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- mm JL,k SEDVCI- W'iiJIEIKXrZ" VOLUME XVIII. ATII EN A, UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 1906. . NUMBER 58. tD. M AN ASSE Eall Goods Arriving Daily Ladies' and WRAPS In great variety at to suit all BELTS and HAIR ORNAMENTS in profusion ED. MANASSE Agent for Butterick's Patterns. r "' 7 111 1 -iV I a i 1 . . ' BS rvs . - 1 of Atheda C A MTAL STOCK. ........... $50,000 SURPLUS 17,500 We do Strictly a Commercial Business. We Solicit the Accounts ot Individuals, Firms and Corporations. 7 . . OFFICERS , C. ADAMS, President. T. J. KIRK, Vice President, F. S. Le GROW, Cashier, I. M. KEMP, Ass't. Cashier Good Groceries, Coffee In this trinity should the grocer build his business temple. The difficulty is not great but it s exceedingly difficult to build well without these 3 things. We have highest grade goods in every line Each Article the Acme of Perfection Our entire stock is selected with the same care and discretion. REMEMBER Our prices are always consistent with quality. DELL BROTHERS Children's prices DIRECTORS " H. U. ADAMS, T. J. KIRK, F. S. Le GROW, D. H. PRESTON, P. E. COLBEKN. CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT I v LABOR DAY PARADE About Five Hundred Men Participate in Procession MM AMUSING FEATURES Procession the Largest Labor Demon stration Ever Held in the City of Walla Walla. The Walla Walla Balletiu cives thn iollowing aooount of the Labor Day parade field In that city yesterday At 10 o'olook tbia morning a large crowd throne-fid the Btrnnfa tn witmua the big Labor Day parade. The pro cession was the largest labor demon stration ever held in the city. Several new and novel features were inaugu- rated. The Q. H. Sutherland nnm- pany had a float displaying plumbing and heating fixtures, together with a bath tub in -which was a small bnv taking his morning bath. The Walla Walla Brick and Tile cornnanv had a neat float in the way of a partly com pleted briok building. Non-union labor was represented by a haecard and worn looking man with a poor horse, an old vebi'ole tied op with boards, and an umbrella which bad seen better days. The ciearmakers' union carried a huge cigar 35 feet long. - ' ' - - ,-. The parade was headed bv H. W. Rogers, grand marshal of the day. Mr. Rogers was followed by the ohief of police and platoon, the mayor and city officials in carriages, followed by the Walla Walla concert band and the Musician's Proteotive Association. Next in line of march was the plaster ers International Association and the Butchers' association. These organiz ations were followed by the Bartend ers' International Leasee and the Plumbers' Union, and tLe Brick, Tile and Terra Ootta Workers. This nnm- pleted the first division. - xne second division, beaded bv Abe bobirrner, marshal, was composed of the typographical union in the lead. followed by the Cooks and Waiters' anion. Bricklayers and Masnns' intnr national union, Brotherhood Painters, Decorators and Paper tHangers, and tbe Ciearmakers' union. W. W, Howard acted as marshal tor the third division, which wa handed dj the United Brotherhood Carpenters ana joiners, toe united tfrewerv Workers of America, the Journeyman Barbers union, and the Bod Car riers' union. , The Walla Walla Fire Depratment followed next, after wbiob Peering Giaiit Alfalfa Mowers LIGHT DRAFT EASY RUNNING - AND NEVER CHOKES C A. BARRETT & CO,, Athena and Tea Athena, Oregon. came the trades display After the parade reached the grounds a mammoth barbecue free to all took place. Sports consisting of horse racing, both running and har ness, in the afternoon. . One of the principal attractions of the day was a baloon ascension and parachute leap performed by the famous Professor Goda. Foot racing, tight wire walk ing and an open air vaudeville per formance adds to the large list of amusements. A THIEF AT THIRTEEN YEARS Finds Companion in Portland and Starts Out on Career of Crime. Abused by his father so that he had to run away from home last October, then turning thief,; pickpocket, hobo, burglar and - purse-snatoher this is the story told to the Portland Oregon ian by Alfred Hanson, ' a 13 year old boy when arrested fcy' Captain Bruiu after he had with another boy "made an unsuccessful attempt to snatch a woman's purse. The career of the boy, his admission of crimes committed in nearly ten oities on the ooast, and his acknowledgment that he kuew he was doing wrong revealed a storv likn that of the familiar character of "Artful Dodger," described by Dick ens. Harrisburg. Albany. Pendleton. Walla Walla. Taooma. Snnfeann. Tinl. lingham, Seattle, Centralia and Port land were visited by the boy, who reaped a harvest in ecah one. Acoording to his own story, Hanson began when he was 6 years old hv stealing some candy and gum from a store near his father's ranoh. nn thn Silverton road, about six miles from Salem. After that he went further and further down. Mrs. F. J. Shelton. who linu nt Arleta, informed captain Bruin Satur day afternoon that two small hovs snatched hir purse at the O. W. P. & By waiting room. In the evening Captain Bruin suspecting that the boys would make another attempt to snatch purses or pick pockets in the crowded waiting room made a trip there. After a few