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EDITORS AND PIi01'liIET0R3.
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Clay Rlnehart, one of the wide
awake business men of Imbler, was In
the city today, and Is very much In
terested In the IrrlKatlon project be
ing extended to the Sandrldge. He
reall7.es that If the big holdings of
the Sandrldge are mib-dlvlded, that
Imbler, situated as It Is, in the center
of the finest valley In the northwest,
will become a city of no ne an Import
ance. He also realizes that this sub
division of the large holdings will
necessarily be slow until this tract Is
watered. Mr. Klnchatt states that
there is considerable interest manifest
but it is 'mostly amoUK the small hold
ers, who realize that they can more
than double the products of their
farms If they had water. The laig-r
holdings which are devoted principal
ly to wheat, with few exceptions, are
Imbued with the idea of letting '"well
enough alone." Th-y wn their faima
Hnd are making money as it Is, and
many do not want to sell, and argue
that irrigation would simply result in
higher value! which would uienn
higher taxes, and that values nre
growing higher as it Is; that they can
not grow any more wheat on land
worth $150 per acre than they can
on the same land valued between
and TS5 p-r acre. These Ideas are
natural; It will require t. campaign
education to change these convic
tion. When the owners of tlies.
Iiirge holdings realize that they .-an
make as much off of ISO acres of land
with water, as. they are now making
from th. ltv 500, 400, COO, 100a nun
1500 acre tracts, and Ihnt buyers will
pay
them double the .resent pin .
will clanje the came as men In
th"y
other localities have (barged under
similar conditions. It sboubl not re
quire two weeks' time to secure la. ,
000 nems fit land on the Pandrldge to
pome Into this Irrigation project. V
do not exie et any of H at this time
however. It s the Intention to VOd n
muss meeting at Ailed in the no,u
future, but It Is very doubtful If sut-
t 1 tlvit Will
lit lent i.ain mo
warrant the expenditure.
Water under this proje. t ran b.
8,.ur(il now at $: per acre. -Titer.
in n-. tiestion but that the li.""'1
acre project in the vicinity of l.
O.iin.le is assured. Over 1:1,00a aere
,!. now listed, and the balance ..mi
be hud within three days w'ten t'o
time comes for sUvii'i'r b" com - a ' ,
V.'e want the farmers to cut this a it
tie out a tul read It over five year
from today, and see if we are not coi -reel
in our j-mplt.-cy that wbhln th.-i
time there wiM b" m as m.etlaus hel
on t!ie Sm.lrld'p' to -. enre seine irri
gallon pro.'ed when fie primary ".
will .e double w hut It woidd eoi
.i.... ir nt HiiiiiuMMiaiv w;"
ti . ii ' 1 i '
cn-laa. . d an 1 fet tin r. It will be c
Hpleinli.l in e-tao nt at til It price, b- i
why wait live ;. i'--. we-n oise-h.tlf '.
the tlion. V e..i'd b. - iv. d and the d".
Ve'.oplll' lit of ti c lo-lliUV lo l l liaek
Jiit that much. Put whatv is the i:
it i almost evident t ell Cue Sain'sl-b1.
w 111 not be t. pti d -.a the p: . '!
project, but wla-tl I :i."0i1-.leve o-"-
1,.,-t cniplet. ,1 and Hie resells thi;
obtained b moi '-t i wliat water w!!'
do for the S.oidMd'.re. ;i there will !
. v. r.tl b'.itidfd a. i.s of this land in
c litded within the I "i.mm mm s-euved.
It will only be a matter of tlni" when
the entlr.- Sandridge will want watt',
and w hen the really wunt It. the oi it
1.0.1 ullt nut be considered. It
will simply be a question to get U'.ej
... ..t iiluivk.r '. . W buuL..i
Farmer titer Into ti e n-w yer
'with buoyant hplrlts. The , vision of
dollnr w.i'iit continuing throughout
the yffir may be realized, whether It
does or not, there Is every reason to
believe that prices will rule much
hlh-r this yciir than Jurlnjf 1 308, and
tlio priced last year were remunera
tive and much higher than the pre
vailing prices of the pant Btiverul
yejrs. The ffcnoral roln that covered
flrande Hondo valley last night, fall
ing ns It did. on frontlet ground, pro
vide it Hoiikliifr that will be very ben
eficial to the crops of the valley. Take
It, one yeur with another, the natural
conditions of I'nlon county will stand
comparison with any section of the
north we-r. Surrounded by mountain
! r.iai'"S ",:ajvb T
..Ail
measure our
cUiii.ili'
conditions u:
peculiarly local. Thus It Is, when
other sections of the country are In
the midst of extreme conditions, either
cold or hot, we are not so affected.
