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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1911)
v 3 Y I- K y .-: PAGE 3 1 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, THURSDAY - OCTOBER 12-1911.- SIC o o oo Make the start toward owning your own home, by our close in, high class residence ADDITION V purcha smg a lot i in i I I XX I i II Remember CONNORDALE has graded streets, cement sidewalks and Curbing. We can sell you a choice lot, that is only ten minutes walk from the central part of town for Q O On Easy Terms Ga You Beat It ? - FTHE way La Grande is developing into a city, choice building lots, such as are to be found in CONNOR DALE will no last long at these prices, and will double in value within the next year. YOTR OPPORTUNITY is now, before these lots are all sole. See us at once andiet us show you CONNORr DALE and tell you who has bought in CONNORDALE and who are going to build in - CONNORDALE Do not delay, see us today. v:;: . ' . ,' : , 'v".- ' : '; J. H. Richardson E. S. Givens Rear La Grande National Bank. Ik RJiO So ieis iMestmemt ? S COMING ATTRACTIONS. S $ s $ 6 3 4'&$$$$'S3$S "The Sweetest Girl In Paris," Har ry Askin's premier musical comedy, la repeating on tour the success that they have been enjoying In Chicago for the past six months. In every city where it has been seen, and It has played many of the metropolis of the north west and west,the critical comment has been flattering In the extreme. The production with the original cast will be seen at the Steward Opera House on Monday evening, Oct. 16, " ; . Take for Instance the opinion of the Milwaukee News. "It Isn't often that a company goes on tour without change. Shrewd managers have a habit of cut ting down expenses by cheapening the production through the lessening of the cast, but In this instance the man ager, can, safely, plead, not guilty. The fun-maker who delighted the people of Chicago are still doing stunts under the spot lights a fact which should be thoroughly appreciated by the play goers. A full measure of amusement is served to them by a full balanced, en ergetic company, which seems to lack none of the essentials o fsuccess. WAST DEEP RIVER. Big Proposition to Middle West Un der Discussion. J. H. PEVRE, La Grande's Leading Jeweler Opposite U. S. Lan4 Offlee Adams Aveiie. IIHIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIHIIIIHHHHIIIIIIIIMIIIKH Complete Equipment tor Resetting arm Repairing Rubber Buggy Tires LA GRANDE IRON WORKS D. FITZGERALD, Proprietor COMPLETE MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY Uptown-office Main 720 Residence Dhone Main 25 AMBULANCE . L bussey HACK AND Chicago, 111.,1 Oct. 11. Prepared to renew its fight for a stupendous in land waterway system from Lake Michigan through the Mississippi riv er to the Gulf of Mexico, the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waetrway associa tion will begin its sixth annual con vention in- Chicago tomorrow with what promises to be a record break ing attendance. Seoretary Thomas H. Lovelace of the association is in re ceipt of advices Indicating that nearly 10,000 delegates and visitors will at tend the gathering. Every state. In the Mississippi valley and most of the middle western states, it Is announced will be represented by large delega tions, including governors and other state officials and committees repre senting the legislatures, aside from the representative of numerous com mercial and industrial organizations which have committed themselves in favor of the great waterway project. Western ' and northwestern states touching navigable tributaries of the Mississippi alBo will be well repre sented. The gulf states and the southwest, including Texas and Okla homa, have shown a marked Increase of interest in the project. Among the governors .who have promised to at tend the congress are John Burke of North Dakota, Chares S. Osborn of Michigan, Chester H. Aid rich of Ne braska, Joseph M. Carey of Wyom ing, E. F. Noel of Mississippi, Augus tus E. Wlllson of Kentucky, C. L. Blease of South Carolina, B. F. Carroll of Iowa, Emmett O'Neal of Alabama, J. T. Sanders of Louisiana, Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri, and. Charles S. Deneen of Illinois. A special Invi tation has been extended to Canada to participate in the congress and It is expected that several public officials of the Dominion and some of the com mercial organizations will be repre sented. ; At the initial session to be held In tl i auditorium tomorrow the opening address will be delivered by W...K. Kavanaugh of St. Loulu, the president of the congress. Among other, nota ble speakers to be heard during the three days' sessions are Secretary of th- Interior W. L. Fisher, former Gov ernor David P. Francis of Missouri, Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio, CongussmaU Underwood of Alabama, ormtr Governor Joseph W. Folk of .Missouri, Congressman Joseph G. Can n o. Illinois, and O. P. Austin, chief of the bureau of statistics of the de pa) tmeat of commerce and labor. The most important work of the meeting will hinge on resolutions and commutes appointments, and it is pro posed to organize an executive cum mitl'i a which cannot fail to command the attention of congress in the mat ter of deep waterways. The lakes- to-the-gulf project Is the largest and t!e must important scheme tor an Inland waterway that has ever been proposed la this country and would benefit di rectly irore than one third of the stattfj cf the union. An initial mini mum of 14 feet depth is advocated for the Mississippi and its tributaries with an indorsed desire for a final depth of feet. The association wishes to furnish the central part of the United States with a waterway which will enable the movement of the larg? freight and passenger vessels to serve the expanse from the Rocky Mounr Savoy Hotel EUROPEAN PLAN The rooms are good and Steam heated only one block from depot 0. C..Brichoix. Prop. tains to the Allegbenles, 2,765,000 square miles. The region Is among the most productive in the world, and, with water transportation to competo with rail, it will have the advantage of unequaled facilities. The Illinois and Mississippi rivers will be the main arteries of the pro posed system, with the tributaries as laterals. In general, the plans pro vide for a great system of waterways to connect all interior states, with out lets on the great lakes and the gulf of Mexico. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Documents Recorded With (lie County! 'IPccord'r. $400; chattel mortagage, A. Mayfleld to E. Draper, $160; Mortgage,. Helland, J. B. to Townsend, H. $330; mortgage, Geddes, Martha, to Cavara Jessie L. $300; deed, Romlg, J. K. to Kohl, J.300 deed, Brooks, S. L. to Larson, J. $2,500; mortgage, Larson J. P. to Long E. E.. $3,000; Deed, Stovlr A. L. et ux to Meyers, H. C. $4,500; deerf Rpss, Buan son R, to Parker, R. W. $150; d.:d Rly dor, Orel W. to. Stoop, Wm. $400; deed. Weaver, John; to Thorp, ". R. M $15,160; deed, Christian, Clara F. to Church of Summervllle, $375; mort gage; Rush, G. H. et mx to Stoddard George, $4,200; deed Kenon. J. D. to, Foley, J. F, $1,500. - Deed; Dalto, J. A. to Ready, Jasper FOR SALE Wood in any quantity. Phone 706. " . Waters-Stanchfleld -Produce company. 10-9-tf The Crisp, Cool W eather just now tells of the need of a New Heater or Range. We sell the famous Hartford Heater for coal or wood. The great Majestic Range, its equal does not exist. Anything and everything you want in Hardware, Cutlery, Builders Goods, . etc. -i' '"' i .i T f f f 1 : k "V