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UA a U&$ i it VS1N;U OUSEU ViB " ? 1 TUEsMI?, NO YEJlBER-8; 1910. PAGE EIGHT 1 AT IIIS TOD WORK FRIDAY ASD DEAD AT IS PITIFCX STOBT. Bride of a Few Month Left a Widow bjr UnUmely Death Lat Mght. Reuben E. Willi, late of Lebanon Oregon, died at 1:30 o'clock this morn ing at the home of all wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. II. Green, on East Washington avenue. Death followed several years of ailment with diabetes tut the end was nevertheless a shock ing surprise to the family and friends, for, notwithstanding that he was known to be afflicted with a disease which In due course of time would claim Its victim, the end was not deemed so near. Mr. and Mrs. Wills, who were married in this city a little over a year ago, recently moved to La Grande from Rosebarg where they pent the fall months, that Mr.' Wills might assume a position with the La Grande Investment company. Last Fri day his physlcion advised him to re sign his position. This he did. Sunday '; Mas not feeling so well, and sud- crnir yczzczZtAf uwiuiug u mm con .!ouBness and never ' recovered his faculties. Last evening it was evident would not survive through the rngnt. 71 untimely death of jpn young a man and the bereavement of the widow has shocked the entire city, Mr. Wills was especially well known among the local contingent of 0. A. C. graduates who were co'ege friends with the de ceased. Since his college career Mr. Wills has held important clerical posts at the two last legislatures, and It was there that he met his future wife. . Mr, Will's mother who lives at Cor vallls was notified yesterday that her son was some worse and advised to hurry here. She started laBt evening scrip tion When you hate a inscription or recelpe to be tilled wo can a. way coitiponnd It, no mutter by vthom written or upon whut blank It muy be written.' Our prescription depart Hu nt h equipped for M ri Ice of the blithest class and both nti equip, ment and our methods lime nm the approval of the p,,l( lain of this locality. Let Us Do Your Prescription Work WRIGHT Drug Company I'm v i. ( . i' Pharmacist. R.f r. Free Delhery Any Pre- , C. To Barley Genet ai Cai.tractor of Cement Work Plain and Re-enf orcet, Joncrete THE SIDEWALKS DARLEY and on her arrival here will hear of the death of her son, the third death in ber family within the past 18 months. The body will be shipped to Corrtl lis for funeral services tomorrow and interment will take place Thursday af ternoon, it Is planned. Brief services will be held at the Green residence t 8.30 Wednesday - morning before the arrival of the train. - FARMERS' GRIN SHED REPAIRED FARMERS' I'MOX WAREHOUSE AT .0RTII POWDER ABOUT DOE. Building Blown Down and A rain Re pairedOther w Items. . North Powder. Nov. 7 (Special) The work on the large farmers Union warehouse has been suspended for a few days owing to lack of lumber. It Js well underway again and no doubt can stand any kind of wind. The first one blew down. i The Joe Tonce cottage is now tak. ing the air of a city residence and when completed will be a credit to our ' Chas. Jacobson's new home ia. re ported well underway and will soon be completed. It will be one of the best farm houses in eastern Oregon. The Den Evans cottage Is nearing completion and will be one of the best in the city and would do credit to any metroplitan city. Coyotes are getting plentiful here, one promenaded through the main streets Saturday night but was scar ed away by a few shots of poor mark manshlp. The Socialist rally held in the op era house this week was well attend ed. The meeting was called to order by Dr. Dames of North Powder. J. K, Fitzgerald of La Grande was in troduced. He made a favorable im pr?slon as candidate for county Judge. J. M. Beare nominee for Recorder, made a short but pleasant address. . A. M. Mayville delivered the ad dresses of the occasion in which he covered the state Socialist ticket ind ended with the county ticket. He also spoke on Socialism from a point of principle. APPLE CAH UNDER Ml I MIKE f All LOAD READY FOR SHIPMENT IS CONDEMNED. Fruit Inspector WukIiiit Relentless War Against Had Fruit Shipments. An entire carload of apples, des tined for a Portland vinegar house, was condemned yesterday afternoon by County Rruit Inspector Stillwell. Mr. Stillwell Is waging relentless war on shipments of diseased fruit even for vinegar purposes and the cnt'.;e car will have to be destroyed or picked over. The shipment was In bulk. 