors, and If they thought any In justice waa being dona, the offloe would certainly investigate. That the taxpayers bad another opportunity to adjust. In oase they thought they wars not receiving fair treatment, at tha hands of the assessor, to Distant their oase before the Bosgl of Equalization. ue empnatloally denied the report that there had been a collusion or compact between the O R 4 N Co. and the assessor's offloe, whereby the com pany would not fight the proposition of being assessed at 12,000, and asked the taxpayers to wait and see if they Jid not have the nerve to assess the rallroada of thia county, and also for them to watch the values they would place on Adama Avenue in La Grande. A general discussion took place re gardinghow valuea ahoald be tained. Some preferred the Henry ueorge ay stem, others one way and another. The fruit men made tha strongest plea on the ground that their orcnaras were their crop and, as the wheat, hay and other crops were not taxed, their orcharda ahould not be. It was shown that orchards wera not taxed until they bora. It was also stated that the best lands in tha valley were being assessed this year at $40 par acre aa agalust $13 and 15 heretofore. Finally, a committee finnalailni nf P Davis of La Grande preolnot, T T Glenn of Summerville and Geo. Miller of the Cove waa appointed to select a committee from the various precincts of the county to asalat the assessor in arriving at equitable values and thoy reported aa follows: La Grande, O P ys aa uooaain wove, Geo. Miller; Union, Nels Sohoonover; florth Powder, How ardCampteU; Summerville, J L Mo Klnnia; Elgin, Jamea Meaterten ; Alioel J W Lyttle. 8e ator McDonald arrived at tha close of the meeting and responded to ssvsral questions as to the change in the assessment laws passed at the last legislature, and replied with the ex ception ol extending the time fire yeera more tor providing for the present system af ai ranging for atate taxea, there was no change. He, however, was of the opinion that we ware about the only county la the atate assessing at foil value and ha waa afraid that tha next legislature might change the law and then, with our high assessment we might be forced to pay a greater por tion of the atate tax than other counties He also thought that this meeting sboulc meet again next Saturday as Senator Walter Pierce would be present and aa he had given both aides consid erable consideration, he thought be would be able to give valuable advice and the meeting so adjourned. SAD DEATHS IN BAKER CITY News comes from Baker City that the daughter of Mr. T N Promt, the wall known eastern Oregon stockman of Baker City, had tha misfortune to lose his only child, Mrs. Knspp Dool. sy, early Sunday scorning from the effects of an operation for appendicitis, having had a vary bad case. The loss to Mr. Profflt is doubly aad owing to the faot that he lost his wife only aix months ago, and his daughter waa his only comfort.. On the same day that Mrs. Dooley was operated on, Mrs. Horace B Ryd er was also operated on for tha aame cause these two ladles being insepar able companions for years, and Mrs. Byder died on Friday and Mrs. Dooley Sunday morning, making the case a vary aad and strange one. The two had only been married several monthe, and their fanerala ware con ducted from the Presbyterian church la Baker City Monday afternoon, being attended by mauy friends oi the two deceased. A Card of Thanks To the many kind friends who ao generously asaisated us during the laat Illness, and - burial of our beloved father, we wish to express our heart felt thanks, and may the God of love be merolful to you. The Daughter's of H W Roberts. Anarchist Captured Boms May 8 The anarchist; Vlttorio Jsflel has been arrested . at Cairo, BgTPtf Jsffel, who Is 27 years old, came Irom Patterson, N J with Brcrai, the assassin of King Humbert. Shortly before King Humbert waa assassinated Jaffei went to Switzerland, where he met Brasoi and Breast's accomplice in the m aider of the Italian king, whose death the three plotted. After the assassination Jaffei waa arrested at Berne, but owing to there being no extradition treaty ' between Italy and Switzerland, be' could not be delivered to the Italian authoritiea. A court at Milan In 1001, however,' tried Jaffei and sentenced him to solitary confine ment for life. It is state i that Jaffei had expressed his Intention of murder ing King Vlotor Emmanuel. Several, members of ths Order of Railway Conductors from ths west arrived in the oity this morning and caught the special here for Portland. - Baby sleeps and growa while mammy rests it Holiister's Rooky Mountain Tea Is given. It Is the greatest baby medicine ever offered loving mothera 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Newlin Drug Co. While a bilious attack is decidedly unpleasant it is quickly .over when Ghamberlalo'a Stomach and Liver Tableta are used. For sale by Newlin Drug Co . . ROFESSiONAL CACCk PHYSICIANS DR. A. L