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t;a oraxde evening observer, . Saturday. October 5. 1912.
Sole agents for "Nemo" and "Henderson" Corsets. Ask to see the dainty hand embroidered hand-
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kerchiefs.Our "Ready-to-Wear department is the center of attraction for particular dressers
ST
MEN Compare our $15.00 Fidelity Suits with those
sold elsewhere at $20.00.
New merchandise of highest quality on display in ev
ery department.
The Quality Store
Our Men's Store
AN EXCLUSIVE SHOP
CONDUCTED ENTIRELY
DISTINCT FROM OUR
OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
Our same high quality
throughout this stock. The
product of America's best
tailors on display at. very
reasonable prices.
Sole Agents for
Benjamin Clothing.
Society Suits.
Fidelity $15.00 Suits.
New Fall Coats
Only the most fashionable
styles are to be found in our
showing of hand tailored
coats for fall and winter
wear.
Our prices are far below
what you would expect to
pay for such high grade gar
ments. Let us show you.
$12.50 to $40.00. '
Misses' Coats, $5.00 to $17.50
Sole agents for Munsingwear
-.uunsmgwear has no equal an underwear at any
price. You can't wash" out the fit or finish and they i.t-
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tteeir ui'iier man uuiers. xi is tne most saiisiacioiy w
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as wen as tne most economical underwear you can
buy. v ;
For Men
For Women
For Children
TTNim uttt5 UNION SUITS UNION SUITS,
fl.ilU LU Jt.UU $1.UU IO $.IU
$2.50 and $3.00
Pants and Vests 9ants and Vests
90c to $1.75. 65c to $1.00.
Wear them You Will Like Them
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OF INTEREST TO EVERY WOMAN Our alteration department is in charge of Madame Hall of Portland (an expert fitter, who has spent several .years with some of
the best stores in Salt Lake and Portland and we guarantee every garment to be fit and finish perfect. .
WEST'S I We Feature Xtra Good Clothes for Boys WEST'S
You'll be surprised at the difference when your boy puts on an Xlragood suit. They wear longer, too.
The Quality Store .. ; . - prices $4 50 to $10.00. - The Quality Store
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS
EDITOR ADD OWNER.
Imtered at the postofflce at La Grande,
Oregon, as lecond class matter
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
HIj, single copy 6e
11 T, per week 15e
Pally, per month tit
AS TO TYPEWRITERS.
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We can all remember when it took
$150 to purchase a flrst-clasB bicycle.
Then $135 was enough, then $125 and
before long $100 would g?t ehe beat
on the market. Then the price kept
coming down, until now on-qunr;er
of that sum will buy a better machine
In every way, than those formerly
selling at $150.
About the same time that the bi
cycle came into common use, the
typewrites also made its entry.
Twenty years ago typewriters had
become practically perfect mechani
cally, and they sold at $100 apiece.
The twenty years have gone one by
one, the production of machines has
Increased prodigiously, the cost of
production has decreased and compe
tition supposedly has Increased and
what do we pay today? Just one hun
dred dollars for a first-class "stand
ard" machine no more, no less, than
twenty years ago.
Is that not an. odd and peculiar fact?
And it gets more odd and more pecu
liar when we read what "American ma
chines cost abroad. The tariff reform
committee has had an agent looking
Into the prices of American protected
articles abroad, and he discovered the
Interesting fact that an L. C. Smith
machine, which sells at $100 to an
American, costs Just $.15 In Newfound
land. If we turn to the tariff law we find
that typewriters are "protected" by
a 39 pPi" cent duty. Thnt certainly Is
a "protective" uC'.y Iht't protects. It
protects the manufacturer's p0CCtr
book to the tune of at least $30 on
each machine. Evidently a typewriter
f an be'made nnd sold at some profltat
$5.r. Probably that price Includes a
fair profit because the Smith com
pany Is not selling machines abroad
at cost Just for the fun of It. How
complete and Ironclad the protection
Is we can gather from the fact that
last year we Imported just $399 worth
of writing machines, while we export-
The Strength
Of A Bank
U based on the character of its assets, and ot the men be
hind It. J.
This bank, for twenty-five years a pillar of "e agth In
this community, keeps Its resources hbsolutely clean and
dependable.
. Its officers will always that Its assets are of such a
character that Its strength can never be questioned.
