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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
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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
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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.
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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
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-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
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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
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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
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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
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$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
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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
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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.
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: ANY LENGTH, ANY KIND.
Special prices on quantity
orders. No order too
large or too small
; James Beaverv M '441 ;T f
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