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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1911)
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, .TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1911. PAGB 7 THE FULL-JEWELED AND CONSTANTLY RUNNING CITY 5 THE BEST ADDITION ever put on the Portland Market! WHY? Because it is backed by the Largest Interests-The Large Packers-SWIFT & COMPANY. . .AH mm- ON Where the Apple is King and the People are Happy -Whoa, tot 18 Elgin," waa the language of Joe Woods several years jg0 when, he drove the stage from that city to and from the Tlch Wal jowa country. s . But that day is passed and now the cial Tcalitles the stranger , Is forced to ask some queetlons. Frontier Days of Elgin. Yea, quite likely you would have called Elgin a ."tough" town in the earlier days whien everything was acres is another piece of land that goes into fruit this year, besides over a score of smaller acreage. All of which indicate first, that the Elgin people have confidence In their own locality as a fruit belt, and second B - i ' r f ' 1, x'tw-' , j j! .."'.'.Tr.'" wb 1 When Joe Woods Drove the Stage In to Elgin. shriek of a Harriman engine and the J polite J announcement of Conductor Harry Grady's train crew announces to the traveller that he has reached Elgin, Oregon, a happyand prosper ous city, of nearly fifteen hundred people located at the north end of the Grande Ronde valley, The average town of fifteen hun dred souls does not especially appeal to one, but Elgin does. One 1 look around the city discloses so many in dustries, so many advanced eomimer- Summons. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for. the county of Union! . Joseph Palmer and Julius Roesch, Plaintiffs John Harris, Susan Harris, the First National Bank of Elgin and J. J), Iruj, ArUBSW IU jduuju uyw. of J. W. Scriber, Defendants. I To John Harris and Susan Harris, the above named defendants, you and each of you are hereby notified to be and appear in the above entitled court and answer the complaint thereon filed against you In the above entitled suit within six weeks from the first nubllcation of this summons, and de fendants will take notice that If they fall bo to appear and answer, the plaintiffs will for want thereof apply to the court for the relief demanded In the amended complaint towit, that plaintiffs be decreed to be the owners in fee of the real estate described In the amended complaint to wit, lots one and two and the southeast quarter of northwest ouarter and southwest miarter of .' northeast quarter of Sec tion nineteen in township one south of ranee 40. east of Willamette Merl dlan, and south half of northeast quarter and south half of northwest miBrter. and north half of south east quarter, and southwest quar- ter of section. 24, and soutn nau southeast quarter and southeast quarter of southwest quarter of sec tion 23 and east halt of northwest nArtor of section twenty six In town ship one south of range 29, , east of . wninmfitte meridian. In Union court ty, Oregon and that plaintiff's title , thAre-:i ha auleted. - Thi Rtimmops" iH published by or ; Ar iu circuit court of fte f Orpeon for t .'.'ously of Union, bearing date 'Jkt.Wsi day of January A. D. 1911, directing rw cation of this summons lo: .oon . ' WOoVa in the La Grande Ev enlng Observer a newspaper publlsh- a t i,u Grande. Union .v.ijni?. ,. of eeneral circulation in aM'staW :oid county and the first imblkai-ou. of thl3 summons Is on th? 10th day of January, A. D 1911 ' J. D. SLATER, Attorney for Plaintiff ' Jan. 10, 17. 24. 31. Feb. 7, 14. 21 i.hv oav Rent ? IVeoan V nJ: money to build, ana yet nav n as voo would rent. L P. OLVEk. freighted to the country of Chief Jo seph. There was the usual surround ings that was , customary to such towns, but through it all Elgin held up her head, got rid of her "bad" men and announced to the outside world that she was in the game of making homes, of developing lands, promoting the very best agriculture and marketing that God gtfvien re sourcean abundance of timber. . Her announcement- was , not Idly made, for she has madia, good irf ev erything she promised, and more. At present the grain farm is hanging by a thread, for It hase been proven that Elgin can and does raise a very fine commercial apple and apple land ' Is worth a great deal more than Brain land. But until this" Industry i fur ther developed this little city will continue to ship out considerable over a thousand cars of grain, hay lum ber and other Btaples. , : That nearly" verythng will even tually be displaced by the apple there is little doubt in the minds of good business men at, that city. The time that they purpos showing the out sider what can be done before they entice him . to make an :- investment. At present . the railroad from La Grande to Elgin runs through orch ard after orchard at Alice! and Im- blef and th products of those orch ards are already of consequence. Then the valley narrows and when one enters Elgin It is found that frui lands are -located in the foothills. . . Home of Cecil Galloway. You cannot tay around Elgin' long without hearing of the Galloway fam ily , and . of Cecil Galloway, present county commissioner from , that sec tion, i This family has been one of the builders of the country and the boys are still helping the good work along. They farm because It is their busi ness and from lndiicationa they have made a success of It. When he peo ple selected Cecil Galloway a coun ty commissioner it was not 1 for any" other reason other than he had lived In the north Grande Ronde and kne its needs ; had been a man entitled to their respect, and as a result he have purchased 3160 acres of land located on the Peninsula formed by the Col umbia and Willamette Rivers. . 