Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1908)
TAGB POTTH. OGBT PACES. fevt-NlNO OBSERVER. LA GRAXDE. OREGOX, SATURDAY, HT 23, 1908. r m mi till boi q 'J 1 I ; . ! ! I - la teae lvenir4 OUssiver - Published dally except bunday. difference between the stand of Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Cake. CURREY BROTHERS, XDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. C lilted Preu Telegraph Service. JdmUy, per month DUy, lngl copy -OS f)lly, ona "year In advance. . .-..I. 50 Daily, all montha, in advance... i.Bj Weekly, one year in advance. . .tl. 00 Weakly, alz montha. in adance. . Bntered at Grande a the poMofflie t Im i aecond-claaa matter. KUER EDITOR IE HMD - T7P T? R I RPRRII FRRRII FREEH! i TMa paper will not public any ar ttde appearing over a nora da pitime igned article will be received rib foct to the dlacretlon of he edlt.tr . fleas atgn your article! and eave dli ' appointment. MR8. PALMER WRITES TO V IA GR.WUE ABOUT IT. Wife of the Elgin Editor Who Disap peared Some Time Ago, Firmly Be lieve Her HuHlmiid Has Committed Kulcirto Imprewlon - 1 Evidently Wrong as Men Here Know the Edi tor Huh Been In Portland Since TIlt Kho In Xot Aware of. , Advertising Rate. . Display ad. rate furnlihsd upon application. , Local reading notices lftc per line first insertion; So per line for each rabaequent insertion. Resolutions of condolence. So a line. Cards of thanks, 6c a line. . . THE, 'ACME ACME RANGE TO EVERY MAX, WOMAX AXD CHILD FOR EVERY DOLLAR YOUR SPEXD WITH US, WE WILL PRESENT YOC FREE OXE TICKET TO THE ELECTRIC THEATR. THUS YOU SEE $3.00 PURCHASES EXTL TLES YOU TO FIV E TICKETS. BUY A $55.00 "ACME," THE BEST THE RANGE MADE, AXD GET 55 TICKETS AXD WITH US. see' the big snow 1 ACME h A Voile county jury the other night guilty of murder 1n killing and burn . ing- up ills 19-year-old daughter' In ; Tillamook county, a year or two ago. ''"embree's wife and daughter were aupposcd to have been killed and burned up In their cabin at. Band Lake, and Hembree, by his, conduct, gave credence to the belief that he was the murderer. Their bones or . part of them, partially burned, were ' . . ... ... - . .t ' louna in me siove inai was in vne house. Circumstances pointed to Hembree. as the. murderer. He. was ',' tfiei In Tfllamook county some time atgo on the charge of murdering his wlfe, and the Jury stood 11 for mur der and one for not guilty, and finally the Jury found him guilty of man slaughter. He was sentenced to the penitentiary, and, after he had been -there a few months, Governor Cham berlain "paroled" him and turned him loose. The people who had any knowledge of the circumstances were astonished that a governor would turn such a fiend loose, unpunished. The ,,'ipeople of Tillamook county demanded that he be tried on the Indictment for murdering his daughter, and this has resutled In his conviction of murder. Whether the governor will again come to his relief and turn him loose re ft mains to be seen. He will evidently not do so until after the election. Why any governor could turn loose such a fiend a Hembree Is a great mystery, but he has turned loose a multitude of convicted felons. Hembree was a man of very bad reputation for more . than SO years. The governor's record aa a pardoner and "paroler" should cause him to lose thousands of votes. People who want the - laws enforced .and criminals punished, should vote against him. He has a very bad rec ord for granting pardons, and many murderer have been released by him. That Editor H. II. Palmer, until re cently In business, at Elgin where he published the Elgin Leader, Is num bered among the dead, is thebeltof of the . distracted wife of the. missing man. In a letter to La Grande par ties from Hoqulam, Va.h., she reiter ates hr statement made before she left Elgin, namely, that her husband had suicided. In the letter she states that her husband has not been seen In Portland, and that -she natural!; taken quiet leave of his business with the Intention of dodging problem facing him. , It Is positively known to people of this city, however, that Mr. Palmer cashed cheeks In Portland after his disappearance In La Grande about three weeks ago last Wednesday night. Those who have kept In touch with the Incident arc disposed to believe that Mrs. Palmer Is laboring under a wrong Impression. 