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Now York, Jan. H. Aside from elPtlon at a banquet to be given In
the procrastinations of congress and (the Hotel Amor, New York, next Frl
llie continuation of the Thaw trial, day night, and may take advantage of
many new matter of general Interest the occasion to make some references
will come up to engross public atten- to his buorn.
Won duirng the coming week.
Bryan platform.
One of the principal political events
will be the dollar dinner to be given
' In honor of William J. Bryan by the
democrat of Lincoln, Neb., hi home
town, on Wednesday night, at which
thn distinguished Ncbraskan Is expect
. ed to announce the democratic plat
form and policies of the coming cam-
palKn.
To Indorse lirynn.
Mr. Bryan will bo Indorsed for the
presidency ut a convention of the New
York State Progressive democratic
league, to be held In Cooper Union,
New yrk, on Thursday night. Au
gustus J nomas will preside. Mayor
Tom L. Johnson' of Cleveland, is
scheduled to speak on "Why Bryan
Sfust Be Nomlnnled," and United
lituteg Senator Jefferson Dnvls of Ar
kansas Is on tho program for a red
hot speech rousllng the plutocrat of
Wall street and explaining why the
democrats of the south favor the nom
ination of W. J. Rryan.
IIukIdw I loom Next.
The boom of Governor Hughes of
New York for the republican nomina
tion for president may be launched at
the meeting of the republican county
committee In New York city on Thurs-
aay. Herbert I'nrsons and the Roose
velt contingent in the committee may
ttempt to prevent the Indorsement, as
hey did at the committee meeting last
iionth. Governor Hughe will speak
before the Woman Republican nsso-
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Social Affairs.
Among the social affair scheduled
to take place In the national capital
next week the most Important I the
annual dinner to be given by Secre
tary of State and Mr. Ellhu Root In
honor of President and Mr. Roose
velt. This will take place Tuesday
night and will be the first of the cab
inet dinners for the. president, and
will be followed by a similar banquet
given by each cabinet member In or
der of precedence. The Italian im
issador and Baroness Mayer des
Planche will give a dinner Wednes
day night In honor of the ambassa
dor from Austria-Hungary, and Bar-
Menirnlmiiller I
Oregon IimI 1'ruudn.
Monday Is the date get for the trial
of the Oregon land fraud cases. Fran
cis j. Heney of San Francisco, the
special representative of the depart
mcnt of Justice, who has for some time
been Investigating these cases, will
assist In conducting the trial of them.
The trial wltl be pushed by the gov
ernment as rapidly a possible, as He
ney hns many Important Investigations
under way In San Francisco.
NowMla 1 legislature.
In response to a call Issued by Gov
ernor Sparks, who wus spurred on ba
the-criticism of President Roosevelt.
the legislature of Nevada will meet In
special session 'on Tuesday. The ob
ject is to adjust by legislation, if pos
sible, the differences now existing be
tween the miners and the mineovvners
of Goldfleld, President Roosevelt hav
ing expressed a willingness for the
troops to remain in Goldrield until
the legislature had ucted. . Much
doubt Is expressed as to whether any
thing will be accomplished at tho spe
ciai session, us many of the members
of the legislature are reported to be
opposeil to authorizing the organiza
tion of a stale mllltla or constabulary
force.
I'o Fix ScImnIiiIcm.
In Chicago on Monduy there is to be
a Joint jnectttig of representatives of
the trnns-contlnental fi-eli-hi !.,,
and the central freight and trunk line
associations, when final arrangements
will be made to meet new conditions
brought about by the amended Inter
state commerce act ami the rulings of
the Interstate commerce commission.
A final check will be made of the east
and westbound trans-continental tar
iffs and, if necessary, a committee will
he appointed to confer with the Inter-
i.iuioicice commission concern
ing any point that may be doubtful
in connection with the turlffs.
IIFXRY
Novel
A feiarkcy Ilcnldcut, Uaa a
Scheme to Kill Coyotes. .
"Shoot them from the tree top,"
aid Henry Hill, a rancher of Starkey
Prairie, speaking of the coyote prob
lem. In this city yesterday. HI novel
method of killing coyotes 1 Interest
ingly described by the Inventor.
"I select some large tree tn the
midst of a clump of brush," said Mr.
