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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1908)
lesZ vJ yv VVy is-"k?' WAP" VA Vlaf ii"Si',V volume vm. LA CUUNDE, UNION OOClffTT, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1008. NUMI1ER 62. CMHI IS III W Til tE.VKS TONIGHT FOIL SALEM;' FIFTEEN YEARS. Young Man Who Assaulted Young Girl Today la Given. Ills Sentence Plea Was Ex )Ct'ti Court Reprimands ' 4lie Prisoner and Gives Fatherly Ad vice Cunningham Narrowly Es--aed Lynching: at Union A Young Man. Raymond Cunningham . starts to night for Salem to serve IS years In the state prison for assaulting a young girl between Union and Telocaset. The heavy sentence followed a long end pointed reprimand from Judge Knowlcs, ' after Cunningham had , pleaded guilty to the charge pending against him. No Trial Resultant. Cunningham was arraigned this forenoon to plead to the charge. Much as' has been expected, he admitted his guilt Then followed the heart-to-heart talk from the bench, In which the court mingled sharp .reprimand and pointed advice. - Cunningham leaves tonight In charge of Sheriff Chtlders to do pennance for his crime. Escaped Mob at Union. Cunningham Is the man who As saulted a young girl between Union and Telocaset several weeks ago, and who missed a maddened mob at Union the same evening. His life Is Indebted to the Union officials, who spirited the fellow to La Grande, avoiding blood shed. The sentence Is a heavy one, but is an object lesson to others. The girl In question has fully recovered from the Injuries now. STUNG. BY POMES HORSE RACING CLAIMS ANOTHER YOUNO VICTIM Young Cashier of Oakland Firm Con fesses to lllgU-Ilandcd Financing Now In Jail. Oakland, Dec. 12. Said by the po lice to have confessed to the embe sslement of $20,000 from Hale Bros.' department store, Alphonso Lebouf, the firm's cashier, is In jail here. It Is reported the prisoner attributes his downfall to betting on races. . One week he used $5000. He la accused f f padding accounts and raising checks. The young man Is said to have start ed his stealings last September. The money was spent at pool rooms .'n Seattle until the . Emeryville season opened. He Is 25 years of age and married. LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES KILLING THREE INSTANTLY THREE OTHERS INJURED ' '." AND MAY ALSO DIE. Beaumont, California, Sceno of Fatal Explosion That Demoralizes Loco motive and Kills Throe Workmen Southern Pacific ' Engine Was Tulllng Out. LITTLE HOPE OF REDUCED TARIFFS v,. Phonographs will be popular for gift purposes this year. We carry a fine line and have hundreds of the most desirable records. " Nctvlln Book and Stationery Co. Beaumont, Cal., Dec. 12. Thr?e men were killed and one perhaps fa tally injured today by the explosion of a Southern Pacific t freight engine while pulling a heavy train out of the Beaumont yards. Engineer Dave Donald, Fireman Roy T. Reynold bnd Conductor G. H. Brockman weru i:i stantly killed. Brakeman E. A. Wil liam may die. All lived at Los An geles. - The locomotive was demolish ed, i HARRIMAN AND. RIPLEY AP PEAR COURTEOUS ONLY. No PromlHe of Withdrawing Increased Tariff Sheets on Transcontinental Shipments Hull road PrcsklonU Per slnt In Negotiations to Kill Time- Many Eastern Railroad Manager Would Have to Re Consulted to Bring About Results. San Francisco, Dec. 12. No prom. lses of relief from the burden of ad vanced freight rates to and from Cal Ifornla terminals have been received from two railroad presidents who were recently memorialized by the execu tive committee of a recent convention of .California business men. Harrlman replied he hoped a con ference between the committee and traffic managers of the two roads can be held In the near future. "I trusted a satisfactory conclusion could be reached," he wrote. President Ripley of the Santa Fe, was more explicit. He said his rep resentatives would be quite" willing to listen to arguments against the a J vanced rates, but warned the shippers In the case of transcontinental tariffs applying to and from all points In the United States east of Colorado, a large number of eastern railroads were the parties interested, and that they would have to be 'consulted If the changes were .found proper. ! , Crow and Passengers Drown. Odessa, Dec. 12. All members of the crew and 6.V passengers "ri-e drowned when a big Turk ish 'nmer from Constantinople to . t'bastopol sank to the bot tom of the Black sea In a severe storm .today. j Bargains in Ready-made Goods M m M 'V M M W I - : r rices Lut in two. Last or me seasons reaay i - i v i w I made gooas must oe ciosea out regara of cost Our stock is being reduc ed verv rapidly MICE HOW REACHED BY LIIIE TWENTY-FOUR FOOT HEAD SWEEPS DOWN ON DESERT. Running of Preliminary Survey for Irrigation .Ditch lias