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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1904)
... -- . . .. .. . '- -- If ft 1 "it i If! :f i VnitiMF t LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON SAfURDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1904 NUMBER LA GRAND&.EMteESSSiRS . : , t " . SAfUKDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1904 Xt: Sri; r . THE CZAR SEEMS ANXIOUS FOR PEACE I for exhibition at the Lewis end Clark . lair In 1805. Thee apple are extra flue, of mixed varieties and- run from 53 to 130 to the box. Mr Galea enUr- priae In this line is most oommead nbla. Union Bepabllean. rV Would likeloHave a little Talk The Surrender of Port Arthur Regarding (Observer Special) Borne Nov.l9-A dlspatob baa jott been reoeived from Ht I'aterbore wuloh oonvera t-s news that the ezarhaa ask ed Knropatkln to reqoeat Oyatna to faollitato tba passage of a Raaslan en voy to Port Arthur to dictate BogotU tions (or the capitulation of the port. LITERARY SOCIETY GATHERS STRENGTH Great Interest Manifested in the Grang Literary Society And Prospects " for a Good Winters Work Hal THE DEMOCRATIC! ; J , CAMPAIGN FUND The Hew York World (Dem.) prints an article stating that -the democratic campaign fond this year was almost as large as the fond that Chrlrmaa Harr rlty bad at hia diapoaial In the Clev land campaign of IBM. It la claimed that the Democratic National Com mittee had more than 11,600 000 In Its hands, not including (180,000 given, by ex-Senat r Henry-M)ivis toward the West Virrf-"-rJand not In oludtnadr --.fi,.," earns ffiAn 4nyteeiSc p irposes. Tbs committer or 1882 is generally understood to hare spent 11.760.000, leaving a balance of ICO. 000. The Demooratio National Committee In 1836 had approximately 1250,000 against the millions raised by' Chairman Hanna. " ' 1 1 The oouimittee'a allotment to Indiana this year la put at tft5,000 for prelimi nary work and 136.000 tor nee on election day The Conneotlout allot ment leatated at 120.000 for plemlnary wok ana sw.uw for election day The World's table on the mono snt bv the Democratic committee in different Ad enjoyal le time was had at the Grange Hall Society Friday evening Tbe society ingathering its forces for pleaaana and profitable - winter's work. To tbe delight of all present the announcement was made that a nei ghborhood dinner will be served at tbe bU Thsakagiviog Dty a good . nine is a-iure'iby toe tadirs ol tbe oommunity. At tbe reaignatioo of Miu Pearl Parker, Mrs Rpob MoAliater waa eleot ed as seorttary of tbe society .: Tbe question for debits was: ' Be . , solved, "That United S MM aenatora Tsbonld be eleoted by the direct vole of tbe people." Atmost of the de baters wre- absent the oontest waa engaged detweeo B D Jcxepb . of the affirmative and Hon. J W HeAliater of tbe negative. Tba deouion waa tendered in favor - of tbe affirmative Tba following program waa rend er sdt . TbeqneatioQ for debate i Besolved That in ci'y government all apnotn tire power anoull be oonrfotrtea in to tbe bands of cbe mayor. Affirmative J W HoAliater, L Thompson, E D Jasper, B F Baker W B Jasper. , Negative B Buow, . Everybody invited. states follows: New York;... New Jersey j Connecticut... i Mary land..... I Indiana . Colorado...... Nevada..;.... -!-;;. .... ii .......2S0,000 .about 80.000 60,000 about 20.000 .170.000 ....... 25,000 .1IS.000 Seoltation .....Both Harrison Recitation .Zaiel Eaton Keoilatlon Oioil Aoaon Duet Mr. and Mrs W S Bagain Recitation ..Ella Hnow Recitation Boy Oekeler Inst. Mualo Lily Holman Recitation. Mrs Fuller Beoitatioa Joe H arrlson Reading Mrs J W MoAIUter As far as prepared the following it the program for next Friday: Diphtheria O'v Increase The epidemic of diphtheria is in creasing each d y in Spokane. Wed nesday ntioee ware served of 11 more eases, most of them in Union Park and tbe eastern portion of tbe eity. " There an now 36 oases of tbs dread disease' known - and the health in spectors eonoede that there are many which have not yet ' been reported . Quarantine will be deolared at other bonses immediately Spokane Press West Virginia-through Mr Davis 130,000 It Is understood that Mr Davis made a further contribution to the West Virginia campaign fund jait before the election. - MOON In thlscity, Friday, Novem 'bar is, Wrf, Mrs. t. I . Moon, : wife of O W