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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1913.
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OLIVER HEADS
HOWARD DAVIS IS SECRETARY
OF LOCAL ORDER.
Referendum Fight to Be Carried Out
., by Local Graduates. ;
The local alumni, of the University
of Oregon was organized this morn
ing in Attnrnev Turner Oliver'H nfftpn.
with Hon. Turner Oliver as chairman ' g'neer went over the proposition with
and Howard uavia as secretary. The , V1BW 01 mailing eeryooay nappy
proposition develops weekly but at
the present writing, to make long;
story short, the "three best" proposi
tions seem; The Cavana property at
the base of the Sixth street hill for
approximately $1700, including? Pav
ing cost, the Jack Childs-McClure
properties on Washington and N for
approximately $1900 including pav
ing, ana me uunn property.
"So Crown" Plan Unpopular.
Peter Kuhn lead a delegation of ob
jectors to the proposed one-storm
sewer paving plan on Jefferson in
front of the wholesale districts. The
petitioners suggested that instead of a
crown paving the street "be made to
slope from one side entirely; Mr. Kuhn
rears this will flood his side of the
street in storm time, and. this morn
ing the street committe and city en-
members thus far are Howard Davis,
Turner Oliver, J. R. Oliver, Ray Lo
pan, Herbert Hanna, W. S. Gilbert,
Mrs. Alice McKinlay Miller, Naomi
Williamson, John Hodgin, Ed Jasper
and" J. D. Slate.
The object of the association Ja to
keep the people informed as to the
status of the referendum against the
appropriation made by the last legisla
ture for inuch needed university build
ings. Dean Straub of the university
says that new buildings are an urgent
necesmty. ..The classrooms are over
crowded, some classes having over, a
hundred students in them. The build
ing in which the large and valuable
. library in located is not fire-proof and
a fire-prooof addition to the library
building should be built immediately.
After this year, the university and
O. A. C. will be uoon a millage basis,
and then educronal matters in the
. state will be upon a fixed basis.
SHBWAY PLANS A00PTE0
VPnnt'nuna rrnra f nee I)
which is the big job that faces-the
councilmen always.
Petitioners asked for cement side
walks on W .avenue from Greenwood
to Spruce. - It was referred.
Final Estimate Adopted.
The final estimate was adopted on
Fourth street, but the 10 per cent
clause was again inserted after its
removal at the last meeting. . At the
former meeting it was thought that
the indemnity bond forfive years was
sufficient pry on the paving company
without holding-; 10 per cent for six
months. The councilmen reconsider
ed their action however, and. intend to
adhere to the 10 per cent clause here
after. It is argued that material de
fects will crop out in six months if
at all, and with 10 per cent held out,
the pry on the company is double. The
total cost on Fourth street from O
to C, was 139,869.55 ,
A petition from the volunteer fire
department to have the city' send
Department Chief Benham to the Ta
coma convention of fire chiefs, wastrel
ferred to the fire and police commit-1
.tee but unless acted on this evening at
the ad jour 3d session, will not bring
results for the convention is to be
held in Tacoma August 25.
. The city engineer reported on the
proposed change on the sewer in the
Grandy property at Fourth and JeT
feuson where it now runs diagonally
A t the A rcade Theatre I To
night
' install it. The city escaped the tre
. mendous expense by sloping the em
bankments at the approaches instead across the property to cross Fourth
of building concrete retaining walls, street. ' The petitioners wanted to havo
and during the year or more that the , the sewer run" down Jefferson, and
, plan has' keen discussed the scheme ' south of Fourth to touch the present
(is been gradually perfected on both 1 "tin" sewer. The estimated cost was
' sides until last night when Attorney found to be $1206 and the report went
C. E.. Cochran representing the rail-1 on the table. The Grandys offered
roaa company, appeared before tne to pave the block u this arrangement
council the plan was uniformly ac-, was made. -
ceptable.V It reduces the dangerous., The city engineer recommended In
crossing there to nil and permits the
school children to go to the north side
school from the south side with abso
lute 'safety. It is to be an immense,
concrete affair and will carry traffic
under instead of over the railroad
tracks. R, L. Lincoln has been large
lly responsible for engineering the
great reductions in costs to the city.