Upon this basis we Invite your confidence and your sc
coant La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, ORBOON.
CAPITAL ... $ 100,000.00
SURPLL'S . . . 120.000.00
RESOURCES . . . 1,000,000.00
FBI;- .'. HOLVZS,
Iveslle at.
T. L. KETIRS,
Oswktor.
V. .. CHURCH,
fin Pres.
lAti inrart
Assist Caskiar.
DaaifnaUd Depository ot the United States Oovsraaieot Vatt
ad ttatas Postal Saviors Depository. '
ed $9,778,498 worth nearly one-quarter
of our entire production.
This is an interesting fact for the
average man to think over, for the
average man either uses a typwriter
or would like to own one. There is
hardly a person who has any writing
to do, who would not like to own a
typewriter It is not a lawyer's mar
chine. It la not a business man's con
venience, like an adding machine is.
It Is everybody's machine everybody
who writes. If typewriters were sold
at from $25 fo $50. they would be In
reach of hundreds of thousands of
people who now do without them.
Especially they would find an immense
market among the farmers. Many
farmers do a lot of writing, and their
business by mail increases every year.
To a man who writes even one or two
letters a week, a typewriter would be
exceedingly convenient, to say notUlng
of the writing and copying done by
other members of the family, the farm
Inventories, the figure work of various j
kinds, and the occasional articles, re- j
ports nnd papers that mot active men
and women have to write from time
to time.
Of course a typewriter Is not one
of life's necessities. It Is a necessity
only to business men. To others it
is a convenience or a luxury. But the
point of the story is the fact that a
machine that costs us $100 costs a for
eigner only $55, and that it still 13
"protected" to the extent of $30, al
though no machines are Imported. In
view of such examples it Is not sur
prising that the American farmer re
fuses to warm up over Canadian re
ciprocity.
In July the politician shakes hands
with you. by August he inquires fi r
your wife, and in September he Is
anxiously solicitous for the welfare of
your children.
New Orleans has established he
commission form of government. I'p
to this time the omission form of rrv
ernment has been In vogue there.
time and place given.
All persons having grievances re
garding the 1912 assessment may ap
pear before such board and present
their affidavits containing grounds
for complaint All such affidavits must
be presented during the first week of
the meeting of the board.
D. M. CLARK,
Assessor for Union county.
10-3-12 to 10-19-12.
TREASURER'S CALL FOR ROAD
WARRANTS.
Notice Is hereby given that the un
dersigned county treasurer has funds
on hand with which to pay all war
rants Issued on the road fund and en
dorsed by the treasurer not paid for
want of funds prior to Sept. 4, 1912.
Interest ceases on the above warrants
after Oct. 5, 1912.
JOHN FRWLEY,
Treasurer of Union Co., Oregon.
10-4-10t
The Rest Ever.
The .company which will present
"The Lion and the Mouse" at ' the
Stewart Theatre in the near future
has a really wonderful array ot well
know npeople enlisted In the ranks
ot the organization. The management
do not believe in the too common
system of "one or two giving .he
whole show," but hawe organized
what is undoubtedly one of the strong
est casts ever brought together.
Snopplng bags at less than price
for next five days. These are strictly
up to date Bags At Sllverthorn's fam- '
lly drug s.tore. . 10-5-3t
It Is said that Great Brltian has
more women workers in proportion to
Its population than any other country.
There are 616.000 dressmakers.
Mrs. Sarah Christopher who has
been appointed a Ore Inspector In New
York City, should be a good discoverer
NOTICE OF MEETING OF BOARD
OF EQUALIZATION.
Notice Is hereby given that the
county board of equalization tor
Ualoa coanty, Oregon, will attend at
the court house. La Grande, on Hon
day, October SI. 1912. and publicly
examine the assessment roll, correct
all errors In valuation, descriptions
or qaalrtles ot land, lots or other prop
arty, as assessed by tb coanty aj
aassor, sad It shall bs tn duty of all
parses laterested to appear at tb
I a Grande must grow--it's location and re
sources give assurance that within a
short time it will be the Spokane of Oregon.
At its present rate of increase and growth
it will soon double its population and its pay
roll. When it reaches that stage in its career
Con nor dale will be practically the center of
town for this city must grow down Washing
ton Avenue and cut into the valley. Values
will then be out of sight. They are low now.
Go down and see for yourself.