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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Notlcvj is hereby given that sealed
'bids will be received for the construc
tion of approximately 400 lineal feet
of five foot cement sidewalk on Mon
roe avenue, bids to be filed with the
city recorder before 5 o'clock p. m.
September 15th 1911.. . The council re
serves the right to reject any and all
bl&n. Certified check of 5 per cent of
tie amount b!i must accompany all
Wds.
By order of the city council, Sep
tember 6th, 1911.
C. M. HUMPHREYS,
j, ' ' City Recorder.
The twelfth annual convention ot
the California State Federation of La
bor will be held in Bakersfleld, com
nuenelng October 2. . .
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, AT THE PARIS HAIR STORE.
It i per rent on on all foods;
Snitches, C6mhs, Rurettes, Ban
does. Sale 5th, Gib, 7th, 8th and
PREJUDICE
against
SPECTACLES
Many people are prejudiced
against wearing spectacles be
cause of some foolish notion
or hearsay. ' '
Spectacles am essential to ths
relief of eye troubles and noth
ing will take their place.
If there is trouble with your
eyes the sensible thing to do Is
to consult an eye specialist.
I am a specialist in the treat
ment of eye troubles, and In
vite investigation aa to my
superior; equipment
and ability to relieve all eye
troubles. You may save your
Belf much discomfort by con
sulting me at once.
I grind all mj glasses.
HE A C OCK
Ee Sight Specialist
Prices for the
$15 Set ot Teeth $8.00
$10 Gold Crowns, 22-K ...$5.00
$10 Bridge Work (best) '. .$3.00
$10 Porcelain Crowns ....$5.00
Teeth Cleaned $1.01)
TWELVE YEARS
SALE
MODERN
fPAINLES6
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Over Newlin Drug Co. Depot and
1 Adams Avenue.
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01 IS AIRED
FEDERAL TERM OF COURT MAI
EXPLAIN MYSTERY. -;-
Fitzgerald WW Be Tried for Iibbing
. , Government Treasury.
Chicago. 111., 'Sept. 8. Chicagoahs
are wondering if Hie veil of mystery
will be, lifted from the $173,000 sub-
treasury when George W. Fitzgerald
Is tried for the alleged embezzlement
at the present term of thi federal
court.
Public , opinion as to the guilt of
Flzgerald or his innocence is divided,
as it has ever been since the finger
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FRATERNAL OBDERS OF LA
GRANDE. -8
(3 $ tQb$4&4Qv&4Q
L V. b A. M. -1 -M)ln, No
41, tt F. & A. M. Lt-' :' meet
ings first and third Saturdays at
7:30 p. m. Cordial welcome to all
Masons. L. M. HOYT. W.M.
K. C. WILLIAMS, Secretary. ' i
4. P. O. E. La Grande Lodge No. 433
meets each Thursday evening at S
o'clock In Elk's club, corner of De
pot atreet and Washington avenue
Visiting brothers are cordially In
vited to attend.
H. J. RITTER, Ex. JRai
H. E. COOLIDGE. Rec. Sec.
WOODMEN Otf THE WORLD La
. Grande Lodge No. 169 W O. W
meets every second and fourth Sat
urdays at K. P. hall. All visiting
mebers welcome.
D. FITZGERALD, C. C.
J. H. KEENEY. Clerk.
II. W. A. La Grande Camp No. 7703
meets every Monday In the month at
the 1. 0. O.. F. hall.1 All visiting
neighbors are cordially Invite J to
ifteod. ' '
'. ' E. E. DANIELS. .
ED. HEATH. Clerk.
1 .EBEKAHS Crystal Lode No. V
meets every Tuesday evening in th
I. O. O. F. hall. All visiting mem
berr are Invited to attend.
MISS HELEN McLAUGHLIN, N. G.
MISS ANNA ALEXANDER, Bee.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Red Croat
Lodge No. 27 meets every Monday
olgbt In Castle hall, (old Elk's hail.)
A Pythian welcome to all vtslttnt
Knights. :
' JESCPAUL.C.C.
R. L. LINCOLN. M. of R. S
O. E. P. Hope Chapter No. 13. O. E
i C. hoi' stated communications th
second and fourth Wednesdays ot
each month. Visiting members cor
(Mahy invited .-.
CARRIE E HUNTER. W. M.
MARY A. WARNICK. 8ec
best work
Gold Fillings $U0 up
Sliver Fillings 75c
Cement Fillings ....... ....50c
Re-enameling .... .......$2.00
Plates repaired good as new
$J.00 np
GUARANTEED
Honest Work
Honest Prices
Painless
Extraction
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of Suspicion was first pointed at him.
Many persons firmly believe that the
accused man Is the unfortunate vic
tim of a great mistake. Others do
not hesitate to declare their opinion
that Fitzgerald Is one. of the. smooth
est rogues with' which Uncle Sam's
secret service men have ever had to
deal.-
' The only point In the case concern
ing which there is not the slightest
doubt Is that a fortune in cash offi
cially stated -'to -'be $173,000 disap
peared from within the steel cage and
granite walls of the subtreasury as
if the money had wings, literally, as
well as figuratively, and for nearly
five long years Its whereabouts has re
mained an absolute mystery.
