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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1908)
tUMXG OnSFRTTTR. X. GRAXDK. ORKC.OX. MONDAY. JCXE 22. J008. .44 LOCAL ITEMS. 4444444 44- Misses' Gertrude Ralston mid Ethe! Gulling vlflte.d In Elgin today. No. 364, after undergoing , general repairs, in working today. James Dobbins, a Bttident at the O. A. C.'returned to hla home In Union ' .'yeateriluy. j. . ' ' ... (.'ourt Reporter Hanna went to En- terprUe this morning to attend the Wallowa torrn of circuit court Grant Lincoln went to Walla 'Walla this morning to witness ball games at the Garden City. Miss Susie Deal returned from Union this morning, where she attended the funeral -of the late airs. W. T. Davis. Mrs. Q. E. Johnson and family of Baker Ctt;, passed Oirough La Grande . on their way to Imble'r to visit Mrs. Johnson's sister, Mrs. M. Nx Enberg. i H. H,. Hug returned to Elgin this : morning after a stay of several days with Mrs. Hug, who Is In this city for medical treatment. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kinney and Mr. ' a'nd Mrs.. Fergus, went to Elgin, this morning to attend the funeral of the . late' Jackson Graham. ' . . Ml mvA 1T ft M Minm ? morning for Tacoma, where they were called by the sudden death of Mrs. Morton's sister. , ; Mrs. P. A. Scott of Michigan, who has been visiting Mrs. C. M. Riddle of May Park, returned to her home this morning. . ' Engine 886, one of the new ones, is out on a trial run today. No. 388 will be out of the shop tomorrow, ready for business, i . ., .' . Engineer J. H. Martin and wife loft for Portland this morning to attend the funeral of Mrs. Martin's sister. who died suddenly Saturday night. Division Foreman J. H. Watson Is home from a short visit to Spokane. ' He reports crops In the Palouse coun try looking flne.: , Archie Miller returned to his home In Wallowa county thls-'momlng after a short vWt with his brother, William Miller of this city. . Miss Luclla McKecn of Walla Walla arrived on lust night's train and went to Wallowa this morning, where she will visit friends for a while. . W. H. Gnssett, the auto liveryman of Union, Is In the city this afternoon, with a load of tourlnU, who are taking In the valley. . waiter M. Fierce has returned to La Grande after spending a few days In the city on business. Pendleton Tribune.' ' -, , ' suns Elizabeth King, daughter of Rev. O. H. King of this city, returned this morning from Des Moines, Iowa, where she recently graduated from the lowa state normal school. Miss Nell Graham of Elgin, returned to her home this morning after a short visit In Portland. She was the guest over night of Miss Anna Rich ards. . Frank Tullls, son of C, W. Tunis', returned to Pendleton, this morning , after a short visit with his parents. ' Mr. Tullls Is a linotype operator on the Pendleton Tribune. Ilev. 3. A. P. McGaw, minister of the Presbyterian church in Union. Seeds Seeds! AN Kinds I FIELD and GARDEN In bulk and in packages. Wc have been the seed distributor of this county 'I for several years and our t stock as usual is complete. 4 2 : . , I Feed of All kinds tARLY ROSE SEED POTATOES STORAGI I V. OLIVER 1 Sla'er Blotk'. passed through, this morning on his way to Portland. He will remain In the metropolis for about 10 days. - William Sptllman went over to Union this morning on No. , to meet his brother Joe, whom he had not seen for six. years. Mr. Spillman returned on No. 1, visiting with his brother on the way, . . , Another Northern Pacific passenger train passed through La Grande this afternoon going east. There Will be two each day until further orders, which are not expected for about two weeks. MIhs Eunice Vogel, the crack player of the Pendleton high school girls' basketball team, arrived In the oity this morning and went on to V-llowa ro spend a few weeks with friends. The Red Cross drug store has been attached. The first complaint was that of Woodard-Clark of Portland for $250, and the second was that of the uiumauer-Frank Drug company of Portland, for