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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1906)
IB I we . r " " Jl r , . ... - iM-r-r- . : - - UUU1N-I I '1 '! ) f !1''f SSl 1 f VfCTORY I . , .. : ; ' :. : : -..Ii: ml j ., ... t 9 i H I I : Hr.iiniiiw.i-hliiliii.iiMw.it,.ii i.i, i ..C nrl n mm . . : 1:1 111 I I I 'I V t " !' J Dr. Jaines WittycornDe, .Bopon Naiite for jGay erfi lis' iveif leen a friend cf Itiie state and proiuscs a clean business like adminis- J tration 5 Jonotnan Boarne jr., tHepeo- lilcd Stairs pie s cnoice for un "Vote in me Man, Votenut 1 Juslje. Robert Eakin, Re- 1 publican rominee for fii- preme Judge. -JodJe'La stands (or aii titat is best ; and in bis hands iaw and i justice will receive Honest consideration .V" ''vv 1 UNIO N Union County ps.nt3 to the. home seeker a greater number diversified industries than any county in the state, out tide of ...Jtncman coumy .wmgn Pr" We ,ydo that there is another county in the 1 Ernpe that show fourteen different industries v. hose total annual r-venue produces an avenge $19aport of the State labor Commissioner, places Union County "third in the state, in the employment of labor . . ' . nroduce of our " It requires -194 solid trains -of fourtyxars c i cHo carr the produce of our county to the market, more than a train every other day throughout the yer. - "An admirable climate." The past winter only for a MZ? reach lero. 'No fexcessive heat in the summer and our cool refreshing mghtr cannot be appreciated by the residents of the east until the are pet ted to enjoy them Our soil is rich and productive. Were we to mention lelds they wpn' b believed. The only way to become personl ., visit this land of diversity, as when you see the crops growing and harvests they speak jfor themselves. - . . r ' ' ' Our forrests will require man many decades of the present activity befoie they begin to yield and we now have thirty or more saw mills which give employment to year round in the mills and logging camps Thi only itfgar bt factory in thi ta!i ii locate ii Li GfanSe, the County Seat ,.l ' Ug County with population of 6.000. proBre... widt awalce peop.. woo th. filad nand Itt all. Thi. w . th commercial, educational and aocial center ot the county. r...ii nlr La Orande it known a the railroad town of the 0. R. & N. Co. wnose annual piyroU J ita exceede $500,000.00. From here the branch read is now pushing through tne norern part et th county, on into the Wallowa County, .tans a freight divis.on. rrachme " the largest railroad yard, on the system, and train dispitchers olnce. The pubnc whoa of " . rew!or,dtononemcit.e.ofth,..i2ein thi. tate. We now have three bu.ldmg. ". ,nm hrirv K.,iwin. in courw of constructicn. giving imployment to twenty-two to eft. 1-" principal office of the Geande Ronde Electric Co. is lecated in t.ns cv. . m w.-r.y .'jrT..s.... and light for the city of La Orande. !ind Citv. Cove. Union, and the riot Lake banitorium. V i . . ' " i r 1 ' 4 ! .' v.- f . ,.. i nil rr.M Tnf 1- ft ., y t-'WPHPi, iiiuu.jjp.i, I I ' .v . .... 7 r :t a 5 V. i A-Cjlj: '"T "' mm ""a tin . imimdY" ...j.. . t . S VAI LF OF PKfirijf.TS i i 1 Wheat Lumber Sugar . Oats and Barley Cattle Hog Hay Dairy Products Fruit Horses and Mu'e. Sugar Beets Poultry Potatoes Wood t J CIS-LOADS .... $50 C03 Lim'r-er ... 40.000 WlM. . . 25S.0SO , sco.ooo 0a,a,1d B,r;ey 20.000 J A'03d ... 200X00 I I lce . 120.C0J Fruit 125X00 Sujar ... . 130-0 t Potatoes 100.000 Uiv . .. ioo.ooo : s Hay 50.000 X t Ca,t! 20.000 Higs S0'000 Horses ar.d Mules $2,350,000 i "ou i - 5000 t 2000 t X 600 J 600 X 600 t i 250 X ' t 200 t 200 Z t 200 I t 260 I , t - 100 X '3k 60 !1 -I : V 5