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PACK TWO. AlSTl.V ttll'KH OUT. Jtuo Guts Terminus of Hip Sumpter Valley JUIIroad. 'Then In tittle U'ft In Austin, at the tJrminus of the Sumpter Valley rall joad, to tell the story of a once thrlv Wg little InlHnd business center. Yei triday morning fire dstroyed the ho tl, meat market, saloon and postof fleo. ' It ni Hie uptown hotel that Surned and not the celebrated AiiBtln liouHD which has a record, on the coast JkfMtViiH ' ft-M-r- mixir. ' " '. Information stales that during the jpist two week there has been several tti-mpta to burn the little village and sch time the fire has been discovered i time to extinguish It before damage iraa done. Yesterday morning, how vor. the firebug, If such did the work, mode a successful Job of It, snd " the village of Austin la practically mined from the map. A Irivate Irrigation Si-home.,' Probably the biggest private irrlga on enterprise ever undertaken In ITmatllla county la revealed In the lo cation by O, D. Teel of Echo of an appropriation of 25,000 miners Inches f water from Camas creek In the south end of the county, which Is to be carried over Into the Butter creek district, along the edge of Umatilla and Morrow counties, where It will be sued In the Irrigation of 25,000 acres f land, nays the Pendleton East Ore gonlan. Th Teel appropriation takes ihe water from Camas creek on the orth brunch, Just below the Junction f Camus and Hhlaway creeks, near the southwest corner of soctlon 18, I TIME AND CASH Saved by my Metiiod of Digging Wells No Wood Used Gasoline Engine Saves you much time and mon ey. Instruction in Gaso line Engineering - t , Call or Write R. A. WEST, The Well Driller! 4444444444444444444444V j 7 Days Sale On account of too large a stock of watches we will Ive the following price for 7 days only: WALTHAM or ELGIN. CENTS SIZE IN SOUVENIR CASE - - $5.25 WALTHAM or ELGIN GENTS SIZE IN 20 YEARS GOLD CASE - $1175 WALTHAM or ELGIN LADIES SIZE IN 20 YEARS ' GOLD CASE $12.75 IF YOU HAVE A BROKEN WATCH WE WILL GUARANTEE TO MAKE IT RUN i RIGHT. IsiEGRIST & C O- ; JEWFLERS AND OPTICIANS - Complete equipment for resetting and .repairing rubber buggy tires. ; " T " r"" V LA GRANDE IRON WORKS D. FITZGERALD, Proprieter . Complete Machine Shops and Foundry 4 townnhlp 4 south, range 32. E. W. M.. when It la to be carried In auch ca nals, flumes or plpa lines at are neces sary. a distance of 50 miles to action 18, township I north, range 29, E. V. Notice to Contractors. Blda will ba opened In the parlors of the Eastern Oregon Trust & Bavlngt bank at 10 o'clock a m November II, 190 for the erection and comple tion of business building for the M. ft M. Co, Plana and specifications for lr-!'.:?i(i- ' -at WfK.'- Robert Miller, architect,.' No. 1107 Ad ams avenue. A good and sufficient bond will be required for" the comple tion of building. The owners reserve the right to reject any or all bids. dNovlO-ll . rubllc Stenographer and Typewriter. At Wllliamwn's Offh-e. 1109 Foley Block. Residence 'Phone Black 502 or Red . 1852. CH.U'IN PREDICTS VICTOItV. Resume of Prohibition Movement in Iloooiit Elections of the Nation. Chicago, III., Nov. 17. (Special.) Now that the various party managers have figured out Just how badly Bryan was beaten by Taft, they are turning their attention to an analysis of the vote cast at the recent election. One of the most Interesting features in this Connection Is the statement of Eugene V. Chufln. prohibition candidate for president, who, at the ' Washington home the other night said that the prohibition'- movement on November 3 received a decided setback. Mr. Cha- fln says: "With the aid of the liquor business the republicans carried New York City, Chicago, St. Louis and Cincin nati. Every temperance candidate of prominence on both sides was knocked out at the recent election, Including Governor Folk of Missouri. This moan that the fight will be between the re publicans and the 'prohibitionists from now on, and I am confident that a prohibitionist will be elected president in 1912. "There arc many thousands of vot ers In both parties who are ready to come with us Just as soon as they are convinced that whisky dominates the present elections. We are sure to win." That the prohibition movement made no headway, as Mr. Chufln Intimates, Ib borne out by an analysis of, the votes in the various states. The storm cen ter of the prohibitionists' fight in the lection was In Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, South Dakota, Rhode Island, Minne sota and Tennessee. In each of these states the prohibitionists were defeat ed and a number of welt known candi dates who championed their cause failed in election. Probably the hottest contest over the prohibition question wps In Indi ana, because of its pivotal character In the national election. Governor J. P. Hanley, republican, Is a well known prohibition advocate, and secured con trol of the republican state convention. He secured a county option plank in on Watches -M. KVXXTtIO OBSERVER. Ul QltAXDE, OREGO. TUESDAY, KOVEMBEn IT, !. the platform. The democratic party plattorm advocated village and town- hlr option. Governor lianiey, now- ever, was not satisfied and as the cam paign progressed, called a special ses jlon of the legislature which was re oubllean. and procured the passage of a county option law. In this step be .vas ably assisted by the republican nominee for governor, James . Wat- son, ana unneo Biaif r - nwav. The action of the governor caused much criticism and In the cam- , ;;i,n vm.iv ciiW Nrcwrt.;th s Hue. The state went rpubilcan on nresldent by 10,000 plurality, but the republican- candidate for governor, WatHon, was defeated by Marshall, U-moerat, by over 18.000, while the republicans also lost the legislature, which will now elect a democratic United States senator to succeed Sen. itnr Hemenway. Oovernor Hanley s as sociate In the county option fight. In Ohio, the birthplace of the Anti Saloon league, the lines between the prohibitionists and the liberals were sharnlv drawn. The Anti-Saloon ele ment championed the cause of Gov ernor Harris, candidate for re-c-lectlon. Harris hud been prominent during his administration as an advocate of pro hibition and had obtained the passage of the Hose county option law by the legislature. Ii the campaign, he was opposed by Judxon Harmon, the dem ocratic candidate, who was supported by the more liberal voters of the state.. The result was thut Ohio gave Taft 65.000 plurality, but In spite of this sweeping republican victory, the re publican candidate on a prohibition platform went down In defeat and his democratic opponent, was elected by over 20,000. State P.eniitors Rose, .- ites. Meek and Drake, who we'o lieu tenants of Harris In his -Anti-Saloon campaign, also were defeated. Itose was the father of the county option law und Drake the chairman of the committee of the legislature having charge of all temperance legislation. In Illinois the Anti-Saloon people centered their flsht In an effort to capture'the legislature for county op tion. Returns show that they were overwhelmingly defeated, 75 per cent of the members elected to the senate and house being opposed to county op tion. The loader of the local option forces In the last leglsiatureT O. F. nerrv. was retired. ' t o...v, rmlr.ita thn Question 01 II OUUlll A'""' ... - ' countv option was squarely presented to the people of the entire state under the initiative and referendum, me nrohlbltlonlsts and the Anti-Saloon leaguers had Joint headquarters ana made a vigorous fight. County option r - - - - uo. defeated by 7000. The defeat of th ouestlon Is more decisive In South Dakota because It Is a purely agricul tural state and In recent years naa ex- nHenc in state prohibition. The Anti-Saloon league selected Rhode Island as a point In which to test Us strength In New England. Two weeks before the election under a tie elslon of the supreme court, It became necessary for the state as a whole to vote on the question of license or no license. A short tut lively campaign followed and resulted in the wets re- " - 3V.T.3 M!B" they had and regaining seven more towns that had previously gone dry. The aggregate majority of the towns fa voring licenses was 20,000 or more. The verdict of the voters of Tennes see who In the June primaries voted against state wide prohibition, was sustained In the general election. At the primaries Governor M. R. Patter son, democrat, opposed E. S. Car mack, editor of the Tenncsseean of Nashville. Carmack favored state pro hlbltion and after his defeat bolted the primary decision and the platform and continued his fight for state-wide pro hibition. Patterson was re-elected by 35,000, running 10.000 ahead of the rational ticket. A majority of the legislature Is opposed to state-wide prohibition and will stand by Gover nor Patterson's policies. The main Issue in the election of a legislature In Minnesota was county option. -'The fight was carried on in nearly every district and as the con test progressed candidate Jacobson, lepublicitn