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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1913)
TQMGMWS STEWARD'S OPERA - MOUSE 1 .Off"-' Repertoire ' THTBSDAT 5IGBT Daniel ' Bulley'a starring vehicle TABJSH PRIEST" f FRIDAY WIGHT 1 Milton Royal' Masterpiece , "FRIENDS" SATURDAY KIGHT ST MJHV " As Good as Any Sermon The Popular WHEELER PLAYERS, exporting the coast favorite METTA CHAMBERLAIN; ': : '-y-'W' - ' "V DANIEL EUIXY'S STAERINO VlIHICLE mm THE BEST REPERTOI RE NOW. PLAYING THE NORTHWEST THE COMPANY THAT HAS NEVER KNOWN AN -'--:-:V , ' : ADVERSE CRITICISM. -'". IP, 2Q and 3Qc--N O MORE, NO LESS FROM PENDLETON LIVE WIRE "THE WHEELER PLAYERS ARE PUTTING UP PLAYS AS GOOD AS THE $2 00 ARTICLE GIVEN IN LARGER CITIES AND ARE HAVING PACKED HOUSES." FROM PENDLETON EAST OREGONIAN ' 'EVERY MEMBER OF THE WHEELER PLAYERS IS WORTHY OF A ; PLACE AMONG THE BEST STOCK COMPANIES THAT TOUR THE COUNTRY." Parisli West" CURTAIN AT 8:30 68- PLAYS IN OUR RFPERTOIRE 68 CURTAIN AT 8'30 EASTERN DREGDN Judge Back on the Job. A lttle thin and shaky, and plus an aubarn beard, Circuit ' Judge G. W. Phelps, returned to hi office ' this morning after an absence of several weeks, during which he has been quarlntined at his home with small pot. .Work has piled up during , his absence and he will have a busy time for a while. The first bill to get his signature was an order requiring all parties claiming to be . interested in tin estate of the late A. M. Erb to ap pear before April 22 to show cause why the estate should not revert to the state of Oregon in' lieu of any heirs. Pendleton E. O. Umatilla County Boy in Baseball. (Pendleton E. O. lieo McQuarry, a former Umatilla county boy, belongs to the pitching staff of the Victoria team , of the Northwest league this year, aocord inft to'a dispatch. Though but sev enteen years old, he is looked upon asa comer and Manager iMlke Lynch expects to make big timber out of him, . Young McQuarry was born In Stil ton and lived there until five or six years ago when with his parents he moved to Tacoma. When an eighth grade boy, his twirling attracted at tention and during the followng sum meer vacaton he pitched In a twi light league in Tacoma. He was but fourteen years old at the time and soon won the pseudonym of "the boy wonder". Bob Brown pf Vancouver signed him when he was fifteen and farmed htm out for a couple of years with Moosjaw and Wlnnepeg teams. Lynch secured blm from Brown this year. ' , . Though- but a, boy In age, young McQuarry has a man's physique, weighing over 190 pounds and havng strength in proportion to his weight Eloptd With Hi-otter's Wife . .' i . i '.. An elopement, in which the prin cipals were a young man from. Cald well, Idaho and his " brother's ' wife was nipped in the hud here yesterday when the' woman's uncle, M. A. Bates, of Parma, Idaho, assisted by the local officers,', apprehended the couple' 1n a local lodging house, says the Pendle ton E, -O. " The, erring wife was tak en back to her husband,, while the un natural ' brother was put aboard the first westbound train' and told to keep .away'from his home city If he valued his skin. The manj'y whos name is Henry Lee Rose, arrived here gffturday with h's sister-in-law, Elsie Maud Rose;' He is 21 years pf age and she is 22. ' Yesterday M. A. Bates who Is police Judge at Parma, arrived and it was not long before Officer Ira Hughes recogonlzed the couple on the street from the description given. The woman showed a willingness to go back home, hut Mr. Bates was afraid to take the man back fpr fear he would be mobbed by his Indignant townsmen. When the couple parted. there was much weeping and walling and an osculatory goodbye. Experts Puff Qui' 8 Outlaws Added to Bonnd-up String, (Pendleton E. O.) Three more outlaw bucking bron' choe have' been added to the Round' up string of bad ones. Each baa a established reputation and a proved dwlltry and their names are not un familiar to the frontier public. "Hot foot", the notorious ' little black plunger, and "Whirlwind," a sorrel mustang of goodly proportions, wore purchased yesterday by . Director Sturgis ' f rom John . Spain, Union county stockman, who in 1911 ' won the title of champion broncho buster. A few days previous "Pin Ears", the worst bucking horse that has partic ipated in the Ontario contests, was acquired from Duncan McRae. . Spain is In the city en route home after attending the Hodeo' at Los An geles and he brought with htm a string of outlaws. " Ever rljnce the 1911 exhibition at which "Hotfoot" proved such a sensation, the' Round up has been trying to purchase the little animal, but Spain has stead fastly refused to part withit -until yesterday when he