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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1908)
HUM PACK SIX. . mvcmna ophkrver. la grakpk. ohw"- fiuday, march io- V ' ' " .' ; : nnuiTRtrRR. LA GRAVVE. OKBMW. FRIDAY, MARCH , 10- '" " S-S- 1 Every FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN Saturday will be bargain day at our store. On these days we will have a spec hi sale, some article of school sup plies. This Satur day-it9 s TABLETS. Tf I i 1 " !L . , ( - 1TGIT1VE FROM JUSTICE. Baker Cumblcr TMk I-'fe on Train In (luttUiiMMKU Committed Crime . Jesse Thomas, the nkr City gum bier who commuted suicide on a tra'.i en route to Chattanooga, Tenn., las! week, was a fugitive from Justice. Thomas loft Haker shortly after ambling was closed. Ho hiul con sumption and express! a desire to visit his parents In Te'.nessec before his death. J um before ho reached lili destination he took his I fe. Mis a't was a mystery until It wits learned that many "years ago h committed some crime In his home statu which caused him to seek safety In the west. Believing that he would not he recog nized by the Tennessee authorities hi determined to take a chance and vlbt home before his death'. His plans ; miscarried, for a veterun members of . the police force (recognized him on tho 1 train and attempted to place him un der arrest. Preferring death to prison the gambler shot himself. Jack Harrison, form ily In the ctor' department of the U. K & N in, this city, but who haB be n employed ii. Alblna for the past lew months, Is lsi the elty today vlsltior friends, but wIM leave tomorrow morning for Km- pulme, Mexico1, where ho has secure. I a lucrative position with tho Harrlman railroad In the state of Sonora. Pen dleton Kast Oregonlnn. HEAVIER UFFIDSIK j JILLL!ttlLJ I the suggestion of Colonel W. F. Cody, a race of cow ponies irom lhi place to Denver la being arranguJ, the first order to arrive at the Colorado me tropolis to receive a purse o. .j00. There wt',1 be service tonight In St. Peter's cbureh at 7:30. i tuc pcnnni: rial hnwzn I MIL ULUItUL r -ILItBSliV I LUMBER COMPANY RETAIL DEPARTMENT , We Solicit Your Orders for Lumber, Lath, Shingles Mouldings, Chain Wood We are prepared to furnish and deliver inatcial promptly. Call m Retail Department Phone Main 8. With the opening of the spring ex tensive plans for tho Improvement o the C). It. & N. on the JUue mountain ore being discussed by officials, an' this promises to be a busy year In V.v maintenance department. It is no llie intention or the company to re-, place the 85-pound steel on the moun- j tain with !l()-pound rails and thus glvt lite O. R. & N. the best mountain tracN in the northwest. ! From Meaeham to Hllgard the o pound steel rails are now In place, bu , from Meaeham to Huron un 85-poun'' : Tall Is used. It is the Intention of the ' company to lay 90-pound atoel It: ' place of the 5-pound and at the Harm I lime to add further rock ballast to thi ! track, making Is first-class In even ' respect. The track and roadbed over th 1 mountain are now among the ver best to be found in the west nnd with the addition of tho HO-poond steel foi 1 a distance of 12 or lb miles where the lighter mil Is now used, tho entire mountain section will be unsurpassed. C'onloreiK o on l.nl.cr. Washington, March 6. President Roosevelt will today hold a conference with the delegation from the Civic , Federation, which Is here for the pur ' pose of discussing questions concern ing labor and capital with members of congress. TO CAMPAIGN COCXTY. v. r , Anderson Will Spenk at Various Points In the County. W. F. Anderson, candidate before tho republican primaries for the nom ination of county clerk, la arranging to address the voters of the county on "Pure Politics." Places and dates will be announced later. 10tf Grande Ronde Lumbn Co PERRY, OREGON CAN FlIKKISn LUMBtK Or ALL KINDS ! V IN CAR LOAD LOTS for 16 inch Chain Wood Delivered at your tlomej Call up V. t. BEAM, La Grande. Phone, Red 1741 Complete equipment for resetting and repairing rubber buggy tires. 1.1 n i ..I ' LA GRANDE IRON WORKS D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor Complete Machine Shops and Foundry To Tako Over Saloons, City of Mexico, March 6. Governor Enrique Creel, of Chihuahua, Is said to be considering the formation of a private corporation to take over the i salnons In the state, closing a majority of them and placing tho remainder under strict supervision such as would be conducive to temperance and mor ality, and the profits above 6 per cent to be devoted to public works. i ShakCKM"aro Under Uio nan. Austin, Texas. March 6. Shakes peare's "Merchant of Venice" has been! put on the Index of undesirable books! by the public school authorities oi I Austin, who held that It ngendert con tempt and hatred for the Jews among' : the school children. t wins mm yiiiiii ii i i i HWBSUMMlulkiiaJualiu OF THROAT AND LUNG hi iirmnw. BR. KINO'S W MY F0R COUGHS AND GOLDS CURES A" THROAT "fLUNG ME O.08COV DISEASES SAVED HER SON'S Ulj My ton Rex was taken down a year ago witlung trouble. We doctored tome months without improvement. Aen I began giving Dr. King's New Discovery, and I soon noticed Change for the better. I kept tbia treatment up for a few weeks and w my on Is perfectly well and work, every day. MRS. SARIPPEE, Ava, Mo. 60c AND $1.00 Promote Lone Pony Race. I'dgcinont, ij. !., March v. l pjn (rn.m mi iiiri SOLD AND GUARANTEED BY MiW U.V UULU CO.
