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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1904)
'ME IV LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1904 NUMBER 23 v RESIDENT SEdS : ST. IOUISFAIR Arrives Early and - Will Remain Late- -Greatest Day of the Fair Every Precaution 'Taken to Prevent Accident : Observer Hpeoiel . St Lals, Not 2 The President and hit party are now at tht fair grounds and tbe around are crowded and ibis evening. Every mlnate of the clay will : be .oo copied viewing tbe grounds and buildings , until aix o'oook wbeo tbe Praaident nr Mrs Tbe suddennees end exoeesive volume ol tbe ana fall in England tbla fall h ie caused gnat inconvenience and suffsr lng. ' r Mr. Fannin Btsete, of New York- aged 08 year, and tbe poeseesor oi $2,000,000, liaa married E A Aoeeuts, aged 34, who owna a violin. Very many Eoglith polltielana are alarmed at tbe growing tendency of Canada and tbe United State toward reciprocity, believing that It preaagea politloai affaliation Five boy from 8 to II year oi age were arretted at Lansing, Mien V and from each was taken a stolen revolver carried lor the express purpose of soaring the teacher. JCang So Wei, the head and front of tbe Chinese Reform association, baa arrived Settle. Upon bia bead la reward of 11-25,000 offered by the dow agar empress of China. Sugar Importations. The Philipolne Islands exported to the United Btatee in September, 1904 8.036,888 pounds ol sugar not above No. 16 Dutob standard, valued at 1JJ.850 against 11,064,400 pounds, valued at 1168,409, In 1903, the total sugar Imports from the Philippines during the nine months ending Sep tember 1904m.unded to 14,201,688 pounds, valued at 1342,440 against 88,681,199 pounds, valued at 8602,476 in 1903 '"'"'' ''. '"'f.i Anarchists Threaten L i the Presidents Life everything baa a gala day aspect as a Booeevelt will go to the Th .mpeoii j result Itoe pr sldenta special arrtvmlt .-.-- ; at 'he onion depot at three forty Ihie ', "oePon will be tendered, ' them murniug and waa at ooo tranalerad ! Tne eosemtttee and . offiel.0 s tbe Wabash and waa whisked to the '"re th flrrt ' awt tbe presidential fair ground. The special car waa Prt thlrt' tni ""nln "1 i . larked In the transportation building. I tonr " tlw nmoi and buildings . A detsohmrnt of the 16th U 8 Inla-1 1 w- commenced, xney reecneu toe ry formed a cardon around the entire Government building at ten thirty and structure. A platoon of Jefferson were met bv the entire government Guard, policemen and secret secvioe guard and after leaving tbe building men were stationed at various polnta i the President reviewed tbe military ; Leading States In the order of their population, the five states leading are New Tork, Penn- eylvanla. Illlnole, Ohio, Texas. Teiae now lead In railroad mileage, with 11,617 miles. ., , ... V ... .,;.., Police Discover Plot which Shows Conclusively ; that Anarchists Would Kill the ' - ! Nation's Greatest Man 1 1 order that every possible precaution might be takes to protect the President from any possible harm. The pre sidential party arose about eight ojolook and breakfasted on tbe train. Tbe presidential day begins at nine o'clock and will end at nine thirty parade. ' ; u-s -i-'fta 1 ' The erowde whloh had gathered to greet the - presidential party aooepted every opportunity to cheer the pre sident and seemed determined, to give the Nation' Chief Executive hearty welcome. v. , The Best Only. ....... The La GrantleOreamery I now pre ,reded to farnlan its customer' with pturlsed sweet cream. Tbla is a ,..oW department on tbe part of the creamery 'and one which will nndoubt. ly meat with the. approval of ita pat' . rone. 7 ." 