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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1904)
i 'oocc: t.'ATL..; I Toatcbt 'r ' -' ' Cooler toalgM wtr - GRA NoirW Gonad 8:1 - No 0 Wet :10. time ; J VOLUME III LAORANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY EVENING. MAY 21 Wl 1 1. OBSERVE LA EVENING NDE til iV- rV 1 i X I )1 AWFUL CLOUDBURST NEAR FT. COLLINS Out the Towns Porte Houses Floating Down the Cache La Poundre (Speoial to the Observer; I at ! Denver, May 21 A oloudburst the bead ol Cache L Poandre river oaoeed that Itream to over How i bauka and the nieBg.e report reoeiv ed here indicate great damage has been c e by the Hiod. The ruh of the H '. d oa lard the dam wbioh holds the water of Livingston lake.ej! Hod was upon them, Theremai 'iter milei above Fjrt Oollina to break and however are tonight iu a perilona poai this added volume of water to h Hn 'Their louses can plainly be livid which awitDt doon the Oacbe L ; t"n flu itiee about among the tree Pound re. p-actically wiping out ibe towns ol Livermore and La Porte. At Port Oollina the river ia now over a mile wide. The Colorado and Southern Railroad bridge at Timnath ia wrecked. No trains will be sent out ' on that line tonight. Although the crest ol the flood has not ye: reached Qreely and is not ex pected on:il midnight, ranohmeu and o.her dwellers aloog the bottoms are moving to high ground. Caolie La Ponndra river runs through one of the tbiokl) settled and rioheat agricultural dietriota in Colo rado. Twelve immense rener'volri At Work Contractor J L Mars with a 'urcr of meu commenced breaking tr mid and working lor the fnuodri'imi I r the Dew city hull this afternoon Forest Reserves. Portland, May 20 A BpeoUl dis patob to the Oregonian trom Wash ington saya: . Within a few days the bureau of ; forestry will submit to Secretary Hnohoock, the final aud definite reo- ommendatio.i that four foreet recervrs " be oreated in Eastern Oregon, embrac i ing an aggregate area of four million acres or more, These are the Bine Mountain reserve, Wallowa reeerve, Walla Walla, on La Grande reserve, whuh cittods into Washington acd the Joicplj river or Ohesnimimns re srve. The bureau of forestry, ainoe U.e withdrawal of these vart tracts, .. -i Here is n exceptional oi'i-""'v - . thnae su nmrr silk suit pallet U3 so much. You can buy saving $1 50 Sbirl waist su $1 00 " Four of Livermore and La hv) been constructed on PurP H9 storing w iter it for the 8bould the flood weaken those sufficiently to te ieaae the atored water, the reault oould be nothing but disastrous. About ball a Banian colony of .ix j hundred at Port Oollina eneceeded in ge'ting nut of their hon4ea be'oie the end ehouta and other eiiinals ol die- tree are wen and beard. A few homes bavi entered the ourreui of the river and have been swept down stream and prehap shattered and annk, and the oooopanta drowned. It is definite ly known two lives have been luet, on a man at La Porte and a Russian child at Port Collins. Fears are en. tertained lor the safety of a man and wife and five obilJren, wbo livo in t-i boltonf ball a mile above Fort Col lins. Rescue parties are in readiest to leave Fort Oollina with the firm break of day. !li. mailni detailed AXrimlniillnn nl. ! e.oh quarter aeotion and knwe dt fi- j oitely the c'araoter of eali aut-divi- s'on. In recoruuifiidine. i h- creation ol the permanent forest revive-, the chica?0) MltJ., 2I-(;ommittee rep bureau has drawn the baui.d uy " I reB011tlng tl e jobbim intensls of San very irregularly so aa to eliniiua e as : Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Tacouia, far as praotihle all agricultural tand ' and Spokane are about to hold to fer and all lands which have passed ii.tu j enoes In Cub ago with the rfflciala of probate ownership the Harriman and Hill lines with a Died Babkeb Frida afternoon May 20th near Snmmerville Mrs Robert Barter, of heart disease. The fu teral took place this afternoon at the Summerv.lle cemetery. Deceaeod leaves a hnebnnd and three children. Fruit Dale Items The farmers of this vicinity are be. ginning to wish the rainy season was a little more equally divided, still, ,11 the crops are airly well. Mr E Z Cat bine, with bis eldest son TOMORROW IS AN IMPORTANT DA.Y At our store. Saturday, in fact, is always an in teresting day with us; but tomorrow is of more than or linary impottance lo you. IT IS THE LAST DAY OF OUR BIO PRICE SMASHING SALE OF MEN'S SUITS. If you have not already selected your suit, do so at once. You can buy it today and tomorrow at prices very iuu h reduced. Ten lines of men's suits which we guarantee equal to any 112.00 suit on the murket. Your choice $8.95 See litem in our counters. Big Silk Specials ir,i ff.e thnan of our U'lv OSrt 8Co Colortd TafTola, 69c 70e tl 95 Silk waist