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GRANDE
OBSERVER.
VOLUME III
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'. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1904
NUMBER 43
WOMEN
BURNED
ALIVE.
Mascedonia Produces a
Massacre Almost, Dairy
All Sorts of Unmen
tionable Outrages
Athena, Oct. 13 Hardly day p8
e without sseassinalions ol Greek by
. Bulgarian being reported from Maoe
dooia. . J .
Sunday Dear Monaatir an ortbodrx
; priest wae murdered while oelebratiug
, mM and bie wife wae barned alive. A
i G eek notable ' was also assassinated
. in oburoli. . if .
Tbeobjeot of these erimoe ia to
terrorize tbaj Greeks Into declaring
themselves 'members of Bulgarian
committees, tcertby seeking to make
tbt Bulgarian element appear pre
dominant. . . . " - .;
f Evening Whist
The evening Whiat club was enter
I tained last evening b Mr and Mrs.
i Ed Murphy at their home. Thtladies
f first prize was awarded to Mrs. frank
S, Lilly and the gentlemen'a first prize to
- Mr. Molden. The oooaolaticn prize
were awarded to Mre. Molden and Mr.
Ja'mes urphy. Dainty refreshments
f ' were served. : . ; . -
Those present were: Messrs and Mes
; dames Swaney, Galllngr, Rosa, Caasey,
Bohnenkamp,' Lilly, Molden, E E Kirt
V ley, P H Kiddle. Mendamea Allison,
X Alklne, Finn, Grady, Uowles, Dobson,
j MJs Looney and Mr. James Marphy.
Imbler Items
l . uun jiwunuitv it am uwu otu up lw ,
two days threatened with pnenmonla
i'c CI IX Ml t I I i .
Imwnmm Clunk. I 1 1-1 J M
I f 4 iuiu iuiai in, uoou ruuuiug mun
J handed in ooosqar nco. -;i
. Mr and Mra Harris made a baslneaa
;' .'- trip to La Grande Tuesday.
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Have y ou
atiCHAits-sTtafi W
VIHI CLOTMIKO . titm-f
See our Display of Stiff and Soft Hats
In the ne w Autumn Styles aud shades we ean.save you from 60o to $2 on a hat.
us and seel Prices range from $1.60 to 14.60
The La
J H Strlngham ha sold bis property
in Imbler lo 1 H Balsbury. - M- String
bam expect to move ont of U e com
maoity. - . ,.
J Russet of Island City ahlppad a
oarload of hogs from hero Tuesday,
Kiddle Bros ablpped a ear Wednesday
- L M Jensen returned Tuesday from
Utah. Be waa aeoompanled by bis
mother. . .: . . , ,C-
A William who baa been in the em
ploy ot the firm of Kirett ia prepar
ing to return to Arkansas, his former
home. ., i -.:
The Poet Offlce haa been moved
Walter Stringham will now diab ont
the love letters.
Dry CreeK Drifting
The recent ralna have soaked Ome
ga up so he is on deck again,
Apple and prune pioklng is in pro
grass this week. Both are plentiful
and of fine quality. ; .
Mt Donnington ' is ooaduotlng a
aeries of alnging lessons at our sobool
house. All who are - interested In
this line would do well to oome. ' .
Mr Willie G.'easman' ia teaching
school at North Povder Willie is a
bright buy and aaucess is sura to
be bie crown.
- Mr and Mra Wesley " Oliver were
given surprise party by the young
people Monday night. Despite the
dark night the young folk did not
fail in having a jolly time. -
Miss Etta Fisher ia attending school
at La Grande -
Dr Monk of Summervllle had " what
might bay proved a serioua runaway
Iaat Friday night while driving to see
a patient. The Dr was thrown
from his carriage but fortunately no
no serious damage was done exoept
log a tew bruises to Dr which will
soon mend. "" ..-
Mr Viotor Mieder and Mr Arleigh
Laramore are attending ' ool ledge at
Corvailis this year It ia with pride we
peak of our young people who go to
the higher institutions, of leaving :'
The pine Needle Fibre Factory is
advanoing rapidly and soon we will
have an enterprise second in the
World. Omega.
Engineer Dead
6 W Allen received a telephone
measage this .morning from his son
John Allen at Fleasent Valley stating
seen our 3ST ew Aiitrimiil
nits and. Overcoats?
IF you haven't, don't delay another day in
coming here to see them. They are the
smartest, most stylish and best tailored ready
to - ear garments ever displayed in thia city. We
itvite your inspection and any fair comparison
wi'h clothing sold elsewhere for a third more.
Oome and criti ally examine them.
Michaels-Stern Fine Gothing
Inside and out, and look at the sewing, shap
ing, style and fit ita to oar interest as well ' as
onrn. If you will do this you will surely agroe
with us that you never saw any clothing to equal
this for the price that's saw.
