13
Tl
i
h
i
I
1-3
5
I
La Vande Evening Observer
IEY BROSL, Editors Pr p
Entered at tba Post Office at La
Grande, Oregon, as fieoond Class
Jdail Matter.
Published daily except Sunday
0e year in advance .$650
Six months in advance. . . .3 60
Pei month .........65c
Single copy. . M .......... .5c
Saturday. July 15, 1905.
AOVKBTIHINU UATE8 '
Claplay Ad rata fUrciUtied upon application
lAXMi raaajuc aotiee. km per line lrt naer-
Uon, s per Use for amok sabMqaeot law-
KmuIoUud. of eoadolenee. je er line.
Card of thank, te pw 11b. .
WHEAT AND PRICES
The latest Government re
port, issued day before yesler-
. day, estimated that, from pre
sent appearances- the win'er
yield this year will be 416,000,
000 bushels and the Spring
wheat 273,000,000 bushels, a
total of 689,000,000 bushels for
the wheat crop. When these
figures were presented to the
operators in the Chicago wheat
decline in the price of wheat.
Tbe bulks roared aud the bears
growled, each trying to make
tne tnobtout of them to suit
their purposes. Those opera,
tors 1 i who wish to i purchase
wheat at the lowest possible
price lay great . emphasis upon
the figure as they show that the
prospective crop is greater than
last year aud, therefore, they
say the price of wheal must
tumble.
The Observer sees no cause
for a serious decline in wheat
ia the figures given out, From a
table before us compiled by the
U S Bureau of Statistics where in
the price of wheat and the
quantity grown each year from
and including each year, from
1866 to 1903 and another table
in the same book the following
figures are taken.
. In 1903 a wheat crop of 637,
831,835 bushels was, harvest
from;49,464,067; acres and on
Dec. 1st of that year tho farm
value of wheut in the , U S was
69 k cents per bushel. "
, The exports of wheat and
flour for the year ending June
30, 1903 was 203,905,598 bushels
of wheat in the grain or : flour
exported from the United States
or about one third of the crop
produced. In 1902 the farm
value of wheat Dec. 1, was 63
cents per bashel although on
that year with a crop of. 670,063
008 bushels we exported 230,
332,724 bushel of . wheat in
grain or Hour. The crop of
1905, if up to the estimate, will
be but 19,000,000 bushels great
er thau the one of 1902.
The consumption of wheat
increases each year iu the
United Stales iu proportion to
the increase of population. The
increase of people m the UniUd
States from 1902 to July 1, 1905
was 4,256,000, that is there are
that many more people to eat
wheat btead, pies and cases in
US more than in 1902 To
feed this increase of population
will require, giving them sol
diers rations, five bushels uf
wheat per year ir 21.280,000
annually. To feed this increase
hi
Pure BfC.PouItrv;'
1 arties desiriug pure bred
poultry can secure eggs
troui the foltowing well
known breeds. at $11 per
setting of fifteen Bar Ply
moth Ilock,, White Wyn
dott, Single, Comb Brown
Leghorn, and Silver Laced
Wyddott
, EL I BA!RV
Island City Uregoii '
I
ys take over two millions more
bushela of wheat thau the esti
mates f crop for ibis year is
greater than the orop of 1002 ''
Oregon wusthe first stale' in
the Union to receive' two ' sec
tions of land in each - township
from the General Government
for the support of Common
schools. Prior to the bill or
ganizing Oregon territory but
one section in each township
wasgranied for schools. Tbe
man that in 1848 secured the
additional section in each town
ship for cojamon aehools did
more for the came of civiliza
tion than many men for whom
monuments have been erected
for since theu all the new ter
ritories have been granted tvo
sections in each - township or
one eighteeth of thnir land sur
face to build up schools in the
wilderness. How many Ore
gon ians can name the man who
secured this boon?
Notice To Water Consumers '
All persons knowing tbemeelTee to
be la arreara fur city water are here,
by n itifled to eatl at the offloe of tbe
oily Reoorder and settle at one.., In
oiuer uiet ioere n.ay be no miss under
standing we cite tbe customer to the
following section , of ' tbe city
ordinance. This ordianoe will be in
foroeJ.
j Section 28 The water rates shall be
payable in advance at tbe office of
tbe water superintendent on the first
day of eaoh month (except for meter
which are payable on the flrat day
of the succeeding month), and If not
pid within the first ten days the
water will be that off the premises, as
provided ia Sections 26 and 27.
