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GRANDE VOLUME IV LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1904 v- -.. a i ''7 m l 4 J( 4.'" t . .1 : STORMS EXTEND tHROUGHOUT EAST Trains Blockaded' Teleaaph Lines Demorrlized, -. Telephone Made Mtorse than ; ; ; ; Useless.:': V;:.-::;;"?-va--- , r Kansss City, Dm 28 This portion - of tbe ronthwert ii in the grsep of . a severe blisxard which extendi through ; Missouri into Nebreka sod Iowa, over . tba whole of Kansas and into Okie : homa and Indian territory Nearly ' a fort of anow bat fallen and b'own by tba high wind baa demoralised treat ear trafflo In the cltiea and de- layed or etalled many railroad trai-a. " The temperature ta near tba aero mark. North of Kansas City tba elect wblob preoeeded tba anow baa Made from the best of Oregon , i .. . -;,. r,: . . - .y-Jy " ' - n - ........ .... : : ": , , Tervthing elie on the market for cold weather wearing appeareL ' ; . . . ' ',,, , . :.- GERMAN SOX For Men and Boys In blacV and colored, special pricei 75c, 85c to $1.25 Aen Rubber At prices that mean a smart saving. Nothing but FIRST QUALITIES handled here and in. the best makes If yon fkil to see us about rubbers it is because you are" indifferent to saving money. For we positively can save you money on these geoda. ;-.-v.,;-;; -. , ; :'- ' . . Men's Winter Boys' Winter Caps 25c to 65c ...,- fe. i .rr...iiiri. inr.ur- I ( ' - . " broken down many telegraph wine and communication with many pointa in Nebraska! Iowaard northern Mia eourite Impoeaibte, ' S ' TOPEKA. T1B.U -. Topeka Deo 18 Owing to the pre facing bliisard atreet railway trafflo ia pratioally suspended and traina are late or abandoned on all the railroads. The temperature U at sero UN DEE GREAT SHEET OF ICE - New York Deo 28 Rain end aleet and California wool, surpasses WOOL SOX For Men and Boys Suitable for all kinds of wear and all kinds of weather A 2&to75c Regular 60o Bed Sox JOc to Caps 25c to $1.50 Goods following the bevy nowitorni bare paraljBd tratif portatiuo and bid'.y erippled tle' toletrtpb aerfioa. All through tbe and in PbODiyWaDU tbe wria bare brvkn down with Wigbiol Iu "New York" rain, abow and aleet foraied a oratt of ice over everything and tba whole city ta like a great Ifcating pond.. Tbe aab orben trolley ervios te elmoU paraly if d and tbe elevakn) line are nnable to keep anything like ecbtduld time. HETOKT 01' EAT HER BURE1D . WebinKioQ Deo 28 The weaibar bnrt-aa r-porU iba norm thai reached Oregon coast Saturday morning haa moved eontbeaatward to the Tnaa ooaat. nortbeaatward into the middle Mleeonri valley. In tba Uat 24 boars tbe atorm baa increased greatly io intenaity aad forms today tba most aevere atorm of the seaaon through out tbe middle and lower Miaaiaaippi valley, Tenoeaaee and tbe eait golf atates. Bain, anow Or aleet baa fallen at practically evt'ry etation weatof prevaila between the If ieaiaaippi and Rocky lfountaiaa. ' ! HIGH WINDS IN ..INDIANA Indianapolis, Dec 28 High wind are, prevailing today througbont I diana. At Elkmavilta scboolbouse was unroofed and several children in jured. ' AtVincennee tbe wind un roofed the Blackford glass plant and blew down a portion of the walls. , BLIZZARD IN MINNE80TA " Bt raul, Deo Xo A. blisiard pre vailed throughout Uinneeota and Wla- oonain. Tbe snow is pilling up In drifts delaying street and eteam rail way trafflo. Trains from the Paclflo ooaat are (ix to 20 hours late. Mr and Mrs H O Rineharl of Bum merville left tbis forenoon for a ten days visit to relatives and friends in Walla Walla and Dayton Wasbj T seven indictments bgrAndjury THE END NOT YET Maynr of Albany now Agregation Two John Doe Indictments Issued. Who are Mr. Hermann's "Very Good Friers'" " 3 Portland, ' Deo. 27. Tbe federal grand Jury today returned seven in dictments 1 1 connection with the land fraud oases now . under . Investigation. The large number In tbe batch and prominenoa of three of the number witn the two mystarious "John Doe" Indictments make the' day the moat sensational since tbe jury reconvened In Its present sessions. The most im portant Is the indlotment against Dr. William H Davis, mayor ot Albany, Ore Second to tbia aad ot hardly less importance are tboaa of Salmon B Ormsby, formerly government agent, and Clark B Loomls, at one time a forest reserve superintendent. ' Henry A Young and George Soren eon are not so wall known. Tba in dictment atates that there are two