accepted the offer "Whirlwind" was b rough over last year, and though not. as spectacular as his mate, is a hard bncker. "Pin Ears" Is one of the hardest scrappers In 'Eastern Oregon and the associa tion feels mighty pleased at add!ng him to the show string. He 1s a bay, small In size but a lightening stepper I I r Cigars -. Eccles' Bond Klne Million. An Ogden, Utah, dispatch of recent date says: . "Under bonds of the value of $9,- 000,000, David C Eccles was appoint ed administrator of the estate of his father, the late David Eccles. Direct hejrs to the estate admitted in the petition for administration include Mrs. Bertha M. Eccles and Mrs. Ellen Eccles and 21 children. "The amount of the bond is . the largest ever required in a civil ac tion in Utah. The administrator furnished a cash bond pf $1,000,000, ..llle the estate Itself was accepted ;:curlty-foT the remainder."- v. They puff them in two senses luvy pi tune and iliey suiuke litem Traveling men who are good judges of cigars and who have an opportunity to note what brands are popular elsewhere when they come to our cigar case they feel at home, for there they find a line of as fine and popular cigars as can be assembled. Newlin Drug Co. Educating the Heathan. "Brother Hardesty, can't yon make your contribution for the education of tb heathen a little larger than usual this year?" ... - "Dr. Goodman. I'm more than dou bling it I have Just started that youngest boy of mine to college." Chicago Tribune. Vat the rgr.t Way. .'. "Have you hot and. cold waer In your houseT" "Too much of both." ... "How's that?" .' ' "My wife Is always pouring cold water on ray plans or beeping me In. hot water." Baltimore American.. . ' i A Great Thinker, . j' Wljrca-Ynunti Screecherja- a great thinker Wnpcs Indeed! " WIkks Yes; he think he can sing. Phlladel- '. phla Inquirer Thf fault I nlwn.ru as great as he :hat commit It- Frc-nffc rroverU '. It A fold, La Grippe, Then rneumonfa ' Is too often the fatal sequence. La gripps coughs hang on, .weaken the system, and lower the vital resistance. IH O. Collins, postmaster, Barnegat, N. J., says: "I was troubled with iKSmMss la rlppe C0UBh wn,ch cora- LA GRANDE, OREGON pletely exhausted me. Foley's Honey, The document bears the signature and Tar compound boou stopped, the coughing spell entirely. It can't be beat-V Sold by A T. Hill. Irrigation Contrary Ordered. Spokane, Wash., March (.What is believed to be the rst contract ever made between the United States of America and an irrigation district j was filed in Kltttita county, west of i Spokane, when the secretary of the an agreement with the government to furnish storage Water for the 15,000, 000 hWrti line canal. of Walter 1 Fisher, secretary of the Interior. Water for the high line canal will he furnished by the federal government from the storage reser voirs at the bead of thej. Yakima river delivery to be made in .19. or ' rn 1915, if necessary. ' Water for 70,000 acre In the district will cost 1882,000 payable in three Installments. The contract with the government ' wast secured after many months of nego tiations, participated In by Secretary Fisher, representing the govern meac. and Thomas Haley, president; C W. Johnstone, secretary, and Carrol A. Graves, attorney,, representing the) Irrigation district." The irrlgatfaa season wll be open from April 20 tm September 30, , - THE ABSTRACT & TITLE CO. f La Grande, Ore. Owners of a complete and up-to-date set of Abstracts of Union County, Oregon. ..All work guaranteed. Give us a trial. CMLOCKWOOD, Mgr Office in Foley Bldg. DEFINITIONS HE L" L:' : Three telephone systems in a town, PURGATORY: Two telephone systems, PARADISE: One Good Telephone System, " ELBERT HUBBARD 1J mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Pd Adv. B1LUWEM Ilave often been made even when one's eyes are wide open. Let us get the definition. , , ERROR; FALSE STEP; OVERSIGHT; FAULT; INACCURACY. First You will mak e an. error if you fail to let us show you the property we have for sale. . ? ( Second You will not bje. allowed' to jnake a false step through Oversight, or Inaccuracy when we quote you any property we have for sale. s., Look At This XMn h'b1 4MV 77, ffliapJiTi'n Arid, f 5 ror house in good condi tion.. Loeated on tor. of N avenue and Second St. There is a $1300.00 mortgage on place that is payable at $27.56 per month. The price is now reduced to $1800.00; the difference between mortgage and price must be cash, or will take a good team, wagon, harness, and the balance cash. This is one of our many places we can offer anyone wishing to buy. ALL CLASSES OF PROPERTY For Sale ' m La Grande Investment Co. j 1111 ADAMS AVE., FOLEY BLDG. j 1 is A ...X ..
