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MAKE! LAI GRANDE GROW AND WE WILL AL L. GROW WITH IX MtiK VOLUME V", LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON. FRIOAY. SEPTEMBER 28. 1906 NUMBER 263 TROUBLE (EASES (Scrlppi New Association) El Paso, Tex.. Sept. 28. -A special from Eagle Pass states that General Aguilatj.ommand of lhe Mexican troop has 'phoXid today that he has the situa tion well in hand. He has a portion of his men in hot pursuit of a band of Mex icans who are endeavoring to escape from Texas. One hundred and twenty men arrived from Saltillo last night and left for the scene of the trouble this morning. There has been no causualjties. NAVY TEARS RAISED CHECKS (Scrippa News Association) Washington. D. C. Sept. 28. It has been found that it is possible to ue acids and other chemicals on official paper r as to change documents which have been signed or certified, and it is proposed to render it impossible to make such amend ments. Accordingly, the Navy depart ment has called in all the acids and other chemicals which have been used for such purposes, and will prohibit their further use. The desired changes will be made by striking out with red ink any portion which must be erased, placing them above the erased part No attempt is to be made to conceal the fact of erasure, and, in addition, the person making the cor rection must place his initials on the paper, so that the authority or response bility for the alteration may be recognized by those familiar with the official trans action. EPWORTH LEAGUE BIENNIAL (Scrlpps News Association) Rome, N. Y., September 28. The thirteenth convention of the Epworth Leagu ytne Normern New York Cun ference'tned here today in the First Methodist Episcopal Church. These con ventions are held biennially and the ter ritory includes embraces six counties and portions of five others in Northern and Central New York. Several hundred del egates are in aitsnaance. i ne program it unusually interesting and contains ad dresses and lectures by a number of prominent ministers and laymen of the Methodist denomination. The convention will last three days and will close with devotional services Sunday evening. SAILORS MEET POPE (Scripp News Association) Roma Sept., 28 Fifty sailors of the Amefjg squadron were received in the audience by the Pope today. The dignitary preached a short sermon the sailors with a medal. and pre rented Will BE SAY1 LUMBER BT MARCH FIRST HEXT MAT AMEND CONSTITUTION (Scrlppi News Association) Atlantic City, Sept 28 The New Jersey State Bar Association will meet at the Malborough-Blenheim Hotel this afternoon for the purpose of considering the proposed amendment to the New Jer sey State constitution which provides for a re-adjustment of the Judiciary of the SlatA Chief Justice Qummere, Justices Garri son, Fort. GarreUon. Hendrickson, Pitney, Swayze, Reed and Trenchard, Chancellor Magie, Vice Chancellors Pitney, Emery, Stevens, Stevenson, Bergen and Garrison, Governor Stokes, ex-governor Murphy and Griggs, ex-Judge Van Syckal and Judges Lanning and Cross, of the United States District Court, are expected to attend the meeting. At six o'clock the members of the as sociation and their wives will give a re ception to the guests and in the evenin a a dinner will be served. MCLELLAND TUSEAVCRS HEARST (Scrlpps News Association) New York Sept. 28 Mayor McClelland this afternoon announced "I'm a Demo crat and will vote the democratic ticket with trie exception of Hearst. 1 will not vote for him." MEN WANTED The sugar factory wants to employ thirty men at once. Inquire at the factory. NEW JERSEY OOLf CHAMPIONSHIP (Scrlpps News Association) New York, Sept. 28 Instead of seek ing an inland course for its annual cham pionship contest, as in previous years, the Fast Jersey Golf Association has selected for thie year's tournament the links of the Deal Golf and Country Club. The contest began this morning and will take two days. The championship is only open to members of the six clubs who have played in at least six of the team matches during the season, but tomorrow there will be a thirty-six hole handicap for the best gross and the best net prices, to which all the 200 players of the league are eligible. The championship contest began this morning with an eighteen hole qualifying round. The eight lowest scores will con tinue at match play for the title. Work at the George Palmer Lumber Company's mill site is progressing rapid ly and according to Mr. Wash Huffman, superintendent of the construction, the mill will be completed and ready to begin sawing by the first of March. At the present time only about fiftv men are employed, but within a few weeks force of one hundred will be engaged on the work. The force will be increased as rapidly as material can be placed on the grounds sufficient to insure pe rmanent work for the men taken on. In order that the public may be in position to appreciate the extant of the plant w publish the dementions of the various buildings taken together which will constitute the plant First to ba considered of course will be the mill proper. This will be what is known to mill men as a double single cut mill. In other words the mill will be cu:pp;c W!tS t wf V"S m rl" n saws. The capacity of the mill will be in excess of one hundred and seventy-five thous and feet per day of ten hours. This buildingjwill cover a ground space of 60 by 144 feet and will be two stories