Autumn Sack Suits for Men' and Young Men
For tl e young men tbe fabrics are especially
selected handsome mixture; iu dignified patterns
in many varieties, including favorite gray and
brownish tones. For men there are an equal
number of handsome fabrics and patterns in both
gray and brownish tones, bnt in more subdued
patterns and colorings $6.50 to $20.00
Rain Coats
That are fashionable and serviceable. From
now until Thanksgiving it isn't safe to be- with
out a rain coat. Ours are smart, correct, thor
oughly rain proof and fit perfeotly. Your exam
amination of our new models can only result in a
purchase we speak ol experience with others.
At 12.26 to 16.00
Grande Cash Store.
that Fnatneer Mayflald of that plaoe
was dead. The deoeaaed has been ill
for several weeks with trboid lever.
The arrangments tot funeral have not
beau announced at the time of going
to press. . , .v;,.;,'
SOME ELOQUENT
? FIGURRJS
In bla address at Lebanon Ohio last
Saturday Attorney General Ellis pre
sented some figure representing fact
in a mottoonvinolng way. .
: In 1898 lbs bank clearings of the
United State ware $51,000,000,000; in
1803 tbey were 1114 000,000,000; in 1883
tbe per capita of wealth waa 121 ; in 1903
it had reached 130. In 1896 the total
veal i hot the country waa 177,000,000,
000. In 1903 it was in excess of 9100,
000,000,000, and the figures are not
mat'er or creations of fanoy, but the
figures of statistic of the Treasury
and the Interior Departments at Wash
ington. The leseer figures of total.
wealth ot the country are Democratic
figure oompiled under the adminis
t ration of Grover Cleveland,' as the
greater figures are compilations un
der the administration of Theodora
Boosevelt. Uinoinnati Tribnue.
STRONG MEN WORK
AS SERVANTS
Chicago, Cot. 13. Strong men ' In
Chicago are taking the plaoe of girl
domeatioa in private houses. Many of
these who are out of work, . due to
Strikes or the latest shift in the trouble
at the stock yards, are willing to act
as maids, cooking, scrubbing, baking
and making beds.
Mrs A M Wadeworth, manager of
the ( bfcago Woman'a Guild, said;
"Man servants have arrived in Chicago
Most of the applicants are oolored,
but many whites have also been hired
as cooks, general housekeepers, wash
ermen for latmdries, bed makers,
sweepers and dishwashers. The de
mand is greater than the aupply." The
average salary of a servsnt is $30 a
month and found. . '
Mr and Mrs R D Hamilton left last
evening on their astern trip, which
Includes a visit to Washington D. O.
and points in New York and Maine.
Try
PINE
NEEDLE
FACTORY
Factory Near Summer-
ville will Start Jan. I
and will 50 . Hands
-First inU S - a A
DMWBrune of Alaska and H H
McCarthy, of Porland are in the olty
and have made a contract with Turner
Oliver to purchase the entire produot
of his plant at Summervllle where he
manufacture liber and oil from pine
needles. The contract la made for
five years and calls for the entire pro
duct of the mill. Thia is the only
plant ot the kind in the United ;8tate
and the produot of tbe plant will be
fiber mads from pine needles which
will he used for stuffing mattresses,
pillows and many other artloloa re
quiring a soft filler An oil is nlao
extracted from the needles whioh 1
used in the manufacture of medicine.
and a pow der is also produced wbluh
bas a great value a an insect distroyer
The mill is expected to be In operation
by tbe ttrat ot January nd turning
ont fiber at the rate of four thousand
pounds per day snd will employ a
force ot fifty poojile. This industry
will be watched with great interest
'. y the manufacturing world a it is
the first in the nation and Ita auccess
means much a regard the develop
ment of the-plne districts. Tbe plsnt
will greatly lnorease tbe taiue of tlm
ber property in this valley as there is
ample market tor tbe produot and will
afford a constant and ready labor
market. . :. . :
TO HATCH
SALMON
EGGS.
Work will Commence
at Salmon Hatchery
on Oct 15
The annual Inoubatioo of salmon
egg will begin at tho Ontario batch
ery tbe Urges', in tbe world on Oot 16.
lo tbe storage w t e are, now about
12,000 fine peciim of tbe mammoth
Chinook salmon and the work of tbe
hatchery will be in full blast neat
Monday.
Aout 40 men will be employed
during the busy aeaaon in oatcbing
tbe salmon seouring tbe eggs fertilii
ing them and placing tbem in tbe
spawning tanks.
Tbe salmon are caught in seines
tbe females killed slit o; on length
wise tbe aupply of eggs delivered Into
pent where the milt from tbe mala
I spplied, tbe milt being extracted
and the male turned loose in the
river again.
One Urge female will ' yield 6000
eggs, 90 per oent of wbiob are fertilis
ed and hatch.
