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EXCELSIOR I
HEATERS " RANGES!
QUAKER PUFFED OATS
The new breakfast food.
Large consignment just received
A trial order will convince you that
it is just what you have been look
ing for. Ask for it. No breakfast
is complete without it.
We have a compel lint of these well known Heaters. They give jj
universal satisfaction.
.$2.25 to $25.00
HEATERS for Coal or Wood. Our prices
JUST RECEIVED 75 TRUNKS, SUIT CASES
TELESCOPFS AD GRIPS AT 25c to $12 50
K F nV ACCKSSJTRUNK
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THE CITY GROCERY AMD BAKERY J
E. POLACK,' Propr.
WANT
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Hay, Grain, fruit, in short, All Kinds of farm Products
We have contracts for 600 tons of hay. We must have the hay to supply
our customers. We will pay the highest market prices, spot cash, for all J
goods. We will also want a great deal of cats, and other grain as soon as
they are ready for market. We are ready, at any time, to contract your late
winter apples, as we will want a great numberjof cars to supply our trade.
At the present time we are taking a limited amount of small fruits, potatoes
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 oats in our
warehouse which we offer to the local trade in a retail way, at wholesale j
, i r I . c M L- . 1 m:w n-AM
prices, we nave a tar ui ranoy iresn water rnaiuns uuiu iviiiluii, vicguu,
due here tomorrow morning. These will be the finest of the season on this
market. Buy your melons now while fhy r the rrelcr. icsicr.
will soon be over for a year,
PHONE MAIN 2
Oregon Produce Company
PHONE MAIN 51
PARR-SIMMONS COMPANY
INCORPORATED
:: A Square Deal C. B. SIMMONS. President
- Sec'y and Mgr.
Dealers in Grande Ronde Valley Products
Fruits, Hay, Potatoes and Grain ::: Apples a Specialty
LARGE COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE
Hay Wanted Mow
HIGHEST PRICES PAID Jefferson Ave, and Greenwood St.
Call and see us before you sell La Grande, Oregon
IS HELL FlSHi
A New Department
i o our aireaay large ana complete siock ot groceries we
2 have added a SHELL FISH COUNTER upon which will
be found freshGrabs, Glams, Crawfish, Olympia and
t Eastern Oysters" In fact all that should be found in i
an up-to-date Shell'Fish'market. :-: :-: :-:
iJ. W. WHITE, GROCERf
Prompt Delivery.
Fhone Main' 42 I
Fine
Confectionery
and
Cigars
Af
VanBuren's
I
WE DO 'tPKOLSTERY and EURMTURE REPAIRS j; Rw
! moving trays, j fc or .
a" v favr to operate Nothinf-to
pack. JS ' .v Wlu stand all the
get out of order liBfr
EXCELSIOR HEATER
Phone Red 1161
E. D. HAISTE
14' 5 Adams Ave
Phone Red 241
H. 6. HAISTEM
Fir Street Store
' 14 .!"
$5.00 ami
La Orgnde Evening ODserver
THURSDAY OCTOBER 18. 1906
Published daily except on Sunday
One year in advance $6.60
Six months in advance 3.5
Pr month 65c
Single copy 6c
Entered at the Post Off.ce at La Grande
Oregon, as Second Class Matter.
This paper will not publish any article
appearing over a nom-de-plume. Signed
articles will be received subject to the
discretion of the editors. Please sign
your articles and save disappointment.
ADVEKHXIM KATES
Jipljr Ad rate rarnlnlied upon apjiilctuloi
oatl rending noi lew lue per line Brut , Innti-
Hon, jo per lint fur mt-b nurmeUcul loe
tlon,
MOlnttimv nt ooo1olence. si" er line.
nrd of OmtikM, fin twr line
OUR SCHOOL BOOK
Senator M. A. Miller of Linn county
who for years has been active in educat
ional legislature, in a recent interview on
of the proposed bill to be presented to
the consideration of free text books
said
"1 believe we have in this country the
greatest educational system in the world'
said Senator Miller. "Our system of the
public schools, offering a good education
to all free and requiring all of the advan
tages offered is unsurpassed.
"Any proposed change in the system is
a question of great importance and should
be handled only after careful investigation
It is a fact that 96 per cent of the people
in the United States secure all the educat
ion they ever get. or rather all the school
ing in the public schools. That percent
age of the population do not attend the
rt'gher institutions of learning. In view of
these figures, any proposed change causes
people to think and investigate, and action
snou d be takenonly after a careful study
of the question.
Tie proposed change, that of furnishing
text-books in th e public schools of Oregon
Oregon, 40 cent, an increase of 35 's
per cent, Speller, 15 cents, in Oregon, 22
cents. an increase of 4? per cent; First
Geogiaphy, 42 cents, in Oregon, 60 cents
an increase of 43 per cent.
