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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1910)
PAGE 3. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1910. (1 NEW IT i Willi I i X The New York Express is kept busy bringing the season's choicest new silk Dresses, all new weaves and shadings The p-lce Dresses stranger than ever:. Gome and select the best now SEE OUR AD BELOW TH CONTRACTOR UARLEY GIVEN THE cuiid rniwiATiniii uimi luiiuniiun Contractor C. T. Darley has been given the sub-contract from the Hicks & Co., firm of San Francisco, for the construction of cement foundations to house the new machine shops and "blacksmith shops now being rushed in this city by the 0. R. & N. through the San Francisco contractors. Engineers for the Hicks & Company contractors, represented by Superin tendent Goodnuff, arrived yesterday, nnd as a preliminary, surveyed the ground for the three new 110-foot stalls to be added to the round house, but today commenced surveys for the machine and blacksmith shops. When the new stalls are built, there will be , forty feet to the southeast corner of the machine shop. The buildings for the two departments are practically one. They touch, and one wall, will be the north, side of both buildings. That -wall is to be ninety-five and 132 feet long. 227 over all, but the machine ahop wll) create an L. The machine shop Is square. 132x132, while the blacksmith shop Is only sixty-five feet wide. In time the blacksmith shop "will be widened to the south to eon .Torm with the building proper. Many Facilities Added. Four tracks will run to the ma chine shops, and there will be as many engine pits. Electric cranes are pro vided for In great numbers and enor mous sizes. Just as soon as Contractor Darley can construct the 1000 cubic feet of cement foundation, the contractors will have the wall material ready to renr. There Is no loss of time pernils uable In the spending of the $1(50.000 impropriation, and the entire track nge facilities will be taken up. for New Fall Our shelves are jam full Peters are as standard as lioynl lta kins Dress your SEE OUR AD ABOVE TH 're EFAIR inn dUU the new shops are to stand on tho "flat" west of the round house. The local O. R. & N. storehouse platform is to be doubled in size and covered with corrogated Iron roofing. J. II. Martin will have the division store house here, and it will be the biggest outside of Portland, by far. The Inlets, east &nA west, for en gines going to the round house, are to be changed. They will come up the track which Is now being used for storage purposes. Just by the store- house platform on the east and by the present site or the dog house on the west ' A new cinder pit is to be construct ed close to the site of the store house. A new weighing scale is here and will be Installed Just as soon as the new switching track Is built. The new track will run through a point where th old store house now stands. New standpipes, two In number, are to be erected on either end of the round house. Material for relaying the tracks be tween here and Huntington is being assembled here In great quantities. Angle Irons and the like to the num ber of about fifty car loads, are stored here now. The steel la to be assem bled here next, and then the work will commence, probably next spring. Politician In Trouble. Franklin. Penn.. Auk. 23. Follow ing his sudden withdrawal from his candidacy to congress from the 28th district, Joseph Slbler Is under arrest charged with conspiracy to debauch voters. The arrest was the result of an Investigation of accusations . that Sibley spent $24,000 at the primaries to gain the nomination. of new fall shoes Shoes Powder to the good cook. feet here ICEBES3I Shs IR lJORSTEL UNDER PLAN fJORiVlAL ARREST AID SCHOOL FOR IRE DUE JOSEPH CHAT WILL LIKELY BE PLACED ODER ARREST TODAY Adolph Nw1Ib Signs Complaint Against Three Former Witnesses Charged with' "Unlawfully offering to procure for another a place on a Jury," ,W. A. Worstell,.' government co-operative weather observer In this city, Reverend Frank E. Gray, pas tor of the Baptist church here, and Ben Morgan of Wallowa, who was the detective In the, recent bootlegging trials, are being arrested this after noon. Mr. Worstell was formally serv. ed with the warrant of arrest this morning and as Mr. Gray is In La Grande, and says "The police can find out where he lives' it Is presumed his warrant will be served this after noon sometime. Morgan may not suf fer arrest until tomorrow. The case will end up In the cir cuit court likely. When