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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1908)
r ' VOLUME Til. " ' ' ' ; .-. . . - - T " OBAWDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON. SATl IIUAY, MARCH SI, 1908. " ' XI MBF.U mi. BHD IN 4ISSPPMK v OFCEO. HI FORMER LA GRANDE MAX BELIEVED MURDERED. ,,n '"S" Rved in This City From tnepTlfe of George Barman and Hi Friends to Bake, aty gon)e Light on the Mystery Surrounding the Disappearance of George Har l Hade Known Belonged to , Many La Grande Lodges. . George Harman hai mysteriously disappeared and traces of hit where abouts cannot be found. Lew than two weeks ago he was In La Grande, ut rtuiuBj iu nis ranch near Spo kane. FaJ5. ot foul play are entertained. ln rtwr" recelve'l In this city from friends of the missing man, It Is made clear how and when he was last seen hut, of course, they throw no light on the manner of his disappearance. Mr. Harman Is well known here, hav ing at one time been employed In the N. K. West store. He also owned a ranch near La Grande. In a letter to one of the lodges to which he belong ed In this city, from a fellow lodge man of Baker, a few circumstances attending Mr. Harman'a disappear ance ijf r made known. The letter says In part: "I have Just received a letter from Mrs. George Harman, who Is a sister to my wife, and who Is now stopping with her sister-in-law, In the city of Spokane, at E5 Montgomery street, and whose name Is Mrs. Ella Down er, In which she states that Mr. Geo. Harman left his ranch, 1 miles from Snnkane, last Snturday morning, to go tn Spokane to deposit his money In the-bfetik, but the banks closed at nnon In Spokane, and he did not de posit the money. - He was last seen on Sunday night about 7: SO o'clock, after leaving an electric show, and he DON'T OVERLOOK THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY'S SHOPPERS AT ' THE CREAT AT THE FAIR Monday and Tuesday will be the last two days of our great sale and the chance for saving is so great you should make a special effort to be on hand both days if possible. When we say there will be extra special Bargains these two days, you can come with no leaf of disappointment. We make good every promise printed and when you see It in our ad you know you can depend on getting it lust as we adverrise it. 1000 yds wool Dress Goods, 65c to $1.00 per yd, sale MOO vds summer Wash Goods, reg- O- t; ular5c to 25c values, sale The rest of the bargains are at the store, no more : ; s it INDEPENDENT BLUE 32 V. wa with a stranger going Into the drug store for his overcoat (probably Frank Robinson's drug store, former ly of La Grande, as they were friends). Mrs. Harman has notified the police of Spokane, according to her letter, but up to the present time no trace of him has been found. I know Mr. Harman very well, and I am satisfied that there Is foul play. Perhaps he was held up and robbed, and then thrown Into the river. He dearly loved his wife and two babies, and never left home without telling them where he was going and when he would return. . He loved his family (Continued on page 10.) FRUIT TREES , MT, EMILT FRUIT RANCH, Manager J. J. Nunn Returns From' Provo, Where He Attended Annual Meeting of the Grande Ronde Val-1 ley Fruit Company Company fat Pleaited With Results of Its Expen ditures In Tills Valley Siiend Much More Money Here for Trees. J. J. Nunn, vice-president of the Grande Ronde Fruit company, and who is In charge of the 425-acre farm at the foot of Mt. Emily, which Is owned by that company, returned last evening from Provo, Utah, where he attended the annual meeting of the company. So successful has the fruit farm now In existence been, that the company has decided to plant 10,000 additional fruit trees. The company Is enthusiastic over the results of Its Investment In this valley. Mr. Nunn Is an experienced fruit man and It is largely due to his management that the experiment has proven so success ful. He comes back to La Grande filled with enthusiasm t and with a spirit of loyalty to this valley, which he has Imbibed since his coming here a little more than a year ago. The farm will soon be the largest fruit growing concern In the valley. regular TQ JsL mm W 200 Men's Dress Shirts, values 85c TQ to$1.00,for 0?C $1.00 Men's Hats, $1.75 to $2.50 QOr values, sale ' fOL Me JJI1.SJI I i 4 LA GRANDE. OREGON BRYAN'S DEFEAT GOVERNOR JOHNSON NAMED AS STANDARD BEARER. Anti-Bryan Wing of the Democracy Has Figured It Out How It Can Place Governor J. A. Johnson at the , Head of the Democratlo Party at ' Denver Over W. i. Bryan Need Jio -. Delegates From the South to Clip ' Bryan's Feathers. Washington, March 