La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 21, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textt i s4 t'OXXBUS VIII. LA GtftAXDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER SI, 108. NUMBER 6t. rnr ti CI phi l 1 I I JI i a i i. iy r i 3 $12,150 PI III OH ASSESSMENTS 'yRGE ACKLEB CLGAS$- ' OCT ins SILVRE OP $6000. 5IHH.V Small Payments on Assessment Rave Bivn Made I juration Likely to Come In FW Instance Acklc Said to Haw Mortgaged Property .-Koine ray All. Twelve thousand seven hundred and Iffy dollars, of Which amount George Acklca contributed $6000 alono, have teen received by Walter Nledner, re ceiver of the defunct Farmers & Traders' National bank, as payment on the lfl0 per cent assessment levied on .tockholdcrs. The time limit for making either a. part payment or wip ing out the assessment entirely, ex pired last Saturday. From now on, J,.- nMua nf navments due from the various shareholders will continua n come In intermittently, mere are a few who may commence litigation, such as Mrs. Hasset. who owus 80 nhares, and Mr. Rlnehart of Summer vllle. These sold their stock to J. W. Scrlber, but never received full pay ment, he having given his notes fir the balance, the transfer never having seen made. The outcome of these and a few similar cases will be await ed with Interest. For the most part, the $12,750 represents only part pay ments. 1 Ankles Pnys In Full. George Ackles of this city, Is one of the few who have paid In full. ILs shares, assessed at 100 per cent, meant $6000, and It Is said that he has mortgaged ail of his property to raise that amount, having lost heavily In the bank when It failed. Rather . jnan meet the assessment a portion at a time, he wiped out the whole In debtedness that the creditors of rhe bank may be paid a liberal dlvldenl at an early date. Among those who have paid their assessments In full are Kaiser of Sa lem, A. N. Gilbert, a former post master at Salem, and Mr. Smith of, Taeom. : wJi'Vis; ; Walter M. Pierce is home from Portland, where he attended a meet ing of the Northwest Electric Light & Power company managers. The meet ings were very profitable, and .came to a fitting end with an elaborate din ner Saturday evening. nOYS ARE HERE, University Glee, and Mandolin Club is llcady for Tonight, They are here. Thoy came this noon from Baker City. They will be here tonight at the Steward opera house In college wit, song and music. We refer to the University of Oregon Glee and Mandolin clubs. The city this afternoon had a college a!r. for lh coilfge boys spuit -moat or lhr.tr time on the streets, and where a crowd of university students are gath ered there is always a different atmos phere. Tho Baker City papers speak very highly of their, performance there last Saturday evening. ' The club is much more efficient than last year. While they were here sev eral former students of the same school met them and enjoyod plgnsant hours with their old-time ' college friends. Manager Steward believes he will have a fine attendance this eve ning as he feels sure he is giving the public something well worth while. , ,' BITTER RAILROAD WAR APPEARS A CERTAINTY IULL ONLY PLAUSIBLE COM. BATAXT AGAINST HARRIMAN. Colorado Southern Railroad Taken Over by IliU Is Railroad Outlet to tho Gulf War Between Equals 1m Coming, San Francisco, Dec. 21. Railroad men hero see in the acquisition of the Colcrado Southern railroad by James J. Hill, a "bitter war between him and Harriman. By the purchase Hill se cures a long wanted railway outlet to the gulf, and has broucrht the total of his mileage close to Harriman's. Hill is recognized as the only man who can menace Harriman's position, as Hill now controls 23,986 miles of railroad, or about 5000 more than Har rlman. . . . . PASHA GIRL DIES OF ma DEPl.OP.ABLF. CONDITION AT "BALANCED TEX CUE" HOME. l MAD KING RAVES. Bavaria's Crazy Ruler Locked In Prd (led Cell End la Near. Berlin, Dee. 21. King Otto, rf " varia, is today In a padded cell in in. palace, a raving maniac. The passive Idiocy which made him a pitiable fig ure for many years, has . developed suddenly Into a destructive mania. It Is believed his death Is near. One ClilUI Dead and Others 111 or Dy ing Following Weeks of Starvation Parents Wrote oil "Balanced: l,and Tenure" While Children Starved Sad Condition. i Pasadena, Cal., Pec. 21. One child Is dead, and physicians are trying to save the lifo of another, and a third one Is ill at the home of Warren Bro kaw, once editor of the Single Tax Courlerof St. Louis, and Intimate as sociate of Henry George. Brokaw ad mitted today that while he and his wife were writing books on "Balanced Land Tenue," the children went nun gry. Lno, aged 8. who died, had not touched food for three days before her death. It Is said they got down to the lust dregs of poverty In an- at tempt to work out the theory of bal anced land tenure. . Brokaw said: "If we had food last week our child