The city and railroad engineer will
connect their plans at once that the
work may be completed before cold
weather seta In this year.
:V Reservoir Bids Out.
With minor changes, all looking to
ward less expense, the plans for the
city two million and quarter gal. reser-
a communication that piling be driv
en at the edge of the paving on O
street hill to prevent cavings, and still
not incroach on the Charles Albert
Small property. The matter was re
ferred to the committee.
A catch basin .was ordered con
structed at Fifth and N to stop the
ponds on Sixth street which last win
ter were menacing to the traffic on
that street
n First street property owners can
now build cenvt talks' on the Ban
croft olan for the street was last night
created into an improvement district
for sidewalks. '
Bids were ordered advertised for to
voir were adopted and bids advertised construct paving on the alley between
Depot and 9m and Washington and
Adams.. . i . :
Considerable discussion arose over
the proposed wood curbing on the
y i 1 1 1 l ? -. . t a : 1. 1
rourtn street nui wunuui utiixiuie
conclusion. A lot of detail matter was
attended to.
to be opened on September 3. Be
cause the city's . welfare is at stake
should the present water supply be
- come inactive for a day or so, the coun
sel! will hurry this work with the
greatest possible speed. The present
reservoir is an absolute farce; through
old age and inadequateness.
Light Contract Ordered.
The light contract went through as
presented, the informal conference the
night before having gained all that
could be gained by further negotia
tion. ' .
Many Minor Details Done.
The session was attended by the
presence of the mayor and entire coui
. cil. The $50,000 time warrant bond
issue is fizzling out and the buyor
that was in sight writes to the coun
cil to nave negotiations stopped, rne
buyers assert the city's indebtedness
is too severe, it holding that improve-! ' . .
ment districts bonds are a part of the WANTED By permanent tenant, five
city 8 liabilities. It appears that the ., room moaern nouse vpreieraoiy iur-
MORE CHECKS ARRIVE. '
Concordia of Milwaukee Sends Over
t Four Thousand Dollars.
Twelve hours after the first check
to cover losses on the Palmer mill fire
had reached the city, the Concordia
company of Milwaukee, La Grande In
vestment' company agents, sent $4,
476.70 to the companv ves,terday. The
company carried $707)0 on the whole
plant. . ....
first bonds issued to cover Warren
construction work here did have the
binding clause ', them.
Tool House Homeless.
The city's tool house occupies a
place on the streets, homeless and
for three months or thereabouts the
council has been seeking a home. New
nished) reasonable rent. O. B.
Wood, 47 Foley building. ' Adv.
8-21 3t p.
LOST Time Book, containing labor
and milk accounts. Finder notify
Fleshman Bros'. Jersey Dairy. Box
207. Adv. 8-21 5t p.
The Deloya in their blaok-facfe com- touring the west today, while Miss
edy sketch, who open at the Arcade Tolla Deloy in her soubretty charac-
Aug. 21, present a satire on railroad ter and baby impersonations is chick
life that is interspersed with bright and charming. Their act lis built for
breezy' songs and funny situations, laughing perposes only,' and you
Eddie Deloy is acknowledged to be should see the locomotive explosion at
one of the best black-face comedians eachperformance. -
$ 3
S ADDITIONAL PERSONALS
day the wind was so low .that kite
flying was impossible, however, the
second day's trials proved more suc
cessful for the boys and the contest
was. decided last evening after due
examination and" test of flying. Many
of the kiten whiph VflM onfavaH Aidim.
Dr. C. H. Upton and wife leave this : ln daj'id not enter. in the final
veiling for a trip to Portland, ' test lasPiiight because of damages
I sus'( !ned in initial flights. However,
1 , enouch went un to nrnln n praiifnMa
Earl P. Cranston a prominent land j showing and enable the boys admirers
10 Know mac iney.are industrious and
original when it comes to kite build
ing. ,.
owner of Baker, transacted business in
tne city today.
George Young of North Powder,
transacted business in the city today,
calling at the state water superintend
ent's office on water matters.
Mrs. W. O. Head of Jefferson, la.,
who has been visiting the Ed Kiddle
home at Island City, returned to her
home this morning.
