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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1908)
I toloie rn. LA GRANDE, CNION COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAV 13, 190S. NlMRElt 213. W: mill, 'the drying sheds and loading sheds. SJonster Prying Elicds.' Within a few weeks there will be erected a structure, which will be sev eral hundred yards it, length before It Is completed! This Is a drying shed (or storing finished lumber from the planing mill. This structure Is to be erected west of the planing mill. The space between the new box factory and the drying sheds, Is to be converted Into a loading shed a platform on a level with the floor of box cars and covered. This, too, will be about 110 yards In length, and perhaps 50 feet 1 l wide. Xlans Now Under Process of Consum-. The side track of the O. H. ft N. motion Width Will Mean Room for "111 be extended to run parallel with . Nearly Fifty oMre Employes at the the long" building, and when every. .'thin Is inmnlAti1. IS Dirt ran h Sim Bonne w DRY SHED AND LOADING SHEDS ALSO PROPOSED. 'George Palmer Lumber Company's Mill Large Box Factory Under loaded simultaneously. Construction Dry Sheds of Great - This extensive building will be done Length Loading Sheds to Connect within the coming month and when EXPULSION TAKE INTO Hit COURT EXPELLED STCDENT .-' FIGHTS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. FULTON-TUFT III L 1 I IF BOURNE IS NAMED HE WILL BE IXSCRCCTED. iwo biructures, Making Solid Build ing 250 Yards Long. finished will be structures for a t50 yards. stretch of . solid distance of at least t The construction of a new depart ment to the George Palmer Lumber company's mill, which will mean an Increase to the company's payroll to the extent of about 50 boys and men, "Is now under way and in a very few 'weeks will be. completed. It Is a modern box factory. l Cement foundation for a main "building that measures about 100 feet laquare, to be one story in height and so constructed as to house all neees tsary machinery for a box 'factory. Is now being laid. A crew of men will have that phase of the work finished In a few days and then will go up the building Itself. The machinery for a box factory Is not of the cumbersome sort, but rather of a delicate nature, and consequently is easily Installed. "The construction of the building and the Installation of the machinery will be pushed with all possible haste. Vtlllzcs All Waste. The box factory will manufacture very ilass of boxes except the venier ..grade. The by-products of the mill proper can be used In the manufacture of boxes, and thus It will utilize much number that is now going to waste. The factory will be constructed on 'the west end of the planing mill and will be similar in architecture. About 45 or 60 men will be needed in the EMBEZZLER IN STRIPES. Dalzoll Brown Given Eighteen Months In State Prison Today. San Francisco, May IS. Under guard of two deputy sheriffs J. Dal zell Brown, confessed accomplice tn the wrecking of the California Safe Deposit & Trust company, was taken to San Quentln today to serve his term of 18 months for embezzling 1(5,000 worth of bonds of the Sacramento Gas and Electric company, 'deposited with the trust company. As he left the county Jail he seemed resigned to his fate. He had pleaded with the authorities to allow him to serve a prison sentence In the county jail, but' this has been refused him. He will now have to undergo the or deal of being measured, shaved and clothed In a convict's grab. Fvans Leaves for the East. Chicago, May 13. Admiral Evans left for the east at 3:15 this after noon. In an Interview he said: "My retirement from the navy is the big gest blow ever experienced. I hate to leave the old gang." . When asked whether he would ever think of going into politics the admiral Intimated that he would not. Claude Raymond, a Student In Stan' ford, Denies That Ho Wrote Pro fane Letter to Student Affairs Com mlttee Will Make the Committee Prove Assertions Expelled Student a Clever Financier, Who Paid His Way Through College. Stanford University,.' May 13. Stung to the quick by secret expulsion from college by the student affairs uuiiiuuuee, ciauue 1. Kaymond, OI Denver, one of the best known stu dents in the university, announced to day that he had been expelled and that be had secured attorneys to force the student affairs committee to make good their charges against him. Up to the present time the commit tee has refused to do so upon Ray mond's request. ' Denies Profane Letter. Among the charges is one that Ray mond wrote profane letters to the committee, taking them to task for their expulsion of the 40 students last March. Raymond denies that he ever wrote the letters and will bring the matter Into the courts. Raymond is a Denver boy who is noted as one of the successful college financiers. He paid all expenses through the university, lived In the best style, was prominent as a frater nity man all on profits of an adver tistng bureau which he managed, He