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PAGE 4 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSEIiVER, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1911. THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNIS EiiUiuiOnwr. Catered at the posUuke at La Grande as eea4-rlass matter. SUBSCRIPTION SITES Dafly, single ePj Dally, per week, Pally, per month 15i tie OH JUNE 19111 is iaitiwiti fTs" I I I- 1 1 12 13 H12131415MH7 That -La Grande's railroad shops re Mr. Hanly Is a republican he! so efficient in capacity and capablli- HASLT A MAX AMONG MEN. Next Tuesday it will be the good fortune of La Grande to entertain on? of the really great men of the cation, J. Prank Hanly, ex-governor of" In diana. made a brilliant speech at the. Chicago r;?"nB' ri"W' convention, plac ing In nomination the nam of Charles ' W. Fairbanks for vice president he la a great Methodist, too, which counts in his favor. It may not be Methodism that helps him to fame but the fact that he has attained a pinnacle in church work as well as high rungs on the political ladder, necessarily broad ens the man's brain. He was one of the brilliant speakers before the Bos- States senator from Montana, was ton quadrennial conference of the born at Brownsfleld, Me., July 1, 1830. Methodist church three years ago and He received his preparatory educa It was the pleasure of Mr. and Mrs. G. tion at Bridgton and Fryeburg, Mo., H. Currey of this city to hear him oa anj then entered Bowdoin college, that occasion. j from which he graduated in 1S51. He What he bag done in Indiana in a entered politics and three years later, reform way Is history and every well-j was elected to the Maine legislature, versed citizen knows his record. If Four years later he went west. and they doBt they should. There are settled in Minneapolis, Minn. To- many pages of Indiana history thatfgether with W. y. Eastman he built grew whiter and whiter as they were the first flour mill and the first woolen being scrolled during the Hanly re gime -whiter tecause'Mr. Hanly was mill in Minneapolis. In 1879 he set tled in Fort Benton, Mont. In 1882 the dominant power behind the helm I he made a trip to the falls of the Mis of state and administration. 'sour! river and founded the city ; of Mr. Hanly la a thinker, a statesman, an orator, a true man. What more can b asked for in one individual? He is a man among men like Folk of Missouri. Hughes of New York and others" of their type. La Grande awaits his arrival as a men of prominence in the United States the county and Eastern Ore gon await anxiously to hear him deliv er his Fourth of July oration. His coming will be a school, an instruc tion' to the populace. The more of ten that men of his caliber come to La Grande and propound on subjects of weight and moment, the better for the community as a whole. , Great Falls. He was a member of the convention which framed the consti tution of Montana in 1889, was elected states senator in 1891 and to the Unit ed States ' senate in March. 1901, to fill an unexpired term ending March 4, 1905. " . : ; 3?S$!'$i?2S$. RAILROAD NEW S, 'j S 4 e 3 ? S 8 4 4 AX A (X'OMPLI SH M E T GOT. OFT FOR- Arcade THEATRE RELTIXG OX QUALITY OF PICTURES. fTWO comedies this change "Hungry Hearts". . . . Vitagrai)h A comedy. Dick and Elsie, the Vitagraph children, hunger for the love of their parents. .The means they take to gain It are worth while. "The Angel of the Slums",.. Lubin A very strong story of a young girl doing slumming, de termines to convert to her faith a certain young man. After .failing several times she finally .has a chance to protect him and his pals from arrest" and the .story enfls very pleasantly. "The Bunco Game at Lizard- lieud'' , Essanay A comedy, western nnd full of lively situations. Miss Stephensonin latest Il lustrated song: "What the Rose Said to Me." "Music and Effects. Alatine every day. ties that they rank second o only the very: biggest terminal shops in the northwest is often overlooked oy the boosters. The skilled workmen em ployed have bonus in La Grande and spend their earnings here, which by the way are larger by far than the average workman. La Grande is with out dispute the oasis of the railroad world east of the Cascades where any mechanical task can he turned with! nere- ease and dispatch. The man who' makes the best of these facilities Is J. H. Watson and the accomplish ments of this city's round house and machines shops are after facilities have been provided, due larger to the , brain of the division foreman. The eighth Mikado engine was test ed out today. Its number is 511 and maks wth the two new 'switch en gines set up here lately, 10 engines that have been put into service, in the La Grande hop during the past month or so. The Mikado, it will be remem bered, are the new engine types tried on the mountain lines, being the dif ference in power between an ordinary engine and the big Mallet. 1 The complete overhauling ordered on 262 i2S b! f nJho1 htm Hint lnonmrw. tive Is now ready for service again. Until recently there was but one shop iu the state could do this complete ov erhauling but since the h Grande shops have been put on a par with 'the best in the northwest a great deal of unusually difficult work is being done Master, Mechanic Will Ladd Is spend ing, the day here transacting business. 1S10-1811- TIIIS DATE IX HISTORY. July 1. -King Louis of Holland abdicated. -Rt. Rev. William J. Boone, first P. E. missionary bishop to China born in Waterboro, S. C. Died in Shanghai. July 17. 1861. ' ; 1837 First city census taken in Cbi t cago showing the population to I be 4.170. 1863 Beginning of the three days' battle of Gettysburg. 1867 Act of confederation came Into effect in Canada. 1873 Prince Edward Island entered the Dominion of Canada. 1S74 Charlie Ross abducted at his father's home in Gernmntown, a suburb of Philadelphia. 1SS9 Theodore D. Woolsey, rpesident of Yale college, died in New Ha ven. Conn. Born in New York City. Oct. 31. 1801. 1898 American force carried the Spanish earthworks at El Caney with heavy loss. 1910 Thomas B. Turley, -former Unit ed States senator from Tennes see, died in Memphis there April 5, 1845. Power Is in demand locally this month. The business has been good and power Is taxed to the limit. "IT IS A GIT 1 Ml SO SAYS MR. BLACKWELL OF MIX. NEAFOLIS, MIXXESOTA. He Is Here Ylsltlug HJs Sou, C. Blackwell, for a Few Days. R. "THIS IS MY S1ST BIRTHDAY." Paris Gibson. Paris Gibson, at one time United Old Friends and New Winning permanent, lasting friends is the work of time, and this bank numbers among its clients hundreds of banks and business houses with whom it has had close relations for a, great part of the twenty-four years of its existence. t ' Our friends have helped to make this one of the , largest and strongest banks in the West. We have helped in their making, too. We welcome new friends and will attend to their wants with the same fidelity which has cemented our relations with our older ones. La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, OREGON. CAPITAL . ... $ 100.000.00 , SURPLUS . . . 100.000.00 RESOURCES . . .1.100,000.00 UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Fred J. Hqlmes.JVes. W. J. Church.' Vice.Pres. F. L. Meym, Cashiet Earl Zundel.Ass'f. Cashier "1 am not disappointed in the Palm er mill, although I have had many mighty fine descriptions of it," said C. E. Blackwell of Minneapolis to a re porter for the Evening Observer to day. Mr. Blackwell is here for a few days visiting his son. C. R. Blackwell. "You see," he continued "I have been associated more or less with the lum ber industry and have kept in touch with many of the. mills. The Palmer mill has been mentioned to me so of- .Born j ten as a model lumber manufacturing Plant that I was very anxious to see it. I went through it today and I must say I have never seen quite so complete a plant either in the north or west. There may be many larger institutions of the kind, but what strikes me Is the exactness of every thing. There seems to be no guess work whatever about the plant. Ev erything runs on a schedule and I want to say