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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1905)
4 n a I.:' : IT MAY BE TOO LATE FOR j CHRISTMAS PRESENTS Wee. "ZSrS "e n th0S8 fi"9 rt r" " May AxZ.,- B 17 $ T1'" WOoK 10 $5S brussel Moquette and nS..A'?J3Lto i"-" - large Racks. small TlT """""O" ble. Desk. Music our .horST I "ryS needed lnd "d useful. Visit SMilSBJgLDgPARTMENT finest and Showiest Pictures Ever Shown in Town &I!Li(lrKed Camp ScnM' unfnied. $1.00. Framed. $4.50 h, Z 7i""nou!Lng extra tine. 50 cents to $2.00 $ Burnt Leather Center Table Covers. California Grape patterns. $3.00 2 CMsCnasffu ar?,,afl,Solute,y shown in the city. rf.?Kite!T.bw"Vto. highest priMi-Framing$ ADCOOK & HARRIS, ADAMS AVENUE M , WANTED Potatoes, Oiiiuiib, Root vegetables Apples, Hay, Oats, Barley We pay Highest Market Prices for all Produce We are receiving regular shipments of fresh eggs which we . are quoting to the trade at $8.25 per case of SO doz. . . Fancy white clover honey from California, sweeter than native etock. 24 frame cases at $3.25 per case. ' We have a large lot of No. 2 apples which we quote at 40c per box. g Oregon Produce Company RUSSIA'S SIR I i LUMBER RETAILED AT WHOLESALE PKICFS Better Lumber and Cheaper than is sold in La Grande, We- deliver it to your building i; Crande Ronde lumber Co- PrRRY. 0KEG0N. 1 j CITY BREWERY i JULIUS ROESCH, Proprietor. 5 Largest Brewing Plant in Eastern Oiegon 5 Ask for La Grande Beer and get the Best I LA GRANDE, BEER IS MADE IN LA GRANDE J AND SHOULD HAVE THE PREFERENCE ; STOCK HOLDER'S MUTING Notice is hereby given that the stock holders of La Grande Real Estate As sociation will meet in the offici of Wm Miller & Bro. on Monday, January 1 5th 1906. at 8 o'clock P. M. for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other busi ness as may come before the meeting. Wm Miller, President r.'JuLiti.-.. w. ..iccky Mountain Tea Nuggeti - A Pur Vadlnu for But? tf 'il'nne Oold Uwltk sml Ussew- Vr ' n Jllo for Cnnttlrmttoo. In-Ure'ilon. I'11 . .nil Kidney Trouble, hmple. Eciwi . Imp"' Bkil, Wwf Breath. SlnmtWi Borta, "J nd ll.a-ha. Il RiK-ky Miiniin T !n4i M form. 55 nf be., (niiiim ' liiUJ7!Ea lio Onfanv, mM-"". -MUCi WUCCETX FR SAU.0 PEOPlf BREAKING (Srrlpp News Association) St. Petersburg. Dec. 26 The strike is practically at an end in this city today, resulting in a defeat for the itrilmr Thousands of them are returning to work as the committee is unable to support tham. Nearly a thousand leaders are in jail; The Socialists declare that the check J temporary ana mat tney will ba able to duplicate the scenes at Moscow. Wittes strength is erowinor. The council of ministers have decided to send a brigade of picked, troops under Orloof into the Baltic provinces. LITTLE FIGHTING . f MOSCOW. Den hf, Tha lmnwM . . partially in control of the city but fighting continues in the outskirts. The revolu tionists have made ' an SDDOal for heir. from other cities. Patrols are riding in all directions with directions to si o t w.thout hesitation at groups of thnw nr more citizens. '" ' STORY OF OLD W0(0 NOTICE TO FRUITGROWERS The thirteenth annual convention of the Northwestern Fruitgrowers Association will be held at La Grande, Oregon, Jn. 3-4-5, 1 906. All members of the assoc iation and all others interested in the fruit industry are urgently requested .to be nrotAnt. A SDUcial program has been arranged, and an interesting and instruc tive meeting is assured. A special rate fare and a third has been secured from all points over all railroads for the round trip. This fare is issued on the crtificata nlan. therefore take a receipt for your money when you purchase your ticket C. D. Huffman, Sec, Northwestern Fruitgrowers Association. La Graude. Ore. Dec. 21, 1906. SPORTS BASKET BALL . The second game of the series of Basket Ball games will be played at the Commercial Club gymnasium Wednesday vening between the High School and Commercial Club teams. Interest and rivalry in the game are running high. The High School already has one game to its credit but the Commercial Club is con fident of victory. Each team will hold its final practice this evening and will be in fine shape for the game. t The price has been put so low that no body will stay away. The lineup of the teams will be as follows: j High School Commercial Club Edwards p-L,.i S. Williams Hendricks .' ' Frward T. Williams McKennon , Center Allstott Falk n,.,i., ' c- Newlin A. Bay Guard9 L. Dunn R. Qoodnough M. Childers C. Mack " Subs L. Zundel - F. Young J. Reynolds f TCCI -111 mil in OREGON . The Dalles Chronicle prints the follow ing entertaing review of Wasco county, the origin of its name, its history and set tlement. The Chronicle says: The