Reached a Point or Deep Interest Exact Di rection of Lines Ixading to it Mil.. Change TItut Cross Line Main Line . Now One Mile East of Iowa School Houno No Work Today. Ten and six-tenths miles of prelim inary survey for the Irrigation scheme had been run last evening, when the 3nowetorm sent the engineer's corps back to La Grande to awaiting a sub siding of the storm. Engineer Pick Ier will again return to his work to morrow, but Monday night will make a report of his work to the Commer cial club. Runs Cross Lines. The main lln(s extends one mile be low the Iowa school house. This Is eight and three-tenths miles from the starting point at Oro Dell. But he has run a cross line that will, when fol lowed up with a pipe'linu, Irrigate the sandrldge. This cross line runs down the Iowa school lane a distance ol two and three-tenths miles, sweeping out on the rldee with a head of 2i feet, ample for irrigation purposes. Mr. Pickler has a plan of shortening this cross line that will mean bo much to the most arid region of Grand; Ronde valley, but by doing so he will lessen the head. He Is undecided as yet which he will recommend. The course of the main line Is great ly Interesting, but the line that holds iha ereatest attention of them all Is the Handrlilee survey. With a head of 24 feet, laterals can be run in both directions, throwing water on a great area of land, much of It now practi cally worthless. Right there Is where the greatest boon of the irrigation will come, because of the difference be tween arid and Irrigated lands is more marked. . KILLED BY SHAFT SEATTLE MACHINIST MEETS FRIGHTFUL END YESTERDAY. Uody Shorn of Its Clothing, Ono Arm Torn Loose lkinea Frightfully CruMicd. Seattle, Dec. 12. William Preston, a machinist of the Seattle Lumber Co., was killed late yesterday by being twisted about a revolving shaft near v con-- of the shop. His body and i:v u;..'.i'om which the machinery tore every vestige of clothing, fell at the feet of Blacksmith Jensen, who rushed Into the shop upon hearing a peculiar thumping noise. The bones were rightfully crushed. HE STROM E TO HOUSE THE I III I 100 Soldier Killed. Odessa, Dec. 12. One hundred reb els were killed today In a terrific bat tle with the royalists of Persia near Tabriz. ladies' Suits We have only a few ladles' Suits left to be closed out at ridiculously low prices. 1 $15 black Serge goes at.... 212.50 black Serge goes at . . J25.00 black Cheviot goes at $18.50 black Cheviot goes at $47.60 brown stripe goes et ..$1.93 . .$2.33 . .$9.85 ..$9.85 , .$29.85 Millinery All ladles' Trimmed Hats Half Price. $10.00 Hats, to close, at $5.00 $8:50 Hats, to close, at $1"5 $5.50 Hats, to close, at .'. ..... .$3.25 $4.00 Hats, to close, at $2.00 $2.00 Hats, to close, at . .'. $l-"0 ladies9 Waists $8.50 wool and silk Waist, reduced to $6.50 all-wool and silk A'alsts. re duced to 2 9i Wash Waists, lot 1, reduced to .... 85c Wash Waists, lot' reduced to . . . .$1.5 Misses' Coats Our stock of .VIs:3' Coats Is very large and we have 6cided to make prices that will move them. Lot 1 Children's Coats, values to $3.50, at $1.00 Lot 2 Misses' Coats, values to J 6.50, ages to 14 years $2.85 Lot 3 MIhsos' Coats, values to $3.50, ages to 14 years $1.85 ladies' Skirts You know our reputation on the famous "Beverley Skirts." To buy these at the prices we are offering them is surely an inducement. Skirts, in value to $5.00, to close $1.95 Skirts, In value to $8.50, to close $1.85 Skirts, in value to $12.50, to close at $7-65 ladies' Coats Lot 1 Ladles' Coats, values to $10.tC ....... i $2.50 Lot 2 Lt dies' Coats, values to $15.00 $183 This Is a reminder. If you want a coat, decide qulck'.y. 1HE FAIR TOR La Grande, Oregon. SENTENCE RUEF NEXT SATURDAY DEFENSE ILS BATCH OF MOTIONS TO MAKE. .Mutual Agreement Reached Over the Postponement of Sentence Ruef Hears History of Proceedings in a Careless Manner Winks at Friends and Chews Gum During the Proced ure Ach Has Not Retired From Rucf's Service, Says Ruef. SIX DAT RACE IS ABOUT TO BE FINISHED PACIFIC COAST RIDERS PROMINENT AMONG LEADERS. Great Six-Day Bicycle Race Is Draw ing Near the End Trailers Resort to Use of Drugs for Stimulation- Leaders Did Not Use Drugs Sprint at Finish. -New York, Dec. 12. Walter Demar of San Jose. Cal., a member of the transcontinental team; Floyd McFar land of San Jose, a members of the Pacific-Atlantic team;. Waller Rutt of Germany, a member' of the German Holland team, will probably decide the premier honors In the six-day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden at 10 o'clock tonight : ' . These men, with their team mates, aire leading today. A mile sprint !s being planned, which Is expected to ?lve one of the teams material lead. Early today all Were tied for the ead. Some of the trailers were stim ulated by use