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' " i 1 - -1 ... 1 . -I"'. I I LA GKANDE EVENING OBSKli VEH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, i911. PAGE3 TTCnelsfe HEATRE "KNIGHT ERRANT" .Selig A splendid film with a romantic story concerning a girl who posed as a boy for a long time. "CAUGHT IN THE ACT",,.. ........? ... ....Sell'g A laughable adventure of peo pie engaged in making a mov Ing picture. They catch it right.' "THE TWO DEVOTIONS'.. ... ... ... .Essanay Great story finely acted by' the S and A premier company. "SINGLE IKE DECIDES TO MARRY" ;.. ...Kalem 'Wanted A Husband.' A young and b' autiful woman, with a gentle, loving disposition, etc. This la a matrimonial ad, and "IKE" gets it and her. See it, it's a scream. SPECIAL! Tonight and Thursday Mr. Geo. BIrnle will sing that wonderful I DHEAMER." Read in another column the history of this com position. Miss Garrlck will sing "KISS ME." : LOCALS H. T. Love, Jeweler, 1212' Adams av., Or. Posey, Specialist for Ere, Ear, Rose, Throat diseases and catarrh. itr Selders store. Eyes fitted with glasses. Honrs 9 to 11:30; 1:30 to 6 and i to 8 p. m. Electric and steam baths. C. Combs, 1620 Sixth street. Mrs. 0. J. Frank Magulre of Boston, Mass., will accepff pupils in piano, Organ, voice, harmony, and theory. Rates reasonable. ' 9-27-tf I ' oio Wood, any quantity Phone Main 706, Water-StanchfUld Produce Co. ' . - r 9-25-tf Prof. F. J. Freenor, magnetic heeler. Not hypnotism, drugs or mental, work. Positive permanent results from first treatment. , 1417 Adams avenue. Phone Main 724. 1-mo The Ladles' Guild will conduct a rummage sale October 12 and 13 at the basement of the new Guild hall, on Fifth street. Blewar of 150.00 for the arrest and conviction of par ties robbing West's store on the night ..This is the time of year when ev eryone should consider remodeling their HEATING AND PLUMBING JOBS. Bradley & Co. has a crew of first class plumbers, steam and hot water fitters at all times ready to do Work satisfactorily. Come In and unload your troubles to BRADLEY t CO, -Fhone Black 971. Elm Street. Household Goods For Sale NEW HAMILTON TIANO, Chairs, Two Large Rockers, Li brary Table, New Quick Meal Gasoline Range, "3 burners be aides oven; Dining Table, Etc. J. E. WHIT on 1514 Alder, West End Spring 'St. K. West. 10-3-tf Gasoline wood saw. Phone . black 885. J. A. OLIVER. 10-4, 11, tf. . When you take a notion .to buy a notion remember we are very notional. Also carry practical millinry. E. M. Wellman & Co. ' 10-5-3t o o The prize winning vegetables award ed the blue ribbons at the recent tounty fair, and exhibited by General Goodbrod of Union are on display in the J. G. Sriodgrass grocery store today. The line includes all the splendid vegetables ; that the Union grower exhibited here and has been attracting a ' great deal of, attention. Ti e display is a fine one. A special train of four coaches went into Wallowa county from La Grande today, to carry fair visitors. Before it had left Wallowa it was loaded down. . Six acres, close in, good soil; build ings and water right. Especially adapted for chicken ranch. Price $2750, on terms. i LA GRANDE INVESTMENT CO, La Grande, Oregon. f 4 PERSONALS. J. B. Noel of Spokane was a guest at the Foley last night. , Mrs. Anna Dayton was here from Sp kane last night and stopped at the Fol:y. M. A. BInehart of Walla Walla, was a La ( Grande visitor last night, He ju'stered at the Foley. J H. O'Neill, traveling passenger agent for the O.-W. transacted busi ness In the city last night. E. T. Roup arid daughfr were In La Grande from Joseph last night, staying at the Foley while tare. Machinist David Thomas, a brother of Machine Shop Foreman Ed Thomas left this morning for Denver. f ' ' '' - "' ' " ' 3. W. McAlister arrived home from Portland today whore he has been transacting business. Judd G or arrived th'a afternoon from Enterprise where he says a fine fair Is in progress. The exhibits are exceptionally goo;, ne says. DIES, BEE .OFF WOODMEN'S PLANS DISARRANGED BY GRIM DEATH. Child of Ailing Father Passes Away Last Evening at North Side Home. Cora Lenora, one year old, daughter of Robert McLane, died last night and will be buried tomorrow at 2:30 from the residence near tlu stock yards north of the track and west ojT the mill switch. This is the man for whom the Modern Woodmen were to go today and complete his unfinished nous;. Because of this affliction a different date has been found necessary. It will be announced later. Prescrip tion Work Well Done Wee been . overhearing some cimpllmentary Temarks about our Prescription "Work from the Doctors and Nurses of this town lately. We are highly pleBBed. but not surprised. , -Thert's always a lot of satisfaction about doing anything well whether it receives any notice or not But to do well and be told that we have done well is mighty pleasant. This Is -woffh your 'knowing when you have a prescription to put up. Rmemberlto come here for par ticular wants. WrightDrugCD. of Sept. 30. FIIIO U H IT Y LOCAL STRIKERS JOINED BT ONE MACHINIST. J Boilermakers Receive Word from Head ; of Union Today. i V EMPLOYED NUMBER OYER 80. 4 , Officials of the O.