the"men are arrested It Is presumed they will waive examination and the law Is i . T,. the event that they waive examination the case will go to the circuit 'court for hearing. Justice Williams can, under provisions of the law, dismiss the case for lack of evidence. Adolph Ncwln Is the prosecuting witness. The case has grown out of the ad mission of the three men In question tho witness stan'd In the recent case when Newlin was charged with bootlegging, that they went to Sheriff Chllders with a list of names from which he might draw a panel for the then pending cases, they un derstanding, they said, that Jurors were hard to get. The men saTd on the witness stand that they had gone over a list of about thirteen names and agreed that they might be suitable as jurors In tne cases. Mr. Worstell affirmed at the time that he did not know that he was violating the law. The warrants have been partially drawn for a week or more, but It was! '"8 nder the possible courses or im. not until the past twenty-four hours He lands, was on at the land oHIr? that they were given their finishing .thhi morning. Edwin A. Snow, an t- touches. Run on "Be Cob" Business. Burlington. Vt. Aug. 23.That the "be gob" and "be Jabbers' variety of Irish Jokes are becoming less fre quent, as a result of the crusade or the united Irish societies, is the state ment of delegates to the state conven tion of the Ancient Order of Hibern ians. For several years the . Hibern ians, assisted by other organizations of irishmen, have waged warfare on the vile caricatures of their rner which have long passed for wit, with the result that the most offensive of the so-called "Irish joke books" have have been withdrawn from circula tion. MASTEKSON WO 11 villus or ill. GIN AKK OFFICALS Title Formally Chnnircd and Ollu-r Business Transacted Sunday. lmbler, Aug. 22. Special. A meet ing of the Eastern Oregon Blue Rod Association was held at lmbler Sun day, and the name changed to the Un ion and Wallowa County Sportsmen Association. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: II. G. Masterson, Elgin, president; S. E. Harris. Elgin, secretary and treasur er. A motion was made and carried, that any town Intending to hold a shoot should notify the secretary at least thirty days in advance of ilnt? of shoot, and that any town holding shoot .be required to raise not less than $100 added money to be put up as cash prizes in the different events. CUN CLUB HOLDS ELECTION Enterprise, Ore, Aug. 23.--(Spec lal.) There U a project on foot In Wallowa county, looking to the es tablishment of a summer normal at the head of Wallowa Lake, near here A press representative waited upon Superintendent of Schools J. C. Con ley, of this city, today and in an in terview with him the latter said: "I have been considering the plan of establishng a summer normal at the head of the lake for some time. This Idea has also received the hearty support of Union county educators and teachers. Whle the matter ers of this county. While the matter can be made a spledd success, once It Is established." Professor Conley then went on to detail matters Incident to the pro ject. He pointed out that In the ab sence of any summer normal the teachers of the county and surround ing section of Eastern Oregon were compelled to go elsewhere for nor mal work, unless, as during this sum mer, a'normal was held In Enterprise , a ....... - V,.. t , - idea. The erection of suitable build ings and the installation of suitable aparatus and the securing of suitable prominent educators foT the work and for the delivery of pertinent lectures these matters were rehearsed by the county superintendent. That official pointed out, too, the supreme opportunity for the teacher to combine a summer term of school ' ten k? duration, with the finest outing Oregon offers; at the head of a magnlfi?ent lake where tne altitude is high enough to assure cool, pleas ant weather entirely through the hot season, and where fishing Is excell ent. The teachers of Eastern Oregon in such event, irbuld be permitted to bring tents and lapse Into camt life, during the entire ten weeks ol school. Hearing In La nit Office. A hearing Involving relinquishing' deeding, and various other steps t o lorney or noise was cnargea uy in government of having wrongfully deeded some land to the George Pal mer Lumber company. The land In question lies in Wallowa county. Kaili-onri Ilrldges Burned. Chicago, Aug. 23. The Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway has practic ally lost all of their bridges and traffic will be tied up for at least 2 weeks. The Northern Pacific expects to be able to resume service soon. There are some new fires In the out lying districts that may cause some trouble but a state of general 1m provenient Is noted, 't is reported this morning that the towns of Taft and Hangnail, Deborgla and Bryson are In ruins. RECEPTION- TO MrLEOO FAMILY Popular Pastor and ills Wife will lie Tendered Reception Tomorrow. Many in l.a Grande will take ad vantage of an opportunity to again meet Rev. nnd Mrs. II. E. McLeod to morrow evening, when the Methodist congregation will attend an informal reception at the church in honor of the minister nnd his wife, who ha...' been transferred to Vale. They hi o moulded a large host of warm friend In this city during their one-ye..-s stay. KRFIGER SHOWS VITALITY When ft hen up for Dead Kecowrs Sliirlitlj and Lhr Through Mirht Showing great physical endurance and vital strength. Councilman George Kreiger is still alive this afternoon. He was given up for dead yesterday morning, but recovered during the evening to such nn extent that he could converse with his friends, mul his doctors and friends revived hope. He sank soon after s o'clock again, and all through the night was thought to be dying. At 2 o'clock this after noon he was still in the name condi tion, showing no appreciable decline. It Is now believed he maylive for sev eral days, unless M heart weakens. New 500 Royal Pattern MEN Where can you Royal wool Suit Your picture taken, as it were, and your suit made to order at ; $5 to $20 saving, in fact no' higher tnan a ready-made suit. Leave your order now SEE OUR AD BELO W THE AGED ELGIN NAN IS INSANE BELIEVES HIS BROTHER IS FIR. SUING HIM. Case Is Violent One and, He will' Be Sent to Asylum Tomorrow. Laboring under the Insane theory that he Is being pursued by his brother and that he is In danger ot bodily harm, William Molles. an aged resident of Elgin, is locked away In the county Jail today, pending the ar rival of a deputy from the state asy lum. He was brought to the city late last evening bv the sheriff, and few cases of Insanity In this. county have been so violent. The aged man has i large circle of friends. He was examined today and adjudg ed Insane, and will be sent to the asy lum tomorrow morning, likely. Another strange case of Insanity was also heard today when Robert Roberts, for. some time an Inmate of the county poor farm, was committed to the asylum. Roberts believes he has a vast amount of money and he is going to build a large hospital for aged people. He mumbles about his riches to him self almost continually, and with he and his strange mania, and the Elgin man a raving maniac much of the time, the county Jail Is anything but a cozy retreat this afternoon. Will Cnll Special Session. Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 23. Cover-, nor GUIett today Issued a proclama tion calling a special session of the legislature for September 6. for the purpose of adopting amendments to Fall . New York Gity's highest art was employed in making our Pattern Hats from the Faris fashions. . You will find here all that is new in the nobby Turban to the large dressy Hat. SEE OUR AD ABOVE THE do better tnan buying a FAIR the constitution to be submitted to the people, so financial .aid ca'n be given the proposed Panama fair at San Francisco. Probably It will MD tOlCli. Indict Mob Members. Newark, 0., Aug. 23. Additional developments of a sensational nature may follow the re-convenlng here to day of the special grand jury called to consider the lynching of Carl Ether Ington, an anti-saloon detective, on July 8, last. Fifteen alleged members of the mob have already been Indicted oa charges of first degree murder, and others were charged with rioting and assault and battery.' E NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB HAS LIST OF EDIBLES READY Dinner Tomorrow Nliflit for the Sake Of Astor Show Provided For. The chicken pie dinner you have heard and read so much about be served by the ladies of the Neighbor hood Club, to raise funds for te zn nual astor show, Is fully planned, and the day Is drawing near when all lov ers of good dinners are Invited to pu t'clpate. The dinner will be, served In fie Odd Fellows Banquet' Hall on Wed nesday. Aug. 24, from 5:30 to 8:0J) p. m. Mrs. M. B. Donohue, manager of the astor show, announces the follow ing menu; Combination Salad Chicken Pie Jelly Mashed Potatoes Boston Baked Beans Beet Pickles Home-made Bread Pie - Cheese - Coffee Beaver Creek Bruits Tea iliinery I FAIR
