EVK?l- r B8EBYZB. LA GRANDE, OREGOW. THURJ5DAT, FEBRUARY .
,
Our customers are invited to call
at our store and examine the
largest line of Valentines ever
before shown in Eastern Oregon.
Our stock consists of everything
in the valentine line from the five
cent line to the beautiful crea
tions which cost $6.00 and more.
Never haye had such a varied
assortment.
fa
.-II -II ...L.
If Will pay an wriiw
delight in the beautiful to call at
the store and see this splendid
art exhibit. - - - - - -
I NEWLIN DRUG CO.
LA GRANDE
OREGON
BAKER (
WITHDRAW HUT (AM
Biker City, Fob. 6. The Herald
, said today:
Like the cat with nine lives, the
"Stak" circular refute to die. ' At-
. tempts have been made to chloroform
n, and forgot the whole transaction,
' tut that rIho has failed to work. Sev-
eral times each day either the circu
lar or Its content can be heard aa
' ttie subject of discussion. The little
pink missives have become so scarce
that It not uncommon to see two-bit
and four-bit pieces offered for one
hen It Is placed In sight. .
Now, however, ' the pendulum Is
winning the other way. Home one
bus taken the trouble to look tip facte
pon which they have based an in
vestigation, with the result that the
Ministers' association sent the follow
ing statement, duly signed by each
'member of that body, to the Herald
fur publication. Here Is the state
snout,, verbatim:
Minister Explain.
We, the Ministers' association, have
ecome thoroughly convinced that the
charges In the circular against Judge
Smith are untrue and therefore has
to correct the same. We are oon
tlnced of the error for the following
Krasonn
We obtained a friendly Interview
wltfc Judge Smith, after which we
wade further careful Investigation.
We find two of the well known nttor
rye of the Fuller case who gave us
! BEST COAL
$8.50 1
l-PER TON--!
Ftrk Spring Lump and
koch spring nir. ;
PHONE MAIM 10.
l Prompt Delivery
I Stock on Hand.
Big
the unqualified declaration that dur
ing the second trial of the Fuller case,
the trial ' In question, Judge Smith's
conduct was absolutely Irreproachable.
Also the jurors as far as interviewed,
say the same thing. One of the at
torneys In this trial further said that
Judge Smith was the best judge he
every saw. absolutely fearless and Im
partial. We further apologise to the judge
and to the public for allowing these
charges against the Judge to get Into
our circular for the following reasons:
1. The charges were entirely Ir
relevant to the purpose of our circu
lar. Judge Smith believes in the en
forcement of the' laws as much as we
do.
2. We blundered In not seeking an
Interview with Judge Smith before
publishing anything against him. We
did Interview the other officials whom
we mentioned. The blunder evidently
was made through' the hurried man
ner and limited time in which the
circular was prepared.
S. With humility we confess unfor
tunate a thing as the testimony of the
condemned men, Fuller and Parker,
to creep Into our circular. We abso
lutely abhor such a proposition as
fellowship with criminal In so noble
a cause as that of law-enforcement
and civic righteousness.
4. We want nothing but what is
absolutely clean and fair and Just
and true. We want the public to
know that we are In for fair play and
that we are Just aa fearless and vig
orous to correct a mistake as we are
to piihh a righteous campaign against
the lawless open-town policy.
We thank the public for the en
couragement given the movement thus
f.ir. We assure them that they can
depend upon us for fair play.
liespcrtfulty,
TUK .MINISTER!' ASSOCIATION.
P. S. DULIN.
t? K.. It. VAIINEV,
JAfOH FINGER,
F. L, 1IAYIKX. P. 1.
For Job work no extra charge for
promptness call at The Observer.
SUES IK
O.IUN.
For the recovery of delinquent
taxes amounting to 192,000, the board
of county commissioners yesterday In
structed the county attorney to bring
suit against the O. R. tc N. railroad
company to terminate a protracted
litigation that has been in progress
for more than one year, says the
Union. For their 1905 taxes which
became delinquent In 1906, the com
pany la Indebted to the county in th
sum of t3K.SS5.86. For the 1901
taxes, delinquent In 1907, the com
pany owes 124,042.24. As yet the
company has made no effort to settle
their taxes for the year 1907, which
became delfnquent in June, 1908
amounting to $32,841.91. The as
sessed value of the O. R. ft N. prop
erty to 11,622,990.
Last year, suit was brought by the
company to recover the taxes due,
but the railroad secured temporary
Intnnctlon unlnat h rnnnry t Join
ing County Treasurer J. F. Honeycutt
from issuing a certificate of delin
quency, that the property might be
attached, and the money secured. At
this stage of the litigation, the case
rested; but will now be renewed by
the county and prosecuted with vigor.
The railroad company holds that the
rate of taxation to exorbitant
(
OM fill)
AT RAMI
Caldwell, Idaho, Feb. 6. The : re
ports brought back by Fred McCon
nell, city engineer, after his visit U
the coal mines at Roswell, are very
glowing and indicate that the pros
pects are good for development tc
show good deposits.
The mine Is situated 12 mile
from the Oregon state line and 14
miles southwest of Roswell. Rocky
presence of coal below and two tun
nels have been run, one about 900
feet and the other 500 feet.
Coal In the longer tunnel Is not ol
a superior quality until It reaches tc
about the 900 foot line, but from there
on in as far as they have, gone the
quality Is that of the Lehigh valley
anthracite. The vein Is about 14 feet
wide In the long tunnel and 11 feet
In the short one. Three men are at
work and mules -are used to pull the
cars back and forth. The developer
of this claim are Charles Lyons and
a Mr. McOuffey. Other prominent
men are said to be interested as silent
partners, and some . of these ' arc
thought to be successful promoters.
The mine Is especially well located
within a mile and a half of a remark
ably fine power site. The Owyhee
river flows through a narrow canyon
at this place and though the fall In
the river la not very great, the "cur
rent to swift and capable of produc
ing unlimited power. With these con
ditions It is not difficult to imagine
power lines running to the new mines.
WEIL STILL
ADEQUATE
Our
Special M
mturesl
For February
The artesian well at the round
house continues to supply all demands
made upon It for water in the shops
a.ml round- house. The partially In
stalled air lift, when completed, will
aid In securing more water late In the
year. With the present status of
business, the demands nre not nearly
so great as they will be later on whin
business liu-rcasc and more power I
necessary. When the "pick up" in
business takes place, the air lift will
he completed and It Is believed the
well will continue to meet the In
creased demand for water.
Something doing, when Daly and
Williams meet In that 15-round go
Friday night
Tre special features of our store during February will be .that W closing out
all odd lots and broken lines left fron the winter's selling. ; r-ff. " " ; -
The prices will be so low that they will appeal to everyone as phcnomlnal op
portunities for saving. Each week and day during the entire month will b one of
special-offerings at much less than worth. In addition we shall inform you of the
new advance spring styles arriving.
Already we have received hundreds of pieces of beautiful spring dress goods
which are being opened up and placed on display as rapidly as possible. The lot in
cludes Panamas. Voiles, Batistes, Novelty Suitings, Shimmer Silks, French and
Scotch Cinghams, Madras Waistings, etc., etc.
To make your selections early meaud tut you get the choice of zll ar.d have
the spring sewing done when sp ing gets here.
The People's Store!
I LA GRANDE'S LEADINi DRY GOODS EMPORIUM AND TEMPLE OF ECONOMY
THE OPERA HOUSE BLOCK
'.
WESTON ITEM
ur HM
Weston, Ore., Feb. . (Special.)
The Normal basketball team defeated
the Pearson academy team by a score
of 44 to It on January 31, and Jan
uary 24 the Waltsburg team was
beaten by a score of 69 to 12.
The E. O. 8. N. has one of the
fastest teams In this part of the
state and has a bright outlook for the
future. Games have been arranged
with Pearson's academy on February
7 and with, Waltsburg high school on
the 8th.
The Junior class gave a very suc
cessful reception Saturday night, Feb
ruary J. The entertainment consisted
of scenes from Hiawatha, acted out
In pantomime. The chapel was beau
tifully and artistically decorated In
evergreens. Refreshments were serv
ed from wigwams set In pine groves
at either end of the chapel.
