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PAGE 2 " LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1911. MEW FALL ; PATTERNS FOR SUITS JUST ARRf ED Call and get the early choice. If you do not want it made at once have it laid away; . gc"""ji . V Lll (ft. 1)W 3 A r ! Your Name in a Telephone Di rectory shows you are progres sive, vy-''; ::'y:'.;v You can get a listing in our new directory. Call up the Manager NOW HOME INDEPENDENTTELK HONE CO. Local and Long Distance Service. ; Lcng Distance Connection with the Entire EeJi ' System , i 3B 14 A PIT A Mn '. Uptown office Main 720 ; . Residence phone Main 25 g AMdULAINUL .':.-L ;BISSV Reel Gedar Shingles WENAHA LUMBER CO. GREENWOOD & MADISON I Horrte Phone 421 Bell Phone, Main 732 Complete Equipment tor Resetting inn Repairing ;; ,' ," Rubber Buggy Tires 1 LA GRANDE IRON WORKS D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor COMPLETE MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY Bradley 6 Co. Saultarr Plomblig. . ' -Frr ' s . , " : . '' fj,' ' (.-'.4i--,v . . ' ' . . . : !f?;vfi' ' , ' Tr , .: REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY. rnoxESt shop black iii,' NEXT DOOR TO EISIDEJiCE BLACK IIS2. " CITY HALL mm v urn: ifi IM fill I i II IS 111 I nnnDctDiippi c LMUUIIUMIUUULL era, naturally, will not arrange their t overtime , work o that any of them win work less than two hours and 4U i minutes after the eight hours, in the event that they are called upon to ' work overtime. 1 If after midnight they shall ts paid four hours for two hours' work, or ! the commonly accepted aisn ence so obnoxious to followers of the Catholic faith, but the American Prison associ ation. While stationed at Salem he has 6tndied prison questions and wur'pe an Important factor in the coming meeting of prison officials. Sevsral friends of the reverend . , fraction thereof, the new scale pro- father, of this city, rcet him at the i vfdes. The same principle of appor- ' train. . ' MACHINISTS F XORTBWEST KOT tioninsr the time is enacted.' I : ALONE IN STRIKE. No &rike Has Yet Bren Culled, Mere- ; Iy Negotiating. Sundays and all holidays designated by the state or nation are to be paid for at the rate of time and a half, and if a holiday falls on Sunday and an other day is designated as the holi day, both days shall be paid for at the rate of time and a half. No em ploye shall be required to work over time more than two nlihts a wek or two consecutive Sundays. When ov-, ertlme is required it shall be d!st:!- Men working on a day shift South Carolina Postmasters. Glenn Springs, S. C. Aug. 10. The South Carolina Pos masters' associa tion began its annual meeting hero tuiitty wi u i ie22cui. o. J. Ltuuui ut Lexington, presiding. The postmas ters wui spena two flays m tne discus sion of various matters relating to their official duties and the improve ment of the postal service. ? - An outline of what the points of contention between western boiler makers, machinists, pipe fitters, me chanics, car repairers and blacksmiths employed by western ": railroads, and the railroud ofiiclals are, and an ap proximate guess at the number of men ' bu'ed involved in Portland, alone, is given ; nml transferr-d to a night shift, shall I in the Oiegonian' of yes erday: ! be paid, tim.? and a half for the' flnf ; More than 700 Portland men are in-; night, jndvice versa. If theae details I vclved in the negotiations now pend-; and most others no change s are pro- i ing between union machinists and j posed over present: conditions. 1 other mechanic employed in the 0.- j. q. Graham, assistant genera) W. R. & N. and Southern Pacific sSops ! manager of the arr)man ,jn.3B in tj and officials of the . railroads. whodtyi ln fnarpe of the mo(1ve power have rsfused to consider their demand department, has been negotiating with Cor a better wage scale. , .y. the men . The company Is unwilling While the men have not asked for a , to grant the dsmands, and the mn direct Increase In wages on the basis; are firm In their position. No strike has been threa'ened, however. TRENCH of a nine-hour day, they will receive! 