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PAGE 2 LA GRANDE' EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, DECEMBEB 31, 1910. V . ANNUAL . CLEARANCE SALES ; ' : . : ' , " : . . : . ... . . : : : . ! Januarys! Begins January 2 - Ends Come and Examine Quality ana Prices 5 before buvinff v . 4 U " o) LnJ 5)1 CLOTHIERS FURNISHERS THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNIS , Editor and Owner. Entered at the postoffloe at La Grande as second-class matter. SUBSCBlPTlOJf BITES Daily, single copy ............ 6c Dally, per week, 15c Dally, per month 65c 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 OFF WITH THE OLD ON WITH THE JJEW. Tonight when the clock strikes twelve another year will have been born. Welcome, yes a glad welcome to anything that has been born, and espesially a new year. Dut in that welcoming let us not forget to take one long look at the bridge which has carried us over safely the year of 1910 just closing. What a magnificent year It has been for La Grande and the Orande Rondo valley. In all history since white men first struck plow in this fertile soil no single year has brought such glorious results. The Observer, this evening, Is else where giving a resume of some of the commercial resources which will itartb? even .those who daily live in the midst of such a rich country. Our own people are not aware of many of the most potent features that cause the Grande Ronde valley to be known everywhere .as the storehouse of the northwest. We are not mindful of the immense tonnage that has been shipped from this section the past year. We pass by each day without giving due consideration to the fruit industry which is yet In Its infancy; without considering that the Grande Ronde hog is the staple pork on the Portland market; without stopping to figure what the wheat crop brings into this valley each year In dollars and cents; without estimating the tre mendous amount of money paid out ( monthly by our different enterprises. ' Realizing these things had not GEOBGE PALMER, PRes. F. J. HOLMES, Tlce Pres. W. L. BREM10LTS, Ass't fash EARL ZUXDEL, 2d Asst Cash. F. L. METERS .Cashier. La Grande National Bank of La Grande, Oregon United States Depository Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $200,000.00 N I DIRECTORS. GEORGE PALMER, W. L..BBOH0LTS C, C, PENIXQTON IT, J. CHURCH F. L. METEKS W. D. CLEAYEB r. J. HOLIES TT. M. PIERCE F. M. BYRIT TTlth our ample resources and facilities we eat reader yon effl. dent service aid handle yeur bsslness t ?r entire satisfaction. caugni me people a mind else we would all he yelling our. lungs hoarse over our country, this paper has com piled what we believe to be, accurate statement for your consideration. Read them 'carefully, commit them to memory and the (first home seeker you see, grab him and repeat the whole story in his ear. The effect will be marvelous, why? Because no other section of the country can show such a statement of varied industries and the remarkable success of each. It Is a story that should be repeated to the children, taught in the schools and Sunday Schools a story that should not waste Its fragrance on the zephyrs of a valley whore the crops were produced, but it should be her alded to the four corners of the home seeking world. As you hold your watch meetings tonight; as you engage In the worship of your chosen religion, do not forget there is a religion of fact in this val ley that also needs your attention. It needs nothing but repeating. Every word of it is legend the truth Is in it and therefore it can and will stand. When the last gong has been sound ed and you realize that grand old prosperous 1910 has gone and the new 1911 is upon us filled with youth and energy, take that energetic youth by the arm and show it over La Grande's paved district; show it the other mu nicipal improvements; pull aside that curtain and let the youngster peer Into the Grande Ronde valley where production Is unsurpassed, and then say to It, "Behold what the fleeting year has done for us, may we expect as much or more of you?" The answer will be yes, for with proper energy the year just dawning will prove to be even greater to La Grande and the valley than the one closing. 'ot!ce of Street Improvement. To whom It may concern: Notice Is hereby given that In pursuance of a resolution adopted by the Common Council of the City of La Grande, Or egon, on the 2l8t day. of Dec., 1910, creating Improvement District No. 29, and designating "X" avenue as such district, and in pursuance of a resolu ' ' ted by said Common Council lay of Dec, 1910, whereby said Council determined and declared Its Intention to improve all that por tion of "X" avenue in said Improve ment district as hereinafter described by laying thereon Board Sidewalk, the Council will, ten days after the ser vice of this notice upon the owners of the property affected and benefitted by such improvement order that said above described improvement be made; that boundaries of said district to be so improved are as follows: All that portion of "X", avenue from the west curb line of Second Street, to the east curb line of First street. Notice la hereby further given that the Council will levy a special assess ment on all the property affected and benefitted by such Improvement for the purpose of paying for such im provement. That the estimated cost of such- Improvement is the sum of $66.00. That the Council will on the 18th day of January, 1911, meet at the Council chamber at the hour of 8 o'clock P. M., to consider said esti mated cost and the levy of said assess ment, when a hearing will he granted to any person feeling aggrieved by such assessment. La Grande, Oregon, Dec. 28, 1910. CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE, OREGON, By D. E. COX, Recorder of the City of La Grande. Oregon. Dec. 30-Jan. 10. Worth Shoutlnsr About. . When one has a good article to sell he generally feels like talking about it. But when the article la ally good he lust "feela liko c and that is just the way King feels uuui ms r am us KING cigars. He i worKing six cigar builders on his three Shanes, five, ton nrtrl a .Klf nil brands being built in Spanish form. epanisn wora is a grade that few understand, in fact it is an art, and it takes the most skilled mechanics' best efforts to produce that class of cigars; not made but they are built; each part being Independent of the other. One can take the wrapper off of a FAM US KING cigar. Still the cigar will smoke. One run irtnt tVtA nt gar in two or fire parts and each part win BmoKe independent of the oth er. Now take workmanship like that comhlned with the highest grade of Imported Havana's built into a sweet combination and what can you eipect, a cigar very hard to equal and we recommend a trial nf tha FAM US KING should you emoke one you will sure smoke more. When yon have a cold get a bottle ef Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It will won fix yon op all right and will ward ofl any tendency toward pneumonia. This - v viuci uaiwiic and may be given as confidently to a babv This store will be CLOSED - o i; All Day Monday ji Stock being ...invoiced... Royal Grocery Bakery Trn-Frult Chocolate. No bnltatlM Aaron. Notice to Stockholders. Notice is hereby given to the Stock holders of the United States National Bank of La Grande, Oregon, that ttt annual meeting of the stockholder! of the said bank, will be held at their banking house In La Grande, Ore gon, on Tuesday January 10th, be tween the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 a m. for the purpose of electing a board of directors for the insuing year ui for the , purpose , of transacting w other business that may come befon the meeting. Dated at La Grande, Oregon thii sixth day of December, 1910. T. J. SCROGGIN, Cashier. Dec. 6-Jan. 10. - New Transfer Line M. L.: Leader PROPRIETOR PHONE RED 13762 Drayingqf All Kinds We Clean, Press, Repair and Make Clothes to Please You HflTS BLOCKED. GIVE US R TRIAL. THE WARDROBE 1 118 Adanu Ave,Tel. 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