The carcasses of tbe dead females
are thrown back loto tbe stream or
given to tbe Indiana who now oamp
near the hatchery for tbe purpose ol
smoking tbe carcasses.
Fish Warden Vsn Dusso bowsver
bops to establish a plsnt st ths
batobery for ths purpose of convok
ing tha oarcaeset into a fertilizer for
land to be shipped east and sold at a
profit to the stats.
The eggs are plaosd ia vat of freah
running water kept at a temperature
ol 60 degress above zero, lo wbloh lb
egg batch in fiom 00 to 100 day.
The Aral requirement of tb hatch
ery I fresh water a the eggs refuse to
batch In standing or stagnant water
snd tha batcher la equipped w'th
steam beat and running water furnish,
ed from tanks filled Irnm the river
and filtered. '
The young fry are kept in water in
confinement until - alonl three
fourth of an inch to- one - Inoh in
length before being turned Iojss in
the river. ...':.
The output ol tha batobery this
season will be 30,000,000 ttlmon. .
Died
KELLY In Fraltdale near this elty
on Thursday Oct. 13, 1904 Mr
Thoma Kelley aged 66 years ot
. poaunionia. . : '. ,
At the time of going to preta today
tbe funeral arrangement are not per
fected awaiting advioes from abwot
enildren. .
Mrs Kellsy ha been a reside, t ol
bis city for about fifteen years, she is
bigbly respected, honored and loved
by a large acquaintance. She waa a
consistent member of the Oathnlio
ohuroh. 8be leaves a husband, two
ins, five daughters all residing else
where with the exception .of Mi
Shearer.. J.-.
Married. ,
At the borne ot the bride' parents.
near Island Olty at noon Wednesday
Oct. 12, Mr Zaoh Chandler and Mis
Maggie Bhafer, OH King officiating.
The young people will make their home
in rrultdale. .
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ATTENTION KNIGHTS
OF MACCABEES
15 very sir Knight in We city Is cor
dially invited to the banquet Friday
evening at Elk hall, given by the
Lady Maocabees In honor ' of ' their
State Commander Mra. XI H Lambaon,
, Clara Knott, Dep. 8t C,
Lime Walters, Act, L O.
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Stop That Shivering
And save that
' : four horse needs a blanket and we
have the best assortment in the valley to
seleot from. Horse blankets at all prices.
New stook just received sf
MEN'S GLOVES
Workiomen's high grade gloves. This
is a new line with us and we are proud of
our se.eotion. ' OaU and see them. Har
neBS and saddles made to order. Winter
robes just received. . Second hand sewing
machine for sale cheap. ' .
A Store With
A Record
business has increased FIVE FOLD. In other words
our business has made si great deal more rapid increase
than the town has. There are dozens of reasons for this
all of which yon will perceive if you begin buying drag
store goods of us. In the first place we had a thorough
training for pharmacy. In the second place we bad ex
ceptional opportunities for learning the praotical side of
pharmacy in a successful drug store of the highest stand
id p. In the third plaoe we have kept our eyes open and
attended to business until we know the demands of the
people of this town. ;
A. T.
a Prescription Druggist La Grande, Ore
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U ty
HAS NOT
SLEPT FOR
29 YEARS
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New Jersey Man Says
He Has not Slept in
lhat Time- Dr. Says
It is True. :
Pasaalo, N. J., Oot. 18. Jacob: .
Uasteline, 67 years old, declares that
be baa not closed hlasyea In sleep for
20 years. -' ' ' ' ' '
Neighbors bear witness to his wake-,
(uloesa. Dr. Prank M Stagg; who at
tended CaateliD several montha, sayst
I know positively that Castaitne-
baa not alept a wink for more than a
year, and I am forced to believe the ,
statement, however improbable It may
aeem that he haa not alept la 20 years.'
Dr. Riohard Terhune, who attended
Castellne 10 years ago, at intervals for
three years agree with his brother
phys'oian. Oaateline's wife being an '
invalid ia primarily rspo sible for his
present state of nnreet. He had he -
quent doctor'a bills to pay and began
to worry about meeting tbem until his '
ability to aleep waa permanently de
stroyed. "Eaoh night when 1 went to bad,"
ssid Uasteline, "I would toss : about
for hours, unable to elejp My oon
dl' ion grew worae until In my forty '
seventh year, I experienoed for the
first time what it ia to lie awake dor- -Ing
an entire night." Birds that time
Castellne say he haa never alept.
Oaateline i foreman of a gang of labor,
era employed on tbe water works He
works every day. , r -
Mrs. NH Lambaon, of Portland, lain
the olty for a few days.
Goaf
E. Q nstoffcrson
Harness and Saddles .
La Qrande, Oregon
We have been doing busi
ness in this town for 5 years
In that time the town has
nearly doubled in population
Durine the same time our
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HELL,