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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1913)
FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1913. LA GRANM PAG2SW0 I MODERN T"mm cwmmC. bridgihg, plate. making akb filling V ill TBI UTMttT r DR. D. J. GILL4LAND. Operator, PAINLESS ' DR. TH0S. a Oir&LART. Mr. ' rT A 19 IMS 1DAKS ATI,' DENTISTS f ERATO G btbods LA .. ' 0EAN9E Retail DepartmentT-Phope Main 8 For Lumber, Lath Shingles, Sash ind Doors ' uberoid Roofing GEORGE PALMER LUMBER CO. National Protective Service A COLLECTION SYSTEM THAT COLLECTS. We base the system that collects, H makes no difference bow large or email your ao counts, or bow far soat'ered your debtors, H Is eqaally efficient, equally successful. You ran use It In your business for tbose de Ifasowent aeeoaats. NO COLLECTION NO CHARGE ffcBe Bei 8M1 Roenj 9, Kewlfa Drag BI4f. union home . FIRE DAMAGED 9v0tmpm 1 ' sw w FBOKPT ACTION BY DEPABTMEM 3 . BIG AID.. . Testerday Afternoon Fir Threatens to Destroy Haynes Heme. , Union, March 21. (Special) Fire broke out about three o'clock yester day site moon In tbe home of Mrs. Link Haynes. Tbe alarm was sound ed and the firemen quickly responds and by prompt action had the blaze under control In a few minutes. It must have started from a defective chimney as the flames were first seen on the roof. Tbe damage will not be very heavy owing to tbe prompt action of the firemen. We only have a volunteer fire department bat they know how to fight fires and Union Is Old Floors Made Like New m i ii i a i i i 11 i " Have yoi an unsightly floor, rough, uneven, stained or dirty T ; If 7n hare I can pot H la first class condition, level, smooth,' clean, fast like a new floor and ready for any kind of a finish yu may , wtefc to put oa it Tie AUTOMATIC SCBAFEB AND POLISHES Make them Ilka new. For particulars call at, reen 10 Newlln's 6 rag buHdlag. or phone Red, SMI. G. H. RUSH , Contractor and Builder GARDEN SEEDS A full line of first elass garden seeds display. ' New is the time to buy as our line is eomplete. FANCY APP1JES Lucinda and Rome Beauties ..50c OUR HOME-MADE SAUERKRAUT IS SPLEN " : . V DID' THE GOOD THINGS COST NO MOKE THAN ORDINARY TH1NAS IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO BIT. Stageberg Grocery , PHONE MAIN 703 YEGETABLES IX SEASON ALL THE TftOE. Synopsis of tbe Annual Statement of THE PHOENIX INSURANCE COM- !. PANT of Hartford, In the state of Connecti cut, ,on . the 31st day of December, 1912, made to the Insurance commis sioner of the, state of Oregon, pursu ant to law: Capital. Amount of capital stock i paid up ..$2,000,000.00 Income. Premiums received dur ing tbe year In cash.. $5,176,471.41 Interest, dividends, and rents received during , , year .. ........ 456.900.71 Income from other eourc- ' es received during year 50,943,60 Total Income $5,684,315.72 ' Disbursements. , Losses paid during the . M year ...$2,738,007.24 Dividends paid during : year on capital stock . ' and stockholders tax.. 375,496.95 Commissions end salar ies paid during the : year 1,481,258.35 Taxes, licenses, and fees paid during the year.. 152.726.81 Amount of all other ex penditures .... 437,519.72 Total expenditures ...$ 5,185,009.0,7 Assets. Value of real estate own ed $ 141,013.38 Value of stocks and bonds owned 4 9,650,170.50 Loans on mortgages and collateral, etc 86.700.00 ...9LLand the man went down to the Cash In banks- and on hands 758,842.94 Premiums In course of collection and In trans mission ...... ....... 1,009.796.41 Iu'crcit und rent due and accrued and other assets ... 159,526.18 Total assets ..$U,S0is.O49.41 I D R. FONG Total assets admitted - In Oregon 111.806,019.41 Liabilities. Grogs claims for losses unpaid $ 485,001.34 Amount of unearned pre miums on all outstand- 1 Ing risks 4.975.957.27 All o'her liabilities ..... 190.U00.OO aV ' U h MEBieiKR CO. Branch of Baker City Offloe CIUNKSE HIMI AJiD ROOT BJWfPIES Our wonderlat tU giving herbs will abMtaitasr exUrpate every bn purity fre the system. No drugs, ae pImb, aon-alco-bolhs. F R t. E CON FIB USU CONSULT ATtON FKFE Those llvrag eat f town can cure theneervas at hacae with our herbs. Write te aa for par tl on I are. Offlea Hears: to 11 a. m.; I to - p. m. v Sundays to 1$ , m.; t ' I p. m. Tetepkeae Xato 72. . Offlett .1412 Adams Avenge LA ORAEBR, ORFflON. Total llabl'tiri ex clusive of capital stock of $5,650,958.61 Total premiums In force December 31. ,1912 '...