1 Later ordinance provides that water
rates ahall be payable to City Record
er Instead ot Water Superintendent.
There's a pretty girl in an Alpine hat
A sw.eter girl with a sailor brim.
But tbe handsomest gin you'll ever see
Is the sensible girl who uses Rooky
Mountain Tea. Newlii. Drug Co
GROCERIES
FROM THIS STORE
ARE ALWAYS NICE
AMD FRESH
Seasonable Goods as
well as Staples always
on hand.
QEDDLf BRlf
' North Fir Street
IC 'I.-
Vi
VISIT THE-
Lewis and Clark
EXPOSITION
To be held at Portland, ,
June 1 to Oct;; 15, 1905 j
I'AKE A TRIP JO CALIFORNIA
Through the WiTIiamette, !
Umua and Rogue Rivtf .
Valleys, of Western Oregon, j
'.'pass Mt. Shasta through j
, the Sacramento Valley to the j
ij many lamous resorts on the !
. line of the
i hinin
.For beautilul!? illustrated
booklets, descriptive i f Cali
. fornia resorts: aaaiess. ;
W. ECuMAN. Gen. Tassr. Agt.
Portland, Oregon.
valuesfC -Extra I- -
- SC Specials :
Best quality of 15c Percale 9c. Calico 4c. Ginihams 5c, finest quality 25c $ilk Zephyr. Gingham, 8c, Ladies'
and Misses Lace Lisle Cloves 15c Children's slippers 50c and a line of Ladies' Oxfords 50c. p, - ;
A-
Commences Friday July Mon. July 31
The greatest clearing sale of the year. Because of the unusual amount of
merchandise to clear, this sale will largely exceed all our previous July
Clearing Sales in volume, variety of merchandise, and in price reductions.
All Kvnl n m - Mfl4. fniw m f 4-1 r r open - m tr C
UIUIWII IIIIVO, UUU IUIO, UIIU IIIUOV UJJUIIHIVIIIJ
which: ace larger than we wish, have been given low price marks that will;
, force quick selling. The sale sheets will show enormous losses, but we
1 count losses, as inevitable during these clearing sales-part of the business.
Every Article u in the House Reduced.
EXCEPT E. &.W. COLLARS, W.JL, DOUGLASS SHOES, SPOOL COTTON AND BUTTERICK PATTERNS WHICH
" :" ARE CONTRACT GOODS.
; CLEAN SWEEP SALE IN OUR
READY TO WEAR DEP'TAVENT
, Every garment marked at a fraction
( of Its value
1: line of; Ladies' $3,
j Walking Skirts
Ladies' summer wash Skirts
$1.50 VALUES
2.25 "
for
V; 1 ; '
4.00
$1.05 ImA
1.60 - I'M
2.00 MA
LADIES' WAISTS
' Elaborately Trimmed In the Latest
Styles, all the Latest and most clever
i. ; . .-, . . -
Models shown this season lit silks and
lawns. ' '
$ .50
.75
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
GARMENTS REDUCED
i AND OTHERS, WHICHi 1SPACE
Sweep
$4 and $6
for $1.: .
that
Hi
5s !;
TWO
AND
TO
$.30
-' .45
.95
1.25
1.45
$25.00
22.50
15.00
12.00
10.00
WILL NOT PERMIT
baldKIGGAN DERBY
VALUE FOR $1.00.
TREMENDOUS
VALUES IN
MENS SHIRTS
75c, S5C, $1.00
values -
50c
Sale
nf
IS I
tnf silas
CLEAN SWEEP SALE IN OUR
MENS' CLOriTHING
Hundreds of dollars worth of clothing.
is as well made, as perfect iff fit,
as good in material as you can buy. any
wucrc for doiiblcthc money
.r'. ey "... r
(nrrur.iii w sr
uuk aja c
THREEPIECE SUITS IN WORSTEDS,
TWEEDS AND CHEVIOTS
SUITS REDUCED TO
$20.00
17.00
; 11.50
9.50
G.50
MEN'S UNDERWEAR!
MADE OF THE FINEST QUALITY OF FRENCH -
RIBBED, BEST $1.50
X
i