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VOLUME III
LAORANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY EVENING. MAY 21 Wl
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OBSERVE
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AWFUL CLOUDBURST
NEAR FT. COLLINS
Out the Towns
Porte Houses Floating Down the
Cache La Poundre
(Speoial to the Observer;
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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,
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Call and
High Class
Merchandise
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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. ' . . jgi
Tb business hooee bav gsnasXHulyw
ontribfted endak .to'S pntkaa ' -naiform
for tb boy and tb teem ha :
, botigbt .nob,italw te-B
; Thf iistfoj whic the witoisf':
but year wlibermoyedrorovtb affll-r
to tbeif uw loeatioa aorWiaey :
on"frar'stfvet , .
Thsat,gam oa th new ground
ill be (played againat Pendhtton on :
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