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Entered at the (PoetLOfflo at La
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Od year in advance...... $8 50
Six month ia advance... .3 50
.Pei month '...65c
Single copy... ........5c
Saturday, M.iy 27. 1905.
, ADVERTISING BATES
Display AS ratoi rarntah4 ipon application
LMainaaiagnouMflmparuaeimt . naar
ttun, je par lint fur mch iutMqunl Inur-
Uoa.
tteaolatknMereoadoiiiea,5e(rUD.
Cares o thanks. 6e per Hoe.
PIONEERS RESPONSIBILITY.
The latent wealth in the toil,
tbe hidden treasure's of the
mines, the poientealitie of
' water falls, advantageous geo
' ; grapical : positions , ,. may all
abound in vicinage aud yet
i would be horoeseekers pass
through it to other localities,
i . The why of is not bard to find.
Jfeople, wno are nunting homes
in a country that has been reU
- tied by the whites ai long ' as
Oregon, may be divided into
.'two classes: lrt-Those who
have some means, and are able
to purchase a small farm, or
. invest in some business. 2nd-
Tbose who have little meaus,
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out are Meeting a locality wnere
their aptitude for, and willing
: nessto labor gives them a rea
sonable hope that in a few years
f. , they can become to be possessors
of a home of their own.
The majority of both these
classes are practical good-sensed
. . level head persons, who when
they reach a locality 'that bus
been settled for thirty or forty
years, will look about them and
largely form their opinion of. its
capabilities of what th"old set
tlers" Lave von from its pris
tine possibilities by way of
home com forts . The home
seeker judges of the possibilities
of making a pleasaut home by
the success of the pioneers. Few
of the new comers are so egotis
tic that they are willing to in
vest the price of the home they
old in some state east of the
Rocky mountains aud experi
ment in a locality of dowdy
farms, ramshackle towns, poor
schools and bad roads, in the
belief that they can . do better
than others have doue.
The "old settlers" in any lo
cality, by the way they have
developed its natural resources,
give character to it in the est i
mation of new comers and when
they fail to see evidences of
praotical -development, no
mount of riieloric will
convince them that it is a safe
bubiueas proposition to invest
or cast their lot there. , , To ill
ustrate thisThere are probab
ly a huudred valleys in Oregon
that will " I ice as fins ' fruits
as Hood river, but the fact has
not been demonstrated. Hood
I. HARRIS
r THE MEAT MAN
Is still doing business : at tbe
old stand. Will be glad . to
see all his old custmores as
well as new ones. ' As good
prime beef cattle is now
scarce, I have on hand a fine
selection of cured meats.
hams breakfast bacon. About
the fifteenth of May, I will
have a fine ' assottment of
young piime beef, which are
now- fattening. Do not for
get that I now hate as good
fresh beet as there is on-the
market a well as fresh fish
and poultry. '
Prompt Deliver Phonei
river fruits stand at the head of
tbe list of all fruit in the world,
and men are not afraid to " pro
cure a home there. There h no
quebtion but if Mr Coe and hia
wife,-who settled in Ilood river
valley in the fifties and by their
intelligent labor and skiU pro
duced for the Dalles and Port
laud market superior butter and
frail, the chief product ...of
that valley today would be, cord
wood and ties, and no new com-j
er cpuli be made to believe that
fruit could be crown there in
light of Mt Uood'a- eternal glac-l
lers of ice, but a few miles away
An agitation his been in pio-j
gress iii I'oriland for some timeM
against a neat of saloons gather!
ther
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ed about the eg tranoe to the
position. The council has
asked to revoke the licjoae,
J refuse to take aotion
the initiative and referendum i
being invoked. The council
to be asked to submit an ordi
oancete popular vote doting
the objeclionale places. If that
fails, the the members of the
council should be obliged u
, B.w.,r. j -i
mg the fair bearing upon theu
backs a Discard like this: "W
are responsible fur permitting
this disgrace to be visited upon
the city." Statesman
Son Lost Mother
u,Coneamption ran In our familyi
and through It 1 lost my Mother'!
