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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1909)
'y.iTt.rw: pi,? , 1 i.' 1 .i LOCAL ITEMS. 4 4 ' S. P. Fitzgerald, a timber man from Lewiston, Is in the city today The Hisses Hart came down from i I Hilgard this morning to take in the j carnlvtal. Attorney B. P. Wilson of Union la here today lookliag after Boine legal matters. Mike Stoddard of Baker City came down this morning looking after busi ness affairs. F. S. Bramwell will leave again to morrow morning for the John Day country. " M.' A. Woodward came down from Baker this morning and will take in carnival tonight' James Gutridge returned to La .Grande last night after an absence of several months. Mrs. Lizzie Wood ell of Summerville is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Currey for a few days. C.J1. Preston, the aged G. A. R. veteran, is ill at his home on Spring street. 'There was a decided commotion in the Katzenjammer castle last night about 8 o'clock when the lights went out for a few minutes. the Alicel district, paid the city a visit today incidentally dropping into the Observer office for a chat. Attorney Leroy Lomax of Portland, after attending the supreme court at Pndleton, came over to La Grande this morning. -' Perry Thornton returned to North Powder this morning where he is in charge of the substation of'the Grand Ronde Electric Company. Nearly 20 dozens of white carna tions will be given out to mothers who will attend the, Mother'B Day service at the PreBbyterlan church next Sun day, JudRe M. L. Clifford of Baker' City, is' in La Grande today renewing old time acquaintances. He was judge of this district when it was Included with six or seven other counties. ; ' Fred Montgomery, who has been in La Grande with his relatives for some weeks, returned laEt night to his work t In connection with the allotment of the Coeur D' 4-lene Indian reserva tion. !.... -. .. ' ' : Testerday afternoon tbe Observer printed a list of names of ladies who. we understood, were to take tickets last night at the carnival. The ladies took tickets during the afternoon, and our error was simply the result of a misunderstanding. Mr. A. Philpott of Nampa. returned to hia home last evening after spend ing several days in the city. He was greatly impressed with the future of our city and expects to return and in vest in the near future. J. W. Ha worth who is u brother of Contractor S. K. Haworth, and re sides in Canada was a passenger on the east bound this morning en route to Montreal, by way of Chicago. Mr. Haworth is engaged in the cattle busi ness. . '".s Last evening one of the men con nected with the, carnival was accused of stealing a hat belonging to Jack O'Brien, and ChleJ' Rayburn , locked hlin'up for the night. Mr. O'Brien re fused to prosecute however, and the man was turned loose early this morn ing.:: ,"V"' il V'""v ..-'V V - David Eccles . went to Hood River last night to look after Borne interests there. Roy Eccles. general superin tendent of the Amalgamated Sugar company, Is looking ovr the holdings of the company in the valley today. He will leave for Ogden tonight. James Gutridge, who for the past ten months has been working in the Red Boy mine, near Granite, has re turned home to spend a few weeks and may remain during the summer. Mr. Gutridge states that about twenty men have been employed all winter, "but most of the men have been tem porarily laid off. COUNTY FINANCIAL EXHIBIT. :' ' r . Time of Publication Should be Made One Month Later. In this Issue appears the , sworn financial statement of the receipts and disbursements of the county for six months ending March 31. The law prescribes the periods, but since this -,' law was made, changes in the manner of collecting taxes have been made ' which makes the report regarding certain moneys on hand of certain of ficers erroneous In fact . Not on the date mentioned in the report, but five days later no such amounts as stated are are neio. mo ieujc tuci uu .t, hl nnri the renort aa a Whole reflects the general prosperous condi- tion of the county. On May 1st the entire outsundinr i indebtedness of ' Union unty was only $43,974 including the interest. It was not. many years ago when our outstanding warrants totaled more than $249,000. For a county as rich as Union, $43,000 is merely a trifle. However, at the present rate of liqui dation, the debt will be wiped out very soon. County Treasurer John Frawley has been one of the busiest men in the county during the laat 30 days, hav ing made a new record by paying out $103,961.27. This requierd handling 1,029 warrants many times over, list ing and re entering into the various bookB. : . . CONCESSIONS CLOSED. Police Say That Certain Place Are Nat Fit to Bon. .... -a-a-a-7 ..s Certain of the concessions with the carnival, five la number, were closed last night uy the police, who say that the closed, places were distinctly gambling games, with not any appre ciable chance for the outsider to win one of the prizes. Chief Rayburn says that the city has not even a right to license such enterprises, and that they Mr rTKHar ; m-rA tlntnU Vrm that reason, accompanied by Officer Walden, the Chief went to the opera tors about 8 o'clock last night and or' dered them to shut up shop. "PAIIFINDER'' CAR LOST. No One Eat of Here Seein to know Anything About it. The "Pathfinder" car, which was in Pocatello last Saturday, has seeming ly dropped out of sight. Baker City does, not even know its whereabouts, and has heard nothing of the car since it wns repored in Pocatello. Even Boi&e has not yet reported its arrival. Portland papers are anxious to know whre it is, and have been wiring La Grande correspondents to keep a sharp lookout. According to schedule it ought to be in La Grande before now. Dr. W. D. McMillan Painless Denistry La Crande National Bank Bldg Both Phones