MARKETS tocAi amp state
SWEET POTATO
LATEST COMER
POTI
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FRESH FRUITS FLOOD LOCAL
MARKETS TODAY.
Small Shipment of Sweet Potato at
. i a Very Reasonable Price.
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Sweet potatoes at 8 pounds for a
quarter. That U the latest arrival in
La Grande markets. Big mealy yel
low ones, long; thin ones and fat short
ones were included, in the first, ship
ment this' year, and local dealers are
prepared to supply any and all de
mands as to size, quality and kind.
The shipment of early Crawford
peaches which sold at 75 cents the
box during; the earlier part of the
week are just about exhausted and
the price of those in the market now
is about 11.25.'
Some of the grocers have on dis
play this morning an extra fine grade
of Payette cantaloupes. The melons
are of uniform size and are sweet and
juicy. - ' i -
- A few gallons of cherries, plenty
of apples, peaches, peach plums,
grapes, pears and a few berries are
in stock at all the stores.
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BE SET
Pflf'ATtfl.Ii HI ITlTfriVi? ta ni?rnn
FOR NORTHWEST.
Market quotations today are:
,. Fresh ranch eggs SOc. ,'.-.
Butter Fancy creamery, 40 cents 1
lb. roll; 2' lb. roll 75.
Ranch butter 1 fl. ro)l 30c; 2 lb
roll 65c
Flour, Hay, Feed. Etc -Wild
Hay (retail) 113.00. .
Timothy $15.0018.00.
: Alfalfa hay $13.00 (retail).
' Oats $1.40 per cwtt
Bran $1.15 per cwt
Rolled oats $1.50 per cwt.
Rolled barley $1.30.
I How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be, cured by Ball's : Catarrh
Cure.
? P. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last IS years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
triHiBactlons and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
: NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
' .',;.,. ,: Toledo, O.
' Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting; directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
seat free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take BaU'a Fauily Pills for cosstipstieo.
Sub-Agencies of Nrth Pacific Asso
. tion to Abide ;
At Pocatella, Idaho, August 30th,
will be held a meeting for the formal
organization of an Idaho potato sub
central, and the making of grade and
pack rules for the .handling of pota
toes. l' With an' assurance of 2,000'cars
of potatoes from South Idaho, North
Pacific fruit distributors for the sea
son of 1913, i will handle potatoes in
carload lots from any district in Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho and Montana,
where the established grade and pack
rules are strictly complied with, and
where the potatoes are definitely sign
ed under contract to a local now or
ganized or to be organized in affilia
tion with one of the sub-centrals of
the distributors. , ......
J. U. McPherson, the present state
horticultural commission of Idaho, has
been employed ' as general superin
tendent of all field operations, and he
will be assisted by inspectors working
under his direction, and under the
same rigid rules that now govern the
inspection and handling of fruit This
department will- give its time exclus
ively to the business of potatoes, and
outside of the superintendent, : in
spectors and experienced and capable
potato salesmen we are now employ
ing, will require no additional over
head expense in the handling of po
tatoes. South Idaho now maintains a high
grade and pack on potatoes because
potato growing there in many places
is an exclusive and serious business.
For this reason and because the sea
son is too far advanced to call a meet
ing from the four states, the distribu
tors will accept for 1913 the rules of
crrade and pack which are adopted at
the Pocatello meeting. "'X'
Blue Stem flour $140.
Patent $1.30, .. . ', ..
'White Qaarr $1.40 sack
Snowdrift $1.40 sack.
Sea Foam 1150. , V
Elkhorn flour $1.40. T
Vegetables and Miscellaneous.
Celery 2 for 25c. -Onions
$2.50 cwt., small lots 2 l-2e'
Young onions 3 for . 10c. '
, " . FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL ' ' - ,.;..''
OREGON STATE FAIR
Salem, Sept. 29-Cct. 4, 1913
; A whole week of pleasure and profit; $20,000 offered in premiums
on Agricultural, Livestock, Poultry, Textile and other exhibits.
Horseraces, shooting tournament, fireworks, band concerts, Eu
genics exposition, children's playground and other free attractions, in
cluding Boyd and Ogle's one ring circus. '
Free Camp Grounds. You are invited.
i Send for premium-list and entry blanks ;
' Reduced rates on all railroads." For particulars address
J Frank Meredith, Secretary
SALEM, OREGON. '
LONE HAND
IS COSTLY
SO AFFIRMS PORTLAND FRUIT
EXPERT.
Individual Shipping to Be' Expensive
, .-. Experiment, It Stated. .
Portland, "Ore., Aug. 23. Troubles
are in, sight for those apple growers
of tse Pacific northwest, who per
sist in playing into the hands of
speculative interests by trying to Bell
their fruit outside of the regular mar
keting interests, who are in a position
to secure the widest possible markets
and therefore the best values. This
is the opinion of shipping experts.
Owing to the disastrous effect of
last year's marketing of the apple
crop, it is stated that quite a few of
the growers of the Wenatchee and
other districts, intend to "go it alone" ,
this season. They claim , that
their experience with organizations
last season was of such nature that
they could not afford to duplicate it
The fact that those who shipped in
dependent of the regular ' organiza
tions received far less than those who
joined in the selling movement with
their neighbors, seems to have, been
lost sight of.' Disaster is, therefore,
not only threatened to the seceding
growers but to all producers if the
former carry out their' plans of open
competition for business. '"
There never was a time when apple
men needed good returns from their
product as they do at the present
time. Last- seasons' experience no
matter which way they marketed is
one which thej would like to forget
with the least possible delay. This
year, unless .they persist in ruining
the , markets , for the established or
ganizations, producers are likely to
receive the best prices in years. Only
their own bullheadedness can change
the situation.
The market this season will be en
tirely the making of . sellers. If the
various organizations are allowed
full sway in selling) prices are very
likely to be satisfactory but the re
verse will undoubtedly be true if pro
ducers stampede and fight among one
another for the trade. ;
There is a big crop of oranges
promised in California this Beason,
and therefore, it behooves growers, to
stand together in their efforts to ob
tain the best possible price. '
boil 12V2c; kidneys 8c; kidney aue
12c; sirloin steak 20 to 22e; tenderloin
j steaks 25c; T-Bone steaks 25c; rums
roasts 18c; round steak 20c; hind quar
ter steer 16c; hind quarter cows Me;
front quarter steers 14c r6nt quarter
cow 13c; Ipg, hnli. dressed 13c; pork
loin chops 20o;. pork loin whole 18c
comb porK 34c; shoulder pork, whole
13c: link and bulk musses 16c: ham
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burger 15c; steer loins 18c; cow loins
17c: mutton legs 18c: mutton rib chop
20c; mutton loin chops 20; mutton at
sho. 15c; mutton stw 121-2c; whole
mutton 14c;. half mutton 14c; veal
round steak 25c; veal loin cuts 26c;
veal rib chops 20c; veal sho. steak 20c;
veal stew 15c half veal 16c; smoked
ham, whole 22c; brk. bacon, light 25c;
brk. bacon sliced 30c; saH pork 18c;
sliced ham 25 to 28c; boiled fcuraa 28c;
boiled ham sliced 40c; smoked rhosV
der 15c; lard 16c; liver 6 to 8c; tongn
15c.; hearts 8c; salmon 20c; hallbu
18c; smelt 10c;
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Better Beer
LEMP'S BEER ON DRAUGHT
Try FALLSTAFF, the King;
of all Beer
LOTTES BAR
1118 JEFFERSON AVE.
New potatoes 2c.
Beans- m.-' i-dc: line., 10 cu
Cabbage -3c lb. ' - -
: Young turnips 5c; 310&
Cucumbers field, 5c, 8 for 10.
,' Fresh tomatoes 10c; $1.15 per box.
j Stringbeans 3 for 25c.
Green corn 20c a dozen.
Sweet potatoes 3 lbs. 25c.
Frait, Hit.
Cherries (home grown) 5c lb.
Peaches $1.25 per box.
Blackberries $2.25 per crate, dew
berries 10c; blackcaps, 2 for 25c.
', Cantaloupes 10c, 3 25c.
Watermelons 3c.
Grapes (malaga) 15c.
Lemons 6 and bOc.
Green-apples (home grown) 4c lb.
Oranges 35-60-60c.
Bananas 40c per dot.
. Sugar Fruit sugar, retail (cash)
$6.00; same grade 30 days, $6.40.
Beet sugar; Cash $5.8Q; thirty days
$6.2. "'
Honey 20c. i lbs. for 60c.
? Cattle. '
Steers, prime, $7.00$7.35; good to
choice, $6.50; common to fair,
$4.O0$6.00; "cows, top, $6.00
fair to good, $5.00$5.50; bulls, $3.50
(5$5.00; stags, $4.00$5.00; calves
choice, $7.00$8.0O.
' i Sheep.
Top weathers, $3:35; fair , to
good, $2.25$2.75; ewes, best, $2.50
$3.75; fair to .good, $1.50$2.00 year-
ling Jambs, best, $4.60$5.00.
Hogs.
Best, $7.50$7.85; common to good
$6.80$7.00.
Chickens.
Sprng friers 30c retail dressed.
Hens 18c retail.
Meat Cuts Retail.
Neck boils 121-2 to 15c; brisket
poins 12 l-2c; soup bones 6 to 8c;
plates 12 l-2c; sho. pot roast 18c; arm
cuts 18c; 1st cuts sho steak 15c; good
cuts sho steak 18c; prime ribs 16 to
20c; wholesale 16, retail 20c; flank
Russians Heavy Drinkers.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 23. tSartling
protf of the tremendous increase in
the consumption of intoxicants in the
past ten year's, an J incidentally . of
the enormous fmam.al success of the
government's liquor monopoly, is pre
sented in cf ficial. statistics publish d
today in connection vnth the new bud
get.,'. The liberal oreas calls it, "the
drunken budget". The annual Bale i f
ulool.o! is rih d l have grown from
t .1,000,000 p.)llo:is to 240,000,000 gal
Ions, and it is vMinuted that in th
current year the 1 1. 1 al income front
this source 'vill te ' $400,000,000 r
mere thnn one-fourth the entire rev.
etnue of the empire. '
, When the government monopoly of
the sale of spirits was esetablithed
in 1895; it was confined at first to
four governmental departments but
within a decade it has been gradually
extended to the whole of Russia with
the exception of a half dozen of the
smaller outlying provinces.- Since the
establishment of this system the gov
ernment has sold to the people., of
Russ:i nearly three billion gallons of
vodka alone, and sociologists 'agree
that the amazingjn-e valence of drunk
enness and crime among the lower
classes is attributable almost solely
to this fact At the time, the govern
ment piously announced that in tak
ing over' the liquor business it was ac
tuated less by the hope of financial
advantage than by moral and hygien
ic considerations. . They said the priv
ate saloon keepers; were ruining the
people and that the government must
step in and prevent so much intemper
ance. ,':' .' " . .
The result has been 'Just what. op
ponents .of the ,. project, predicated-r-systematic
alcoholization of the Rus
sian people. . Graphic illustration of
-the system was furnished in the re
cent official inquiry among school
children of Ekaterinodar. Out of 6,-
721 pupils it was Ranted that 63 per
cent drank. Of these 25 per cent hod
taken to drink at the age of eight; 20
per cent at the age of seven, and U
per cent at the age cf six, while many
were found who had been, supplied a
steady diet of vodka at four years of
age.' - ;' : v-,,.r.
A recent medical congress here
ascribed the alarming spread of men
tal diseases among all classes to ex
cessive use of intoxicants, and the of
ficial journal of the ministry of jus
tice admits that "the general connec
tion of alcoholism and criminality
among the masses is becoming evi
dent." Figures, are given showing
that .in districts where the consump
tion of spirits is above the average,
there is always an increase in crime.
The apalling increase of suicide also
is attributed to the government's sys
tematic alcoho'ization of the empire,
it being-almost in direct ratio to the
rale'to intoxicants. . In the past ten
every million to 35. In larger cities
evry million to 35. In' larger cities
the figures are even more striking. In
Moscow in the past six years the num
ber of suicides has quadrupled, and in
St. Petersburg it has increased from
five in every 10,000 inhabitants to
16.4. More than 300 public school
children who are allowed to buy intox
icants because the government sells
them, took their own lives last year.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
firm of Clark-SnooW Produce Cq. is
this day dissolved' by mutual consent,
D. M. Clark, retiring from said form.
All account owing said firm will be
collected by Mr. Snook and all bills of
the firm will be paid By Mr. Snook.
Dated Lu Grande, Oregon, August
19th,. 1913.
W.
D.
Adv.
SNOOK,
CLARK.
8-19
Notice Special Stockholders' Meeting.
Notice is hereby given to tfte Stock
holder of the Grande Ronde Reservoir
Co. that there is a special stockhold
ers' meeting ealfed for Saturday, Sep
tember 20, 1913, at 2:80 p. m. at the
Commercial crab rooms, for the pur
pose of asking the stockholders to.
instruct the direction to tell or dispose
of the company's property and also
for dissolution of the corporation! '
. By order of the board of directors.
GEO. STODDARD,
Vice President
FRED J. HOLMES,
, ., Secretary Pro Tern.
Aug 19 lmo. , , Adv.
the city of La Grande, Oregovu
the construction of hail surface paw-.
munt, together with gradipg aal
drainage, as follows; ' On the alley be
block 106, . CnaplinV addStfo, SGS
square yard? of paving, same tavfc
constructed according to the plan sad
specifications on file in this
All bids to be in by 8 o'clock p.-1
September 3rd, 1913,. and" accoa
by a certified check for 5 per cent afT"
the amount bid. The eounciT rtBssrwjsj
the right to reject any and all Sadte.
La Grande, Oregon, August 2Iafc.
1913.
LEEWARNIC3C
Aug 22, 5t '. Adv. City Kecordnav
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
' Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the council of
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
. Notice is hentbv riven that
bids will be received t the council T
the city of La Grande, Oregoss, ftar.
the construction of a concrete nsw.
voir, estimated cost la (flvmjtju
Fourteen Thousand Dollars, saaa te
be constructed accordiig to tte sSsass
nd specifications on file in thi
l.a All KM, n K tn . S --- --
iv vs mffMtf w Bfr u if W svasssssiissss.
p, mn sepiemner ora, xvia, ana ssb--companied
by a certified check fir S
per (yent of the amount bid. Tire eassjs.
cil reserves the rigRt to reject angr
and all bids.
. La Grande, Oregon, August flat,'
1913.
LEE WARNICK.
Aug 22, 6t Adv. aty
! Don't Overlook This
You can cook on your ELECTRIC IRON by using the UTILITY .
. HOLDER; Costs but 25 cents and enables you to invert your flat lros ' ,
into an efficient heater, useful for many purposes. - After the current.:
r 1b shut off from the Iron the heat will remain in It for long time ',
keeping anything hot that you may place upon it..' It warms' diM:
baby's milk, keeps the sharing water hot and often saves you builaV -.
ing a fire in your. Range. Better get one today. :- , ' :(
, Don't forget if your house ia not wired that for a small: nay
ment down you can have it wired todae. If you have not investigated" :
this liberal offer, phone us and our Representative will call." Mtaj ;ji
have taken advantage of this why not you? - Phor.s Main 34. '
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Eastern Oregon Light and Power Co-
Always at Your Service . ,
Irregular Kidney Action.
Just as soo nas kidney and blad
der irregularities occur,' whether the
urine is too frequent, too , scanty, is
burning, or leaves a full feeling in the
bladder, then you have a warning that
should start you at once to taking Fol
ey Kidney Pills. You need them, and
they are a strong and pure medicine
that will help you at once. Try them.
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Bargains in Real Estate i
820 Acres 60 acres under cultivation. Small patch oil alfalfa, abeo -
135 peach trees,, some applespears etc., 208 acre good lanVca .i
be cultivated. One half million feet of saw timber on place and
four good springs. All fenced.'' Rural route by door,, telephone :
i line near house. Will trade for a residence in La Grande wovtb
..... from $1500.00 to $1800.00. Balance part cash, and will take a: .
mortgage for security on other half, or will sell tutight;. andJ
, will take $2500.00 down and mortgage on balance. . Six roomeiV
'.v house partly finished. ? --,(.:',.
Three 'and Three-Eighths Ajres At Union, Oregon, all fenced; Un- ;
der good cultivation, some alfalfa, some potatoes and-garden,
cow pasture, good seven-roomed house with nice hall, rock
r cellar, good barn, chickei. house and 'other outbuilding!)..' Thi
place is adjoining the city of Union, Oregon. Will trade for some
good property in La Grande, i Price $3600. y ;'""-'''"
208 Acres Three miles east, of city of La Grande. " 60 acres in fall
- wheat, 25 acres in spring grain, 80 acres in alfalfa, balance in
pasture, but some more of it can be cultivated. 50 shares cf
water right in the La Grande Irrigation Ditch. . Small orchard
two years old. Four-roomed house, good cellar, good shed, bar.
Halfvof the crop harvested goeswith the place. There is a
mortgage on this property for $3700 which can run yet for f oui
years at 8 per cent interest.' Can be assumed or paid oif. Price
$70.00 per acre, terms to be arranged on balance of payments
We have four five-roomed modern houses, close in on the north side
of the railroad track. Will sell either one of them for $2560
each on terms of $200 down and $20 per month. , - ,
4 lots 60x110 feet each, beautiful . modern home of seven fim'sned .
rooms and two more may be finilhed.. Good cement cellar un
der house. ' Fine barn with lights and water, will ' hold three
head of horses, one cow, buggy and five tons of hay. Private
garage adjoining. ' Place .is all connected with sewerage; A
. splendid bearing orchard on lots, cherries, .apples, pears,
. peaches, plums, apricots and splendid strawberry patch. Beau
tiful lawn and shade trees. ' Situated on M street near High
School. Price $5000.00 ".' .
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C. J. BLACK & COMPANY I