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li. J. HOCKENBERRY AND NELLIE G. NEIL HONORED WITH
OFFICES IN THE EASTERN OREGON TEACHERS'
ASSOCIATION
(Observer Special)
Qpiiliton Nov. 28 Five hundred
teachers, from every corner of eastern
Oregon", were present today at the annual
election of officer for the eastern divis
ion of the Oregon Teachers' Associatio n.
Three;a Grande pedagogues were select
ed to conduct the association's business.
Superintendent of county schools E. E.
Bragg heads the organization as president,
H. J. Hockenberry principal of La Grande's
schools was the choice for secretiry and
Mrs. Nellie Neil was re-elected to her
office, that of treasurer. Following is the
list for the coming year: President. E. E.
Bragg. La Grande; Vice president. J. 1.
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lilt JEWISH COLONIZATION SOCIETY
Cerlpss I'etfs Association)
Ne"ibrk. Nov. 28. According to the
report of the Jewish Colonization Society
published today the number of Jews em
igrating to the Argentine Republic is in
creasing rapidly. It was very light before
the year 1904 but the report estimates
that in that year there were 4000 Jewish
'immigrants. For the year 1905 the
official statistics of the republic gives the
number of Jews as 7,516 and up to this
datftthis year 1
Smith, Baker City; Secretary, H. J.
Hockenberry La Grande; Treasurer Mr
Nellie Neil, La Grande. Executive com
mittee, Frank K. Welles, the retiring
president, E. B. Conklin, Malheur county,
J. A. Churchill Baker City, Owen Bishop.
LA GRANDE NEXT
Thru the earnest solicitations of La
Grande teachers who attended the con
vention at thi city, the meeting place for
next year was decided upon to be La
Grande. The next meeting of the teach
ers will be sometime next fall and as La
Grande is the logical place for that body
to meet next, it was only proper that
that city should secure the next meeting.
MUSKRATS OVERUN A CITY
(Scrlpps News Association)
Lake City, la., Nov. 28 This town has
become so honey combed and undermined
bp musk rats that the water from Lake
Creek has inundated the cellars' and
threatens serious damage to the heavy
buildings. So great has been the damage
done that the railroad company, which is
sufferingextensively, has employed a large
number of boy to exterminate the rodenU
offering them a royalty of five cents for
each rat, while Calhoun county has offer'
ed to pay ten cents more.
WATERS-PIERCE GUILTY
i Scrlpps News Association)
St. Louis, Nov. 28 The federal grand
jjry today r(".urned two indictments
against the Waters-Pierce Company,
charging it with accepting rebates from
railroads.
both inaicimeiiL. were bi'H n the
fact discovered by Garfield in hit pub
lished report on transportation of patrol
um. The indictment contain twenty
one counts each charging allegal ship
ment of a car load of oil from thi city to
Alexander at less than the lawful rate
over the Missouri and Pacific railroad.
The second contain fifty-one counts,
each charging unlawful shipments on
other lines in Louisanna. The maximum
penalties that could be imposed for the
aggregate count, foot up to a half mil
lion.
EXPENSIVE SUBWAY
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(Scrlpps News Association)
New York, Nov. 28 For putting under
ground at a cost of nearly $33,000,000,
all the frieghts tracks, stations, yards and
approaches of the N. Y. Central Railroad,
as required by the bill put thru the legis
lature last winter by Senator Martin
Saxe. plans were today received by the
Rapid Transit Board from Chief Engineer
Geo.S. Rice. Mr. Rice's plan will relieve
the railway of a vast amount of the ex
pense of this huge undertaking, originally
estimated at $60,000,000 by permitting
the railroad to elevate streets above rail
road tracks and thus eliminate all grade
crossings from seventy-second St. to
JUTE SUPPLY DECREASING
(Scrlppe Newa Association)
Seattle, Nov. 68 The state Board of
Control having been able to secure a
supply of jute for the making of grain bag
in the factory at the penitentiary the
farmer in thi state will this season
suffer to the extent of over $800,000.
The price of jute has risen from $1? to
$28.50 a bale and cannot be procured
even at that price.
DANIEL DEBS DEAD
(Scrlpps Nws Association)
Terre Haute.,Ind., Nov. 28 Jean Daniel
Debs, father of Eugene Deb, died here
at his home today. He was one of the
first French settler in Terre Haute. Six
children survive him.
O'BRIEN AND BURNS TONIGHT
(Scrlpps Newa Association)
Los Angeles. Nov, 28. Everything is
in readiness for the heavy weight champion
ship battle tonight between Jack O'Brien
and Burn. Both contestants have dis
continued training and are resting quietly
in the city. Betting today remained prac
tice ly unchanged at 10 to 6 in O'Brien's
favor. It is expected that these odd will
prevail at the ringside.
