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XMAS
SUGGESTIONS
Christmas Bells will soon be ringing and the old
problem of "what shall I give him for Christmas" will
once more confront you. '
We havs made a few suggestions and should you
fail to find a suitable ' item on the; list we would be
pleased to, have you call and well do all in our power
to assist you. V
SUSPENDERS
OVERCOAT
HAT
HOSIERY
tMCRtLLA
CRAVENETTES HOUSE CqU
SUIT
NECKWEAR
S IRTS
MUFFLER
UNDERWEAR
CLOVES
NICHTROBE
KERCHIEF
A good rule to follow in selecting gifts for' man is
: to buy what he would te apt to buy himself. All our
prices are moderate, and we are alway at your service.
La teZe tvcninj Observer
TUESDAY. . DECEMBER 19, 1905
AS II
CLOTHIERS AND HABERDASHERS
J. R. OLIVER.
V NIOM O U N T Y
ABSTRACTS
i ' "-"'..M-.ra'
Farm Loans a Specialty
Bestequipped'abstracter In Union
county. ' Many jrear xprienc
si with the Union bounty records
' give m a' great advantage. It
ii folly, to purchase real estate
1 without first securing a proper
abstract. An abstract from my
office will show the title Just as
I it appeare on. the official record.
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: ). R OLIVER,
: LA ORASDE, OREO ,Nl
- ' Room 81 Sommsr Building
: ' . j
G. L FOWLLR
1
Truck and
Transfer
Wood and Coal
(HRISTAMS IS NEAR
And It should not be forgotten
; that we have the finest line of
fresh confectionery in the city for
the holiday trade. All of the del
icious and lucious flavors put up in
the most attractive forms.
OTtD f IMC o' goods for trim-
vjuk uric ming and decor.
ating Christmas trees is complete,
elegant and attractive.
TAYC 0F ALL KINDS
lUlO AND PRICES '
Dolls from 10 cents to $1.60
Mistletoe, for decorating, 6c bunch
SELDER, ThcMacnandy
Waod! Wood! Wood!
' Good dry wood delivered
, to any part of Uie city.
ANY LENGTH. ANY KINO,
Special prices on quantity
orders. No order too
large or too small
James Beavers, Red 1441
Publish 3d daily except on Sunday
PHONE 1611
. All orders given prompt aiwnugn
-
One year in advance ". $6.60
Six months in advance.!. S.60
Per month 66
Single copy ,6c
Entered at the Post Office at La Grands
Oregon, as Second Class Matter.
CURREY BROS, ED'S AND PROP
ADVERTH'O KATES .
lsplny Ad imtte rnrntihed apon ippllcetlm
4KM1 reltoy nollcw 10c par line flrM om
iton, 5 per ilnsfur toh uIiucdi law
tion. - . -
moii'MooiMif condolence, jo vr 11m.
ri of (bunk. 6 per line.
HOW WE GRCW
Let us save the Falls' now, or, as our
yellow contemporaries would express it
now, while the peopU are awake. There
is something any reader of these words
may do. He can write to his Senator or
Congressman urging him toward action
for the preservat on of the Falls. Th .
President has done his part. He has put
the case with earnestness and decision.
But he can only recommend. The matter
rests with Congress, and Congress is at
least supposed to take some interest in
the people's will.. Tnerefor gat after
your so-called representatives See that
they do represent you anil the United
States, nor the gentlemen who are des
troying a national heritage for the further
swelling of their already swollen private
pouches. Collier's Weekly. '
Service
This drug store tries to serve every
customer so wsll that they will not think
of going elsewhere for drug store goods.
