LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1911.
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SPECIALS
14c EMBROIDERY SALE
59c'WAIST SALE
$1 00 'WAIST SALE
ONE LOT WAISTINGS AND
LAWS ONE-HALF PRICE.
38x45 IN. PILLOW SLIPS . . 10c
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81x00 SHEETS .. 75c
HISSES COATS : $1.90
WOOLTEX SUITS AND
COAT3 REDUCED 25 to 5(T
PERCENT.
WEST'S ,154 ANNUAL SALE
Every Article in the Store Reduced
See our Sale
showing of suit
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20 PER CENT
New arrivals in
Party Dresses
included in our
ANNUAL SALE
Great Saving
in Men's, Ladies
and M i sses'
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Blankets and
Comforts at re
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ing this SALE
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FARMERS IS X BALANCE WHEEL
Indications are now that It Is up to '
the Farmers Union of Oregon to enter j
politics1 and save the credit and the !
name of this fair state. If Oregon does
not have a balance wheel in opera-!
tlon very soon the momentum of her
present course will cause her to fly
to pieces like a Joint snake, v
Someone will say "such a state
ment means opposition to the people's
measures." Not true, Oregon wants all
of the present measures that bring?
legislation close- to the people, but
ha xnuat have a balance wheel to
guide such legislation. ; Recent lajs
enacted are already beginning to be
fuddle the entire commonwealth. The
supreme court is at sea and Is calling
on all attorneys in the state for opinions.'.;-.-
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When politics get in a chaotic condi
tion who U the countsy at large al
ways calls upon T The farmers, every
time, because as a rule a farmer's
personal benefit means a benefit to
the entire people. His life is such
that he is free to look upon public
questions without bins and prejudice,
. Now.. Oregon ' Is' right close up
against a brick wall Ina publlo way
Shall the farmers' organize and take
a hand in the state's affairs. By all
means, yes. Send farmers to the leg
islature and to congress. By all means
yes." Send farmers to the legislature
and to congress. Discard this Idea
of election no one but an attorney to
office. It is a dangerous precedent
And it Is up to the Farmers Union
and the kindred organizations to be
gin the work of cutting out useless
commissions and cutting down a state
pay roll that promises to bankrupt
the commonwealth If permitted to
increase the way it has been goln'gi.
We "would like toee the Farmers
Union now In session In La Grande
pass resolutions of a political nature
setting forth neede Preforms In the
state and Instead of putting legisla
tion up to the people as a whole put
It up to the taxpaylng public.
PROSPERITY STILL WITH US. '
Profit taking In the New York stock I
market yesterday caused . a loss of
some of the heavy gains made Monday
but the action of the market is, on
the whole, much improved when com
pared with the sluggishness that vas
so pronounced during the cloBln dars
of 19J0. The general financial and corc
, merclal situation. In spite of the wail
. of the pessimist is rapidly improving
and indications for even a more pros
perous year than. 1910 are plentiful.
Money is easier and foreign lenders
are again Inquiring for American se
curities, although the uncertainty re
pardlng legislation la 'handicapping
the sale of railroad bonds and stocks.
There Is, however, a large amount of
idle money in this country. -Numerous
millions and billions of this money are
represented In bur Immense crops of
agricultural products, and there ar
mors millions that have been stored
away through fear that the recovery
from the panic of 1907 had been too
rapid. ' '
' Wall street's regular disbursement
of January dividends this year amount.
ed to more than $200,000,000, and as
GEORGE TAUTER, FRes.
W. L. BRE.MIOLT S, Asst. Cash
F. L. MEYERS .Cashier.
F. J. nOLMES, YtcV Fres.
EARL ZUNDEL, 24 !AsVt, Cah.
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of L& Grande, Oregon: .
United States Depository
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $200,000.00
DIRECTORS. :
IV. L..RREnOIT3
GEORGE PALMER,
W. J. CHURCH P. L. MEVEKH
P. J. HOLMES 4 W. M. PIERCE
C C PEMXGTO.N
; W, D. CLBAYEft
F. M. BYR1T
With onr ample resources aud facilities we tan rcnoer yon eft,
elent service as .1 hantllo jour business to your entire satisfaction.
the owners of this money can neither
eat it or drink it they will promptly
put it back in the channels of trade
where, it will earn? more Interest
The high prices commanded by our
leading cereals for several years have
had a tendency to restrict a free sell
ing movement now that there has
been a decline in prices, and the ex
ports are not at all In keeping with
the crop figures compiled by the gov
ernment This would Indicate that the
farmers are holding back pretty heavy
stocks throughout the country, a pol
icy that could not be pursued unless
the financial condition of the holders
was of the best S . .
