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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1904)
.. I V LA GRAND 4 VOLUME III. LA GRANDE, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31. 1904 NUMBER 74 observed i Only IS days more Annual Clearance Sale Only 15 day of oar . great annual clearance sale -gone by, during which time we simply surprised our. selves at the wonderful patronage the prices we are telling merchandise brought to us, and there are still ..; ; 16 DAYS LEFT . . For the public to secore the greatest values ever of fered in Union County at prioes so extrenjely , lo that competition is uot a comparison ' , i .l X ir ; WE DON'T THIltk YOU'RE FOOLISH ; ; If you trade elsewhere. We simply think yOu are;-.' misguided or have not investigated. Take an hour ,; off aud let us show you some of the advantages to be gained hy trading here. Within the last twelve month cotton has advanced 55 per cent.' You'd hard ly think it to see our present prices on cotton goods. TIK H BW LWW During this sale up to date, we bave sold i more ' mens suits than we anticipated and we can candidly . state that every department in our store ' has moved likewise. If the people who have not seen the ,br- . gains offered by us during this sale were to call at the ; : store and compare prices and value., they' would. : go away with their arms full. We are positive of this ' from our sales during the past 15 days. Remember, yen have 15 more days to get in on these . j SLASHING PRICES - Every article in our store reduced oxcept thread, -Patterns, Douglass and Reed .shoes. See our a $5 Mens Suits $5 V $1 Shoe counter $1 $1 Shoe Counter $1 The Chicago Store, MURPHY BROS., Props. 1209 Adams Ave. La Grande, Oregon LEADERS IN LOW PRICES. J, III, We have extended our sale to f The Last of Only three days 5 out prices iu all of our departments. Bargains in UNDERWEAR BLANKETS JACKETS AND Being offered. It will pay to avail yourself bargains offerings. J. M. BERRY Only 15 days more BERRY the Month $1 DRESS GOODS ARE STILL of these last few days of -- TOOK THE PLACE Two Men Enter Lewis ton Saloon and . Re ceive Proprietor And Guests of their Pock. . et Change. Lewitton, Idaho, Jan. 30 Tw3 men entered the Court saloon In Ken drick, Idaho at 12 o'olook last nisut acd held up 11 men,, aeoming 140. Among the victim) ui oona table, whom the robber relieved ol a re volver and overcoat. The robbera were nnioaaked and acted with' bold neaa. - ' ' . - Obituary Bery amine F. If almei, youngest son of Robert H. and Hannah Palmer waa born In Delaware Co. Penn. Dee. 11, 1851 and died in Portland Oregon Jan. 27 1 9C4 aged 6S year, 1 mo, 16 daya In 1855 be earns with bia par ents to Glenwood Mills Co. Iowa where he lived until the apring of 1864 from there be etoued the plains to the atate of Oregon in wbioh ' be lived until the timeol bis death. The deceased leavea a wife and two child ren, two brothers, four siatera, an aged mother and ; host of Irienda to mourn bia loaa. Moral Wave When atate, eointy or oity office rt in Oregon, reaolve to execute tbe htwa whioh io tbeir official ot's tbey swear they would abide by maintain and exonte a atartled public ejaoula- tea .'! "A moral wave." Thia cry eimea up from Albany. A ricsot diapatoh fiom that oity reada. Albany, Or. Jan. 27 "A. moral . wave struck the oity oouncil of Albany last nii t.- and aa a result . Albany will berea'ter be a closed town A resolution was passed which ia dr- signed to auppresa all gambling, se cure rigid enforcement of tbe ,aw authorizing Snnday closing of saloons baniah the slot machines from the oity and effect other reforms." . County Expence The coal of running Union County, for tbe year 1903 waa 9 )3,133 26. Estimating the population of the! County at 20,000 tbe per capita ex pense wat two dollars, sixty five cents ann aix milla. Comparing th'a expense with the expense of rnoaiug the national Gv ernment, and eelimaliug the pipu la ion ol the United Stales at 80,177' 000 it would take 1 1, 655,910, 112 to ruo tbe United States one year. Tbe expense of the Uuiled States