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Where the Apple it King
Among the enengetk citizens of El- men have spent any money on repairs
gin la 8. S. Hooper of.tho firm of v buildlngi.or rearrangement. All
Hooper Brothers. Mr. Hooper canie four are running until the people de
out from Girard. Kansas, a few years clde the nwner that anal exist. ,
go, and by the way Girard is the old , Another Kansas Man.
tamping ground of Mr. Plaas, who' R, D. Zweifel. another Kansas man,
knows what Kansas is . as compared Is In the hardware business. He has
"With the Grande Ronde valley. Mr. a good stock and can quote early hls
.Eooper is manager of the butcher lory, of Kansas which is always en-
buslnes In Elgin and caters to the
people in the proper manner, f ;
)V Ion Stoop, Wholesaler.
When anyone wants to ft-ll a large
quantity of produce they hunt up Lou Connected with the hardware store he
ftoop and ascertain how much he has a line of house furndshings which
fcU grlve before putting their products pe sells to the people of that large ar
tn the market Lou ha sheen ship- ea of country,
pfng potatoes and apples all fall and ling Brothers, a Big Firm,
srill Is expecting to handle, nitre'.. Hi . A large (general store Is that con
has a wholesale liquor store In Elgin ducted by Hug , Brothers.. There are
lso, but the moat of his tlmela, tak- ott of Hugs la Elgin's neck o' the
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en up with handling produce.
, The "Wet" Situation.
Since Union county went wet four
aeons have been running1 In Elgin,
ttiwruu uy rieury uauer, me oiu
pioneer, Mike NVlson, Cy Powell and
A, 0. Young. But until next month. Llgn. They have done business with
the saloon business will not be ad-. the people there for many years and
Justed In the apple city because it la j with the bright prospects for the fu
the Intention to vote one saloon for i turf..
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every 750 population. This will per-
mit but two plai-es to run and for that
reason none of the present saloon
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A Threshing Scene Sear Elgin.
tertalnlng to his customers. Mr. Zwei
fe lis a good citizen of Elgin and his
name Is ( always among the first for
public improvements of any kind.
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. woodB, and they are all progressive
i citizens. The Hug store carries one
of those complete llneB found in tne
smaller cities and no want Is pernih-
tea 10 go unservea. i ne managers or
; the store pin their faith and hope In
Dan Sommcrs, Retired.
t While Dan Soniers, former merch-
tnt, has retired and spends his time
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'ext to the Lorgcttt Load of Lumber Ever Loaded In
THE FULL-JEWlELED
AND CONSTANTLY;
RUNNING CITY
now looking after his real estate In
vestments, the Influence of his pres
ence in the community Is plainly to
be seen. He has been one of the pil
lars of Elgin, having been directly in
terested in most of the progressive
moves made by that city for the ast
decade. He la unlike many of the
Grande Ronde people, for he beilevfce
in staying where he made his money.
He believes there are few places
where people can make money faster
an dwlth as llttl labor as in this val
ley. ' Matt Weiss, proprietor of a packing
establishment, carrke.a good line of
meats and has a line of patronage
that shows him a handsome profit
each year..;: He says, "no moves for
me, for if I should travel for a year
hunting for a location I would come
right back to Elgin and start in bus
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George 0. James, the harnesi man,
'a always in demand by the ranchers
end lumbermen. His handmade goods
to far and near where the quality of
harness is given consideration. It
takes good' harness to pull the' heavy
loads of produce that come out of
that valley and the harness made by
James has shown it wil stand the
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Miles and Wilson and Halgartjn and
Xelham attend to the tonsorial wanite
of Elgin and they do it in the most
Dpproved manner. These barber shops
need no visit from the state inspector
for they are perfectly sanitary all of
the time. .
The City cigar store is an institu
tion that catches the men of the town
and is headquarters for the class of
goods that smokers like. '
A hardware firm of considerable
eize is that of II. E. Graham and J. O.
Baker. They carry a very large line
&nd the volume of their business
is
' rteadlly increasing. ,
i But you must meet Mack when you
. igo to tne apple town, m&ck runs a
drug store that is in every way equal
to the larger city stores. He is Just
p'aln Mack to everyone and nobody
has ever called him by his first name.
