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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1909)
v.t ! - ? it I 'rjllCVV-v-'.Ov'-jCvjCg " : : j. T, f vt k S EE D S'lVegetaMes ! !M l(mm ' ne!d Garden Lawn Its ! . w ' : nj j - !: ri I I 1 lit '. I viz cr Powder ABsclatelyPan The only bakincr made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar. Wj U tode fveaiitf OUserver roltJMuU U.Jij Kxc it Suud;.. c;koh(.k ii. cricuKv. EDITOR AND CKOPRIKTOH. I'nited I'renn Telegraph Sen Ice. SUBSCRIPTION HATS: Daily. Bingle copy. -)t. Daily, per nioutQ f,5c Daily, nix roontba is advance ',.',( Daily, one year in advance J6.f.O Weekly, six months in advance . . 7tf Weekly, one year in advance $1.00 Cranta Pass u ill probably ship SO car3, as against" CO cars two years ago. "The phfpments from Medford will be about half pears and half apples, making Medford the banner pear ship ping enter of the northwest." - According to the Pendleton papers that city wil probably be the location of a Catholic preparatory college for young men. " Entered at the pobtoilice at La Grande - as second class matter. . This paper will not publish any article appearing over a .nom .de plume. Signed articles will be re ceived subject to the discretion of the dltor. Please sit;n your articles and ave disappointment. " Aderlisli2 Kate. Display ad. roles furnished uf-on ap plication. Local reading notice 10c per line first Insertion;, re per line for each ubsequent Insertion. Resolution of condolence, 6; a line. Cards of thanks, 5c a line.' "" " : : ; ; - i A rustic Folly. ! Of all the follies ever tnveuifd, the ' imsrtoflice 'department Is the orijdna- j tor f one that heads the-list. When the t''mnsler New York writes a fltlzen of Poitlund that a letter to liTs address is held In the New York office with "2 cents ! postage due," the .final limit of nbsurdltr is reached. The Arkansas farmer who. Journeyed to mill witU orn in one end of the sack and a stone In the other to make it balance on hi horHe's back wa scarcely more fan tastic. Had he thrown away the atone and divided the corn ,ln the two ids of the sack the same purpose would have been served and the carrying or the sione avoided. The transiuiHSion of' ihe postal card roujili tbe'niil." notifying the I'ortlander that there Is a letter for him in Ihe New York office, is more trouble than the transmission of the original letter ulth instructions for the Portland iiostruuster to collect the postage due. Tl'" p!" now. In vogue' la exactly the one the Arkauasas farm er would have invented. It Is of a kind with bis corn in one end of the Back and ft atone lu the other. If the pottto'Hce. department never (hangva til e plan the world will always know it should, and In addition will always wonder a to what has become of the foolMllt-r, Oregon Journal. 4v , Much ttchiic! Potata. The tftet of Coloratlo has nppro pi lated $10,000 for the purpose of pi'op:g;itn?' a newt potato Unit line th" resistance to disease powers of on? variety, .vm) tbe yielding qualities of another. The district around Greeley. Colorado, is h! ready famous for it potatoes, and. In tliiB vicinity the, ex periments will be carried on. An ef fort w ill be made by the authorities i ' of the Colorado state vr.iversity to se cure the mo of the experimental f pariitu of tho national governmei; for muklu4 tlcohol from cull potatoes, and by maUing alcoliol the pot.iM growers hope lo icalize at leapt 30 c-nts mwre per hundred for thei" crops. It. fli '!1 that one hunrtVvni founds of-r.fittoes will make on.' cal Ion of alcohol wotru 30 cents. -. . tt ... ' First class Portland. Oregon potatoes are lit J2. uG pt-i iiunuieu in I AM. SHOWING THE LARGEST VARIETY AND BEST SELECTED i STOCK OF SEEDS EVER EXHIBIT ED IN' UNION COUNTY. AND I KNOW THESE ARE THE PRODUCT OF REPUTABLE SEED GROWERS; AND I. ALSO KNOW MY PRICES ARE AS LOW AS IT IS CONSIST KNT TO SELL FRESH. RELIABLE ?TOCK. $ j. s. J)id you find it? Kxperinient 'with Observer want ads Observer went ads find lost articles. DR. CD. PONS, THE WELL KNOWN EYE AND NERVE SPECIALIST OF SALT LAKE CITY AT T11K M1MMKK U01 KL ALL THIS wr.r. Consulting liovis, D A. M Aifaifa, Red ' arid" Alsike Clover, Timothy and all Kinds ol Garden Seed and Lawn Grasses V A V. OLIVER ' v Radishes - Hct House Lettuce Home Lettuce per lb. Green Peas 2 lbs Rhubarb ,21bs . . Cabbage per lb Fresh Tomatoes per lb , Asparagus per Id Spinach per lb - 5c 5c bunch - 12c 25c 15c - 7c 15c 1 5c , 5c STRAWBERRIES j City Grocery and Bakery, E PC LACK, Prop I Bell Piione Main 75 Independent 241 i W I . - t X DtWITV I Willi E ISilA NECESSITY WHEN IT COMES TO and from to X P. M. ! P. M. to 7:20 P. M. ALL EXAMINATIONS FREE Doctor Pons has brought many new things with him this Jime. Two new instruments of the latest invention for examination of difficult cases, and all the latest machinery for duplicating any kind of lenses in short order. .Everything in the up-to-date nose glasses and mountings, the same as is worn by the up-to-date people in New York. Ten thousand dollars worth of op tical goods are carried by Doctor Pons ao if you want a choice from a large stock of p-to-dhte things in styles, tiiid have a specialist who bus had ii years experience, to examine your eyes. Try this eaateru specialist. -Here thiB week only. E-Kl SATHE ONLY LAWFUL PILE CURE. I5eeau.se it does not contain narcotics, mercury, o .caine, lead or any poisonous drugs. Because E-RU-SA cures pile3. U. 8. Dispensatory recommends every ingredient of E-RU-SA. Drug laws make ''false or misleading statements" a cirme. There fore the sale of all old or narcotic pile medicines is illegal because they effect, the brain and spinal mar row; produce constipation ami never cure. Onlv druggists of highest standing sell and endorse K-RU-SA. . SILVERTON'S FAMILY DRUG STORE DAILY OBSERVER 65c a Month :AT FERGUSON'S" DRUGS l Weifiuarantee the ! Purity of all! Drugs- t sold here : : ; ! HILL'5 DRJQ JT0RE LA GRANDE, OREGON "4.44 4.4. 4.4.4.4.4.4 4m4m4mm -tJHM ' Complete equipment for rubber buggy tires. resetting ,and repairing LA GRANDE IRON WORKS D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor . Complete Machine Shops and Foundry DRILLING There are several kinds of drilling but the kind the kind trat makes the farm pay is the drilling whiciyriakesaUr avail able. There is no need cf a'dry farm. The task is not so great -as you may ihink. 1 have had and yearsof experience understand the well busi ness thoroughly. EopM RJcr Frwlt. A ueii.hl. aRent of Uie Southern Pa cific recently examined tbe orchards of th Kouue river valley and saidi t'l estimate. t.h apple ! pear ship ments from Metlfoni ct w cars, i.viu TT . Ct-ntral Point I'M rars'. frpm Ashland. j Af H W I cldtr.f p.vh'3. V.c, "5 r-ers .ftou, X.AWX .". Gold Vitt and Woodville at 25 cars; LA' GB ANDt-Z. OREGON total lor Jackson county of S 0 car . ; against 423 cars two years ago; JMMMMMMIliltmi A number of the Circulating 1 Library books will be sold at a 2 low price. The money will be j used to put new books in ' the I Library. Have you joined yet? j "Where Nothing is Too Puch Trouble" 1 IDAHO CAREY ACT LAND f - SEASON OPENED AT i SELDER'S ! low The Idaho Irrigation Co. Ltd. Offers 20,000 acres at $35 per acre, ad ioining ihe Twin Falls Tract. Easiest kind of terms. Land now open for entry. Logan-Sherwood -Realty Company 1 ICE CREAM and f ! SOFT DRINKS I . J t N- K WEST, Pres. T. J. SCR0G0IN, Cash f IVm. MILLER, Vice Pres. H. E. C00LIDGE, Asst. Cash I i ADDING NEVit ' ACCOUNTS t We are constantly adding newjjaccountsj" and . J our business"iscreasingat a very satisfact- f ory rate. Probably ycu might be glad ahd join us. The United States National Bank Of La Grande i N. K. West E. P. Siaples C. T. Bacon DIRECTORSS; Wm. Miller Cannes H.E.Ccolidge FrznkXonley T. ). Scrcggin A. T. Hill I J I ! t i .,. j Mr