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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1909)
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STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Incorporated) W11 'l liir lle if VVrlse cur TTT 11 'J ri-iiin. -I'"", full for t'lly Warrants. N'lil. i- In li ri liy Riven llial there are i...w fnml hand to pay all out--. in. lint: warrants Ismied tm ilrniial Kurul .f I-i iiHin1c city, up in tin.l ln vlu.tli N. 62. fiuloi-Kod J tm. IT.. liiur.st ..11 all warvnnt on t;. ii.,-.ii r ii nil rrom .no. i .... n-nses from this ilat. 'ITioro ore alo funl In tlie tieus uy to pay all warrants lsu'.l msitliiHt Uutor KuorJ of 1-a Oran.lc i-liy. up I n.l Im-lu.Jltid'No. X002. t mlor. d No . mb.r 5. lntortut on all war- t.i No. SDt'J iiultislvc, Crusts from J.it of ' tills call. i ' I.11 (iraiuto, Oregon. JIaivh r, 1909. J. K. AVUIOHT, City Treasurer. broken wheel xent 8 freight cars Into the ditch at 7 o'clock, and In a very few hours passenger trains were wait ing on elth.r side of the wreckage, anxiously wailing for an opening to proceed. The wrecking train from here appeared on the Bcene early and the crew did valiant service under tin- supervision of J. H. Watson, to let the thoroughly hungry people pass. Traffic 0H-ncd Today. After working all night 'and a greater, portion of the forenoon the 1 . .,!. ... ,vovn r, A1A itcliuo i.LUiww iA . leased. Two sections of No. 5 last night, No. 2 last evening. No. 6 this morning and two sections of No. 1 this morning is the personnel of the stalled trains. Jt arkalile Trains. The first train to reach Ia Grande aft-r the 'congestion was relieved, was really the first section of last night's No. 5. It came at 1:30 a. 111. and was com prised of 12 cars, nine of them coathes loaded to the gunwales with colonists. Passenger fares numbered 4lTi, 4"0 of which were colonist. .More Train toiler. Shortly after 2 o'clock the second section of No. 5 arrived as second tine. This carried mail, baggage and ex press, of which the first had none. Still later in the afternoon came the first seitlon of the real No. 1, carry ing principally colonist and local traf fic. It was aft.-r 4 o'clock before tin last train had passed m Orande, giv Im,' final 'nml cotni.lete relief to the Kiille.l trains. On the first section were several d.i'.i a Swedes, destined to points in ashlngton. Iji lininile l.eis a I'ew. Of the hundreds l.a Orande was the tl stinatioii of a few. Two families from middle Missouri were on the train d.stined for T.a Crande, and will locate here. In response to Itierature 1100 COLONISTS iS RECORD (Continual from rg ! sent out. The husbantis' names Hre j Kd Haker and V. f. Amos. They are !;'t!. rf f.i Marde o. n evening almost Immediately stalled three overland passenger trains In the desert mountains near Duikee. A ,'i N. a;vhct:.-r- f.irr.nan. ' Traill I'rcvi lt'llotr1. Conductor Smith of Fvndleton, and his passenger crew, were relieved here from farther management of the enormous train. Conductor Stein and !.i Pendleton train crew took the train west. There will be a general shifting of crews on all the trains that come In the afternoon and tonlgrht Power at a Premium. W.tlh eight passenger engine sent out of the local round house this after noon and more wanted tonight, the power aupply la at a premium, due to the fact that freight buslnesa ha also Increased rapidly of late. In time of floods that congest busi ness for many daya, conditions similar to today often exist, but because traf fic was blocked for 18 houra.'paasen rer congestion should assume such di mensions, la almost unprecedented. ' I '. '.. ..... nr-.. -ir 1A1 t ti : - S SESSION MAY BE LENGTHY (Continued from page 1.) of July, and It Is even Intimated that he has a suspicion that tho special ses sion may run right up to the opening of the next regular session In Decern ber. The attitude of the democrats Is not going to help matters along any. With the Insurgents, they propose to take all the time they want In discuss lng the various phases of the tariff bill. They may not have a bill of their own to offer, but they will have a few remarks about the one presented by the republicans. And the senate will probably, not break Its long estab lished deliberative methods, when It gets hold of the bill. TAFT AT DESK EARLY (Continued from page 1.) polntment of Oscar Straus, formerly secretary of commerce and labor In Roosevelt's cabinet, to the ambassa dorship to Japan. Straus was minister to Turkey during Clevelands -administration. Whether Truman H. New berry will accept the ambassadorship to Italy to succeed Lloyd Frlscom. has not been ascertained. It Is reported he declined the appointment. IiOob Given ApiMiiiitment. The appointment of Loeb, Roose velt's private secretary, as collector of the port of New York, was one of the president's first official acts. Life is not to live, but to be well, -Martial. MUSICAL I'KOC.KAM. Seniors dml Freshmen Have .Musical Gifts in Abundance No better criterion of the musical gift enjoyd by many of the high school students can well he secured than the appended program rendered by the Seniors and Freshmen this af ternoon. . Musical features only art; provided and were rendered as follows: Selection High school orchestra. Piano duet Marjory McCal! and Helen Richardson. Vocal solo Sanford Robinson. Violin solo Marble Green. Selection High School quartet. Piano solo Runa Bacon. Vocal solo Greta Jackson. Cornet solo Ernest Funk. Clarinet duet Messrs. Stoddard and Schofield. Mandolin solo Ethel Redhead. Song "School Days," by the school. VOTE FOR ( OH On your ballot at the city election next Monday, you will see a place to vote "Yes" or "No" on the appoint ment of a city park commission. When you understand it. you will cer tainly vote yes, as this Is one of the few commissions which does not carry a salary. The members render their services free of charge, and it is pro vided under the law governing cities of r.ono or less population. In order that such city may own and have po lice control over a park outside of the corporate limits, the law provides for a park commission, to be appointed by the circuit judge, and to serve with out 1 emunevatl'in. 1: is f.r tills pur f.ose lii.u thv i!.'i;ri r is 'being oroauht before the voters at the coming city election, so when our park association sots the park finished. It can be turned jver to the city. . Ideas are the great warriors of the 'orld, and a war that has no Ideas be hind it is simply a brutality. Garfield. GEORGE PALMER. President W. H. BRENHOLTS' Asa't Cashier F. J. HOLMES. Vice President C. S. WILLIAMS. 2d Asa't Cashier " ' F. L. MEYERS Cashier La Grande National Bank Of La Grande, Oregon y CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $170,000 UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY DIRECTORS ' M. Berry J. D. Matheson F. J. Holmes F. M. Brylcit C. 0. Pennington F. 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