I HAVE TO OFFER AT A VERY
REASOMABE PRICE
S good saddles . $9.60 and $12.60
W nu. Hall tr ... 2.60
Child Rocking KorM worth
four dollar . 2.50
2 Oil CookStoves 2.60 and 6.60
1 roll cocoa matting the yard .25
My entire line of new furniture at greatly reduce
prices FOR CASH
F D. HAISTEN, .
PHONE RED 1161
Highest prices paid for New and Second Hand Good3
-
farmers and TJractors
Tfational SSank
of jCm Srnd Off
NO. 44B9
. Capital
. Surplus
Liability of Shareholders
Total
For the protection of it depositor! Depositor .of this Bank are ac
corded such liberal treatment at shall be In keeping with the character
and value of their account. We would be pleated to have your ac
count. ; . .
JOSRPH PALMER.
President.
O. E. McCULLY.
Asst. Cashier.
! BIG REDUCTION SALE
I ON ALL CHRISTMAS GOODS
i IS NOW .ON AT , HILL'S DRUG STORE
Very complete line to choose from, in books, Perfumes,
Toilet Sets. Manicures, Hand Bags, Vases, Smokers' Sets,
Ink Wells, Mirrors, Albuns and many other nice things.
Call and see what we have. .', .'. .',
A. T.
Prescription Druggist
4
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Ready For Business
WITH A FILL LINE OF FEED, HAY AND GRAIN
W already tojbuy all kinds of hay and grain, and pay the highest
market prices.
A- V. OLIVER
Slater T3ui Id iiiir
JEFFERSON AVE
Remington type writer SS.00
New toilet tat 2.00 and 2.7S
S new Go-carts, 6.00, 6.60, 7.' 0
1 folding ironing board 2.00
Lac ourtiin stretcher 2.60
Halter, new 90c. 1.00 1.10
- -
S 60.000.00
14.000 00
60,000.00
$134,000.00
J. W, SCRIBES,
Cashier.
1. J. SCROOGIN.
Asst. Cashier
HILL.
. LA GRANDE, OR
,
Suction EyeGlassi
It does not wrinkle your nose
and make you look older than
you are.
. -t
Holiday goods are beginning to
arrive. Best liue ordered ever
brought to the city.
J. II. PEARE. :
Jewelry and Optician
Main 57
li Grande Mi .OUserver
T U S AY. DECEMBER 2a 1905
Published daily except on Sunday
One year in advance , $6.60
Six months in advance 3.50
Per month ...... 65
Singia copy. 6c
Entered at the Pest Office at La Grande
Oregon, as Second Class Matter. ", f
CURREY BROS.. EDS AND PROP
This paper will not publish any article
appearing over a nom-de-plume. , Signed
articles will be received subject to the
discretion of th' editors. - Pleas j sign
your articles and save disappointment.
ADVEKTMNU KATBM
Hapiay Ad rate tarnished apnD applhwltin
m reading aoUeee lue per line Ural no
tion, jo per Has tur cb eabwiqueni loam
lion.
eltUoueoreonrioliire,se erlln.
axdiof Uak,6e per Una, '
SUGAR AND TARIFF
The grower of beet sugar and the
manufacturer thereof into sugar In this
co:n.ry are Just now do'ng some ffgOrtrf
as to how their business may be effected
should th present tariff on foreign sugar
by th declaration of one of Oregon's
senators that he believed In free trade
and had strong hopes that the advocates
of that policy would toon be in control of
the United States. To assist in reaching
a correct conclusion on this question the
Observer will giv some facts pertinent
to the inquiry and leave its readers to
draw their own conclusions.
- The present tariff on imported sugar
not above No 16 Dutch Standard, that is
89 degrees or less, polarization, is nine
teen twentieths of a cent per pound, on
sugar of higher grade the tariff is one
cent more or one and nineteen twentieths
of a cent on the pound.
The monthly average price of foreign
beet sugar imported into the Uuited
States, in the countries from which
shipped, was for the grades 16 and below
in October 1905, one cent and seven
and seven tenths mills, and the price of
th same class of cane sugar was 2 cents
and one and one fifth of a mill per pound.
The wholesale price of sugar No. 16
in the United States on October 29, 1905
was S cents per pound for centrif ugats.
96 degrees polarization it was 5 cents
five and three fifths mills per pound, and
for standard granulated it was four cents
and four and one half mills. If the sugar
beet grower think they can improve their
business by opening the market of the
United States to one cent and seven and
seven and seven tenths mills a pound on
foreign sugar they know how to do it
and will vote for th removal of the tariff
on sugar.
TO WHAT END?
To what end will Russia finally come?.
is the question on every hand. What
will be the" results of the bloody strife
now apparent within her borders? No
one can answer. Only time will tell. It
is evident tiata great metamorphose is
at hand, but to the poor misguided people
of the dark nation, there teem but little
hope of a dawn of freedom. Faction
after faction exists. There is the auto
cracy, now In power; the revolutionist,
composed of half a dozen factions.
struggling for existence; the rabble, which
calls for th death of th Jew and intell
ectual, and the anarchist Not on of
these hava the same end in view.
Witte's honors, attained in th closing
of the bloody war between his country
and Japan, are fading into obscurity.
Because he has failed to stem the torrent
of insurrection to the Great White Czar'
liking, his influence is being usurped by
his master and his downfall is plotted.
Chaos reign upreme. Who will be the
leader to emerge from, the gloom that
obscures stricken Russia and lead her to
freedom? -The
cold and starvation in the great
cities is doing much to break the strikes
instituted by the working men. Th cry
fot bread and th incessant demand for
shelter has forced liberty from their minds
and has given necessity the supremacy.
