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VOLUME III
LA GRANDE. OREGON. FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 26, 1904.
NUMBER 248
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TO TEST
LOCAL
OPTION
Constitutioaai.ty of the
Local Option Law will
be Tested in Multno
mah Courts.
According to the OregoniuD the con
stitutionality of the lo al-ontion law
will bo tested in the courts and a I ill
of complaint will be Died soon by per
s ins interested in defeating the law. It
will take the form of a suit to enjoin
county clerk fields from submitting
the question to the vote s at the elect
ion in NovembT whether liquors thall
be sold in Multnomah county as peti
tioned for by I H Amos and 527 others
prim ipall- members of the Prohibi ion
party. The petition filed demands
that the elcrk shall place on the ballot
the question of prohibition to be an
swered by the voters yes or no,
The Attorneys who are preparing the
injunction suit do not desire at this
time to slate what points they will
make against the ronstitutionality of
the law, any more than to say that it
will be attuckoil from all sides The
matter of testing the law has been un
der consideration since the eleotion in
June
Building Notes
The foundation for deputy ahetitr
Tom Johnson's new residence on O St
is completed and waiting for lumber.
Mrs T N Murphy's new house on
Main street is about oompleted and
will he ready for Mr and Mrs J c
Henry, who will occupy it on the 1st.
Trainmaster X W Walsh Is mnkh-g
ext nive improvements t his resid-
nee by the addition of a second story.
Contractor Slater is p'tshing the work
on the city ball with as large a force
as ran bo worked to advantage on the
structure.
NETTLETON'S
FINE - SHOES - FOR - MEN
HIGH GRADE ONLY
We have received a shipment of the above well known fine shoes for men,
consisting of all sizes and widths.
See our Nettleton Shoe Window, where you will see a combination of lufts and
patterns. Fit, Comfort, Style, Individuality and effect re all combined in the
Nettleton Shoe.
The Chicago Store
THE BUSIEST 8TORE IN TOWN
Adams Ave., La La Grande, Oregon.
Carpenter Clancy Is building a ma'
. coitage on the property be re eutly
' purchased on First street.
Sheriff Penningtou'e new rei!enc,
from its sitely location la quite notica-
le and will be among the many modern
residences that U now under o itmtruo
tion in the various portions of the city.
C V Highlander lias a coitage undoi
construction on Cedar street.
County sobool' superintendent F E
Brugg's uew rosidenoe on the corner of
Adams Ave. and Cedar stieet will soon
be ready for occupaooy.
County reontdor Pro.tor will have
his bouse nearly rtaly to move into
by t first of the month, which is
situated within a few blocks of the
High school.
Wm Kricksoo has oompleted a very
neat oottuce and and is now eonstruol
ingont buildings in keeping with the
same.
Mr conuors resi.lenoo is another ad
dition t the many new Improvements
that have an I are being constructed on
tbo hill
Mr and Mrs Fred Swaney have moved
into their haDdso new rosidence on
M Btreot.
J R Moore will soone have a o m
fortnble home completed on his 7th
street property.
The stone work was again resumed
on the foundation for the addition to
the oFley House.
Notwithstanding the groat number
of dwellings that have been oompleted
during the past year and the nuu her
now under construction ft is an excep
tion to the i ule to secure a vacant huiiaj
in the city.
Portland Markets
Portland Aug. 26 The local wheat
market is showing a considerable
slump on account of the lowi r figures
throughout the world. The prices as
they existed yesterday were too high
to admit of buying by either the local
millers or the exporters. This Inact
ive feeliu is the direct cause of the
"lump.
Wheat Export price New and old
Club, 75c; bluoftom, 83c; valley, 85o
Uarley-l eed, 921; rolled $22; brew-
ing, 23 50 at 21 00.
(Jits Producers' price No 1 white.
,25.00; gr.iy $21.00.
All misundtrstandlngs have been
satisfactorily settled and the con
struction work has been resumed on.
the Foley House, foundation.
Nettleton lasts are creations of study and thor
ough knowledge of the anatomy of the human
foot.
If you have had trouble with your feet try a pair
of Nettleton's fine shoes; then you will realize where
the trouble was.
Prices $6.00, 0.50 aud $7.00.
Pat. Calf, ValoreCalf, Pat E id, Pat Colt. Pat
Cordovan, Chrome Wax, Kangaroo and many
MUCH
LARGER
ARMY
Genera) Kuropatkin's
Army Now Thought
to be Nearly Equal to
that of the Japs.
St Petersburg Aug. 26 Oineial Ko
patkfu under todays date, from Liao-
yang, wires the war office tbat he wi'l
take tbe offensive at onoe. The di -atoh
carried alo a long review of con
dition! but this portion was Dot givi a
out to the public.
Ii l b lieved among tbo well li
formJd here however tbat bis army
will bi more nearly equal to that f
the Japanese than at any previous
time.
There are now under bis oommand
185,000 men , a large portion ol whom
are now seasonal vetorans. For t'j e
Cusaaole division) a, fiesb supply i f
horses hai been received and others
ro bring hurried lorward as rapidly
at possible.
Tbe batteries will be augmented by
120 oanooo, whioj are now en route,
are ezpeoted within a tew days.
These guns are of a muoh lfter modal
than moit of those whtob Kuropatktn
h is heretofore had at bis oommnnn.
Buying Cattle
Biker City, Au(t. 26 Oarlston Bro
thers, of Hostile through tbefr looal
representative, Mr. Phlllipps, ol tbia
city, have closed contrnds or the pur
chase of about 20 o u loads of two and)
and tbrce-year old steera and fat cows
to ba delivered jo this city. The oat-l
tie are from tbe lower Burnt river and
Rye valley range.