oldest political division in this part of Oregon is Wasco county. It was or ganized by the territorial legislature, January 1, 1854, five year before the state was admitted into the Union. ' ' - The following were its boundaries: Commencing at the Cascades of the Col umbia river; thence up said river to the point where the southern shore of said river is intersected by the' southern boundary of Washington territory; thence east along said boundary to the eastern boundary of Oregon territory; thence along the eastern boundary of said terri tory to the southern bouedary of the same; thence west along said southern boundary to the Cascade mountains; thence northerly along said range of mountains to the place of beginning. Oregon then extended from the Pacific ocean to the Rocky mountains, and Wasco county eomprised the the entire eastern part between the two ranges. Portions of what is now the states of Idaho, Wy oming and Montana were comprised.with- in its boundaries. To the antiquarian it is a matter of some interest to consult the records of the clerk's office in The Dalles, and find election returns from Walla Walla and other precincts in Wash ington, and even from some in Idaho and Montana. If our justice court records had been preserved' subpoenaes would be on file served in civil actions on witnesses at Fort Hall and other places hundreds of miles distant In 1859 the state was admitted Into the Union, and, a large portion of eastern Wasco was plased in Washington and other territories. Then came political disintegration, and in 1862 Baker county was formed by the legislature, and also Umatilla. In 1864, Union county was set apart Grant in 1870, Crook in 1882, and in the years following Sherman, Gil liam and Wheeler. The county now com prises about 2400 square mi.es, and ex tends, on the northern boundary from the Cascade Locks to the mouth of the Des Chutes, a distance of about 6 0 miles. This is along the line of the Columbia river, and the O. R. At N. company's rail road follows the river from the westem to the eastern boundary. Across the county from the eastern line to Buck Hollow, a little below Shear's bridge, is only 40 miles, and this it its narrowest part while from the northwestern corner to the southwestern part 20 miles be yond Antelope on the John Day river is a distance of 120 miles. From north to south the county is 60 miles in length. The word Wasco was derived from a tribe of Indians who inhabited this por tion of the nortnwa)t and th i niru wis given to them because thay were adapts in making a basin which was hollowed out of the hard, basaltic rock abounding in tli.s region. Those basins were eager ly sought by tha aborii.i'us for pounding or grinding nuts and camas roots into a coarse meal, then exlens:V4ly used as food by the natives. , PIANO -TUfllM J. C. Ardrey, a former res'dent of this city, but now near Portland, is in the city, Mr. Ardrey is now in the piano tuning business, and those having instruments requiring attention can secure his ser vices by leaving orders at Huelat's music store. Mr. Ardrey will be in La Grande only about ten days longer. (Scrlpps News Annoctatlon) Washington, December 26. The Geo logical Survey makes the noteworthy announcement that the conditions for. th production of steel by electricity in Oregon are as fully as good as they are in Ger many, where pig iron has been obtained by a similar process at a lower cost than in the ordinary blast furnaces. A prelimin ary report on the subject of smelting by electricity the magnetic Iron ores obtained from various points on the Pacific beach has just been made public by, Dr. Day. one of the experts of the Geological Sur vey who conducted a number of interest ng experiments at the Lewis and Clark exposition. Dr. Day built two furnace for the purpose, a small and a large one and experimented with magnetite obtained from the sand at Hammond Station, near Astoria, Oregon, at the mouth of the Co lumbia river and with iron ore from Aptos. bay of Monterey, California. A splendid quality of steel was obtain ed from the furnaces, those secured in the later experiments, at higher tempera ture, compared very favorably with the products of the best regulated blast furnaces. ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT New York, Dec. 26. Assemblyman Berg, of New Jersey, has drafted a bill to abolish capital punishment in that state and will go to Trenton tomorrow to ask Governor Stokes to grant reprieves to all condemned murderers until the Legislature shall have acted on the question. If Gov ernor Stokes accedes to the Assembly man's request two women. Mrs. Valen tine and Mrs. Lotta, and a man awaiting in the Hackensack jail and three men un der sentence in other county jails will gain raprieves until wall inta the spring. PREDICTS DISASTER London, Dec. 25. Dr. Dillon, the St Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, declares "Saturday's doings in Moscow marks the most important manifestations in Russian anarchy." Dil lon believes the economic basis of Russian finances is now about to give way with a terr flc crash and that a conmarc;al i n 1 industrial crisis unexampled in the history of modern states is about to begin,- char acterized by famine. , Saved By Dynamite . Sometimes, a flaming city is saved by dynamiting a space that the fire can't cross. Sometimes, a cough hangs on so long, you feel as if nothing but dynamite would cure it Z. T.- Gray, of Calhoun Ga- writes: "My wife had a very ag gravated cough, -k"'-.h kept her awake nights. Two physicians could not help her; so she took Dr. King's New ' Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, which eased her cough, gave her sleep, and finally cured her." Strictly scientific cure for bronchitis -and L Grippe, for sale by Newlin Drug Co Price 50c and $1.00; guaranteed, Tria )1..,J int. NOtlCC , Notice is hereby given that the partner shipexisting between J. A. Garity & Ben Brown known under the firm name as J. A. Garity & Company has been dis solved. All parties knowing themselves indebted to the above' named firm will please call at their office and settle before January 1st., 1906. as all account must be settled by that time. J. A. Garity, Ben Brown . , ........ VanBuren's j SUGGESTIONS FOR CHRISTMAS For the Gentlemen No Christmas present ; is more acceptable to a smoker than a box of bhoice ' cigars. We have them in boxes containing 12, 16 and 25 cigars, for !) ;i J, i. 60c to $3.00 per box ; Gifts for smokers Beautiful line of Meerschaum pipes and cigar hold-' ers and. Briar pipes, -either plain or gold mounted. . for the Ladies A nice box of Lowney's candies, all sizes ;La ' Gran& 1 National Bank ESTABLTsHED l887 ; Opital Stock, Surplus and undivided profits $160.03000 I Comparative statement of deposits for five years September 6, 1900 - - . -H" 50, 1901 - 'k '.- : y ."'"!" 15, 1902 . - " i'Jk ' " 9. 1903 ;, 6. 1904 ; November 9, 1 90S 1 t ..v $291,00? 63 S3 1.605 38 498.378 e 563,601 39 671.864 02 613.029 62 ' , OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS GEORGE PALMER, Presidsnt. ' j.'M. BERRY, Vice President F. L. MEYERS Cashier. OEOHOE L CLEAVER, Assistant. Cashier, . ' W. L BRENHOLTS. Assistant Cashier. J. M, BERRY, F.M.BYRKIT. ; A. B. CONLEY, ; -( C. cl PEN1NGTON... , , .': F. J. HOLMES. . . ; To Whom it May Concern This is to certify that the undersigned doing business in the Stat of Oregon, County of Union. City of La Grande, do hereby swear that during the month of November, 1903,, w sold to your Home Merchants 1410 sacks of La Grande Made Flour, ans" not one sack returned to us. Does this not I show that the' following brands Is giving entire satisfaction to the public. ROYAL PATEMT, SEA FOAN, JERSEY CREAM, 5 - ; ; , CASH SPECIAL and OUR SEAL. Abov aH things Ladies ask your grocer what BLUE STEM PATENT is. YOURS FOR dOOD FLOUR I La Grande Wilwng Gq A Creping Death. Blood poison creeps , up toward the heart, causing death. J. E. Stearns, Belle Plains, Minn- writes that a friend dreadfully injured his hand, which swelled up like blood peisening. Buck len's Arnica Salve drew ut the poison healed the wound, and saved his life. Best in the world for hums and sores 26c at Newlin's Drug Store. for the New Year's . ' ' Day Reception you will flod our store a "gold mine of good things." We have at your service the very finest lne of food products required to make the most delectable of dishes. Many of the best require only to be dressed be fore serving. - You cannot fail to find many suggestions for your table 1 by glancing over our stock, to do which you are cordially invited. PHONE MAIN 46 QEDDEJ BR2J NORTH FIR STREET ANNUAL MltllNG Of the shareholders of the Farmers anil Traders National Bank of La Qrandef will be held at their banking house in La: Qrande on Tuesday, the 23d. day ol January, 1 906, between the hours of 1 C o'clock a. m. and 2 o'clock p. m. of saic,. day, to select a board of directors for th ensuing year and for such other businesi as may come before said meeting. J. W. Soriber, Cashier of the Farmer and Traders National Bank of La Orandd Dated this 18th. day of December 190f a G. EL FOWLLR Truck and Transfer Wood and Coal PHONE 1611 All orders given prompt attention J I Wood! Wood! Wood! Ij Good dry wood delivered to any part of tha city. - : ANY LENGTH, ANY KIND. Special prices on quantity orders. No order too large or too small ; James Beaverv M '441 ;T f V; ) ' .......