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i -fa PHCrESSIONAL CAK03 PHYSICIANS DR. A. L RICHARDSON. Physician and Surgeon. Mam Bill's aerMM'ie tWl Boa Male Pkoae K. MOLITOR M. D. PHYSICIAN AMD SURGEON Conor Alua aaa an Depot H4. OeVMaiDM Haatdaoot Mala a WILLARD SMITH PHYSICIAN AND SURUEON Mala 71 ltt bolldla. oppudW Hoaamar Huose Offlea Huare, I la 4, I la BACON & HALL, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OHIO la Potaj kaUdlat, Maia M. ' C. T. Buoa, Uanaeae Ualu 1 M. E. ta;l Raoufcae Maia a DrS. BIGGEkS & BluGEKS Pliyakiaui and Buryauoa O W hun, at. D. Uao. L. Blwara, M. I Tolepkonaa Office Black UU Boaldenoa Maia W Offiea lUMua Building aver J. M. any Mima MaaldMiea cm atadlaoa AVa, aacuu. door wcat of 'oriuar raalilaoea, Or. O. W Blgcd LaUKAMDU - OKKUON FrohaauaaJ aalla tnaiilly atUadcd la day vr attlik DENTISTS REAVIS ROS. DENTISTS. Onto. Hoiaaut atuudlog Offea Black U tueldanee Black III C B. Cuiattiorti DENTIbT , l7uio Ovar Hill Orutf. Btort U Grande. Oregon VfelfeRINARt ttUKQfcON l)r. V A CHAkLTUiN VETERINARY BURUrSON, Orlica at T Hal's Drug bior L Urande, Oregon Phone 13b Resideuce phone red 701 Farmers' line 68 DK. W. T. bJVVNKtf. VCTBHINAKY SUKUKON AND UKNTIUT Laave ordain al kad BwldancwCor UuaaliB( alura Mliaadlat Thlrljr aa raare xpuriaoca, bwi of ralaraao lurutabad ATTORNEYS IFAWIOKD & CKAWrUKU Auorueys-at-Uw LA ObUMDK, OKKUOH Ihi lb rfclty balldliw. l. W KNOWLES Attorney and Counsellor At Law IMBoa ia Malatoe aulldlag ftwua IM La U ran da Or. U. T. wlUiaaae a. C. WUUama WILLIAMS BROS. ATIOKJN KYW-AT.L.AW Umoa la Maiatoa Bulldlus Phone iDji La Urauda, IN. L A. PICKLER Civil, Mining, Irrigation Enjlnetiing mm burv. yinf KallaulM, flHM, aiid biwoldoalkiaa. ; (Hltoa lu 'oiey uuildiu LA UHAMDa. OHWhlN Led Directory. a VULNI La utauOa Ain .59 r O k meal y. i Muait.T a l hi 11 k ill I nail a I 1 VulUaal"laaruln ild li auan-K I.TiTaWU. W. K J. IC P-IIOuk, W. iUO IT La tiruiu UMa. No to n m .1 taou kail rary Mimraty uiaht. 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U T WKlHKNUKUk.it, wm. i . link IIUH'H Hoord kapi i I. O.T. M M I VK No, 17. Maria wry Ural I and Hind Hiarldaya l Ike alinM al Ilia 5 1 Too V kalk A 1 vkdllnc lad If w.lconif. loura-i - 1 ad V l r, (tow luaadar. n.Ml Baraaa. kacurdliw ttacratary. La Grande Evening Observer CURREY BROS, ED'S AND PROP. Published daily except on Sunday Entered at the Poet Office at La Grande. Oregon, at Second Class Matter. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 190S One year in advance .$6.50 Six month in advance 5.60 Per month.... 66 Single copy ,.. 6c ADVKKTIXINU RATIOS Haplay ad rataa rnralabed a poo applleaUoi ocaj leadlnc dooms lOe par Una drat aea. Uon.se per Una for each aobaequanl loan Uoo, 'aotolloaa of eoedolenea, je r or Una, ardaor thaoka,ao per llaa. ELFXTRJCITY The oldGreeks. whose knowledge and scientific attainments are to highly lauded by our classical scholars, knew to little about, and having no use for electricity that there was but one word, 'electron' in their language concerning or about electricity. Thales, one of the seven wise men of Greece, in hit book written 600 yeart before Christ refered to the fact that amber, 'electron', rubbed attracted r?N ' Thia wm the only electric al fact known to the ancientt at the Romans, Egyptians and Jewt knew no more about it than the Greeks. In our language we have over 12,000 words that express things or properties which we know about electricity. The ancients looked upon thunder and lightening as an attribute of Deity, beyond the ken of the human intellect, and that whatever it might be, its control was exclusively the