would be alive now. I am unable to leave my wife alone to seek employment. She ' Is deaf and cannot care for her- children. We lived tho past three years on an In come of $300 per year, and paid out of that $100 Interest on a mortgage. Other expenses cut the fund for food to $125. Several days ago we ate fig? picked from a tree, In the field. Then the children were taken 111." . n The children were not allowed to attend the public school. They re ceived their education from their par ents. Brokaw said he did not think childhood had sex. He taught them to use "It" Instead of names- when referring to each other. IIIIItS UK STEVENS W1UMCY CASE IX HANDS OF TIIK Jl llV. ROBBERY AT VXION. Cigar Rlore of Ex-Rherlff Bolles En- tered Owner Locked Cp. The cigar store In Union owned b) ex-Shetfff Bolles, was entered Frldaj flight by one or more persons, who brrc'! a hole through the door and opened the lock. . The . 'phone wires vf ao no alarm could be given and room In the rear, which the proprietor used as a sleeping com partment, was . locked. The drawer contained about $25. However, In some manner $13 were overlooked. . '4 Bargains in Ready-made Goods Prices Cut in Two. Last of the seasons ready made goods must he closed out regard- I of cost. Our stock is being reduc- I erf very rapidly : Ardcrwon to Bo Tried on Another Whtaky Count Mr. JoHeliluc Grayheal In Siilnjf O. It. & N. for Tin Thousand Because She Waw Pi Off at Wrong; Station. On of the most remarkable causes for litigation that has made lu ap pearance In the circuit court of tj'nton county. Is about to occupy the attcn telon of the present term. Mri. Jose phine Graybeal, aged 60, Issuing the O. It. & N. company for $10,000, be cause she was forced to walk In the dead of night through the mountain ous country to the east of Blnghnm Springs. Her midnight stroll, alleged to have been occsiloned by the care lessness of a passenger crew, so wrecked her nervous system and In convenienced her, that she brought this suit. Attorneys Eugene Ashwlll, F. S. Ivanhoe and John Hodgln are her attorneys. The complaint, which was filed today, states tha while a passenger train on which she was trav eling, approached Bingham Springs, the trainmen called out "Bingham Springs," That was her destination, and she alighted. The train left and he found to her horror that she wft not at Bingham. It was merely a lonely stopping place. With wild ani mals yelping in the Immediate vicinity, and thick underbrush to Impede her progress, she wandered about that night until she eventually reached her destination, greatly dilapidated physically. . The outcome of it wae MHng of tho suit today. , Is Whisky Whisky? The jury which heard the John St'j -ens ease went into retirement al 8 Velock today. Stevens Is from Sum nervllle.and Is charged with selling T.hlsky In violation of the local option law. The entire case hinges on thf luestlon of whether or not "Homer's Ginger Bitters" sold hy Stevens In hi Summerville. soft drink establishment, is alcohol or not. ' ' - Another Whisky Case. v Charles Anderson will be tried on onother count, the charge being sim ilar to the one from which he was ac- lultted by a Jury Saturday. The Jury is now being selected. Utah Teachers to Meet, Salt Lake City, Dec. 21. President Jacob Gould Sehurman, . of Cornell university, and State Superintendent Ackerman of Oregon, are among the prominent educators who' will address the hundreds of Utah teachers who are assembled In Salt Lake City today for their annual state convention. Among the topics of discussion during the convention arc Industrial training. Juvenile courts, science and nature study and school athletics. BlUNti SIKHS HERE. Planned to Bring Thousand to Louis- liina as laborers. Vancouver, B. C, In an effort to relieve th congestion In India, a well organized movement Is on foot to start an Influx of East Indians, principally Sikhs, direct' from their native land to Louisiana, to work In the sugar and rice plantations there. The first In flux will involve 10,000 Sikhs, who re aid to be an excellent clctdu of ugii culturlsts. The announcement of this project was made public today by T. Crawford, a mining man, who ar rived here from London. Ready for Fltfit. : ' San Francisco, Dec. 21. Sam Langi ford of Boston, and Jim Flynn nre both fit and ready for the 20-round bout tonight at the CollBeum. Tuenduy Shortest Day. WssMiirton. D. C, Dee, 21. To morru . iornlng at 1 o'clock the sun ' '"' the sign of Caprlcornus, .milking the astronomical beginning of winter. For tho Inhabitants of the Northern hemisphere this will be the shortest day of the year. TAFT-BORTON FRACAS , IS FULLY EXPLAINED OHIO SENATORIAL FIGHT WAS THE PRIMARY CAUSE. Taft Angry Rovauxe Imprewdon ExUt ed Tluvt Taft ICxpnwsed Obligation to Burton Not Opposed to Burton ' Washington, D. C, Dec. ' 21. The cause of the recent disagreement be' tween President-elect Taft and Repre sentatlve Burton