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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSkSVEft.
.THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER CI, 1911.
THE OBSERVER
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MAT APPEAl BATE DECISION.
La Grande and other Interior towns,
who are Jubilant over the outcome of
the Spokane rate case In which In
terior towns-received consideration of
a material sort at the bands of the in
terstate commerce commission will
have to carry the fight still farther If
a news article treating on thii subject,
and appended, Is authoritative. ,
Conviction spread among Portland
shipping Interests that the transcon
tinental railways will fight tbs Spo
kane Reno rate decisions of the"'J in
terstate '-commerce cohimUsion. Fnorii
California comes the statement thai
the losses In business sustained :
ecntly by the railways will be present-
NTtoe Woes of a Wealthy Wid;
ow ' Vitagraph.- Comedy. The
widow has her woes but we have
the laughs goodand plenty. .Lay,
ers upon layers of fun with
plenty of good sense sandwiched
between. It Is xood and you
will like it. ,
"It Happened 'I the Wesf-i
8ellg. drama. The call of' th
5
3 V blood causes an tducated Indian
ll .4 . . , . ..
iu icluiu iu uis qwq people, itva
rMnm pnd the awakening. The
i t " - "-B"""-"! WMlUftH all U
gf instructive.
"Love and Sllenct" Ameri
can ' Path. Drama. 'What an
innocent man surfers for the
tr men or anotner because of a
f love affair. Very strong picture.
if Bpoingnt song by .miss stephen
Ii aon: "Roses and Memories.1
f PhftnirD nf trnrrtm fnn. Mmon
a week ; Sunday. Moada;-sWed
. nesflay and Friday. ' 7-' "
YOU ARE ALWAYS 'WELCOME-:
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A
Strong
Efficiently conducted, not only In the Interests of its stock
.holders, but of Its debitors and lwtrons as well;
.With ofliclul well knWand trustedj In the roramnnlty.
With cajilUil, snrjilns and undivided roflts of $210,000,000
and total renonrces of $1,000,000.00. '
The La Grande Jiallonal Bank offers to Anna, coryora.
Uons and Individual the Ut banking service, and Its ofrt
fera ak a personal Inten lew with those contemplatlna;
fhanglng acconnta or opening new ones.
La Grande NationalBank
LA GRANDE. OREGON. . ,
CAPITAL ' .
SURPLUS
RESOURCES
Fred J. Holmes, fires.
F. L Meyea, Cashiet
IMMItM I
ed to the commission as ground for a
rehearing. It is assumed that this
will be denied. Then the logical pro
cedure will be to go before the court
of commerce for an injunction against
the rate ordered by the commission ta
king effect October 15. In the event
that this is denied, and the court of
commerce refuses to extend relief to
the railways, the next step is proble
matical, but is generally apprehended
to be a horizontal increase in both
terminal and Interior rates on the
transcontinental lineB.
Many facts point to a determined
railway opposition to the commission's
intermountain decisions.. The July
statements by the Northern Pacific
show loss of $1,000,000 in revenua for
a similar period last year. President
Howard Elliott emphasized while here
recently that th Northern Pacific for
the present fiscal year is 9 or 10 per
cent behind in its general Income.
Other roads of the west complain of
losses equally great, or nearly so.
Where such losses are being sustain
ed under present revenues, the rail
way people ask how they can be ex
pected to accept a reduction in charges
which will aggregate 10 to 40 per cent
tm kttrlm trffl
Another loss being suffered by the'
railways is more significant than that
In gross earnings. There is an alarm
ing increase for the fiscal year ending
June 30 in. Panama Isthmus tonnage.
On the Panama railroad the east bound
tonnage for the fiscal year increased
110 per cent and west bound tonnage
more than 100 .per cent. :
With the big lines losing revenue
and tonnage this year and their ter
minal business all threatened with ab
solute destruction when the canal Is
01ned unless they can cut rates fur
ther, the railways are on the horns of
a dilemma. If they cut at tha termi
nals to meet the boats, the commission
will demand a proportionate cut on
interior business, and with the loss of
much terminal business as Is Inevit
able from Independent steamship com
petition, the railway. men declare they
cannot cut on anything. . '
' This, situation seems to bring the
transcontinental lines to the condi
tions, which were teared after the canal
opened. . Far sighted traffic men insist
that the canal will force the railways
out of the terminal haul, so long as the
Spokane ."decisions jjtands, and this
will .nvean that they must raise rates
for Interior shipments. To raise for
.the interior, they must, raise at the
I terminal also. To increase at the ter
minal means turning the whole busi
ness there over to the boats, making
interior traffic bear the whole burden
of the railway systems of tlje west.
