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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1904)
if-facajawac ir. wen. n i 3? - EVENING-OBS VVEATHjER FORCCAST Tonigbt and Tuesday rA.tr.. :' -' 4, . VOLUME 111 UGRANDE. OREGON, MONDAY EVENING. MAY 9. 1904 . NUMBER 159 LA .-,7 141' :., c-i i. i SHEEP WAR STILL , GOES MERRILLY ON Three Thousand Killed in a Single Night Ten Masked Men Near Silver Creek - Prinevitle, Or.,My 9 A dispatch last Saturday conveyed tha news tbat 2300 bead of sheep belonging to the firm ol Qrude & Parker bad been kill ed at a point ubout 40 miles souib east of Silver Lke. . Tbe herders fr G .-ube & Pat Iter were overpowered and, bound by 10 men, all masked and heavily armed, who then proceeded to iduughter the Mail Wagon HO Bit'l will sol n bavn a mail wag on lor route No 1 ivhioh will asinnisli the natives. The only t 'ing which - may prevent him Irnm thus blosom- Have You Thought Of It when you purchase a suit or skut, at the price pluced ou . them -during this SALE. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. This Sale is for the purpose of reducing our immense gm-ck ntid ; ; TO MAKE A CUSTOMER OF YOU '"' r. Cu Lem Cream is obsorbed so quickly that, you'll wonder wlir.s it ha gone. No trace of grens? r ptii'kim's remaiuj to aanny. Jul n dmi'y, elusive odor to tall -that it h is beii .ipplied, and an iminedi tto sense of com fort to show that the healing has beg tn. It so'ithes chapped mid .oughened skin in a tnngicul way, is as li&rmlest as dew and coaU but 25 cents. NEWLIN DRUG CO I ' 1 ' ' ' eheep killing them like, rabhita p.'n n d after a drive. Completing their work, the ma ked men dieappctir -d; This makes 4000 cheer) mm nave been killed iu tbat section, and in tbe same manner wiUiin the present year It is charged as tbe work of cutilem- n who are very bilter against erteep owners tor the reason that the fl cka of tlw la&tei destroy the rangeu for ing out. is tbat enough of the patrouo of the route may fail to ru:scribe for the magssinii lor whioli he is agent He n iw hss nea ly .'enough subscri ber bu. a t lew nrnie am required When hecalln and presents bil pro We know we ye got "TO SHOW" YOU This Idea Pleases Us When We "Show" we win, and you win Crash Skirts, $1.25 to $6 Walking Skirts $2.40 to $12 Dress Skirts $3.60 to $28 THE CHICAGO STORE 205 and 1207 ADAMS AVENUE, Lagrande Ore. MUkPHY BR0'J.t Prop's. Bi gins ilealing Instanllv position giv. up a dollar ami sicum th) mags zine and thtreb h Ip him get the wagon. Attention Farmers All the farmers and ivare earn estly requested to b present at the "boose warming" next Saturday at the Ra'j Room, in the Hortn Bide, formerly ocoup.nl by the Kiodergar ten. - Be sure to on me. Many Dead 8t Louis, Way 9 A special to ths R publio from Houston, Toxa-, says: Storm newa is coming In very slow ly, but it is certainly known tb it there bave been yiany deaths in dif ferent parts of the state. The damage to properly will run -nto the hundreds of dollar. Ingersoll's Fees v Boston, May 9 The suit of. Mrs. Eva A Ingersoll,' widow of the late Colonel Ribert fl Ingersoll; to, recov er $95,000 from the estate of tbe late Anrtrew J Davis, ol Montane, as pay ment for legal services by her husband was before the United States Circiil Oourttnday. 1 he Children's Rally The chiUlretis temperauoe rally I.-.M yesterday afternoon at the Pres-1 by anohurobby the children of I the vsi ous Sunday schools of the city was a d. sided tuooeaa in (Very way. Tbe church was completely filled with the little folks and tbe program was o o! special merit and executed wlta a'pethotion worthy of older people Tins meeting was so successful that snorber will be held in tbe tear future. Died Shaw In this city Sunday May 8tb 1904, John Sbaw, aged 33 years. The funeral took plane this afternoon from the Central Church, the interment in the I 0 O F o:rhntery - JDeoeased has been a resident ol this oity for about three years and leaves a wife and two small children. Mr Shaw bas been employed recently in the sheep camp in Dmaitlla oounty and returned o' ing to illness whicii resulted in typh oid fever, from which he never recov ered. Justice Court Justice Giant yeeteiday issued an order sending James Brown and Onaa Hale to tho onunty jol for sixty dyr eaoh. They were tried a d cnicted of tealiug enmn old machinery from A Patter0n from his farm uear Ladd Oreek last Thursday. They were about to sell tbe umohtnery for otd metal. 