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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1909)
j (1 task 'ftu. U (irun venial Observer Published Dally tficcpt SuiuUy. CIKHKY BKOTIIKItS, EDITORS AND PUOl'ItlETOIW. nPiUtrixTvlegrHpli Korvk-w. SUDSCIUPTION RATES: Dally, single copy 6c Dally, per month (Sc Dslly. six monthi In advance. . .$3. 10 Pally, one year In advance $6.60 Weekly, six month. In advance.. 73 IT IS II MID Veekty, one year, In advance. . .$1.00 nUrJ postnrfilcA.jt La OrsndefTMo Gr thoixi:y links auk cheat invELori:us. T.rrf ... nUrwJ at- ta pot "ar se"ohU-T-iar 7iatiirr- Thla paper will not publish any arti cle appearing over a nom de plume, Signed article will be received sub ject to the discretion ef the editor. Please sign your article and av dis appointment. Advertising Itatoa. . Display ad. rate furnished upon application. Local reading aotlces 10c per line first Insertion; So per line for each Subsequent Insertion. Resolution of condolence, 6c a line. Card of thanks, So a line. Are you doing your part to make the Irrigation meeting on the the 16th of this month the success It should be? Mr. Business Man, you are vitally in terested In this project. The success of this undertaking moans the build ing of no less than 100 new homes within this Immediate vicinity. This jncans the expendlturo of $260,000 for Improvements. Then think of the In creased amount of produce, fruit, hay, etc., that -water . will , make on land where nothing but wheat grows, and in many Instances, nothing worth mentioning. ' This Is tho year when the oVnnde Honde apple grower has an Inning. Ten acres vf KQ"1 beuilng orchard, In this valley Is sufficient to permit any family to live in ease and luxury. What a population this valcy will con tain when all our fruit lund Is oecu plod by a family on evtfry 10 aires. Tfcere are several sections of the val ley where this Is the case today. It Is in these sections with the rural mall, the telephone and the school house within a few hundred yards of home, that country life is Ideal. These are the days when .the wise man sees that the most social and friendly relations exist between his family and that of the plumber. TherM are occasions when mere dollars and ents do not reach, when the water-l pipes upstair are flooding the entire house, and you need the plumber Im mediately; there may bq others In the , same fix, but you have troubles of your own that must be attended to at once. There are million of people In the United States who hope that Johnson, the colored man, mny for years keep the championship of the world as the most brutal and skillful ,psir.eiiKi'i', nd then, when, too aged toycmnln in tho ring, the belt may remain with his people. The legislatures of many states are either In session or will be this month, and it Is surprising to note the extent the temperance problem of this coun try Is a factor. Tlio next Important step will be to prohibit liquor in dry territory. The boys and Blrls of the Willamette valley seldom enjoy six Inches of snow. It is needless to say that thoy are enjoying It. ( . rt-ut i-aU of La ftrutafc Are " IrrlfJtUlou una" TiOifoy iAUC 1 'Kr-Muter-.Milton Countries Have ICxmt-leiu-t-d I'lipm-cdniled Ilooin Sliwt Unc Came. What trolley lines have done for the Frecwater-Mllton district It will do In Union county, and tho sooner elec tric lines gridiron the valley with their terminals In this city, and Irrigating water trickles over thousands of Grande Honde acres, the sooner La Grande will be a city of all cities In eastern Oregon. The fact that prelim inary survey for an extension of the Walla Walla Valley Traction company lines to Pendleton and Into the Grande Honde valley by the Bummervllle gap have already been made, leads far- sighted boosters to bolleve that the day is not far distant when the trol ley lino part of the great benefactors will be realized. With the prop'er vim, the Irrlgntlon project can be commenced next sum mer, but It will take concerted action on the part of locul merchants fo prompt the promoters making the sur veys for the electric lino, to urge the good movement onward. The wonderful . development thai follows the advent of electric lines If pictured graphically in the following article from the l'endleton Tribune: ''The rapid sale and development of tho small acre tracts for fruit purposes in and about Freewater and Milton hns made a great demand for money in that locality, and the real estate men and buslnes men are endeavoring to locate capitalist there to ease the mnrket up a trifle. The fruit lands are on tho boom and the trolley has aided materially In the work of get ting now settlers Into that territory. The diversified forming and gardening which the umall acre tracts have cre ated Is also beneficial In effects. The business men In these two towns are now actively endeavoring to Interest tho Walla Walla Traction company In building another branch line into this section, and a large sum has already been subscribed for the purpose of encouraging thu venture. The Walla Walla company has assured the resi dents of the northern part of Umatilla County that thl3 new loop will be built If the sum of ff.60,000 Is subscribed. The buslnes men, real estate men and the farmers ar all liberal In loaning encouragement to tho venture." mm ' BUST Nile's a (Juocii! Miu'm a Siren! is an expression that Is always heard at sight of a well developed woman. If you arc flut-chested, with HUtsT undeveloped, a scrawny neck, thin, leud arm the remark will never be applied to you. "SIREN" wafers will make you beautiful, bewitch ing. They DEVELOP THE BUST In a week from S to I Inches and produce a fine, firm, voluptuous bosom. They fill out the hollow places, make tho armj handsome S.nd well modeled and the neck .nd lhou.lds-rs BhapV'Vsnrt vf. perfect contour. Svnd fur-rf fcsile today "nd you'll he pleased nnd gratefutV'SIKEN"' wafers