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LUME III
U GRANDE. OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 190
NUMBER 2V7
iisEiieR.
GRANDE
EVENING
r.
IT IS AN
ASSURED
SUCCESS
Management States that
Grande Ronde Elect
ric Road Is Now An
Assured Fact
Pendleton, Ota. Sept. 8 W. E.
Davidson reoretsry of tb Eettern
Oregon Development company sod
iiien.br of the firm of W. E. David
son & Co. mining broker of Pendle
ton says that thcelectricbltline to bs
boil' in Grand Rondo vaile.y ia au as
lured success. Hi father, T. W.
Dividnon is in tne east now i' tereet
ing oafital in behalf of tbe project
and at the present time tbe outlook is
n rt eur onragttig,
G.rmuds lor a terminal and depot
have been donated by tbe resident of
Cove. The Amalgamated Sugar
Company haa agreed to raise 500 acres
of beete aluig she line, where hereto
fore, i lie price of hauling baa made
their custom prohibitive. Tbe rig t
of way haa bte i secuied, and bad ii
ot been lor Chief Engineer . B
fcrowne being called to Canyon Oily
sa a wftneas I- a tuit at law ibe aur
vey would have been completed at
f'in time.
' Tbe power proposition on the Kin
em river baa not bfen lt,oktd into ex -
ci t to ascertain that i-t least 20,000
boiae power o ulil b leveloped.
menu wir.' served and after wishing
lb. yi-nng lady many happy returns
it e dy, tbe merry pwty left lor
til r 'epcoti"M hi -ran. Tbo e pre
sent were as follows' Winnie Ormond
Clayton Bsr nil, Lillian Coy, Oma
Riohardi-on, Ada West. Fannie Good
all. Itaobel Turner, l.uzie King, Ger
trude Raleloo, Kdna. Wilier, Do ly
Zober. Earl Kilpetrick, Harry Finn.
Chester Hansen, Brn Noy, l.yton
lvanboe, Byron Goodall, Virgil Smith
Bilph Reynolds
Surprise Party
. Miss Naomi Wi.iUm-son whs very
r preenb y surprised last evening by a
.ay party of her friends at her home
in th '8 oity. ,
It was the young lr.diea si j teen. It
birthday and tbe sixteen year old ecr-pri-t-
P'irry was a soard of treasure
that will long he remembered by the
uilsa of "tweet sixteen" ne will as by ill
present. Uaniai wire played, refresh-
Prisoners
Taken To
Baker City
Deputy Sheriff Frank Fny, of Un
ion oiiuoty arrived in Baker Oily yes
terday noon with eight prisoners from
ibe Union county jil tiamlerrel to
tbe Baker oounty jail" by the special
r rder of Distriot Judge Bib'ert Eikio.
The nee-ias ty for 'his transfer arose
from tbe laot tuac tue last aol of tha
removal 61 tbe oounty aeat of Union
oouuty Irom I he town of Uoini lo Li
Grande waa 10 take place tne remo
val of the jil. The work of tailing
down the Jail in Union began jeater
dy afternoon and the ateel oUs will
be removed and pu' in place in the
han Icome new oounty court bou-e st
La Grande as soon as possible. When
seen by a ' Democrat man yesterd
afwncor , and interrogated reirdm
ihe iua ion, Mr. pby ssiil : '
The ii aoval of the oounty sett of
Union is an aocon litlied faot A'l
of ihr-br ok and i curds are anw n
L' Grande in irmporsry quarter, a I
I a n mains to do lo make the ehar.ge
on pi- -e is lo n mors the jul aim
l is w li piobab'y be aooomplihe I It
tbe meeting of tbe Ootober ter u of
cour tin b oonveo ic La G an le
Ibe fi.st Monday in October. I hn.uglu
with me here today the eig"it prisoner
we had in our conuty jail fur efe
keeping ui til the j-ail at La Gran e ia
finish -d. Tne cour made a 'peeiai
ordei for 'he purpose. It is expeotfil
that he newo urt house at La Grande
will b' re'y tor orenpanoy by toe
Oolotittr term of rourc and its il
ready for use 'hen. The new building
is a very nioe one and a credit tu the
oily which built it. ; ;:y
- "Yes, everybody knows there . wnsi
considerable Ireling in different puis J
if Union oounty and particularly 'in
ib towns of Union and l.v.G'anUt', :
over the removal of the oounty erst I
The leeling lia not entirtly suhsidei' !
nd there is now a very strong man -!
