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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1913)
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1913. PAGE EIGHT EUGIHEERS' ORDEB GROWS SttOTUKKHOOD rtKrdKTS THROW , INTEREST LIGHT local Dlrixlua Hun Hlif mid Active 3faiborhli. - Off'clit ro;r;s -of the Brotherhood ef Locomotive Knglueers for the month of December, 1912, show a ery' flourishing condition of affairs fn l! at Institution, both from a flnan ial qnd membership standpoint and aicnihers of the I -a Grande dlvtslou ill be m ii ci ! ate rested in It. The tml'aerTiniMl owns a modern 16 alory Rice buIMiiih la me heart of Cleve land, Ohio, erected soaie three years to o' a ooai of ll.2C0.C0C.C0. in whlcl thtr na ''In their general fflcea, rentins; the balance at an av-rn-- raoooia o JC.fOO.OO per month. Tbu odOdlac occupies oue-fourth nf a Mock and the pride of the Brotherhood. . being now practically pntd for and furnishing a home where Jta oil probability the future tri-enniai sessions of the brotherhood win be Held.. The brotherhood now has Insur ance In fcrc among it members, to the amount or 5136,809,000.00 and since the organisation of the Insur smce department, have' paid benefits to the amount or 126,426,241.06. this fnce 1868, at whlch time this de partment was organized. The meni Bershlp carrying insurance is 65,910, showing an average per member of 12,075.00. The entire membership of the brotherhood is 71,937, the d Iff er ase being accounted for by the fact that at the time of organlzalon of the sn ranee department, many of the embers had reached an age that prevented their taking Insurance, and further that until 1890, the carrying f Insurance was not compulsory. The brotherhood ' contributes lib erally each year to the Highland Paik koine, near Chicago, Illinois, a home for totally disabled railroad men and to whtch B0i the railroad brother hoods contribute and support, there helng members of the Institution fi'om the different classes of railroad ser vice. The brotherhood maintains an ac cident Insurance department that In sures Its members against accident il Injury and death, solely, and thus be coming a dlrecto competitor of the accident Insurance companies. This department , being operated by the regular officers of the brotherhood aad at actual coat of maintenance furnishes aorldent liiHurance to lis members that since orBHiily.nl Ion six WHAT IS Dry Cleaning? WlATRIt IS INJURIOUS TO MOST WOOIJ5N AND SILK K AM IR ICS. WASHING IN A Sl'HSTlTl'TK FOR WATER IS TERMED DRY 'CIIBMICAL,' OR 'FRENCH' CLEANING. ALL, MEANING THE 8AMK BBNZINK 19 THE MOST USED. IT IS A i.fcEAT S3. VENT. SPECIAL 0AP8 AND OTHER SOLVENTS ARE ADDZM1 TO MAKE IT STOONGER. J :J GARMENTS MUST RK FLOODED. SOCSED AND AGITATED Fon .Ainoirr an hur to get results, hbnce the need OF POWRW WASHING MACHINES. . Our machines will be at your service in a few days CHERRY'S NEW LAUNDRY Inc. OBO. QILBHRT. MANAGHR. V- years ago has not cost the Individual member to exceed $30.45 annually for a 120.00 a week benefit, good for 62 weeks if necessary, and In case of death, $2,000.00; compared with the corporation companies this cost lij less than one-bau. The brotherhood also maintains a pension department that Is being well patronized by the .membership generally having only been organis ed at the Harrisburg convention. In .May, 1912.. "The tlocal division of the brother hood is known as Grande Rosde Di vision No. 262, ' and has a present membership of 80. There are two other divisions on the O.-W. R. & N. vstem. No. 236 being located at Portland and No. 443 at Starbuck. Washington." says C. "M. Humphreys secretary of the local division. HOYT REJECTED. (Continued from Page 1.) for the approval of the city, fathers Is the method or letting contracts. It changes the method or Improving the streets in such a way that all of the iles a I details of the matter are dis posed of before work' on the street commences. The Issuing of bonds and the signing up by the property owners for the payment of the Im provement will he done before the Improvement is commenced. This uvolds' the issuing of 'warrants and saves Interest. After the work Is completed 10 per cent of the con tract price is withheld from the