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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1910)
BACON ft HALL. Physicians and Burgeons. Office la La Grande National Bank Building. Thone Main M. a. T. Bacon, Residence, Main 18. M. K. Hatt, Residence, Main 52 C.' H. UPTON, PSL Q. M. O. Physician and Burgeon. Bpeclal attention gttsa to Eye. Ea ft Noae and Throat Office to La Grande National Bani BoUdlnC.-' hones: Office. Main 1; Residence, 1 Mats U. J. XL HUBBARD, MD. Fhrsielan aa4 8argeoa iUoa to New Baak BulMlng Rooms af-11. Thones: Residence, Main si; ome . N. MOUTOR, M. D. PbjslclanNand Surgeon. ' rf A4ams ae. and Depet fct ttke "Main 68." . Residence Main ML 1.11 TjSBEBTTwOD, it nretent lOS&ted to Pn'Mcaardsen's Offloea eter Hill's nnv Rt.rm. SoeaU aMentfe to &ls. mm ul sanery ef tW ere, hone THE CULPRIT? CEO. tT ZMKEEIIA ( OSTEOPATH PHTSICU31, . , Sommer Building Roan T-8-M0. Phones. Home 1S32, Pacify Main 63. Residence rhono, Ulack S5L. Accessor t Dr. F. B. Sloore DESTISTS. J. C. PRICE. D. M. D. Dentist Room 23. La Grande National Bank Building. Phone Black WW. TETFRISARI SURGEOXS. DR. P. A. CHARLTON. Veterinary Surgeon. Office at Hill's Drug Store. La Grande. Residence Phone Red 701. Office Phone Black 13 1. taiejendent Phono 63. Both p -ldence. DR Gradual Vaccination, uen"- of all klntla. Country cau answered. Agents for National av rtock Usurance Association. Portland Oregon.1' Office, 14 Adams avenue. Phones: Pacific. Black 1901. Independent. 873. ATT0B5EI8. C E CRAWFORD. Attorney at Law.' Practices in all the court of the State . TTnitad etatos. Office to La Grande National Bank , BulMlng, La Grande, uream. rt..a fl Cochran Goo T. Cochraa COCHRAN COCHRAN . Attorneys. t flrult National Bank Bu&clng. t nrn4 Oregon. tfnXLCI M. SAUSXT. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 16 and 16 Sommer Block. Oregon. rranti;' i there say all n Gen , up idorsed f. n San xw ratery. ren the Burrow ef seu dy and musical tin- -arson, fitndlo to the Mahaffey Blag. i Gene, o. 7470; ite, I AN. , easurer Hetlee of Final Setfleaent. Notice to heresy gma to all whom It may concern that James 8. Peach administrator of tte estate ef WlWaa Q. Peach deceased, has tie to the county court of Union county. Ore gas, his final account at a&a'nts a.M it Bflti' estate an said court t.. .w wdaead the tit day of Inbrarr A. B. ltH t I 'deck ' it .t ke oountr comrt house, to La Crude, wgon ai tte time for tearing, each reports anl all object- oVsfaan en etmioekn f a AraaJ. OrOCOtt, this I At Jaaamrr 191. JAMS3 B. PXACH. Administrator. 3, VLLY MENDUM. ropynkn: (. oy American PrtM Amo- emtioo. i i i a ringing wttb itr wiirit-r -. ..ai ii-aKber. an old mun ii Uhi Ji.onf in but cottage vt the iil.iklriH t.i iu itiwu Miller, the head 'f u Ui'le live Urui In tb tw..tt uilex UisiuiiL wan . ul:. , own auihtnitieii. ili . . j he matter over, came to i i. Itb the mu.vor ami xxtie utie uu the caxe liuiiif .. . .vii tiibing li in KUi'iH-r . :hmu tn a restaurant vti u.- tl.. MMie and d tnau of rather needy ap ( cum nee entered. - , -Mr. Miller. 1 belle?," said the new outer " ' ' "1 aiu. V"hat chd 1 do for your "1 waa lu the detective buslneaa ouce. and I'm trying to get Into It again. I'd like to take hold of this Meazber cage." "1 in going to send a man up to at tend to It." The seedy individual pulled a letter from hi pocket and banded It to the detective to read. It was a certificate from a detective firm that Joel ZWu merman had worked for It and done tood eervlce. . Miller'a bargain with the mayor bad beeu largely contingent upon tracking and capturing the murderer, a not very urotttable war to do business. .It oc i-urred to him that if be could get this person chean he would let hliu work for awhile at least long enough to make some development : Besides, the man told blm that he suspected u certain person and would .look for a clew in that direction.' Be felt no ton tldent In the matter