was a leader In musical circles. Seniors Scorn Jordan... Many Stanford seniors who gradu ate this weelc, are refusing to have degrees glveri them personally by Dr. Jordan and faculty, but are leaving the campus, and having their degrees mailed to them. ntes the assaults on the pawnbrokers. He declares he was a member of the crew of the gunboat Housatonlc, until recently. UD MD RE BO 01 ES YET W Ith 239 Delegates - Coming to the Oregon State Republican Conven tion, the Fulton-TaXt Combination Controls All But 45 Delegates Ma jority Organization Has Fulton, Wil liams, Moody and Gilbert as Oregon Delegation to Chicago. , Portland, May 18. Taft will be en dorsed and Oregon's delegation to the national republican convention nt Phi cago will be Instructed for the sec retary of war, if present plans of the Fulton-Taft organisations prevails at tomorrow's state convention, ..which Will be held here. '" Fulton-Taft Men In Control. Apparently the Fulton-Taft' men control the convention by about 200 votes. Out of 239 delegates Fulton ex pects to. control all but about 45. ' Jonathan Bourne may be left off the delegation entirely, If present plans prevail. If he is sent, declare the Fulton men, he will be limited by instructions for Taft. . Cake In Chair. ' .' The convention will be called to or der by State Chairman W. M. Cake at 10 o'clock Judge G. H. Williams may be selected to act as chairman. . Tonight the Fulton-Taft men will hold an informal conference. , It Is understood their ticket tir rthe na tional convention delegation Includes Senator C. W. Fulton, Judge George II. Williams, M. A. Moody of The Dulles, and A. N. Gilbert of Salem. L E .'. I , I i E SEASON OJPENS ON THURSDAY, NEXT WEEK. Full Arrangementa and Final Organi zation of the Inland Empire League Made Last Night at Pendleton Rea son Officially Opened at Baker City With La Grande and at Walla Walla lowing Week. LETTERS POURING IXTO LA PORTE POLICE.1 That There Are Still Several Bodies Somewhere In the Murder Garden , Adjoining the Gunncss Home, Is the Belief Today Many Known to liars . Been Attracted by Advertisements! for Husband, and ' Mysteriously Dis appeared. - La Porte, Ind.. May 13. Letters from all over the country iwlata lit-' With Pendleton Games Here Fo. of disappearance of various Officials of the W. R. C. wish it an nounced that the regular meeting of the corps will be held tomorrow at the Odd Fellows' hall. 1 Circus Day You'll Le in a hurry can't wait otherwise you might miss some of the many things you will want to see on Gircus Day You can tfo your shopping easily and duickly at our sfore. V Our stock will be so arranged that you will not have to wait and can supply your wants without delay, and Circuis Day Specials will be displayed in such a manner that you can select what you want without our assistance. Circus Day Specials in Every Department IRE as PIPE MS AT IRK HIHD ATTACK ON PORT LAND MEN RECENTLY, - - - 4 1 - Ladies' Suits at Enormous Reductioni All 15.00 to 16.50 Mens' Suits $10.85 In Black, Tan, Blue, Gray and Wine At this price will-be included all boy's colors; short, long and medium jackets, and young m:n's suits as well as any Regular prices from 8.50 to 22.50, spec- mens, suit in stock at the above regular ial for Gircus Day - Half Price prices of 15.C0 to 16.50. Special for ; ' Gircus Day - - 10.85 $16.50 to $22.50 Black Suils for $12.50 " " ""7 " "" , ,. , i. . , p t j. , One lot men s su.ts, re?ular price to In light weight Cheviot, Sorge Ladies' 12.oo. Special for Gircus Day U9 Gloth and Herring Bone 1 Worsteds; Box 1 Pleated Skirts, strap " trimmed; 26-inch . fitted and semi-fitting Jackets, silk Mens' 3.50 hats, any style, special, 2.95 lined - ; $12.50 Mens' 3.00 hats, any style, special, 2.5 Mens' 2 50 hats, any style, special, 1.95 t Boy's 2.75 to 3.00 shoes - 2.29 All Ladies' Wool Suit3 at special re- Ladies' 3.50 to 4.00 tan Cxfords 2.H8 frtions for Gircus Day. Mens 4 50 to 5 00 shoes - 3.49 Ax'yr . - : -.- s Third Instance of Gas Pipe Arnault Oc curs In Portland Today Just Before Noon, When a Chinamen Is Struck Iknvn by Seeniliisly Insane Thug Gives Nuino as "Jock the Splitter" Acts Stran'ely Connected Willi llernuiuu and Newman Affnlrs. M Hi V.i mi1 WTJft TTT Tl""' "my Portland, May 13. A gas pipe fiend vhom the police believe to be the ami man who struck down ftltlitn he last 3( hours Pawnbroker Max Hermann and H. Newman, was cap- urr.d at 11:39 o'clock this mornlny ifttr a desperate struggle In the rear f Erickson's beer sitloon, a few mln ites after he had beuten John Chong. I Chinese tailor. Into Insensibility. The )rlsonef does not give his name be- ond declaring that it Is "Jack" and .he police believe that he Is cither in- lane or feigning the menatl disease, IMH Concealed in Newspaper. This morning at 11:15 he walked nto the tailor shop of the Chow Wah .'ompany, 249 Ankeny street, and vlthout warning struck Chong over .he head with a length of gas pipe .vhlch he had concealed In a news paper. Then, uttering a yell, he jumped out into