Japs Lose Heavily
Cnee Fee, Aug. 26 Russian advices
reoeited today ray the Japanese h
saulu on Pott Arthur on Auguat 21
and 21 were repulsed with tremendous
lotus.
. It Is laid tbe attempt ol tba Japan
ese to oaptu-w Port Arthur Fort Etie
han resulted in a loss of 3 ,000 killed
or wounded.
Digs Up Old Papers.
Ban Franoiauo, Aug. 26 James
Gardner returned last week Irom A us-.'
tralia and recovered from their hiding
piaoe in bis old room in the Harker
House in Montgomery street, docu
ments whiclihe buried there forty-one
years ago, and whioh couneoted him
with piratiotl attempts of Asbnry
Harpeodtog to loot the Pacific Mail
treasure ships balweon here and Pan
ami. DIGS UP PAPERS
Gardner dug up the flagstone in tbe
old fireplace and found letter, a re
volver and a bowie knife which be
buried there just bsfore be fled to
Australia.
Harpeading, Rubery . and Ridgsly
Greathouse were tbe leaders in a plot
to bold up tbe treasure ships to Pan
ama. Harpending bought tbe ship J. H.
Chapman and outfitted her as a ' pri
vateer Guns and ammunition were
secured by Greathouse. He preteuted
tbat he was the agent ol the Mexican
revolutionist!. A crew ol desperadoes
was hired.
CONSPIRATORS SURPRISED
Tbe soheme was to rendezvous at
Guadelupe IaUnd oil tbe Mexioan
coast and then intero. pt the steamers.
The soheme might hare been euoeess
ful bad not a revenue oflioer rpied on
the oonapirators and given Governor
Stanford tbe tip.
Marines from the sloop Oysne sur
prised tbe ronstiratnra us they were
hoisting sail and captured the entire
parly except Gardner and Captain
Law, wbo were late in gettiog ab ar .
The leadfrs were) sentenced to ten
years in prison, but President Lincoln
pardoned them. Gardner fid to
Australia, and this is his first visi
here since.
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RAILROAD
TALK
Electric Line May Run
from La Grande to
Baker City.
The eastern Oregon eleotrio Hue
soheme of Dr. J. M. Boyd, father ol
Mayor L. Frank Boyd, contemplates
a road from Baker City to La Grande
45 miles, which will take in tbe towns'
of Haiues, Union and Hot Lake. A
braneb line to swing around tbe
Grande Ronde valley is alio talked o'.
Mr. Boyd said: "The plana era
only b-gun for the projeot. An ex
pert street oar man and a corps nl en
gineers w ll leave for the ground to
morrow and when they report we will
koow what we have. We have tbe
promise of eastern money to baek the
proposed road when we have made the
survey, secured the power and have
title right of way. I own consider
able property in Bak.r City, some of
which will be used for terminal
grounds," Spokesman Review.
Suspected Robbers
Paterson, N J , August 26, Foor
Italians suspected of being tbe high
wayinen who held unaud robbed Fay
master White of S5000 yesterday, were
urreated today near Little Falls by a
poise. They desperately resisted ar-
reat, and when taken to Little Falls.
they were nearly mobbed by the towns
people.
It is understood that the men ar
rested are the snsprots that the police
began looking for Immediately after
tbe robbery yesterday.
Dr. Gibson, the oeolUt of Minue
npolir, Minn , will be here a few days
titling glasses. Ho baa an extra fine
stock ol np-to-ilate styles. Uxainlua
tlona free at your homes Don't neg
leot your eyes. 2t
thing Sale
This is the last week of our Clothing Sale
Every Suit in our entire line is sacrificed.
Come and got your pick. These are uH new
and Up-to-date Goods. "
All $20 00 Suits go for, , . i . lt) 00
All 18 Suits go for. . . . 15 '
All 16 Suits go for. .....12 V
All 12 50 Suits go for. 10 5
All other prices in proportion.
PICK' TP
Muny Odds and Ends of Summer and sea
r nimble goods tli nl uro exceptional values
tntist be clORed ouf in the next two weeks.
Jim J04M?i
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TO SETTLE MEAT
CUTTERS STRIKE
.Chicago, AngtiBt 2 The city auth
orities are to make a second effort to "
settle the. stookyards strike, At a,
meeting of the city council - tonight, a -resolution
was passed empowering the
mayor to appoint a committee of 11
aldermen to make It their business to
bring about a settlement. ' .
There was some opposition to the
resolution, some of the aldermen de
claring tbat tbe result would be 'no
thlug. The resolution, however, parsed'
and a committee appointed , by the
mayor. Invitations were at onoe sent
to the strikers and employers Inviting
them to meet the members of the com
mittee tomorrow. ' .
GUDGER SAILS
FOR NEW YORK
Panama, Aug. 26 United States '
Oonsul-G-ocral Heiekiab Gudgar,
Chief Sanitary Offloer Gorgu and
Anralral Keu,ny have railed for New r
York. It Is said tbat Gudger goes to
stump in Indiana for President Rooe
yelt. Gorgas ia seeking material to
make the isthmus more bealtby.
It is thought tbat the death rate
will be reduced to a minimum when
the plan now outlined has been pem
feoled and ia in .operation, and - that
tbe building of the oahal will be at
tended wltb much less mortality,
among tbe laborers tban was at first
expected.
Boy Is Impaled
Obillicotbe, O. Aug. 26 Harry
Smith, tbe fourteen-year-old eon of
David Smith, ol Kingston, ten miles
north of beio, wan probably fatally in
jured yosttrJi.y by having a large
mow fork fall from a heigl't of thirty
(eel and run completely through bis .
h'dy. .
Young Smith was on tbe ground
floor of the barn when the fork, with
prongs aa inoh aud a quarter square,
fell and striking him in tbe right side
passed through the body and emerged
'rom Ms back . The b y may live.
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