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SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1916. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE ELEVEN hit REAL ESTATE . 4000 ACRE STOCK RANCH 120 acres - Alfalfa, four crops yearly; 70 acres in bearing orchard; fine new house and barn and numerous other build ings in good condition; water in house; land controls six miles of River; winter and summer range to run 4000 cattle and 3000 sheep; stock never over three hours ride from home; California, climate; price $12.50 per acre; very little money required, owner has cleared $10,000.00 annually s for past 10 years off ranch. Best Stock Ranch in Northwest and biggest bargain ever offered as a money maker; will bear closest examination. 'Some trade taken. Address 108 A, care Observer La Grande, Oregon. 320 AROE, WHEAT RANCH, 11 mi from Elgin on main highway; 100 acres in cultivation, 90 acres more tillable; orchard; 7 room hou.-?e, good barn; well and 2 springs; all fenced with hog tight wire. Price ' $30.00 per acre; $5000. cash bal- ance in 6 years at 8 per cent. Some trade taken. Address 104 A, Ob server, La Grande Oregon. 240 ACRES, AT RINEHART STA TION, 5 miles Elgin, 2 1-2 Imbler on Main Highway, telephone, elec tric lights, rural route, 2 story plastered house, large barn, 150 acres under cultivation best soil, adjoinB Grande Ronde River known as the Henry Rinehart farm. Price $15,600.00 terms. One of the best Farms in the Grande Ronde Valley. Address 100 B Observer, f,a Grande Oregon. 210 ACRE WHEAT RANCH 5 Miles E. of Elgin, 150 acres under cultiva tion, abundant water from Springs, large house, two barns, county road on two sides of place 40 bushels wheat per acre is an average yield for this ground. Price $12,500.00 cash $2,500.00 balance on crop pay ment at 8 per cent Address 101 B, Observer, La Grande, Oregon. 560 ACRE STOCK RANCH and 45 head of cattle for $8000.00 3 Miles Minam, Oregon. 130 acres under cultivation, 10 acres now in Timothy 35 acres in flail wheat, 6 room farm house, barn, for 20 horses and 17 milk cows all fenced, abundance water open range adjoining, terms at 7 per cent. Trade considered. Address 103 B care Observer, La Grande Orsgon. 400 ACRES 5 miles from Lostine. Al! fenced and cross fenced 200 acres tillable 1"40 acres now in fall wheat plenty of good water, good barn and grainaries, house not very good, small orchard, good road to farm: this is in a good location. Price $26 per acre can give terms on part of this. Address 103 C Observer, La Grande Oregon. 474 acres 11 miles from Enterprise all fenced and cross fenced on good county road; rolling and valley; 100 acres Timothy FINE 10 acre alsace clover,, in neighborhood of 75 acres to be summer fallowed 2 good wjls and one good spring, 7 room house, carries $500 insurance, fair barns good grainary holds 3000 'bushels; young orchard. This is. a good grain and stock ranch. The price is $26.25 per acre, terms. $1500 cash will handle tjtis one. Address 104 C Observer, La Grande, Oregon. 40 ACRES 15 miles from La Grande, Oregon 37 acres in cultivation; 'i acres pasture, 12 acres clover, 7 acres alfalfa, balance in grain. Fair improvements, water in house and ibarn 3-4 mile from place is a good school. About $1000 worth of stock and implements included in the price. Price $4000. Terms if desired. Address 100-D, Observer, La Grande. 120 ACRES only 7 miles from La Grande, in the valley, on main road, school house on the place, 40 acres in alfalfa, all the balance to grain and timothy except about 20 acres used for pasture. Plenty of water for irrigation, buildings fair. This place is fully equipped with milch cows, hogs, chickens, cream separator, horses, harness, and all necessary farming equipment. Price $6000, state mortgage bearing - 6 per cent can be assumed by pur chaser, reasonable payment down and good terms on balance. Ad dress 101-D, Observer, La Grande. 820 ACRES, nearly all under plow, well improved, water for irrigation, 2 miles from railroad station, a splendid farm, tihnt produces equal to the highest priced land in the Grande Ronde valley. Price is $44 per acre, small payment, reasonable terms. Address 102-D, Observer, La Grande. LAND in Grande Ronde valley, six and seven miles from La Grande, water for irrigation, every acre un der plow, on main County road, for the very low price of $50 per acre. Small payment down, purchaser can have possession and practically pay for balance out of crops. Address 103-D. Observer, La Grande. Ore. ABOUT 1 1-2 ACRES on Island City road set to gooseberries Cherries and currants all in 1earing. Four room house papered, fine land wa ter for irrigation. A dandy small home that will help maks a living. Price $1850.00 Cash $300.00 to $500.00 Balance can be arranged on monthly payments. Interest 8 per cent Address 102 F, Observer, La Grande, Oregon. STOCK RANCH 1160 ACRES 12 miles from La Grande. 