the street and ran iround the corner. He was seen by number of persons who started in pursuit. The fleeting man dodged Into the saloon and was cornered '.here, and after a desperate struggle wqj put in Irons. At the station he muttered and mumbled Incessantly while being ex amlned, chuckling, "I made them yell. When they see the pipe they yell." The prisoner is about 12 year of age and weighs 125 pounds. He is thought to be a sailor. The prisoner declares his name to be "Jack the Splitter." He Is not con nectsd with the Wolff murder by the police, but it he Is thought to be the man who struck down Hermann and Newman. The prisoner's name is Jack Laroec of Rome, On., according to late devel opments. He says lie struck Chung If becausa no nates Chinamen, but de-l The Inland Empire Baseball league was formally organised at Pendleton last night and the schedule of games for the opening series arranged. The opening takes place on Thursday, May tl, at the extreme end of the territory In each instance. La Grande opens the season at Baker City and Pendle ton opens at Walla Walla. From then on It will be a run for the pennant In earnest and practice games will be a thing of the past for the year.' Pendletoulan Is Ircilent. W. L. Thompson, cashier of the Commercial National bank of Pendle ton, was elected president and treas urer at the organization meeting In Pendleton Inst night He will be. the head of the league, which Is to be known as the Inland Empire league. The schedule is not complete for the year, but professional baseball will bo Inaugurated in La Grande one' week after the league opening at Walla Walla and at Baker. The teams will play four games a week, commenting on Thursday and ending the series on Sunday of each week. Much enthusiasm was evinced last night at the Pendleton organization There has been considerable dc'ay and uncertainty, but to all appearances these things are matters of the past, "Tho Partial Schedule. Each club In the league posted a forfeit last evening which guarantees each team to piny a full three-months schedule. The season may run longer than that. The full schedule for four weeks Ir published herewith, and, as can be en, each club Is home one week and away one week: - First Week. 1 La" Grande at Baker City. t Pendleton -n't. Wulhv Walla.' T; Second Week. Cnker City at La Grnnde. Walla Walla nt Pendleton. ,, Third Week. Pendleton at Baker City, La Grande at Walla Walla. fourth Week. Pendleton at La Grande. Baker City at Wulla Wulla. persons who are believed to have been lured into the "house of death and horrors,'' which It Is alleged was op erated by Mrs. Belle Gunncss, and ft ; Is thought are yet to be found In the "murder garden." " 1 , Emll Kelt of Kansas, Is one of these. Two years ago he drew 12000 from a bank and mysteriously disappeared. Ha went to Chicago, It Is said, In 're ply to a matrimonial 'advertisement. Charles Kggman of Newcastle, Ind., Is also among the missing. He drew II.- 000 of hi savings and left to answer ' matrimonial advertisement. He,' too, was never heard from again. Ray Lamphere today denied that ke had ever made a "complete confes sion"' to Rev. Bchnell, or that he had promised to. ' " i' William Hackett, who has been ser iously ill for tho past few days, Is re ported no better this aftornoon. Stert ous fears are entertained for his re covery. IM COMBAT LEAGt'E AND HKRItlN GANG NEAR THE CLAHUV California Will See a Lively Scramble ami TiirhIo for Control Tomorrow When Warring Factions of That State Meet to Select Nulionnl Dele gates Herrin Orguiilzatltm and the Llm-oIn-lloosevcH League Are Ifcxto C'lulmliig Victory, I: Paernmento, May II. With the tin-" coin-Roosevelt league claiming ft com- ;; , fortdble working majority, and the Herrin organisation asserting that they will . dominate the . convention, ; there' Is avry prospect pf, as merry a ;; melee as has ever been pulled off In a. republican strtte convention, when the'wurrlng factions meet hero tomor- i row. Governor Gillette announced tov dny that he was not a candidate for delegate at largo to the natlonnl con- ' vontlon. Tho test of strength will come at the start over the selection of i, temporary criulrman. The organ Iza-J tlon will put up George A. Knight. and i attempt to appoint him through the,, central committee, -.'The Inagua will protest and appeal to its delegates: -! The result will settle the question of' control. , ,-: 1UGHT TO RE THE HAPPINESS AND CLCRY every citizen to S3 i.vj a,i1 aot tut iiis fcl ,ow citizens uill Esteem him for his goodness. h s kindness, aid his usefulness. The principles cf good citizenship should constitute the code of rules for every kind of business whether public or private. f.. This apples particularly to the drug business, be cause, cv.iul to the limited knowledge of the qualities of f!rt.gs. ci ilr general public. I J follows that the re- f j. liability cf t!.i druggist Is the chief guarantee of i r HILL'S DRUG STORE La Grande Orego V ft. 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