1 Officers Elected The High Sohool literary elected the following officer at its last regular meeting . . President...... Ben Grout .let Vice President. .Hlanoli MoMurray , 'Vnd Vioe President ...Lizxle f.nnnell a urewy... raosie name .... Asst Sec...... Edna Breskenridge Reporter.. .-. James Neill AsatBeporter Bergtat Anns .Neal lloCoy Chorister , .. ... . , . ...Nell Young The following programme waa ren dered t 9 't. .f., , .t a t Quotations ...By fcchool Song, ................. -By Bcbool Hesitation... . Heatrioo Greene Inatrusaeotal Duett.... L la Wilson ......... spd Gertrude Ralston Popplug the Question.. Karl Kllpatrlok : A ppropriate epeeobee were given , by Miss Ethel Davis, Benj Grout and Mosie Harris. ,,.,, , General News Mora than 460,000 turkeys were ne eessarv to supply the Thanksgiving de mand this year in Ne fork City , Cecil Martin bad his back broken and snstalned othar Injuries In ran- .Jay Reynolds j away st Payette, Idaho, a few days ago; POWER AND LIGHT PLANTS CONSOLIDATE Will Furnish Light and Kbwer; to La Grande Xove. Hot Lake and Union i":.-'- -Since tbe article on . the edlto'ria page waa written and set in type we have ascertained muoh more about tbe Cove Power Oo. , ' The Lia Grande Electric Light Co. baa coneolidated the' Cove Power Co. and haveir incorporated" under the name of the Grant) Bonds Electric Co Tht dlreotora ol tbe new oompany are Walter Pleroe, J A Tbronson, T H Crawford, Clarenoe Crawford and XR, Berryf Union. - . , N , , . Tbla consolidation wss , perfeoted several day ago but wa not to have been nnnonnoed until a few weeks later : An Observer reporter beard of tbe rumor and. Immediately' vialted the X Grande Electrlo Light Office and asked Mr Tbronson if suoh bad oocured. Mr Tbronson uuen ascertain power was "sufficient to furnish' (he Cor, Hot Lake Union and Ls Grande with light' and power a consolidation waa agreed upori.r , ' " There haa already been considerable work - exeouted on the Gove site tbe ditch is now completed and the water will be turned in next week.. There will be a fall of 890 feet which will re autre 3.700 feet of pipe to oonvey It to tbe power station. The pipe will ' be 14 laches in dlametor at the beginning and will be reduoed to IX inch uozzle against a. Pel ton wheel. Tbla force will create - 800 horse power! but electric machinery waa ordered on last Mon day to develop 600 horse power 'Tbe line will be ran rose the volley from the Cove along the iliteot road and will reach this oity by June 1st, ng that, like all snob matters a little "m th llnein tb ter ol the We, Can, Interest Tou In- Our - Line - Oar Electric Fixtures and Electrolier stock is complete and we make a specialty of desk and office lighting We can also 'fit jen oat withr miniture lamps for sign lighting and decorating and . shades of all kinds. ' Please call at night when they can be lighted and yon ean see how they will look in your house. Oar new office, now located in the) Somer building, is nicely equipped with everything in oar ' line Office hoars from 7am to 8 p m. I Y vr . Granti Light and Powef G. ,( y sV4 R U B B; E R With Life m it When you boy anything in robber goods it pays to get the kind with robber in it. Many makers of rob ber goods are pliant to the demana for cheapness, and ' hence the market is flooded with inferior goods that hardly resemble robber. . Quality counts in this line, and we are careful to bay of maketa who have a rep utation for turning oat high grade goods only. You -' Cffft hare confidence in the robber goods we offer, no. matter how low the price is. . . . v Bulb Syringes, Fountain Syringes, Hot Water Bottles, Combination Water Bottles, etc Fountain Syringes ann Hot THE NEWLIN DRUG CO LA GRANDE OREGON hare and there had leaked out, he Anal ly consented to give the pnbllc the actual fact so far ae they have matur ed and what tbe new company baa in view Mr Tbronson stated '(hat the consolidation of Interests came about naturally. The La Grand plant needed power.' Mr Walter Pierce Wanted light and power for tbe Hot Lake Sanitor ium. and had taken steps to get the same from the Uov. Aa' tbe Oove 1 from tbe Core, valley a track will be extended to Hot Lake and on to Union. I DA Y CURRENTS " Mr Thronroa staled that begining about Jan. 1 be would " commence furnishing tbe oity aday current from this plant here and by tbe time the water oommeuoed to get low in the river the line would . be completed Tells of the, Trip Island Otty, On. nxinwavDsarver: , , . . .. Home fr juj the lirqrld'a Fair, a few of out exprrlenceea may be Of Interest to your many readers. f , Oct. 6th in one, of ttlie OjB i.N ape clals In company with a party . of, twen tyteigbtfrom La Grande and Island City - w atatted . eastward.' PorUir Charlie, being well (applied with bam and ohloken sandwiches, with plenty of cake and pi 'on tbe aide, leclsad af.er our many wants,, i After this day of travel we arrived1 over th W P B B o Kansas City. At. thlsplaoe, (to obtains'" city "of tU middle west) few of a tor a few days otopped over (th other going direct to Bt-Louls) th guesta of Mr and Mr Uppincott, th latter being a lister of Mr C U ISidwell of Island Oity. After being showrt over th' city by our ge. nlal host and hostess from ' th old Santa Fa trail on tbe east to th mule barns on tbe west and from the Union depot uu the" north to tb racetraek on the south w as a unit decided that Misiouri's reputation aa tbe banner mule s ate was wall founded.' A we went from one barn to another filled with big, fat longeared moles, until they all began to look 'lk to u w rebelled and told oar guld w had sen mole anoogh. Ud (aid alright, but II w wanted to aee more mula just follow him. r . i r I -, After recMvlns a promts from onr fr lends to return our visit wben visit ing onr fair next year w eon tinned on or Jasuney to Bt loais . By appolnfment our crowd termed by porter Charlie "de Grand Rood specials," with the exoeptton of on or two met at the Oregon hnildlng on Oo t 17. while resting an hour we related our eitperlance. ' All war of IB opin ion that th fair was simply . immense but waa scattered .over too muoh ground being too far between drinks. However we wr well pleased with our log" caWO.and felt quite at horns Oregon's Horticultural display was not quit n'p to onr xpeotatona, although it may have been a little early to the winter apples " - " -' -t s My wife and I, after (pending , on week at the fair and about Ave visit ihg relatlvea and friend In Mo., left tor home regretting we could not stay longer. However w left tb old state of my birtb with kindly feeling. Tb weatner during tb entire elx weeks waa anperbly tine. We were mncb surprised to -Sod tbat tip black brre wen picked Croat tbe vine tbe latter part of October, also apple tree ware in bloeaom, as we ' thought only such thing occurred In Oregon. -' While we think Missouri i great tbe St LouUfalra big thing, w think Oregon ha greater advent agee and believe the, Lewis A Clark fair will ault the people better, and If the people all over '. be oonntry visit our fair la the tame proportion aa oar friends that we vialted talk of doing, th lair, will wndoabWdly be well patronised. ' 1 On onr return trip ovei the 0 A B G RB from Denver to Bait Lake made several (tops, visiting many point of iotereet and we enjoyed the the beaatif ul scenery thrrpgb tb Boya Gorge very "much' -." ' "T" FrumBaUdato Grand Junction w took tbe Marrow JUuage whloh took as over Marshall paa which la almost 11, 000 test above sea level and thro' the Black Canyeii of the Gunnison. This oranyuB w especially nvaeu lur nm waxie of solid rook many feet high and I ' ; jv (Obeerver Special) : , -f 6t Loui Nov 26 The police and government secret service