La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 02, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextLAGUIAXDE, UNION OOUNTT. OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY a, 10. Him-' NUMBER Vt. VOLUME VOL . I' j li i MILLION tun.' v; : U08 SAW REMARKABLE EX- rENDITUHE FOR IMPROVEME oar Just russed Simula as Record Breaker Coming Year Even More Rich In Great Thing for the City of La Grande No Year-In History or City Hud So Many Assured Enter prists as the Year 191)9 Totul Very Close to One Million. Improvement expenditures made or fissured during 1908 are: ligation $400,000 tty water works . 180,000 1st. & M. Co. warehouse eo.ooo bolton-Bodmer Improvements 6,000 Packing plant 85,000 Hospital 85.000 llaptlst church 12,000 Residences 80,000 Downtown Improvements.... 15,000 Kldewalk construction ...... 15,000 Pumping plant and exten- slons 10,000 pox factory , 20,000 Mahafley building 12,000 yvderal building 65,005 Total .-. -... $925,000 The year 1909 dawns on La Grande Vlth promises such as never before iavo been a fact, and the old year ulcd Into history with an especially rllliant record In the matter of city Ics-elopment. " The above table Is a cry conservative compilation of what 'as been done and some of the things issured for the city of La Grande 4r ng the year 1909. The grand total Is leasing. Greatest of all the devel fipments assured and to become reall- ms In the near future Is the Irrigation rr.ject with Its varied benefits. A travity water system will be supplied he city within the present year, or jiparly finished at any rate; the O. R. N. railroad has been completed to rnseph during the past year, making -a Grande one of the principal junc ion cities of the eastern half of the tate; a federal building Is assured ind date of construction Is nearby. A Building Kra. During the prist year eo.'.y residences ave been reared ana otners im proved at a rate hard to express in lfij?nrcs; a drive over the city will be he best porof of the assertion that can few years In the recent past ii, ittt H jJ a 1 I jpla'lm equality along this, line of de- flnpment. WVillo nHvotp rnftlo Fkivc spent much along building lines, J Improving residences and building pw ones, local merchants were seized y the Improvement germ and 1909 Bonked down on many new costly store f ronts and repairs. These have" been numerated before. - ; Sidewalk Construction. Not In many years past has there Jhcen such a noticeable "sidewalk Im provement. It Is a fact , that three Imiles of sidewalk have been construct ed In this city during the year 1908. A half mile of this distance is cement fwalk at an average cost of about $3 ;er lineal foot. Great stretches of ireets have been graveled, fillings made; 11,081 feet of plank walk has been built; 4000 feet of new cros v.alks; six stone culverts: four bridges filled up enormous amount of grading done. The total Improvements on sidewalks and streets, almost entirely expensed by the people, and not the city, totals $15,000 at a conservative estimate. In the hands of Street Su perintendent Matott, the work has been well accomplished. Corporation Work. The federal building, the packing lant. the extension of the city water ains and equipment of the pumping lant. the repair of the Elks" building. onstruction of lerare implement Ihouses, the completion of the hospital. f he Baptist church, the box factory jand drying sheds at the Palmer mil: Ptak of the thrift and development of La Grande during the year 1908 The year which is now but two days "Id,' will see the expenditure of even J greater sum of money along lm PlPrjvcmeBt projects. These are only a few of the ulterior evidences of he city's rapid growth to a municipality that Is to be eastern Oregon's me tropolis. The advent of Irrigation, new railroads, a possibility of electric lines. All these are Ingredients In the city's elixir. PASSED AWAY. J0 minutes old. C. J. Fisher, a resi dent of Ephrlam. Utah, who had been stopping at the Hot Lake sanatorium for the past six weeks, quietly breath ed his last. The deceased had been a sufferer for mnay months from that dreaded disease, cancer of the stomach. C. J. Fisher was prominently Identi fied with the business and Industrial affairs of his home town and com munity being cashlre of the bank at Ephrlam, and Interested in numerous business enterprises, which constituted thu commercial vitality of that little . Ity. Ills death wl'.l cause a vacancy there which can only be appreciated