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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1905)
' 1 jr. I : ?' I.: v Uhe farmers and Uraders Jfational 22ank jCm Sr:d Orwgom NO. 4489 Capital Surplus ,.; LUbiiity of Shareholders 1; V.::; Total . ! $ 60.ooo.oo . : , 14000 oo - r" 6o,ovo.do For th protection of it depositor! Depositors pf this BanVt are ip- K - corded such liberal treatment as shall be in keeping with the character and value of their accounts. We would be pleased to have jour ae?V count. ' . ' J. W. SCRIBER. .y i ," . - Cashier. JOSEPH PALMER, President. .''V. : ' O. E. McCULLY. ; Asst. Cashier. J. SCROGQIN.:- Asst. Cashier f : ' FARMS fOR SALE V 5 2 VH .IN THE GRANDE R0NDE VALLEY ;, . , S 200 Acres with good improvements, all tillable land, , ''' '' J 8 miles 'from railroad station and 14 miles from ' La Grande, Oregon . i ' . '" ZiZZ ."!". r"J -" n..ri .11 .tninhu land, ebo-'t, three milevrom the railroad and 14 5 . miles from La Grande, i v T Price $40 rwr acre Price $38 per acre' J Price $S6 pei acre 160 Acres about 5 miles'-from the railroad and 14 miles from La Granc'e, No buildings " ; 200 Acres, one mi'e from the town of Summerville, 15 , miles north of La Crt ne'e and 3 miles from the railroad. All tV ;' Ja ). - No buildings ". 60 Acres, same class land as' the above and adjoining. Price $55 per acre 480 Acree. 2 miles from the railroad and IB miles .''' . from La Grande." Good barn and small house, ' : ', Price $35 parser t well watered. , All good land v .? v ', ', : 65 Acres, three and half miles from La .Grande,, all under cultivation. No buildings .J "' ; .". 160 Acres, 6 miles from La Grande. Oood grain land. No buildings ii 160 Acree, 1 2 miles f aom La Grande, 2 miles from Ihe ' ,t.. railroad, hrstclass improvements . , 1000 Acree 9 miles from La Grande, nearly all in culfc ivatlon, (.!! good land --., ... Price $42 peg acre , t -. . Price $76 per acre Price $26 per acre Price $65 per acre Price $35,000.00 jCa Sratido tSnvostmorit Co. ' J FOLEY HOTEL BUILDINQ . LA GRANDE, . OR Union Mills Indian Robes We have received a consignment of Union Fleece Wool : Indir i.Tooee 'which we have nn eale. These roL'e are soluble for couch covers,, steamer robe. and orna . rental for. Indian cornere. The price range Is from $6.60 up i' .; , . 5 HENRY cS6 GAT J HOtJSE FURNISHERS AND ' UNDERTAKERS. . . 'x(::t':- :X-'J:a ptKo, 621. m ) C. Henry, residence 664 1 -.-.. ' J. J. Carr, reeidence 386 : 4....................................... Just Received by W. H. Bohnenkamp a beautiful LINE OF CHRISTMAS ROCKERS V From 75c up ' The Fjnest display of China and Class - C ' f- in the city.' See the Ten Cent Table , A-;"flr'::..i.,l,L,Til.:,.... - '.i :-., .. a. nr.. ,-y W, H. BO H N EN K A M P, SPECIALS Supported bed springs Unsupported bed springs Mattresses, good ones 2 saddlee, choice ' fiemmington typewriter $2JlO lss 2.50 1.00 4(1.00 Iso 30 5.60-6.1)0 60c to ROMADKA READY ACCESS TRUNK ' TJ AI3INO the corcr brinfs every AV corner within reach wiihoat re snoring trays. Saves K the time of an ordinary trunk to fack or un pack. Easy to operate. HothinK to tfet out of order. - will eiana all the knocks an4 hard sa( o( travclinf, Coste no more than a commot trunk. .....$5.00 -j . N ) el.. v !6 cross cut saws Hall rack 2 office chair , Kitchen Treasure ' Linealeum . A fine line of crockery at half F. D. Haisten, PHONE RED 1161 , f . ' Highest prices paid for Second .Hand Goods.. , '.' ' I ' v . . s . ' 1 ' '' UMATILLA RIVER VATER USERS' ASSOCIATIOH MEETS "7 -TV. fens i . Prepsrs- vfor -Ccverant" jrritica'"- Li tHe ; v Umatilla (osir.try.v-, ' 1 ; , . ' -. -i ' " -' iHermiston, Ore., Deo. 13." The people o(Hermiston and vicinity, all of whom are concerned in the future " pf. irrigation rp XhW regloa irttended the public meeting eld aijisiw 'Saturday-. 'The object of the meeting1 Was to tak the- necessary steps toward compliance with the re quirements of the department of , the in terior with respect to the East Umatilla irrigation project, and to organize the Hermiston Watar Users' Association! The association of laricf' oV.