Tonight law aad Cooler. To- A
snoriow fair and Warmer. Ii
LA GW
THE TRAINS
aNo S East bound 9:10 m outline.-
No West MpuwUMi
VOLUME 111
LA GRANDE. , OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 13 1904.
NUMBER 203
mm
EVENING
OBSERVE!?
t
GREAT
WALL OF
WATER
Sweeps Down Upon
7'- Mitchell Carrying De
; j struction in its Wake
-; Heppner Again Visited
4 1
j Arlington Orf 3U 13 Th rani.
-denti ol Heppner tod Mitchell expe
ls' . rienced a thrilling repetition of the
. great cataetrophy ol lust Jane, last
'. evening, and while the damage is
, Very slight at tbe lormer plaoe, Mitoh-
; til resident were compiled to dee to
i.'i 11 'or safety. A wa 1 of water
j Jweo'y Aw 'set high earns down
Brdgeaod Mill creeks which unite
about three hundied yorde above the
, town. The flood claimed two victim,
V Martin Smith, a man nearly 100 years
- old, and Mrs Betbnne, an aged woman
living thir'. It also oarried away 25
xr5' . houses In the mad rath. Ererj
tbing bilow Looncy'e etore was car
. ried away. Two 1 irge livery statlae
with twenty borses were loat. Oakes
Merjancile Campany'a store, Water
man's tt ire and tbe Sour mill escaped
. being wrecked, but tbe first mentioned
. .loat 1 n tone ot barbed wir'. There
was little rain at Mitohell bat tbe
. thunder and lightning gave tbe in
hab.tanta warning tbat a flaod or
olonubrret might be ixpected, bo they
: prepared lor it. Over ball tbe popula
tion Hid to ibe billa b irdering vhe val
. 'ey and the 1 there prepared lor tbe
. water when it suddenly burst upon
' tbem. Two agd people who met
-. their death by drowning refined to ao
company tbe otbera to the bills, feel
ing tbe alarm unnecessary. -.
Tbe exoitemeot at Heppner was
' even greater than at Mitohell, for the
j people have hardly reoovered from tbe
j nervous strain of last year. Tbe
j flood damage at tbia point waa coo-
fined to tbe washing away of b'idgee
j and the weakentng of the 0 H& N
ilrdgeat Lexington. The rreek rose
suddenly and with a rush overflowed
j its bank, but there was no great vol
' time of water as a'. Mitchell. No re
porta have come in from tbe farming
diatricta eo it ia impoasible to atata
A FEW INTERESTING
Jul) - Clearance - Sale
Ladies Shirt Waist Suits
Greatly Reduced
These cut prices effect oar enliro line
of ladies Shirt Waist Suits in white,
cream and colors.
All $4.50 Suits, now (3.60
All' 6.5G Suits, now 4.85
Ten Dozen Shirt Waists
. LADIES AND MISSES
HALF PRICE.
In this lot of waists you will find some of our best numbers some, of them slightly
soiled and mussed but beet values ever offered. ; ;. "
Men's Straw Hats
One hall' price. 25c and 36o hats and.
quite a number of 60c values. Your
choice for 15 cents.
Ladies and Children's Hose
In blank, plain and lace hose, regu
lar 15c values, 2 pairs for 21 cents.
25 cent Lace Hose 21 cents.
Good assortment for small and
large and all of them special values at
our regular price.
0 - ' -
what damage fax been dona to iopr,
berdt sad ranch pioperty, " '
A Ninety Day Run
Frank Alexander returned' thie
morning from Waverly, where be hat
been employed in the eogar factory.
He ttatea tba faotory it figuring on a
ninety day run. Tba faotory paya
$5.25 per ton tor beett and ttttei tbat
former field superintendent Larson, ot
tba La Grande faotory baa made 112,
000 tba last lour yeart growing beett
and thai tbia year be it alto Bled tup-,
erinten lent of tbe Waveily faotory,
CHERRIES!
PLENTY.
Oherriee are prolific tbia year, and
their lite and Saver can not be excel
led, while tba amount raiasd on tne
tree seems almost Incredible. . A faw
yeart ago large lota of tbi trait ware
tbipped in here from California and
Walla Wtlla on account of the
meagre aupply in this valley, bat this
year wa have not only cherries lor our
own consumption, bat obfrries to
eptre to tbe rest of the world.