about 81S00. - O. D. Neill of Greeley. Col., who has been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Beckley, for the past two weeks, left this morning for Portland and Seattle for a few days' stay before returning to his home. ' ' ', Mr. and Mrs, . George Cochran re- mA ... T" A and Portland, where Mrs. Cochran haa been visiting for the past month. Mr. Cochran went down last Friday for a few days' visit . ' " " Frank Green, now located at Twin Falls, but until recently In business at Red Wing, Minn., la In the city as 8 guest of H. 8. Masaee, an old-time ac quaintance. Mr. Greon Is looking af ter business matters while In the city. Mrs. J. J. Carr, society editress of The Observer, Is home from her brief sojourn In Portland, and Is once more at the society helm In this office. The Observer will again assume the pleas ant task of giving the readers all the society news of the city. E. A. Allen has moved to his ranch near Cove, after teaching school In district No. 17, near Summervllle, for the past year. As a fruitgrower he is naturally Interested In the 'cannery proposition and Is one of those who are working on the outside ' to make the project a go. Georco May, for 15 years a resident of this city, but during the past year living at Baker City, Is In La Grande again shaking hands with his old friends here. Mr, May Is In good health and likes Baker City, but feels that La Grande is really the place to live. A. B. Collins, representing the Mer- genthaler Linotype company's branch office at San Francisco, was In theclty this morning, en route to Enterprise where he will have charge of the erection of a Junior linotype on the enterprising . News-Record of that prospering little city. ' . , Engineer Al Stephen, formerly of the Umatllta-La Grande passenger run on the O. R. A N., was In the city this afternoon In the Interest of his Camp Carson mines. He has quit the road and Is now working extensive placer claims on the upper Grande Ronde river, and has recently made, a big ciean-up. Pendleton East Oregonlan. J. W, Vlnnche and bride, of Silver- ton, who have boen the guests of Mr, limi ne s orotner, tt. Ylnacho, for a day or two, resumed their weddlnr. Journey this morning'. ' Tliey will gn directly through to Nebraxka for a vWt to friends and relatives, and Inter will return to Colorado, wherethey will spend the umn.r. 4. . SOCIETY. 4 Kuhn-tluinilHTs. James I. Kuhn and MIhs Esther Chambers were married at the parlors of the Foley house yesterday after noon. Rev. O. H. King officiating. filMMiirr-fivltclrr. At the Presbyterian mnhse oc curred the wedding of Leroy Spencer and MIm Nellie L. Gekeler. Only the Immediate families of the young peo ple were present at the ceremony. Both Mr. Hpenrrr and Miss Gekeler have a host of friends In and around La Grande who will be glad to learn of their happiness. Rev. fteemann, of the Presbyterian church, officiated. Matinee Mutk. Mrs. Stella Ingle will give a matinee musicals tomorrow afternoon In honor of Miss Stella Bodmer. The program will consist of IT Dumber. DESTIHT. Dr. W. D. McMillan. Red 111. Painless extraction. Expert colt! work. Special attention to children's teeth. . La Orande National Bank Bulldirs jiuokis are pooled Beginning yesterday morning an or der pooling all the engines took effect This was done in order to facilitate the movement of trains during the rush occasioned by the hauling of freight for the Northern Pacific. .It Is possible, according to one of the of ficials, that the arrangement .may be permanent. The pooling order is, In effect, sim ply that engines will be run, '"first In, first out." Heretofore, each engine crew had a certain engine, and could not be sent out, except In case of emergency, without the crew. Thus an engine might be lying Idle In the round house, while the engine crew was resting, even though needed. Un der tht arrangement now In effect, an engine Is sent out In Its turn, In charge of the crew f Irwt out on the board. order, because It la Impossible for an engineer to keep