-W. today re- S Sported more than 80 men employ- $ ed 4n the local shops, the siim to- S tal including the common labor- $ ers. To the public tier Is no in- dlcation of a change over yoster- "S day, the company remaining firm In its declaration that there is little of serious handicap to busl- 3 $ ness and traffic. There has b;en S no deviation from the ,. orderly $ progress of the strike here! & Leaving the shops where he has be:n employed since Monday, Machinist Ly man is today out with the strikers and I is applying for application to the un- ion. He says he didn't understand the, situation until tlw committee waited on him. This was one of the import ant items coming to the attention of the strikers dally meeting this morn ing in the I. O. O. F. hall. To xtend their appreciation of Mr. Lyman's ac tion the strikers' passsd a resolution reading: "Resolved, that we extend a hand of welcome to Brother Lyman for his appearance in our ranks." The daily bulletin Issued by tin; strikers also affirms that engine 501 came into the yards last night with the spring rigglny broken and the pilot torn off Engine 192 was tied up two davs ao with a burned Journal on the trailer Another resolution pass d this morn ing by th strikers was one instruct ing the press committee to thank the business men and ' citizens of La iGrande for the stand taken in this strike. . ' ' fA y President1 Writes Mjtlon. r. Another matter coming tofore the meeting this morning was the first letter from President J. A. Franklin1 of the Boilermakers' union. The letter was read In the meeting and given out for publication, reading: ; ' . Unity Is Urgd. Kansas City, Kas., Oct. 1. To the officers and memb-rs of all lodges In district No. 6. Greeting: I am writ ing you at this time to give you a brlof report of the result, and the response of our members to the call to suspend work Saturday morning, 10 o'clock, Stpt. 30th. We have, at this hour, received re plies from all points on the Harrlman lines, which indicate that the response has been unanimcfus, with practically 100 per cent responding to the call. This, Indeed, 1b encouraging and I de sire to congratulate the officers and members on the manner in which you have responded and . to further , com mend you for your patience In delay action until we wore Jn a position to make this call unanimous with all the crafts affiliated with the federation ' and it now remains for us to convince the officials of the Harrlman lines that we are in earnest and determined to secure the recognition to which the craftB are ntltled, and we will not falter in our purpose and determina tion that the federation must be rec US ognized and a Joint agreement signed COUNCIL TO RESOLVE INTO A before we will return to" tin? service COURT SATURDAY. of the company. I , ' . Much will depend upon your actions Testimony Will He Taken to Deter, in conducting this fight for principle mine Conditions on Sixth, which you are now engaged in, and let It be said when this struggle Is over i Points to be brought forth as rea that no man has shirked tha responsl. son why the property owners on Sixth billty that devolves opon him. Let street should not be asstssed the sums each and every one do his. part to now et opposite their names for the make this the greatest success that or- paving of Sixth street wre presented ganlzed labor has ever achieved and to the council last night by Attorney remember that all tha powers that , J. D. Slater, counsel for the remon the' railroad combinations will be straters in a lengthy discussion of the able to bring to bear will bo used against you, 'all manner and kinds of deception and false rumors will be circulated. Tou will b? told that men at different points have returned to work, bb you are now being told by the press, that a very small percent age of the men responded to the strike til Saturday night. lAt that time testl order, -which we Ttnow to be false. As money will be taken by witnsses who above stated the reports we have at live on Sixth street and are Included hand show that 100 pr cent walked ,ln -the remonstraters. It Is supposed ouf at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Let us resolve at this time that re gardless of the length of time It takes to win this fight we will go back into the shops as we came out, a unit We will endeavor to kreep you posted as to any development and anything that : may be of interest to you and bearing , on this controversy, your executive board has arranged to give you re ports from all points regularly. Let there be no friction whatever between the officers or members or between the different crafts for we must re member that our Buccess depends up on all crafts acting as a unit and working harmoniously together. I assure you that everything in our power that can be done in your be haJf will be promptly attended to. and finally remember this, that the final outcome of this struggle will b Just what we make it. I can only request that you be loyal to yourselves and to your fellowmen and this struggle can only have one ending a complete success for the federated crafts. . With my very best wishes and kind est regards to all. I am, Yours frater nally, J. A. Franklin, international president of Boilermakers. A portland letttsr read this morning and dat.d at Portland three days agoj was Issued publicly locally this noon. It, too, follows: j Portland, Ore., Oct. 2. (5 p. m.) To all Shop crafts on Harrlman lines in Oregon and Washington: Your ad- yisory board now In session in the la- bor temple in Portland deems advisa ble to send