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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1904)
'ri LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. VOLUME III LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1904 NUMBER 265 PICK POCKET CAUGHT Paddy Noona! Bound i ' Over for Abstracting Purse ji Portland Markets With the better demand for poultry the market are firming op and cbiek-1 ens are 50 higher. There is a good) demand tat geese end tnrkeys, bat ) only tbe better grade at dock are finding buyers. Thee,g market 1 weak pn account) - - ' ot the eastern egis on tbe market! - : which are selling at 2to per dozen,) and the demand is mostly for these,! leaving the local egg ms.ket Weak-( A cranH znA - Bat a racy email amount ot valley rt3MUIl elllU wbeat ie moving at the present ngsres i on the merket, but it it repotted that! some of the smaller millers an offer- j in priree more than tbe quotations i printed below, The eattera Oregon potatoes which oold the top ot the market are slow ; in coming in, and there bai been large shipments (ram Oalttorala. The de mand is still good and the prioes re- THE JAPANESE CAPTURE FORTS . Capture Two Fortifications Near Port Arthur. The Fort is m Straights. Despuate Che Foo B&pt 10 Tj Jaznwd bp ah ill demoltahod eeraral eagtart a $500 Reward ' (Observer- Special) To aid In the cteating np of tbe mystery of the atrange tt ot Uhrtetophor Coiumbns Elits, tile Weston jJoanMn yuatb. who wa shot down at be walked along a ioneir road Dear Itle home- Saedey morning, August 28, tbe OmaiMia ooanty aoart this morning pasted a reward of (S0O for tbe arrest and ravl fclart ot the oiardcrvi or mardeie'S. One thous and dollar more, It i rumored, Witt be offend from private. source. Justioe Hoogb beld Faddy Noona) in the earn of $200 this morning on a chare o! taking a purse tram Obae Oote and in deleultol which he was; tamed over to eiienff Pennington lor j safekeeping until tbe Grand Jury meets in Ootober. I; seemes that dir. Oote was drink ing in the Palaos saloon last evening about 9 oViook and took out bis purse to hate a 120 piece changed after Mr. Anderson retained him the change and Mr. O.te went to pat it beak ia bis pane it was gene.. As there were only three men there at the time and one of tbem hid jnst stspped out Mr. Anderson took in tbe situation im mediately ao.i stepped out and I rough t the man beak ia, looked both daws sod sent for the deputy marshal B 1? Wade who took Noona! io obarge. Ha was sesrobed and nothing a found on him. Mr. Anderson knew tbt the purae could not be tar and be witb Uhe assistance ol eeveral others .pro cured a lantern and soon found the nurse wbioh bad been dropped cEf the side walk within a few feet when he had overtaken Noona! and took olrarge ofbim. Tbe puna was examined and found that all the money was still tnere. The supposition naturally that Noonal expected to return later and pick it op. It is indeed fortunate for Mr. Oote that Mr. Anderson aoted as quickly as be did . main the same. ' . The lire stock market still remains firm witb good healthy demand in all grades, and hogs still retain the advance reac hed yesterday, with pros - peota of continuing firm at tbe prises quoted below. Below, with , silent changes tram yesterday, will be foniid the ruling prices today : HAT AND GRAIN Wheat, export price........ 78c to 85c Barley, best.. 8 to 23 Oate ..128. to 127.50 Hay, timothy.... ,...15 to l(i BUTTER, EGGS AND POULTRY Batter, best aresmery 25 to ZTJSc Batter, ordinary 200, Egiis, per dozen. 23oto26c Chickens, per pound.. .......... .12J FRUIT8 AND VEGETABLES Potatoes per awt. fl.25 to l.i Onions, per owt 1.50 to 1.75 Annies, best.- set box 1 Peaches, bast, par box .... . AUa to 7UO Beets, per saok.. Cabbage, per pound .2e IXV& 8TO0K Steers 2.75 to 3 Cowe ... ..........2 Balls Stags- .