100,000 Votes One liumlnd thousand votes in tb st vie elections next June is the pro pheoy ol Frank 'J Buker, oliatrmai o the Republican Stale Central Ci.m mittee. A piuraliiy i.l 2(I,(HM) votes i. Mr Baker'a tizeup to the Kr publican conquest. " . "Aud I'm not a hot-air anUt, eith er, aays Mr Baker. Look Out Prof Grammar, tbe "Divine Heal r," is reported to have skipptd out I town tbic week, leaving orei'itors vho refuse to be onniforted. He Is reking greener pastures and ia nat rally ruppused to be bound fur Oregon. Boie New. , Special Meeting H J Oonway first vice, president aDd genirnl organizer of the Retail Clerks International t'rnteutive As sociation, in in the oity and all mem bera ol the clerks Union in this cit are reqoeited tn meet ...him mi Lsho hall this eveniug at 8 o ulocl', by th preeidin', (iro. Harmon The A E & S L The A E & S L held their last soda! meeting forthe rento t'tda" a: the home of Mrs J K Wright when a very plcaeant rvtning was a,ient. One of the unique features of the evoninir wss a troe guessing contest In which Mrs Coylu and Mis Whitby made the greatest number n! roirVt guesses. When the siio.aiiiK rot test closed the game of Trix was Introduced alter which a dainty lunch w.ra served. Those present were: Mra Coylo Mrs Anthony M ss Berner Mr & Mrs Whitby Mr & Mrs A V Oliver Mr A Vlr G W Thomas and Mr & Mr. J K Wright. A Hearly Laugh I noiretl a gcullen.Hti It'oklrg up at arrglatorin fiont tfaJtwelry tlore to day and hoir h wxa laughing why he jtft gei-med as If he would hurt him a If ro 1 asked him what was the Inn. "Well, fun " SAid he, Mon't that beat yon? That xalch .never - cou'd be mi le to tell the truth until I took It to the Jeweler at the Rainbow Store. Just look at it tit has beau just right now for for u wei ks LOCAL OPTION Pendleton, Ore., May 9 Min isters aud the VV. O. T.U. ht.Vj .organized to conduct a campaig u T ia favor of the Iccal option law, which will be submitted to the votiri at the June election. A meeting of the ministers w. s held this a'ti rnoon and a cam paign mup. d out. N tied pro hibition speakers will .o seemed and nd tu'.-frf. will e in nlc in every pret-i". ct o the r:ou. ty. R-soluions Where aa for the first time tbe angle of death has entered our midst Mil taken from' us on Apr ii onr telored '"n1d';h"tet "mhwwd !tru. Royal Neighbor Mrs Laura Conch Released her from the trials of the earth to the weel realms above,. Here life work le done. There fore lie it e solved that tie members of Pine Camp 81J.8um mervllle Oregon extend : to the bereav ed hosband, to the little daughter who ia deprived of a lovln mother's tander care, and to tbe mother and family In thia dark boor of sorrow their heart felt sympathy, aud while they mourn the loss of their dear one tn their tome i Mourn with them tbe lose of a dear Irieud and worthy neighbor whoss cheerful countenance was an Inspira tion to us tor better things and higher Ideals, and whose faithful work among ns will never be forgotten and the re moval of such a life from our midst leavea a vacancy and a shadow that is deeply realised by tbe members of thia ramp. Andletit' be' further resolved that tbe charter of this eamp bs d rapid In mourning fur a period of sixty days and tbat a copy of t.iese resolutions bo sent to the Borrowing husband and family, to our looil pipers and to our Royal Neighbor paper for inblicatiun also a copy be spread tip on our records as a tribute to her memory. C MGaro C T Colt Minna Need ham Pendleton Orators. Are. at Work on Their Orations For the Con test to Take place In This City. Pendleton May 8 The orators at the hinh schools are hard at work on their orations for tbe interabolastic oratorical contest at La Grande the evening of May 28, and will have them In the hands of the faculty soon. The orations submitted by the con- teatmta will be sent to the Kogllah de partment at Willamette University when they are completed, and will be graded at that Institution on their dlc- tiod, composition and argument. They nill he returned to the committee lu charge of the contest, and the ones se lected by the judges at tbe . local con teat will be n lamed, . with their msrk ings, for tb. eveniug of the final oon. test .. NOTICE OP PROPOSED ; STREET IMPROVEMENT TO WHOM IT MAY COVOKRN