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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON $ATDRDAY. JANUARY 7. 1905
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CHEAPj
RATES
WEST
0. R. & N. Grants One
Third Reduction on
Emmirant Freight
- O R St N agent B 0 Mo re bti re
cived the lull wiog bullion which
will b the dnoi of bringing 'mini
rnpl to this const daring the wt
few months.
Taking nVot February 16th nex
and expiring May IStb 1905, a rate o!
fifty Otots peroae hundred poanda on
migrant irM J- ;i: zz.i;, Zj.u-
imum t enty thousand pounds, will
be establieled from Union Paolfio
eastern terminal and weat thereof to
all poioU on lint of this eompany in
Oregon, Washington snd Idaho Tbe
peeent rate is seventy-five cents pr
FOR
We bate just bought all of tbe goods out of one of the
largest rooming houses in the city, and will sell tbe
entire lot cheap, on easy terms. There is everything
you want to fit up a first ciass rooming house with.
Bed Room Suits Carpets Heating Stoves '
Bedding Sheets Pillows
Towles , Chairs Bed Spreads
Now is your chanee to get everything you need cheap.
The La Grande
Corner Fir
Remember we still buy and
el Second Hand Goods.
eeaae'eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeee
I am closing out all my
BOYS' SHIRTS
CAPS AND
UN DER WE A R
Have a big assortment of
Boys' : Sweaters
..,.:.... . All at Cost
'A. V. ANDREWS
Gents- Furnisher and Tailor.
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RETIRI NGI
We arc closing out
furniture absolutely at
from busincs. This is
sale Come in before
E. ANDROSS
HOUSE FURNISHING3
hundred; tbe redaction ie therefore
33 1-3 per cent or fiity dollars pt-r em.
It is made lor tbe purpose of increas
ing emmigration. '
The railroad eompany by tbia re
duction ia doing much for thedevelep.
went of the Oregon. It in tbe policy
of tbe company to develop tnie state
aa Uat as possible and tbia - is only
one -it its many plans for the genera
betterment of tbe state.
TO AID OREGON
IRRIGATION
Wanhinf ton , Jan 7 8ntOT Bard
inlrodaoed a bill today an' horisiot i
tbe ecreary ol tbe intertur to eon
fruci any Urrlnauoo or reolamaMon
workJoood ad?iableon and aionit tbe
kborea ol (be "Lower' Elamalb , Tule
nd Qooae lakes all lyiog on rhe bin n
ly between Oregon and California
Craig To Tahiti
" A L Craig general passenger agent
of tbs O R & N will Ipend t is mid
winter vacation at tbe Island of Tahi
ti one ol the group of Society Ialanda
in the Paeifio ocean. He will make a
trip of 4000 miles from Ban Franotsoo
with a stay of four day! on the bland
He will sail from San Franoisoo on
Feb 7 oeompanted by Mrs Grain.
Pawnbrokers
and Adams
sett all' kinds
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'Phone 1581
COST
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our entire stock of
cost and will retire I
a bonifide closing out
the stock is broken
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Residence Phone 36 S
1202 Adams Ave
NOW CHIEF WHERE
He WAS CLERK
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Cortelyou Raised in 15 Years from Clerk
Post office, will soon be Post Master
General
New York, Jan 7 President Boose
veh's Iriendt ia New Ycrk oity speak
with a degr of oertainty tbat sug
gests oont ietion concerning important
obargeain the president's cabinet
Immediately after March 4 Georg . B
Cortelyou, ebairman of tbe Republic
can national committee, will be made
post-master general. He will bold
thai nllM mttnit T.. -
8b tw, secretary ol tbe treasury will
retire to be succeeded by Cortelyou.
Cortelyou desired to be postmaster
general, cbiel of tbe great department
where he was onoe a clerk. Tbal
sentiment is to be gratified.
, George Bruce Cortelyoa is an em
phatio example of the possibilities at
tainable by able and energetio young
men entering tbe civil aervioe at tbe
loot of tbe ladder. Official Washing
ton oan hardly realise that young
man who a fsw years ago was a simple
HENEY
STILL
ACTIVE
Portland Jan 7 Prosecuting At
torney Henry returned tola morning
from Ban Franolsco to resume the
prosecution of the land frauds and
plunged at once into the evidence to
be submitted when the grand jury re
convenes Tuesday. He is Joins 1 by
Oliver A Pagin of Chicago who will
assist him in the proseoution by prep
aration of Indictments.
