mm mm v
common, several exceeding 163 acre
Like everything in this new country, the I
fruit industry it young, but growing
SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY
This industry is the only oi of the
! kind in the stute and thousands of dollars
are annually disbursed among the growers
and employes of the factory, which is
located in this city.
The beets are grown in various portions
or the valley and hauled o the factory by
wagon and rail. The acreage w II be I
greatly increased this ye-r owrg to the
tact that t ie C section of the valley is j
connected wrh the world by the comple- I
tion of the Central Railrced. Several
hundred tons of beets were nmun rhi. '
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0uB YEAR, G92DBV!
Old Year, Goodby ! Time bids thee go
The firm! hour is drawing nigh
And veiled in mist or wan with snow,
Old Year, Goodby !
Pledge we at parting one brief sigh,
Touched with the tender after glow
Of days that blossomed but to die.
Beyond our present joy or woe,
Horizons of the future lie
Whither thou goest none may know
Old Year, Goodby !
William H. Hayne
a ... .... ... . uoiki 01 jraar in -"e ijve ara ine y e d was sat- I
j the last statement of nusinevi. November jisfactory. During the operating season!
12. 1906. was $1.013 419 78 On Nov- of the factory about one hundred and I
, ember 9. 1905 the dsposits in banks of j fifty men are emp'oyed and ro less than
this city were 671964 00 SISO 000 Larna,, ,4 .,.,. a i 1
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CITY HALL LA GRANDE. USED AS COUNTY COURTHOUSE
THE SCHOOLS j ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY
During the past year the school svstem Tne Grande Ronde Electric Cjmpiny is
lA.CiKI.NO OVER PART OF LA GRANDE'S RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
This represents an increass of $341,455.
or just fifty per cent, during the year.
La Grande's three hnii r r? smi!!
factors in the developmeit of this City and
county and all s ow a sp endid increase
in busi"ess rwer last year. The La
Grande National Bank and the Farmers
& Traders National Bank each occupy
their own building, the cu's of both ap-
e
a pearing elsewhere in this issue.
:
THE FRUIT INDUSTRY
This industry is making wonderful
We greet thee, 0 New Year! We bless its religious homes. Plans are now being growth. It was only a few years ato
"l"'"M"n e greet, mee new arawn for two additional churches and it when two or tnree car load shipments
Year, because we would invoke con- will not be long that the Latter Day Saints .' were sufficient to create considerable
turned prosperity to our city, and land, and the Baptists can say t.iey alnne have! comment and many wondered if the bus
W bless thee, Old Year, for the bount- splendid church homes. Dwelling houses, : mess was not soon going to be over done
ious gifts bestowed on La Grande by the scores, have been erected during j Fruit shipments are now so common that
during the year which Father Time is the past year, a la-ge per cent of wnich ; they create no more comment than do cur
now recording on the annals of history, are beautiful and expensive. Ground has . lumber shipments. Within the next few
TV
s!ttL?.
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rtEETsrnAn kackiuy' at la o ianke.
To paraphrase the lins of thi post, wo
know not whither the old je. r ..cth.
but We do know th-u the year of our
Lord nineteen hjudred six dij Ip.ivu
behind it, a record of unprecedented
advance in prosperity, n every I ne of
industry and business that grtci-s Li ' "1
Grande's directory. Not only d invert-!
tories of present industrii-i s'imw a '
marked increase, hut na.v ami v.iniid
desirabilities hsve born mstig.i.tU, pi k,m
ulgated and cuaniiiau.i. t-v. lowing arc
faots and fifiuiBS torttuuy .imt umim
hensively cottinmd that do, in a more
way. toll of the ruasuiis wny v.t m'iuu.j
truly, ho lestly and consci.Mi'wH.v. in s i
b;en broken for another re v store and ' vears r , , , .
,v, . . ,, , , , , .ji fnnious appies wil he le.iv:r.
"m ' "n f0"OW-1: by th, trained. Our altitude
BANKING BUSINESS ,d cWn,..e -s such mat in comparison
The L-i j'aiM- Ni'.M'ii Ju;i( during w.tn so many of Vu truit sec'.iuns of the
the fist ve.r h.s .m a U ted St- r-,r,nwe.
PAPER HANGER
and DECORATOR
La Grande
Black 1781
Ore.
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a sh
. 1. 1 i ii . i n j . i q I t
tne vjnetcs grown in this
i jst : s.-cin me s.ru. d jr,u :n perfect c..nditn
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and labor. The local management is
progressive public spirited and one of the
live insriluliuns uf tnis countv.
BUT ONE FIRE
There has been but ono disastrous fire
this year. The Lewis Brothers wars
houses were consumed witi a heavy loss
Aside from this instance, the fires have
been trivial. Chief Jones ami unces that
there have been seven tires and s x false
alarms in the year just past.
Some Figures From the County 8u
perintendent's Repoit of June 18,
HUB.
Number of persons b tween 4
and 20 years of ag in county. 6 632
Enrollment 484
Average attendance 2.671
Numb, r of teac hers niployed.. 140
Number of applicants examined
for teachers' cer lllcaies dur
ing year ei
Number of organlz d sciiool dis- j
"W 60
Number of legal vnt rs for
school p'lriio.xen W,3
Number of sclioo! lio ises. ,;f, j
county
Vuniber of selioul hZ.
dm Inir yenr -,..
we 11 rc .4i,',i;
poho...,.,,,
tenrlcnt
Vim, b. r of mil. s ir.ivc
fo'-Mi:i'r,. if ,,l!lci:i
Mimb r of county
tltu'
Number of loi-al
stltntcs hela In
In? year
Total nniiilc r of 1
on tin n rl
N'limlier of private Bcicin'
ViiiulnT of private . ' -, t ac
er?
