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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1909)
VOLUME VIII. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE., THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1903. NUMBER 235. S 01 SWEEPS SOUTH NINE BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND AUSTIN SUFFERS HEAVILY SO COMMUNICATIONS WITH GAL " YESTON TODAY. V DAMAGE SEVERE, MANY LIVES LOST Sonth Ylsited by Second Storm of Ex-1 trenie Severety. GALVESTON, July 22. A party Is searching today for the bodies of 10 persons who were drowned yesterday when the Bettlson pter was destroyed by the storm which swept the gulf of Mexico. No other fatalities are re ported. Train Blown From Track. AUSTIN, Texas, July 22. Buildings were wrecked and trainB blown from the tracks and it is reported that a number of lives were lost In a second storm which swept the Southern Texas country on the coast of the gulf of Mexico laBt night. Buildings were wrecked here, one being the city hospital. ' No loss of life here. ' The storm raged for five hours, and was the worst in years-. It up rooted trees, tore off roofs. . The city suffered heavily. Communication with Galveston was again svered. by the storm. Little is known concerning the a...-. . - Jr JUST RECEIVED AN ELEGANT LINE SUEDE They are the lowest in price. OXFORD GREY, BLACK, TAN We want to show you our nifty patterns in Peters Oxfords for both ladiss' and gentlemen's wear. It's worth your while to see them, still more worth while to buy a pair. i 2 damage done there. ; ! The bodies of nine who were drown- j ed yesterday when the Bettlson pier collapsed in the storm, were recovered at noon today. Galveston did not suf fer from the second storm last night. The railroad bridge connecting Gal veston with the mainland is being re paired. CHEJRRY SHIPMENTS STARTED. Oue Carload Has Already Left Co v And More Going Soon. With a carload of Royal Anns and CententlaU already shipped out of Cove, and a big shipment soon ready, the cherry harvest can be said i b? well launched. Picking Is progressing with extreme swiftness and growers are careful to utilize all available time while the weather Is favorable. PAfJKF(lRF.flTTFfJ I fill I W I I.I kll ABSENT MINDED PERSON IS DEED FORTUNATE. IN. Pants Containing Fat Wallet W hen Bath Is Finished. Left NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., July 22. Women may forget expensive furs and even their babies, and men may walk off absent mindedly without hats and umbrellas, but it remained for a man in this city to actually forget his pants and even worse, to forget the pants In which a wallet containing $170. (. ;s Jack, Callahan, a guest of the Ya - kima hotel, returned from a horseback ride Sunday night, and after a bath 'in the bath room near his apartments, (Continued to Page 8). T ANKLE STRAP PUMPS newest in shape, longest in wear and COME IN ANY WAY TUB FAIR K1TTSCITT HERE TOMORROW WILL TAKE A SIDE JOURNEY Y HERE TO MEET HIM WILL BE BRIGHT GALAXY OF ' RAILROAD BUILDERS. ' CIQQT TDID IVTn W.llnUII'-.VII I (V I IIIUI lllll ! IlllbkUIIII lllbkkl Will be Met at Huntiugton And Es corted to La Grande. Julius Kruttschnltt, chief lieutenant to E. H. Harrlman, bearing the title, superintendent of maintenance on all Harrlman lines n the United States, and a man who is classed among the leading railroad genl of the world, will be In La Grande tomorrow morn ing for a brief Inspection of the local railroad yards and power, and will then depart for Joseph on a side tour of Inspection. - His coming has been the magnet which has drawn practically all of the more Important Northwest Harrl man officials to La Grande today. With ! the peer of them all coming tomorrow, ; there will be such a representation of - rallroad. builders, and mallsin : La Grande, as is seldom seen here, 1 First Trip to Wallowa. . La Grande is honored by Krutsch- nitt's visits about once in a decade. but the trip now planned into.Wal SEASON'S OXFORDS EXPRESS MERCER IIITIC HE MILLIONS ARE IN VOLVED ENVOY STARTED FOR MEXICO II A It RIM AN SEEKS TO BECOME IX PRESS KING TOO. IK FNflnW FYPTF TFRRITHRY Deal to Merger Mexican And American Lines With Wells Fargo. SAN FRANCISCO, July 22. Depar ture of Andrew Chrtstenson, general manager of the San Francisco depart ment of Wells Fargo express for the city of Mexico today, led to the circu lation of a report that Harrlman has arranged a merger with the express business of the Diss republc with companies he controls In this country. It Is belelved Christenson will be met there by C. E. Stockton, the New York general attorney for the Wells Fargo, and Dudley Evans, president. Three big companies, the Mexican, National and Inter-Ocenalc express companies will be absorbed by the Wells Fargo if the reports are true. The 'tleal will run into the millions. Under the new arrangement Harrl man would control the express busi ness over 10,000 miles of railroad in Mexico, and giving him express privi lege over about 160,000 miles.' 1252 miles of stage lines, 1300 miles of in land steamship lines and 14,000 miles of ocean steamship lines. - ER'S VISIT DELAYED REACHES HEKMISTON LAST EVEN ., , IXO SAYS TELEGRAM. Not Known Yet When He 'Will Pass t'nrotigh Thifj City. Word wrap received this morning from F. C. Bramwell, the land office register who Is at Hernils'on, that Secretary of the Interior Ballinger. arrived there last evening, Instead of yesterday morning, as first announced. It Is expected that Mr. Bramwell will return this evening. It is not known, either, when Mr. Ballinger will pasB through La Grande, though irrlgatlonlsts and others have been making strenuous efforts to ascertain this fact. Tonight Is the logical time for the trip. Big Price For Hogs. PORTLAND, July 22-Uogs advanc ed to $9 per hundred pounds in Port land market today, being the highest value ever obtained within the recol lection of the trade. The record price was obtained for 77 head shipped by he livestock firm of