Ladd Canyon Itc ihk. , Mrs. Drahn Dinnington of Island City, underwent an operation at Hot Lake, Thursday, and is now rapidly improving. She is the mother of Mrs. M. Elledge of this neighborhood. Miss Gertrude Stoker, the Ladd Canyon schoolteacher, is now busy arranging a last day program . Little Miss Eva French is visiting her cousins, Muriel and Sybil Mul holland. . Mrs. Lucy Graham visited, Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. W. O. Sher wood. Miss Jean Smith, who has been at tending school at Island City, is stay ing with her . aunt, Mrs. ,M. Elledge where she will remain during the summer. r r " . BOARD MET (Continued from page 1.) irrigation bond issues this is as good a proposition as it is expected to obtain. It is the intention of the board and Engineer Humphreys to visit Mead owbrook tomorrow and view the site, with the object of ascretaining bow much land will be required for reser voir purposes and the general condi tions relative to the construction of the dam. As to the details considered so far, the board Is enthusiastic and confident that the next few weeks will see the project launched and under way as rapidly as possible. It must be re membered that there is a vast amount of detail work yet to be accomplished before the board will be In position to advertise for bids for construction. JMWADES GASOLINE ENGINE Tnip8 Water, Euns SjS-iYvr St-parator, mwr'ntvi sii. riv i nrt JSJ.S - 5""'LL8 ;?);';:;owS; PASTIME THEATRE! H1E2X8 FRENCH. $ rraarletar Baaarrr. r Program Three reels of latest movie g" J pictures. , i Admission 5 and 10 cents. Change of program Monday, X Wednesday, Friday and Satur- i day. Matinee: Monday, Wed- 1 needay and aSturday. Doors open at 2:80 p. m. Evenings X performances at 7 p. m. 2 - Change of program Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. Mati nee: Mood ay, Wednesday and Saturday. Doors open at 2: SO p. a. E vests g performances at 1 p. na. THE SCENIC PANT AGES CIRCUIT. :' La Grande's Foremost Ya ode vBle Theatre. Depot Street 8. A, VAK1MHUK, JUjMgtr. ; Week beginning May 2. ' ' Weinrick & Waldron, the boys f who sing and talk. ' $ The Rom is Twins. New 8ongs and Dances. , j Lateet'Moving Pictures. Matinee, TueBday, Thursday and Saturday. AdultB, matinee: 10c; children, under 12 years, 4 5c. Evening prices, 10 and 15c. i-v You Need A Well C A letter to mestating v your location and reeds f will bring you all the in- formation regarding well j 1 drilling necessary. R. A. WEST, The Well Driller AG RES of fine soil, a good spring, and just out side the city. $325 tash, This Week only. 25 ACRES 25 . This 25 acres, near town, with good 7 acre orchard, water on place and fair im rroTements, is sure . and attractive prop osition at $3,000.00 Terms. , Better look this up before buying 3 ACRES 3 To sell or Ifase. It is right in the city. It may be just what you are looking for. Tfec Via Dyyn Realty (o. Depof Street BOTH PHONES ( ft First-Class Re pairing all work gcaraxtef.d. A Eboe poorly repaired ' in worthless, but a properly re- paired Shoe is good as new. My I work pleases and satisfies. R. Plant J THE OLD PRESTON STAND. 444444f4 The Little Shop 906 Main St Stamping of all kinds, Includ ing shirt walaU & Center pieces, done, embroidery lessons given. Orders taken and lessons given In stenciling. Full line of em broidery materials. , THE QUESTION . of al! real estate Lnvestments the one that you can answer in but on vcy-"Is the title sound' The answer is: "An Abstract drawn by us" With that you bav e a complete, ac curate history of the parcel to the veriest detail thatmifeht effect the title's soundness. Our work is guaranteed. Only complete and up-to-date set of Abstracts in Union county. U -.SHAME INVESTMENT CO foey Hotel Block DO YOU KNOW : FOR CERTAIN? that your title is gocd? ; An abstract will tell you J all about it and it may be I tc your advantage to have J one made. You cannot J afford to" take chances. J : J.R. OLIVER: l La Grande National a Bank S Building COVE rfiUix LAND. We have 100 acres of the finest fruit in Cove. Subdivided In 10 acra tracts. Fine black soil, 1-2 mile from school, running water on each 10 ac res. Have Just completed three miles of new woven wire fence on place. Price $125.00 to J200.00 per acre. Will sell with part cash, balance payable in installments or on straight ilmi t. suit purchaser. Will take some j-r.od La Grande property as part payruont 4-23-5-5 La Grande Investm t Co.: FOR RENT -Flva room house. Close in Inqu're o' Cddet Tr-os. 4-29 f!-4 J '.THE M vO" will be in their large and commodious new quarters in a few days. IN THE however, they are prepared to take care of all hiiftinefts. in their line. ' DAILY OBSERVER 65c a Month wjrpand Finishes forW; jj l'n-Kf T'KIc to fVi tlmn tf frcYitn lin flu. Virmj. Ui. .... ' . painting the buggy, the furniture, for rvery paint purpose, we have .1 PAINTS, ENAMELS, Hare each and' every one scientifically prepared for specific uses. V iemembcr if it's a surface to be painted, enameled, tained, varnished or finished in any way, there's an. JVcme Quality Kind to ell you what to use. - . ' cost. IS til. a SZB OUR WINDOW DISPLA J AS. A. Adams I GEORGE PALMER, President W, H. BRENHOLTS Ass't Cashier Z I F.'.l. HOLMES, Vice President ' C. S. WILLIAMS, 2d Asst Cashier F. L. MEYERS Cashier a a ' La Grande National Bank Of La Grande, Oregon CAPITAL AND SURPLUS! $170,000 UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY . M. Berry ' tJ. D. Matheson . C. C. Pennington F. L. W. L. Brenholts;' Daily Observer, MoCO, MEAN1 ME 5 t imc to freshen up the home by doins you have been planning, ror a for the floors and woodwork. 3 the right Finish. STAINS AND VARNISHES fit the purpose. We can how much to n. and VS 11 HI iRG. Aienue. J M m 0 V M DIRECTORS ; ' J , F. J. Holmes ' F, M. Brykit Meyers Geo. L Claavtr i Oeorgt Palmer ' ' $5c per Month