hla engine In apple- pie order when he has It probably but or two runs In a week. But under the rush of present business, both engines and crews are rather scarce and must be used full time. JACKSON GRAILAM DEAD. One of tho Early Pioneers of the In- land Empire. - Jackson Graham, one of the well known pioneers of the Inland Empire, passed away yesterday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. E. Fergus, In this city. The funeral will take place Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock In Elgin. Mr. Graham would have', been 80 years of age on the 10th day of Octo ber next He crossed the plains 68 years ago, arriving in California In 1850. After remaining three years he j returned to his native state, Indiana, and marrted MIhs Martha McKlnney. Tliey Immediately turned their faces to the shores of tho setting sun and made their home In Walla Walla for !1 years. In 1874 they moved to the Grande Ronde valley. His faithful wife preceded him to the other shores 16 months ago. Mr. Graham was charitable and broad-minded In his views. Every thing that could be desired as a lelgh bor, and to know him was to admire and respect him. He leaves the fol lowing daughters and sons, about 50 grand children, and legions of friends. Marlon Graham, Gould City, Wash.; Mrs. J. V. Fine, Enterprise; Albert Graham and Mrs. J. W. McCully, of Lostlne; John, Frank and Dan Graham and Mrs. William Arnold and Mrs. J. L. Brashears of Elgin; Mrs. J. H. Kee ney and Mrs. W. E. Fergus of this city. ADVERTISING FC7 FEDERAL BUILDING hITr.S. Treasury Department, c - of the Secretury, .Washington, li. c, June 8, 1908. Proposals will be received, tl bo opened at I o'clock p. m., July 18, 108. for thu sale or donation to the United states of a suitable site, cell iraiiy an dconveniently located, for the federal building to be erected In La Grande, Oregon. A corner lot, of (approximately) lSOxlSo feet Is re. quired. Each proposal must give the price, the character of foundations ob tainable, the proximity to street cars. sewer, gas and water muliis, etc., and must be accompanied by a diagram In dicating the principal street, the north point, the dlmenxlons and grades of tho land, the widths and paving of adjacent street and alleys, whether the alleys are public or private, and whether or not the city owns land oc cupied by sidewalks, The vendor must pay all expenses connected lth fur nishing evidence of title and docds of conveyance. Improvements on" the property must be reserved by the ven r .... dor;' but pending the commencement J of the federal building they may re main on the land upon payment of a : J reasonable ground rent. The granio-' must, however, remove all Improve- ( e ments on thirty days' notice so to do. : J The right to reject any proposal Is re served. Each proposal must be eeOk i A A M. vl. .. Itf, . , . - '. I S m,, rrgpumi lor reoerq : g, building site at La Orande, Oregon, and mailed to the secretary of lh treasury. (supervising architect! ! e Washington, D. C. No special form of J proposal la required or provided. I 4 GEO. B. CORTELTOU, '4 Secretarr. ' iiaThit g-rvj. ail : .w uiy WECESSARIES zmd '.lu tt m ..-THE - GOLDEN RULl The t Days Celebration a La Grande this Year Promises to tl tt : be the Biggest Event Ever Held in Union Countv. YovviU ! it no' Doubt be with tt the Day Enjoyable cessanes wmcn snouia nppeai to you White Lawn Waists Nicely trimmed in Embroider ies and laces 50c to $3.00 Wtt'te Skirts Indian Head and Linen banded with same Materials $1.65 to $5.00 Black and Colored Skirts In Voils, Pnnamas and mixed $6.25 to $16.50 . Ribbons Silk and Satin Taffettas in all the' wanted shades. . Silk and Lisle Cloves In long and short Blacks.Tans Whites, Greys and Browns from 25c to $2.25 . Parasols In Whites and Colors, Ladies or Ghildr r.s frcn . 