La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 05, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextBECOM? A BOOTr'G MEMBER OF THE UNION COUNTY GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION 4-v ? VOLUME VI LA GRANDE, UNION COUNT, OREGON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 6 1907 NUMBER 55 STILL UNDER (Scrtpps News Annotation) New York Jan 5 The Interstate Com? merce Commission resumed its hearing I today in the Harriman roads, and estab- ' lisned conclusively that Harriman s auto cratically controls seven roads. E T Jef fery, president of the Western Pacific said "The Union Pacific has acquired the Southern Pacific and looks for a contract with the Oregon Short Line. Competi tion has lessened the volume of the Gould Transcontinental business and forced the Could interests to build the Western Pacific. REV. ElllS1 HEAITH IMPROVING Rev. George P. Ellis of Athena, is now reported as being greatly improved in health since he went to Los Angeles re cently. He went there but a few weeks ago. being troubled with asthma. A letter telling of his rapid recovery has just been received by Rev. G. L. Hall of this city. Pendleton E. 0. JACOB R11S COMING Pendleton E. 0.1 Jacob Riis, the biographer of President Roosevelt, and one of the most widely reformers and students of economic Questions of the country, will lecture at theFrazer on January 18, as one of the attractions of the Pendleton Lecture bureau. Other attractions offered by the bureau are Maro the Magician, and Sena tor La Follette. The date of La Follett's ecture is April 14. V It was the hope of the bureau to secure W. J. Bryan for a lecture during his tour of the west, but he will speak but three times on the coast, according to his manager at Seattle, Portland and San Francisco. UPHOLSTERING OLD FURNITURE M A D E-- GOOD AS NEW Lounges and couches upholstered. Mattresses recovered and generaly' renovated, carpets cleaned and put down.' Special Furniture Made to Order. All Work Called For and Delivered Promptly. T. H. HILLNAN PfSTIGATlON I tCor N. Depot PHONE ana monroo ot. ,w. Free Oregon State Lands Irrigated : 1 You are entitled to 20,40,80 120 or 160 acres FRfcE you simply pay for the cost of irrigation, which is SI 0.00 per acre, payable one-fourth cash, balance in three equal annual payments. Title direct from the STATE OF OREGON. This land is going fast; do not delay; call or write today. V EASTERN OREGON Foley Block SIR HENRY IRVING MEMORIAL ! (Scrlppi New Association) London, Jan. 5 In the Lyceum Theatre today there was a large attendance of prominent theatrical folic including El'en Terry Bserbohm Gree, Arthur Bonchier. Lady Bancroft, George Alexander, and -Crie Maude to discuss the Sir Henry Irving Memorial question. It was an nounced that the $15,000 required for the monument were subscribed and it was decided to call on the more noted sculptors in the country to submit plans. It was also decided to take steps to se cure a site in Westminster for the monu ment. (Scrlppi News Association) Douglas Ariz. Jan 5 The Denn mine at Lowell is still closed and nothing has been hears from the twenty miners who were imprisoned when the explosion oc curred. One was killed and one fatally hurt at that time. The men have now been entombed over twenty -four hours. A Since the end of the football season last Tuesday, the girls' basketball teams of the high school have received increased attention, and today the management of the girls' teams announces that next Wednesday evening at the Commercial Clu(. a school championship ime will be played. Tne teams are to be designated as the "Blues" and the "Wnites" and from these ten players, five will be picked to meet the Baker City five at Baker early j in February. j The teams of the high school have i ben practicing more or less for some j time but from now things will hum in the j way of practices. A city team is like ly to be .organized and should it, it will also clash with the Highs. Elgin wilMikely be brot here or the locals go to Elgin. But few players remain from last year's team but nevertheless, according to the management, the school has five fast players. COLONIZING CO. La Grande, Oregon ENTOMBED ! MIR! HEARD S NOT BASKET BALL GAME ARRANGED WYOMIHG SE1T0R Will