La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 21, 1908, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text' w 7 - - .AST WE li 4 ONLY FOUR MORE DAYS 111 1 f tv VII I V W R III 11 A 1 V II I H AIM Aill OftAiM 4 ONLY FOUR MORE DAYS 4-1 T. I s i Many Peope Have Taken Advantage of Our Sale but WE STILL HAVE MANY GOOD BARGAINS LAMPS Hanging Lamps Hanging Lamps Hanging Lamps Parlor Lamp Parlor Lamp Parlor Lamp r Parlor Lamp Hand Lamp Hand Lamp Hand Lamp Hand Lamp Hind Lamp $10.50 8.50 6.50 4.50 2.75 2.25 2.60 2 75 1.00 .60 .55 .85 1.15 Red Tag price Red Tag price Red Tag price Red Tag price Red Tag price Kcd Tag price Rftd Tag price Red Tag price Red Tag pi ice Red Tag price Red Tag price Red Tag p ice Red Tag price $7.00 5.25 450 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.69 I.S0 " .75 .45 .40 .65 .85 Stoves, We have a line of heating stoves that we are selling Below Mfg. Cost $16.00 ' Heaters, Red Tag price $ 8.00 32.00 Heaters, Red Tag price 16 00 38.50 Heaters, Red Tag price 25.00 14 00 Heaters, Red Tag price 7.UO J 5.00 Heaters, Red Tag price 7.50 45.00 Heaters, Red Tag price 28 50 30.00 Heaters . Red Tag price 20.00 40.00 Ranges Red Tag price. 32.00 45.00 Rang s Red Tag price 36.00 FURNITURE Househ'd furniture $4.75 Red Tag price $2.75 Wool Top Mat 3.50 Red Tag price 2.50 Supported Spring 3.50 Red Tag price 2.50 Steel Spring 12.50 Red Tag price 9.00 Beds, Iron 1 6.00 Red Tag price 10.00 Beds, Iron 25.. 0 Red Tag price 15.00 BoJs, Iron 30.00 Red tajf. price 22.00 Beds, Iron 24 00 Red tag price 18.00 Beds, Iron 22.00 red tag price 17-50 Beds, Iron 12.00 red taj price 800 Beds, Iron 20.00 red tag price 13.50 We Have the Stock and Must Reduce it. Come Wants for This is a Real Thing Sale, No Fake. and Be Convinced. Anticipate Your It Means a Money Saving For You FURNITURE DEALERS La Grande, Oregon CA FURNITURE DEALERS La Grande, Oregon !SH- ' - " "-'-'-''"0 Of ART mil WOR A i Win la mt Through Hie courtesy of W. A. Worstoll, The Observer In Indebted for a copy of an Illustrated edition of Vnlon county, by I). H. Stearns, Is und In 1882. Mr. Worslell was post master of La Grande at that time, and In tho volume Is contained the follow ing paragraph: "I cannot leave without thanking V A. Worslell, tho postmaster, for the promptness and accuracy with neer readers. ' Oro lull. "A little village with one store, a flonrlng mill, blacksmith shop, eat ing house, a snloon; sits at the mouth of the canyon. The mill and store and the larger number of the houses be long to ICon. YV. J. Snodgrass. The water power Is almost limitless. . . . The place Is as old, as the toll road, but the advent of the steam lo comotive will give It a new start. which he forwarded my letter to the arlou points visited. Ills office In which will riml.ti. ru.,,i i it. k. o sinecure, with his malls arriving ( coming the chief town In the county, at any and all hnura of the doy or It would bo most centrally located for night, except "on time." but It Is one the future county seat." of the most orderly and best con ducted In the state, and Its chief, the most obliging." The Illustrations, of which there are many, were all hand drawn and how to what extent halt-tone work has advanced during the past 21 years. It was a work of art when published, and as all of the cities of the valley are Illustrated, It la a volume that has grown valuable as tho years pass on. This was before the advent of the railroad Into the valley, but It had reached as fas as Muacham. We quote liberally, but not ex tensively as It will doubtless recall many memories among our many plo- I .a Grande. "The town of La Grande, -Is health fully as well as beautifully located. It has a good hotel, the Rlue Mountain house, P. A. Mahaffey,. prnprieotr." rne nine Mountain university was under the presidency of Rev. Q. M. trwln, A. M., of Ohio Wesleyan uni versity, with his principle assistant. rroi. itoneri van Fell, A, M., was flourishing. R. W, Deal was In the livery business. "In fact he la a good deal at liveryman.' "The first place In the region to gain local Importance, La Grande held and still holds a very large share of the trade of the valley, with the exception of Kings, at Alder, Mc I'ulvl's nt Joseph, and J. B. Eaton's Complete equipment for " rubber' buggy tires. resetting and repairing 1 LA GRANDE IRON WORKS NyS , D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor 2 0mp!te Mach-ne Shops and Foundry at rnlon, und Baer & Church's at Is- lund City, the four principal stores at county. The stucks are larger- and finer thnn any other. If we except the one at Island City and one at Union. Snodgrass & Miner may be named as the leading and largest business house In the county." L. Bear hud a large two-story brick building, and In connection