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EVENING oasEHVI'Jl. UK CIMXOR. OltrCQN, TI KSOAV. DECKM IM'.IX i, ltO.
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SPECIKl
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Wool Blankets
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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
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The vaue of a prescription
ness wfft whch if reaches fie
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parfmenf. A prescriptions
and delivered as soon as tinea,
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for pure drugs and careful compounding
Vie Carry Everything which Should be :
Pnnnti in a Drua Store
HILL5 DRUQ JT0RE1
i A GRANDE. OREGON
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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
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ECONOMY
$2.68, $3M gnd $5M
and quality.
price and ess
of the amount of your
Tempe
of Economy
People
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depends upon fhe prooipi-
sick room
much in our prescription de
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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
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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
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;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
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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
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Watches, clocks Silverware and Gut Glass
than evsr before. I still do Repairing, En
graving and fit Eye Classes
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