UNDERGO wmm RFHRFTARY P. A HITCHHOOK U. S. SENATOR FRANCIS E 'Scrlppn New Association) Washington, Jan. 6 Secretary of the Interior E A Hitcicook is investigating the case of Senator Francis E Warren United S'ates sen itor from Wyoming who is chairman of the com nit tee on military affairs and who is being 'charged witn being a land griftjr. He is alleged to have fenced in and appropriated for his own use, pupiic lands of Wyoming, the charges being formally made, and are ac- VESSEL, PASSENGERS AND CREW REPORIED LOST (Scrlppa New Association) San Francisco, Jan. 6 A telephone operator at Pescadero'. seven miles from Waddel Beach and fifty miles south of this city, confirms the report that two boats and two-rafts, bearing the name of the Pacific Mail steamer, "Panama" drifted ashore at Waddel Beach yester day Boats came ashore about noon, the rafts following several hours after wards. . Occasionally, pieces of wreckage would drift ashore. As the rafts came in they bore evidence of having been equipped with provisions and had evident- ly been ready for landing passengers, The place is isolated and details are hard to get. Tne Panama carried fifteen American passengers, twenty Chinese and twenty steerage and toge her with the crew, there were over a hundred on board. The ship left this city for San Aucondre. but it is believed that the vessel has been caught in a heavy sea aud met with disaster. BOMB EXPLOSION KILLS (ASMIER AND (LERKS (Serlpp News Asaoclatlon) Philadelphia Jan 5 A bomb thrown by an unknown hand shortly before noon, has wrecked the Fourth Street National bank and killed the assistant cashier. W. Z. McLear and injured about twenty clerks. As yet no one has been arrested. The building iscompleteiy wrecked. Two are dead and a score wounded. The fusal had rushed back a slight distance dead are: McLear, the cashier, ar.d an I and hurled a bomb. A slight fire follow unknown man called Pnorrepy. who set ed. The police immediately threw a strong off the infernal machine. The most ser iously injured is Wm. Krupp. a colored TAXIMf The county court late yesterday after noon made the following tax levy for the year 1907. Funds Mills Revenue County 6 30.565 Warrant Call 7 42.792 Road 6 S0.566 School 3 5. 622 . . 3.056 .23,270 61 1 611 WJnungcr.i . . ;g State 5.8 .. Library 00 1 Ind. Soldier 001 WARREN companied by maps and other data. The names of the -persons who have filed the complaint are not disclosed. It i understood that the President and Secretary Hitchcook do not believe the charges and will give the senator the benefit of a searching inquiry. Fifty thousand acres near Cheyenne are . said to be involved. The Senator is incensed ond loudly avows that the charges are false. CUTTERS TO THE RESCUE It is very likely that either the revenue cutter CuIIock or Peter will be sent to search fo. the Panama this afternoon. The superintendentof the life saving crew has received no word from the wreck or from any station along the coast. No light houses have been heard from. The incident is causing much alarm due to the probabilities that all are lost. MAY BE UNDUE ALARM It U barely possible that the rafts were j washed overboard during the storm and , that the vessel itself is safe, for the law I provides for rafts on all ships, equipped with provisions. The other wreckage gives the lie to the optimistic views and the entire list of passengers is no doubt drowned. 1 Scouting the fdea that the panama is wrecKea, tne omaais oi me racinc man hold out the strongest hopes that the ' vessel has arrived safely. I porter who had half his face blown away and his eyes blown out and body terribly burned and will die. The financial district was crowded when the explosion came. PECULIAr CAUSE The assassin had demanded money from 'the president of the bank and on the re- gjard arourd the bank's cash and securi ties. 10 ATTEND fUMRAL J. H. Stevens left this morning for Portland to attend the funeral of hit old schoolmate Frank Baker, which will take place Sunday afternoon. Mr. Baker did his first work in the printing which afterwards resulted in his election as state printer, in the office of the Moun - , tain Sentinel, published in La Grande at i which time he was editor and publisher. The friendship of their youth continued