'We are going to stop shipments I of wormy and diseased fruits" said the Inspector yesterday, "and we will not Klve up until we succeed." The car was about to be shipped out when the inspector found it. One Fiery Two Hours. It Is difficult to realize that In the fiscal year H08 the railroads- of the United States killed in add'c'oh1 to passengers, 3.470 of their own employ ees. When three or four hundrej p:r sons perish In some steamboat dlfas- MAKES STA iht WEAR 1 HUNK CEMENT CONSTRUCTION' WORK TO BE DONE THIS FALL Important Xeetlif Held Last Night to Ostllae Plans. The meeting of the Riverside Park Association held last night was a short, exceedingly business-like af fair. A bid for the construction of the roadway, the clearing excavat ing of the boating course and the construction of four arched concrete bridges over the boating course was made . by Engineer Darley and . ac cepted by the association and work will be begun at once and be pushed to completion as fast as the weather will permlc. The roadway and boating- ir. L m mr Watch for it! - wait for it! First Time in La Grande Wednesday's Paper Will Tell You ter or theatre fire ,the world standi 1 aghast at the calamity. Yet out rail reads have brought about an avernge of 328 deaths each month since 1 &(:). Many a tidy little city has fewer adult male .Inhabitants than the 4.534 en ployes whom our railroads killed in 1007. Injuries are twenty times mors num erous than deaths. Whereas one K two hours, month In and month out, i ejr. ductor, brakeman, switchman or rai' way laborer perishes by accident, one is maimed every six minutes. Last year sslx and four-tenths per cent of all the railway employees in th'.- Un ited States were injured; thus tst chances are that no man can escape accident for nine years. No wonder that most of the life insurance com panies refuse to insure a railroad man on any terms, while In any Bort o' company a switchman err !- insured or.ly at a rating of iv. t.. ; te.a in aJ v;.nct) t. ( 'u'.i actual Vo:t! of all. r..r.'.'.?r9 are not iru provi... ::::: ;. iportiou ci employees K..ivd cnrr:3:.t remains ne?rt" rc;v Bier... ft i"bout a Quarter of-ij ,er cent, each year. Not so the proportion I of Injured. The absolute number of accidents should have just about doub led with the expansion of the indus try. As a matter of fact, it has (imrt-! rupled. John Gitterman, In McCIures ' ' t ' I I , l III AilfllM . .... It l"i. --ivvmx t rv .? t New Vorl; r-i;iti' '- ulatlou of thiit Hey (nlsi ...iely o., lawyers. Philadelphia hutuirer. It may be that Cleveland's great gait, in population is due to the number of neonle who hove moved there in order to live near Mr. Rockefeller. Galves ton News. Soulful. Unmarried persons, says Laura Jean, are half souls. What are the much married, much divorced persons?-Chl-cago Record-Herald. Ella Wheeler Wilcox says the sonl of every noted person In history is lodged In somebody's body That of Ananias must be well split up.-Kxchnnt Dr. G. Stanley ,llall proclaims that woman has two souls. Now you know why so many married men can't rnll their souls their own. Cleveland Leader. coarse will be finished this 'fall, but the briges may not be ready before spring. The' Association I very anx ious to have the dam pat in daring the winter months and many plans to make it possible are being consid ered. Many residents of Ftuitdale have pledged team work and a scheme for financing the project Is now un der way. Many trees and shrubs, are needed for spring planting and if any one has any to donate kindly let the association know. Mrs. Helen Walker who visited La Grande during the Chautauqua was so much pleased at the work being done by the ladies that she gave mon ey to buy a lawn swing for the little folks to be placed in their play ground.' A full financial report will be pub lished the first of the year.'