are absolutely harmless, pleasant to take, and convenient to carry around. They are sold under guarantee to do all we cluim or MONET BACK. Jrlce $1.00 per bottle. Inquire at good drug stores or send DI RECT TO US. FIIEK. During the next 30 days only we will send you a sam ple bottle of these beautifying wafers on receipt of 10c to pay cost of packing and postage If you mention that you saw the advertise ment lit this paper. The sample alone may be sufficient if the defects are trifling. : . ' , IEKK I, KSTHETIO CHEMICAL CO.. 31 W. 125th Bt NEW YORK 44'', HOT DRINKS Just the kind of drinks for cold weather. I CLAM BROTH BEEF TEA CHOCOLATE With Whipped Cream I SELDER, JHE CANDY MAN SWITCHES, HAIR PUFFS, COMBS, HAIR; PINS SCHOOL SUPPLIES . . EoH-WILLflffl if CO. ADAMS AVENUE V1 Children you can get cut out wild atiinmla FREE at your grocers. Theo wonderful littlrt stand-up tov aninmis ore given away with Towle's CIRCUS Brand Table Syrup It b Towle'a latoat and tnut dclt clouft blend of Sugar Can Syrup. Iaath Syrup, Honor and Mapto&yrus. Jlaa rich maple flavor. Take boors can wuay. Tot Towle Mapte Syrup Co. ARE TILED Everything Is busy around the city offices today. Thla being the day reg ular council meeting for January, the officers are filing their monthly reports. ltci'orclor i;Mtrt. Recorder Oox'm report shows that he wilier receipts for the month of Pecemlier were SIOS.T; from dou t'p, 110, nnd from fines from all anurcs-s, -. Marshal' RoixH't. Chief of Police John Waltlen's re port nhuvs that there was not a con tnglous rtlsmwe I" the city during (lit month of IVccmber: that there wer 22 wrests mini-: two head f stncl Impounded, nnd 12 dii:s killed. MriH l SnM'rlni'iideut. Te report of Superintendent Mittott shows 1h:t lie has cut expenses In hi ilepuitnient iluiiiig the winter months the total tot labor In Peceinber beinu $x9.t0, of which T5 whs his own s;! ary. IVer Sores. Fever sores and old chronic sores ihntild not be henled entirely, but should be kept In heslthy condition Tills can be done by applying Cham berlain's Salve. This salve has no su parlor for this purpose. It Is also mwt excellent for chapped hands, sore ilpples. burns and dlsases of the skin. If you want an AUTOMOBILE don't forget that we carry the Cadillac andBiiick lines, the best to be obtained in their respective inrr at D rilnl n n ft rmi 1 1" ho ro VlilOO UUIUIt MssauM a, Cadillac will be here in a few days. Demonstration if you a.e interested. Come and examine them anyway. W. H. B0HWEWKAMP CO . "-', 4 TABLE RELISHES; We recieve fresh consignrrents of Hot Hcuse Lettuce, Celery, Sweet Potatoes, acd Cranberries, Gau'iflcwers and Pine Apples and Cocoanuts for the Holidays. Fop Corn that will pop and Nuts that are fresh City Grocery and Bakery, L PCLACK, Prop PHONE MAIN 75 Is an Exercise of Good Judgement r FORD MODEL T. $850.00 With a $2,000,000.00 cash paid in capital stock; with Henry Ford as president and chief designer, with 25,000 good cars in use all bear ing that quality mark, a Ford Imprint, with the biggest automobile factory In the world making Ford cars, and with that same,' old or ganization that has made Ford cars known the world around Waking the present cars. Ford buyers have the strongest guarantee ever at tached to any product. Using the same steel, Vanadium Steel, that the United States gov ernment pronounces superior to Krupp armor plate, that enabled in ventor Davis to reduce the weight of his new torpedo from 1000 lb to 40 lbs., the same steel that makes the safest steel rails ever turn ed out, the most enduring locomotive frames ever manufactured, Ford cars need no other defense as to their quality. Better material than Ford uses cannot be bought. With more good cars in dally use than any other manufacturer ever built and every car a good car, every buyer a Ford booster, with 26,000 Ford cars shouting superiority, Is It any wonder that the Ford factory has to work full force winter and summer, double snlfts at mat, to fill orders, and that Ford has had to triple his capacity by building the largest automobile factory In the world. The very fact that, In spite of the enormous output, 100 cars per day, the factory was oversold 3000 cars last season, Is a guarantee of Ford value and your protection In buying. It's hard to give away an inferior product the acr of qualit sells Itself. That's the reason for the new factory. So It's an exreclse of good sense to buy a Ford tho same good sense that has already governed 25,000 buyers of Ford car's and the first step in this exercise in the direction of a thorough Investigation. Make us prove what we say or no sale If we could not, you would be out nothing, when we do you get the biggest automobile value ever offered. Come In today, or tomorrow If more convenient, or 'phone us to come to you. We want to show you that we know what we are talking about. And thing of the money saved. In some Instances one or two thousand, yes, three thousand dollars, and without sacrificing one cent's worth of value. There is-some room for honest doubt that the car for a thousand dollars more offers equal value with the Model "T" Ford 4-cylinder 20 h. p. 5-pass' nger touring car at $850.00, so bank the difference. It Is sure to come In handy for something else. LC. SMITH Agent La Grande Grande Ronde Lumber Co. f EEE PERRY, OREGON CAIN FURNISH LUMBER OF Al L MMDS IN CARLOAD LOTS. . . i m a r f ? ,-J o I'Air ffrm l"Or IO I HUH tnain nvvu wiit v w Call up V. C. BEAN, La Grande. Phone, Red ? 1741 rvirti Gomplete equipment for resetting and repairing rubber buggy tires. j LA GRANDE IRON WORKS D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor Complete Machine Shops and Foundry NEW QUARTERS j We are now located in our new store room with the best line of Jewelry and optical goods ever shown in La Grande. EYES TESTED FREE J. H- PEARE LEADING AND PIONtER JEWELER Fur sale by all good dealers.