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VOLUME IX
LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. CIGO:J THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1905
NUMBER 153
LA GRANDE
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REPRESENTATIVE
MEN VISIT OUR CITY
The Northwest, Oregon, and La
Grande, In particular, ia honored to
day by the presence of the delegation
of Chicago business men who are with
oa. Theae gentlemen being intereated
In lane mercantile and commercial
intereata - and realizing the rapid
growth the Nonhweet ia making, they
naturally deiired to peraonally view
thia Immense territory which ia rapid'
ly acquiring annually thonsanc's of
new population and ia eending train
loada of her produce to the onarket
centera of the world.
Theae sentlemen cannot bat be im
pressed with, the greatneai vof the
conutry they are touring. Borne of
the gentlemen represent flrma tbat
commenced tbetr career when Chicago
waa lees than one half the elxe of I
Grande. They realize bow the west la
growing and will grow. It la their
commerolal territory and tbey are In
tereated in ita development and when
thia delegation makes Ita report to the
tbe Chicago Commerolal Association,
They will enlist its co-operation to
aaaiat in the building up of the west.
Tbe delegation waa met at tbe depot
and escorted to the Commercial Club
and from there were taken to the Foley
House where they were given a lunch
In company with a number of the baa
inees men of the city. They were
then driven about the oity ana sur
rounding country and left at 1:30 in a
apecial for Hot Lake and then to Baker
City where they were entertained ua
til tbe evening train overtook them.
During lunch, Senator Walter Pierce
delivered the address of welcome which
waa responded to by Mr. Defebaogb,
editor of the American Lumberman,
, who outlined the objects of thia tour
which la embodied in hia ppenr which
he read, being written since coming to
our city
Bribe Plan Changed
(By Scripps Newa Association)
Sacramento April 27 In tbe Bank
ers case this morning, attorney Smith
the counsel for the defense, In hla
argurrent, contended that the crgii.al
plan was really a bribe for the 'elf
iatora, bat that the plan waa cbangtd.
TBE FORUM OK LA GRANDE
"Now Illinola and Oregon clasp hands
across the hllla .
And mingle la a common aong the
mugio of their mills; .
Chicago's mighty commerce walta the
pleasure of your wllla.
Now Illinoia and Oregon clasp fingers
o'er the land
And men come closer and apeak tli
" speech that each may understand
And counoil fires are bullded la the
forom of La Grande.
Now Illinola and Oregon stand apeak
lng face to face ;
We find ouraelvee of common name,
of common blood and race ;
We find, each in the other one, aome
new discovered grace.
cele
And it la well that thus we meet in
council in La Grande
Chicago buya and sells for yoa anl for
the mighty land'
And those who buy and those who sell
ahall long united atand.
The gueits were favored with several
selections by the qaartatt of the Mor.
mon church, which were royally re
ceived and later responded to by the
visitor's qnartett entitled "Chicago
the Beautiful."
PERSONAL OF THE DELEGATION
Frank Hibbard, fourth vice-presi
dent of Hibbard, Speneer, , Bartlett
Co., was educated In eastern acboola,
alter whloh he made a' tour of the
world. In 1894 he started at the bot
torn of tbe ladder, aweeplng floors and
doing primary work. He went through
all the departmenta of the atore, and
In 1901 waa made director; in WH he
became fourth . alee president-- and
director, and In the latter year waa al
so made a director of the Continental
NatasnalBank, of Chicago. He .ia i
member of the Chlcrgo Club, tbe Bad
die and Cycle, Chicago Athletic and
tbe Onwentsia Golf Club at Lake For
rest. Ill .vin whlob oity he has a earn.
mer home. , . . '
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co ,
are one of the largest If not the largest
wholesale hardware house in tbe
United 8afee and will thia year
brete their fiftieth anniversary. :
WF tJypee, representing Marshall
Field A Co , of Chicago, began hie
career la thia well known bouse twenty
five year ago. Starting aa a boy with
the eoaoern. be baa worked hla way
through the various divlalons ap to
aales manager, tbe datiea of which
Doaltlon he assumed upon the retire
ment of R N Fair In January UA,
The poeiUon held by Mr. HypeS la
on of the greatest responsibility In an
organisation like Man-hall Field A Co.,
they being the largest Jobbers, lov
porter and retailere of dry gooda la
the world, distributing annually aboat
t65.000.QXX) worth of dry goods, carpets
and kindred lines, which output la
constantly Increaalog. The' sales of
thia firm greatly exoeed those of. any
other jobbing house In the world.
