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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1907)
Ir v t 9 lrnn i tttM ) MtMMMMM MMMtttt IT . t w Requirements Every thing which you will need for the table during;; ' V , the lentent season, ' Phone Red 1161 Phone Black 641 F. D. HAISTEN H. B. HAISTEN I Salt arid Dried Fish. Shell Fish. Canned Goods Mil. U1S, 1415 Adam Avenue 213 Fir Street Store t: Every thing you need and when you need It Lcntcnt v m r l ; c t i Iv! Prt t J. iW. WHITE; . -1- ,. f - Prompt pehvery. . - GROCER 1 Phone Main 42 !!!!? 2! li Onmmn. IVfkn.1 GEO. T. PARR. J! OHUOIt; UCUI C: B.SIMMONS. President j - ill 1 ' ' t- . auu iTJgr PHONE MAIN 81 PARR SIMMONS COMPANY INCORPORATED Dealers in Grande Ronde Valley Products . Fruit, Hay, Potatoes and Grain r.: Apple a Specialty LARGE COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE H:' Hay Wanted Now . i, ' - Dealers in New and Second Hand Goods aAAAAAAAA a. A A A A ........ . . . HIGHEST PRICES PAID Jefferon Ave, and Greenwood St li Call and ee ut before you sell La Grande, Oregon n ............ IP AI NTS, OILS VARNISH. JAP-A-LAC e ! W A L L PAPER 0 : ,W. H. BOHNENKAMP CO , v ..-.,. I : OUR SAVING'S DEPARTMENT ; i not restricted in the icope of its patronage. It i broad enough to v accomodate all and 2d, 3d, HERE ARE ITS PATRONS j 1st, . The Young Folks with Small Savings The Breadwinner, Trying to Accumulate a Fund to Procure a Home. The Wall-to-do. for Convenience Afforded and Incomj 4t-.jV. Those with Idle Funds Awaiting Investment. .. Any of the stated accounts to earn interest while on deposit. Wte farmers ana Tfraders 7atonat S$anA Capital Stow and Surplus $76,000.00 , Shareholder Liabilities 75,000.00 '. "STATEMEIVT OF THE C0DITI0M OF 5 The Eastern Oregon Trust and j 5 t ; , Savings Bank j AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS JANUARY 26 1907 t CAPITAL STOCK $60,000.00 C Loan and Diacbunt . ' SR71 9R ft I Bpnd,.. 6000.00 Z Warrant and Stock 3791.15 Fwnit'ur & Fixture 2728.50 Expense analpL paid 130.11 Accrued 1260.00 Cash on hand and in bank 27866.28 v,n $127882.65 I F-M: BYRK-jT..Prsi!er.t V LIABILITIES Capital Stock $6000 00 Earnings- -Discount and Exchange 65 68 1 Interest 1673.21 DeposiU...., 66153.76 SI27882.65 OFFICERS Wm. MILLER. Vice President I T. J. SCROGGIN. At r.k,., F J. HOLMES. Trea.urr, . 5 3 7 25 1 2d 6 13 20 27 7 2 SO IS 22 16 23 U Grande Evening Observer MONDAY FEBRUARY 18, 1907 Published daily except on Sunday One year in advance -.....$6.50 Six month in advance 5.60 Pr month 65c Singl copy 5c There should be hundreds of acres in this valley devoted to the growing of strawberries. It is profitable and pro vkivs a !aiKa aiuuui'it uf Lbcr. It is r industry that can be made to pay either in a small way or on a large scale. Our realestate firms are all preparing to take car of the hundreds of home seekers that can be induced to stop long enough to look over our valley this spring. If they will investigate our resources thatisa'l they ask. The country will ak for itself. CURREY BROS.. ED'S AND PROP 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 articles will be received subject to the discretion of the editors. Please feign your articles and save disappointment. ADVEKlMMNU KATKH Jliplay Ad rate rarnlibed upon application Oocal read lug nuilcealOo per line drat 1 uci, tlon, jo per line for each aubaequenl Inani tion. eaoliiUona of condolence, 50 per line. Strda of tliauku, bo per line. Eastern Oregon is entitled to repre sentation on the new railroad commiss on, who shall it be? It will only be a short time until the town cow will be in evidence "once more. Just