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LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON. FR'DAY,
JANUARY 4 190?
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(Scrlpps Newt Association)
Chicago. Jan 4 The Standard Oil
company - races a possinie sum rotai
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primes oi neany a nunarea ana bixiy
one million in fines as a result of the de
cision made by Judge Landis yesterday
when he held 'that the Standard was not
titled to an immunity bath.
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Investigation May Divulge How Harriman, formerly a Broker,
Ultimately Controls Many Big Roads.
(Scrlpps Newt Association)
Stockton Cal. Jan. 4 The Southern
Pacific north bound, was wrecked at
Mantica at seven this morning. The en
gine, mail car, baggage ana two sleepers
and a day coach went in a ditch, badly
wrecked. The only seriously injured re
ported was a trt mp passenger which the
sleepers had pinned in the wreckage. Re
sidents of Mantica-chopped them out with
axes. No one. else was injured beyond
a shaking up.
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(Scrlpps News Association)
Wheeling. W.Va. Jan. 4 The fourth
annual conventional of the Nat. Assn. of
Sta'r'y Engineers commenced here today
when there was a very large attendance
tit delegates. The convention this year
is expected to be very important as
nr.ia! discussions are announced on
various subjects, such as increased safety
contrivances, economy in operating steam
plants, etc. The eonveution
until tomorrow night when the
dinner will take place.
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HEAVY RA N
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Carmills, Jan. 4 The Wabash river is
rising four feet an hour and all creeks are
flooded and much damage being done.
Dozens of families were driven east of
the city. The rains and warm weather
are remarkable incidents in this season of
the year.
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WOODMEN Of THt WORLD JTTE1II0N
All members of the Woodmen of the
World are requested to be at the meeting
this evening as business of importance
nil came before the meetine. State
Organizer Pettett will be piesen'. and
address the camp. Cjme early.
' Both Gordon and Teddy Gibson little
folks in pastor Gibscn's home are much
irrrjfftved, having been sick with cold for
uViast few days.
(OAl (.ONE
(Scrlpps News Association)
Minneapolis, Jan 4 Forty stations along
the Great Northern in North Dakota are
without coal. The storms that have be
come general over the United States will
cause untold suffering. The farmers are
burning up their hay and straw and pre
paring themselves for resting on the mer
cies of the winds. The Interstate
Commerce is sending agants to their relief.
HER
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(Scrlpps News Association) .
Portland ore- Jan- 4 The heavy
downpour of rain and thestro'g winds of
yesterday continued this morning. All
rivers in western Washington and Oregon
are brimful and the worst floods of the
season are the prospects. The Willam
ette is at its heighest stage and is border
ing on the danger line, Traffic on the
Southern PacinVis blocked, by slides and
business on the O. R. & N. is completely
blocked by monster slides at Boneville, 20
miles e ast of here. Yesterday two hun
dred passengers wert marooned at that
point, but were brot to Portland today by
boat. Many sections of Western Oregon
report the worst storm of the season.
SERIOUS AT ROSEBURG
Roseburg. Ore., Jan. 4 The river is
still twenty-three feet above low water
mark and is still rising, Tne railroad
bridge is ricdled and carried out. Traffic
s tied up.
NO SIGNS OF ABATING
Portlane, Jan 3 At noon today the
storms show no signs of debating. Rail
road officials in this city cannot announce
M. Reard in a raid on October 1 1 th on a j when traffic will be resumed,
negro aive. was nangea in me jan nere CORVALIS WATER SYSTEM GONE
j this morning. Corvalis Jan 4 The city water sys-
! tern was washed out by floods today and
1 the city mains are perfectly dry. The
city is in constant danger of fire.
BRIDGES GONE AT DRAIN
Drain, Ore, Jan 4 The streams in this
vicinity are all over their banks and
many bridges washed away, The lower
portions of the city are submerged and
tracks badly injureu. The Scottsburg
stage is long overdue and fears are
entertained for its safety.
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NEGRO HANGED IN VIRGINIA
(Scrlpps Kt Association)
Roanoke, Va. Jan. 4 John Hardy, the
negro desperado who was found guilty in
November of the murder of Poiceman R.
The machinery to be used in the Ice
manufacturing plant now being installed
by Julius Roesch, has arrived, and is to
day being moved from the railroad yards
to the brewery where for the next two
months, men will be busy installing this
new industry.
The mechanism of this device is not so
complicated as one who has not seen, a
similar machine, would think. A monster
compresser, a few pipes that serve as
ammonia condensers and half dozen steel
tanks constitute the outfit. The machine
is heavy and cumbersome, necessitating
considerable time in moving and installa
tion. Mr. Roesch anticipates that it will
take two months to have it in working
order.
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i Free Oregon State Lands I
Irrigated
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You are entitled to 20,40, 80
120 or 160 acres FREE
you simply pay for the cost of irrigation, which
is SI 0.00 per acre, payable one-fourth cash,
balance in three equal annual payments.
Title direct from the STATE OF OREGON.
This land is going fast; do not delay; call or
write today.
: EASTERN OREGON COLONIZING CO.
Foley Block La Grande, Oregon
NO SEAT, NO PAY
(rtcrlpps News Association)
La Crosse, Wis., Jan 4 The city coun
cil is considering an ordinance which
will maxe it a misdemeanor and punish
able by a fine for conductors to collect
fares from passengers on streetcars who
are not provided with seats.
New York, Jan. 4 The Federal inves
tigation of the Harriman system of rail
roads, which was postponed from Dec.