Stackland and Hanooek ', of Oove
are busily engaged in buying obeirlee
for tbe purpose of shipping in oar 1 Jtd
1 its, and Mr Huih Hougb it superin
tending tba packing and shipping in
Pruitdals.- Every nig at large ship
ments are made by express, and next
week Mr Hougb will thip an entire
carload Irom Fruitdale, onr suburb.
Tbe large amount of cherries which
it taket to constitute a car load can be
understood and appreciated, when one
becomes aware of tbe faot tbat it tikea
two thooaand cases to make a mini
mum oar. Stackland and ' Hancock
am packing two ear loads in Cove at
this time, and altogether there will be
four oar loada of cberriet tbipped pot
of tbe Grande bonde valley tbia tea-
son, besides the express shipments,
whioh will probably amount 10 as
much aa four oars. Although tome
ory tbat there it too rauoh Iroal in
tbia part ol the country, yet tba fact
do not bear tbem out.
- Wben we oan raise and ship1 ao
many of the delicate eherries, ft goet
to show that we of tbe Grande Bonde
valley are located where climatic con
ditions are almost perfect, ' aqd very
few sections of this great North .West
will b able to tbip ont oheiriet by
tbe oar ljad. .
JairJ
PARKER
AND
DAVIS
W J Bryan Says He Will
Support the Regular
Democratic Ticket and
Gives His Reasons
Liooolo, July 13. W. J. Bryan to
day gave ont the following statement
"lab til vote for Ftrker and Davit,
the nominate of the democratic na
tional convention and shsll do so for
the following reasons! ;. '.
"First: because the democratic
tioket stands for opposition to imper
ialism while " tbe republican tioket
standi for Impertelistic poiioy. '
Second: Mr. Roosevelt it injecting
tbe race itsne Injo Amerioan politios
and tbit issue If it becomes national
will make it impossible to consider tbe
queationi tbat demand tolution. Tbe
election of the democratic tioket will
pot a quietus on tbit subject. ,
Third : Mr. Roosevelt stands for
tbe spirit ot war. Hit triendt present
him at a man of blood and iron. He
believet in atrenuoqsness and" inoul-
eatea the love for warlike things, Tbe
democratic tioket ttands lor peaoe, for
reason and for arb tration, rather than
for foroe, oonqnaet and bloiter.
Fourth: The democratic tioket
platform standi for the reduction of
the standing army and as tbit plank
was unanimously adoptad then ia rea
son to b ilieve a demooraiio atatenint
on ibis anbjacl would bring tome ad
vantage t the paopK -"For
these reasons I feel justified in
supporting the tioket. Tbe democra
tic victory will mean vr little if any
progress on any economic question so
long at the party it uodtr tbe control
of the Wall Street eliment. On tb
money question. Mr. Parker it at
thoroughly committed to tbe aide ol
finance aa Roosevelt. Ott tbe trust
question the demooratio platform ia
very mucb bitter than the republican
platform,. but the nomination of Jud
ge Parker virtually nullifies the anti
trust plank. Unless in bis la ter ol
acceptance be commits himself , to
ait:-'rust ligisletion we need not ex
peot bin) to- pursue a dlff rent course
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Pricings
Ladies Silk Coats.
Reduced to less than cost ol material,
22.50 Coat now. ........ .$16 50
: 14 00 Coat now. . . . . ..... 10 90
12 00 Coat now. . . V. . ..9 85 -
7 BOCott now.......' 6 25
. 6 00 Coat now.... 4 85
. 75 Men's Underwear 60cUJJJJJJJ
Light Balbriggan summer under
wear, the suit while they last 6O0.
$1.25 DRESS SHIRTS 98c
A good assortment of the season's
best offerings, soft or stiff fronts, some
of them with collars to match. r Q
Your choice for y
Ladies 35c to 75c Belts, 25c
Here are belt 'value never before
offered in La Grande. Choice for 25o
from tbat voiced by President Roose
velt - .
