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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1911.
Special Train
via the
Oregon Washington Railroad and Nav
igation Co. with the best of equipment,
consisting of steel roaches and reclin
ing chair cars. Pullman and Standard
and Tourist sleeping cars to Portland.
CO TO THE SEASIKMtE
Tor an ideal outing, at little cost, on
the finest Beach in the Pacific north
west Visit the Centennial Celebra
tion at Astoria. .
WEDXESDAY, AtT.l'ST 23rd, at 8 p m
Is the date and the time the special
train will leave and the round trip
fare is only 110.00. The tickets are
pood for fifteen days and permit of
Btopover privileges at Portland and
Astoria. Enjoy a delightful daylipht
ride down the Columbia river on the
palatial and popular '
EXCXRSIOX STEAMER, "T. J. POT-'
TEH." - ;
Passengers may have choice of steam-,
ers leaving Ash Street Dock, Portland1
on the "Potter" at 8:00 a. m Thurs-,
day, August 24th, or Friday, Aueust
25th, arriving on the Beach at 3:30 p.!
m., or on either the steamers "Harvest i
Queen" or "Hassalo," leaving Ash St. j
Dock, same dates at 8:00 p. ni., arrlv-
In on the Beach at 9:00. a. m, '
For sleeping car reservations or
further particulars, call on Agent O.
W. R. & N. Co.
GENERAL PA-tSEXtJER AGEXT
Xotlce f Iiuo)undcd Stock,
Notice ia hereby given that on the
7th day of August, 1911, I took up
while running at large la the city of
1a Grande, Oregon, the following de
scribed animals, towit:
One white mare about 14 hands high
and age unknown, right eye knock
ed out, no brands or marks visible.
One bald-faced gray colt, about a
month old;
that I impounded said animals in the
city pound of La Grande, Oregon, un
der and by virtue of the ordinance
thereof and will, unless the owner
claims and pays the costs and expens
es of such impounding and keeping of
aid animals, at the expiration of ten
days from the date, of this notice 1
will advertise and sell said animal as
provided by the ordinance of said city,
Done' and dated at La Grande, Ore
ton, this 9th day of.August, 1911. , ;
J. W. WALDEN, .
Chief of Police.
8-10-5t .
The Augusta team has been token
vr by the directors of the South At
lantic league and will be known an
the 8. A. L. team the balance of the
feason.
j Red Cedar Shingles
4 WE4NMm
GREENWOOD
Home Phone 421
Sabsr
Complete Equipment tor Resetting ann Repairing
Rubber Buggy Tires
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
, D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor ' .
COMPLETE MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY
Bradley & Go.
' Sanitary Plumbing.
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1 '' ' if if MliiioiWitlili iii i i 'in Hi i J
REPAIR WORK
rilOXESi 611 OF BLACK 971.
RES1BEXCE BLACK IIS2.
PUZZLiriG STATE
PUZZLES STILL
1EXTI CKT DEMOCRATS LAY PLAT
FORM CAREFULLY.
Contention Xext Week to Build Its
Platform Is Important. .
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 12. County
conventions were held throughout Ken
tucky today for the election of dele
gates to the democratic state conven
tion which is to meet here next Tues
day. The work of the convention will
be confined to the adoption of a plat
form, as the candidates for governor
and other state officers were chosen in
the primary last month.
Great care will he exercised In mak
ing the platform, for the democrats
appreciate the fact that they must
fleiit hard to win a victory In the com
ing election. Despite the success with
which the democrats have been meet
ing, in other sections the party lead
ers here are aware that Kentucky,
which has been admittedly a doubtful
state since it went republican for the
flrsmiue iu iic.7." nn-
ful than ever. This, is due party to
the advantage of the republicans in
beine in control of the state adminis
tration and partly to the fact that the
state's increase In population, as is
shown by the recent census, has been
almost wholly In the eastern districts,
which are overwhelmingly republican.
The platform will give an enthusias
tic endorsement to tne policy pursued
by the democratic party in congress.
As regards state issues the most In
terest centers In the resolutions con
cerning: the liquor question. Unless
the republicans force the Issue, which
so far they have evinced no intention
of doing, the democrats probably will
refrain from making the question the
chief issue of the fight. If the con
vention feels obliged to take an em
phatic stand In the matter, however, It
will probably declare Itself against
state wide prohibition and unequivo
cally in favor of a uniform local op
tion law, with the county as the unit.
PILES CURED AT HOME BY
NEW ABSORPIIQN METHOD.
If yon aufftr from btatllng, Itching, blind
or protruding mm, wud lue your adclreiw,
uid 1 will tell you how to cor jrourwlf at
home bj th ntw Iwrptlon treatment; aud
will lino trad aomf of this taotoe treatment
free for trial, with references from yunr
own luralltjr If reijuented. Immllat re
lief (Oil immanent cure awtnrwl. Hend no
money. bnt tell other of tlila offer. Wrltn
tuduj . to Mra.. M. Summer, Bex p, Notra
Dome,' Ind.
