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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1909)
vfi - 1, -' X VOLUME VIII LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1909. NUMBER 263. 4 r REPORT WIZARD TO HI CANCER FRIENDS DENY ALL REPORTS ACTIVITY III ILL STREET "WILL SOON BE HEADY TO FIG11T J. J. HILL. OPERATION IS TO BE PERFORMED Yonng Harrlman Safe on Way to Meet Bis Father. NEW YORK, Aug. 26. There were wild scenes enacted In the stock ex change this morning, caused by alarming reports that the true .con dition of Harrlmaa's health was .not made public. Rumors said that he had a cancer. Personal business friends ot Harrlman emphatically de ny this report They .Say Harrlman will soon regain his Valth and' give (Continned on Page Sight) We Want To' TO OCR SEW FALL LINES THAT ARE ARRIVING EVERY DAY AND ARE NOW ON DISPLAY AT THIS STORE. Smart lailored Suits WE ARE SHOWING THE PRET TIEST LINES OF LADIES' SUITS AND CLOAKS FOR FALL AND WIN TER WEAR THAT WE HATE EYER CARRIED. ALL OUR SUITS ARE DIRECT FROM AMERICA'S FASH. ION CENTER, NEW YORK CITY, AND ARE EXACTLY THE SAME MODELS .THAT ARE BEING SHOWN IN THE GREAT STATE STREET WINDOWS TODAY. PRY US A VISIT AND LOOK THROUGH THE NEW STYLES. TRY THEM ON AND YOU ! WILL FIND ALL THE FIT AND . ELEGANCE THAT MODERN HAND TAILORING CAN GIVE TO A LA. . DIES' COAT OR SUIT. PRICES ARE RIGHT OTHER NEW LINES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR LADIES' COAT SWEATERS MEN'S BOYS COAT SWEATERS NEW DRESS GOODS NEW TAILORED WAISTS. PTTwT! toe Watch Our 4 Twehe Were Killed.- , 4 BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Aug. 4 26. The official report by the 4 4 county coroner today states 4 that twelve men were killed in 4 the collision between a .run- 4 4 .away Santa Fe freight train and a Southern Pacific switch 4 engine near Mojave, yesterday. 4 4 Engineers, and fireman of both engines were killed, : two brakemen, one Nevada miner and five tramps. The tramps 4 names are not known. WILL TflOVE OLD nrnm PAri uli ui urum REPORT IS NOT PLEASING TO BOOSTERS OF LA GRANDE. Contract Said to be Let to More De. pot M Feet From Track. J. T. Mayo, at theO. It Jb N. com pany, with hea4aarter In Portland, returned today alter spending yester day la the city taUrriswlng contrac tors for the mortar of the depot back: forty feet front the mala line. By his talk with cement dealers ta the city. (Continued tef Page I), " 1 n ri "'i i m O Ir air Windows LOW RMLROAD DOING EVERYTHING POS SIBLE TO AD FAIR SPECIAL 1RMN ON ONE DRY FARE ONE AMD A THIRD FOR THE ROUND TRIP FROM POINTS BE TWEEN PENDLETON AND HUNTINGTON TO LA GRANDE SPE- ( IAL TRAIN ON WALLOWA COUNTY DAY WITH ONE FARE . FOR ROUND TRIP--ONE AN D A THIRD FOR ALL POINTS ON WALLOWA BRANCH. With the advertising committee and "20,000 booster , club" working like beavers for the exposition It would seem that there was an end to the boosting for the fair, But there la no end ot the good things for now the railroad company has come forward and has practically granted . every request asked by the Commercial dub and the fair commissioners. .." '. Traveling Passenger .Agent lack O'Neal, was in La Grande again this morning and in conference With the Commercial club, stated that tbi rail-; roan ... wouia oq snyuuag in weir power,. , ta bring the crowd t L Grandei . . On' October 4th, the opening; day of the exposition, special rates . wll go into effect on the Q. R. 6 Nfrom Pendleton to La Grande and from Huntington to La Grande . and all points -between the places of one,fr and a third for the round trip and it carries with It a stopover In La Grande of eight days. These rates will also be in effect on all points between Joseph and DUTCH TO THE FRONT. Engineer' Dutch Left This Morning With Wagon Load of Supplies. Another wagon load of supplies left this morning for the Bearer Creek pipe line! Engineer Dutch went with the load on horse back to personally see to the starting of the work. More men will be taken on as fast as they show up so that the work can be rushed to completion as rapidly as possible. Mrs. Davenport Files Suit NEW YORK, Aug. 26. Charging de sertion, Mrs. Homer Davenport wife of the famous cartoonist, brought suit against her "husband for a divorce, and demands an ' alimony of $600.00 monthly, and $750 counsel fees. In filing the answer to the suit today, Davenport said he left his wife Jan uary 14, because of her nagging dis position. He said that she was ex tremely jealous and offers to give her $250 each month It she will keep away from him. 15 KILLED IN ACCIDENT. Thirty Men . Imprisoned in Mine in Old Mexico. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 26. Rescuers are today endeavoring to release 30 miners Imprisoned 1500 feet below the surface in the Lapaz mine at Ma teahuala. According to advices 15 men were instantly killed at the bot tom ot the shaft when the cable to the cage broke yesterday, and de scended on them crushing and maim ing the men. " Thirty were In the cage when It dropped, and some were killed. Men are pinned by the wreckage, who cannot be rescued before late tonight. Latham Breaks Record. RHEIMS, Aug. 26. Flying In a monoplane this afternoon Latham, an Englishman, broke Paulhams record yesterday for time, and distance. The flight was sensational. . According to unofficial figures, La- ;La Grande on the branch. And that Is not all that the rail road granted. On Wallowa County Day a special train will be run from Joseph to La Grande and will stop and pick up passengers at all points along the line and the fare on this day will only be one fare for the round trip. The price of a -ticket now from Joseph to La Grande one way will bring the Josephites to La Grande