by those who knew him best and were conversant with conditions obtaining there. He is survived by the widow and one brother, K. C. Fisher, a min ing man of Nevada. Both were pres ent at the time of hlsdeath. The re mains wer brought to this city New Tear's morning, and were forwarded the same evening to Salt Lake, where Interment will take place, v The deceased was an honored and active member of the I. O. O. F. and the members of the order here es corted, the remains to the train. At Salt Lake the funeral will be held uiv der the direction of the Salt . Lake lodge. .,,. MWM TEAM TRGUNCES CGVE EIIIK Til LOT U'Ml The L. D. S. basketball team last evening gave the Cove team a warm trouclng, the final score standing 32 to 8. The game was played at Cove and the one-sided score Is all mislead ing for the game was a snappy one from start to finish. During the first half Cove vied fairly well with the vis itors. It ended 9 to 6 in favor of the Mormons. With the opening of the last session, La Grande warmed up to Its task and shot goals In quick suc cession. The players for La Grande were V. Bean, center; Walt and Atns worth, forwards; Stoddard, Schofleld and A. Bean, guards. . Following the game a dance was given In honor of the La Grandt team. About the time the sun was finding Us way over the mount,,!" tops today, the pltiyei s reached L Grande tired, but happy and p:-al-iV' their doughty opponents. HINTING LICENSES. The 550 Ixsucd During 1908 Are All Revoked by Kxpinulon. During the year 1908 550 hunting licenses were issued in Union county. These, by law, expired by limitation at midnight December 31, 1908. It h presumed about the same number will be issued before the present year is pist history. Fifty more were issued last year than during 1907. SCHOOL APPORTIONMENT. Filed With County Court a Banls pi Making Tax Levy. County School Superintendent E. E. Kragg has filed with the county clerk his report of the number of school children within the county, a total o: 5274. This means, to comply with the law, the county and state tax must provldo sufticl.nt to average $8.59 to .-h're. ijuhu've. ii-v. n'-':".. special Ux. "From U:U source :ome $44,820. , r I W. B. H.-.ml!tpn returned this after--wn from Sum mervllle. where he ha beea the suest f hia son. Fred. IC SELLS PRIVATE ESTATE A. RESCUE FORCES TURX INSANE FROM HORRORS. ' "'. ! ' ' Sufferers In" Italy and Sicily Will IHv rive Benefit! From Salo, or King's . Estate Vatican Gardens Turned . Into Hospital and Pope- Works With Suffering Onus Gruesome Scenes - andHunser Drive Rescuers to Dis traction and Death. ; ! Rome, Jan. 2. King, Emmanuel to day ordered the sale of his Sicilian es tate In the western part of the Island, to provide earthquake relief funds. The total property loss Is estimated at one billion dollars. The Vatican gardens have been transformed Into a hospital for wound ed refugees from Messina and Reggto, so the pope can attend to the suffer ers personally. The church authori ties reported to the pope that they think many Americans are In the ru- Ins at Messian. .' Rescuers Are Falling:. ,. Hundreds of ' rescuers have fallen among the victims of tho quake and tidal wave at Messina and Reitglo.-' Continued labor, lack of food and the Impossibility of sleeping has driven them to a state of Incipient Insanity In which they found the survivors. It It difficult to tall the 'rescuers from I the survivors', bailors and soldiers j have given clothing to sufferers, con- sequently they are going about almost nM ' A soon h's the living are moved from the ruins at Mussina and ReggliV the remaining buildlng"wiI-hi leveled by fleet bombardment. There is no possibility that the buildings will jo td again. OST OF MRRIACE Cupid's crimes during the year 1908i Eleanor M. Henkle. In Union county, are recorded here-J April, with: - ' ; A. L. White to Ellen Whiting; Fred Jaiuuiry. W. Kellbloch to Flora Irwin; Clias. Carrol L. Ycntzer to Janle H. Gll- L. Cross to Minnie O. Harl; G. E. Ulan; Charles R. Copeland to Jessie J Wallter to Mabel Neff; Leroy N. Steers Dunsen; Samuel T Boothe to Myrtle to Sarah E. Schaffer; Solomon R. Wel Clemons; Joseph Dudley to Jennie Jser to Alice Webber; Augustus A. nilth: RenrdA.W. Brown to. Nellie M. . Brown: James Hepe to Katlj Ritchie; George p. Mapes to Velnja Gaster; R. M. Eaker io Laura Carter; Roy H. "all to Minnie Darr; J. C. Harvey to Klslo Irwin; Vess W. Dodson to Mary Minnlck. I February. Franklyn M. Nelson7 Jr.. to Pearl Vi ancps