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L4 GSAHCE EVL'IIZIB OBSERVFB
Falllsfced Daily Except JSnnday
BRUCE DEXSIS, Owner.
lilted I'rts Telegraph Service r
r: SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Dally, single copy......... 5c
rtailv. Der week :'. 15c
Dally, per month....'...,....... 65c
Entered at the postofflce at La Grande
'fily. six modflM tn advance ..75c
Weekly, one year in advance .'...$1.00
as second-class matter .
Entered it the poetoffice at La Grande
This paper will not publish an ar
ticle appearing over a nom de plume.
Signed articles will be revised sub
ject to the discretion 'of the editor.
Please sign your articles and save
disappointment ' ..'
UTertlstafcV Bates.
Local reading notices lOo oer line
first Insertion; per line (or each
erabsequent Insertion.
Resolutl.jp of condolence. Zc a line
FOrRTEEX: TEARS OF WORK,
There Id ho small feeling of re
gret that comes over me while writ
ing the announcement of my retire
ment from the Observer, which I
founded 14 years ago. Qulte a his
tory Is embraced within this period;
in all of which the Observer has been
a factor. There, is a responsibility
connected with the direction ot a
newspaper that . fallss more heavily
ipon the shoulders of the director.
" than many would suppose. While mis
takes doubtless have been madf), how
ever we surrender the editorial chair
with the" pride and knowledge that,
if nothing el3, La Grande and Un
ion county is morally on a higher
plane than when we first en
tered the journalistic'' Held .and tint
we have dona our part hi bringing
this condtion about.
' We love the Orande Itonde valley,
as Is -evidenced by a residence of a
qiarter of a century we have no
' thcught of leaving" now. A bett?r
1 country or a better pi:ople can- bo
fcund no where. To our ., hundreds
of staunch friends we dCKire to say
tbHfwe have always appreciated thy'" j
. mnny acts of kindnoRS,, both financln- j
lly and. otherwlue. . To our enemies, i
if we have any, we noPl no personal
piall.ee. ,. ,
Ous successor. Jlr. Bruce D'junw.
is a .thorough, and experienced news-
pancr man',' and the paBt -three 'ye? m
, 5ns been editor of the Baker City Her ; -j9 iliind- It.. fcr HIU fs . noither a
aid, one of the leading piipers oft waiter, or a qu'ttr. -does 'things
Eastern Oregon, and. we'. bespeak fm ;nr;d UHWiUy does' them very v::ll.
him a loyal patronage which you will ;
And he deserves and will merit. j
y.a . OKO. II. CUTIREY. !
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WHY I CAME TO LA CHANDE,
(For three years I have been In the
Northwest, and during that t'.ne 1
Jiave carefully Investigated many com
munities with a view to locating. In
. almost every instance there have
been many drawbacks to offset the
advantages, and when It was found
possible to purchase the Observer a:;
anaylsls of this community was made
without prejudice or favor.
Undoubtedly this city, and the
Grande Ronde valley, and Wallowa
county has the intrinsic value. They
are the least advertised localities in
Oregon, today and yet produce Bomc
Of the : choicest products. . Realizing
these facts It was a pleasure to me
to be able to take over tho Observer,
which has for so long been success
fully conducted by Mr. Currey. Hut
in adjust In gthe editorial mantle
which I assume in this undertaking
I am not unmindful or the duty that
a newspaper owes to Its community,
t neither am I disregarding the duty
that a community .owes n live, pro
gressive . newspaper. The Observer
. Will be a iiewsiiiner for the people.'
. .No. favors will be of corto:a-
tlons, f ir it
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will better La Grande and bring more
people into this valley that nature
has so abundantly blessed.
Personally,- I m delighted to be
able to locate In La Grande. I am
not going the rehearse the pretty
story of snow capped mountains and
the city nestling in a pretty cove;
It is a beautiful story and will al
ways bear repeating, but let Tom
Richardson or Judge Lowell or some
of the other boys uncork the oratory.
