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Close Out Secondhand Goods BARGAINS
ALWAYSIKTHE VERY-BEST
.9o and up
.75 and up
.25 and up
.5o and up
Several coal and wood heaters
" cross cut saws -"
chairs and rockers -
" bed springs -
1 2 guage Winchester shot gun ) - - $7.5o
Several Winchester rifles '.,-. - . $ 1 .5o and up
Several Rochester and Metal lamps - .35 and up
Several cook stoves - - ; - 5. oo and. up
DRIED FRUITS, all kinds. CANED FRUITS, all kinds.
RAISINS, London, layer and loose. :
MINSE MEAT.,-Heinz and home piade. .
.CANDY. AND NUTS, largest iine in Union county
COCONUTS, and all tropical fruits, GRAPES some
Lots of tools, picture frames and other articles of VALUE too numerous to mention will be sold at BARGAINS to
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thing never seen here before.
CITRON, a LEMON AND ORANCE PEAL,, SPANISH
.MALAC and CATAWBAS, imported direct from Spain
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A Sauare Deal c B. SIMMONS, President ,
Secy and Mgr.
PHONE MAIN 51
PARR SIMMOMS COMPANY
INCORPORATBD
. Dealers in Grande Ronde Valley Products
Fruit. Hay, Potatoes and Grain ::: . Apple a Specialty
. LARCECOLD STORAGE , WAREHOUSE ,
Hay Wanted Now .
HIGHEST PRICES PAID Jefferson Ave, and Greenwood St.
Call and see us before you (ell La Grande, Oregon
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WANTED
Hay, Grain,. Apples, and any ,v other , farm , .Produce i
V that you may have.
Call and tee us before you sell, we pay highest market prices cash as soon
as good art delivered.
We have a fine lot of No. 1 Wheat hay in our ware house which we offer
to the trade either wholesale or retail at $1 1. OP per ton. W have also,
Oats, and Rolled parley, Choice Dry Onion. ; Potatoes, Apple and Vinegar
for Ml. ft l . j .' V '
A Complete Supply of PaperWrapping Paper, Wax Paper Dishes. Pulp
Pi Plates, Paper Oyster Pails, Paper Bags all sizes. and twine. We have
the best grades of paper at lowest prices. ,
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Oregon I Produce Company
i AFTER XMAS PURCHASES!
TOILET
PERFUMES AND
1 ra.v WATERS
True Odors From the Natural Flowers
ft Is with much pleasure that we call
TOILET WATERS
To the particular . buyers of toilet
waters we will merely say that you
are sure to find what you want in our 2
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..I t rt n Inrvirt SWCK, ITOIIl U1B ZDC iXHUB lip. HOgBr
' . .,, . , ,. , it Gallets, Colgate, Rickseckers.
ment. We buy our perfumes .direct . u .
. , d. Pamera. Pmand s. "4-7-11 . Hud- 1
from th makers. By careful study . '
Jnur air.. Wa lnvita vnu all tn enma
and strict attention to in wants ol . ... .
.hi. nff., " na ""P6" our Penume depart.
the best selected line of perfumes out
side of th large cities.
,., STATIONERY
, A complete line of tablets, box papers!
etc. Whitings. Berlines, Eaton-Hub-
urt and all th best makers.
' We carry Colorado view tablets.
ment. For quality and prices it can
not be beat.
FOR THE TOILET J,
All the best brands of powders,
lotions, soaps, cold creams, cosmetics,
Itnassage creams, manicure accessories.
etc.. are to be found in our clock. We
can please the most critical,
,. A. T. HILL.
Prescription Druggist LA GRANDE, OR
Men's coats 25c up
Women's clothing
at your own price
Phone Red 1161
Phone Black 641
F. D. HAISTEIM H. BTHAISTEN
1415 Adams Avenu 213 Fir Street Store
Dealers in New and Second Hand Goods
We carry a complete
line NEW FURNITURE
and HARDWARE.
La Grande Evening Observer
MONDAY JANUARY 7. 1907
Published daily except on Sunday
One year in advance $6.60
Six month in advance 5.60
THE CURSE OF THE AGE
Pr month ....
Single copy .
66c
. 6c
CURREY BROS- ED'S AND PROP
Entered at the Post Office at La Grand
Oregon, a Second Class Matter.
This paper will notpublish any article
appearing over a nom-de-plume. Signed
article will be received subject to th
discretion of th editors. Pleas sign
your article and save disappointment.
ADVEIIT 1S1NU KATES
Display Ad rates furnished upon application
Uoral reading notice 10c per line flril Inser
tion, 5a per line Mr each entwequitni laaei-tlon.
KmoIuIIous of condolence, so per line.
Osrds ol thanks, to per line.
' The city of Haines, Baker county, is out
of debt and ha $1,300 in the treasurer.
' The Gat City Sun is soon to be issued
at Wallowa, one of the growing cities of
our sister county. R. A. Jones is the
editor.
For the first time within thirty years
Baker county will be out of debt on April
of this year. They have been working
hard for this result for several years and
victory in in sight.
While public sentiment is being formed
relative to bonding thecity for more water
and possibly for an electric light plant.
the needs of a sewerage system should
not be overlooked. Tne se eraga ques
tion must be met sooner or later.
Th report of th committee appointed
by Governor Mead, which recently made
an investigation of affairs at the state
penitentiary, contains a number of state
ments which should cause earnest con
sideration on the part of th lawmakers.
One is the necessity of a state reforma
tory where youthful offenders may be
j sent instead of looking them up in com
pany with hardened criminals and degen
erates. The report state that of a total
of 840 convicts in the penitentiary 145,
or over 17 per cent, are 21 years of age
or less. Under the present system these
young men, instead of having a chance
to reform, are thrown into the company
of men, who are skilled in crime, and are
often ready to Impart their knowledge to
other. .,.