Vuiiiti r of 'pi!s euro ' t
Number n o'iths 1 1-1 - r. set oo
Financial St-itement.
ash 011 h Ml, .true l Lie:,.
Recrip's.
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ilistrict
I f -tin e-nci
s.-:,o.. r i
1 f ,'!! . ..Ill
of the city has experienced a radical
! change for the tetter. From a three
! year course in the hig : school, the course
I now includes four years and also a pract
ical business cours . The school district
has seen fit to bu Id a splendid
building w,.ere reside' ts on the North
Side cm srd their little one' to be inoc
ulated witi a desirable education A few
I of too mums are stui unfitted, but the
board has made a sufficient levy for the
present year to props ly complete the in
spallation of all furniture and fixtures.
COMMERCIAL COLI EOi
Then tro, there has of late, been addtd I
a commercial college to our educdticnil
system. M'ss M M. Slattery cf h jng
experience has conduce ! -. shvt'.and ,as d payroll J 31.300 moutnly.
9UUUUI auu uubiness co leye n in'S el'y for
a few months and wi I soon havehet firs'
class graduated.
a firm with ample capital and modern
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C4UfIICHIaiJUI9IUIMI9llll!KCI no I.Q
La Grar.de. Union. Island City. The Cov
and not Lake. 1 nis is one or tne very
few elee'ric light and power systems on
tne pacific Const that is owned locally.
Altifceiher about SOU horspower is being
supplied by the company to manufactur
ing interests, amorj which are:
t horsepower
Pioneer Flour Milling Company 60
La Grande Flou'ing Mill 60
The Cve Flouring Mill 35
Island City Water Works 40
H-'t Lake Saniiar um 40
S oddard Planing M II 15
La Grande Inn Works 10
T efirm empiis twen'y-'our men and
UvfV.. V'
65
Vi i!00 S VI-I
by co.itiiv
built
nam h
il (1 r-niperin-
110
in p r-
mu mt,immm A.". ...i , 1. ... ;
2.000
faelie
t"H. Il 1 H'
co':n y
in-dur-
booltp
i:.eel
iir-r,
K e.-iv
111 .r,
K . . Iv
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lle. -il. ,
I I' inn ....
i:... :i',i fr.vn .
and w ,in-.. u' -
'! :i . d f' oin
SOUP . .
otii?v I:
I. IK
3 ii'JB
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31 01 .!5
SCHOOL HOUSE. LA GRANDE ONE OF FOUR
LA GF: ND FLJl-R ; CANDY FACTORY
The L Grinds i'l .ur.'m M.ii 01 :Xi ' T 1 S.-id-;r'! C-mly Fic'ory has made
c 'ly lias been an t:tr ;uy hi n -he oast ; 1 9.600 p.u.ids of ca.idy r. ie pis', year, ail
year. Here arc si.ni-: ii.'ures tnt t.i! pur.iaied by local people, ot nine aid a
their own st a y : ; qunttr 1019. As dj Ir m h.s on ser-
2a 6 tO hiirels cf H r ve bn vices. ?!r. Sulder. em pi iyan cxpertcindy
made. Tnis represents 191 cars of i maer and an assistant.
I'!-.
.f I (ICil
o'h r
0 3:: no
n no.'. so ,
1 iss.ts
"ILL A 1" LA GWANDE
when 'tiors ae t'-re. Thousar
" ' hciatf p icted each
r.:i I i'y .ivte cic'.aats ate t-cc.
Js of
year
Tot al S00 flllO ?
Disbursements. I
o li, rs4 w -e- . t 42 36 r,ri
nt of ro ens and
fwrflif f r-"-T .jkm. i---sv
i VliHu.1
ti"N '
1 "'(-' '-y--- fvT -..'-it X- ,.,
ftiv;-; ,rt-'f-v.;- t!j-w . .. ..
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4;4-i'vi
. .. j
I I'ald f.e- I
I'ai.l for
uire . . . .
I' aid for f 1
Ml. 9
I : pair and
urou: d- . .
New ScIiim' till .e
t tii'-.T .11, .I i -ir 1 ti
t'-r.-s'
Tiwnraii.'e
1 -. i-K', s-,.i, v . . .
I .ihra rv bo. i',. 4
1'aid for al o-1-..-r
Total
i".ili on h d
LA GRAi-DE Hi 1H SCiiOOL
PS. 00
uai boo:
Improving
in I
I'" 13 3n
'n-
fl11S
R?S 64
94177
77 M
1- 1 1 1
.. J 77.710 04
. . . 27 S71 72
j LA GKANDE THE MARKET
j O zing ti-tne fact of su::en ir storage
j noo-s, .t is saf; to state tni! fully three
; f lurths -,f the fru'! r-usin? is han4l.l h
M 'ur Tne t.a.d nclues 'he Iced and
f re gr Vvpitents. As.de fr -n th Moui
marie, ta.. mill has ground 152 c 11 ; -f-f-.l
ar. J f ur carloads of ccn meal. Tli:"
listi'u". represents 200 000 p-virds rf ' ie
'""' T:- ""'Put "f A '"f. fe- d and the Hsrr-a mmxns Ci-npnv the Oregon
una-, wis S2' itrs. Itt.is - st the firm ! Produce Company and the Cr.-.nde Ronde
53.000 far Uhor to mike tn-: flour. Fruit Growe's' Union. .The payrolls of
I :hese firms aurinu the pick, g season runs
1 into tnous'.nds of roll rs t
I ail bP s Jl ! U?-M: m
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FASVEWS & T:-'A
LA GRANDE NATii. NAL B N