write Eb Held, of Harmony, , Me
u or mm past or rear. However,' on
the alighted in of a Cough or Cold,
I bare taken Dr King' New Discovery
for Conaamotion. whii h has aavul tna
from aerioa lanv trouble Mis
mother's death a a sad loae for Mr
Reib. bat he learned tbat Ions trouble
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muat not be neglected, and bow to cur
tl Quickest relief and car ' for
ooash and cold. Prloe 50o and tl .Qo :
guaranteed at Newlin Drag Co. Trial
bottle free. -
j. L. MARS,
Contractor and Builder
Dealer in Building Material
La Grande, Or. . Z
Drop a line, naming work,, and I wll
giv tb right prioe. . '
La. GRANDE
MARBLE WORKS
E. C. DAVIS, Proprietor,
Oomplote assortent.of .fin
est marble and granit
always on hand. Estimates!
cheerfully furnished upon
" applicatim. , ' !
Headstone$nd Monuments'l
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There are many kinda of meat,
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trial order will convince you of
the truth of this statement j We
kill only the best specimens and
kill it correctly. ; ? ,
Our prices are as low as
consistant with the best quality.
Bock! & Thomas
G. E. FOWLER!
Truck and; !
Transfer ;
1 Wood and Coal
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All ordergiven pr?impir'
attention. '
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This tore Closes M 6t30 p. m. except
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250 DISCOUNT
,S51o DDisconnt
Ladies
Kid Gloves
Vou cau get as ; good for $1.00,'
l 50 aur .00 a i pair, and to
match , jo'ir lress, too, good as
the prce qn l.uy in the U, ;&.e
right here t the Chicago Store
t Hosiery
. Nico fine, teal J isle hose; plain,
lace ..emboidcred, ect, extra
good lor f: tha ' : price, . at I the
ChicaKO Store. , ,.' 1
ABitfor
the iNeck :S
Lota of the newest and prettiest
of turn-over collars, Stocks, etc
15o to $1.50 eich. Abo vready
1 to use lace aud tucked lawn
Veetees, Yokes, Etc. Or a shirt
waist, a veil, a . belt, a Petticoat
or afly such furnishing, .
There's one i thing sure, the
price will be right if it' to ,be
,had at the Chicago Store, i U C
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Saturday
eries of Extraordinary Sales
DISCOUNT
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A NOTABLE
Clothing
To n-duce our entirely too large stock of clothing we
offer ' the 1 unrestricted - choice of any suit-at
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For ono week commencing, Monday May 22, and
ending May 27. ; " ;
Gordon .$3.00 Hat for $2.00
: ' DURING THIS SALE
All
Suits
Excepting Waci VStiits
. Reduced 25 per cent for one .
week, Commencing
. MondayrMay .22,
and ending on
. -Saturday.;May . 27,
25$ BblSCOUWT
All Shoes aren't
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There's as
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tloes i
tut re is in
candy or ,
cigars, or
Panama ..
hats. Unless
you're an
expert in
- shoe values
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wise thing.;
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buy
Keith's
.KonquerorV
They're as ;
staple as
Lowney's candy, or a: May villa's Best
or a Paul's Perfecto Uigar. - ; -
i; i$350 to.$5.00X ; : ;
'SPECIAL -NOTICE
All Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention
DISCOUNT
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Opp
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S5o Discount
arid Goats
iHIRTl.
lEurope and Ytnkce Land!
are ransacked a with a dne-tootbsd
oomb by tha maker of "MAJESTIC"
Shlrtai to get; the ntweat and flneBt;
.fabric lor their prgdaotlona. -
I fa "? laorlt anerrlng taate In
el-loo and trained aklll In makinti'
and yon have tha aerret of the Shirt
that "FIT FOR A KINd "
.MAJE8TIJ,, Nlnht Rnh--iii"in
boa Into pleasant dream;' Uhey woo
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