Hunter: W, R. Frlzzell t :-sU D. Johnson; James Henry Goi o i'ja-ah, MubRl Rarhun; Frank Lewi ' "HHhhurn to Clara: Emma Spiker; Tames Neace to Zoe Rc-millard; Till man A. Clifford to Gladys Chandler; O. Brldwell to Jva F. Underwood; Axel K. Johnson to Martha E. Holver ion; Alvin T. Johnson to Cora Cole. March. A. D. Jones to Ida Colby; Eddie W. Hartfleld to Eerthle Stoll; E. B. John son to Has:el Euck; Clyde W. Davis to Pearl Lupher; Fred Erlstow to Bessie Harton; William D. McMillan to Eva lln C. Seemann; Jesse Webb to Eula Haynes; James Fields to Mabel Phll 'ips; William Tyacke to Mary E. rou-: Clifford Bushnell to Elizabeth O. Hixon: Eugene E. Reuter to Iva V. Minnlck; Albert Woodell to Elizabeth J. Paker; Grover G. Hays to Elsie A. .Vckles; Robert E. Eanvs to Sadie E. Jroesbeck.. Willis L. Simmons to Oladys V. Keefer; Lysle G. Terry to WHIT ASSUMES US CliTIES y. A. H.n'-'a.rv has 5.-suivf-il I'm du les of assessor, to which office he was .lected lat June. ' His office assistant 's Miss Nellie Morton, who assisted .er father during his several years of official service. Assessor Rinehart stateJ toiay that he did nut believe he PRESIDENT TONGUE LASI C IRATE FATHER ACCUSI3 ROOSEVELT AND REBUKES. President Roo.M'veit Rebuked by Wealthy Virginian for Siicakiug to Little Girl Who Was Following Horseback Party Parent UpbraliT President In Iclter to Hint Today Refuses U DImums the Matter Tlie Tongue-IiiiKliIng Stver. Washington, Jan. 2. Carleton B. Hazard, a wealthy Virginian, today declined to discuss the rebuke he ad dressed to the president regarding the president's alleged aotlon In accosting Hazard's daughter on the road m-ar Rock Creek park. The letter reads; "My little daughter, Martha, aged 14, came home about two weeks ago from a horseback ride, crying. .She stated- she had been accosted, while riding In Rock Creek park. She ln- forms me she unexpectedly came upon your party. Not wishing to pass, she , rode slowly back of you until she came to the road leading her to her home, whereupon you turned on her and esked her If she did not think she had followed ")U long enough, and ordering her to take a side road, which 'would lead her away, from her home. She refused to do this, and promptly told yYtti Khe would take the other road, and shd did. Did you expect my little daughter to dismount on meet re-'lntr vouT As for my Jittls girl, she shall take, her rides as usual. It she will be so unfortunate as, tomeet y6U again. I feel confident this communi cation from ma will be sufficient to assure her of safety hereafter." LICENSES IN 1908 Heoner to Mrs. Mary A. Miller, May. Thomns E. Parks to Florence I. At terbury; V. L. Crandall to Agnes Saiifet:i, Ilony Ji. Ci uniiiuckur iu Ada S. Reld; Franklin S. Vandervort to Elsie Ezell; Elmer B. Hanson to Ixna Nolan; Maurice Boyer to Alice Lyle; Elmer Christiansen to Cora Pra tar; L. R. Childers to Bessie Gruy; R. C. SelUer to Lois V. Jameson. Juno. Charles P. Dye to Bess J. Fisher; William A. Hackctt to Leona M. Van able; Sherley S. Graham to Mamie E. Evans.. James Dowlng to Mrs. A. L. McFarlin; James G. Walnum to Bess r. Goodnough; Frank F. Bay to Alice F Itner; Alva Benson Burnett to Mabel Sullivan; Joseph Smith to Tillle Her ring; Daniel A. Phillips to Minnie E. Safford; Joseph Wheeler to Ata Siowe; J. O. Devuney to Eola Evers; Fred E. Macey to Ruby Bronghton; John P. Donnelly to Elizabeth R. Goeck; Minor A. Stilwell to Juanlta' S. Dur yea; James I. Kuhn to Esther Cham bers; Leroy J. Spencer to Nellie L. Gekeler; William Jack to Elsie Sion; Oren E. Wagner to Margaret Ladd; Robert Cook to Alyda Lund; A. M. Evnntfon to Bertha E. Derringer; G. E. Howell to Alta Pratt; George P. Mytes to Mabel Jones. July. . . i .j m.uiu 1 able to r-t hl .uatles U1 Uie field much before April, and that he Intended to have a less number of deputies than has generally been the custom, and to give those so appoint- L larger eis'rl'-ts. He brieves that I 1 letter scr.lce will be the rtsult. 