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EVENING ORXERVEK. LA GRAWPF, OREGON. MONDAY. JAVCAKY 13. 10S.
tkOS EIGHT.
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CHIEF COUNSEL IN THAW CASE
tropolU. Giving up her luxurious
home In Texan, the bride of a few
lays set forth with Littleton for. New
fork. The couple had little money,
hut Littleton was primed with arabl
Ion and hie young wife abounding in
alth. 80, late In 18. Utile ton first
K-t foot in New York the great, care
less, heartless city he had come to
.onquer. ' .
And he did conquer. The task was
not easy, at first, but Littleton's spirit
as indomitable. He did not wait for
opportunities he made them. The
metropolitan lawyers, with blase
at first sneered at the en
of the young Texan. But
sent, and one whose brilliancy will,!" than three years after his arrival
cgnwtantly increase with years. fin New York Littlelon was made an
., me cniNf counsel for Thaw Is ajawaiant district attorney of Kings
aalf-educat'ed" man, having attended !- mty, a position which many older
hool only ono term. He was a farm)tt!'d more experienced lawyers would
nund and a baker's assistant In his ( have been glad to secure. While serv
youtn, and at the age of 16 became a I '"8 n 1,1 ' capacity in Brooklyn, Llt
brm.k walker in Texus. It was hereU1(fln prosecuted "Get Rich Quick"
that lie was seized with the ambition ' Miller and assisted In conducting
Ul hecoma a lawyer, and at 1 'this many other famous cases.
Self-educated boy was admitted to thej New York Is quick to recognize
uiir. Down at vveamertoru, lexus, trie a-'u, u 11 vu not lung oeioie i.ii
rt'Ofle are still talking nf the excess- tleton had become famous as an ora-
Ive brightness of "Mart" Littleton, tor and an after dinner speaker. He
They are not surprised that ho has he- j combined the suave charm of the
ome one of the greatest lawyers in southern gentleman with the nervous
Saw York, Jan. IS. Martin W.
Utlleton. chief counsel for Harry
3baw. is today receiving the earnest
congratulations of his legal colleagues
and friends upon having passed an
other milestone In tils comparatively
short but famous career. Littleton
was born In a log cabin In Roane
ounty, Tennessee, January 12, 1S72,
mi that now he Is only 3( years ol
age. His rapid rise to fame has been
one of the most phenomenal among
tfM legal lights of the country. He
bas gone up like a rocket, and there Is
nothing to Indicate a descent. His
fellow attorneys look upon him as a 'smugness,
flxnf star In New York's legal flrma-' thusiasms
MRS. SCRIBER DEAD.
Scriber of
Mother of CuMiicr J. W
. Tills City.
J. W. Scriber received a telegram
today bringing the sad Intelligence of
his mother's death. The telegram
states that Mrs. Scriber died this
morning at the family home In Salem.
Mrs. Scriber was 78 years of age and
survived her husband nearly ' four
years. She was one of the pioneer
women of the state, and has a host of
friends throughout the state who will
sincerely sympathize with the bereav
ed family. She leaves two sons, J. W.
Scriber of this city, and Charles E.
Scriber of -Colfax, and three daugh
ters, Mrs. H. E. Miller of Tacoma,
Mrs.' Emma Coolidge of Spokane, and
Miss Adelaide M. Scriber, who resided
at home, and was with her mother at
the time of her death.
The funeral will take place Wednes.
day from the family borne. Mr. Scrl.
ber will leave this evening to attend
the funeral and does not expect to
return before the last of the week.
Mr. Scriber has the sympathy of a
large circle of friends In Union coun
ty and throughout the state.
of honor at a banquet to be given to
morrow night by Secretary of State
and Mrs. Elihu. Root, to w hich many
other cabinet members, diplomats and
statesmen have been Invited. This
will be the first cabinet dinner of the
season to the president, and will be
followed by similar affairs given by
other cabinet members In their order
of precedence. -. - ..
Light at Opera House.
Manager Steward announces that
the opera house will be lighted by
electricity this evening. Therefore all
who wish to witness the "Uncle Tom's
Cabin" performance this evening may
attend and hare no anxiety regarding
the light -situation. There will be
plenty of light, electric light at that.
FOM SALE Timber claim, cheap. If
good
the country. They would not be sur
prised at any greatness "Mart" may
achieve, even to the presidency.
Littleton left the little town of
Veatlierford to embark on a greater
career In Dallas. Hq was only 21
when he Invaded the big Texas city,
tt the older and more seasoned at
torneys of the Dallas bar were soon
forced to admit that the Weatherford
"soy lawyer" was a smart youngster,
and" when he had shown his ability in
few Important caws he cut a large
alertness of the Yankee, and the
combination was a pleasing one to his
auditors.
It was in 1900 that Little ton be
came a nutlonal figure. Called upon
to "fill In" at a Brooklyn democratic
meeting which waa addressed by na
tional fame, ho became the orator of
the evening. In 1904 the democrats of I
Now York decided thut Littleton was
the one man to deliver the speech
nominating Alton B. Parker for the
presidency at the frit. Louis conven-
niche for himself ns one of the fore-1 tlon, and If the enthusiasm he ere
most lawyers of the North Texas me- nted among the delegates could have
. tropolls. (been spread among the voters of the
On December 1, 18U6. at the age of l'l,un"T. Parker would have been
H. the young lawyer married Maud ,,,!'t,'tI' ln l110 and 1905 Littleton
Wilson In Dallas. Considering 1ullns wa" borough president of Brooklyn
too small to afford full scope for his ',lul '"' lllllk,,s his home In the hlg bor-
ablllty, Littleton had determined' to "Kh ut'r""! the bridge.
; He retired from public life two or
three years ago In order that he
might build up a private law prac
tice, and In this he has been as suc
cessful as In all of his other endeav
ors. If he succeeds In securing the
acquittal of Hurry K. Thaw, pitted,
as he Is, against the master of crim
inal prosecution, Jerome, he will huve
succeeded In his boyish ambition to
"conquer" New York.
KUibllxh himself in the nation's me-
I Home Madej
CANDY
Better than Ever
FRUITS
NUTS
CIGARS
! SELDER
CANDY
STORE :
iti:asTK.vriox hooks oii:..
Tenipoiarj Ofll.e eneri Douiitmvn
for 'Tills Wii'k Only.
County Clerk J. H. Gilliam has ar
ranged to have the registration books
brought downtown for this week, In
order to give (he Voters of this city
and vicinity an opportunity to register
without visiting the court house. C.
J. Scriber will bo In charge and has his
ortlce In the rear of the Farmers it
Trailers' National bank, where he will
he found from S o'clock In the fore
noon mull about 6 In the evening.
Remember. ,., Mttln l( r,.Ks.
ter am! saves the necessity f fmiR
lv freeholders In Aa.Ut (
v.air vote Ip nt the primaries at the
.'one ..lectin, and the presidential
lection In November
AT THK ELECTRIC THEATER.
Picture Changes Take Plue Tills Eve
ning;.
While you have the little people
resily to tsk to the fntrtntnment st
the opera house this evening, bring
them to the Electric theater and allow
them to see the new pictures. There
will be plenty of time to Bee them ail
before the show at the opera house
begins. The bill for tonight will be
"Weary Willie's Luck," "Grafters,
an In Japan." This last number,
jusi at mis time when all eyes are
turned toward the little brown men
will Burely be of Interest. The Illus
trated song, "Honey Time," gives Mr
Ferrln a splendid opportunity to dls.
play his wonderful voice, and the
slides are especially attractive. Re
member, the show begins promptly at
7:15 and will be over by 8:10.
quire at this office.
location. In-1-13-20
CONTEST NOTICE.
Kctlvul Mooting.
Yesterday was a great day for Cen
trul l hurch of Christ. In the morn
ing 170 were in the Bible school and
a fine audience listened to the ser
iiwii. in me evening tne nousc was
filled. For about an hour Evangelist
McSparran preached on "Reformation
and Restoration." When thi Invita
tion was given eight persons came for
ward, two men, two women, two boys
and two girls, making 21 since the
meetings uegan. The sermon tonight
will be of luterest to young men.
Baptisms at 7:30, sermon at 8. The
special services continue all week and
over Sunday.
NEWSPAPER SII.J).
San Kntnelw-o Itiillelln M11-1 V ..........
to CI 111 rue or Criminal I,Ih .
San Francisco, Jan. IS. William H.
Tevls today sued R. A. Crnthers and
Fremont Older, of the Evening Bnl-
I'tin, Tor criminal libel. Tevls de
dares that the Bulb-tin printed a stor
on March 16th. 1907, that Tevls on
behalf of the Hay Cities Water com
pany, had paid Abe liner bribe money
In order to secure an acceptance bj
the city of the Bay Cities Water com-
1 lani. TcvIh declares he
prove the story false.
can
MUST t.VIHXKT lliwi ii.
vretiiry mid Mr. I'lilm i;nl(.r.
lulu Pt-i-NhUiil iiiid Cnbliiei.
.wisiiingion. Jan. 13.' Prcsldem
and Mrs. Roosevelt mil 1... .1...
- -. Kooscvclt win be the guct
Department of the Interior,
United States Land Office,
La Grande, Ore., Dec. 14, 1S07.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Lovell E.
Tipton, contestant, against homestead
entry No. 15117 made July 19, 1906,
for NVi SWVi Sec. 4, and NH S&K
See. 5, township 2 S., Range 35, E. W.
M., by Thomas H. Daly, contestee, in
which It t alleged that Thomas H.
Daly has wholly abandoned said en
try for more than six months last
past; that he has not resided upon or
Improved said land at any time, and
that said, alleged absence was not due
to his employment in the army, navy
or marine corps of the United States
as a private soldier, officer, seaman
or marine during the war with Spain
or during any other war in which the
United States may be engaged, said
parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 o'clock a. m. on
January 28, 1908, before the register
and receiver of the United States land
office In La Grande, Oregon.
The said contestant having, ln a
proper affidavit, filed December 9,
1907, set forth facts which show that
ifter due diligence personal service of
this notice cannot be made, It is here
by ordered and directed that such'no-
tlce be given by due and proper puo
llcatlon. (Signed) E. W. DAVIS.
J. T. WILLIAMSON. Register.
Agent and Attorney for Contestant.
Dec. 27-Jan. 24.
A C1LUR HOSPITAL.
If you have a chair or In fact
any piece of furniture which la
on the Invalid list you can not
do better than to bring It to my
furniture hospital, where a
speedy cure Is assured. Prompt
and neat work assured. Remem
ber that I make all kinds of
buggy covers. Call on me rr all
kinds or upholstering.
J. II. HII.I.M AN.
Shop on Mr Street, Next Ioor to
Thorn's Grocery. Black 1811.
LiTCrande
Steam Cleaning
and Dye ; Work
Lace Curtains, Draperies,'
Kid Q lovet. Evening Qownt
and Party DressE Cleaned
on short notice. We oall
for and deliver fret.
OLD CREAMERY BLDG.
First Clasi Work Guaranteec
Ca.-ef al a:ttr.:irr. tc transient trd
UMBRELLA -
RECOVERING
AMD
REPAIRING
put on,
$.60
New Covers
to $4.00.
. 1L! 1 1.
11 you nave anyimnt' oron-
en I can fix it.
L. C. SMITH
OPPOSITE FOUNDRY
Grande Ronde Lumber Co
PERRY, OREGON
CAN FURNISH LUMBER OF ALL KINDS
IN CAR LOAD LOTS
For 16 inch Chain Wood Delivered at your Home,
Call up V. E. BEAM, La Grande. Phone, Red 1741
I'll
OIB .
ME
FOR
IS COLD
THE
OF
DR. KING'S
gouge:
AND ALL THROAT and LUNG
DISEASES . . . . . PREVENTS
PDEu.c3p.DiA 'and eorarMion
unable
after using
JJ V 2 , 8eY?re.C0ld wttW 00 lunes and so completely prostrated
to work and scarcely able to stand. I then was advised to try Dr. Klne'a New
sing one bottle I went back to work, as well as I ever was
me tbat I was
Discovery, and
W. J. ATKINS, Banner Springs, Tenn.
PRICE 50c
SOLD AND GUARANTEED BY JSi
r.,v. I il. 1111 ! it
AND $1.00
iH.aj unaoarea at i he reoo es Store
Our uront MI,MVI,cr Clrl, Sale .s .rtallv . , JiT " fi V J
Irt.m our Morr, llivrv ar Mill lots of k,mn thlujr. lofl
certainly a hiiinniiT. and
ni,Kl. tl. people of La Gramle ,,l vh lnlly have In the past ten days carried
SEE THE RED TAG-THIS
S THE BARGAIN SIGN
nito we are bouml . ir .....
" " M Will UU .
AIX SRSOXIJI.K i(Kl)S AT NLAl'GIITKltKD
away Immense loads of bargnlns
riucKs.
THE PEOPLES STORE
LA GRANDE 0REC0M
to
Men's and IloV Furnishing
Tt . -
".vs nuts and Caps, values
75c. now , '
Buys' knee punts, values to 9 1.S5,
now
M-n' lined Gloves. 65c value ...
39o
SiiIIm and Cloaks.
15.00 Children's Coats $2.H
$7.50 Misses' Coats , $3.45
110.00 Ladles' Coats
115.00 Ladles' Coats $10.15
$17.50 Tullored Suit $11.75
Winter I'mlerwcar.
Odd carments uf
Ijulles' fleeced. 25c grade
loys" fleeced, 35c grade .....
Men's fleeced, 60o grade
lrk-e
. . t.K'
..25c
. .3e
1 foolery ftnririliiN.
Ladles' os,. 12C grade .
Ijulli's' Hose, 2ilc grade . . .
Ladles' Hose, 25c g,lU.
. .So
.He
SEE THE RED TAG-THIS
IS THE BARGAIN SIGN
THE PEOPLES
LA GRANDE
STORE
OREGON
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