"North Carolina, offers even a mare
glaring example. There the First Reader
costs 13 cents, in Oregon 15 cents, an
increase of 92, per cent; Second Reader
1 8 cents, in Oregon 30 cents, an increase
of 66 per cent; Geography, 40 cents,
in Oregon, 60 cents, an increase of 50
per cent: First History, 40 cents, in Ore
gon 60 cents, an increase of SO per cent
"In Missouri the First Reader and Primer
combined sells for 12 cents, in Oregon
the First Reader seils for 25 cents, an
increase of 108 per cent; Second Reader
17, cents, in Oregon 30 cents, an incre
ase of 77 per cent; Geography
42 cents, in Oregon 60 cents, an increase
of 43 per cent: History, 51 cents, in
Oregon 60 cents, an increase of 1 7 tj I
per cent. j
"The comparison with Indiana is strik- j
ing. There the First Reader costs 10 i
cents, in Oregon 25 cents, and increase i
of of 150 per cent; Second Reader, 15
cents, in Oregon 30 cents, an increase of j
.100 per cent; Speller, 10 cents, in Ore-
gon, 22 cents, an increase of 120 per
cent; Geography, 30 cents, in Oregon 60
cents, an increase of 100 percent.
"In North Dakota First Readers cost 1 6
cents, in Oregon 25 cents, an increase of
66 per cent; Second Readers 28 cents,
in Oregon 30 cen'.s, an increase of 7 per
cent; Histories, 80 cents, in Oregon $1
an increase of 25 per cent; Mental Arith
metic. 25 cents, in Oregon 30 cents, an
increase of 25 per cent.
"Kansas is another good illustration of
the excessive charges for text-books in
Oregon. There the Kourth Reader costs
36 cents, in Oregon 40 oe its. an mcreas
of33'5per cent; Spe .er 10 cents, in
Oregon 22 cents, an increase cf 120 per
Geography, 30 cents, in O-rgon 60 cents
an increase of 100 per c-;r.t.
BUY A
BaTStoySatlsfadory'FanSt
W. H. BOHNFKKAMP CO
; Hardware, Stoves and Furniture
Crockery and Building Materials
0:
Irland Bags and Purses!
A bill is to be introduced in the next
legislature providing for the penitentiary
to manufacture grain bags. This is by
no means an experiment. The State of
i Washing-ten on Our north manufactured
j at the expense of the taxpayers, has re- j bags for several ;.ears Caiifornii has
j ceived considerable attention and there is j also. It can easily he ascertained wnether
1 rr.LCh, to be said for and against the cr not it is profitabie.
' quest cn. It might result in a saving in j
. '.he tea! amount of nvney spent for school
: oooris r. the state ana a s'noute tne ex
' per.se among the people' who foot the b lis j
j of the state government.
MODERN IHRtSHINO
OREGON BOOKS HIGH PRICED j
! 1
I "In tn.s connection 1 want to say that j
, the peop e of Oregon are paying more for I
t ie r school books than any other state in
1 the Union. 1 hive investigated this sub
ject and have figures to support my
' statements. For years 1 have devoted
I cons.derrtoie time to the educational
quest ens in Oregon, and have been an
J advocate cf using the pruning knife on
tne schedule of studies in the public schools
I There are too many studies taught to
I -r.d loo little attention given to
( eacn oranch of work. Tne books cost
' too much, and because of the great
number of branches taught, often become
. a burdensome expense.
COMPARATIVE PRICES
I "As a res jit of my investigation I have
I the ccsl of books in a number of states,
and a corr.par son of the expense there
i w th tne pr ces charged in Oregon is 'stacked automat'ca.'.y. ta.rj aav most
I ir.teresfrg. In Texas, a First Reader I of the iaborous ar.i d.rty part cf the
costs 18 cents, in Oregon. 25 cents, an j ork of the t'-res. For t.e average
increase of 4 3 per cent; Second Reader. I farmer one days c ears me w-.e'e jcb
oi o,. J.n r.rM. I j., ..
I v.n.. , viciwm ' "k.ic.ise ; ana ;ne tnresne' mr-.tiS on
EVV
LIVE
JliST ARRIVED
HAM) BAGS
We have the new style sluppir.g
bags in
Alligator.
Seal.
Morocco and
Walrus.
The new Automobi'e style, with
fine leather lining, leather cover
ed frames, hand sewed puise. and
card case to match.
Gentlemen's Purses
B.ll i -oris and ,ard cases in Seal,
Mod; i. P.R Sk -i and Buck Skin.
Tne nrw novelty ?
C.i and t: Purses
Automobil" C."p?.
P'K Sn Wallets. Puzzle Purses, 2
Lug Purses ar.d C.-.in Bags of ail
k.r.ds.
SEE OUR COMPLETE
LINT
A. T.
Prescription Druggist
HILL
LA GRANDE. OR
Thirty years ago t'-.resVn time was
one of the most strerxus cccasicrs tnat
camt to the farmer's annua! experience
and was something tnat was dreaded as
much by the women of the house as by
the farmer himself, as it required two or
three days to thresn the average crop,
with fifteen and twenty men and as many
teams to be housed and fed.
The stacks of fred chicken and apple
pie that disappeared during those troubie-
some days was something wonderful to I
behold. This is row all changed.
Tne threshing crew come down the
road with their whc.e cutSt ten tram.)'
pall m alongside cf the stacks ard in ten j
minutes are at work a-d no ore is sur-1 X
prised if they a'e tvesnmg ten busheis!
a minute. The sneaves being fed auto- j
matically the threshed gram runs directly I
into me rarrrer s wagons. tne straw oexg
i
B. W. NOYES
JOHN HALL
NOYES & HALL
Dealers in
Electric Supplies
1 of 25 per cent; Third Reader. 30 cents m setting. 1
e rext
mp e -
LAMPS and HOUSE WIRING A SPECIALTY
Phone Black 1161
Hamilton Building. Corner Fir and Adams Avenue
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