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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1911)
T I. PAGE 6 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1911. a it HUUAUU in w TOYS and HOLIDAY GOODS An Entire Room--25x75 Feet-Devoted Exclusively to This Glass of Goods With the completion of this new room in our basement we believe we now have more floor space actually used for the display of goods "than any other store in Eastern Greg the spam devoted to that purpose, we must have the goods to fill them. We have, arid WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION Everything in Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, House Furnishings, Ghinaware, Holiday Goods and Toys t Y n if 1 r" 4 ... : I PiEOP Opera Excuse Block La Grande, Oregon , y '' Vr znmm for B Lumber, Lath, Shingles and Rubberoid . . . . WENAHA LUMBER CO. Greenwood and Madison Sts. Phone, Main 732 ; Good Business ii for Landlords IF YOU HAVE HOUSES FOB REM YOU ARE NATURALLY INTERESTED IX HAYING THEM OCCUPIED RY GOOD, STEADY TENANTS. GOOD TENANTS HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT CERTAIN THINGS OF YOU. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE HOUSE WILL RE WIR ED FOR ELECT R3 CITY. IF YOUR HOUSES ARE NOT ALREADY WIRED, IT WOULD BE TO YOUR INTEREST TO LOOK AFTER IT. YOUR DOUS ES WILL RENT EASIER AND FOR MORE MONEY, YOUR DANGER FROM LOSS BY FIRE WILL BE GREATLY LES SENED, AND YOUR INSURANCE WILL BE VERY MUCH LOWER. IN FACT, THE SAVING ON INSURANCE WILL EASILY TAY OUR SMALL CHARGE FOR WIRING. WHY NOT TAKE TniS MATTER OF LIGHTS UP WITH US NOW! niONE MAIN 81. EASTERN OREGON LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY MM t 4 t M fl f H BRANCH LINE ENGINES PROVID ED WITH PLOWS. ' Rotary Being Painted Up and Put in Shape for Instant Senice Preparation for snow and ice on the Draucn ana mountain divisions is be ing made by the O.-W. here this week. Today tie patented snow cleaner on the outgoing brancn llue engine was aiiacnea ana tonignt the engine which came In from Joseph today will Ifc equipped with the arrangment which is operated from the cab by air, and is lowered to the rail at a moment's notice to clean snow and Ice or mud from the tracks. When the tracks are cleared the apparatus is raised to a Bare height. These arrangements were used to good effect last winter. One of the main line engines was also equip ped tnis way last nignt-and it will work on the Kamela hill where snow is to be anticipated In a few days. Snow Plow Under Repairs. A crew of painters Is working on the rotary snow nlow In tha round house this week. The machine has been put Into running order and much of it la already painted. The running sear and fans have yet to be painted ana thn the whole machine-will be Jum like new. .Anticipation of early snow storms Is responsible for the early ' attention to this mueh-needed machine In winter time. BUTTER FAT CLIMBS. ' Thirty .Six Ceuts Paid by Loral Cream. erles I ommenrintr Today. Cheese Hazel wood and Tillamook,! 25c. - . ' . Vegetables and Miscellaneous. Potatoes Per cwt, $1.50 Cabbage Per'cwt 1.50 Onions $2.25 per cwt. Cabbage Per pound, 2 and 3c. Celery-tPer bunch, 10c. . Peppers Per lb., I2c. Sweet potatoes Four lbs. for 25c. Sugar Cane, casb price $7.10; 30 days' time $7.50 per cwt Beet sugar, cash price $6.90, 30 days' time $7.30. Beans White, 8 l-3c: lima, 10 cents Fruits. Home grown appies $1.25 to $1.10 per box. Grade establishes price. Cranberries 20 cents per Quart Bananas 40c per doz. Oranges 50c and 55c. Feed and Grain. Alfalfa Hay $13.00 (retail). . Timothy $15.Q0. - .. ' Grain Hay $13.00. Snowdrift Flour, sack $1.40 Bran and Shorts $1.30 and $1.40. Oats $1.50 per cwt Rolled Barley $1.70 per cwt. Cattle, Hogrs and FoirL Cows 3c to 4c. Steers 4c to 5c. Hogs $6.50. Chickens Hens, 10c; old roosters 8c and spring fries 10c to 12c. Turkeys, live weight, 17 to 18c." Ducks, live weight, 12c. Geese, live weight 120. HUher cost nf I'vinrf and Increased rtmunernlon to U!ryi;in Is realized in a quotation to I.a Grande cream eilea today. Butter fat Is Helling at 36 cents a pound, a near-record price and butter at the retail shops has gone up accordingly. One-pound rolls ar quoted at 45 cer.H and two-pound rolls at 85 cents. The urgency of mere dairy herds In tMs valley Is pic tured In the hlKh winter prices and dealers say that th present supply U not nearly enough to gi around Few localities In the state afford bet ter dairy facilities md require a big ger supply than the Grande Ronde valley. Local market quotations todav; . Butter and Egg Eggs Itancheggs, 40c; storage, 35c, ery, 45c and 85c, retail nt grocers, ery, 40o and 80c, retail at grocers. But- Butterfat 34 cents. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money It falls to cure. E. W. GROVE'S slg nature Is on each box. 25c. If Mrs Beatrice Dierke PIANO RECITAL in La Grande November 20th The Greatest Artist on the Pacific Coast. A treat for La Grande people The Youth's Companion Calendar for 191. ; The publishers of the Youth's Com panion will, as always at this season, present to every subscriber whoa subscription ($1.75. Is paid for 1912. a beautiful calendar for the new year. The cover picture reproduces a water color painting or a bit of New Errand coast, giving a gl'.npe of breeze wept ocean, f smiling sky. tt warm, sunny rocks, whleti w!ll come like a breath rt sa'- air tr, tins,, who hvo cr.ee lived nvr thi sea nnd to th-se whose whol- life hns been passed In lar V The plc'i.v belnit in eight -ol-orf, the tones .if tea original aie faith fully reprodi'red. Steioattd's - Poena - House Mohday, November 13 A Play Every ChrisUan Should See VIOLA ALLEN'S GREATEST SUCCE THE WHITE SISTER From F. Marion Criwford's Novel. Presented by a Remark , able Company, including JEANNE TOWLER America's Most Beautiful Emotional Actress PRICES: 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50. SEATS ON oall SUNDAY MORNING k 1