as soon as the herd boys get busy. Spring tights seem to be the order of the day, possibly pay day may have been the cause for the big end of it. The prevailing high price of silver will work to no disadvantage in the develop ment of the mines up Grande Ronde river. The state of Idaho has already spent $54,000 in the Steunenberg murder case ar.d the trial proper is just about to begin. Stockmen are beginning to turn their stock out on the range. The range is reported ts be quite good on the south side of the hills. What about that vinegar factory? That is too good a proposition to let go by another year. The pure food law gives pure goods a chance that was not possi ble under former condition. City politics warmed up suddenly yes terday aftornoon when a carryall with four prancing steeds appeared upon the street carrying the band and large can vas banner asking the voter to up port Ralph Atkinson for marshal. . The fight put up by the county divisio ns wa hardly worthy of being consid ered a contest. With the elimination of senatorial contests in the legislature, the possibility of log rolling viciou legislation is reduced to the miminum. There is not much danger of the pro posed new state of Lincoln aver mater ializing as the first thing to be secured is the consent of the legislatures of Wash ington. Oregon and Idaho and then to se cure the consent of congress. Quite an undertaking. Those who are in position to know state that it is just a matter of a few weeks until the work of continuing the line of the Central Railroad will be com menced and carried out as orginally in tended. It i to be hoped, for the gener al development of the valley that such will be the case. The announcement by the Pacific Coast Board of Underwriter that in surance rates in Oregon and Idaho have been restored to the rates formerly en joyeo prior to the San Francisco disaster, will be duly appreciated by the property owners of these two great common wealths. It was simply a hold up scheme from the start But we should doubtless smile and thank the , powers that be, that it is no worse. Into each life some sorrow must fall; Wise people don't sit down and sawl; Only fools suicide or take to flight; Smart people take ocky Mountain Tea at nighc Newlin Druo Company. KR0USE BROS MARKET Headpuarters for first class wr MEATS OF ALL KIMDS- Phone your order to Main 48 and you will receive prompt attention CITY PROPERTY I FARM, FRUIT AND i TIMBER LANDsl MONEY LOANED J MclLRO Y & HIBBERD f ELGIN. OREGON. BROKEN JEWELS! J Your watch may run if a jewel is cracked or broken I and it may keep fairlp good time. The pivot revolving in such a jewel, however, soon cuts and frequently breaks, thus increasing the damage 4 and cost of repairing. If your watch is varying, it will pay you to have I it examined. All repairs given my personal attention. - t Heidenreich Building a U.... r NEW JEWELER I I Op t Bohnenkamp's Ve Ifla llvlllUbli ND OPTICIAN X - e - j a jec ) 4 """wwtMtMW 1 UTEJEW-J ARRIVALS WW ON EXHIBITION J. H. PEARE. La Grande's Leading .sweler and Optician j Opposite U. S. Land Office FINEST STrWK nF riFnriinn. r- . . : . . v" u liiuhdu ocwtLKY IN CITY tMMetaaatt-" - -t"te),-4. . . . . "LA GRANDE SUGAR" None Better ' None Purer. None Sweeter. Use La Grande Sugar and ts no Other Xa a a, a a WW www A rim ' ' "" III A NEW WBONS jPNtS NEW HOSIERY : E. M Wellman & Comp w nTcllUC )any : GRANDE IRON WORKS . FIT20EBALD. Pn,riMr U'V" 0-mplt Machin Shops. JaJFoundry Uenera Blacksmiths W. . . MiH, the best and cJZTl quipped with machinery U handle anv. ,mrk9t- 0ur noP re or nothing to small. tt' - ,: i 1 ft w - II Ull, m r rzz: 1 ' . . a