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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1909)
v:i: f r',"K. : DEATH JIT I0RTH ' POWDER ': J LOCAL ITEMS. t narwanpi nal i r Fred C.askcll left today f'r Portland. Mrs. John A. Catea Is visiting her ion it Allcel. -, lr. H. H- Williams Who has been In Twin Falls, stopped over to visit. Mrs. Le Eontln of Pendleton. Is a business vWto' fcere' today. jtfr. WHlBoa, tne. b,K orchardist of Jmbler. Is doing business here today. William Pay me In from Wallowa today with a carload of hoists. The Vchrs lad. who was operated upon at the hospital a few days ago, fof appendicitis, Is doing nicely. Dan Sommcrs and Henry Klnehart ratno In from Elgin on tho train this afternoon. ' : . . ' The Curtlss Comedy company re turned to La Grande ' today from a auceessful tour of Wallowa county. Charles II. Button returned last eve. ning from Joseph, where he visited friends a few days. P. A. Mosler left last evening for Portland, where he will visit a brother w ho Is critically III. Mayor M. K. Hall Is Indisposed to day and has been unable to be at his office. . j TSAtia Moon was removed from the1 , , J hospital this afternoon following . an j operation lor appenaicus. j Jack -Wright of Lower Cove, Is In' the city toda yfor the first time In sev-1 cral weeks. - ' Frank Bay Is in Union today. In stalling a blowing machine " in the planing mill. . .. I L. A. Stoop returned to Elgin this morning after spending the night at the county seat. ' 13. Rlesland left this morning for Wallowa, where he has a contract on the Mlmnaugh residences. Jl. K. Trill Joft . th'la morning for Meacham, where he will have charge of the box factory, which will start up in a few days. . Cofincilman Georg? Kre'iaer loft this morning for points in Wallowa coun ty to look after business connected with his brick yards herp. Conductor Wisslcr is on the Pendleton-Huntington passenger run, re lieving Conductor Waffle., who is on the sick list. CD. Huffman left last night in re sponse to a telegram advising him of the serious Illness of his sister at Ball Eton, Polk county. '''., Mrs. Charles Baker and daughter, Bessie, left this rooming for Baker City, to accept era engagement with the Dreamland theater. -., C: H. Savage, wh-o had been here on business, returned to his home in La Grande yesterday. Baker City Her ald. Murdo McDonald 'today shipped a carload of cavalry horseB to the bar racks at Boise. Another carload will be shipped to Walla Walla tonight. Frank Bartmcus who was called from Nevada to Lotln on account of the Illness of hfs son came 'In on the train this afternoon, and will start back for Nevada this evening. " Mm. H. R. Williams and daughters. who are on their way from Twin Falls stopped to visit Mr. and 'Mi. William Tillman, returned to their borne in Portland this morning. "i Rev. Upton H. Oibbs Is in Cove to day, where he officiated at the funeral of little Bella Bees,' which took place from the home of the bereaved, par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Tobe Bees, .at 1 o'clock, today. , It required two switch crews to take care of the business In the local yard today. Business on the O. It. & N. Is Picking up. which means that business all over the country is responding to the demands of sprinfr. Mrs. A. W. Leffel and family left this morning for their Wallowa home stead to remain a considerable, length of time. Mr. Leffel had planned to go this morninp. but was unable to get n 1y-off In time and Will follow just as soon as possible. . - Mr. and Mrs. It .McKlnalo of Sum mervtlle. are doing business In the city 'this afternoon. Mr. McKin.ie aaya that It has been two months since ht has been In La Grande, and It seemed like attending a pioneer, re-1 union In meeting so many friends. j This office Is in receipt of a very, neat advertising booklet, Issued by the wholesale stationery house of J. K. Gill Co., Portland, of which one of our former La Grande boys. David E. Plock, is manager of the publicity de partment. ' "This booklet Is a sample of Dave's Ingenuity, and he Is certainly making a-ood. Dr. IV. D. McMillan Painless Denistry la Cnnde National Bank &ldg Poth Phoots A large number of people attended! the , reception given at the Christian Church last evening In honor of Ford Kills, the new pastor 'of tha church, who recently arrived from Lincoln, Neb.; to take up the local field. Music and Impromptu speeches occupied the evening in a social and pleasant way. An interesting program was ren dered. Interspersed by short address of welcome to (he n-w minister, by Dr. f5. W. iM-i iitunn of the Presbyterian church, llev. W. H. Gibson of the First tin pi 1st church, and others.