i PA o VOLUME IV LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1904 NUMBER 32 we FnS Si. m s TV PRESIDENT Treats Largely with Interstate Conditions Gives Due Credit to Agricultural v Conditions The Presidents message Is a long one, bat li on ' that every American hoald read, ubfw" doing he coald get more information as to what the government Udolnr than by, tbe same amount of reading in any other book or document. , The affaire of 100,000, 000 people cannot be eondenied Into a before the public that the meMage doee ' not treat. . Of agrlonltare be seys:; ; . ' - v The department ; of agriculture has grown Into an educational institution w 1th a faculty of 3,000 specialists mak- in g research Into all the sciences of DDOO Holiday : x, The chances are that if everybody I knew the exact facts about our Eoli- day line, how carefully selected and . how fair in price, we would not have half enough to go around. ; .' : , '1. We have been fortunate in being able to buy our holiday stock close: Zfhe selling .will ' be just as close. We. i want you to see our line before asssrt- Iments are "broken.. In the start we will have a variety of goods not sold elsewhere; these are . apt to be the " goods you want. " Make sure of them by buying early Fair prices will last to the end. " Best assortment will not. - fl. a " -r Ready for WEDNESDAY THE NEWLIN DRUG CO LA GRANDE - J OREGON SENDS MESSAGE production. The congress appropriat es, directly and indirectly 16,000,000 annually to carry on this work. It reaches every state and territory in the onion and thi Island a of the sea lately oome i nder oar flag. ' Co-operation is had with the state experiment stations, and with many nMwtr institutions and individuals. T he world Is carefully searched tor new Tarintles of grains, fruits, grasses, vegetables, trees and shrubs suitable to various localities in onr country, and marked benefit to our producers has resulted. The activities of oar age In lines of BDDODDBDDOaBBBBl 4 . Inspection .'. MORNING . . . research have reached the tillers of tbe soil and inspired them with ambition W know more of the principles that Kovoin the forcee of nature with which they have to deal. Nearly half of th people of this counter devote their ena.gieato growing thinga Iromtb soil. Until a recent date little has been done to prepare these million for their life work. In most lines of hnmao activity college trained men are tbe leaders. The farmer had no opportunity for special training until the congress made gravis on for it 40 years ago. Uu ing these years prog ress has been ma and teachers have been prepared. ' Over 500 atudente are in" attendance at our state agricultural ool leges. Tbe federal government expends ten millions of dillars annually - toward this education , and for . researuh in Washington and in the several states end territcriei. The depart ment of agriculture has given facili ties for postgrad ate work : to . 6U0 yiuog men during the last seven years preparing them for advanced lines of work in the department snd . in the state institutions. Tbe fa:ts concerning meteorology life and being systematically inquired into. Temperature and moisture are controlling factors in all agricultural operations. The seasons of the cyc lones of the Caribbean sea and their paths ate being forecasted with in creasing accuracy,. The sold winds that come fro.u tha noith are antioi pated and their times and intensity told to farmers, gardeners and fruiters in all southern localities. t We sell S290.U00.000 worth of ani mals and animal products to foreign countries every year, in addition to supplying our own people more oheap ly and abundantly than any other nation ts able to provide for its people Successful manufacturing depends piimarily on cheap food, : which ac counts to a considerable extent for our growth in this direction. The department of agriculture by careful inspection of meats, guards tbe health of our people and gives dean bills of health to deserving ex perts, it is prepared to deal promptly with imported diseases of animals and maintain the excellence of our . flocks and herds in . this ' respect. There should be an annual census of the livestock of tbe nation . We sell abroad about $600,000,000 worth of plants and their products every year. ..Strenuous efforts are be ing made to import from ) foreign countries suoo grains as are suitable to our varying localities. Seven years ago we bought three- fourths of our rioe. By. helping the rioe growers on tbe gulf ooaet to'eecure seeds from the Orient suited to their conditions and by giving them ade quate protection they now supply home demand and export to the is lands of the Caribbean sea and other ice-growing countries. - to BATTLE SHIPSIN r ..;' DANGER Japanese to Train Guns on Russian Vessels. Tokio. Deo 6. The effective bomb ardment ot . the Russian battleships in Port Arthur whioh began last Saturday waa one of tbe results of the rapture of 303 Metre Hill. Up to . that time the warships were able to seek shelter from the Japanese ' fire under Pal Yu mountain but the capt ure of 203 Metre Hill has enabled the Japanese to train their guns on the Russian vessels with the result that a n amber hare been set on Are and others most either put to sea or suffer irrepararable damage " ,Tbe."LIttle Outcast" at the Opera House last night was well attended and gave general satisfaction. SUPttylSORV FEAR WEBER AAY ESCAPE auburn. Cel., Dec. 7. 