'. Fnr five weeks the traffio men of the
railways have been working on the
problem at Chicago. They must act
before October 15. As that time ap
proaches, the attitude of the railways
becomes the all-absorbing topic of the
went, for something revolutionary is
expected.
An article that has real merit
should In time become popular. That
such Is the case with Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy has been attested by
many dealer. , Here- ia one of them.
H. W .Hndrlckson, Ohio Falls Jnd.,
wrltei), VChamberlaln's .Cough Remedy
le the iestxox tcuighs,olda ,a4 croup
and is my best seller." For sale by
all dealers. i , eod
Modern
ank
. $ 100,000.00
. 105,000.00
l.ooo.ooo.oo
W. J. Church. Vice Pres.
Earl Zundel.ss';. CasA:er
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j Q '$ OOOOGO0OOSiS
Classified
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FOR RENT Partly furnished rooms
for llghthousekeeping. Inquire of
Mrs. N. Larson, 08 cor 3rd and J.
9-15-6t
FURNISHED ROOMS , FOR RENT
' . Everything' first class. Bath. In
' quire 2201 North Fir. 9-15-7t
FOR RENT Two furnished rooms. In
quire at 2001 Second street. 9-15-6t
LOST Gold bar pin letters'or.M. A.
E. Finder please return to Hill'e
drug store. 1 . 9-15-6t
WANTED Position as housekeeper,
Phone Red 3222. 9-14-6t
WANTED A modern unfurnished
house at once. Inquire Dave Clark,
court house. 9-12-tf
LOST Black auto cushion between
La Grande and Hawes bridge up the
., -. . . .
office.
8-31-tf
FOR SALE A desirable home, on rea
sonable terms and easy payments;
a nine-room house with? acre of
land; pood location. Address P. O.
box 254, Wallowa, Or. (A. 19, S 19.)
FOR SALE Dry 'chain wood Id any
quantity, 11.60 per cord at the Per
ry yards. Grande. Ronde Lnmbe'
company Pe.rry, Ore. i ' C-lD-tf
WANTED School
room and board.
H09 Wash.
girl to work for
Mrs. C. Ralston,
.: 9-19-tf
FOR SALE A good milch cow. In
quire J. D. Kerr, 701 Adams and
. Firsst. ; 9-16-7t
WANTED To . buy a - home In La 1
Grande. Have $500.00 cash to pay
down. Address G. A. R. care Ob
. server . ' 9-16-4t
WANTED School girl , to work for
board and room. Phone Black 112.
9-16-6t ' ,: ; :
FOR RENT Furnished steeping
rooms. Also fine' housekeeping
suites, strictly modern. Inquire 905
; Spring street. Phone Black 388
: 9-20-i2t . ' 1
And NOW
"MA" SAYS
"Yes, I'd been usin' coal-oil
lamps for years. Thought I'd
. got too old to change. Got kin
da used to them and I didn't
talte much stock in electric
lights. People said they cost so
much more than oil-lamps, and
the Lord knows with everything
' so high I just felt we couldn't
afford thi3m. When pa wanted
to put them In. 1 waj against it,
but he was set on It, so finally
I said,' 'well, go ahead.'
"Well, In a way, they do cost
a little more. Then in other
:, wayp,. they seem pretty cheap,
r after all. - They certainly save;
me a lot of work Ultfn' and trim-;-iUipdlan'vftnd.
ii: rliasJpV.
around trying to get an oil lamp
to burn right. Now when I
want a light I just push a but
ton; It does the rest. '
"Then .the children studyln
their lessons at night need the
. best light they can get, for good
ness knows it's hard enough on
the eyes anyhow, without strain
In' them with smoky, dirty old
oil lamp. ; '.
"I do all my Ironing with an
electric Iron and I'll tell you
lt'a a big savin' with wood and
coal so high.; I don't have to
wait for Irons to heat or bother
changin". irons. I can do my
Ironing In, half the time and
'with a whole lot less work.