high. Connected with this building will be the lath mill which will occupy a space of 32 by 56 also two stories. These two buildings will be erected with especial care as regards strength and durability. The foundations will be solid concrete. Located near the mill will be the power house. This will be a brick and concrete build ing 73 by 79 feet. To construct which and to incase the ceven boilers will require a trifle more than nine hund red thousand brick. The boilers of the horizontal type, and will be capable of generating steam to the extent of nine hundred horse power. These boilers are 72 inches in dia meter and 1 3 feet in length A five hundred horse power engine will be installed to furnish energy to the saw mill and another of three hundred horse power will drive the machinery in the planing mill. This building will occupy a ground space of 124 by 160 feet A four stall dry kiln. 79 by 253 feet wilt be erected. This kiln will be able to dry 40.000 feet in 1 0 hour. The work of excavating the log pond is now under way. This will be 200 by 600 and have an average depth of six feet A machine and repair shop 32 by 80 feet will be erected which will be fitted complete with lathes and drills, bolt cutter and all the machinery to make all needed rr pairs. The yard will be equipped with from fifteen to eighteen mile of steel track and will occupy a little more than four teen acres. The entire plant will represent an in vestment of over three hundred thousand dollars. To operate this mill will be required two hundred and fifty men at the mill and an equal number in the timber. The equipment will be modern in every way and nothing will be left undone which will in any way make it more complete. La Grande will have in this plant one of the largest sawmill in the state In addition to the plant as de scribed a sash and door mill and a box factory will undoubtedly be soon be added. EXPENSIVE fOR THE ARMY OEEICERS i Scripp New Association) Washington. Sept 28 Major David C. Shanks of the 4th Infantry, on duty at Fort Slocum, New York, will not be al lowed anything more than his usual mile age, small enough in any case, for the duty he performad under orders at Sea Girt. N. J., recently. There are a number of officers who are ordered her and those who find the discharge of the duty is ex pensive, and impose a good deal of a hardship on them. There is no way out of the difficulty since the laws relating to the payment of mileage are explicit and only in a few instances is the allowance increased, and. then only when officer are on duty in connection with militia in spection, necessitating considerable travel and for the cost of which they may draw upon the militia fund to the credit of the several states. Major Shank was put to much expense on hi duty to Sea Girt and the mileage from and back to Fort Slocum did not amount to much. The War Department finds no way to relieve the situation for him or any other officer similarly placed. There must be recourse to law a the only remedy. It is evident any army officers, that torn' thing mutt be don sooner or later to make it poisibl for officers to, com out even when they are put to expense when on government travel for which the mile age does hot begin to cover the expense, 10 WI BUT Mi SURRENDER I A THIRTEEN MILLION LOSS CLOSING MT. CRETIN (AMP (Scrlpps New Association) Mt. Grstna, Pa.. September 28. The military encampment at Camp Roosevelt, which for more than on month had at tracted thousands of soldiers, regular as well as militia, to Mt Gretna, is at an end and the last of the troops will leave here this evening to return to their re spective stations. It i stated on good authority that theresult of the manoeuvre and the field work done by the troop during the encarrpment hat been highly sausractory ar.d a great deal or good it expected to result from the experience gained. A careful and comprehensive re port of the work done will be tubmitted to the War department by General Grant who was in command of the encampment. (Scrlpps New Association) Havana Sept 28 The Moderates are n an ugly mood and have threatened resistance. One gsnsral declare that he will dis fighting the Americans, but will never surrender. Gen. Betancourt command ing two thousand government troop will joiq Gen. Matanz and oppose the Yankees. It i reported that the entire command will follow him. Gen. Ragi, a veteran in 'he war '98 and a resident of Mar.tanza, also graduate of a French military academy beside being a famous strati gist, say he would mutter four thousand. The public mind it greatly Inflamed but general revolt it at present improbable. It it plain that the people are Indifferent to America' strongest forces, and think they can secure sweet revenge by em- small bands upon property of European citizen. . NO QUORUM AT CONGRESS Havana, Sept 28. The liberal who are seeking peace announo that it is impossible to secure a quorum in Congress, by two thirty and Taft has given them until six. SEEING IS BELIEVING is a proverb especially true of our business, if we examine your eyes and fit you with glasses you must believe in us. For you will sea better than you ever did with those old window glass spectacles EVERYTHING to aid the sight can be found here. And vou know or have heard .of our moderate charge method. In- 5 i J. H. PEARE. Jw?ler Repairing Promptly done and Optician 1 4 46 tM REASON Why go and buy a ready made suit when I can make you