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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1908)
A i7 ! . U"N i ill volcmj: viil LACUANDE, X3TOX COUNTY, OREGON. TIIVRSDAV, NOVEMBER 5, 1008. M'.MBER 31. LESSER PARTIES GIVEN ABOUT TEN TIIOCSAXD. Almost Complete Returns From Bute of Oregon Show Debs, Cbarin and . Hlxgen Polled But 10,000 Between Them Marlon County One of the Strongest . Republican Coontlea In the SUte Twenty-five Thousand Estimate Stands. Portland, Nov. t. That Taft car ried Oregon by a plurality of 25,000 Is Indicated by complete returns from II of S 4 counties containing three fifths of the vote, giving Taft a lead f IS, 125. In It incomplete counties ' the count has proceeded far enough to Indicate an additional 10,000. It ap pears' the lesser candidates -received 10,000. Debs porbably 7000; Chafln 2500 and Hlsgen 500. Taft carried every cpunty In the state of Oregon. Salem, Nov. 5. According to an un official count nearly 1000 more votes were cast in Marion county for United States senator last June than for pres idential electors last Tuesday. The vote In the six small precincts Is un known., Taft's plurality stands at l, S00 In Marion county. ''" I Salom Democrat Wins Bet, Salem, Nov. 6. So far as known, W. N. Oatens, Chamberlain's secretary, is the -only democrat In Oregon to win an election . wager. A Taft man bet ' him Bryan would get no more elector al votes than did Parker. t . , Seven Bkrwn to Pierce, r '.XWlnnlpcgy Man., Nov. 5.-rSev- en men were blown to pieces to- diyhy a'premature explosion of. dynamite on the' Grand Trunk railroad, 100 miles east of here. Five Americans are among the . 4. , vtr.tlma.. . . . 'v ' , ''! tUWciyz LJUiiiKZiiiiuy uuiity at the Fair Store. Get in the habit of watching this space lust recieved a full new line of Ladies California Wool Sweaters YARN OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS G01HG AT lSS THAN : - v't-'-vH-V : ONE-HAIF PR : domestic Saxohy Imported Saxony Germantown . . .'. .'Siiosketa .C skein , .120 skeln 6regorTWr Bargain Prices 6Se Knit Faclnaiors' Sale Price 28c ea. $1.251.75 Ladies', Shawls ' SatePtice 69c ea. F.&m AS"'' mm'-- a 4a ui "Satisfaction or Your Honey Back9 held iuiiv von ransom. 'kUIlct" Broke tlusa and Is Takeu a Hansom 1-uUl Bill Is raid. ' San Francisco, 1 5rj-Frsncls W ;ng J. Pommer, a keep.... notloii tore, with kidnaping his 2-year-old laughter as a ransom for broken snow windows. The child was In the care of lioulsa Kobele, a nurse. In a buggy in front of Pommer's store, when It nils ..d Itself, seised a handle and threw t '.hrough the window. Pommer took he baby and detained the nurse, de manding $12, as the price of the win dow. Che baby was returned. SAN FRANCISCO POLICE UNABLE TO TRACE WOVEMEMT ,-.' , . ; : '" San Franclscdt Nov. 5. Failing to trace the movements of Edna Clark, sged 10, a student who mysteriously disappeared from her- home in Oak land a fortnight ago, private detectives have abandoned the search today. The trail was taken up by the local police. A new light has been thrown on the strange case by the finding of , ; the stub of a Pullman car ticket in a heap of sweeping from the church of St Mary the Virgin whose pastor, Rv. Payson Young, had been with the girl short'.y before the disappearance. De scriptions of the girl are belnr ent to the police of all parts of the coun try. Second Squadron Sails. .; Amor, Nov. 5. The second squad- orn of the Atlantic fleet, after a week's receptions, sailed jfor Manila today".' A man. near Dufur has' harvested his first crop . from 8-year-old apple trees.; :s nam Spanish Tarn ....... 