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VOLUME VI-,
-LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 1907
NUMBER 71
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Geo. Krieger returned Saturday morn-1 cater to business in Wallowa county, Pen-
ing from Portland where he want to pur
hase new modern machinery for the
, manufacture of brick and tile, which will
. iiiuwig wtiu, nnm cam-
pitted this 'will give La Grande one of the
most up-to-date and best equipped brick
and tile planti in the Northwest.
; The capacity of the plant will be 70,000
brick daily but during the .early part of
eason the output will be 40.000 and
from 50 to 70 men will be eTployed.
' Electric power will be used, a sixty horse
power motor being part of the equipment
The'present 'yards will be reconstructed
and .thi total cost of the new plant will
exc5J$12.000.i
mr,. rvneger sola 2.UUU.UUO last year
anaould have sold more, and would have
made more, but like all branches of in
dustry it was impossible to secure the
necessary labor. This season he will not
make lest than 4.000,000 and expects to
hive the first kiln ready for market' in
about eight waeKs.
The manufacture of tile is something
new In t us s action of the state : but there
has Been quite a demand from the farm.
rs of the foothills around the valley for
tile h order that these rich lands could be
scientifically drained. Tnis demand wil
alio coma from the higher lands as irri
gation increases. With the new plant tile
cm b&made in s'zes from 4 to 12 inches
, in diameter.
ViMr. Krieger has one of the finest bodies
- of material in the Northwest and his
better grades of brick have been in de
nial in the past from many points in
Eastern Oregon and ldano. ' "With his
new plan: he will-make three kinds of
pressed brick for business fronts and with
b s excellent facilities for slipping, having
a side track running into the yards, will
NATIVES OF PHILIPINES
DESTROYED BY CYCLONE
(Sorlpps Newe Association)
Manila, Feb, 28 Two hundred are
killed and a thousand rendered homeless
as a result of a cyclone which struck the
Southern points of the Philippine Islands.
dleton, Baker City and Idaho points.
.The manufacture of brick it nothing new
to Mr. Krieser. He h boon (
engaged In this line of work for the. past
23 years, having learned hit trade at Ot-
taville, Ohio and for the past 1 8 yeart has
been making brick in this city. He has
great faith in the growth of La Grande
and of this section of the Northwest and
it enlarging and modernizing hit pla?t to
keep abreast with the general develop
ment. Thus La Grande it to become the
brick and tile center of a large te-ritoiy.
10 ABANDON WHALING
(Scrlpps News Association)
Dundee, Scotland. Feb. 25 Owing to
the failure of the whaling industry in the
Arctic the Dundee WbaljOg Co. the. ar-
gest of its kind in the world, at its an -1
nual meeting today decided to abandon
thework and wind up the company,
Whaling in the Arctic is now practically
a lost cal ing. In 1815 there were 164
British vessels engaged in the - .industry
and a bounty was allowed on all oil and
whalebone brot into a British port. Ten
yeart ago four hundred whales would be
considered a fair Mke for the season but
last year the combined fleet ooly took
seven. t
Communications are interrupted and de
tail! are meagre.
. Further details not procurable because
of disabled telegraph service eatt and
wett of La Grande.
GIANTS GO TO CALIFORNIA
(Rcrlpps Newe Association) , , .
Chicago. Feb, 25 Members of the New
York National League team are'rounding
up in Chicago prepartory to starting for
the "land of the setting tun" !to get into
condition for the pennant lace of 1907,
According to schedule the work of train
ing will begin in Los Angeles before the
first of next week.-' Three weeks will be
spent in California and then the Giant
will travel horn . by easy stages lingering
in Texas Louisiana Alabama and. other
points of the South to meet various league
teams before the opening of the playing
season. . ,.
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HAKHIMAN Kid OF RAIL
IMS 59 TEARS OLD
EXAMINED
AM TODAY
IN MEMORY Of RlXtY
(Scrlpps Newe Amoclution)
Wasnington. D. C, Feb. 25. The
House set aside an hour this morninjf. for
exercises in memory of Representative
Johi F. ,Rixay of. Virginia. Edlogiesjon
the life, character and public services of
th'e dead Congressman we're delivered by
a number of the best known speakers -of
the House, coming from both sides of tfie
political aisle. '
- ELECTROCUTED ' '
(Scrlppt Neve Association)
Ossining; N; Y, Feb. 25.-George
Granger was electrocuted this morning
for the murder of Charlet Lutz. The
crime was committed to get money w.ti
which to go on the stage. After the con
viction of Granger he became a confessed
Christian Scientist.' He said before tak-
ine the chair, "Electracution it the near
est transition to the higher realms."
