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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1904)
. I . - " EVENING" -OBSERVER. VOLUME !!! LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28. 1904. NUMBER 273 . LA GRANDE EXLRA CHOICE PEACHES Grown by L burg, who will 40 Acres in Next Spring Olden Plant Pears It Oldenborg brought la boxes of peaohe grown on bit foot hill farm known u the Huutly plaoe. 1'hte land li t several bandred feet higher tlin the Kellogg farm and de monstrates by the quality of trait grown that It Is especially adapted to fruit oullnre. - Mr Oldenburg slnoe baying this tract has planted out 4000 apple trees and;, next spring will plant oat forty acres In pears. This orchard will be a novelty In Ibis seetion . as ha will make this what is known as a dwarf orchard. The trees will be planted 12 feet apart each way and will be pruned tow and stubby, . .., . , t. Owing to the fsct that our pears are better keepers than - btber sections of the ooaat, this always insures good prices. Mr Oldenborg has given horticulture nis undivided attention in this violnity for a number of years snd baa made a great success in fruit growing. prospects for future business is flatter ing li oertainly making the statement very mild. During the month of Sept ember the onamery paid the milk producers the mm of fifteen hundred dollars and daring the month of Octo ber the checks for butter fat will run considerably above the two tbnasand mark. This means a great deal not only to the producers, bot the baalnsss men of the town as well. Two thous and dollar, thrown directly into the channels of trade cannot help bu' be felt in a small community Ilka thl. The business is oonstantly on the in creass and new oustomera are being added to the list daily. The creamery patrons now extend not only, to the nearby farmers, but many some from Elgin, Alicel and the Cove. Toe en tire output of the creamery finds a ready market in this oity. In faot the demand is greater than the present supply. The plant now only handles several the produce of about six hundred oows and Is capable of bacdling the produce of Line hundred more or a total of flf. teentjundred. The proprietors of the company are O E Harper and A T Hill, ! bath ol these gentlemen are residents and business men of oity snd county and are well known lor their business integrity and . upright methods, Mr, Harper has hail six years experience in the oreamery business in this county and during those years baa made s reputation for himself which gives him the entire oonOdenoe of tLe people with whom he has transacted business, Tbe first o the month the oreaiotry paid twenty two and a half cents per pound for .butter fat, but this wtek they find they can pay mora and have increased the price to twenty five cents La Grande Creamery Company The La Grande Creamery Company is just entering upon its second months business In this oity and to say that the past months butine a and tbe taken' to Portland Saturday night with a view of andercoiag an operation died there yesterday afternoon and his body was brought borne this morn- "g. ...;! After making an examination the doctors decided that an operation. would furnish no relief, Ho was op erated on for tbe sama canes abiutl three years ago. ; ' The funeral will be held In Elgin tomorrow at ! o'clock under tbe au spices of the Masons, Knights of Ty .hais Woodmen of tbe World and EuU.ro Star of wo'.oh he was mem ber in good standing . Quite a number wjll attend from tbisoi.y. ' Seohased was a son of tbe respeoted pionerr Mr and Mrs Terry Tuttle and leaves a wife , two sons snd onedaugh tec He was respected and bonored by all who knew Mai. . -. Will The FALLS INTO A THRESHER Is Literally Chewed to Pieces by the Jaws of A Monster Threshing ...schlne;-..;.',..... Quakers Vote? Plain Held, Irid.,8ept. 23,-Indlana politicians are wondering If the Quak ers are going to vote this year. Borne ol the Republican leaders say it looks that way, and they are quaking at the Kerr Estate Appraised per pound- The! people of this city prospect. The Quakers In their yearly I The estatti of J D Kerr; bankrupt, and the residents of the oonntv are to ' mAAttncr hern the other dav unanimous. I was appraised yeetertlar afternoon in congratulated upon having located in ly adopted a strong worded resolution j the office of referee F 8 Ivanhoe by L Kalispell, Mont., Sept. 28. Forest L Webster lost his life In a moat awful manner near thla ; city, lis waa engaged In feeding a threshing machine at a ranch about nine miles from Kal ispel, when be accidentally stepped through the opening of the oylinder, which wss revolving at tbe rate of 2000 times a miuute, He was drawn down and literally chewed to pieces by tbe teeth of tbe oylinder and concave before the machinery could be stopped. , 'he left leg snd thigh of the uulor tuhate man were ahreuded and olawed to a pulp, and his right leg torn off by the machine. ' their midst a creamery which baa every calling on President Roosevelt to exert prospect of success snd permsntnoy. bis executive power to prevent the The building whioh the creameay com-: opium abuue in the Philippines. .,, pany occupies was built expressly ' for j There are 15,000 Quaker men of vot them and they hold it under a five! Ing age inlndlanaandanequa'number years lease. The Lit Grande Creamery I in Pennsylvania, and if they grow ex Company 1b . here, to stay and each j oited over the opium que itlon they month will- see an Increase in Ita may all vote. If they do use the tran- amount of business and a correspond-1 cblse .they will set the politicians ing Increase in the benefit to the oity guessing of La Grande and Dnion county. to the farmers of A. R. Tuttle Dead Edit r A, B. Tuttle who bas been in very poor health for a number of years as a result of a oenoerous growth in tbe stomsoh but was rapidly growing worse the past three weeks and was