nominee for governor, came out squarely for county option. He declared against the saloon In gen eral. The result was that while Taft carried the state by 75,000, Johnson, the democratic candidate for gover nor, was re-elected for a third term by over 30,000. and the legislature is two to one against county option. In Colorado, Wisconsin, Nebraska and idaho tne lewues were ulentk-al. The county option question did not en ter Into the state campaign, but an ef fort was made by the Anti-Saloon forces to capture the legislature. In all three states the attempt failed and a majority of the legislators chosen In each state are opposed to county op Son. 1 Pastime Theater D. It. ECCLKS, Proprietor. ; MOTION PICTURES AND ILLUSTRATED BONOS The Girl I Left Behind Me. 'Dour Old Iowa." The Salome Dance. Vlklng'a Daughter. SONG . . ' "Kiss Me." The Bloodstone. . DOORS OPEN AT 7 P. M. Ladles souvenir matinees 4 Wednesday, S o'clock. ' Children's Co matinee Satur day, t o'clock; THE SCENIC . 6. A. GARDIXIER, 4 Proprietor and Manager. HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE " and LATEST MOVING PICTURES. Chance c Program Slondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. "The Talc llio Cimrcli Hell Told." By Miss Helen Brandon. Out of Work. Artistic Wood Carver. Miss Helen Brandon, song arid dance act. The Little Conjurer. The Moon Lovers Dream. Collecting Postcards. . Blanch Bishop, "The Hot Ta- male Girl." Matinee prices as usual. Matinees: Tuesday, Thursday 4 and Saturday afternoons at 2:30 Children under 15 years of age 5c at matinees. . THE LYRIC PAKSOX & BARER, Managers Lady James' Flight "Mbw Killarney." The First Bicycle Rider. . Lloyd Walker, In singing and dancing. Gamble for a Woman. ' . I'll Teach Yon How." High-class vaudeville, and the most realistic and Interesting pictures ever brought to the city. Matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. rictures Change Monday und Wednesday. Prices, adults 10 cents; chll- dren under of 12, 5 cents. Ladles' .souvenir matinee Wednesdays, and children's souvenir matinee ..... M. V Ull OA luiuaj ..... . KiYIffTfiV Special Election to Approve Charter amrnamenis. . KTrktlA la h.r.hv iHvpn that nil Tuesday, the 24th day of November. 1808, a special election win db neiu of the voters of the City of La Grande, Union county, Oregon, and that the polls will be open from the hour of 9 o'clock a. m., until the hour of five o'clock p. m., of said day. Said election is called by order of the Council of the City of La Grande for the purpose of proposing and sub mitting to the people of the City of r n nnH. tha annrnval und adontlon of certain amendments to the charter of the city of La orande as snown Dy the proposed charter heretofore ap proved by the council of the City of tjt, Grande by ordinance No. 392. Ser ies 1908, and filed with, and In the orflce of the recorder of the city of La Grande, on the 19th day of Sep tember, 1908. The approval of these amendments bv the peoplo of the city of La Grande will be submitted to ne vot ers on the following proposition: Shall the City of La Grande amend Its charter and approve the amend ments to the city charter, and the new city charter proposed and submitted by the council to the people of the city of La Grande? The following are the polling places. Judges and clerks of the several wards designated and appointed by the council- . First Ward. City Hall Judges: J: P. Clark, E. C. Davis and Frank Kll patrlck. Clerks: William Miller and Arthur Crutls. Second Ward, Council Chamber Judges: Peten Kuhn. F. S. Bramwell and George Ball. Clerks: H. E. Cool Idge and A. W. Nelson. Third Ward. Building west of Judge Ramsey's residence on Penn. me-ruo JuJk-. GC -Peaington. E. V. Grandv and John Cates. Clerks: C. A. Vurflllat and A. C Williams. Fourth Ward. Harris' Hall Judges: Bernard Logsden. G. E. Fowler and John Sheak. Clerks: C.-J. Vender noel and Warren P. Noble. In witness whereof I have hereunto ittached my hand and affixed the seal of mv office, this 10th day of Septem- (U S.) D. E. COX. Recorder of the City of La Grande. j We Want Our Want Ad Column Your want k placed Man a thousand or mora want-seekara very day-Can you afford to pnd one cent per word of your want ad whaia results art tha keynotaa? tWWW ran nrer. 1 FOR RENT Brick building, 10x50, on Elm street. Inquire of A. C. Hunt- Ington. - FOR RENT Office rooms; steam heat. Apply to Geo. Good, proprie tor of the Foley house. FOR RENT Five-room house, 1914 Adams ave; four blocks from Fir St. SS per month. 