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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1905)
LUMBER & -DPTATT u isT i r i h 1 1 .r.i X V 3 A A a MM S WHOLESALE PRICES Better Lumber and deaperjthaa it io sold in La Grande. We Delivery t to your Building. Grande Ronde Lumber Co. . FERRY, OREGON. When you want GOOD PRINTING j Call Phon No. 1371 Printing That Satisfies THE OBSERVER mm Let ma reaaona why -I ' the Rock Island Syltem. ' There an Ion of them. L. B. CORHAM, Cerwral Agant, 140 Third St, Peruana, Ore. A TRIAL ORDER MEANS A I CUSTOMER All that the Seattle Grocery Co. asks is that you give us a trial order. If we cannot please we do not want ' your . trade. A satisfied customer is a pleased one and we try to please. The best groceries for the' least money, r This is our motto aLd a trial oder will be a doaiou stration of how wall we succeed. SEATTLE GROCERY COMPANY s 2UNDIL t LAW80N. AT i r i a. A 'here is a difference between printing that "will do" and that which ia the kiud yoa .' . We make a ipecialty of pleasing, aa we have the , equipment with which to produce good printing and printers who understand the art . of printing There it 00 order too mall or r too large to receive our oaretul attention; We print anything from posters to visiting cards. You don't havo to hlro a Cab The La Salle Street Station in Chicago, which is used by the trains of the Rock Island System, is located in the very heart of the city, less than a block from the Board of. Trade; less than two blocks from the Post Office; within easy walk ing distance of the principal hotels, theatres and stores. You don't hrt to hirta cab to retch them. , Tha "unktt loop' 'Wright In front of the tutiun. Piy ( cents, ftt aboard tha titrated, and jroti are WhUked to an part of town rou avian to reach. girt you outer foil ahouM Mt RED FRONT UVERY BARN Wm. Smith. Prop, Sate and reliable rigs furn. at all times. Special ao oomodationa furnished to commercial travelers, Phone. 3-5 WM, SMITH FEED STORE Hay, Giain and feed. Free dehverv to all parts ef the city. Mountain trade a specialty. Phone 1961 ' , ' Horeea, turnrM and wtou bought anil Mid GOT A LONG TERM Colfax Wash. Aug 23-R Barl Bag. giud, allaa Barry Lorell, wua j eater day aentenoed to five yeare ia the penitentiary for larceny by embeszle- meet; Haggard was formerly clerk In tbe Artesian hotel at Pullman, bat left oo night, uklag with bin $12 of hU employer's money mod a val tattle (rip. tha property of one of tba board era. Ha waa oaptarad at Bpo kaue, broogbl back to Colfax and, attar lying In jail two months, yeeter day entered a plea of guilty and Judge Miller of Dayton, who came op to bold eo art for Jadge Cbadwlok, daring the UtWr'a abeenoe, aentenoed blm. Ue la alao aocused at Pendleton, Ore gon, of foregery, eommittad at Weston while be waa employed aa a printer on the Leader there. Haggard la 35 yeara old, bat appeari much yoanger. Be baa arved,aaa aoldler la the Philippine war, aa aallor on aa Eaglltb aalliog vessel, aa a printer and reporter on various newe papera and aa a waiter In reetanranta and hotels. Hla mother and etep- fatner lira In La Qrande, Oregon, bat his appeale to tham for help were on anaaered. Haggard expected to get light eentenoe and nearly fell when he beard the iodge'a wor la. isiana uiy acnooi The Island City ecbool will aUrt tha flrat Monday In Beptember, tba Mb. The directors are now having a neat picket fence built around the grounds and getting everything In ahapa' for tba next nine moo the term. Prof. W L Tuoker haa teen ratalned aa principal and will have Mite Era Nell!, Mies Jessie Grlmmett and Miss Wilkerson aa assistants. Completing Tunnel Fifty man are oow working two ablf ta on the O R & N tunnel at Maa- cham and hope to complete the im provements being made In tha next three weeks. When oompleUd thla will be