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VOLUME VI
LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON. MONDAY, JANUARY 7 1907
-NUMBER 30
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JAPANESE
EMU
(Scrip pi Newt Association)
Washington, Jan. 7 United States Sen
ator, J. M. Gearin from Oregon today
' discussed the rights of Japanese children
ariiils Bbiiuu'i ami Uitt (ltK,iiy of ink-
f tricing the immigration of coolies, He
' toot issue with the President on the tor
of the recent message which issued a
warning to laboring classes against the
threatened invasion of cheap labor.
Gearing said: 'We are now at peace
with Japan, but the peace will not last
long unless we reached a better under
standing as to the present treaty and the
obligations imposed. If there is a ques
tion about this treaty we should have a
new one. Japan could send five million
laborers and never miss them. We must
.protect ourselves or go to the wall in the
Worlds competition. If there are any
commercial advantages which we destroy
by excluding the Japanese laborers, I
answer, I don't care."
TO HUNT PRtniSTOR'C GAMf
(Scrlpps News Association)
New York. Jan. 7. Professor H. F.
Osbom, of the American Museum of Nat
ural History, Walter Granger and George
Olsen of the Museum's staff, sailed today
for Egypt where they will search for
skeletons of a small animal believed to be
the prehistoric elephant of the pliocene
age. The expedition is the outcome of a
discovery made some four years ago by
a party of British Engineers in the Saycum
desert who unearthed some of the bones,
Mr. Morris K. Jessup, president of the
American Museum, became interested in
the discovery and authorized the expedi
tion. Professor Osborn will carry on his
SOUTHERN PAGEIC STRIKE
DECLARED Off TODAY
(Scrlpps New Association)
Chicago, Jan. 7 The Interstate Com
missio ners were in conference all last
night with representatives from firemen
of the.Southttrn Pacific and Louisiana and
Texas roads. This morning Commission-
investigations in the Savcum desert ata!erKnPP announced that the Grand
(IYL0N COAST ELOODED
(Scrlpps News Association)
London Jan 7--Dispatches say that a
tidal wave off the south coast of Ceylon
Friday, has caused much damage. Fol
lowing an earthquake at sea the entire
coast was flooded.
WIPE RATHER THAN CHARITY
(S$ljrs News Association)
Norristown, Pa Jan 7 Cassatt's will
disposing of ten millions in estate, was
filed today. The entire amount goes to
his wife and children and none to charity
point about seventy miles southwest of
Cairo and not far from the Sayoum oasis.
He expects to be absent about four
months.
Chief Hanna and his associates of the
firemen's union, have accepted the com
promise, subject to a vote of the men
whom it affects, and he also said that un
less the rank and file of the union object,
the strike will be off without more confer
ences. OFFICIALLY CALLED OFF
Houston, Tex., January 7 The South
ern Pacific firemen's strike was officially
called off at one o'clock this afternoon and
the men returned to work.
SUPREME COURT UPHELD
(Sorlppe News Association)
Washington, January 7 The supreme
court today declined to assume jurisdic
tion in the Colorado election cases, hold
ing that no federal question was involved
and that the supreme court of Colorado's
decision was final. That decision favors
the Republicans and gives that party's
officials the legal title in Denver.
EIGHT DAYS OVERDUE '
(Scrlpps Nw Association)
New YorK, January 7 The steamer
Ponce, overdue eight days from Porto
Rico with seven passengers and a crew
of fifty-two is still unreported, Nine
steamers, traveling the same route as the
Ponce, have arrived today and report no
sign of the Ponce.
THE NATIONAL BASE BALL COMMISSION
(Scrlpps New Association)
Cincinnati,. 0., Jan. 7. The annual
meeting of the National Base Ball Com
mission will be held here tonight. Chair
man Hermann, President Johnson of the
American League, Sec'y Bruce and the
schedule committees of the National and
American Leagues, after disposing of the
annual business,, will eliminate conflicting
dates from next season's schedule.
HEAVY STORMS IN NEVADA
Scrlpps News Association) '
Reno, Nevada, Jan 7--The state of
Nevada is in the grip of a heavy storm.
In some parts of the stale, the stoim is
the heaviest in years.
NEW REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN
i Scrlpps New. Association)
Washington. Jan. 7 Secretary George
B. Cortelyou today announced his retire
ment as chairman of the Republican
National Committee. Harry S. New will
succeed him. '
DESTRUCTIVE CH'NfSE EIRE
(Scrlpps New Association)
Bangkok, Chi., Jan, 7 Fire devastated
the Chinese quarters today with a loss of
three millions. .
