. ;' WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY: 151911 , !';. . ( 4 r i ; ; I H $4 wf W W Just Received a Choice Lot Rome Beauty Apples 9 . , They jvon't; last long PHONE YOUR ORDERS SPJODGRASS GROCERY ... , I'm ME. STACKLAXD IN THIRD LET, ' . XEB CITES DATA. 4 t 5 1- WWWW4H4W Bly Safe For the 5ext Thirty Days Ton fan Boy Your Silverware, Cut Glass, Hand painted China Clocks an a Jeweirj ai c? Jrrs 2; to 25 Per Cent off. All reliable Quality and1 Fully Guaranteed. " La Grande's Lead- i iing Jeweler. "i Opposite U. S. land Office. on A dams Avenue. Some of the Results of Email Fruit -' Growing: in Cotc Section. -i- -' .: . ; . ., -. :""v : .! ' 100 Svvfcfies 25 per cent off Beginning Mondat morning v y Switches, Curlsr, Puffs and Combjngs made .ten order carr'also-supply v the trade with' Hair ' , Goods and Novelties, Massage Cream and . v Facial Remedies. .:.. , , , v ' J The Paris Hair Store i ' MRS. PALNER, 609 Fir St., La Gradde. Ore. L iif y risa tjs sy sji if sgi I ff1 t 1 1 1 1 t m V m 1 f 1 y 'J1 ? Perry Pneumatic , Water Systems, . Samson Wind Mills, Deming Pumps, Richardson & Boynton il Warm Air Furnaces, Pipe Valves and Fittings, Gut teri Plumbing Fixtures of All Kinds, Full Assort ;nent of Nickel Trimmings. SIMM phjMBERS; HEATBR$X ZWElFEl SH? MEWL WORKERS HACK AND AMBULANCE Uptown office Main 720 Residence phone Main 25 E. L BUSSEY Job Printing Promptly at The Ob'se-.-er The George Palmer Lumber Company E Retail Department :We solicit your orders for Shingles, Rubberoid J -; Roofing, Deadening Felt, Building Paper ' We are prepared to furnish and deliver material, 'y k . . ' prcmptiy; . , Phone Main 8. ... Cove, Ore., Feb. 14 (Special) The last etrawberry crop was good, the acreage rather small, but prices excellent; about 3400 cratea ' to tal, nesting the growers about $7400; Ure raspberries and blackberries had a full yield about 2,000 crates, were marketed at a value of f 3,000.00. 1 The Cherry crop wsb splendid, so were all -the markets, both for the fresh fruit and for canning puposes. Thirteen full carloads left Cove, five with over 10,000 boxes packed fruit for : Eastern markets, 4 cars . were processed for Maraschhio stock and four others went to the Portland Can neries, with considerable going local to the latter place; besides over 7000 boxes going by local express to ! a hundred different markets. Th total crop amounting ; to nearly 350,000 pounds, bringing In cash to Cove, the neat sum' of $20,000.00. ; , The three leading cherry growers are Geo. W. Thomas, G. M. and G, G. CMttvkiiiuu ' 'ii'ul "5li.rl '2. f?f-rr each had over 50,000 tpoiind crops last Beason. Other prominent cherry grow- er are: j. K. Lantz, J. W. Ingram, 'A. Anderson and Son, J. M, Selders, A.' Comstock, The Geer Bros.,,J. Wilson, R. Sivers, J. W. Dean, Liurence Bros., and Wm, Martin. , ' Plums and pears made a good crop, although of no great importance, nev ertheless about 6 cars were Bhlpped, bringing in satisfactory returns. The Italian prune Is also a promin ent crop in Cove and the last season made a full average crop of about 350 tons,' half of which were packed and shipped fresh and the balanca dried or evaporated, the total bringing an average of nearly. $20.00 'per ton or approximately $7,000.. The apple crop was the best Cove ever had. in the aggregate, although therej.were a great' loss on account of Infested and Inferior fruit from soma of the dryest and old neglected orch ards.Th total marketed output be ing 46 cars loads, of which the Mount Fanny Fruit Co. 'packed and shipped 14 cars, The Cove Merc. Co., 4 cars, B. FJBell. 8 large cars, containing considerable over 6,000 boxes from his own orchard, and Karl J. Stackland 20 cars of which 9 cars were grown In his own orchard. The prices realized for these apples are, not! yet fully In, as 15 cars have gone Into Eastern cold storage;- but the average up to Jan. 1st, was about $1.00 per box but '.all -the last ship ments are now bringing $1.25 to $1.50 for the two best' grades of the leading varieties making the total run' well up to $30,000.00. The above Is not so bad, consider ing the" fact, that we had a very dry season, many orchards suffering for water, that never had done so before. And, also remembering that we still have mostly, the old and badly select ed plantings of largely unprofitable kinds and varieties. A very encouraging change Is now taking place lnl Cove, a period of erad ication, renovation and work fora change In kinds and varieties, Is on us, we have at last, learned what la worth hating and what we better get rid of, pulling out undesirable trees and top grafting others, cleaning up and plant ing the money niokeis, 1b the order of the day. A great deal of new planting will also take place, many preparing to get a good substantial start, partic ularly in cherries and pears; prom inent among these are Dr. Llllle who will plant 2,000 pear trees; the writer Is making arrangements to plant at least 4,000 Beurre de Anjou and 1,000 Duchess pears; Mr. ii Brazille about 2,000 Anjous and some cherrks; Mr. F. Roberts 600 BIng and Royall Ann cherries, Mr. Leo Blevlns several I hundred cherries,- a new party from I the east Intends planting 1,000 each pirs and cherries.; the La Grande I Investment . Co. on their land here about 3.000 apple trees and scores of other, from