LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER TUESDAY, SEPTEMBERS, 1910.
IFF A PAMPHLETS ME
U LINE
TWO REFRIGERATOR CAES BADLY
SMASHED IT.
Strin? on Elevated Too Lonir for the
Track and Smashup Occurs.
Two refrigerator cars were bumped
off the high line track yesterday ev
ening and seriously "Injured." While
, the damage to the body of the two cars
was not so extensive, the trucks and
fittings were twisted and torn from
their places with serious consequen
ces. The wrecking crew was at work
: most of the morning putting things'
right again.
The fall was more than twenty
feet. The two refrigerator cars were
. the last two of a string of empties
which had been run up on the high line
to be out of the way of the switching
crews and when another string of cars
was run up the Incline it bumped the
two foremost off the end, the first
time such a thing has happened since
the elevated was constructed, with a
i crash that notified the crew of their
!,mlstrke, the cars struck the ground
and bottom of the coal bins. Fortu
nately there was no frleglit In the
cars.
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Last Day to Register.
Tomorrow Is the lst day
to register before the pri
mary elections. The books,
are open at the court house '
and every voter who has not
already attended to this Im
portant matter Is urged to do
so at once. The books will
open September 28 for the
November elections.
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, Pope Said to be I1L
Tdome " Sept. 30 A report that
the pope Is suffering from hardening
of the arteries of the heart and also
gout Is circulated through the city
today. The report Is denied at the
Vatican. Nevertheless 'It has alarmed
the city.
PEOPLE
Of
OREGON
it Is now
UP TO YOU
AMI
INCOMPLETE AND DO NOT, COYER
ENTIRE GROUND.
Cochran left out With Several Others
From LIht of Candidates.
Th popular COLONIST FARES
will again be tn effect between
September 15th, and October 15,
during which period tickets to La
Granae will be on sale dally from
CHICAGO at . . $33.00
ST. LOUIS . . . 32.00
OMAHA .... 25.00
KANSAS CITY. . 25.00
ST.PAUL ... 25.00
and from other cities correspond
ingly low. These are WeBtbound,
one-way fare only, but anyone
here can PREPAY for relatives
or friends In the Bast, If desired.
Consult your local railroad ag-
ent. '
NOW IS
THE TIME
to let the world know of our vast
resources and splendid opportun
ities for HOME BUILDING. Write
to everyone you know In' the
East. Send them good Instruc
tive printed matter, and tell them
that the cost of getting here is
but little more than halt the us
ual cost, and to call on a repre
sentative O. R. & N. Co.,
'.v1.' Information, or
WM. McMURRAY
General Passenger Agent
PORTLAND, OREGON
A "pamphlet" containing a copy of
ali measures referred to the people by
the legislative assembly, referendum
ordered by petition o the people
and proposed by Initiative petition, all
to be submitted to the legal voters of
the state for Oregon for their approv
al or rejection at the regular general
election to be held on. the eighth day
of November, 1910, together with ar
guments filed favoring and opposing
certain of said measures, has reached
La Grande and within a short time
every local voter will be supplied with
a copy. In addition to this pamphlet,
the state printer has also 'sent out a
pamphlet containing cuts and state
ments 'of Republican Candidates who
have filed their petitions for nomina
tion with the secretary of state not
later thn th fnrtv-flrt ii hfor
September 24th the date of the primary
nomination election, to be submitted to
the republican voters of the state at
the primary ; nominating election to
be held on the 24th of this month. The
cuts are accompanied with the argu
ments filed favoring or opposing cer
tain of the candidates In the counties
of Baker, Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Har
ney, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Um
atilla, Union, Wallowa and Wheeler.
They are compiled by Frank W. Ben
son, secretary of state.
Neither the first-named pamphlet or
the latter named, have a complete list
and It Is impossible for the voter to
gain any information about all thu
measures Involved in the general elec
tion or to study the arguments for and
against all the candidates in Eastern
Oregon. The names of the men appear
ing in the latter phamplet does not in
clude George T. Cochran, candidate
for water commissioner, and there are
several others missing. The list follows:
Name
Abraham, Albert
Alderman, L. R. ......