The first intimation subtreasury of
ficials had of a shortage was on a
Wednesday afternoon, in the summer
of 1908, when Fitzgerald, who had
been a government employe for seven
years, walked from hla cage over to
that of the cashier, F, C. Russell, and
"told him he was short $173,000.
An examination of Fltzgeralds ac
counts showed that it was not a mat
ter of bookkeeping, but of actual loss.
Further investigation, it is said, de
veloped that by strange coincidence
the balance retained by the assorting
teller In his custody the night before
was the exact amount of mon-iy miss
ing. ' Inquiry at Washington showed
t Vi O t tSn rnnno-.: tin I, ,1
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there by mistake.
Thomas I. Porter, chief of the se
cret service of the United States for
the Chicago district, ascertained that
three previous thefts had taken place
It is alleged, in Fitzgerald's cage prior
to his time. The losses were, respec
tively, $500, $600 and $900.
. Fitzgerald, when questioned, laid
suspicion upon a party of workmen
who had been employed about the
subtreasury the day previous. The
mpney, Fitzgerald said, lay in stacks
upen his desk In a dark corner of the
cage and might easily have been
reached from under the grating. He
said that at least a dozen men had
access to the cage.
The private life of every emplcfya
was investigated, among them Fitz
gerald's. His manner of life wa3
simple, his' manner genial and he
was popular among his associates.
He constantly asserted his inno-
cence with an air or injured dignity
which ultimately was effective in the
absence of direct evidence In divert
ing suspicion to other quarters.
John E. Wilkle, chief of the United
States secret service, after a consul
tation with secretary of the treasury
Shaw and President Roosevelt took
personal charge of the case. A wide
spread and systematic Investigation
covering the whole country followed,
tut w'thout obtaining sufficient .evi
dence to warrant an arrest.
Fitzgerald, although out of the ser
vice, was never lost sight of for a day.
More than two yaers later interest
In the case was revived by the an
nouncement that Fitzgerald had been
arrested and charged with the th-ett.
It was said at the time that the secret
service men had found that he was
spending money wry liberally. He
was reported to have bought a home
for his family and to be In easy clr
cumstanees financially. Moreover, a
report was circulated that a Chicago
business man had confessed that
Fitzgerald had offered him a liberal
commission If he would . pass sonis
$1,000 bills for him.
However much truth there may
have been In these stories the fact or
the matter is that the accused man
was discharged almost Immediately
after is arrest and without trial. It
was Intimated that ;'ie officers had
made a serious blunder by taking the
nan Into custody l.etoie the Urn wss
ripe. Fitzgerald explained hla alleg
ed liberal expenditures at the tlmo by
trying that he had made considerable
money by speculating in eggs. :
ust when the public had about con
cluded that the matior had been drop
ped it was surpr" led to learn that
Fitzgerald was again under arrest on
lie old charge. It developed, that
tlvs grand Jury had returned a new
Indictment upon evidence furnished by
the secret service men. The Indict
ment was returned secretly a few days
before the statute ot limitations would
have made Fitzgerald, guilty or in
nocent, Bate from all prosecution.
Altogether several thousand un
skilled migratory laborers have been
organized through the efforts ot the
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I. auiornia oitue r euerauua ui uauy
within the last few months.
IBMO!
Ill DIETED
LETTER FROM .PAYETTE -, EX
; PLAINS MINISTER'S DEATH.
Former Snmmervlle Minister Asleep
. When Train Approached.
Accident and not "nrurder Is respon
sible for the d?a:h of Rev. H. P. Peter
son at Payette, end until a month ago
of Summervllle. according to a letter
received here today from District Su
perintendent Halley who was at the
scene of the accident the next morn
ing. Writing to Dr. J. D. Gillllan of
thli city, Mr. Halley says:
Payette, Ida., Sept. 6, 1911. Dear
Bro. Gillllan: Brother Peterson had
ben working as night freight clerk
here since the 1st Inst. One duty was
to put tha mall bag on the crane for
No." 18, and guard it until she went
by, taking the mall on the fly. She was
15 or 20 minutes late on this morning
and passed her? at 3:10, going about
4Q miles an hour. About 3:30 the
night operator went out to sea why
Peterson did not return and found his
lifeless body lyingrclose to the'track.
Two doctors, the station agent and my
self were at once called and we found
ilvs whole right side of hla skull ami
face over the temple crushed in, and I
brains scattered on the ties and
gravel. No other scars or wounds. At
the inquest it was brought out that-
he had dozed oft sitting on the lowest
or bottom sti?p of tne crane rrame,
facing the track. Aroused by the rush
and roar of on-coming No. 18, he lean
ed forward to rise and the right side
of his head was struck by the upper
pilot beam end, partly turning him
aronrd. We found him face down
ward, within six Inches of the track.