I am here to help la Grande work;
to aid In my small way In developing
one of the choice spots of this na
tion. We have room for many peo
ple In the Grande Ronde valley, and
if we get the least bit crowded let
us turn our eyes to that magnificent
little empire the ' chosen land of
Chief Joseph for there, by uniting
our efforts, we can locate thousands
of people on lands that will make
them rich, thereby doing each Indi
vidually a- kindness and at the same
time cementfng the commercial and
social tie between Wallowa county
and La Grande.
. BRUCE DENNIS.
UaArAN VAk WELL ATTENDED
i -Pre-
Play lacks in several point s
sented hj a good company.
The "Alaskan," presented '. Satur
day night at Steward's theatre, was
rather a disappointment to, many who
attended. While the cost of the pro-
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was composed of good people, through
out the play there , was 'something
lacking. The players did rot s??m to
fit , well. They lacked enthusiasm,
showing plainly they have no love
for the piece. r .: .
The male ;. voiced-were above the
average and the chorus wan pretty
and 1 well , trnlned. .' 'Disappointment
was probably the keenest vh?n ths
celebrated Tcttrn Pole eons: was rr-n-.
dered, for it rcplly fell flat 'as com
pared with forn?r , rfforte. . , " ." '. .
That tne pto;iie of la. t;rnnue tj-t-ly
expected a much-' bette.f ,jtonn
ance. than w?s' wan 'shijwn by
iho maimer in vifch' they patronised
the show'.' The
(h'-otr.T.vR5 wll f?U?d.
( Kow tliat It hap jVtco1 'te! thrmgh'
rrtomtain to .Wal!a- Walla (tint
Hill, i? fVh!ul th rlrosd -snr-
v,vs tJwt are no-y.b na: nnd urimnd
Jjk Grande, " doubt V. rs ?H ndnds w'''
j i)e -t vest and .'ar other railrood . wll!
j. he considered a La 'Grande amnt. Ana
by tJio way. it is fortunate .that II 111
perpcnc.! in'Mirscn i)t r,f nnv 1nsti
tutlon counts for a reit deal. .This
was prove:) -! irdny ' rlcbt .vhcn
Steward's theotre had almost an ov
eiiiow house ana Mr. Steward, owner
and manager of the theatre, person
ally looked after the comfort and wel
fare of his pntrons. lie takes the
correct view when he treats those
who attend his theatre as his guests
for such they are, '
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1ECAILESS
BUT LITTELE AID GIVEN TO THE
ENUMERATORS
Residence districts easy to coint bat
: rooming; bouses bard
Rooming: house proprietors are ex
tremely negligent about securing da
ta as to the names and ages of their
roomers, and L Grande's enumera
tors are finding tt extremely difficult
to count roomers. .Otherwise than in
this respect, , the citizens , have ' re
sponded nobly to the repeated calls
for assistance, and in the residence
districts, the counters find little or
no difficulty. Only one case Is re
ported where a citizen felt Inclined to
be peevish about answering what to
him might seen trivial and immater
ial questions.
The situation in the rooming hourrc
districts, however, Is really serious.
Only In ft few Instances have the pro
prietors made any attempt to se
cure data from their roomers, which
might In some way lead the enume
rators to find the individuals at their
work at some future time. Perhap3
no town in uie biaie m &ieulci
population in rooming houses and ho
tels tl.nn La Grande and as an almost
Invariable rule the roomers ari out
at work during the day time, it is
extremely difficult, to get their count.
These ppople must give attention to
this matter and lend aid to the 'count
era if La Grande is going to have its
population thoroughly and entlrel;
counted. '' .- . .'';' :
MYTENGKIt . BABY. DfiAD
t'lilM of five iTccJcfi passes array' at
Pendleton last cvenlntr.
errr e this morning" to T. T5.,
BHihler. . head , t-T ; the Brotherhood of
Conductors,1 that '". tne baby -child of
Mr. and Mrs. FrarikM?tengcr'd
fit.. Pendleton':-last evening at seven
o'clock of whooping cough The baby
was about five wevks of age.
'The ''funeral vm held this after
noon nnd loenl members 'of the Bro
therhood ; wen? able to express their
sympathies through funeral wreaths.
Mr. Myte'nger is an O. R. & N. con
ductor on the Pendleton-Huntington
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1IKAC0CK
Only Oiitomotrlst In Union Con vtho
v grinds Ms own lenes. .