In fact moBt people forget to say mls
ei for he 1b one of those congenial
j kind of personalities whom you feel
like you have always been acquainted
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the World. Thin wan Loaded At Elgin.
with ten minutes after you first meet
him. ; '
Slough JTever Tires. .
Tie Blough Investment : company,
which is- propelled through rain and
storm by one man, Slough, Is the hub
of the trading wheel at Elgin. Slough
is another Girard, Kansas, boy and
was raised on old man Waseer's Gi
rard Press; having learned his letters
fro uithe head of that paper. He came
west a few tears ago because he could
not stand the climate of the middle
west After, being here a few days he
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a trade. Possessed of the Daid Har-
em instinct he began trading and has
kept It up ever since. It is really re-
freshing to hear Slough unfold the
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story ol Grande Ronde resources. He
Is so strong In his faith In this Valley
that he almost hypnotizes the pros
pective buyer and makes him see
thl. at. they really wil be shortly in
this velley.
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Farmers Union Is Strong.
. There are several large warehouses
lb Elgin but the one of greatest pro
portions is that owned and operated,
by the Tamers' Union, with August
Ilue as manager. TheCom.ercial club '
of Elgin is responsible for the farm-'.
ers' organization there ; and every
merchant is a strong advocate of the
Union and its primed plea. The ware
house has saved the producer large
sums of money since Its inauguration
and there Is no disposition to retrace
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Fiw of Elgin's Handsome Homes.
a Bkp taken by the farmers.
Commercial Clnb Active,
Without a Commercial Club Elgin
people would feel lost While it does
net meet -very often and there Is some
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Ones Raised by Sam Brooks enr Elgin.
elements of It that resemble other
commercial clubs, the fact remains
that lt keeps constantly pegging away
answering letters and doing a little
advertising, all of which is bringing
BUady results.
. J. B. Johnston runs what Is known
as the "Men's Shop" where all kinds
of wearing apparel fonmen is sold.
Ke has a good business and is con
vinced that a special line of this kind
lj a successful business undertaking.
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Prof. Bailey, the Man Who lUlieves
In the Athletics Known as
Woodchopplng.
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A. N. Rasmussen of the firm of Raa
muisen Brothers is on of the sutostan
tlal'insUtutlons.-' They run a blacfc
sm'th and wagon shop and do a great
deal of work. . The kind of work need- ,
ed In a country like tW teres, the x-
pert blacksmith but this flrm. keeps
the right kind of workmen and (Uxms
ou a clas of work, that Is highly sat
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The Electric daaning n Pressing '
Works is run by J. B. Holland, who is ;
a lermanent fixture In Elginv Tailors,
come and go but Holland sticks on the-
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job all the time. As a result the peo
ple have confidence In him and he is
"building up a large business.':
, L. Parks Is the Jeweler and optician
for the city and he is flooded "with
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wo-k all the time. He makes good on
every Job from the largest to the smal
lest He has been there 19 years and
Is one o fthe foremost men of the
i ommunlty. .
II. W, Buell runs a second hand
B'.'re that receives a good patronag9 '
and he Is always watchful to take care
of his trade.
While the mention that the Evening
osoryer has given Elgin scarcely
scrhtches the surface'of this enterpris
ing community, yet it serves to let
the readers know that Elgin is decid
.Ily on the map. For further Inform
ation it would be well to address tf
j commercial club, and If anyone has
j ar intention of investing in fruit lands
or business ventures they should by
all means hear Elgin's discussion of
the situation and offering she has to
make. .
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Pilos Cured at Home by w Absorp
tion Method.
i If you suffer from bleeding, Itching,
j blind or protruding piles, send me
your address, and I will tell you how
I to curP- yourself at home by the new
I absorption treatment: and will also
; send some of this home treatment
: free for trial, with refernces frdm
I J'our own locality If requested. Ira
i mediate relief and permanent cure
assured. Send no money, but tell
others of this offer. Write today to
Mrs. M. Summers, Box P, Notre
Dame, Ind. .
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