Moon, at tba family, home.ln : ; tbs Old Town, of pneumonia, aged sixty two years. Tba funeral will Jaka plane at tbe Baptist church at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, tbe Bav Day ouciating. Tba interment will take plaoeat tba Masonio cam . atert. ' :j ' Thadeoeaaed.haa been a realdent. of ttisolty since U8t and waa beloved by a host of frisads.. She was, born. In ,linton, Wain county, Peun., in May iBia, ted res nnited in . marriage to aar'iwreaved husband January 14, 0861 at Mt PleMeant.Penn.In.1833 aba earn to thla city to join her hus band iho was then running an, engine for the OBAN Co. She leaves to mount bar absence besides her husband two daughters, Mrs Jennie Smith of wallows, and Miss Maul who still resides at the family home, The be' reeved husband is one of the oldett members of the BolLE on the I'aolBc ooaat. 7 He was one of the charter membsra of Division No. 382 8 of L E af this city. , His many.frlenda sx'end to) bin and bla daughters their heart felt sympathy. HUNDRED MILES AN HQUR, NEW RECORD Toledo, O, Nov 19. Engineer harW F Ooyant holria the lake Shore spend record, he having made run from Edgerton to Butler, a die. tanoe of seven miles, in four minutes. at a ra a of 106 mllea an hour, when be was making np time wltlna aolid mall train The totl ran from . Toledo .to Kendallville, 83 miles, waa made at rate of 62 miles an hour. Tbe ran waa made with the latest model' ' engine Hnyant Sat a it uses lesa coal than tbe o d style engines thst make one half the speed. 1 . . YALE WINS BIG FOOT BALL GAME Thirtj-two Thousand Spfttatorsf -Witness Defeat of Harvard The Score TweWe to Nothinlf I The IS TAXING FAVOR Y AC ANT LOTS Inst. Huaio. Bsoitation. Bolo . Reading... Solo Duet ..Minnie Holman ....Joe Golden Sail Jones . Mrs D Eaton .....B F Bsker Earnest Ragain Grange Finance Mrs. E B McDowell, treasurer of tbe National Grange in her annual report read at Portland on Wednesday snowed tba financial oondiuion to be as follows: Balance and receipts for the year. . $52,716.85 Expenses dnring year...... 19.613.16 Balanoe on hand. ..33,203.7n Apples for the Fair A I Gale thla week packed and ship ped seventy-five boxes of apples to Portland, to be placed In oold storage You Can Get La Grande Creamery Butter At the Following Well known Dealers--Romigdr Staples Baker Bros. Ho Faylane O. Ralston GeddesBros J.W.White 0. L. Thorn Remember every pound is guaranteed When you ask for La Grande Creamery Butter yon helps home industry and thereby help your own business. La Grande Creamery Co, Lying in tbe heart of tba business distriotof evry city and town in Oregon are hundreds of vacant lots owned by men and corporations who wiu ucituer sen nor improve" tbsir property. Tbeae vacant lots are con atsntly inoreaeiog in value because of tbe enterprise of men owning adjaoenl property. Tbe vacant lot eioapes its nam oi taxation because it Is vacant while the owner of land next to it is taxed on bis improvements beoaute be baa enterprise enough to build . np tbeiowu. The owner of the vaotnt land gels rich from tbe enterprise of other" pays bnt a pittance in taxes In Statue Unveiled (Observer Special) r;i i ; Washington Nov 19 The statue of Krekerlck the Great, which waa a gift to tbe United States by Germany waa nnveited thla afternoon in the presence of a very large gathering. Tba princi pal address was mads by tba. German Embassador, President Roosevelt and several lepresentativea of tba Emperor Coming MoKenlass' colored Vaudevilles, Steward's Opera House Wednesday November 23rd. Ten big acts. Ten. Ileailed by the original great McKen lae, who baa made mllllona laogh. Our tinging exoela. Dancers great. Girls pretty. Uomediana funny. Adults 60, ohlldrsn 26, reserved aarta 75. baok the oommunity. The East Ore goniau believe that the Oregon astees ors should start a oonoerted move ment to tax these owners of idle lots until tbey will build or sell and allow the vacant land to be need for the up. bnilding of tbe city. Idle oily lots are like paraaities, under the pres ent system of taxation. They earn nothing by active ue , tbey bay but- a pittance of tsxes and yet grow fat in values from. tbe reflected weslth ab sorbed from tbe aotivity, thrift and enterprise of others Raat Oregonian , '.; Observer, 8peoi.il ,5 . ; -New Haven Con. Nov, 19 The Yale field contained thirty two thou-, sand speoators this alter joon wbo came to witness ths annual foot ' ball game between tbe Tal and Harvard elevene. . .