A. T. Hill, Prescription Druggist
La GranJe National Bank
ESTABLISHED 1887
Cipitil Stock, Surplus and undivided profits $160,010 00
Comparative statement of deposits for five years
September 6, 1900
80,1901
9, 1908
" 6. 1.904
November 9, 1906
$291,007 65
531,606 58
498,576 84
655,601 59
671.854 02
615.029 52
. "u times are good when old, is
accepted as a truism by a great many
parsons, who fret and fume at present
conditions, and envy the good luck of
their great grand parents in having their
life cast in an age wherein the comforts
and necessities of life were more easily
o' ta ted than now. A remembrance of
the real conditions that surrounded the r
forefathers, if they 4 were, in the United
states, wilt dissolve this "delusion ; and
convince, if not silence, the most inveter
ate growler. Daily laborers in the United
States prior to 1760 worked longer
h jure and received from fifty to seventy
five per cent less than is paid for a dd
of fewer , hours : now, and are better
fed and more comfortably clothed than
( laborer forty five years ' ago. There
are thousands of men and women yet
a Ive in this country who well remember
how their mothers toiled far into the
night for months each year carding wool,
c tton or flax and spinning and weaving
it into cloth to clothe the family. - There
are those who yet have a clear but un
pleasant memory of the "dye pot" where
in his Sunday coat or breeches and her
frock were colored blue. : : .......
A more general idea of the hardships
which our ancestors endured may be
gathered from the long rows of dismal
figures that may be found in the United
States census reports that measure the
toil of 120 years. , . !
When our grandfathers were toiling to
support their families in the days when
Washington was president if all the
wealth In the United States had been
divided equally among the people there
wouia not nave Been a per capita or
$200. An equal division in 1900 would
have given each person in the -United
States $1,236.
In 1800 our forefathers imported $17.-
1 9 per capita of merchandise and export
ed $15.57 per caoita, a balance against
thsm of $5.82. The balance of foreign
trade was against the United States until
1880. In 1904 we imported $12.12 per
capita and exported $17.87 per capita,
showing a balance of our foreign trade in
our favor of $6.76 per capita; and in
1904 there were 81,762,000 people in
the United States and a. favored, per
capita balance on the foreign trade of
the country left among the people after
paying for the foreign goods bought the
snug sum of $661,836,000. In the good
old days of our forefathers in 1 800 there
were 6,508,485 people in the United
States and the foreign trade balance of
$3.82 per capita meant that foreign
creditor held an indebtedness against the
people amounting in the aggregate to
$20,278,405; to square which took the
bulk of the agricultural products of that
year which aggregated $26,690,766 so
that had the farmer sold enough of their
crop to pay the balance due there would
have been but $5,512,129 left fcr home
consumption. In 1904 with a trade
balance in our favor of $661,856,000 the
agricultural products were of th value of
$865,645,075.
TAXABLE PRGPfRTY IN WAUOWA
The assessment roll for " Wallowa
county, just completed, shows 70,160
acres of tillable land, valued at $1,274,
405; improvements on 'deeded or patented
lands, $355,740; improvements on town
and, city lots. $245,810. town and city
lots, $74,905; improvements on lands
not daededor patented, $69,760; number
of cattle. 22.842, - valued at $336,430:
number of sheep and goats 176.142, val
ued at $440,520: number of sw:ne, 7,53d,
valued at $22,630; total valuation of
taxaole ' property ' in Wallowa coun;y,
$4,681,615;
ITHE OLD RATIONAL RdAD
the country the national road was bare'y
halfway through Illinois. No work was
done after 1841, Two years before,
however a line of stages and post routes
ad been started from Cumberland' in
Maryland, to Terra Haute, in Indiana,
f fin w i'la tit'.ar placj there was a tri
weekly service for passengers and mail to
nnrffield, III. This marked the first
overland travel from east to west. Pass
engers and mail bags were jolted along in
cumbers 5me coaches, each wi h "o-irstr. ng
no ses. On accout of the high rates
cravel was confined mainly to merchants
and lawyers. The passenger, with an
llowance of fifty pounds of baggage, paid
at the rate of 1 0 cents a mile. It is noted
that Clay and Lincoln were among the
frequent passengers. Philadelphia Ledger
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iHMIMfMHMtH' I " "
j Enlarged Juarters
furaitura . disglayed to a good advantage.
I Minaturc Book Cases :: :: J2.50 to $6 00
Music Cabinets :: .: " J2.59 to $6.00
1 Paper Racks :: :: 50c to $2.00
One of these will maks a dainty Christmas present for a lady or gentleman.'
PARLOR SUITES, Upholestered corner chairs and oaos ana eno. m w..t.
OUR PICTURE DEPARTMENT
Finest and Showiest Pictures Ever Shown in Town
Fine Colored Camp Scenes, unframed. $1.00. Framed. $4.60
Panel Etchings, something extra fine, 60 cents to 52.00
Burnt Leather Center Table Covers, California Grape patterns, $3.00
Our frames and our pictures are absolutely the finest ever shown in the city.