'The board of super visors this morning passed a strong resolution calling upon the attorney-general of California to come forward and assist the district attorney of Placer county tn the conduct of tbe Weber murder case. The supervisor say thev fear the prosecution may fail unless the oonnty is represented by sble counsel. - ' ' : Congress At Work ' Both bcsMe of Congress ere , at work. Monday on motion of Gover nor of Ohio tbe house extended until January 5 the time when the Mer chant Marino Commission shall sub mit Its report This commission has been engaged all summer gathering facts about the Ouuditlon of Amerioan shipping and will most probably givs its plan for reviving our shipping in terest." This being the most impor tant question that will be considered ih'i Ua rnnrl will be awaited with great ipU rest. Several tariff bills were introduced the first day. Cochran of New York introduced a bill providing for ascer taining tbe money expended in tbe last Presidential electkn. . A New Industry Mr Chas Willerodt formerly of Jos- ph, baa moved to tnls city and ea tabllshed his granite and marble works here. He cuts monuments and head stones from native granite and marble, aad he Is past master at the art. He has placed many monuments In the Enterprise cemetery and they are the most beautilul ones tutre, Wallowa Democrat. ; ' Married On Tuesday evening at 7 p m at the home of Mrs. Hueahan." corner at O and 7th street, by tbe Bev, B B Hays, pastor of the Presbyterian oh rob, Mr. Cecil 0 Catee and Pearl A Greinar. A Batch OF Offices - The President sent to the Senate on Dec 8 second day of the session the names of 1W0 parsons whom he had appointed to office during the recess. SPECIAL VALUES Men's Suits arid Overcoats Regular $8 Kersey Cloth Overcoat, m fYfJ Velvet Collar H?f'X Jll v) J U U Regular $i2.5o Blue Kersey Overcoat, tj 1 f iOiO , with Silk Velvet collar j 1 U Uw New Styles in Men's .Men's and Boys' Winter U.ie Just Received. Latest hapes' PatAC ia Pla8t oowy and, fancy Ial5 aad colors in the famous . VdUj cloth caps, in ehapa to suit every STAR HAT. want $2.50 and $3.00 " 25c to $1 5O $3.25, $3.50, Boys' Reefer Overcoat $ 2-7 8 Men's Underwear at Underpricts I fttn' SMrt5ihirP price Reason, v. $5.00 Boys' Suit Special at $3,9 5 n JURY BRINGS IN VERDICT OF GUILTY Land Grabber Muet Answer for Their Crimes ..... All Guilty Except Miss ... ' Ware y-- Porland,Deo. 7 "We the jury, find tbe'de'endant, 8 A DPutfr guilty "We, tbs jury find the detendar t HoraoeU KoKinley, guilty We the jury find the defendant Daniel J Taipley, guilty. "We tbe jury find tbe , defendant Mrs Emma Watson, guilty. - "We the iury find . ths defendant Miss Msrle Were, not guilty." , This is tbe result of the jury's de liberation in the laod. fraud oases a n- nouoed at 8 o'clock this afternoon. Frank Walgamot, the aiith deft n- dant, having already pleaded guilty. Is not inoluded in tbe verdict. ' " The trial was for conspiracy to rob the United States government of cer tain land most of bioh was looated in "7-11 " Tha trial bas oooupied he attention of the federal court for two weeks and has been followed with keen interest by the public The penalty for the crime of which the defendants have been oonvioted is given in tbe revised statutes as follows "If two or more', persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States or to defraud the United States in any manner, or for any purpose, and one or more of suoh parties do any act to rffeot ths object of the conspiracy, all tbe - parties to suob oonspjraoy, shall be liable to a penalty of not more thau.ll0.00O or1 to imprisonment for not more 'ban two years or to both fine and iroprie ment at the discretion of the court." 8ection 6440, Revised Statutes of the United States. Mr Heney. remarkable address to tbe jury was a terrible airaignment of ' tb defendants and a clear : preseuta ' tton of the evidence adductd by tbe governor nt against them. PRISONERS TURN PALE Puter, McKinley, Emma Watson,: Traploy and Marie Ware listened with pale faces to the merciless Indictment Walgamot was tbe only one of tbe de fendants WHO WM ' WMil . uwu. . room. . Puter's expression was that of dogged despair, and fear was plainly stamped upon the white face of Kin ma Watson. Tbs hush ot expectancy pervaded the densely crowded courtroom when Heney began his address to the jory immediately upon the opening ol eourt. ;'''.&..:: -. - Subpoenas were isrued yesterday ' for Sunator John H Mitchell and Congressman Hermann to appear in Portland by Deoember 15, to testify in tbe Ware, Puter, and McKinley land fraud oases, which will then ' be on trial before United States Judge Bellinger. '-.'. f Tbe subpoenas were sent to the United States marshall for the Dis trict of Colombia and be will serve them at Washington. ' t Co. L Dance " Next Monday night at Armory ball Co L will givs ons of their popular dances. To those who have been regu lar attendants nothing further need be said. To those who have not, their attendance is particularly solicited. A good time is assured all. ' 'JZ oBoaoooDOBi ooBaKaaoaDDDaaaanoBD T aro," 1Hwy turn IWL Win J lour 134 1 and thirty aU 8SJJJ la lowaabip flva (6 k. a moose. Agtttt