patterns, 1 75 t ysrds it the pa-'er-i and na two and daughter, Miaa Myrtle, are oni templating a trip to Bait L ike City In the near futnre. i ) R Price will commence thlning t gar heeta next Monday . Mr Jefferson Is planting T acre of potatoea Mr 1-ambert, who purchased the Richirdeon property, le preparing to build a aubetancial reeideuce. Mr E A Wilkeraon, the nominee for county school luietlu'en lent is circulat ing la our burg. We are justly prciid of Mr Wilkeraon :,ud bope he will be elected. ' Hurrah I for Wilkarson he la the man We cant vote,' but onr daddiee can. Pied Piper Tax Collections The total tan collections in Union county op to the first Monday in April the time of delinquency is 1133 076.70. Tuere 10 oniyaaman pwu w nal lax yet due, the balance being made up mostly of laet half, not due until the firstof October. Heavy HaiS Stormc . (Special to the Observer) Pueblo, Ool. May 81 The heaviest Hail storm seen in this olty for many yeais started at 2 o'clock this after noon. Hail tbat weighed more than three ounces fell to depth of an inob Considerable damage was done and hundreds of windows were, broken,. Borne of the hail stones measured 14 inohes in circumference. In sev ral luetancee the largeat stones .lunctured shlniled roofs and fellclear brougb to the lloor Nearly 100 per ons were injured by being struck vitb big hailstones. Two Mex'ean hildreo living at Salt Creek were re- p ted Kil eo ny atorm out uio muijf ennot confirmed, imegrapn anu telephone .wires were considerably damaged. i view ol au aiiju-cinenc oi rates iuuuj the traffic men met a cooimittee ol ia men and two comiuiiU'es Irom other coast cities. (Sprotal to the Observer) Springfield, ill., May 81 Unable to end the dead ock the republioio state convention adjourned until 2 p. m., May 31. Only one ballot was take-). It was the Hfty-eightb roll call and showed no material change from t' first taken lant Friday. The conven tion suependtid operations leaving Qjvernor Yates in toe lead with 483 vjtes.Lowdeo 392, Deoeo386, Ham lin 113, Warner 63, Sherman 40 and Pieroe 19 , . Saturday. friends who have admired .. them tomorrow at a great alike. tJhc, Jair. INCREASE GREAT. E O Carper of the Qrande Kadi Creamery is in the oily today lie if mire than pleased at the iocieaao o' ouiineaa in this vicinity. They paid out to thtir patrons here in Apri 80jaqd tney are sure tbat their Ma) oheoka will aggregate over $1510. Tney have over 40 i a rons wbo aver age eight cows each, making a total oi 320, which at the low estimate of ffu per month psr oow mease an ineomt of 11600 per mootb or an annual In cotne of $19,000 and this amount will be greatly inoreased when the cream ery in this city is in operation, wbiob will be jut as soon as the : building oow nndei oonsltuotion ia completed. . . War News. , . (Special to tbe Observer) , Tokio, May 21 A trustworthy re port has been received at tbe imper ial headquarter that the Buesiau oruiser Bogatyr ran ashore outside Vladivostook in a b 'avy fog and we, destroyed. This is tbe first ship ol the Vladivostook squadron to be des troyed. ;;.'" Tbe report of the grounding of tbe oruiaer Bugatyr came last night trom the St Petersburg oorrespondeot Kobo Ue fans, and was denied by the Rus sian admiralty today. & cable from Vlar'ivoatock today makes no allusion to the B igttyr and it ia reported all is quiet these, JAPANESE DISASTEH St Petersburg, May 21 The Gra d Duke Alexander baa reoeived the lot- lowing diapa'ob uudnr todays date mm Aleiuff . Tue following report by mail Irom Admiral Wittsooft at Port A.thu,' was toeived on the night of U iy 19 id: rhree of tbe enemy' bttiebiM aud l.uee oruise-s appeared to the east on tbe morniug of May 16. .After rowing the nmridian a. Pore Arthur the squadron turned eastward and ap peared to be get'ing into battle forma tion. Then an explosion was observ ed u nder the third battleship wbioh was of tbe Fuji type. The vesael stopped, keeled over to tbe starboard and began to sink by tbe bow, send ing np quantities of steam. "Two oruisers epproaotitd and it was observed from Golden Hill tbey lowered boats after wbioh tbe battle- hip gradually righted herself and ap peared to recover from her injury. At tbat minute a theee tunneled battleship of tbe Sbikiabma type np. proaabed tbe eoene of tbe accident nd a mine exploded under her mid- thipeeotion, oauatng an explosion (n tbe oourse of one minute the sank. "l'be third ironclad put to sea the cruisers remaining on the toeneol tbe disaster." HOT COXFIkMED , London, May 21 There is mi con firmation ol tbe rumors tUU a big battle baa been fought in'' the neigh borhood oi Feng Waog Cheng. Tbu view held beie Is tbat after testing Ibe strength of tbe Bute'ian position at Maotien pass General Kurokl made an orderly retirement and bis flank ing