minutes he notic ed; two . boys, whose descriptnus agreed with those furnished by Mrs. Shelton, dodging between the crowds. Presently, he saw. oue of the bovs an- proaoli a woman who was at that time tieing her shoes and attempt to snatch the bag she bad laid on the bench alongside. The other boy also attempted to take the purse, but the woman suspeoting something grabbed her bag and laid it on her knees. The boys then .left, going up on First street. Captain Bruin followed them closely nehind and soon saw one of the boys make an attempt to steal some bauanas from a fruit stand. Then the oaptain grabbed the youthful thieves and brought them to the station. Hanson was closely questioned by Captain Bruiu and after a few de nials and after being confronted by the Knapp boy, who had made a full confession a few minute befoie, be told all about bis crime as if he was describing a picnic MAYOR rjlAlTlliJOBEO Is Thrown From Cart by Fractious , ' Colt Friday Afternoon. With his back held in a nlantnr an that none of the muscles oan move, Mayor Fee is now confined to bis home on East Railroad street, an a rn. suit of an' accident which hannHned while he and bis son were breaking a norse, says toe Tribune. The anoi- dent happened al their onmn in th monuntaios Fnday afternoon, and the mayor was brought to Pendleton on the late train Friday niuht. lie is bieng attended by Dr. McFanl and while the injury is not regarded as serious, the mayor is unable to move, and the doctor says the injury being a very serious strain of thn small of the beak, may confine him to his house for many riav . lhe mayor and bis son were driving a VOUntr horse to A cart ecmamnllv arranged with long shafts. Everything was wording smootttly, but in making a turn Mr. Fee neglected to allow for the amount of space made necessary in which to turn by the length of the shafts and one wheel struck a stump. Though be was thrown out and fell violently to the ground he does not re member whether he fell in front of the wheel or behind it. As soon as his father fell the boy caugbtthe lines and stopped the horse. Mr. Fee must have befn unconscious for a moment or two. Greatest Game in History.. 'For 24 innings Boston and Phila delphia battled in perhaps the most remarkable baseball game ever played, Philadelphia defeating Boston by a score of 4 to 2. Time aud again it seemed as though one or the other team would break the tie, for ecah team had men on third with but oue man out in several innings, but phe nomenal playing iu each case prevent- ed the winning run from being made. Harris, Boston's pitcher, weakened in the 24th, after one bad gone out, and three runs were scored before the third man was laid low. While Har- irs pitched a remarkable game, for Boston, Coombs' pitohing for Phila delphia is said to have been the most scientific and ekillf ul of any pitoher over Buen la JDOSlon DISASTROUS FOREST FIRES names Devastating; Great Tracts Fir and Cedar Timber. of It is estimated that more than $1, 000,000 worth of timber has been destroyed by forest tires iD nnrfhwnnt em Washington this summer, and thn flames are still devastating great tracts of fine nr and cedar trees. In Skagit county alone, along the Sauk river, almost $1,000,000 worth of standing timber has been eaten by Are m the latter part of August , The fires in. Skagit county are yet burning fiercely, and men are forced to battle day and night to save prop erty. In Wnatoom county this year forest fires are the worst kuown since the disastrous tire of . 10 yeras ago when the conflagration was so wide- spread that Bellingham and other towns were threatened, (in thn oh of Lake Whatcom $100,000 worth of nr and cedar has conn nn in amnto Iu"the Mount Baker distict ranoh valu able timber has been ruined by fire within the last week and the forest rangers and miners are still fighting toe nery toe. Property worth 1500.000 has barelv secaped total destnotion, and the danger to some of it is by no means past. In the vicinity of Maple Falls scores of men are battling to save Ins. ging camps and mills. - o FEEL THE EARTH t Baker City People are Puzzled bv ' the sensation. It is reported that lat Baker City experienond an earthquake snoca, tde first that has occurred there. The shock was a local one but was felt for quite a distanoe around the city. It was experienced by at least 100 different people. At first the idea was sooffed at. People hardly believed their own senses. The sensation was that of a building .boing raisod and settling again. Some thought it an explosion. uuo man rusned up stairs to resoue bis sleeping son, believing the lad had rolled out of bed. The weahter ob server declares it a true erathquake. Nelson Loses on Foul. sv Battling Nelson deliberately fouled Joe Gans in tho 42nd round of the best and louceat fieht seen in manv yeras at Arena, Goldflelds, Nev., yes terday. Both men were tired when the fight ended, hit Gans was ap parently the stronger, was way ahead on poiuts and had smashed and out Nelson all through the fight without being badly hurt himself. Shortly after the 42nd round commenced the men were in the usual olinoh. Nelson bad bis head on Gans' shoulder and bis arms down. Soveral times he hit Gans below the bolt, apparently feel ing for a vital spot. At