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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1908)
EIGHT PAGES. EVENING Q nsKiivwt, ia cu.xrn. ohegox, nttmv. wxKMnnit n, ions. VACV. FIVE. UNCKItTAI.V ABOUT Till L. v 4 . LOCAL ITEMS. . A V.'holesnlo price on ' lard at the i;i.;ot market tomorrow. Oeorgo Bnlfd, onf of Union's lead lug cl! men. Is In th. city today trans acting business. , . Miss Lottie Howard leaves for her home In Hood River tomorrow, after an extended visit here. Mrs. C. F. Merrill took her depart ure for Portland laat evening, to be (one about two weeks visiting friends. Eugene Holmes, the Wallowa mer cmii!. paw id through the city last evening en route to Portland. E. P. Gams, of Allel,,who has been In the city the past few days trans acting buHiness, returned home this morning. . , ' L. Oldenburg returned this morn ing from Portland, where he has been on business connected with the Aure 11a Mining company. W. E. Hills, traveling auditor for the Pacific Telephone company, who has been spending a few days here, leaves tonight for Baker City. Frank H. Green, connected with the Blue Mountain Creamery company, Is In Sumpter looking after personal and firm affairs. He left last evening. Attorney Robert : Lloyd, who has been transacting business before Ihe circuit court, returned to his home at Elgin this morning. Miss Anna ' Carlson, who has been following her profession as trained nurse In Union, returned to La GranJe this morning. T. H. Tatman, one of the big fruit men of Frultdale, has gone to Spokane to attend the apple show. He re turns by way of Seattle and Portland. Elma Bay, 8 months' old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bay, today con veyed to the Fark association, 64 pen nies to help make out the mile oi pennies. Attorney J. A. Burleigh and wif.. who have been visiting friends In Walla Walla, are In the city todiy. They are expected to return to their homo at Enterprise tomorrow morn ing. A. W. Leffel, for many years mer senger on the Elgin and now on the Joseph run, will go on the logging trln next Monday. This will per mit him to be with his family each night. Instead of alternating nighis, as now. Mrs. G. C. Osburn left this morning for Portland, where she will Join her husband, who has been promoted to a Portland position with the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company. Mr. and Mrs. Osburn have many friends In La Grande who wish them every suc cess in their new home. Mrs. Fred Gilbert and daughter, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Hoyt, left this morning for Day ton, Wash., where she will Join her husband, who Is located there. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert formerly resided in Haines. Mrs. Gilbert Is a sister-in-law of Mrs. Hoyt. , Apostle" John Henry Smith and Bishop C. W. Ntbley, custodian of funds for the Mormon church, both of Salt Lake, will be in Ltt Gin2c Svr day to attend the quarterly stuke conference to be held In the local tab ernacle at that time. The conference Is an important one, andmany will be here from valley points. Fred J. Holmes and Robert Miller left this morning for Walla WaWa. where they go to look after matters regarding the Installation of the steam heating plant In the M. & M. company's new Implement ' building. Mr. Miller will continue his journ?y to Portland to attend to other affairs regarding the building. Kc4iiM That Dnto of Trial Cannot Be Sot Until Returns Come. 31 Cenls for Butter Fat. December butter fat, 34 cents. We need more butter, to supply the de mands and will guarantee 34 cents for December. Bring us your cream. Plue Mountain Creamery Company. I1LALOCK OX BOARD. Walla Wallnn Hiis Pku-e on National AwMK-lutlon ns Dim-tor. The liquor enses pending In the Jus tlce case seem to be rather unclear to the Justice of the peace, as to when he will be able to . hear ' It All he knows of the case Is that he Issued the warrants After the information had been filed with him. Constable Faulk says he served the warrants, yet the returns have not been mad a. While It Is supposed the rase will be heard at 7:30 tonight, there is nothing to verify the statement. . Late this afternoon Justice Stewart could not say whether Lincoln and Splllmun will be tried to n'sht or not. . I Follette's Magazine. Madison, Wis., Dec. 11. Senator La Follette, following In the footsteps of William J. Bryan, and other literary statesmen, will shortly begin the pub lication of a new weekly magazine. The periodical will make Its Initial ap pearance within two or three weeks, probably during the Christmas holi days. The new Journal will be devoted largely to politics, but will alBo have literary features. Jealousy to Blame. Pacific Grove, Cal., Dec. 11. Jeal ousy over a woman has brought Pri vate D. C Duke, of. Co. B, 20th in fantry to prison under a charge ol murdering First Sergeant Edward Stanton, of. the same company, an' attempting to kill the woman ov. whom both quarceled. Duke :'ju..v, Stanton and the woman ep.:- !.i a restaurant at the Presidio, u.iU re turned with a revolver. He opened fire without warning, Stanton falllni: dead In the restaurant. Two of the bullets fired at the woman missed. Duke was shot In the shoulder by Po liceman Dosch as he was