Tba first case to be considered by
the Jury elll be thatol Frederick A
Kriba, a timber speculator agent for
millionaire lumber kings of tba cut.
Following this will come investigation
of tbe frauds In which ' Congressmen
Williamson Is Involved -
CHIEF COMMITTED
TO INSANE ASYLUM
Pendloton, Or., Jan. 7. Peo, obi I
of the Umatlllas, Is insann and being
taken to the government hospital for
demented Indians at Canton, South
Dakota. Maj. J J i MoKoIn, superin
tendent of the agency, is In charge of
tba patient. Peo has been declining
mentally for tba past three years since
he received an injury ' on his head
while resisting arrest by the police
authorities on a charge of drunkenness
He Is 58 years of age, and for the past
20 years has been the head of tba Um
atlUa tribe.
Amor Pond was but ammer elected
Peo's raooessor and slnoe has been
practically ohlef.
Affair Ended
' Portland, Jan. 7. Side by aide Hen
ry H Loomia and bis wife were burled
this morning in , Lone Fir oemetery.
Frank GFritt was burled this after-
noon In a different part of t'.ia ceme-
It was tba final of Tuesday's triple
tragedy, in which Loomia ahot and
killed Frits, his wife and then ended
his own life, because . of ber lore for
Frits.
: Denied Bail
New York Jan 7 Jostioe Greenba-
um has denied the application of Nan
Patterson to be admitted to bail.
olerk has suocesslully managed tbe
preitidential campaign and will now
for the second time eit in tbe cabinet .
Mr Cortelyoa has been in offloial
lile 15 years. He began aa stenograp.
ber in the appraiser's office of the
port ol New Bork , lie became con
fidential stenographer to Mr Cleve
land bed tbe sama position , ton til
wiw fimtm b, ruau ud H eiutu-
ed President McKinley's private sec
retary.
Ho held tbe same position with
President Roosevelt until the creation
ol the department of commerce and
labor, when be was placed at tbe bead
ol the new bureau with a seat in the
cabinet. He resigned , last June to
manage tbe national campaign lor
bia party, and on March 4 will again
take his seat in tbe cabinet, this time
as postmaster general 1
PORTLAND MARKETS
ARE FIRMER
Portland, Jan 7 The livertock
market has so) yed a much firmer
tone for tbe past three days on ac
count ol tbe oolder weather. Sheep
and bogs are especially strongsr and
eattle are in mora steady demand
than was expected following the de
struction ol tbe Union Meat com
pany's plant. '
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Quiet at Port Arthur
Tokio Jan 7 The . diet, at a special
session today, adopted a resolution
felioitatlng the emperor on the success
of the year's campaigning wbloh reach
ed a climax In the fall of Port Arthur
and attributed tba victories to the em
peror's illustrious virtue and thanked
Nogl and tbe third army for their glor
ious achievement,
A dispatch from Port Arthur states
that only about 80 Rusalan officers
have accepted parole. All regular
Rusalan troops have marohed out of
Port Arthur and will leave for Dalny
today. The Japaneaa troops entered
the city yesterday to keep order. Non
oombatanta are allowed the option of
remaining at Port Arthur. Tbe navy
ia removing mines and hulks from the
harbor's mouth. All forts bare been
taken over by tbe Japanese.
Waking Up
Portland appears to bo waking np aa
to the necessity of a liberal appropria
tion by Congress (or the betterment of
the Columbia river. Tha Journal
spreads across its first page in big red
letters "Unless Congress gives money
to keep tbe river open, Portland will
be a closed harbor to big ocean ships "
Tha cause ol this scare is tbat work
on improving tba Columbia is about
to suspend tor lack of money.
Chinaman Hung
Kolsom, Cel., Jan. 7. Sing Tow waa
hanged In Folsom prison at 10:30 this
morning. He waa game to tha and.
No unusual Incidents marked tha ex
ecution. Sing Ton, with other high
binders, murdered Jeong Him, at Wal
nnt Grove, Sacramento county, Octob
er 19, 1903.
County Division
Aa tbe time for tha meeting of the
levlslatnra draws nlsrh. the Question ol
tbe division ol Union county again t
just possible that tha legislature may
be asked to consider tba proposition.
Union Re pabl loan. .
