1
i "IT
HOW MANY?
Times have you wished' X
for a damti v decorated Z
room? well, what's . the X
use of stopping at the X
wishing gate? Push it X
open and you'll find your- X
se f well inside our com
fortable showroom, with !
an attentive array of X
waii, ceiung a.nu tcrcr
DaDer. that will make day
delightful by eyesight, the X
night by dreams of de
signs artistic. Here, then
for interior decorations
STANIELS & JARMAli,
Paper Hangers and
Decoratoratars
LA GRANDE MESSENGER
SERVICE
RATES
Five block from fountain 10c
Seven " " " 16o
'Any place in the city 25c
PHONE RED 261
C. L. SMITH
CREAMERY BUILDING
DONNELLY'S
THE NEW CIGAR STORE
Bet line of Cigars, Tobacco, and
Smoking Sundries. Fruits and
Confectionery. All the leading
periodicals. Best appointed Club
room in the city. A Centlemans'
Resort,
J. P. DONNELLY Prop.
Next Door to Post Office
II
HOUSE CLEANING MADE
EASY
With the assistance of
JOE WILLIAMS
Charges reasonable and Prompt
Service. Leave orders at the Red
Cross Drug Store or phone blk 271
X
THE LA GRANDE j:
NURSERY
SHADE TREES
J Is one of my special-
ties. Delivery to be
made on or after
March 15.
Special bargains on Roses
I also have a fine lot of Apple,
pear, prune, plum, cherry, appri
cot, peach, mulberry, shade
trees and ornamental trees,
grapes, currents, gooseberry,
blackberry, dewberry, rasp
berry, vinos, ' creepers, and
hedge plants.
Phone 1511, Thorns' grocery
Geo. W. Powell,
THE ;
OXFORD UftK I
UMFt FlDmiHADriU Dma a
Comui UMrtoienlof
WINES, LIQUORS
AND CIGARS I
Cold lunches and mixed drinks a
specialty. Fair and impartial
treatment to all. You are invited S
to call and get acquainted. J
I si iiioiil
RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF
RUBBER TIRED BUGGIES
RUNABOUTS AND TWO SEATED
Just the thing for this summer
The prices are right, call and see
them. All new oesign. VV
the very rig you have been think-.
ing about.
TIMOTHY HAY
THE BEST EVER I
Phone Main 6
: GRANDE RONDECASHCO. i
Lewis Bros. Prop.
! WALLOWA COUNTY I
Send your collections
and cash items to
The Stock Growers and
farmers Bank,
OF WALLOWA. OREGON.
We pay five per cent interest on ,
time deposit
CAPITAL,
5,000.00
C. T. McDaniel, Cashier.
A. K. Steuhenbero, Pres. i
UPHOLSTERING AND CABINET
making
Furniture repaired and upholstered
No order too small or too large.
All work guaranteed.
Old furniture made good as new J
E. E. SCOTT,
Shop 1420 Adams Avenue
Phone Red 672
Brick furnished in any quant.ty or any
style. No contract too small or to
large. See samples rt our pressed
brick.
GEO. KREIGER
La (1 ramie, Oregon
NOTICE STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
The annual meeting of the Stockhold
ers of the La Crande Irrigation Co.
will be held Monday April 2d 1906 at
2 o'clock p. m. at the parlors of the
Commercial Club for the purpose of
electing Director and other business that
may legally coma before said meeting.
Wm Saroint, Sec't
Centennial Hotel
Under new management.
Board and Room $8 per week, cash.
Meal 28 cts. Special rate fin nishe
Monthly patron. No. 141? Adam Ave,
Phone No. 1161.
Mr. W. E. Murchison. proprietress
Service
This drug store tries to serve every
customer so well that they will not think
f going elsewhere for drug store goods.