200 acres in cultivation and hay; balance fine .pasture, small house; two barns "fair fences; good water. 160 acres of this land is in forest reserve and was taken on account of the pasture near and the water on the land. Price $8.00 per acre. $4280.00 cash balance 5 years at (J per cent inter- est. Possession will be given at once. Address 101 t Observer-, La Grande, Oregon. 80 ACRES, 9 miles southwest of On tario, Oregon, and 7 miles east of Vale, Oregon, 3-mile from railroad, li miles from station. All into grain and alfalfa. All under good fence; two good houses, fair barn, two good wellss, under gravity ditch. Paid-up water right. Price $110.00. Address 100G, Observer, La Grande. 160 ACRES in Silver Creek Valley, Harney Co., Orggon. Creek through same, all sub-irrigated. A 1 grain , or alfalfa land. All tillable. 125 acres in cultivation. House 14 x 28ft, li stories, barn 14x36 ft granary, stone cellar, smoke house, tool house, chicken houses and yards. ' Hog houses and yards. 5 good wells. Joins unlimited range, i mile from Railroad now building. Price $45.00 per acre. Address 101G, Observer, La Grande.- 320 ACRES in the Silver Creek country, Harney Co., Oregon. 230 acres perfectly level, balance on bench, 40 acres now in crop, all under three-wire fence. ' Joins un limited range, J milo from railroad now building. Small house, a good grain or alfalfa ranch. Price $25.00 per acre. Address 102G Observer, La Grande. i - 80 ACRES, one mile from Ontario, Oregon, all under fence, 40 acres alfalfa, balance grain, fair house and barn, good deep well, under good gravity ditch. Paid-up water right. Price $2Q0.00 per acre. Ad dress 103G, Observer, La Grande. 200 ACRES, ten miles southwest of Ontario and 6 miles east of Vale, li miles from railroad station. 100 acres into alfalfa, bulance grain, all under good fence, under gravity ditch with paid-up water right. One of the best alfalfa ranches in Mal heur County, joins outside range. This is. an estate and must be sold at once. Price $110.00 per acre. Address 104G Observer, La Grande, Oregon. 90 ACRES of foot-hill land near the Nunn orchard which is about seven miles Northeasterly from La Grande. Most of this land has been logged-off, yet there is some good saw timber and a large quantity of second growth, more than enough in value to pay for the property. The land is not steep. Very little of it is rocky, running water most of the year, a splendid place for develop ing a home and a paying farm. The price is -420.00 per acre. -A small cash payment required, might take some trade and can. make terms to suit purchaser. Address 104-D, Ob server, La Grande. 40 ACRES on the fooMiill about 10 miles Northerly from La Grande on the West- side of the valley. This land is mostly covered with good timber, has never been logged, just the thing for some "farmer in the valley who needs wood, posts and lumber; not only valuable for im mediate use but a good investment Price is only $15.00 an acre with a small cash payment, easy terms and low rate of interest on balance. Ad dress 105-D, Observer, La Grande. RONDOWA on the Elgin branch, at the confluence of the Wallowa and Grande Ronde rivers. Good store and hotel building, splendid barn and other improvements, small or chard and several acres in fine cultivation. This property is lo cated in the center of a large and fast developing country and could no doubt be made the principal trading point. The soil is rich and there is an abundance of water. In the Rondowa tract there is 160 acres, the river running through it. and there are two other tracts of logged-off land of 160 acres each in connection. All together . this 480 acres can bo had for $15 per acre, reasonable payment down and long timeNon balanee. Address 106 -D, Observer, La Grande. CORVALLIS Modern residence nnd two lots well improved, within three blocks of Court House. All clear, worth $4500, to trade for property in La Grande of equal value. Address 107-D, Observer, La Grande. NORTH POWDER About 35 acres good level land just outside city limits, part in crop, all can be farmed, price $2500, mortgage for $750 which purchaser can assume, want some cash? can take some trade. Address 108-D, Observer, La Grande. MORE THAN ONE ACRE just out- side City limits, nice new bungalow, some trceai, good improvements, property easily worth $1200, can be had for $900 on easy terms. Ad dress 109-D, Observer, La Grande. 