Observer
GRANDE
EVENINu
Vi y VOLUME III
U GRANDE. OREGON, NONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 17. 1904
NUMBER 4S
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t Kelly Sell a One
Half Interest lor
$2,5000,000
Portland. Oct. 17 For a oenaidara.
'Miut a. 0 KnA AAA & 1 1 . I
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! consummated today wherabyahalf In
!teieet Is told Id Um holding! of the
Booth-Keller Lumber company of En -gene,
Oregon, to Michael A Kelley of
Duluth, John W Blodgett of Grand
Bapida, Mlob., O D Dannaber, ot
Chicago and Arthur H1U ol Saginaw,
Mich. Although new blood will tie
-interested In the groat lomberooncerna
management, its immenae forests will
Remain, aa former!, in the hande ol
Fi ad K flack of San Franolaco B A
ooth and the Kelly brothers of Du-
v. . , juio, Minn. A portion of the purohaee
price nas already bean paid.
-Tne Booth-Kelly oompacy'a holding
consist of about l6Sono nt aim..
.."'W, chief. In Lena nonntv. Ilnmn
;,.Cctiniatad to oontalnatx-billion feat.
jyTfj holdings In other Oregon timber
,lta are alio of gigantic proportions,
.f-: The balance ot the Immense payment
if ' will b paid orer tomorrow afternoon
lntbla city. The deal haa been in
abeyance for nearly a month, confer-
s
enoea without number being held dur-
ing that time, an agreement being On -ally
reached this afternoon. Improve
b nunta of great magnitude are contam
iVi plated by the new oonoem, the oapao
! "y of iU four mUla being greatly In.
R: oreaeed and Immenae- new tract of
timber being tapped to meet the do
X mind, of the inoreaaed oapaclty of Ita
fig pills. Spartraoka from the company'a
g iilla In Lane oounty to the timber
If ..ode twenty miles distant are to be
gMiuilt conneot with the Southern Pa.
jpcifiooompany's tracks. The company 'a
' oar immenae mill are in the vicinity
IJSugena, Ore. ,
) V A apaoial dispatch to tha Oragoaian
from Eugene aaya that If J Kelly, eee
retary of the Booth-Kelly Lumber
company, la eutboilty for tha stat
ment that there haa been aala of a half
Interest ot the Oumpaay'e holdings to
Eastern capitalist. . Kellr aaya that
auch a aala caanot be made without
calling tbiebireholdera to a ' melting
and the aaacUoa at the aharaholdos
obtained. Kelly states that lot mora
than B'ty shares ot tha eompany'a
stock has eh an red handa In the peat
fear mon'the. -
OSTEOPATHS WIN
IN UTAH
The appeal hi the ease ot the state ot
Utah, appellant, vs. A P Hibba, haa
been dismissed by tha supreme court
on the ground that It tea ao jurisdic
tion of the case. The appeal was taken
by tha state la order to make a teat
oase and settle tha rights of osteopaths
to practice in tbia state without bar
ing to peas the board of medical ex-
amlnara.. The osteopaths ant highly
elated over the supreme court refuel ng
to take Jurisdiction in tha ease and
they now feel that they can practice
here without being further molested
by the law. Deseret News. .
Died
GREEN At Salubrta, Idaho, on Sun
day, October, 16, lSOf, lbs. M l
wife of Q U Green, aged about 70
yeara
Tha remains will arrive on No. 1
tomorrow morning and will be taken
to the Central church, 'lbs funeral
will be at 8 o'olook la tha afternoon,
Bit. O H King officiating. The in
terment will take place In the I O O F
oemetery.
Mrs. Green la well .' known in thla
ulty where she made her home for
years. ,;.. ,-. .
