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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1908)
EIGHT PAGES. evening o!UFUvr.u. i.V ct !..:, ' iiKGos. v j:i'.;lsi.y, rEtE:.:i:nu 1808. rv ri r ' LOCAL ITEMS. 4 tUstrlet Attorney P. S. Ivanhoe Id I.. WUlluwa county louay. KiiKlneer and Mrs. n. B. Cunllff loft inning for Walla Walla. George Balrd Is over from Union on buslneis matters today. Andrew Lund, the Ice king of North powder, was a la Orande visitor to- iliy. ' " . Hector McDonald passed through the city this morning: en route from Walla Walla to his home at Wallowa. Mrs. J. F. Phy returned this morn- InK from r1" "j, innru land to spend the holidays, Sirs. Surbrlck of Baker City, was I pnssenger on this morning's train, en route to Walla Walla. - George Hansen, the Telocaset helper engineer, Is here looking after his property today. Viola and Countess Klrtley left this morning for Walla Walla to spend the holidays with friends and relatives. Miss Maud Clements, who la attend ing Whitman college, Walla Walla, ar rived last night for the holidays. Miss Lillian Holman, who Is a stu dent at the Weston Normal school, has returned to spend Christmas at home. Mrs. L..M. Bloom of Cove, who came over yesterday to do her Christ mas shopping, returned home this morning. ' . . - Miss Lucrece .Woods, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mac Woods, and a stu dent at St. Helen's Hall, Portland, Is spending the holidays at home. Miss Viva Little and son left today for their home In Toppenish, Wash., after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. George Ackles. r , Mrs, Koy Pickler of C'upium, Ida ho, Is here visiting her father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Pk'klor. '"'' . Miss) Evelyn Fiances Ketlog, of the gun Francisco Opera company, Is a guest while In the city of Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Moore. Mrs. J. F. Campbell and Bon took their departure this morning for Mil ton, to visit' friends during the holi days. ! . The PIxton boys, who are, attending the Weston Normal, passed through La Grande today en route ' to their home at Cove for the holidays. Mrs. William Anderson arrived last night from Portland, to spend the hol ' ldays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Warren. ,. . , Dr. O'Connor, who has been visiting his wife and daughter,, who are spend ing the winter In Portland, returned last evening. , Miss Clara Hancock, who was In jured In a runaway5 east of this city several weeks ago,-has recovered suf ficiently to leave the hotpital and will return to Cove. C. W. Todd, the Portland horse buy er, writes that he will be In La Grande January SO and 31, and that he wants horses varying In weight between 1150 and 1300 pounds. ' Joint Masonic Installation tonight. The quarterly conference of the M. E. church will be held this evening at I the church. District Superintendent J. D. Gillilan will bt present. Another hEfndsome . calendar was sent to The Observer office last eve ning. This timej was Mr. -Taylor, of the Sugar company, who remem bered us. The calendar is a hand some six-piece affair and most beau tifully calendered. 4MM..M.jMM4"f 4"MM"fr c ''Vl.J!ltA'iM.- month' ' ' ; " . '.......-. : MM Jc2i. one ot the nur ul liibl ,,, 1 V ' .'W-nt tot WaJhanw .Bros. .& Krr, who hospital, left this morning for Tort- " l,n ' Lunz,('n- formerly a switch- niRke8 hs hcaduarteri , thIs clty, t ITURKEY l TURKEYS bY 1 GEESE Too Numerous tb Mention At IK RONDE rrAo QTORES FIR STREET PRICES WITHIN THt REACH Or ALL Mr. and M-?, V,'. J. Banford of Per ry, wore tn the city today tramtactlng business with a Grande merchants. Mrs. ,ttto Dldlon will leave InThe morning for Pendleton to spend the holidays with relntlves. Miss Irma Alklne la home from Portland, where she la attending the Behnko-Walker Uuslness college. Brakeman and Mrs. J. Stiles left! last evening for The Dalles and other points In the northwest. ' Judge and Mrs. He.nry expect to g to Baker City tomorrow to take Chrlst mns dinner with Editor and Mrs. G. B, Small. ... Dr. Phy, who has been making an extended tour of the eastern states, la to La Grande and will again Join the crew here. Hugh Shelley, n. brakeman on the O. B. & N. main line, has resigned and will accept a position In the N. K. West store In the near future. Thomas Price, a timekeeper on the Joseph extension, came In on the train last evening and left for Portland to spend the holidays! Mrs. J. C. Klssler has gone to Port land Ito visit her daughter, Miss Blanch, who Is attending a school of music In the metropolis. Senator McDonald was n Observer visitor today, stating that the Sunday school at Allcel Is preparing for a most Interesting ' program Christmas eve. Miss Hazel Small, was a pnssen-;--' J on the morning train en route t Poryfcnd to Baker City. MIsf !j .