Hill, "one with a clear space around
it for 20 or 20 yards. I climb up Into
the tree to a height of 30 or 40 feet
and build a scaffold. Then I put a
carcass on the ground where It can be
easily covered from my position In the
tree. In the evening when the co
yote come out to feed I am up In
the tree with a double-barreled shot
gun, waiting. When they arrive kill
ing Is easy.
"Sometimes it is after dark when
the animal commence prowling, but
on a moonlight night' or when there Is
snow on the ground It Is easy to pick
them out with a shotgun at the short
range. A I'm up in the tree the ani
mals do not scent me, because the
scent Is carried upward. At this sea
son of the year the animals are hun
gry and will come long distances to
feast.
'To those who are fond of crawling
oui ui h warm oeu ui in uie
morning and mounting the tree In the
cold mountain weather, there are as
many or more opportunities of getting
a shot."
As the fur of the coyote Is long and
of good quality in the winter, the pelts
are valuable. Heavy robes and fur
coats can be made from them, which
are especially useful In the Starkey
Prairie country, where the winters are
severe.
MRS. WOODS 1EAI.
Died Last Evening Puenral Tomor
row From Mormon Chun-h.
Last evening after 9 o'clock Mr.
Nephl Wood, who has been 111 for
some weeks, died at her home In this
city. The funeral will take place to
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the Mormon tabernacle, Bishop C. J.
Black officiating. The Interment will
follow tn the Mormon cemetery. The
family, consists .of a father and five
children, Robert, aged 1: Emily, 14;
BY- PORTLAND
BONDS m DM
In order that no time may be lost
in obtaining a ruling of the supreme
Roslne, 13; Leroy, J, and Alexander. i Court of the state on the validity of
5, who have the sympathy of a large
circle of friends in their bereavement.
iem)li:to. vs. jla grande.
Basket bull Girls to Contest for Honors
Jlere.
Miss Ethel Gulling has todav com
pleted arrangements with the mana
ger of the Pendleton high school bas
ketball team, to play a game here
with the La Grande Commercial clnb
girls' team Thursday evening, Janu
ary 18. The Pendleton .team Is a
strong one, out the La Grande girls
feel confident that they will be able
to win the contest. The game will be
played according to the boys' rules,
i ne following is the line-up of the
two. teams:
Pendleton K. Vogel and N. John
son, forwards; G. Jordan, center; R,
Gibson and D. McPherson, guards: H
Rader, N. Nolen and L. Itader, sub
stitutes.
La Grande H. McMurray and F.
Massee, forwards; R. Theisen, center:
Gulling and Frances Massee,
Fatal Tlilrtwn.
When Ben West was brought down
from the court room after the case
went to the Jury he was advised that
the signs of the times was against
him for the reason that there were 13
prisoners left in the Jail. He said 13
was his lucky number, but the" verdict
of the Jury disproved his statement.,
unless he thinks he I lucky to escape
the gallows, for the verdict of the Jury
was guilty of murder In the second
degree, which carries with It a life
sentence. It Is also peculiar that the
court has fixed Monday, the 1 3th day
of January for passing sentence.
if was noticeable that the verdict
of the Jury did not phase the defend
ant ln the least. He maintained the
same impassive, unemotional disposi
tion that has characterized hie con
duct from the very first. To look at
the defendant during the progress of
the case one would imagine that he
was the least concerned of any man
In the court room. After receiving
his sentence he will be taken to Salem
to spend the balance -of hi natural
life. Baker City Democrat.
guards; A. Roesch, M. Cotner and V.
Wells, substitutes.
A good fast game Is assured and as
the Commercial girls have assumed a
heavy financial obligation In bringing
he Pendleton team here, it Is to be
hoped that their La Grande friends
will patronize the game liberally.
Premium llucon anil Hams.
The City Grocery and Bakery will
I have a fancy shipment of Swift's Pre
mium hams and bacon ready for the
between Turner trade Monday. He sure and read the
and South La ad. In Monday's Observer, and also re-
rlbhon. Finder
Il-se leave at .he Newlln drugstore, store and see the oH,
Lost On 4th st.
Oliver's resilience
Grande, a red
Brook Trout for Idaho.