Buried Saturday
The funeral of Thos May Bald took
place today from tin First Bsptlst
Church Her. H Secor, officiating,
The funeral' waa ander the aaapioea
at the Knights at Pythias, aad the
pallbearers were the following engin
eers front La J rands. Q W Hansen,
C i McLaln. SO 8hea,;P Blver, L
Vergusen and John Haatpsoa . -
The Interment occurred la Mount
Hops cemetery. Baker City Herald
JAPS
THE BEST
LIVERS
As Compared With the
Chinese they Use
More American
Produce.
doots. The men concerning whom
these etatistioi ware gathered an oou
mon ' laborers, wearing only -sheep
working clothes. .
Mr Hoff has also scoured from the
Director ol the United Btatee Census
Bureau statistics regarding Ohiness
and Japanese Immigration to the
United Stateadurlng the year', ending
June SO, 1904. It is shown by thste
tatistios that 43V Ohiness were ad
mitted during the year and that ot
these 67 gave Oregon as their desti
nation and eight ol then were admit
ted at Portland. During ' tbs same
time 14,381 Japanese were admitted
aad of theae SIS gave Oregtn aa- their
destination and 180 were admitted
at Portland. ' ' ' '
The coat of living of Chinese and
Japanese laborers forma a part of the
biennial report ol Labor Commissioner
O P Holland It la ahuwa that tha ex
pense ol tin former Is S7.0 per month
and ot tha latter 9.60 per month. The
Information was derived from numer
ous reliable sources and the figures
git en . are aa average of the estimates
reoslvedr .
Though the ltotal difference In the
cost of living la. not great between the
two nationalities, there 1 a great dlf
ferenoe In the proportion of the money
expended for American good a. . A coat
parlaon la thua made, ' c
Of the total, coat of living for Jap
aneee, 86 per oent la tor food and of
this 87 percent is American product
and 13 per cent .foreign. The expense
for cloths la 15 per oent of tLs total
and all of this is fur American goods
Of the total cost of living for Chin
etc 81 per oent is for food and of this
25 per cent Is for American goods and
75 tier cent tor foreign The expense
of cloths is 19 per cent of the total and
all ol this la for American goods.
Figuring kn the total expense ot
living regardless of tha purpose for
whloh expended the Japanese purohasn
89 per cent of American goods snd II
per oent of foreign. Too tChtneaa pur
chase 39) per oent of American goods
and 9QX per cent of lut'dlgn.
This difference is duo to the fact
that Japanese ooniumu many articles
ol food in oommon uta in America
whlou Onlnese will not touoh. The
Japanese not only spends mors money
lor his food but purchases a larger
variety of food material aad a much
larger proportion ol American pro-
'Ji Big Contract .
Olyatpia, Wash., Oct. 17 Balfonr
Gotbrie A Co., of Tacoma secured the
big coutraot horn the stats today for
supplying jute to the penitentiary
mill at Walla Walla lor the coming
year underbidding bidders from Seattle
Portland and San Franoisoo. The
contract was taken at $13 89 j per bale
I. o. b. Tacoma, Seattle or Portland at
bidders' option. 1 The contact calls
lor 2600 bales.
BLOODY
CONFLICT
kNOWON
A s. .CI
Rumors that Kuropatkin
with 6000 Men has
Surrendered is not
'.Confirmed.
Observer Special '
Tha great ooafllct la still going on
and the Russians are slowly retreating
have Buffered heavy losses, whloh
will exceed the 80000 mark. Tbs ru
mor that Kuropatkin haa been sur
rounded -. and; surrendered with
63,000 nun is not eoaflrmsd. '
on a meobanto's lien.'
This afternoon the oast of 8 S Booth .
vaThs Farmers , Traders Bank Is
now on trial.
Card of Thaiks
. To the many kind friends and neigh
bors who so kindly assisted us In the '
late aloknsaa and death ot out beloved
motker we desire to extend oar sincere
thanks.', ' iA-$ y-i 1 !u?
..k.j mi- tri i j nkiuu'
Hsto your shoes failed to give yon satisfactory
veitrT
Than try oar JOHN 8TROOTMAN show for
ladies and children. We know from our many
customers who wear them that there ere none
better. Come in and let aa try on a pair of our
ladies' 3.00 welted shoes with oak tanned soles.
They will wear; they are stylish and yoa -fill
come again. ...
We also carry the 5.00 brand of shoes for
men, ladies and children. tttko the RED
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SCHOOL HOUSE line for boys and girls, all thoroughly tested and proven aatittfesvtor y.
JUST RECEIVED
Shipment of BAIN COATS at popular prices
Ladies Oxford Gray Covert coat,. .$3 2fi
Ladif s Olive Worsted, plaid linii.g. . 4 75
Ladies gray Dutch ess, belt effect. ... 7 50
Misses Tan Covert, with cape 8 00
Gents wool roackintoeh ... 6 00
Boys overt ecat tan color 2 US
Ladies Blue Casl ier, velvet collar. $4 60
Ladiet tan worsted mackintosh 6 00
Misses blue esshmere with cape.... 8 00
Mistes Blue worsted Automobile l
Ceat 4 25
Gents wool mackintosh.... 6 50
M We are always glad to snow eroods and. will
do our best to please you-
The La Grande Cash Store.
Peach Trees Free
LOlenburg has lSQolden West peaoh
trees six yeara old from which be
gathered and aold 162 boxea of peaches,
which he sold for 176.00 equal to 1600
per acre. They are undoubtedly tin
beat yellow freestone peach ever raised
In this valley - Mow as 1 am wanting
coma winter apples to put In eold
storage at Portland to be kept there for
by the Lewis and (Jlark Fslr Commiss
ion for exhibition purposes next May,
June and July. I have eonoladed to
offer toe following prlzea.
Kor 6 best boxea of Rome Beauty
apples 12 of these peach trees worth 69
Fur the best S boxea Oanoea 10 trees
worth 17.60.
For the best 6 boxes of fork Imper
ial 8 trees worth 10.
For the best 3 boxes Tel low Bell
Flower 6 trees worth ts.60. .
For the beat box Jonathana 4 treea
worth 63. ;
For the best - box Shipping ay-plea
any variety 4 treea worth $3
For box largest apples 4 tress worth
W.- ..
For the best Splttenborgs 4 trees
worth ft). .
For the beet box aay new variety 1
trees worth 13.
For the best S boxes of Winter Nolls
Feara 4 treea worth 3. -. '' .
For the beat 3 boxea Llnooln Core'
less pear 4 treea worth 13.
For the beat S boxea of flydea King
ot the Wast apples 4 trees worth a.
For tbs beat 3 boxea Bally Sweet
applea 2 trues worth IT. 60. .
For the best 6 boxea Bhsokleford 2
trees worth $1. SO.
For the best 6 boxes of Bine Feer-
maln applea 6 treea worth 14.60.
These prises of the famous peach
trees whloh are the best ever teated In
thla locality will be given awar aa
prizes In order to g-t good apples to
send to the Lewis and Clark atorage
plant when they will be held for ex.
hibitlon purposes next spring 'and
summer. .-:
Besides these prizes given by my
salt yon. wilt get whatever prlzea,
medals, diplomas or premiums that
the Fair Committee awards,
In order to oompate for tha Exhibition
premiums yoa ehould send about S
boxea. Do not pack them but wrap In
newspapers and handle oarefolly and I
will wrap In proper kind of paper and
fix up for cold . storage. Wormy or
bruised stock oannot be cent and I
will not give prizes here for wormy
atook. Bear In mind that the grower
gets the premiums at the Worlds Fair
ssat dlreot to hie potto See address.
Now bring along your apples aad ' sea
by a praotloal teat wbloh kiada ot our
applee will keep the beat in a modern
storage plant and get all the prizes for
this valley poaalble.
Deliver to Justice of tha Peaoe, office
opposite Alexander's blacksmith abop.
This chanoe for the fruit growers to
get all theae Una peaohs trace will close
Not. 1st. About a bushel ot apples la
oonsldered a box, bat I do not want
hem packed or bruiaed, . ,,
Now it is up to yoa trait growers to
show tea world what we can do In
tapplea. roars for aaocssa4
(Jt) John B Hough. ' :
Angry Boy Kills Sister
Redding, Oal, OetvZ-Lester Btswe
11 years ot age shot and killed his
slater. Boas, aged 15" this afternoon
near WhlBkey town. . . ,. .
