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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1908)
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BONO "When Autumn Turns the Green IX'tttl- tiolll." Coumgoous. Nervous, Ing. Twlst- Clinmte of ProKrnm Mondays, Wednendu.vs and Fridays. 4 Matinees; Tuesday, Thursday 4 and Saturday afternoons at I: SO. llegtil.ir Admission, 10c Children under IB years. 5c, for Matinee only. THE SCENIC Pastime Theater Iloiihh A Luoax, lrs. MOTION PICTURES AND ILLUSTRATED SONGS. Program. The Bothersome Husband. The Poor Officer. "The Summer Girl." The Bashful Toung Mitn. In Government Service. a Under the TTojiknl Moon. DOORS C EN AT 1 P. M. Mailnev: Wedaeaday ad Sat urday. 4 Homo People Get the Carnegie Library X After thorough Investigation and weighing all matters In a deliberate manner, the city council at a special session last night, awarded contracts for the Carnegie library building as follows: Charles Balwln was given the contract for construction for 119,- 958 and J. 3. Gleeson received contract for heating and plumbing at 12678, relates the Baker Herald. , According to agreement the building Is to be ready for occupancy on March 1, 109. Architects Wayland ft Fen nell of Boise, who are superintending, made few changes In the original plans for the library. It waa possible, how ever, In the alterations, to save some of the cost, enabling constructors to gel wiwiin me uppruprmuuii. xne Dias, wnen nrsi received, were all too high for the amount of money that was to be expended for this build in .crr' of the council put In a good deal of time trying to cut the cloth without waste. Baldwin's bid was the lowest and after the council had considered the advisability of re jecting all bids, It was decided to. con sult with Mr. Baldwin and the archi tects with a view to making a few changes In the plans, and bringing the cost within the limit. This was suc cessfully done and now work will be gin at once. AT THE PLAYHOUSES. AT THE SHERWOOD. A Pleuslng Feature for Tonight's En tortnlnment. "King Scatterbraln's Troubles." A young nobleman goes to an old wizard and begs his aid In getting the old king's consent to marry his daughter. The wizard goes with the lover to the counrll chamber, where the monarch is sitting In state, surrounded by nil his courtiers. When the old magiciuii states the nature of his mission the obdurate old king orders him from his sight. But not to be thwarted so easi ly, he tells the king that he will bring down the maledictions of the spirits on him, and hereafter he will ree!v a beating from ghosts every time the clock strikes until he gives his con sent to the marriage. The old king does not heed the warning and retires to his private chamber, and as , the clock strikes two he receives his flist bentlng from the supernatural beings. He Is at a great bnnciuet when they ognln attack him and spread terror among the guests, who flee for their lives when they see the king and his valet receive a terrible thrashing. Everything Is upset and broken and the king Is left to himself among the ruins. He goes to the kitchen to give orders and while there he Is again tit- tucked, and everything Is In an uproar ss the spooks neinDor mm witn Knives and forks. Finally he goes to his bed chamber and, uftcr getting patched up. he retires. He has Just fallen asleep when tho ghosts visit him again nnd drag him out of bed and throw him on the floor. When the attend ants rush to his asslHtam-e they find everything In chaos, and the king and the valet nearly dead frpm the exper ience. The former, seeing thnt there Is no use In battling with 'the superna tural powers, summons the wliard and the young lover to his council cham ber nnd gladly gives his consent to the mnrrlnge. The happy young couple receive his blessing, while old Mr. Wizard looks on triumphantly. Call for Rids. Notice Is h'-reby given Unit tliu coun ty court of Union county. Oregon, will recelvo sealed bids for the construc tion of a wooden bridge over the main channel of Catherine Creek on Main street. In the city of Union, Union county, Oregon, said bridge to ba con structed In compliance with the plans and specifications on flla In the office of the county clerk of said county, at La Grande, Oregon, Bald bids shall be filed In the offlca of the county clerk of said county, on or before August 22nd, 1908, at II o'clock noon. Said bids to be accompanied by a cer tified check for flva per cent ot the amount of said bid. Tha court reserv ing the right to reject any or all bide. Dated at La Grande, Oregon, this Mh day of August. IsOS. icd wRKinr. $.t( County Clerk. For tlie ladles. Th Ladle Home Journal Is In. Al Ferguson's. At-ll FORMER LA GRANDITE ASSUMES FIXE VANTAGE. Query for Information ea to How La Grande Received Its Name, Starts a Former Citizen, Now at Portland, to Think, and His Letter Follows '' Highly Interesting. pretty bit of Imagination that paUBt,y accounts for the name "Grande Ronde," to designate the val ley In which La Grande la noted, Is drawn- by a former citizen of La Grande, W. W. Curtis, now of Port land. Tha appeuueu ccn-.TT""l'"tlon was occasioned by the request for In telligence as to how La Grande came by Its name, and It Is evident that the writer has not yet seen the publica tion of The Observer containing Ben Brown's version of the matter. Mr. Curtlss has evidently given the mat ter some attention, as his communi cation is fertile with historical facts. The highly Interesting letter follows: . Portland, Ore., Aug. 19. (Editor Observer.) Have not yet noticed any answer as to the question '.'How La Grande .got Its name, who named It. and what the name means," I thought it would not be amiss If 1 could throw a little light on the subject The name "La Grande" means "The Great," and Is a derivation from "Grande Ronde," the name of the val ley In which the town Is located. The original government townslte. (to acres) was given the name "Le Grande" by some official of the Inter ior department (see 1870 census, re port of department of the Interior). The prefix "Le" was Incorrect gram matically, but the town was put that way on the maps for a good many years until some more Intelligent gov ernment employee probably a lemo crat made the correction to "La." While searching the proper authorities for these facts I became Interested and have spent a great many hours trying to find out how Grande Ronde valley received Its name, and think I suc ceeded to my own satisfaction, any way. A student of the history of the Pa clflc will know that the earlier ex plorlng expeditions were composed mostly of French-Canadian voyageurs and, very naturally, they gave French names to all places of special Interest. In the old Hudson Bay days', all places that now have common, evcry-day American names, were only known by a French appellative. There remain only a few of these and "Grande I Ronde" Is one. How many of the present citizens of La Grande have taken the trouble to go upon the ridge back of tho old Coggun pasture and look down through Mill creek can yon? Those who have done so, may be ablo to thoroughly understand whnt the voyageur thought when he first saw that view, and I think they would exclaim with him. "La Grande Ronde!" or In plain English, "The Great Circle." or "The Great Round Valley." Try It. This all Is no guess' work on my part, but Is the result of long hours of searching In the numer ous books, papers, and manuscripts In the library and at the historical socie ty. Refer" to "Fremont's Explora tions." "Father De Bmet," "Dr. Whit man's Letters and Reports," "Dr. Car ver's Travels," "Peter Ilurnett's HIb tory of Oregon." "Joseph Gale's Per sonal Letters to J. W. Nesmllh," and scores of others. Yours, ss a native son, W. W. CURTIS LA GRANDE SCHOOLofMUSIC Studio at 105 Greenwood St. one door south of Adams Avenue PROP. DAY, Principal ....... .... How am I to have that white suit of mine ' looking Fresh and Neat all summer as it does now? The answer is simple.- When ever it becomes soiled : : : : : PHONE MAIN 7 : : : ; : : : WE will do the rest WE have a force of Experienced help to . look after your wants in this line and you need have no fearof sending your-most-delicate garments to us. WE Guarantee to satisfy you.' A. B. C. LAUNDRY F w LL. 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