La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 28, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textsi. J a k i i sww i j v c ft i'-v x i I I at-.- i."-vir tx v a wwt . ' x a , j t i an -. I i i i i v i . r ' r - i . . . ; y - v r v . volume vn.- ; ; , y .- . y , la graxde, tsiojr couxnr, Oregon. titoisday, may as. iww. . ... . : y - . , .... . ,. : a i,ooo IHTO VALLOWA TO BUILD ROAD GENERAL MANAGER IS f .J . y. ; IN LA GRANDE TODAY. That There Will Be a Total I 1000 Laborer la Wallowa Contr to - CompkHe and Push to JFoaepo the New Exteoaloa 'i Aarared Cbm. Iay Hat Approorlatloa Rmu!t , uaarniDt Fennaiieoc to key. aata at the Imprancnent Wprk ; Ready to lUol Heavy Loada, I Tht 1000 mn wJll be transported from points without to the Wallowa country o ru the Wallow exten sion to Joseph, la the- assertion of General Superintendent M. J. Buck ley, wno la in La Grande today. When questioned relative to the real intensity pf purpose in the Improve ment work, he reiterated what : was said several days ago, that the com pany has the appropriation In hand and that ' the road Into . Wallowa county will he completed with tho ut mot dispatch. The J000 nen who will do this work will be under two heads; five hundred being employed by contractors and 600' by the O. R. ' & N. V 1 y These, men will be put to work In two weeks and the force will be maintained until the work Is done. Much of the (radlng la done already, and needs but to be ,; retouched ' 'in places. The construction of bridges ; will be commenced at once with the result that the ikying ,of. steel can be carried oiit without a halt, when once started, 'it Is .'proposed to tiSo' track laying machinery as-soon ' the Can yon stretch of road la finished."' ior s. manency Is to be trie keynote..',' The company. realize", thai' the '-loads hauled -out pf the fertile county will be large, and the .management has Is sued 'Instructions to have the roadbed h i ? - The Fair's Thursday It Will . y A monster stock to be turned over to the public, for their benefit as individuals. A July Sale in June. It has to happen now. Our summer clearing sales usually begin after July 4th, but this year We are compelled to cut loose early for the ; reason ; that the stocks splendid, complete stocks throughout the entire storeare entirely too heavy, and we must hasten to dispose. . . ... Profits to be raid them as individuals, so that a few dollars spent the circuit or tne entire family. . . .., ' ; j Why It will pay you to waif. . in the f rs'. place, this great sale will be conducted 1 for the benefit of ths people as individuals, so that the manv ffreat fta.vino- will majnl much to them.: Secondly:' Our great stocks of fine merchandise throughout!, every -department is tremenduoualy heavy, so we are fotced to cut prices with a ferocious vengeance in order to get rid of our surplus stuffs witnin a period of 16 days. WAIT1 WAm WAITI for this great sale. It will pay you and pay you well. Store now -in activelpreparation lor your coming, and the. splendid displays being arranged lor ' your glad and easy choosing. :c . . ; . ' , , THE jwWWHWIWHHWWIHWHtWMIIIIIBIIHWItllMIIHMWWw' ballasting and track foundation of such a character that it will stand the heaviest sort of loads. Wallowa county Is not the only dla trlct to profit by the , new road. La Grande will be the distributing point and the terminus of the short line.; According to the earnestness mani fested by. the general superintendent, the road will soon be a reality! CARRIERS IX QUANDARY. Chamberlain and Postal Dcpartdttn't ' Lock noma Over Auto Races. Oresham, Ore., May IS. Whether to run the risk of being killed by 10 racing auto, with certain , arrest if they escape alive, or to resign their position and see their families starve is the quandary two rural mail car riers here have beea placed, la by; a ctasa Between the governor and Uncle 8am: ' r -' Governor Chamberlain has forbid den any one oa the base line of sec tion line roade on (June kC whfn ,the auto road races will be run. The gov ernment has ordered the carrier out on those roads that day aa usual. Lo cal