con tractor for the period of six months and will be paid to the contractor af ter that time only when the city en gineer Informs the council that the work Is satisfactory after the six months' test- Dr. Lincoln proposed the foregoing measure and there was no opposition. . A refunding ordinance will prob ably be passed whtch will provide for the refunding to property owners the difference; of the preliminary assess ment and .the actual cost 61 construc tion. The city's finances are not i In the very best of shape. The report of the city treasurer seemed unintellig ible to the council and considerable study will have be Indulged In before aH of them know exactly Just what Is and what Is not. The Beaver pipe line' sinking fund Is to be put to use. An ordinance will be drafted by the finance committee and the city attorney, providing for the purchase of general warrants with this fund nt not less than 95 per cent of their fnce value. Councilman Sargent pro posed the adoption of a resolution providing for the purchase of district Improvement bonds -with this fund. Objection was made that many of the bonds had been purchased for lest than 90 cents, and the .city would he required to pay for them at their face value. This was unsatisfactory IB GETS iiuii nnniTinti BECOAES PHYSICAL DIRECTOR OFY.JCCA. Management of the Institutions Em pleys Popalar Athlete. . Tangible offers on which to bid for new members to the Y. M. C. A. have been added in that the board of di rectors has complete a r'-.vi-'nts whereby Ed Warne.'.w.i; .aj t.i.i. je of the phys'cai tic; a tr-ve r :'' V M. C. A. Mr. Warner w.I. i lu La Grande and Eastern Cregon. He takes uimedlate direct .i o; t.:e gji..rtj;.. ... u oped auJ e..:i::-' ed tint the men of the city will Lack) up this latest move of the assi u- tlon with a membership large eno'ugli so that they may break even. The fee to .May 1st will be only $2.50. payable ' In advance for seniors and bus'ness men; $1.50 for boys nine to 15 inclusive. The A class Juniors have elected James Rosenbaum as captain ' and L)le Geddes. as manager of the first (teams. There la . material in this class for one of the fastest .boy teams in the county. The schedule for classes Is as fol lows: . . . Monday 4:00 p. m. Junior B class. 5:00 p. m. Business mea. .7:30 p. m. Seniors. Wednesday : 4:00 p. m. Junior A class. 3:00 p. m. Business men. 7:30 p: m. Seniors. v Friday . 6:00 p. m. Ladles cHass. 7:30 p. m.--Senlors. : Saturday 9:00 a. m. Junior B class. 10:30 a. m. Junior. A class. Hen's Meeting. Next Sunday afternoon C. B. Pick ens, who was until recently Boys' work director of the Boise Y. 51. C. A., will speak to the Y. M. C. A., 3:30 o'clock. Come and bring another man with you. Scouts. General Scout meeting of all troops at the V. 'M. C A. Friday night. Ev er yScout should be present at this meeting. to several of the council and It was voted down. A number of other resolutions were adopted, among . them one for the 1 ...! .... , hAo,A 4t. ....... ..... f ... ... , . ., . 1 ' . !.' k ,utciiiliiK lite nm ductus ul icil.- clos In the intersections of streets. Some of these will be printed later. A new system of double entry bonk keeping will be started In the city recorder's office, and an assistant will he employed temporarily for this purpose at a salary of JP0.0O. School District Bond Election nlloe. Notice Is hereby gln that at school meeting ot school district No One ot Vnlon county, Oregon, to be held at Old high school building In r.U district on the 18th day of Janu ary, 1913. there will be submitted to the legal voters of said district the question of contracting a bonded debt of thirty thousand dollars for the purpose ot purchasing land for school purposes and building a school build ing, and for repair of school buildings, the vote to be by ballot upon which shall be the words "Bonds Yes" and the words "Bond No." Polls to be open at 1 o'clock p. m. and remain open until 4 o'clock p. m. By the order of the board of direc tors of school district No. One of Union county, Oregon. Dated this 2t6h day of December, A. D. 1912. ' ARTHUR, C. WILLIAMS, Clerk or School District No. One, . or I'nlon County, Oregon. S. N. BOLTON Chairman ot District School Board or School District