11. The anti Bryan wing of the democracy Is today declaring that It has already encom passed the defeat of the Nebraskan at the Denver convention. Using the name of Governor John A. Johnston of Minnesota to conjure with, they assert that thev havn al ready three mors than the necessary number of votes to prevent Bryan's nominationwithout the aid of a sin gle delegate from the south. , They claim that all the states or the east, from Maine to Maryland, and Ohio, West Virginia and Minnesota will be' anti-Bryan. Massachusetts has already refused to Instruct for the peerless one. Del aware has Instructed for Judge Gray. Willis J. Abbott, Bryan's represen tative today said: "It's the same old war over again. The crowd that nominated Parker is behind the movement. I can see nothing In their movements that will result in Bryan's defeat" Old Masonic Lodge. Lowell, Mass., March II. Pen tucket lodge, F. and A. M., will to morrow observe the 101st anniver sary of the granting of Its charter. The lodge is one of the oldest In America. .. Hone Show In Paris. Paris, March II. Fine strings of thoroughbred horses from all over Europe are entered In the Concours Hlpplque horse show, whloh opens to morrow and will last until April It room on this paper. PACIFIC STATES BLACK 1301 I PREDICTED SALE THREE KILLED D. R. G. ENGINE IN MAD SIDEHILL RUN. Three Are Dead and as Many Injured as Result of a Runaway on Branch of the Denver Kk Grande Road Near Salt Lake Air Brakes Refus ed to Work and Locomotive Tears Wildly Down the Incline Three Saved by Snow Bank. Salt Lake.'Utah, March It. A run away engine today plunged down grade at lightning speed, carrying three men to their death and Injuring as many more. The Dead. J. M. GORDON, engineer. - .... .fc- fc.. . , tuuuuuul . J. JOYCE, fireman. The engine had Just passed to the top of the grade at Bingham, a branch of the Denver & Rio Grande, and started down the other side when the engineer found the brakes had gone wrong. ' The engine was gaining speed every moment and fairly leaped over the rails, swaying in a sickening fashion, compelling the men to climb to the side of the cab, The men remained on the runaway In the vain hope that the engine would stay on the track until a level had been reached. Instead, the engine struck a snow bank and toppled over. The three injured men owe their escape from death to the fact that they were thrown Into a snow bank. E CONSPIRATOR FIRMIN SMUGGLED ON STEAMER. Refugees From Port au Prince Arr Being Brought on Board a French Steamer Stupe Carrying Marines, Ready for Instant Use, Should There Be a Call for Assistance From on Shore Negroes Enraged Ovei Escape of General Flrnilu. Port au Prince. March II. Gener al Flrmln, arch-conspirator against the government of President Nord Al exis, was smuggled aboard the French cruiser d'Estrees at Gonalves last night. Today the fact became known and the blacks are In a rage an: there Is danger of an outbreak. The d'Estrees Is at Gonalves toda and refugees are being shipped aboard. Small boats are alongside the cruiser and marines have arms stark on thr deck ready for instant action In cast a call for assistance should conn from the shore. After the refugee! have been taken aboard It Is thought French officials will follow and the vessel will come to this port. Ma rines on all warships In this harbor are being held ready for quick action If necessary. ( FIRE IN GIRL'S SCHOOL. Fire Drill Rules Broken by Girls In WUd Panic and Rush. St. Louis, March J I. Following th discovery of fire today In the Forest Park university, an exclusive girls' school, 150 young women were panic stricken and most of them lost a larga amount of wearing The girls were sbouf to leavs college for an outing when the alarm was given. The fire drill was Immediately ordered, but the girls soon broke and ran. The building Is a three-story wooden structure and was burned to the ground. ARRESTED IN WALLA WALLA. Well Known Steel Manager Passed "Phony" Checks in Eugene. . Portland, March L O, M. Whit- III 111 ODD ALEXIS III son, formerly manager of the Colo rado Fuel 4 Iron company in the northwest, and considered one of the most brilliant steel salesmen In the west, has been arrested In Walla Walla, charged with passing a worth- less check upon the hotel Meade at Eugene, Ore. Requisition Danera hxv. lun t- sued by Governor Chamberlain upon Governor Mead of Washington, ask ing for the return of Whltson. Whlt- son. In his career, sold millions of tons of rails to the O. R. & N. and Hill lines, and handled a great amount of structural steel la the northwest. r, ALUMNI ABOUT THE ONLY LOGICAL HOPE. Student Affairs Committee Still Ex