"Noi I guess the people that
kick about electric lights "being
high are the ones that haven't
got them." j
People who have once used
electric lights are never, satis-
fled with any others. It's the
people who don't use thm that
.think they can't afford them. Ask
us for rates.
EASTERN 0RE60:i
UGHT & POWER GO.
"READY TO WEAR' GARMENTS
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COATS kUIT SKIRT
K)R WELL DRESSED WOMEN.
and
SIEGEL
Tttractive Suits. Most
of the new styles are
very plain, tailored
with the popular habit
fcackskiits. !
NEW LINE DRES S WAITS.
GIVE US AN HOUR OF YOUR TIME TOMORROW.
and inspect the fullest line of "ready to wear", garments we have ever
been able to offer vou.
WOOD A R VINDICATED.
'
Grand Jnry Finds Baker Man Was U.
Justly Accused Recently.
(Baker Herald.)
Mike Woodard is receiving th-a con-'
s-ratulatlons of his friends, today as
the : result of his vindication by the
action of the grand Jury last evening
in returning a not true bill on the
charges brought against him by Mrs.
Orr and on which an Information bad
b-sen filed against him by1 the district
attorney. l .. j f ''
1 . Mrs." Off told a highly sensational
story: to t)i effe;C,t"that.4Vo.odard had
roughly treated her with the result
that she spent a couple of weeks In
the hospital. She said that she- had
been taken to Woodard'a house by the
cab driver when sh stepped from an
evening train and that the assault
had been committed In hie house.
"The case required nearly two full
days of th-e grand Jury's time and was
For ' ' :
WOOD
and
COAL
Phone Main 6
MintMarshmallous in 10c tins
Barallona Filberts .
Fimppi Almonds ACr"mNul
Toasted Rolls Peanut Butter Flavor
OCCASIONS
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SILk & WOOL DRESSES
"We are showinz the most
complete line of hieh oualitv
Dresses ever shown in La
Grande in Messalines. Chif
fons, Taffetas. Serees and
Worsteds.
ALL SIZES. ALL PRICES
GAGE BROS.
fully Investigated by that , body, a
large number of witnesses having
' bee BUDDoenaed. Mr w,,,-.,
defense was that he told tfcs woman
that when he found her in his house
he asked her to go away and that
he then went to his own room and
knew nothing further about the case.
Woodard was not arreBted aid was
at liberty oh his own . recognizance
nil the time the case was being In
vestigated. j Jiotlce of Impounded Stock. -:No'tice
is hereby', given that Tin the
15th day of September, 19Ut4I took up
while running at large, in the city of
La Grande, Union county, Oregon, the
following described animal, towit:
One aged bay horse, fifteen hands
and three inches high, weight about
1125 pounds, branded with a W, with
no shoes on. had bell on at time of
Impounding. ;
That I impounded said animal In the
city pound of the city of La Grande,
Oregon, under and by virtue of an
ordinance thereof, and will, unless the
owner claims and pays the costs of
keeping and impounding said animals,
at the expiration often (10) days from
this notice, I will advertise. and sell
aaid animal as provided by the ordi
nance of the city of La Grace. Ore
gon. ' .
Done and dated at La Grande, Un
ion county, Oregon, this 18th day of
September, 1911. ;
J. W. WALDEN. '
Chief of Police of the Ciy of La
Grande, Oregon.
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and
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Newest models in long
Coats. Military. Polo,
and lar?e ; collar ef
fects..' ;; '' '' ;','.':'.
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FINE MILLINERY
TheQUAUTY STORE
DR. P. A. CHARLTON, Veterinary Sw
, geon. Office at Hill's Drug store,
La Grande. Residence Phone, Red
701; Office Phone, Black 1361; Id- .
dependent Phone 63; Both Phones
at Residence. '
Grande Rbnde
NURSERIES
(Trade Mark.) :
Foreign and domestic
roses and shrubs. :
trees,
We guarantee to give satls
. faction. We do not claim our
price to be lower than the low
eat but claim the quality of the
stock Is -the highest attainable.
Therefore when comparing our
prices with others please bear
In mind that all trees are not
-alike: Our main specialty lies
lH satisfying a customer and fil
llng his order with trees of the
most excellent quality. , Orders
large or small will receive
prompt and careful attention at
our hands. ,
L. W: HORNBECK 8 CO.
. ; ' Office '. ; '
Grande Ronde Valley House
, La Grande.
THEY ARE
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