ment on foot Jo Uniw. ti iiake a sep- '
eralo oouuly ol t at pit of Union j
oouniy and some pi ibe . peoj le (Vol ljr Of
even going-so far as to- advocate
ioiutug oi that fdctiuo of Union Ito i
MEETING
OF THE
COUNCIL
the left bank It wag then that Kuro miles nort i of hre, yeaterdav, two men
patklo th night St. kelberg's corps waa were killed, one fatally and one se I
lost, and so reported to tho was nffloe onsly Injured, and two pa-luipanta
hut Kuroki waa too late. fit akel berg who escaped are thought tola badly
not only sucoede 1 in netting bis corps j wounded. ' '
across, but maiobed at high speed SO J The dead: Allen BrumBeld and VYil
miles to Yentai, actually arriving in lhm Adams. Briimflold had bi en jna--
sime to, come to taa eupoitol bardjtlee of the peaoe of l.lnoolu couniy
1 jireeod Orlotf.
le Uj7
te t) fl i
Ion ito
Iiaker oounty we can not have a sejo
srate county of cur (nn. . How fur
the moveme.it will itena"'or wbii
will be its outcome, it ia diffioul. '"to
states florae of tbe 1-adiog m n I
town are behind it, though not all 1 1
them would vote to atlaoh to Bak'i.
I think there is Iriendly fieiiug 1 e j
twjeo' Baker aud Union and on the
part of Union for Baker especially
since tbe last election and I wool' I
not be Siirpri'fed to tee most anytbin i
develop a a result of the present feel
ing." Baker City Democrat.
Foley Resigns
and J. D. Slater Elect
ed to Fill the Vacancy
Thus Caused.
Short Worlds Wheat
New Ynr,
Washburn of
Sent 8 Senator W D
Minnesota, the famous i ! 21et
The regular monthly meeting of the
ol)y council was held last evening. All
were present with tbe exception nf
oououHman Gardinier, bo was so
sent from thsily.
A petition was presented praying for
an aro light on theoorner ol Greenwood
and Adams Avenue.
A proteat was filed against the dedl.
oation of a portion of O street. This
is the eight foot atrip which Turner
Oliver haa used for several years The
council deterred action on tbe matter
flour mill owner, who returned from
Europe laat nibt, baa studied the
orop situation on the contineut and
aays the summer paBt a as the warm
est and driest ever known and as a re
suit the grain orops and gardes stuffs
are badly injured, and the wheat orop
moBt of all.
"I estimate tbe world 's shortage In
wheat will amount to 200,000,000 bush
els of which this country w'.ll Bullor
one-half." He said, "This , meana
higher prioea for food stuffs and pro
bably $1.20 or higher for wheat. High
er for wbi at. Higher-prices stre lae
vitable an the foreign demaod will
prolably be heavier than wo oan sup
ply." Automobile Line.
Stock Yard
Strike Is
At an End
for 2flyeivs.
The wounded; loo go Moid, winding
I John Lambert, aeriou'ly ooiuded.
An ordinance was passed preventing
the peddling of meats in tbe oity ax
oept that sold by parties who grow
their own stoek. )
An ordlnanos was passed placing ibe
property west of tbe Foley Houaa to
ourtb street in tbe Ore limits. '
Tho marshal was directed to employ
a herder to spend four hours eaoh day
to Impound all stock runuing at large.
After the bills sgalnat the oity 04
been audited, Mayor Foley banded tbe
recorder the followiug communication.
MAYOR FOLEY RESIONS ,
' .... ...... LaGrande, Sept. 7, 1904
The Hon. Common CoiinHl
La Grande, Ore ,
Gentlemen:
it ia with regret that I feel oompelltd
to teuder you my reaignatlon as mayor
of the oily of La Grande. Oreeon. to
Archie Masod a well known rnllroad take effect when my successor ia elect-
contractor, left Portland yesterday to ed and qualifled
hegln work on the automobile lino am foroed to this aotinu on se- ooni.
from Sbanico to Bend Thla proposed nf the unusual stress of private l-nsi-
roal will be eighty miles long and ness, and the laot that of lu'e mv
will c,.at 2l0,000. una will be oom-1 le,,(h , ot to Ja8tlfy
latarl In aKnnfr auvon mnflT. h ltd
bes hotts Irrigation and Power C o ;8 me lu overtaxing mv strength.
at the baok.of the enterprise. Tin I I desire to thank eae'i and every
Company bao a dood to the right i f ' member of this council for the uoi-
wayanu noieima .win oe FWm.u orm courtesy with which yon have
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 8 Anticipating
an early end. tu thn strike, about 200
strikers applied for tlHr old plaoea
this morning and 50 were taken', O
the 300 negro union m n who went out,
275 have returned to work tbe laat
three days.. Allot ihain are skilled
workmen. ,
In The Land of Feuds
Huntinnton, W Va., Nejt7-Ae s re
sult ol a bloody fight caused by an at
tempi on tbe part of a clerk to collect
a lou i overdue bill at Green Shoals, 20
Another Lynching
i.lttle Rock, Ark,, Sept 8 A special
to the Gazette from Cnsseit, A'k ,
states that a negro who attempts I to
aasault two white girls Sutuaday uigbt
was taken loom the jail Sunday and
lynched about three miles from Oios
Missouri Apple Crop
A Goodman, Secretary of tbe Mo,
state Horticultural society reports to
the New York Tribune Farmer thuttho
apple orop of that, state ivlll bj but - .
bout one filth ofanormal orop.