. " . FINAL HOUR HAS COME. . (Continued from page 6.) , districts, now Republican, the fight is 4 w 1 ttairv'lM' Remember of Tables, mKnr-rmtm,mw---- r Dieimg Room Fur $8.00toS60. Buffets, in ed Oak, China Closets, from HENRY & CARR COMPLETE HOUSE-FURNISHERS 5ew Terk. New York, Nov. 8 Apathy marked the early hours of election day in the metropolis, and reports, from up-state announce few outbursts of enthusiasm. Although a few fights have been re-1 ported this morning, the police an ticipate little trouble. Both sides re main optimistic and it ia probable that the result will be closer : than anticipated. The vote so far cast In the metropolis apparently favors Dix :l the Democratic gubernatorial nominee but the .supporters of Stimson, the Re publican candidate, continue to have an abiding faith in the up-state vot ers. The alcoholic jubiliatlon which usually marks election night in New York will be cut short at 1 o'clock to morrow morning, at which hour May or Gaynor has ordered all drinking places closed.' " 5 North Carolina. Raleigh N. Noy. 8 Three dis tricts now Republican, the Fifth, Eighth and Tenth, and two Democratic districts, the Fourth and Ninth.' are today apparently in. doubt-The re maining five districts are safely Dem ocratic! " ' North Dakota Sooth Dakota. . Minneapol's, Nov. 8 North and South Dakota will elect two congress men each today, all probably Repub lican: North Dakota's gubernatorial titLle la cioseiy contested, Gov. Burke a Democrat, being opposed by C. A. Johnson. In South Dakota Gov. Vessey will probably be re-elected over his Democratic opponent, C. Lm Wood. A suffrage amendment is being voted on in South Dakota. ; Ohio.. ' Cincinnati, Nov. 8 President Tart did his part toward bringing Ohio back into the Republican fold by casting a straight ticket here today, but 'par ty leaders fear it will not be sufficient to prevent the re-election of Gov. Harmon, Democrat. In the' Congres sional field the Republicans are more hopeful, and assert that the party rep resentation, now thirteen out of twenty-one, will be increased by at least two or three members. Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov. 8 Okla homa's Eecond governor will be chosen today, the choice lyjng between Leo 553 WHEN IN NEED that we have the both round and all finishes, in genuine qnarter- from Also many patterns in Dining Chairs, in finishes to match any furniture you may now have, or that we carry in stock -in this line you will find the best values for the least money teat have ever been shown in La Grande. Remember that we carry a complete house keeping line, in prices that fit all pocketbooks Cruce, Democrat, and J. W. McNeal, Republican. , ' .Oregea. Portland. Ore.. Nov. 8 Prohibition and the granting of the ballot to tax paying women are the leading issues before the Oregon voters today. Jay Bowerman.. Republican, ia thought to lead Oswald West, Democrat, for gov ernor, and both congressional districts will probably remain Republican. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Nov. 8 Pennsylvania voters are today, registering their choice between seven state tickets, Re publican, Democratic, Keystone, So cialist, Prohibition, Industrialist and Workingman'a league. The Keystone party represents the reformers and an ti-machine voters of both Republican and Democratic parties, and prom ise, to poll a big vote. The congres sional battle is uncertain, owing to the muddled condition of state political affairs. Want ads pax. one cent a word. .. What Cares Eciemal . We have had so many inquiries late ly regarding Eczema and other skin diseases, that we are glad to make our answer public. After careful in vestigation we have found that a sim- ui tuiergreen, as compounded in D. D. D. can be relied upon. We would not make this state ment to our. patrons, friends and neighbors unless we were sure of It and although there are many so-called Eczema remedies sold, we our-' selves, unhesitatingly recommend D. D. D. Prescription. Because We know that It gives instant relief to that torturing itch. Because D. D. Dl' starts the cudfe at the foundation of the trouble. Because It cleanses,, soothes and heals the skin. Because It enables Nature to re pair the ravages of disease. Because--The records of ten years of complete cures of thousands of the mose serious cases show that D. D. D. fs today recognized as the ab solute! Tellable Eczema Cur. Drop ie our store today, Just to talk ov. vour case with us. Newlln H-ug Co Nov. 3-5. OF largest line square, from $18 to $7 $18 to $75 L .1