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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1911)
PAGE 6 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1911. TT3T! CO - Wm. K. Sparks presents MISS ANNA DAY in Paul Kester's dramatic version of Charles Majors ' Romance of Chivalry t ...... ... t . , Tl nil 1! Cast of 20 notable actors, complete New York production. Scenery costumes and effects all of XVI century period Prices $1.50, $1.00, 75c, 50c. Sale. Van Buren's Monday Morning Owing to the length of the show curtain will rise at 8:30 sharp. Carriages and Automobiles at 11 P. m. Seats may be secured in advance of regular sale by sending in Post Office or Express orders by mail to cover same . is '. f 'i f I' ( c " . : j,;. ... 1 f 11 Dlf IS REAL flBTIST LEADING liOLE U COMIJiG DRAMA UN I. IaKES. Tomorrow Sight's Attraction at Sten gr Will Be Attract!?. ' The anouncement is made that Miss Anna Pay, the sterling American act ress, and her supporting cast of 20 players, will visit this city for an en gagement of one night at the Steward theatre In that fine old drama, "When Knighthood Was In Flower," The play was dramatized some seasons ago by Paul K ester, the well known American playwright, from Charles Major's ro mance of chivalry, and was the vehi cle whereby Miss Julia Marlowe has achieved one of her greatest satge tri umphs. : ' This season William K. Sparks se cured the original Marlowe scenery, costumes and properties, and it Is said 4hat the play this season is being given the most elaborate stage set ting since it began Us career as a roaJ company, after Julia Marlowe had re linquished her rights to It. One thing is certain, Miss Day's manager, Mr Sparks, has spared neither money nor pains to 'give the theatre goers theli money's worth. A word about Miss Day would not be amiss. She has been given a tour this season that will take In all the principal cities of Canada and the United States, In many of these cit ies she has been seen before, where her charming personality had made for her many warm and, true friends among the theatre goers. This is Miss Day's third season In the character of Mary Tudor, having been one year un der the management of Ernest Ship man and the previous season with F. j li. Persey. This . season Miss Day comes under the personal direction of William K. Sparks, whose oontruct with Miss Day is for five years, and during that time 'she Is to be supplied with two new plays. . ?ss Day has, by hard work, self sacrifice and real ability, climbed the ladder. Her growth professionally has been steady but sure. This season In "When Knighthood Was in Flower" she will be seen at her senitn. ' A- i U4 . v 1 n j1 v s i . 4J i ' i i : : 1 i : i- i 5 J iV 4 ( , . - ' ! ,ys. ft 6th flay of December, 1911, meet at tne council cnamuer ai iu uuur or s o'clock p. m. to consider said estimat ed cost and the levy of said assess ment, when a hearing will be granted to any person feeling aggrieved by each assessment. ; La Grande, Oregon, November 22, 1911. '. . CITY COUNCIL OF LA GRANDE, OREGON. By C. Ml HUMPHREYS. Recorder of the city of La Grinde, Oregon. ; - ., Elaborate stage settings are feature? of tomorrow night's show "When K nighthood Was In Flower," i wmm- FUNERAL HELD SEXA1XS LAID AAT THIS Al'TEE . JfOOX. r: ' Details of Ms Death Told by Peudle. ton Paper Many Friends Here that death was due to asphyxiation from the gas fumes in the engine room. . . '. . "Tbj dead man lived In f-endleton for. several months when he -van mo torman on the local car and has a . host of friends here who were shock- d to learn of his tragic death. Ho was engineer on the motor car at Ul time of Its collision .'with n fre!gh train and shortly afterward went to work in the car shops at Albha He leaves a wife and ton children In La Grande." Remains of Engineer Ray C-rpen-' 'NOTICE OF STREET IMPItfOTEMEX ter who was asphyxiated at Dayton ' TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: No tice is hereby given that in pursuance above ' . , KOTICE TO VOTE IBS. ' - .- . I hereby announce my candl- dacy for recorder of the city of La Grande. Thanking the pub- lie for their support on Decern- ber llth. I am, Yours truly, '. ' CM. HUMPHREYS. " ' -'' last week, were laid away this after noon with services at the Christian church. The widow and four chliarer. and other relatives were shown sym pathy from the msny friends of the Carpenter family by a large attend ance at the services. Further parti culars about Mr. Carpenter's death are contained In the Pendleton East Ore- gonlan of yesterday; "Consigned to La Grande, where It will be Interred, the body of Ray Car penter, formerly engineer on. th ) pio tor car between this c'ty and Umatil la, who met death by asphyxiatlm a: Dayton last Thursday night, passed through Pendleton yesterday. "According to a dispatch trjm Day ton, Carpenter, who wait an epert mo tor car machinist, and who had been sent Into eastern Washington to make repairs on cars there, had v.ilmtere.l to stand watch in the Dayton-Walla Walla car when the regular watch man reported in sick. Dur'ng cold weather It is necessar to p tart the engines several . times durlnt the night to keep them from fre.'jlna; Carpenter had evidently itaited th engines and then dozed off to sleep The crew found the car locked In th morning and the 1 machinist Inside i dead. The engine had run until It had burned out the earlnns. Th coroner's Jury brought In a ' ?r rdlct of a resolution adopted by the com mon council of the city of La Grande, Oregon," on the 21st day of December, 1910,. creating improvement district No. 29, and designating X avenue as such district and in pursuance of a resolution adopted by said common council on the 8th day of November, 1911, whereby said council determin ed and declared Its intention to im prove all that portion of X avenue In said improvement district as herein after described, by laying thereon a board sidewalk , on north side, the council will, ten days after, the ser vice of this notice upon the owners of the property affected d benefited by such improvement, order that said described Improvement be made; that the boundaries of said dis trict to be so Improved are as follows: All that portion of X avenue from the east line of Spruce street to the east line of city limits. (A) And the property affected or benefited by said improvement is as follows: ! V v Lots, 14; 15, 16. 17. 18. 120. 21. 22; 23; 24, 25 and 26, block 1, Pleasant Home addition to La Grande, Oregon. Notice is hereby further given that the council wll levy a special assess ment on all the property affected and benefited by such improvement for the purpose of . paying for such im provement. That the estimated cost of such improvement is the sum of $145.00. That the council will, on fie . Kotlce of Final Account In the matter of the estate of Henry Notice is hereby gWen that th un dersigned has filed his final account of his doings as administrator of the estate of Hlenry D. Coger, deceased, and the honorable county court has named Monday, December 4th. 1911, as the time and the court room-'Of the court house at La Grande, Ortegon as the place for the hearing of objections thereto, if any there be. Administrator of the estate of Hen ry D. Coger. deceased. .; , dly 10-30, 11-6 13 20 27 Grande Ronde Electric Supply Company I 108 Elm Street Next I Door to Geo. H. 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