A. T. Hill. Prescription Drug Bti
MESSAGE Of THE MAYOR
Continued from page 1
city charter passed at the legislative
session of the year .1 90S, that appear to
be in conflict with the original charter of
the year 1885, should be so amended a
to eliminate all differences that may ap
pear to exist The charter as amended
together with all the ordinances thai have
been passed, should be revised, and codi
fied, ordinances that have been passed
for a special purpose, authorizing a cer
tain work to be done or a certain act to
be performed and said ordinance having
become obsolete, by reason of such work
being done or such act performed, should
be orrjitted from the codification, and all
ordinances that are in conflict with each
other should be corrected. All ordinances
that have been repealed in whole or in
part should also be omitted, and the char
ter and ordinance when completely re
viled and codified should be published in
book form, of sutficent number to meet
the demands of the city and it inhabit
ants. RULES AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
. I would recommend that the standing
rules that have been adopted by the
Council, and the resolutions that have
been passed, be complied with as near as
it is practical to oo so, auring uw Miwi
of the Council, the work of the committees
and the management of the city'e affairs.
In addition to the rules that have already
been adopted, I woulk recommend the
adoption of a rule slmiliar to the follow
ing: That all reports, resolutions, re
monstrances, recommendotions, petitions
or propositions when submitted to the
Council by the public, member of the
Council, committee or o fficers, must be
in writing; and that, if in the Judgment of
the Council, any of the standing rules
or oader of business, or methods of con
ducting business should be amended' or
appealed, that action be taken to do so
before the final publication of the charter
ordinances and standing rules and res
olutions, as heretofore recommended.
FILING SYSTEM AND RECORDS
AND BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
I would recommend to the Council that
a complete filing system be inaugurated,
extensive enough to provide for all public
documents, map, plat, charts, profiles
of streets, and all other matter and
paper that may become a part of the
city business; that the books and re
cords of account be audited, and that all
and every improvement that can be made
in the system of accounting be adopted,
and that proper books, tabulated and
printed in proper form, be purchased for
each officer of the city, who keeps any
part of the city' record; that every officer
or member of a committee, authorized to
collect money, to buy supplies or employ
labor, be furnished with stub or duplicat
ing books, properly numbered, so as to
keep a record of all moneys collected,
supplies bought or labor employed.
SEWER AND WATER
The paramount question to come before
this Council will be furnishing the inhabi
tant of the city of La Grande with an
ample supply of pure water, and
constructing sewerage to meet demands
of an increasing population. Cities and
sewers and water, system are not built
to supply the need and comforts entirely.
of the people now living, but these should
be built and constructed for future gener
ations as well. People yet unborn will
enjoy many of the benefits to be derived
from the sewer and water systems that
w construct, and it is deemed a wise
and consistent policy to draw on the
future for at least a Dart of the monev
necessary to provide for these necessities
and conveniences. Now is the time to
acquire water right and construct sys-
opeit publicity the best
uuhrxnty op merit.
When the maker of a medicine, sold
(hmtiKh driiKKlsW for family uw, takes
his patients fully into his runlidence by
frankly and frarloiwly mihllsliltiK broad
caxl as well as on its bottle wrappers,
a full Hut of all iu ingredients in pfoiii
J0jil"h. this action ou his part is the
liest posiiiMe evidence ttint he I not
afraid to have the search light of inves
tlimUoii turned full upon hi formula
and that it will bear the fullest scrutiny
and the most thorough investigation.
Dr. Pierce's Kevorlt I'rewrlption for the
cure of the wenkneftws, periodical paint
and functional ileraiigeiiieuut of tlm or
gans distinctly feminine, is the only mo.ll
ciit put up for sale through druggists for
woman's secla( use. tlm maker of which
is not afraid Uv tuko his patients in n
his full rotifliioiire by such open and
honest publicity.
A glance at the published Ingredients
on each buttle wraper, will show that it
Is made wholly from native, American,
medicinal rooM, test It rontuin no poi
sonous or habit-forming drugs, no nar
cotics and no alcohol pun-, trtplc-rclincd
glycerine, of proer strength Mug used
Instead of the commonly employed alco
hol, both for e tract Ing ami preserving
the active mediciiml rocrtieg found in
the ruuU of the American forest plants
employed. It Is the only medicine for
women's pecular disoasos, sold by drug
Rists, that does not contain a large n"t
eentttge. of alcohol, which Is In the long
run so harmful to woman's delicate, nerv
ous system. Now, glycerine Is perfectly
harmless, and serves a valuable purpose
by possessing Intaiiislc value all its own,
and besides It enhances the curative
effect of the other Ingredient entering
Into the " Kavorito Prescription."
