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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1908)
dam FACTS! gw'rwrn'( 11 nwwtm M mwp okkcww. ttsctat. octocct 7. mi .1-..- ' IMrtM UH j Gordon & Ferg la: Evening CMver Published Polly Kxfpt vnday CVKREY lHOTIIfclt8, . HDJTOnS AND FROPKIETOKS. United 1'resa Telegraph ServU. Be 65c SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Pally, single copy Dally, per month ..... .......... Pally, six months. In ad vane. . .IJ.SO Dally, one year, la advance. '. . . .11.80 Weekly, si months. In advance.. 75c Weekly, one year, In advance, . .$1.00 : IcnUred. at the pctoff ice at La Grande This paper will not public any arti cle appearing over a nom de plume, lgned articles will be received sub Ject to the discretion of the editors. Please sign your articles and save dis appointment. ' . V Advertising Kate. . .Display ad. rates furnished upon application. Local reading notlcef 10c per line fjrst Insertion; 8c per line for each sub sequent Insertion. , , , Resolutions of condolence, 5c a fine. - Cards of thanks, 8c a Una. .- Three thousand apple trees are be- ' Jng distributed in this city today. It wlll not be a very long period until these 8000 trees will be sending 20 carloads of fruit to far-away markets. Our fruit Interests are developing more rapidly than many realize. W will soon be sending solid tralnloads of ap ples from Grande Ronde valley. When - we do, we will get better prices tnan we are now receiving. When buyers ,cnn go to one locality and fill their orders, they are willing to pay more than If they have to, scour the entire country and get a few carlouds here and a few there. We have thousands Ct acres of fine fruit land, and ' each year notes the Increased acreage. ' .! ' ' ... This is President Roosevelt's birth day. He Is 50 years of age and la one of the liveliest combinations of fleiih and blood that has been produced In 'this country. We, as a nation, may ever know to what extent we are In- j debted to this peerless leader. , He ' dared to do right and did It. The United States is today on a Jilgher plane than It has ever been. We are beginning to respect law. This Is a Wealthy state, and meana anything but atagnatlon, commerciaTly and morally. - ., , .,. '' A good slogan for a "dry" town: If found. guilty give 'em the limit." Ignorance of the law excuses no one jtnd as the local option clause Is fresh In the binds of most everjf man and woman who can read and write, It Is hardly probable that anyone dealing In "wet goods". la, not familiar with the recent ruling made by the voters of Douglas, county.- Douglas County -News. .) .- I ' ,f - ' Baker City Is In "he throes of a city .campaign. The Issue seems to hinge :s a wide-open town. 1 But. as Is al- ' ways the case, the Issue Is being side tracked. The result seems to be In doubt Baker City is about the only town In the state that tolerates public gambling at this time. ' y-U is too bad that Thanksgiving comes so soon after a presidential lection. Everyone cannot eat tur , key. Some have to partake of crow. ; . If you cannot pick out the presiden tial winner at this date, you ore a mighty poor guesser. BOlTis; ALL STORES IX LA GRANDE WILL CLOSE AT O'CLOCK . Motomlbllo Men Are tend Meeting Which They Ilclped Bring Here -City Should Attend " Many Farmer Coming. usoni SAMPLE LINE OE FURS Oil SALE AT U. K. WEST 0 The new styles up to the minute. A : Invited to At- k .. . them. The best line of furs made in : - 5 America - - - - -: All county roads will lead to the Elks' auditorium tomorrow Afternoon and all business men in La, Grande will be in attendance at the Good Roads convention set for 2 o'clock, if present Indications stand for aught. Tomorrow at t o'clock every business house in the city will close its doors by mututal agreement and the proprietors and most "Of the clerks will attend the meeting. ' . Judee Beott of Salem, who will be the moving spirit, will arrive tonight from Baker City, and be In attendance with his live boosting wires. That he will Inculcate a virus of good roaas fever is a foregone conclusion..; Far mers to the number of 200 or 800 have been notified by special or roundabout Invitations, and it Is thought many of them will attend. It behooves the city Itself to attend as a body as farmers feel this Is not a meeting for them alone, but for every one. Automo&ue men oi in? cmuuy have been generous in meeting ex penses of the convention and they are especially invited to attend this talk rest. . v v ,, u tl cDrHHnl TS X't r.Kr GEORGE. FALMfcK, rresiasnt . ; . w""'"" - j! M. BERRY, Vice Prt.id.ni C. S. WILLIAMS. 