An Illustrated art lecture will be
given in the Normal chapel February
. by J. L. Zwlckey.
The Lincoln Debating society Is
contemplating a series of debates.
They will doubtlessly be with the Pen
dleton high school.
COMMI
. .Negro la Discharged.
The negro who cut an air hose on
a passenger train at North Powder
some time ago and who was commit
ted to the Insane asylum soon after,
has ben discharged and has started
east, according to Information re
ceived at the court house today from
Milem.
Funeral Today.
The funeral of the late J. J. Clegg,
who died at the family home In this
city Tuesday. February 4. of pneu
monia, was held this afternoon from
the I.. D. 8. church. The deceased
leaves a wife and grown children.
(Continued from page 1.)
truth In Mr. Chambers' statement.
All bridge contracts are advertised as
the law requires, and I would advise
Mr. Chambers to come and examine
the records before he gets Into print
again. I don't like to make myself
notorious by getting my name In the
paper, neither do I like to have any
one make statements about our coun
ty court which they cannot substan
tiate. I will ask the gentleman In
question: Why did you let this kick
of yours run from one to two years?
There must be something more than
the benefit to the tnrpayer. Don't
you think the coming election woke
up your slumbering memory? In
the future I possibly shall pay no at
tention to what you may have to sav.
and would not at this time, only 1
want to show the people that they
must not believe all you say Just nrior
to an election.
BEN BROWN.
Trees and Shrubs.
Trees, shrubs and roses The Union
Nurseries, Union, Ore., have a large
stock of apple, cherry, pear and shade
trees, they are selling at reasonable
prices. Send for their price list.
2-6tf
NOTIC'K OF FINAL SETTLES! EXT.
Notice Is hereby alven that th. ..
derstgned has filed her final account
as executrix of the estate of Egbert
Vender Muelen, deceased, and the
county court of the state of Oregon,
tor Lnlon county, has fixed the ta.h
day of March, 190 at 10 o'clock a.
m., as the time, and the cnurf ..
at La Grande. Union county, Oregon,
as the place for the hearing of any
and all objections to told account and
the final setlement thereof and the
distribution of said estate.
Dated at Ln Grande. Or,... ......
the 4th day of February, 1908.
ANNA VANDEIl Mn-u-v
Executrix of the Estate of Egbert
Vender Meulen. Deceased
COCHRAN & COCHRAN
wfTm Attorney, f,. Executrix.
Something doing when ,M,y and
n llllaniM m....t i-
, , " " l-i-round
rriuay night.
iFor Saiel'
I e
X1I.
lUUOWincr ripen haJ
T ortu n i . . T
$ riuyeriy must te
; disposed of during the l
month of February. "jf
t TWO MacfinrmLr k:j t
-"""UVUI U11IU T
S. firm Mo . i X
mower, one MacGormickr ;
2 hav rake, throo v 1
; '-,, nurse T
harrows, one feed choDDer.
one hea&er, on two bot- t
tnm'ltot. .1
; -,aft viuw, one three 1
m DOttnm liel .1 . T
- . ulolv vl-. W)one sod I
I Plow, two three bottom
ang Plows, one Wo bot-
torn ganj Pow. Fifly
t head of horses, including t
; work and young stock
rifl hrnrtJ T
","uulllI1-res,andone
J thoroughbred Clydesdale :
stal.iontwoyearsold,aid
"'-'--gnored Glydes-t
I dale mare. ' '
N- W Schofield
go - inuer z
, '4a4e4
Marriage- I.U-tiino.
County Clerk Gllham has Issued a
marriage license today to Avery Har
rison of this city, and Miss Pearl Hun
ter of Island City.
Morriocl al Cove.
Franklin Nelson and Miss Mary L.
Johnson were married at Cove on
February 1.
mwm
I'Vrv 11
i sua- 904 x.7 " r -
TnE LEADING BUSINESS COLLEGE
f"i BUltDiHG. Pnan... ..ULLEGE
CONSTANTLY CRoS
Iftftf-
Prei. Send for r...,. .. w PJP'
-it
-J
-i4JA'4.'A;i: