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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1910)
ADD! :1S Ladd ., Canyo::, ':. . M-m U : 31. (Special) At 1: ; ; fuwe stop ped fighting hi". . ? -'"! ;rs busy engaged in plo? t; - ,v, spring work. ' ' J W,r brur s -. ":. s ns been quite ill has wtVii 1 m li. Grande where he was it?-.'.--" - -;- ihv r'a care. Invitations aur ! t( nded to a number of fr;r-V for a dance, at E. T. Teebler's t Their .dau ghter Miss Eula, R-!! probably leave In the morning for Vi'.lowa county to resume her wi t' The public au' Cir saift at E. E. . Jones drew a larse owd, .numlier ing nearly 200; It .ncU: a nice day, people from all over I be county were In attendance. Mr. a Tjd Mrs. Jon pb will visit with relntlvf b at Elgin and in the Willamette valley before dc elding where their future home will to, .'. They contemplate Investigating ; California.'- Nearly everyone Is sorry to see them leave and wish them suc cess In their new location. ,T. B. Johnson and son Lester are here from Cove visiting Mr and Mrs. Adolph Peebler.- '. v, 1 Miss Nettie Leep of La Grande is pending the week with her uncle and aunt Mr .and Mrs. E. T. Peebler. , Miss Mabel Counsel spent the lat ter part of last week In La Grande -with friends. - ;'; ;v This Bummoua Is published by vir tue of an order made and entered by Bon.' Ja W. Knowlee, Judge oi the above entitled Court, at Chambers, la j La Grande, Oregon, on the 21th day of February. 1910, which Order d( rected the service of this auniinonc j upon yon by publication for a period I of six consecutive weeks to tbe Lo Grande Evening Observer, a newspa per published at La Grande. Union County, Oregon.. First publlcal'on Februay 25, 1K10. L. DENKAM, Attorney for Plaintiff I Feb 25. Mar. 4-11-38-25, Apr. 1-8. ',,.-,' 3C Pennsylvania Graft Trial Ilarjisburg, March 81. Joseph M. HuBton the architect who is charged with complicity in the Pennsylvania State Capitol graft, will be pieced on trial today. The case was ori ginally set for trial last January, but a child of one of the Jurors be came .ill with scarlet fever And It was feared he would spread the con tagation. . .', . '; In many important respectes the case in which Huston is to be tried! City (oincll of La Grande, Oregen. Notice of Street Improvement TO WHOM IT MAT CONCEUSV No Ilea is barely given that in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the Com mon Co-cll of the city of La Orande, Oregor, on tho 15th day of December, 1909, creating improvement district No. .2, and designating Pennsylvania avenue, as such district and in pur suance of a resolution adopted by said Common Council determined and declared its intentions to improve all of that portion of Pennsylvania ave nue, is said improvement district as hereinafter described, by laying there on macadam pavement ana coiiuiria-i- Ing cu'bs, the council will, ten days after the service of this notice upon the owner of tbe property affected and benefitted by truth Improvement, order that said above described tm Drovement he n.ade, that the bound aries of said district to be so im proved are pa folk we: All, that port tion of Pennsylvania avenue from the west side of Washington avenue, to the east side of Fourth street Notice Is hereby given that the council will levy a special assessment on all the property affected and benefitted by such improvement. That the estimated cost of said improvement la the sum of $2264.80. That the councfl wfll on the 16th day of March, 1910, meet at the Council chambers at the hoar of 8 o'clock P. M., to consider said esti mated Cost, and the levy of salr ass essments, when a hearing win be (ranted to any person feeling ag grieved by auch assessment, !a Grands, Oregon, March 3rd. 1910 Is Identical ' with that with which ex-Auditor General Snyder and ex guperlntendent Schumaker were con victed." '".! -vv.- y';'- The commonwealth's case against Houston Is believed ' to have been greatly strengthened, by action of the Supreme Court in upholding . the rulings of Judge Kunael of the Dau phin County Court, In these cases on various points,' especially, the admla lon of . evidence relating to trans action other than those immediately invllved in the indictment The de fense laid great stress on lit ex ceptions to the admission of such evidence which the 'commonwealth regarded as important in establish ing the conspiracy. '' 1 summons b dti ' a a m jl si in me iircun loun oi me suite ui " Oregon for Union County, Nellie Farmer, Plaintiff, va, Cleve Farmer, defendant, 8ummona: In the name of the State of Ore gon, you are hereby summoned and directed to appear and plead to the complaint filed against you in tho above entitled suit and court, on or before the 8th day of April, 1910, the .same being the last day of the pub . licatlon' cf this summons, the first day of publication hereof being Feb ruary 26th. 1910. ... And it you fail to appear, answer, or otherwise plead within the said time, the plaintiff will apply thereaf ter to the abov entitled court for default against you for such failure, and demand the relief prayed for in ber complaitt filed herein, ' to-wit For a decree forever dissolving tbe bonds of matrimony now existing be tween plaintiff and defendant, by rea on of defendant hr.ving treserted and cause or, excuse and without plaintiffs abandoned ' plaintiff without Jus; consent for more than one year Im mediately prior to tin commencement of this suit; for cruel and Inhumat treatment of plaintiff by defendant and personal indignities Inflicted by defendant on plalntU as 3et forth In tte complaint filed herein to which reference Is heroby , made; that plaintiff be decreed her former name and alimony from defendant; that any and' all rights of defendant it and to tho SW 1-4 NE 1-4 Section 12. Tp 2 8 R. 35, E. W. M. be "cut off and extinguished and the aame be de creed to' plaintiff absolutely; for her costs and disbursements herein and for general relief. J- By D E. Cox, Recorder of the City of La Oregon. 