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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1906)
. i .... i i Fresh Sour Kraut Today THEJCITY GROCERY AND BAKERY E. POLACK, Propr. W ANTED t Hay, Grain, fruit, in short, All Kinds of Farm Products X We have contracts for E00 tons of hay. We must have the hay to supply our '.ustcmers. We will pay the highest market prices, spot cash, for all J irjcds." We will also wart a treat deal of Gats, and other train as feen as they are ready for market. We are ready, at any time, to contract your late winter apples, as we will want a great number of cars to supply our trade. At the present time we are taking a limited amount of small fruits, pctatces and all the fresh eggs you have. Call on us before You make any Arrangements in Marketing your goods We have a nice lot of hay and cats in our warehouse which we offer to the local trade in a retail way, at wholesale prices. We have a car of Fancy fresh water melons from Milton. Oregon, due here tomorrow morning. These will be the finest of the season on this iiiaiiiat.. Buy your ineions now wmie iney are good, as the melon season will scon be over for a year. PHONE MAIN 2 Oregon Produce Company Fine Confectionery and Cigars Af Van Bur en's Refreshing Drinks To suit the Weather at SG HEARER'S Its alway s Summer Time with us Candies, Nuts, Cigars and Tobacco NEW HAY Choice lot of this year's Timothy Hay just received- In small bales. Best we have seen for many years. Ghoped feed and steam rolled barley manufactured to order. Leave your oider'now for winter's wood. GRANDE RONDE CASH COMPANY. Phoone Main 6 Lewis Bros. Prop. EXCELSIOR HEATERS "D RANGES We have a complete lint of the well known heaters. They give universal satisfaction. HEATERS for Coal or Wood. Our prices Close Out SECOND HAND ITEMS $2.25 to $25.00 Office chair ... Office Bock case $1 75 ... 2 75 I 3 Wash, machines COOK STOVES 7.00 to 30.00 i i Hanging lamps 3 50 to 6 75 to 1 60 RANGES . 27.50 to 45.00 jj Corr.er book case &. stand 1 60 WE DO UPHOLSTERY and f LRMTLRE KEPAIRIC EXCELSIOR HEATER Phone Red 1161 F. D. HAISTEIM 1415 Adams Ave Phone Red 241 H B. HAISTEIM Fir Street Store 16 Cross ct sas. 50 to 2 00 P.c.ura frames -10 it up Sewing rrac-.ir.es 5 00 to 10 00 Snot guns and r fles 1 50 to 12 50 1 New c ibi m il cniy $8 00 A snap. U Grande Evening Observer MONDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 1906 Published daily except on Sunday One year in advance . $6.50 Six months in advance 3.60 Per month 65 Single copy 6c down h s throat in order to get a swig, after a half dozen fellers had the neck of the same bottle in their mouths. A man is a queer duck Baker City Democrat. WHAT YOU (AN DO Entered at the Post Office at La Grande Oregon, as Second Class Matter, This paper will not publish any article appearing over a nom-de-plume. Signed article will be received subject to the discretion of the editors. Please sign your articles and save disappointment. CURREY BROS.. ED'S AND PROP ADVERT HATK8 (Uplaj Ait rata furnished upon apyilrttiloi oatl rearilDK uuiioe lUe per line Brut law lion, jo per lint for such nabaequeat iumji-tlon. moIuUods of condolence, se er line. Isrds of ibanke, bn per line. Every right thinking individual feels a desire to be of assistance to his fellow man. It is a pleasure to any one to be l auie lu point out to another sot, e opening of profit. Such an opportunity is now offered all citizens of the Grande Ronde Valley. By sending to distant friends copies of the Observer's Industrial Edition, which cost only 5 cents each, you will call to their attention the unrivalled chance offer ed by this section for investments. Per haps the copy you send to some one who struggling for a competence amid un favorable surroundings may be the need ed information that will lead to his com ing here where intelligent effort is sure of an adequate reward. The edition is now ready. Buy a few copies and mail them where you think they will be appreciated. The New York World, a Democratic paper, makes a careful analysis of the railroad conditions of the country in its comment on this part of Mr. Bryan's speech. After giving statistics showing the earnings and operating expenses of the railroads of the country, the number of stockholders, the millions of passenger and the 1,276.000,000 tons of freight. me world continues: It requires a little matter of 1 ,296,000 employe to do thi work. Rather a big business to turn over to a group or any number nf groups of professional politician it it not? Mr. Bryan cites the railroad of Germany a proof that hi experi ment oughtto be luccessful in the United States. The total raiload mileage in the German Empire is 34.0 16. Three States Pennsylvania, Illinois and Texas have as many miles of road as the Kaiser's whole empire. Some of his friends point to the example of New Zealand, if a the railroads of Austrialia were added to all the railroads of Europe the total would still be less than that of the United States. As for the German railroads, they are not owned and managed by the Government in any sense in which the people of the United States understand and can employ government ownership. While the roads are operated by the German states, these