-iere ; was deemed the- most' eipe'djeril method of getting ail parties concerned' in line, for agreement to. the government require ments concerning land holdings within any area affected by an irrigation project under the national reclamation' service A feature of these requirements, as eff ecting the individual, is that all owners of land under the scope of such project mustagiee to relinquish their holdings down to 160 -acres. Collectively, the landownere must come under the juris- secrstary of trie Interior. ' ' ? . "r. J. T. Whistler, representative in Oregon of the reclamation Service, and stated the government's position in the premise). The meeting wae organized by the e' C tion of L. A. Esteb as chairman and I uis SeholL Jr., as secretary. J.P.McNaught D. C. Browne'.!, L. Scholl, jr VV. R. How art T. C. Irwjn. H. G. Newport and A C. Crawford were appointed a committee to draft the by-laws of the . association, and as soon as these have beed complet ed they will be forwarded to Washington for the inspection of Secretary Hitchcock. Today the committee met an Echo ' and drafted the articles ot Incorporation and the by-laws of the -association. The association will be known as the Umatilla "River Water Users' association and it will 1 have its principal place of business at Echo. The Maxwell, Furnish. Betile. Brownell Three-Mae Falls aid Cxi aprhjs ditc.1 companies will alt come within the scope of the government's requirements,. These companies represent some 30,000 ac of land ditches, built and contemplated, to the extent of fifty miles. A)l these ele ments are rerdy to co-ooerate , with the aovernment . The acceptance of the by aw prepared by the Water Users' assoc- ation, by the secretary of the interior is all that remains now relating between the govrnment and the ' concerns .. Jhat ' have already undetakeh reclamation work under . the system of private enterprise.'. " CLUB ELE(TS "'.', . V- -1. 5 .The meeting of the Commercial Club, hld .last .evening for the purpose of elect ing officer for the. yearI9Q6, .jbrqught out a good atUndaac4LjCN . .-, , LJbotf"Grand Commercial Clubv a It nam Implies, is the recognized lead-' ing commercial body of Union dounty'ana in the past Un year quit ll of the puln lie undertakings, " of vital Importance to Union county, Jias. been directed through this organization." La Grande, being the metropolis of this wealthy and energetic county, V many public undertakings1 are naturally 1 expected to' be taken up and pushed to a successful conclusion by this city and to meet such contingencies the La Grande Commercial Club wa organic zed, and how well, this organization has fulfilled that obligation. ' the paet history speake for iuelf. ' " ''; ', Thar I not an active citizen of this city and county today but who feel it in the air that 1906 is to be a year of activ ity, push and development The 'man who ha not caught Jthej spirit; t Jhmain who cannot read thVhand writing on the wall, will b. left when the year 1906 be come history twelv month hpvVjl vi How often do we hear, the lamentations of those who have witnessed the transition that ha taken place in this valley during the past few year and can now see wher they missed it .' There are decided ly more opportunities in Grand Ronde valley today than there wer ten or fifteen year ago. wfkeep your eye on the band wagon. 1961 loaded with all kind of good thing for those who are awake. ' The LGrande Commercial Club has caught th spirit a was manifested in the meeting last night and they will be very much in evidence during th coming year. Th following liet of officer chosen to direct the club affair are well known businessmen who are capable of any thing they may undertake. . ' resident William Miller For First Vice Presided F. S. Ivanhoe For Second Vice President I D. Reavi ' For Treasurer I. J. Scroggins For Secretary Turner Oliver Board of Manager E. E. Romig F. U Meyer Turner Oliver ' A. V. Andrews Guy McCully . , John Collier Geo. L. Cleaver J. M. Murphy J. B. Gilham tX ' - v sua Will HOT REPAIR SfflP (Scrlpps Newe Association) '-s ' ' Singapore, Dec, 15 Chinese laborers at th Enjengpagar .dockt today refused to repair th Standard Oil -ship Acme, oh accodht of th- American .'boycott' The dock belong f to; th British goverhmeh '. The American counsel. complained to the governor of th colony. . ... The official pro tector of th Chines threatened to deport all who refused to do th work,.