with his Island City business, did one of the largest businesses In the county. "A. Sommer Is the third of the heaviest business men In the county, and the oldest merchant. Thus It will be seen that so far as general busi ness goes, La Grande Is the chief town between Pendleton and Maker City." Island) City. It Is needless to say that Island City has excellent prospects for the future. Should the railroad be com pleted without a curve to avoid Its vicinity, It would have an equal cornice wun uro Dew 10 grow into a large city. It would be two miles nearest the farmers, but Oro Dell would have the greatest water power and be nearer the timber. Greater changes have occurred than the uni ty of all three La Grande, Oro Dell and Island City. The town was laid out In 1873 by favlness A Sterling. The flouring mill Is their property and has a capacity of 190 barrels. L. J. Carter was In the drug business. In which was also Interested, Dr. J. J. McDonald. Cove. The writer saya: "The Cove Is, I thfhk, the handsomest landscape on the Pacific coast. The creamery es tablished by James Payne Is the only complete establishment of the kind in Oregon. The largest plum orchard In the state If not In the United States, Is at Cove. The French property. It Is called, from having been a part of the estate of a very wealthy gentle man of that name, who died recently and willed the orchard of 40,000 trees and other property as the foundation for a school for girls." The one store Is conducted by Payne & Jayeox. H. J. Geer was In the nur sery business. I n Ion. At the time the writer visited Union no small excitement was manifest, owing to the fact that Capt. Geo. Alnnworth; Capt. Blalsdell, L. D.' Brown and J. W. Brazce had just formed the Union MII1.& Manufac turing Co. J. B. Eaton is represent ed to bo the leading merchant. W. T. Wright was county clerk; It. J, Rog ers sheriff; A. C. Craig county Judge; A. F. Benson treasurer, and George Wright, Esq., is credited with being the father of the town. M. P. Ames and Wm. Hutchinson are also given prominent mention. Tlireo Ncuhwk'!h. The Mountain Sentinel, published at Union by J. T. and E. S. McComas. was the leading paper of the county; subscription, S4 per annum. The Union County Record, pub lished In La Grande, by E. L. Eckley, was the recognized organ of the re publican party. The Grande Ronde Post, was a new candidate for public fuvor. which had Just been started by Shsrpsteln Swash. T1m County Fair. The writer. D. H. Stearns, vtalted the county fair held In lSSi. "The display of farm products was of the usual , sort, and Included sam ples of tho common grains, fruits and vegetables, which were equal to sim ilar exhibits anywhere, and In one point potatoes superior to anything seen before. "In the department of needlework there was enough that was gin to be worth a close examination. "The great display, however, was of horses und cattle. Pqre blood Durhams and Jerseys are more plen tiful than In any other part of the Pacific coast. The largest herd of Durhams in the county Is owned by George W. Ames. Wlldwood Rover, the chief of the herd, took sweep stakes and weigh .-d nearly 30(u pounds. John Peach's Jersey bull, was on exhibition." The writer then describes the Peach dairy with Its 840 acres and TO cows. Horse fti-ccding. The edition contains an article un- ucr ine aoove caption by the pen of Thomas Berry, In which George Cog tfan Is given credit of Introducing some of the most valuable stock; M. Sterling was another who Imported me siamon Anvil. Naturally, D. A. McAllster conns tn for a g0) gnare of this article, as a result of hk 1m. portatlons from Kentucky In 1879 of "Deadshot" and "Lemont"; James F. Ferguson was the owner of Compro mise In 1877 and in 1881 he pur chased Black Stranger from Gen. J. W. N'esmlth. The last paragraph of this write-up-contains this sentence: "Union coun ty has never had either a boom or a panic." When you stop and think that these lines were wrltte ago. it Is almost enough to cause a smile. The Mnicliam Toll Road. The Blue mountains In early .times of Immigration to Oregon, was one of the great obstacles In the way of u"" travel. Four roads were u onr ntiuif .. - . . TTTTT',T,T,ss" m jjJi FOR COUGHS KING OF CURES colds THE WONDER WORKER FOR THROAT AMD LUNGS DR. KING'S I r w ii i w mom FOR COUGHS AMD COLDS PBEVEHTS PHEMHA aaa ue most aeDiutatlng cough a mortal wucn i leix but thanks t all Round anil A uflUAPHER, Grovertown, Ind. Price 50c and $1.00 ABSOLUTELY GUAPAWTpppj fM'P GUARANTEED BY L was ever afnirfo ui. . JrouW 8urely be for m7 Pave. Our dW m? mends eiPecte that etoGod. fourbottiea of rw r-; 1.-6 ., Vur doctcr pronounced m, " TT1. woe r. ew Discoverv ,,lrp(i , " " ""-uiaoic, - DU vwmpieteiy tnat I am Trial Bottle Free' Ik.