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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. :
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