RICHARDSON, Physician and Surgeon. " Cfflo or Hill's Dreg Star, Office rhoos 1& , N. MOLITOR, M, D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Corner Adams aTeaaeaiia Depot 84. Offloe Phone S3 Betidenae Pboa 681 WILLARD SMITH PHYSICIAN AND J SURGEON Phone 711 Lewis braiding, opposite Boomer Hooae . OfflosBoars.ltoi.Ttol BACON & HALL, 3 ICIAN3 AND SURGEONS Oroee la foley building, Phoos mi. CT. Baooe,IU-idneePboneUU ' ' at. K.ueu,BeildeaetSlZI DKS. BIGGERS & BIGGERS Physicians and Surgeons . O W Blcsen, U. D. , Oeo, L. Blggem, 1C P Telephones Offloe 1321 RealdanesUftl Qffloe Hal-ton Building over J. M. Berry's Btote. Kcaldenoe on Itadlaon AVe.' second door west of former raaldenoe, or. O. W. B iggcrs ImQRANOB - OREGON , Profattioiial calls promptly aUaaded to " dayer night. r 1 CHA5L MF!nr:'f.T P,r- ?4 ; r: t ', i WINES, LIQUOR .1- AND CIOAH Finest collections of Bluffed animals on the Pacific coast, " '- Blu2 Front Saloon i t. IUOkSON. Propriety , ;? FIX EST WINES, Liouoas H Imported and domestic CIGAI13 i '. . ..-j ., Hot or cold lunch all hours '1 ... v jMTenoo Ayna Oppoalte Depot 'Lm Palaco Saloon CHAS. ANDERSON. Prop. REAVIS BROS. .. DENTISTS. . Offlo Boramer Building Offloe Phone U Besldenoe Phase 117 THE NEW FURNITURE Our Cat Has Arrived And we are able to sav iht hut. ter or more up-to- date furniture waa never seen in La nrandA We are proud of our present I 1 a. 1 1 a nsBurimenv ana win consider it a real pleasure to show you all our new arrivals. The car came through without a single break or scratch. This furniture was bought right and wo are able to sell it at an extra low price and still make a ligitimate. Call and see the beantifnl ?io j plajr of fine furniture. You will I not be urged to buy. 'EG. ADCOOK f Succef sor to B. Androsa. ' Andross Old stand Phone 9-1 C aCauthorn ? DENTIST OtIIo Over Hilt brus) Store) La Grande, Oregon , R. L-. LINCOLN V' . DENTIST Up sUirs, Oor Adams sienna and Depot Bt - PhoneyS - WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS ; Always on hand 7 Jaffersoo Arena maseiBsianm Opposite Depot V VETERINARY SURQEON lir, P A CHARLTON VETERINARY SURGEON. Office at A T Hill's Drug Store la xaa e, uregon rnone 1361 sideace phone 701 Farmers' line 68 ; DR'W. T. DDWNE3. : . , . . . VETERINARY SURQEON AND ' 1ENTI3T LeaT orders at Red Residence Cor ' Cross Drug atof " 6tbandlat Thirty flf vears ezperlenoe, beat of referenoe 1 1 furnlabed . i '.i. ,... THE ; OXFORD DlRt . JOHN BIEVt Prop, t : . v-;.i..JL 1 - A ... . i Coraptote laaortnMntor ' : WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS ', v - . in, , , . Mixed Drinks a Specialty j: Fir Stpi 'ami ATTORNEYS CPAWF0RD & CRAWFORD Attoraeys-at-Law LA GRANDE, OREQOM - OQlo in Bommar mlldlrtf. THE LOUVRE ; CHRIS WRIGHT. Prop, I VIHE5. LIQU0R5 i f t in- bi ; tlr Street BSBf) Gentlemen alwavi Welcome r ! J. VY KN0WLE3 Attorney and Counsellor At Law Offloe ia Ralston Balldlng ' Phone 1M ' LaQrandeOr. H.T. WUUnma , -. A.C. WUllams , WILLIAMS BROS." ATI ORN EYS-AT.LAW Offlo, In Ralstoa BaUdlng Phone i0s LaOrDda,Or. MRS. H. W. LAUGHLIN, S 1 Teacher of voual and piano S music , ; Graduate of Chicago . e Musical College Pbooe iOTtfe V 4 Ledge Directory. ItAQLKH L Urmnda Airie ijo F O K meeta t. . ' wi r lull IU I u ZD V kiting bretoern Invited tctttoDiL . J. A. MatoU, W. P. T. H. Ulluam, W. & vLO0!T""lOr,ld; "x19. " "'ew J heir hall even Saturday night, Vial iuit mam oera eotdialljr iBTitrd to cttand. Uem tory plat can b awn at oflioe of City Recorder. H.E. 0ooiidgc,8eo. ")TAR ENVAICPMKNT Ne 81, I. O. a F, Eaglo Sa'oW IJLRICH lOTTIS. Prop. WINES, LIQIjORS and CIGARS Lunches are" our, specialty ESSSB JeffsrsoaATenne, Opposite depot '""J VVMVfeevBtaBe- vesse l 2 -LI J, MOEJimi j.i.ioo,'r.or. LIQUOR . Aad the hat brands ot Always on hand , . ", Mixed drinks a specialty Aak and aeelfvoa don't set Ik This lea can-"" tlemen'a resort and wllbe ma as suoh1 Mid Mrff Am .nil thlMl ThnlaH i wj nonth la Odd Pellowa hall. Vlaitlng patrl- JCdmond BobiuaocBcrlbe iV V v KA8TKRKBTAR OKH Hop. Chapter No Umeaa tha Kond and fourth Wedoeadar of cb month at jM p m In Muonie T.mpls i M . Mettle AldrtoU, WM1I Starr A Warniok, See ' M. W.A. La Grande Damp No. 7703 mecu every iiret and third W.dndy , of the month at 1. 0. 0. F. UaHl. All i,ttipg nelirh bun are cordially Iut.UxI to attend. - . t, , E.Kei.lend, V,a John Hall, Clerk. . . . , rOR ESTERS OF AMKBICA Court Hnd J? , f1 mBtt eooh Thunday night In K of P nail. Brothara are Invited to attend. X H TlllHon, C'hlaf Eaner. ,y 8 WUllama, Kin. 8e d ttjMO BI4Wf, John Hall, Tom Fleming -BLACKSMITH Horst shoing and WagonwcrK North Fir Street " "I Thank Thf Lordl" Hoe Buol cried Hannh Plant, of Uttle Reat Ark., "for tha relief I ant mm iir. 1 . len'e Arnica 8alTe. ? It cared my Iwtelot fnlranalDg aoree, which nothins; eoand would heal, and from which I had a 25c. fered for fi yeara." it ia a marvelt Dealer for eats, barns aad wood Guaranteed at Newlia Drag Co; 25t i, i i 1 ? . X ? '.T. .......