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heat for $25 and $30 or board without
rooms. At the Oregon Boarding House
Depot street.
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CUSTOMERS
There Are Many of You
That we appreciate roar pat
ronage, your loyalty and stead t
avnreciate the help we hate at X
times been able to furnish yon, t
goes without saying.
nOWEVER, we want to take
this public method of thanking f
yon for past patronage and, f
with foil confidence that this X
patronage will continue, we J
pledge you our best endeaTors J
In the future as you hare had
them In the past I!
Wishing you an Increased ;;
measure of Happiness ana tros
pertty for the year 1911, we are
Sincerely yours,
The United States
National Bank
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railroad commission sees
seed of improvement.
State Legislature Will Get Report
Report of Railroad Commissioners.
The ' Railroad Commission turned
its fourth annual report over to the
State Printer and in connection with
the general" report of the business
transacted, several recommendations
are made which will be submitted to
the Legislature, says a Salem report
The Commission asks for an
amendment to the Railroad Commis
sion acft to make the legislative In
tent unmistakable, In 'order that the
department may proceed . and act
upon the schedule of both freight
and passenger rates as a whole with
out the necessity of confining action
to a certain specified1 class of rates
as has been the custom heretofore.,
A more binding law is recommended
for control of railroads by the Com
mission in prosecuting and enforc
ing orders issued by that body. The
report suggests that provision be
made that orders of the Commission,
made after a hearing, shall be bind
ing the corporations and persons who
afterward acquire the property af
fected, and for the substitution of
the successors in complaints pend
ing againBt the grantor or lessor.
The reasons for this desired amend
ment are that the recent consolida
tion of a large number of railroads
In the state, the constituent comp
anies of which had been parties to
orders entered by the Commission,
and several being parties to com
plaints, render the enforcement of
orders on all lines Impossible under
recommends that authority be giv
en the department to Investigate and
control a lesser charge for a longer
SCALE CAR
WANTED
OBSERVER,
pja ""jetisji 'jwjg a1
Gome and Examine Quality
and Prices before buying
than for a shorter distance for the
transportation of persons or prop
erty. The report sets forth that cases
have arisen in this respect which the
Commission has been powerless to
relieve, resulting in a continuance of
unjust discrimination.
The report urges the Legislature to
provide for a suitable car to be used
to test the various track scales In the
Btate. Owing to repeated complaints
of Incorrect scales in Oregon, based
upon different weights at initial
points of destination, the Commission
thinks it is fully Justified In the rec
ommendation, and such cars should
be transported by the railroad com
panies without charge to the state.
The Commission makes a strong
recommendation that a law be pass
ed eliminating the crossing of rail
roads and highways at grades. That
a steady Increase in the railroad mil
eage, in population and in the num
ber and weight of trains will even
tually require the elimination of
grade crossings In order to protect
the lines and property of the public,
Is the Commission's ground for the
recomemndatlon, and, as other states
are expending millions of dollars in
lowering crossings, the department
uggesta that the Legislature pro
ceed, at .this time before the number
of crossings Increases.
The Commission concludes Its rec
ommendations by urging the Legisla
ture to direct the attention of the
question of the advisability of provid
ing a control of the issuance of
stocks and bonds and other securlr
ties of publln service corporations
in the Interest of tbe public and the
lnrestor. The report states that
while Congress has this issue In hand
it has failed as yet to place the con
trol In the hands of Federal officers,
and recomemnds that it would be
better that control should be exer
cised by the state than not to be ex
ercised at all. The' consolidation of
a number of railway lines In Oregon,
Washington and Idaho into one sys
tem is the Commission's reason for
this recommendation.
i The Increase in the mileage of
: steam railroad lines In Oregon is
j shown to be 108 miles, making a to
tal of 2491 miles of single-track lines
In operation.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1911.
E
MILLION FOR IMrROTEMIJiTS
Medford Spent $931,789 for Paving,
Sewers and Water In Two Years.
,The report of City Engineer Harry
E. Foster shows a total of $934,789
expended during the past two years
for public improvements. Street
paving alone amounted to $577,615,
the cost of three miles of bitullthlc
and 5 1-2 miles of asphalt pavement,
according to a Medford report.
Eighteen miles of cement walks and
2 1-2 miles of board walks have been
laid within that time.
For sewers, $116,412 has been
Bpent. Nearly ' 15 miles of sewers
have been constructed, 1209 feet of
this system being a 20-Inch storm
sewer laid to drain water from the
Bouthwest part of the city, and 3959
feet of 24-inch storm sewer to carry
off storm water in the west part of
Medford.
The gravity water system of the
city cost $275,000. Medford's water
system is one of the best equipped of
any city south of Portland.
"I had been troubled with constipation
for two years and tried all of the beat physi
cians in Bristol, Tenn., and they could do
nothing for me," writes Tho. E. William,
Midcileboro, Ky. "Two package of Cham
i!ain' Stomach end Liver Tablets cured
ftf
$ o
LADIES AND GENTS SHOE
SI!K2 PARLORS 0
"TOM, THE BOOTBLACK"
has moved to 1118 Adams ..
Avenue, where be will serve
all customers, new and old.
Ladles desiring Facial Massage,
Shampooing, Manicuring or Scalp
Treatment should visit the Paris Hair
Store.
Switches, Curls, Puffs and Comb
logs made to order can also supply the
trade with Hair Goods and Novelties,
Massage Cream and Facial Remedies.
iTHE PARIS Hi STORE
MBS. PALMES
nds Januarv 31
o o FURNlSHERe
ItOf Fir Street La Grande, Ore.
Notice.
Notice Is hereby given that the an
nual stock-holders meeting of the
Cove State Bank will be held at their
office in Cove, Oregon, on Tuesday,
January 10th, 1911 at the hour of 2
p. m. for the purpose of electing offi
cers for the ensuing year and uc!i
other business that may ? properly
come before said meeting. :
G. A. STOCK, Cashier.
Dec. 3 Jan, 10.
Notice of Street Improvement.
To whom It may concern: Notice
la hereby given that in pursuance of a
resolution adopted by the Common
Council of the City of La Grande, Or
egon, on the 21st day. of Dec, 1910,
creating Improvement District No. 29,
and designating "X" avenue as auch
district, and in pursuance of a resolu
tion adopted by said Common Council
on the 21st day of Dec., 1910, whereby
said Council determined and declared
Us intention to Improve all that por-
tlon of "X" avenue in said improve
ment district aa hereinafter described
by laying thereon Board Sidewalk, the
C6uncll 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 fellows:
All that portion of "X" avenue from
the west curb line of Second Street,
to the east curb line of First street.
Notice Is 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 be granted
to any person feeling aggrieved by
such assessment.
La Grander 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.
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