We found pieces of his glasses 10 to
20 feet down the track, his hat 15 feet j
away In the direction No.' 18 was go
ing. . The ti-javy felt hat was cut. The j
shape of the wound exactly conforms1
to tha shape of the round lron beam
I mentioned above." '-.''.- ;
NOTICE OF STREET IMPROYEMENT
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: No
tice is hereby given that in pursuance
of a resolution adopted by tne com-
mon council of the city of La Grande,
Oregon on the 5th day of August, 1909,
creating Improvement district No. 1,
and designating Adams avenue as sucn
district, and in pursuance of a resolu
tion adopted by said common council
on the Gth day ot September, 1911, 1
whereby said council determined and
declared its intention to improve all
that portion of Adams avenue. In sail
Improvement district as hereinafter
described, by laying thereon cement
sidewalks and macadamizing, the
council will, ten days after the service
of this notice upon the owners .of the
property , affected and benefited by.
such Improvement, order that said
above described improvement be made,
that the boundaries of said district to
be so improved are as follows:
All that portion of Adams avenue on
north side from the west line of Alder
street, to a point 200 feet west of Al
der street.
(A) And the property affected or
benefited by said Improvement Is as
follows:
The property owned by the Grande
Have the Children's Teeth Examined
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Ronde hospital, described as follows:
Commencing at a point 60 feet west
of the southwest corner ot block 14,
of Grandy's second addition to the
city of La Grande, Oregon, mnnlnj
thence west 380 feet to the west line
of the southeast quarter of Section 6,
Twp. 3, S R 38, E W M, thence north
212Va feet, thence east 380 feet, thenca
south 212 feet to the place of begin
ning. , . '-'.-. . ,.-' :.
Notice. is hereby further given that i
the council will levy a special assess
ment on all the property affected and
benefited by such Improvement for the
purpose- of paying for Bucb Improve
ment. That the estimated cost of such
improvement is me sum or ooi.o.
Tnat tae council will, on the 20th day
of September, 1911, meet at the coun
cil chamber at the hour of 8 o'clock,
p. m., .to consider said estimated cost,
and the levy of said assessment, when
a hearing will be granted to any per-
STATEMENT.
of the La Grande National Bankt)f La Grande, county of Union, state of 0
;on, showing the amount standing to the credit ot every depositor July
1911, who has not made a deposit, or who" has not withdrawn any part
his deposit, principal or lnterest, for a period of more than seven (7) yK
immediately prior to said date, with the name, fast known place of re3ider
Residence or
N AME 0F Postoffice Ad
. DEPOSITOR dress
J. H. Parker . La Grande, Ore.
Miry S. Smith La Grande, Cre.
I.e? McDonald La Grande, Ore.
John J. Curren .... La Grande, Ore.
J. A. Wood ........ Elgin, 'Ore.
T. W. Lusk ,.';;...; La Grande, Ore.
M ke Flnnerty La Grande, Ore.
State of Oregon. Gounty of Union, ss. : . . - . j
1, F. L, MeyerB, being first duly sworn, depose and say upon oath, that I a:
he cashier of the La Grande National Bank, of La Grande, county of UnioJ
State of Oregon; that the foregoing statement is a full, true, coriwc a:.,
complete statement, showing the name, last known residence or postoffice a-:
I dress, fact of death. If known, and the amount to the credit of each depositc S
as nsqulred by the provisions of Chapter 148, of the general laws of Oregoii
(Seal) . .
Subscribed and sworn to before me
WSL
HACK AND
AMBULANCE
BB8MRMT3
BAKER BUSINESS
COLLEGE
Only College in Eastern Oregon
A high grade school. Well established reputation
Many graduates holding good positions. Skillful, pains
taking teachers. LIVING EXPENSES THE LOWEST.
Let ustell you etcul OTHER LVNTCFS.
Write for catalogue, also
ment to enroll. on or before September fifth.
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Baker, Oregon
Dentist.
IT MAT SATE AN OTOLD
AMOO'T 'OF PAIX ASD" ASXOYv
ACE 15 LATER LIFE. DECTDF
OlS TEETH EITHER LEFT IX
TOO LONG OR TAKEN OUT TOO
SOO MAYf CAUSE lREGULARi
TIES IN THE PERMANENT SET
THAT WILL PR) VE SERIOUS.
DR. J. E. STEVENSON
DR. G. A. BROWN.
son feeling aggrieved by such
ment.
La Grande, Oregon,
1911,
CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRam '
OREGON.'
By C. M. HUMPHREYS, j
. Recorder of the city of La Gm '
dregon"-"'"-- . .. ' ' -.
9-S-10t . v " !
O'CONNELUSi
-Cigar Store !
,r'... Peel, Billiards, CIgari, lifoj
ce and Soft Drinks best
most complete line of cigars It
the city. . j
: Obserrcri.Coast League kaj
ball scores every day there'i ,
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Corner Depot and Jeffersos sJ
wmmmmxmfm 'iwmms iiiwinu..
Dead, if Fart Is known to
. Secretary or ( ashler
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Unknown
Unknown.
Unknown
Urkzown
'Unknown
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F. L. MEYERS.
this 8th day of July, A. D. 1911.
H. A. ZURBRICK. Notary Public for Oregon.
Uptown office Main 720
Residence phone Main 25
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special .terms as an induce-'
by a Competent
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