Assembly Argument
Bowerman, Jay .... .". . . 1 1
Burnett, George H, 17
Clarke, Wm. J. 26
Crawford, A. M .23
Dunlway, W. S 27-28-29-30
Hart. J. N. 24
Hofer, E. 15
Moff, O. P ;. 31
Hoyt, Ralph W 16
Lafferty, A. W. ....2-3-4-5
McCamant, Wallace 18
Non-Polltlal Judiciary Argument,
affirmative ....19-20
Non-Polltlal Judiciary Argument,
negative 21-22
Shepherd, George S 6
Page
..7-8-9-10
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C. T. FERRIN GIVEN MENTION IN
-THE EVIDENCE."
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St. Louis Taper Publishes Picture and
Comment ou Local Salesmun.
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WE
BRIliO
INTO EVERY HOME
IDUE If ADD8;
MK FAD02
bringing to clothes-wearers everywhere the genius and
skill of picked Metropolitan Tailors. We lift big-city
tailoring from the realm'of a luxury and make it economy
for every man to have his CLOTHES BUILT TO HIS
ORDER in a genuine Broadway tailor shop- select in
his own town an advanced fabric and style, a season in
advance of the local tailor's showing.
Our special representative is in your city today; will
be here tomorrow and the next day. . He is here to give
you the benefit of an expert's advice and show you the
most complete assortment of styles and fabrics ever dis
played in your city.
Do not fail to avail yourself of this opportunity.
9t Costs ess to Press getter
Suits and Overcoats $15.00 to $40.00
Sertf garment guaranteed to gm Satisfaction tfou to be the Judge
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C. P. Ferrln. shoeman at the Gol
den Rule store, comes In for praise
and mention In "The Evidence", a per
iodical published In St. Louis with the
purpose of helping the "Star Brand"
merchants throughout the country.
Among other things the Evidence
says:
"The man with the show is Mr. C.
P. Ferrin, shoe salesman for the Gol
den Rule Co. of La Grande, Ore. The
Golden Rule company operates a large
shoe department and Is making a lot
of money selling 'Stars.' Mr. Forrln
knows all the fine points about shoe
salesmanship and why the 'Star Brand
shoes are better' and for that reason
has done a great deal toward helping
his shoe department"
In addition to the words ff r. raise
Mr. Ferrin's picture Is published,
showing him in the act of demonstrat
ing the fine points of the shoe he
sells.
SEPTIC TANK AT
T
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.cut by the excavations for thetank
was dedicated to the city, but since
about 50 feet of the excavation has
bee done it was found that the road
was In reality a county road, and the
tank will have to be shifted about fifty
feet to one side.
SLIGHT DELAY CAUSED BY A MISUNDERSTANDING.
Road Thought to be City's Is Really a
County Roadway.
A slight delay In excavating for the
septic tank to be used as a refuse con
sumer for the sewer system, has been
occasioned through a misunderstand
Ing as to the real relationship of a
piece of roadway passing the city
property where the disposal plant is
to be located. It was thought by En
Sineer Darley that the road which was
COMING HERE TO LOCATE.
Idaho Van Boys Proierty Near Town
and Will Make Ills Home Hf re.
Albert BenBon, of Idaho, has pur
chased a small tract of land near La
Grande and by the J5th of this month
will reach here with his family to
make his home. He will live In La
Grande during the fall months and
later on move his family to his newly
acquired tract.
The deal was consumated through
the Van Duyne Realty company.
TRUANT OFFICER
AT
IK
PARENTS HELD RESPONSIBLE
FOB THEIR CHILDREN.
Wanted.
Fruit pickers and packers and box
makers. J. B. Stoddard, Frultdale.
Jail Imprisonment and Heavy Fines
Can be Imposed on Parents.
Truant Officer I. W. Faulk Is al
ready on the trail of dellquent school
children. He announces that the par
ents are held responsible for the ab
sence of their children from school,
and following out the orders of the
cchool board, this morning commenced
to "round up" those who were not in
school and should be there. The stat
utes provide that the parents can be
Jailed and fined both for not -insisting
on their chlldrens' presence in the
school, and Mr. Faulk announces that
a fair warning will be given the par
enta before drastic action is taken.
If there are flagrant violations of the
school attendance laws arrests will
certainly follow.
Racing Men at Fair.
Syracuse, N. T., Sept. 13 Follow
ers of the harness racing sport are
here in force today for the Grand
circuit meet to be held on the track of
the New York State Fair. The horse
show entries at the fair are practi
cally complete today and include rib
bon winners from all the best sta
bles of the. east .
Mistake In Print.
An error occurred in the last three
editions' of this paper as to the date
of the limit of receiving bonds for
the construction of Bitulithic pave
ment The date read Oct. 15th when It
should have read Oct 5th.