TLey employ abott 1L0Q0 person i. .,
J G Miller, who accompanies the
excursion aa the representative of the
Chicago Clothing Induatry, la the sen
ior member of the firm of John G
Miller wboae business aneeairy
I dates baok to 1839.
Mr Miller la a prominent laotor In
Chloago business affaire, a well known
clubman, and a ahrewd and general
business man. Under the direction of
Mr Miller, hia house haa reached and
enjoye an enviable atanding ' In the
i hi. ago olothlng field. .
Fredluard PAmbruster is secretary
and treasurer of the old ' . pioneer
crockery firm of Barley & Tyreil, with
which he became connected a beat
twenty -five yean ago. Ha ha charge
of the credits of the firm for tbe paat
sixteen years, and ia conceded to be
one of the most popular and aaooeaatul
credit men to this trying and . Import
ant branch of the orockery baslnees.
The Aim of Burley Tyrrell waa
started In 1833 by Arthur G Barley,
when vjhicaao waa a town of. leaa than
2000 persons.
Jamee B Defebaugh, editor of tbe
American Lumberman, Chicago, began
hla career aa a printer 'a devil . la hla
native state. Pennsylvania came to
Chicago in 1877, and haa been ldentifl
ed with lumber journaliam alnoe 1881.
The American Lumberman la a court
of laat resort la mattera pertaining to
the lumbar trade, and eoaoededly la
the foremost trade publication ia the
world. It lean effectively aggreaoive
bulwark between tbe lumber trade and
Ita utteranoei are Invariably -accepted
aa authoritative. : a
J E Hardin, of F A Hardy & 00.,
wholesale opticians and manu'aotur-
era of that class ol goods, is an im-
portanl factor to t"he oompany of dis
tinguished vouritU, be being the ' gen
eral secretary of the Chicago Com
rneroUl Association, and bia relation
ship io the trip ia eomewhat offioial,
although hie position is honorary. Mr.
Hardla ia aa unusually interesting
character, b a saooeesfulyoung bust-1
hees man of great clerical ability, and
ia an eloqoeot talker and one ol the
oi atore ol the party. .
5 E U Kimbark, vice president and
manager of the Paper Mills' .the
"paper man" of the Commercial As
sociation excursion party, ia . "of age1
la the business, having been In the
wholeealo paper trade for twenty-one
years starting as office boy in a Chi
oago paper house at the age aizteen.
tie ia an expert in paper, and ia con
sidered one of the best Judges of paper
In th country.
' Mr Kimbark ia a member of tbe ex
ecutive ocmmlttee of the National
rapar Trade Association, and Is seo-
reUry of the Western Pener DaUm
Association.
John McCarthy, who represents the
banking Intereata on the trip, ia tbe
assistant cashier of tbe Continental
National Bank of Chicago, a p tuition
whloh be baa occupied for nearly t sro
years. Hia father la an Irish nun by
birth, bat haa lived in the United
Statea tbe greater part of bia life. He
waa for twelve years connected with
the American Writing Maohine OS.
with headquarters in New York City,
a concern afterward connected with
other interests, and waa for three years
its president. For the two years pre
vious to his connection . with the
American Writing Machine Company
he waa connected with tin Manovsr
National Bank of New York. Tbe
Continental National. Bank ia tbe se
cond large national bank' in - Chiosgo
and the eighth in sise in the whole
country. It . bs deposits of about
$55,000,000, a capital of 13,000.000,
and jl anrplna and undivided, profit ol
Franklin Mae Veagb,. representing
the great grocery interests of Chicago.