runnim; away. Coal. Just received two carloads of Rock Springs coal. The best handled In thf city. Grande Ronde Cash Company. Dr. W. D McMillan Painless Denstry La Grande National Bank Both Phones Bide. Washington. Dec. 11. The Nation al Rivers and Harbors congress today ratllfed the recommendations nomin ating a committee for officers for the ensuing yearas follows: President. Joseph Ransdell, Louisi ana; secretary-treasurer, J. E. Elli son, Cincinnati. Among the board of directors will be former Governor ( Pardee of California. A. De'vers of Portland, and N. O. Blalock of Walla The Scenic. Pleases them all. That is the or.lj way to properly express the character oMhe Scenic program this week. Gor don & Price, the vaudeville team, are springing an entirely new line of dope and every line is making a decided hit with the patrons. May Hart, In black face, ranks right along with them and it would be difficult to decide who hat the best of it. She has the "Colored Mammy" act down so fine that It Is hard for the spectators to believe that the greater part of the day she is a decided blond. The pictures are good and refreshingly new. Remember the matinee tomorrow afternoon for the school children. Mae Hart puts on tonight her very best In the way of a guitar accompani ment to a song hit that pleased Port lnnd and Seattle.. The Lyric. The Lyric changes program three times each week now. The pictures last evening dealt with new subjects and were acceptable In every way. The vaudeville act would have been all right If the black face artist had been a lit Me more careful with hix lines. An occasional slip of the tongue nearly ruined the very good act. Mr. Hoyt, as the professor of the school of acting, was good. His interpreta tion of the generally accepted Idea of the old Bthool actor was really first class. Jumbo will make good whn he learns to keep his English within the proper bounds. Remember the three times a week change. . The Pastime. The Pastime pictures last evening were exceptionally good. The feature number was far better than the aver age, the acting being of a character far superior to that usually shown in moving pictures. The film is a losig one and to give a proper description would require more space than we can devote to amusements today. Mr. Ferrln's song is a most delightful one and gives him ample opportunity to display his wonderful vocal poweis. Next week Manager Eccles will be able to offer as a special attraction, the L. D. S. quartet. This quartet needs no introduction to La Grande audiences. The reputation has been long established. SUNDAY AT THE CIIURCIUii. 4 11rt PrfHuytrrlnu hurt li." Washington avenue and Sixth St. Rev. W. H. Bleakney, ph. D.; presi dent of the Pendleton academy, will preach morning and evening.. Sunday school, :45 a. m., W. L. Brenholts, superintendent; C, E. service, 6:30 p. m leader, George M. Rogers. Pray er meeting Thursday, 7:30 p. m. Rev. 8. W. Seemann, D. D. minister. First McthcxtlHt FplwoiMil Church. Corner M avenue and Fourth street. Sunday, 8:45, Bible school; 11 a. m., mnrnlng worship, subject, "A Suffi cient friend"; 12 in., clous meeting: j 8:30 p. m., Epworth league, subject, "oys of the Overcome," leader, Mrs. Loda Redhead; 7:30, evening worship, subject, "A Call to Men." - Monday, 7:30 p. m., at parsonage, the class in Christian Stewardship. Thursday, 7 p. m., teachers' meeting, followed by prayer meeting at 7:45. Special mu sic by the choir. A cordial welcome to all. Rev. C. E. Deal, pastor. St. Peter's Church. Third Sunday in Advent. Holy communion, 8 a. m.; Sunday school, 10 a. m.; morning service, 11 a. m.; Bible class, 4:15 p. m.; evening serv ice, S p. m. Litany and choir prac tice Fridays at 7:80 p. m. Rev. Upton H.'Gibbs, rector. Fancy Lesson FREE LAND BUSINESS GOOD. Unxie Sam's Heal Estate Offh'e Pros IxTou Halley Here. Business at the local land office was good today, s In fact, land purchasers were so numerous that the office force was kept more than busy taking filings, entering contest applications and listening to final proofs. Enough of the government domain was disposed of to make a good sized county, but this fact did not In any way discourage the officials, as Reg ister Bramwell stated there was no iear of working themselves out of em ployment, as he had enough land listed to make the average real estate man turn green with envy. The" cus tomers who exchanged their hard earned dollars for government land all seemed pleased and wore the ex pression of patrons who were laboring under the belief that they had .se cured a real bargain. United States Commissioner John Halley, Jr., Is over from Pendleton to day, transacting business ' before the United States land office. He expects to return to Pendleton this evening. Desperado Kilkj Negroes. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 11. Without the slightest provocation, William La tura, a desperado, today shot up a dive full of negroes, . killing four, and wounding several. He was captured later. James F. Wall leaves tonight for Portland to spend a few days. He expectB to return early next week. FRIDAY AFTERNOON 1:10 to 4:30 We have a competent person to in struct anyone who is interested in any kind of fancy work. 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