out this circular letter ac quainting you of the conditions now at this point. All men have practically r soonded to the call at the Alblna and S. P. shops and are now standing firm. We have received information from Huntington and Umatilla that the sam3 thing is in existence and we im plore of you to throw all your energy into this movement and furnish us with a letter each day, so that we will he kept thoroughly posted as to every ir.cve made on this system. Wi: are aware of the fact that mis l:ad!ng statements will be made and n Its representations will be issued In order to mislead you and cause you to break faith. We further ask you not tr i:!y upon anything you see In the daily papers. We will furnish you with an accurate account of matters 'on ing-each dayr -Here at,, the O. WVR St N. two machinist ' foremen .were fired' for not doing work. .J. F. Graham wanted the hostler to mova engine for a "scab" and refusing he was discharged, then the scab went on strike also. Machinist foreman at Al bany fired for refusing to do work on eowineB. Five engines dead between here and Roseburg. H'lpers here are Joining the nw local of helpers. Non union men are coming out also and Joining the different locals. We all feel Jubilant over the situation. Trusting you to furnish us with an eya account of conditions, s nd all commiTi!cr.tlons to labor temple, room 300. Portlnnd, Ore. Brother John Su t'uns will shortly make a trip over the systeris the dates of data you will receive later. '..., We remain yours, System Federa tion Board, by H. W'jber, president; C. R. J'errll, secretary; Carl Wohl foi th, J. W. Tarnasky, Jos. Vana. SIXTH STREET HEARING SET Sixth street situation in which Sat urday night was set as a time for pre senting actual evidence of fact to the council as a whole. The remonstrat ers were to have been on hand last night but were represented only by counsel. Hence the postponement un- MMmiMmilMHI A Strong Bank Efflciently conducted, not only; In the interests f Its stock .holders, bnt of its depositors and patrons as well; .With facials well kn and trusted In the community With capital, surplus and' undivided profits of 1210,000.000 and total resources of $1,000,000.00. The La Grande National Bank offers to firms, corpora tlons and Individuals the best banking service, and Its ffl. eers ask a personal interview -with those contemplating ,. ' changing accounts or opening new ones.. La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE. OREGON. CAPITAL . SURPLUS RESOURCES Fred J. Holmes, Pres. F. L. Meyert, Cashiei the city will also pnesent witnesses and the council and mayor will rt solve itself Into a court and issue Its findings on that testimony. Points Held as Objections. Attorney Slater presented briefly the points which will be corroborated by actual testimony next Saturday night. In the first place, the remonstraters will hold, as they did in the original objection to the pavement and which was aken to the circuit court, that the council has no Jurisdiction In the matter. Mr. Slater affirmed that an ordinance dating back many years was stll In force, and required that the city should first give notice to th property owners to build the Improve ments and if the property owner did not, the city could do It. This Is in violation of the principle of the Ban croft ordinance with which the Sixth street work was done. ' ' The next point held was that the astessraents were confiscatory in their amounts In many instances. Still another remonstrance Is that the council has no authority to re-do the assessment. -.Vork, following the Florence Roberts and Thuriow Ber gen In a scene from "Jim, the Pen. man." ,. , - - . I A , r "V, A ! r ? Baker Business College y,....,,,,!..!!! i. i, . jiim.. WWii.ui mjjj-mmmauaam A HIGH GRADE SCHOOL. WELL E8 TABLISHED REPUTATION. MANY" GRADUATES HOLDING GOOD POSI TIONS. SKILLFUL, PAINSTAKING" TEACHERS. LIVING EXPENSES TnE LOWEST. LET US TELL YOU ABOUT OTHER ADVANTAGES. WKITE FOR CATALOGUE: Baker Business College BAKER, OREGON IIIIIHHMMHW) Mcdemi i . . $ 100.000.00. . . ; 105,000.00 . , . 1,000,000.00 W. J. Church, V:cPres Earl Zundel.ss'r. Cashier circuit court's opinion that the ffrstrr assessment was incorrectly done , ' The assessments are not done on an tqultable basis, said Mr. Slater. Tb work entails a coat that la beyond tb special benefits to be received V ha points out. It Is along these lines tuU the testimony will be taken next Sat urday night. One instance of confis catory prices which Mr. Slater Quoted! c was the fact that A. E. Adcook hadt: purchased a lot facing on Sixth street for $35 several years ago and that ths paving costs amounted to a little mora than 300. Mr. Adcook. said the; at torney, had been trying to sen the Ioir now for $50 and paving costs, but; waa unable. This Mr. Slater held & pxt.-' that the costs were confiscatory. How ever, several councllmen assured the attorney that they would quickly bay a lot on a paved street for $50 and. cost of paving. r .' - Killing Time Piling up the Cost. ( That's what you get ln th's ' medical eye treatments. ; Glasses are the real med icine of the eye.. . ' ' A bath in hot alt water is soothin and', beneficial to Inflamed eyes, but GLAS SES will give permanen" relief when fitted by US. WE BACK UP WHAT WJVSAY THAT.i AIIC WAY.' I GRlN'i fC MY GLASSES. HEtfcqCK Eyesight Specialist o . list ; i.'