Iff Mao Veagb, after being graduated
from Harvard University in 1805,
started immediately to work with tbe
firm of whioh bis father ia the senior
member. In 1900 he , was made a
Rumor
Of
Naval
Battle
By Scrlppe Newa Association
Tatng Tan. Shanton Peninsula, April
27 A private telegram received here
aaya tbat the fleet of Admiral Rojest-
veasky baa effected a Junction with
tbe squadron under Nebogato&V
VESSELS LEAVE INNER HARBOR
Saigon, April 27. All the Russian
transport s, and the hospital ahlp, Orel,
which were left behind, when the
main aquadron of Bojestvensky left
Kamrenh bay, left the Inner' bay yea
terday Tbe vessels now form aa lm
menaearo outalde the harbor. The
torpedo boata are kept busy steaming1
In all directions, apparently waiting
for the arrival of the aquadron of Aa-
mlral Nebogaloff. Tbe vessels cap
tured by the Russian cruisers were
flying German flags, and reported that
they were bound for Japan. -
RUMOR OF NIVAL BATTLE
London April 37 Markets are weak
tbia morning on account of the re
ported outilng of the Hainan cable.
There la an unoon armed rumor of a
great naval battle, in whioh several
Japanese warships are said to have
been lost. The heavy selling of in
ternational securities by Paris . baa
forced the prions down sharply.
Murderer Located
By Buripps News Association
BakersOeld April 27 Pietro, the
man wanted by tbe authorities of San
Franotsco for the rnuruer and die
menberment of Riagcio Vilardo, Is
Ianpposed l& be passing ".along 'Paso
ht ..... A f., I-
uimft uvmw iu vivj. a larMivr I u
that vicinity told the police that he
had aeen a man who resembled the
scouted man hiding in tbe woods.
When shown the picture of the mur
derer, he declared onequivooally that
he was the man and offloers are used
In scouring the neighborhood. "
CHICAGO
STRIKE
GROWS
( By Peri; pa Newa i sooolatlon )
Chicago, April 27. Five bundled
policemen were detailed Ibia mornine-
to storm the center of tbe teamater'e
strike, whloh ia expected to apread to
several large housea, and may be eo
eompanled by violence. The polioe era
esoor-inn the wagooa to and from the
stores and freight houaei.
AT
LADIES'
LIBERAL PRICfi
SUIT SALE
REDUCTIONS THIS WEEK
For this week we place on special sale our entire line of
Ladies' Silk Shirt Waist Suits, Sictllian Shirt Waist Suits
and Ladies' Tailored Suits, at sweeping price reductions.
ANY SUIT YOU MAY SELECT AT SPECIALLY
REDUCED PRICES. This in connection with the fact
that we absolutely guarantee our suits the best value in
Eastern Oregon at popular prices make, this the greatest
suit buviner opportunity ever offered at the opening of
the season. EVERY SUIT AT REDUCED PRICES
LADIES' HATS
We sold more hats during Easter week-than any week
in the history of our millinery department. We men
tion this fact merely to show yoa that, THE INCOM
PARABLE VALUES and ABSOLUTELY RELIA
BILITY OF OUR MILLINERY department is becom
ing better known and appreciated. AUTHORIATIVK
HATS FROM RELIABLE MAKERS HERE AT
NtW SILK COATS IN THE LATEST METROP0LIN STUES
MEN'S SUITS
Individuality, style, perfect. 6t and workmanship are
only a fe w of the characterastica of The Kirschbaum
guaranteed clothing now ready for your inspection.
Suits,
Top Coats
$ 8.50 to $20.00
12.50 to 18.00
: life
AFFECTS MARKE
New Oil Refinery
(By Scrlppe News Association)
Kansas Oity April 27 H H Tucker
Jr- today bought a fifty acre truct of
land at Trener, Ktna4, upc wbich
be will build a Urge independent oil
refinery.
partner and haa been In this business
ever since, with the exception of a year I n ATTI F DF PODT
whioh he devoted to making a tour of Drtl ,Ll-
the world. His work ia principally
tbe engaging and routing of aaleimen
and the employment of help.