states are practic ally private corporations so far an the railroad business is concerned. No ques tion of railroad policy is determined by popular vote or party conventions oi polit ical leaders. The railroads are outside the entire relm of partisan politics. They are not controlled by politicians, they are not operated by politicians, they are not affected by campaign considerations. Beautiful New Carpets and Rugs j Arriving Daily. W. H. BOHNRNKAMP CO CALL FOR BDS Notice is hereby given that the under signed will receive sealed bids up to and including the Third day of October, 1906, for the construction of a wooden (com bination) bridge to be built over the Big Ditch on what it known as the Randall Road, said bridge to be built in accord ance with the plans and specifications now on file in my office Sealed bids will also be received on or before the above mentioned date for the construction nf a steel bridge over the Grande Ronde River near the mill site of the Palmer Lumber Company near La Grande, Oregon. Said bridge to be a 100 foot span, 16 feet in width, w th first class concrete abutemer.ts. a good quality of steel and shall be built 10 feet above the bed cf the river. Each bidder is required to furnish his own plans and specifications for said bridge. The County Court of Union County. Oregon, reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Dated at La Grande this 1 I th day cf September, 1906. J. B. GlLHAM, County Cierk. 5 A-LITTLE TALK ON : e ICE CREAM SODA NOT BETTER THAN THE BEST BIT BETTER THAN THE REST To maintain the reputation we have acquired for supplyidg the needs of our many patrons in every department, a reputation ve point to with pardon able pride, we want, now, to advise you that we have opened our soda fountain with a new line of crushed fruits and fruit juice which excel any which we have ever had, and while we may occasianly find a party who has nev tried one of our delicious ICE CREAM SODAS we find a hun dred who have, and do, and always will, because they want the best and appreciate a fine article. We have some new flavors this year which are going to be of universal favor on account of their delicate flavor. Hoping you will kindly favor us with an early call, so we may show you, We are respectfully, A. T. HILL. Prescription Druggist LA GRANDE. OR Men are queer. Wouldn't there be a roar when they went home to their meals if they had to climb up on a high stool in front of a table on which there was no cloth, and eat their meals in that fashion, yet a majority of men, when they go to a resturant to eat, will pick out th high stool and the feed board to a comfortable chsir with a cloth covered table. - A man will borrow a chew of tobacco and most of them will set their teeth in the plug right where some other man gnawed out a chew. Offer him a piece of pie at home from which his wife or one of the children had taken a bite and he wou'd holler his head off. At home he will not drink out of a glass or cup from which some one of the fami y had been drinking. Cail him into the back stall of a livery barn, poll out a bottie and he w.ll stick the neck of the bottle half way Only 82 yea's old "I am only 82 years old nd don't expect even when 1 get to be real old tc feel that way as long as I can get Elec tric Bitters," says Mrs. E. H. Branson, of Dublin. Ga. Sjrely there's nothing else keeps the old as young and makes the weak as strong as this grand tonic medicine. Dyspepsia, torpid liver, in fiamsd kidneys or chronic constipation are unknown after taking Electric Bitters a reasonable time. Guaranteed by New lir Druf Co. Pnco 50c. j LA GRANDE SCHOOL j ! OF MUSIC PROF. DAY. PRINCIPAL, MRS. DAY, ASSISTANT. This is one of the best musical in inst tutions in the state, and that peop e in this city and valley are beginrng todiscover the advantage of this school. The system is the latest and most practical, and in cludes all the latest discoveries in the art of teaching music. The school ts divided into two depart ments; No. 1 is for beginners from 5 years or more and are taught t-e first three grades. Pupils come ere her each day. This is no kin cerjarten system but far superior. In No. 2 the grades are from 3 to 15. Here they graduate. Pupils take one or two lessons a week as V-ey desire. No scholars will be rrrr :ted to remain in this school wo co n.it study. Orpt's :e the Foley House over tre candy store. Prtone. 473. The Eastern Oregon Trust and Savings Bank CAPITAL STOCK $60,000.00 RESOURCES Loans .. . $61366.01 Bonds 5000.00 Warrants 2481.57 Fur r. ture & Fixtures 1769.26 Expense 2452.70 Cash on hand and in banks26507.00 LIABILITIES Capital $60000.00 Earnings 2047.07 Deposits 37529.46 ! $99576.53 $99576.53-4 OFFICERS W. C. BROW N. President W. MILLER. Vice Rresident GEO. L. CLEAVER. Cash,er T. J. SCROGG1N, Asst. Cashier F. J. HOLMES, Treasurer, M4M ii SEEING IS BELIEVING is a proverb especially true of ' business, if we examine your eyas and fit you with glass you must . believe in u. For you will see better than you ever did with J those old window glass spectacle EVERYTHING J to aid the eight can be found here. And vou know or have heard Jof our moderate charge method. Repairing Promptly done J. H. PEARE. u?,cr and Optician 4 m.r