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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1909)
cvim.g a .'.nvn,, l. :;rt.Njv. cizsgcn UTrr.n.u.T:A:;::: :o, jorj. tv:i it.t:. ,.aVlaa&aVsfJifc4afc LOCAL ITEM&. j W. Bush is In Union today. Guy K. MoCully Is expected home Jrom Portland tomorrow morning. Rob Mays arrived lust evening from Portland and left today for Elgin. j YV. Oliver preaches at the M.- K. gouth Sunday, 11 a. m. -. H. S. Allen of Portland, Is here to remain Indefinitely with his father, G. yr, Allen. Trier Neuman, he timber cruiser. jg ia 'Wallow county" on businets to day. Mrs. Brown and daughter, returned to Elgin today after visiting relatives in I- Grande a few days. Attorney J. T. Williamson took his departure for Wallowa county this morning, where he will argue land contest cases In Enterprise. T. A. RInehart, who. left today to visit his wife at Walla Walla," reports that Mrs. RInehart Is some better, though not yet out of danger. Back from a week's stay in Port land, Charles H. Button leaves tomor row for an indefinite visit In Michigan, where relatives reside. He may re main In the cast for several months. C. D. Huffman returned this morn ing from Eugene, where he was called by the death of his sister, Mrs Mary Barry. He saw the remains interred before returning. J Joint Representative Jerry Rusk ar rived this morning from Salem, where he attended the special session of the legislature. He went to his home In Joseph on the morning train. Judge J. W. Knowles left last eve ning In response to a message from the federal grand-Jury In Portland, that his presence was required at the investigations In the Scrlber case. Secretary Philip S. Bates, editor of the Paelflc Northwest and also secre tary of the Oregon Thresher's associa tion, arrived this morning to, attend the meetings here today. He was ac companied by his wife. Mr. Morrison, jr., of Fairfield, Wash., is here today to purchase a carload of horses. He was' attracted here by the reports of the high-class stock breeded In Union county. Mr. Morrison is also connected with sugar boet seed culture In Washington. E. Relsland, the La Grande con tractor. Is building a cement founda tion for Neil Cameron's boarding house in the . McDonald addition. The building will be a good one, being 26x 66 feet in size, and two stories high. The foundation will bo the first of Us kind In the city. Wallowa Sun. Two threshing machine men, Mr. Sullivan representing the AverlU Ma chinery company, and Mr. Steel, rep resenting the J. I. Case company, both of Portland, arrived this morning to attend the meeting of Union county threshers In this city today. THRESHERS By electing J. H. Cowan of Elgin president; Joseph Gale of Union, vice president, and J, W. Mlnnlck of Union, secretary, threshers-of Union county perfected a solid organization this af ternoon at a meeting In the Steward opera house. Fifteen leading thresh er owners attended the meeting called ' by State Secretary Bates. The rules and regulations govern ing the organization, are copied after the state constitution of the order and follow, in part: Article I. This association shall be called the Union County Threshers association, and regular meetings shall be held twice a year at such times ami places as the president of the associa tion or the executive committee shall determine. Article II. The purpose of this as sociation shall be to protect all oper ators of threshing machines from un fair competition, to use our influence towards the Improvement of roads and bridges and to generally create good fellowship among the threshermen of the state for the benefit of the Indus try. . Article HI. The officers of the as soclatlon shall consist of an executive committee of five members, a presi dent,, v lr.