province of their chief gods, Jehovah, Jupiter, Thor or Ptah, who so carefully guarded the secrets of its nature or rules of action that it would be both useless and impious for man to attempt to find out the properties ol electricity, or the laws, if there were any save the wills of the gods, that controled its actions or explained its manifestations The idea that puny man could penetraU the guarded chambert of the gods, find out the properties of electricity, drag it down from the sky, tame it like a wild horse, and make it at we now do man's servant to bear hit message! under oceans and across continents, light his dwellings and streets, turn the wheels in great factories, drive great war ships and freight carriers across oceans and up and down rivers, unyoke the patient ox or nervous horse from the plow and takt their places in the furrows, never entered the brains of the ancient philosophers. Greece and Rome had been dead foi centuries when Gilbert, of Colchester England, published the first book on electricity In 1600 A. D. in which for the first time the word electricity was used, and was the first to suggest thai electricity might be a force of nature, a moving power. In 1760, one hundreo sixty years after Gilbert's suggestion Benjamin Franklin made the first con- juctor of electricity. Seventy two yean after Franklin's discovery, Samule Morse of Massachuetts. conceived the notion thai electricity could be made the servant ol man in transmitting his thoughts, and eleven years thereafter in 184S he buili a telegraph line from Washington D. C to Baltimore Maryland. There are now at least 250,000 miles of telegraph poles in the United States on which are stretch over 3,000,000 miles of wire. In 190J there were 2,443.750 miles of telephont wires in use in the United States. The cities, towns and homes are lighted by electricity, ships propelled by it, factor ies run and wash houses operated by electricity and it it put to hundreds ol other uses. Next month the Northwestern Fruit Growers Association will hold its annual convention in this city, and in order for La Grande to reap the full benefit of tht meeting, we must begin in time for the reception and entertainment of the four hundred or more delegates who are ex pec ted to attend. As this will be a meeting of fruit growers it is but natural that they will expect to see a full and complete exhibit of Union county fruits. t should be La Grande's business to see that we have an exhibit worthy of their attention, ready for their inspection The very best exhibit possible is the only tort we should have, and after exerting every effort to secure and bring together the very choisest samples of our fruits we should gird our loins still more tightly and exert ourselves further in order that our famous valley shall be fittingly re presented. We can not afford to do otherwise. The La Grande Commercial Club, being the recognized head under which such work should be directed, should begin in time to arrange for this convention, and the citizens of this county can ill-afford to fail to render all possible assistance to the club. Cleared For Action When the body it cleared and ready for action, by Dr. King't New Life Pills, you can tell it by the bloom of health on the cheeks; the brightness of the eyes; the firmness of the flesh and muscles; the buoyancy of the mind. Try them, at Newlin Drug Store. 