- Mr Kills responded In a fitting hianner, thanking them for' their words of wel. come, and for their hearty co-operation In the work before him. and assuring them that lie was very" glad of the privilege of Working with them and In their city. A -splendid banquet was served to almost. ISO people In the basement of the church. Mrs. Grace Barrie this afternoon en tertained Mrs. A. T. Hill, Mrs. George Carpy and Mrs. Stella Ingle - at her home at the corner of '.. Third and Washington, . A three-course luncheon was served, consisting of crab salad and toast sticks; savory sandwiches and curled celery, caprice, cake and coffee. " Tills is the first of Mrs. par- tie's "at home" since "returning to housekeeping. . ' Mi', ahd Mrs. Bohnenkamp enter tained u few. friends Informally. )at evening at cards, at their home ' on Second street. The occasion was Mr. Bohnenkamp's 2nd . birthday; anni versary. . The Curent Topic club meets to morrow night u..the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Wrlfht on Sixth street:' ' ' Mrs. M. K. Hall will entertain the Kaffee Klatch Friday afternoon. GRANT KEYS IS BACK , (Continued from psgc- 1.) ' hard, for enterprises are entirely un known. He explained briefly the' splendid government - which governs the employes and tho natives of Pan ama, - ' To his friends he has been gene.rous in explaining innumerable questions hurled at him. He illustrates the Cu lebra cut with a local example, stat ing that the gap at Oro Dell is. about the height of. the famous cut, but the walls are slightly too far apart to be an exact duplicate of tho much writ ten of cut for the canal. , Mr. Keys was an engineer on one of tha trains that daily ply from the "front" ot tho canal to the three dumping grounds. Stventy-fivo steam shovels load these trains at the rate of 500 trainloads daily. It would require columns to retell his Interesting story founded on three years' experience. Smv Knglneer Cor. While at the zone . Mr. Keys saw Engineer Coopert who holds a similar position there. Mr. Cooper is still in the' employe of the government, and is thoroughly satisfied. '.' Drops Aeroplane Scheme. ,." Fully satisfied with his career In in venting flying machines, Mr. Keys will refrain from further venture in that line. The machine which he had an chored tit Morgan Lake for some time, but eventually was wrecked against a tree, is similar in every respect to the aeroplane noV used successfully by the famous Wrights In, their flights. Keys' invention was put into tangible shape long' before the WrlghtB were heard of. The only difference between the Wright machine and the one in vented by Ktys is that the local ma chine had no engine attached, though all plans for such equipment were complete. For an Interesting hnlf hour with the ennal zone, its government, habits of the natives, the details of how the monumental task is being carried on. Mr. Ke- holds the medal. He left Psnnma In December, goinsr to New York .and from there to La Grande, arriving here today. He will remain here with his family., unless he decides to return to Panama. iSlv (Continue! from psge 1.) gruesome accident enacted, that mu tual transpiration was almost momen tary. lcutli Was Instant. ,!n aonio way the, heavy wagon r-t parallel with the log and caught tlie lad squarely under one wHeel. The skull was horribly crushed. Funeral Till AricrtuMin. The funeral service were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Tha entire city was shocked by the horrible feat ure of the accident, and the commu nity cxtendS unanimously, deep and heartfelt sympathy. Tito Pn-stliiin. Three crowded houses greeted the Pastime actors and pictures last eve ning. The bill was a good one, and the people woh saw it were . pleased. What more could any show house doT The feature number on the vaudeville program' was Beno, the man 'who treads ntr and does things on the ele vated bar ordinary mortals would not be able to do on the floor. The funny people,' Matt and Wright, will make you laugh even when you do not in tend to. The pictures are good. The feature bill', .''Shanghaied,". Ii