La Grande evening observer., February 19, 1908, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

KVEfUfO OBSERVER. LA GRAM fREOO?t. WEPXESDAY, FEBRCARY , l08.
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Political Information.
4 County registration books
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Primary election AptU 17.
Registration books Reopened
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General state election June 1.
Registration books reopened 4
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UMATILLA COUNTY POLITICS.
Laying all prejudice and politics
aside the great bulk of the people can
not see wherein there Is anything to
be gained In exchanging a man of ex
perience, ability and thorough knowl
edge of the wants of the people for a
man whose sole stock In trade ap
pears to be the fact that he Is an ex
governor of this state. While he mat
not have come here for the sole pur
pose of running for office, and being
encouraged to do so by those who
wanted to get rid of him on the other
Ida of the mountains, the fact re
mains that he did come here, traded
for a newspaper and Immediately
commenced looking about for an of
fice. His conferences seem to have
bean held In Portland, not In Pendle
ton, and that Portland politicians, and
not eastern Oregon politicians were
taken Into his confidence. He made
up his mind while In Portland, not
white In Pendleton, that he would try
for cen gross and first announced his
declaration in a Portland paper. Is
he the tool of a small and unimportant
gang of Portland plug-uglies who
aspire to be the slate-makers of the
republican party of the state T Is
(here aivfr' evidence that he was urged
or even- encouraged n his ambition
by the people of Pendleton or those
of any other part of eastern Oregon?
The fact Is, there Is not a republi
can of prominence In Pendleton who
titters hla nomination. Lowell, by the
Way, we believe, la giving him some
half-hearted support, but he and
Lowell are In the same boat Both
these men favored the direct primary
law after they had been turned down
by their party, and both were turned
down by the people after Its adoption,
tinder the primary law both thought
they could be elected without the
support of those who controlled the
republican politics of this state, Geer
was turned down In the convention hy
his party, and for very good n-asnns,
for a renotnlnntlon as governor. Low
ell was nt turned down for renom
Inatlon for circuit Judge for the reason
he saw the handwriting on the wall
and was not a candidate, lie did not.
however, have rino friend In the state
delegation from this county and Mor
row, and if.llls was nominated .and,
elected as his suceessor. Ellis gave
, aatlsfactlen as a Judge,. ,nd. Lowell,
who had been refused a" nomination
by his party, TaMrafewhelnEUt
amounts to much and will" probably
do what he can to bring about his de-
feat .tor congress through envy and
.. Jealousy. ' ' "
Mr. Geer claims credit for a n.
. elal msssag recommending the adop-
tlon of the primary law, but does not
say his reason for doing so was be
cause the state convention turned htm
down. Lowell's activity in the Inter
est of the primary law, like Geer's,
was In the hope of being elected to
office In spite of the wishes of his
party. To a man up a tree it looks as
If .both had run their race.
Geer Is a man of no great force of
character. So far aa can be learned,
he has never made a success of any-,
thing he has ever turned his mind and
attention to. As an editor of a coun- J
try paper he la above the average, and ;
If he confined himself strictly to his
newspaper the people of this county
would have no regrets that he came
among them. But no man can make
a success of a newspaper and run for !
office at the same time. The fact Is, ;
no newspaper man should engago In 1
politics, and when he does he drags j
his paper down to the lave! of a mar-;
ket day poster. Pilot Rock Record, j
' A number of Granges throughout
the state are panning resolution)) to
SUPPUI'l IIO vauuIJtC ' T " Wl!-
ture who will not subscribe to sti'te
ment No. 1. On the other hand there
are quite a number of voters who will
not support a candidate who will sub
scribe to statement No. 1, unless it li
so modified as to Include a pledge to
support the candidate of the respect
Ice party receiving the highest num
ber of votes at the primaries. It may
be possible that these conflicting Ideas
may have something to do to cause a
scarcity of candidates for legislative
honors. There will be few vacancies,
however, .when the official ballots are
printed.
It will only be a short time until
the secretary of state will distribute,
In pamphlet form, a copy of all the
proposed new laws that will be sub'
mttted through the Initiative for their
consideration and decision at the bal
lot box next June. These should be
carefully read as there are a number
of proposed laws that should not re
ceive ratification. The entire bill
should be read and reread. It Is
not safe to simply read the title, as
several of the so-called titles may be
found to be misleading.
It Is only 10 days until hte home-
seekers' rates will be operative. The
railroads are preparing to handle more
people than they did last spring, as
they report there Is considerable more
Inquiry this season tban last. Thous
ands of people have caught the west
ern fever and they are coming by the
tralnload.
FULL OFIHTEREST
Blue Mountain grange No. 345 met
In regular session February IS. Mas
ter C. D. Huffman in the chair. Six
new members were Instructed in the
first and second degrees. There was
a busy session In the forenoon. The
grange had purchased an organ, and
It was delivered that day. Refresh
ments were served, after which the
following program was rendered:
Select reading Miss Ethel Red
head.
Instrumental duet Miss Etha Huff
man and Reba Williamson. '
Recitation Ben Gekeler.
Select reading "St. Valentine," Miss
Etha Huffman.
Roll call "Why Do We Need
Money?"
Song by Etha Huffman.
Valentine box opened.
Discustons by several members on
some or the important Questions of
the day.
About (0 members were present
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that Jona
than Green has been duly appointed
by the county court of the state of
Oregon, for Union county, adminis
trator of the estate of Jamea Green,
deceased, and all persons having
claims against said, estate are hereby
notified and required to present the
ame with proper vouchers to the
said; administrator at hla residence
About eight miles northeasterly from
Elgin, Oregon, or to R. II. Lloyd, nt-
ftfirtey'frtr said estate, at his office In
Elgin, Oregon, within six .months
from fhe dale" -hereof. ' '
Dated this 0th day of January. 1908.
JONATHAN GREEN,
R. H. LIXTD, Administrator.
Attorney for Said Estate.
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813 FIR STREET.
Charles Blackwell of this city, will
represent La Grande at the meeting
of eastern Oregon and Washington
professional baseball promoters at
Pendleton tomorrow.
Jack O'Brien, local organizer, who
has been in Walla Walla the past few
days, will be In Pendleton tomorrow.
and representatives of Walla Walla,
Pendleton, La Grande and Baker City
are to be there with him, and lay pre
liminary plans for boosting the Inland
empire league.
Mr. Blackwell leaves tonight or to
morrow morning for Pendleton.
British Scion In Court
Oakland, Cal., Feb. IS. Charged
with misappropriating a number ol
diamonds belonging to a young woman
to whom he was engaged, R. D. Towne.
alleged scion of a distinguished Lon
don family, will be placed on trial to
morrow. Miss Violet Park, a society
girl of Alameda, caused Towne's ar
rest. Towne obtained much of her
Jewelry upon the pretense that he in
tended to have It polished and reset
Instead. It Is alleged, he pawned the
gems and bought wine suppers for the
woman who is now accusing him.
STATE II
An effort is being made by the Gen
eral Federation of Women's clubs to
make March 10 a National Civic day.
The state federation of Oregon will
do all It can to have this day observed
in every town of the state, either by
some civic work done, or by. having
public meetings to discuss civic Ira
proveraents.
La Grande will not be behind In
this movement and arrangements are
already being made to ' observe the
day.
MAYOR DEFENDS NAME.
Mayor Lane of Portland, Tells Ills
Rtory of Famous Case Today.
Portland,- Feb. !. In the . Way
mlre-Raddlng case, in which the de
fendants are charged with attempt to
blacken the character of Mayor Lane,
the mayor was again called' to the
stand this morning. j
Lane testlfed under cross-examina
tion that Mrs. Waymlre had never
asked him for money. 'After the al
"After
had be
i
legea assault upon him had been com
muted the mayor Mated he went to
the office of the morning paper and
told them his story', In ordt-r that the
"people would have It straight." Lane
denied that he had ever written a let
ter or resignation as a result of the
publicly given the story. Lane ac
knowledged on the stand he had good
reason to believe that Mrs. Waymlre
was not a virtuous wpman before the
time of her alleged attack upon him In
his office.
ine advertisements of La Grande
merchants In The Observer should be
rend religiously. They contain store
news of vital Interest to every reader
LA GRANDE 10
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SHIED
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Every time you make a purchase at our
store you are sure to get full value.
Our furniture was bought right and we are selling it right. You can save money every
time you deal wilh us. Cur selections are good and our assortment is complete. A
trial order or a call at our store will demonstrate thi truth of our assertion.
F.D.
CITATION.
In the county court of. Union county,
State 'of Oregon.
In the matter of the estate and last
will of Melinda Wardwell, deecased.
To William McCall, Zacharlah McCall,
Jonathan Newman McCall, Rebecca
E. McCall, Llnna McAllster, Fanny
Wilson, Lillian Kinney, William A.