- .. . - -The game was one of ths greateit ever played on tbe Yale Bfld, Tbe Harvard team won the toaa and chose the south field. Tbe first, point ; was awarded to Yale when Mane made a touoh-dowa. Then Hot kicked a ijoul. The.aooro for "lbs Brat 'half ood Yale aiz and Harvard .. nothing. : The laat l If was atubbarnly con 'etted by both eid and many lunn t looked as if HHrvHr(1"nulrt- pTpn mailer up tb Qua', half di rnluiwd, iu' 6ore 61 YhIo twelve nothing. 'tj.H, ' , , , The weathei conditions wersldesl , and tbe spectators seemed to imbibe tbe spirit of tbe dsy all ready " to' ap"'' pi) nd whenever oocation . would per- ! mit. At onfe forty five Vlra President .., y elect, Fairbanks, arrived on tba field and took his seat among the Yale Booters. He :was ' received with a -grea . demonstration ani for many minutes the applauaa continued un til he finally arose and taking jS bia bat made a stately boa. ' .S. OHIOAGO GAMB .2,..,' Ohioago, Nov, 19 Tbe. gana.bre today between the Mi.im'Si'a and North neitervi e'evena is now in pro- 1 Ttree. The flrtttiftlf lH-inir?" finiohed' - and wnb Minnesota .eleven .to. tliK- '! and J Bar raid jtond and tile "Nciribweaterp iXsntng Great Demonstration : ..i (SpeolalTo the Obaeryer). - ' Queenatown Ireland. Nov 19 Num erona ' deputations accompanlid'' by band went out in a epw-lnl boat to meet Q'Unnavau , Bosea, who arrived here today on the s'eamxi Etrasia from New Yirk. Sunday will t the occnlon of a great demonstration and hia stay in Inland ia expected to "be marked with considerable 'political ) Will Talk Notwithstanding Jn lge Parker'a ad- vise to DemooraWW Iceep"m'nm and make no ebargea of treason nor bad faith on the part of Democrats durlna the late campaign it seems that his following will not be gagged, aa ap pear from the following editorial of the New York rorld, the Tammany official onran, of Nov. 10th. r 'Democrnta thro ghoat Greater Ni-w York are talking today ab at the fla grant trenaon to the ticket oimmltte.1 hy .yi illiam . Randolph Hearst Each hour auger agalnat the editor pollti clan growa, and tbe oonvlotlon is wide spread that ha should be read oat of the party." ... .. . .. .... i" X'X-XX?X!AM Plans -Bull Flight Taooma Wash Nov. . 19 Local pro- moiershere propose to give aboil . fight in the olty w Tbe authorltlea are ' dispoted to permit It, b it the oharch people oppose the exhibition vio lently. . HORSE THIEVES ACTIVE Prospect Ranch Loses Thirty Head, and oth er Owners Report Loss of Stocks Hecker's Successor Washington,Nov: 19. It Is known that ths President ia considering the appointment of Sir Frauds M Cook, rail to All the vacancy can-ed by tba resignation of Frank 3 Hecker on the Isthaamal Canal Commission. Jack Shay waa in the city yeatardav from prospeot ranch and Slated to an Observer reporter that horse thierea bad been at work In the vlolnltv of Prospeot ranch and the Oonley band of horses la abort about thirty bead Other stock man are reporting loiaei. A detective baa been plaoed at work to discover if he can the location of mieslng stock also the robbers. The entire neighborhood Is throughly a ronsed over the matter and if the rnstlara are found .there la apt to be a boras tbelf .or ..two suspended about ateen feet In tba air. We Can Interest Yon In Our Line iOj 11-,'. j-'i'te-i a i: o..-. i' Our Eleotrio Fixtures and Electrolier stook is complete and we make a specialty of desk and ofBoe lighting We can also fit yen out with ; minitnre lamps for sign lighting and deoorating and shades of all kinds. Please oall at night when they can be ; : lighted and you can see how they will look in your i house. Ou new otBte, now located in the Somer . building, is nioely equipped with everything in our -i line . OtBoe hours from 7 a m to 8 p m. an U Grande Light and Power Co. A i tend 4 11M. 'MitCii ii aiwaw Just; BememBtf!? That the Newlin Drag the most complete line of Compahy always has Born MJZZARD In tbia city today, Satur. Novambsr 19, 1904, to Mr and Mrs. W. H. Boiaard, a daaghtar. HolidaytyGoods . ino exception td the rule. - X i r This year will be ' Our slock is all bought ani will be here in time. THE NEWLIN- DRUG GO - LA GRANDE VpREGON, i t . i Hi I i g n M t! n i i .t '"t . V' V. . i" ( It I it v.: