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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1905)
i - m j I Wnde Evening Observer ' tY BEO&, Editors Pr pa Euterad at tba Post Offio at La Grande, Oregon, a Becond Clin Kail Matter. Published daily except Sunday One year in advance $6 50 , Bix mocths in advance.... 3 60 Pei month 65c Single copy..... ....5c f Wl j ii i . 'i i - Saturday, July 1,-1905. We were informed yesterday from parties who are in touch with the proposed electric rail road in the valley that the pro position is neither dead or sleepi ng. This is good news. ADVERTISING BATKH Display Ad rate, farolabad apon application Local reading notlm H)e par Una Inrt ner lion, is per Use Sir aac aulwaqoenl lner- tlon. ReaolnMonaof eondolroaa, jeerline. Carda of Ihaaks, fie per line. REFORM AT BUTTE Butte seems to have . broken the gambling ring beynud re pair. ' For the first time in the history of the big Montana mining camp . every den has been closed, and every effort to reopen the game has been block ed resolutely and effectively by the police and courts. This shows the fallacy of the claim that antigambliDtr cosset be enforced. , Not only can gambling games be shut down, as has been shown at Butte, as it was shown by Prosecutor Barnbart here, but every resort i where men are robbed by vile women can be closed just as tightly as the officers desire. There are still probably some quiet games and there are undoubtedly many such resorts in this city. Let Mr Barnhart's good work go on until he has made Spokane a clean town. Review Grande Ronde valley presents a panorama to the thousands of eastern people who are pow passing enroute to the fair that will be one of the bright spots of the , trip. A number who were on the platform last even ing were most favorably impressed. The nation m the death of Secretary of Slate Jobn Hay has loct a statesman, in the fullest sense aud no email part of our interua'ional recognition is due to his high ideals and clever diplomacy. The Mutu al Life Insurance company has now asked for an investigation. That is credit able. In such a vast institution things may go on that the pre sident himselt may not know. There are great Wall street in terests connected with that com pany just as with the Equitable and it is evideutly the desire of President McCurdy to learn whether any of these have had a back door route to the cash box which they might take at will upon payment of commissions and other forms of emolument .It is not supposed any such state of affairs exists there as has been disclosed in the Equitable but an overhauling will do it no barm, while a clean bill of health issued after such an in vestigation would strengthen it id public confidence. Statesman. If Russia finds a revolution on her hinds as a result of the bad soup furnished the sailors of her Biack sea, fleet, she can reflect that her ancient enemy, Britain, also suffered a terrible disaster occasioned by an ap parently trivial cause. The great bepody rebellion of 1857 in India is sometimes called ''the revolt of the greased cart ridge." A widespread unrest was fanned into an outbreak by the rumor that cartridges greas ed with the fat of animals un clean alike to Hindu and Ma hometan had been served out to the native soldiers, and the priests alleged that this was an attempt of the British govern ment to force its soldiers to vio late their religion. Thus was started a revolution that cost thousands of lives and nearly lost Great Britain its Indian empire, -the affair at Odessa may go down in history as ''the mutiny of the watery soup." Pig iron is ranging low in price, while steel products have been advancing. That is an anomalous couditiou, indicat iug that the iron furnaces heve been glutting the market while the steel manufacturers, through their organizations, have been ailing production down t lotau prices. . However, the ooudUon.vn the iron and steel trade convnXk, gO0( anj j, believed th w,l be one of tlie best years. tue combi nations may upset Vvorable conditions, but it is &Vfce they will go to tuat exire n. , PureB red Poulttv Parties desiring pure bred poultry can secure eggs from the following well known breeds at $1 per setting of fifteen Rar Ply moth Unrk, Wlate Wyn- dott, Single Comb Brown Leghorn, and Silver Laced A N sat ItoMet Mr. Cbas. J. Gray, travelling agDt of the Chicago rnd Ncrth Western Rvlway, ii a visitor la the oitr today and called at ttiu Observer rflice, mak ing the oflloe a present cf a beautiful booklet eutitled the "Pacific North west," which bat been issued by the oorapany. Il is one of the net test and most complete books of the kind that has met the eyes of the public, giving illustrations of Oregon, Washington, Maiio, and telling about the many advantages of the three statos. There are illustration of all the different industries, showiug the fruits, grain and other products and also descrip tive articles accompanying thai. -VISIT THE- how ii : Ari B5ipif Acute Rheumatism Deep tearing or wrenohiuir Datni. ovcaaHloned by getting wet tnroaah. worse when at rest, or on flrat moving the limbs and In cold or damp weath-1 er, is oared quioklv by Ballarb's Snow Liniment. Uacar Uleaon, Uibson Uity Illinois, Feb 10, 1002: "A year ago I was troubled wltn a pain in my baok. It soon get so bad 1 oould not bend over. One bottle of Ballard-s Snow Liniment cared me." 26a, 60, ll.OO. Lewis and Clark EXPOSITION To be held at Portland, June J to Oct. 15, 1905. TAKE A TRIP TO CALIFORNIA Through the Williamette, Umpiua and Rogue River t- r ii'..-.. vdiieys,ui n ester u urcgou, , vice Mf Shicti rnrmtfrli v Sacramento Valley to the U111 ous resorts on the line of w v HIV! v s . tit mill . For beautilully illuswi booklets, descriptive of Caiv fornia resols; address. wo ar hniidins nn a ncrmancnt foundation, and nothing is too ood;for us, Our strong line is the Adlcr, Bros. 8. Co., Rochester, made ready-to-wear. These are clothes that are honest inside as well as attractive outside. If you buy, and it proves to be otherwise, your money back without . a word. Better satisfaction at $20 to $25 than can be secured in any other ready made; as complete satisfaction as can be secured in first-class made-to-measure. This is our promise to all who make a trial ot A A., B. &. Co., clothes, and we stand ready to redeem that promise to the letter -You arc always vvclomc to drop in. x SiEUE'G 7i.L VERY SHOE YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING P0R softest, most flexible of .Slf7 , ;1 i-wlth a smooth, tough that is made to sUnd o Cut from the softest, most flexible of v fine calf skin- lining, a sole trouble, and lust the right amount, oft style. It's one of the most popular of . KEITH'S KONQUEROR family-and if you had your shoemaker turn out 1 such a shoe, he'd tax you not less than $8.00 $3.50 to $5.00 Gordon $3.00 Hat for $2.00 Men's Fancy Hosiery reduced from 75c to 50c The Chicago Store SPECIAL PRICES ON FINE COLORED WASH FABRICS Owing to the unseasonable weather this spring we decided to make JULY PRICES IN JUNE Pongee Suitings 50c a yard for regular 75c and 85c qualities Jacqiiard' Swiss 20c Lawns and Dimities 15c Lawns and Dimities I2i 2c n 35c 25c 20c " U' ii ii ii M W V lit These radical reductions will create a lively interest in thin wash Fabrics, so it behooves 'all who have dit I I Ihnlr cnrlmi nnrhicc tn onm In Airlx V Z I v ft Wyddott BA!R. W, E: CuMAN, Gen. Passr. Agt CUv 1 regnn Portland, Oregon.