VAJ.
& MADISO!
Bell Phone, Main 732
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A SPECIALTY.
NEXT DOOR TO
CITY HALL
BEilTTIE Till
NEXT 1011
ACCCSED BAXKER TO APPEAR! BE
FORE GRAXD J CRY.
Charges of STurderliisr HI Wife, to Be
Preferred, Is Relief.
Richmond, Va.. Aug. 12. Intense
and general Interest is manifested
throughout the state in the opening,
next fonday, of the Besalon of the
grand Jury for Chesterfield county,
across the river from hee. The grand
jury will be called upon to investigate
the Beattie murder case, one of the
most sensational and puzzling crimes
ever committed in that county. lt is
the general Impression that there will
be enough evidence submitted by the
state to find an Indictment for murder
against Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., now a
prisoner in the Henrico county Jail,
but at the game time it is well known
that the rtate has added little to the
circumstantial evidence obtained very
shortly after the crime was commit-
reRHonable motive for the
I alleged crime has not yet been fount
and that counsel for the defense had
been working quietly but diligently,
assisted by a number of private detec
tives, and is evidently determined to
make a desperate fight at the subse
quent trial to save the accused from
electrocution. '
I The history of the crime with which
Henry Clay Seattle, Jr.. haB been
charged by the coroner's Jury, con
tains many features of unusual Inter
est The accused, who is now about
26 years of age, ia the son of Henry
Clay Beattie, Sr., a well-to-do business
man of this city. Young Beattie re
ceived a fair education ard, at an ear
ly age, began to indulge In a fast and
reckless life. He had numerous af
fairs with girls, but only one had seri
ous consequences. About four years
ago he became Intimate with Beulah
Binford, a handsome but morally cor
rupt girl who, at that time, was not
quite 14; The intimacy continued, and
two years ago a child was born to the
girl. The young mother named the
child Henrv Clav Binford, but soon
abandoned it to the care of some rela-
I tives. Later the child was adopted by
j Mrs. Mary Trout of Elchmond, but It
proved weakly and died in July of last
' year. To hush up matters young
BenUie indi'ced Beulah B!nford to Ba-
leirh. N. d where she promised to
remain, so as not to interfere with
; Benttie's marriage iplans.
! More to please his father, whom he
; depended upon for a .living, young
, Seattle,- about two years ago married
! Miss Louise Owen, the nrettv datisrh-
ter of a resident of Dover. Del. The
; marriage was not hanoy. Young Beat-
tie did not abandon his fast life after
marriage and even the birth of a child
about six months ago, did not Improve
the relations between the young mar
ried people. A few months ago Beat
tie met the Binford girl bv accident at
a baseball game at Norfolk and she
was easily Induced to Richmond where
Beattie promised to provide a house
for her.
Beattie and the girl met frequently
at different hotels In this city and, al
though th kent their relations se
cret. Beattle's father learned of the
affair and Is re'd to hav threatened
his son with the withdrawal of his
wuort. should the voune- man not
' ston his dealings with the Binford
g'rl. In the second week of July last
young Mrs. Beattie, with her babv,
jvmt to visit, her, unclv, Thomas, . E.
Owen, within a mlle""tf Borffh Rlch
V"nd. ' SM wig 'to . rturn ."V"e on
July 19. . On the e.veplpg.pfJuly 18.
S")"g Benttlft CBme to .Mr . Owen a
wife out for a ride. Thev left driv
ing along the Midlothian Pike. About
11 o'clock that, night Beattie returned
o Mr. Owen's house in his auto, steer
ing wl'h one hand, while he wa hold
ing his wife's lifeless body w-lth the
other. . - ,
, Beattl said that h's wife had been
shot, and killed with a shotgun bv a
tall man with a long beard, who had
held them up. while they were driving
along Midlothian Pike. Th case call
ed for an Investigation by the coroner
and after a long and quite sensational
hearing the coroner's Jury gave the
verdict that Mrs. Beattie had been
shot and killed with a shotsun In the
hands of her husband, Henry Clay
Beattie, Jr. The latter was arrested,
and lotted In Henrico county Jail,
where he spent his time unconcern
edly, smoking cigarettes and strum
ming on tils guitar. The Binford girl
was arrested as a possible accomplice.
Since his Imprisonment Beattie stuck
to his original story, but his position
became serious when Paul Beattie, a
poor relative of the accused, confessed
that he had bought for the prisoner the
shotgun with whtch the murder had
Yn committed. .