21 cen s more than at present If their I proposal Is accepted by their employ-' ers. At present the men are paid 42 cents an hour, time and a half after working nine hours, and double time after midnight. Their proposed new scale asks for time and a half after eight hours' work, but no Increase of thj per-hour ' rate. '. . ; ; - : , ,;' i ' '--'; : As eight hours tonetltutee 4 ' day's'. TRAVELS TOTAL DISTANCE OF 300 work In .he local shops, the men de-j : ' . FEET YESTERDAY. , clare that their demands would not -- result in great addition- expense to the 1Wo st0 J1""8 nrlng Duy That K BREAKS RECORD company. . Five (lasxes Involved. However, on account of the dured Total Dl!anoe, Too. heavy I Yesterday broke all records for dls- demands made on the service of th i lan,ce traveled by the sewer tMnch local railroads, employes frequently! dltfer. that machine going a distance are called upon to work over the l-of 59Q tee ,?.n4 that, co. with. loss of lotted eight hours. According to the considerable- time. This record for n?w scale .hey would receive 63,cents ' 5i8tance covered In one day was es- PliimHiraof and fieatm SSB NOTICE 1TIIMIIM WMH IIIMIim Citr plitce. cf tnshioss will be lociitrd htrcaftcr In Hie Fowler , warehouse, 1.137 Jefferson Ave., one block en-it f our present location. We will do a general ware house bnsines, besides carrying a fall line of Feed, FuuMry Sup 'piles. Flour, Wood, He. LA Melville th28 Adzms Avi " CRANDE, ORE- Phcite ns jour orders. Waters-Stone?" ?Id. Main ;oc . 153T Jeffmoa Are. for the ninth hour of work instead of 42 cents as at present.. The wages for the first eight hours and for the overtime after the ninth hour would remain the same. Involved In the present proceedings are five classes of mechanics machin ists; bollermakers, pipe fitters, car repairers and blacksmiths. All these have, made demauds upon the com panies "employing them aslng for sim ilar Increases In their wage scales. The employes have drawn up an en tire set of rules end regulations, most land. of the provisions, excepting those re- , ' " . . latin to the wages for the ninth hour FATHER MOORE PASSES THROUGH of work, being similar to those already j . In existence. , Former La Grande Priest, Now Prison While the new scale provides forj Chaplain, Meets Friehds Here, time and . a half af er eight hours' work, it aiso calls for the payment of j Fa. her Moore, for many years par lour iuu nours- pay ror any work done jsh' prie8t in this city and one of th lamisned on Pennsylvania avenue where the trench is being dug up the center of the street. Tfos hug ma chine stopped once during the day to raise the big boom that a street could be crossed, and another time stopped to raise the boom for a water main, despite these stops the distance men tioned was covered with the nine-foot trench digger. . 4 ! ' This morning 15 blocks of trench had been dug since the work was com menced here by Contractor Suther- iSSSM SPECIAL PRICES at r' Post Office Confer tioneiy on Cigarettes, 5c to 25c; Large Size Orari'ges,40c a dozen;' Ice Cream, 5; Soda Water, 2 for 15c; All kinds of Cigars, Gum and Candlts, Fruits and Nuts, Post Cards and Stationary. v Tom Kapellas - .- r propietor. PE FRfi)M 7 A. M. to 11 P. P. after the eighth hour. At the propos ed rate of overtime payment a man would be required to work two hours and 40 minutes at the rate of 63 cents an hour to earn the equivalent of four hours work at 42 cents an hour which Is $1.68. However. If a man would be 'culled upon to work but one hour af ter his regular eight hour shift, he would be entitled to this rule. Fmii'o) ers Arrange Time. The men declare that the employ most popular clergymen located in this city tn . many years, passed through the city this morning on his way east with the remains of a broth er who died at Salem this week. Fath er Moore Is now living at Salem where he Ib state penitentiary chaplln. About ten years ago Father Moore moved from La Grande to Salem and he hna to $1.68. according been stationed then continually since. Nxt month Father Moore goes east again to attend an A. P. A. meeting, A. P. A. in this instance not meaning i w - , - -w- -T- r . r rrr w W9wmmwm g inink 1 his Uver, Mr. Married Man . How many hours a day does your wife spend in the kitchen? : - ' ; .' . . Do you know that every minute spells drudgery lutes iivt uaj s ... , ' . Can you expect her to be happy and cheerful when 1 1 me oven-iifie neat is robbing her of health and 'ood looks? Of course, you must eat even if it i hni j 9 meaJs ruust be ready on time, but honestly now, don't if you feel sorry for her, slaving over a hot stove f Then, why not buy her an Electric Range? - She can get the meals in half the time and in a cool kitchen. . AM there is no fuel to handle or ashes to fuss vrith ThinV lvliof 4l-. ... A,lld WelU m you a special rate on electricity so 8 I tbat );01ir fueJ m be about the same as vou mv .?an y0ll tnk of anything that will please vour wife more? Drop in and talk it over, or call Mai V34; Eastern Oregop Light & Power Co.