PROFESSIONAL1 CARDS
PHYSICIANS
DR. A. L RICHARDSON,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office or Bill's Drag 8 tor.
Office Phone l&S
Residence Psoas Ml
1 I.'OLITOR M. D. .
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Corner Adam tfwu end Depot Bt. -
Offloe Phone i34
Beeldeooe Psoas 681
WILLARD SMITH
PHYSICIAN AND, SURGEON
Pbooe7U
Lewis baUdlog, opposite goDirnr Boom '
Offlo Hour, 1 to J, T to I
BACON & HALL, 1
- YSICIANS AND SURGEONS
Office la Foley banding, Hiooe UL
C.T. Bacon, BestdeoeePbooe US
U. K.Ualli,ealdcnosZUl
DKS. BIGGERS & BIGGERS
Piiysielane and SargeoQa
a W Bigger, M. D. ' Geo, L. Bigger, U. D
Telephones
OffloelXl ' Bosidenoa 1881 ,
Qffloe' Ktletoa Building over J. M, Berry'
Stores Kcsldeno oa Madison AVev second
door went of brmer resldenoe, Dr. a W. Bigger
La CI RANDS - OKKUON
Pfofeuionel MlU promptly attended to
-. day or night.
DENTISTS
RE A VIS BROS.
DENTISTS.
,!;s ,. Office Borne
Offle Pbooe 5-1
Keeldeooe Phone 117
C, ECouthorn j
' ' " DENTIST
- ' " - ' f. ' -.1 "i
Ollloe Over Hill Drug etor
La Grande, Oregon ;
R. L.. LINCOLN
DENTIST
. Up lain, Cor Adam avenue and Dapot Mt
' ,' Phoney ':
VETERINARY SURGEON
Dr. V A CHARLTON
VETERINARY SURGEON,
OOlce at A T Hill's Drag Store
La Grande, Oregon Phone 136 J
Residence phone red 701
Farmers' line 58 - J .
DR. W. T. D JWNE3.
VKTBatNAKY
SURGEON
AND
A
DENTIST
Leave orders at Red
: CroM Drug itore
. Residence Cor
6Ui and la '
Thirty Ave rear experience, beat of referenoe
furoUbed . t w
ATTORNEYS
CFAWF0RD & CRAWFORD
: .'. t Attorneys-at-Law
. LA ORANDE, ' OREQOJt '
flloaia Poley bnildtng. -
. J. W KN0WLES
Attorney and Counsellor
At Law ;
. . ; Office in Balaton Building '
Pboo 1M f La Grande Or.
H,T.Wlliinme . A.C. WUUama
WILLIAMS BR03. ',
ATTOHN EYS-AT.LAW
O (Bo la ftaletoa Building
Phone iOjS La Grande, Or.
L A. PICKLER . ,
Civil, Mininj, Irrigation Enjjnetrine; and
aurvtylnj
Estimates, Plana, audelpeolfloallon.
Offloa 1110 Adams A venue, wtlh John S Uoogh
LA UKAtina, OHBOUN
Lodue Directory.
'' S,AULR8 be Urano. Airie mfOli Meet
very ttunday Bight In K ol if bell el I p
Wuiiln. bratheni icvild U.allDu.
J.A-kialott, W.P. J. K. Pollock. W. i.
mo iWLa Orende Lodire. No to n-eel
their hell every rialurdev u In ht. YUlUugntem
mm MiMtiallv Invited Ui aiand
Uemlwy plat oe,n be eeea at oflioe oCltv
R ' aT.VloberUa,U
H.K. Ooolidge.Beo.
MTARKNOAMPMKNT No SL I. O. O. t.
awauerwrSm and third Vhoredaya la the
B ton lb In Odd fellows ball. Vleltlng patri'
aroln l waye weioome i. & ouoojt, r.