Some of the ableot medical writer and
teachers endorse these views and praise
all the several Ingredients of which "Fa
vorite Prescription is composed rec
ommending them for the cure of the
very same disease for which this world
famed medicine it advised. No other
medicine for women has any such pro
Jtmkmiil endorsement worth more than
any number of ordinary testimonials. If
Interested, send name and address to Ir
K. V. Pierc. Buffalo. N. Y., for his little
book of extracts from the works of
eminent medical writer and teachers,
endorsing the several ingredients aitd
telling lust what Dr. Pierce's medlciuc
are made of. 1 1' free for Ui aakiiut.
tern that will be adequate not only for
present but for future need. The city i
already bonded for $50,000.00 for water
ipply. . It may become necessary to in
crease this bonded indebtedness to acquire
ample water rights and conduct the
water to the city mains, i would recom
mend that the proper committee of the
Council be outhorized. to" investigate any
(sources qf water supply thai- may be
available, and provide ways and mear.s
of securing the water and conducing it to
the city, and that the regular committee
of the Council on sewer and water, or a
special committee of the Council investi
gate the sewer question and report to the
Council such recommendation a to
sewerage ample for the present and future
needs of this municipal corporation.
STREETS AND ALLEYS
The time has come when It is conceed
ed by the people of La Grande, that we
acquire better streets than we have hereto-fore
enjoyed, and that the good work
of the outgoing administration should be
continued; that the grades on all principal
streets that have not already been adopt
ed by the. Council, should be surveyed
and established ; that the principal busi
ness streets should be improved and cov
ered with such material as the Council
and property owners consider best adapt
ed for making these street permanent;
loot um fiHiutnU wwU Ir. the r;;:d;r.c;
portion should be built to grade and cov
ered with such material as will put them
in good condition for traffic, . consistent
with a reasonable cost.
I would recommend that uch streits
as it may not be deemed advisable to
build to proper grade, be rounded up in
the middle with the natural dirt and that
gutters and drains be made along each
side, and crossings made at the intersec
tions for the drains and gutters to carry
the water and cause it to flow to its nat
ural out-let to the lower side of the city.
I would recommend that the alleys be
cleared of all rubbish, waste and refuse
matter as a matter of cleanliness, and
to protect the public health.
SIDEWALKS
The policy of our immediate predeces
sors in the construction of cement side
walks, both in the business and residence
district of the city of La Grande, should
be continued to an extent agreeable to a
majority of the abutting property owners.
That all lumber sidewalks now in place
should be kept in good repair;-ftrst the
owner should be requested by the proper
officer to make needed repairs, and if the
owner so requested, fails to do so in a
reasonable time, that the city should
make such Heeded repairs, and tax the
cost to the abutting property. That in
the construction of new sidewalks the
sills and cross-ties should be constructed
and laid in place and secureiy nailed to-i
gether so as to prevent the structure be
coming rickety. Sidewalks and cross
walks should be extended to all parts of
the city where the traffic is sufficient to
justify the outlay.
HEALTH AND MORBLS.
That a strict supervision be exercised
under the state law and under the ordi
nances of this municipal corporation and
that a competent city physc'an be ap
pointed to see that the laws and require
ments are enforced and to keep the
council p3stedas to the deaths, diseases
and number of patients, and all other
matters relating to the health of the
community that comes within the pro
visions of the laws and ordinances, and
rules of the medical profession. The
council and city officer are not the cre
ator of the communities' morals. The
officers of the law can only act in this
regard in the negative sense, that is, they
can punish for breech of law, but can of
fer no reward for its observance. The
growth of morality comes from an en
tirely different source than the enforce
ment of the law. Its growth is in the
home, the school, in fraternal and benevo
lent societies and religious organizations.