McCall, Hugh McCall, Edna Seitz,
Florence McCall, Marjorie McCall
and Mary M. Couch. Heirs at Law
and Devisees of Said Melinda Ward--well.
Deceased:
Whereas Ulysses G. Couch, as ad
ministrator de bonis non of the estate
of said Melinda Wardwell. deceased,
(with the will annexed), has present
ed to the county court of Union coun
ty, state of Oregon, his petition in due
form, praying said court to grant him
an order thereof duly authorizing him
to sell, according to law, either at
public or private sale, as said court
may determine, all of lota five and six
of block twenty-six (26), In Sterl
ing's addition to the town of Island
City. In Union county, state of Oregon,
to obtain funds to pay the legacies pro
vided by said will and expenses of ad
admintstratlon; and said court having
by order thereof fixed Tuesday, the
Tth day of April. 10S. at ten o'clock
m. of said day, at the April term of
said court aa the time, and the usual
place of holding said court at the
court house In La Grande, In said
county and state, as the place, for
hearing said petition and objections
thereto, and directing the issuance
and service of a proper citation In
said porceedlngs; Now, therefore, you
and each of you are hereby cited and
required to appear In said proceeding
at said time and place and then and
there show cause. If any exists, why
the prayer of said petition should not
be granted and why said court should
not make an order thereof authoriz
ing said petitioner to sell all of said
real property In accordance with the
said prayer of said petition, to obtain
funds to pay said legacies and ex
penses of administration, and you are
required to make said showing within
10 days from the date of the service
of this citation and not later than the
time fixed, aa above stated, for hear
ing said petition.
Witness the Hond. 3, C. Henry,
Judge of said court, and the seal of
said court affixed, this, the 17th day
of February, 1908.
- J. B. GILHAM,
Clerk of Said Court
F. C. BR AM WELL,
(SEAL) Deputy,
18-15-1-10
Summons.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for Union County.
"imam u. i-eacn, plaintiff,, vs.
Ella C. Peach, defendant
To Ella C. Peach, Defendant. Orcet-
UM THIS NAME OF THE 'STATE
OF OREGON, you are hercljy re
quireu 10 appear . ana answer the
complaint filed against you In the
above entitled court and suit on or
before the expiration of the time pre
scribed In the order directing the
publication hereof, to-wlt: six con
secutlve weeks from the date of the
...ok puummiun oi ttiis summons
which Is January 30th,. 1908, and If
you fall to appear, answer or other
iso pieau within the said time the
pallntlff will ask the court for. a de
cree aissoiving the bonds of matri
mony now existing , between this
Plaintiff and this said defendant and
awarding the plaintiff an absolute de
cree of divorce. .
By virtue of an order of the Hon
T. H. Crawford, Judge of the above
entitled court, made and entered on
HAISTfcN
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FRIEND TO FRIEND.
The personal recommendations of neonle who
have been cured of coughs and colds bv Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy
else to make it a staple article of trade and com
merce over a large part of the civilized world.
AN INSTANCE
Lacy 8uddrrth, of Lenoir, N. C, bad been troubled wit
ary bad cough for over a year. She says: "A friend
bought a bottle of CBAsauaanTa Couoh simt,
broRgbiit to mtaad Insisted that I afeoaUtaka it Idli
r if ,toaapri' tehtPd ittftt
' JI.EWLIN
the 24th day ef January, 1908. This
summons la published In the Weekly
Observer, a weekly newspaper printed
and published In La Grande, Union
County, Oregon.
. COCHRAN tt COCHRAN.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
AT COST
On account of ill health we are compelled ' to dispose
of our Marble and Granite business, and In order to
dispose of the stock at once, we are'bffefing our e.itire
stock, set up in the cemetery, at "actual cost This
offer is good until April first, and may. be withdrawn at
any Ame without notice. This means, a directving
of 25 tct0'per cent to purchasers. ; Largest stock of
marble and granite in Eastern Oregon. '
I BLUE MOUNTAIN MARBLE
AND GRANITE CO; . . . .
Works on Fir Street
'Plume Red 1181.
1113, 1413 Adams Avenue.
have done more thaaall
DRUG CO. ..
' For County Recorder.
take this means of announc
ing that I am a "candidate for
the republican nomination for
the office of Recorder of Union
co'inty, at the primary election.
D. H. PROCTOR.
FOR CASH I
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