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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1908)
7-'v fvkxixo nnsj.itvm. I a rawk. orkhon. v.'uaxKsn'.r. imxem-ijc so. 1. main paces. t: PAGE TWO. 4 4 4 l V t $10,000 n 1907 he Merchants of Oregon saved over $10,000 by carrying a part of their Insurance in their own company, the Oregon Merchants Mutual Fire As surance Association, of Dayton, Oregon. In 1908 they will save $15,000. Save 1 the , Softie period tj their neighbors were ffi&df-'f profits to outside companies In the Oregon Merchants Mutual you get: t INSURANCE AT COST AUM1TT0Y0UR U ABIL ITIES X PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF LOSSES i J. W. OUVER, Agent BISSEY'8 HACK LINE. " , 4 Best of service, Day and Night Hacks furnished for 4 4 funerals and private parties. 4 Baggage transferred Day and 4 4 Night and Sundays. 4 4 Stand at Paul's Cigar Store. 4 'Phone-Red 241. 4 Night 'Phone Ma. n 25. 4 "44 4 4 E. L. BUSSEY. 4 TREASCHY DEPARTS! EXT, 4 4 Office of tiie Comptroller of tbe 4 Currency. 4 Washington, D. C, Oct., 13, 1908. 4 ' Notice Is hereby given to all 4 persons who may have claims against "The Farmers & Trad ers National bank of La Grande," Oregon, that the sama must be presented to Walter Nledner, Receiver, with the le gal proof tbereof, within three months from this datt, or they may be disallowed. LAWRENCE O. MURRAY, Comptroller of the Currency. 4444444444'44444 Keep the money at home by using LA GRANDE SUGAR 1 Costs no ncreftd just as sweet. All THE GEORGE LUMBER ' RETAIL DEPARTMENT We Solicit Ytur Orders for Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Mouldings, - Chain Wood - We at f piepaiedlo furnish and deliver m:"i promptly. . x . Call up Petail Department Phone Maii3. COUNTRY BOYS WANTED EOR BUSINESS POSITIONS Bulnesa men of Oakland and San Francisco, and other large cities, want oung men reared In the country to prepare for commercial position. Ex perience has shown that the average boy from the farm has habits of In dustry and Integrity that make for success. The Polytechnic Business College of Oakland. Cal., has made a phenome nal record In training and placlns young men and women In business positions and the College Is located as to provide homelike accommodations at very low rates. It Is said that every young man who nas laKeu me complete couimi nesa training at vfils College has re- vHv rmu:iM(itir employment upon r1Uktnii. An illustrated Catalogue will be sent free te anyone who will write to Prof. W. E. Gibson, 806 Twelfth St.. Oakland OK Fresh Poultry for New Year's. We now have a liberal supply of turkeys and other poultry for New Tear's dinner. 29-lt GRANDE RONDE MEAT CO. Com pi ota Threading Outfit. For sale at a bargain. Has been run about 100 days. Time given, 'on approved security. LA GRANDE INVESTMENT CO. WANTED Local manufacturer's agent to sell and . Install our Never-Cool Boiler Insulator and Flreless Cooker; sells in every household; permanent Income of $1500 to $2000 pear year; few hundred dollars required to han dle proposition in this town. Ad dress for particulars, Range Boiler Insulator Mfg. Co., 384 E. Wash. St., Portland, Ore. Itnbler Property For sale by owner. Hotel and barn with 7 lots; price, $2,000. ' Shop with 6 lots; price, $400. 6-room house, with 6 lots; price $1000. 3-room housew 1th 3 lots; price $700. For terms, call on or write W T. HARTLEY. 12-18-26t ' Imbler, Ore. 44444444444444 44 4 WOOD SAWING. 4 'Phni-e and we will do your 4 wncd a'.ving promptly, and at 4 prices you can afford to pay. 4 Wo are always ready, MATHEWS & GLASS, 4 'Phono Black 1501. 44444 ! t dealers. I PALMER j ... . att COMPANY i (AIMS'. EXPLAINED CONCISE STATEMENT OF WHAT AXU WHO JIEXF.FIT. llo UonoflU to Ito Derived From a Cannery In I. a Grande Are Varied ' Fumicr, IIiimIiipns Man and Laborer HiittlneNM Sinn Should Help lVopono! Projects. During the present agitation for a cannery In La Grande, the questions coma up, "What do they do? What are they? and How does the public bene fit?" The Observer takes pleasure In pub lishing what is perhapB the best con densed synopsis of the benefits of a cannery, that has yet been compiled In eastern Oregon: ' f A canning factory will give the far mers a ready cash market for vegeta bles and fruits. Sweet corn will be a money crop, the advantage will be that the farmer will know before he plants the sweet corn Just how much per ton he will get for It; he will have a binding contract with the Canning company for so . many acres at $7 per ton In the huHk. Be sides yielding a large cash sum per acre, the farmer has a'i? stalks, husks and green cobs for feed. Strawberries, raspberries and black berries are worth about 6 cents per quart at a canning factory; the crates and cups are returned to the grower as the factory has no use for them thus with no expense for crates, cups, freight, commtHHion, ice, etc., it would pay to harveHt every 'ast berry. Peuches, apples, pears can be very profitably dlaposedf at a canning factory. Thousands of bushels, of culls and windfalls can be turned Into money. Beans will net the farmers about $200 per acre, and at 60c a "bushel when canned, will bring $2 to $2.40, leaving good profit to stockholders. Tomatoes, pumpkin and beets are also profitable to the farmer where there Is a ready cash market and are also a profitable article for a canning factory to pack. A cannlnsr factory will benefit the farmer. This will benefit every busi ness man. It will give the farmer more money and ready cash, and many will not ask for credit as often as they do now, as cash Is always pre ferred by merchants. ' Suppose each farmer plants and markets a few acres of pumpkirts, sweet corn, tomatoes, beans, beets, etc. !t means increased revenue from his farm $200 to $1000 a year, according to acreage. Is not every farm worth more? Will It not sell for more, or rent for more, and the buyer or renter be more sure to make his payments when he can diversify his products and get cash at various times in the year by the use of a canning factory? 1 These are some of the reasons why farms which are located near a can ning factory sell for more and rent for more than farms that are distant from such an institution. Ucitcriu to Labor. A canning factory will employ 75 to 150 hands. Boys and girls can earn a nice sum, as canning factories are run to full capacity when there Is no school. Farming becomes more di versified, land produces four to eight times as much per acre In cash and farmers are better able to hlro help. Two or three hundred acres of or dinary farm lands will grow sufficient raw material for a canning factory. A factory will can pumpkins, ber ries, peaches, sweet corn, cabbage. beets, beans, apples, etc., whUli nieano unlimited market for the far mers who take shares, as their pro- duets are preferred. Tomato. ci' bo canned If trown. and growing tv. " enrlclu-s tiltf iund and yields frr-"' Tf? iiUlST t,;o 5 ti fJ-lYj-i V CGI I 0 1 c t It I ?r.u;v -i i :J 4r t$ t to 500 bushels per acre and always bring from 2S to 35 cents per bushel, an average crop being 400 bushels, or $120 per acre. Raw material for the factory will bring hundreds of dollars per acre, so that a small patch will Increase the earnings of a farm more than many times the cost of several shares. A furmer thinks nothing 'of lotting money by fuelling pumpkins, etc., to hogs. Why not put some money In a canning factory, so all the above pro ducts can be sold In the can at the highest market price, as the fuctory . L. 1 1 . I,-. MnoV.k, TV, a dally. They are shipped for cash only and cannot perish. , A canning factory gives the pro ducer a cash market for his product the middle men are done away with consigning Is at an end. The produce Is put in direct communication, or as near as possible, t the consumer, and that Is the way It should be. Only your co-operation Is required to establish a canning factory here, which would be of. Inestimable value to the community. Administrator's Notice. Notice la hereby given that H. M, Dennett has .been appointed by the Hon. County Court of Union county, state of Oregon, administrator of the estate of llza W. Bennett, deceased, and nil persons having claims against sold estate are hereby required to pre sent the same, with proper vouchers. to the said administrator at hir home about two miles southeast from Elgin Oregon, or to R. H. Lloyd, attorney for said estate, at Elgin, Oregon, with in six months from the date of this notice. Dated this 20th day of December, 1903. , " H. M. BENNETT. Administrator of Said Estate. U. 11. LLOYD. 29-4-11-17-24 Attorney for Said Estate. CEMENT WORK All kinds of Cement and Goncrete work. CONCRETE BUILDING BLOCKS CEMETERY WORK No contract too large or too small. Satisfaction Guaranteed f. L. ROBERTS PHONE BLACK 582 : THE : ! NEW TEAR ! Is almost here. Let us do your LAUNDRY WORK beginning January 1st" Think about this It CHERRY'S KE'M mwnY c' 1:; :v-iVr;'.ir? 5 " V 'i - ! We Want Our Want Your want is placed before a very day Can you afford to want au whe.-a results are the 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444t FOR RENT. For Rent. I have some nice pleasant rooms for rent, with or without board. Transient people solicited. Mrs. ' Laura . L. Stulta, 1620, corner Sixth and Spring. For Rent or Sale. A six-room . furnished house; will sell furniture and rent the house, or will sell boih furniture and house at a bargain. LA GRANDE INVESTMENT CO. FOR RENT -Five-room house; close in. Inquire at Geddes grocery. WANTED. WANTED To sell or exchange 0' aer fruit ranch In bearing, with muy improvements, forLa Grande city property. ' Telephone Black 932. WANTED Several roomers with or without board. Excellent rooms. 'Phone Black 1761, or call at 2103 First street. WANTED Special End of leap year. Two refined youn women wish to correppond with .respectable, lone some bachelors. Miss M, M. Lawr ence, and Miss B. I. Evans, 34 Park overlook, Cleveland, Ohio. WANTED Two good hand lroners at once, at Cherry's New Laundry. Good wages. 29tf POSITION WANTED Man and wife wants. pi,lon; man as cook and wife ns he'oei. Sober and Industrl c.is. iiHiure at this offic. J6 LOST AND FOUND. LOST Last Saturday, between Imbler and R. M. McKlnzie ranch, a pair of ( white Angora shaps. Finder please return to, or 'phone J. L. Woodell ranch. Reward. 24-2t P The value of a prescription depends upon the prompt ness with which it reaches the sick room "Do It Now" is the motto which stands for much in our prescription de partment. All prescriptions are tilled as soon as received and delivered as soon as filled. for pure drugs and careful compounding .:. Wc Carry Everything which Should be I Found jji a r ILL'S DRUQ JTORE LA OPAr.JDK, OREGON I .-- 5 G. E. FOWLER Your Wants IN Ad Column thousand or more want-seekert spend on cent per word of your keynotes? FOR SALE. V'Ji..l.'.-'.' .V-V.-' " :'; v :. four 'acres 'V tOil SALE Two to suburban property, well Improved. PhoneBluck 1532, or ace E. w Kammerer, 2004 Adams avenue. FOR SALE Small house and auo, , 130-foot lot Buy from owner and save oommiselcner'a fee. Inquire of 3. Bachant, Cherry street Ltuad ttr Sale, 40 acres of fruit garden or alfalf land for sale cheap If taken aoon. c. D. Huffman, R. F. D. 2. La Onn. FOR BALE 1 chiffonier, 1 center to. Die, i single nea wun mattress, 1 refrigerator, 1 lady's saddle; cheap If taken at once. , 'Phone Red 871. E. Setsbelov, opposite sugar factory." Fur Sale. The fienrge Hansen property. Sev en room bouse wtth bath and pantry, closet room, corner lot; good location. Street and aidewalk improvements done; part cash. Terms made known on application. A bargain if taken soon. Inquire at Ferguson book store, 12-3-lm FURNITURE FOR SALE A snap If - taken at once. Mrs. Fred Housh, at 1701 Fourth street. WE WANT 500 to 1000 acres of land suit- 4 able for apple orchard; must be able to Irrigate same. Also, houses to rent We ht demands. Why leave your house idle. THE VAN DUYN REAL- TY CO., LA. GRANDE, ORE. Office in Scrlber Block. Both phones. LLBl ' You know our reputauon i Drug Store pmess IScRVER 65c a Month u T.'!J2 4xu.y ?v1:.l ni: tj "e some .: fcl"!' ( ai' coal c.:HiJ Into ::-:r Didn't know .h,.rr- .-. t - - in coalT Why there ': ' ' ' as many as there are of ' butter. Let us send you the kind that will prove by the per fection of the kitchen fire that our coal Is different than the rdlnary and decidedly better. . Phone Main JOj ' 5