18c skein - 1 Shetland Floss . . . .7Hc jkeln I Ice Wool , ..... .. .ile a bell ' $1.00 i Chl!drens, t LrPOnGS w 59c ea. CiRL STUOEIIT HAS DISAPPEARED I $125 III I Baby Carriage t Robes Sale Price t $1.12 1 i mm . r fMlEETIlIC FflR I ARIFs sFT BIG MEETING OF ALL LA GRANDE LADIES SATURDAY. CoancU IUnds Park Lot Sale Petition to Wars and , Means . Committee Promoter Want 28 Actrs of Land Near Proebstel Bridge for Park Purposes Urgrnt That as Many La dles as Can, Attend Saturday Meet' lng. Carrying out pre-arranged plans, all women of the city who have an Inter est la a public park, are requested to meet In the Commercial club room: Saturday afternoon at t o'clock, to dis cuss the feasibility of the Proebstel park plan. This is not for the elite but for every lady In La Grande who feels she has a part to play in th molding of public park propaganda knd can do her little mite toward bringing to a successful consummation the plans now being advanced. The meeting Is called for I o'clock promptly and a large attendance Is de sired as many as the room will hold. ' ; Council to the Aid. TheCity council was asked last eve ning to play a part in the movement.: It has been requested to sell the prop-v erty on Fourth street, known as the "Park", lot, and' turn the funds In on the Proebstel property." 1 Want Twcuty-clght Acres, j It Is planned by the ladles promot ing the movement, to ,' purchase H acres of. the Proebstel grove and It acres of the Carbine property. , This splendid Joint tract would afford Ice skating and Ice games In the winter time, and ample opportunity for park 'n&nd outdooTtSKtatorlum "facilities lir the summer time. v ' The petition placed before the coun ter last night was turned over to the ways and "means committee, and If that body acts favorably, the property will be sold, and the funds diverted to the new project. . : ' Ul III Iblt vi us ANOTHER MONEY-SAVING PROJECT BEING FORMULATED The county- Judge and Commission ers J. M. Selder and Ben Brown, this morning visited the' camp oh Grande Ronde below Perry, where Bridge Superintendent Campbell has a force of men at work making the extensive ( changes In the right of way and the channel of the river The court was highly pleased with the "first two days jwork and are satisfied that they can i dn . th work better themselves than by letting It by contract. ' The saving In this decision alone "will mean con siderable for the taxpayers. This' af ternoon the court went Into chambers 1 again, to conslder'several reports from 1 the .county officials and " to transact other routine business cdmlng before them. " , , ' ) ' " t . To Make N ew Cbangee. There are still; other changes- to.be made above, Hllgard that will return to the coffers of the county a heat .lit-" tie sum. The work will not be done ( this year, but It Is planned to make the change next- spring. By building a hatf mile of road, two of the present expensive bridges near Hllgard will be abandoned. ' The eonrt also viewed thVs-'jwJeeV torta en. Its trio up the Oraade Ronde river. COURT REVIEWS iiuivrn ntK A Newport maa has returned from If III SESSIO js'OT A DOLLAR IX FIXES V COIXECTED IX OCTOBER. Resolution Pawed Demanding That City lnnds Dcclted In FarnHirs A Traders Bank Be Declared Trust ' Funds Petition Preeentcd AsVlug ' That Present Park Site Be Sold and " Other Property Purchaued1 Itoutlue v, Matters. j v; a A resolution was passed unanimous ly by. the city council )ast evening, In structing the mayor , and recorder to make a demand upon Receiver Neld ner of the Farmers Traders Nation al bank, asking that the amount of money deposited by the city officials be considered as preferred claims for the reason that they are trust funds. The recorder's report Is one with out pecedent; not a single dollar was received on fines during the month of October;. There were several arrests, where the cases were docketed, . tyit ithe city received no revenue from this source. , ' ' .'