25: t: 2.25 ' Summer Wash Goods ' Lawns, Dimitks, Batestes, Thistle Silks a-id India Silk, all cole s from 7c !o 6Cc per j rd Mens Shirts In Pongee Silk, Percales, Waa Wasting Away. "I had been troubled with kidney disease for the last five years," writes Robert R. Watts of Balem, Mo. "I lost flesh and never 'felt well and doctored with leading physicians and tried all remedies suggested without relief. Finally I txled Foley's Kidney Cure and less than two bottles com pletely cured me arid I am now sound and welK" During the summer kidney Irregularities are often caused by ex- S'lC'irLiHP. "0 liUlr-Ml .rrlai and Departure of Trains al 1 La Grande. No. I, westbound Tortland Special, arrives 1:25 a. m.; departs, 0:10 a. m. No. t, eastbound passenger, mail ana express, arrive at f:45 a. m. de parts i.10 a. m. No. , eastbound Chicago Special, arrivn 1:05 p. m.: departs, 1:10 p. m. . No. 5, westbound passenger, mall and express, arrives t:(i p. m.; de parts, 10 p. m. f , .Elgin Itrant-h. Regular Orande at o'clock p. mixed train leaves La I o'clock and returns at t m. The logging train leaves La Grande at 12:30 p. m. and returns at 7:43 p. m. i. II. KEHXKT, Agent. La Grande, Oregon. TO TRAVELING PUBLIC 1 Persons desiring neat and comfortable rooms and wholesome meals should stop at the PALMER HOTEL Board and room by the week : : : : $5.00 By the day : : : 1.00 The only First Glass $1.00 per day house in La Orande. White help only Employed. Two Blocks from Depot i W. J. RAMS0M Prop. 1 PHONE BLACK 402 ; mm I Us on this Occasion, we have Quoted Below a Fqvj of the nz- cesslve drinking or being overheated, Attend to the kidneys at once by us ing Foley's Kidney Cure. A.-T. Hill, t Pastime Theater 8000 foot of moving pictures. Two illustrated songs. Songs by BHEItWOOD WILLIAMS. Complete change of program 4 on Monday and Thursday. . 4 Matinee on Wednesday and 4 4 Saturday afternoons. 4 44444 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 . s . 44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 you' it Pay 444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444t GRANDE MEAT PH0ME tS . TW0 PH0ES , City Meat Market Main 50 Fir Street Market Main 48 Our large trade permits us to handle only the best of everything to be found in a first class market. Try our home made Dacon, Hams and Lard. Y7 ii-: Li f iff r?sfof t W1 in Order to Hake ft belorciiana. . . . - tt - St . . . j ' Madra3 .and Silk (with or wit-.out colors) from ' 50c to $5.00 Men's Summer Ln ierucar Balbriggan. Nainsock and Meserised Lisle, in two piece and Union suits. 50c to $2.50 psr suit Neckwear Four-in-hand, Teclcs Windccr3 desings and colorings 23c to Tsc Men's HATS Coy s In Straws and Felt, all the latest colors and styles ranging in price from 50c to $3.C3 Mers SUITS Coy's A large line of Men's and Young Men's Suits $6.50 to $15.50 , Boys suit3 in Worsted and Mixtures ' from $1.25 to $5.50 Ladles and Children's Ox 'orris In 7&n BlacK and White light and, heivy sole. Ladies.' from $1.35 ot$J.50 Men's Oxfords Blacks in Patent. Dull Calf and Vice. Tan? in Welt Soles, popular lasts from $3.50 to $5.00 4 . , ft FOUND In this city, on . eyvsx. Owner can have same by paying f this advertisement, Danger in a Cold Deeaase ynn hare contracted onilsary roMt nd reooverud from them wltlmuv troatmo, of auy klad. do do for a moment Imnnltot that colds are not dsfuccrotis. Aot only bmou ttonlB, but also the Infectious dlaouvs wk as diphtheria and scarlet ferer sulit, cold. The cold prepares the syitem fmain reception and derelopmont of the gorms ot these disease. Take our advice-euro your cold while you can. Chambtrlain's Cough Rcmc2 - by 1U remarkable caret of colds has tmnon a staple article, of trade and eomnmrce. ( t la prompt; HUsttectuoii it Is reliable. Try a. kewt,i vnva ca. . . With Pleasure x For every moal you eat here. It will b a combination of good fucd, good cooking and good ser vice. Our restaurant la inlond td for people who appreciate g a eating, also for people who like the good tlnncs of life at a moderate cost. If you belong to that cl , o:mi in and to wh we can do (01 you. The Model Reslauranf ' J. A. ARDUCKLE, Prop. We ttll wtekly tna&l &h rn tickeU for - 4T.DU RONDE COMPANY YOUR ORDERS 4 t n ! it it n tt