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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1906)
ft . X X t r. I x X I: i 4 f I INVEST NOW YOU SHOULD STOP AND ' CONSIDER THIS IS A HOME ENTERPRISE Aurelia Mining Company stock is selling fast. Manager reports a good strike in' the west drift ,Work progressing nicely at the property. We have some stock for sale yet at "'5c per share, but at the present rate 5c stock will' 60on be gone. , Those that may want some stock better buy during January, as the price will be advanced to 7 cents on February 1st 1906 You can buy stock, pay one-fifth down and one-fifth per month until paid. If you are a little short of money take some stock anyway, no matter how little, all will help to develope the enterprise.- . J. A THROIMSON. Holiday Groceries BAT I HP OR Nevcrwas a better time to get full value for your money than now. Everytning in the line of Holiday Groceries. 1 ; NEBRASKA GROCERY i MRS. MAGGIE SHEARER, Prop. A A A A A A A A A A A A LA GRANDE IRON WORKS D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor. ,. Gmplete Machine Shops and Foundry General Blacksmiths. We manufacture The Fitzgerald Roller Feed Mill., the best and cheapest mill on the market. Our shops are equipped with machinery to handle any sized work, nothing too large or nothing to small. Highest prices paid for old iron. li COAST 'MRUS VESSEL Mast Give Way to ! More Modern Types ; cl Fp ; in$ Machines and is Second ; (ldS$, And now it is the "Oregon"? that has, to go the way of all battleships, and pass from the first to the second line of de fense, to do duty in home waters. This announcement will occasion not a little sentimental regret among the American people, who will ever bear in mind the long voyage of this battleship from the Pacific coast to Cuba, and the brilliant part which she played in the chase of the Spanish squadron on its fight from San tiago harbor. It seems but a few years .; tKt the shins of this class ("Oregon," Indiana." and Massachusetts") were heralded as the' most powerfully armed and armored " battleships afloat The claim was well made; for not even the big British ships of that day could match the combination of four 15-inch and eight 8-inch guns and 1 8-inch facehard- ened armor found in the "Oregon" class. Yet these vessels possessed inherent De fects as naval design and construction advanced, which were bound to tell against them. Chief among these was the fact that their displacement of some thing over 10.003 tons' was altogether too small to effectively carry sucn a powerful aggregation of offensive and defensive elements. For in order to float such guns and armor at all. it was nec essary to keep down speed, coal supply, and the supply of ammunition, to a point which was bound ultimately to render these ships unable to remain in our first line of defense. i The trend of later battleship design is in the direction of giving a ship high free- STODDARD LUMBER CO. : board, large displacement, and a gener ous supply of ammunition and coal, and the increased displacement of about sixty per cent of such a vessel as the battleship Connecticut" over the "Oregon , has been si van mainlv to these features. The main battery of. the "Connecticut in numbers and weight is no greater than that of the "Oreson." consisting of four 12's and eight 8's as against four lS and eight Be. In the secondary battery there is an increase from four 6-inch to twelve 7-inch guns. The vastly greater ni 01" Ho L.-iiic'.i: wi " to the great increase in velocity, range, ra pidity of fire, and energy of guns. The length of the ships has gone up from 58 to 460 feet; the breadt from 69 1-5 to 76 2-5 feet, whiie the depth, on the other hand, has been reduced from 28 to 264 feet, a most important 'advantage for the later ships. Displacement has increased from 10,288 tons to 16,000 tons, and the speed has risen from 16 knots 18. The normal coal supply has risen from 400 to 2,000; and although the "Oregon' is credited with a bunker capacity of 1.' 450 tons as against 2,200 tons for the "Connecticut." she cannot take on that amount without practically submerging the whole of her water-line armor. In the second line of defense, however, for service in home waters, the "Oregon" stilt has a useful life of many years' ser vice before her, and in the naval annals of the country she is destined to be placed high on the roll of honor. Sash and Doors Lumber Lath, Shingles, . v . Mouldings, Etc. AH Good Material comes from our Yard DR WITHCOMBE. PLEASED WITH POLITICAL OUTLOOK Gives Interview on WUcJ He States Political (on- s ditions in Eastern Oregon are . ' Satisfactory. FOR WINTER WASHING Our new machinery and additional help will enable us to do fami Uy washing CHEAKhK, ucjioivcji mm 'ZZTTZZi ZU&'s'sz " .? ! yourself. We call for and deliver your laundry quickly and make special- ty of rush order work. Sive us a trial and ' y:u will not be bothered through the winter with family washing. ' ,' , ' Ae Be C. , STEAM LAUNDRY VHONE j Main 7 La Grn fe. . Oregon. La Grande National Bank ESTABLISHED 1887 ' Capital Stock, Surplus and undivided profits $160,00000 Deposits ' ' . ;'; - 640,00000 , . ' OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS : v . t QEORQE PALMER, President. , J. Nl! BERRY, Vict President. F. L. MEYERS, Cashier, v. GEORGE L. CLEAVER, Assistant. Cashier. ' W. L. BR EN HOLTS, Assistant Cashier. J. M. BERRY F. M. BYRKIT. a: B. CONLEY. C. C. PENINQTON. F. J. HOLMES. SPECIAL SALE ON 'LLJjgfjg 0ODS - . . . I have a few heating stoves left, both coal and wood, which I will close out at greatly reduced prices. " W. H. BOHNENKAMP, tetaeeeeeeeeeeee IN A HURRY? Wn. REYNOLDS THE TRANSFER MAN . He will take that trunk to the De pot or your home in less time than it takes to tell it. Day phone Red 761 Night phone Black 1792 Wagon always at your service DeWltt 1 G. E. FOWLLR Truck and Transfer Wood and Coal i am we'll pleased with the outlook for me in the eastern Oregon counties,' said Dr. James Withycombe, director of the experiment station at Corvallisand can didate for governor, wno was in the city this morning on his way home from the fruitgrowers' convention at La Grande. 