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FIGHT tru Evening Observer Published Dally Eceit Sunday. shape la the Malheur government projwt which constate of 239,000 acres, of which 140,000 hna already l Promptness The value of a prescription depends upon the prompt I ness with which it reaches the sick room STRAWBERRIES About May 1st been Und by tho Waterusers asso ciation which Is co-oifrntlng with the government and the chairman of the association, the next few weeks will complete It. Tho preliminary surveys have been made and the government has 6, 000. 000 available for this pro- CUUIEY BROTHERS, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. CniUxl I'rcsa Tele-graph Sift Ire. ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Oally, single copy 6c Dally, per month (Sc Pally, nix month In advance. . .S3. SO Pally, one year In advance Ifl.SO Weekly, alx month, In advance. . 7ic Weekly, one year, In advance. . .11.00 Jlntered at the postofflce at La Urande as aecond-i-lat matter. Jed und tho estimated cost la $30 per "Do It Now no re. Just one-half more thin tht Grande Uonde project, with leas thun one-tenth of the area covered. We have the cheapest Irrigation project in the count, and one that In all prob ability will full several thousand dol ff In the meantimee are receiving regular shipments of is the motto which stands for much in our prescription de partment. All prescriptions are filled as soon as received and delivered as soon as filled. You know our reputation for pure drugs and careful compounding .:. SWEET POTATOES HOT HOUSE LETTUCE CAULIFLOWER CELERY lar!" I'-.f.i than the !!! mi' vh'. FulMrne cf the best brand of canned goods evexixo on?i:iivrn. la ciuvpe. onir.ox, moxuay. i i:ui:r.nv . iocs. taC ele appearing over a nom de plume. Signed articles will be reeelved sub ject to the discretion of the editor. Please sign your articles and save dlx-eppolntmrnt. A(lcrilMin Utiles. Display ad. rates furnished upon Application. Local reading notices 10c per lino first Insertion; 5c per line for ev:h ubseguent Insertion. Kesolutlon8 of condolence, 6c a Hp-. Cards of thanks, 5c a line. KTATK I'ltlSOX RKI'ORT. The annual report of Superintend ent C. W. James shows 419 prisoners In th epenitentlary, and that three counties In the state Benton, Lincoln and Tamhlll, have no representation behind the bars. Linn county has only four convicts and according to a press dispatch this week It Is given out that dot a single man has been sent to the penitentiary within the last two years. Multnomah naturally heads the IImi with 120. Umatilla next, with 40;, Union next, with 2d; Wasco follows! with 22; Marlon, the second county In population In the state, with' '20, and then the list 'dwindle down to Curry county, with only 1. The three conn ate that have no convicts have been prohibition for more than two years, f the 419 prisoners In the peniten tiary at the t,lme of the .report, Z15 were under sentence for more than five years and less than a life term, 34 were under life-sentence hd 43 were under .Indeterminate- sentence. - The (Iterate prisoners' number 404 and tho Illiterate 13. There are 226 prisoners recorded as temperate and 19 J as Intemperate. The classification y occupation shows that of the whole 419 there nrfl 96 laborers, 56 farmers. 23 teamsters, 21'i'ookH, 19 waiters, I' miners, 17 carpenters ,11 firemen, 10 bookkeepers and l' engineers, tho re mainder being divided among all othei occupations In smaller numbers. There Is not a teinlier, lawyer, news paper man or school teacher In the Jist. Tin re are three women. i i ... eoninnnv has been oiuanlzi d b the business men of Bllensburg. Wash . to Irrigate 100, 'too acres of hind In Kittitas county. Fir years it was thought that Dm government which had built a dam and llitd SCt'lMed. ttli ef the available water, but It was dis covered thut the government project only called for 'he waters that Us 12 fool dam provided and the new com- t . ... t .... m, fl i rw jm ii y jjy i upoocs ij - . to a height or 73 feet, which will pro vide 225,000-atre feet of water. The -realization of the fact that "Little drops of water on little grains of sand makes a mighty difference In the price of land," has been the means of great development In tho Northwest. The Idea when a farmer can step out and turn a faucet and Irrigate his farm the same as the city housewife can -turn the water Into her sink, are ad vantages that people all over this land are tumbling over each other to pay for. On the fourth of March next, theie will retire from the United States sen - ate, Henry M. Teller, who has repre sented the state of Colorado continu ously since 1876. with the exception of the three years he was secretary of he Interior under President Arthur. Senator Teller has always ben watch ful of the interests of the great west, and his career, eventful as It has been. Is equalled by few public nun. OiliT innlly he v: a staunch republican, and for 10 yi ars was classed as such until in 1SSH, when the free colnitce f silver wrw the pcramounl Issue. Venator Teller led the ib-l.iMti.in which In that year walked out of the repub lican national convention. So xtronir whs lils personality on Ills own people tt-nt the democrats who sw-p Into on the sliver issue. ie-eieeicu An usual the Normal school problem Is before the legislature. Bills for the creation of two new schools and the maintenance of a total of five, with amendments to retain the three now In existence and with a strong follow ing to abolish all and provide for one, and that to be located at Portland. There Is much that can be said In fa vor of this last proposition, and If economy and excellence Is sought this proposition will be the ono carried out. One good school is much better than three or five Inferior ones, and the same money expended on one will provide better equipment than could be expected to maintain several. The state of Maine Is loyal to her native sons. Of the 132 members of her legislature, all but nine were born In the Pine Tree state. ; il.ll DAT Next Friday evening the famous Coon Town "400" minstrels will be at Orange hall. Everybody Is Invited. There Will be no admission and after ths fun-provoking entertalnmentt. there will be a basket supper the pro ceeds of which are to be applied 1 1 wards furnishing tho hall. The fol lowing Is the program, for the min strels: Song, "400" minstrels. Hecilalion, Mr. Jim Crow. Solo, Mr, llufus Brown. Instrumental solo, Miss Scharfat. S-'olo. Miss Nancy Hanks. Itecltation, Mr. Ned Jawbones, i Solo, Miss Allgelitleal Shlngb-filo. insli uim ntal solo, Mr. Nlcliules Ash. Solo, Miss llonoro Pordyard. Song ami chorus, Mr. O, W, Smith. Itecllatlon, .Mrs. Sam Jones. Solo, Mr. Beelzebub Lincoln. Ilecitatioii, Miss llosey Ragbag. Song ami eliorus. Miss Nancy Hanks. Song. The "400" minstrels. City Grocery and Bakery, E PCLACK, Prop Bell P.ionc Main 75 hide pendent 241 REJECT All KS1 IS V Vbll I Rids for the purchase of the J. V'. Scrlbur home, corner Fourth and Washington, which were opened last Saturday night by Trustee Phy. wers a low that all were rejected. The bids were so low in fact, that the trus tee has refused to divulge the amounts offered for the property. In the in terest of creditors the trustee plans to make strenuous effort to secure a higher remuneration for tho place. 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