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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1908)
EIGHT TAGES. evening o isrRvnrLLA Gaxnr. Oregon, sTiMy,,mxT.Miu:R s, 100s. r.iGi: seven. ATTEMPTS .MURDER. REDUCE IlEKJt JOINTS. 44 i: Santc . Clotheswasher The only Washing Machine made en tlrely of metal. Better than all othcrvashlng machines combined The only washing machine that sucks the dirt out of clothes. It does not rub the clothes and therefore does not, wear and tear A free demonstration at -jfiir hwM yiiHvSI jrftt?w yeir practfcat man ner Just what it will do arid' (rave ycu to Judge. - Ui V vvllvUI m 9 Agent for Wallowa and Union County PHONE BLACK 1571 I 1 l I t H I A. . v, i i LAUNDRY Done The Way You Want it done j PHONE MAIN 7 I A. B C. Laundry Daily Observer, 65c per Month 4 Own Your Water System And Be Independent A Well Will Solve The Problem Twenty-Hve years' experience in the well-drilling business enables me to do your work properly and economically. I am prepared to '-.- drill to any depth. ASK ME FOR PARTICULARS AMD REFERENCE RE CARDING WELLS I DRILLED IN THIS COUNTY - D. M. HUNT, La Grande Baker City Ha Slugging Mau-h of a Real Serloua Nature. Slugged, robbed and left to die on one of the principal streets of Baker, was the fate of Charles Steele, a lum ber grader of Spokane, who has been fit work grading lumber In. the differ ent "rollla of thli city for the past two week. Steele Pushed a check for something like 157 in one of the sa loon night before Inst and then went to see Murray & Mack'a show, says the r .... , - -. . i . i . , ntn returning; irum m inwr " the Crablll hotel, where he boards, he heard a hrlll whittle just as he wait passing the Central high school build ing. He halted for a moment and someone jumped from behind and lugged him. That was all Mr. Steele knew until yesterday at 11 o'clock, when ho be came conscious and found himself ly Ing by the woodpile with several sticks of cordwood across him and a heavy covering of leaves and trash over his body. ; Evidently the robbers thought 'they had killed him and decided to hide the body from sight. Steele arose from hla grave of leaves, collected his thoughts and recalled the Incident plainly. He remembered of having left the theater and walking . down Center street. And he remembered having heard a shrill whistle just as some one emerged from behind and struck him across the net.And that -is all he dlil remember Feeling In his pocket-where he had placed the $57 In cash that he received for hi? check, he found it was gone and said to himself that he vhad been sliipRed, robbed, and 'left to die on Center street In, Baker City, Oregon, a town of 10,00i people. And the crime tooli place right under an 'arc lamp, on one of the mpst important business thor oughfares of the city. Mr. Steele felt of himself and found that he was not Injured to the amount of anything. Going to a barber shop he got shaved, cleaned up and ' hK face massaged. When he emerged from the thop there was nothing to Indicate that he had been the victim of footpads except ttie loss of his money, and he could stand that very well. So he decided to say nothing about the affair. i . Charles Steele is in the employ of the lumbermen's association', and ban the Important position of lumber grader. Hla business" brings him to IVnrileton Refute I.Iiiimo to Four Near-liiHT Joint-. There are four near-beer suloons less In Pendleton today than yemer dny, relutes the Pendleton East Ore gonlun. Last night, the city council refused licences to four of the 15 ap plicants for permits to conduct soft drink joints In the city granting to 11 others the rights desired. There may have been some diicua- members of the council, but the talk. Ing was all done before the meeting Isst evening, and when the council did take the matter In hand It was simply to dispose of the question according tt form. , Licenses were granted to Anderson A Co., D. G. Smith, Keegan & Brewer, Paul Hemmclgarn, Alf Schnelter, Joe Sullivan, W. E. Patterson, A. J. Pe ters, Tom Murrell, Gus La Fontaine, and George Darveau. ' , Previous to the public meeting the council had met in the office of the city "attorney and threshed out the problem finally deciding upon the ac tion taken' later. . ' THE NEW SCHEDULE. No. 2 muI 5 Are Only raxsengt-r Train to Bo Changed. Sunday. Tomorrow Is the time set for the new schedule on the main line of. the O. R. & N. Early reports as to the ex tent of the changes were exaggerated. The only changes that were made are with trains Nos. 2 and 5, and by reason of the change. Portland 'service from La Gra,ide will bo much better in the future. Below Is the official time ta ble to, take effect Sunday morning: fo Portland. No. 1. No. 5 5:40 am , 4:10 pm 7:35 am 6:10 pm 9:30 am 8:05 pm 12:25 pm 11.03 pm 2:15 pm 1:00 am THE COOK WILL BE GLAD to aee some of our high grado coal carried into your cellar. Didn't know there wero grades In coalT Why there are almost aa'many as there are of eggs or butter.' Let us send you the ;i kind that will prove by 'the per- '),'. ,-.-., .., ... ,i . . - J U9 . ib.Vuu ( Vt our coal la different than the ordinary and decidedly better. 0. E. FOWLER . Phone Main 10: III Health la More Expensive Than : cold, all this sorrow, pain, anxiety ani Any Cure, This country Is now filled Vlth peo ple who migrate across tho continent In all directions seeking that- which gold cannot buy. Nine-tenths of them are suffering from throat and lung trouble xr chronic catarrh resulting from neglected colds; and spending fortunes vainly trying to regain lost health. Could every sufferer but undo expense could have ' been avoided. Chamberlain's cough remedy Is fa mous for Its cures of colds, and caa always be depended upon. Use it and the more serious diseases may b avoided. For sale by all good dealer. , A Reorder. We received this morning another shipment of the Chrlstmaa Ladle the past and cure that first neglected Home Journal. Ferguson's. Lv. Huntington Lv. Baker City. Lv. La Grande. . Lv. Pendleton.. Ar. Umatilla . ... Lv. Spokane . . . Lv. Walla Walla Lv. Umatilla . . . LvT The Dalles . . Lv. Hood River Ar. Portland . . . V Baker City veryften and many here know him very well. Ills home and headquarters are In Spokane. Todny Mr. Steele Is out at some of the mills grading lumber and an Interview with him Is not obtainable. ' SIEWARD'S OPERA HOUSE D. H. STEWARD, Mgr. and Prop. Two Nights Commencing DECEMBER 7th THE NEW AND NOVEL ATTRACTION M. G. . BARNES - TRAINED ANIMAL SHOW Performing Lions, Leopards, Tigers, Pumas, Panthers, Boxing Kangaroos, Dogs, Ponies, Apes, Monkeys, Baby Elephants, Camels and the GREAT BENO World's Greatest Gymnast PRICES: 75c; 50c; 55c; Advance Saieat ihe usual place WWWWtttHHIM;HHIIHIHHI.imHm t t i Dciiy Observer 65c per Month HUG RETIRES SOON. County Assessor Ready to Leave HIn Offiec. to Ilia SutfcwHor, -County Assessor R. A. Hug Is rap idly getting hla official duties rounded Into such shape that he can turn the books over to hla successor on Janu ary first. Mr. Hug has conducted the affairs of the office during hla term stltue.nts feel that a capable official is leaving the service of the county. Mr. Hug was defeated for re-election at the June election by T. A, Rlne hart, . another capable assessor, who assumes his new-'dutles with the be ginning of the, new year. Mr. Rlne hart is well qualified as he held the position of deputy to the late County Assessor J. H. Morton. From Portland. No. 2. Lv. Portland . . Lv. Hood RIverv Lv. The Balles . . Ar. Umatilla ... Ar. Walla Walla Ar. Spokane Lv. Umatilla . . . Ar. Pendleton . . Ar. La Grande ... Ar. Baker City . Ar. Huntington ........ ,3:15 pm 8:50pm 2:20 pm 1:10 pm B':35 pm , 4:20 am 6:18 pm 5:10am 8:60pm 7:20am No. 6. . 9:15 am 6:00 pm '.11:20 am 8:45 pm . 12.05 pm 9:40 pm .. 3.20 pm 15:0 am 5:00am '.11:15 am .j 3:25 pm 1:00 am . 5:05 pm 2:50 am . 8:30 pm 6:45 am .10:30 pm 8:06 am .12:35 am 10:55 am For a Timber Claim Call on Burger & hcverson, over New tin Drug store. 'Phone Main 91. .'. IBM AD 4- .New train from Umatilla to Spo kane, via Colfax, connecting with No. 6 from Portland. -r ! There is a diff- I erence in bread. ! J Have ycu tried ours yet? f you nave not, you K 4 f art A mm Y aiiumu. i uu may be missing some thing. , . Ijaunt'lilns; Great Vessel. Vallejo, Cal., Dec. 6. Thousands of visitors today witnessed the launch ing of the giant collier Promethus at the Mare Island navy yard. A great celebration marked the event, which was a memorable one for Mare Island since the record made In the con struction of this Jl, 500, 000 vessel sur passes that of all other yards. Th-3 gigantic collier was christened' by the little daughter of Naval Constructor Evans, under whose direction the c ji lier was built. The Promethus is one of the larges: auxiliary naval vessels, ever built In this country. " Her dimensions are a? follows: - y Length over all, 465 feet, 9 Inchw; extreme beam, 60 feet, Zy, lncho; depth molded, 36 feet, 6nches; depti of hold, 34 feet; mean low draft, 26 feet; displacement at mean low dra't, 12,500 tons; dead weight capacity, 6, 500 tons; bunker capacity, 157S tonj. Ti . Proiueiii us viti bo XitU'd m?h twin screws and vertical type, triple. expansion engines. At a pressure of 185 pounds these will make 86 revol.i- tions the minute. The rig of the ves- ' 4 el will consist of four short pole mas s ROYAL BAKERY 4t Violin and Viola Inruetion. ' . Miss Tounf will open a studio to a. limited number of pupils at the horn of Mrs. Harriet R. McDonald. 1616 Sixth street. 'Pohne Black 402. Ex cellent preferences given. ! CHRISTMAS Laundry Woik You want yourt able linen and other Laundry work done exccpionally r ice for this occasion. Send it early - . - - WE WILL CERTAINLY PLEASE YOU CHERRY'S HEW BOTH PHONES NO ONE HESITATES OVER OUR CANDY, Everybody that knows our confes tlona at all Is aware of their purity, their fresnness, their fine flavor. 11 you don't know, "get acquainted.' You certainly get your money' worth in this candy shop whether you buy an ounce, a pound, or a 5-pound box. E. D. SLXDER, THE CANDY MAN. Pretty Calenders At Ferguspn's WOOD SAWING - 'Phone aDd we will ,1 your wood tawing promptly, and at i: you can afford to pt i are always reafly.- I v T A- fitted with six cargo beams each. Her complem-.t y'Ji and 214 .itfC i incl'.!' J8 f 'f.'cers MATHEWS GLA Ph Black J3- BLUE MOUNTAIN HOUSE T. J. GRAY rProp. ( New Management) Rates $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 Best 25c meal in the city BedSj2Sc and SOc , All outside rooms. Board and lodge $6. pet week One block from depot Only house in the city ; employing white help only TRY OUR SERVICE ' j Fresh Vegetables are Scarce r But we have lust received nearly a a carload of canned goods. The goods I are all standard brands and are this season's Pack Asparagus Spinach Sweet Potatoes Pumpkins ' Succotash Everything in Staple and fancy Can - S ned Goods Preferred tock, Preferred Stock, Preferred Stock Preferred Stock Preferred Stock e City Grocery and Bakery, PKXIE MUX 75 Z LPCLT.CK.Prop -c , 5