3,100 acres of this land has been platted in factory sites of 20 acres and up O: a,,Ati- in.mninKn) "n-nA V air h OITO Vnil f 51 lrofi Pnp.lv- OIJ-ICC I ilC tOWiJ.li MJlClCaiS pultUUOCU lUlO muv iuvj uuiv v . - o , ing plant and the Union Stock Yards. Tlie following companies have purchased factory sites and have their plants in operation: ' ' ' 'v ' ' ' 1 Fairchild & Company Wholesale Kenton Lumber Company. Butchers 1 Glazed Cement Pipe Company. . Nicolai Door Company. Durable Roofing Company The Westernite Paving Company. Monarch Lumber Company, Pacific Tank and Pipe Company. Pacific Coast Vault Works. , Ajax Auto Traction Company. Portland Rendering Company. ; Other manufacturers have purchasad sites and their plants will soon be un . der construction. All of the above plants have direct rail and water transportation. t The balance of the 3160 acres, or 60 acres, being on high, level ground, is set aside as a business and residence district for the employees of the various plants and is well improved, with a good class of homes and fire proof business ; houses, which are consistent with the past experience of Swift & Company in : developing their townsites in Kansas City, Omaha, Fort Worth and St. Louis, ; in all of which the values of real estate have increased rapidly. ... . ,., Take advantage of tne opportumty ana .purcnase some ui rupeitj', while the representatives are .in 1 town. .Ask any stockman whb is shipping to Portland what he thinks of Kenton and the prospects for a rapid increase. Pictures and paintings of Portland and Kenton are on display, at Silver- thorne's Drug Store . ' ' '' .lt . f Lots $450 and up. ' Terms, 10 per ce nt down, 2 per cent per month. , J ill in the coupon below and mail it to us and we will send you descriptive literature oi j.enxon v. ""A ' fetrf I: 1 , h.I ! r;j .en . M - " V'J'ff t ' : I SELLING AGENTS Co-Operaiiw Realty Company Suit 519, 520,- 521, Railway Exchange; PORTLAND, ORE. ' , Representatives at Foley Hotel COUPON , Representatives Co-Operative . . Realty Co, . . Foley Hotel, La Grande, Ore, Gentlemen Please mail me lit: .erature descriptive of Kenton. Name - Address J--2 ! A Sellable Cough Medicine. , Is a valuable family friend. Foley's Honey and Tar fulfills this condition exactly. Mrs. Charles Kline, N. 8th st Easton,, Pa.,, states: "Several mem bers of my family have been cured of bad coughs and colds by the use of Foley's Honey and Tar and I am nev er without a bottle in the house. It soothes and relieves the irritation in the throat and loosens up the cold. I have always found it a reliable cough cure and dcnot hesitate to recommend It highly." For la grippe, coughs and stuffy colds, for children and grown' persons and for delicate people use only Foley's Honey and Tar. Contains no opiates. Hills Drug Store. V ' .... ) . 1 ' - ' . ' r , " . "" 9 1 r 31 Four of Elgin's Houses of Worship. '. will not be very long but those who was chosen by a very large majority. observe closely can see the great jtide coming and they are preparing ror it. The Experimental Farm. The Sprlngdale fruit farm owned by Weatherspoon & Thorsen Is the experimental farm for the North Grande Rorlde. These men, with ab iding ' faith and confidence in the country, are making heavy Invest ments of both labor and money to bring before the eyes of the world a model fruit farm, and they are suc ceeding. The land lies out of Elgin a short distance. It Is foothill land and the people there swear by their foothill soil for fruitthat is being used by this firm. Already they have acres noon acres planted and In con nectlon with the enterprise they have that sunollea stock for MU"" many growers. The Plaas tract of over a thousand Recorder Seeps City to Front. Among the . institutions that ac complish a great deal for Elgin is Editor Lee Tuttle's Recorder a weekly paper well edited and of goo'i appearance. Lee is born of editorial parentage and when his father passed away the young man took his place at the head of the paper. 11 He has made for Elgin a newspaper that is well known throughout the northwest ana hte enjoys the loyal support of his home people, which he deserves. The ' Observer representative spent a day in Elgin and met many of her citizens studied her institutions and this paper will from day to day run something of interest about that city and county (Continued tomorrow.) 30 H P: 1911 Chalmers i Just Received by Dittebrandt Auto Go. 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