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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1904)
..... 4 -., GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. VOLUME 111 LA GRANDE, OREGON. ERJSAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 16. 1904 NUMBER 264 'ST .. IF a in FOUR LARGE ENGINES Four of the largest locomotives that evef came to the West arrived here yesterday afternoon. Tbey will be used on the mountain division of the OBiN line between Huntington and Pendleton. These will be known s..5o.f, 190, 191, 192 and 193 of the type known aa the Pacldc and have simple e gines with twemy two lnoh oyllnders and twenty eight, inoh strike. 'I bey weigh one hundr d and tentv five tons wiihont the tender and with the tender measures seventy five' feet, To rail road men they are known as ten wheel ers with a trailer. The driving wheels are six feet five Inohet high. The tank Is what Is known as the Vtrderbllt type and bas a water capacity of seven thousand gallons and a ooal oapaclty of fonrleen tons of ooal, The ooal space . is so arranged that the coal will al ways be in reaoh of the fireman and be will not te required to olimb baok and shovel the roal down to the gang way. The engines are all equipped with tLe e'ectrio headlight and are in every way completely up -to date. Tbey will be placed In commission as soon . as tbey can be set np and will take the place of the present 400 class. A Large Shipment Of the season's choicest showings of Ladles Walking and Dress Hats will be on display at the Fair today and tomorrow. Make It a point to visit the department as soon as convenient. Yon will feel well repaid for your time as yon will nieefc representatives from all the best hat makers in Amer ica The prh-ea also will be extremely low doting the Initial Bhowing. . -Public Speaking GeoB Goebel, national organizer, Socialist party will speak tonight from the balcony of the Commercial Hub this evening at eight o'oluok on "shall the trusts own the nation or the nation own the trusts." 1 Portland Markets The drop in the eastern markets on wheat hat made no material ohange in the wheat market In Oregon, and hay ings by eastern parties at the prevail ing ptioes are just as large, and the local miller are not going short in their surplles The oat market still remains the same, bnt with a good healthv tone The markets will likely remain about the same during the season and there are no Indications nt any sensational advances. . The first oranberries of the season are now being brought into Portland from Tillamook, and are selling at 19 per barrel. . There is a good demand for live stock and prioes are growing firmer. There wa a rise of twenty five cent in the bog marktit today. The ruling prioes today are as fol low : HAY AND GBAJN Wheat, export price ..79oto85o Bar'ey, best (22 to m Oats 126.50 to $27.60 Hay, ". timothy.!'.. 115 to $16 BUTTEB, EGGS AND POULTRY Butter, beat oreamerf ... .. 25 to 27)c Butter, ordinary 20c Eg8, per dozen.... ...... ..23c to 26V Chickens, per pound ,.113 EROIT8 AND VEGETABLES Potatoes per owt. ...... .11.25 to 11.40 Onions, per owt S1.60 to $1.76 Apples, best, per box $1 Peaches, best, per box...... 40o to 60c Beets, per taok ..$125 Cabbage, per pound 2c LIVE STOCK -. SHERIFF ISSUES CLOSING ORDER On and After Midnight Saturday Business Houses Must Close Sundays Gambling Must )Stop. Steers,-.... Cows. Balls Stags. .$2.75 to $3 $2 $1.75 $2 Hogs, beet., 15.76 to $6 Hogs, feeders......: $3 95 to $4.20 OS-TE-OP-A-THY IT'S .SWA? WIDER THAN 18 USUXLLY KNOWN Do not suppose that Osteopathy is a good thing for only a few ills That is father from the truth than you now Imagine. One of the surprises of investigating this soienoe invariably is that its sway over disease la so ex tons ve It probably treats all Ills, not strictly surgical, that are ourable. Iu aoute Ills, like stomach and bowel troubles, nervous - maladies and women's Ills, it works wonders. Tbe flat has gone fortt The expect, fness men employed attorneys and tried ed has happened.- SherlO Pennington to prevent the order of the sheriff who is olothed with authority has from being carried out, but tbey finally Issued hia order that all violations of yielded and the law in Baker county tnerjunday closing and gambling laws. Is being enforced. far ae his authority oovera. whloh There Is no question but what a very extends all over Union county, will be large majority of the people of this proseoutea to the lull extent of the , oount. commend the sheriff in the law Pince the announcement was first publiialiy made that this order was suon to be Issued, several daya ago, l has been, freely disoussed by those direotly interested and unless there la stand he has taken. - THEORD3R "LAWS WILL BE ENFORCED BUN DA? CLOPING, UAH BUNG, EOT: I respectfully call the attention of all Business People of Union County. .a .n.tin. . IAIJ ...... .he. . I a sudden change in the program, the I97i of Bellenger and Cotton's Annot lawsgoiernlng gambling and Sunday , ated Codes of the State of Oreaon. dosing will be complied with. , ? nam. Seotions will be Condition, are de,idedly different In ' m'beginning' twelve , "otoSt this oounty than in Bakerwhen sheriff midnight. Any and all persons viola Brown issued a similar order a few ting any of said Sections, will be pro weeks ago. Theie the saloon and bual. ' woaiei to the full extent of the Law. ; O. O. Peniugtou, Sheriff." Purchased Sheep ". . - Obierver Bpeoial Pendle.on.8tpl. 16 Within the past few days Hunter 4s Stephen the well known atook buyer, have pur obased7,000 bead of sheen from sheep men in the vicinity ol Pendleton. Of this comber 3.000 are lobe shipped to Nebraska and there fattened for the mutton market, while the other 4,000 which are breeding ewes are intended for tbe ranges of Idaho and Wyoming FORTY CAR8 FROM MEACHAH Dr.W. H. Lanti government de puty stock inspeotor left list evening for Meaobam lo inipeot a shipment of lambs and sheep which will be made today. 