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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1912.
PAGE EIGHT
CHINA PHEASANTS LIBERATED IJUABTZWRECK j
Oil ELGIN'S GAME PRESERVE REPORT FIIEO j
lints Chinese pheasants and two
jfetr ere being liberated In Eastern
Oregon game preserves. State dame
"Wardm Flu ley was In La Grande yes
' today morning after a trip to Baker
2a onipauy with Deputy Game War
dm Oral of ibis city where they took
2M cans of trout. Saturday. Mr. F iu-
T and Mr. Orol went to Elgin and
tjftero liberated th Chinese pheasants
m the newly created preserve and to
day Deputy Game Warden Craig and
two assistants returned to Salem after
mtt ' '
TOafey took two deer out to where
dfcr Wyoming elk are browsing In pas-
litres green. In all tlx deputies were
La Grande yesterday. -
carnival that has Just visited , La
Grande ft man was detached from his
time Dieoe and a Bold chain. No ot.ier
robberies have been reported.
On both Saturday and Sunday night
the city jail was filled with drunks.
One man was arrested with the many
working tools of the professional
house breaker, but there Is no evi
dence against him except upon the
charge of drunk and disorderly con
duct
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Colorado Bankers In Session.
Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 19: Several
hundred men who stand high In the
world of banking and finance assemb
led In Pueblo today for the annual con
ventlon of the Colorado Bankers' As
sociation. F. H. Brlggs, of Denver, Is
president of the association. - A two
days' programme of papers, addresses
I and discussions has been prepared for
I the gathering. - ' ' !
It GRANDE INFESTED WITH ACT-
IVE LOT OF CROOKS. ,
71cl pocket and Holdups Operate with
Success Saturday Night -
.Despite the efforts on the part of
iJte victim and the police, the men who
Saturday night forcibly Interviewed a
MB by the name. of Shott and believ
tag In the objective part of altruism
Ktraeted about $30.00 from his pock
ets, have as yet escaped with no signs
lift to trace them.
Also, on Saturday night while at-
Bund Concert a Success.
The band concert Saturday eraulng
was a popular event and was pro
nounced,, a complete success. ' Wuil
tue atmosphere was a little chilly r A
a soloist missed a note and the siJoi'-
did trim of the local musical orgaa'
zatlonr.waa, apparent. Repetition ot
the concert will be appreciated, ac
cording to the general opinion ex
pressed. 1 -
Flske O'Hara will star In a new
Irish drama called "The Rose of Kil-
dare."
Kolb and Dill, the Western comed
ians, are to have a new musical com
edy called "The Grocer and the Shoe-
tending one of the attractions at the, maker."
FAULTY TRACK CAUSED CPSET Or
ENGINES. -.
Investigating Board Files Its Report
Over Becent Wreck.
The official report of the Investlgi
tion following the recent wreck
Quartz when the fast mall went In the
ditch, has been made public and places
the blame for. the spill on a sunkej
rail.. , -
The report follows: '
Train No. 9, Engine 386, Engineer
W. A. CarUon, engine 199, engineer
Ferguson, Conductor Wlssler, consist'
Ing of six cars, derailed two engines
and three cars one and one quarter
miles east ot Quarts, August 9th, dam
aging equipment, contents .and track
to the amount of $1,500.00.
Derailment was caused account un
even surface and alignment ot track,
Joint on the north aide of tangent JM
Ing 3 Inches out of level, tapering to
Inch out of level 30 feet west and
to level 30 feet east ot J6"int Ties un
der Joint were swinging about one
inch loose which caused Joint to be
about four Inches low when engine or
train passed over It ' Track was about
one and' one half Inch out of line.
Physical condition ot roadbed indicat
ed that roadbed had cracked and slip
ped to. out a short time prevtous to
the accident About eight inches un
der ties of Joint there was a strata
n. wet gumbo which evidently caused
the roadbed to slide. . .y
Testimony before the committee
showed that these conditions did not
exist prior to 5:30 p. m. account of
testimony of Engineer Chapln, Engi
neer Fields, Conductor Sttne, Engineer
Dupes and Signal Mountaineer Cruson
We are prepared to handle loans in any
amount on improved real estate in
v. Union county. No delays.
We Make a Specialty of Building Loans
If you are required to furnish a surety bond,
delays or red tape.
we can issue same.
No
Hoabout your f ire iiuranGc?
We represent the strongest companies in the World,
and adjust our losses. ..
La Grande Investment Go.
Special Prices
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Commercial Job Printing
For Next Thirty Days
THE EVENING OBSERVER'S Job Department
has just received a shipment of Paper Stock that
was bought away below the market price. It was a
cleanup sale of a paper house and we got the benefit
of prices.
Tbe BavDoicp ds Vomits
For we will quote low prices on all Commercial
Work for the Next Thirty Days.
Phone Main 752.
La Grande, Ore.
Firstclass Printing At A Low
Price
MAIN 13
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who were over this track between the
hours of 4:30 a, m. and 9 p. m. and
noticed nothing wrong with this piece
of track.
Wm. Duby, Merchant, Baker.
W. H. Sills, Transferman, Baker.
L. J. Lewte, wool dealer, Baker.
W. E. Stoddard, Lumberman, Baker.
Andrew Buckley, Asst. Supt
Fred O. Schllke, Asst. Supt '
W. H. Dressel, Asst. Supt.
H. Connell, Roadmaster.
Bucks and Boise Break Even.
Pendleton, Aug. 19. (Special) Af
ter dropping Into third place In the
morning game, Pendleton again came
up to second Sunday afternoon by ad
ministering the .fifth defeat of the
week to the Boise bunch. The morn
ing gam. went to the visitors by the
on aided score of 14 to. S, and the
afternoon affair was taken by a 7 to
2 score. ' I
Shortstop Augustus was on the slab j
for th Bucks in the first game, and 1
after pitching stellar ball for five in
nlnga he blew up In the lxth and
allowed eight hits and nine runs. .
He was replaced by Webb, a local
brick mason, who fared little better
from the hard hitting Irrigators.
Mays worked for Glmlin's men and
twirled a masterly article ot slants,
FOR RENT Large stable, gralnary,
hay loft, wagon shed, corral and wa-
ter, rent reasonable. Palmer avenu
near First Phone Red 8t91. 8-19-tf
; England Coming to Fafr.
London, Aug. 19. The British for
eign office today notified the Ameri
can embassy that England accepts In
"principle" the invitation to partici
pate In the Panama Pacific exposition
at San Francisco In 1915. The formal
acceptance was delayed until the ex
position commission consulted con
cerning the space available.
ton will visit America next fail for
another attempt to win the American
cup in the international yacht race ac2
cording to announcement made here .
today. Sir Thomas has arranged to
sail from England in September. - '
. Sir Thomas Coating Again, ,
London, Aug. 19. Sir Thomas Lip-
JfAKIXG PIAKS TO ElfTEBTATS,
Directors of Bonnd-ap . Are Facing
' Anblems of Accommodation.
J"" (Pendleton E. O.)
With- the Roundup bnt six weeks
distant and every, day Increasing the
estimates of the number of visitors
during the three days of the show, the
directors have commenced their plans
for grappling with the problem of
accommodations. Though titer realise
Its seriousness and magnitude, they '
declare they will fulfill their promise,
that everyone who comes, will have
"whereof to eat and wherein to sleep"
without experiencing the sensation of
being "held up." . ,
Clowns With Barnum &Bailey