and take them back on Wal lowa County Day at the Union county exposition:' The special will arrive in La Grande at 10 o'clock a. m. and will leave La -Grande for Joseph at 11 p. m. This will give-the visitors here on that day 13 hour to take In the exposition." : ' ' .The' special train will carry IS coaches and from the good work that is being done they will all be filled to the guards. ' ' The railroad company is certainly doing all that is desired in the way of special rates and trains. tham'e time was two hours and thir teen minutes. "Crimes" Tonight Teeming with hair raising thrills and sparkling with bright comedy, the "Crimes of a Big City" will open for three nights at the popular Pas time theatre tonight While the -play made a decided hit in the east last season, it has never been presented in the west, and has but recently been secured by Mr. Curtiss for his regu lar road season. It has a strong love story, sur rounded by dramatic climaxes and should please the usual full bouses that nightly greet the Pastime stock. BEET SUGAR SUPPLY GONE. Beet Sugar Supply Exhausted la La Grande Markets. Beet sugar made by the Amalgam ated Sugar company's factory in La fGranJe is exhausted In the loca( markets. It will be impossible to se cure any more of this sugar until the factory starts to running in the fall. Will Know Fate Soon. OLYMPIA, Aug. 26. The fate of John H. Schlvely, State Insurance Commissioner, who Is on trial before the senate charged with irregulari ties in administration In hU office, will be decided late this afternoon. O. C. Israel, attorney for Schlvely, resumed his argument this morning, and Is expected to take the entire morning. Assistant Attorney General Lee closes for the state this after noon. , Ship Abandoned at Sea. PERTH, Australia. Aug. 26. The first officer and thlrteeu of the crew of the bark Gael bound for Portland, Oregon, was abandoned at sea during a storm. The survivors report that Captain Meteyer and the remainder of the crew were probably lost or are unable to reach land. 4 ' Preparing Statements. 4 WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. 4 4 The Interior Department are 4 today preparing a statement of 4 4 the Cunningham coal land ca- 4 ses demanded yesterday by 4 4 Taft. It Is reported that Pin- 4 chot, who has been supporting 4 Glavls In the latter's effort to 4 4 have the Cunningham claims 4 4 investigated before the patents A 4 were Issues, has been request- 4 ed to present his side of the 4 controversy. ". ' 4 4 CLAIMS SHE IS VIE Of 1ICHT WOMAN IN PORTLAND CLAIMS TO BE WIFE OF AVIATOR. Says She And Orvllle Wright Were -''Jtoriei ! 1897. PORTLAND, August 25. A, woman claiming to have been the wife of Orvllle Wright the famous , aviator is in Portland today making prepara tion tor the educatio ot her son Les ter, aged 11 years. She says it is Wright's child. She has s supported the boy by doing house work and nur sing. She said she received com-, municatlon from Wright in which are expressed his willingness to share the expense of eduactlng the boy. She claims to have married Wright in October; 189T She was .Ada Millef of Central City, Nebraska. j She said she was told by Wright's uncle that 'Orvllle was dead, and af ter two years she married. BeBIiev lng herself widowed, she married J. R. Carson in Vancouver, Washington, later they separated. Mrs. Carson said: ' , "I was only fifteen when Orvllle married mes We wedded against the mltter opposition tof our parents. He was only a lad, and I a mere girl. One year after the marriage, Lester was born. Later Orvllle left me, and his uncle told me he was dead. I considered myself a widow for a rear and tried to support myself and child. (Continued on Page Four.) There's No Need of HEADACHE at least no need of enduring them, Yet eighty-six people out of every ' hundred have headaches at least at. occasional Intervals. We can offer offer you a prompt and certain rem edy in onr NEWLIN'S INSTANT HEADACHE CURE . A remedy that will cure a splitting headache or relieve neuralgia In from 20 to 60 minutes Is worth knowing about and remembering. We believe ' it to be an absolutely certain cure In practically all cases and for all kinds of headache. PRICE 25c. NEWLIN DRUG COMPANY LA GRANDE, T II T HOW III SEATTLE TEAL OF PORTLAND MAKES HIT PRAISES PINCHOT'S WORH PIN CHOT NOT IN FAVOR1 OF FIGHTING IN CONGRESS. , TEAL QUOTES PBESiOENTS SPEECH Nothing But Conservation to be Dls cussed. ' - : SEATTLE, Aug. 26. Praising ther work ot Plnchot and urging Taft to stand. for him, using the so-called "Water, Power Trust" as example of evils of the present system, ot giving valuable rights, Joseph N. Teal : of Portland, and a member of the Joint committee; of the conservation, made ' ths "Key note" address at the open lag session today, . He did not mines his words. -, He said the moral Question Involved a to whether the heritage of the peo ple was to be saved, "Quoted Taft'a speech ' at ' the ' governors conference last December In whlc'i the prcst dent,, praised Plnchot and said that he favored the conservation. SEATTLE," Aug. 26. With Glfford Plnchdt, chief forester and chairman of the National Joint Conservation congress on the ground, with the leading conservation authorities from all parts ot the country, the first Na tional Conseravtlon congress looking to the establishment of Wide govern mental policies opened today In the auditorium at the exposition grounds. Following the Irrigation congress and the'. Trans-MlssIsslppI congress matters of deep interest to the west will be discussed. Congress will mark the establishment of or ganized force for the purpose ot con serving the nations; natural wealth. (Continued on Page Four.) I ORE.