No. One or .Union County, Oregon. l-l4-4t THIS WILL INTEREST MOTHERS. MoUmt Orj1 Iwm Iowds far ChUdm, Omsm rll for Fnnlilmm, Hisdach Bad Moaurte, TxtMc IMaoraVn, nor and mnUU Um Bowtl tnd l)H) Worm. Tkr bratk ap cildr is M bum. TImt v k plauui fto lb Ur riilklFmlikrumn. Om lu,o. ulnotitil4. t'Md by Miithw fur HI TMrr. Thf imir U. 8oM br all Iraggtu, SM. Hunpl v!lr4 IsU Adaraa. AittTi, Uauud, U Boy, H. X. rEBSOXAXS. C. C.'Cates vas a homeward bound passenger to Allcel this morning. W. J. Hazelwood went to Elgin this morning on business. . E. C. Coles . was a -passenger to Imbler this morning. Mrs. O'Brien and daughter were passengers to Imbler this morning, i lira. Frieze and Mrs. Mattleve were passengers to Boise this morning. J. J. and A. H. Parsons were In the city yesterday and this morn ing. I C. L. Newman of Emmett, Idaho, 'jas been In the county seat visiting K. H. Jobuston. -Mrs. Frank Pike went to I'matllla morning to eat birthday dinner at t!:e home ol friends. Vr. Norman Stoddard of Perry " hi: Inbound passenger this moru la. , ". f -'-!' k of Imbler was a busl- dpi vMtor 'n tie city last night V'l 'i's mcrtir.g. i.is. . .i ii.n o island City has be en vis'lliig'her sen. In La Grande She returned home- this morning. "Kid" Parker, the well known pu gilist of Denver, was a passenger to Hot Lake from La Grande He was accompanied by John Duunlgan. . Mrs. C. F. Smith and son who have been the guests of Mrs. Smith's folks returned this morning to their home In Boise. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. Van Buren left this morning for Portland where they will spend a number or days visiting friends. . ' City Attorney Jerry Rusk went to Enterprise this morning to argue a case before the circuit court. He will be gone a few days. , R. V. Jenkins, the genial traveling salesman for the Cluetl Wros.' com pany, stopped pit In" La Grande to leave some of the famous brand shirts with locail merchants. , Mr. and Mrs. Edward Holland of CoopeTstown, N. Dak., arrived1 In the city this morning on their way (o Wallowa where they will spend the winter with their son. J. B. Wade of Palmer Junction has been In the city on business. He re port. Tour feet cf .snow In the woods but says all men are at work in spite of It. L. W. Eiledge, a prominent fruit grower of Nampa was in the city In vestigating the prospects or the rruit market and consulting with fruit men of his valley. He left for Welser this morning. C. D. Kauffman of Medical springs. I Is In the city at the bedside of his i son who has been In the hospital suf Jferlng from appendicitis. He reports his son on the convalescent list Ed Selders. formerly of the Sel 'ders confectionery. . now connected. with the Blue Mountain Creamery company, went to I'nlon this morn ing In the interest 6f the business. R. A. Hanna went to Enterprise this morning to do the court steno graphic work. Sirs. Hanna and daughter aud Mrs. Grant went as far as Elgin where they will visit until "-.nrt adjourns. Mr. Cherrler who has been In the tMiiploy of the Grande Ronde Meat company, and who will soon open a market of his own In the Geddes building, arrived from Baker thlB morning. Wm. Frazler. a cousin of Mrs. Tur ner Oliver, was yesterday killed by a Portland street car. The deceased was at one time sheriff of Multnom ah county. Burial will be tomorrow at Portland. LMrs. Turner Oliver leaves tonight to attend" the funeral. Guy Eddy Resigns. Los Angeles, Jan. 16. City Prose cutor Guy Eddy recently acquitted of the charge of contributing to the delinquency of Mrs. Alice Phelps, has sent his resignation to Mayor Alex ander. His health Is dissipated on account of the trial and he feels the need of rest. The mayor has accept ed the resignation. French Cant Agree on President Paris. Jan. 16. France Is having a lively time electing a president. Jules Pam, the minister or agricul ture. Is leading In the contest. It has been customary In France to elect a man of little force of character, one who could smile gracloulsly and at tend banquets and meet foreign plen ipotentiaries in a pleasing way. But the pewer element In France have chosen Premier Polncalre on account FTBEiXEy TAKE EXCEPTIOX La Grande. Jan. 16. (To the Edl- inr Wa the amusement oommlttee or the B. or L. ft E., note with aur - prise that the Trainmen announces, in Tuesday's Issue or The Observer.