rmicrei- ,nmrw ia rm,vnr.. OREona. ttespat. October 20. ios.
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A representative of a California
fruit firm, who spent several days in
the valley stated that he saw some of
the finest Ganos In GrandV Ronde
: valley that he ever was permitted to
look upon. He stated that all our ap
ples were better colored than any of
. 4he fruit sections he had visited, which
Included Rogue River, Yakima and
Hood River. Regarding size, he stated
that all sections were falling below the
usual average for four-tier stock and
thought that our growers would find
It the same henJ when they began
packing. This gentleman was looking
for apples to supply principally the
California market.
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A 22-mlll tax suggests that we are
getting a touch of the simple life. Not
an extravagant court, but one that Is
protecting the interests of the pcoper
4y owners of the county. We will soon
reach that point when we need not
bush when a homeseeker asks the
question, "How much In debt Is your
county?" There is no disguising the
fact the of boosters nearly choked
when he meekly replied, "Only $200,
000." That was not so long ago, If
you will think back Just a few years.
Timothy hay Is wporjed to be sell
ing in Vn)l Walla for $16 and $17
per ton. The demand on the coast Is
quite good, but the Alaska trade Is
not whot It has been during the past
few years. i
M'COY f ID
fORASSAULT
10 McCoy was tried and found
guilty before Justice of the Peace
rUrwart this morning and fined $15
for assaulting a brakeman on the pas
senger train last Sunday night. The
fins u paid.
In conntlnn with thlase there
Is another story that teems of early
days In railroading. 8unday night
there was an organised gang on the
train that confiscated hat checks at
.random. X portion of them were ar
rested at Telocaset and another group
detained at Union station, where La
Grande officers and the Unjon station
agent corraied a halt dqseh on the
bead-end of the engine, .
f Pomp Follows Oeretaoaty
Rome, Oct. JO. -In accordance with
(be announcement made several week
ago, the minister of narlna today vm
4are4 the Jtallaa cruiser Ptormojia
ad Ktrurfa to eacortbuie dAbrum
ea fr, return to Italy after hU ifcaa-f
laj with' aXtbartaa B1 kin. The aa.
noubeentsat ta eoatidorvd a'
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TAX LEVY REDUCED
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the circumstances, will be equivalent
to the former amount. In other words
the county is in a much better finan
cial condition this year as compared
with last. " - ' . ' "
The present county court, before Its
administration is closed, will turn
ovyr a clean sheet to : Its successor.
This is a condition which, a few years
ago wag thought to be an impossibili
ty. .
The era of excessive high taxes In
Union county is a thing of the past.
We will soon be out o debt and will
have money in the treasury to pay off
warrants when Issued. Several coun
ties in Oregon are in this condition,
and Union will soon Join the ranks.
Summary of 1B08 Assessment.
'V- - Value. .."
Acres, tillable, 143.426.0S. .$2,060,515
Acres; non-tillable, 492,-
647.06 . ... 937,855
Improvements on deeded
land 489,715
Improvements on un- i ' ..
, deeded land .......... . . 17,975
All town lots ............ 427.300
Improvements on town
lots .................... 835,555
Machinery of all kinds. . . 119,545
Merchandise ' 334,085
Farm Implements, etc ... . 108,365
Money 89,140
Notes and account! ....... 130,255
Shares of stock, ?Q ..... 152 'SO
Telephone, telegraph and
power lines, 390.30 miles. 36,010
Railroads, 122.25 miles .... 771,535
Railroad rolling stock ..... 84,540
Household furniture, etc .. 162,220
Horses and mules, 8358 head 231,360
Cattle, all kinds, 12,610
head 145,535
Sheep and goats, 9445 head. 13,445
Hogs, all kinds, 5210 head.. 12,505
Dogs, 2 head 10
' Total valuation
,.$7,109,835
DAMAGE (ASL
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BRASEL CASE ON TRIAL;
INGLES CASE FOLLOWS.