of strychnine. sThe leaders have not resorted to the use of drugs, drinking blapk coffee and champagne broth, ;, SCHOOL TAX LEVY IS FIXED AT EIGHT M1U& San Francisco, Dec. 12. At the re quest of the defense Judge Lawlor to day postponed until next Saturday the sentencing of Ruef for offering bribes. Ruef lawyers said they are preparing a number of motions which they wish to offer. The prosecution. has agreed to postponement. Attorney Dozler represented Ruef. Ach being absent. Dozler explained the defense desired to interpose mo Hons before Judgment was passed. He expects to base the motions on the record of the case, which he considers Is "well clogged with errors." Ruef was ordered to stand and hea? the formal reading of the hl.xtnry of the proceedings. His hnr U were thrust In his pockets, nn : ho winked at his friends while cli. Aing gum Ruef denied the report that Ach re tired from the case because of a mis. understanding. Smallpox on Battleship. Colombo, island of Ceylon, Dec. 12. The battleship Georgia arrived this :nornlng at forced , speed to brhig smallpox patients to this port : for treatment. She Is 24 hours ahead of other ships. Smallpox broke out on ihe Georgia shortly after leaving Ma nila. . . First Stf Taken to Secure a New Scliool Building In Tld City Nt-xt Action Will Come la the Way of Petition to Board .Then Special ' Election Taxable. Iroperty Consid erable More Than a Million Many . Tnxayera Attend Meetlug AU Ank for Immediate Action by School Board to Get Building. It looks like a new high school build ing for La Grand in the near future. A tax levy to cover school expense and enough to provide for approxi mately $2000 In emergency funds wis levied by the school board of the La Grande district this afternoon. The levy In Itself la interesting, but a side Issue has even more Importance on the public. , j ,. Taxpayers Present. A representative group of taxpayers were on hand and a resolution was unanimously adopted by them that It be the sense of this meeting that th school board take sufficient steps to procure a new school building In the Immediate future. While not binding In Itself, the resolution paves the way for prompt action. A petition from taxpayers to the school board, if it la broad enough and sufficiently signed, will mean that the board will call a special election and procted by pre scribed course to allow the city as a whole, to . vote on the question Indi vidually. The first steps hav1;. beea: taken and it Is apparent that subse quent action will follow In logical se quence until a new building Is assured. The Report According to the clerk's figures filed before the meeting, the taxable prop erty In this district Is $1,574,326. The levy was fixed at 8 mills. That as sessment will bring the school district $12,594.80, while the expense of run ning the school 'next year Is carefully estimated at $12,273. As Is readily Been, there la a slight balance, from which the interest on the first bonds,, the cost 6t a special election, and the emergency fund can be drawn. Many . reports were read and everything points to satisfaction except In the high school building, where the chil dren are harrassed by cramped conditions. May BeAnother Victim. Vallejo, Cal.,' Dec: 12. Mrs. August Rose, wife of Bandsman Rose, who was poisoned at the Mare Island lun cheon a week ago, lies in a dying con dition today in a local sanitarium. She suffered a severe relapse late yester day and is unable to take nourlsn ment except through Jnjectlons In the veins. MIR flFflPFR IS mum ' 1 . '--.-.-. ''" . James B. Officer Is guilty. Late this afternoon the Jury re-4 turned a verdict of "guilty as charged" larceny from a dwell- ing. He will be sentenced at 9:30 next Tuesday morning. This evening a Jury Is being chosen for the McCoy, Vandermuellen and Rynearson case. '-' -' Masquerade Rail Tonight. Grand masquerade ball tonight. Prof. Harris will see that all KuesU have an enJoyaMe time. Separate prizes for fcett sustained charact rs. Important Holiday Facts First: You save money on everything purchased here, at a time when such saving is apt to be appreciated. Second: You find an unusual assortment of those goods which make practical, sensible gifts. Third: You get quality. Vhateves it is, large or small, it is worthy and contains real value lor every cent of cost. Fine Perfumes, Imported and Domestic, in pack ages of all sizes and in bulk. Toilet articles, Brushes, , Mirrors. Combs, etc. singly and in combinations. Latest goods direct from the maker. Pocket Books and Purses infancy leathers especially suited for gift purposes. Better see first whether we have not what will answer best. If so you can buy yourself a gift with what you save. Mewlin Drug Co. La Grande, Ore. - - 7 L rf r. - V' : '?..',.' ' '.'; ;"' ''. K - k i'H- If-