The state has succeeded In forging
a strong chain of circumstantial evi
dence against eBattie. but the appar
ent lack of a motive is considered a
weak spot, which may vitally affect
fie chances of a conviction.
We can hardly say t.at patriotism
Is dead when congress sits there near
ly all umn:r while a thousand chau
tsuquns. with $1,000 bills In their
handB, are calling to the more promi
nent ni'mbers. Chicago News.
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METROPOLIS
NEW YORK IS FIRST CITY IX THE
WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
'ew York ew Items of More Than
Ordinary, Interest .
New York. Aug. 1 New York has
Just achieved the distinction of being
the first city In the western hemi
sphere and the second In the world to
pass the 5.000.000 mark In population.
The margin by which, this record was
gained this week was not a wide one
since according to the figure of the
board of the health the greater city
now contains exactly 6,000,407 people.
This estimate is based on the official
census taken in April of last year
which gave New York a population of
4.766,833, so that within a period of
15 months there has been an Increase
of 233,574, equal to the population of
a large sized city. Since 1898 when
'he population of New York was but
3,272.418 there has been an Increase
of 53 per cent, a striking record In It
self. This great concentration of pop
ulation has not been injurious to the
Lei:! 'Cl "-s vrVa citizens, how
ever. On the contrary figures for the
'".et 13 years show a falling off in the
death ra'e. According to the figures
of the health department for the past
week the death rate was only a frac
tion over 14 to each one thousand in
habitants, which is one per cent, low
er than the lowest record of the last
11 vears. The Infant mortality among
children less than one year of age
was 156 In 1.000 as against 235 in the
corresponding. week for 1910. At the
nresent rate of increase tt is ngurea
that New'tYork will outstrln London
nnri becnm the largest city in the
world within the neyt 25 years.
. Remilntc Hcad'xeir.
New York. Aug. 12 Local milli
ners in particular and the feminine
world in general are reatly perturbed
over a law whtch has just been pass
'n th npiPihhnr'nff- state of Nw
Jersey. Indeed, it Is likely that thte
perturbation will spread pretty well
over the country so far as women are
rnicrr'tl as scon as its purnort be
comes known. In a word this lew
purposes to regulnte feminine head
eear. As a result local milliners fear
a oreat curtailment of their trade,
while bonnet wearers are confronted
w'th 'he necessitv either of po'ne
through the state of New Jerfv bar
headed or wearing hats lucking th
most highly prized decorations. Fail-
whlch may exceed the cost of the hat.
felling In this th" are liable to a
This sad s'ate of affairs has arisen
from the fact that New Jersey has
JUBt passed a - law prohibiting the
wearing of the plumage of many kinds
of birds and Imposing a fine of $20
for every violation. It is still safe
to decorate the hot with feathers taken
from sparrows, hawks, crows and the
like, but all the more popular varieties
are barred. Not only will this make
it easy to recoamize New Jersey when
she comes to New York, but It is also
likely to cause ajl sorts of unpleasant
complications. A person may leave
home by auto or train hatted entirely
within the law. but should that auto
fr train enter Jersey the wearer of the
headgear containing sny of the for
bidden iplumage Ib 'able to fine. Like
wise passengers on Incoming steam
ers landing in Jersey soil may find
themselves In an unpleasant predica
ment. Milliners predict that this law
will bring about a new style of femi
nine headgear. They also predict that
it will not be beautiful .
Wh!skerp89 Hugrhes FeoH Friends;
New York. Aug. .12. Only the most
intimate acquaintances of Former Gov.
Hughes recognized him In .Justice
Hughes of the United States court on
his arrival here to preside at the hear
ings which are being held in connec
tion with postal affairs. Casual friends
and acquaintances passed him by with
out a word and even former business
associates did not know him. There
ws8 no political or personal animus
in their acts, however, for the former
governor was thoroughly disguised.
The luxuriant beard parted in the mid
dls and brushed to each side which
had formerly made him the mark of
cartoonists during two hot campaigns
was lacking, having been trimmed to
a mere suggestion of its former self
and changing ths looks of the man
completely. Nor was his altered ap
pearance the only surprise of the ear
ly hearings since one of the assistant
post master generals took pains to ex
plain in spite of the general belief to
the contrary that only a part of the
cost charged against mail transporta
tion actually went to the railroads, a
large proportion being expended in
other ways, under the broadest appli
cation of the term. This state coming
on top of the recent announcement by
the department of the discovery of the
fact that many railroads are being
underpaid for the carrying of the mail
la taken as significant. The carriers
have been praying for a readjustment
of the scale of pay which will at least
wipe out their present loss on this
service, and testimony of. this sort
from postal officials themselves prom
Ises to have an Important bearing In
bringing about an early correction of
the existing atate or affairs. Whether
It wss the Washington heat or a desire
to disguise himself which led former
Governor Hughes to part with most of
h!s beard remains to be seen. Some)
persons were so unkind as to hint that
he had placed it in cold storage.