1040 ACRE Stock Ranch, 25 miles from town nnd railroad, 200 acres tillable, plenty of running water and springs; 7 'roomed house and barn, good winter range, close to forest reserve, ideal for horses, cat tle and sheep, price $12.50 per acre, I cash, balance 5 to 10 years at 8 per cent. Would consider some trade. Address 108-A, Observer, La Grande. 9000 ACRE Stock 'Ranch; 4000 till able; 1000 under cultivation; all fenced and cross-fenced; 3 sets of good buildings; 40 machine shear ing plant; 30,000 sheep have been run on this ranch annually for 10 years; in 1915 $42,000.") worth of lambs were sold; this ranch pro- duces an annual income of from $75,000 to $100,000.00. Suitable for sheep and cattle. Stock can be had with the place at market price. Ranch to be sold for the reason that part of stockholders have been called to Prance on account of the war. . Price $18.00 per acre. 8600 ewes and lambs at market priee. Terms. Address 110-A, Observer, La Grande. 520- ACRES, six miles from town and railroad; 100 acres in cultivation, 20 acres in meadow; balance bunch grass pasture; good running stream through land all year; farm land can be irrigated; timber on place for own use; all fenced and cross fenced; fair improvements; $20.00 per acre; easy terms." Address 105-A Observer La Grande. 640 ACRES, 12 miles from town and , railroad; 210 acres, in fall wheat; 200 acres more being broken now; good spring water;, fenced and fair improvements; $20.00 per acre and easy terms. Address 106-A Observ er, La Grande. - 1800-ACRE STOCK RANCH, 15 miles from town and railroad, 250 acres now in hay, 100 acres more can be cropped, plenty of running water and springs, all fenced and cross fenced, good seven roomed house, barn for 40 head horses and 100 tons hay, 2 other barns and gran ary, pasture land covered with heavy bunch grass, good automo bile road to town and telephone in house; owner retiring from stock business; price $22.50 per acre, & cash, balance 5 to 10 years at 8 per cent; would consider some trade up to $5000.00. Address 109-A Ob server, La Grande. TIPTOP GRANDE RONDE Valley Ranch 280 acres 150 in cultiva tion, more can be cultivated. Deeded water right; ten-room house with bath, cement cellar, electric power line, telephone, hot and cold water; barn 66 x 44, full basement holds 110 tons hay; shed 60x24; 1 big granary, woodshed, chicken and hog . houses. Price $20,000; $5000 down, balance six per cent. This is positively one of the very best ranches in the Valley. Address 102-M, care Observer, La Grande. INCOME PROPERTY FOR RANCH Have four modern, well-built homes in La . Grande five rooms and bath in each house, cement basements, connected with sewer, close in all rented, never unoccu pied. Will trade for ranch. Will assume some debt on good ranch. Address 100-M, care Observer, La Grande. 2200 ACRE Stock and Grain Ranch; 15 miles from town and R. R.; 550 acres in cultivation; 300 more cai be cultivated; 2 sets of buildings: creek and spring on place; all fence and cross-fenced; owner retirin from business; small amount of money will handle; would considei small residence property in trad iprice $12.50 per acre. Addrer 107-A, Observer, La Grande. FOR RENT FOR RENT Five-room modern house on Seventh street. Call Main 55 or see Dr. Richardson. 6-10-tf FOR RENT House, corner Oak and Spring Sts. Phone Farmers 18X6 or see Geo. H. Currey. 6-17-tf MODERN furnished apartments $10 per month and up, 1606 Washington avenue. Best in La Grande. Adv. 6-1 -tf. FOR RENTA large front bed sit ting room with bath; suitable tor two people. Two blocks from cen ter of town. Phone Black 3901. 