of Ohio, was ex plained today by Chairman Brown of the Ohio republican central commit tee. Brown said the spilt was caused primarily by Taft's belief that Burton misrepresented his attitude on the Ohio senatorial fight. He denied the break resulted from Taft's opposition to Burton running against his brother Charley In the senatorial fight. Taft was angry with Burton after a conver satlon with the latter, In which tu told Burton he was not politically em barrassed by the' candidacy of, his brother. Charles Taft, and that' he thought his brother should enter the race. Taft was ang'V because tne tm pression had gained strength that Taft axpressed himself as being unaer odii gation to Burton. MAY WITHDRAW RE1D. American Ambassador Entertains too Lavishly, Thlnk Taft. . T.nnrtnn. Dec. 21. Persistent rumors are being revived here that Whltelaw rietd. the American ambassador to the court of St. James, will Iobb his place when the Taft administration Is Inaugurated. Both Taft and Roose vu are said to be dlsDlensed with the extravagant manner In which Reld en tertains. , ladies' Suits i We have -only a few ladies' Suit left to' be closed eiit at ridiculously low prices. 1 $15 black Setge goes at. . . . ; .$4.35 1 $12.50 black Serge gees at $2.83 1 $25.00 black Cheviot goes at . .$9.85 1 $18.50 black Cheviot goes at ..$9.?5 1 $47.60 brown stripe goes st .$28.85 Millinery AH ladles' Trimmed Hats Half Price. $10.00 Huts, to close, at $3.M $8.50 Hats, to close, at ., $4 23 $6.50 Hats, to close, at ....... .$3.S $4.00 Hats, to close, at $2."0 $2.00 Hats, te close, at $1.00 Ladies' Waisis $8.60 wool aad silk Waist, redue a to $6.50 all-weol and silk Aatsta, re duced to a 95 Wash Waists, lot 1, redueed to . . " Wash Waists, lot reduced to . . . .$I.5 Misses' Coats Our ?ntoek of MIbjps' Coats Is very large and wo hav decided to make prices that will move them. . Lot 1 Children's Coats, valuta to $3.60, at $1.00 Lot 2 Misses' , Ofats, values to $6.50, ages to 14 years ..,...$2.85 Lot 3 Misses Coats, values to $8.50, ages to 14 years $4.83 Ladles' '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 $4.85 Skirts, In value to $12.80, to close . at ' J1-05 l adies' Coats Lot t Ladles' Coats, values to $10.00 ...$2 50 Lot 2 ladies' Coats, values to $15.00 $485 This Is u reminder. If you want a coat, decide quickly. , La Grande, Oregon. REST FOR CHRISTMAS. Skating Kink Proprietors Help Uie Fund Start After Holidays. . Messrs. Matlock and Hunlock turned in one-half of the proceeds at the skat ing rlnki amounting to $5. on Friday night, to the Riverside Park associa tion. ; These gentlemen are newcomers to our city; but by this act show that they are business men whom we are glad to call fellow citizens. , The committers on membership to the association have decided to wait until after Christmas before going out again,, but after the holidays will use every energy to raise the funds to Im prove the park. Save your pennies for them. MARRIAGE PERMITS. . Clerk's Office Issues Chrlntmas Pres ents. The following marriage . permits have been issued by Country Clerk Ed Wright: Earl Arnold and Maud Shockley: Clares E. Thornburg and Vella Hope. Frank Fanford and Alice Dawf": V.'. J. Cantrell and Hilda Brow; Wil liam Cruikshank and Anna Bra?1 serer. Ketlc Biwo1b!1 Disputes. San Francisco. Deo, 1. The crisis in the State-Coast leagues baseball Imbroglio will come tonight when the second conference will be held here. All signs point to a falling through of the negotiations in which event there will be a merry baseball war next year. National Commissioner Pulllam who Is now here, has given up n'l hope of patching up the differences. CoKhlcr Suicides. ' Omaha.-Dec. 21. W. R. Kelly, ,i,w nf tho Union Pacific in South Omaha, and nephew of the former so licitor general of the same road, was ,-r,nrl rtrnd in his aDartments last night with a 'bullet hole In his head. It is believed . he committed suicide. i,.? wtf. who went to Kansas City, he said: "Each day at the office Is full of horror," but is not known JUBt what he meant. Sails With Scaled Orders. ' Washington, Dec. 21. The battle ship Maine sailed today from Hamp ton Roads under sealed orders. She has probacy gone to Venezuelan waters.