-.. Hogs, best ..fo.Totofe Hogs, feeders 3 95 to $4.20 twren Sept. 8 and 10, as aulted and captured important fortification two miles, east ot GoMeu Bill new Port Arthur, and were able to hold toe po sition, owing to tbe poor quality of the Russian p7wder, their shells tailing Ot the ships In the harbor only six ara able to fight at present. tbe dock yards, killing an olfloer and two men'. Tbe Japanese fleet tomes Id daily much closer ttiaa formerly throwing sheila. The Japanese are constantly re ceiving beavy guns from Japan to short ot the point for wbkh tbey vera which the Raselaae are uadle to re- aimed. Many shells also tolled to ply explodede. This is taken to indicate that General Stoeseel't supply of ara innnit(D' is running very loiv. This information is tveeivtd from an Jntel ligeut Chinaman, who lett . Port Arthur, September 52. Russians nave placed mines under til the public buildings, wharves. arsenals possible to rue against the Japanese witb tbe intention ot causing their destruction should . tbey enter tbe city. . ammunition is acaroe hot there is plenty of bread. the house formerly occupied . fay Viceroy Alexieff was bit by a shell recently and partically wrecked. An Got Two Years Portland, Be.pt. IT. Ewin rreffielJ leader of. the "Holy Keller," to day convicted of the orime ot adultery aad was seateaved to serve a term of two years in the peuiteatlgry, Eetare the case west to' tbe Jty, Creifieid: made a ramhllog statement (bat ail his actions had been golded by he Ixsri ud while iwroigbt l snilty ID too aye ol the Aopl he wee not ta the eyesofOod. t. Co. L Dance Monday nigbt after drill. Mcsio Thomas Orobestia. Yon ars cordis! ly iuvit-d. Ladies free. OS-TE-OP-A-THY E?erj iofimjiioB, oengssiiOD or oatarrit is tuadarseatallyaadprtOA'tpat. iy the mnSt of a faHu'e of the Tenon bloud to drala the rertioa'at '.iastive -. SDToJ?d. tienco the cttass ot theee . cilateate ties in jxxx tirooiaiion, which again ia the resale l a mo- -traetlon of mnsrlcs or iitaiasnts nr- - roncdlag the aerree e.id Teeeel hy wbirb tb saifirinir parts are Beornhed ' The treatment wnleh qatv.keet and s&f- 7 esi woaid affs t a reliet and aore, mtt't thecotcre tstuiiiy rowsist in tbe loosrslng ani aoltenlag ot the eaai treeted Dioscits, tine relation of iiga- -meat, a reatoratloa ot the e&eletaa to its perfect and . norma . adiustraent, cad l rtjaBt tiisstslaties f 1b (reed-up Berre-coaceatraaa, The ah- (mctiopf tbe TsBons cirmSatSos - betag thus tmad, the teetorettaa of n-im! rJrit)g& ol ae-iin will aooa teed to a retata of normal son- - dltious and health. . . . , . , tit 8URAP AGAIN , Mukden, Thursday. It is reported bere that tbe Japanesa ara advancing ' on Mrikden from the. east, A strong force of Saaslana la ready to , meet thm. ' ... Local Option , (Obeerrer Special)'' Milton, September 57. Tbe people ot MlUoa are now elrcnleting . tselition lor a rote oa the liqaur question cov- evmj au ot vinauua ounij. . TODAY'S BKIEP BfSPATOH New bwang, Sept. T7. Japaaese relata' cements ere continually da- barking here and are seat northward toward Uao Yang as son as they ar rive. With them ara sent greet etores oiber sbeJl stnrka destroyed boat of winter snpplies from the huge which was docked tor wpsires, .'.estroy orops oto$ reaped tnronjDow man. ing it aad killing seven gllnrs. One Pbnria. Mifiiohair Dyint Henry Wainbarrl, tha " isllllonalra brewer ot Pertlaed, lies serioosiy ill at bis home in thlsolty. His Mends oeUwe he is dying and bis physic an, A ft Nlohole, who ptaaaaoeec hie efSlc iso io be stomach si) kidney tronWe i at long t lading, hae little hope of hie Thresher Burns Joe and Will Lay's separator, to gether with sis stacks of grain were totally destroyed hy fire at the Van oil ranoh on Prarie creek Monday evening at eleven o'olook. The Sre was discovered by Miss Nettie Lsodi Who gave tbe alarm and as soon as powlbte the thrashing crew and the form hands were oa the scene hsi little ooold be done to stay the Samoa on account of the soaraity of water Joseph Herald. OeiR TALL STYLES Day of Rest There is nothing now I) preheat every business man in town from en joying tbe gafobetb day witb bis family or attending dWine worship upon that day. Tbe oid stereotyped exsuas of "work at theetore" must be supersetl- ed by auather. The sheriff's order makes it possitle (or any bitsiaerc .nan tjeujoy a day ot aotatertapttd repose. 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