Ray Wnite and family of Hamilton,
Mo., are here to visit Mr. and Mrs.
E. Kiddle and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kid
dle of Island City. The families are
related.
Mrs. Bruce Dennis and son,- jack.
left today for Telluride and Denver to
visit relatives, after which they will
visit in Kansas City, Mo., and eastern
Kansas, returning by way of the Black
Hills. They will be absent from La
Grande about two months.
Kenn Loans. Portland: Geo. Mitch
ell, Portland; Mrs. T. B. Jones, Salem;
H. I. Strome, Baker; Franklin Taylor,
Portland; Frank Parrot, Portland; J.
V. Murphy, Portland, and M. E. Heath,
Portland, were registered at the Sa
voy last night. T .
EXCURSION STARTS TONIGHT.
Low Rate Applies Only on This Par
ticular Train.
DANCE AT K
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Danceland
$ Saturday Night t
f GALLERY FOR SPECTATORS t
t PARENTS ESPECIALLY IN- 5
K VTTED TO ATTEND.
J , STRICTtY HGH CLASS. 2
5 i C. P. FAKK1N. Mgr. 4
Uncle Sam's
Loan Office
Loans money on all kinds of
Watches, Diamonds, Gold, Jew
elry, Clothing and all kinds of
personal property.
We sell unredeemed pledges
at a very low price.
FOLEY HOTEL BUILDING.
Trains from Wallowa county and
Union will bring a large number of
people to La Grande this evening,
where they will become members of
the excursion which leaves this even
ing for Seaside. Local agent Joe
Kenney, says, "We expect to accom
modate a lurge number of people out
of La Grande, this evening. However,
I should like it made plain that tickets
bought today for the excursion must
be used on that train. No tickets pur
chased on the $10 excursion rate will
be good on any train except the ex
cursion train which leaves La Grande
at 8:45 this evening."
Many have decided within the last
few hours to take the trip thus swell
ing the number of reservations here.
The excursion covers all territory of
eastern Oregon.
Immense Timber Sale Pending
Washington, Ae. 20. Government
timber in the Olympic national forest
in Washington is about to be advertis
ed for sale, the cut to involve 70,450,
000 board feet and cedar poles to the
amount of 286,000 lineal feet. All
will be sold to one bidder. On the
Little rivgr watershed Douglas fir is
the principal item, the minimum price
being set at $1.35 a thousand feet. Red
cedar at $2, and western hemlock at
50 cents a thousand are also found
there. On the watershed of Ennis and
lake creeks the Douglas fir is worth
at least .$1.80, red cedar $2.50 and
hemlock and amabilis fir 50 cents.
Five years' time will be allowed to
get the timber out.
Patrorize Home Industry
BY EATING
Sun Brand Corn Crispettes
Which are made at 106 Elm Street, and are sold by all deal
ers fai groceries and aonfectionaries. You are Invited to
come in and inspect our plant at any time.
SUN MANUFACTURING CO.
106 Elm Street, La Grande, Oregon,
Californian In Trouble.
Washington, Aug. 20. All the
newspaper men around the capitol
have been watching the Tom Fox post
mastership case, since the Sacramento
county chairman, alleged political boss
of thousands of tenderloin voters and
maninulator of citv cnvemtnnnt-.. ho.
gan haunting the corridors about ttie
senate chamber, seeking confirmation.
From a subject for Calimornia two-
line specials, Fox has risen to the dig
nity of regular dispatches in all the
telegraphic press associations. He is
seen riding with the postmaster gen
eral. He causes a straight party align
ment of the progressive republicans
of the senate against the Taft repub
licans and democrats. He is a maker
of all sorts of party gossip. He and
his postoffice scrap have become na
tional.' ,
' Fox did not court all this fame. He
sat quietly in committee rooms, wait
ing to read nis character testimonials
to all senators who would lend a sym
pathetic ear, 1ut he did not challenge
Senator W.I ks or Senator LaFollette
to join the debate. He brought shoals
of prominent members of "the organz
ation" to the capitol to pull votes his
way, but he did it without a brass
band. He considers himself misunder
stood, that's all.