"So far at tba labor question! are
oonoerned we must await Judge Par
kers letter before we shall know wheth
er tbe Ubiring man has anything to
expeot from his' eleotion.
Tbe hb plank pr-pirad by Judge
Parker's friend 00 tie tub oommiltee
was astiaddiing, meaningless, p'ank.
In the full committee tbe pi inks ad
opted favcr arbiiruiou od Ibe eight
hour day and are againet government
by injunotioni also the pliolc on tne
Color ido situation. If Judge Parker
it ailsnt or ambiguous on tbete tub
jeott it will mran tbat tbe men back
ol him will not permit him to take
the labor side on these disputed quea
tioni "On the tariff question tome little
progress may b) booed for But the
Parker mea on tbe committee wee
nearly ell in favor of very conserva
tive pUnks. It remains to be teen
whether Judge Parker will carry out
tbe definite plank whioh wassubititut-
ed by tbe full oommittee. -
"After describing tbe manner ol
Judge Parker's nomination wbioh be
maintains waa aeourad by "crooked
and indefensible methods" Bryan con
cludes: . 'V ; . ' '
'After having ttated that I ebal
support the ticket and rfter having
given my reasons for to doing, I tbink
it due to tbe demoorata ol tbe nation I
to tay that wbile the fight on eoono
mio questions Is postponed it tt not
abtudoned. As toon aa the eleotion
ie ovtr, I shall with those who be
lieve aa 1 do, undei take to organiae
bifore tbe campaign of 108, theobjejt
being to marabal tbe friends of a pop
ular government within tbe democra
tic party to tbe support of a radical
and a progressive polcy to make tbe
democratic party tbe efficient meant
in tbe bauds of tbe people for securing
relief from the element that contiole
the republican pmy and for tbe t:me
being ie in control of tbe democratic
party. This plin of organisation will
be elaborated eoon."
40000
MEN
STRIKE
International Meat Cut
ters and Butchers walk
Out -Trouble Over
Wage Scale
KanSKsOlty, July 13 Eight thou
saud meat cutters, butchers and others
affiliated with the picking bouse un
ions t truck today. At a result all men
are aSeoted. None of the packing
houses bought at the yards today.
About 2000 hogs tbat were on band
will probably bo returned to the oouo
try. 17,000 AT CHIOAOO
Cbiosgo, July 13 8-t2p.oi.it waa
eetimatee 17,000 men had already quit
work. No definite arrangements have
been made by any of tbe packers for
hireing non-union men. The packers
say there is freali meat enough in Cbi
osgo to last about 10 days.
4,000 AT OMAHA
Omaha, July 13 At nuon today
4,000 empbyea ol the four packing
nouses ol South Omaha went out on
strike, following the order for a gener
al strike of the Amalgamated Meal
Costers and Butchers' union. Practi
cally every man, skilled and unskilled
employed at the packing houses is af
fected.
6,000 AT ST. JOE
St. Joseph. July 13 More than
6,000 employes at tbe packing houses
bere struck at noon today and the
plants have close ! down. Tbe strik
ers ara orderly.
EAST ST. LOUIS
East St Louis Huly 13 At noon
more than 6000 employes at tba pack-
nig bouses bere stopped work. Ibe
aueboritiea do not anticipate trouble
but the police foroe in the packing
oouae district has been increased.
roitr woaxu
Fort Worth Tex July 13 Between
400 and 600 men, Including butchers,
cutters and cellar men employed at
the packing plsnts of Armour and
Swift struck today. Tbe . men tay
tuny know 1 Ule of iue contioveray be
tween the oulon and the ackers.
They are simply obeying tbeordirsof
, AT SIOUX our
Slonx City, Ia, July 18 about 1000
men in the Uudahy packing plant here
obeyed the order to strike. The plant
waa forced to shut down, business at
tbe stockyards it at- a ttandatill at a
result, .
8TRIKEB8 BT0RS
Syracuse, N Y July 13 -Homer-D
Call cf tl-ls city, secretary and treasurer
of the International, Meat Co'.tera
tad Butchers onion Bald today;
; Our coutraot with tbe paokert, which
was (or a year, expired In June. We
then met the respreientatires of ti e
"Big Six" in conlermce and offered to
renew the old contract with the at ale
of wagea in the 68 different departmen a
of the packing business. - Thit the
packers refuse i to do. They wanted to
cut down the the wages of the "c mmon
laborers," as they oalled. i. Tbia vir
tually meant tuny would reduce tbe
wages of 85 per cent of tb ir employes.