for 1903 were 1506,272.073, fifty per cent oheaper than Uaion county ai run Disagreed The Jury in the case of the atate vs. Cbaa Rowland charged with tbe arceny of a doubletree, failed to agree, ,nd wore di-ctiarged. Tbia may and may cot end tbe affair. Pleaded Guilty E. W. Bartlett, yef e day pleaded guilty to the charge of trespassing before jutlloe Win Grant who will pass sentence Mondiy. Case Dismissed The caw tea' nt marshal Bavburn I and Jatk Hill aa aet yea erday at I two o.olock and dismiaaed as lbs prot ecution lefuied to give bonds lor coals. Ben Ross Dead The shooting acrape at Elgin baa resulted in the death of one ot tbe principals, Ben F. Rest. An Inquest waa held yaa'.srday I. J. LILLIS PRACTICAL UPHOLSTERER.... Phone 1223 Shopi P. St. between 3d and 4t afternoon by Justice of tbe Peaos Mooreiook and Sir tbe jury - had listened to the teetimouey they ar rived at a verdiol of justifiable home oide." From tbe evidence bfi.ugut before tbe coroners jury it would seem tbat Boae waa the agreesor in tbe trouble and that bia aaaault upon Bator waa auob a nature tbat Kaaor shot bim in aelt defenoe. Raaor la lill cod fined to bia bed on account of hit injuries and there is tome little doubt expreated by soma regarding hia reo.very. Hewaaaeverly beatru about the face and alao auataioed some very painful iojurlet in the cheat and lungi. . ( The oaute of tbe death of Rota ia aaoiibed to the fast tbat tbe ' bullet wbioh entered tbe shoulder ranged toward and penetrated the lung Boat waa a member of tbe K. of P lodge at Elgin and the funeral will be conducted there tbia afternoon under the auepioes of the order. .. 2,000 Out of Work Pateraon, Jan. SO Two thousand people were thrown out of work by tbe burning of the Ashley : Bailey Mills, here tbia morning. Tbe loaa is extremely heavy. . J, B. Stoddard returned yesterday from a businesa trip to Sumpter. ANOTHER CHAPTER OF WAR GUESSES. - ' ' . ' '" " '' ' ' ?rom All Appearances Neither Side is Anxiou To Fight, But Each Desires The Other To Quit-Russia b Getting More Soldiers In the Field. St. Petersburg, Jan. 30 Tbe Nova Vremya today print a liat of 28 re- aerve regiments wbioh bave been or- dered inoreasf d by battaliona. Tbe paper adds that aim! lar ordeia bave been issued to all other regi- mente. LONDON SKEPTICAL - London, Jan. 80 Despite bellioose reports tbo offUiala continue to as sert tbey would be uiuob surprised should war between Japan and Rus sia be declared. t'fittfiwww0'ti : i TH0MIS B. U.S. Senator LA GRANDE SOON TO Measert Harper aud Smith, proprie tors of the Cove, Union creamery yta terday made arrangements when by they will a art oreamery in tbia city and will teturn the Brat of the week to secure a suitable room. Tbay placed their order yesterday for a carload of machinery for tbe new plant which will arrive about tbe fi'tt of Marob. Tbey have bad thia move in con templation for over two years. Tbey realize tbat La Grande la so situated aa to be tbe meat central point in the valhy lot tbe ool ection ol oreaoi and thil city will also furnish a good mar kat for fiesh cream and buttermilk. A rccu't partial canvaa In thia vic SUNK THE SHIP Anarchists aae Charged With Placing Bombs on Magazine of the Transport Vienne -All on Board Go Down With Her , Parie, Jan. 80 Offiolal Inquiry concerning tbe rotating trantport, Vienne, reveala evidence tending to prove that tbe veuel waa blown tip at tea by an anarobltt'a bomb wbioh waa nlaoed In the maeaziua of v the boat before it tailed in December for Tonlon. Snapioion ia faatened on the keep er of tbe magaitoe who Hidden ly die appeared, from tbe Vienne. There were bU offioen and men on board. Every rffort i being made to . locate tbe keeper .. . ' St. Peterbtiig Jan. 30. Novo Vrem ia aaya it it impossible for Russia to enter into an understanding w t'l Japan concerning Manchuria, but re gardlug Korea, she is willing to (tire Japan lull rights aoib of the 3Dib parallel, it Russia ia permiated to con trol all north of lint line. ' Jiipan must, however, agree not to fonlly any part of Korea. Thia is to be the maximum