'Phone Black 641 213 FIR STREET ACME F. B. RANGE H A 1ST E N . Thone Red l!GI 1411, 1413, 1413 Adams Ave. $4$.S4$aiVt?4$ . SIX TOOK EXAMINATIOXS. W'tvll Service Examination at PtiHtof. fleip Well Altemlcdrixluy. Six of the seven who took out ap plication blanks for examination for- carrier In the free mall delivery serv ice of this city, appeared before Dep uty Civil Service Secretary Mary Rela land this morning. The examinations as sent out by the department at Washington were given the applicants and under the supervision of the dep uty secretary, the questions' were an swered. It requires about fjilr hours to properly answer the long String of questions. BP BURSTS HLE IN AIR engineer No. 4 engine, escaped by' Jumping W. Mowrey, Oakland, engi neer N'o. 5, estuifl-d Injury. LOXG LIST OF IX.ICREI) FOLLOWS THE ACCIDENT. The lllg Moirti Airship, Mcaxurlug Over 450 Feel In Lcnjtih, Blows l' While In Midair and Fulls to the Ground in a Heu Many Injured by the Accident Ship Was About to Give Exhibition Ascent and Many Were In Attendance. Hiiinut Monument I'nvelled. Cleveland, -O., May 23. In the pres ence of a distinguished assembly, the statue of Mark Hanna, erected In Wade park, was unveiled this after noon. The late millionaire politician is shown sitting hatles In an arm chair. John W. Griggs delivered the oration. . Ruth Hanna McCormlck and Mabel Hanna Parsons, daughters of Senator Hanna, unveiled the monu ment. Secretary of War Taft wit nessed the ceremony. FOR SALE Two choice lots, close In, and cheap; easy terms If desired. Call at this office for particulars. - Rerkeley, Cal., May 23. The big Morrel airship, 4.10 feet long, blew up when 200 feet in the air this nfornlng and feJI a tangled mass of canvas and ropes, Injuring seven men. The big airship was scheduled to make an ascent trip at noon and a great crowd watched the ascent. When the bag struck an upper current It wobbled , considerably and the gas pressure became unbalanced and rest ed on the upper end of the bag. This with the weight of five motors caused the bag to burst. Men In the lower section of the ship fell about 75 feet, those in the upper about 200 feet. The Injured are: C. A. Morrell, Inventor, Jeg broken and badly cut; C. Tipple, engineer, crushed by engine; Justin Barber, photographer, ribs broken; W. Tyson, cut and bruised; E. C. Wallen, news paper man, bruised and cut; P. H. Goodfrlend, first engineer, bruised; A. Horstmlller, valve tender, bruised; Captain Penfold, aeronaut from Aus tralia, stowed away on ship against orders, leg crushed; John Burns, an other member of the crew climbed up the bag as It overturned and escaped Injury; V. J. Fluno, San Francisco, engineer, face lacerated; John Ahem, MAKE IT UNANIMOV8. " Just now there appears to bo little doubt but that It la Senator Cnke of Oregon. Once the campaign started it was speedily seen that the oft boosted persona! popularity of George the Governor, was not so almlulity tout as It once was. Verinn's tlilnps that some folks have known nhout our chief executive have come to Unlit, and a lot of folks are today doubtful If George whs such a whale of a man after all. The nearer Oregon makes It unan imous for Cake, the better for Ore gon. There are n few places where party politics still count; they don't usually In city, county and district af fairs; but they do In national affairs, especially In the upper house of ron gress. where the majority party gets what It wants and the minority sits tight and waits. Oregon wants a lot of things from congress: It can never get thsm through a democratic sena tor. Between the men personally the Is sue is not drawn; It Is not a personal campaign; If it waa Mr. Cake would not be on the defensive. It Is also remembered that Cake waa one of the republicans who had the nerve to stand on a statement No. 1 platform when It looked as though that meant defeat; he stood for the popular election of the United State senator whether It profited him or not; Chamberlain ha stood for It be cause It was hi sole chance of ever landing the place. The vaat difference between being rood because you hop It will pay, ptil because It Is right, represent th - :l-Vf$.Af.i 'MiAfe! 4 . A 1 1 . 1 J. N ; AVv:' i HON. II. .1. lAKi , Who comes to Union County in the interest of hi Neat Week. Senatorial Campaign Marrlase i.h'cnse 'Issuetl. County Clerk Gilliam today issued a marriage license to L. R. Chllders and Mlsss Besa Gray, both of Lower Cove. of SUMMONS. In the Circuit Court of the State Oregon for Uqlon County. The Oregon Railroad Navigation Company, plaintiff, vs.'.'Jhn Eastlack and Susan Eastlack, his wife, Alonzo Crane and Ethel Crane,' his wife, Al fred W. Crane, a minor, and Christo pher Crane, a minor, defendants. To the above-named defendants, John Eastlack, Susan Eastlack, his wife, Alonzo Crane and Ethel Crane, hu wife, Alfred W. Crane, a minor, and Christopher Crane, a minor: In the name of the state of Oregbri you are hereby required to appear and answer the compliant filed agalns: you In the above entitled court and cause, on or before the 12th day o'l June, 1908, that being six full weekr after the date of the fuA'l-turollca-tlon of this summons, and Jfri Jfejt fal". to so appear and answer saM' com plaint, the plaintiff herein will take Judgment against -you for the reliel demanded In Its complaint herein, to wit: For Judgment of the above en titled con'iH the above entitled cause, appropriating to the plaintiff all of lots two (2), three (3), four (4) and flee (5), of block twelve (12), In Riverside addition to the Town of La Grande, In Union county, Oregon, for