1512 Adams Avenue. Adv. 5-26-tf. FOR RENT Five room modern cot tage. Inquire Cherry's New Laundry. Adv. 6-28-tf. FURNISHED housekeeping rooms. Call Red 962. Adv. 6-10 tf. FOR RENT Furnished housekeep ing rooms, 1914 Third street. Rhone 712. Adv. 6-29-3t FOR SALE FOR SALE CHEAP Modern five room house. Your own terms., By owner. W. C. Hansen. Adv.' 4-14-tf. FOR SALE Six room modern house. Inquire 602 Main street. Adv. 6-30-2tp. FOR SALE--160 aores timber land, $1,000; $400 cash, baknee stock. B. T. Roberts, 1603 X avenae, La Grande, Oregon. Adv. 4-4-tf. FOR SALE Work horse. Black 1642. -Adv. Phone 6-28-5t. FOR SALE OR TRADE 50 acres seven miles from La Grande; fenced hog tight; all in crop one third goes with place, also some im plements. Fair buildings; good springs; plenty outside range. Will consider good light auto ir exchange. Write or call 1603 Sec ond avenue, La Grande, Ore. Adv. 6-26-6tp. FOR SALE Household furniture, in cluding piano. In excellent condi tion, 1302 Sixth. Adv. 6-26-6t. WANTED Small furnished house, modem, close in; rent reasonable; young couple, no children. Apply office of Golden Rule Co. Adv. 6-28-tf. REWARD for return of child's black p'ush coat Call Black 1332 6-29-4tp Our Want Ads bring results. . lul : fl STANLEY COVELESKJE. LA SINGLES AND DOUBLES COMPETE. WILL Pendleton Tournament Will Be ited by Two Men. Vis- La Grande is going to have strong representation in the bisr tennis S ENTER TOURNEY tournament which begins in Pendleton ed and showed his twirlers how it tomorrow unless plans now laid fail, i should be done by pitching the re The pick of Eastern Washington, -the ' maining innings himself. v Umatilla county vicinity, Baker and I The local boys just naturally points east, is going to be present, wouldn't be stopped , from clouting and La Grande is sending tow men the ball and Wallowa couldn't con over who will doubtlessly uphold nect with Garrick at all and theire their own very nicely. For a time ' fore the score climbed and climbed there was some question ubout La ' until there is no te'ling where it Grande players entering, but a spe- would have got to if the locals had cial arrangement has been made- not played horse and allowed the whereby it will not bo necessary for Wallowa team to hold them down the contestants from here to play on anrt aiao to make the game more in Sunday and therefore they will at- teresting allowed Wallowa to scoro tend. La Grande colors will be car- fom. run8 to which they had no ried to Pendleton by General Secre-. ri(rht The Kamc from the 8tand tary King of the Y. M. C. A. andpomt of the 0l,i00ker was the poorest Norman trees. Both will likely en- exhibition given this season, ter m the singles and also enter as a gte the new shortstopi had the doubles teani. That combination is distin'on of mald fou hits out pmgto be hardto beatand Penlle-:of fjve times aml most of the ton might as well wake up to the fact oth b were not far behind him. soon as later. However stiff compe- h ; , ; c(m tition is going to 'be met, so that the ' was even c'tose Vll t6 be interesting and Enter- King ti 1 eSene'T M C.'a j -iP "T, tou.dt courts, probably, and Mr. Frees, the fame- A sfeore y, T h h?n f La Grande Tennis club courts. This I to .mh of. P."1 lbT V is one of the strongest combinations ' so. ' omitted but the final score that La Grande could put forth, al-iffter he s,core kee"er khad. hKu,ed ,T.i u i. i,., i,.,i ithrouch a dozen or so sheets of pa- gether in doubles little or none, and;Per was founL as near as he could this will be u disadvantage. V The extremely bad weather this week forbade any matches in the Y. M. C. A. tournament this week, but all interested hope to get it started next Monday. Sports and Motor News. Chas. McCrary is off today for Se attle to obtain a 1917 Grant for dem onstration purposes in this city. . . Incorrect mixture causes more ; at Wallowa. These two teams may motor overheating than all the other j play again later in Enterprise, causes combined, according to Me- Elgin will send a team to play chanical Bulletin No. 3 entitled "En- two games with Enterprise; at Jo gine Overheating" issued 'by the seph, July 4 and 5, at 1:30 p. m. Standard Oil company. joacn day. xnis win be tnc iirst. ap "A rich mixture is a slow burning pearance of the Elgin team in the lather than an explosixe one," . says county this season and there is noth this Bulletin. "The heat units vary ing to give a line on what strength directly with the proportion of air j the players will show. It is expected and fuel taken into the cylinder, and jthey will put up a strong game. En if more fuel is taken in than will terprise Chieftain, form the correct mixture, more heat f will be generated than the cooling ; Calgary. Alta., July 1. Govern medium will take care of, whach. will proposition the made today foI not only show a loss of Power, but lowi the tota, a.l)olition of the gue will very quickly overheat the motor, , of ,booze jn th provir)Ce ,uat midniKht. "It is very important that the en-; " fc gine should not get too hot and, on STX . it. i nmmllv import- ant that the cylinder should not be ' robbed of too much heat. The object American