Ho- Bath Tab JKade.
New York, Aug. 12. What will un
doubtedly be the largest bath tub In
the world is soon-to be constructed
here. It will not be built, however, to
satisfy the whim of some multimillion
aires, but to afford the two elephants
at the Central Park 200 an opportunity
to perform their daily ablutions in the
orthodox way. ' While the elephant
may not appear to the casual observer
as a model of cleanliness he Is never
theless extremely particular as to his
baths, insisting on at least one a day.
For many years Hattie and Jewel, the
two Central park pachyderms, have
been by reason of necessity members
of the shower ba'h cult receiving it
dull from a common garden hose op
erated by "Bill" Snyder, the head kef o
er. The method was Inadequate et
best and during all these years "Bill"
has never ceased to be?, for a real
bath tub for his pets. Now that his
reouest has been granted New York
will soon enjoy the unique snectacle
of the elephants bathing in their own
private tub. "Bill ', who insists that
his pets understand everything he tells
them, broke the eood news to then
without delay. - whereupon according'
to his statement, ther trumpeted for
Joy- -- - ' ;
NOTICE OF STREET IMFR0TE5IEM
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: No
tice is hereby1 given that in pursuance
of a resolution adopted by the common
count. H VI U1C Li
gon, on ihe 2nd day of March, 1910.
creating? Improvement district No. 14,
and designating Fir street as such dis
trict, and in pursuance of a resolution
adopted by said , common council on
the 28th day of June, 1911, whereby
said council determined and declared
its Intention to improve all that por
tion of Fir reet, in said improvement
district as hereinafter described, by
constructing cement walks on each
side of street, the council will, ten
days after the service of this notice
upon the owners of the property af
fected and benefitted by such improve
menV order that said above described
improvement be made; that the boun
daries of said dfstrict to be so im
proved are as follows. :
AH that portion of Fir street, from
the north line of O -W. R. & N. Co., to
the south side of Monroe avenue.
(A) And the property affected or
benefitted by said improvement is 83
follows:
O.-W. R. N. & R. Co. and !o 1. block
Only College in Eastern Oregon
We are conducting a high grade schcoi, offering instruction
in the latest hrms of Bookkeeping and Banking, such as
Loos-leat Ledgers with the Voucher System of accounting;
The most substantial and well tried Systems of Shorthand I
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In all well organized commercial colleges. -
Write for catalog or caH and see jus; Special terms to
those who will enroll i or before September fifth.
Baker Bus
tSaker,
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Think This Over,
How many hours a day does your wife spend in
the kitchen? '
Do you know that every minute spells drudjrerv
these hot davs? . , .".
ay I i V '
Can yoti expect her to be happy and cheerful when
the oven-like heat is robbing her of health and "ood
looks? ...Of course, you must eat even if it is hot, and
meals must be ready on time, but honestly now, don't
you feel, sorry for her, slaving over a hot stove? '
. Then, why not buy her an Electric Range? ,
i-i?nan f etwie me?ls in,half the time and a cool
kitclun And there is no fuel to handle or ashes to
fuss with Think what that means.
tbvnfnK-n Y I Spe,cial rate on dectricitv so
now Z wood. bG abUt the Same as 7 W
wi?mnrtrink -f anJ that will please your
wife more? Drop in and talk it over, or call Main 34.
Eastern Oregor Light & Power Co.
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HI, IOIB 1 ttHU , Uiuia -t, Oiiu luia
9 and 10 block 125, Chaplin's addition
to La Granje, Oregon. , ,
Notice is hereby further given thai
the council will levy a special assess-'
ment on all the property affected and
benefitted by such Improvement for
the purpose of paying for such im-,
provement. . That the estimated cost
of such improvement is the sum of
$1,010.00. That the council will, on
the 16th day of August 1911, meet at
the council chamber at the hour of 8 '
o'clock p. m., to "consider said esti
mated cost, and levy of Bald assess
ment, when a hearing will be granted
to any person feeling aggrieved by
La Grande, Oregon, August 4th, 1911.
CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE.
1 oregon. , v - . :. ,
By C. M. HUMPHREYS,
Recorder of the City of La Grande.
Oregon. . " , '
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; We siieciiilfze on bridge work. It is
frequently unnecessary to have all the
little aiVd expense mid work will pnt
yoor teeth In condition where you will
Bt haTe to wear & plate.
If you rare to consult us we shall
be glad to explain onr method to yon.
in detail. ',. v
STEVEXSOVS DENTAL OFFICE.
J. E. STETENSOX, D. . S.
G. A. BROWX. P. T. S.
Uregon
Mr.Married Man