For the past two years on the Paci
fic coast there has been a steady How
of neiw capital for use In railroad and
other Industrial enterprises. New capi
tal has been brought here, also by the
thousands , of new , settlers who are
opening up long neglected' localities
(ln Oregon, Washington and Idaho. -
The presence of this money, which
in the aggregate reaches an immense
total, has worked wonders In main
taining the financial equilibrium for
the Pacific northwest. With now fiA.
velopment m all lines of industry pro
ceeding on a greater scale than ever,
nothing short of a world-wide finan
cial cataclysm can check the prosper
ity of this region. There are so many
powerful influences working for the
continued prosperity of this city and
state, and the adverse influences are
so Insignificant' and few, that the op-
jportunlty for the pessimist In this field
Is sadly lacking. Oregonlan. ; ,,.t -
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LITTLE DRAWBACKS EYERY.
WHERE. ; . ' ,
If the average person thinks he is
going to find the perfect community
on tbla earth he Is mistaken. No more
Is it possible than it is to find the
perieci man. wo matter how rood a
section of the country may look, no
matter how well It may stand close'
Investigation, you can be sure tha,t
with long acquaintance it will devel
op Its faults. .
This was forcefully brought to mind
when George L. Cleaver resumed
from Colorado a few days ago and
handed the editor of the Observer a
printed Invitation and program for
a "grasshopper meeting" which was
held In Greely. Colorado about , a
year ago, The cause, for calling this
meeting was the damage done grow
ing crops the year preceding by grass
hoppers and other pests. The situa
tion "was a serious one and It becarao
necessary to take concerted action. ,
Colorado people were too wise to
publish these faults to the wide
world. They, viewed them as unfor
tunate things that sometimes happen
In the family nnd worked tnwnrdly
to correct them. And while It was
pests In Colorado, it Is something else
in other localities.'' No place f sactly
Put's.
"And the moral to this little Illus
tration It th's: If there Is a man in
this CronC? Poml val!ev vhn Is
prore. to against the country,
who believes that elsewhere things
are better, that the sun shines bright
er in California or that the wheat
grows better In Canada, for goodness
sake let him move at once. This val
ley Is not wholly perfect but to the
misguided people who think there are
so much better localities let us say,
you are . mistaken. There is not a
place on God's footstool where a man
can make his living so easily, there is
not a place where merit counts for
more than right here in this valley.
Think over the Colorado jpests, the
Montana : blizzards, the" ; Nebraska
drouths, the California . floods and
then 'either repent for your knocking
orsell off your belongings and move
to the country of your choice.
No. 20 Report of the Condition of
THE CO YE STATE BANK,
at Cove, in the State of Oregon, at the
close of business, January 7, 1911.'
. Sesonrces.
Loans and discounts;.... $41,551.30
Overdrafts, secured and '
unsecured ...
Bonds, . securities, etc ... .
Banking ; house,' furniture"
and fixtures .. k. .. ...
Due from banks (not re
serve banks) ........
Due from, approved reserve
banks , .
Checks and other cash Items
Cash on , hand .... . . . ...
20.07
920.54
2,075.00
U0W3
5,300.64
6.00
2,776.88
Total ........ ; . . ...J33.851.06
v .. j ; " Liabilities .
Capital stock paid in t;...".i5,000.00.
Surplus fund . . ... . ... 350.00
Undivided Profits, lees ex- '
penses and taxes paid 1,165.82
Individual deposits subject - ,
to check ...... .. .... 26,491.53
Demand certificates of de- ,"
posit ...... ... .. .. .... .. . 368.63
Time certificates of de
posit....;. ..... 5,475.06
Bills payable, including . , 5
certificates of deposit for . .
money borrowed .. .. 5,000.00
community is the chief question, but
it is not believed It did. The animal
died with distinct, symptoms of rab
bles later in the evening.
'iius is tne flist case to come to
cn ttitentum oi mo puonc in union
county and may be tne forerunner of
a gradual spread from tne Wailowa
districts where coyotes and dogs have
oeen afflicted with nydropbeoia lor
several weeks and mnere govern
ment forces are. now at work trying
to stamp out a spread of this ter
rible affliction! Mr. .Brill feels con
fident that while he does not know
where his dog was inflicted, the ani
mal did not come in contact with oth
er dogs or animals that might carry
the virus.
"I bad been troubled with constipation
for two years and tried all of the best nhvsi-
clans in Bristol, Tenn., and they conld do
nothing tor me," writes Thos. E. Williams,
Middlelioro, Ky. "Tro packers of Cham
berlain' Stomach ami Liver Tablets cured
LET US DYE FOB YOU.
In fact the only way we Hie is by
It's better than dyeing yourself.
WE DYE EVERY DAY
AXD DYE FOR I T 1. .
. .Our charge for dyeing for you won't
be hglh. A sample Job Is sufficient
For best dyeing and cleaning nave us
dolt
ELITE CLEAJilXG & DYE WORKS,
' ' ' - Phone Main 61. '
Total ..$53,851.06
State of Oregon, county of Union, ss:
I. G. A. Stock, cashier xf the
above named bank, do. solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
O. A. STOCK, Cashier.
Correct Attest: l -
. M. J. DUFFEY,
S. G. REES,
' . , Directors.
FOX HILL DOG A VICTIM
OF
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is bolleved that did the dog die of
rebblpa; he did not Inoculate any ani
mal or people while thus afflicted. : '
Yhcther or not the canine spread
the disease to any of the dogs In the
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