one just as cheap. Measured by an experienced tailor as it takes ears to learn how to take measures and give a man a fit and a good suit. How can a clerk with no experience except to go by a book form, give you hat you pay for? (Scrlpps New Association) Atlanta, Sept. 28 The loss to the gulf states caused by the storm totals. according to reports, thirteen millions. The greatest damage is to the cotton crop. The damage done to the railroad property wilt amount to one million. Jackson, Mississippi, suffered the most with resards to railroad property. Besides these damages reports say that three hundred thousand bales of cotton were destroyed, total loss twelve, thousand. Belated trains from the devasted districts say that the crops thruout the Mississippi suffered greatly. The vessels were warn ed of the approaching storm and remained in port so it is bslieved that the shipping loss is not so great. PENSACOLA FLOODED- Pensacola, Fla.. Sept. 28 -Many sec tions of this city are overflowed for sev eral blocks. A fishing schooner, at the height of the storm, was seen to part from its cables and scud away, apparent ly a doomed wreck. Its frte is unreport ed. All wires in the city are down. NEW ORLEANS ISOLATED New Or'eans, Sept. 28 Ne Orlear.s TRIED HIS BEST (Scrlpps News Association) is still cut off from all gulf points on the east. For thirty-six hours no news was received from towns over twenty-five miles away. Lake Pontchartrain is calm this morning and the level nearer its normal. DEATH AT VICKSBURG Monticello. Miss., Sept. 2d The pins forests suffer great damage here and the shipping wrecked. It is reported that the loss of life is confined to nne death. The hotel McComb in this city callapsed killing several. This report is uncon firmed. The tug Clark arrived on the lower river and reports having sighted the wrecks of three luggers, but no occu pants were seen. The banks were strewn with household good, the property of fishermen who escaped to the high grounds. TIMELY WARNING Washington, Sept, 23 The weather bureau warned the gulf states of the ap proaching storms two days ahead of time and this probably prevented a great loss of life and property. The steamar Funs- ton, going to Cuba is being he.d up until the storm passes Tampa. PRESIDENT AT NAVAL S HOOT KILLED WHILE HUNTING Walla Walla, Sept. 28-While hunting on a ranch between Pretcott and Pleas ant View yesterday morning, George Day, a prominent farmer of that vicinity wa shot and killed by th accidental discharge of hi shot gun. Mr. Day had climbed thru a wire fence and the gun wa fired while in th act of pulling it thru after him, the shot entering hit side. : THE NEW, FALL STYLES IN: ISTATI ON ER Yl It's needless to tay that w have the finest thowing of stationery in town, it it well known that we always have that, hut we are even out-doing our selves this fall. Box, Bulk, and Tablet Paper in the newest and daintiest tintt and textures, productions of the best manufacturers ar hare for your inspection. W can lee no reason why everybody should not use good paper in up- to dat shapes. When purchased here the prices are to low that on really cannot afford to us the common tort. Everything In Office Stationery We were never in better condition to stock your office with necessary thing than now. When inks in large bottle, blank books, legal blank and hundreds if other items are needed you'll find the most satisfactory good here. Our price are sure to ba particularly satisfactory to you. ! (Hcripp New Anncuiatlon) Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 28.-Henry! v--p .j ... , i, . ' sailed in the Mayflower tn:s morning for Sussman, wanted for tne murfler of n,s . , ' t. o, a hfi ,r.pri r -aP Cod Biytoatter.d tnetarget practic midnight in the Nashville hotel, near the scene of the murder. When found he was attempting suicide, rive gas jets were turned on and the police cairn that a?ter arrest he confessed to the murder for i tomorrow wn:cti will be held by the Atlantic Rest. He will return Sunday. which he is wanted. AROUND THE GLOBE i ? Association) Hi STONS GREAT REGARETTA (Scrip i Victoria. B. C. Sept. 23-Capt. J. Wood of the U. S. Navy, who took the Aerating doc Dewey from New York to !Ya-v:a. reached here this morning. He i enroute to his heme. The crew was on the sa'r.e si'p. NEWLIN DRUG CO. La Grande, Oregon. I A L. ANDREWS: TAILOR and HABERDASHER (Scrlpps New Association) Huston Texas. Sept.. 23-Today is t ie opening day of the great regretta under the auspices of the Huston Yatch and Power Boat Club and thousands of v sit ors hive been attracted to this city from all parts of the South and South west to witness the opening events. P.easure crafts from all parts of the guif coast, from th mouth of the Mississ.ppi to tne Mexican border, are assembled here a'd the harbor presents a highly attractive appearance, as near y all of the vessels ! 8crlpps New Association) large and small, are decorated with flags j Cn.cago. Sept. 23 -Wheat opened at 73 in honor of the regaretta. Th rejarefa j closed at 72B; com opened at will take up three days and some inter-j closed at 46'ji oats opened at S4'. sting and spirited contests are expected cosed 34 'i WILSON IS GENERAL AGENT (Si tim s Nw Association) j Sa;t Lake City. Sept. 23-H. O. Wilson.' d strict manager agent for the Oregon ' Short Line, will sjeceed Cnariej Clifford as genera! agent. 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