. - ' " A petition from a number of ladles was presented asking that the block of land which they presented to the city several years ago for park purposes, be sold and the proceeds applied to some other location. The matter was1 re ferred to the street committee, The deed conveying this block to the city contains a clause that the property Is to be used for park purposes. What effect this may have upon carding th. -uha nt the netltlonera will be declared later. A resolution was passed requiring that hereafter all officials required to give bonds should do so. through some reliable bonding' company; this means l)it; personal t.onds ,1111 hot be ac ceptable hereafter." Hereafter it will be unlawful for anyone to burn rubbish or distribute a3hes In the street. By referring to .r.. un. nrrtPi-ert illC . liai w . uiiib " Bald Is the salary list of the mayor iind councllmen. This Is . authorized under an ordinance passed luBt spring jirlor to the administration now In ex isting. Each member .receiving; for each session attended. f . Much of the session, last . ewnlng was occupied with ordinary routine work. . The following claims were paid. -- ".. . .'' ',..'. . '. ., - . . General Fund. Arthur Curtis, city engineer $ ; 9.oo 229.00 28.00 .15.75 66,00 70.98 CITY " Lighting city ... . .',..',....... Lilly-Foster Hdwe'Co ....... La Grande Iron Wks . . . . . . C D. Goodnough, . . . . . . ...... Palmer Lumber Co., ...... .... . G. E. Fowler, street sprinkling Morning 8tar, printing. .. .. .. Chas. Montgomery, labor.... John Flanery, labor . , . . ... ... . Cleve Montgomery, labor .'. John 8utman. labor John Ladd, .labdr. . ... J. E. Carpenter, labor . yV.' Frank Carpenter, .labor . B. F. Lamm, labor ... .. . .. . .. . Chas. Fall, labor a , J. O.. Mills. labor . v E. Monsell, labor.' ' J. K. Wright, salary . . , rii W. -Walden, salary. ,,V. . . . . J. H. McLachlen,., salary ", E. R. Carr, salary . V..V'. " J. F. Baker, city attorney ... . Boarding prisoners, .". ... ." ' Mayor . and councllmen salary, . six ; months . , .,. . . i J. A. Matott, street Supt. '. . . V, .:, - Roa I'and. Oeov Palmer Lumber Co.' , . . . ; Pound Fond. ' "' J. XV.. Black, poyndmaster '. .' . FoJ 4 j. , Water Fund. N. K. West, mdse. . ...... Lilly-Foster Hdwe Co. mdse. Warnstoff, wood 9 14.20 ... .' O. R. Cash Co.. coal $7.75. . 3. Jones, caring for hose house Springs ..... ... ......... i Lumber Advertising Beaver bends . . . Bay Zweifel, plumbing. T. M. Brannon, wood ........ 81.65 11.94 15.00 21.85 80.00 .45.00 70.00 57.76 '44.70 87.50 11.65 r 55.65 lUrM 30.00 85.00 75.00 75.00 90.00 8.71 $54.00 75.00 97.3Q ' $5.00 12.35 ' 40 21.75 45.1$ 103.03 $.00 i$.r 7.3 $.00 4.30 9.40 La'Orande Iron Wks. rvpati., 7.75 Joe Santos, wood 123.55 Standard Oil Co., oil 6.00 (.'has.'- Knnup. labor 23.60 Jt E. Gllman, water Supt. .... 85.00 John Allen, pumping ... 77.60 J Miscellaneous bills 12.00 ,iAa.v. To Change Motive Power. San Francisco, Nov. 5. Berkeley university trustees are today consid ering an offer by the Southern Pa- clftc to spend 12,000,000 In Improve ments In exchange for permission to change the motive , power of Us road and extend the system Into Berkeley. The road desires to use electricity In stead of steam In operating trains on the Interurban lines. DISSOI STEPS - in TAFT CDLUnii PLURALITY .'If; )Mm BUT LITTLE OVER II - St. Louis, Mo.r Nov. 6. This afternoon returns show Taft carried Missouri by 085. The state ticket is democratic. Byan Congratulates. Lincoln, Nov. 6. Convinced by more complete returns from the doubtful and colse states that Taft is elected, Bryan today sent Taft . the . . following telegram: . . "Please accept my congratulations, tnd best wishes for success in your ad ministration." Harmon Get 80,000. Republican Chairman Williams to day concedes the election of Harmon, democrat," as governor, with a plurality-of 20,000. The legislature will be republican, ' j . : ..1 . J- ScAllim AVanlng. Chicago'.'-Noc 5. Secretary Bftrnea, of the notional socialist committee, said toda hi tptal vote Vould not ex- I ceed 525.000. The Illinois vote will i ,v. . barely reach 6U,cduv,v"xne vKianoma vote made a gain compared with 4400 at the last election. : j St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 5. The elec tion results are swinging Missouri back Into the republican column, where it took a place four years ago as a "mys terious stranger.'' Attorney General Hadley, republican, . U undoubtedly . . . y-' u -A Aa.