Indications Are That These Cases Will
Not Occupy as Much Time of the
Court a Other Canon Wherein the
Amounts Involved Are Considerably
Less Court May lie Adjourned Un
til After Wallowa Term.
The Jury In the case of E. S. Bra-
sel vs. the O. R. & N. company, was
secured lute yesterday evening, and
upon the opening of court this morn
ing the attorneys presented their side
or the case and the taking of evidence
Immediately followed.
The contention of the plaintiff Is,
that owing to the negligence of the
company In not providing a hand rail'
on the engine, the company was liable
for the accident, when he fell and
broke his lef, which after weeks of
suffering, finally resulted In amputa
tion.
The railroad company contends that
the engine was undergoing repairs,
and admit that the ratling was re
moved, and that Mr. Brasel, as an ex
perienced workman, should have
known It was removed.
The next case Is that of Mr. Ingle,
who, while working a rip-track the
cars backed on him which resulted In
great' suffering and personallnjury.
This case like the above, Is simply
placing the blame where It belongs.
There la no question but what Mr. In
gle was badly Injured and probably
wlll.be for life, and the wholo ques
tlon Is for the Jury to decide upon
the fact and after the facta are ar
rived at, the question of damages will
be the leaat of their duties.
Ud o la Firbak.
Fairbanks, Oct. I0.-Th lid Is on
light. Under order of Marshal Love
several , men were , arresd,' last night
for playing panging! ! and other aim
pie oeuU.gamea. No shaking of CJc
MallowVo). ,
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LAUNDRY
Done
The Way You
PHONE
ABC.
The Story
ondenul
91,000 cash la offered and all ex
penses of Inspection If it Is not as good
as represented In the printed literature
of this, company.
One of the finest bodies of land that
the world has ever seen, embracing
4uu,uuv acres in Southern Oregon, Is
now being opened for settlement of
the American .people. This is practi
cally your last opportunity to get
choice cheap lands, with pleasant cli
matic conditions, in the United States.
Two hundred dollars, payable $10
per month, buys from us a contract to
one of these undivided farms, and
other rights, ranging in size from. 10
acres of fine fruit land, (five acres of
which Iff under Irrigation, at time of
opening, with perpetual water rights
for same,) to 1000 acres of grazing
land. Along with each farm goes a
town lot In the additions to Lakevlew,
the county seat of Lake county and
the coming metropolis of 'Southern
Oregon, often called the "Great In
land Empire." " '
OREGON VALLEY LAND CO.
References . .'
Gate City Bank, Kansas City, Mo.
Pioneer Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo.
First National Bank, Colorado
Springs, Colo. ,
Three hundred thousand acres of
Southern Oregon ' territory, which
have for the past half century been
sealed from development with' the
stamp "Land Grant," are to be opened
at once to settlement. Suddenly re
versing the obstructive policy which
has characterised these lands, the Ore
gon Valley Land company, the pur
chasers, announce that the entire acre
age Is to be developed and sold on
terms that are alike attractive to the
speculator and the homeseeker.
This tract constitutes the bulk of the
tillable acreage of the great Oregon
Central Military Rroad grant, which
LOGAN-SHERWOOD
Uuion County Agents
PHONE Main 86
FULTON IN PEN" DLETON. '
Senator Was Greeted with a Housing
Audience Last Night.
Pendleton, Oct. 20. United States
Senator Fulton addressed a monster
meeting here last night. He gave one
of his characteristic addresses and
showed up the present administration,
what It had absolutely accomplished,
what Is In progress of accomplish
ment and what the republican party
proposed to accomplish. The senator
was In fine form and was the recipient
of frequent applause.
California Saffragettra Active.
Ban Francisco, Oct. 02. The suf
fragettes of California are preparing
for an extensive campaign to dissem
inate literature. They started a move
ment which will culminate In a pro
Inoged selge at the state legislature
next session. Woman lecturers are
preparing to tour the state.