The first shipment of eastern brook
trout eggs for the new state fisheries
which was recently completed near
Hay springs in Blaine county, is ex
pected to arrive this week from Penn
sylvania, says the Boise Capital News.
This will be the first lot of a ship
ment of 900,0110 eggs that have been
ordered from the east.
Robert Stiles, superintendent of the
state fisheries, who ha been In the
city for several days, left last eve
ning for Hay Springs In order to be
on hand when the first shipment ar
rives and superintend Its removal to
the hatchery. There will probably be
four shipments of trout eggs made In
order to supply the state with the
number ordered. The other ship
ments will be made later In the sea
son ana oy early spring there will
doubtless be several thousand eastern
brook trout basking In Idaho waters
at the state hatchery.
the bonds voted for at the last elec
tion, an appeal from the decision of
Judge Cleland announced yesterday,
holding the bonds invalid, wa filed
In the circuit court this morning by
Deputy City Attorney Frank S. Grant.
The decision appealed from Is that
forecasted some time ago by Judge
Cleland on the request of the city at
torney and attorney Seneca Smith,
who represents F. I. MeKenna, the
plaintiff. In announcing a long list
of decisions yesterday morning, Judge
Cleland affirmed his previous an
nouncement as to what the decision
on the city bond case would be.
The effect of the Judge's opinion
was that the bond 'Issues for various
purposes that were voted by the peo
ple last June were Illegally placed
upon the ballots, and therefore liu- j
bonds cannot legally be Issued. The
questions were placed upon the ballot
at the direction of the city council by
resolution.
Judge Celland held that there is no
authority under the constitution for
any niaesure that Is enacted by a vote
of the people to be p.laced on the bal
lot by any means other than by Initia
tive petition, and that the act of the
legislature which undertakes to give
the power to city councils, to place
measures on ballots, Is' unconstitu
tional. .
Though the water bond issue of $3,-
000,000 was the-only one directly held
Invalid by Judge Cleland, being the
only Issue involved in the suit, it is
conceded by all attorneys that If
Judge Cleland's view of the matter is
affirmed by the supreme court, all
mntters placed on the ballot by the,
council, and not by the initltalve pe
titions, are invalid. In consequence,
all the bond Issues voted for are Ille
gal If Judge Cleland's decision Is sus
tained, and a special city election to
re-enact the bond Issues will probably
be called as soon after the supreme
court announced Its decision as possi
ble. Should the supreme court re
verse the Judgment of Judge Cleland,
the bonds may be lsstred without fur
ther difficulty.
Sirs. Gardner IHmuI.
A. N. Gardner was called to Baker
City Sunday night, December 29, by
a message announcing the dangerous
Illness of his mother, Mrs. 'Mary E.
Gardner, living three miles from Ba
ker City. Mr. Gardner returned Sat
urday, his mother having died New
Year's day. Mrs. Gardner was 70 years
old. Mr. Gardner will have the sym
pathy of many friends. Union Re
publican.
Aiuxiicr 1-ouiiry i'tuiu. '
V. C. Kelly, who recently pur
chased the six-acre tract tn May Park,
was In the city today purchasing ma
terial for the construction of a
chicken park. Mr. Kelly expects to"
engage in the poultry business on an
extensive scale. He expect to keep
his flock up to about 1000 hens.
UMBRELLA
RECOVERING
AND
REPAIRING
a New Covers put on,
I to $4.00.
If you have anything brok- 1
en lean fix it. '
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$-50 ",
Central Cliun-li of Christ.
Saturday evening the theme is "Un
godliness and the Judgment to Come."
Lord's day. mornlnar. "Whn .Khmt i
Do With Jesus, Who Is Called Christ."
Evening, "The Reformation." The
evangelistic meetings under ' the"
preaching of Evangelist McSparran,
and the work of Christians are grow
ing In attendance, Interest, power and
conversions. A number have entered
the new life and without doubt many
more are near the kingdom.-
Grande Ronde Lumlxr Co.
PERRY, OREGON
CAN FURNISH LUMBER IDE ALL KINDS
IN CAR LOAD LOTS
For 16 inch Chain Wood Delivered at your Home,
Cal'up V. E. BEAM, La Grande. Phone, Red 1741
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