4-5-16 - 1 v.';; Grande, KOTICB F0J8 IT314CATI0H. C. S. land Onice at La Grande, Ore gon, January 21th, 1910. .,: Notice la hereby given that Adolpl Lauer, of La Grande, Oregon, who on January 3d, 1905, made Homestead Entry No, 14038, Serial No, 04S2t for SE 1-4 NE 1-4, E 1-8 SE 1-4 Sec. 17 NE 1-4 , NE 1-4, Section 20 Township 4 ' South, Bange 88 East, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final Five Year Proof, to establish claim to the land above descmed, before the Register and Receiver, United . States Land Office, at La Grande, Oregon, on '.h 15th day ' of March, 1910. Clstmaat namea bb witnesses: Joha 8hillinf, Jr. Henry J. Rehtn. James Shilling ' "; Fred Pohrman, all of La Grande Oregon, , F. C. BRAMWELTj. , Register Guardian's Jiotlce of Sale Notice Is hereby, given that undor and by virtue of nn order of the County Court of Multnomah County, Oregon, duly made and entered In the journals of said court on March 3d. 1910, licensing, ordering and em powering the undersigned as the Guardian of the Estate of Hedwlg Selmon, an insane person, I wfll sell at private sale to the highest and best bidder for caih in hand from and after April 9th, J910 on the premtoee all the MUe of said in sane ward in and to th followlag de scribed real property, vte. Lot 1 In Block 1 In Grandy's Ad dition to La Grande, Union County, Oregon and the undivided halt of Lot T and tbe west 20 feet of Lot 8 in Block; 114 in Chaplin's Addition to La Grande, Union County, Oregon. Dated this March 8th, 1910. F. J. SEIMCN, Guirdian of the Es tate of Iledwig Selmon, an insane persou. Mar. 8-lS-22-29-Ap6 ' Huff Oriilnjtcns " Chickens worth having. Singlo Comb Buff Orpington chicken are the best egg and meat factory. I keep thoroughbreds. Logan E. An Jorson. Cove, C re. S-24-t6 I WATER USERS COHTR ACT AS iT IS BE1HG SIGHED BY MARY T The payment of the said ten. annual water rate charges in full shall give to the part. .....of th" si'iond ' - - heirs or assigns, and vest in them, a perpetual water right, under the terms and condition herel't ! " - - '.he land , subscribed to the full extent and amount of the waters paid or and used thereon for irrifiatiug purpose, unfl u;-. swfc Pr ment in full .being made, the party of the first part its successors and ass'gns, shall issue to the part.. of the secuwf pure or to ....heirs or assigns, who are the owners of said land subscribed, a certificate showing such payment In fult and designating " the land subscribed, which certificate shall be evidence of a perpetual water right for tbe lands subscribed and. BhalT entitle' the owner of said lands thereafter to the amount of water therein specified, annually, for Irrigating purposes uupn the said, lands, upon, paying thereafter th annual malntena nee charge of not exceeding One Dollar per acre for the. lands eul)HLrihe(L - The annual water' rate charges for and during the ten years herein provided for, as well as the annual ruafatcnuncs iharge",. shall be due and payable annuallyon the 15th of October of each and every year, during the life of this .indenture, aiuLthe amount so due shall thereafter bear interest at 'the rate, of ten per cent per annum until paid, and the said, part . .of the 8ebond:part,.T..;.w......i.. heirs or assigns, do hereby covenant to and with the party of the first part, Its vtefliDra ox assigns that they will well and truly pay the said annual-water rate charges and the said annual maintenance charges, ; promptly at the time the same become due and pay able, and that In case of default therein, and action or suit is commenced to recover the same" or -any portion thereof, that, they will pay such additional sum as the court may adiudge reasonable as'attorney fees in said suit or action, ",. ..'-....;.'-. ' . " ' It is further hereby expressly stipulated and agreed by and between the parties hereto, their heirs and assigns and suc-r 'tcs;r" ,ot. that in case of default lq the payment of any of the sums af money herein provided for, nt tho time the . same becomes due and payable, that the party of the first part, itb Mwii Z ZZ'-Zm. """ th rieht to bring Buit" or action therefor, in any court of competent Juris diction, and to take, prosecute, and pursue, any and all remedies provided" by law for the. collection of promissory notes secured by mortgage upou real property, including that of foreclosing tbe lien created' herein and hereby upon the lands in this Indenture herein above described, and In case of suit u foreetawlien !, -; ' ..... . ......... .. . -j.... -. ., . .... ... . , - -.