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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER WEDNESDAY, JIAY 25, llO
About The City
Rock Crusher on the Way j
Construction of curbing, gutter and j
storm sewers preliminary to the lay
ing of bithuletlc pavement, will be
commenced within a very short time.'
probably less than ten days, accord
ing to Engineer Sutton of the Warren
Construction company, who with En
gineer Day, a Baker City cement con
tractor Is In the city today. A rock
crusher has been shipped from Port
land and should be here in a few days.
A site to locate the machine, on will
be selected before Mr. Hutton leaves
the city. Every possible effort toj
hurry the work will be lent to the-
project
Alleged Forger Brought Back.
George Brown has been brought
back to La Grande by Sheriff Childers
to face ft charge of forgery. Brown
was arrested in Dillon, Montana, and
has been incarcerated here awaiting
trial. It Is alleged that Brown forged
a note of $10 on C. H. Dunn some time
ago, and . his subsequent arrest fol
lowed after ft considerable search. ,
Kew Stenographer Here.
Glenn Wisdom, the chanfplon ora
tor of Eastern Oregon, has accepted
ft position with the local light com
pany to officiate as stenographer and
accountant. Mr. Wisdom is ft mem
ber of the Baker City high school,
rlBH of MO. and later in the week
will go to Baker to be graduated.
Own Private Telephone.
AH power stations and the towns of
Baker City, North Powder, Union and
La Grande are'now connected with an
Eastern Oregon Light and Power Co.
telephone wire, the work having been
lone by degrees. Baker City Is now
connected with La Grande on this
wire.
Fnnenil Announcement.
The funeral of "Grandma" Palmer
will be held tomorrow at 2 p. m. from
Do You Want
A Home
that will, pay for
itself?
A Five Acre bearing Fruit
Farm 1 H miles from La
Giarsde postoffice, in May j
Park, with 4 room house, 1
pantry and closet, good cel. j
lar, barn and fruit house, 2
chicken houses, windmill.
wi h water piped from tank
to bam and chicken lots, al
in splendid condition.
TERMS 10 SUIT
PURCHASER.
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SHERWOOD WILLIAMS,
Imbkr, Ore.
HEALTH
Depends on the Eyes
When you suffer from eye-strain.
. "Jon suffer from brain-strain, too;
shattered nerves and health is the
answer. '.'"..
My Classes relieve the strain.
I grind all my Gtaxse.
I haif Shur.ou Mounting
HEACOCK
Eyesight Specialist
Office Qvir Nylin's
Drugstore
the M. E. church. - Commencing at
10 o'clock the body will be laid In
state at the home of Joseph Palmer,
and until 1 o'clock, friends of the de
ceased may view the remains.
Big Deal 1 loir d.
The Wright Mercantile company to
day filed a deed with the County Re
corder, stipulating the terms of sale
and transferring the title of owner
ship of property in and about Union
owned by Joslah Wright. The price
paid is $25,000
Missionary Meeting Postponed.
On account of the funeral of Grand
ma Palmer tomorrow the meeting of
the Home Missionary society of the
M. E. church has been postponed and
will be held Friday at 2:30 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. H. C. Vlnacke.
CONTICT PLAN POPULAR
f Wft SUMf UM
Proves Successful Plan.
O. Jackson and Robert Alexander
were the names given by two drunks
whom Chief of Police Walden had In
court his morning. Each was found
guilty and a fine of $10 was Imposed.
Jackson coughed up the silver and
was released but Alexander Is stll
pondering over the situation in the
city Jail. If he does not come across
with the money the chief will have
him put on the street tomorrow and
work for the city until all costs and
the fine will have, been met.
Chief Walden'a plan of working the
convicts is meeting with general ap
proval. He has a fine employment
agency If one is Inclined to disturb
the peace, get drunk or commit any
depredations. As soon as the pris
oner falls to pay he is Immediately
given some honest toll to execute so
that he can earn his bread by the
sweat of his brow. Recorder Cox
endorses the Chiefs plan thoroughly
and keeps accurate account of all
time the convicts put in, making his
report to the chief at stated Intervals.
"The odium of getting drunk does
not seem to affect some men," said a
business man this morning, "but the
plan of working a drunk and disor
derly on the street will bring them to
a realization of what has occurred.
I think Chief Walden Is eminently
right in getting some service for the
city from those who break the city
laws."
Mr. and Mrs. George Ball leave to
night to visit friends at Portland and
Silverton for about a month and In
cidentally take In the Rose Carnival.
Fx pi ii In the Arridenl
Washington. May 25. After repeat
edly denying knowledge of the sink
ing of the ram Katahdlu at target
practice on. the Patomas river yes
terday, the bureau of nrdlnanro thin
j afternoon issued a1 statement explain
U Ing the accident. The statement says
a 12-Inch projectile struck the unar
mored portion of the vessel slightly
below the water line.. The ram Is In
shallow water and is being raised. A
shot fired antiquely at a target hit
accidentally. 4 - r
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BOESCH TO BOLD 05 COBSEB OF
ADAMS AND FIB WIIEX THE
PLANS ABE FINISHED.
REARRANGED FLANS ULLAY START
New Three Story Building Covering
Entire Basement at Fir and Adams
Will be Built This Snmmer Ar
chltects are Already Submitting the
' Plans and Specifications for Modem
Office Building.
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Plans and specifications are being
submitted by architects to Julius
Roesch for the construction of a new
three story building on Adams and
Fir, to Include all of the vacant space
now embraced In the basement now
used by John Mars for the manufac
ture of cement blocks.
The con "t rvr ' r' hnildin.
will' make the second three tsory
structure In the city, and the Invest
ment will be a large one. The ur
gent cry for more office and store
room has partly actuated the owner
of the site to build at once, and while
no definite date haB been set on which
to commence construction, the general
scheme 1b outlined and plans and
specifications are already being con
sidered. It la understood that some
changes are to be made in the ori
ginal outline of plans, and consequent
ly a short delay has been occasioned.
It is yet too. early to outline the
general scheme of office and store ar
rangement, but basement facilities are
to be applied to the entire building.
This is one of three desirable corners
In the city, and marks the rapid ap
proachraent of the time when new
structures can only go up by tearing
down of buildings already on the buS
Iness streets.
HERE
W0K HESTER PEOPLE COMING TO
LOOK OVER CITY.
Big Contractor Firm of East Seeks
Western Headquarters. .
Possible creation of a western office
in this city for the H. E. Keeth and
P. J. Powers cement working con
tractors and engineer's concern of
Worchester, Mass., is the announce
ment preceding the arrival here to
night of the two heads of the con
cern. They have been attracted to
La Grande and the Northwest in gen
eral by the extensive Improvements
contemplated In La Grande and other
Western cities. The firm is one of the
extensive concern operating about
Boston and Worchester, and are go
ing to establish a western office. La
Grande will be made the headquarters
for the company If the field appears
to be sufficient. The firm does ce
ment work, constructing and engin
eering 'on a very extensive scale and
the establishment of a concern of that
Bort here will be a matter of consid
erable Importance.
Gl'ESTS CARRY GOOD WILL.
(Continued from page .1)
Davis, postmaster; W B Butterfleld.
oil magnate; George Baird, manager
P S T A T Co; W E Porter; H J
Lucas, merchant; C J Forsstrom, mer
chant; R M Wright hardware dealer;
Walter Cock, furniture dealer; J L
Jacobs, lumberman; R H Rohrlg
butcher; Will Sherman; B F Wilson,
attorney; George A Scibird, editor of
Oregon Republican; George Parker,
business man; Ed Parker .business
man; Gust Levy, druggist; George
Benson, cattleman1; Will Vogel, man
ager Towntey store; W J Towuley,
capitalist; Robert Withycombe, man
ager Eastern Oregon Experiment Sta
tion; S L Hunter, contractor; Harry
Zeek, lumberman;' E0 Zeek, lumben
man; J P Hutchinson, rancher; W B
Gasset, liveryman; Irwin B Wright,
banker; N P Flcklln, capitalist; E E
Lewis, rancher; J R Jones, hardware
man; Charles Cor.!-;.', horsemen: Mer-
ton Kiddle, flourmr.n of Inland Citv
Ralph Hutchinson, farmer; SOSwack
PAN
STORY
STRUCTURE
MAYLOCATE BRANCH
hammer, capitalist and rancher and
Dexter Mcllroy, farmer.
Several speeches, warm and in per
fect tune with the general spirit ol
the occasion, capped the dinner per
iod. Toastmaster Cochran called on
several of Unoln's well known spek
ers, and occasionally a La Grande
diner was called upon to take the
floor. The two-hour event was
crowned with success of the first wa
ter. Immediately at the conclusion of
the dinner, the party departs for Hot
Lake, the last stop on the Itinerary,
and Bpeclal preparation . has been
made to entertain the guests there
this evening.
Join Two Counties to Exploit,
Inauguration of a campaign to ce
ment Union and Wallowa counties un
der one solid and united commercial
body, with the view of hiring one ex
pert booster for the two counties, was
set in motion at the closing moments
of the after dinner party and the pres
idents of every commercial organi
zation in the two counties will take
the matter up at once.
"Boh" "withycombe, , Postmaster
Davis af Attorney Wilson spoke elo
quently for Union and President Col
lier and Bruce Dennis gave brief ad
dresses for the city of La Grande. '
THE MILKY WAY.
A Hundred Million Stars Gleam
In
That Silvery Scarf.
The census of the starry sky Is con
cerned almost entirely with the Milky
way. .The number of stars not con
nected with It is 'negligible. But when
you look at the Milky way the idea of
numbering its stars seems the dream
of a madman. It stretches all round
the sky. Its extent Is bo untblnkably
Immense that science has never under
taken to measure it, and the Imagina
tion could not grasp the figures that
such a ueasuretneut. If It was possible
to make It, would involve.
Yet that whole enormous expanse of
space occupied by the Milky way is so
crowded with Ktars that they make
upon the eye the impression of a sil
very scarf wound round the brow of
the universe.
It requires a telescope to see them as
a broad zone of glittering points in
stead of an almost uniform bapd of
wnitencss in tne nrmament.
In some places they are more thinly
scattered, so that, ns you' gaze through
the glass, you almost think that, with
infinite patience, you might count the
number included In a space as large
as the "face of the moon.
But in other places tbey seem to be
packed together like the sands of the
seashore. They stretch away , over
thousands of square degrees of space,
banging In great festoons, spreading
out In vast banners, where billions
upon billions of cubic miles seem to
be filled with stars thicker than the
flakes In a driving snowstorm!
There are begemmed knots in that
starry scarf so rich that the eye is daz
zled and .the mind confused by the
spectacle which they present.
Yet science, although it shrinks from
trying to estimate the space which
tbey occupy, has succeeded in forming
a fairly ' correct enumeration of the
stars of the Milky way.
The most extravagant estimates do
not put the number at more than 800,
000,000, and the most trustworthy and
probable make them a third less.
A hnnAfAit mMllnn at arm then, la tha I
Terse, andhenWe'8Mbat a mM-
velous effect of Innumerableness they
produce we begin to appreciate what
a hundred millions mean.-Garrett P.
Serviss in sew gone American.
J Quaker Puffed Rice
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Quaker Puffed Wheat
.v with Berries and
Cream for Breakfast
'It's Fine, try it.
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City Grocery
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BAKERY
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Another opportunity to get the season's choicest
new merchandise at a saving at The Fair.
OKI
THE
89c
Bleached Table Linen, extra
wide, regular $1.23 and
and $1.35 grades.. ....
$1.08
Pure Linen Napkins, large
size, $1.50 grade.
5c
C?.! !?, -th bstv 'American
prints, regular price 6 1-4
and 7 c
" :r9c :
Pure unbleached linen crash
15c quality.
8 l-3c
Regular 12 and 15 ct. Laces
and embroideries. '
LADIES' SUITS
At a great saving. 1-4 off of the regular price. You
see it will pay you to come Thurs ay
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See the 75 cent imitation Panama
Straw Hats all prices. Crash hats ?
for men and boys. t
GET UHDER
I GoCoPeimimi!
ISDAY
ALE!
12 l-2c
Dress Lawns and wash, ma
terials; the 18c and 20c"
, kind on sale.
15c
Winsor Ties sold everywhere
25c and 35c.
$3.45
All L,?.di? Trimmer! Hats
in price from $5 to $7.
9c
Muslins, Lonsdales, etc.,sold
everywhere 12 1-2 and 15.
98c
All $1.50 Lace Curtains on
sale one day only; all new
patterns.
The Golden Rule
YOU ALWAYS COME HOME
WITH A FULL BASKET ,
There Is something about our Tack
le particularly attractive both to "
the Fisherman and Fish, to the
first it is the price, to the latter
well they go after it anyhow.
The Golden Rule
Stetson
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Styles and Blocks
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