If these agencies fail to make a people
moral, it n useless to ask the adminis
trator of the law to protect the moral
nature of humanity.
. FIRE AND POLICE.
The fire department and apparatus of
the City of La Grande should always
have the careful consideration and 'at
tention of the Council. Every encourage
ment should be given to keep up the ef
ficiency of a volvntary fire department,
with the end in view that it may finally
develop into at least a partially paid de
partment. The welfare, prosperity and
happiness of the community will always
depend largefy on the efficiency of the
fir fighters and adequate equipment and
water supply to protect property from
disastrous conflagrations.
The police department is no less im
portant than is the fire department and
a strict accounting and responsibility of
all police officers should at all times be
iusistecr- upon. Care should be taken to
promote harmony between the Council
and the police officers, and while the law
should be enforced impartially, yet the
enforcement of law should always be
tempered by mercy and forbearance, and
prosecution for violation of law should
never take the nature of persecution.
FINANCE AND INDEBTEDNESS,
The finances and indebtedness of this
city will always se the most important
question for the consideration of the
Council. In fact, upon these propositions
th entire welfare and growth of the
city depends. The aggregate indebted
ness of La Grande at the present time is
approximately $100,000; $50,000 of
this amount is for bonds upon the water
works; $25,000 bonds upon th city
building and about $28,000 floating in
debtedness, evidenced - by outstanding
warrants. The bonded indebtedness on
tha water works and the county build
ing cannot be considered a a burden up
on the taxpayers, because the indebted
ness is off-set by these two valuable
proberties, and the water work "is not
only self sustaining, but can be made, to
a certain extent, a revenue producer for
the cify. and the indebtetnes against La
Grande for outstanding warrant is more
than off -set by other property and re
source owned by the city. It will be
come your duty to ref und the outstand
ing bonded indebtedness against the
water works and thereby make a saving
of 1 annual interest. There i perhap
$35,000 of warrants against the water
fund, outstanding, but for this amount the
city has expended fully twice this sum for
new water mains.
WARRANTS AGAINST THE GEN
ERALFUND.
The history of the warrants against the
general fund shows a loss and discount
of from 6 to 50J4 which th city has
been compelled at all time to pay, for
the reason that a higher price has been
paid for service and material than
would have been necessary if these war
rants had been pracucaiiy oo c
basis. It has been the custom for peo
ple having claims against th city to add
the percentage of discount in th market
price of material and to the general wage
and salary scale.
The Council has the authority under
the charter to jssue $20,000 worth of
bonds for general purposes. Now if
the Council should exercise this author
ity and issue $20,000 worth of bonds at
a low rate of interest, this would have a
tendency to put the general fund war
rants on a cash basis, with the result
that the city could make a saving of all
the discounts that have been allowed to
be added to bill in the past Further
than this, the Council is not denied the
right of issuing time warrants in large
sums, payable at a future date, updn
which no discount need be be allowed,
and only interest added to the principal,
such as i not th case on the present
outstanding warrants. I have no positive
data to show the amount of interest and
discount that La Grande ha paid, but I
venture the statement that there has been
enough paid to cover the present floating
indebtedness. I would therefor recom
mend that the Council exercise it au
thority to issue $20,000 worth of bonds
against the general fund or to issue time
warrants, if necessary, to clear up the
city' floating indebtedness. By doing
this there will be no discount allowed on
claims against the city. All purchases
can be made at the lowest cash prices.
ana me city or ua urande win be paying
less interest than it is at the present
time. The indebtedness of La Grande
where the money expended has-been in
vested in revenue producing property is
not a burden on, th taxpayer, nor
hindrance to th city' growth.
SOURCES OF REVENUE
The sources of revenue may be derived
from dect taxation, poll taxes, taxes on
abutting property for streets, sewer and
sidewalks, and indirect taxes in the form
of saloon licenses, occupation licenses
and shows and performances, and fines
Continued on page 6
ANNOUNCEMENT
Having purchased the Boss
Meat Market from J. Bull
& Company, we wish to
inform the citizens of La-
Grande that we will endeavor
to merrit the patronage which
the Market has enjoyed, and
will appreciate any and all
trade which we should receive.