last he drew back his rieht arm and hit Onus vicious blow square in the groin. The colored boy sank to his kuees and rolled over ou his back. Enf er Hiler wihtout hesitation ordered Nel son to his corner aud awraded the fight to Gans on a foul. " An 85,000 Bushel Crop. Tbe largest crop of wheat grown by any one mau in Umatilla nonntv this year is that of George Perringer, who rarms upon tne reservation very large ly. Mr. Perringer has just ' finished harvesting and he made 40,000 sacks, or about 85,000 bushels. The entire harvesting was done with a steam combine. For sevreal years Mr. Per ringer has been the largest wbeut grower in the county. Knifes Jack Brighnm. Joak Brigham, a reservation farm er, was badly cut with a knife Friday afternoon while attempting to stop a fight between Donald McKay, an In dian, and a white man, say tbo Tri bune. Tbe flsht cccm-mri nn Hia Brigham ranch, which is just north of tne oia agenoy building, it is not thought that any serious moult will resutl from the injury received. Blue Mountains are Ablaze. Forest fires are threatening Vjterla valley. Two fires are iagintr in the big forests of yellow nine and arn de. stroyicg ranch valuable timber. The Are on Goose creek is in tbe Blue Mountain reserve. The extent of the destruction is not known. Thn fire were started by careless campers. BAHNER OA LVH tha most heaifna aalva In th world. Governor to Request Roads to Furnish Reports WILL-BEGIN ACTION AT ONCE Secretary of State Dnnbar Has De clined to Comply With the Governor's Bequest. Governor Chamberlain porsbnally will take up the matter of nnfornn. ment of the state law requiring rail roads to make annual reports as soon as he returps from the Boise irriga tion congress. Secrotary of State Dnnbar has de cliued to comply with the governor's request that the railroads be notified to obey the law. and the covnrnnr will proceed as chief exeoutive to en force the law of 1885 unless the courts de olare that it is no lonenr in nftWit says the Journal. I shall call on the railrnnda to make the reports reonired hv t.lm act of 1885, if the seoretray of state deolinos to make the demand upon them," said Governor Chamberlain. "It is not the dutV of the seorntnrv nf state nor of the governor to determine wneiner a law is in foroe. That is a question for the courts. . : : , . : . Tbei code commissioners wore in. doubt as to whether the aot of IRRrt in still? in foroe. but tnev decided to place it on the statute bonks, and it is the duty of the state officials to regard it as in force until t.hn nnnrtu decide otherwise. " " The governor said that beoansn a law appeared in print in the code it did not necessarily follow that it had not been repealed bv a legislative ant. But in view of the faot that the old law of 1885 requiring railroads to make annual reports to the ntnt.n won placed in the code by the code com mission, o. B. Bellinger f and W. W. Cotton1, and that the iinrnmiasinn wm in doubt at the time as to whether the law I had been repealed, it remains With the Officials of thn stain nf Orn. gon to enforce the law until such time as the courts decide that the law is not in effoet. It is not the nrovinnn of the secretary of state or any other official iu the statebouse to decide the point. The law is there, the same as are other laws which tho neonln nhnv. and it is to be presumed, in the ab sence of any inrt deoision or legis lative aot to tbe contrary, that it in r law. Since the laws are for the cor porations and tbe neonln alikn t.hnv should be obeyed by ail alike. "I think I shall have the matter nn to the courts within a very short time. I may be able to seouie a decision on the matter before the legislative ses sion is well under way," said the governor, "It is my intention, as soon as I return from Boise, to address a letter to official renresontativeH nf the railroads, asking them to comply with the law bv mttkimr thn ii nn mil report prescribed A reasonablo timo Will be given for them tn inrfinntn , their course in tho matter," Notice For Bids. Bids will be reoieved at tbe office of the secretary ot the Third Eastern Oregon Agricultural society until 12 o'clock m. Saturday, September 8, 190, iipon tbo following privileges: Confectionary stands including soft drinks, ioo cream candy end uuta; for fruit staud including all fruits in sea son j also for coffee and lunch counter. Every bid will be received separately accompanied by a check for 85 per cent of tho bid. Tbe board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. For full particulars apply or address toe oflioo of tbo secretary. Other concessions will be let upon applica tion to tbe management . IL O. WLLIS, Secretary. YOwiog to the fact that tbe wbeut I market ban hnnn K! nmilii n hnulial thn past few days there has been very little doiue in tbe market. Verv tovt farmers- are , selling at this prioo. However, many of them are vtirv hnNV storing their grain. Water Famine at Weston. Weston is experiencing its usual annual water famine, duiing which time tbe auixliarv iiumn baa bann brought into use, and people are order ed to discontinue irricatinir and lawu sprinkling for a time. It is thought the period of scarcity will be short. Foley's Honev and Tnr- cures so!is, prevents pneumonia. i -. i i 7