Christmas gifts galore at from the lowest to the highest prices. Framings
of all kinds at all prices. 4. , , ,.
ADCOOK .& HARRIS,
' ADAMS AVENUE '
OFFICERS ANO DIRECTORS
QEORGE PALMER, President. J. M. BERRY. Vict President.
- F. L, MEYERS, Cashier.
GEORQE L. CLEAVER, Assistant. Cashier.
' W. L. BRENHOLTS, Assistant Cashier. .
J. M. BERRY, F. M. BYRKIT. A. B. CONLEY,
C C PENINGTON, ' ,F. J. HOLMES. '
QUITE A DIFFERENCE
County Clerk. Frank S. Fields states
that some. time this afternoon the total
tax roll for 1 905 will be completed. He
says that it will show a valuation of about
143.000,000. against a $56,000,000
valuation in 1904. This year property
was assessed at its real value or nearly so.
Telegram.
TO THE CHILDREN.
The children can write their letters to
Santa Claus and mail them at Newlin
Dr. g Co.' store.
. STOCK HOLDER'S MEETING
Notice i hereby given that the stock
holder of La Grande Real Estate As
sociation will meet in the office of Wm
Miller & Bro. on Monday, January 1 6th
1 906, at 8 o'clock P. M. for the purpose
of electing officers for the ensuing year,
and the transaction of such other busi
ness a may com before the meeting.
Wm Miller, President
Do not let th holiday pleasure cause
you to loe sight of th fruitgrowers' con
vention. It i a plain matter of business
that w make this convention grand
success, and all that is rvuired to do so
is to land a helping hand. Th press of
the Northwest has given us much good
advertising on account of this convention
and th word has gone forth that La
Grande will have an exhibit worthy of
attention. Let us not fail. We can all
help, and in order to gam a real victory
we must all put our shoulder toth wheel
and show the world that we have a place
on th rr.ap.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
Notice is hereby given that there will
be a meeting of the stockholders of the
La Grande National bank at th La
Grande National bank building in the city
of La Grande, Union county, Oregon, on
Tuesday, January 9, 1906, at two
o'clock p. m for the purpose of electing
a board of nine directors, and any other
business the transaction of which shali
legally come before the meeting.
F. L, Meyers, Cashier.
Dated this 11 day of December, 1905
The Best Xmas Dinner
you ever at is th kind w are serving.
Just think of what you like best to eat
and come her and get it prefectly c ook
td and perfectly served, bach dish ap
petising in looks as well as smell and
test.
THEPROOf OF THE PUDDING .
is in th eating. So drop in by yourself
and put our brands to the test. After
that you will come often and bring your
frirtrf ' vu. F in addition to
first class meal we add to your happiness
by carving the priies as well as we co
the meals.
The Model Restaurant
J. A. Atbuck.lt, Proprietor
:
ENGRAVED
GOODS
Tbe OVterrer is in apvitinn to offer to its natrons
; a b leodid line ol engraved Visiting lard, Wedding
Announcement? and At Home Card at pricea just
ti e name as you send away only re pay tbe postage.
Call on us and look lit onr samples
s THESE ARE OUR PRICE?:
1 English Script cards, per 100.. $2.00
French Seript, very latest, per 100. . . . .$3.00
Bhaded'Old English, per 100.... $3.50
'. I Bomau, 100 cards.. $3.00 : ,
Solid Old English, 10( cards $3.00
Oothic, 100 card . .. ....$2.60
Printing fn'ure orders from any copper
plate, 60 card 75c, 100 cards ..... $2 00
Wed fin limitations troua $8.00 a 100 to
( $21 00 a 100.
Besides laking orders for engraved et ck, wf are
preparen to print ail the above io the latett type
fecee. all on us before ordering.-
ii THE OBSERVER ;
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MP'S DAY
SD MlHT
Ready . For Business
J WITH A FULL LINE OP FEED, HAY AND GRAIN
We already tojiuy all kinds of hay and grain! and pay the highest
market prices.
K. V. OLIVER
Slater Building:
JEFFERSON AVE " ' Main 57' '
meal ticket lui "P4 3v