TO STOP
AIL CHILD
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(Scrltps News Association)
Washington, Nov. 28. The bill which
S"iflr Albert Beveridge will introduce
upon the opening day .of Congress. owiinu
with the prohibition of child labor, i com
plete. In its clauses the bill piovides that
no railroad, steamship, steamboat or other
carrier of interstate commerce, shall
transport or accept for transportation the
product of any factory or mine that em
ploy children under fourteen year of
age.
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COLD FIND A MYTH
(Scrlpps Newa Association)
Maidstone. Sask.. Nov. 28 The report
ed great find of gold at Birling has prov
ed to be a myth and a great number of
prospector who have arrived her are in
anything but a happy mood. The man
who announced the discovery of a great
vein of gold bearing quarts brot in some
samples which on analysis was found to
be iron pyrites absolutely without value,
MUTINY ONBOARD
"erlpps News Association)
new YorK, mov. ztj. a fireman was
killed and five other men injured in a rr.u
tiny on the Mallory line steamer San Jac
into, which arrived in port today. An
Italian was arrested, charged with the
murder of the fireman.
PRESIDENT HAS HIS TURKEY
(Scrlpps News Association)
Washington. Nov. 28. The President's
turkey arrived today from Horace Vose,
of Rhode Island, who has been raising
White Hxise turkeys for the past quarter
of a century. The turkey will b eaten at
7;30 tommorow. It is understood that
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Congress
man Longworth and wife will be among
the guests.
flATS: Save one-third to one-half
If you wish a handsome and becoming winter bat Come! for you
may have your choice of any hat in our store for one half less than
actual value.
lent this an unusual proceeding? isn't this
buying opportunity?
We revised the price of every one of our fashionable hats you will
find prices far lower than ever before.
1,0 Cfl t
an exceptional hat
WE DON'T REVERSE OtR DOLLAR'S WORTH - i
this price cut extends to every article of our regular millinery stccks.
You may deal generously with yourself, have a couple extra hats
this winter and do it without a bit of extravagance for this is ore
of the most extraordinary money-saving offers that we, or any other
store, has ever made.
These Price-reductions
Just Ten Days.
Will
ANOTHER
SWINDLE
(Scrlpps Newa Association)
New York, Nov. 28 Charges were
made today in a trial of George Burnham
of the Mutual Reserve and Life Insurance
Company that Louis F. Payn. when he
was state superintendent of insurance
demanded a hundred thousand from the
Mutual Reserve under a threat of show
ing the company to be insolvent, It was
alleged in the testimony that President
Frederick Burnham paid Payn forty
thousand.
I 510.00 Hats for $5.00
I 9.00 " 4-50
f 8 50 ' 4.25
7.50 " 3.75
6.50 " 3.25
6 00 " 3 00
5.00 " 2.50
t 4.50 " 2.25
I 3.50 " 1.75
J. . 3.C0 " 1.50
f 2.50 " 125
Phone Black 130
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MAYOR
(Scrlpps News Association)
Washington, Nov, 28 Senator Fulton
of Oregon was in consultation with the
nuir.; rw"'"; ana aiscusseo tn
Japanese question on . the coast. "W
have not ha any trouble with the Japa
nese nor Chinese school children in Ore-1
gon yet," said Fulton, "For those attend
ing the schools ar youngster, I under- '
stand that the Japanese government had
demanded admission to the school of San
Francisco and the primary grade."
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ARRESTED
(Scrlpps News Association)
Truckee, Cat. Nov. 28 Mayor Schmlti
arrived here en route to San Francisco
and was met by Ruef and a crowd of
newspaper men. His train is five hour
lata but he wilt be in San Francisco by
8 tonight. He was met by two deputiet
who placed him under arrest but he will
not be treated as an 'ordinary prisoner.
The meeting between the mayor and
Abe Ruef was cordial.
O'BRIEN BURNS BOUT
(Scrlpps News Association)
Los Angeles, Nov. 28 All arrange
ments are complete for the twenty round
contest for a purse of $12,000 between
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Tommy
Burns. The contest takes place tomor
row night in the Pavilion of the Pacific
Athletic Club. Straight Queensbury
rules will govern the contest. A large
number of sporting men from all parts of
the country will witness the fight,
- GILLETTE TALKS
(Scrlpps New Association) ,
Herkimer. '.N. Y No. 88. Oilletta
I told today of hi early life. Hi parent
I took him many place to live and mad
hit home in San Francisco for om time.
