EVENING 1 i'i H VOLUME 111 LA GRANDE. OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29. 1904 NUMBER 249 GRANDE ARCFDVPO WUiJLilVV.U 'i''f m i 5 ?,v,:St.j. Iff -r''' f & f. I Jj'i"' I 17 8. A MARVEL FLORAL Luther Burbauk. Wizzard of Floraculture, Changed the Color of th? Colden Hued Poppy Santa Rosa Cal. Aug 29 Luther Burbsnk, tbe wizird of floriculture and horticulture, has performed another marvel. Not entinfled with baviog b'anohed the bl ckbnrr), pitted th prune, and put out the eyes o! the bumble potato, be his painted the poppy the golden yellow California poppy and painted her red. He has changed the sun jet hue of the flower into the crimson Escbacholtzia, a veritable wond r in Has a Large Crop. I Walter Fierce bas returned from Hot Lake and a visit to bis wheat r.mchre in the Grande co untry Mr Pierce reports baviog harvest d a large orop. He is interested iu two wheatraising firms, being one-half partner in eaoh. The total yield on i he fat ms operated by these concerns wi'l exceed 100 ,000 bushels. Tribune. North Powder School. Tbe work on the sobool building it being rapidly pushed. As there bas been some delay on tbe account of b ing unable t" oHiin lumber but now they will rush the work.- Progressive Citizen. Fortunate Escape. Killian Roeati, who resides nea Stetl'sSpur, while loadiog a carol wood Saturday was charging the po tition of the car and fe 1 in front of tbe wheels and bis boy (topped the NETTLETON'S FINE - SHOES - FOR - MEN HIGH GRADE ONLY We have received a shipment of the above well known fine shoes for men, consisting of all feizes and widths. See our Nettleton Shoe Window, where you will see a combination of lapts and patterns. Fit, Comfort, Style, Individuality and effect pre all combined in the Nettleton Shoe. The Chicago Store THE BUSIEST STORE IN TOWN Adams Ave., La La Grande, Oregon. IN WITCHERY Has floral witchery. The work baa been one of many, many months it was begun and end ed in "Wizard" Buibank'sexperiment al grounds at this place under his own watchful care. First of all, brilliant blossoms of the sunset hued variety were paled by several years' selection and close a'tcrtion before t'.ie, first at tempt at rouging was made. Miladi's eheeks wee then given a faiot touch of pink by what alchemy tbe magi cian alune knows. oar. He was extricated and Dr Hall was oatled who made an examination aud aside flora severe bruises found no boons br ken but it will bs some time before his back will regain its usual str -ngth. Mr Rnesti may con sider that he came out fortunate. Funeral Tomorrow The funeral of the late Richard H. Orosson, who was killed in Si Louis a few days ago, tbe particular ol wh'ch were previously published in thee oo'.umns will take place i t this city tomorrow afternoon from the Presby terian clinch at 2 o'clock. The in er ment will follow in the Odd Fellowe cemetery. All friends of the deceased and family are invited to attend. I Bound Over Justice Ho igu'B court was occupied a few moment this forenoon in trying Geo White, Frank Foster, -fret? Dawtw and Jamas McClearney and bound them over to appear bo fore the October term of the circuit court in the sum of Nettleton lasts are creations of study and thor ough knowledge of the anatomy of the human foot. If you have had trouble with your feot try pair of Nettleton's fine shoes; then you will realize where the trouble was. Prices $6.00, 16.50 aud $7.00. Pat. Calf, Valore Calf, Pat Eid, Pat Colt. Pat Cordovan, Chrome Wax, Kangaroo and many -2u0 eaoh, charged witt) stealing a va lise from the waiting room of the de p .t, belonging to A 8 Hill who is em-: ployed on Pioroe Bros farto six wiles east of tbis oitr. Marshal Rayhuro.' within a fen moments after bring not- '. I tied of the misHiuK property soon lo cated it in be possession of the alto re named defendant. One pair of Bbous had been sold and the proceeds invest -ed in beer and they were attempting I in ilianAU nf fl anifc nf clftthpR. Tllft , men are nil transient working men to a j oi-naln extent ami were out (or a time ' and the logical conclusion alter hear ing tbe evidence is that they wereslio t of the price af a oan of beer and tor k this method to continue their aupp y. Carnegie Library Walla Walla, Wash., Aug. 29 Bi.ls were advertised for today tor the con struction of the Carnegie library. Tl.i building is to be 47x49 feet, two stories bigb, the first story of atone aud tho second story of pressed brick trtmnu i with either Tenino eandstore or Kl.;in redstoue A triangular Bite on Alder and P.i- louse streets bas bsen donated by F. '. Elliott nf this plaue. It is tbe inten tion to oomplete tbe building this fill if possible. Home Market Secretary of the U. S. Treasury Leslie M. Shaw in hU speech at Bp -knne on Aug. 26 thus describes home market. ',1 insist that the protective tariff' n cut diamonds has contributed to the American market to the exteutof teu or fifteen million! per annum. But it has dooe violence to Mr. Clark's til- -ory that there should hi a unilorin duly on luxuries and if the democratic party ba right it ha done violence to the constitution of tbe United Slates for Ibis 10 per cent duty on ?ut dia monds w..8 not for the purpose of re venue and iu part for the purpose of building an industry and it bas be u successlul in both . The republican party believes in a home market. It ".relieves in wags sufflcienily high to enubls nur people to eat thr-e meals per day, sleep be tween shetts and pi tee a rooT, owned or rented over the bibie?. In this it baa ever been successful. I u proof ol this I ci e the fiot, well established b, tin Jreocrds tbst the American people ooiiDU.'iie one quarter of tbe cottou fiber of the world. One twentieth oi tbe pe pie of tbo wnild oould not con sume one quarter of the cotton fiber ol tbe world if they were oom pelted to patch and darn and mend and if they did not some time burn to save laun dry bills. - Senator Proctor told me not 90 days ago that his Vermont marble wcrks employed several times aa much ma chinery iu tbe marble industry as all the balance of the wi rid, and he add ed that the United States eonsumea one half of tbe marble of tbe woild. I was astonished and be pointed to a cemetery with the remark : "That is where the marble of the world goes. None of our people are too oor to plaoe a little blook at the heads of their dear ones. They are not able to do this in other countries." INVESTIGATE DEATH OF WEAL HY WOMAN Chicago, Aug. 29 As a result of sus picions of foul play In the oaseof Mrs. J. H. MoVioar who (Med at Pasadena Tbuisday night, ber attorney today notified tbe Chicago banks not to honor any drafts against ber estate. An autopsy is being held today. Her stepson and attorney are deter mined to make a thorough investiga tion and it is understood tbey have in'ormation in their possession tbat will show that a crime has been com mitted. HOLDS A MOB AT BAY Woman Stands off Mob of Strikers with a Loaded Shot Gun One Man Shot. Chioruo, Aug. 2!). A BirioiiB riot oc curred tonight in front of a saloon on Ada street. Several men who olaimed to be non union wore pursued along Ada street and in order 1 1 escape tbo mob, whioh numbered several hundred and was pelting them with stones, raced into the saloon The saloon keeper barrlcadid the do r ufte' the men had entered and refused to admit the crowd They at once smashed u'l the windows iu the pluce and break'ng down tho doors rushed In and domauded that the saloon keeper give up the non-union men. The saloon keepers wife ran up stairs and relumed w ith a shot gun. .She commenced firing as soon as she entered the room and her first shot took off Oct in the shoulder of the leader of the mob. The orowd at once fled from the place, but after retreat ing a short distance, tbe mob roturuod to the attaok. Tho woman, with her shotgun reloaded, too1! a position in the doorway and stood waiting for tbe mob when a. wagon lod of police came around tbe corner, 'the ofheers at once charged tho orowd and dispersed it, capturing nine members of the mob. Jute Mill Report Walla Walla, Wanh , Anguut 20, The monthly official roiort of the Washington state penitentiary jute 1 mills was made public today. There were 1,5(J0, 000 snckj made and deliver- ed : orders on file and to be fll ed. l'2.'i.-1 400 sacks; sacks on bund, ItoO, lift; jute on hand, when manuf .cturtd, 4 'JO, 000 sacks. After Tyler's Body (it. Maries, Idaho, August 29. Dep uty Sheriff William, of Mullen, Idaho, and Deputy Sheriff J M Elliott arrived oo tbe sleamo' tichley Brlday evening. Williams left at 4 a. m. the following day for the Marble creek country to look for the missing claim Join per, Tyler. TO TEST LOCAL OPTION A Temporary Injunction Secured in Multnomah County to Prevent Submission to a Vote. The suit to have the local option law declared onoonatitutional has been brought in Multnomah county by Htnry Weinhard the weslthy browr r. A temporary injunction bas been sc oured restraining the county cleik of that county from submitting the ques tion to the voicrs and the case will be argued on Septemb-r 7. The rensons assigned in the complaint for the un constitutionality of tbo local option law are as fe llows: Beoause it was not submitted to the governor for bis sppiou l was not THE The Great Fashion Center NEW STYLES NEW GOODS NEW PRICES Yours for Fall Trade signed bl him, uor returnod with h e ol-jiotionB, nor filed by bim in tbe i ( . ficeof theeoretary of state; ibat tl s ' law was not legally submitted to tl a electors beoause the petition for i:a submission was not signed by eight per cent of tbe vot re, that it oonftrt : an unlawful delegation of lug sPuve authority to the county cou't, tint the title does not give notice that it fl ' uulawful to soil liqu rs, that the liu . ittive aud refureiiduin act is contrary to the constitution ol ihn Unit-d Str . es wbetein a republican f rm of gov ernrmut is guarantee.1, that it unlw ; fully prohibits tbe sale of liquor . the prescription of a physician not engaged in pr,ctloe, that It is oo . 'r.rj to8eotioo 21 of the coostitutlouj thit it unlawfully attempts' to dele gate the prohibition question pr. cincta and that it provides for illegal : seiiruh warrant) and rules of evidence. BIDS FAREWELL TO ROYALTY Bt Peterfburg Aug. 29 Oiar Niohn- ' . las and the grand dukes bade fnrswell ; at the railway station touight io I'rince Louis of Batten burg and Prince Hopry o! Frueaia, representatives i f Great Britain and of Germany at th lilirlsti iiiiig ol the czarevitch. FAIR ! OF LA GRANDE r jf 'tig ,,ir J .-.JSUffil: 'f(J:fci if',.-.,;.-' ;.;( ft