postal inspectors told the carriers the government would fight the case If arrested, but would not be respon sible for their death of damage to their .rigs. .' '' , ''' v HE.VRST IS HOCNDED. McClcllnn Ioslng Lead In Recount of Tickets In Mayoralty Election. Ifew York, May t g. After dodging a process server by boarding the LubI tanla at 4 o'clock this morning, Wil liam R, Hearst is bound for Europe to avoid testifying in the famous re count case now In progress, thus up setting, the plans of Mayor McClellan. The mayor had planned to put the editor on tHe stdnd.' Hearst learned of the "scheme arid made his escape. The recount of the first two ballot boxes has reduced Mayor McClellan's lead by 27 votes. ' , . ; '? , Father of Artor Dead. ' Washington, , May fSLevl Han ford, father ot Actor Charles B. Han ford, died here today. He has ' been clerk of --the' pension bureau, 'for a quarter of a1 century. He Is a Califor nia forty-nlnef. . .' . ;..-. . : ,. .. j i a f .i vfmrHmfmvmvmvmfmvmv ; 9l Sale i Great Unloading Sale Starts Morning, Pay You to Wait ' Entirely For the 15 A I.T. IDS SHITEIICE FIVE YEARS IN PEW AND ENORMOVS CASH FINE. Portland Banker faces a Penitentiary Term of Five Yeari and a Fine Which, Served Out in Jail, Would Mean 800 Years Stay of Judge, meat Granted and New Bonds Are Named Puntalimrat foe Converting School Funds From His Bank. ,. Salem, May t$.J. Thorburn Roes, -""!-Ci mm9 ouiuni wi lar ceny by the conversion of $810,000 state school funds, while president of the defunct Title Guarantee Trust company bank in Portland, was sen tenced this morning, to serve five years in the penitentiary and pay fine of S57MS1.74. In default of paying this enormous flne he must spend 188,000 days In the Multnomah county Jail, which is more than (00 years. The Jail sen tence is. aside from the penitentiary imprisonment. A stay of Judgment was granted by the court and bail, pending an appeal, was fixed at $8000. The total ball now required by Ross Is $20,000. , Railroad in Trouble. New, York, May 28. Another por tion of Gould's trans-continental sys tem is In trouble. The Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal company faces the pay ment of $800,000 Interest next Mon day. It is probable that a committee to protect holders of the company's $30,000j000 first mortgage bonds will be formed this afternoon. Pastime Change.'. The change at the Pastime theatre tonight Includes the- following new pictures: "Parson of Hungry Gulch," ';The Venetian Baker: or the Judlclal's Dream," "Johannesburg by ' Electric Tram." Sherwood Williams will sing two songs and Nate Ardrey will per form on the banjo. All commences af the usual hour tonight , . . . ....... .... . 1 r .i v , m NIL I 1 I F I I II iiujo mm rn m mne i June A For It People -... -. i - in this great 'sale will eo La Grande Oregon UitE TO PASS SOIATE CURRENCY COMMISSION : ' IS PROVIDED FOlt Senate Thle Afternoon Will Likely Pass the Main Provisions of the Faith Cum Currency Bill Provides for Cash to Banks In Time of Emer gencyCurrency Commission of Nine From Honae and Nine From the Senate. Washington, May 11. The main proration of the "faith cure" cur rency bill agreed en by the house yesterday, are slated to pass the sen ate this afternoon. ' " The emergency currency may be is sued to the extent of $500,000,000. subject to a retirement tax of six per cent for the first two months, and one per cent per month thereafter until 10 per cent is reached. Btate. county. and municipal bonds are to be accept ed as secure? at to per cent of their market value: other bonds, commer cial paper at 7! per cent of their mar ket value. ' ' .' " ' No bank Is to be allowed emergen cy currency in excess of 30 per cent of Its capital stock and surplus, on commercial papers. None will be al lowed unless the bank' has already aken, under the present law, curren cy equal to 40 per cent of the capital and surplus. '.' , A bank holding state, county and municipal bonds, with approval of the secretary of the troasury, Is allowed additional currency, directly upon them, at 90 per cent of their market value on individual and