JKamood HuMneon. anrlbo
KaSTKHN HTAH OKI Hon Chept.r No
tx meets UieeKOoaauamnnu weaueeaay
jacb mouth at ;Utj p ui lit Masonic Icmpie
Mertte Aklitob, W M
MaryA Waraiok. See
' U. AV.A La Uruodt- UI M 770S meets
verv flrat and third Wednesday of Uie
tuotdh ai 1. 0. 0. P. Hall. All visiting aelrh
bore are oordlally Invitod to eu.nd. , ...
t, Kculend. V.C .. ,
. John Ball. Ckrk.
Marion, No 22 meeta otob TliurMlay nixM U
rilRl.N v - . . -
K of P oall. Urotber are invited to attend.
I S iUWOKj teiw auntcti
US Wililama, Kiu, Ree
BoetTd orTnistee-n,(j L Bgere, Joha Mall
and lleibert 1'alueaa
La Grande Evening Observer
Currey Bros., Ed's and Prop.
Published daily except Sunday
Thursday, August 3, 1905.
Entered t the Post Office at La
Grande, Oregon, aa Beoond Claaa
Mail Matter.
One year in advance. ..... 3 50
Six months in advance.... 3 50
Per month ............... ,65c
Single copy. .5c
ADVERTISING RATES
Display Ad rates farnUbed poa application
Local rending not low 10c per line OrU neetv
lion, jo per line nr each euboequenl laser
. Won.
Reeolutlone ofeondoleaoe, 50 per Hoe. i
Card of the.okm.te per line. .
OUR COMMON SCHOOL
In the early days of onr Re
public, before we had passed the
experimental stagehand when
the fate of all previous republics
strengthened the belief held by
many good people in the United
States that the life of our nation
would be short, in summing np
tie arguments for and against
this idea a wise statesman declar
ed that "the common schools
tmiiaaium or the
nation," without them we would
soon loose bur freedom and some
bold soldier or cunniag politi
cian would don emperial robes
and rule the country. Another
one about the same time, more
than a hundred years aeo'ln
great oratio ii declared i "Wo
must educate! We must educate
or wt must perishj" . , ;
The people heard and heeded
and began the work of establish.
ing common schools. , In this
great work" they had many ob
jections to meet and overcome.
he rich had colleges in which
they could educate their sons,
and academies where their dau
ghters could be taught, aud (felt
that it was an outrage to : tax
them to educate other people's
children. The possessors f of
arge . colonial grants of land
deemed it Utile better than rob
bery to make them contribute
towards building ' schoolhouses
every two or three miles on their
baronial holdings. : Many of the
small farmers and mechanics
entertained a prejudice against
schools supported by the public,
and looked upon them the same
as poor h ousea, for paupers only .
Ihroughout extensive regions
this prejudice against public free
schools, was so strong that many
parents, though unable to send
their children to schools where
tuition had to re paid, were too
proud to permit them to attend
free schools, and let them grow
up illiterate, unable to read ' or
write, and thus swelled the illi
teracy of their state and greatly
hindered the development of the
common schools and of their
states.;' ' , ; ., .
The- literature of the first
hundred years of the United
States contributed largely to the
low estimate in which the com
mon ! schools were held. For
the first century of our national
ity, writers, to evoke a broV
grin from their city and college
bred reader?, gave grotesque
descrip'ious of country schools,
the raggeduess of the pupils and
ignorance and crule manuers of
the teachers. Washington Ir
vin's fiction Ichobod Crane was
accepted as a true photograph o
the" country school teacher and
when a writer, whose 'ossified
brain had never originated an
idea or had visor enough to
comprehend tru'h, failiue
.-. - o
evervthinsr else. Attemntnr) In
. . -c -
i DeCOUle a Wll, OO lUmea 10 "V6
pedaogui" and his silly eff usiaua
were applauded by stamps of "the
gouty feet of college professors.