- Cieciea governor over vuwmciu, ocrat. ; The noailnatlon of Senator W. J. Htone anci hi r-ei?:uu r ernor Folk Is assured. Stone's major ity Is estimated at 16,000. ; Returns from all parts of Missouri today indicate that Taft carried the state by a small plurality, probably .100. Early returns showing a bfg plu rality . for,.Br,van, Is , decreasing, con tantly. ;V ;;..,, '. :' r- ' . i Wanier Re-elected, , ' Detroit, Mich,, Nov. 6. Practically complete returns from the state today assure the re-election, of Governor 'Continued on page 8. . . rug 5fcc yout Elbow . By use of our telephone and our iree delivery system we are almost as near to 'you s though we the adjoining, building. ' t. I . . We are developing this portion of eur business all the time and gaining new and permanent friends by the prompt and satisfactory way we han dle telephone orders. - If you can fr'eeino, 'phone, and thai portion of ou atock you need will tx sent to you. If f s a prescription, w will both send for It and deliver th medicine. . llewlihl Drug Co - miNt-r VAlMM FEARED ill. MIlDEilT COL. WATTERSOX OICES . SEXTIMEXT OF CEXTEItJ. 'Dollar, Tiioufih TtalmxL In the TLusJt, , la BeUcr Than !Jii.h Ff li of Pstrl- Mia AbntracUuns" Tsrt Stood fov - v ,- Rent While Bryan Represented tjs rest and Aggravation, Says Couiiet 1. Journal Editor, of National Repute. Louisville," Ky Nov. 5. Reviewing the election, Colonel Henry Watter son, of the Louisville Courier-Journal, says the result shows' conclusively that the great majority of the controlling sections of the union, were contented with things as they are, and that it l better to endure a conceded shortcom-r ng of the party in power than to em bark upon an unknown sea of continu ous aggravation; that Bryan meant this, while Taft meant rest. He says, in short. "A dollar thoai talned la the hand, is worth a busa full of patriotic abstractions." The" Idiosyncrasy of the times is commerce. As In the Inst centuryy when It wa liberty reaching out affer Institutional freedom, measurably attaining it now7 it Is materialism reaching out after market s. ' "The result shows we are overslxed spiritually and undersized materially In the hearts and minds of the people . . . ...... . and they are dear alike to preceaeni. reason and' eloquence;" ' for nothing could surpass as nothing has ever equalled the personal canvass of Bry an. Its wondrous lucidity, power of statement, splendid Intellectual and physical endurance and unanswerable arguments. Nor' did Ignatius of Loyo la jweep through the world of Incar nate evil bearing the cross of Jesus t triumph with greater force or ifispira- 1 Uon and tru'h than && the heroic son with curiosity. . , , . "There Is something better than be ing a president," and that is. a real sense of duty. . . . .. "Tllden will live Jn hUtory whea Hayes Is forgotten. ; History will say of Pryan, that In three great popular movements; clouded sometimes by er-;. rors of Judgment, obstructed alwaya. by corruption, he led sublimely, and that: he went down ,beaten with clean hands. In high repute, and carrying: with him the. homage of patrlotl men."- . ' ' , .-.-.,'' . ' I tctptvt Woman Rob Ilusbnnd.'""' . ' Oakland, Nov. 4. R. C. Blake, a stepson of Michael Halllpan of Baa Fanclsco, the well known politician. Is In Jail here as the result of a con fession made by Mrs. C. R. Bright, that he aided her to chloroform and rob her husband. She says she acted on a suggestlbn of Blake. After the husband retired, the drug was admin istered, Blake securing $176. The new county of Hood River ha about 1600 voters and 9000 population. .'''-'.' oecupled MAIN 7. 1 la seven-wecKa vacation, spem Ion horseback. eeeeeeeeeeeeeei ;t fH.tittt.tf....i...? I