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Naturally enough, La Grande tax.
payers have looked to the fire depart
ment with appreciable eyes, but It was
rather beyond the fond hopes of en
thusiasts to believe that the board of
underwriters would not only realize
the efficiency of the local fire fight
ers, but express the faith In figures
that as a whole will mean the saving
of a large sum of money In this city,
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IR STRAMER
A mlssent letter yesterday b-d two
tt angers relatives to acquaintance.
The letter man brought an epistle to
the city recorder's office Indited to
Francis J. Matott. The pont office de
partment knew of only one Alatott.
namely, .1. A. In the study as to who
i.ls almost nameruke was, the mystery
was partially solved when it was found
that if member of the Curllss Comedy
company, now showing nt the St.-war 1,
was the real owner of the missive.
Naturally Inquisitive on the matter,
the street superintendent found Fran
cis .1. und In conversation discovered
that I he tw o were cousins, though
ttley had never heard of each otlu r be
fore. Fi.incls .1. Matott Is from Seat
tle, but at present Is a member of
the troupe's band. On.' thing is sure,
the two ;.;.ilolts will have more th.1,1
one Ions chat before the troupe h aves
;he city, even though the men have
known each other but a few hours.
Vroc lings had In the coinmisstnu-
rs' court, V'nioii cmtuty, ttrcgoii. n:
the l;'ebl ltai y tel 111 thcleof. lll'l!:
In the matter of the monthly report
of the county tn usurer, said report
was approved a nd . evodi Is ordered giv
en to the couti'y treasurer.
In the matter of the monthly allow
i, nee to various Indigent persons, war
rants were ordered drawn as folio.,
1. Sou.ler. $1".: Maggie Slagner.
,'l.': Kll. i Nodine, Jl'i; Harry FreDe!'.
t I rt; John 1 1 ddejbrand, SI.1: J. 1.
i .'unninuton. J 1 ; Kl i: a belli A. t!ar
v. n. jr.': l.aytoii 'I'l d'l'. 1 '-.
In the matt, r of the a pp'ieat i. at c
v i.nk II. loh u'i for a i, I'ind of :?p n. y
paid on tax s'!e for !";'!' 1 '.M '
.:ld a pulie itiotl w is al1 e.ved and tie
.1 atr.! clci-k In-'lMited to issue a w a''--ant
It', his favor for the sum of
In the uta'P r "f th-- a ppo;n I .near e
a coiinlv plusi'ian for the e,i.;i,e
vi-ar, the Name w as t ou'.nucd for :ht
term.
In the to -liter of the apn liatim rt -!
a superintendent for the o.nnlv p-ee
; irm for ll'.e eiiscing year, the .l!a
was contlnaed for the term.
In 'he milter .,i the petition of
I!. Hind, '.an. et al. for a new road di
triel to be made out of It. 1 . No. .".
the p-tliioti was allowed and said l it
dMtlit shall hereafter be known a
IV No. 4').
In the matter of the a ppoint :m n: .
i ...i. t, inspect ir for l"niou eountv
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M. li te Son.i.-l M- waj n.
' It, I'...- m.ilter of the appoi'stvi"!!.
if a covfntv fruit iniw tor fu: l"t . :
tuJUly .;eru;t O'.der.t'.i'-g 4V-
REIATIYE
COUNTY COURT
PROCEEDINGS
pointed to bald office to serve during
the pleasure of tho county.
In tho matter of the appointment of
supervisors of roads districts Nos. 1,
7 and 1. II. V. Gent, John Meyer und
W. K Montgomery were appointed hu'
pervlsora of road districts Nos. 1. 7
ami IS it sp.-t tively.
In lhe mutter of the resignation of
W. H. Cllliiiore as Justice of the peace
of Klgln district, D, A. I!ariH:8 was ap
pointed to fill the vacancy.
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I'nlon county's road building crew
below Perry will break camp this
week. While the men have not been
working during the disagreeable
weather always, the camp quarters
have been established continually
since the work of straightening out
the liver channel, building a short
stretch of county roml on tho north
sldo of the river, and removing two
bridges, commenced. The work Is now
finished except for a final touch here
and there, and experts who have seen
It declare It Is first-class In every re
spect.
The county has been saved a snug
sum of money by the changes of the
river channel as two expensive bridges
will not have to be built, and mainte
nance cost forever removed. Hy do
ing the work Itself the county, too, has
reall-"d a saving.
s'ntiday and (lie "Awful" Vcwslsiy.
Since Hilly Sunday's vlslf' to Olymtda
a story Is bcin? told of the evangelist's
i tn oiir.ter with n young Olympian. It
Is said that Sunday was on his way
up Main street in the capital rlty,
when he met a newsboy who was yv
!ng nut . his ware and vigorously
STRAWBERRIES
kboul
In the meantime we are receiving regular zY 1? of
SWEET POTATOES
HOT HOUSE LETTUCE
Full 1ine of the-Fest
City Grocery and Bakery,
E.PCLACK,Prop
Bel) P. cnc Mzn 75 Independent 24! I
t:::3ttt:ittr:
Formaldehyde at Pllverthorn's Vain
ly drug store. wL'-"-2t
Silverthorn's Drug store.