i Nothe is h. reby alveii ot the nro. p iped iinproveiiienc of Perk Hiroet iu the city ot La Uramlu, Oregon tit ihe ura ling and gravelln : sii I Park Sirret to an estbD'tMied graue iciweeu aid et 4th sin et in iul'1 my, Hnld tiiiirove uient to be made at. tho exui-nse of the abutting property owmrt Notice Is hereoy, tin her, itlven that unleea said proposed i-nprovement is defeated by r monstrance signed by the atiuttlng properly owners ana niinn with the tindorsiirned on or hefore he 2:trd day f My A It 1904, said propo etl improvement el aria fark-Bireot ill unordered by lhe oouuiil of the Citi of La brande, Oregou. , lifted at La linnide tjrimon this 9th day of May A D idtll uimnTitirt flEwuin Recorder of the ,t:ny of La Grande, Union county, Oiegon, Ccw Held Up The ollowlng account of a Sunday ex.'urel. n may exp'ain whv a certain old brindle cow fullo t to irorlii. h Ihe uual quanity of la tal of fluid latt Sunday evening. . , , . t It seems a p-ny M yn leopl- took adv.intjge n( tia sp i t of n I weather and apint tn - a t rn ion In the ' woods in Dean t'.xivm The wjre generon'sy provhl.'d vl h Iujc'i of all kinds with ex ept o o. the drln dtb es and just ns th v war t di .enoln thU momentous (j es lo i an o'd b nil- c w chanced to pass thoir w w. ' L'nu 'Ight of this h .vine -.sail I to 1 1 n 1 1 of several the p'x or ' of wrm milk whieb they had nj ived "'n nhi'db xxls ' happy days down o i the farm auJ at their sugeation ol I llriu lie wjs c.iig'it and Dimly held by theymnj me i ' d at theco nmiod of the y.inng ladies she was made to give up h r tresure nf milk While the pr.icoss securing t le berverage was oin on iha r-est ' the party grouped the uselv. aroual ths newly instlttitel dalrr, tin enps In hand snxiouily awaiting their turn. O.ie of j tbe parly who'het brought a earn tt along took advanrag of the offer of a prettr and novel picture to' snap the ' hotter and the-ehy secure for all a reeird of the "Hold up la de I Cmy iu" ( This hit of pleasentry on the part of , the mc nntslo party may in soms -nanner : sdoant'or the absence of Sf 'eral of 1 1" I leading siogsri In tbe v rlou u, i n r which were supp ad to ha In ev I i ' at the Sunday Sohojl Raltey y s - day alternoon. UNCLcSAMiDR $40,000,000 CHECK The Largest Single Warrant Ever Drawn1 Upon The Public Treasury. For the Panama Canal. Washington May 0 Admiral Walker, chairman of ths isthmian canal rom- t'mlsion, had a lung conference, with (he president yesterday and Seuretary Hhsw 1 Opening Sale Of ' " WASH GOODS 100 Pieces Wash Goods, consitiling of cof'ton suitings, ' popular mercerized, poplin, cords and lace ' striped Waistings, luwu, dnnity, batiste and . alt other wanted summer dress materials at very SPEqiAL JPRICE iJKEpUJXT ION lor today, Tuesday and Wednesday. : :):,. v ;,yy OOo wiiistings. . ... . ,: , 60o " " . . . . , . . . 15c 40o " 'vV.;y',;.; 35o ", 25c Wash suitings. . .' 20c dimity and . Iuhu 15: dimity, luwn and . 121't wash gnodi . .'. . duck and many othi is ul equally low prices. s ; ; U., 75c and 85c shirts-3 days oaly 59c :; $25 men's suits-3 days only -i.-. 'v. $22 men's suits-3 days only Mils fslmtts m OS-TE-OP-A-THY Whei. people beoonie oon v. rted Osteopathy lpou-e it will cure headaohe, they are then ready leatn bow It helps rheumatism Spinal curvature Rock Island meals are the best on wheels Not very good poetry, perhaps, but what it lacks in rythm,' it more- than makes up in fact. And the prices are reasonable low enough to be within the reach of people of moder ate means; high enough to ensure good food, good cookinc and good service. Breakfast and dinner on the a la carte plan for what you order. 50 cents. ' '. ." . ' -' Denver to Kansas City.; Denver to Chi cago; St. Paul to bt. Louis. -.. , Full information on request " ' " !.(. 2 ft''..- ft ' v.: 4 ii. 'iiV".'''' '.Sisr - this afiernoon will, draw a warrant for ' 40,000,000 in favor of J, P MOrjrao '.Co,' " . for the Panama canal It . will be tt largest tingle warraqt ever drawn upn ' on the publio tresaury, yx'-lh , .;.;..v.21c; :;T6o . Is I JW: mhVsn? II you are out satisfied that ' other systems cl treatment are reaching your malady, cousult an Osteopathic physioUn and see if he does not throw some light on its causes. : ' are served you pay Luncheon, mm t, S). OOftHkM, OstMral aM,. : , 1 40 TMra PantanayOf. ' i V STs. w-sa,,, rW'"""K.