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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1908)
1 EVENING oasEHVI'Jl. UK CIMXOR. OltrCQN, TI KSOAV. DECKM IM'.IX i, ltO. nciiT pa ens. rcr. i Tfj:iT. 1 ' SPECIKl THRTSPELL Wool Blankets il rordno o szie P Men's'--Hats, $1.50 to $3.00, values, sale 98c jj llMen's Sirfe 60c fo 75c values, safe 39c jj jj Misses Cloth Coats, hall price and less jj II Lades Suite and Cravenett Coats, large as-jj jj sofmenf, ftaf m jj worth ten per cent The OPEKA HOUSE BLOCK f JJ n rryft The vaue of a prescription ness wfft whch if reaches fie "Do If Alow" h cfand fof IJ) MIC MilIll parfmenf. A prescriptions and delivered as soon as tinea, !! i fie t - 1 for pure drugs and careful compounding Vie Carry Everything which Should be : Pnnnti in a Drua Store HILL5 DRUQ JT0RE1 i A GRANDE. OREGON (Continued from page 1.) hooting. The papers printed stories to the effect that Blggy should be re moved or resign. Blggy went over last night to see one of the police commissioners. It Is sup posed he, was told by the commissioner that charges would be filed against him by the graft prosecution nd that ihey would be pressed at the coming hearing. The theory U that he feared he would be removed and sought death Instead. Acting Chic Appointed. A. D. Cutler, president of the police .commissioners' board, has been ap pointed acting chief of police. It la pointed out that Blggy did not take his usual escort of two policemen when he started In the police launch. He said nobody except Engineer Mur phy was needed. When he reached Belvldere. a small summer resort, to see Commissioner Kell, w ho had been Blggy'a supporter on the board. Kell carat) lo the waier'a edjc to talis tc i Blggy- They conversed for some time. Mi'rphy did not hear what was said, and Kell would not tell this morning. It generally believed Kell Informed Tiierv he couldn't take up Blggy's fiht before the board. At I o'clock last night Blggy sent to vVVVVV mcts ECONOMY $2.68, $3M gnd $5M and quality. price and ess of the amount of your Tempe of Economy People t ? IKS depends upon fhe prooipi- sick room much in our prescription de - J are filled as soon as received j iou mow our icyum,.. Kell the following telephone message: "Somebody you know Is coming across the bay to see you." Murphy Is Exonerated. The commission this morning exon erated Engineer Murphy from all blame and released him from surveil lance. Murphy said on his return Blg gy said he was cold. He went to the cabin in the stern while Murphy re mained at the engine. On ncarlng the shore Murphy first discovered that I Blggy was missing. Discredits Sulfide Story. Mrs. Blggy, the divorced wife of the chief, declared today she believed Big gy's mind had given way under the strain of work. She said: "He la too good a Catholic to com mit suicide. He did , not drink. I think he was mentally deranged. I have heard the police boat in which he waa riding was prone to rocking. I think it la possible he was thrown Into the water by the lurching of the boat. I had not soon him directly since the altercation I had In Vila of fice on October 27." KrU and Murphy Talk. Commissioner Kell ani Engineer Murphy made statements concerning the Blggy suicide. Kell said he talked with Blggy concerning the affairs of the police department. Bltrgy went across the bay to see Kell concerning the attacks made against him by the newspapers, Blggy was greatly exctt- a M. purchase. LA GRANDE, OREGON OLD MISSION PICTURES At Ferguson's I z ed. Kell told him to never mind the attacks. ' : Murphy said when Blggy came aboard he complained of being cold. He went to the cabin. Opposite Al catraz Island Murphy called, but re ceived no response. Btggy had Jump ed overboard. This was about 10 o'clock. . ' Weds EngUliman. . New York, Dec 1. Miss Ethel Cry- der. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Cryder, and Cecil Hlgglns of London, gr4om was formerly secretary of the English legation at Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Hlgglns will make their homo In London. ' ' Fruit Men Meet. Portland, Ore., Dec. 1. Fruitgrow ers from all the northwestern states and from western Canada are gather ing In Portland today for the annual session of the Northwestern Hortlcul tural association. MISS ROSE HOUSE, Instructor In Piano Harmony and Technique. Corner Second and Jefferson Streets La Grande, Oregon. Npw Railroad. Wichita, Kan.. Dec. 1. The Kansas Pltv Mfliloo & Orient railroad was opened for business today between this city and Sweetwater. Texas, a dis tance of 433 miles, which Is a consld erable link in the through line to be built. At this time the road is graded from Sweetwater to San Angelo, 73 miles, and 13 of It has been laid with steel north of San Angelo. and Is In operation. It is now expected that tracklaytng will be completed between San Angelo and Sweetwater and push ed south from San Angelo to the Mex ican border. Fought Over Sot-ialinn. San Francisco, Dec 1. Stabbed fol lowing a quarrel over socialism. Z. Ot suka. editor of a Japanese dally. Is at the hospital In a precarlqus condition. Pniw U Qiwwi. i Rorre. Tee. 1. The pope's condition is reported as worse today, of bronchitis has set In. An attack Mores LETHABGY OF BOOMERS (Continued from page 1.) ;Jr. i'lerce anil