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Greater than Ever Before
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VC age cf this great
Annual Saying
Every Article in the Store Reduced ent
GREAT SAVING in EVERY DEPARTMENT 10 day
Annual Clearance in the
Men's Store
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One lot Men Suit , One-Half Price
Ifcn'i $4.00 and $5.00 Shoes $2.90
I Zlea'f HeaTy Shoes
EegnUr llna of Clothing reduced 25 per cent
Eyery article fa Men' Department reduced
10 TO 50 PERCENT.
Dress Goods Clearance Prices
Prices
43 inch Wool Dress Goods, yard ,55c
One lot Waitings One-Half Price'
Best Calico, yard , , , , , . , . 5c
Annual Sale Pine Embroideries.
Annual Muslin Underwear Sale.
Entire Dry Goods line at Annual Sal8 Prices.
Great Reductions in Ladies9
Suit Department
Wooltex and Seigel Lalies Suits and Coats Reduced
25 TO 50 PER CENT.
Misses Coat values to $7.50, sale price . . . .7. . . $1.90
Said of one piece Dresses
Clearance of Ladies Skirts, Kimonos and Petticoats
at Reduced Prices.
Start the New Year Right by Taking Advantage of this Great Once-a-Year Saving Event
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THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DEN NIB
tiiut mI Owaer.
Ialm4 at lw pnUvffit at m Grasde
a m4.f but natter
tfttij, single tyj
iHill;, ft week, lie
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Th paper will not pnhilflh an ar
ticle apprlrg over a nom d plating
glgaed artlrlM will t revld sub
ject to the discretion of the editor.
Jlewae sign yrmr articles and save
disappointment,
tuir out ,i,kj
i inn nam 10 r.riuuiiiH in iiiutfih
And InalietiAl.U. tsmsrks the Off KU'
lah. Mankind will Iiwtr glvA It tip,
t tha tyrant rage h m7, ftnrl to
ftw thtf t"f InfJdftrtfiu In the
ptttiP j'pl Will oftU Kruflilft
lodt wtkft thlr lot In hwlst. WH
bi thu mlnc tiolr oornt of iio of
our 4tplfftllU r ulntCnf h
aw yr pproh, Tft country I
ovrrron with aoffallatta IxlgaUon,
tby tarfally eiclalm; and thr !
fto thunc for r aplfftl to obtain profit.
It I T&nt4, tmttctd, trlbbftd And
timflnftd ontll fbT la no ihow wbAt
r, Tlir l notblnn for yotir op
frsf nillllonalr to do bnt lt down
on tW (Vidfitdp and howl. Thn do
onr opulent mamtta ircUe tbftlr
Ood-jclTfn rlht to grurubl. If we
took thm rlotilr w xhould ll
pray to be d-lirft(J from III of
woe tie riulckly mi pfttlbe nd tr&n
porterl to aorne ephere wbere monfy
U not fulf eo badly abuaed.
If we Itifllne th othr ear we are
icrefted by the tal of the poor tnan'a
frilerlfa. Ilia wae!a are ao alfnd'r
thai ho bfi to totter off to his work
lialf alarm! every bUaaed mornlnst
I'rlre are ao blh that he ha for
totlen the tnale of tiefateak, hla wlf
neter hti a new bat and the children
, hir1y thf tr lenstona In bfKk that wre
, out of dt whn Adam naa a boy
Tbfte 1 ho more rhanra for a poor
rnan'ln thla country Onre he had op.
porhialtlea Tbra wna a tlm. now
aluo fcbn former, whn he could aave
r?ior(y, rl to ltit1ifi( e and prhapa
AK0KCJK tAint.1t, VUr; f. i. II0I.I:, Ylre Pre.
W. U U!C;SH0l,TM, Vee'l. (! t.XHl, IVHM.U U A't faun.
, U Sfr.Tf.HM ,rakler.
La Grande National Bank
of La Grnnde, Oregon
United States Depository
dplist, Surplus and Undivided Prohts $200,000.09 '
in HECTORS.
GEOIlOK PAI.MKII, Yt. U.Mtr.MWlTH C. PKMJiflTO
W.J. rilf'Rdl P. U M lit fKH Tf. !. fLKAVFIt
r. i. HOLMES , u. M.nrucR r. m. hyiut
With Br mp)f reorrf and Nrtlltln tm rentier )ku ifil.
eJflBl tnk aad kandlo ;nr ,nafaMi to your entire atlfu tln.
tr.om prealdenf,, bat today all he
tan do la drudge, drudge, drudge, and
get nothing out of it but hla living,
and a pretty acanty one at that.
Thua the poor man fompefea with '
the rolllonalre la the game of grumb-;
ling. f No donbt hot It of them hare
their ral trouble, but we mast not
take their woea too aerionaly. The
actual farta of our National condition
prove r Joarly that they are not half
ao badly off a they think they are.
