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
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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
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