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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1907)
I'll 1 - t Hr. ' . , .";.',';";'-.' ; .' v -'. . ;T:s''' i V0LUME V1 ' , . LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON, - THURSDAY, JANUARY " 17 i 1907. - i & Zi l?Y' .hl,T ' ISrtHWIJ; Ju HOMfiERV , 4 ' . . .. - ; ' . , " , ' ' , . - ; v,-. , . , . Buried in ths rsrtGtel Natives and Tourists aliks World Rushhig Provisions to Stricken PeopIe---Scc VLKULKL llLLKlluSl StttS 0111 10 HEW CORPORATION Th Vergera Talephone Company existsfr n i general perfection of all central. no more. Tna Company' holding have y Deen purcnasad by tha Home Independent Talephona Company, a nw firm jut or- ' ganizad and incorporated with a capital stock of $75,000. Tha new company i 1 headed by W H Bohnenkamp a presi ' dent. The incorporation papers specify : that shams shall be valued at ten dollars - . ' each, and that the principal office of the company shall be in La Grande. The v ; , Vetera Telephone Company was incor porated vyith a capital' stock of $4000. ' TbaVergere Company extended new lines ' into Wallowa county, improved the ones ; they already bad' in this county, aside coihty court noust hews Sheriff Childers has notified those of Union county who were drawn to -act- as jurors for the coming term of circuit court. Lottie B. Mangers has filed a suit for divorce from Leonard Mangers. The ap lication prays' for custody of three child ren and severance of matrimonial bonds now'Axistmg between her and the de fendant. J 4 Messinger and D A Van Houten partners in a firm named Van Houten & Messinger have filed a suit against the and under the new organization these modern improvements and enlargements will no doubt continue with increased vigor. V ' ' .Those whose names appear on the in corporation papers are. W H Bohnen kamp, V7 J Church, S D Crowe, Wm. Miller, J L Cav.ness. The , officers are: W H Bohnenkamp, president; Wm. Miller, secretary; and Geo. L Cleaver, treasurer. W H Bohnenkamp, F I ;.Ver gera, S D Crowe, W J Church, John Cavi ness, Geo. Cleaver, Wm. Miller, A C Mill er and John McDonald are the directors. Americannsurance Company of Newark The complaint prays judgment inythe sum of $1,000 with interest at the 'rate of six per cent from December 15 also cost' and disbursement of this .. action. The plaintiffs were owners of the planing mill which was consumed by fire recently. Sheriff Childers will conduct a sheriffs sale at the Stoddard planing , mill tomor row of the Pinkerton property at tmbler. The special services at the Presbyter ian churce will close tonight. ' Dr Seeman will preach on the theme "The Love of God.1' Come and bring your friends. Many Americans Among ;Jvf the Victims (Scrlppe News Amoclatlon) .. ; i ' 1 Kingston, Ja., January 1 7 Not all the Americans and English who were in the city when the earthquake came, have es caped. The first systematic search in the ruin was (tarted today and reveal bodie of a number of white. . Mora will certainly be found. United State Consul Payne this morning estimated that a thousand are dead, two thousand ' injured and ninety thousand homeless, ' ' The United States will be called . upon for food toda y. . Every white tourist in the section is in danger because of lack of food. Tha natives can eat fruit but such a diet causes pestilence among the whites. . . . . , j . A SECOND . SHOCK ,,r :, Havana, January 1 7. A second shock in Jamaica, a severe as the first one,, was reported via Santiogo today.' Cable gram say that totteri.ig building were tumbled down.. There - was na eecond fjre. . , GIGANTIC TIDAL WAVE . Holland Bay. January 17 A gigantic tidal wave wept Annota by on the North coast of Jamaica. It is reported the coast line has changed. A great stretch of the beach has sunk into the sea. Kingston Jan 17-Foreign residents in this locality are attacked by dysentery on ac count of .the lack of food and impure water. Natives tnd tourists alike, are being buri- 'jfiJ;TneHtM A '. : . J . i 1 . iT.tU. n.i KICKS TT Only a few days left7 to pick the big bargains, at The Fair store SALE CLOSES OM SATURDAY NIGHT We have added many, new things to our list to make it worth your while to buy the last fev days. ' - LEATHE I t ed in unmarked trenches or burned cn huge pyres of debris. Ships in the har bor are used a temporary hospitals. ' -i Outsider bav been warned ' to keep TNew York. Jan 17 The shores and harbor at Kingston are sinking. , There is terror lest the city will slip into tn - The bed of the harbor ie sinking and in many places the water is already a hundred feat deep. . ' Acorreipondent's cable from Holland Bay ays: ."Th city seems shrve'ed up. Buildings continue to collapse, filling the street with