amining tlie 800 KtudentM Who Confessed to Being Implicated In the Deed for Which 14 Were DIs nilsHed Alumni May Make Such Strong ItequoHts That Jordan and Committee Will Rewind Its Action Stanford University. Palo Alto, Cal., March II. The student affairs com mittee Is still examining the 300 stu Jents who confessed to having been In the mob of students who made a tolsy demonstration before Professor Clark's home recently, for which 12 have been suspended. The only hope of the student body now to reinstatement is : that the Stanford alumni -will taks steps to make such strong representations to the committee that they will rescind their actions. The only thing which Prevents a walk-out of the students and soms radical action is the refusal of President Murphy of the student body to call a meeting of the students until the examination of the student iffalrs committee Is completed. The alumni generally stand with the students In opposition to Jordan ind the student affairs committee. One Year for Murder. Portland, March II. John Wynne of Pendleton, was sentenced to one vear In the penitentiary today, for the killing or W. H. Dupuls, also a Pendleton man, In a Portland saloon brawl last December, by Judge O'Day. Presa Not at Fault. San Francisco, March II. Freedom of the press Is regarded as a greater boon than exaggerated awe of the supreme court, by the San Francisco Bar association, and when the friends t the higher court attempted to pass x resolution condemning ths critics if the courts for the recent Bchmlti decisions, they were turned down by in almost unanimous vote. At s meeting of friends of the court a fight was made to secure the pro tection of the Judges from criticism of rulings, but the attorneys would not consider It In that light. II STUNTS tf tl t I IIHIMMiHIUliMisiliisssni.- r " - -----wwwv"f4eieee Prescript There Is no more vital question to be considered to the family than that of the compoundieg of the doctor's prescription. There should be no half way methods rr garding prescriptions. We use pure drugs, compounded lust "according to the doctor's orders." HILL'S DRUG STORE 1 m m . LaOrand j, SEND ihes TO POPULATE IRRIGATED , LAND WITH AFRICAN, Step Under Way to Migrate a Colony of Aegroes to the Irrigated Dis tricts of Umatilla County PreaUuAsT Elder Coleman Believes This is the Logical Solution of the Race Prob leni Many Colored Church Organ- , Uations in the Northwest. Pendleton, March !. It Is be lleved that the best solution of thi negro problem would be a settlement or the arid Irrigated districts of America with Industrious members of the black race. ; The presiding elder the northwest, John C. Coleman, hat been In . Pendleton, arranging for a shipment of a colony of his race to that vicinity. He believes that the new country In the northwest fur- ihes Ideal conditions for the negro who warjts to build up a home' In a new country. ' The presiding elder has been In eastern Oregon for' several days, go ing from La Grande last evening to Baker City. In his travels he takes subscriptions for the establishment of three churches for the colored Metho dists to call their religious .homes. The number of churches which are now In existence in the northwest, and . most of them thriving, is IS. These Include the states of Idaho, Washing ton and Oregon. With the money which he Is collecting he proposes to build the new churches which are asked by the various parts of his ter ritory.' Taft is SUU In Lead. , ' Washington! March SI. Political developments of the week have not served to materially change the situ ation In ths race for ths republican presidential nomination. Secretary Taft Is still far In ths lead, with every prospect of maintaining his advan tage. State republican ' conventions , will be held next week In Illinois, Rhode Island and Tennessee. The former state will, of course, be for Cannon. I Tennessee wilt undoubtedly select a Taft delegation, and Rhode Island Is apparently diclded In Its a leglans between Taft and Hughes, with the odds in favor of the former. Congressional district conventions will, be held next week In several states and all of them, with ths ex ception of two Illinois districts, will likely elect Taft delegates. Erie Road Cut Wages. ' New York, March Jl. -The , an nounced cut of 10 per cent In the wages of engineers on the Erie rail road will become effective tomorrow. , Similar reductions have already been made" In the wages of other employes of the system. The wage committees of all brotherhoods will hold a coo ference In New York next week. ".' ions ' NUN , Or eon f ! 1 i" ' ! -'- . . -i ! miMMMssmitMtetMMie' -'-. ipjiiH riTr-J-"fcl ' ' '