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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1906)
TV-- Buiid up your own community first. The, other fellow will look after his VOLUME VI LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 190b NUMBER 6 V (RY fOR CARPENTERS COMES fl HEW ROUND 111 SE rourd house be proofness from btt the entire contractor 10 do for the ' Not only will the rew modem with respect to fire and the elements, vicimtw i f l - 4 - ww b.iutu.jf wis. W. H, Wiggers. a A D . m . w- . is now perfecting a sewerage vtm thf u;il u.j .ii i i... , ... icbu an surplus water to the city sewer near the A. B. C. Laundry. At the east end of the monster round houes is a slump over ten feet deep. ,.Here will accumulate, because of the qonitructed grade and sewer pipes, all the oily water, and unsanitary substance from every corner of the railroad yards. This slump is so constructed as to allow free passage of the surplus water and oily substance, out all sediment, such as cinders and ashes will be held there until a sufficient amount has gathered to warrant shoveling on a fiat car which can M stationed conveniently by. Close by this fclump will be a huge ditch to contain ashes. The turn table pit. which gener ally accumulates filth and unsanitary, matter, is supplied with a sink hole and .haling but cleanliness will be noticeable In the pit. The columns and beams for the roofflng are in place for a distance of nine stalls. The absolute lack of carpenters is handi- PANAMA VISITORS ALL WELL caping the work. The contractors have been calling loudly for carpenters, and are offering from three to three fifty a uay, uu sa umi i nut a urewing card. Consequently the progress it slow. The steel beams that are to be placed on he front side of the roof have not yet arrived. The pit for the turn table is rapidly nearing completion. On the east end of the round house, will be constructed at toon at carpenters cm be procured a 50x70 foot one story tool room. Farther east will be built a serviceable oil room. However it will be near spring before these improvements are finished. At soon as they are work on the new machine shops will be commenced. According to pres ent plant, next fall will tee a completely revised and improved round house in this city. Not the ordinary tort of round house, but o ne that it complete in every detail. Engines can all but be made here then, and wrecked enginet of the worst tort can be reprired right here in La Grande without the trouble of tending them to Portland. Consider what this means in the way of increasing the pay roll of La Grande, and be thankful, that good things continue to come our way, CHARGES fOR RATf DISCRIMINATION (Scrlppe News Association) Galveston. Tex. Nov. 13 Charges just been filed with the Interstate Commission against saveral southern and western railioads who are charged with irnjust and unfair rate impositions. The jj-j'.iintj are the Riverside Mills of Augusta, Ga., the Howard Mill Co. of Wachita. Kans. the farmers Machanics and Shippers Club n.' Pratt, Kansas, and ' the Territory of Oklahoma and they pro - ceed against sixteen railroad companies complaining that they have been illegally treated by all the railroads in Oklahoma. Shipment of wheat to Galveston. Texas is one of the chief matters of complaint. (Scrlppa Newe Association) Shington Nov 1 3 A wireless telegram from the battleship Louisiana, which is conveying the President and hit party to Panama tayt that the equadron it six hundred miles from Colon and that all on board are well . WRECK OH VICTORIA RAILROAD SPECULATORS ARE SLEW IN THEIR OWN GREASE SCAN DALCUS TREATMENT Ccrtppt r-Vn Association) Washington, Nov. 13 Mrs. Elizabeth Davis has bought suit against the Dis trict of Columbia seeking $5.00C from Miss Nellie Owens, who the plaintiff alleges wrote defamatory postals, caus ing her to lose thi-ty pounds of flesh on account of the worry. CHAMPION MARKSMEN IN CONTEST (Scrlppa Newe Aaeoclatlon) Brimngham, Nov. 13 A number of the worlds best marktmen are competing here today for prizes presented by the Winchester Repeating Armt Com pa ny W. R. Hawkint and John Taylor are try ing issues and Mr. Toppinwho it the ack nowledged chimpion lady rifle, revolver and shotgun shot, in the world it giving an exhibition. Mr. Topperwein will alto give an exhibition. At a distance of seventy yards he can hit marbles and other email objects thrown in the air. TRYING ALLEGED MURDERER (Scrlppe New Amoclatlon) Herkimer. N. Y. Nov. 13. The state today began its presentation in the case of Curtis against Gillette in an attempt to prove that Gillette killed Grace Brown so that he might marry Miss Nettie Bene dict. The defense has not announced its plan, but it is likely that suicide will be maintained. The lifeless body of Miss Brown was found recently with every mark of murder. She was lying in a boat with her head crusted as if struck with some blunt instrument. An oar was found with blood and a lady't hair ttill clinging to It. (Scrlppe Newe Aaeoclatlon) ' Victoria. B. C. Nov. 1 3 A eollminn occured 'en miles west of Kamloopt on the main line of the C. P. R. last night One of the trains wat a tpecial carrying the old crew af the Sharwater. Several are missing but it it believed that all are alive. Baggage wat destioyed and will represent a large turn . The crew had jutt finished a three years' commis sion at thit station, and wat en route to England. , Scrlppa Newe Aaeoclatlon) New York Nov, 13 Secretary of the Treaturey Leslie M. Shaw today reiter ated hit determination to let the speculat ors stew in their own grease, and they are stewing. Call money it at high at 12 NOTED GLIDE TURNS LECTURE (Scrlppa Newe Aaeoclatlon) Norwalk, Conn., Nov. 13 Enot A. Mills, the noted mountain guide and for estry expert of the Rocky Mountains delivered an