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VOLUME VIII. LA GRANDE, CSIOSf COIMTY ORE. TUESDAY, MARCH 50, 190!). M'MUEK 157. -4 FUNERAL TRAIN HELD BY WRECK ID CALIFORNIA SEVERAL HOURS GOV. HAY STATE OFFICIALS HURRY SOUTH TO ESCORT REMAINS HOME WILL REACH PORTLAND TONIGHT MERCHANTS LOSE lT.Vl()fcUH. Uhllders Unable to Lan4 Absconders . Before They Beach Idaho. McMann and Mclntyre, the two good customers of La Qrande merchants who forgot to iay for sundry , and numerous items purchased on credit aboutten days ago, crossed the Hue Into Idaho and cannot be returned. The Sheriff's office here got word from Huntington that the men were belug held there, but the Information was lucorrect, and the officers did not go further than Baker. PORTLAND, March 30. A message Irom Ashland this afternoon says the, train bearing remains of the late Covenor Cosgrove was delayed five hours by a freight wreck in a tunnel in Northern California. Other par ticulars are lacking. This message was received here at 1:30 this after noon. Arrangements have been made ' to receive the remains at Portland at 11:15 tonight and transfer them to a special car attached to a North ern Pacific train, leaving Portland at 11:45. Other arrangements will be made in order that funeral services at Olympia will mt be delayed. OLYMPIA, March 30. Govenor May, with a delegation of state of clals left Olympia at 10 o'clock this morning for Portland, where they will meet the remains of Cosgrove. Delegation will be met afong the line by Senate and house delgaUons ap pointed by President Ruth of the Senate and Speaker Meigs of the house. PROJIIJiEST. LUMBERMAN. HERE. Mr. E. S. Crossett, of the Crossett Timber Company of Davenport, Iowa, has been in town for a few days, closing up the deal with the George Palmer Lumber Company, whereby the latter firm gains ownership of the holdings of the Crossett people in Union and Wallowa counties. Robert Campbell, the shoemaker, has moved his tools to Smith and Greene's new store, and will do all kinds of repairing. J. E. Reynolds leaves for Salem and Corvalis tonight. " At the for mer place he will attend the horse show and at Corvallis, visit his eon Jay, a Btudent at O. A. C. TREE STILL BURNS. v ' Ignited by Llglttnlug September 21 Last And Still Burns. S. N. Smith, who was In town yes terday from Suminerville, says that the large tree near there which was struck by lightning on the 24th of last September, and set fire to, la still burning. " i 7 D. M. Hunt the well driler re turned this morning from Portland where he went to purchase some deep well drlling tools. EIICIIIEER IS SEEK AID FOR READY TO VORK IIEEDIIIC IIOU WILL COMMENCE BEAVER CREEK PIPE LINE SURVEY AT ONCE Engineer L. -A. Pickler has been ordered by the water committee of the city council to proceed as soon as practicable with the permanent survey of the Beaver Creek pipe line. Pickler says that he will wait a few days, un til the weather seems to be more set tled, and then If he cannot work from the head of the line he will begin driving permanent stakes from this end. '. . ; . . ,' ' ''. ; . Millinery! i We Have the Choicest Street Hats $2.50 Dress Hats $5.00 Our large sale on this season's suits is convincing that we have the line that pleases. Neat Wool Novelty r Suit $t2.50 Fancy Stripes 18.50 The Latest Solid Gojor suits - - 20.00 some of our very best suits - 25.00 JUVENILE AND YOUIH'S SUITS If you are Icokingfor spring suits for the boys you will find them here S&L.' Good Wool suits - $2.50 Double Breast ' Knicker pants $3.50 50 0 Children's Dresses New line of up-to-date wash goods. Saves you tuna and Money. - - 75c to $2.00 NOTIONS AND FANCY GOODS See our line of Rushing, Nets, Veiling, Belts, Sags, Combs and small articles. Misses9 Suits The Girls! The Girls! They must be 11 11 nimu Long Pants suits - 4.5 ka hj!-: " " " - 6.5 'ill m Ifoorfllnedf'cofGU- 7 fj!jj roy pants. ' . . dressed. We have the great street suits. Also a fine line of Waist suits. Drop in and inspect them WE mm i 4 7 ,vrww - k rfT -i I 10 ' j in EFFORT MADE TO RAISE MONEY IN LA GRANDE FOR TEACHERS , J. O. Russel, instructor in physical training and'mathematlcs at the Wes ton normal school, is here in the In terest of the stricken school's fiances. The normal is making concerted effort to pay its instructors up to commence ment time, and by securing financial aid In Eastern Oregon from those In terested in education, the management hopes to attain this end. Mr. Russel will visit all the towns of Union coun ty with this end in view. He Is not seeking expense money except to pay teachers who have Si ready . taught there two months without a cent's re numeration. MRS. Zl'JIER ARRESTED. Charged With Violating Recent Or dinunce AgaliiNt Alley Fires Mrs. S. C. Zuber appeared In the Recorder's court yesterday morning to answer to a charge of burning refuse contrary to the city ordinance