$9,580,882.70 Total r!sks written dur ing the year $ 46.860.77 Grose premiums receiv ed during the year ... 71.M2.62 Premiums reurned dur ing the year 16.755.28 Losses paid during the year 26.960.69 iosses Incurred during the year 26,187.57 Total amount of risks outstanding In Ore 4ton. December 31, 1912 $3.S!M.667.fl0 The PltT'ONIX INSrRANCH COM PANT. T!v D. W. PKH.TOJJ, Pres dent General agent for Orepon : IIAjtCVBY WELLS, No. 324. Cham ber of Commerce Building, Port land, Oregon. Resident agent: WST. MILLER, La Grande, Oregon. STYLES that (denotes fashion t THESE are clothes that are rec ognized as the Universal Stan dard. We; are showing ': every i new color, style and pattern; including aw extensive assort ment of various weaves and iaucy effects h blue serges Every garment iBonr stock is 'equal in styTe and fit to the finest made-to-measure g&rme a t ' . . Prices are no more than ordi nary clothes; but you get more than you expect. - See this gorgeous showing made '. . especially for our Easter Trade L ASH BROS. La Grande proud of her fire fighters. ' , From two to three Inches of snow fell in Union on the 19th. We had a blizzard in the afternoon for awhile when It cleared up and turned very cold. It was the coldest night in March that we have had so far. Mr. Ready and Mrs. Priscllla Soren- son surprised their friends by going to La Grande last week and getting married. They have the best wishes of their friends for their future hap piness and prosperity. It Is rumored that Leland Clarke, otherwise known as "Boots" was married on the 18th mst. to a young lady from North Powder. Boots Is j well known to the baseball world. Miss Edith Hunt visited wl:h friends In La Grande this week. . i Mr. and Mrs. Terrall, Dr. Law and Seymour. Johnson were business vis itors in La Grande Tuesday. ' Rev. Cockrum has organized a teachers' training elass and starts out with eight members. Tbe class meets on Wednesday evening. i.Mts. Mulholland Is very sick with tonsllltis. .Mr. and Mrs. S. 0. Swacfchammer are expected home from California this week. Mlsa Ruth Scrlber Is complaining of a sore throat for the past fewt daya. Glen Taylor left for his home In Buhl, Idaho, after spending a with his uncle. Dr. Law, 1 . Mrs. Dtck Slater of North Powder Is vlHlnr with relatives this week. , - Tie Mothers' Faverito. A cough medicine ror children should be harmless. It. should be pleasant to take. It should be effect ual. Chamberlain's dough Remedy la all of this and Is tne mothers' favor- ' tte everywhere. For sale by all deal i ers. ' 9 if&mvti If iftgflLaWfuMgi HWJsraMBkBiaa None Better Than I Old Geyser Brook .yWrfsifr.;1 ;12 Whiskey It's mellowed and aged in wood; pur .? ity guaranteed. -Also distributor of Budweiser and , Hop Gold Bottle Beer. U, LOTTES r Wholesale Limner Dealer, ; , 1118 JEFFERSON ATEHUK PHONE BLACK (1 day i S - ft Attention, Sir Knights. Eastern Oregon Commandery No. 6 have accepted an Invitation to ob serve Easter services wl'.h Pendleton Commandery No. 7 on next Easter day In their city. ' Eastern Oregon Commandery No. 6 have arranged for a special train to leave La Grande at 7:30, on Easter morning, arriving In Pendleton aoout 10:30, returning the same evening. The committee on arrangementi have secured a 1 1-3 fare tor the round trip which will amount to $3.00. The rate Is good to anyone desiring to avail themselves of this excursion, j Those contemplating going will notl- j fy L. H. Russell, chairman of the committee on arrangements. By order of tbe Eminent Comman der. L. H. BUS SELL, $-J0-tt Recorder. NEW HATS MADE From Old Ones We clean, reblock, put on new ribbons and sweat leathers. ' Panamas and straw hats bleached without injur ing the fibres. The only equipment in town for doing this work. . THE WARDROBE A. J. McLeod Open Evenings Tailoring, Hat Blocking, Cleaning and Pressing. ! - . . i - -. -vKn-mx&mttr ; 4 -, J.