He olaima that be did not know the
gun waa loaded. Members ol the fern-
lly allege that tha boy his an on
governable temper and that ha killed
his sister while In a rage.
Gould Controls
Salt Lake Oot. 17 It la ' ml fni
ally stated that Geona ' (Vinld alii
be chairman of the board of directors
of the Union Pacific
Has No Son. .r
Portland Oot .'" IB The atatement ' .
that Burdman has a son !s inoorreet.1-
He. hae two daughters but no living .a
eon. Ha waa a traveling aalesman tor '
an eastern plumbing supply house.
. Pendleton, Or., Oct. 14-Th elty , ,
sobool koatd last night appointed John
lUilsy Traaht ofBoer, and determined
upon a vigorous enforcement of the 1 1 '
roant and oompnlaory sdocationai
X j.( i i ,
Rnnigan's Ball .
Fannia Krumball, tbs soubretta ot
the "Flno.gan'a Ball" Company, whloli
aomes to Steward's Opera House, la a k
member of the famaaa Trumbull family : ,
of England. She la a sister of Ollis
Maok, who has donned tbs mantis of' "
Charles. Btgelow and who together with
OharUa K Hurray la starring fbia ese---'""
son In tha New York Casino auoeeaa,
An English Daisy.'" Friday, Oct. SI
Circuit Court
JnrfM ICakln hunt Cm a-u B r,'
" vmww ut n OMJ
4 Ira W Huffma a vs Dunham Wright
inia lorsnoon. au aoUoa to reoovar
Wanted.
Teama to haul lumher s from' ldrl
Oaojou to La' Grande. $ 1160 per
tooutana. inquire at mm or ol Jams
Besiatet la-Wn.'-; v'- iM4i-
CUBES OLD 80Rbia
S4taMliil. 'AiU. ? 1002. t
Beard Snow Llni-neut Oo o ur Snow .
Liniment cured an old aore on tha aide 1
of my ohin that was auppoeed to be a
canoer. ( The aoe waa atubbom and . r
wuum uih jioiu vu areeuuuu uiiui. .
I tried Snow Liniment, whloh did the . h
work in abort order My sister, Hrs
Sophia J Oaraon, Allensvllle, Mlffln - -Co,
Pa, haa a aore and miatruats that
It la a cancer. Please aend her a
(SOobqttle, SoldbyNewlln DragOq.
v ! Sf
That Shivering ':
And save that Goat X
four horse needs f jblapket vanI f j
have the best assortment In the valley te .
. eot from, , Hon blankets at all prices.'
New stook just received sf
, - MEN'S GLOVES :
: I Working men's high grade gloves. This
- n is a new line with us and we are prqud of -
' ' onr se.!eotion, Oal and see them. Har. .
ness and saddles made to order. Winter
( i robes just received. Seoond hand sewing
s machine for sale oheapv ' ; Vy -iT: .''J
i! E. Chnstoffcrson
Harness and Saddles .
! 'u: i-; i. La Grande, Oregon
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A Store With
A Record
Button Alexander of the Core Is over
today shaking bands with bla many
We have been doing buei
" ness in this town for 5 years
In that time the town has
nearly doubled in population .
i jLuriuu tne same time our
business has inoreaaed FIVE FOLD. ' In' other ' words
our business has made a great deal more rapid increase
than the town has.. There are dozens ol reasons for this
all of which yon will perceive if you begin buying drug'
store goods of os. - In the first place we had a thorough
training for pharmacy. In the seeontj place we bad ex
ceptional opportunities for learning the practical side of
pharmacy in a iaoecs".ful drug store of the highest stand-
1 11 if Tn ill a LViipl nl.n. at k.ti. Wont . J '
attended to business until we know the demands of the
people of this town.
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A. T. HILL,
. PreicripUon Prujfgist La Grande, Ore
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La Grande Weeds.