'Phone Black 1662. Nov7 FOR RENT Seven-room house, with bath. Inquire at . the Zuber resi dence. THREE furnished rooms . for light housekeeping. 1301 Madison Ave. 'Phone Black 402. FOR RENT Three rooms for light housekeeping. Inquire 1300 Madi son avenue. 'Phone Black 402. fepcclul. For sale ,a tract of land totaling 560 acre. One hundred acres under cultl tlvation. A $1000 restaurant and oth er good improvements; spring water enough for house and barns; creek. across one 40 all for J5000 cash. Lo cated six miles from town on R. F. D. Figure it out for yourcelf. , Write to Indian Valley Realty 'company, Elgin, the firm that stands for a square deal. WHY NOT TRY Popham'a ASTHMA REMEDY? Gives prompt and positive relief In evry case. 'Sold by druggists, Price $1.00. Trial package by mall 10 cents. Williams Mfg. Co., Props. Cleveland, O. For sale by A. T. HILL, Druggist ' ' WOOD SAWING . 'Phone and we will do your wood sawing very promptly, and at prices you can afford to pay. We ' are always ready. MATHEWS & GLASS. Phone. Black 151. In case of stomach and 'Iver trou ble the proper treatment la to stimu late these organs without Irritating them. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup aids digestion and stimulates the liver and bowels without Irritating these organs line puis or ordinary cathar tics. It does nrt nauseate or gripe and is mild and pleawant to take. A. T. Hill, droggurt- WHAT will you have for dinner today? You may answer this question satisfactori ly by dining at THE MODEL RESTAURANT The Old Standby. Our cooking is a paragon of per fection, our food faultless, and our service rapid and . courteous. What more can we say, except that our prices are popular? We give a regu lar dinner for 25 cents. Come and try it You will not need the sense of hunger to enjoy It The Model Restaurant J. A. ARBliCKLt; Prop. Open Day w Sen Weekii rn And Night Meal Tickets for,JU Piano Tnnlng. ' E. E. Francis, professional piano tuner kere a few days. Orders re ceived at Smith's rooming house. EIGHT PAUEU. tssstitHtMffHMM Your. Wants f . FOB SALE. FOR SALE Two to four acres of suburban property, well Improved. FhoneBlack 1532, or see E. W. Kammerer, 2004 Adams avenue. FOR SALE Cheap land. Inquire at sugar factory. . . FOR SALE Two milch cows, cne fresh, Jersey calf 3 days old; other Durham, giving . 3 gallons. Inquire of Mrs. Chllders, Island City. " dwl0-l-24 For Sale. Thoroughbred white Leghorn, single" tomb cocks. All pure breeding stock. Inquire of F. B. Houston, Box' 46, La Grande, Ore. FOR SALE OR TRADE Will sell or exchange for good team, . a fine Ccach stallion, age 7 years; weight 1600 pounds. KCan be seen at Klrt ley barn, La Granfle. M. J. Selby. FOR SALE Small house and a 140X 130-foot lot. Buy fron' owner and save commisstcner's feek ' Inquire of J. Bachant, Cherry street. , -r FOR SALE Four good fresh milch cows. Inquire of . Blue Mountain Creamery, Union, Oregon. For Sule. Cabbage for Kraut. 'Phone your orders now. 'Phone red 1702. Land for Sale. 40 acres of fruit, garden or alfalfa land for sale cheap If taken soon. C. D. Huffman, R. F. D. 2, La Gra'nde. , Notice to Sihipiwrs. Under a new Interstate regulations, shippers are required to mark or place a linen tag on all shipments of freight with the consignee's full name and Ini tials, together with town and state. If not so marked or tagged, shipment will be classed at one class higher rate. Shippers of oil, acids, gasoline, powder and all other explosives are re quired to furnish a certificate of packing and attach label to same con forming to the class of shipment. Cer tificates and labels can be had at the O. R. & N. office. Rules relating to Inflammables and explosives must be lived up to or shipment will be re fused. J. H. KEENEY, ,, Agent Dr. W.H. KEATING Expert Eyesight Specialist of Salt Lake is now at. Sommer Hotel. Don't fall to see him about your eyes or glasses. If you are having trou ble with them. Remember, the doctor is not a stranger and can furnish you many references. Call and see him about your eyes. DR. W; II. KEATING. . SOMMER HOTEL. Better Than Spanking. Spanking does not cure children of bed-wetting. There is a constitution al cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. SuimneTS, Box T7, Kotrw D&mo, Jnd will send free to any mother her suc cessful instructions. Send no money, but write her today if your children trouble In that way. Don't blame the child, the chances are It can't help It This treatment alse cures adults and aged people troubled with urine difficulties fcy day or sight