movement in the direction of Mukden continues. No Terms Received. Special to the Observer Washington, May. 21 Mr Perdacls and his stepson who were captured by brigands at Tangier Morocco, have been carried into tne mountains where pur suit le almost impossible. The state de partment baa been adviaed to thie effect by Gnmniere, Unite ! States consul at Tangier. He also reports no terms have been received from the brigands Gum i,iero s ild the Moorish authorities are ataieting In every way they can and adds a war vessel will be a great seats tan.e. Advertisers Attention Commencing Monday, tb publish' srs of the dally Observer will Inauger ate a subscrip.ion campaign that they bavo had in view for several months We now have our Hats prepared and for several weeks a oopy of tbe Even ing Observer will be mailed to ach patroii on tbe five rural free deliveries n tbe county and toothers v. ho live sufficiently near. Our list now Includ ov ir on tbouianl name that war not already on our list. After tbes pspers have been regularly mailed for cm weeks we shall follow this op with solicitors aid feel oonfident thai several hundred new subscribers will bather ut. Ourdsily Ihtis ispidlr increasing and we feel ooefkient in active oaaapaigo will mora justify us ia making Ibis effort. Commencing Monday over 1,000 laliy UDeerven will he mailed for ral r.eexj. Stewards Opera boose was packed tat evening to witaess the ooasaaenee- raant exerciaea of tbe La Grande High school and tbey certainly were ' aot disappointed- , ' v' , Tbe oration and eawys wart ol a unusually high order and I'm partici pants not only acquitted themselves with oredit but reflected the exoelleat work thai Is being done In tbe publie hoolr of La Grand V Tbere was rot a person present last evening bat was proud of th young people wbo bav so thoroughly ooaa pletad their work as far as poeaibl in this sobool and th individual " origi nality and deptb ot thought so prom inently brought out la their essay and orations and their carefully pre pared recitation was ample proof of the wide rang ot thought that is only possible to infuio into young mind through tb medium oi painstaking sod traiued Instructors. . . Tbe musical aeleetiona were all ap preciated and tb library food was oniiderably augmented. Owing to th fact that our pre gut erafiy Ibis atrnoonandittook .11 hand. : line of merchandise which grade by grade, quality for quality is unsurpassed in S ........j I I" 1 J II 11 t MMMtMHMtmvtt I vtMMIIIM Illlt TRUST OUR NEWLIN th "devil" to (At it in working onfar hi report la shamefully abbr vialtd, each of tb yoaog people ar entitled to personal mantioo ard t vj bad prepared an extensive writs u(r Ot tb exrciD but it was impossible to day to do mar tbsn we bav. ... '.'.-v. Citme Dis Roses I'll aot leave thee taoa plats one To pla oa tb tm For yoe'v but to apply "Creme . Roeee" Aiid bear yoor beauty ' lie Praised by all men. No woman Is beneleaely plala and none to beautiful that she must apt ear for her ekin, tbat may retain lu aeaQty. work tnn with tb best means at yonr disp-sai and take comfort If yen In Geae voor charms bv aver so littl. for the effort hauot been In vala.- An woman can malie bar pereonalitv at- tractive by Intelligent treatment of; her complexion, he "kaow that every bt iuty at featur will be off set U large pores, blackheads or Wrtnklfca appear upon tbesurfaoa. . Tbe trinity of facial Uaaty la rounded fealures; abstuoo of wrinkle add a fin eMnpteylou;. M- ' All thrte& beVprotlaoed by tb preslshmt use of ta "Cleo Oriental MasMur" In connection with """Creme Pea Ross" for It makes th skin feel Ilk velvet, deans, honrtehee and beaull- nes, restore ita natural aoitaess and fr hneis of youth, You can set It aid toll dli action from Mrs Rcsvnbaum at k-niTionniB K i 1, Call and High Class Merchandise I The Special values shown, by us, are educational purpose. We wish to cultivate the aoquaintanoe . . ; - . i. v t -t.j-. .fr. wt- and mak fast friends oi still greater numbers of particular women. We wish to demonstrate to (hem that m4 the city. You are invited to inspect our goouB. MUnHy Brr' " It is difficult to jadge the parity ol toilet soaps v':: 11 and too often an agreeable odor determines the , choice. If all soaps were as innooenf as their : . fragr-anoe is pleasing, there would be more smooths skins and clear complexions and loss roughness, pimples end blotches, . . We can make you safe in your soap buying. The toilet soaps we handle are those made ; by reputable firms. We beve pure arid safe soaps at whatever price you wish to pay. ; , DRJG nii$$eeM Don't forget that the VXeabttaf'' arsj tq praying ball. It woafabjar tb dational gaiai aI araiksjai 40 ras own teat support them by yonr attend; ao or torn game. 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