one of tba best tnnnela and approaohea In the northwest. It will be fire feet wider and four feet higher than tba old tuonal, with new tlmbera throughout. Automatic Phones Eugene, Ore., Aug 23. Four . hun dred new phonea of tba Webster patent arrived yesterday and are being in at ailed today for tba use of the local patrone. They will be in use aa soon aa tha awltobboard ia changed. "THE HOTTEST COON IN DIXIE" Tha above company includes funny oomedlana, a splendid oborns, mag nificently costumed, fonr big apeclalty aota and fall orchestra or , tan pieces, in all forty perturmera. Tbe management oarrlee a futl equipment of electrioal and scenic I rTanta . I The Military parade la only ' one feature of tbe entertainment. The Mg water proof, poi table tent theatre need by the hottest coon is oneoflba most omplete ever bull', and alfoida all of tba oomforta of the modern play bouee bealdee being cool and pleaeant for tbe patrons of the HrttteetCoon In Dixie icompacy. Changed Her Mind Oakland Gal August 23 Professor James W Flannlgan baa not won his biide yet. Ha got ber as far as the 11 all ol Records to obtain a marriage liceuM, but there ebe changed ber mind, for while Deputy Gounty Clerk Gale waa wiiting out tbe document, ha ran out aide of tbe building to ee II bis intended waa waiting for Mm, Ha found tbat aha was not, and a aearch up and down tbe atreet failed to discover ber. Flannlgan aaa com pelled to return to tbe offioe of tha oonnty clerk and announce that be would want no license for the present. alias Ballet refuses to say why abe changed ber mind. La Grande Cleaning And Dyeing Works Soi ltd and faded garmanta made to look like now. Work called for and delivered. Ladies garments a special ty. All woik guaranteed. Dye worts ou Depot Sireei next door to Com mercial Club. BIMMON3 A HARVEY, props. La Grande. Preacher a Hero Loa Angelea. 5al., Aug., 28 Rar. Fmll H. Babb, pastor of the Zion Oermaa Method lat Church here, waa almost loetantly killed here last night by being thrown from a boggy to the atreet near Eaatlake Park, ilia bead struck the coib atonea,' f factoring the ekulL He waa attempting to chock the aped of faia horae. which waa running away, and sere bla two aona, who were in toe baggy with blm In thle bo waa eoooesktat, for neither of bla tone waa Injured, bat It wae at the ooet of bla own life. Potatoes-Apples K Gnat, of the Bine MoaoUln Fruit Co., eetimitea that there will be about one hundred oara of potatoea to export tbla year. He ia now hipping a few cart North, and Is paying 80 cents per aaok. The apple crop le aomewhat harder to eetiaate bat be bellevee that the shipping stock thla season, will be about the same aa potatoea, 100 oara and while th prioe of fall applee ie now from W to 60 eta. per box. - The winter prodnot will be somewhere around tba dolUr mark. Contest Case Tba land office officials are occupied today with the bearing of a contest case brought by Jack W. Spencer of Elgin against John J. Light of this city. The land In question ia located near Elglfti The grounds for the con test are non-residence on the claim C. H. Flan appear a for the defense and Neil MoLeod of Elgin for, the prosecution. Mormon Choir Ogdea'a famoua Mormon . choir, composed of 225 Toioee, ia without doubt one of the finest organizations of tba kind in exiateoce, and long ago ita tame spread beyond the boaodarlea of Utah. The choir made ita flrat public appearance In Portland yesterday in tba Ogden day exeroisea at tba Expoelllon, and will remain here ten daya. Public Land There are more publio landa in Montana than In any . other state or territory fn the Union, with the excep tion of Alaska and Nevada, there being 26,155,435 aorea of aooh unappropriated landa. Don't Want It ll la announced from Moaoow that subscriptions there to tbe new internal loan a'e unsatisfactory. Tbe sub