- that they will not .ell pu-c. t.o.r annual baQl Jan. 22, frou: wYrh we mfr th.i uir dun- clal condition Is such a to warrant', their glvng a ball without the aid of this lucrative source of Income. Patrons of the Fremen's annual ball on -New Year's eve. will note with regret that the Trainmen seetu to have first considered that tbey could not consistently, supposedly from a financial! standpoint, supply their patrons with punch without sel ling It, and, as that woriM Incur the expense of securing a license, they finally announced that punch would not even be sold. Our financial condition warranted our serving our patrons free punch, and rather than have our "brothers of the rail" make the embarrassing announcement that tbey couttd not even sell It we would willlnglly have tendered monetary assistance The only other Inference left us, If "he root of afll evil" did not figure. I. that they feared some ot meir, members might Imbibe too freely and create a condition which would not compare favorably with that result ing from the ladylike and gentle manly patronage which made our New' Year's eve ball such a grand success. C. B. HELMICK, W. M. WIESE. D. CHARLTON, Amusement Committee Editor's rote Incorrect ' Inference might be gained from the article re ferred to above relative to the "sel ling" feature. The word "sell" should have been "serve" . In the headline of the Trainmen's notice. EWANTED TO RENT Three or four room rurnlshed house. P. O. 3ox 702.. ... -13-8t of his ability and his diplomacy. The ballotng has been in progress for more than a week and neither, has a majority. Palms received 322. and Polncalre 310 in the last count. There are other candidates. FREEDOM. Our political creed, without a dissenting voice' that can be beard, is that the will of thejeo ple Is the source aud the hap piness of the people is the end ot all legitimate government upon earth; that the best security for beneficence and the best guaran-' tee against the abuse ot power consists lu the freedom, the pu rity and tha. frequency of popu lar elections. John Qulncy Ad ams. THE LAW OF NATURE. The law of nature Is hnt a cer-. tain quantity ot work is neces sary to produce 8 certain quan tity of good of any klud what ever. If you want knowledge you must toll for It and if pleas ure you must toll for It. Ruskin. JUST RECEIVED, A NEW SHIPMENT OF Caldwell's ELECTRIC CUT COFFEE THE COFFEE YOU WILL LIKE. Our Stock is Always Fresh, Clean and Complete Phone Your Orders to Main 16. WE BUY COUNTRY PRODUCE Cummings & Black GROCERS TKAJXXEX ALL HELP1SG I Arrawjln tor a Big- Time Jaanary , 23 at Annual BalL ' j , , . ." . . I Nothing la left undone for th, big Da January 2J when the trainmen of La Grande will be hoaU to th. public at a grand ball In the Elk. auditorium. The best of music, ex- ceUent rvfce'or every, ktad has been arranged for, and the trainmen have no hesitancy In saying this is the best arranged ball they have ever attempted In La Grande. Hair Work. Madam Kennedy and husband, the reliable hairdressers are here from Pendleton at the Savoy hotel, room 17, prepared to do all kind or hair work Trom your combings. Also a alee lot of hair goods for .ale and will be pleased to meet all the ladles of La Grande while here. 1-16-tf LOST Double tooth Elk charm. In itials L. IR. on back. Return to L. Rayburn and receive reward 1-16-tf WANTED Clean rags at the Observ- er onice. ray zc per iu. WANTED To buy heifer calves Good pay. Phone Farmers 158. ' . l-16.6t FOR RENT Four room house. 7Cj Jefferson, cor. First St 116-3t STENOGRAPHER WANTED Care Hot Lake sanatorium, at once. l-16-3t WANTED People, sell groceries by sample to . consumers, details to Box 601, Portland, Or. l-14-3t SALESMEN WANTED To sell our complete line ot guaran teed nursery stock. Outfit furnlsnod tree, ccsh advanced weekly. Write far . territory today. Idaho Nur.pry Company, Welser, Idaho. l-15-6t .......1. ! DAY OL D i ! CHICKS I From standard bred Rhode Island Reds Black Minorcas White Leghorns and, your own eggs hatched in our mam moth hatchery. Descriptive circular and price list for the asking. ', C. C.C00LIDGE Phon Red 3702. LA GRANDE