This firm does business in thirty I (By Sorippi Newa Association)
three states ana territories, ana is one I p,rU April 17 Renters has declin
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oi too ucb iu uiuBt mvuibuij iuuwb I ai inrtv MntimM ainea last n irhs fin
grocery concerns tn tne unitea statea. .coount of the reportsd naal between
Frederlok Bode, who represents the tDa Boselans and Japanese.
wholesale millinery interests among
tbe tourists of tbe Chicago Commer
cial Association, haa grown up in tbat
Una ofjbueinesd. He waa for several
years with D B Fisk A Co., also with
dson Keith A Uo. Thirteen years
ago, Mr Bods with George Eberiing
bought the Page Brothers concern,
whioh was then doing a business of
half a million dollars annually. Dor
ing the period from the time of their
purchase, they have greatly enlarged
the territories and hare tnoreased their
business until the , volume of their
trade amount to a turn over of $1,600,
000 annually. They ahip to praoti
cally every auto In tha Union, and
even as far. east as New York City,
where tbey have a branch office.
W O Haynie, who ia and haa been.
associated with the Illinois Steel Com
pany aa general attorney, la one of
the older members of tbe party and
personifies one of the largest interests
represented. Tbe 111 (noise Steel Com
pany has, aa la well known, large
plants In South Chloago, In Jollet, In
Milwaukee, and In Indiana At Ooutu
Chicago it manufactures tone of ateel
rails annually; at Jollet billets, wlie
rods, etc., of enormons volume: a'
Milwaukee small raila and round atock,
and In Indiana Ita enormous oemnt
plant prodnoes 4,000 barrels of cement
dally.
During the past ten years Mr Haynie
haa become thoroughly identified with
the Iron and steel Interests and Is
an able representative of that line of
oommeroe.
MOKE JOIN 8 1 KIKE
The drHefe M tbe Marshall Field
company, the Caraon, Here Soott com
pany and the J' hn V Farvell oompany
all Joined tha .. atrike thia mnrninv
with tbe teamsters. None of tl e con-
ottrns have sent out wagona from tha
barr.e. One hundred and ninety
drivers of tha Forbes Cartage oompany
alao went out on a atrike. and tha
strike now teems to effect elxty flrma,
which concerns furnleh the wagons.
The drivers of the railway and express
companies have refused to haul gooda '
for the companies of which the team
start have struck, thus further com
plicating tha situation Tbe labor
leaders claim that there will be threa
thousand teamsters out by night.
MAY CALL GENERAL BTEIKB
Tbe labor leaders say that they will
call out every unionlat In tbe oity - if
necessary, in order to win the atrike, '
which now hinges on tbe employment
of the Montgomery Ward people of tha
former union teamaters. A special
meeting of the Chicago Federation of
Labor will be calls 1 to empower tha ;
business agents to order strikes ac
cording to their discretion.
EXPRESS DRIVE ItS STRIKE!
(Later)-. Una hundred and antv
Idrlvers of tha 'United 8tatea Expreaa
Company refused to deliver gooda to
day to the boycotted flrma, and struck
when one of their number waa die-
charged. Their action affords tbe op
portunity dealred by the employers to
aak the Federal Court to enjoin tha
strikers from interfering with Inter
state commerce.
(3;45 put) The expreia drivers of
all companies went out tble afternoon.
FOUND MURDERED
IN HOUSE FIRE
(By Scrips News Association)
Eureka Cel., April 27 Upon
quenching tbe fire in her home thia
morning, tbe dead body of Mra Patrick
Quinn was found on tbe floor. The
lower bait of the remains were borued
to a cinder. Tbe woman's skull was
fractured and there were (lab wouuds
on ber face and neckv Robbery is sup
posed to have been tbe motive for tha
murder.
Keeps the
Chaps Away
Lester Coy who has been with several
largo merobaattle establishments In
Spragua and Spokane for the past
three yeara, arrived laat evening o.i a
visit to his mother and sisters.
It ia tbe little things' of life that annoy us. "We
can dodge an elephaul.but not a tly' says some
t philosopher, You can't very well avoid an
noyance from chapped and roughened skin
these days unless you rely on
Cu Lem Cream
It relieves at once and heals in a few i jura. If
we knew of anything better wo wou'.i recom
mend it. Customers say there c;) J id n't be
anything better.
Price 25 oents
NEWLIN DRUG' CO.