There are several kincle
or d.'illirg but the kind
the kind t at makes the
farm pay is the dnllirg
which r.i .;.cs water avail
al'le. here is no need
of - y farm. The task
b not so E?rctit as ycu
may think. I have had
years of experience and
understand the well busi
ness thoroughly.
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LA CTBANDE, OREGON
DRILLING
t hewing tobacco. Sunday stopped the
boy and asked him If he chewed to
bacco, whereupon the kid promptly
offered him it chew. He asked the
boy If he smoked, too, and was offered
ix cigarette. Sunduy then asked the
boy the way to the postofflcc, but be
fore leaving tho kid he said: "My
lad, do you want ine to do you a fa
vor?'' The lad replied. "Sure, Mike!"
"Well, then." sabl .Sunduy In a sanc
timonious manner, "do you want me
to show you the way to heaven?" "Oh,
hell," replied the kid, "you don't know
the way to the postnfflce!"
IWSTIMK t'HANt.K. '
This evehiiiK lhe l'listiine ilu-alcr
I Will lie COIItl neii'tl linnet till ruin . ijr
r.ew management. Messrs. Ferrin and
French have purchased the property
from Mr. Eceles and will assume con
trol this evening. Tho new manage
ment needs no special Introduction to
Itht! La Orundo public. They are both
well known here and highly respected,
i It will be their endeavor to make the
j Pastime the leading theater In 'east
jern Oregon and no-.palns or expense
j will be spared to make It such. They
will secure the very best films and
'vaudeville service obtainable, and will
In every legitimate manner attempt to
! ph ase the public. Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Klnzle, tho popular vaudeville t team.
'will continue for tho week. This eve-
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specialty.
The new management will appreel-,
ate the patronage of tho public, and
; wiil endeavor to give value received
for all patronage bestowed upon them.
FOIt SALE New house, containing 3
rooms and bath: one acre first-class
garden land with water right; trees,
bushes, biirn, woodshed, chicken
pirk, etc. t'lose In. A bargain if
taken at once. N 43, Observer.
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Ptomaine poisoning has broken out
among the horses on the reservation.
sas the Yakima Republic.
May 1st
CAULIFLOWER
CELERY
brand of canned geeds
"Mr. Spinney says ycucan1
rise with the lark if you've
been out on one the night he
re.
Fram The
"! cttcrs of Jennie Alien
to h:r friend Miss N't's
grove". AT
FERGUSON'S
'WHFHB XOTHLXG IS TOO
511'CII TKOCBLB.
Prompt
X The vsuc of a prescription depends upon the prompt-
ness with which it teuhes the sick room
I tf Do It Now
I is the motto which stands for
nnrimrtni All nrpCrM'nfmnc
(VUlllliviii, .... r . v.-" ." .. vs.." ''" j
and delivered as soon as filled. You know our reputation
for pure dtugs and careful compounding .:. .:.
x We Cany Everything which Should be
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I HILL'5 -D.RUQ JT0KE
I LA GRANDE, OREGON
Complete equipment for resetting and repairing
rubber buggy tires.
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor
Cmplete Machine Shops and FourtJry
I HOT DRINKS I
Just the kind of
weetlier.
CLRM BROTH
CHOCOLATE With
R R f . D R R
sm:s a gi KE.V! sinrs a sihex:
is tin exprcs'on that Is always heard at sight of a
well uVve ,c woman. If you are flat-chested,
viii iii undeveloped, a srawny neck, thin, lead
arm remark will never be applied to you.
SI J-' - wafers will make you beautiful, bewitch
ing They DEVELOP THE BUST in a week from
3 to 6 Inches and produce a fine,
bosom. They fill out the hollow
aims handsome and well modeled and the neck
and shoulders shapely and of perfect contour.
Send for a buttle today and you'll be pleased and grateful. "SI
ItEN" wafers are absolutely harmless, pleasant to take, and convenient
to carry around. They are sold under guarantee to do all we claim
or MONEY BACK.
' Price J1.00 per bottle. Inquire at good drug stores or send DI
RECT TO rs.
KKKK. During the next 30 days only we will send you a sam
ple bottle of these beautifying witfers on receipt of 10c to pay cost of
packing and postage if you mention that you saw the advertisement In
this paper. The sample alone may bo sufficient If the defects are
rifling.
DF.SIi I. r.STHI-TIC CHEMICAL CO., 3t AV. 12.-,th ST., .TY YORK.
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Ccme look it ever end see irore cer voire
for ee-y dollar inxcsler. thLn jcu ever
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We also Have the Famous Model 10 Buick
Runabout
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much in cur prescription de-
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drinksffor cold
BEEF TEA
Whipped Cream I
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