Senator Martine, of New Jersey, im
patient of criticisms of party machine
organization, waved his hand largely
wnen 10m nad patted him on the
shoulder for fhe fourth time. .
"These charges are all rot," said
Martine, "Thev don't reflect on the
character of the man."
FOR RENT Furnished, modern four
room cottage, 3104 Second. Phone
Red 3411. Adv. 8-21 6t.
Notice to All Concerned.
You are hereby notified that anvdne
violating the following will be Drose-
cuted in accordance to ordinances
covering same:
1st. Anyone placing on any street
any stone, brick, lime, timber, wood,
lumber, coal, telegraph, telephone or
electric light poles, without first hav
ing a written permit from Chairman
Street Committee or Street Superin
tendent. ' ' .
2nd. Anyone failinsr to protect an
obstruction of any kind on any street
with a lighted red light from sun down
until sun up. . '
drd. Parties holding building ner.
mits must call at once and get per-'
mits to block or place building ma
terial on any street.
K. L. LINCOLN. -
8-20 3t Chairman Street Com.
o) two
WANTED Girl to take care of two
children. Phone Main 17. Adv.
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FOR SALE Registered Jersey bulL
Call Farmers 64. Adv. 8-21 tf.
Two Gossard Corsets
of International Vogue
These two models express per
fection in modern Corsetry. .
Regardless of, the cost every
Gossard Corset conforms to but
one standard in style, workman
ship and wearing service.
Model 364
An extreme
corsej at a mod'
erate cost. Made
in medium and
low bust, has long
close fitting skirt
fiat hip line and
large waist.
Made in service
able sterling
cloth. .
$3.50
Model 205
Represents 6e
latest mode artjl
is the most popu
lar corset ever
manufactured at
this price. Law
bust, large waist
long skirt andaa
elastic sectional
back combine to
make it an excep
tional model at
$5.00
Be fitted today. We guarantee an im- ' :
proved figure when fitted 10 a Gossard
Other Gossards at J6.59. 18.50, $10.09
A complete line of new fall models
just arrived, also lace front brassieres,
sanitary belts and sanitary aprons.
MRS. ROBERT PATTISON.
, Corsetiere.
Phone Red 221.
Res. 1702 Corner Spring and Oak. :
Pioneers Parade In Cheyenne.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 211 A parade
of pioneers who have lived in Wyom
ing for forty years or more was the
feautre of today's program of the
frontier days celebration here. Led by
a dilapidated frontier coach still bear
ing the marks of ancient days, sever
al hundred men and women rode
through the streets in, wild west garb.
An Indian war dance and "bulldog
pi 11 g a steer" by cowboys wee other
features. -
1,000,000 Bibles for Chinese,
New York, ' Aug. 21. One million
bibles have been sent into China in
the last six months according to a re
port made today by China agency of
the American Biblfi compaitf. Ar
rangements have been made to send
another mjllion to the newest republic
before the end of the year.
KITE CONTEST DECIDED.
Missouri Gov. Solves Servant Problem
Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 21. Gov
ernor Major believes he has solved the
servant problem. Two weeks ago the
Missouri chief executive Teamed it was
customary to give the servants at the
executive mansion two weeks vacation
every year. He didn't like the idea of
livimr without servants so he and his
family moved to a hotel. The vaca
tions ended today and the governor
moved back to the executive mansion.
Watches Watches
Waltham, Elgin, Hamil
ton and Howard watches
In every grade carried
in stock from the 7 to
23 jewel at eastern cat
alogue prices.
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NepM Coombs Is Bl Maker and Fly
er of Kites.
I AtTJa x. m '-'J ' v'uu,v wuu
possessor of the fine red kite given
J j by a stationery company to the Hoy
I Indian 'vlto mvle the best showing
" with a kite of his own making. Tues-
Roumanian King and Queen Attacked.
Bucherist, Aug. 21. Gypsy bandits
toiiHv attacked the automobile in
which -the. King and Queen of Rou
maniu Were riding, on the outskirts of
this city. The chauffeur sent the
nfachine ahead at full spped run
ning ovti- several of the'handi'?. Tb
king and queen escaped without in
Jury. .
We Will Save You Money
SIEGRIST fa CO.
Largest Jewelry Store in Eastern Oregon
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