-. The Sikh police are armed and held in readi ness. This afternoon some of the laborers have returned to work. ; It is believed that' this is th first time the American boycott ha evolved any government be side America. " ", "" ' , vmirviyors;at kiona ; lJ. ' Kiona; Wash., Dec. 18 Surveyor for th North Coast railway are working in th vicinity of Kiona, . and may cross th Yakima river at this point, thence parall eling the Northern Pacific a far as Re lief. It 1 understood that th engineers ar looking for the most direct route pos sible to Wallula. LMtt OR TRIAL (8crlpp Newe Association) New York, Dec. 13. Th trial of Abe Hummel, a lawyer, charged with subord ation or perjury in connection with thVTJodg-Mor , divorce, began in me criminal Branch of th suprsm court thi morning. OSTEOPAJKY FOR (ORSUMPTION Medical Talk, which I decidedly not an Osteopathic7 ' publication., devotes some space to the case of Mis" Munson. of Winfield, Kansas, who waeord of con sumption by. Osteopathy. "Th editor states that he wishes people "to know that Osteopathia physicians ar not necessarily bone-doctors, but that, they successfully treat many diseases which the drug doctors admit that the? ar un able to cure." Such evidence of liberali ty and appreciation ar vary pleasing. ' ORAM MARKETS (Scrlpps Newe Aasoclatlonl Chicago, Dec. 1 3. Wheat opened at 81; closed, 87 V, corn opened 44V. closed. 44g; oats opened 31 closed, 10. PORTLAND MARKET Portland, Dec. 13. Bluestem 74 Club, 71 Valley, 73. : AT LA fOUfTTC (Scrlppa Newe Association) ' . Madison. Wid.. Dec. IS Tha .n.t. today took a rap at La Follett bv defeat. ing a resolution sent by him proposing a searching investigation of the railroads, insurance and other corporations.1 The nouse has killed two of the governor's favorite measures. - IN A HURRY? THEN CALL Wn. REYNOLDS , ; THE TRANSFER MAN He will take that trunk to th Da pot or your horn in less tim than it takes' to tell it '''":' Wagon always at your service Charge t moderate. Day phone. B 1792, night phone. P IS. J L MAfcS, Contractor ahd Builder Ualcr in Buildine Material La Grande, Oregon . . Drop a lin naming work, and 1 will ' name the rght price. 444 Suction EycClass ' It doe not wrinkle ' your nose , and make you look older than you are. J t Holiday goods are beginning to . i arrive. Best liue ordered ever . X brought to the' city. J. H. PEARE. Jewelry and Optician WANTED 1 Potatoes, Hay, Oats, Apples; We pay Highest Market Prices for all Produce A caf of strictly fresh eggs to arrive Saturday, Nov, 26. We quote these to th trade at $8 per case of 30 doz. A fresh consignment of fancy white clover honey from Cali fornia' which we sell to the trade at $3.25 per case. We have a lot of No. 2 apples which can be bought here' at a very low price. I s, - Oregon Produce Company A SPLENDID? INVESTIVIENT 'Is a mfr which will build up your own town -and country. : 1 The Aurelia Minir.g Go, -1 ; Now offers the first block of stock of 100000 ; shares at 5c per share. The company has -; 400,000 shares of stock available for the dc : velopement of the Standard Mines, which will be done conservatively, and as fast as posible. " - r : '.I For further Information call on' " J. A. THRONSON. r tn4attit FOR WINTER FEED ., ; PHONE MAIN 6 , ' VEROERE PHONE - The Grande Ronde Cash Company is in a position to offer tha . K best there i. Fresh Lteam Rolled Barley.. Timothy and Wild V; I Hay, and all kinds of Grain and Chopped Feed. '-; ' . - . - --r ' ' WOODLAND COAL DELIVERED TO ANY PART OF CITY ' !' (jrande Ronde Cash Company, : JTFWmVj . OWEJlfl ..'"-HOUSE 1 ' r -YV"ui t-roprietor end Mar FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 4 OLIVER M0R0SC0 1 , -' 1 OFFERS MR. HARRY MCSTAYCR In HENRIK IBSEN'S great play of Heredity . ' i ; f 74 "GHOSTS"! tonill 'I?' !rrCUMd m0r di,CUMi0fl on two continents than "., , than any other that was ever written. ' . .,A wonderful soul reachine cer- ..... l... , ' formance-Mtv T,-!. hs ny P,av erMto' "oh "The most brialiant dramatic performance of 'the ' " 1 , , aon.-rChicago News. . . , .. PRICES-Lower Floor 75c. and il.00. Boies Jl 50 - 3 v. , M u,.u ovm, beats on sale Wednesday at Van . Bur.n. ' .V nil