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A Tragedy In Japan.
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MOTION PICTURES AND
ILLUSTRATED SONGS.
Program.
The Bothersome Husband.
The Poor Officer.
"The Summer Girl."
The Bashful Toung Mitn.
In Government Service.
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Under the TTojiknl Moon.
DOORS C EN AT 1 P. M.
Mailnev: Wedaeaday ad Sat
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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
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