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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1905)
4 4 ' ; a . a ! n i 1 i j. 1 1; : 1 v.i;: ': j -. ;n In ;f. a Gande Evening Observer f (ET BEO&, Editors ft Pr pe (Entered at the "poew O&ce at La "Mall Matter. Published daily except Sunday one yVar In advance. . . . . . $6 50 Six months in advance. .'. .3 50 APer month .,65o IS ingle copy. . . ........... . . 5c s Saturday. June', 10. 1905, I ADVKETUIKO KATES OUpiajr Ad M hnUM apoa application tioeal N4lDg BoUcac lOe par Hue flrat . nef Uoa, j per lis Ibr tcta otwaqoanl Iomt- KMotatloM of eoadolMoe, j i er line. Oards of thanks, fa per llae. A DISAGREEABLE LAND LORD The Hon . R B 8ton, Direc tor' of the U B s Qoveramenta of Road Inquiry in au official re port said: "As to loss by bad road, this office hat learned, by consultation! with many thou sand! of the most ' intelligent farmers of the country, that the expense of moving farm pro ducts and supplies averages, on ;all our country roads, 25 cents per ton 'per mile; whereas ia the good road districts of this and other countries it is only about me-third of this auasunt This extra expense amounts in the aggregate to more than the en lire expenditure of : the Nitibn- ! Government, and taking into account all the hauling done on the public roads, the loss is squa) to one-fourth of the home value of all the farm products of the United Slates." ! Ills terse statement places the American farmer as tenant paying an annual rental of one quarter1 of 'the 'cfojs grown on his farm to a very disagreeable landlord. ' Bid roads. - ; j The size of our foreign trade Will give a clue to the amount of u made of our country roads, for fully niaty per cent of the things that constitute it is haul ed over couutry roads going to ports or railway stations enroute I to foreigu lands or from ports or railroad atallous to consumers (gin this country. For the nine months ending with March 1900 four foreiga trade was $1,966,064 jf" - -I j r jiianl nf nrliioh no Mr nr) (VPfiP ('nun. Ptry- roads paying twenty-five gcents per ton for each mile haul bed thereon whereas' it the roads 1 1 I I 1 1. l uau oeeii guuu nua iuo w ton per mile would have been ut eight aud one-third cents per mile of haul over country (roads. 0 let us see how bad roads (effect the wheal growers. For the nine months ending with March 1905 there were 1,016, 586 tons of products in wheat and flour exported from the Uuited States all of which had to pass over country roads at a cost of 25 cents per ton per mile which inuilo the amount paid 4 for the a imuut exported aggre gate 1254,145 for each mile it was hauled ou couu'ry roads. I. HARUIS THE MEAT MAN Is still doing business at tht old stand. Will be glad tc see all his old custmores at well as new ones. As gooc prime beef cattle is now scarce. I have on hand a fin selection of cured meats hams breakfast bacon. About, tlie fifteenth of May. I wil have a fine assortment o young piime beef, which an now fattening. Do not fox get that' I now have as goo fresh beei as there is on tht market well as fresh fisl and poultry. . .. . . Prompt Delivery Phone : , Had the roads been, good ones' tne cost ol hauling would nave been but $84,913. These figures show that bad roads, for the period under consideration, cost the wheat growers of the United States in the aggregs'U $169,893 for each mile of road the amoont" exported was " hauled over country roads in their present condition. - It is an under estimate to say that the total of our wheat' exports ' afe hauled over country roads be fore reaching Boat 'or ' rail car. Hut at an average haul of five miles, bad roads coat the ' wheat growers , for 'the nine months under review $849,480. . Walter Wellman states the Japanese have ' indicated they will demand an indemnity reaching close to a billion dol lars. - He says President .Roose velt considers this excessive and is seeking to induce the Japan ese government to lower the figure Mr Well nun generally gets close to the facts, and he may have secured them in this instance, but the policy of all concerned evidently is to ketp everything secret until some thing is accompolished. There has so far been no au A '. I t thoritative statement of the Russian losses in the battle of the Sea of Japan, but reports' coming indicate they were great er than has been supposed. The Tokio correspondent of the Lon don Telegraph puts them at 14,000 dead, and 4600 captured, while 3000 escaped Another report coming from the head quarters of General Lidevitch at Gunshu Pass gives the death list at between 9000 and 10,000 and the number of prisoners at 6000. It had not been suppos ed heretofore that the figures would so so ' high as ' those tot either of these report?. Notice to Water Consumers Notlca ia hereby alvao to all water ronaamera that the hoars ( Irriga tion ab all be aa follows: from 6:30 o'clock v m to 7:30 o'clock p tn. Any and all pereona found using water tor Irrigation purposes at other times other than herein specified will be I fined aocordiog to the ordiuarje cover log same. HO OILMAN, Water Superintendent for the cltjr of La Qrande. Paled Jane 6. 1906 tf I The laxative effect of Chamberlalo'a Stomson and Liver Tablet a ie eo agree able and so natural that fou do . not realize It is tne eneot oi a medicine. Kor sale by Nswlin Drug Co. -. OREGON FIKE RELIEF ASSOCIATION J. W. OLIVER, AGENT, With J. T. Williamson, in Foley Building, La Qrande. UNDERTAKERS FUNERAL DIRECTORS The only Exclusive Undertaking Parlors in La Grande, Scientific Embalming : Licensed in , Oregon and ; Montana. Experienced r Lady Assbtani Our office b always open Phone 1761 Office in Lewis Building, opposite Soininer House tm .mm ......... , .i. Thb Store Qoses at 6i30 p. m, except Saturday Tf fiffl in high Handsome spring weight refers, cheviots with eaton and sailor collars, bloomer trousers, from 3 to 7 years, made to sell for $4 to $6, now at$3 to $4.50 Double-breasted jacket ;-'suii; 'With' 'knee trousers, in serges, cheviots aricl worecis; sis 7 to 16 yedrs; :mac!e to sell from $2.75 to $7 One Fourth 6 Neatness is apparent in every gairment. You 11 find that the variety is larger hHH hasomerand the vafues a little better than you have evfer SALE GOAWENCES JUNE LADIES' Aud when we say reduced prloes we mean exactly 'what the wor is j imply. Excellent styles in India linens,' silk, and Batiste, with white -ground and colored dots and figures. . $1.50 values, now '$1.15 2.00 " " 1.50 2.50 " " 1.85 3.00 " 11 2.25 Sale tommences Jurie 5, nd Eitds June 19 Wo Pay M fl TV, A mm a S'eHes 6 EXCEPTIONAL SALE GRADE BOYS' CLOTHING A Sten before. O U R ON SALE FOR At tlie above 1 '4 iOc 15atmdfOc $Oc for Eggs SPECIAL NOTICE All Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention Extraordinary 5ih AID ENDS W I N TWO WEEKS named Reduction OFF WAISTS A STRAIGHT TIP We havo a maguificent line of run'iuer underwear, in cluding union' and two-piece suits, from the most delicate gauze io a comfortable wool mixture garment for cool weather, aud for those who must wear them. Our price from 50c per garment up A P.EW OF OUR EXCEPtlONAL VALUES IN LADIES' BELTS Taffeta Silk, very neatly shirred, 3 feituerVone stays in back Color black, browu, blue and OC 4ri (1 "7C green,1 price ODv 10 Jl.Q EC',1"! 'tn in iT i 11 mm Sales OF . JUNE 19th D O W