'Norman L. Swlkert to Hattle A. Robinson; Edmond C. Connally to Ef fle M. Corpe; John A. Glon to Nellie Murray; C. J. Baldwin to Florence B. Dohazer; Philip M. McGovern to Ad dirt E- Gardner! George H. Baker to M. c: Wood. . .. . ; Charles O. McReynolds to Helen' M Vfchrs; William T. Keenan to Mary A. Hall; Roscoe A. West to Mary L. Relsland; Albert Press to Julia Pierce; Jfhn Feo to Emma Parker; William IRirta to Viola Morris; Sherman A. Chappell to Bertha E. Itlnehart: El mer M. Obeig to Louisa C. Dalnes; j vrinis j. Oliver to Louie I. Willey; R. :.. ;o Carrie Morris; Bert C. Hutchinson to Eva McKennon; T. F, Martin to Mrs. Jessie Morrison; Ira McKlnny to Bertha Lewis; -Thomas E Stafford to Theresa E. Roth; Orln McClelland to Hannah Grlgg. , ! September. j John B. O'Brien to Carrie L. Ryner spn; James R Farquharson to Alice M. Pendleton; R. Frank KIcKennon'to Montle Smith; William B. Barthoff to Mary Raynor; Clay W. Fox to Lelah P. Day; George W. Tiffany to Flossie Watklns; Eddie McMasters to Sarah J. Bates; Chas. II. Beach to Mary L. Orow; Charles W. Gore to Lizzie Wal ler; John Daniel, to May B. Harris; Arthur L. Gregory to Etta Anger; C. R. Smith to Tilda C. Thompson; David X Hanna to Affte Barnes; H. L. Sa li fer to Alice Crlppen; John MUler to Anna Dickens; O. J, Burnett to Laura (Continued on page 8.) ihISt ! BATES EFFECTIVE BATE WAfl ' 'il hlllHSII TO 'St :: CARRIED TO COMMISSION San Francisco, Jan. 2. California shippers' will carry the fight, against the Increased railroad rates to the In terstate commission immediately. ' 'Their protests were ineffective. The Increased freight rates are, In opera tion today. The shippers are con templating asking congress and Roose velt for a government steamship line between here and Panama. Every shipper was asked by ' the executive committee, which handled the shippers' fight, to keep a strict account of the Increased freight Dins so the evidence will not be lacking in vnf nn nnr! In the Interstate commission is successful.. THE YEAR OLD AND THE YEAR MEW We think it well to begin the new year by express. ing our apprecialhn of the good will and patronage ' ex. tended to us during the year that is past. Our relations with our customers have never been so satisfactory as dur'mg the past twelve months. VJe have hied as never before to prcmctef the in terests of those who trade with us and wehav'subsfian tial evidence thai our efforts have noi been in; vam. In the coming year we shall maintain tbe highest standards of pharmacy, the highest quality d goods, the f.Ticsf poseikie service and, aS m the past, psce the in terests of our customers above our own, believing that in the long run we thus promote our owa interests best. Thanking all our friends and customers for favors shown, we extend to each our kindest Regards and cur best wkhes for a healthy, happy aod prosperous HEW YEAH. Mewhn La Grande, Ok: IIC Fill i FEBRUARY FIFTH DEFENDANT ALMOST IN COLUM'SE WHEN SENTENCED. . ' n Outcome of tlie 1'lnhcr - Murder la. Portland Ut Death oit the Gallows for the Murderer, nn February Defendant Married Altoui Two Weeks When lata! Bullet Was Fired v Aimry IJecauNj Ho Had Been Sua- - ponded From Organisation. ,1 ' '; " . '. "a .- j - J, Portland, Jan. S. James Finch, the i attorney who was convicted of mur-i- derlng Ralph Fisher, prosecutor for.- .-v the Oregon Bar association In the lat- tor's .office a fer weeks ago, was to- day sentenced to hang at Salem Feb- -ruary 5, by Judge. Bronough. When the words meaning his death passed ' the judge'! lips, Finch shook his head ; and was on the verge of collapse. The . evidence showed that Finch, angfy , because Fisher was Instrumental In ' having him suspended from the bar. entered the latter'a office and fired with hardly a word of warning. Finch . declared he fired lii self defense, and that Fisher attacked him with a no-' tarlal seal, which, It developed, waa untouched all the time Finch was In . the office. Finch waa married only two weeks when the shot waa fired. ' Hangman's Day m. Three Fridays this month will be . hangmea's day s?t Salem.' ; Beside Finch, the condemned men are: Math , Jancljag, who killed his sweetheart In Oregon City, sentenced to hsng next FjW.njrj.W8.iter .Johnson,' whojtllled Walter Perdue In a lonely cabin In the woods near Forest Grove, to , hang" January 22; Harry Daley, who killed his partner In the saloon business n Portland, to hang January 29. ' ' Transmit Aid Frm Manager De Peat, of the Western Union office, has received the follow Ing Instructions from the general man-, ' ger: ' The free transmission of domestic "'" messages relating to the relief of the Italian sufferers Is authorized when 1 offered by regular relief committees : or public officials. Applications for ; the transfer of money Bhould be re- t ferred to the banks and the American. ' Red Cross. The latter being the deslg- ; nated channel for the transmission off fSmds. Instructions In regard to fret cable service will be given later. rug-