Honor for Wrtgtit.
Paris, Oct . 10. The eataem la
srhtcN the American inventor, Wll-
want it done 1
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was made in 1864 by the United States
government to the company of that
name for constructing a military high
way. ,
From the day of the grant until to
day nothing has been done to encour
age development. The new owners
enter upon the enjoyment of the em
pire with another doctrine, which they
will steadily pursue. They will Im
mediately proceed to settle and de
velop the country.
The part of the grant placed on the
market, begins where the line of the
grant leaves the Klaamth Indian res
ervation on the east. From the reser
vation the grant lands extend In an Ir
regular line down to Lakeview, and
thence eastward to the western bound
ary of Malheur county, Oregon. The
tracts Becured He in Klamath, Lake
and Harney counties. From Klamath
reservation to Lakevlew the strip Is
over a splendid agricultural and graz
ing country. Sprague River valley.
Drew's valley and the north nd of
Goose Lake valley are crossed, where
there Is a large nuantTfy of fine agri
cultural land, which has been leased
ta settlers for many years, but never
put on the market. From Goose
Lake valley the route crosses Into
Warner valley," where there Is more
good land, and thence Is passes
through the southern portion of Har
ney country, crossing the headwaters
of the Donner and Blitzen river,
passing through the wonderful Catlow
valley the finest valley In the state
where there are leagues of fine level
land, commonly called the "cow'man's
paradise."
The southern part of the state Is
now assured a liberal policy of de
velopment that will be In strong con
trast with the obstructive tendencies
of the great land-grant holdings of the
J state In the past
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REALTY COMPANY
LA GRANDE, ORE
The county board of equalisation,
consisting of County Judge Henry, As
sessor R. A. Hug and Celrk Ed Wright
Is In session this week to receive peti
tions from those who may think that
their ' valuation may have been erro
neously assessed.
Must Be Sworn to.' :
Petitioners should remember that
while the board sits In session for one
month, petitions for adjustment must
be filed during the present week. No
petition under the law ten receive con
sideration If not filed, the facts set
forth and sworn to and presented be
tween now and Saturday evening next
Wealthy Mao Balcidea.
San Rafael, Oct 20. Samuel Harta-
el, a wealthy broker of Pittsburg, Is
dying from a bullet In the brain, lie
was despondent and attempted to sui
cide, becauso b Vaa alone and tired
o Ufa. He was Inaurad tor $100,000.
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GEORGE.PALMER. President W. H. J3RENH0LTS Ais't
J. M. BERRY. Vice President C. S. WILLIAMS, 2d Ass'tCa
La Grande National Bank
Of (La Grande, Oregon
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $160,000
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
. ' " DIRECTORS '
, J. M. Berry A. B. Conley F. j. Holmee . F. M. Brjfct
C. C. Pennington F. L Meyer Geo. L. Cleaver
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
U. & Land OfDco at La Orande.Ore.,
October I, mi.
Noticela hereby given that
BLZA B. PENDER,
of Vancouver! Wash who, on Octo
ber t, 10I, made Umber , and stone
worn , statement No. 011(2, fur EH
B&K, aoctloa It, township 4 south,
range 15; and lots 1 and 1. section I,
tovmmtA I south, "range &, E. W, la.,
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SATISFACTION IN LA GRANDE
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ceiver of the U. a land office u
Grande. Oregon, on th Jlt
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December, UOIv... . . ,y
Claimant names as wltaesset:
vtd C BricfcouK, of La Grande, Ot
John O. XlsseU of Vancoor'.
John W. Malttand, of V,0CJ
Wash.; Basel B. 8ever,- of
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" P. C. BRAMWELL, Re1""'"
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A maa is called selfish, pot forP
suing his own good, but for.
hi neighbors, Wheatly.. .
Maa la a aoHal animal form
please and aajo? ta octets