Our endeavor which at all
times to please our patrons by
rendering the best possible
service. A trial order is
earnestly selisited.
KR0USE BROS Prop
Successor to J. Bull and Go.
PURE BRED CflCKCNS
Persons desiring first class, pure bred
Minorca chicken or settings of the same
may secure them from the undersigned.
Eggs $ 1 .00 per setting. Will be pleased
to shnw my chickens to those interested.
R. W. Deal.
Corner 4 and A streets.
NOTICI 10 STOCKMEN
All stockmen having stock in Union
county are hereby notified to have their
brands and ear marks and dulaps record
ed with the county clerk of Union, on or
before May 1. 1906. As upon that date
the Union county brand book will be pub-
nsnea. ana is necessary that all brand
ear marks and dulaps are properly record
ed in order that they may be published in
said book.
C. A. Wills, Alicel.
A FINE JUICY ROAST
can alway b had from us. Our
refrigerator are alway well tockd
with the most delicious
Bttf . LAMB, VEAL,
Poultry, Game, etc You will never be
disappointed in the flavor or quality of
the meat if you deal with us.
Rohr& Company
J. R. OLIVER.
UNION COUNTY
ABSTRACTS
Farm Loans a Specialty
Best equipped abstracter in Union
county. Many year experience
with the Union county record
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 the title just as
it appears on .the official record.
). R. OLIVER,
LA 'IRA NDE, OREO iN
Room 3 1 Sommer Building
Have you weakness of any kind stom
ach, back, or any organs of th body?
Don't dope yourself with ordinary medicine.-
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea i
the supreme curative power. 38 cents.
Newuk Druo Co.
NOTICE Of DISSOLUTION
Notice is hereby given that the part
nership firm of Drs. Bigger and Bigger
is this day dissolved by mutual consent
Dr. G. W. Biggers retiring from the firm.
The business of the office will hereafter
be conducted by Dr. G. L. Biggers. Al
persons indebted to the late firm are re
quested to call at the office and settle the
same at once.
G. W. Biooirs.
Dated Dec, 4 '06. G. L. Biooehs.
SCHOOL DISTRICT- BOND fifOIOrl
NOTKL
Notice is hereby given that at a school
meeting of echool District No. on of
Union Cniintv Hrtnnn fA km kIJ ii
high School Building in said district on
in si st day of March 1 906 there will
be submitted to the leaal voter of uiH
district the question of contracting a
bonded debt of Eight Thousand Dollars
for the purpose of completing the ehoo
building now being constructed in that
part of the district North of the 0. R. &
N. R R track, the vote to be bv hllnt
upon which shall be the words. "Bonds
Yes", and the words, "Bond No."
Poll to be opened at 1 o'clock P m
and remain ODen ' until 4 o'elnrk P m
By Order of the Board of Directors of
bchool District No. One of Union Cn.mf
Oregon.
Dated this 10th day of March A. D. 1906
A. C. Williams
Clerk of School District No. One of
Union Countv Oreson.
H. 1 Youno.
Chairman of District School Board of
School District No. One of Union
County, Oregon,
BIDS WANTED
Notice i hftrAhv rriwAn k. tl ..-3
- j uiak wis unaer.
signed will receive at hi office in th
court house at La Grande, Union county,
Oregon, sealed bids for one hundred cords
nf orman ,.Alt... .
-. ...... ... jauuw p,n. or rM r wood
Said wrwt In Um ;n . ,
" "i mur loot lengths
and corded in the court house basement
Said wrwvl tn k ,.,. u i . .
.. i tnjiursjune 10, 1306,
and delivered on or before September 15,
. .... viu ucus vo oe nieq with ma on
V 1? 'cl0clt in foreno" April -4.
1 306. Notice is also hereby given that
. . WUU"UI lne wunty of Union,
state of Oregon, reserves the right to re- :
ject any or all bid.
J. B. Gilham. County Clerk of Union
County, tut of Oregon.
Dated this 13th day of March. 1906.