The pioneer female teachers
were treattd with less justice
than the males and when a para,
petetio lecturer with "A moony
breadth of virgin, face by
thought inviolate" vainly tried
to be witty he pronounced the
word school tuarm with a broad
(a) as though it had been soaked
in German lager beer and a
thrill on the (r) as if it had a t
of the ague from long soaking in
an Ir'sh bog. . e
-The common school of Amer
ica has emerged triumphantly
from the conflict with prejudice,
and in 1800 there were' 15,925,
837 American children enrolled
in the . public schools out . f a
total of 22,261,863 children of
school age, leaving but 6,335,976
out of school or attending pri
vate schools, academies or col
leges. . Jhat year there were ex
pended "$255,208,465 in , main
taining the public schools ' of
which $11)0,013,734 went to pay
439,596 teachers of whom 317,
204 were females, school marms
if you please. ; -'
here are many kuds of mpat, I
but we sell onlf ne beat kind. A
trial order will convince you of I
tne trntn orttus statement. Wei
kill only the'best specimens and
am it correctly. ?. I v ,,
Our prices are as ow as con
sistent with the best quality, i
nri nrfir-
i nomas
Sickening ; ; Shivering Fits
of Agoa and Malaria, ran b: relieved
and cured with Electric fiitteri.: Tbli
ia a para, tonlo medicine of eipeoial
benefit In malaria, for it exert a trrja
curative influence on tba diaoaia, driv
en It entirely out of the aratem.s Jt
is mochto ba preferred to Qainino,
riaring none of this drag's aftar-affecta.
E 8 Monday, of Henrietta, Tax., writea
My brother was very low -with ma
laria ierer and jaondloa, till be took
Kleotrlo Wittera, whloh tare J his Ufa."
At Nawlia Drag Co; drag store; price
Wo guaranteed, -:-
Brick u furnished in f any
quanity or any style. f No
contract too small or too
large. See samples of bur
pressedtbrick.
i
GEO. KREIGER;
: La Urande, OregonVi
' Greatly hv Demand j
notoing is mora in demand tbaa a
medicine which meeta modern require
manta for a blood and system oleanaer,
auch aa Dr. Etiig'a , Sew ' Life ' Pilla.
They are just what yon need to ' cure
stomach and 11m troablca ' Try them.
At Fewlin Drog Co. drug atora. . 26o
guaianteed. ';'':'.'
; GOOD PASTURE
800 acre a floe pasture, adjoining
city, Abandautly w stared. Cows
lit heard 11.60, dry stock and
horses 1.36, par month, Stock
delivered on abort notloa at rM
pricaa " -: iv' v ..
E. E.Jones,
Phona 1276 . La Grande
Good F.or Stomach Trouble: and
v Constipation ; ;
"Chamber lain'a iStomaob and Liver
Tablets bava done ma a great deal of
Rood," saya O Toana, of Bat Portage,
Ontario, Canada. "Hjug a mild phy
ikj the altar elTeota are not nnplaaaant,
and 1 can raeommand them to alt wbo
eeffer from atomacb disorder." For
J b ln Co.
J. Re OLJVERe
UNION COUNTY
ABSTRACTS
z: r J;
Farm Loans" a Specialty
Heel equipi-ed abstracter,
in Union c.junty. Many
years experiences with ;
the Union county records'
gives me a great advant-''
age. - It is folly 1 to : pur
chase realestate without'
first , securing a proper
abstraot. An, abstract
from my office will show. ;
the title just aa it appears
on the official record.
J. R OLIVER,
LA GRANDE, OREGJN!
Room 31, Bommer Bdlg.
EC DAVIS
President
I M CHIT.DH
8ee.aadTras.