the purpose of furnishing additional side tracks, switching facilities and repair shop within the town of La Grande, Oregon, to properly erve the public, In order that the public and different persons traveling or ship ping freight over plaintiff's road may be accommodated; and public Inter est require the construction of such side tracks, additional switching fa cilities and repair shops and the pros ecution of said enterprise, and for an assessment of all the damage that will result to the said defendants. John Eastlack, Susan Eastlack, Alon zo Crane, Ethel Crane, Alfred W. Crane and Christopher Crane, by rea son of the taking an appropriation of said property by the plaintiff, and When the Weatheer Is Oppressive BY HAVING A SUPPLY OF SARSA- O RIROX BREW AXD I DON'T KNOW ON ICE. THERE IS XOTinXG SO REFRESIUNG, COOL ING AND FALATEABLE AS A THIRST QUENCHER IX WARM WEATHER AS THE MAXY DELI CIOUS SOFT DRINKS THAT ARE BOTTLED BY THE . 1 . Union Boiling Works upon the payment by the plaintiff of the' damages assessed and awarded oh the trial of the said cause the plaintiff tnvr o jtMort sppriprlilUi, ui said property upon which to construct, build, equip, operate and maintain additional side tracks, switching facil ities and repair shops within the town of La Grande. This summons Is published for six consecutive weeks by the order of the Hon. T. H. Craw-fore), Judge of the above entitled coi$fnade on the 24th day of April, 1908; the date of the first publication thereof being on the 1st day of May, 1908, and the 12th day of June, 1908, is to be the date of the last publication thereof. W. W. COTTON, W. A. BOBBINS, and COCHRAN & COCHRAN, Attorneys for Plaintiff. fully petition your honorable court t grant, to Charles W. Estes,, a license.-; to sell Bplrltous, mail or vinous Uioiam. or fermented cider, commonly knownr as hard cider, In. less quantities than' one , gallon, in the town of Kamela. Union county, Oregon, commencing o' or about the 5th day of June, 1908. .' Dated this first day of May, 1908. . F. G. Eyre, F. L. Wright, J. p. Ad ams, C. W. McFall, D. Charlton, A. C Sherman, L. Graybeal, H.-C. Hansoa N. Page, G, W. Allen, M. T. BurneW L. E. Tipton, G. Kling, Ed More!! Wm. Dye, Wm.vHorton, Jo Connor,. John Somcrs. R. J. Smith, J. R Thompson, E. Rice, I. L. McFalls, Johi. Richards, June Sanford, W. D. Adams,. W. A. McFalls, August Mosher, H. K Charlton. Notice Is hereby given that I will oi the 3rd day of June, 1908, apply t the county court of Union county, Ore-' gon, at the court house In La Grande, Oregon, for a license to sell Bplrltous,. PETITION FOR LIQUOR LICEXSE. To the Hon. County Court of Union County: malt or vinous 'liquors, or fermented? We, the undersigned legal voters cldeI commonly known as hard clder,X anA nndinl ... ,L-1 t .1. . In OUantltleS leRft ttlATl nna Mil.. 1. ' u..,m,, it, me precinct OI euuuu, Kamela, Union county, Oregon, and the town of KmeJa, Union county,, having actually resided in said pre-.regon' commencing on or about the cinct at least thirty days Immediately 5th day of June, 1908. preceding the date of signing and fll- CHARLES W. ESTES. Ing of this petition, hereby respect- 15-2-30. To Republican Voters! AN OVERWHELMING majority of Oregon voter by registration have formally declared that they believe In the principle of the re publican party. Let them now show that they are honest by voting In accordance with their declarations. The Oregon election cornea before the republican national convention. Let every REPUBLICAN VOTER IN SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT jphold the honor of the republican party In Oregon and strengthen in fluence of Oregon' delegation In the national convention by voting for H. M. Cake for United State Senator, and W. R. Ellla for Repre ientatlve In congress. If either of these republican nominee fall of election the primary election .ystem will be discredited and a-return of boss rule will be Invited. The good name of Oregon's voters will be smirched and Oregon's delegation to the national convention will bo Placed in a humiliating position. For the effect It will have on the November election It Is imperative that the republican nominees in the June election shall be elected by an overwhelming majority. As a believer in the principles of the republican party It Is your duty to v ui me pons june 1st, and vote for Cake and Ellis. SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT i REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE I i:. It, FLAC.G, Sivrctary 17 U'ltl lltCAV t. THE ONLY PURE AR M, KIND ice. The only kind of Ice that we handle In retail trade arttficiaa made from pur arteslaa water the only pure Ice in the city. A delivery warm will bring thl. PURE ICB to your door on notification fcy telephone or otherwise. To regular patrons our prlcea are one-half cent per pound., NATURAL ICE handled In wholeaal lota. 4 wr. Thowa Btaek 871. Look out for th Crandy ica GRAM THE Itt t -r f4