Albany. The hogs averaged 181 pounds each and brought the unusual price of better than $HJm. Iowa county will be the first visit of the big general to that fertile terri tory which his chief punctured with steel rails of late. Many Officials Here Now. General Manager J. P. O'Brien of lite O. R. & N. and S. P. lines In Oregon, G. W. Boscke, chief engineer, General Superintendent M. J. Buckley, of the O. R. & N. and S. P. lines In Oregon and Superintendent W. Bollons, of the O. R. & N. These men spent moBt of the day here Inspecting the show and whlllng away time until the arrival of the general. Meet Him at Huntington. Kruttschnltt will be met at Hun tington gatevay by this galaxy of of ficials and escorted to .a Grundn la morrow morning! '." ' "' ' SPLENDID NEW OATS. Stand Orer Flte Feet Five Inches And Carries Proline Heads. Oats grown by .Charles Plajle of Allcel, is now on exhibit in the Ob server office. It stands five feet five inches high and Is the perfect speci men of prolific yields. It is a sample of oats on his fields and would grace the exhibits at A-Y-P. n a splendid fashion. Four Killed. COLUMBUS, Ohlo July 22! Two women and two children were killed today when a freight ran down a car riage In which they were riding. Storms in Duluth. DULUTH, July 22. Three persons were drowned here during a rain storm last ' night. Property damage will amount to a million and a half In this city and vicinity. '-. ' 5EHT RATES COMMMERCIAL CLUB WILL TRY TO GET BETTERMENT. Impossible to Attend Both Big Fairs on One Ticket Now. Misfitting excursion rates to the Sa lem fair and to the Portland fair and stock show the week . following, is worrying habitual and prospective state fair visitors this week. The O, R, & N. ha- announced a one and one third 'far,- to each of the big fairs, but it is not possible to attend the Salem fair, and stop over at the Portland fair on the same ticket, under the present arrangement. The attention of the Commercial club has been call ed to this condition of affairs and that body will take the matter up with the oftlcala. ' ' ' "; Several have complained of the sys tem and It is hoped that the club will reap fruits from its efforts. Under the present schedule, Salem visitors will have to return Saturday forenoon, atid come direct to La Grande or lose excursion rights. But it is believed that when the club does take the matter up, the of ficials will see the city In the requests and grant them. ' ' 1 ARE TO SUFFER LIMBER RATES FROM MONTANA A UK SLICED. Coast Cities Fail to Get Material Re ductions. SEATTLE, July 221 Sweeping re ductions in rates on forest products from points in Montana to the con suming markets In the north, South Dakota, Western Minnesota, Nebraska and other middle western states, with no corresponding reductions from the coast shipping points are contained In the new transcontinental freight bur eau on lumber and shingle tariff, which Is effective August 15. The new tariff shows the Oreat Northern and Northern Pacific made sharp re ductions to the points In the middle west to which Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound road cut Its rates on lumber and shingles. . Lumbermen declared today the new rate will be disastrous to coast mills. As the days grow hotter and hotter, we clothe ourselves as lightly as pos sible, but still we are thankful that our country is not as other countries, it is not too warm. HOT SUITABLE 1ST IMPORT TO CHIEF'S VISIT: INDIAN AGENTS ARE IN DANGER OREGON TOUR IMPORTANT WILL INSPECl AND THEN RE COM ' MEND EXPENDITURES. RECLrMRTIOH HfcHDS mlakce i; AH Oregon Looks to Present Ton 'K, With Great Interest. PORTLAND, July, 22. Secretary ot Interior Ballinger la today touring Oregon to make a general Inspection of government reclamation projects through the state. ..The trip bears the utmost significance to the people of Oregon as It will result, accord jig to Ballinger, In determining the govern ment's atttude toward reclamation, la deciding what projects will be pushed to speedy completion and in naming places where the ' largest apportion ment ot Irrigation funds will be made. Settlement of troubles long existing between Indians and their superinten dents is assured. Rigid Investigation . ' of conditons on reeervatons ts one of the secretary's special duties during the trip."'. .. '"T;';'; .'-','' Numerous .Indian agents may be summarily discharged as a result, Bal- "', linger has intimated. Approximately IW5.000.000. will-constitute the ap-,, proprlatlons made for 1910, pver 18i- 000 employes doing the work. ' Fifty; five million are already spent by,gov V IMItLER EXCELLS AS HOSTESS TO - PIONEERS. . " ' Trail Blazers Hold Couthlal Gather Inur at Imblcr. i IMBLER, July 22. (Staff 'Correspond. dence)-i-Nearljr 1100 people are today shaking hands, rehearsing pioneer scenes, lunching in the shade of grove trees, listening to the band, witnessing the baseball gume, and through It all. runs a spirit ot Jollty such as only those who have made the history ot ' Union county can create and partlcl- pate in. It s one of the most representative ' gatherings in the history of pioneer associations. Big Creek, Union, North, Powder, Cove, Summervllle, Allcel, El gin and La Grande are only a few of the central points sending delegates. Eighteen hundred and seventy-eight Is . the time limit which s exacted by the assocation for membership, but there are many who come earlier than even that date. There were several "62" badges here. Old War Horse Present. Captain Williams who participated in the Indian battle of July 17, an even 53 years ago, was present and ' J his genial countnance and hoary locks were the central figure of attraction. Uncle Ben Brown, the first white man to settle and buld a home In Union county' was present, too. There were several pioneer ladies who vividly: re member the time that Grande Rondo valley was a barren waste. ) Due to th lateness of the train, 'the tContined from Past t . n.. i I' i' r f. . "' i ,:.
