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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1908)
J' i . '.iiv-ii" ,icr"' T'(ri- v .',".-. .,,: i ,, 4' li te tveoint OUservcr Published Daily Except Sunday. CCRREY BROTHERS, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. United Press Telegraph Service. Dally, per month......,,.,..... .65 Dally, single copy,,........,.... .05 Dally, one year in advance, .... .$(.50 Dally, six months, In advance. . .$3.50 Weekly, one year, in advance... 11.00 Weekly, six months. In advance. , .75 Entered at the postofflce at La Grande as second-class matter. This paper will not publish any arti cle appearing over a nom de plume. Signed articles will be received subject to the discretion of the editors. Please filej your articles and save disappoint ment. Advertising Rates. Display ad. rate furnished upon ap plication. Local reading notice's 10c per line Bret Insertion; 5c per line for each sub . sequent Insertion. ' Resolutions of condolence, 5c a line. Cards of thanks. Ec a line. Mayor Hall has been writing to sev eral mayors of cities . that two years ago went dry, with the Idea of ascer taining how they proceeded when the saloon revenues ceased. Mayor. Mat lie!; .ci Sucrr rt?." ww onn. ' tlnued the same policy as before and .felt no Inconvenience. He added, however, that Eugene, from a finan cial standpoint, was fortunate In hav ing a county assessor materially raUe the assessment and the usual tax levy brought In sufflloent money to more than offset the losses from the saloons. The mayor of Albany responded that the first year under -local option tin city went behind about $3000, bill since that time has been holding It own the same as before. They at firm considered the proposition of enact ing an occupation tax as a revenue producer, but did not. Mayor Hall states that he hns Inter viewed several of the business men of this city and they would not object to an occupation tax, provided any legal way could be enacted whereby outride peddlers could be kept. out. These peddlers do not pay any rents or taxes, nor assume any of the public burdens . and, further, they sell a class and qual ity of goods that dealers who dep'Mitl upon their reputation, would not think of putting on their shelves. The city attorney Is of the opinion thut such - an ordinance could be drafted, but he stated that he had not given the sub ject sufficient Investigation to warrant such action. This mntter Svlll un iloubtedly be looked Into later. Mayor Hall Is not sure that an occupation tax would be Just ultogether and be lieves that probably It would be best to adopt the Albany plan for a year at leust. before any mil Ion I changes are attempted. J Farmers have been wnrned by both the Oregon and Idnho experiment sta tions to Ri slowly on t!:e new vailet of wheat called "Alaska,"' yhleh tin promoters claim yield ns IiIrIi as 200 bushels to the acre. It might be well to sow a little patch, sufficient to get a sack or two, and have a' mlllliiK test. Of course, the henv yields claim ed mukes It Very attractive, and while It may be, simply a scheme to sell u lot of send wheat at a fancy price, it may be worth Investigating. However, from all the reports so fur noted, nu farmer would be warranted in sowlnv thl variety exclusively. August Just past being the second . month tinder local option, a compari son of the records of the police record i shows eight arrests for August, 190K as against 20 for August last year. The fines for the month Just past we" $35.50, one year sgo the fines were ItOO. One hundred and eighty-five of this amount, however, was collect , ed from the "redllghf district. Thai policy (is been abolished since Aug list 1 of till year. i , ' The rlty certainly effected a great stvlng In the cost of pumping by In ; stalling electric power. The cost of power for the city pumping plant for the month of August, one of the henv lest of the year, the height of the Irrl gatlon season, 'cost only fill. Fuel tinder the steam heating policy would have cost much more than twice thl mount. Won't Visit - K)ranc. 8yrat-usvN. T., HefjU-l. Bryan will not be an attraction at the New Tnrk state fair week after, vetf, a silver tlsed. His refusal to Spenk Is due In the fact that the fair managers Insist ed upon an admission fee. COL WOOD ,Col. C. E. 8. Wood, one of the well known attorneys and leading demo crats of the state, passed through La Grande this morning, en route to On tario, In the interest of the Willam ette Velley wagon road grant, of which he has Been an attorney for years. In speaking of polities the col one! remarked that undoubtedly more activity would soon be manifest, af the hot weather wore away. How ever, he anticipated' more Intereei would be taken In the election of Unit ed Strifes senator than In the presiden tial contest. He says an effort will b made to defeat the election of Gover nor Chamberlain, while he does not believe It will be successful. It mlpchi be brought about. THE UNION COUNTY FAIR. As there has been some comment relative to the present status of the district fair, I desire to offer a few scattering remarks relative to the same. . For . the last few years the fair has nnt boon the howlinsr success that It should have been. With the varied products, both of crops and livestock, there la no valid reason why every stall and available space should not he filled with the bery best stock the west affords. And, the pavilion taxtd to its fullest capacity . to hold the fruits, vegetables and grain. ' , ' ' The only reason that this has not been so, I think, is a lack of co-opera1" tlon between the different elements of business. If every citizen of the county would consider that It Is our fair, and do his mite, there would be such a clamor for room that the society would be forced to build additional room rather than look at empty stalls. First of all, there should be an ef fort made to thoroughly advertise the fair. Let It be known In every part if the county thot there will be a fair. and that the premium list can be had for the uc'-,;;!. Let the cities of the county do all they can to boost the thing along. Let every one bring on their exhib its, put up the best they have, quit knocking and go to work for the coun ty and the fair. We sh'uild not only boost our own county fair, but send exhibits to the stnte fair and the A.