28 to accommodate Mr. Harriman, was
opened here today. The proceedings will
be of the greatest importance as the in
vestigation is aimed to determine wheth
er, broadly, 4 single railroak interest is
likely, to come into domination of the
transportation system of the country in
the near future, as it is now asserted that
the rapid growth of the Harriman lines
will cause inquiry as to whether the
Standard Oil group, which Is assumed to
back Harriman is in the way of securing
control of the railway interests . of the
country. It is known to the members of
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
who are conducting the Investigation, and
to Attorneys Kellog and Severance who
will handle the points of law at issue,
that the adn-,in stration considers this the
most important step it has as yet taken
against any railroad combination. The
government was aroused by the wonder
ful strides of Harriman and Attorney
Kellog today announced that every power
will be exhausted to break the great Har
riman merger and check its march to
wards centralization. Harriman however
realizes that he has aroused the energies
of the administration and is about to fight
a political battle as well as a financial one
Special attorneys Kellog ank Severance
have it is stated, collected evidence to
to show that the Harriman mergers were
combinations formed to stifle competition
and it is also slated that Mr, Stuyvesant
Fish, the deposed president of the Illi
nois Central road, control of which was
purchased by the Harriman intorests,
will give some important evidence in con
nection with the merger during the inquiry
Mr. E. H. Harriman and a number of
other officials of the Union Pacific roads
have been summoned to appear before
the commission to give information re
garding the merger, and are in attend
ance.
TRAEEK
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GRANDE
Due to the landslide at Boonevilie Ore
gon, passengers and mail from the West
have not been seen in La Grande since
yesterday morning. Last night's number
two only reached a point twenty miles
east of Portland when it encountered the
slide and the same is true of this morn
ing's six. A stub train is expected from
the west tonight sometime carrying mail.
Two coaches were sent east from The
Dalles this morning but carried no mail.
The investigation is accisioning con
siderable comment and is sura to be
watcned with interest from all parts of
the country. It was announced before
the commission sat that an enormous
volume of evidence had been coliected
against the Union Pacific. The investi
cation is looked on by railroad men as of
supreme importance for should the evi
dence sustain the charges, it wilt mean
the complete destruction of Harntran's
work for years in gathering under his
control numerous railroad systems but on
the otner hand, if the commission conclude
tr.at the charges are not sustained it will
mark him as tne greatest railroad genia
of his ate. It is admitted on all hands
that Mr. Hariiman has made remarkabl
progress in the railway worid and tno hn
methods have been most adversely criti-
cised he has permitted no consideration
whatever to swerve him from his deter
mination to establish the grea est combin
ation of railroads known in the worid.
He now controls 2S.0000 miles of road
representing a capitalization of 52.000.-
000,000 and is still seeking fresh fields. '
The interstate commission, after hearing
numerous complaints and after care- .,'
fully goin over the matter, decided to ;
hold the inquiry when legal advice was
supplied by high government officials who
stated that Harriman in the cast of the
Union Pacific, not only violated the Sher- :
man-Anti-Trust Law, but also the Inter- '''
state commerce Law and the statute
against conspiracty. Evidence will be -adduced
to show that the Oregon , Short. .
Line Railway Company has been used by '.'
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when it i s not a competitor of the Union
Pacific it will be stated in evidence that
Mr. Harriman and the Standard Oil
nterests have been using the holding .
company as a mere cloak to hide their
violation of the law in suppressing all
competition between the Union Pacific ;
and the Southern Pacific, which are
parallel lines, and by'geographical loca
tion should be actual competitors as al
lowed by law. Abundant evidence, it ia
etated, will be given to show that Mr.
Harriman and his associates have suc
ceeded in stifling all competition between
the two roads. Amongst those In at
tendance to give evidence on supoena la
Mr. J. C. Stubbs director of traffic and
control of the two lines who It is stated
dictated rates and distributed traffic busi
ness for which he received a salary of
$50,000 a yea'.
It is expected that the evidence which
will be adduced will show how Harriman
from the status of an unknown broker
rose to be absolute dominator of 25,000
miles of railroad and the Interstate Com
merce Commission announce that they
propose to learn how it was made pos
sible for a man iryaftw years to figure
himself into the control of $2,000,000,
000 worth of property. The investi
gation will showh;w he manages to
control it and how ha, is able to dictate
prices to men at the head of other sys
tems and at the same- time manipulate
the stock market apparently at will. A
very large number of witnesses will be
exaimined for both sides and It is expect
ed thu the Commission before two
months at will not be in a position to
submit its report before two months at
leas .
The interstate Commissioners hesitate
to let t he Harriman interests know ex
actly what lines they will pureue. The
p'an will not be developed in fiull until
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Chicago.
STATE TAXES HIGHER
In response to a telegram from the
County Court to the Secretary of. State
information was received that the state
tax for 19C7 as apportioned to Union
county was $22,857.50, which is $8,920
larger than last year.
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WEST IN RAILROAD CRISIS
(Scrlpps News Association)
Chicago Jan. 4 The strike conferences
have betn in progress for weeks between
the officials and representatives of the
railroads west of the Mississippi, and it is
now certain that practically all lines In
the country are involved. Hannahan.
chief of the firemen and engmemen's
union says "We hope to settle controvers
ies about the increase if twenty percent in
wages, but the 'strike fever is growing
and it will become uncontroiab e unless
we can settle within two weeks".
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OYSTER TIME
is always looked forward to w'th
expectancy. What more lucious
than a plate of Blue Points on the
shell, or a stew, or a fry, or
broiled.
OYSTERS, OYSTERS. OYSTERS
any way you want, ie the way we
serve them. Oysters we keep are
the best in the land and all have a
good pedigree, if you want to give
an oyster party, our restaurant is
the place ta bring them to. We
hope to see you many times during
oyster season,
OPEN DAY We sell weekly tltM
AND NIGHT meal tickets for.
THE MODEL RSTAUrtAT
J. A. Arbuckle Proprietor
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