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EIGITT PAGES page rovn. CTEMXC OBSERVER, LA CIt l VDE OREGON. .TTESDAV. AVGl'ST 4, 1908. i ,T..v, a la Eveninsl OBserver , PiiIiiMu-a rnlly K-it Sunday. CCRREY UltOTIIERS, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS...' t'nlted Press Tclograpli Scrviim. Dully, per month,.. .(5 Daily, single copy. ............. .OS Daily,, one year in advance. ... ,.f6.50 Daily, six months, in advance. . .t 3.50 Weekly, one year, in advance. ". . 1.00 KVeekly, six months, in advance. , .7S Entered at the postoffice at La Grande aa second-class matter. . Thla paper will not publish any artl . tie appearing over a nom de plume. Signed articles will be received subject to the discretion of the editor. Please Ign your articles and save disappoint ment. Advertising Kali. , Display ad. rates furnished upon ap-, plication. ; . Local reading notices 10c per line tun iHtuu,'W" "". "' -equent Insertion. . . , Resolutions of condolence, So a line. Cards of thanks. 6c a line. I9',20.;2i2 mm JIM HILL Ml'KTARD. I A little Investigation will disclose the fact that the White, or "Jim Hill" mustard, Is getting quite a hold In this county. This crop destroyer received Its name Jim Hill from the fact that the Dakotas were never afflicted with this weed until the railroad brought It Into that section, and It grew so pro lific that It ruined many farms. The same thing Is true in this county. It never was here prior to the building of the Elgin branch. Last senson one farmer on the Sandrldge lost a S20 cr field of grain. The mustard was o rank it practically took the field. Today Turner Oliver brought a plant to The Observer office and we count ed the pods and seeds, and soon as certained that on this one bush, there were no I lens than 1K9.000 sepds. As the bush, when matured. Is brittle and easily broken off near the ground, the first breee rolls the bush from one field to another. It is readily noticed how the seed spreads from one sec tion of the valley to another. The county court a few weeks ago Issued orders to the several road su pervisors of the county to clean up their highways and to notify the prop erly owners to do likewise. Those who have watched the devel opment and spread of this While mus tard, reiillre tho Importance of com plying with the law. It Is not hurd to kill It. but, allowed to spread lit will, It takes everything before It The law Is very strict regarding lis destruction, but like all other l;ivs! tlint ar In the 'Wild letter" rhiss Hi tnay' require several arrests before all wake up to the necessity of doing their Individual duty. The law provides ai fine of 1100 for each violation, and in rase of failure the road supervisors ! lire empowered to put a force or men Into the fields anil rut It out und! charge up the expellee ngnlnxt tlin ! property by having It recorded In the J book of liens. In cities the street mi-1 perlntetidenl has the same 'powers as j rond supervisors. I i Oh. yes; e should have a park! Oh. yep; we should have a cannery!! We will huve both imt lien? j o .. ! U07. Pin ing the month of Julv, hum. I the f"t. month under prohibition.! ihere were hut 14 arrests made. The! police department, beyond herding the hoboes out of town, has little to do. American Lake l the center of nf-: 1 llrs military fur 1 lie northei.t.' The' utate mllltla of Oregon, Washington,! K-iVo. Montani' und North Imkot.i.! mid a number of companion nf roKtilari troops, will meet In camp and drill' for the nt 10 days. In nil. there' Jvlll be about 4000 men and officer, i j , The pre of the state In dry trrl-' t.'ry are comparing the number of ar-' rests during lh month of July s compared with the corresponding ' Month of 117. Of course, the w iping ut of the imloon wled out a consid erable portion of crime, The records nf the police court In La Qrande show an average of 4S arrests during the juonth of April, May, Jun and July, These so-called land fraud cases are being knocked out of court about as fast as the Judge and jury can get to them. These prosecutions have had their effect. U has cleared things up material, but it looks now as though the great majority now remaining on the dockets are more like persecution than prosecution. A great many of our people have al ready taken their summer outing. About 30 days yet remain and many othf-rs will seek a few weeks' repining in the shade 'along ' some bubbling brook or huckleberry patch. It Is all very nice, yet there Is something of a delusion In It after all. But It la a change and It requires just such changesg to round out a complete life. i - ItlSINKKS IS HKTTF.R. At this, the beginning of the second month of , prohibition in Umatilla county, the East Oregonlan is proud to say that Its business and the busi ness of Pendleton in general is excel lent, better, perhaps, than in former months of July when, every merchant expects a slight slump In business.' The advertising patronage of the East Oregonlan was never better In the summer months; Its subscription list is bigger and more permanent to day than ever n Its history and it Is doing more Job work and is enjoying a wider field and has more influence and publishes more news todny than eyer before. i It waa not afraid of prohibition be fore election and Its courage has been vindicated since election. Pendleton Is on the way to a better business era than has ever yet blessed her, not withstanding the excellent record of the past, and the East Oregonlan ex pects to share that better era to the fullest extent. This paper is sincerely gratified at the results and whllo It regrets that anybody 'should have suffered by the radical change, yet It believes that every man who stays In Umatilla coun ty will recover his loss ten-fold. Pen dleton East Oregonlan. - i , MRS. PAYNE AT REST. Highly EsUX'nyl Young; Wife Leave World Aftrr Much Suffering. With a large delegation from the Drutherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Englnemen, as well as a large number of intlmete friends, in at tendance upon the ceremony, the re mains of Mr. C. L. Payne, who, died Sunday morning at 10:15, after ex cruciating pain, lasting from the Thursday night previous until death came, were laid away yesterday af ternoon. Tho funeral sermon was preached at the Payne home. Mesdames A. L. Richardson and O. K. Bllverthorn and George T. Coch ran, rendered the music, both at the home and at the grave. t'ora Hull was born In Tiff City, Mo., 30 years ago. Her mother died while she was yet an Infant, but she grew to young womanhood under the moth erly care of nn aunt, the mother of Mrs. 1. r. Crawford of this city. Five years ago she came to t'nlon county, making her home with Mrs. D. C. Crawford who then lived on the sum mit. She ill l ived In November, and on the iillri of August tho next year, wn united In muninge.to C. L. Payne, a fh email working in this city today. They eventually moved to La Grande, und have made their home her?, molding Intimate friends of all who met them. Tile bereaved husband I not the only one who mourns the young wo man's untimely death, for there are I many who elalmed the kindly, loving j ,.. ljavly .,B ,..,ie,..d his reHK un.l unostentatious Ind.llvdmil ns their i mio,, to the board or manager of the close friend. l.,i ;i andu Commen lal i lub. The res- he w.is taken l! Thursday nlKhl. EI,m , ,u.l,.,, ,, , . and for ir period of nbotit 0 hours j n,1H, ,u.x, Thursday, went through horrible -.fferlng. Even j 1,1s letter to President Collier of " oi-i oi.ner ninirinm she . l ore her pain without a murmur. II IiT lnt word w. ro ml.li . -h,-,I to )i i-r hirs- i : She I, Mirvh.,1 by father ami ; niree I'l u, I Hall anil Robert New ton 'ami ,.,ry Moll, all of Indian ten lloiy. .Vide from the I I.e.,. rela tion Caere a,-,, rr niuit. among them Mrs. 11. Crawford of Jji ill i rule. ATE GKF.IW API'I.F.S. I liilit-YmMHil Gill lllt I n- VI. .1.1 i ' -" i Hurled Tills Atli-moon. MIk Harriet Press, aged H ycaisi j died l Jilght ns a rcMiili of eating green apples. The funeral was held this afternoon. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mr. Vre.s. and a granddaughter of Mr. and Mr. Frank RrooVler. Mr.1 Pres. ram her from Portland to at. ' tend th. funeral. I BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY. Friends of Colonel Ivunlioe Give HJm u I'leiiMaiit Surprise. The 62dl birthday anniversary of District Attorney F. S. Ivanhoe gave i'.rs: Ivanhoe an opportunity to com pletely surprise him by inviting a number of friends In to spend the evening. Along during the afternoon the telephone was kept busy and a lit tle past 7:30 the parlors of the Ivanhoe home were filled by friends. Mr.' Ivan hoe, after dinner returned' to his of fice, that Is. this Is the story he told Mrs. Ivanhoe, and when she called him to inform him that he had com pany, he did not res-pond and Mrs. Ivanhoe and Mrs. J. M. Berry, who as sisted Mrs. Ivanhoe, went out on a searching party and for a little while It began to loolt as though the sur prise might be reversed. But it was not, and upon entering .Mr. Ivanhoe wanted to know immediately what ho was being led up' against. After carefully shaking hands with those present he became sufficiently calm to raiiias r !.''rM',, peared on' the. surface and Mrs, Ivanhoe explained to him that all of the present trouble was brought about by the