LONGfELlOW CENTENNIAL
8i:rlpp Newe Association)
, New York, Feb., 25 The Brooklyn
institute has completed .ettfborate pre
parations for a celebration-to be held un
der its auspices-. J.h,la49eni g in honor of
the one huhdred$anniyersarj:-jof the birth
of the po'et'Henry Wdswdrth?longfel(ow.
The centennial address .will, be delivered
by Prof-BJjsi'Perry of . Harvard Univer-
MEN'S SPRING TOGGERY
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Having in vi?w the tasty dressers uc have selected for spring a line of the
choldest Cents f urnishings, along with our line of Ready to Wear and Made to
Measure Clothing. Shoes, and Hats makes The fair the Center for the buying
public. While we have had in view styles we have not overlooked quality and
pYice which we Guarantee equal to any eastern market.
Ne York, Feb. 25 It was pereistently
rumored this morning before the Thaw
case was called, that District Attorney
Jerome would ask for alunacy commission
before the day .was over. It is stated that
Jerome had so said this morning. . Evelyn
entered with a springy step, apparently
nerved to complete the fight. She was
immediatly called to the stand. The
proscutor began askirg questions about
the susposed trouble the witness had
experienced with her mother while
the two living at Allegheny. The witness
denied the story. He questioned her
about the fund that had been maintained
in the bank for her, also of her acquaUv
tanca with Frances Belmpnt and the
bresent lady Ashburton.
Then the questioning drifted to the
par'ies which Evelyn had attended.
How long were you in the Flora Dora
company?" asked the prosecutor next.
"I think from the' summer cf nineteen
one to January of nineteen two."
' How long were you out of a position
after that?"
"I dont remember. Mother and 1 went
to Philadelphia."
Jerome seemed anxions to establish the
date of securing the next place where
they . lived' and the circumstances
surrounding the weekly payments made
by Wh;te to the account of Evelyn Nesbitt.
: Further deta ls not procurable because
of disabled telegraph service east ar.d
west of La Grande.
(Scrlppt Newt) AaaoeUUon)
New York. Feb. 25. Did the Interstate
C?mrr.trcs Cs..ifi:w5 iiiMiiwutwi tut-
ward Henry Harriman a lemon when it
fixed upon today at the date for return
ing its investigation into the financial
operations of the Harriman railroad in
terests? But perhaps the I. C. C. did not
I know that today was Mr. Harriman's
birthday.
It was just fifty-nine yeart ago, on
February 28, 1848. that the "man who
now controls over 25.000 milts of .rail
road with a total capitalization of over
$1,700,000,000, first taw the light . o(
day in the rectory of a little church at
Hempstead. L I., where hit father wat
an, Episcopal minister.
vYoung Harriman entered Wall Street
as a clerk in the sixties. In 1870, when
32 years of age, he was able to buy a
seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
In 1883 he came actively into the railroad
field. In 1887 he became 'vice-president
of the Illinois Central railroad. The year
1907 finds him in control not only o( the
Illinois Central but the Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific, Baltimore It Ohio,
Chicago & Alton, and Kansas City South
ern.
And now the Interstate Commerce
Commission purposes to find out how he
did it. It has already conducted hearings
in Chicago and on the Pacific coast rela
tive to the traffic and operating . depart
ments of the Harriman roadt. Today
the hearing wat resumed in this city with
especial reference to the financial methods
of the Harriman corporations.
It is expected that the commission wil
sit continuously here until the investiga
tion it over. The , examination , of . Mr.
Harriman it to be the first feature on the
programme. When hie testimony has
been obtained that of Jacob H. Schiff. D.
Ogdsn Mills,,-William Rockefeller and
other big financiers will be tought. Sev-
efal of thote whose testimony it desired ,
are in Europe and it is thought quite like-
ly that they will find it convenient to , re
main abroad until the investigation it
concluded. Prominent among the ab
sentees are James Stillman and Charlet
A. Peabodyv president of the Mutual Ufa
Insurance Company and , a director in '
both the Union Pacifio and Illinois Central
railroads. H. H. Rogers and Henry C.