"The Union refusal to accept these
terjqs and the matter wat placed before
tbe locals for a referendum vote. It
resulted unanimously against tocepting
tbe terms of tbe packers.
The statemeata that have been made
to tbe effect th it we are fighting for a
closed shop and an tuciease ia wages
are untrue. We are aaklng for neither.
The standard would mean an increase
in wages in tome parts, but It would
also mean a corresponding decrease In
wages in ether departmuuti of the
packinghouses."
Hauling Brick
Teams 1 re now employed iu hauling
MID
For the next thirty days we will offer all Summer Ooodi at Greatly Reduced
"Prices. ; .
If you are in need of anything for Summer Wear it will be to your advantage to
look over our stock before purchasing eUewbere. All wash goods 00 sale at one
third off. ' ;" '
. A 11 wash wash shirt waists at a reduction of 25 per cent. V
On , Wrappers, Kimouas, and Dressing Saquet wo will save you 20 per cent.
Just what you will need for these warm daya. ' ,
NEWLIN DRUG CO.
briok from tht brickyard to the city
hall site. Contractor Slater Itexpeot
ed to return from Port'and tonight
where be bat been placing oadtr lor
tbe structural iron.
Saloon Attached.
Tba saloon on Depot ureal owned
by Be 4t and Orostmnn waa attaebed
and otosed Saturday by Ralph Atkin
son to secure tbe turn of $290.00 al
leged 10 b due biro. Today tba Spo
kaoe Drug Company filed a bil
for U 94, .
Usual Social Dance
Prof and Mra81mpt6n will give their
asual eooial danca tomorrow night at
Commercial Club and also the children
clasa tomorrow after noon at aama
plaee.
To See Her Father
: Mrs. Brown, wife of ootdnotrrOba-.
Brown of Pendleton paeaed through
thismorningenroute east in the bopaa
tbe would bi permitted to . reaeh . Ibe
btd'ide of bei father, who Is e ltieal'y
ill, before be patted away, ;
For Sale
Good paying b name's for tale. For
particulars write Box 37, La Grande,
Oregon
SUMMER
CLEARANCE
Chicag
o
Prescription Value
A prescription that lacks in tbe least essential
is worse than worthless. It may be positively
dangerous a peril to tbe life of the patient. It
may defeat the doctor's efforts, and it may re
tard the recuperative forces of nature.
To have any value whatever, a prescription
must be compounded from drugs tbat are abso
lutely pure und of standard potency. It luuvt
be exactly whxt the doctor intended it should be.
If it is this, it is certainly worth the retail value
of the drugs it contains. Our prescription ser
vice is right both in quality and cost.
Mayor-Jones Dead
Toledo, July 13.-4ainnal L Jones,
"Tbe Golden Bole Mayor" died tbia
evening as the result of a oomplleation
of diseasca.
Indian School
Washington, July 13 The Secretary ;
of tbe Interior appointed Chaa. Mo-
Nicbolt, now special Indian agent to be .
superintendent of the Umatilla Indian
ecbool In Oregon." - ..
CAME VERY NEAR
BEING A BAD RIOT
Chicago July 13. What promlaid fnr.
a moment to develops into a not w a
nipped In the bud at midnight. Wh le
tbe pott were being unload d from
wtjons to be naed by non-union mea -bitlde
the packing houea A large
orowd ot people congregated a Croat the
street. Aa toon at the work of aalotid
ng commtnued a rush wat made to
overturn the wagona. A polioeman
'rostrated the attempt and 1 laced three
of the rlnglealert under arrett. '.
Practically Settled
Call River, Mass., July 13. Jt was
practically tattled today thit a general
red notion of Fall Rivar was. ordered to
take effect July 13 tb. It it ex 1 acted
tbe prepoaed redaction ordered will'
average 12H per cent. More than 25,
00 ' operatives will be affected.
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