Initiative re sponsibility. . ; ..'Y i, . Commercial paper will bo used as a basis, of Issuance .only; by banks af filiated with, groups that aggregate a capital of more than $5,000,000, and whh'h. are to bo. known as "National Currency associations." i. j , ,.i,t , The bill creates a, currency, coin mlJBlijn of 18 members; nine from the house, and nine from the senate. It was decided this morning to make no fillibusterlng effort to block ' the passage of the currency bill. This Is taken to moan final adjournment will be taken Friday nlg"ht, and the bill, as adopted by the house, will become a law.. : - , . NEW CASES FILED. Circuit Court WhMi Opens Tuesday " ill Not Have Long Docket. As Saturday Is m holiday and the Monday following la election day. It is very probable that the clork of the cir cuit court, J. B.; Cllham, wllljiave the June docket prepared by tomor row some time. The list of cases Is :' short one. . However, a few new one have been added today. Among them are suit for divorce and suits for re eovery of damages and money allrced to be due. , ' ; ' Walter M. and Samuel South against Martha Sutherlsnd. et el., to quiet title to land located near Medical Springs, to one of them. ,. , . .,. .Hanson rBos. of North Powder, tc recover $720.2$ of, an open account with H. B. Rankin," ls'snothe'r. Catherine C. Rogers of this city, vs. the O. R. U ?r.. iThle is a suit to re cover 12E00 as damages. Mrs. Rog ers owns land near' the main line that hr now Isolated by tracks and she wants damage money. , 'r Lodeha Tucker against W. U Tuck er, Is the title of 4 divorce suit j In which It Is' alleged desertion. Mr. Tucker was formerly, principal of the Elgin schools. KCHPECT IH RELEASED. Man Who Was Snspeutral of Connec tion With llold-t p Was Let Co " Today. ' ' ,1 ' The suspect arrested last evening in connection wMh the hold-up at the lntersectn,ot,StiCf4 etreet with the main line of the O. R. K. wss re leased this morning when Prank Prlt chard, tho victim, came to the jail and found the one-armed man was not one of the Individuals sought. The hold-up took place last evenlnir about I o'clock, when Mr. ritchard was coming to La Orands frem a visit with friends Dear the "Palmer mill. He was accosted by two men. thrown to the ground, and robbed of $24. in the scuffle one of the men spoke, and Mr. Pritchard declares he can identify the voice if he hears it again. A careful search wss made for the two men by the night police force, but It Is believed the men got out of the City early in the night, ..A suspect was taken in by the police, but was releas ed today. Police authorities In other cities are on the lookout for the hold up artists. Mr, Pritchard to an employe of the Grande Ronde Lumber company. y FOUND INSANE MAN. Train Crew Picks Vp Man Who . Ready to Make High Dive. The train crew on an .. extra vuna treignt - train this" afternoon found an Insane man two miles west of Bingham Springs. Sitting beside the track, naked, he talked ' freely when the crew Interrogated him. He maintained he was preparing for a high dive off eome imaginary bridge. At Kamela the crew left him In com petent hands, after supplying suffi cient clothing to the maniac to make him presentable. Sheriff Taylor; of Pendleton was notified and he will take charge of the fellow this evening. The man could give no name and ap peared, ta be about 40 years of age. :i MISSING EDITOR FOUND..- Fnrnier Ehtin Editor Has Come to Light In Tacoroa, Wash. Former Editor H. H. Palmer of the Elgin Leader, who mysteriously dis appeared from La . Grande several weeks ago. and who It was feared for a time had committed suicide, has at last been found. He made his Iden tity known from Tacoma to his former partner In bUKlness at Hoqulam, Wash. The discovery of the whereabouts was brought about by .. urgent . need- of funds. Thlmer wrote to Mr. Snyder, his partner In business, asking for a ''lift" of $20. No effort will be made to bring the man back. to, Elgin, as practically all the bills against the firm were taken care of by Mr. Snyder. ' The discovery relieves the anxiety entertained by friends .of the editor, who harbored fears that he had taken his life i ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED. Proposed Ceremonies for 0)cnlng of Ball Season MatcrlulUe. t - .... . The proposed ceremonies to cttend the opening of the baseball league season here for next Saturday, have materialized and the mayor will pitch tho flrot ball. It will be caught by Judge Crawford. The La Grande band will lead the players to the grounds and be la ftUenrtttoce when the fir?'