others, John Doe and Richard Roe, Implicated, wboea true namss the Jury does not know. It will be recalled that two mysterious personages figured prominently in the Indictment return ed against State Senator Franklin P Mays last - week. Tba charge in the lndlotmers retained today ia that the indicted men entered into a oonspir acy on December 29, 1901, having as their object tbe defrauding of the gov ernment of tbe Unit d States out of a portion of Its publio Lands In township 11 south, range 1 east, and that by means of false and forged applications, false and torksd affidavits and proofs of homeete&d entry and settlement, soma in tba names of real and some In tbe names ot fictitious parsons. - the New Training Cart Mr N K Wentt'ie owner of aev ral fine race h )rae which have won prts ea io tbia and tbe adj lining atats dupDg the leat aeaaon, tbia morning reoeiti'd at tbia place a training oart, the ftke of whioh baa never ben seen in La Gran la. . AUhoagh built some thing oo tbe order ol the old ' crt, tbe seat In this one is a great deal Inwer. th . hiwila kra inmi' aloaer to- getber.and tbe entire vehicle only weighs forty pounds; It Is, ta the front part ot bit store on Adams Ave nue and all lovers of the raoe course should makeaA tntpeotion , of - the dainty little vehiole. ,, .' , F I Dunbar's Report! The,Obeetver received on last Mon day tba biennial report of F.. I Dun bar, Secretary of tbe state of Oregon to tbe 23rd Legislature Assembly of tbe state wblob will meet io 8lm on Jan 9 1905. It it a book of 408 pages filled with natter showing the fioan olal condition of the state, and other important transactions from October 1, 1902 to Sep ember SO, 1904, inelu- sive. it also gives tne Beoreurys estimate as be it required by law to do, of tbe appropriation the, coming legislature will be required to make to carry out the various laws now on the statute book unless tbe laws are changed. ' ' ' v ",' ;!... ,;; r Joint Installation ' There were over one hundred pre sent last evening to witneas tue beau tiful inat llation ceremonies of the Maaonio Royal Arch and EaststnStar. At tbe oonolusi m a sumptous ban quet was served, and it was past mid. night befote the friends bade each other good nigbt. Tbe Maaqnic or der in this city is strong both numorl oal'y and flnsnolally. They own tbe finest equipped ball in the state out eHe of Portland r. ' ' " New Star in Land Fraud government was induced to issue pat- ant to the lands. , t,f It is oharged that In furtherance ot the coneplraoy William H Davis swore to an affidavit before 8 B Ormsby in which ha said be had resided upon tbe olalm token by him as by law required and that the conspiracy vu a part of the one entered upon by B A D Pater, Horace G McKlnley, D Vt Tarpley and Emma L Watson. . In tbe Indictment Just returned Wil 11am H Davis, mayor of Albany and chairman of tba Republican county central committee ot Linn . county. Is the central figure. . In 1901 0 E Loomls cam to Albany to make a report oa tha claim of , Dr. Davis, la company with about 49 other claims help up by the department. The government asserts that Dr. Davis be came uneasy about this time and wrote to Blnger Hermann, then commission or of tbe general land offloei asking his advloe In regard to his filing. ' Ue al so asked Mr. Loomls, according to tbe government, to write the department In regard to bis olalm Under date of March, 1901, it Is al leged, Loomls wrote a personal 1 letter to Mr. Hermann asking his advice in relation to tbe claim. , . . . ... The letter olosed, so the government asserts, with the statement that Mr. Looms would be glad to gala any, In formation whfeb might be of ose to soma very good friends" of Mr. Her mann's la Linn county. : " ' MITCHELL WOULD i ' , LIKE: INFORATION fcfa QUd JurV tO'Fumish Him NamtS' Of Wit , , nesses who Accuse Him of Implication in Land Fraud. Senator John II Mltohell does not want to enter into tbe land fraud case with any handicap. He has sent tba following letter to the forman of the grand Jury. The government aaaoree Mr Mitchell that be wUl be aooorded every right and privlledge whloh would be auowed any otner otuawn wuu iumt be aommoned before tba grild Jury ' Tba government alao intimates that be will be accorded no prlviledgea which the most bumble oitiseo would Dot receive at the bands of hi government The following la the letter which Mr Mitchell handed to the foreman In per