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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1911)
IS GItAKDB EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1911. Bids Wanted. The Commercial club will on April 10 open all bids made on the Exhibit . ... . ,,, Mr. BUSINESS MAN Do you realize the import ance of an Electric Sign in drawing trade to your store of placeot business? , We make a very low 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 renresentative is aU wa ys ready to call and talk the matter over with you. ".: Eastern Oregon Light & Powef Company Phone Main 34 Bargains that will make you money Ten acres, one mile from the city, no Improvements except trees which are 13 years oil This is a fine location, road on two sides, good water right and produced over $1300.00 last year Price, is 16,500.00 one half down and balance on reasona ble time. This year's crop will more than pay all expenses and balance of purchase price. Ten acres, two miles 5 acres in 9-year-old apples, 2 1-2 acres of cheeries that will bear con siderably this year, and 2 1-2 acres of garden land. Small house and barn. This place is on main county road, near school and will make a fine home. Price only $3,500.00, one third down and balance on time. This is fine strawberry land, and when planted, will yield the t price of the property every year. : y ' ;; ' , ' V Ten acres, just one mile out, practically new six room house and barn, close to school and a fine money-making home. There are 8 1-2 acres In apples, and 1 1-2 acres in pasture. Last year this place produced 4.300 boxes of apples and will easily pay Itself out after first pay ment. Price Is $5,500.00, one half down, good time on bal ance. Soil unexcelled for straw berries and small fruits. IMBLEB ORCHARD TRACTS 05 INSTALLMENT PAT. , VENTS. ' Farm lands In all parts of the talley. Residence! and vacant lots In all parts of the city. Security Land & Trust Company nan now standine on railroad anA and sell the- same to the highest bid der. The bidder is to remove the hall within five days after April 10th from ths ground it now occupies. Address all bids to Secretary of Commercial club, La Grande, Oregon., 4-3-51 Savoy Hotel EUROPEAN PLAN The rooms are good and Steam heated only block from depot one D. C. Brichoux,Prop. Stripp ers wanted at ar Experience Unnecessary Factory Apply at FAM US KING CIC-AR FACTORY 1 . - i V - LET IS DIE FOB TOU. In fact the only way we Ihe Is bj dyeing. Don't dye yourself. It's totter than dyeing yourself. vi lve ETKBY DAI AXD DIE l'tK AIL ..Our charge for dyeing for yon wont be hglb. A sample Job Is sufficient For best dyeing and cleaning hare us do it ELITE CLEANING A DIE WORKS, Phone Main M. . FOR MAN MID BEAST GRANDE RONDE CASH CO. Phone Main b O O C O O O O O LOCAL SF0BTLETS. COS. ' A KENT AND THE LIKE iiontinusa from P-in Throe) won tne championship last year.' will be "held at Ontario, and May 6th has been tentatively set aa the date. That aate interferes with thv Walla Walla meet nowever. 1 .- - Tlje baseball meeting scheduled for last Saturday night was not held ow-' ing to. small attendance. , Th? matter oi oc:sg tfie grounds and organizing ouu supporting a team were discussed but no action was taken. Wallowa Sun. , - . . The La .Grande high school baseball team opens its season at Cove with Cove today, the team leaving " this morning under tutorage of Prof. Car ruth for the cherry town. "Dad" Ir win is slated to cilmb the mound. v$ 1 ' " - BASEBALL NOTES. 8 Jimmy Collins will again play third base for Providence, and also manmr. the team. . Lou Criger. recently releaiwl hv the New", York Highlanders, will quit the game and retire to his farm in Mich igan. . . . . .; : f Manager Clarke, of the Pirates has Vww,!... Vim..... t to be the leading twirlers forhis team this 'season. , , t - - ;. '- One more old boy has passed from under the bfg top. The Cubs have released Ginger" Beaumont to the St. Paul club. . . " " ' v- Walter Ford, a brother of "Russ" Ford, the New York star, has signed to manage the Annlston team in the south eastern league. ; . , r Frd Beck, the former Dove, now a member of the Cincinnati team, has his eye on the ball this season and is get ting the safe ones regularly. Wade Klllifer refuses to Join th Minneapolis team and says he prefers to stay in Paw Paw, Mich. Are the .Miners so bad as that? . , .