ot. Russia's concession to Japm, Aa I he Nova Viiemia is fre quently inspsred omcially' it is be lieved thia publication foreshadows' Bussia'a reply. . j. KERNS, from Utah. HAVE A CREAMERY. inity by Mr Harper reioltcd .in se curing the product of 260 oowa wbnn the creamery is roady to start and this number will be greatly increased. These gentlemen are not notice in the creamery business by any infant They have made a grand success botb at the Cove sod Union and have for the patt atveral monthi purubased cream from a number of farmera near thia city. La Gran le has needed a gcod creamery for a number of yeara and ia fonunate in tecu ing ot e to bo opera! ed by men who are well known in this vr.'.ley and havo lb' utmost confi dence nf their purnnl. J o)il Not BHieyeable A niort improbable atoiy cornea from Kentuckr. Tbe conceit ia g od one bay tbe location in Kentucky givea itaway. ' The idea that a man lived a century in Kentucky and waa never in a law suit or iu a oourt houae borate our orodulity wide open. The ditpateb loan Ohio paper reada tbua: Mayking, Ky , Jan. "Uuole Val" Buab, 103 years bid, died here yesterday. He was an- oo?ntrio cbaraoter, never having bten inaide of tbe Courtbonte, although ha lived but a abort distance away. He waa never a party to legal con troveraiea, nevertaw a wedding or a corpee. : . ' ... ' He died in the aame . log but in wbioh be bad lived for tbree quartera of a century. ; " .. ' '. : IOOO MEN KILLED Mimic. War is About as i Dangerous As Real' Thing-Light Headed Officer and Unintelli gent Subordinate Do thi Work. lirllii,.Jau SO. Advices are raid to liavecoiuti from atlioritatlve source in Russia that during the rwut maneuv ers of Ki.saian. troop", U.and Dukes iKerge (,ilso uvcnior general of Mos cow) ordu id a liidse bh wii mi (nr. gettiug that the .. aupers'.rnoture waa covered with troODS. An nnlniellloont subordinate obeyed the orders and aa a result ou omcers and 1,000 men were killed anl wounded. The dlspatcbea suppressed the news, and the grand Duke's removal from the army and loaa of position aa governor ia said to be certain. , ' TAFT WILL ASSUME OFFICE MONDAY AViSIliNOTOS. Jan. 30. It linn hnor. arranged that Governor Taft shall take the oath of office aa Secretary of War at noon Mond-iy at the War Depart ment. if - f I i - ! 'rs l'1 i " i - I! ' ' M I ' ' it i She $biir 'y Jl aataM to m, MIL- It Mils?, J T I j aaQssWsm ELECTION NEWS Island City Decides To Become art1 Incorpor ated Town and Elects A Complete Set of Officers. - r Island Oity has had1 its first election ' ana now hat a full fledged set of of- -floera. . Tha list ia oimplste from mayor to marshal. The lollowing are the newly el-oted olllonrs Mayor,. W. 4. Hunter, Ooiinollinen,' 8. E. Rine hare, Ben Brown', J. A Garrity, U- G, Ofunh. O.H. Birtwll,.E E Kiddle, Beoorder O. W. Ellsrot h, Marshal. . Wes. Walters, Treaaunr, A-. R. Hunter, - T.ie question, whether or not Ia- , 1. id o y ahould inoorpuat. ' was - teUled ia the affirmative by a large oiajuri' v, The new , offiuors are all well known busiueas men of Island : City and there is no donbt bot that' His ado IsiBtration o! tho oity will be" busmen like aud tbe oituens are to ba . oongriiiulaied upon their wise choice. Overland to California The. Orook County N we rays: Mr. O. J. Johnson, who drove a band of ' cattle cveriand from Crook County to -California, starting last September, ' returned boms on January 28. C. .1. Johnson returned Saturday ' from Oroville, Oal., where he sold 733 head of cattle during tbe past two montbt. ' The bunch waa made up of yearlings and 2-yoar:Qlda and a few cows and the entire number brought $21 per head. Some Vicious Dogs Last Sunday afternoon, three vicious dogs in Nortn Union attacked a litt le son of Mr. Moaaman, bit him aud would have probably torn ' bim to -pieces but for tbe timely interference of Mr. A. H. Gaylord, who beat off the dogs and killed one of. them. While the boy la reported to be oov seriously injired.it rarght, have been worse. Mr. Gaylord ia to be commended for . hia prompt action .-Union Republican. ' 1: k