one of the most dramatic film numbers ever seen here. ; ' . Near llocr fiidcr Ban. r .The city council sprung a" bomb on the public Tuesday-evening when It passed an ordinance prohibiting .c sale.of near her;wlthlo the city ,Jn Its. The ordinance was passed only after a long war of words between the aldermen, two of whom held . out against it as long OS possiblo and voted nny on' the proposition' Vrtien It was put to a vote. The ordinance pro vides that the sale of near beer con stitutes a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of from $10 to J20, or imprison ment in the city Jail from 5 to 20 days. Pilnevllle Uevlew. " - FOB B.KNT Nice, cheerful, sunny room for rent to gentleman, facing east on Fourth street; close in; mod ern conveniences, ('all at Observer office. ; Notlc-e. ' i. ; ' Tou will find a full line of the old reliable Singer and Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines at Frank Harris' Art store. Machines sold on terms to suit. Payments received by Mr. Harris." 3lf A. II. STOXE. - For expert piano tuning, see Thomas Bruce. : . l-28tf Treasurer s Call for City WaiTanls. Notice Is hereby given that there are now funds on hand to pay all out standing warrants Issued on General Fund of La Grande City, up to arid In cluding No.' 6968, endorsed July 10th, 1907. '"' Interest on all warrants on General Fundfrom No. 6893 to No. 6968. In elusive, ceases from this dnte. La Grande, March 10, 190D. .. J. K. WKIGHT, City Treasurer. 4 . KI.GIX, OREGOX, Where local business men are co-operating and buying stump lands preparatory to setting commercial orchards. For par- tlculars regarding good orchard lands at very low prices call or write The , SLOUGH INVESTMENT CO. Kcal KMnte, Investments, Loans and Colloctlona. 1, 4, -i liMm and ! a ' ' GIRLS Clothing - Gleaned, Pressed, Dyed and Repai-ed. .Your work Soiici.ed and . satis faction guaranteed. "Join our suit club Gall and taikit over. H. 1. Winn,: In rear G. G Pennington Phone Black 851 r "II If The Latest; The Nobbiest, The American ady ' SHOE A nd lid bludwr 'SChSl iiii ' JSail,J,i"?i. Price $3,50 Toe ' . V' We also have lines. And -last but Opera House Block The Cough Syrop that rids tho system of a cold by acting as a cathartic oa tho bowels is . : LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP Beea Is the original laxative cough ayrap. conuiins no opiaira, genii uwvca mm bowels, carrying the cold oft through tha natural ' channels, ' Guaranteed to givt ausaction or money refunded. For Sale at Sllvertlioru's. Ladies, the very latest thing In belting and lace collars Just arrived at THE VAN DUTN CO. k nine tfAiiairaiu iiAiirr T. J. CRAY, Prep. I Board by the week I $5.00 and up f One block from depot. I ONLY HOUSE IN THE CITY EMPLOYING WHITE HUP ONLY TRY OURS E R V ! C a j VAN DUYN REALTY CO. Timber Lands Orchard Lands Wheat Land City Prop.?"' See u Juying or .'ling VAN DJYN REALTY CO. oa " ': ' V' ' 'J--";'$ ' . Style 6003 ICS) ?u ::cr iCr U ii iniii lainTiml k,.nmi 'Virf' All the nifty, natty things in Ladies' Oxfords--20 kinds, as well as the new things in Ladies' Boots Men's In Every Style Made by such manufacturers as The " Hamilton Brown Shoe Go. I-Ul 11 uub awiB onwo uwm their combined factories than any Other concern in the world. 100, ,000 pairs every working the Krippcndors-Dittman and other specialty not leastA Boy's Shoe guaranteed not to rip Peoples The "Wily Chink" wash houses are having their troubles with con tagious diseases, etc. Ours is a j Sanitary I j Laundry . Not quite so cheap of s 2 course. We can't live on ..; J rice and rats. But our m nvin UbUCI , UCSIUI Clil, 0 clean and sweet smelling.' TRY US : Both Phones ,'. CHERRY'S HEW LAUNDRY FISH FOR LENT! Nice smoked Finn and Hoddy Bloaters. Extra nice God Fish, Mackeral. All kinds of canned Fish. Fresh vtgatables are arriving. Spinach,, As paragus, Gauliflower, Lettuce, Radishes, Gel ery, Rhubard and Green Onions. City Grocery and Bakery, l L PCLACK, Prop . Bell Pnone Main 75 Independent 241 aaaat niost. Service- day.. La Grande, Ore.) V There are several kinds of drilling but the kind the kind that makes the farm pay is the drilling which makes water avail able. There is no need J of a dry farm. The task I is not so great as you X years of experience and a understand the well busi ness thoroughly. : D. M. HUNT ! LA GBANDE. OREGON 1 ... - l mjr ill ir&ra