BLUE MOUNTAIN MARBLE
" AND GRANITE CO. ;
LA GRANDE OREGON
ComnW
??CTt e w UU"
"est marble - and granit'
always on band. Estimates
cheerfully furnished upon
application. . j
Headstones and Monuments
A Specialty
INEVnSECOND Vj
IIAMD STORE
All kin A of ' second hand
goods,boughtand sold
I'iAlf- ill rH1-' !:"
iC:(f.bROuiVroi!v
200 Fir St. bet. Adams and Jefferson
f G; E.;F0WLERj
7' Truck and. "
" Transfer
f Wood and Coal
. .Phone 1611
All order given prompt
i j i t attantion. .-' t.:y
i? ? t 4 ; .
RED FRONT UVERY BARN
WriWrnith, Prop,
Sale and reliable riga furn.
at all times. ' Special- ac
comodations furnished to
commercial travelers, 1 .
-.. 4 ' 4 Phone. 3-5 i s
WM, SMITH FEED STORE
Hay, Gtain and feed. Free
delivery to all parts ef the
city. Mountain trade ? a
specialty. . Phone 1961
.. Horse, harness and wagona - -bought
and sold
is daily enacted, in thonsanda of homes
at Death slalma. In each one, another
victim of Consumption or Poeomonla.
fiot whan Coogha and Colds are prop
rly treated, the . tragedy is averted.
F Q H antler, ot Oakladon, Ind, writea
'My wife had the ooDBomptloa and
thraa dootora gave her np. Finally
aha took Dx. King'a New Discovery
for Consumption, Cougba and Colda
which cared ber, and today aha ia well
and strong.' It kllla the germa ot all
diaaaaea. One doaa relieves. Guar
anteed at 50o and tl by Newlin Drag
Co., diatslat. Trial bottle free.
URIC ACID
In the blood causes Rheu-
matism,Sciatia,Lumbago,
Ncuralm and Gout. You
can remove the cause by
.wearing one ot our
REX
RHEUMATIC
RINGS
. Manufactured by the RtnPtmuuSi
. : Rlag C.. rurUord. Uttinit.
.Price $2.00 aoauv
i.'R,, SMITH,
A!T r 0 U M
HaviDg parchssod the painting and papering
business formerly oned by Stackland & McLacbbn,
we wish to inform the public that we sre prepared to
take contracts for all kinds cf paintiDg, paPerhangin?;
and decorating.'- We are experienced workmen 'and
guarantee satisfaction. We are Here to stay ana we
are willing to let our work speak for workmanship,
and the quality for oor stocky A trial order solicited.!; -y'V-.
STANIELS a
00000EA3tOOOOOOOOooo
SUMMER
Until further notice we will be able to furnish onr
customers with the very best : S .
Black Caps Black Berries
Peaches SSS i
And all other seasonable fruits, tresh from the vine
V and tree-. '
NEBRASKA GROCERY STORE
Ooi. bit and Jefferson 8ta. 0. RALSTON, Prop.
I ST; LOUIS LIVEI
ja -
. LARS EN &
Rigs furnished for parties,
best carryall
Keep
mm
If jou have no other way call on the
LA GRANDE LIGHT AND POWER CO.
and secure an : .
Rates aud all prices
will be explained at
the office
eaae . .sssssss-
"The man who Ioves his wife the mosL ; !
Is not the one to let her roast" .
Uieee hot days, in a kilcben overheated by a sweltering
stove-Cutout the family wash day. Send your laundry
tons. Saves wood, time and energy." Don't burn up
a lovely disposition. Send your linen, all of it to -V
. :,. AeBaC. '
! STEAM
PHONE
LaGranJe,
C E M EIMT
- c-
JARMAN,
O
s
t t ; ' i
-FRUITS
Red Raspberries"
P
far r rT2Z :. ; - c
AND FE
NORRIE, Props.
)
C)
fkvllS&4j. - Firit cla88 turnouts fur
fe,. nisbed day or night; v
C)
cn
c)
3
' Special accomodation for
commercial men.
Bett service guaranteed
Homes boarded by, day,
week or month.
funerals and picnics,
in the city.
The
Cool
LAUNDRY
Electric
Fan
I85i
, Oregon.
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