'I am not a politician and do not pre tend to be, but from the candid . and frank statements of friends and members of all parties I am highly encouraged with the, prospects for my nomination for tie oifici of gjernor at the coming primary election." Such are tne itTVpressions of Dr. Witn- iombe after a few days visit among rriends in Union. Baker and Umatilla oounties. He if not making a regular campaign for the nomination, but is a candidate before the people and will ac cept the nomination if tendered him and will then make a clean, open straightfor ward race for the governorship should he receive the nomination. Dr. Withycombe has devoted himself ;losely to his work with the state experi ment station at Corvallis since he has had chares of that institution and has advanced the interests of the agricultural college very materially in his praatical work with the experimental department. Ha is a lavorite with the students and graduates of toe agricultural college, all of whom com J n Jiroct contact - witi him during the.r terms at the school and his influence and fr eidship thrjughjut th state are remarkably strong. Dr. Withycombe is not a practical poli tician and has never taken ' any part in the factional differences in his party and is an especially strong and popular can didate for the office of governor. In SDeaking of the experimental farm in eastern Oregon Dr. Withycombe ex pressed the sentiment that it was one of the most valued resources of the state, ano hoped to see the experiment farm idea carried out until there were several small stations in different localities where the various climatic and soil conditions I could be tested to the fullest extent- East Oregonian. WITCHES ' PHONE 1611 All orders given prompt attention i.nH" 9 Practical Gunsmith &JtLrs& 13. . sno iwf h,sj Witch-Hazel iwrc,,i.D? HH Blind. Biwxil'-C. Bums. ,rbun-.l EM"i. PROMPTLY mm SALVE g.C.DeWUtgCo Chiefs A.T. HILl. Druggists' Repairs Strict'y Fiilclass .. Guns re-stockrd JCeys fitted to door Lwks Havana, Jan. 9. Domoinico Bocourt an old negro and Victor Mulino. were gar- WM. AGNEW men were, regarded as witches by their associates. Their crime was the murder of a white baby.' Ziola Diaz for the pur pose of securing the heart of a white fe male child which the witches prescribed as a poultice for a certain woman as a cure for barrenness. The child's body was found smoked and salted, weeks after the crime. The executions passed off cTDavrn Thra s at my place a rea promptly, mere were no puai mw- ir between one and two years old. dents and no witnesses except those offi-J KnH.rf 1 I on i ffht hip. switllow fork c;ally designated to be present A dozen u ..aiimu hit on left ear. other men and women are imprisoned in on msiiM ----- . C, W. Bartimee. on Rock Creek. I connection with the awful crime. P20SPKTIVE CREAMERY The Secretary of the Enterprise Com mercial Club is in receipt of a letter from O. E. Harper, president of the company operating creameries at Pendleton, La Qrande. Union, and North Powder and who has recently bought the Tutley cream ery at Wallowa. Mr. Harper writes that he will be in Enterprise during the month for the pur pose of talking creamery to the people. He asks no bonus, but will put in a plant guiranteing to the farmers a steady market for their milk at a price equal to the highest price paid by similar inttitu- 1 3ns else w ere prov d -d he is guar, nte d by the farmers the mint from a suffiewnt number of cows to justify the investment. Enterprise Chieftain. The Good Old Standby. Nothing like a nice cut of juicy corned beef with cabbage or saeur-kraut once in a while! We can offer most of the time whole or half rounds, if you can use so much, or whatever quantity you require, of well fed and carefully corn ed beef-tender, "tasty" and wholesome. If you re in the notion today, phone us the order and we'll have the meat around in no time. Grandy& Russell . WOOD SAW I ONLY A fEW MINUTES We're in business for your health. Telephone us and in a few minutes your goods will beat your door. , . Newlin Druo Company. Phone, red 81 I Q a fine art unless you can trust your! v butcher., It will be worth your? while to give us a trial order if you are : looking for a thoroughly rel'able market; where ynu can be sure of finding a pleas ing variety of first-class meat and poultry We can surely interest you with our pricee. t It Rohr & Company Notice Don't let your face grow old, sallow. hollow and wrinkled. If you care at all I for beauty, take Hollister's Rocky Moun tain Tea. .55 cents. Tea or Tablets. Newlin Drug Compeny. Your wood sawed with steam a saw at 40 cents a cord, if you, haae ten cord or over, under ten cord only 60 cents per s cord. I come when I promise and satisfaction gusranteed DROP ME A POSTAL J. S. VANDORFY. FOR SALE J year old jersey bull, for particulars enquire of J. W. McAlister or of the farm of Mrs. Undey, north of Island City. I Centennial4 Hotel ,J Under new management. ! Board and Room $6 per week. Meals 25 cts. Special rates fun.. Monthly patrons.' Wo. U17 Ad'nis A j Phone No. 1161. Mrs. W. E. Miirchlsin, prcvr:utress Notice is hereby given thatthe partner? shipexisting between J. A. Qarity It Bei Brown known under the firm najn a J. A. Carity & Company has been die solved. All parties knowing themselve indebted hi the above named firm wi please call at their office and settle befoi January 1st., 1906. as all accounts mu be settled by that time. . J. A.O.-jit' Bin 3ov i - f i i ( i 1 3 k . I