address at the State Con vention of Woment' Clubs here today. Hit tubject wat "The poetry of the forrest and trail.' THAW (ASE CIIIEf FOUND DEAD Otcrlppa Newt Aaaueiatton) Nebraska City, Nov. 13 Chief of police Charles Downing, aged eighty-two, was found dead in hit bed thit morning, it it supposed that death wat due to heart failure. LAiHABL E Banker Sentenced (Scrlppe Newe Aaeoclatlon) Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 13 J. B Zim merman, formerly director of the Wootter National Bank, wat sentenced thit morn ing in the Federal court, two yeart im prisonment and fined $10,000. ! -- - l l?fWr " gfc I OAN'S UMBRELLAS ARE GOOD UMBRELLAS They're 'mcde (borne) in Baltimore, they're sold (raised) everywhere." If they didn't embody "quality," first of all, the foregoing wouldn't be at all fitting but it is. . These umbrellas stand formost among umbrellas all over the country they're made on steel Paragon frames frames that won't rust and you know rust is injurious to any umbrella fabric. Gan's umbrellas are made in several qualitiest for instance: Women's at from $1.25 to $6.00 Men's at from $1.25 to $5.00 However when you buy an umbrella with the words "Born in Baltimore raised everywhere" in it you buy the best in the country at the price fcr the iaoei msiue. Lock TO RON E (Scrlppe Newe Aaeoclatlon) New York. Nov. 13 District Attorney Jerome refuset to comment upon Thaw retention in Delmat but tayt that Newt papers are only surmising when they tay that the t.-ial will begin December third The date it unfixed. It cannot be fixed until the preliminary hearing, now court, be completed. Jerome' assistant is laughing at the proposed defente. On said. "The unwritten law will have to be proven in California. New York will not allow anyone to shoot another on any pretext similar to the on th defense I holding out now. No lawyer in New York can make it go down the throatt of an Eastern jury." AGENT IS GATHERING DATA per cent, Thit morning th banker and brokers said unless something wat don million of dollar of stock pool would to be unloaded. Drastic liauidation would mean a big falling off In price before normal condition could be restored. FEDERATION Of LABOR ACCfPTS SOCIETY Of EQUITY (Scrlppa Newe Aaaoclatlon) Minneapolis. Minn. Nov. 1 3 The fed eration of Labor kept out a number of delegate until all due and assessments were paid. Representative from Porto Rico were admitted and given teat. For the first time in the history of the labor union, farmers ar being admitted to th meetting on the strength of th Ameri can Society of Equity. Th meeting lis tened to th report of th executive com mittee' explanation of th foray into politic. YESTERDAY'S WRECK WORSE THAN CREDTED (Scrlppe Newe Association) Chicago, Nov. 1 3 Out of th fifty-ene injured in the Baltimore and Ohio wreck yesterday all except one are doing fairly well. With that exception, recovery it expected. Some of the sufferers are still unconscious and may of cours di at any moment. A large number of the wounded are unidentified immigrant. From 83 to 100 persons were killed in the Baltimore and Ohio wreck yesterday, according to Coronor Carton, who. tay that while th tickets issued by the com pany thow only about fifty killed or burned. A number of families had children for whom no transportation wat ittued. Th inquest ha been continued pending the gathering of evidence. INVESTIGATING MONSTROUS SHORTAGE IN SUB-TREASURY iBcrlppa Newe Aaeoclatlon) St. Loun Nov. 13 Resort keepert, their inmates, saloon keepers, brokers, hand book makers, and employes of the local tub treasury, are being summoned to testify tomorrow in the Federal Grand Jury investigation, as to the cause of th shortage of $61,000 reported several day ago. (Scrlppa New Association) Huston Texas. Nov. 1 3 Dr. J. A. Dial, special agent of the United States Census Bureau is visiting this state gathering statistics for the Department of Commerce and labor which are to be used for com parative purposes and for general infor mation. Only such cities as have a population of 30.000 or more will be in cluded it the report. 52,000 Stolen fX TODAY Ladies' the St-1 SiiK Ri'" p-rv sr . c,- Coa'.s cr.e tv. F;!s cf rs r ..I Le-:th j; NEW TODAY of ji Just received by express from N.Y. '' Lad:' and Misses' Coats in all tha Popu'ar Styies. $15 co to $22.50 Phone Black 130 LADIES' COATS Sr.00 to $25 00 MISSES' COATS 3.00 to 10.00 NEW By TODAY Furs. Scarfs Express Ladies and KuTs. It is conceded that Wm. H. Miller &. Co s. It-e ( f Furs uke the lead for Styie a;.d Gual.t. Call and See Vergere No. 27 (Script, New Association) Walker, Mo. Nov. 13-Safe robbers early this morning entered the bank of this c;ty and blew the safe open and secured $2,000 and made their escape. A posse is out after them, but the last reports were to the effect that they had little hope of capturingthe bandits. ARRIVAL Of FAMOUS SI.IGfR (Script rVew Amoclatlon) New York. Nov. 13-Mss Garaldine Farrar arrived here today from Berlin after making a farewell appearance be fore the Crown Prince and Princess at Potsnam in the opera "Manoe." The Princess presented Ms Farrar with signed portraits of herself and the Prince added a beautiful umbreila w,th a lapit lazuli handle. Signor Caruso hat alto How We Make You Safe In buying the preparations that enter so largely into prescriptions, we pro cure those made by houses who use assayed drugs. These are drugs that have been subjected to analysit and their medicinal strength determined. Such preparations cost more than many druggists care to pay, but no other should go into prescription. Though we employ the highest grade diugs, our prices are low and we do nut believe are ever beaten. NEWLIN DRUG CO. La Grande, Oregon. tMttMMMMMtttMMMHMMHMMHmi liii arrived. . . . , ....A...itmiw hi iiume in ymn w uy 1 - iuirnd thit morning!
