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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON.
MONDAY, AUGUST 22 1010.
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L Grande. Ore., Aug. 1, 1910.
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"AVe boiiRht a Betty Rest 10 foot tut of H. A. Caldwell, re;re8en ting The Uest Mfg. Co., of San Le
zai.dro'. Cal. nd 'are well pleased with It. We have cut about 150 acres, and have made an average of 20
.More lr day. Have saved enough grain with Betty to pay our threshing the old way, and we would be
'-.HitinK; " recommend Old Uett y to anyone Interested. ,
. Yours truly,
CLEXX & STANDLEY.
was contemplated, and I believe I f
should know it. If it were planned,",
said Mr. O'Brien. Baker City Demo
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J. D. GILLILA5, D. D.
COX ERT rOPULAK.
Lartre Audience Hears .Sunday Even,
fnp Maslcal Treat Last M?hL
. Tne La Grande band came into its j
own last evening under the direction
of Prof. Hill, the new director. A
large audience heard the concert ren
dered in the street and the Sunday
night feature was extremely popular. J
The band has improved greatly even
in the short time that it has been un
der the Hill. baton.
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ject any and1 all bias, and each bii
must be accompanied with a certifiea
check of 5 per cent of the amount of
the bid.
La Grande, Oregon, August 22, mo.
F. L. MEYERS, Mayor.
D. E. COX. Recorder
Aug 22-Sept 1
This; church.
C. O. HALEY
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. To Teach Demoesllc Science. i Retiring District Superintendent,
Domestic science will be taught in j who becomes pastor of the local M. E.
Baker High school this year.
course is now being offered by the t
best high schools in the country, and j
Iways awake to the best interests of
the local institution, the school board )
has decided to puthe course in here.
It embraces all the branches of
home science, including cooking, sew
ing", the study of chemistry of food
elements, economical and judicious
buying, and in fact, every subject a
young woman should know, to conduct
a home with the best euccess. Sewlns
has been taueht In the sixth, seventh
and eighth grades for some time.
The work will be in charge of Miss
Emily Rodgers. a graduate of the do
mestic science school of the Oregon
Agricultural college and a puiil nf
Miss Tingle, who has charge of thn
domestic science work In the Portlai..4
schools. Baker City Herald.
I ALL N AM mORMATIOX.
I Land (Vnin? Keeps Local Land Sea
j Yery Bnsy.
j Today Land Attorney David Brisch
O'.ix Is finishing an order for fourteeu
rlats of the fourteen townships which
j are to be thrown open for. settlement
i on October 22. This order comes from
Spokane, and is only one of the many
which are piled up ahead of the lagi
man.'
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SBJULllOiD DEAL IS DENIED.
Short Line between Huntington and j W. Cotton met President J. S, Lovett
Ontario to the Oregon Railroad and I of the Union Pacific system at On-
YVarm Welcome for Railroad. .
San Francisco, Aug. 22. San Fran
cisco Is no longer a "two-railway"
town. It lost that dubious distinction
today, when, transcontinental passen
ger service was formally Inaugurated
on the new Western Pacific. Thou
sands of San Franciscans went to
Oakland, the terminus of the new line,
to engage In the great celebration of
the event organized by the peopl of
that ci yt.
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Goternor Benson Improving.
San Francisco, 'Aug. 22. Dr. Culver
today issued a bulletin denying tt
report that Governor Benson of Ore
gon, was afflicted with a cancer.
He said that the governor was re
covering rapidly and would soon 1:5
able to return to Oregon.
TO MAKE ITXAL ItEI'AlRS.
Foley Hotel Dining Room (o Be (lej
For Ten Days.
The large specially built steel range
for the Foley Hotel has arrived and
in the morning the dining room of the
hotel will be closed for ten days to
permit a thorough remodeling of the
is to be spared to make the grill room
one of the finest in the Btate.
y. O'Brien Ka lie Known o1h:irr .Navigation company, is denied by J.
.4f th Ol . I- Pnrchaw. ) p n'nrlen vlcp-nrpsldont nn1 nr.
al manager.
The report was circulated at the
time Mr. O'Brien, R. B. Miller and W.
Th report tlat there has been a
' exasater of that portion of the Oregon
tario, preparatory to making an auto
mobile journey across Oregon
Based on this report came the re
port also that the shops at Hunting
ton were to be moved to Ontario.
"I never heard that. such an action
Many Sailors Drown.
London, Aug. 22. Eighteen sailors
were drowned when the British war
ship, Bedford, went ashore tonight
near the Korean coast, according to a
report reaching here.
Xew district superntendent ror the
La Grande district, who will live In
La Grande hereafter.
Notice to Contractors.
Xotice Is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the Mayor
and Council of the City of La Grande,
at the office of the City Recorder, un- i
til 4 o'clock. September 7. 1010, for!
the construction of Sf0 feet of crihb-'
ing and the maklii
Augustus Hcinze Entrazed.