fact that 52 years ago he was born. ',''" Pleasant conversation and greetings were exchanged for several moments, when games of various sorts were played, and the guests were favored with a number of selections on : the phonograph.' , Later In the evening refreshments were sarved, followed by a smoker. Judge Knowlea' then presented Col. Ivanhoe as an expression of the high esteem In which he was held by his friends a gold mounted fountain pen, upon which waa engraved an Elks' emblem. The colonel responded In his happy felicitous manner and he was followed by a number of the gentle men present, who not only compli mented the colonel, all of whom had known him no less than 10 years and many 20 'years, for his sterling quali ties and success, and in. as much as all present had received such short notice, these expressions were simply expressions of the heart, not sot stud led phrases which In similar circum stances are often the case. Each one realized this and the sentiments thus expressed added greatly to the pleas ure nf the evening. ' Those present were Attorneys T. H. Crawford, Charles and George Coch ran, J. 8. Hodgln, Judge Knowlea, Judge J. C. Henry, A. C. Huntington, J. M. Perry, David Ray, B. N. Bolton, A. T. Hill, C. I). Goodnough. T. E, nuehler. J. H. Peare and Qeo. H. Cur- rey. Ql'ARTKT WITH EXCVRSION. Good Unml Miiftk am Quartet 8ong Will AccvitiMitiy Excursion. Y hen the Conductors' excursion starts next Sunday morning, a coach win or rcserveu ior me Dunri members und their Instruments. The La Grande band will be at the park with Its lib eral music. In addition to the band the L. I). S. 'iiiartet will be on hnnil, and everybody knows that group of expert singers is the most liberal musical organization on earth when It comes to entertaining a crowd. I'T KUF.Y HKSIGYS. Manager of - Coiiimcrclul Club Niton (oi in I'ortlniul. Will th 1 club. Mr. IjVey extends his uppre- . hiiii.n r.. ii... Li... i : i.i... t ie niii.iii.nw, PIMIHH llllll (lining the month ttuit he has been at the head of the booster orwnnl atlon In . elty and extends the best wishes I to the club. ' . j lie plan to go to I'ortlniul In the mar future, where he bus a position , awaiting him. j "Steam I'p" Uivey has been here ' but a short time, und the fruits of IiIk j efforts rouM not. of i ouip, be -en et, but hi vim nnd ginger plainly .'characterises hi mas a man thn will iicceei in any iinilertiiklna. There i J no 'location but what the city would vastly benefit by his stsnd at the head the booater element, had h nmlned here a sufficient length of time to carry nut his plans. TO LOAN Twelve hundred dollars on first mortgage securltlr. from one to five yearn, at 10 per cent. Inquire of r. S. Ivanhoe. . . . Many ut Mcnchain. Those who Wre at Meactiam Sun day say there were nearly 300 people there over Sunday, and many are now camped there to remain during the most of the month of August. A dance pavilion has been erected, and dancing will be In order a couple of nights during the week, especially Saturday nights. There are about S5 people at the Joe Parkes camp, the Pines, where a great many tents have been erected. The hotid Is constantly crowded, and Meacham is more popular this sum mer than ever before. Pendleton East Oregonlan. Engineer James Nelson of Hunting ton. Is running the O. R. A N. engine here for -a month , In the place of En- l . tti r w , . glneer E. W. Myers, who Is nway on his vacatipn. Pendleton East Ore gonlan. Notb'A to Walee f-som I All patrons' or the city water works are urged not to Irrigate the evening a . . ..... ... .... oi me nun, insi., Wednesday, aa we will be cleaning the reservoir ana tne water remaining In the pipes will be needed for fire protection., ' H. C. GILMAN. S Water Superintendent. v TrtNwnrer'a Coll fur City Warrants, Notice Is hereby given that there are now funds .on hand to pay all out standing warrants Issued on General Fund of the La Grande city, up to and Including No. 751, endorsed March 18, 1907. , ' Interest on all warrants on general fund from No. 44 to No. 6751, In clusive, ceases from this date. : There are also funds In the treas ury to pay all warrants Issued against water fund of La Grando city, up to and Including No. 7511, endorsed March 11, 1908. Interest on all war rants on water fund from No. 7398 to No. 7511, Inclusive, ceases from date of this call. La Grande, Ore., August J, 1908. J. K. WRIGHT. ' . 'City Treasurer. CIRCUS Taking and landing AJ Naw York SiW HI i ssh t i jf AUTOS THAT AMnorl9fKO Cagat. 70 Claphantt and Camala, A Family a( drafts. Only Twa-Horntd RMnoearoa In Captivity. A Thousand Animal Wondtra. 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