. Inning e&lll. ' i. . ' fc" " ' J '.) . '-'- ' ,J Ing the two fobbere wno' looted it Cleveland Sinking. ' ' ' business houses here, and . shot Mar- -Lakewood. N. 3.,' May There. shal Beckley In the shoulda vaetotW were renewed , precautions today against the public learning the condl- tlon of ex-President Orover Cleveland and it Is believed the end Is near. One n f Sila .Ttarlnlt.1. Uam I - . . (. m much in tuuimni attendance. Last night tyn y were i with the I ax of. Princeton J , V- OUGHT TO BE TH IT. of every ;cltlzcn to low citizens will esteem him for his goodness.. 1 his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of X 'gobd citizenship should constitute the code of rules I fojj every Kind of business this applies particularly x cause, bwlrif to the limited knowledge of the qualities t aKjffaaaatav liei Alt ...l.lA la aa a a eaV 2 u3 uy l,,c c't;i1i puuue. ii ioiiows mat tne ,re- a iiuuuiiy vi iiic uiuiiai. I ' - y t i . . w a ' maj .. i juuu service. , 9 t - t v -ev s HILL'S DRUG. STORE La Grande r ppfl!i'i I IIUiL fillUUi lilSIFESli i S1YSTERY AT K6RTII POWDER REKINDIjKD, Though Dcod, or Mlwdnx. for Twenty Two Years, Willis Silff's Estate Will Be Probated Eoco FLini Ao.miuC . Wea Filed by BfcAllster Today Re calls Mysterions Murder of f'oc-mt County Clerk 'at North Powdar ta 188. yie .wmie Bkiff murder at Nort"" Powder 11 years ago, was brought vividly to mind today, when D. A. M Allster filed the final account in the Skiff estate, with the county clerk. The action has started pioneers gos siping about the eupposed murder at that. time. Dates conflict slight!?, but nevertheless, the fact that Willie Skiff disappeared In the year 1888, and that a body Identified later to be his, was found In the North Powdur river the following year, Is well known. History and pioneers say that Skiff was murdered on the steps of a North Powder hotel In 1S8. The following year a body waa found In the river and was identified to be that of Skiff. Others refuse to believe this and say that It Is possible Skff is alive or at least lived after the finding of the body. In any event, 14 years ago saw administration of the personal, proper ty In the court of Union county. From that day to this the court have not dealt with the Skiff estate. The final account as filed toduy, speci fies that the estate, though Inventoried at H240, has .badly depreciated and is not worth that amount now by a large margin.) Suspicion pointed strongly, at the time. .to the proprietor of the hotel near which the alleged murder took place. Long and sennatlvnnl triula followed; but no 'one was vr ' con victed of the-.crime. The proprietor ns Soon after Incarcerated In" the Insane asylum. ' . Snf peeled Dynamiters Arreted,, San Francisco, May 2S. OffU'lalSM of the "graft prosecution nre positive that the men Who '"dynairilted ex-Su-"'" pervlsor Gallagher's home, were trying I to Intmldate grift witnesses. ''Kid" Isclson, Tom Groves, A, H. .Middle- ' man, and Jim Hayes were arrested , early yesterday morning berati ther trailed Detective ' Burns in an auto yesterday. No specific charge hit been entered yet. Town Out With Guns., 'i7 . Oakland, Ore., Msy jj.jhfl entipe town, has turned tut With guns hufieT" day. Thera ma bs a' Ivnchln fi,- mob la lnmn..i tt... ' destruction of property by the thugs, .They burned the stamps in the posU . .... omce ana smarned v'ndo and show faiii In the ' steree where butt him. t a - " ' " HAPPINESS AND'GLORr so live and act that his' f el I whether pubtl& or private.' to the druibusincss he 1 I inE CIUCl UarfllUCB Cl v -.. - . ... v . . . ' t, '' r f "-'''' Oregon V, l I fit 1 . 1 ,4 eva4M 4mg. 51 1 J V ' .