to the people of La Grande they should be very apprecia tive of an institution of that kind." . m-tt HUUIH "M-M-HH- CHORUS WILL XOT APPEAR. Failure to Have Rehearsal Renders It Impossible, ' The male chorus, which was to have appeared during the Chautauqua wll! be absent owing to the impossibility of the members to devote sufficient time for practice. Prof. Bridges had arranged for quite an elaborate chov tis, had ordered music and made all arrangements when it was found that, ft number of the members could not devote their time to the work. A LADY WITH experience desires a position as bookkeeper, cashier. clerk or general office work... Best of references. Lulu M. Kinney, Phone Observer. 7-l-2t 1 1 NOTICE OF STREET IMTR0YEMEXT J TO WHOM IT MAN CONCERN. Not t'.ca '" " " ... '." . i pursuanci Enjoy the Pleasures of Summer Bathing at I Riverside Park JUST ' v - i ' i .REC Complete Line of Bathing Suits, Water I Wings, Bathing Caps and Bathing Slippers j j 1 The New Bathing Suits Avyads Water Wings for ladies axirl-rnisses Made of both You" can easily and safelv learn to cotton and mohair. 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K WEST THE QUALITY STORE 8 of a resolution adopted by the com mon council of the city of La Grande, Oregon, on the 17th day of August, 1910, creating improvement district No. 25, and designating Chestnut street, as such district, and In pursu ance of a resolution adopted by said common council on the 7th day of June, 1911, whereby said council de termined and declared its intention to improve all that portion of Chestnut street, in said improvement district as hereinafter described, by constructing cement walks 12 feet wide , on both sides of the street, the council will, ten day after the service of this notice upon the. owners of the property af fected and benefitted bv such improve ment, order that said above describ9d improvement be made; that the boun daries of said district to be so . im proved are as follows: All that portion of Chestnut street, from the north line of alley between Adams and Jefferson avenue, to the south line of Jefferson avenue. (A) And the property affected or benefitted by said Improvement Is as follows: Lot'13, block 115. Chaplin's addition and Lot 1, block 114, Chap lin's addition, all in La Grande, Ore gon. , , ; . ; Notiec Is hereby further given that the council will levy a special assess ment on all , the property affected or benefitted by such Improvement for the purpose of paying for such Im provement That the estimated cost of such improvement is the 6um of $412.33. That the council will, on the 19th day of July, 1911, meet, at, the council chamber at . the hour of S o'clock, p. m., to consider said esti mated Cjost, and the levy of said as sessment when a hearing will be granted to any. person -feeling, lag grieved by such assessment La Grande. Oregon, June 28th, 1911. CITY COUNCIL OP LA GRANDE, ' ' OREGON. By C. M HUMPHREYS, Recorder of the City of La Grande, Orev"V ; June oMC t Dutchers Wagon Shop No force Shoeing Wagon repairing a specially. If your Tires need resetting give us a call, Second-hand Buggies, Hacks and Camp Wagons for sale. Red 42. OCONNELL'S Cigar Store Pool, Billiards, Cigars, Tobac. co jind Soft Drinks best and most complete line of cigars In tbf city. v Observer's Coast fragile base, hall scores every day there's a game. Corner Depot and Jefferson St. For the quickest and Most Se llable MESSENGER SERViCE Call Main 4 or Independent 121. . H. KESLER. ' Colls Answered Promptly. The Savoy Hotel tfrO?N PLAN The rooms are good and Steam heated only one . block'from depot D. C. Brichbux.ProD. STAGEBERG & SAJfDBORG. Main 70 Ind. 201 ' CALL AJfD SEE THE GOLDEN STATE ' MASON FRUIT JAR. Pure food preservative. , Complete Tacnnm ' Extremely wide opening. o clamps needed. ' GUARANTEED. ' f ' o removal of cap need. No shoulder or neck, . . Sanitary. Takes largest fruit without cut ting. .' .-,..;,:: Pints Quarts Gallons 1.10 1A0 1.80 Vegetables or meats can be pre served In their natural condition with an unchanged flavor. ESS tULAm