The spirit of unrest will continue, however.
and at a not far distant time, th yoke of
oppression will be cast aside and Russia
will walk unafraid among the newer
nations, free.
Th proposed electric railroad for
Union county and on which active work
hat commenced is putting new life into
many sections of that county. Th Cove
is planning for th establishment of a
bank at that point, and even old Summer
villa, the pioneer town of th county, is
picking up its ear and p ets to be in
the swim before another year rolls around.
Wallowa Democrat
WW RIAL ESTATE CffKf.
I have moved my real estate and in
surance office to room 3 over J. M. Berry's
store, where I am better equipped than
ever to handle farm lands and city pro
perty. I also writ fire insurance 'on
farm property. , '. G. H. Powers,
the Minnesota Land Man!
HOLIDAYS ARE HEAR
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 flavor put up in
th most attractive form.
TOYS
OF ALL KINDS
AND PRICES
Doll from' 10 cents to $1.60
Mistletoe, for decorating, 5c bunch
SELDER, The Candy
--- -. Man
J. R. OLIVER.
UNION COUNTY
ABSTRACTS
.1 , i 1 :i- ::,' mist
Farm Loans a Specialty
' Best equipped abstracter in Union
county. Many years experience
with the Union county records
gives me a great advantage. It
is folly to purchase real estate
without first securing a proper
abstract An abstract from my
office will show th title just as
it appeare on the - official record.
). R. OLIVER,
LA GRANDE, OR KG N
: Room 3 1 Sommer Building
Amen Cumth pomes BviraniKK.
AtTKR l)Kl1)NDKNCr COM Kit JlV.
AVTKR Nu KNKKH COUK8 HkAI.TII.
' A-TKH Wkak.NKH COMICS bTHKNUTH.
Dr. Plcren's Favorite Prescription U
irhut ihm U nil. It' a imiitter iiiv,er foi
winien Ix-caiine It Is A'ltfure'a rrmili,
sdiipliHl to the nunls of twtmiiiali n
liiry womnn.
NO ALCOHOL. WO NARCOTIC. NO IN.I11HI-
mm riHiio. Mutlp of ertvet-ric cxiriict
from roots, tlu-rt-fori" their virtues grow
In them In AiKiiif'n diliorrieori, viz:
Lady's Sllpiwr root Klin k CoIiimIi root.
Unicorn root, lllue Coluwh root, and
(lolileii Seal root: extrnrUtl, combined,
nnvscrvad without alcohol, by Dtrtin
I'k'iif'a oipn iKi.illiir ;rorcx. and In
the most oxact proportions to secure
the bet elTiK'tik
If In iHHnl of careful, competent advice
before beginning treatment, you will re
ceive It wltliurt clmrife by writing, nnd
stating your cis. to Dr. It. V. I'lerco. ttv
Ma'n Street, Huffi.'o. N. Y. All letter
coiitUlentially nvclvcd and answer tent
In securely tealed envelopes, -
I was a treat nufferur llx rearr,
wrilea Mm. dm Huailen. of Ml Honda Hiieet.
fmfinaw. Mich. "I commenced lotake ymir
'tantrlM I'rewriptloir and hare taken ten
Ixilllea In all. Am now nvular. arter havlnc
ml1 iwo yean and miirepiMt with pain In
Uik head and Iwck. I waa no nerrout. could
not eat or nlwu. Horn I can tliauk you for
tur mcovBry."
lr. rierw'a Pleant Pellots enre rin
titiatlon. One I itle " IVIIet " l a kuuiIh
utaativu, auu tvv . i.d cuthariic.
to,. . X
-J"v . .
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New
SUGGESTIONS;!
New Year Bells will soon be ringing; and the old
problem of "what shall I give him for a present will
once more confront you. M L: . . 5
We have 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- 'J ' J ). : '
! SUSPENDERS
OVERCOAT .
CRAVEMETTES
SUIT
NECKWEAR
S IRTS
MUFFLER
HAT
I HOSIERY
t UMBRELLA
A good rule to follow in selecting tgifts for man Ts
to buy what he would be apt to buy himself. All our
prices 9 re moderate, and we are alway at your service!
ASH BROS.
CLOTHIERS AND HABERDASHERS.
Call up Main 29 for
NEW WALNUTS ALMONDS
BLEACHED SULTANAS
Cluster Raisins Muscatel Raisins
' Citron and Lemon Peel
Dates Figs .
Heinz Mincemeat
BAKER BROS.
PHONE MAIN 29
: Now is the accepted time
iTft tin Yniic HaIIHu
W Have
BCOKS, DOLS, GLOVES, ETC ;
Presents for old and young ; I
s
E. M. Wellman & Company j
ADAMS AVENUE
.
BLQKbAND BROS.
ISl AND Cm, OREGON.
Briec'ers of Berkshire ard Poland China Swine
We have a number of hogs on hand, and we are prepared to furnish a
few well bred Poland China Gilts, at reasonable 'prices, bred tc one
of our three herd boars.-
:
We also have both ball and beardless barley. Call us up on long dis
tant phone 2066, also on th Farmers Line. '
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: Union Woolen
We have received a consignment of Union Fleece Wool
Indian Robes which we have fin sale. These robe are
a ' snitable for ccuch covers, steamer robers and orna- I
X mental for Indian corners. The price range is from
" $5.60 up
I HENRV &. OAfJR j
. HOUSE FURNISHERS AND UNDERTAKERS
Phone
S. C. Henry, residence 664
:
r
Yeat
HOUSE COAT t
UNDERWEAR
GLOVES
NICHTROBE
'KERCHIEF
Adams Ave.
, Chnnnlnrf , . , ,
the Goods Z
Mills Indian Robes j
No. 621.
J. J. Carr, residence 586