Xew York, Aug. 22. It was announ
ced today that F. Augustus Heinze.
the Montana copper magnate, who re
cently figured in federal prosecutions,
was engaged to marry Miss Bernice
Henderson, a member of the "A Fool
There Was." The marriage is set for
this week. The couple will go to Europe.
Gaynor Much Better.
Hoboken, Aug. 22. Mayor Gaynor
of a new channel ! ,s allowed to eat ordinary food today.
for the river, according to the plans ' Hls condition Is highly satisfactory,
and specifications now on file at this and no complications are feared,
office. Said work is to be done along : '
the river 'near the foot of Fourth ;
street.
The council reserves the right to re- i
Birth Record.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tate,
of this city, August 22, a son.
The Land of : .Opportunity
I'nlon County wlior crop failures are unkuown; whose-large diversified luterests appeal to all; whose payrolls are second to only one county in the state of Oregon.
Hltu all our present activity Hnd development we are Just entering: upon an era of advancement.
A driie through beautiful Grande Rondc valley at this season when the golden fields are delivering their annual bounteous )ields, when thousands upon thousands of fruit trees are
bearing heavy loads of apples that will enter the markets of . our own and foreign lands, green alfalfa fields with constantly Increasing acreage, telephone lines running everywhere
rural deliveries, numerous school houses and churches, prosperous homes, all bespeak the certainty of investment and
Mho are the money kings of Grande Rondel The farmer, whether wheat grower, fruit grower, or Mock raiser In short the land owner, Enough said.
Farm near Talocaset
acres of land near Telocaset.
Thl sland was farmed for many yer3.
Pi Ice If taken Iri nenr future $5 per
-acre.
Tarm near Summerville
SO acres fine fruit land. ?i0 per ac--cre.
If Interested call and learn par-
ticularn.
Now in Gourse of
Contraction
f FIue"moGern house lu every re
spect, plumbed, flue built for fur-
nace, large basement cellar. Every
thing first class. Situated on east
Adams avenue, $3,500 on easy terms.
Grazing LamT
346 acres, large spring oa place.
Qood wagon road to tract; consider
able -can be cultivated. Price $? per
cre.
$4,000.00 Farm
320 acres. 60 tiluble; good house,
orchard consisting of 400 trees. Abun
dance of spring water piped Into house
Hiul barn, sufficient for the irrigation
of large garden. Ideal frut and stork
ranch or dairying. Situated In lower
Cove, about opposite Allcel. Ono
third down, balance on time,
Home in City
Over two acres, splendid two-story
home, large commodious barn an.l
chicken house; nice large orchard;
water light, situated in North La
Grande. $4,000.
Other Bargains
We have other, bargains in fruit
land, several close to La Grande, and
several tracts on the Sandrldge, in
cluding some extra fine property ad
joining Imbler. It you want any
thing In fruit bearing orchards call.
Modern House
5 rooms, well plumbed, one block
north of court house; new; $1S00.
Terms.
Fruit Farms
20-acre tract may be subdivided in
to two ten acre tracts or owner would
sell separate; 11 acres in orchard,
good house and barn; other out-buildings;
would trade for city property.
Price, $7,500.
250 acre Farm
70 acres can be put under cultiva
tion, 3 acres In bearing orchard, all
fenced; several springs for Irrigation,
spring piped into house. Fine stook
and fruit ranch situated two ml'es
south of La Grande. $8,000.00.. ?2500
cash.
Will net 10 per cent
Business property now rentin gfor
$85 per month. Bonded lease for two
years; will steadily advance In value.
Price $7,000.
Sand Ridge Farm
elgh'y-four acres, splendid land, for
either grain or fruit, $3,500; one mile
from Imbler. At leact one-half cash
required.
A Real Home
SO acr farm one quarter of a mile
from city limits. Good modern house
with furnace, bath, toilet, cement cel
lar with living spring. Commercial
orchard of seven acres. Ideal dairy
and poultry farm, $5,000 . on easy
terms. .
City Property
House aud three lets on' Pennsyl
vania avenue, two story, in splendid
repair. Just repainted and papered
throughout, $2,500, reasonabe terms.
Nice little hom In North La
Gracde, easy terms on this place.
$1100
Two-story house and three lots on
North Fir street desirable property,
for orJr $l,400k
Twelve acres and nice two-story
house in South La Grande, $4,00 ;
100 fruit trees and an Ideal place fov
a few cows and poultry. This site is a
commanding view of beautiful Grande
Ronde.
A new seven-room house on East
Adams avenue, roomy basement,
pastered, well finished throughout,
$2,500.
Three lots on Main avenue, facing
north for $350.
Three lota on the beautlfr.- lightly
hil side, west of La Grande .o: tl.000.
Deslrabel lot and houses In nearly
every portion of the city. .
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