Look at the dlvldTida the eateemed
Standard fi! Company paid laat year, j
for example. flurHy that group of
gwlly rltlzena repreenta f.apital If
anybody doa. Iurlng the twelve-j
month whU-h haa Jimt allpped away
Into eternity thy wrre bl'wd to the
ex'fnt of 110,000,000 In the way of1
dividend from their very modeat In-'
vatmert. That doea not atrlke one
aa Indenting any dire opptcasion. It
pay pretty well, one Imagine;, to own
money and put it. out In builneaa. The
atlll more highly efwmd expreaa
rompanla reaped a harvest from
their humble hoard whlrh exceeded
tha' of Htarulird Oil when we take ev
erything Info ronalderatlon, but alnre
It la the latter which doea the moat
grumbling. It la perhap more In
atriiftU to study Its balnnre sheet.
That edifying document .telle us that
Mr, Kofkcff-ller'a romern hna rlonred
'ir. I7.V000 ofiu a year for the laat
twenty-five years This Includes di
vidend, utidhbb'd proflfa and ao on.
We should say the enterprise, waa
paying fairly well In spite, of aoelal-
istlr leKlnlatlon and oppressive reg-
j illation,
j Nw Jet us direct our Innulrlng ear
j toward thf oor inan'a lament. His
i deposits In the sailnga banks have
j imrenwd M per cent In tb Inst ten
j years lx.es that look like starva
tion? Th' building nssocliitlous of
the country have more than 2,0o0,000
I members, with nHsete valued at S0!),
j 000,000. This ncaln savors of opn
I lence lutind of misery, It U a no
i tnilous fin t that the ownership of
; trust shares is rapidly pnsslng Into
the poasptKlnti of the miisdes Tb
snine la tru-vnf rallronda mid all sorts
of st i iirliles, Th "peoole-luilutr' as
one wrltor falls It. tif the gre.it cap-
ltli'd uudertakliigs Is Koliig on very
fast. ,iT' be sure, the control still
lingers In the bands of small and cot 1
too generous groups, but that is af
defect which can b remedied.
The truth of the matter Is that the
greater part of our grumbling Just
now, resembles the discontent of the
asinine Jenhurnm, who waxed fat and
kicked. Things are so good all round
that w abuse Providence for not
making them better. We even set
about making them better onrselvea
without waiting for Providence to
take a hand In the matter. Nobody'i
case appears to be actually hopeless.
The man out of a Job, the worst
grumbler we have, might help himself
amazingly If be would lally forth Into
the open fields and do a man's work
for pay which, though not excessive,
will keep body and aool together until
something better sbowi op. Every
ten-acre patch of earth In Oregon
groans for the man who will set his
hand to the plow, and keep It there
for a few year. We are a long, long
way from tha point wherl population
presses on the means of subsistence.
There la abundance for everybody as
soon as we get up the spunk to dig
for It. Far be It from us to wish to
suppress the right to grumble. It Is
one of the best ways In the world for
keeping In good health, but we dealre
to draw a broad and clear distinction
between grumbling and the existence
of anything to grumble at.
Probably It Is best that Portland
people ahould drink the big end of
a year's consumption of champagne
on New Year's eve, for then the peo
ple will have time to aober and
attend to bualness, while If they
used a little of the fix water every
day they would soon be doing notb-i
Ing else. j
See that the present ypjir does not
pass without making soma effort to
advertise the great Grande Itonda '
valley In thn middle and ' eastern
country.
The preaent weather Is a strong In
surance of a bumper wheat crop th
coming year. Another reason for fet
ing happy.
rw yon urio Pendleton gate
thanks on New Year's er for the
bughouse which Bowerman present
ed to them?
It la about time to bear of a coal
shortage. In fact this annual story
ha been greatly delayed this year
for some canse.
School reconvenes tomorrow, much
to the disgust and dissatisfaction of
La Grande'a yoang America.
No, of course you have not broken
the new resolution yet. But there are
twelve months to do that.
Tonight you can pay Mayor Rkh
ardaon and Ex-Mayor Meyers.
Be careful, you know you swore off
yesterday.
, A happy, happy New Year to all
of ye.
UMBRELLA REPAIRS
Govers from 50 cts
to Three Dollars
L C. Smith-La Grande
Ketlce to Stockholders.
Notice la hereby given to the Stock
holders of the United States National
Bank of La Grande. Oregon, that the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the said bank, will be held at their
banking bouse In La Grande, Ore
gon, on Tuesday January 10th, be
tween the houn of 10 a. m. and 4 p.
m. for the purpose of electing a board
of directors for the lnsulng year and
for the purpose of transacting any
other business that may come before
the meeting.
Dated at La Grande. Oregon thla
sixth day of December, 1910.
T. J. 8CROGGIN. Cashier.
Dec. fi-Jan, 10.
.WvWvttmfi
This store will be
closed!
I AH Day Monday f
Stock being
...invoiced...
Royal Grocery
Bakery
We Clean, Press. Repai, anW
Make Clothes to Please You
huts blocked, give us a trim.
THE WARDROBE
1118 Adm. Avcfe!. Main 735 BERT THOMAS
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