EATAL DUEL
FOUGHT III
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LOCAL LODGE REPRESENTED
Delegates from the La Grande lodges of
Conductors and Brakemen are today
holding a confsrenee with General Man
ager J P O'Brien and General Superin
tendent M J Buckley in Portland, consid
ering the demands of the employees for
an eight-hour law. Every lodge on the
0 R & N systa n is represented.
The locomotive firemen of the 0 R & N
system have already made a request for
an eight-hour day, but the request was
denied and it is thought the request of the
conductors will meet the same fate.
When the various committees departed
for Portland they were under the impres
sion that the S. P. strike and the propos
ed sympathetic strike on all Harriman
lines wouici aia tneir demands, but as
this afternoon's developments have set
tled the Southern Pacific firemen's strike
the outcome of the Portland conference
s not very bright.
ENGINEER S REPORT ON
BEAVER (REEK PROM
DUEL WITH SWORDS
(Scrlpps News Association)
Pahs, Jan. 7 L. Essuer of the con
sular service and Robert Ztvaco, the
author, fought a duel this morning with
swords. ' The consul is seriously injured.
(Scrlpps New Association)
Cheyenne, January 7 W Dean Hayes, a
banker and leading politician of Meeteese
was shot and killed this morning in a dual ;
with a leading attorney of Meeteese.
1 he battle was tne outcome ot a teuoi or
long standing. Hayes has been a Dem
ocratic nomine for governor, congress
man and stat treasurer during the past
ten years. He recently announced him
self as a supporter of Roosevelt
ATTENTION MODERN WOODMEN
All members of the La Grande Camp
Modern Woodmen of America are ex
pected to attend the installation this
evening. Do not forget.
E. E. Cross, a well known 0. R. & N
brakeman of La Grande, is in the city to
day on his way to Portland. Pendleton
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j Free Oregon State Lands
Irrigated
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You arc entitled to 20,40,80
120 or 160 acres FRtE
ycu simply pay for the cost of irrigation which
is $10.00 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.
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J EASTERN OREGON COLONIZING CO.
Foley Biock
La Grande, Oregon
The City Council.
La Grande, Oregon.
Gentlemen:
In accordance with your instructions we
have this day completed the examination
and estimate of the proposed La Grande
gravity water system and beg to report
as follows:
Our engineer. Mr. Cunningham, went
to La Grande on the 20th of December
and procured from your city engineer, Mr.
Pickler,' all the avail -ble data regarding
the proposed water supply, and from this
data we have compiled the estimates
hereto attached.
We find that the sizes necessary ti
carry 2,000.000 gallons of water per day
is 14, 13. II, 9 inch and for the lowe:
end of the pipe near La Grande either an
8 or 10 inch pipe.
An 8 inch pipe will be sufficient to carry
he full amount of water and develop
about 220 horsepower, while a 10 inch
pipe will deveiop ooo horsepower on ac
count of difference in friction in two pipes.
A isuming that a horsepower per year
is worth $50 in La Grande, this means
that an annual revenue of $5500 can be
obtained from this additional 1 10 horse
power, which capitalized at 6 7a equals
about $92,000 as the probable value,
According to our estimate it will require
but $12,000 additional expenditure to
make this last 9000 feet a 10 inch pipe
instead of an 8 inch.
We would recommend a continuous
wood slave pipe for the greater portion
of the line, instead of the market sizes of
machine banded pipe. It is high I import
ant that nothing but the best materia'
enter into the construction of this pipe,
IY0UR EYES ARE I
1 ; vVORTH SAVING!
Let me examine your eyes if they are bothering you.
I have the only Modern Optical Room in Eastern Oregon
with the LAILSI fliu rviuai irvifKuvcu tit
MACHINERY money will buy.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
and owing to the asphalt coating on ma
chine banded pipe it is extremely difficult
to detect imperfections in the staves and
even if an inspector passes on the mater
ial at the mill a portion of the pipes will
be checked and otherwise damaged by
exposure to sun and long haul from the
railroad. Again, the continuous pipe will
be somewhat nore economical placed in
the ditch, on account of freight and wagon
haui. The staves for this pipe can be
manufactured at La Grande or any con
venient sawrrill where a machine and
dry kiln can be installed. The bands, in
the shape of inch to ,lj' inch rods, can
be shipped from Portland and of course
bent on the ground. We do not (on ac
count of difficulty in preventing leakage)
recommend using wpod pipe for pressures
greater than 1 1 0 pounds per square inch,
corresponding to a 'head of 250 feet.