25 cent. BC DAVIS Presides J n OHII.DH eae. and Ttaas. BLUE MOUNTAIN MARBLE AND GRANITE CO. LA GRANDE OREGON Our stock of Marble and Granite it the largest in Eastern Oregon and has been enlarged by a carload of blue, white and clouded marble direct from Vermont. Our prices are better than traveling salesmen can make and our work manship -cannot be surpassed. Give us an order for a monument and receive your moneys worth. GETTING GOOD MEAT difficult, unlets you lavor ne w tb roar order. We don't ety itt lm- Dioslhle to set it olsewhft . Bat to lay that we bny from raity ho tolls np all hit product and be raiser he finest Hef, Vea.', Lamb and Pork 'likt It ia portlbla to rla. Oire a a rial order. Brooks & Rohr . Harris Meat Mark t Telephone Mnin 16 La Grande II Capital St'ck, Surplus and Uudivided Profits $150,000 ou Deposits 640,000 00 OPFICKRS AND UIKBCTOHH ' George Palmer, Pres. J. M. Berry, Vice-Pres. F. L. Meyers. Cashier. Geo. L Cleaver, Asst. Cashier. W. L. Breuholts, Asst. Cashier F.M. Byrkit A.B.Conley F.J. Holmes C. C. Peuuingtoa Kxchaujje sold available in all parts of the world. Telegraphic transfers to all parts of the United Spates and Canada WE HAVE OUR With the purchase of the Nebraska Grocery we have inaugur ated our own delivery service which will enable purchasers to receive their orders much sooner than heretofore. Phone in your order for your dinner and the deliveryman will have it to your door before you know it. Our prices on groceries are as low as any and our goods are a little better. MRS. MAGGIE SHEARER J. R. OLIVER. UNION COUNT Y ABSTRACTS Farm Lojds a Specialty B8t quip ed abatrarH-r id Union c-J"uty- Many yearn expert-n en with ' Ibe Mnion county records gives me a grent advn -Ng. It is Tolly 10 1 nr- Lme rea!e8tae without first securing ri per isn't 1 act. An atu-'raci Irom my office will fhw tlie title jun as it s-ppeir ou the official record. J. R. OLIVER, LA GRANDE, OREG N Room 31, Porcmer Bill;. Practical Gunsmith Repairs Strictly Frstclass "wis re-Mix.kcu Krys fitted to door Locks WM. AGNEW Adams Aver no J. L MARS, Contractor and Builder Draler in Building Material La Grande, Oregon 'rop a line, ntrniog aork, and I 1 , fbe right price IN A HURRY? THEN CALL The transfer man. He will take that trunk to the Dep )t or your home in lees Hue than it lakes to tell it. Wfgon alwavs at your Hervice, t'hn ges moderate. Dhv phone R 17'j, uigbt phone R i2 National Bank 0WM DELIVERY JUST RECEIVED CURTICE BROTHERS BLUE LABEL CATSUP Sold BAKER PHONE MAIN 29 t.u HENR FUNERIL LICENJED Lady atpisULt, Calk Phone SI 8 m 0 J. 0 Hpnry. renidence 664 tit t r n ;.i qun Ii J. J. Varr, irn'in iio iWl. rWWWWWIIWtlwywayaTaismyanm k IJTCWIW r. H. 8TKWARD, One Week Commencing MONDAY, OCTOBER 30 I Zinns ; Ccmic Opera and Travesty In 30- Company POPULAR PRICES Seals on snle at Vnn Ituteu'a You shou!d select our store for your shopping place. Our Lace curtains are quoted from $1.50 to $6 a pair. Our portier. with their splend d coloring, are going at from $2 50 to $12 a pair. Fugs, all kinds, all sizes, at all prices. Renumber u.wrunjou do your shopping preparatory to the Holidays. ADCOOK & . HARRIS, Adams Avenue " Old Jewelry mad, to look like Clock taken oar of FRESH GOODS by BROS. Adams Ave. . 1 1,1 fifc'OArjR DIRECTORS Ef1Br1Lf1ER5 answered day and.nigbt, No. 621. i fj ClranrlA OrPfnn - n d WEW HOUSE' Proprietor end Mgr In the leBied Two-Act Opera-Booffa "THE JOLLY MUSKETERS" Nellie Venita tier great noveliy, 'llie EochtDtei 3 JiiwbI Datire." i . People -30 i Merry, Jolly, Pretty, Shapely Chorus Girls ' Change of program every Night 15c, 25c, and 35c SatunUy Curtain at 8:30 asESaSc Lace Curtains. Portiers, Carpets, Art Squares and Rugs WATCHES? Ye, of course t have aiches, the very bent waches made.' We alfo have Clocks, and every thing in i he jeuelry line J. H. PEARE. new Reptir work given prompt attentiou. 3 -t r lu.u