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V0LUME V1 ' , . LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON, - THURSDAY, JANUARY " 17 i 1907. - i & Zi l?Y' .hl,T ' ISrtHWIJ; Ju HOMfiERV , 4 '
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Buried in ths rsrtGtel
Natives and Tourists aliks
World Rushhig Provisions to Stricken PeopIe---Scc
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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-
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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. ' -
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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.
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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
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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.
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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-'.
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sals by all first class dealers.
Don't submit to any substi'ution. "
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Pride of Grande Ronde
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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 '
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