8 Welter Bros, of W oming will send out several thousand bead to their Wyoming ranohes where tbe abeep will be prepared for the market Tbe greater portion are Umbs and ewes. .Other buyers ' will; also "make shipments from this point today and tomorrow. It is estimated that forty oar loads wil!"be shipped from Meaoh- atn this week, v , 'r "' ; For Rent ; Furnished rooms to rent . Inquire of Mrs A U Stover, Uilts house north .i.of car shop Phone 1801 8,16. ,.-WWBWHlt .-TOO ' .' i .i .i.a.yr.' Band Concert At the Commercial olub building tonight at 8 o'olook the La Grande Concert Band will play the . following program: Maroh "Fall in line" Rosey Overture "Memories of Tare" Deavltt Intermezzo "The Gondollers"...7.i .Powell Waltz "OeeUia".' Maurioe tr Rag "BUI Bailey" Arr Dresser Selections National airs" Mo Cosh Prof. Hendricke, ' Bandmaster. Eight room on North Fir Street en ,uiie of M rr-BhWer. 8-if I OdR PALL STYLES 1 W have just received a mall shipment of our FALL STYLES of COATS and SUff-8. you xpet " bn7 SUIT U wiU Pa? J00 look our line over as it will be to your advantage and you will be sure to get the RIGHT THINGS. The Chicago Store THE BUSIEST STOKE IN TOWN Adams Ave., La La Grande, Oregon. ODER OF DEAD BODIES Mukden, Sept. 19 It it reported here Ibat the Japanese were compell ed to evacuate Liao Yang on aooonnt of the fearful stenoh arising from the dead bodies. Japanese an fortifying the approaohes to Mnkden by way of Liao river. : Preparations for an ad-.. vanoe ire belng.eontioue-l, . 8-nall detaoltments of Japanese are moving northward from tne Tai Tie river. Kuroki la now going ; east while to the westward, (reparations are being made to sand a large force up the Liao. V Tbe Japanese already have 100 bar ges read; foruae for this .purpose... With these tbey intend to ascend as far as Tie Pass. It Is atsted the Jap anese are preparing a turning and flanking movement, and will not en-" gage in another big battle before the occupation of .Pass. These prepara tion are expected to ooeupy a montb. LENA MUST DISARM (Observer Special) . Washington, Sept, IS. Acting Sec retary of State Adee today gave ouj tbe following statement regarding the Russian ship Lena at San Fraculsoo; . "The president bas today I'BUid an order, through the aotlDg seoretary of state, directing that tbe Russian srmed transport Lena, now at San Fram isoo, be taken In custody by tbe naval authorities -it the UniteJ States and disarmed. . The features ot the conditions prescribed that the ofBoers and crew shall be paroled but not to leave San Francisco until some other understanding aa to their disposal oan be reached between tbe United States government and both belli gerents: that after her disarmament tbe vessel may be moved to a private dock for snob reasonable repairs as will maae her seaworthy and preserve her in good condition during her de tention, that she may be repaired at the navy yard If the Russian com mander ao elects; that while at the private dock tbe commandant of tbe navy yard at Mare Island ahall have custody of the ship and the repairs shsll be overseen by an engineer, the offioer to be detailed by tbe command ant, and that, when fo repaired if peaoe shall not have been oonoluded tbe vessel shall be taken baok to the Mare Island navy yard and held in boetody tbe end ot the war. She cKlup. Mas wmhMumar? State - News The Eastern Oregon Presbytery of the Presbyterian churob met yesterday at Wallowa. Cigar slot maebfnes are allowed to operate in Portland. Frank R Little, a carpenter, dropped dead at Baker City, Wednesday, from heart disesse. Tbe only exhibit from Eastern Ore gon at the a tab fair cornea from tbe state experiment station at Union. George Reed, a sheepherder,' was killed by a night policeman at North Yakima, Tuesday night, while Reed was attempting a holdup just In fun. Reed was drunk and Bred at the officer first. According to the undertaker's record there bas been but one death In Astor ia slnoe August 12, and that was of a Chinaman who died withoonaomptlon contracted befpre be went to that city. An Installment ot tbe Lewis and Clark oolns, amounting to f'25,000, has arrived In Portland, from the Philadelphia mint. Makes the Season's First Complete Showing of Ladies' FALL HATS To-day and To-morrow These Hats, which include both walking and dress ' hats, are the product of the most artistio and skilled hat makers, who are in complete touch with the most ex clusive fashion centers beautiful and striking combina tions of color and trimmings that will be the vogue with fashion's pace are here FOR THE OPENING SALE We hae marked these choice fall creations at prices which will add dew lurels to our reputation for high class Millinery at Bed-Hock-Prices, You are Cordially Invited to Visit Our Millinery Department .