son. . MITCHELL'S LETTER; Pordand. Or., Deo 23, 190i W U Wade, Esq., Foreman Federal Grand Juryt Portland, Or-Dear Sir:' Street ramsw ln this city lor tbe past 10 days and press dispatches from this city to all parts of the United .States are to the effeot that I am being oharged with complicity with others in certain Oregon land frauds, and that tbe Jiry of which yon are the foreman Is inves. tigatlng aoob obargea. I nave hereto fore requested of tba prosecuting officers, HonC Franols J Hsney, assist ant United States diatriot attorney, and Hon John H Hail, United States die trlit attorney, the privilege of going before your body for. ths r purpose of anawering, nnder oath, any charges LA GRANDETHE 1 0. . . ,2, FUrURE METROPOLIS The era ol the eubttantal growth and prosperity of ths city of La Gran de bas dawnsd and tbe improvements to be made during tbe; year wblch is about to be ushered ia will dwarf in to iasignifiosnee all former advance sasnt,. ' C2'w icJ-'.'.- There can no lnnrer be adnnttt tht ul luit" . n" oat live ittue cvty will -sooa assums metropciitaa proportions. Tbe near completion of two eleotrio power plants wblob will make poaelbla tbe operation b! mill', faotoriea' etc tbe assured buiding o( the electrlo oar line to all ' important points ' In this and Wallowa valleys the unrivaU ed agricultural and timber retouroes together wiib Its importance as a irsil road town all combined,' will assure and support the- rapid growth ' of "the city of La Grande. . In these superior advantages aver) oitisen of tbe tewn feels a oommend- 4 - ?-7 ' nwHtBafnnwiwaawannwaBgBwnaHwaH i I" it -- w , III . , . . Coughs are warnings of ''something amies in throat : or lungs. Don't mind the cough, mind the cause, Use a remedy that will go to the source' of trouble and cure that Such a remedy is our - . . . '.' V T White Pine Cough Balsam : ; It cures promptly and thoroughly because it cures in the right manner, n Believes irritation, heals inflamed sur faces, loosens the 'cough, and soothes and ; atrengthens ' While it cures. A splendid remedy for children because It is so good to cure and so good to take. Price 25 and " oo cents.'1- THE NEWLIN DRUG CO LA GRANDE v. .. l-; V I that may have been lodged with year body sgsinst me. whloh In any wise Implicates me la any suoh frauds. "( therefore 'respecUully'luk yon, and through yon your associates com posing 'be lederal. grand jury now la eeaslon In this city, tbe privilege ol swerlng, - under oath, any and all such charges that may bare been mads Just aa '-soon aathu government bss oonoludel faking olsuoa testi mony as It desires to bring before yon lif support of any tibarges against me. "If, therefore, yon will kindly advise ma when all such testimony has bean submitted on the part ol tha govern meat 1 will then be ready to go before) you in answer to any suoh charges as may be made, sad. I respectfully ask that on my appearance before yon at the "does of tile government e 'easeras above suggested, that I then be advis ed fully aa to tha precise charges, If m,d' ln m nd oI n tore of tbe evidence submitted by the government In support thereof. And also should be glad if not deemed tm proper by your advisors that ' tba names of tbe witnesses making tba same be) admitted to me at , that time. "Hlnoerly trusting I will be aooord ed this privilege I am very - rwspaot lully. JOHN GL MITCHELL." faws ml wi, -to m.k. doubly surs" let eaoh put' .roru assuranoa foith bis " Every building ereoted, every foot of .ground acquired and improved belpe not alone ths owner : but tba whole community and inoresMs ths V'jue of property la au sections oi ma : 5 Oity.. X'i r.; " iirf ...... . ' .. I All hiu vau Bin m wi awt i - j i : tton of tha thousands of disiitisSed t, j hMu aAalraM IrAm lha tul. whA will tT i f i . . . " sfM .Will t-.i v tsksadvantsgeof lhe cneap raws to , Investigate and invest,. . U l U t Sotbtng can be done wblob will ia- ?- apira'morc confidence la' tha - new !j j . ''-j emer than to see the old residents l-i'K1 investing -n ' property and Improve- j i msuts thus demooitrst ing their faith i in tbs growth towa. i -C-'-V: and stability of ths I ' Shinktes. Shingles Two oar loads of first class shingles) Just reoelved by tba Stoddard Lumber Company. H- wwwwwvwwvwwwwvwwvSe VfiejiwP. fi'f : ",. OUEGOKi . 5 , '.1 ;) t mm nr.. ; i; l 1 f -mi v i mm I . rh ft ,-i 'i it , m. f Vim . ,.7, A- :.( .- if. . .! llillliliilitvtlvvlill