When nearly twenty he left them and
and went to Ohio. He I now twenty-;
three. He related hi acquaintance with
Grace Biown, who worked in hi unci' ,
skirt factory at Courtlar.d. He also told
of his trip to the lake, but a recess was
taken by the court before he reached the .;
point of the alleged murder,
Gillette Is being tried for the murder of
Miss Grace Brown, who iti alleged wa
killed by him while the two were boat rid
Ing. The case has been attracting wide
attention, It is also alleged that he did
the act to allow his marrying a rich girl
n another city.
GILLETTE'S STORY
Herkimer Nov. 28 Gillette who is
charged with the murder of his sweet
heart Grace Brown, in Moose Lake test
ified today that while rowing about the
lake stopping ashore to eat lunch that
returned to the skiff when the girl began
crying about her condition as to what
she should do and without warning she
leaped from the boat which he upset . in
trying to catch her a she jumped and
when he arose to the surface the gill wis
gon. '
MRS. HAUSER DEAD
(8crlpps News Association)
Lo. Angle. Nov. 28 -Mr. S. T.
Hauter, wife of a former governor of
Montana, died suddenly here yesterday.
The body will be taken to Helena for
burial.
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MORE LAND WITHDRAWN
The La urande Land Umce has re
ceived notification from the Secretary of
the Interior that the following described
lans have been withdrawn from entry
and have been temporarily added to the
Blue Mountain Forest Reserve. To those
who are interested in timber land this
will be valuable information.
Following is the description cf the
lands withdrawn:
All of Tps. 1 1 and 12 S. R. 27 E.
Ail of Tps. 10 and 1 1 S. R. 28 E.
Ail of Tps. 9, 10. 1 1 ar.d 12 S. R. 23
E.
Ail of Tps. 10. 1 1 and '2 S R. 10 E.
In Tps. 3 S. R. 30V fractional Sec.
23, and Sec. 24 and 25. ftactona! Sec.
26 and 35, and Sec. 26.
Ail of Tps. 4. 5, and 6 5. R. 51 E.
In Tps. 7 S. R. 31 E . Sec. 1 w 12
inclusive; Sec. 17 to 20 both ir.cl-jsive;
Sec. 25 and Sec. 29 u 32. bon inclu
sive. In Tps. 8 S R. 31 E.. Sec. 1. 2.3.
Sec. 10 to 15. bo'.n inc us ve. Sec. 22 to
27. both inclusive and Sec. 34. 35. and
36.
Ail Tps. 10 a-d 1 1 S. R. 3 i E.
In Tps. 12 S. R. 31 E.. Se-:. 1 to 30,
both inclusive.
In Tps. 3 S. R 32 E.. Sec. 19 to 30,
both inclusive.
Al' of Tps. 4 S. R. 32 E.
In Tp. 6 S. R. 32 E.. Sec. 31 to 36,
both inclusive.
All of Tps. 6 and 1 1 S. a 32 E.
-.UOO neces-J J
It has been d.
LAST OE OLD SETTLERS
(Scrlpps News Association)
Terre Haute. Nov. 28 Jean Daniels
Debs, father of Eugene Debs, is dead in
his home in t-.is city. Debs was the last
of the first French settlers in Terre
Aaute. Six children survive.
DRUGGISTS (OMBINE A TRUST
(Scrlpps News Association)
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 28 The gov
ernment won the first skirmish against I
the National Retail Druggists Association '
this morning in the federal court over the
demur to the charge that th organization
is a trust to restrain trad. Th associa
tion must answer the first Monday in
February.
OLGA NETHERSTLE IN KENTUCKY
(Scrlpps News Association)
Lexington. Nov. 28 Miss Olga Nether
sole, with a powerful company appeared
in the opera house here tonight a Paula
In Mr. W. A. Pineroe, "The Second Mr.
Tanqueray." The hall wa packed with
a fashionable audience. Tomorrow night
Paul Hervieus great drama "The Labrin
th" will be produced.
DON'T NEGLECT COUGHS j
Nature Might Cure Your Cough With
out Aid, But You Can't Afford To
Chance It.
A cough trial it left to "cure itseif ' is si-vwiy overcome at best, and there
is apt to be soxe weakness left to malre the next cough' come easier.
Newim's Wnite Pir.e Expectorant is natures's best assistant. It makes
the cure tasy. qu.ck ar.d thorough. It is perfectly harmless, and is equally
good for o'd or yourg. It doesn't pay totrfe with coughs when you can
buy a remedy on these terms.
Mo-ey back if tht remedy fails.
Price, 25 and 50 Cents.
NEWLIN DRUG CO,
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mitted that Mr. ChM-
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