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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1908)
eight paces. . EYEXtXtt OllsLItVEK, IA GRANDE. ORECOX, MONDAY. DEfFMnFU il, lo. r PAGE HVE. . . . LOCAL ITEMS. Conductor W. H. Kelsay Is a very lU'k man at his home In Pendleton, Mrs. Robert Brltts Is home' after a week's ty In Spokane. Attorney B. F. Wilson , came over this morning- to attend circuit court Attorney W; II. Strayher of Baker City, la hero on court matters. . Ray Nerval of Elgin, was a Sunday visitor. George H. Ourrey. senior editor of The Observer, Is home from a few days sppntatldahf point. William Erl if this city left today for Wallowa, where ho will spend the week looking' after his business., Tim Donovan, Western Union line superintendent, went to Wallowa coun ty this morning- to look after his new lines over there, Mrs. C. H. Conkey returned on the Sunday night train from Spokane, where she was a guest with friends. ' Mr. and Mrtfc B. M. Hutchinson now occupy the J. C. Gulling residence on Madison avenue. . The fourth express office In Wal lowa county Is soon to 'be opened. Los tine Is the place wlvere it will be lo cated. The west wall of the M. & M. com pany's new building on Jefferson ave nue, Is rapidly taking shape. It is now several feet high. Miss Ellen Stafford returned to Union last evening. She has been vis iting a few days with her sister, Mrs. E. E. Lewis of this city. Frank H. Greene Is home from a visit to Sumpter and Eaker City, for the Blue Mountain Creamery com pany.. . Conductor and Mrs. J. C. Gulling left yesterday Tor Pendleton, where they will make their home white Mr. Gulling Is employed on the Pilot Rock Pendleton passenger run. Mrs. Emma Simmons left last eve ning for Portland, where she Intends remaining for three weeks or a month. She will spend some of the time during her absence at Newport. Mrs. G. G. Osburn of Portland, Is a visitor In Pendleton, a guest of her cousin, Mrs. Al O. Garden and other relatives and friends. Pendleton East Oregonlan. ' y- - The front of the building In the Sommer tjloek next door to Ash Bros., Is being changed and will be occupied about the middle of March as an ex clusive shoe wtore. Walter Henry, of The Observer Job department, has been 111 for the past several days, but is improved today and expects to get back to his old cor ner In a few days. The 16th annual ball of the Broth erhood of Locomotive 'Firemen and Enginemen is set for December SI, and the firemen are making extensive preparations to make the affair up to the high standard of precedent. Rev. W. H. Bleakney, Ph. D., of Pendleton, delivered two stirring ad dresses at the ' Presbyterian church yesterday. The doctor is a talented speaker, and many were out to hear him. He returned on the evening train. Route Agent J. E. Birch, of the Pa cific Express company. Is at . Baker CUy, doing Oilice work peuuiug llic return of local Agent Hlbberd, from Salt Lake. Mr. Hibberd is expected home tonight, and then L. F. Massee goes to relieve Mr. Birch at Baker City. Apostle John Henry Smith left yes terday evening for his home in Salt Lake. He came here to attend the conference of the L. D. S. stake. The large delegation from Union that attended the L. D. S. conference here Sunday, returned to their homes last evening. Rcscun Hose company No. 1 meets tomorrow night for Important busi ness. Foreman Jackson requests that every member attend. 1 C. W. Nlbley of Salt Lake, who cams t La Grande Saturday morning, is still here, but leaves tonight for Portland. Ills son. Joe Nililoy, has also been In La Grande since Saturday, butTeturns tonlpht to Portland with the senior Hon.- A. E. Eaton of Union, passed tnroutih the city this morning en route to Salem, where he will he present at the laying of the foundation stone of the $.-,0,000 Eaton hall, a gift of Mr. Eaton to Willamette university. In about 10 days Mr. Eaton will leave for southern California to spend the win ter. R. A. West, the well difrger took his departure this morning for his minla ture oil rH r-.-ar I.-rWer. Is cer tain that he will have a flowing well of water by next Saturday, at the lat est. The indications of oil are still found I considerable quantities will be there. D. G. Smith of Pendleton, is office visitor today. An order has gone out from the land office department that no attor ney or any other person not connected with the local land office will be per mitted behind the gate. Mrs. Ada Grout, a grand'lodge offi cer of the Rebekahs, accompanied by Mrs. C. E. Cox, left today for Wallowa county, where they will officially visit the lodges of that county. ' Dr. C. T. Bacon returned yesterduy morning from Portland, where he went with James Gavin. He reports the young engineer safely In the Portland hospital and having stood he trip to Portland nicely. Poundmaster Joe Black Is slowly re covering from an attack of facial paralysis. His face is distorted, and his left eye has not cloied voluntarily for the past week. He hopes to have complete possession of his facial mus cles