scriptions thus (ar amount to only 110,000. An imperial ukase was is sued August 17 authorising tbe issu ance of a new internal loan of 1100, 000,000 at 5 per oeni. War Expensive James Creel men statea upon the beet obtainable authority that tbe 551 daya since, tbe Russo-Jap war' broke out have ooet each belligerent approx Imately il.OOO.OOO per day a total of 1,012,000,000 to date. When von want a plenpant laxative that ia easy to take and certain to act, i use Cbemberlain'a Stomaoh and Liver i I tableta. For aale by Newlin Drug Co, Leroy Leishman, ELECTRIC SHOP a Wire and Supplies Shop Cor. 6th and 0 :CITY BREWERY JULIUS ROESCH, Proprietor. Largest Brewing Plant in Eastern Oregon Ask for La Grande Beer and get the Best LA GRANDE BEER IS MADE IN LA' GRANDE AND SHOULD HAVE THh PkEFERENCE Conclude Convention By Bcrippe Newa Aatoeiatioa Ban Franciwo, Aug 23-The In ternational Missionary Conveotioa of the Christiao Cbor. h which bis been In station bere - hat decided apou Buffalo, ft. tor the nxt meeting place. Today wa the pitnclpal eeaaion. The confereora touladel with the meeting of the A merle a Mialonary Society. 0. Kllertvm. ol Califorula, aa eWcte4 rvMet Many of the delrgatee will ratata V the way of Portland . v German System ( I'rof. Ttiomaa Homo, tti lU ia gat beilng eeede ol Orra rAS ar, hemlock and ottter e t tha German sraeeX 1W wil be aaed In reroreetettaa works Mr, Howe etaUe ae a fert ih4 giNMeall; known that the Oermaa ffWMaet baa been raising tiee lraa to seed for SO years Injury Patal C D Smith, the 8outhern Pacific brakditan who was injured 8etnrday morning while making a coupling at Woodville, died at Roteburg yesterday atl;30. Later Reports (Scrlpps Newa Association) New Orleans Aug 23 4 p m Up to this time thirty new cases have been reported with three deaths. Could'nt Finish it Taooma, Aug 23 lien ry Meyer, who waa released from tbe Central police station Saturday afternoon after making an attempt to han himself, made five unsuccessful effort to end bis life last night In two inatancee be came about as close as possible to making an end of hlmeelf without be ing suoceasfu!. He was finally put in tbe etraigbt jacket and a pugilist prisoner sat on blm for tbe greater part of tbe night. T. M. STUBBLEF IELD, Boot and Shoe Maker Repairing Neatly and Promptly done. Hand sewing a specialty Lewia building atseaeesaaevaeeseseeests MEW SECOND HAND STORE All kind of second hand goods bought and sold CEO. GROUT, Prop, 209 Fir St. bet. Adams and Jefferson THE OXFORD DdR JAMES FARQ'JHARSONa Prop. CuaajMa aaauriaaont el WINBS; LIQUORS -AND CIGARS l)d ldMea and mixed drinks a epeclatty, Kulr and Impartial treaiment to all. ' Yoa are ln tltod to call and get acquainted MwVyVw' rVV 1 CttXML ,1'IST. Propmlor. '',' AYINbia LIOUOU AND CIGARS Pinaat rollotinrn nf atnvt! i - - ' -vV i auiraals on the Paciiio 1 coast. Blue Front Saloon C. THORSON, Proprietor, ... FINEST UTWl?Q T.TtTTtDU i Imported and domestic Hot or cold lunch all hours I JefllTSoe Avenoa Opposite Depot f eeoM(t it sco aa a a Palace Salor :i CHAS, ANDERSON, Prop i r a ' FINK WINES, UQUORS AND CIGARS Always on hand - Jerterson Avenne Oppof-te Venal f THE LOUVRE, CHRIS WRIGHT, Prop. FINE I WINES. LIQUORS I H2 CIQflRS Gentlemen alwayt Welcome Fir Street Eagle ULRJCH LOTTIS. Prop, FINK WINES, LIQIjORS and CIGARS Lunches are our specialty Jefferson Avenue, Opposite depot o mi mm iimordi) m j.w. rood, mop. PINE WINES LIQU0RJ And the beat brand 01 CIQfliS Alwaya ou band Mlxu drinks a apmlalty Ask and see If you don't get It. "Thin la a gen tlemen's resort and will be run as auih SOMMER HOUSE fAFE Phone Main 6-1 'NUF SAID Meeraa . Tlie laxltlve effect of Chamderiain'i V bt oraath and Liver Tablet is so agre-- ., . . namrai tnat yon do not realize it is the effect ot a medicine Tor aale by Newlin Drng Co ' I r :'tr -"lay r Hi 1 c 1 r w r :
