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J .': AXDI OREGUf . TUESDAY, MARCH U, .006.
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Li We; Evening Observer
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charges, will follow . the disclosures
said to have been made, to the grand
Jury which Is in session here, and
which promises to result In a munici
pal house cleaning. Chief of Police
Carroll tnd H. A. Gabriel, an attorney,
have been called before the tribunal
and Will have to submit to an examin
ation, ' '
The Investigation Is an outgrowth
of charges made In a Weekly papefl
that protection at, specified -weekly
rates was sold In the tenderloin Ga
briel Is said to have been retained by
the women because of his alleged clone
connection with police officials, which
made It easier for him td keep his
clients out of court.
Recently W. F. Herron, editor of
the Town Crier, a weekly magazine
was charged with libel ,by a saloon
keeper, ' whom Herron 'charged- with
running a gambling house. When the
cause came Into court, .however, the
district attorney dismissed the suit
against the editor. V
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Something Good in Trunks
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DERIDES F. 3. HE VET.
In view of the fact that a uemovia
has not been sent to congress within
at least 80 years, and possibly longer,
we called up several leading members
of the party and without looking up
their ancient histories they could not
tell In what decade It was, or who
the man was. One gentleman thought
it was Whlttaker, and we believe he Is
correct. It seems that the -opposition
to statement No. 1 by a few of the
republicans on the ground that they
might be compelled to vote for a dem
ocratic United States senator Is not
well founded. There Is not the least
fear, gentlemen, of such a contingen
cy, and if In a . state' like Oregon
which is credited with a republican
majority of anywhere from 26.000 to
40,000, a democrat should receive a
plurality, -the way the natural drift
of public opinion towards popular
government Is Increasing, there is a
mighty poor argument that could be
put up to Justify any representative in
not voting for him. ' "
Of course, our guests are anxious to
get home who have been Mere Blnce
Bunday, and the protest they ! have
wired In will relieve them to the ex
tent that they have done everything
within their iwer, but hey must re
member that the railroad' is doing
(verythlng In Its power to get the line
i operation. ...It looks'; now as If a
through train will go west sometime
between midnight and morning, and
these little troubles will soon be for
gotten. ..
The 500 or more passengers who
are. our guests during the temporary
suspension, of traffic, are speaking
Volumes In our praise for the manner
In which our people are housing and
feeding them. Everyone so far has
secured a good comfortable bed. and
the hotels and restaurants are fur
nishing their tables with the fat of
the land. They consider themselves
fortunate" Indeed. In being here,
,
The committee to secure subscrip
tions to the Commercial club, are ex
pected to call on you tomorrow. The
life of the club depends upon their
ability to secure a sufficient number
of members. ' The Income of the e'ub
-is derived from, membership, and un
lets there Is a sufficient number to pay
the operating expenses, the suspension
of the club Is Inevitable.
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Mayor Hall's Idea of the necessity,
",. ? ywrnge system and his plan as
. auggi'sted In hla message, Is practical
and, If carried out,' wll solve this
much-mooted question.' ' Tlie main
thing Is to jnnke a starter, " which,
when oino made, will continue to de
velop um 11 relief ,viu De provided for
the most densely populated portion of
the city at least.
San Franciscan Can Set) No Good In
j . Heney'a "Hot Air."
Portland, March 17. Father Peter
C. York, of Ban Francisco, who de.
llvered the St. Patrick's Day oration
today, declared this morning In
interview that the San Francisco graft
prosecution Is the effort of one. set of
politicians to discredit, another
ana maae a strong defense of ex
Mayor Schmtiz. ;. ','
"Heney came from Oregon," said
Father Tork, "but we wish you had
kept him here. His prosecution
composed of the same stuff ' as tha
which makes balloons go up. What
ever you may say or think about
Mayor Schmltz, he was the manliest
man San Francisco has had as mayor
in the city's history. .
ROMADKA , '
READY ACCESS TRUN!C :
RAISING, the cover brings ever
corner within Teach wititout re.
moving trays. Saves H the time of
an ordinary trunk to pack or un
pack, Easy to operate. Nothing to .
get out order. Will stand all the
knocks and hard usage of traveling
Costs no more than a common track.
and Suit Gases.
Call' at Ourf Stores (and Examine These Lines
This week we will show new patterns in Carpets and Linoleum, v. We have a
"new stock in Feather Pillows, Feather Beds, 'and Feathers in bulk for
quantity. Trade us your old stoves and securs' an ACME RAIVtiE, fully warranted
Good Plows, a bargain in these.
Phone Black ill.
, IIS FIR STREET.