Above this we would recommend lap
welded steel Kalameined pipe with Con
verse lock joints, as manufactured by the
National Tube Co., of Pittsburg, Pa.
This pipe has a life of five cr six times of
that of ordinary steel pipe, and as the
difficulty of transportation, if not cost,
prohibits cast iron, we think the Kala
meir.ed pipe is the only one to be consid
ered.
Owing to constant high velocity of the
water in this pipe line (the minimum be
ing 2.9 ft. per second), we do not consider
it necessary to cover the pipe more than
a foot and a-half in depth, which is suf
ficient to prevent damage by fire or ex
pansion from beat and there is no danger
of the water freezing.
At the intake we should recommend
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UPHOLSTERING
OLD FURNITURE
, M A D E"
GOOD AS NEW
Lounges and couches upholstered.
Mattresses recovered and generaly
renovated, carpets cleaned and put
down.
Special Furniture Made to Order.
All Work Called For and Delivered
Promptly.
T. II. II I L L N A IV
Cor
and
N. Depot
Monroe St,
PHONE
1801 Red
GREAT POULTRY SHOW IN THE SOUTH
(Scrlpps News Association) '
Atlanta, Ga., Jan 7Poultry fancier
from all part of the Southern States
have exhibits at the fourth annual show ;
of th Atlanta Poultry . Association her
today. Th exhibits number seven thou
sand and the show it the most successful
of its kind ever held in th south. Th
Kennel Club it holding its annual show at
th tame time. There are a large num
ber of great Danes, Mastiff" s and Colli
dogs on exhibition.
MAYOR GEORGE M'CllUAN
MAY YET BE OUSTED
Fitted
or
I WILL REFUND YOUR MONEY
I have never had a patient who was not satisfied. Gall
and I will prove this to you.
"2 0. M. Heacock,
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NEW JEWELER
AND OPTICIAN
(Scrlpps News Association)
New York, Jan. 1. Attorney General
Jackson today brought suit in the supreme
courtto oust Mayor McClellan on the
grounds that Wm. Hearst was legally
elected mayor of New York at the last
election. The mayor was served notice
of the suit in his office this morning.
The McClellan suit was brought in the
name of the State of New York. The At
torney General charges Hearst with being
rightfully elected and says that in every
election district in the city where the balr
lots were lawfully counted, the majority
were for Hearst, but the inspectors count
ed them for McClelland. The attorney
general also goes on to specify that in
tvery voting district men were permitted
to rot for McClelian who had not reg j-
tered and in many instances man voted
twice.
At the last mayoralty election in New
York, Wm. Hearst and George B. McClel ¬
lan caused a spirited fight. The ballot
count gave McC'ellan the offke by the
small plurality of three thousand. Im
mediately there wis a cry of election
irauas. the Hearst taction mmtaining
that their man was elected but counted
out by frauds. The dissatisfaction result
ing irom me count at mat time has since
been smouldering and at tunes, flaming
up to a healed issue.
Governor Hughes it was who gave the
final impetus, when in his message to hi
legislature last week, he boldly advocated
a reform in the election systems of New
York.
COIVRl9Hr
Of THE CHOICEST IN THE
LAND
fail maids and brave men the
most cultured, the widest traveled,
the fittest to judge of fitting fare
for the table, can find naught but
praise as their opinion , of our
staple and fancy groceries or the
luxuries prosperity permits. Our
'arge buying and moderate pricing
has much to do with putting groc
eries of the best sort into- the
homes of people of ordinary means.
A small trial order will convince
you of the superiority of our store
and our sales methods.
PHONE MAIN 46
QEDDES BRif
NORTH FIR STREET
Our Promise for.
We promise you such
drug store service as one
seldom findsthe finest
service possible for us to
provide. Neither pains
nor expense will be
spared to make trading
here easy and pleasant
We have been on the
steady, forward march '
for years, keeping step
at all times with the ad
vance in pharmacy. The
coming year will see even
greater advances and our
customers will have the
benefit of them.
You are sure to find
the newer remedies here
as well as the old fash
ioned tried-andtrue kinds.
We would like your trade
during 1907.
Mcwlin Drug Co.
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iw any STVS-fcl S ;NI
OYSTER TIME
it alwayt looked forward to w'th
expectancy. What more lucious
than a plate of Blue Points on th
shell, or a stew, or a fry, or
broiled.
OYSTERS. OYSTERS, OYSTERS
any way you want, is the way we
serva 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 it
the place to bring them to. We
hop to tee you many times during
oyster season.
OPEN DAY We' sell weekly,...
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