Frick probably will be called upon to tel
what they know regarding the Harriman
system of finance. President Winehell of
the Rock Island, President Felton of the '
Alton and a number of other railroad exe
cutives are also slated to take the stand
as witnesses,
New York Feb 25 Harriman was the
first witness before the Interstate com
merce commission which it Investigating
the operation of the Pacific railroads, this
morning and exptaimed In detail how he
secured the control of the Union Northern
and Southern Pacific and a half dozen other
great lines. The story it one of the most
gigantic stock sp culationt in the history
of finance.
Further details not procurable because
of disabled telegraph tervice east and
west of La Grando.
XTRA PAMS
FANCY VESTS
NOBBY NECKWEAR
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS
ELEGT SUSPENDERS
WOOL UNDERWEAR
FANCY HOSIERY
fCLICEE SHIRTS
LEATHER BELTS
OUTING CAPS
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THE PRESENT TROUSERS j
DERBY HATS
OXFORD SHOES
LISLE UNDERWEAR
OUTIN1 SUITS
SILVER COLLARS
GOLD SHIRTS
SUIT CASES
GENTS JEWELRY
KID GLOVES
UMBRELLAS
fi; TAKES
SUBTREASURY ROBBED
Of AH ENORMOUS SUM
HAY SHED
Chicago, Feb. 25. It is announced that
the amount which was stolen from the
United State sub treasury, is a hundred
and fiftyUrirue thousand, wh le later re
ports place the figure al 173,000. The
m-itilated bills had been sent in by banks
for redemption. It is believed that the
officers have secured information which
i sufficient to make several arrests, likely
within the next twenty-four hours.
Suspicion has narrowed to a few clerks
F.re broke out last night, in the hay
shed owned by the Lews Brothers im
mediately adjoining the oil tanks near the
O. R. &, N. This bui!dirg w?s saved from j
destruction last summer when the entire
retail business of the Lewis Brothers. I
was destroyed, and has been usod as a ;
hay 6hfd since then. B-jth companies;
were out last night but the hay within j
the structure had becjrne thoroughly I
ablaze, and there was nothing the fire de- I
partment could do but to save a-ljoining
Lprooerty. The structure ana contents
were completely consumed.
For the first time in stAne time; the
barn was full, about twenty tors of hay
being stored there. This represents a less
of 5325,00.
CATTLE PMSIIIM IN MONTANA
Virginia City, Mon, Feb. 25 Thous
ands of cattle have perished during the
recent blizzard r the northern part of
this state. Of a herd of 1500 belonging
to J. C. Fields, of Great rails, not one es
caped. The losses are c normous.
and two outsiders, some of the suspects
being women. The money never got into
vaults but stopped at the teller's cage,
according to tracings made by detectives.
It has been the custom that money lost on
the floor would " beTeturned by scrub
women.
Further details not procurable because
of disabled telegraph service east and
west of La Grande.
BOISE HAS VISIONS Of MAIN LINE
Boise. Feb. 23 Oregon Short Line
surveyors are now at work at Orchard,
25 miles east of here, and it is thought
the company is getting ready to run ita
main line through Boise.
ROYAL TAILOR SUITS ALWAYS SUIT
NPH0NE BLACK 1301
Jim Jaifi
j TONICS I
i Predigested Beef, Iron and j
Wine
INDEPENDENT NO. 32
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BfllfVES IN DRY FARMING ;
M.S. Bind, the veteran dry farmer '.
and semi-irrisaucnist. who believes in i
utilizing every possible adjunct of nature, ;
says that t'ni will be one of ti e excep
tionally profitable prosperous seasons of ;
Baker county. He aid not wait for
spring plowing, but did his summer fail- j
owing last year.
A moderate amount of irrigation in con- .
unction with the Campbell dry farming
method. Mr. Bd says, w. til mane the ;
acres in Baker, procuce thousands of
bushels Baker City Democrat
The Beef is in a condition to be im
mediately assimilated. The Citro-Ghlor-ide
of Iron does not affect the teeth nor
constipate the patient, and the Sherry
Wine is specially select and pleasantly
flavored. One of the oldest and best
tonics.
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A. T. HILL.
Prescription Druggist LA GRANDE, OR