Why wait several days to get a
new lens when you break yours. I
am the only optometrist In Union
County so equipped as to duplicate
your lenses In less that three or four
days. I can duplicate any lens In
a few minutes without your, prescrip
tion. Offices In Newlln's Drug Store.
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Humphries k C. bare mack snceeis
. first Bight with instrument
A large crowd last Saturday night
became amateur, savants and -studied
i the moon through the Humphries &
Cox telescope, stood on a tripod near
the city fountain. Tonight' the lens
will be trained on the moon again
and the machine will be placed on
Depot street
Special Speaker .
Mrs. Ellen Hunter, the Held secre
tary of the Christian Woman's Board
of Missions, spoke yesterday morning
cn the subject of missions. She was
greeted with a good attendance. Her
theme was the missionary work of
the women of the churchs. She spoke
this afternoon. to the women of the
thurcU at 2:30.
SANDERS SEES IMPROVEMENT.
"Enterprlnlng resident of Nertb Pow.
' der pins faith to city
E. M. Sanders of North Powdsr.
who for years conducted one or the
largest creameries In Oregon and whe
has keen visiting La Grande at in
tervals ' for the pa3t 20 years, wa?
In the city yesterday. He stated ' to
the Observer that according to his
way of thinking,, there has been nreat
Improvement In La Grande 5n the
last few years and he looks for tb
town to forge constantly ahead from
now on. Mr. Sanders figures safely
on communities and does not over
look the resources that are In fact
essential for any city to prosper.
. Notice Is hereby given that the
District School Board of School Dis
trict No One (La Grande) Union coun
ty, Oregon, will receive at the office
of the school clerk until 7 o'clock p.
m. of April 15, 1910,- plans and bids
for drawing complete plans and spec
ifications for High School Building
co cost about Sixty - Thousand J)ol:
tars. ;: : .'.,..," ' .
The Board reserves th right to re-
lea any or Rll bids. : . , ; ;.
, By order of the Eoard. ; .
: . V ARTHUR C. WILLTAMS.
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School Clerk
Notice ti "Water Consumers
You are hereby notified that here
after water rent must be paid in by
the tenth of the mouth of the water
will be shut off The water commit
tee will.se that this order is strictly
enforced and the water system plac
ed strictly on. a business , , basis.
Please call at ' office and settle as
there will be no collector and the
hooks will be closed after the 10th
of each month.
J. K. SIIEAK,
O. T. FLEMING,
W. J. CHURCH, Water. Committee.
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Aotlce to Contractors.
Notice Is hereby given that sealed
bids will be recived at the office , of
the Recorder of the City of La Grande
Oregon, for the construction of , 43,-
920 Cu. Yds. of macadam, pavement,
to be . constructed according to the
plans and specifications now on file
in this office. Bids. will be received
until 4 o'clock, p, m., May 4th, 1910,
and must be accompanied by a certi
fied check for 5 per. cent of the amt,
o fthe bid. The Council reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
,vy D. R cox, ';,,
Recorder of the City of La Grande
Merchants! Save
$10,000
In 1907 ffte Merchants
t, Oregon ; saved s ove
$10,000 by carrying a part
of their nsuranc e in their
own company, the Qreqon
Nerch3nis mutual fire ns- n
suwee Association, of
Uivtw, Crcqcn. .. h
ih'ey will ssve $15,000
Outing lh same
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VV. OLIVER, Agent
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Enildlsy Through Wire.
J. W. Bull .superintendent of a
telegraph line from Portland to Ba
ker City, was In the' city yesterday.
The line is now built to Umatilla and
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Sojne Symptoms of Serious Eye Trouble
'. Dimness of vision ' l' . ,;: ',;;';
Seeing spots, specks, etc. dance before : J;
your eyes ; . -.n -;y; ;;:;."
. The atmosphere seems foggy ',
You may see better some days than others
See better sideways than straight ahead
: See objects double or multiplied '. , :
Pain in or about the eyes
Constant or periodic headaches
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will r2cb La Grande in about three
wetks.. A tecond through wire tfeaJt
Portland to San Frandsco is also
to be built. .through to La CianJe '
oon, according to reports.
in about a week
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