No liunti
' All persons are forbidden to hu t
with firearms or dogs on my land un
der pain of being prossecuted fur trig-
(8ept 0 Nov 7)
Joso,'li Ans n
to use the iirade.
0dR TALL STVIjES
We bave just received a aman shipment of our FALL 8TYLE9 of COATS
3 and SU1T& If you expect to boy a SUIT, it will pay you to look our Hoe over,
as it will bo to your advantage Ind you will be sure to get the RIGHT THINGS.
The Chicago Store
THE BUSIEST STORE IN TOWN
Adams Ave., La La Grande, Oregon. .,
yon
triated me during my term of olllce,
and to say that as a prlvaie oitizon 1
will be gird to work with you f ir the
best in siesta of Ihe city whenever
i ailed upon, and it ia in my powor to
do bo. Yonaverytr.il ,
J K Vo ey.
The resignation was accepted rod
the ooun il proceded to supply tho va
cancy.
J D SLATFR ELECTED
Councilman VY H Bohnenkump pUoed
the name of former mayor J 1) Slater
in nomination: There being no fur
ther nominations, Ihe recorder was In
Btrur.ied to oast a ballot for tbe entire
council whlcb be did and Mayor Foley
announced the result and declared the
eleotion of Mayor Slater.
Prior to adjousnmrnt tbe council
pasaed a resolution expreaalnsj their re
gret of the oirenmstanras that caused
the resignation of Mr. Foley, also ex
pressing their appreciation of the aer
vices hs bad rendered and the courteous
consideration extended at all times.
Mr. Foley responded in a few words
showing his appreciation of the esteem
lo which he wa held by the members.
The mayor appointed councilman
Bobnenkamp, Rluhaidson and Kowler
as a speoial committee to notify Mr.
Slater of bis election and tbe council
adjonrned until September 21.
FINANCIAL REOFIPW
Receipts from Aug. 3 to Sept. 7.
Lloenoes $ S 00
Fines and costs 675 00
For Bonds delivered 5055 3
Water Receipts 679 16 J
Total.... 8H15 08 !
Boys' School Suits-
; The first'Mvl must' important
pom! in tilting tiin hny-i with ( a
M-ho.il suit is WEAR. Ecm
omy it only t-euo id i'i import-'
iiik. , In making our mleri-.
i'i ,o ot tv ya goliool suit's w - lny
PsjiH i ,i .trees on ilu-iiH - i nit',
Wild Ii iviog ilio ' ylioico of tlio
lie.-c i ,iliic- im he murket we
nru tlnM euu'il-rl ihe bni-t 'list
pxneriH icci) deaigoers a id 8i:;i -oi
w.irkui hi u'i I'loii'.oe ut
Ii lily li limn ii I i'i I'in ;,
B ivb' IC e I'jutH . nils fnnn
ii. . -
liiji'i-ui- villi luiig pus 8
f ii ii l 0!) ' p . '
Hi'i- wii.Ii.v diriluy of 14. 'i0
- to 5.00 suits.
f Advance Styles in Ladies'
Street Hats.
The early comers nre
here nd open for ymir
iuspeclion Tbey are :t
ell thfl shapes that comply
in ull retpecta with tl
trji'st txioting dictates uf
faahiuii-',
New Girdle Foundations
iu 111 i-k and Wlnte
15o mid 25j
New Clilffou Oollir Foun
I ,li -us, new approved
almpes,' 15 and 25o
Scotts Hip Forms, n
eorted colors nuil sizes, 50j
New -Ladi s Tailor
Suits and Coats
Escape of Stakelberg
St Petersburg 8ept 7 General
OrlofTs division which saffered so se
rorely has lust arrired from European
Rusaia. Althoagb this division was
thrown Into eonfaalon and loata fright
ful number of man, the temporary
check it was able to givs tbe Japanese
probably saved the railroad to Kuropat.
kin. In the meautlme Knroki freed
from Karopatkin marched baatily
westward to intercept General Stake),
berg, who was cro.elng lbs river from
Our Fall purchases, iu this department ia far ahead
of ny of our lonnor elforti. The earlier shipments
are coming in and yon will agree with us that .these
early arrivals are "BEUTIE8." Come in and see
them,
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