-.'! is attending St. Helen's Hall, and id go ing home to spend the holidays. J. F.. Graham, chief of motive power on the O. It. & N., and J. .T. Langley, the master mechanic, were visitors in La Grande last night, going west this morning. . Mr. ftnd Mrs. .William Erlosnn and Mrs. Sairah ChaS'J of i-'pokane, arrived last night to spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. William Bohnenkamp. Mrs. Krleson" is a sister, and Mrs. Chase 6n sunt of Mrs. Bohnenkamp, Nearly all of the Sunday schools of the city have their Christmas exercises tomorrow evening. There will be sev eral hundred happy young folks lis tening and taking part in the various programs. ' '' Miss Belle Sills, who is teaching the Grange Hall school, has been instru mental in arranging a moet interest ing program which will be presented by the school children tomorrow eve ning. John Shaw, the Sandiidgo farmer, was in La Grande this afternoon. Mr. Shaw reports farmers In his part of the valley waiting for the cold snap to break so they can finish plowing for spring grain. ' James O'Sulllvan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter O'Sulllvan of this city, came to La Grande last evening from Joseph en route to Pendleton, where he will visit bis mother, who is ill there. J. S. N. Smith, the veteran hunter, farmer and fruitgrowers, is In town today from his Cove home. Mr. Smith says this sort of weather Is Just to his liking, as the snow makes hunting easy the cold keeps the fruit back, and the wind keeps things moving and gives the country the 'air of being on the go. The old gentleman Cummlt, who has been quite ill for the past few days, was taken to the Grande Ronde hospital this morning. His sons, who are ranehins: on the upper Grande Ronde, came down today to admlnls- THE HUNDRED DUCKS CHICKENS the ADAMS AVE. n COMPANY tor to his wants. William Condlt Is down from his Grande Hondo river hay ranch, and states that the mercury registered 7 degrees below ero Monday night. Mr, Condlt says that it may. be a little colder where he resides, but his hay stacks are largo enough to break the wind, anyway. I ' H. E. Williams was In the city to day transacting business. . Mr. Wil liams says the cold ware Is not bother ing him as far as he.hus plenty of hed room for his stock, and hay enough to keep them fat until next harvest, lie Is devoting his attention to protecting an over-fat turkey which he expects to execute In time for returned this morning from a trip through Idaho. Mr. French attended the Oregon-Idaho irrigation conven tion, and reports the convention was a grand success. He suggests that La Grande citizens take steps to se cure a meeting of the organization for some date In the near future. Bank Officer) In Tr.-.r.hfo. ' Pittsburg, Dec. 23. rv.jm...H W. W. Ramsey, and former Cashier A. A. Vilsack, of the German National jank, charged with bribery in connection with the councllmanlc scandals In this city, were today held bythe court un der $13,000 ' bonds. They tendered their resignations to the bank direc tors Saturday when It was alleged that as discovered 'by the bank exam ir that they -ad &. ranged to pay large sums of money to the council- men to secure the appointment of the bunk with which they were connected, as the city depository. ' - SOCIETY. ' Sell u ma n n Day Intercstliifr. Schumann day was an interesting one for the ladles of the Lyle Tuesday Musical, who attended the meeting of the club at the home of Mrs. Matilda Anthony "on Sixth street yesterday af ternoon. Robert Schumann, the com poser, was the central figure for dis cussion; and '.aside from rendering some of his works, the musician was discussed In a round table talk fash Ion. The program was under the di rection of Mrs., Clara T. Lyle. Here with Is the, program as rendered: Piano duet. Opera 11, No. 1 ...... . MaClymont Miss Lela Wilson and Nellie Disq.ua. Reading "Life .of Robert Schu- . mann .... i Mrs. C. H. Upton Piano solo "Slumber Song," Schu- ' man . . , Mrs. G. C. Cummlngs Story and song "I Murmur Not," Schumann ........ Mrs. E. C. Moore Violin solo "Abendlied," Schu- man Miss Bertha Toung Song , ' a "Belt Ich Inn Gesehen," Schuman b "Until Tou Came," Metcalf. ' ' Miss Jean Macdonald. Piano solo "Fruhllngsrauchen," ' Llnding ......... .Miss Mae White Quartet "Gypsy Life," ....Schuman Mrs. O. E. Sllverthorn, Mrs. E. Polack, Mrs. C. H. Upton, Mrs. M. Anthony. ChrlPtmaa dinner. I Steward's Opera 2 WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23th and With E SM FRMCISCO OPERFk COMPANY 40 PEOPLE ON THE STAGE- 40 A Bit BEAUTY CHORUS PRESENTING ON WEDNESDAY NIG HI SHUBERT BROS, JAPANESE-AMERICAN MUSICAL COMEDY The piece with remarkable recerd. Over on solid year in New York, six months in Chicago, five months in Boston COMEDY FROM START TO FINISH WITH 27 BIG MUSICAL NUMBERS ON THURSDAY NIGHT, CHRISTMAS EVB. H. C. CONE'S TRANSLATION fROU THE TRENCH "LA PAVPEE" OR ee The finest Yule-tide opera ever written. It is one continous lauga set to beautiful music Both Operas Produced on a Scale of Spectactular Magnificence PRICES: JI.50; $1.00; 75c and 50c. Seats on Sale, Mail orders filled in the order recieved TOYS every nitch and corner of our Immense store is crowded with toys. The ceiling shelves, tables, and Uocrare burdened wilh gifts to commemorate the greatest day in life. The day to breathe peace to evety man, woman arid child, and bring cy in every home has arrived again, only once in a year, why not be HAPPY " hap pine sTdo'ew receiving, but in givinc. If you are blue, down cast and think no one cares for you, buy a few small presents for children or friends and see how light your heart will become and how bright the world will have grown and how easy it Is to drive away life's cares. Of course the selection of these presents Is of grta moment to every person To get the rlgnt present for John or Mary, one Ihey will appre ciate and one you can afford, Is the greatest problem before you. , I T r: WITH OUR IMMENSE STOCK At your disposal the selection of presents beccme a mere trifle and within the reach of all. We place presents from the greatest value to the mere toy at the LOWEST PRICE possible. j .V-'V 'Z;'".V F R EE SOU V ENIR S FREE Besides helping to make shopping a pleasure and to shew our appreciation to cur patrons, we are going to give absolutely FREE, HO hzndscrre souvenirs a day for one week commencing Saturday, December 19th. We limit these souvenirs to one in a family. Buy your Christmas Goods where you can get everthing you want at the lowest price. ifie Evening Observer Want Ads Pay Round Table Talk Subject: "Robert Schumann." , Conducted by Mrs. E. C. Moore. Christmas for Telephone Girls. .The telephone exchange girls last evening onjoyed a. Christmas tree par ty at the home of Miss Flora Mack. Only members of the Pacific exchange were present, 'Monday evening the young lady friends o the number of 115 or more gave, a linen shower to Miss Martha Cahoon. A most pleasant evening was the result and all departed reafiz- ing that wedding bells were soon to be expected. NIGHTS eep antan The Toy maker -TOYS -HAPPY-HAPPY Goldm Dr. IV. D McMillan Painless Denistry La Grande National Bank Bldg Both Phones Scientists Obttcrvo Eclipse. Santiago, Chile, Dec. 23. Five hun dred of the leading savants of the New World, who are here to take partj In the Pan-American Scientific con gress, today witnessed the curious phenomena connected with the most Interesting total eclipse of the sun In recent years. The Chilean government is acting as host to the visiting scten- tlsts. over a score of whom are from the United States, and the eclipse of a TOYS the sun is but one of the interesting : features on the program. Today's, eclipse began at 5:22 this morning and ended at 8:18. It began as an annu- . lar eclipse, became total for 11 sec-, onda, and again changed to annular. Some of the leading astronomers of North and South America took ob servations, and the eclipse will be dis cussed in several interesting papers to be read before the congress, which . formally opens on ChrlstmuB day All members of the M. E. church Snuday school, who are to take part In the. ChrlBtmas program tomorrow night, should be at the church tomor row afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, or as near after that hour as possible. , House 2 99 HIIIIHmHfHmiHWWH