soon. The Lyric theater has inaugurated an amateur night Every Wednesday evening, amateurs will be allowed on the stage and those intending- to take a part should appear for rehearsal or notify the box office on Wednesday afternoon. This has proven a popular Quartet Will Sing. ' The L D. a Quartet will sing at land nch performance at the Pastime the- ! ater this week. This insures music of the first class for the house. There is a fine comedy in the moving pictures, KF.AT BALK TUESDAY. Ticket for "Little Johnny Jones" Put on Tomorrow Morning. Geo. M. Cohan, the author of both play and music ni "Llttl Johnny Jones," which will shortly be seen in this city, Is but 27 years of age. The great success scored by "Johnny Jones" last season hns made great fame and a big fortune for this young author. "Llttlt Johnny Jones" will bo present ed here by a company of 75 people, and with the entire original produc tion. At the Steward Thursday; De cember 17. Seats for this attraction will go on sale tomorrow morning at the Van Buren cigar store. , At the Scenic. There will be an entirely new bill at the Scenic this evening. In the pic ture line the feature will be, "Saved by Love," which is a clever plot. In the "Nature Fakir" picture there is a chance for a laugh every second Sim ply a comedy of errors. "A Dear Old Grandma" is a pretty little heart story venture In other vaudeville houses nwnere patn08 Bnd ,ympathy blend. To. the pnBt. Forest Ivanhoe Is back In La Grande after a tour lasting 16 months that took him over' a greater portion of Europe, the states and a portion of Canada. Sixteen months ego he Btart ed "around the horn" and later tou - ed the southern portion of Iruu.i.i, went over the battlefield of Vr.ierlou, spent some time in-Paris, and then London. From there he came to the states and went aa far south as Texas, and as far north as Canada. Claude Gatch, the national bank ex aminer. Is here on a regular (tour of Inspection of eastern Oregon banks. He was In Wallowa county last week, and was apprised of several potent facta, among them that La Grande) is destined to become the great city of eastern Oregon. He was surprised at the enormity of traffic from Wallowa county. After a day or two spent here, he proceeds on his inspection tour, '. - .' 34 Ocats for Butter Fat. Decembor butter fat, 34 cents.. We need more butter to supply the de mands and will guarantee 34 cents for December. Bring us your cream. Blue Mountain Creamery Company. Teaehers Can't Give Presents. Tacoma, Dec. 14. -Teachers of the public schools are not allowed to give Christmas presents to pupils, neither can they receive them. The edict was issued by the (board of education; Dr. W. D McMillan Painless Denistry La Grande National Bank Bldg Both Phones night will also be the first appearance of Mr. Dunbar and the Atkinson Bros, whom Manager Gardlnler has every reason to believe are the strongest spe cialists he has yet introduced. AttlioLyrls. New pictures and new specialties to night. Something that will please all tastes and. offend none. The tw Hoyts tonight for the first time pre sent their burk-sque magic act. This alone la well worth the price of admis sion and the pictures Manager Parson believes will pleaso better. than many changes which have given such uni versal satisfaction. You cannot over look the Lyric bill tonight. Schwab to Testily. Washington, Doc. 14. Charles M. Schwab, the steel magnate, will ap pear tomorrow before the congression al ways and means committee at' the hearing on tariff matters. - Neighborhood Sleeting. The Neighborhood club meets to morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. J. M. Berry. A very in teresting program has been prepared by Mesdames Vincent Palmer and! Stella Ingle. Ships Arc Coaling-. Colombo, Ceyloa, Deo. 14. The. United States and Ceylon paid respects to each other today through official visits between AdmJnal Sperry and Governor Edward McCallum. Ships are coallag for the trip through the Indian ocean to Suez. J. W. McAllister la reported resting much easier today. ' Thomas H. Haddox of Clem, Ore., la here on land office business today. M E labwate Ms plain of the procession, showing the largest and most complete line of Holiday Goods. - ! Fancy Dry Goods Notions, Mens, Toggery Slippers Almost anything you want you will find in our immen se Stock toys ; Dolls J Games Books Golden ule Co, Evening Observer Want Ads Pay Wlf , MRS. WOODS DEAD. of Former Union! te Dies at Walla Walla Yesterday. Joe Woods received a telephone message this afternoon from Walla Walla from his brother, W. B, Woods, whose wife has been In the hospital there, that she died yesterday morn ing. . The brother will arrive In this city tonight with the remains and to morrow morning will go to Elgin, where the funeraj will be held. W. B. Woods was formerly a resident of this county, residing near Elgin for many years. ; THE LATEST AND PRETTIEST Holiday Gifts COLLARS, BELTS. PURSES TOYS and BRIC a BRA CWELUIaIN & CO. ADAMS AVEJTUE . ' ' ' r it Prevalent and he believes that oil in 1