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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1911)
rt - La oraote-evening observer, J Jhuk&da, October s, 1911. - PAGE.T 1 A TELEPHONE IN YOUR HOME Is a comfort and convenience. ONLY 5c A DAY For Four-Party Service. At your Command Day and Night. Home Independent Telephone Co. WMIMMMImmHIIIIH 111 H i I 14 DE? APE? . a ' mmm mam. 1 a La Grande's Leading Jeweler Opposite V. 8. Lani Office A dams Avenie. J RECEIVERSHIP DISSOLVED. ENTERPRISE ELECTION WILL BE HELD TO DE T ERMINE MATTER. Several Outlying District to Be Added to the Town Soon. Uptown office Main 720 Residence phone Main 25 AMBULANCE L L bussey HACK AND (Enterprise Record-Chief tan.) Judges and clerks for the special charter election November 7, wiere appointed at the regular meeting of the council Monday night. Charles Thomas, W. P. Samms and L. B. Payne will preside ait the ballot box in 'the city hall for the voters within the city limits and B. B. Boyd, S. F Pace and W. E. Taggart will be at the polling place in the court house for voters out side the present city limits but resid ing in the territory proposed to be an nexed. The proposed extension includes idii iy wen uuin up Buouruu mat are in all but name a part of the city, and where the city waiter mains are al ready extended in some Instances. It takes in the west ends of Greenwood, Main and North street, the upland ad dition owned by Carl "Roe, on the south the line Is just south of the Wm,. Makln and J. S. Wagner resi dences and includes the depot grounds and the number of new homes east of River street; on the cast Merryman's addition is included. 1 Other propositions that will be toted on alt the city, hall, is one increasing the limit of floatlng,indebtedness from $1,000 to $3,000 and one increasing the number of Judges of election from two to three and adding two clerks. I Property Will Revert to the Oregon 1 Killing and Mlnln Co. The receivership hanging over thi Oregon Mining and Milling company owning property up the Grande Ronde river, was dissolved this morning by Circuit Judge KuowLs and the prop erty reverts back to the company. Mr. Hopkins, an up-river miner, was the plaintiff in the case and was Yepre sented by a Portland attorney. At torneys Crawford & Eakln and Attor ney F. S. Ivanhoe represented the mil ling company. , the boundaries of said district , to be i benefitted by such Improvement, tor A Great Dramatic Event Probably the greatest dramatlo diet yet offered to thtaitre patrons throughout the west will be the re markable offering of Florence Roberts, Thurlow Bergen and Theodore Rob-J t rts in the greatets detective play of the nfffi. "Jim.&hia Ppnmnn " Sn nnte.1 ! has been the success of this play, both in New York and a few other cities where it has enjoyed successful tn gagements, that Ernest Shipman has contracted for a limited tour of sfif teen weeks, opening in San Francisco and closing In Chicago, during which tour iftie new Shubert tluatre of Den ver will be Inaugurated by these stel lar triumvirate. To appear at the Steward Tuesday, on Oct. 10. so Improved are as follows: Ail that portion of North Fir street, from tbe south curb line of Monroe avenue, to the Bouth line of U avenue. (A) And the property affected or benefit; d by said improvement is as follows: ; The west Vx of block 149, 151, 154 and the east Vt of blocks 150, 155 and the NEVi of block 125 and the NWVi of block 124, Chaplin's addition and the west Vi of block 24 and 23 and tbe east M of block 2 and the east Vt of Predmore block, Predmore addition, all In La Grande, Oregon. Notice is hereby further given that the council will levy a special assess ment on all the property affected and the purpose of paying for such . Im provement. That the estimated cost of such Improvement is the sum of JS, 438.50. That the council will, on the 7th day of October, 1$11, mett at tha council chamber at the hour of 8 o'clock p m.. to consider said esti mated cost and the levy of said as sessment, when a hearing will be granted to any person feeling aggriev ed by such assessment. ' La Grande, Ore., Sept 23, 1911. CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE. OREGON By C. M. HUMPHREYS, Recorder of the City of La Grande, Oregon. , 9-26-10t MME 12M SemelU" Anti-SIdds tice to Creditors. Notice Is hereby given that the un dersigned has been duly appointed and has qualified as acting admlnlstra tor of the estate of Charles E. Schmidt deceased and all claims against said estate must be filed w'th the under signed In La Grande, Oregon, on or before six months from the date of this notice. , . Dated at La Grande, Ore. Sept 28, 1911. , W. S. WINS, F. S. Ivanhoe, Atty. for Administrator. First, publication September 29, 1911.. '' " ' i ' '! Not a Word of Scandal marred the call of a neighbor on Mrs. W. P. Spangh, of Manvlllie, Wyo., who said: sheo told, me Dr. King's New Life Pills had cured her of obstinate kidney trouble, and made her feel like a new woman." Easy but surie remedy for stomach, liver and kidney troubles. Olny 25c at all druggists, eod V wkly NOTICE OF STREET IMPROVEMENT TO WHOM IT MAY CNCERN: No tice is hereby given that in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the com mon council of tbe city of La Grande, Oregon, on the 15th day of December, 1909, creating improvement district No. 13 and designating North Fir street as such district, and in pursu ance of a resolution adopted by said common council on the 20th day of September, 1911, whereby Bald coun cil determined and declared Its inten tion to improve all that portion of North Fir street, in said Improvement district as hereinafter described, by laying thereon macadam roadway, ce ment curb and drainage, the council will, ten days after the service of this notice upon the owners of the prop erty affected and benefited by such Jm provement, order that said above de scribed Improvement be made; that bard.nrftol I Anti-Skid " j a.-, 1 U tough, flwibl, Stud, do prevent AS&cSS V d J IN STOCIC BY DITTEBRANDT AUTO CO-, Washington St., La Grande. A SAFE, CONSERVATIVE, PROFITABLE INVESTMENT Is offered to you, in our Close-in, High-Class beautiful Lots in The time to buy property is when it is offered the first time, by so doing you are in on the ground floor you are sure for a good profit If you delay you are going to pay the other fellow Just consider the opportuni ies you have had in the last few years here in La Grande to purchase well located property fcr n few hundred dollars, that, today cannot be touched less than a thousand. We do not have to mention any particular proper ty, for you who have resided here five years can tell us of the golden opportunities you have let slip by, much to your regret. Are you satisfie to continued on in the same old route we think not we have great confidence in La Grande's future and Believe you have--La Grande is no longer a country village, it is fast becoming a hustle ing, thriving city, and will continue until it has a population of 12,000, within the next five years. DO YOU DOUBT THIS? If so, consider what La Grande was five years ago, see what it is today, and be convinced that in the next five years it will go forward with greater strides than it ever has in the past. Pause Think Consider the Future of Connbrdale 1 n 1 ; ' ' ' ' ' .... . A lot that you can buy now in this beautiful close-in addition, for a few hundred dollars on easy terms will then be worth a thousand. THE OPPORTUNITY IS NO W. It is more pleasure to lead the procession than to bring up the rear in the dust. Think this over seriously, come inland talk with us and let us show you CONNOR DALE and how cheap and what easy terms you can become the owner of a foundation for a home. So G hrens mwstaieiiil C Rear La Grande National Bank.