recently passed. It is understood that Mrs. Zuber had a permit to burn thrash, but not not on the street. She will fight . the., case, and trial has been set for Thursday morning at nine o'clock. PDIhMlT uni in lilhlLI 111 tie tin MADE FIRST BRICK MANFACTUER IN UNION COUNTY G. A. Grlmtnett of Weiaer, Idaho, was in La Grande early this week visiting at the home of J. J. Carr en route home after a winter spent In theCoos Bay country. Mr. Grimmett is very much pleased with the South ern Oregon country and enjoyed every moment of his stay there. Mr. Grimmett has. a large circle of friends among the pioneers of La Grande. When this city consisted of fw .hoiif.ss. e tlis mcuth I Mil! Crock, he iied here. li. tetis the distinction of having i..ude the first brick manufactured iu Union county. At the couduMcn of his visit here last evening, he took his departure for his home which he has not seen all winter. Fruit prospects never better around Freewater and Milton. OBSERVER READY TO ANNOUNCE VAST IMPROVEMENT IN EQUIPMEHT VERY LATEST THING IN LINOTYPES WIDE SCOPE OF OPENS HEW AND ATTAIN PERFECTION SHORTLY Four pages only, greet the readers of the Evening Observer tonight, but tomorrow It is hoped that out of the turmoil resultant from the installation of several thousand dollars worth of equipment, will come a better, neater, newsier Observer than ever before. If the subscribers will "bear with us'" fora few days, they will find the best dally publication from every stand point greeting them regularly. The Observer office has purchased and Is Installing several new pieces of machinery the past few days, the meet Important of which is one of the very latest model linotype to take the place of the machine which has been in our office for the past two years under lease from Otto Dldlon, who has given us the best possible service during the entire time. This is what the Linotype Company say in Its letter: "By the way, your ma chine is the-first of the new pattern, Model 5 to be placed in Oregon, which Is something of a distinction. While it has all the good features of the machine you have been using, it has The deed given by the Crossett Lumber Company to the George Palm er Lumber Company of this city for extensive holdings of the former com pany to the latter were filed with County Recorder Snook today. The purchase price tor tne large transfer is not stipulated, but by virtue of the size of the deal, must be large It Is conservatively estimated that the sale Involves close to 42,000 acres of tlin berlund, all but 200 acres of which. He In Wallowa county. The 2000 are iu this county. The CroBsett Company, is said to be one of the largest lumber manufac turing concerns and timber holders In the United States. :', A GRAM) OVERTURE. Among the many splendid numbers to be rendered by the La Grande band In the Steward Opera House Monday evening April 5th, la a selection from Marltana, by Wallace. This overture is full of grade and delicacy, for which Wallace music is celebrated, and contains the principal themes, ending with a dashing polonaise. Every detail of the wonderful instru mentation which Wallace has written and especially the passage for the basses, Is clearly brought out PRESCRIPTIONS CARED FOR Prescriptions brought to us are never lost or destroyed. If you have ever had a prescription filled nere, no matter how long ago, we can pre pare the same remedy for you again. BRING THE' NUMBER ' Upon the label of each bottle or package con taining a prescription we place a number. Keep this number, we will always preserve the original re:ire. All the prescriptions that we have ever compounded arc' cars-folly f ilied, and by help of -the-number we can refer to any of them instantly. Our method of filing, like everything else about our prescription department, is perf.ct NEWLIN DRUG STORE LA GRANDE, OREGON others of Its own, and they will appeal to you without doubt." . . . The other machinery which we have installed Is a SO-lnch perforating ma chine, which permits us to do as fin work in this line as It la possible to turn out in any of the large city of-, flees. Also another much needed ma chine In this county, called a punch ing machine, to cut holes la loose leaf ledgers, eyelotlng, stabbing and binding, cutting round corners on ar tistic stationery, programs and special individual and original designs in Job printing. With pur new linotype we have sev eral new job type faces and are now better prepared than ever to execute. commercial and society printing. The Observer job printing department U far better equipped than any other, of fice In Union county.' It can turn out briefs nearer perfection from several standpoints, and in poster work will have a new body type face that will appeal to the particular advertiser, A cHreful Inspection of the office and its new equipment will corroborate every assertion herein. .1 1 1 IS 11 1 '