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MEYERS, Cahier ' 'v '.;,;;,"':"'v;"':';; 36S5 I C .MAMsIa IsUI-SAMnl DA! lu v! unuv iiuuuiiui uunit Of La Grande, Oregon . . CAPITAL AMD SURPLUS $160,000 UNITED 3TATE3 DEPOSITORY - DIRECTORS ' J. M. Barry , A. B. Conley F. X Hol.-nn ' F. M. Brykit C. C. Pennington F. L. Meyers Geo "L. Cleaver W. L. Brenholts Georga Palmer ' ""ttttminn..,,, : 2 i . z . s : MM4t4444 444444 Keep the money , at home by using LA GRANDE SUGAR .Costsno nticcrd jtst cs sweet. All dealers. t I4444444444fr4 44444444444444444444444444444440t4tt)M4; You'll Pay, Wlh Pleasure .V7 (r&iJ-fi? - mum. a For every meal you eat tare. It will be a combination of good food, good cooking and good ser vice. Our restaurant is mtend d for peopls who appreciate gjod eating, also for people who like the good things of life at a moderate cost. If you belong to that diss, ccme in and taswna wt can do foi you. The Mode! Restaurant J. A. ARBUCKLE. Prop. We sell wetkl meal Ch Cf) tickeU for - j7JV VVIfll TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE I I I should be capable of rutin your eyes correctly. ! I If the Glasses 1 furnish you do not give absolute satis- faction. I 6tand ready to refund your money : : ; : r S I am here three hundred and sixty-five days In the j ycaJC0 mak niy assertions tood :::::: - J " I J. H- PEARE ' IEADIG PIOMER JEWtLEft ' THE SKIFF Mr STERT. North Powder NeWPrincii Article on Uncleared Mystery. Steps taken this week looking to the final settlement of the Mrlllls Skiff estate has revived public Interest in the mysterious disappearance of that gentleman, and several misstatements of fact 'are being published that are prejudicial to the good name of North Powder. It Is true that Mr. Skiff disappeared while on a business trip to North Powder, over 20 years ago, very much as Editor. Palmer disappeared In La Grande rjcc-ntly. Like Palmer, Skiff has been "heard from" and even "seen" at Intervals, but no skeleton was ever Identified as his, and the big reward offered Was but recently withdrawn, the estate is only now being settled. The facts as related by substantial citizens of this place who were here and cognizant of the strange affair throughout, are as follows: - Willi Skiff, who Is remembered as a tall, active man, fearless, athletic h not Infrequently watked to North Powder and back to Union an alert V"" enM -r9 ffttVn an account of himself, a big-hearted and friendly man without a known en emy, came to. North Powder by rail Saturday morning, July 34, 1887. and spent th day on Wolf creek, bargain ing for the farmers' wheat crop. The grain was to be paid for as usus, on delivery at his mill, the old Red mill below Union, where the electric light plant now stands. In the afternoon he came back to town and took a room In the North Powder hotel, kept by George Bobler. The hotel was unusually full that night. About p. m. Bobler went to Vandecar's and bought an extra bed, saying he was overorcwueu. After supper Skiff, with A. C. Huntington of La Grando, Mr. Tlb bcts, a fruit tree agent; Godfrey, the hostler, and others, sat a while on the porch, talking'. The porch was low, with a flat roof, railed about. In this upper porch sat Messrs. Marshall and Hall, partners In mercantile and lum ber business; Hall, who ran the saw mill on Tucker Flat, was selling .his Interest to th former, who ran th store. ... . Shortly before th party below broke up to retire, Mr. Skiff arose and sauntered over toward ' the section house. He was seen to pause try binder a few rods away, stooping to peer under or around It. No one paid any attention, but Idly looking ,that y later, u was seen that he was gone. ' If he crossed th track to Where party of emigrants were ramped If he walked away, or caught a pass ing train, time has not yet developed. If he was followed or attacked It was a quiet, fair evening and sounds carried far. The two men sat talking on the up' per porch until midnight, umllMurb ert A"'! thl hotel was crnzy llttlv hack, shaken throughout by sni-rze or snore. " Next morning Polder found Fklifs bed had not bee occupied, but wns riot alarmed, as he hnd many friend In town. Mondny Inquiry was.mttdi-; Tuesday the nlnrm become general; Wednesday all Union came up and scoured the town. Bobler threw hi houw open lo them and It was fairly torn up: parlor, dining-room anil porch floors were taken up and the ground dug away beneath them. Mill. IxiiidinRS. cellars. trenm. willows and the adjacent country were gone over then and af terward, but without yielding a clue. A reward of IRnnO was offered. Wood a Portland detective, whs employed at 110 a day and expenses. Wood proceeded to frame up n rase on Bobler. "finding" some of Fklfrs belongings In Pyle canyon, and an expert discovered traces of blood In some dirt and silver Wood said he got off Ilobler's porch. Robter was tried that fall and ac quitted. He r?ld not become Invane or lie. pllblli-he.l. hut Is mill living a quirt, respectable life In Washington. Tears later a skeleton ns found (xlged In the willows of North Pow der river. It was that of a tall man of Mr. 'lfrs bul!d. the skull ei.rve In sa by blow. It wss taken to Union. hut proved not to be Hklff. Tor one thing the det-cssed hrt sound teeth. while the di tUlit had recently put In fillings for Bklff. Not a shred of evidence of ("kirfc d.ath has ev.r been produced. ll "tinted nothln of vrlnr snd had r!" etieiiiic. .Nor had. ho any kiowu rm j. n for I' MVlnir His home s hnrW. Mllf1 thr'Mlth It Arvolopi d hf 0Vr'1 tlT.'l. I7'i of hlrh . il.i. r.n1 and his credit good. The affair remains an Impenetrable mystery. North Powder News. A Grand Family Medicine. . 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