-T.-P. exposition, and show the world that Union coun ty Is on the map. Lot us all stand by the manager? 'if the society; let them know that we ire with them, and surely they will nut up a fair that will be a credit t 'e county and state. D. HUFFMAN'. VHcian Mnri-li In Toledo. Toledo, O., Sept. 2. To the music of many lands and the lusty cheers ous-ands of spe .'tutors, the boys In blue of the Grand Army of the Re- public marched through the elabor ately decorated streets of Toledo to- lay. -Many distinguished men review ed the procession. This evening there will be n great electric display, cover ing a distance of four miles, on the "tiiumce river, A pyrotechnic display of Sheridan's ride will also be shown tonlKht and tonni-row nlsht. Two hundred troop will be required to produce the spectacle. The sessions of the national en.ampment will be gin tomorrow. Titorni.r. ix mixixcj t ami. Conforeiut on Today to Uelde Wliat Miw Owiur Will Do. Hi-Una, Mont., Sent. 3. The Indus trial pence of Montana, WnMhlngi.tu ; and Wyonilng hlngeif on eonferer. ; begun here today between coal miners and the United Mineworken, on the wage arale for the north went. A fall-, ure to decide meann a general strike affecting Montana and Washington, j A utrihe will prolong the Wyoming' trouble, affecting 25,000. men. 11II.M Irt HKI EATEI). lMt Ileiiirnn Show llryan'e Man Wk ' Not Nominated In Nebrawka. Omaha, Neb., Sept I. Heturne Indicate that thl city, with C pre cinct out of 400, give Congretuman Hhallenberger the democratic nomina tion for Roernor by a plurality of 10.000, over Mayor nuhlman, who va l'inn c.nillilate. A BUILDING BGOi vii PmitS Is now due. We heve put in a fine line of fir V. G. Flooring and stepping and squares sur faced four sides, native finish and ' dimension. Cedar y Shingles of the first quality same price as second grade. We are closing our our doors and sash at Port land wholesale pride. You get 2-8 x 6-8 door for $1.25, other kind in proportion. Don't wait until the Fall rush is on, buy no;v to avoid the mad scram ble for material later on T0DDARD LUMBER CO THE 1909 REO IS HERE Not Going to be Sometime, But now Ready to Deliver Notice the f rice 20 H. P. Touring Car $1600. F. 0. B. Factory. The lowest Price Standard Made 5 PascengerCar in the World Why wait for the new and Untried car, that even the manufacturer does not know how It Is going to stand up? BUY A REO, THE CAR OF SATIS FACTION. IMMEDIATE DELIVER Y. NOT HOT AIR. FRED . BENNET. Northern Distributor. REO PREM IKK RAPID COMMERCIAL- CARS Agents wanted in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Rritihh Columbia. 1416 Broadway ' 495 Alder St. 814 Second Ave. Seattle, Wash. ;; Portland. Ore. Spokane, Wash. ROLLER SM TING Coliseum Rink Every Afternoon and Evening I wMi to kindly state that 1 lim e '5 rl hi nw (I to ;i"s!'.ivclv refuse ndmlMoii to this Rink, on '. . !'., of i he iicunlilc par ties, uiid will oWr.e the mU ; i illnU under this xur'x lease, b;, STRICTLY r.NFOUCINO TI1K " " ! SIu i JACK D. O'BRIEN iWOOD AND GOAL 8 Now is the about your We have the supply and the price ttJ and quality is right Phone Main 6 For Particulars - GRANDE RONDE CASH CO ; LEWIS BROS. Proprietors. tlttitttt "THE SCHOOL Tenth tnd Morrison, Portland, Oregon C.We occupy two floors 65 by 100 t r e. . t I empioy a urge iacuuy, give individual instruction, receive more calls j for office help than we can meet Our school admittedly leads all others in quality of irntruction. It pays to attend such an Institution. a Badness Maa 1 " Keep hammering away erlstingly on thorough work. It will win out to the end." Raid aa EJacatort "The quality oflnetrue. tlon given la your school makes it the staaderd of Its kiud In the Northwest." COpen all the year. Students admitted af any time. Catalogue free. j Refers aces 1 Any bank, any newspaper, aor bualacM man la Portland Manage1 time to think winter supply ti ; I': i - OP QUALITY'' A. P. Armstrong, LL.B., Principal feet, have a Jao.ooo equipment, . . eason Phone Us Your Orders for EGONOMYJARS ' I Pints ,. $1.10 dozen . Quarts ................ .$1.35 dozen Half gallons ............ $1.75 dozen t Extra clumps 10c dozen ; Extra caps .............. 20c dozen : m EXTRAS FOR EASY VACUUM JARS Caps '.,...l8c dozen Rubber rings ........... .. 2! dozen ' ? Clamps......... Jtk dozen ' Extra large Jelly Glasses .. ,45c i74 n These are an attractive size and shape, and are easily I worth 60 cents per dozen F- D- HAISTEN 1411-1415 Adams Ave. ; Phone Red 1161 2 e FRUIT GROWERS ATTENTION The Ramsey-Oldenburg Company are agents for the Grande Ronde Lumber Company and are now prepared to lake orders for large and small lots of apple boxes. Call at the office in La Grande National Bank Bldi and see samples of new stamp on box. Stock Will be Delivered at the Comqany's Warehouse. PK0IME: Pac;fic States Main 86 ee4eeeee-t-e'e4eetee4 FALL Soon as it Comes j From the Press f F erg si 'Where Nothing is AKICIAl ICS THE ONLY PURE KIND The only kind ot Ice that we ban ale In retail trade Is artificial loe, made from pure arfwtan water the only pure Ice In the city. A delivery wagon will bring this PURE ICE to your door on notification by telephone or otherwise. To regular patron onr prices are one-half cent per pound. NATURAL ICB handled In wholesale lot. Look out for the Grandy loe wagon. Tbooe Black HI. GRANDY PfowOn is Vergere 1402. e e AT--- son s e e e too Much Trouble," 4ev4ewe4aae4e THE KE MAN 4 ' o 3 e e e e