-prtttent. -and serreiavy. an to be elected a i trie first annual m Ing of each year. The execufve c - ' mlttee shall audit the books of ' secretary each year before the Ir regular meeting of the term. Article IV. This association shs'.; i4 composed of men owning and oper- atlng threshing machines, who shall sign the constitution and by-laws and comply with the rules and regulations of this association. Applications for membership shall be made out on the i requisition hlnnba fiifn(alint K.. w- I secretary, and accompanied by thel'"'0 'aClS nd C0n,"tu"8 that -membership fee. Provided that the 1 ldt" ,nJ t'"' rponslbllltles that now manufacturers' agents may become j confront ui and see If, - we really honorary members by paying same fee. Provided further, that farmers not owning threshing outfits may be elected honorary members, but will not he required to pay any membership fee; nor will the manufacturers' agents nor. frmr not owning machine Vie entitled to a yote. Section 4. It is the duty qf every member of this association to use his Influence and aid all persons entitled to membership to become members of this association. . IN JOSEPH NEXT JULY. Fp worth Ivcasruei Convention to Re Held at JoHepli. At a meeting In this city field this afternoon by members of the board of control of the Epworth League for the La Grande district, it was decided to hold the next convention at Joseph In July, from the first to the fourth. (Continued from page 1.) ,y here, today to work on the case. Scrlpps-McRae league of : newspa pers today offered a reward of 1000 for Information leading to the where abouts of the kidnapers. , -' Want $25,000 Now. - A letter from the kidnapers raising the ransom. from $10,000 to $25,000 Is reported to have been received by the father. The envelope apparently was addressed by the kidnaped boy and mailed In nn Ohio town. It Is dif ferent than the previous ones were mailed In. The mother collapsed todny and Is In danger of complete enrvous break down. Dr. W. D. McMillan Painless Denistry La Grande National Bank Bldg Both Phones JAP DESERTS FIANCEE (Continued from page 1.) Jap sets foot in oCrte Madera. The girl is still determined to marry the Jap if she can be convinced it Is right for the Caucasian and Oriental races to mix. She wants to study the problem for herself. As the matter now stands the girl is supported by her mother, but is shunned by her father and former acquaintances. VACAHT LOT iS PURCHASED A deed to the Hilts-Andross proper ty on ourth street, where stood the residence property destroyed by the late fire, has been given to H. F. To rey, formerly of La Grande, but now of Toledo, Lincoln county, Ore. The consideration is $2500. The former owners were Rachel Hilts, Eva An dross and Mills Andross. It Is not definitely known what Mr. Toreyjntends to do with the property, but the gentfral supposition Is that the buyer will build a residence. The deed was filed today with Re corder Snook. Will RAISE OBJECTION (ContlnuST from page 1.) schedule, as no mention of shingles is made In the reports from Washing ton. The supposition is the commit tee let the old schedulo of 30 cents stand. " . "A 30-cent duty on sv; .gles Is not enough," Bald Henry 3. sHine, a prom inent shingle nr--. day. "Canadian manufacturer. . crowding us out of our mark?' . now, and are develop'- le business rapidly. .d'isiry is, properly pro- cannot hope to compete .anadians. Producing shin way 90 per cent of them are -.. . jfactured, is done under the hard m and most expensive circumstance. Shingle men employ many men, and are entitled to protection." ARGUE AGIST HOIK (Continued from page 1.) ! should burden ourselves with an ad ded weight to the load we are non carrying, and in all probability will have to carry for quite a while in the future. Fifty-five mills on every as sessed dollar's worth of property in 'he city.pf La Grande for K'98. with no prospects of It b'-lng less for JMIS, or . any succeeding year In the near future, is quite a high rate of tax for me to pay. If it were for one or two years and the money so collected would reduce our financial obligation to such proportion that it would not be neces sary to repeat the act for some time to come, then it would be a worthy and commendable one; but as I view the existing conditions there Is little hope for a reduction of taxes, espe cially in the city of La Grande' for several years on account of our' pres ent bonded Indebtedness and rapid in crease In running expenses of the city. It Is not our purpose to charge any person or persons with the cause for this expense, but to simply, show the facts as they are. We have now ' a bonded Indebtedness on the city for $210,000; on the school district fit $3.600, besides outstanding warrants on the city that .must be paid some time, and to Kcr,ease our future obli gations to such size that they are out of all proportion , to our values '; or sources of revenue would be financial suicide and a hindrance to,. the future prosperity of our boasted little city Then, too, is It necessary