Another feature of the report which is
of especial interest, is the statement that
619 of 840 convicts had led intemperate
lives and of the 456 who pleaded guilty,
over 95 per cent gave as an excuse for
committing th crime either being drunk
or being in bad company.
Where could one find a stronger temper
ance lecture than this? The saloons
Co use. directly or indirectly, nearly all of
the crimes committed, in consideration of
the privilege for doing which they pay a
license. The amount of license fees paid
thruout the state, however, does not
make up for capturing, trying and punish
ing criminals whose crimes are the re
sult of the liquor traffic, caring for the
sick and neglected wives and children,
housing the paupers, sheltering the insane
burying the miserable corpses that all
drunkards' graves an'l enduring the
greatest disgrace of the twentieth cen-
tury-the whisky selling system of today.
T-Spokane Chronicle.
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KITCKEN
CABINET
A necessity at
all times
jw. H. BOHNENKAMP CO
An open river is the cry that is inter
esting not a few of the people in Oregon
and Washington" Those active in the
work present a state. nent to the effect
that '.he locks at the Cascades and the
portage railroad on tne Columbia river
has already resulted in lower freights to
many points and further development
will result in still greater reductions.
Those who are in touch with the finan
cial conditions of the city recognize the
fact that the expenses are growinc in a
greater proportion than are the revenues.
The question is how are the revenues to
be increased. There ought to be some
way aside from a twelve mill tax.
One week from today our state legis
lature meets. Th question a to who
will be elected to the legislature seems to
a foregone conclusion but th fight
over th presidency of th senate and
speaker of the house is still on and will
continue until the legislatui is organ
zed.
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LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
D. FITZGERALD. Proprietor
x Complete Machine : Shops and Foundry
Oensra Blacksmiths. We manufacture Th Fitzgerald Roller Feed
Mill., the best and cheapest mill on th market. Our shops are
quipped with machinery to handle any sized work, nothing too large
or nothing to small. High' prices paid for old cast iron.
Pretty yarns, newribbons
. wooden knitting pins
bone crochet needles
holiday goods of all kinds
EM1 Wellman &' Company
ADAMS AVENUE
Union county is liberal in providing
money for th maintainanc of her public
schools. During 1 907 th county tax for
this purpose is estimated to bring in
revenue of $33,622 beside what th res
pecuv districts w.u vote. It is money
well expended. We have as good county
school as is to be found in any county
th state.
; Hardware, Stoves and Furniture
Crockery and Building Materials
La Grande National Bank
ESTABLISHED 1887
United States Depositary
Capital Stock, Surplus and undivided profits $160,000 00
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
TEORGE PALMER, President. J. M. BERRY, Vicr Prisidknt.
F. L. MEYERS. Cashier.
W. L. BRENHOLTS, Assistant Cashien.
GEORGE L. CLEAVER. F. M. BYRK1T. A. B. CONLKY.
C. C. PENINGTON. F. J. HOLMES.
General banking business,
parts of the world
Drafts drawn on all
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All of the smallpox cases of which
there were only three during the last six
eeks. are out from quarantine. The
facts are that in two of three cases there
was considerable doubt as to whether
the cases were actually smallpox, but the
parties were quarantined in order to be
on the safe side. None of the cases were
of a serious nature. The authorities took
the matter immediately in hand, as a
result the disease has been stamped out,
ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Eastern Oregon Trust and Savings
Bank will be held at its office, in the City
of La Grande County of Union and State
of Oregon on the 10th day , of January
1906 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for
the election of the Directors for the en
suing year, and for the transaction of
such other business as may properly
com before th meeting.
Geo. L. Cleaver, Secretary
CURED Of LUNG TROUBLE
"It is new eleven years since I had a
narrow escape from consumption," writes
C. O. Floyd, a businessman of Kershaw,
S. C. "1 had run down in weight to 135
pounds, and coughing was constant, both
hu rlnv and hv nicht. Finally 1 beaan
rants of th county and to pay off a por- j t,,ing Dr. King' New Discovery, and
tion of the county debt. This will rduc continued this for about ix month, when
my cough and lung trouble were entirely
the debt to th tun of about $36,000. g0n and I was restored to my normal
That is uffleint reduction for on "'8ht' lJ J"- Thousand of per-
son ar healed very yesr. Guaranteed
year. At tms vote Union county will soon t Newlin drug store. 50c and $1.00.
be out of debt. Trial bottl fr.
J'armers' . and (traders
9f at ion at
Capital $ 60.000.00
Surplus and Undivided Property 15.000.00
Liabilities of Shareholder.. 60,000.00
Ktsponsibility $135,000.00
Condus.ed ir '.r U'parvision of United States Bank Examiners.
aAT E AND RELIABLE
Glad to continue la cr...o-rers and pleased to; meet new ones.
A General Banking iro fex.ann: Business Conducted.
Loans made on approv: Secj; i.y
Highest Market Price paid .'or U .nCnty Warrants and City of
La Grande Warrants. Beui e tc c: . on j3 when you have warrants
for Sale.
Thirty thousand dollar should build
some good roads in this crunty and w
believe it will. That is the amount th
county court has set aside for this pur
pose. Forty-two thousand dollars is th
amount set aside for the purpose of pay
ing interest on th county standing war-
Pride of Grande Ronde
The product of the Imbler flouring mill situated in the very heart of th
best wheat land in Grande Ronde valley, consequently the best flour A trial
will convince you of its superority.
Insiston havg your order filled with -.hi, brand or the Patent" from this
same mill. 11,15
For sal. by all first class dealers. Don't submit to any substitution.
I Pride of Grande Ronde
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