- After 22 years in the tram t J! m O'Connor has mired from batil!. In years past Jim was one of the star s with the Chicago Nationals.. .. Pitcher Frank Smith and third baseman Purtell have trained in Cal ifornia four years In succession, three years with Chicago and this year with the Boston club. " Good newB for the American Leaeue twirlers: The Athletics are doing poor work with the stick this season. Baker has been able to make only seven home runs in four successive games. , ... Members of the Chicago White Sox squad say that catcher Drucke of the Oklahoma City team, has the real tick ets and is on his way to the big show. urucRe is a brother of the Giants' pitcher. ' When the bell rings on ADril 12. "Nap" Lajoie, of the Cleveland team, win start his sixteenth season In the major leagues. , Larry has been in the game a long time, but he is still able to show the way to the young sters. . 1 1 . 4 f 1VITII THE BOXEBS. f Gus Ruhlln has been appointed, as physical director of the Princess A. C, of New York City. i Jack Dillon has signed to box with Tony Caponi in Winnipeg the latter part or the month. ' Eddie McGoorty, the Oshkosh mld ddleweight, now in England, has not been able to induce Jim Sullivan, the English champion to meen him. Ad. Wolgast will be kept pretty busy during the next three months. The champion has. agreed to matches with "One-Round" Hogan, Frankie Burns and Owen Moran. THROW OCT IIAIOTEB. (Continued from Page Three.) wick are placed upon the list for the first time. The list of events Is the same as that of last year except that the Javelin throw has been substituted in place of the hammer throw. The college pays the railroad fare to and from the meet for a party of four from each school and provides enter tainment for four representatives and the declamation contestants. Each school may send as many'representa tlves as H pleases, but only the ex penses of the above number will be met by the college. This interscholas tic meet has become one of the chief events in athletics In the Inland em pire and is participated in each year by a large number of schools. Gold, silver and bronze cups will be fur nished as prizes, besides large silver cups for the relay race, and the school winning the largest number of points in the meet, which are competed for In successive years and become the DroDertv of the school winning them twice in succession. , FORTUNES HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE AT IM'DLER AND THERE ARE MORE TO COME. Taking into consideration the fact that Imbler's fruit section has never had proper organization until thi3 Spring; that it has nsver had advertising along a regular campaign line; that the fruit has been sold lullici auu tliltlioi the ln Vt vm mirht zzz ' f .WW, taking into further consivieiat'cn that the orchard area has not been over)y large until now, it is of some consequence to know that several snug fortunes have already been cleaned up by orchard men. 'K 1 . . iThe Laidlaw purchase netted the owner a good re turn. In fact it was a deal that received prominence all over the West. 1 Other smaller transactions have shown profit to land owners. Are You in the Market for a Good Investment? When we say, "are you in the market for a good investment?" we do not mean have you $50,000 to invest. Not by any means, for the average investor invests his savings. Under the plans of fairness and equity which have been adopted in the Imbler dis trict it is possible for the man or woman with a few hundred dollars to handle an orchard tract. A tract that will increase in value from the date of purchase and one that will net the owner big returns if it is held. The orchard planting plan relieves the invest or frQm all care of his land except to go out occasion ally and look it over if he so desires. . And when you go to the Imbler district to look over your tract that has been carefully planted and cultivated you cannot help then feeling the import ance of your investment Fruit land is the one investment now on the mar ket for the small investor that is absolutely sure of returns. All you need to do is to select an honorable concern with standing to handle your tract. Those having good fruitland investment offerings in the Imbler district are: ' G. L. Cleaver, iLa Grande Investment Co. Wenaha Lumber Co. Sherwood Williams, vHill & Hibbard. u r