debris. ' - Ga and electric supplies and the Are. department are all crippled. Dead are lying about t he streets, and present terrible scenes." . , Kingston. Jan 17 Twenty-five millions is We estimate lost , to the, city and sur rounding section. A statue of Queen Vic toria was completely reversed but wholly uninjured. ;, 1. uriyen to desperation by the fuel famine coal was consigned, the citizens butsu1 the citizens of Adams in Umatilla county the engineer from his cab and switched t headed by tho-Mayor, held of the' mbred nhe eanoftttt.Qif ldjef; Jf'fJ tt)iititv4; train running between Waflaalla, 'ani then allowsd the train to proceed on lt . Pndleton. Tuesday evening, and.fprcibly, jway. ., .4 nMttH4 compelled the;train crew to sit out a carof i( It is Mid that the engineer showed fight , coal. The conductor was first ordered and that he dio not give up until several - to tan the car onto side track 'f nd vheri 'gun had bee'n drawn" " j f ' . he eaid he oouldnot possibly do i, without - LAGRANDE MAN THERE1" . order from headquarter, they compelled On the mixed train were several piss him to wire to Supt Campbell in Portland, enger amongwho was Rev. W. H.Gibsan After the train had beeahald; for Tjkn ,of the Baptistlihijrch in this city. Ha was) hour and several message sen back and bound for Walla Walla and was a spectato? forth between tha railroad man1 and thto tha holdUS scene. ' i coal dealer in Walla Walla to whom the ' I .- Washington, Jan 17 Red Cross sup plies to the extent of five thousand doll ars worth have been ordered from New York. Ships will sail with it at Once. ' TEACHERS TO GATHER III LA GRANDE R IS NOW UP We would call attention to our boys' and girls' shoes. As everyone knows the price of leather has ad vanced, and having bought our line before the advance, will continue to ; sell - at the old price until the line is closed out County Superintendent of Public schools E E Bragg, announces that a teachers' meeting will be held in this city January Z6. He has arraigned an instructive program and is anxious that es many teachers as possible attend this meeting. Following .lrerpfbirarri;',,--- ( PROGRAM ' 9:30 A. M. Primary Reading . .; Round Table Graded work n a one room school .::..... .. R A Wilkerson Clay modeling in the public school .., ..Olive Conley Western Literature M Snyder 1 :30 P. M. . Reading in the upper grades ... ..... , : Round Table Thoroughness in the grades below ninth :.- - S N AVres Educational value of type forms,... Omen Bislfop' Irving's Rip Van WinkJe Suggestions to teachers of American Literature '. Fanny L Barber ttF (DIMFC innlcrHFFFFl I iiiiv i u II I I .1 I 1IU III I I I IV a v iiiii a uii . sia.i au aei Not only it Henry Scheffsr. the missin Russian, alleged tohave taken nearly $ 1 E0 worth of jewelry, but this afternoon it wa discovered that more than .forty dollars worth of hides and pelt have been stolen. s. f r y .. A few days ago Mose Harris and SchefN er bad occasion to step Into ' the barn where the pe1tlwere ' stored.' " At" thatl time the Russian had the keys to the door in his possession. This afternoon,, wheoi Mose wanted to enter the store roooisi he could not find the key, and aocord . , ingly. fqreed In Vthe door. Expecting tot. . find hides and pelt piled high, he wae astwilshed to find only on pelt left "'While 'there it no direA, evidence thai Sebeffsr. ol4 thf bidev tuch ponclue- funis a plausibie' one. He ' kneV where they were stored and had the keye. i i ii . i hi i j I sfr eJ 4 t Pride of Grande Ronde i, ; The product of the Imbler flouring friill situated in the very heart of the best wheat land in firancje Ronde valley, consequently the best flour. ' A trial 1 will convince you of it euperority. ., , ' ' ; V ' '' . ' ' j Insist'onhavingyour order filled with this brand or the 'Patent'' from this t Name mill. , ' ' .' '-. . '."':..:'..-.: r-'. 'Fpr sals by all first class dealers. Don't submit to any substi'ution. " i Pride of Grande Ronde .i WRECKED AT BILLMAM (Scnpp News Amoclatlon) Beliingham Wn Jan 1 7 Th Southbound Owl train on the great Northern from Van couver, to Seattle crashed into an open switch early this morning and collided, head on, with a passenger just in from Seattle. Frank Watts, who was oiling the engine was instantly killed! Engineer Scott of the Owl train may die. The engine and lYOU RISK NOTHING By having me EXAMINE YOUR EYES ! I GUARANTEE PERFECT fIT FOR ONE YEAR Or will cheerfully 'refund your money I have never had patient that was not satisfied with my glasses ' fully Heidsnreich Building r f4 HpaMPU I Ops't Bohnenkamp U. If I. llttJUUUIVt NEW JEWELER AND OPTICIAN X V I: n n -X -..v.'-v. feu u i ii 1.V 8- t!l-V-1 b'i ":1 ?! a Xj txr'""-""'"'' ; I-. r iiMeeeeHiv i one car is wrecked.