a few to several hund red trees. ;'l Besides the above, there" is a large undertaking on foot, partly to be back i 5$ by, neiv people from the East, con templating taking over at least 100 acres of choice fruit land, ready for planting and putting it Into Anjou pears and cherries, with a view of ln creaslnf It to several hundred acres In the near future, having already let contracts In the east with reliable nurseries to grow for their account 15,000 Dwarf and 10,000 standard Be urre de Anjou pear trees, for next years pleantlng, . : ' ' ' A widely known lecturer, who was In Cove this spring, having traveled over the entire United States several times, was so faorably Impressed with pur conditions here, that before leav ing he made arrangements for a choice tract of land on which he will grow cherries, although he was already in terested in Rogue river land and had investigated' very well 'reputed fruit section of our country, :,.rr,.- ; Another party from the- far East, having printed a long line of intel ligent and pointed questions, In re gard to the conditions, etc., for fruit growing, and having sent them, J.000 copies to all the . leading and most famed sections of the United States and ; Canada,; Is writing that he will be here ami from all he how knows Will buy and go heavily into orchard ing In Cove.: vL- :' :, All these facts are really encourag ing for all of us, the wonder Is that so many of us are chasing the distant rainbow, buying oil stock, "Wireless, steel ties, Rubber stock and what not to get rich quick, when we have much better things right here and ten .times as. sure. -.; i..;. "'' :;' ;.' - Even some of tho. few extra, profit able stock ventures can't show the re turns in the Jang rnnv with the right kind of land and orchard investments right here, a hundred thousand acres in Union county, can and will be made worth at least $500 per acre more than It now Is, or an Increase of 50 million dollars with a corresponding income; who' will start to get their Share of this? ''- .J...' ; : -: paying fruit In the U. S, and that we can grow it to perfection, . KARL J. STACKLAND. , DOWNWARD COURSE. ' Fnst: Beln? Realized by ,.':',,;.- -,r- People. La Grande' best prepartilion on the innrket for coWb. A little backache at first. : -' Daily increasing till the back is lame and weak. . ' ; - . Urihary dis'drders quickly follow; ' DiSbetes and- finally Brlght's dls- easo. : . ' .: , , v , This Is the downward course of kid ney His. .-1 -' 1 :; Don't take this course. La Grande xe8identss hbuld profit by the follow ing experience. Mrs. W. M. Giles, of Sumpter, Ore , says; "I was bothered for about two years 5 by kidney complaint f and the doctors could not help me to any ex tents There was a constant, dull pain across my loins and this was accom panied by a soreness over my kidneys. My back achei: bo intensely that I could hardly sleep and I had trouble with the kidney secretions. When I saw Doan's Kidney -f Ills advertised I was induced to try them and It requir ed tha contents of only one box to af fect a cure. I value Doan's Kidney Pills highly." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., -Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.' , .:':' .' ' Remember the name Doan's and take no other. ' Feb. 13, 15. 17 Mr. BUSINESS MAN - Do you realize the import ance of an Electric Sign y In drawing trade to your stdre br place of business? v .. . . . ; We' mafce a very tow flat rate on sign lighting, and are prepared to quote at tractive prices on any kind of a sign that you may de sire. ';' '. Our representative is al ways ready to call and talk the matter over with Eastern Oregon Light & Power Company Phone Main 34 Be Corset-Happy When you declJe to be corset happy, come and te fitted In the lace-ln-fiont Gossard. There Is a model in the Gossard to Bhow off' to best advantage, your special type of figure. $30 to $S.00. MrslRobert Pattison PHOSE BLACK 14SL UMBRELLA REFaIRS The oulcker a cola Is eotten rid of ths leH the iliMiaer from pneumonia and other serious diseases. Mr. p. W. L. Hall, oi Waverly, Vs. ,bvs: "I firmly believe Cham berlain's CoiiRh Remedy to be absolutely the 1 mive rtK-Qtiintoi.tU'u , it io my incnas nn.i incv &II ayuo with nw." For enle by a'i Plumbing Heating JohnMelviUe U28 Adams Avt lA GRANDE, ORE Govers from 50 cts to Three Dollars L. C Smith-La Grande For Quick Messenger Service Call Main 24, orlnd. mi t v ; LET US DTE FOB I0U. In fact the only way we lire Is by dyeln;. Don't dye yourself. ' If s better than dyeing1 yourself. ," WE DIE ETEBT DAT AND DTE FOB ALL . .Our charge for dyeing for yon wont be hgih. A sample Job Is snfficlenfc For best dyeing- and cleaning hare ns dolt V - . ELITE CLEANING A DTE WORKS, Phone Main 6L Benrre De An Jon Tear Trees for Sale. - Also othsr varieties of pears and a full line of apple and cherry trees. Re member that the Anjou pear Is the best Complete Equipment tor Resetting ann Repairing Rubber Buggy Tires ; " LA GRANDE IRON WORKS ' ' , D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor : : COMPLETE MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY Sed Fresh Hand-Rolled Choco lates Can't Be Beaten Chief Joseph owrMnifad:t6f please laaaauuaai. 'rasL , FOR SAU BY Waier-Starichfield Produce Co. ( Hr, ORMH, HEO, POULtRY SUPPLIES, WOOD U26 htttinr Aunue