Invention on Holland Farm of the cooling medium is to keep the Proves Big Benefit. temperature of the . cylinders below the danger point, but at the same The Hague, Netherlands, June 28. time keep them as hot as possible to xhe first American ensilage tower secure the maximum results. j m Holland, which was erected last "If the motor oil keep its lubricat-: year on the j0hannahoeve farm at ing qualities well, it does much to . Oosterbeck by the Institute for Agri maintnin proper temperature of the . cultural implements, has given such cylinders, and experience has shown Kood ICSUts that two other towers that oil made from asphalt-base crude are now to be Duilt on the tarm gives best results in this respect. j which will provide sufficient ensilage ! pai7xs to keep the entire farm stocked A junior tennis tournament has i during next winter, been completed between the Imbler I. j The head of the Johannahoeve pro A. C. and the Y. M. C. A. junior in-1 ject asserts that the American method termediates. In this Imbler is the,js preferable to that hitherto in use victor. The last game was played j here. An excellent fodder for all yesterday at the Y. M. C. A. courts, j kinds 0f animals is thus produced, he In the afternoon a track meet wasjsay3( while the losses by fcrmenta held in which the visitors were 'badly tion are considerably less. He cornea beaten. As they did not enter in 1 1 the conclusion that as many as 44 every contest, such! points were notCOWs can bo maintained on 37 acres T aimnfo wlllnh ' 1 . 1 . 1 ' I . 1. IUU1II.CM. Ill Wic ,i.i.bo ...mi... .....,ny mt. nUW meUHKl, ttllU UlUt WIVII W run ott, tne winners were: 50 yards Galloway La Grande, Rollins Imbler, Taylor La Grande. 100 yards Galloway, Rollins, Lar sen Imbler. 220 Galloway, Rollins, Larsen. 440 Rollins, George, La Grande, Larsen. High jump Proctor La Grande, Kivette La Grande, RoUins Imbler. Total points Imbler 18, La Grande 26. In consideration of the Chautauqua, Manager Mclnnis has transferred the Sunday game booked for tomorrow here, to Imbler. He felt it expedient to do this even though it keeps him from homo two Sundays. Baseball Comedy Ends the Season A baseball comedy was staged at the Enterprise grounds last Sunday when Enterprise and Wallowa met Brother vs. Brother will bo .&p card offered when Hughry .n nlngs and Lee Kohl wilect their pitchers during the next series be tween Detroit and Cleveland. , Such a treat was suggested earlier in the season, the Idea be ing to pit Stanley Coveleskle, spit bailer of the pace-making Indiana, til-M: s'JiSS '& ,..; against Harry Coveleskle, the veteran left-hander of the Tiger staff, but Harry weakened al the clovonth hour, begging off on the ground that he didn't want to show up "the kid." Stanley Is a right-handed spit ball artist, 27 years of age and stands 5 feet 9 Inches tall. Cleve land signed him during Ue -vlnter. for the sixth game of the series which was to be for four out of a possible seven. The seventh game will not be played as Enterprise, by taking the sixth iby the score of 17 to 9 won four out of seven. Wallowa tried 'out a new pitcher and the home boys proceeded to bat him clear out of the box, making a regular joke of his twisters and fat tening their batting averages a great many points at his expense. After having every man but one clout the ball for severalinnings Wallowa re placed the new phenom with Jimmie Hayes who lasted one inning and was replaced by Sheltoa who had the same luck as his predecessors and Captain Guy Tulley became disgust- the story better than anything that could be said would tell it. A. W. Haggerty has been manager of the Enterprise team, making an enviable record by bringing it through with all expenses paid and money on hand. Sunday's crowd netted $108 at the gate. A start on another series of games has been made by the team with jKoscoe J. Ghormley as manager. The first game will be next Sunday ENSILAGE TOWER FAVORED. elusive stable feeding, they might even be maintained on about 22 1-2 acres, only an albuminous fodder needing to be added in the winter. Mnnej to I-on. On Improved real properly in Union county, no delays, current rates. La Grande Investment Co. Adv. MOTORCYCLE RACES (Continued from page 9) - be included in the company service record of each employo the same as if he had not engaged in miltiary ser vice. During such absence of an em ploye, the Life Insurance issued to him by this company will remain in full force and effect. 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