for us to have' another High '. school building at the present time? That is "the im portant question for us to consider, Does the increase In number of school children in the c'latrkt demand It? The enumeration for 1907 shows we had 1501, and In 1908, wo had 1369 which includes 15 acquired by annex. Ing a part of Island Cily district, a d crease of 132. Our school superb tendent's monthly reports for the first six months of 1907-08 shows the aver age "number belonging as 878. Aver age dally attendance 833, for the same period of 1908-09; average number belonging, 907; average datly attend ance, 869, an increase In average num ber belonging sof 29, and In dally at tendance, 26. The1 Indications are there will not bo a very noticeable change of these figures In the next three years, and should the -Increase then require more school room we will no doubt be In a better financial con dition to meet the demands. Our present bonds are all ten-twenties; that means they may be paid In 10 years and must bo paid in 20; $17, 000 of these bonds mature In June, 1909, and $5500, June 15, 1910; $12. 000 June 15, 1915. The annual In terest on" these bonds Is $1825, or a fraction over $150 per month. Should we bond for $25,000 more it will In crease our school ' bond interest to $256.25 a month; then" add the city bonded indebtedness to that amount, nnrt H wtll mnlro nont 1lHi onm we are compelled to meet each month. Instead of bonding the district for 125,000, let us arrange the buildings we now have, to meet the require ments of the present and begin ac cumulating a fund to pay the bonds that are nearly due. Another question of Importance Is, if the $25,000 bond proposition car ries, where will we locate the new building, with only that amount we would necessarily have to put In on the same grounds where our high school bultding is now, which in my, opinion would be absolutely "foolish and would be an Injustice to the school children of our city. At present we have four empty rooms that can be fitted for use. Why not use them and relieve the conges tion In the High school, and later on erect a building In the Third ward to accommodate the children who live In the northwest part of the city. We admit that better facilities are needed, for high' school work and I know that I express the sentiment of every member of the school board when I say we are ready to do any thing reasonable or feasible to pro vi.io h Tiecensarv eoulnment and be lieve we can do so under present con-1 ditlons as well as our neignooring cities have for their High schools I believe the White building can be moved onto the High school grounds, where it will be under the direct su pervision of the superintendent, and i can. .b.e...remode"!.ed, anij 1 furr.ished v;.ln the necessary apparatus for use in teaching chemistry and other sciences that are taught in high schools and will accommodate our high school stu dents very nicely for quite a while. HKNRY HENSEN.' ohool Director, T J IR Tfs I Jsts.' ' Tfj I IIC LtffCf, I IIC liUUUlZZl, I IIC I'll' - . t- .,,-,,.... ' - (. I i ' able, The Best WE hMe GOT THEM Jill American SHOE A fid kid Muchaf lac boot, with . latent laca UM and hal fox icg welted tola, Buii lair hal a patent tip. .-,.' "VW Too f 4 Pries $3,50 J' ! J Style 6003 We also have the Krippendors-Dittman and other specialty lines. And last but not least-A Boy's Shoe guaranteed not to rip Opera House Block WAl.TKIt tJ.YM.OWAY IllitT. rails From Tubh Plm-ed on Toy Wag. V. on uiitl it IlrulslHl. ' Walter Galloway, aijed 8, Win? quite badly hurt this morning in an acci dent to a group of boys near the Cily livery barn. On a miniature truck wagon the boys had placed a heavy table, and on tills Master Galloway had perched himself. ' Two nttier boys were hauling the wagon an1 its load along a cement sidewalk, when, In turning a corner, the load upset. The heavy tabhs fell on Walter's ankle and hurt him severely, though no bone, were broken. . " nrSIF.SS STAGNATED. Destroyed by Fire Today.' Portland, March 20. Business was nearly stagnated today when fire, starting in the most vital part of the Paelflc Telephone & Telegraph sys tem, put 14,000 telephones out of com mission. Probably by Tuesday the system will be repaired. It Is sup posed the fire started from crossed wires. Every instrument on the west side of the rlver.'excepting automatic tele phones, are useless. The firemen ex perienced a