2d Ait't Cashier F. L, MEYERS Cashier ,..'. 36SS . . La Grande National Bank - - Of U Grande, Oregon, ... . On sale for few days only Ml La Grande : Oregon j i It's Hcacock's Glasses That Fit AI mm MEDFORD CASE CAN BE DCPMCATED ANYWHERE. Supreme Court Tpholds DecUlon of Jackaon Circuit Judg, Ruling That Cities Can Change Their .Charters to Exempt Them Form Count j Vote on Local Option Issuea Opinion Wrlt ten by Justice Moor on Judge Han- na'a Recent Action. ; Sale, Oct. 27. A decree of Circuit Judge Hanna,' enjoining the court of Jackson county from making an order declaring the result or a majority ot votea cast In June in the entire county In favor of prohibition, and deciding absolutely on the interdiction of sale of liquor so that the mandate affects Medford, was affirmed by the supreme court today. The opinion was writ ten by Justice Moore and means any cltv may amend Its charter exempting it from the operatlona of the local op tion laws, so that outsldera In the coun ty cannot vote the cities dry. , Boomed Prisoner Encape. Eureka, Cal., Oct. 27. Twenty armed men have been searching the hills In this vicinity all night for Den ny Haxel, the condemned murderer, Who escaped Jail last night by locking Jailer Dudley in his cell behind him. He was fientenced to hand on October 29 for the murder of Joseph Silva last June... IT'S WATCH REPAIRING THAT GIVES SATISFACTION IN LA GRANDE 9 The Regular Club Dance Each Tuesday Evening CAPITAL AND .SURPLUS $160,000 v- .-. - - , , UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY ' . DIRECTORS J. M. Barry . A. B. Con ley F. JHolmas F. M. C C. Pannington F. L. Meyert Oao. L Cleavar - W. L BrtnholU Oaorga Palmer Brykit , f M Mtl ttttt Grande Rohdc Lumber Co. PERRY, ORE60N - ' CAN FURNISH LUMBER OF M L MMDS IN CARLOAD LOTS. ' For 16 inch Chain YVood Deliver ed at yovr ilomc. Call up V. C. BEAN, La Grande, rfcnncita! 1741 i Own Your water system And Be Independent KoKtvn. Wash.. Oct. 27. While bunting In the mountains, William Adams, soi of County Commliwlonor "Wlllia Adams, whs mentally wun.Kil by the acclJvntal llhurge of his companion's rifle while he wns fl'llny along the road. Adorns was eheml and Ms companion's horse became " frightened, . causing the discharge ot' the gnu. The tu!l t entt red the rlftht eld," romlnr nt jh lft hoiililpJ - H ivei n'.iuVi. rfuing'l ntle homeback and five mlU-s In a rig be fore reaching the hospital here. Bold Diamond Robbery. - Spokane. Oct. 27. The police are looking for the -thief who stole the diamonds bvlongtna; to Mis Liilng, a companion of Mrs. John A. Finch, wife of a mining millionaire last t.,t,t vii-.-r! at ISOOO. They wew taken undur the wry nose of the houjtt-hold. It Is not known whether the thief entered the second story win dow or wnVUcd boidly by the servants. HALLOWEEN BALL For the Benefit of Ihe Basket ball and Indoor Baseball Teams COLISEUM SKA TING RINK JACK D. O'BRIEN Manager A Well Will Solve Ttic Problem Twenty-five years' experience In the weU-drilUng bustaese eaablea me to do yonr work properly and economically. I am prepared to drill to any depth. ; ASK MF FOR PARTICULARS AND CARDING WELLS I DRILLED IN REFERENCE RE I WIS COUNTY I - - k m t .alSBWBBBlBBlBBBBBWBWagiBalBBW" Up-to-date Tail or Made Suits I A UN D RY Done i- I'k-tuive. Nice pictures not Kerguson's. expensive at 11 Id in Wrddlna in Xooiiiber. Turin, Oct. 27. Doubt concerning the Abruai-EJ.kinweddlng .were re-l moved tiKiay toiiowmg the amiounva-i ment by the duke that Katherlnei would become his bride some time in November, either at Washington or at Elklns, W. Va. He said: "I am plan ning to leave for America Immediate ly and AlU return with ills Elklns." Th: Way You Want It done PHONE MAIN 7 C. Laun 2 I net and Silk Waists, Infant's Pop Corn Silk Caps, Wool Shirts andLeggins The Latest Styles in Collars and Belts orrt.M m ca. mm? .''fl f.'.'f 'A A r i I V dry ! IE II DDI (0. liCr.ua, Ore.' .IN THE i Masonic Hmtii MM i 4 t