Stoessel Paroled
n-t-i. - T m ci. 1 1 v
given his parole and will return to Bt.1
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MAJOR BETHEL'S
mtzmi m appi
Waahingtoa Jau 7 Major Walter
a Bethel Jodg advocate ol tbe depart
ment of tbe Columbia ia assigned to
doty in the Philippines as judge ad
foeateof tbe department of Loson,
t relisting Major frank L Dodds.
Still At Work ;
New York Jan 7 "Attorney-Gen
eral Moody will be reqoeated to .. pro-1
eeei against the Amalamated Coppe ,
oompany,and he will have plenty ol
evidence. Thomas' W Lawson."
" This announcement startled tbe
stock market today
Alter the opening there waa - a eery
alight gain in atrsagth on the heavy
buying whiob is , supposed , to ; have
ooms from "the 8ystem" This waa
not oon tinned for any length of time
when there was an undercurrent ol
weakness and prioes b-gan to fall
away.
bat after several futile attempts to
stem the tide the downward fluctua
tions came rather" easy. Tbia was
continued to near the. closing when
some recovery wss made.
Government Railroad
Washington, Jsn. 7 Senator Teller
today introduced a bill for the con
struction of a railway by the govern
ment from the Atlantlo to the Pacific
with bronohea to all principal cities
rates to be adjusted so as to pay 6 per
cent interest on the investment-
Trial Monday
Portland . Jan 7 Mayor Williams
and Chief of Polloe Hunt were arraign
ed last evening and released on their
own recognisance. The trial of May
or Williams waa set for Monday, Jan.
9th.
TO THE PUBLIC:
Tbe rush of Holiday trade is over and business
in general has got back to it normal condition, I
wish to inform all my patrons, and those not my
patrons but who are liable to be, that I am; now ina .
position to take oare of all watch', clock and jewelry
repairing with dispatch.'' I have secured all the neces
sary help in all the latest tools and materials known
to the trade, as well as the best workmen that money
can procure. hi Zii
'' All repair work is under my personal supervis
ion and I guarantee each and every piece of work done f rt
to be finished in first class workmanlike manner, and J
to give (with proper attention) perfect satisfaction.
All work sent by mail or express will receive the same
careful attention as if delivered in person, and to be
promptly returned in first olaas condition.
Thanking my patrons for their past liberal
patronage, and assuring them of my utmost ability to
give them perfect satisfaction in the future.': I remain
as ever. . J. H. PEARE,
Next to Newlln's Drag 8tore. ' La Grande's Leadlmr Jeweler
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Coughs are warnings of something amiss 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 '
White Pine Cough Balsam
It cures promptly and thoroughly because it cures in the
right manner. Believes irritation, heals inflamed sur
faces, loosens the cough, and soothes . and strengthens ,
while it cures. A splendid remedy for children because '
it is so itood to cure and so good to take. Price 25 and
50 cents. . , , , '
THE NEWLIN DRUG CO
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CRUISER
SUNK
Foundered Near Island
Reported r a Total
rj- Loss v J
Pari Jan 7 Tbe 8t Petersburg cor
respondent of te Paris edition of
tbe New York Herald telegraph that
Vice Admiral Pojestvensky's flagship, -tbe
battleship Kmei BouveroS baa
atrack a rook and foundered .off tha
Sicbelle ialanda, whioh lie about 1000
miles east of Zaoiibar. ' ' .
'" Tba latest report from Vioe Admiral
Rojeatvenaky's squadron was contain
ed in a d is pa tub dated Tamntave Is
land of Madagascar,' January in
wbloh it waa slated that tba vice-admiral's
division ol tbe Russian second
Paoiflo squadron consisting ol five
battle ships, three cruisers, two trans
ports and a hospital ship bad anchor
ed on that day In tha roadstead of
f 8ot Marie, aa island on tba east
ooastr v ' -'-
; Tha Enies Souvaroff , was built at,
St Petersburg in 1902 and was 13,518
tons displacement. Her length was
867 feet, her beam 78 fees, her drau
ght 2? feel and Indicated . boraepowei
16,000. Her armament' was of tbe
Rutsian-Krupp pattern and consisted
ol (our 12-ipch, 11 6-icob, 20 8-Injb,
20 8-pounders and six I pounder guns
Shs had six torpedo tubes.' Hsr com
plement of men wss 74tf.
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