hard time extinguishing the flames because they could not forced the watur through the tangled net work of wires. Six hundred ca bles, earrylng 36,000 wires and several sections of switchboard were burned out Indictments netiirnod. Portland, March 20. Six Indict ments charging fraudulent fencing of public lands In Oregon, were returned this morning by the federal grand Jury. William Hanley of Harney county, Is the principal defendant. . Similar Indictments were found against O. C. Jennings, Joe Vcy, An tone Vey, John Boyd end Frederick rnnnps. HADT.NY MAY ItESIGV. Governor Mlwouri Anxious to Go to th IVderal Bench. . Jefferson City, Mo.. March 2. It Is rumored here that Governor Hadley will soon resign and accept the r.p pointment to the federal bench in the northwest. The climate here dis agrees with him. Tsft is said to be pleased with Hadley's determination MhUi Ties 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 S Hamilton Brown Shoe Go. who turn out more shoes from their sombined factories than any other concern in the world. 100,. 000 pairs every working day. PeopMs to go on the bench and Is ready to ap- point him, Hl'NMXG HEVOLVEIt Dt'KIi. Dynamiter Cru'k Safe Near 8n lYaiH-isoo and l-jwiipe, an Francisco, March 2 0.- Burglars dynamited two safes, looted cash, reg isters at the "Bix Mile" house on San Bruno avenue early today. After a running revolver battle with thcli pursuers they escaped with several hundred dollars, The dynamiters were caught red-handed by the proprietor who, with his bartender, fired at the robbers fleeing, in a buggy. A posse Is on the trail. Quick Transfer For Rapid Delivery Seivice Call Up WILLCOCK BROS We are in position to do any kind of transferring. Give us a trial order. Calls answered day or Bight 'Phones: Day, Red 781. ' Night, Black 1271. Firs-Class Rc-j pairing i X ! : t AM, WOKK GUARANTEED. A Shoe poorly repaired is worthies?, but properly re- t paired Shoe If) good aa new. My work plese and satisfies. 4, R. Plant ! . . TTJE OLD PP.EBTOX STAND. It (saved Ills Ixg. "All thought I'd lose my leg." writea J. A. Pwenson, Watertown, Wis. "Ten years of eczema, that IS doctors could not cure, had at 1a.t laid me up Y.I -M ff llllJJ "WW- ,'--. 4 --; - : X I X X X La Grande, Ore. I V 2f i Then pucklen's Arnica Salve cured it sound and well." Infallible for skli eruDtlons, ecxema, salt rheum, doiis, feve rsores, burns,' scalds, cuts and piles, 25c at Newlln Drug Co.'s. ', U BUSINESS COLLEGE WASHINSTON ANOTNTMT. PORTLAND. ORIOON WRITE FOR CATALOG I7 M that Flam Tom in 04 PUUm TUB WOCTOU'S QCESTION. A(ll c AgiiiiiHt tho Use of Harsh Purs ativei and Physics. . . .. t A doctor's first question when con sulted by a patient Is, "are your bow els regular ',"' He knows that 88 per cent of illness in attended with lnact iv Uoweis tiuti toriui liver, in is con- dltlon poisons the syfiem with nox ious gases and waste mutter .. " which naturally accumulates and which must be removed through the bowels before health can be restored. ' Salts, ordinary pills and cathartics may be truly likened to dynamite. Through their harsh, irritating action they force a passage ,; through the bowels, causing pain and damage to the delicate Intostlnal structure, which weakens the whole system, and at best only produces temporary relief. The repeated use of such treatments cause chronic Irritation of the stomach and bowels, hardens their tissues, deadens their nerves, stiffens their muscles and generally brings about an Injuri ous habit which sometimes has fatal results. We have a positive, pleasant and safe remedy for constipation and bow el disorders In general. We are at certain of Its great curative value that we promise to return the purchasers money In every case when It falls to produce entire satisfaction. This rem edy is called Rexall Orderlies. V urge you to try them at our entlro risk. Ilexal! Orderlies are very pleasant to take, they act quietly and have a soothing effect, strengthening, healing Influence on the entire Intestinal tract They do not purge, gripe, cause nau sea, flatulence, exces.ive losseness, diarrhoea or other annoying effect, and they may be taken st any ttoia without inroftVenlen?1.' " Ttexall Orderlies overcome the glng habit and cure constipation all similar ailments, whether acut chronic. They are especially good children, weak persons or old folv -, Price. 3 tablets, 25c. and I! tablet 10c. A. T. Hill, drugrM.