ofBoers are watch. Thirty secret service man have been In th oity since thMoM parly arrived. V Th. Do'loa vlaltad the anarohllt . making every possible effort to prevent ' BVM mnmlno aakd th.m to leave an attack upon tbe lite of President ! tbe oltv and their Diomlsed to depart Roosevelt by anarchists. It baa been : bv three o'clock ; that afternoon but positively known for the .last three : the. have not left and tbe oolio are weeks that H err Moat and thirteen ' ..in i,..nin.tk.m r.r.A nM anr other confessed; nnarohiat, (roraj Put terson New Jersey have teen lif this otty In a house near second xnd mar ket street, and have been uo er elose veiiauo. .sjf a ' tr i ', Tb secret servioe have assumed all responaiblllty . of th Presidents proteotleo," ? 'S'XiSiB some places projeotlng over the track Thoee wko have never passed overthls road can hardly draw on their imagln anon strong enough to ploture its wonderful toenery. in getting over this pass the B R: makes same Interesting turns. In a number ol place In going .tire or elx miles the train as many- times comes within almost a atons's throw ol the track wa had just passed ove. The day we spent in Salt Lake Oity was enjoyed very much in visiting many point of Interest, while our trip waa enjoyed to the fnlleet extent and will long be remembered as one of ine principal eventa ol our Uvea, we war glad to get home. - .."f-... i-iy. :. U Q Couoh. certain lends", alleged to have been I nnlnftl .'UAnwl tnc hlra h Smms r . qoiently secured Wateon. FRAUDS : ' T?' W"? ip." H-" ' f GASES Scnsa ional Feature De veloped this Forenoon ---Wisconsin ' Lumber man in Evidence (.Observer BpeolaV) .J.7 Portland Nov 28-The trrlndoal ''evi dence introduced to tbS land iraud caae tbla morning wartri the: effect that BAD Putar and Mnfemma Watson oo opted thesass reo'ii in a Prlnevill hotel and wave known there aa man and wife. This evidence , wa offered; for th purpoat' of' allowing ufflolent reason why tbey ve' oorirlder- ed as copartners in land fraud. ' . Th name of Frederick; Grtbba, a a Urge' Wisconsin lnmbermsn waa' brongbt Into th caae by admission of a oertlfled copy of deed translerlng Fireman Killed ' lObntt Special Duuklrk.Uov.lg Th New Tork Lakesbore limited cast bound erashra Into a Are department wagon loday killing fireman Frank Miller and atr lously iujurlr.g lour others. Broker Firm Falls t f Observer Bpecisl ' . ' 1 New York; Nov. SB Tb , we'l known pioneer stoek exobange firm of J-ioob Berry A Co. made an aasign rqent today, Can i You Beat It? La Grande, Ore., Nov 116,1904 Editor Otservar Dear Sir. . Since my last report I see there was a partv in Umatilla who knocked me off the pole with an onion yield and Mr Oookey of Island City with bis 808 seeks of potatoes to th acre sent me to th floor again.! Bat Mr Edilor I wasn't through yes, I have ju t finished digging my carrots and from one fourth of an aore I bar vetted M,600 pounds or 49 ton to the sore,, Tbey are of th llltlt yel low hall long variety. .... Row if any one ean beat this I get off until next year. .. '.J.. - Yours truly v . . ,; , ft - ('. John W MoAllster ' ' Not True Observer BpeoUl ' New York, Nov IS Tbe. story to effect that J Moigao Pmltb, Nan Pat ' tenon's brotber-in law who fled from ' the state after being snbpoeoed by the grand jory.Jiad been foued looked P up has been denied by tb polloe. 1 You Get I La Grande Creamery Butter S. . .. ; At the Following Well known Dealers Romig 4 Staples ; Baker Bros. i Me Paylane ' ' ' ' 0. Ralston QeddesBros ", , J. W.White ! . '. O. L. Thorn' ;! Remember every pound is guaranteed , . -ft X '.When you ask for La Qrande Creamery Butter you 1ielp ;liome industry and thereby , help your. own business. Pastnrstod " sweet ' Cream " and Fresh Buttermilk always on hand. ' ' : La Grande Creamery Co