F. D. HAISTEN
$5.00 and ul. '
t4$4$Q4$it-i-tj 44Q444$QQQ
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FIREMEN HOLD "FEED."
Locomotive. Firemen In Big Eat and
. Talk fest Last Night.
The Blue Mountain lodge. No, S4S
of locomotive firemen, held a delight
rui social evening last night in the
Lewis hall, when 60 members of tli
lodge and a few Invited guests were
present. ' The nature of the evening
enjoyment was mostly talk and eat
Following the banquet came an up
proprlate speech-fest n which' Fir
man r . rteicnun acted as master
of ctremqnles, and started the speech
es witn an Interesting, talk. Division
Foreman Watson responded for the
guests and Henry Ffelffer for the
firemen. " ' '
Iowa Mny Turn Down Shaw.
Des Moines. Iowa, March 17. Dele
gates are beginning to arrive for the
owa State Republican convention,
which will be held In Des Moines to
morrow. A bitter fight has developed
between the two factions of the state
central committee, a portion of the
members favoring Taft. while the
others are Intent ijpon securing the
nuorscmeni tty the convention of
owa's favorite son, Leslie M. Shaw,
former secretary of the treasury, for
the presidency. The opponents of
Shaw won a victory at the meeting of
the committee In January, when they
refused to make Shaw the temporary
chairman of the state convention, and
selected Attorney General Webb By
ers for that honor.
This U St. rntrick's day. but aside
from a few gre.-n-neckties and sprigs
of slminio. k that . bedeck qulto n
number of the sous and descendants
f old fhi. the ,Uy Is passing tmob
served In La GraifJe.
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V'.It U time to beftjn to think about
those aster beds. Atr .!, i
SAN JOSE HOlSE CLKAMSG.'
Ctty Offk'lal and Attorney Faolng Sort
- ous Graft Charges.
Ban Jose, March 17. Startling
VICTIM OF DIl'irrilKIUA.
DnuKhtcr of Mr, anil Mrs. , r,rn
Iiiiiii Died lMt Mglit.
The 6-yenr-iild daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Graham died at 9:15 last
night at the home of her parents In
South La Grnnde, of diphtheria. Last
Tuesday she was taken 111 and a week
of extreme suffering followed. . '
Interment ua nuiw In the L. D. S.
cemetery this afi.inoon. The be
reaved parents have the sympathy of
a large number of friends.
Every Industrious man, In 4
every lawful calling, is a useful
man. And one principal reason
4 .why men are. so often useless Is,
thnt thy netrlect thlr own pro-
4 fesslon or calling, and divide and 4
shift their attention among a.
multiplicity of objects and pur-
suits. Emmons. .
Notice of Final Settlement.
Notice Is hereby given that the un
derslgned haa filed hla final account
as administrator of tha estate of Hen
ry H. Elmer, deceased, and the coun
ty Judge of Union county, Oregon, has
ppolnted Tuesday, the 7th day o:
April, 1908, at ten o'clock a. m., a
the court house In La Orande, Union
county, Oregon, as the time and place
for hearing of objections to such final
account and the settlement thereof.
Dated February 25, 1908.
EDWARD ELMER.
Administrator of the Eutate of Henry
H. Elmer, Deceased.
Feb 26-i-ll-18-25-al
Public Sale.
The undersigned will sell at public
sale at the late J. M. McCall farm. 3
miles southeast of La Grande, Tues
day, March the 24th, 1908, commenc
ing at 10 o'clock a. m., the following
described property:
Six mares, two geldings, three colts,
22 head milk cows; two 8 low wheel
wagons; one 14-foot California wood
rack; two hacks; one buck board; one
top buggy; one buggy without top;
three bob sleds; one sleigh; one set of
sleigh runners; two wheelbarrows;
two Deerlng binders; one Wood bind
er; .one Deerlng mower; one McCor
mlck mower; two hay rakes; one disc
harrow; one 12-foot drag harrow; one
4-Inch sulky plow; one garden plow; I
one double shovel cultivator; one feed
cnopper: one cider mill, one roller:
one steel road scraper; one platform
scale; one grindstone; two small an
vils and vise; two post hole amrers:
one brush scythe; two grass scythes;
three log chains; one carpenter chest
and tools; one cross-cut saw; one hoof
cutter; two sets heavy harness; two
sets hack harness; two single harness;
?.no bushels barley and other things
too numerous to mention.
Free lunch at noon.
, Terms of . sale: 110.00 or under,
cash; over 810.00 six months' time at
8 per cent, with approved security.
U. G. COUCH,
Administrator J. M. McCall Estate.