- ; - . .. S.F. RICHARDSON OPPOSES CAUCUS THINKS BEST REPRESENTATION PROVIDED IN THIS WAY, Whllo Republican Factions Are War ring' Rcprecntailve-I;:ict Richard, son Believes Best Polk y la to Fight Both Caucus Scliemes-t-Avold Fam ily FUilu. ; s : If the coming session of the Oregon legislature Is organized the way that Representative-elect S. F. Richard son Wants It, neither statement No. 1 nor anti-statement cliques will hold caucus, but the two factions will go Into one session and elect the most competent men. While metropolitan papers are devoting "columns to the question of which faction will organ ize in caucus, local Interest has natur ally centered In what Mr. Richardson will do with the petitions that have come to him from both factions. In an Interview today, Mr. Richardson said: "There Is much being said ' about what members of the' legislature should do this coming session, and there seems to be a diversity of opinion as to what should bo done. As there are certain duties for them to per form at this session, which do not usually occur, It might be a difficult question many times, perhaps, to tell right from wrong. When people are united It Is easy for any officer or servant to comply with their wishes: when they are not, It Is far different. Their representatives. In any event,, cannot suit all. Grover , Cleveland seemed to give universal satisfaction during his first term of office, but how different It was when his party be-, came divided - within themselves. ' So It Is also with our neighbor state, Idaho, which has the same trouble In the Dubois and antl-Dubols factions. "There Is much being said and various opinions expressed about our senatorial question, which was con sidered settled by nearly every one by the June election, and which I think, will be harmoniously, settled for the best by the ieglslature'- Ttiere Is also an unusual Interest taken 'in the or ganization Of the legislature. Thertf are two distinct factions which there should not be. Men who were elected and sent to the legislature were elect ed by the people at large and by no faction. There has been talk , about organizing the house and senate upon statement No, 1 principles and upon . antt-statement No. 1 principles. It appears to me that the interests of the people would be best served In op posing both; that the most good would result In a, policy to elect the most competent persons possible; to trans act all other matters with economy, to exclude all personal preferences and to' work In unison for the greatest good for the greatest number." Old lrospeetor Murdered. Butte. Mont., Dec. 21. William T. Clark, a pioneer prospector " and a familiar character in the Montana mining camps, was found murdered in tho mountains south of here today. Clark recently discovered a rich gold vein. It is believed this had something to do with the crime. .. SHOPPING DONE EARLY. Rest Things In All Line But Food stuffs Is fione. Lo Ornnde Christmas shoppers "have established a new precedent thisvyear by doing their shopping early. Nearly a wrok airo te best things In every acr!"-f-f "f "'I stores In the city pi'i ben snapped up and today there s but little to choose from. Custom arily the shopping Is left until the evening before Christmas, but It. has been different this year. Christmas dinners will not want In this city next Friday. Christmas good ies are to be had on every hand, and prices are not above the average for this time of year. While the novelty men have been doing a rushing busi ness for the past two weeks, the time has now come for the dealer who sells the articles that make up the yuletlde feasts. Hiutei-intendent of Schools II. J. llockenberry is confined to his home I with lllnese. No Trees at White House. Washington, Dec. 21. In accord-. ance with custom, the children of the president will have no Christmas tree. This has been the rule of former sea sons as well as now. In fact, there has not boen a Christmas tree In the White House since tne tjievemnii u minlstration, when the little daughters of that president and their, friends al ways made merry in the library on Christmas afternoon. The first thing tho Roosevelt chll duen will do on Christmas morning will be to examine the well-crammed stockings which Santa Claus has tied to a corner post of each little bed. It will be an Interesting and even excit ing ceremonjr. The Inspection of stockings, how ever, will be merely Introductory to the pleasures of the day. After break fast the Impatient youngsters will be allowed to enter the "study" upstairs, where the gifts are laid out. One cor ner of the "study" will be set apart for the gifts provided for each of the four younger children. Many of the gifts that reach the White House at Christmas time are for the children, and some of them are very funny. It has come to be un derstood among the people at largo that the Roosevelts are a strenuous family, much given to athletic exer cises, and undoubtedly a considerable percentage of the presents sent by strangers this year will be In the llne of football outfits, punching bags and gymnasium apparatus. DEAL TO SALEM. Took With Him I-oiir Lll of Signers on Ills Pardon Pel It ion. R. W, Deal, convicted of horse steal ing and sentenced to three years In the penitentiary, has gone to Salem to Intt-rcede with Governor Chamberlain for pardon. He took with him a peti tion that Is long and represents every portion of the county. In securing signers he went to all sections of the vaiiey, and w.'ien he stai'trd l"f S&Umv It is said that be had ubui 100i lux piyers of Union county who pray the governor to purdan the aged citizen ot La Grande.