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WE STILL HAVE MANY GOOD BARGAINS
LAMPS
Hanging Lamps
Hanging Lamps
Hanging Lamps
Parlor Lamp
Parlor Lamp
Parlor Lamp
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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
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.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
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.45
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.65
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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
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La Grande, Oregon
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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
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