and it was only a little over a year ago when Mr. Baker spent several days in La Grande as a guest of Mr. and Mr. BUSINESS CHANGE C. M. Humphreys has disposed of his interest in the Star PUning Mill of E!g;n to his partner Mr. J. L. Overton ar.d it is stated that Mr. Humphreys may possibly seek another location. As he was form erly a resident of this city ha has many friends here who would be pleased to see him return. The Star Planing Mill was one of the largest operating plants in the northern portion of the county and the many friends of Mr. Overton, vho was also a former resident of this city, wish him a continuance of prosperity. riuitxr tai runift rux (Scrlppa News Association) Baltimore, Md., Jan 5. There will be a public reception and mast meeting here tomorrow night in honor of the visit of the Hon. Thomas Kettle, M. P., and the Hon. Richard Hazleton, M. P., the Irish Con voys sent to this country by the Irish Parliamentary Party to raise funds for the cause of Home Rule. The reception will be held at the Maryland Theatre aft er which there will be speeches and program of Irish music. BE ERECTED Contractor J, J. Cloncy h'S taken contract to erect another new and mod ern brick structure in this city for a con siderationof $15,000.00. Miss Maggi Mahaffy is the promoter, and specifies that the structure shall be brick, two stories high, and 60x180 feet and steam heated. It will be located directly in the rear of the Commercial Club building and ! will face on Depot street. Erection will begin soon. Mr. Cloncy has also erected a beautiful brick cottage for J. H. Watson the master 1 mecr,anic a1 the round house, on Wash ington avenue, and will have it ready for occupancy within a short time. MILITARY BALL Company L., 0. N. O. has arranged for a military ball to be given next Monday evening in the company armory. Thomas' orchestra will furnish the music. Ad mission is fifty cents and all are invited 1 The militia boys have not arranged for ball for some time and every effort being extended to make this one a sue cess. L. H. Russell, a well known lumberman of La Grande, passed through yesterda to Portland on a business visit. He starting a new saw mill plant near La Grande. Pendleton E. 0. RAW OLD HOME W MODERN BRICK WILL I OYSTLRsI v( I IN ANY STVUt 1 THE MODEL RSTAUHAT J. A. Arbuckle Proprietor WORKMEN ( BT SLIDE (Scrlppa New Association) Gingenhesse, Jan. 6 Forty workmen were buried while cutting a new railroad line between Lamschild and Leingen. Thirteen bodies have been recovered. Or iginally two men were buried and a crew of fift v men beean dionrincr to the rescue when a second collapse occured, cover ing practically every man. BACK. TO THEIR SCHOOLS During the last few days of this week and tomorrow the ' students from the various schools of this state and Wash ing, hq have been spending the holiday at home with relatives and friend, are returning to their fields and again taking? up their work. By Monday - morning all will have returned, but nearly all ar leaving today and tomorro . ' The evening service Sunday at St. Peter' Church will be at 6:50 a half hour later than usual, a the rector hold service in the afternoon at Hot Lake. Our Promise for We promise you such drug store service as one seldom findsthe finest service possible for us to provide. Neither pains nor expense will be spared to make trading here easy and pleasant. We have been on the steady, forward march for years, keeping . step at all times with the ad vance in pharmacy. The coming year will see even greater advances and our customers will have the benefit of them. You are sure to find the newer remedies here as well as th6 old . fash ioned tried-and true kinds. We would like your trade during 1907. Nevvlin Drug Co. OYSTER TIME is always looked forward to w'th expectancy. What more lucious than a plate of Blue Points on the shell, or a stew, or a fry, or broiled. OYSTERS. OYSTERS, OYSTERS any way you want, is the way we serve them. Oyster we keep are the best in the land and all have a good pedigree, if you want to give an oyster party, our restaurant i the place to bring them to. We hope to see you many times during oyster season. OPEN DAY We sell weekly-... AND NIGHT meal tickets forHw OVERED If I U Total 27 $165,052 'Steven.