Jir. riioduard anA oth trs, would be able to enlist l:b Mr. McKcnnon to svurry tr nn.r. This In not a tr.utur for nln men alu&e, but for the tuil:e vour.iy lu-uue when C'halrn.an alcKtnnon call for uHu-ance. u, a boosur and wd. Th wiuter months are htre and no , vuliJ excuse can bo advanced for r not The Kitting down to earnest work noiiiinUU-e nrcJj aid Uvlil i'La CO. SiUMoy VI ill lloJp, j Thrre U no 'question but what tlio; . . ' .111 - t A ...Ml running oi a suivej " immensely. The rcuort of the crgl-iu-it wllL be forthcoming in a prelim inary way on December IS, when the board meets again to listen to further reports of the soliciting committee and the first report of the engineer run ning the survey. General Meeting I-ater. Though assorted before, it can now bo stated without danger of retraction, that as soon, as the holidays are over, the committee will be able to lay their fingers on a great portion of the re quired acreage. At that time which has been roughly fixed at the early part of January a meeting of all sub scribers for water will be held in this city, and many of the details looking toward final' organization of the sub scribers into a corporation that will govern the assocatlon, properly dis posed of. As stated before, there have" been mutterlngs of discontent at the leth argy displayed by the promoters In so monumental a proposition, but the men behind It are not ail mIMionalres and have personal duties that require attention. . The season of the year has been detrimental to prolonged can vasses. With winter months and their subsequent "let up" in the business whirl," thofhen can now devote almost unlimited time to the project. .'The Observer Is firm In Its belief - that Union county will be assured of -the greatest elixir of wealth and popula tion will have been clinched within a month. All the apples raised by the Lane county fruitgrowers have been sold and they have many orders for' more. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at La Grande.Ore.. October 5, 1908. . Notice Is hereby given that ' CHRIS TEL R. PENDER, of Vancouver, Waah., who, on Octo ber 5, 1908, made timber and stone sworn statement tfo. 01851, for EH NEK, section 17, and EH SEVi, sec tion 8, township S south, range 35 F W. M., has filed notice of Intention tc make final timber and stone proof, to e&Uh"sh claim to tht 'ind abovi de scribed, before the register, and re ceiver, at La Grande, Oregon, on the 31st day of December, 1908. - Claimant names as witnesses: Ba sil ELever, of Portland, Ore.; Joha O. Klssell, of Vancouver, Wash.; Ches ter A, Pike, of Vancouver, Wash.; Da vid C. Brlchoux; of La Grande, Ore. F. C. BR AM WELL, Register. 10-18-13-18 SUMMONS. In the Circuit Court' of the State of Oregon, for Union County. Edna L. McColioch, plaintiff, vs John B. McColioch, defendant. To John B. McColioch, the above named defendant: In the name of the state of Oregon, you are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint filed against you In the above entltld court and cause, on the 10th day of November, A. D. 1908, on or before the expiration of six consecutive weeks from the date c: the first publication of this summons, which is. 20th day of November. 1908 and If you fall thereof, the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief prayed for in the complaint, to-wlt: for a decree of the court totally dis solving the marriage relation now ex isting between the plaintiff and de fendant and that plaintiff be awarded an absolute divorce from the defend ant, and for general relief. This summons la published In the Weekly Observer, a newspaper pub lished weekly at La Grande, Union county, Oregon, under and by Tirtue of an order of the Honorable J. C. Henry, county Judge of Union county, Oregon, which order waa made and entered on the 11th day of November, 1908. COCHRAN tc COCHRAN. Attorneys for. Plaintiff, WN20J2 . People whose work Is In Wail Wal la, are buying one-acre tract In the Freewatcp district, for their homes. I The land lies along the car line and a schedule of a car each half hour will J be put Into effect In the spring. Cut Prices on Lumber and i : : i ! Shingles for I ; i a t We need the money; It Fir and Native it- STODDARD - 1 "' Keep LA GRANDE SUGAR Costs no rcifud i;t ts sweet All dealers.. I THE BEST is that made Powder Every Sack N6REBETTER j GRANDE R0NDE CASH CO. i WOOD, COA! i NEW LOGATIdNl m I am nnur In ateH in mi nour er-i- mnm tho 1 am now looted in room, formerly occupied by the Newlin Drug Go. where my patrons will find me ready to serve them with a larger and more complete line of RELIABLE JEWELERY Watches, clocks Silverware and Gut Glass than evsr before. I still do Repairing, En graving and fit Eye Classes J. H- BE ARE LCAUINU AKU 1 : THE OREGON FIRE RELIEF ASSOCIATION j A HOlVlt: COMPANY 34.000 MEMBERS X $28,000,000.00 INSURANCE IN FORCE k J I A Mutual Company can Save Ycu from 40 to 50 per ? VabbsSI lanaskMAA ' t vein uii iuui iitsuiauuc i J. VV. OLIVER, AGENT, La GrandcOr. i Cor. 6th St and Washington Ave Phone Red 1782 : large Orders 7 J j it,,, m,t,i,l You need the material Lumber, Cedar LUMBER CO.jj i ' T-zs-a.- I the money at home by using FLOUR j at North ! Guaranteed t AND FEED J Ik-. a ( I If il mv new Rtrr rnnm the i i M il flUKtCK JtVVtLLK ! 1 : : ; i t T 3 f ! i ! i