- ' - . ... ... if herein secured, the same shall be commenced and prosecuted to final decree and the same enforced in the same manner aa that provided by law for the foreclosure of mortgages upon -real 'property. In this state. , - :" It is hereby: further 'stipulated' and agreed, In consideration of the premises aforesaid, that the party of the first part,. Its successors and assigns, shall not be liable for damages to the lands above 'described by reason of shortage ef water not occasioned by the gross negligence of the party - of the first part, its successors and assigns, and In no case shall such damages recoverable in one year exceed the annual water rate and maintenance charge for such year, and the same when- adV -"" . '"'',..''.'",';,. ;..'.'.'. '".,',,;..'...: '';. v , ;. . 'V " .'.,:-'' ' ' JuBted to be credited to the part... .of the second part by the party of the first part, its successors and assigns, upon, : 'amount for...'... said water rent and maintenance charges for said year, . ... " ......s - of Bald part,., ...of the second part. ............. heirs and aBBlgnB forever. . . . - That the maximum amount of water to be furnished and delivered under this indenture, shall not exceed annually .one acre foot of water for each acre of land to be irrigated during the year, and said water shall, be furnished nt such , times and In such quantities as the' part...... of the second part.,.. heirs and assigns shall, by timely and rea sonable notice to the party of the first part, its successors and assigns, demand and require, between the 1st day of April and the 1st day of October of each and every year; provided, however, that the party of the first part, its successors and assigns, shall be required tp deliver not to exceed one half of the annual amount of wa ter required for the irrigation; of any subdivision or tract of land in any period of thirty days, if demanded. ' The party of the first part, its successors and assigns, shall deliver the water in this Indenture provided for at the most 'convenient point or points of each quarter section, as designated by the engineer's maps that will cover such -irrigable land, . and to that end the party of the first part shall build, construct and maintain, at its own expense, all necessary taps and gates In its main canal or ditch, and all lateral ditches, flumes and waterways necessary to measure, conduct and carry . said waters and deliver the same at the point or points so selected and agreed upon, at which point or points the part...,..' of the second part...... ..heirs or" assigns, shall take, receive and. care for said waters', and at their own expense build, construct and maintain all necessary ditches, 'flumes and waterways to care forthe said waters, and conduct carry and distribute the ! same to, upon and over said lands. - , THIS INDENTURE, Made arid entered into thIs.V...:...V;...'.day. of A. D. 19...... by and be tween the Grande Ronde Reservoir Company, , a private corporation of La Grande, Oregon, party of the first part. and .......... . , . . and ........ , .. his wife. of Union County, Oregon, part...... of the second part; WHEREAS the party of the first part is engaged in storing, reser- voiring and conserving the surplus and flood waters of the Grande Ronde River and its tributaries in Union County, Oregon, and in appropriating and conducting said waters as well as the public, unappropriated waters of said stream to the arid and semi-arid lands of the Grande Ronde Valley for Irrigating purposes; . . . - ; , . AND WHEREAS, The part..,.. of the second part the owner,., .of the following described lands, in the Grande Ronde Valley, for which lands... .......... .....desirous of obtaining water for tbe proper irrigation thereof in the growing of agri cultural crops thereon, towlt . $ .'r THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises aforesaid, and of the further fact that the party ofthe first part, its succes sors and assigns, shall on or before the 1st day of April A D. 1911, reservoir and conserve said waters, and appropriate, con duct and carry . the same to the said lands and furnish said waters to the part. . ... .of the second part, in quantities suf ficient to properly irrigate the same and in quantities and amounts hereinafter specified, the part...... of the second part .7... ... heirs, executors, administrators and assigns do hereby covenant, promise and agree to pay to the party of the first part,' Its successors and assigns, at the times1 hereinafter specified, annually the sum of Two (82.00) Dollars per acre for the period of. ten years and an annual malntaineuce charge of not exceeding One Dollar per acre for each year that water is so furnished for said lands. It is hereby further expressly covenanted and agreed, by and between tbe parties hereto, their heirs, executors, adminis trators, assigns and successors in interest, that all annual payments herein provided for, including said annual mainte nance charge, shall be and remain, until paid In full, a charge and Hen, In tbe nature of a mortgage lien, upon said above described lands, and that the waters and water rights herein provided for and created as well as said annual payments, including said annual maintenance charge, shall . be and remain a perpetual covenant running with said lands In the hands THE EVENING OBSERVER COMMENDS TO its READERS i THE ARTISINij FOUND THROUGHOUT ITS COLUMNS :1' - '. ( fl I