FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1914.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE 8E-VEK.
There are many reasons why
you should,.
COOK WITH ELECTRICI rY
Let us tell you more about the
most convenient and modern
way of operating the kitchen in
your home.
Eastern Oregon Light & PowerlCo.
Telephone Main 34
BERRIES ARE
CHEAPER AGAIfJ
TWO AND THREE FOR TWENTY
FIVE IS PRICE.
Saturday Offerings to Be Liberal and
of High Quality.
Strawberries are down to three
boxes for 25 cents for common stuff
ard two for 25 cents on choicer
brands. These are principally Mil
ton and Estacada berries, and the
strawberry shelves will be well load
ed down tomorrow, and at nominal
prices besides. Saturday shoppers
will have a fairly good line of goodj
to choose from for the vegetable
goods are just in their prime, good
, waxed beans being one of the latest
additions. Beans are still high, how
ever, commanding 20 cents per pound.
Complete Equipment for Resetting and
Repairing Rubber Buggy Tires
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
' - D. FITZGERALD, Propreitor
Complete Machine Shops and Foundry
WE EXPECT A
RUSHING SEASON
in the lumber line. All indica
tions point to Lrisk building bus
iness this Spring, and we take
this opportunity to suggest ear
ly orders. We know our stock
and are sure of it. We want
you to know, and so print this
short notice.
WENAHA LUMBER COMPANY
Union Stockyards, Portland, May
29. Hogs developed the expected
weakness today, $8.15 being quoted as
top price, a drop of a dime. This
was really the top yesterday, but the
enange in quotation was not made
until late in the day. Cattle aro
steady, but little change is noted in
sheep prices.
Following are toduy's La Grande
market quotations:'
FRUIT.
Gooseberries 2 quarts for 25c.
Cherries, 2 boxes for 25c.
Strawberries 2 boxes at 25c and
3 for 25c.
Apples 75c$1.75.
Oranges 2535-50c doz. .
Banana- 40c per doz.
Figs 5c and 10c package.
Lemons 3540c.
Grapefruit 15c. 20c. 235c.
BU'lTER AND EGGS.
Butter Fancy creamery, 30 cents,
1-lb roll; 60 cents, 2-lb rool.
Ranch butter 1-lb. roll, 25c; 2-lb.
roll 50c. 1 .
Fresh ranch eggs, 25c.
VEGETABLES AND MISCELLANE
OUS. Wax beans 20c lb.
Radishes 5c, 310c.
Tomatoes 2oc per lb.
Fresh peas 2 lb.25c.
Sugar Cane or fruit, $5.40 a sack,
A Rooming House
and a Good Home
- .
I have the F. II. Tatman rooming i house for sale; completely furnished
for light housekeeping. This house is always filled. ,
There are 16 rooms; full basement; individual meters for each depart
ment. Large lot 80x110; connected with sewer and sewer paid for; Cen
trally located, corner O & 8th St. ; " i
The revenue now is and has been $91 per month, in addition to the owner
occupying five modem rooms. If purchased did not require more .than four
rooms the revenue could be increased to $101.
THE PRICE IS $6,000.00, the terms are $3;S00 cash and the balance on
monthly payments. If you have not quite $3,500 in cash come in and per
haps we could make terms that would be satisfactory.
Just occasionally in cities of this size lo opportunities like these present
themselves. 1 .
There is a chance for some thirfty housewife to enjoy a modern home and
make as much money as her husband.
Another feature in this kind of an establishment, the tennants do all their
house work, pay for their own light and fuel, consequently there is a profit. '
The interior of the house and furniture is in good condition and the ex
terior has just been painted.
INVESTIGATE THE PALMER LANDS. $15.00 Per Acre, $1.50 Per Year
If You Wish to Buy, Sell, Trade, Rent or Insure, See
He Who Sells
REALESTATE
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Geo. H. Currey
108 Elm Street
La Grande Ore.
Ph.ne Main 744
cash. $5.80 for 80 days; Beet sugar
$5.20 cash, $5.60 r 30 days.
Cabbage 5c (new).
Carrots 5c per bunch, 3 for 10c.
Spinach 61bs.25c.
Beans White 10c; Lima, 10c.
Beets Beets 8 lbs. for 10c
Green Onions 6c per bunch, 310c
Onions 8c10c, (small lots.)
Potatoes lc.
New Potatoes 10c.
Asparagus Walla Walla, 16c 2
for 25c.
Lettuce (Home grown) 25c lb.
Chili peppers 10c.
Rhubarb 6 lbs25c. (Home
grown.)
Turnips, 5c per bunch, 626c.
Honey 20c
CHICKENS AND FOWL.
Turkeys 25c2e, retaiL
Spring friers ja($25c, retail
dressed.
Hens 18c20c, retail, dressed.
FLOUR, HA1. FEED. ETC
: Blue Stem flour I1.M. ' '
Patent 11.30.
Snowdrift $1.45 sack.
Upper Crust $1.45, ,
Bea Foam SI. 20.
, Barley $1.07.
Timothy (to producer) $12.00.
Alfalfa hay (to producer) $8.50
$9.00 f. o. b. cars, baled, i . "
Oats (to producer) 95c$1.00.