W. O. W. Attention There will be a meeting of the Wood men of the World tonight with i a special initiation and a banquet after warda. All members : are earnestly requested to be present'. By order of the Committee 06R TALL STYLES to I e bave just received a small shipment of our FALL STYLES of COATS and SUITS. If youexpect to bay a SUIT, it will pay you to look our line over, m it will be to your advantage and you wilt be sure to wet the RIGHT THINQS. The Chicago Store THE BUSIEST STORE IN TOWN Adams Ave., La La Grande, Oregon. tisyburn, A L Morrla and Fred Jacobs. Tbe goods and fixtures were appraised at filOO. The liabilities are about S6000. SAGaidlnier haa been appointed trustee, a large hay raok the floor of whioh wss covered with new bright hay and in lass tins than it takes to read . this quite a number of the ladies Aid So ciety were oomfortsbly seated and on their way to Mr. MoAIUter's farm where they were eocn at work, Mr. MoAliatsr bss one of ths banner onion patches in tue valley this yesr Tbe orop is estimated et.600 saoks from a little over one acre. . Tbe Ladies Aid receive oompenae- tion for their work and besides having a good social time, will return with sn enlarged treasurer By tbe num ber ol iitxrol sited lunoh baskets tbsy , evidently meant to make it a profit able day. . ' j. ;. 5 'Must Have Cards - - .- (Observer' Special.) " Uadvllle, Colo, Sept, 38-Notlcee informlog all miners that It is neces sary for them to have oards of recent-' mendatlon- by October 1 In order t work have been posted In every abilt house in this section. i Election Bets i . Hew York Ueut 28-In wall stnet today backers of Parker who have endeavoring to get odda of 4 to 10 from Rooeevelt betters are willing to bet i to 10 several offers at these odds being mads. A large amount of Rooee velt cash continues to be offered at odds of" 2 ' to 1 without uncovering muoh Parser money at the rate. , -.. JJ Judge who la handling money both ways on commission offered to bet I 1,000 to 8600 on Roosevelt and $320 to $600 on Parker. Even money was offered In lsrpe blocks . that Rooeevelt would osrry , this state , The biggest offer waa 116,000 even thst Roosevelt get New Torks vote which waa made by Edward MoUullough T. A. Wood Dead. '; v j- (Observer Special) f , Portland, Sept, S3 Thomas A Wo l fur more than ten year grand com mander of the Pndisn War VsterntM died today of heart disease. He vaf 67 years old. ' Wood was an attorney Malnlv through bis efforts a pensl iff law was passed by congress In bene -it of the In tan war veterans. Ten Mile Relay Race The Baker County Fair and 3p oi Association held a meeting at tit -office of Secretary Correll last eviiU lug. . ; Arrangements were perfected for a ten mile relay raoe to be run net! Sunday.' Each rider will be requli, I 1 to furnish Ave horses, and oh in (a mounts eveiy half mils. ' Considerable interest was manifesto! In the meeting and the general opliw ton of those present waa to the effojt that tile meet will be the most si. censful one ever held In this city. - Baker Oity Herald. . f. . UNION -IRON Card of Thanks' .. We lake this method of thanking I lu many frieuda who so kindly assist J t us and expressed - their sympsthy lor us during the Illness snd death ol-o ir mother Uhe- late Mra D K Nice:. i ., Mra Thomas Nicely and famil : ' ; British i Ship Sunk; Cheltenham EngUnd Sept 28 A telegram from Oephalonia in t JC Ion- iau sea, was received this forenoon an nouaoing the loss ol tbe British tor pedo boat destroyer Ohsmoii, wbioh baa been ooaduoting speed trials oil Oape Papas. Although many of the crew were injured all were saved. xne loss ol toe destroyer was so quick that tbe crew barely .bad time to esospe. While running at full srfeed sbe oast a propeller blade with such force thst it was thrown en tirely through tbe vessel's hull. ' The report received here says thai a great portion of lb destroyers crew who at that time happened be near the stern of tbe boat waa injured by flying timbnrs and peioes of broken machinery. Through tbe gaping bole in tbe rid' died bull tbe water burst in a stream, the destroyer broached at tbe stern, and in a few minutes disappeared be neath tbe waves. WORKS I Ed Blackburn, of Baker City, is la La Urande on business. N O MoLeod of Elgin is ami i:g . business visitors In the city today. ' (Observer .Special'i j; It j I'.'-'BAU, ROADMEN ' Ban Franoisoo Sept 28 Various rum , Geyserite soap lOo Newlin Drug Con ors regarding tbe luture of the (talon tf. Iron Works were today sat at rest by , . . ,. I Attempt To Rob A Saloon Special to tbe Obseiver Anaoonda Mont. 8ept. 29 During attempted robbery of tbe Mike Karas ssloon tonight OonKiley wt II known msn wss shot through the besrt and instantly killed by Kara who was tenniag bsr. About 10:30 o'clock wbils Kara waa talking to a patron the front and back doors opsosd slmullsLfouily. Two men in black masks entered and or dered all present to throw their bsnds op Kara dropped behind tbe bar so- oured a gum and shot the mo who bad entered from the rear and wbo proved to be Kiley. After lbs firing a shot grssed Kara'a besd Inflicting a light wound. Tbe other boldup wbo is uoknown esosped. Young Kiley's psrsnts are respectable people of local standing, Topping Onions This morning J W McAlister drove up to front of tbe Ceotrsl obnrob with C VI Sohwab who said thst tbe plant would be enlarged and made the first In tbe United States if not in the world - : QEV8ERITE SOAP , KorRRMenlOo at Newlin Drug Co.' tf , ;' , ' A THE BARGAIN STORE i. -. " An elegut assortment of . 1 TAILORED HATS vn And anothef '' lot ' of those new and ntylish caps just received P S. bring your heads' and have them fitted. EM Wellman & co ? , r Adams Avenue. The Most Stylish and Most iJ Modern Fall Millinerv i 1 At Prioes Far ; Below Any j j Previous Offer ; : Now on Exhibition i j Mrs. J. R. Forrest, I Masomo balding on Adams avenue. : i- r !