ED STRINGIIAM, Auctioneer.
Xotlce of Street Improvement.
To Whom it May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that by a
resolution duly passed, the common
council of the city of La Grande has
ordered the following described por
tions of the street hereinafter named.
to be Improved by constructing cement
sidewalks on and along the same as
follows: That a cement sidewalk seven
feet wide be constructed on Depot
treet from Its intersection with Fourth
street to the south line of the Mahaf
fey brick building; also a cement side
walk seven feet wide on Fourth street
along lot 4, in block 103, in Chaplin's
addition to La Grande: also cement
sidewalks,. 12 feet .wide, along lots 1,
2, 3, 4, 6, , 7 and 9. in block 108, and
on the east side of Elm street, from
Washington avenue' to Adams avenue;
also along the north side of Adams
avenue, from Chestnut street to Fourth
'otroof and alone the west side of Tli
street, from the north side of Jeffer
son avenue to the south' track of the
O. R. & N. Co.
All of said walks to be built at the
expense of the owners of the property
abutting on said , portions of said
streets according to the speclfcatlons
of ordinance No. 307, series 1905, and
under the supervision of the street
commissioners, and to bo completed
not later than July 1, 1908.
Notlec Is also "given that any of said
work and Improvement not done by
the property owners by said July 1st,
will be done by the city and the cost
of doing said work made a lien on the
property abutting on the street so Im
proved by the city as aforesaid. That
any remonstrance against said Im
provements or any part thereof, must
be presented to the city recorder with
in 10 days after the date hereof.
La Grande, Oregon, March 6, 1908.
I. R. SNOOK, .
dm6-18 City Recorder.
LOOK HERE! I AM IT! j
The right man In ' the right
place la what you want. Before
ordering your sale bills don't fall
4 to see C. J. RICHARDS, proprle-
tsr c? ! Oom, nt 4
door to the postofflce. , ' '
EIGHT YEARS' EXPERIENCE
AS AUCTIONEER. i
' Satisfaction Guaranteed, ';
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For Sale. . j 4
Eggs from Rosecomb Rhode
Island Reds, the best general t
purpose bird; good layers; good
size. First-class stock. Eggs, t
11.00 per 13. 'Phone Red 512.
T. E. WRIGHT.
Box 781. La Grande, Oregon. .
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ED STRINGHAM, ;
AUCTIONEER. - '
Sales cried on short notice.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
No extra charge for distance.
LA GRANDE - - - OREGON 4
Route No. 2. -'Phone No. ltx
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SALE
Firemen, Attention. .
Regular meeting Rescue Hose Co.
No. at 7:30 tonleht. Plensa aHonA
P. A. FOLEY, Foreman.
Look at the many bargains to be had at the Heacock o!d
stand. Fine Jewelery, Cut Glass, hand painted China, fine table
SMver, sterling Toilet Sets, fancy sterling Spoons, and extra quality
silk Umbrellas. v
FOR RENT-Three furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. "Phone to
Red 251. , ,
EMrny N'otliv.
There came to my place at Starkey.
Ore., on or about January 8. 190S.
and was taken up by me. one bay
mnre about 7 years bid, wel.iht about
900 pounds, branded J. J. ,,ri- 0ft
shoulder and clrclt t on right shoul
der. Owner may have same 'by pay
ing pasturage, and for this notice.-
' ALVIE m'RjCRTT.
3-n-im ',, . Starkey, Ore,
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Three Killed and Man Injured.
Coal Mount. Ind.. March 1J. .Three
WW -wlre: kflfrd', 4ally iri
Jured and SO seriously injured as a re
sure of an explosion here today In'a
powder mill. The accident occurred
In the mixing room, but the man sup
posed to be responsible is among the
killed.
LET ME
l examine your eye
fit your glasses.
X glasses fit and give sat
isf action.
and
My
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..w ..vw uiv nvvitiuiu, JUUlllj UCI1U, L-I5IU dllU WdllllCimy
movements in the best cases.
This stock was purchasee at a bargain from the trustee in
bankruptcy and the , public is invited to participate in this profit
sharing sale. .
1 1 Edison Records can be had here' at 25 cents each "The
I ! store will be ODenreveninns iintirVidli ihirtxi inUil
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per cent reduction on nearly all-the stock.
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0. M. HEACOCK I
At !he same old stand
lf.you want 'your watch
,to run right, let Heacock f
repair it, at the same old,!
stand. . , v . ' ( " ,:
ti TtiE M GRMBE !
HEAGOCk'S . OLD STAND
Mr. Heacock will be on hand to do all
repairing;
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