Bran $1.16 per cwt
. Rolled oats $1.45 per cwt.
Rolled barley $1.86
Wild hay (to producer) $8 baled.
CATTLE.
Prime light .$6.757.25
Prime heavy ". . .$6.256.50
Good i. $6.006.25
Medium .... v $5.755.80
Cows, prime .'. ,$5.505.85
Calves $7.008.00
- HOGS.
Prime light $7.207.25
Medium $7.107.20
Rough heavy $6.206.35
Rough heavy $6.00G.3o
SHRKP.
Best Sprjng lambs $5.005.25
Wool yearling wethers . . .$4.755.25
Meat Cuts Ketail.
Neck boils 12 1-2 to 15c; briske
loins 12 l-2c; soup bones, 6c to 8c;
plates 12 l-2c; sho. pot roast 18c; arm
cuts 18c; 1st cuts sho. steak 15c; good
cuts sho. stek 18c; prime ribs 16 to
20c; wholesale 16. retail 20c; flank
boil 12 l-2c; kidneys Sc.: kidney stew,
12c; sirloin steak 25c; tenderloin
steaks 25c; T-Bone steaks 25c; rump
roasts 18c; round steak 20c; hind quar
ter steers 16c; hind quarter cows 15c;
front quarter steers 14c front quarter
cows 13c; hog, half dressed 13c; pork
loin chops 20c; pork loin whole 16c;
comb pork 14c; shoulder pork, whole
13c; link and bulk sausage 15c; ham
burger 8c; steer loins 18c; cow loin
17c; mutton legs 18c; mutton rib chop
20c; mutton loin chop 20c; mutton
steak 8; mutton slew 12 l-2c; whole
mutton 14c; half mutton 14c; veal
round steak 25c; veal Join cuts 25c;
veal rib choDS 20c: veaj sho. steak 20c;
veal stew 15c; half veal 16c; smoked
ham, whole 23c; brk. bacon light 25c;
brk bacon sliced 30c; salt pork 18c;
sliced ham 25 to 30c; boiled hams 35c;
boiled ham sliced 45c; smoked should
der 18c; lard i&c; liver 6 to 8c; tongue
15c; hearts 8c; salmon 20c; halibut
15c; smelt 10c.
Teachers' Examination.
Notice is hereby given that the
County Superintendent of Union
Ccunty, Oregon, will hold the regular
examination of applicants for State
Certificates at La Grande, as fol
lows: Commencing Wednesday, June 17,
1914, at 9 o'clock a. m., and continu
ing until Saturday, June 20, 1914, at
4 o'clock p. m. ' ,
Wednesday Forenoon.
Writing, U. S. History, Physiology.
Wednesday Afternoon.
Physical Geography, Reading,
Composition, Methods in Reading,
Methods in Arithmetic.
Thursday Forenoon.
Arithmetic, History of Education,
Phychology, Methods in Geography.
Thursday Afternoon.
Grammar, Geography, American
Literature, Physics, Methods in Lan
guage. Thesis for Primary Certificate.
Friday Forenoon. .
Theory and Practice, Orthography,
English Literature, Chemistry.
Friday Afternoon.
School Law, Geology, Algebra,
Civil Government.
Saturday Forenoon.
Geometry, Botany.
Saturday Afternoon.
General History, Bookkeeping.
Yours truly,
J. A. CHURCHILL,
IDLE MONFY
is that which you carry in your pocketbook or keep
at home. It earns nothing and a thousand whims;
and petty extravagances lie in wait You should
put your money to work; it has earning power that
is too valuable to lose by laying the money away
or carrying it with you. We suggest that you opea
. a Savings Account at our Bank. You will thank us. .
later for the suggestion. We pay 4 per cent interest.
The UnitedStates NaVl Bank
Capital $190,000 Surplus $13,000 Deposits $40,09.
OFFICERS and DIRECTORS
WM. MILLER
J. C. HENRY
J. L. CAVINESS
J. F. CONLEY
T. J. SCROGCHN
C. T. BACON
A. L. RICHARDSON
U. G. COUCH
GEO. T. COCHRAN
-JLiU
MASTER
COFFEE
"THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST
TABLE" IN ONE AND TWO POUND
TINS 45 AND 85c.
To those to whom the memory, of the incompar
able flavor of real "Old Government Java" is dear,
and to all who love the fragrant cup .which is one of
nature's choicest gift to man, we offer Old Master
Coffee with the guarantee that it is the very highest
quality of coffee which the world produces thorough
y aged, perfectly cleaned, carefully roasted, and
blended by experts of national reputation. .
There is a richness, a smoothness, a certain
Something that goes straight to the spot.
. Sole Agents
Pattison Bros. Grocery
'PHONE MAIN 80.
D. R. FONG MEDICINE CO.
CHINESE ROOT AND HERB REMEDIES
furr Bodily Diseases With Root and Herb Treatment
Phone 762 Free Consultation La Grand
141' Adams Ave. Ore.
Sanitary Pressing Machine
Dry
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EQUIPMENT OPERATOR
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MAIN 56
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