that be offered to work without pay unless be made- a valuable discovery, but stipulated that be should have the field to nlmaeil No other detective should be put the cane. On these terms Mr, Miller engaged him aud went back' to the ?lty to attend to other ' matters that promised more certain results. Joe Avery, a nepbewof the murder ed man. lived In Peteraville. a much re spected young man. with a very nice wife and two very pretty children , Oue day while walking on the treelt he picked up a ten dollar bill. He was Ip hard luck at the time and very much delighted nt his find. The bill was nnrtly spent for meat at a butcher shop. The same afternoon Avery was arrested for the murder of his uncle on information furnished by Zlmtuer- 3 . . man. The detective proaucea a inn or bills, giving their numbers, that he said he had found In nn unused chlm oev in the murdered man's house. The list was supposed to refer to $7.0(Xt that the old niau kept there. The the ory was that the money had been riv en by the mur:epr- wno naa owlt- tinelv left the list. Everybody In the town wassurpnsea at Avery's arrest, and no one at nrst believed blm guilty. It was not sup Dosed that his uncle bad any money. and If be had the murderer was the only one who could have known of It. ! There was a strong case of circum- stancial evidence against Avery, but It was weakened by Zimmerman himseir, who under cross examination contra dicted himself as to how. where and when he had found the list Experts disagreed whether It was or was not in the handwriting of Meagher.. By throwing doubt upon this evidence the prisoner's attorney saved bis client from a verdict of guilty. The Jury dta agreed, but in order to avoid the ex pense of another trial brought in a ver dict of .not guilty.- , . , ' Avery - bad no- doubt that he bad been made the victim of a plot and as soon as he gained his liberty set about a bit of detective work to discover the author.- The first fact he noticed was that with his acquittal the case was dropped. The authorities believed that the murderer had beeu discovered, put that bis acaulttal waa a case of "not proved" rather than "not guilty." The detective who worked up the case against blm bad dropped the matter and was now working for the Miller detective agency that bad employed blm. indeed, every one seemed satis fied to let the matter rest except, the man who bad narrowly escaped the gallows and was in onsequence living under the ban of being a murderer These were tbe reasons that Induced Avery to take up the case on bis own account Avery made hp bis mind that his uncle bad been a boarder. Indeed, be remembered certain Incidents to ln- Ainnta that such was the cuse. Some oue had discovered that tbe old man bad money In bis possession and bad robbed and murdered blm to get pos session of It. If bis uncle bad saved monev possibly be might have had anmrthlnar to do with some bank. He sent out a circular letter to all the banks in the state asking if Timothy Meacher had any deposits there, bev en savings banks replied that . bank hnr.k to the aggregate amount or S2G0.000 bad been iesaed to one Tim othy J. Meagher. Avery did not surj- nose that bis uncle baa a middle name but searched tne ramuy recoras sno found that he had. It was John. " Aver was astouuded. lie was also dellghted-dellgbted for two reasous. First, be whs his uncie s legal neir ano would be dob: second, bis uncle had undoubtedly had some money in his bouse and bnd been robbed as wen s murdered. Could be find this ml Ut be woulti I exonerated snd rich. lie first took tep.to secure !il uncle's fortune, then offered $2.".00r' rpwaro lor Mir munirrt-r i rk . H .... I op fmi. ' I ur irnnni ui.uui ...... the murderer's nn-ompll'-e ftntlug thMl he would give op his principal If not t.rnwcmed iiinifelf His terms wer accepted, and n sent In the nsm 1' wan Joel Zimmerman. Elqht mouths later Zimmerman ww A r Of I Jllil. '.. -' ' u 1 won marched s"'iisi , a lnrly "' clever ' u'ecrii. Thi Irishman was i hot favorite, ni d Ms friends let lie:! lly that he woi.H v.iiljt n!n Hi '' poueut. The referee whs also uti insli aiau. and wueu lu the first round t:. negro reached thd Irish tighter Jnv and the tatter's head tbumHHl lb. boards with a crash that, seemed, t preclude further contest the. -follow ln2 monoloiiue by the referee as ui stood over the fallen favorite, counter the. seconds, took place: -One! (In an undertone to his gasp tax compatriot: "Come on. man: get tt; i! Tn 0 ' A- (f:; . !- j: WlUUlim ILli' 11 -ty$MJ Pa,rc niid StationefV EitMalf Price I it i ' .j ii : i . M ; I' Having purchased the Bankrupt stock of the Fergus on Book Store, I am making a special sale at gre'ti? reduced prices. Come in and take adTantage of this opportunity hefore the lines are broken. Thix meaiis while they last-That new books of the $L50'copywright lines are going for 75 cents and ot her things in proportion - ; . -' " - AT1THE OLD FERGUSON STAND Jik "rom'n out, Totr naiatTR ", out o' that Are yez goln' to let this black son .of Ham say be knocked yez out?) '. -"Two! (Wurrah, , man, can't yez raise yourself and listen to what I'm tellin' vez? Come on: get up!) -Three (For the sake of yer fa thers that bled on many a field get ui and wipe up the floor with this black smoke that's grlnnin' at yez!) . "Four! (An' sure are yez goln" to He there slupin' while thla limb of Satan takes all tbe money? Get up, I sa v. afore I null yez up!) , This sort of entreaty continued until as the disgusted referee lingered on the final count, the badly dazed Irish pugilist staggered to bis feet, swung wildly at tbe unguarded . uegro and bowled, him over unexpectedly. Quick as a flash tbe ever ready ref eree sprang to the prostrate colored man. who. though dazed and weak was wildly struggling to regain his feet, and counted: 'One. two. three, four, five and five Is ten! You're out, you naygur!" New I,, . Ll u I . -. . t ... . " II t atoiery tompaiy I -- : : ; s W " 'l?Tii "iMumrliiTi ' n ill f-- " ...Jim ii- hi ... , f sn it a mi n ram (? An n7 11 .1 1 I . ' 1 II I II I I I 1 I I ; X I till 1. . II . ii J " uu w .a s .,i-.' . ;, .... ..7 Ij II Whv H Didn't Go to Church. A Scottish minister who was Inde fatigable in looking ud bis folk one day called upon a parishioner. "Rich ard, he said. "I hae na been ve at tbe kirk for some time and wad like to know the reason." 'Weel. sir." answered Richard. i hae three decided objections to coin'- firstlv. I dlnna believe in heln' .wbaur ve does a' the talkln's secondly. 1 dinna believe in sr muctie singin', an', third ly an' in conclusion, 'twas there I got my wire." Priendahln. Tber seem to take awar the sun from the world who withdraw friend ship from life, for we have nothing better from the-Immortal gods, .noth ing more aeugntrui. cicero. We have just finished ou r stock taking. This interesting event always has: tiwmmwwjw-. . ... . i 1 lint Ihif tlma nra manv surprises lor tne me rcnani. uurs nas oeeu uu Mcjpuvu, wu vv n are going to give tne traa e ine oeneiii 01 mo oiuiiisca, vn, u. All leemaits aid 0di James L Davenport Ii Veteran Washington Official ; .U'l""!, , . Ml" 1 I ! i ... tt Km Mm BEMNANTS OF DRESS GOODS,' SILKS, LACE S AND ELIBROIDERIES One lot ladies shoes, $2.50 to $3.50 value . .V. . ,$1.38 One lot of ladies waists ... . ... . ... . . .Half price Ladies sweaters . ... ... .... . . . . ..half price One lot of ladies wrappers ... .Half price One lot of mens shirts i. ... ... . v. . . .. . . .Half price AND I.IANY OTHER THINGS TO NUMEROUS r TO MENTION James L. Davenport, recently ap Dolnted commissioner of pensions. served many years as deputy chief of If you are in need of any wearing apparell cr oth er goods to taoke you on untill Spring come in and look over the bargains we are offering. DON'T FORGET We are still giving premiums for you cash trade. TOE WWS SHODSE OPEBA HOUSE BLOCK lOBi