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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1910)
- LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29,1910. L?AGE EIGHT TT i 4 Our wmdows for some hoi prices on summer ise. Plenty of as mer- other bar inside gams You can always : . Do Better nt equally ooo M air' ' - . , i . .V' ' ' ''" ''V Daddy's Story FY 1. Beat ime How the Little Girl and ner uosr Made a Long Trip Together She Began to Enjoy the Sail ADDT," said Jack, "did we ever have a big flood In this country like Noah's flood r i ,.- "Maybe," said daddy, "but if we did have one It was so long ago that nobody remembers it But and some pretty big ones. I'll tell you a story about a flood if you like." 8o Evelyn and Jack listened to the story of the little girl and the dog who took a long trip together. "Once upon a time," began daddy, "there was a little girl who lived on a farm near a river. It was a nice, quiet, gentle river most of the time, but in the springtime after the snow melted It rose and became noisy and dangerous. When It became very high it carried off people and house and animals. ; . , "This little girl of whom I am telling you had a big dog for a pet. She loved the dog, and he was very fond of her." "What was the little girl's name, daddy r asked Evelyn. ' " ' "I am not sure," said daddy, "but I think It was Ruth. Well, Ruth had been told by her mother never to go too near to the river bank, for her mother was afraid she might fall in. This time, however, the flood came so quickly and rose so fast and so high that Ruth and her dog were carried away, even thOUCh thev Stavttl nnt a lnnr rilata - - - " wv-v iivui uic nicr uaua. Alley CUU1U tot get back home and had to climb on a big log that was near the river bank. Then the big log, with Ruth and her dog sitting on it, was carried away by the water. "Luckily for Ruth and the dog the log was a very big one. and there was a place where a branch bad been cut off that gave them a comfortable seat "For miles and miles the big log, with Ruth and the dog, sailed down the river. At first the little girl was afraid, but after awhile she began to enjoy the sail. It was quite cold, but she was warmly dressed, and the body of the dog nett to her helped to keep her warm. "After awhile Ruth began to get sleepy. She had left her home a long way behind her, and she was hungry and tired, so she fell aBleep. She slept a long time, it seemed, and when she awoke where do you think she found herself?" "At home!" said Evelyn. " - "You guessed right," Bald daddy. "You see, when her father and mother missed Ruth they thought that she must have been carried on by the flood. So her father got into a boat and rowed and rowed until he saw the big log with something white and something black on it When he came up to it and saw that it was his little girl, safe, you may be sure he was very happy." YOU'LL BE STRUCK WITH AMAZEMENT It you could see how. eimie factory made clothing is put together The skiiniili g of material j, the infurlor lnterlinlngs. l t none of these things occur in a suit of our tailoring. That's why one suit of ours will outlast two of the factory , made. Order one ami the wear will prove. It f.' W. BAKER. DRINK Natii ral Rl i n eral Water Bottled as Flo ws From the Spring It's deed for what Mis You PAYS TRIBUTE TO POWELL DIST. SPERIXTEXDEXT KNOWS LECTURER INTIMATELY Before Going Away on Last Trip, Su , perlntendent Praises Powell ''.'.District Superintendent J. p. Gill 1 lan leaves this week on the last trip around hla circuit as District Super intendent of the Idaho Conference. After, completing .this tour, he will have ended his labors with the con ference named.; He will, therefore. not be in La Grande during the Chau tauqua. but one of - the numbers Is especially good, he affirms. Dr. Gil Ulan said this morning: "The Rev. G. L. Powell, late of Min neapolis, is to be one of the attrac tions of the Chautauqua and appears next Sunday both In the afternoon and the evening. Ex-Governor Folk will be great,' and we konw Judge Lowell Is magnificent, but. be sure to see and hear Dr. Powell In sermon and lecture. He Is a dlBdple of the late Prof. .Borden Parker Bowne, of the Boston University. The managers of the program have done famously as all will say v when the affair Is history." . . ; Mcdonald talks of. case. Alicel, Ore., June 26, 1910 Editor Observer I notice in your issue of Friday your comments upon tha Mor nson escneat case ,aud the na.ry vou gave the District Attorney for his great service to the tax payers of Union county. Did it ever occur to you while considering tW case that the tax payers of Union 'co inly have been milked to a finish' for something that can In no way benefit menu I am. told that a ve.y i.iw estimate of the cost of holding Cir cuit Court to the tax payers Is '$125 per day. The two trials In this" case consumed sixteen days and the (ax payers have paid $2000 on this item alone. If the state owns the land in dispute it. is not , subject to taation and the county has lost four yoars taxes on this property, which wan another $2000 of loss. I understand the law does not allow the 9tu to pay any costs on escheating prop erty but in this case the Dlstrl .t At torney certified the expense bll!s tf the state to the County Com and Ud the County Court pay the snmc out of the County Treasury. In this way making the t.nx payers sf the county pay the coals to taking prop erty away from other tax payers of ; the county, and giving the san to the State School Fund. Our nUoiner finally brought a; suit agatnat tae , County Court and enjoined the Coun t Court from paying any uvjre of these bills out of the County Treas ury. The District Attorney fought hard to have this Injunction dUsolved so that he could get five or six hun dred dollars more out of the County I Treasury but Judge Knowles refused 1 to - dissolve the injunction and the tax payers have been protected to that extent If the District Attorney la finally successful and succeeds In taking this property away from the rightful owners and giving It to the school fund what advantage will Un ion county get? Probably one half of the property will first he taken in paying the" costs of the litigation and the other half will be divided among the counties in proportion to the number of school children, thus Multnomah county will get at least one third and all the counties would get their share and the amount that would finally come to , the school children of Union county would not amount, to ten per cent of what Union county has already paid out In costs, l am a tax payer of, Union county and would like for other tax payers to understand this matter and to under stand that the interest of the tax pay er has not been considered in this litigation Respectfully yours, ; , p. a. Mcdonald. Mr. McDonald has not caught the spirit of the Observer's remarks re-1 gardlng the escheat case. We did hot attempt to speak of the merits of the case, and our remarks relative to the public prosecutor were not in the nature of flatt y but were made from an unbiased observation of a man who is able to accomplish re sults. . ;;. . '.. ' . v . The side of the case that Prosecu tor Ivanhoe represented la decidedly unpopular aud he was, compelled un der the express direction of the gov ernor to bring suit We believe that ninety out of every hundred cltliens of Union county think this escheat case is a miscarriage of Justice. But two Juries, chosen from the people where this opinio largely prevails nave passed on the matter and de cided for the state, evidently because the finding of fact when applied to the law would not permit them to do otherwise. ''; . It is unfortunate that our statutes require this Sort of prosecution .and It is doubly unfortunate that a gov ernor such as George E. Chamberlain was, saw fit to pull this incident into court simply because on purely legal grounds It appeared the state alone could acquire title and come into le gal possession of property , which seem ingly belongs to individuals, accord ing to the popular view of matters. ; Again , we say It is not a question of the case's merits that caused us to write the editorial mentioned, but it was the ability shown by the prose cuting attorney, when ordered by; the governor to proceed in a case that he, along with the general public of Union county, knew to be unpopular and the results that he, as an attor ney, achieved. ; 9. I nn iiwiia T7Kr r1r- a ti v : Oil HtD Thrills followed thrills as speeding automobiles shot around the course of tha Inglesida Race Course, on April 24th, la the second and flnal day events of the successful meet promoted by the members of Islam Temple of the Mystic 8hrine. ' Thehonors of the day were divided between Barney OldSeld with Ua 200 horsepower Eeni machine, and C. O. King, with hi Maxwell JO horsepower stock car. Oldfield lowered his previous record of one St..v Vi. 81 6"6, wt,ch 111 new C0R,t record the circular track. With the exception of this performance, QJdfleld had to take second P v !i8t of fdns oonor. the world's champion met dereat in both the five and fifteen mile handicap events, and ia both races King and hi. Maxwell were the victors. In fact, King proved the urprise of the meet, driving all of his races with much Judgment and taking the turns with hla car as close to the fence as did Oldfleld. in the five mile handicap. Oldfleld drove his Knox racer to the utmost hut the handicap wag too strong and he could not get the lead away from King. Not only In the handicap events did King and his Max well prove Btars of the first order, but in one of the first events of the cay, the Ave mile race for cars costing from $1200 to $1600. which waa one of the bestmatches of the meet. T The time for the five mil handicap was as follows: Maxwell King, 4.40.30; Oakland, NelBon, 4.48.25; Chalmers. West. 4.49 JO, Auto car , finished fourth, and the Knox car, Barney Oldfleld driving fifth. . fc...6!611,1, num.ber eIght ten njllCB 'ree-for-all handicapping nd his Maxwell again were the winners, the Maxwell's time being J. B. Wh itemaii & Soiii 108. Elm Street: O'NEILL FRIENDS FOILED. Railroader Weds Quietly Leaves Tortn Before Celebration. ; Hugh J. O'Nell, traveling rrl,'ht r.ud passenger agent for the O. R. & .V. was quietly married at the Heints Apartments yesterday morning to M h Edna Collins, who has been teaching In the Highland j Bchools. Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. O'Nell left on a honeymoon, trip Jnto iWuhcin Idaho, says a Portland p:.per The wedding was a surprise to Mr. O'Neil'B many friends. Before rail road row had , heard the news the newjy married coupie were on their way out of the city and -the "boys" who otherwise would have prompted a lively celebration, found they had been fooled. ' When Mr. arid Mrs. O'Neil retivn from the wedding trip they will make their home at the Heinta apartments, Fourteenth x and Columbia streets. iTheLargest Stockf o o o t of Cnt Glass, Hand Painted China, (Silver ware, Sterling and Plated), ever shown in Eastern Oregon for JUNE WEDDING GIFTS. We also have a largo stock of Plain Band Wedding Rings, any style or size, . 14 Kart Solid Gold, at $1.25 dwt. WE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. " ISIEGRIST & G JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS The Largest Jewelry Store in Eastern Oregon; ' LA GRANDE ,Ore. O "DOR tte benefit of tkofle particular men aeekin ex- ( clusiveness of pattern anrl ; individuality of style, we are etowing this Spring tne mag nifictnt tailoring line of Ed. K Price 8; Co. Mrs. .'.O'Xeil. is the Oklahoma banker. daughter of an .MBRCIANT These fa TAIIOII CBICAOO , Birth Record. At Kamela, June 28, to Mr. and Mrs. N. Seeman, a 11 3-4 ppund girl. TOO LATE TO CLISIFT. iese tamous tailors maU clothes of surpassing excellence, just as you want them, at a price; considerarili v oramariiy o Select your pattern todav and have us take mm i MmiMT im, u. mi m. ains. your measure. EicIimi't loul repreteat-i tivcot td. V. Price V Co LOST A pair of eye glasses. ..Mrs. Gray, Keiffer Hotel. ' Notify "Can be denended mum" ! an we til like to hear, and when it it used in connection with Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrliof Remedy U means that il never fails to cure diarrhoea, dvaentery oi bowel complaint. It is pleasant to take ami equauy . valuable for children and adulu. Not a niinnl ilinu?,l tu l.. . . . i- Show, wmntnms of rro.ip. Charaherlain's ioiiuh Knned givenns soon ai the child UtCdtnctf li.arse. or v.ii ,. cough apjvears, will prerent the attack. Fit, quality of material and workman ship guaranteed. ' o C Peeisigtop i i i. 4 0