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POLITICS IX UMATILLA.
By a careful reading of the clip
pings reproduced herewith, the can
didacy of Mr. Geer for congress In his
home county Is not received with open
arms by tils county press. They seem
to Imply that Mr. Oeer moved to
Vmatlllu county for the especial pur
pose of gaining a residence for politi
cal prestige In eastern Oregon. Con
gressmun Ellis, who Is also a candl
date, also a Resident of Umatilla
county, seems to have the best of It,
If the following Umatilla county pa
pers reflect the general sentiment:
(Pendleton East Oregonlnn.)
Since It became common knowledge
In eastern Oregon that T. T. Oeer is
going to stand for the congressional
nomination next spring, much dissat
isfaction has been expressed at this
action on his part. lie has just moved
Into this district and at once lines up
for an office which belongs strictly to
some man who.hns served longer time
here thun Mr. Oeer.
People will say, and liavo already
said, that Oeer came over here to es
tablish a hurried residence anil "run
for something." It Is not fair to him
self for Mr. Geer to stand In this at
titude toward the people, muny of
whom have been his friends and sup
porters. Let Mr. Geer stund for the sena
torial nomination. He was once
elected to that position by the people
and he should be vindicated by his
party.
Residence does not count In the
senatorial election and Mr. Geer
could urge his claims as a pioneer
of eastern Oregon with much more
consistence than he can while run
ning for congress.
On a Statement No. 1 platform,
Oeer could probably be elected to the
senate. In the congressional race he
will be outdistanced a mile.
(Pilot Rock Record.)
No longer Is the answer "domfino,"
when the average cltlr.en Is asked to
explain why T. T. Geer shook the
mud of the Waldo hills for the dunes
of the sagebrush country, The honor
of having an ex-governor to frater
tiUe with for a twelve-month does
not full to the lot of every town the I
size of Pendleton. Hut other towns
need not despair. If unsuccessful at
the primaries he may move to Grant
or Sherman. ,'
Today Is the anniversary of one of
the most memorable speeches ever
delivered In the I'nlted States sen
ate, and that fact Is recalled by many
nged men of Washington, who lived
In the national capital during those
troubled, times; It was on January
SI, 1S61, thnt Jefferson Dnvls. Who
inter led the lost cause to defeat,
arose In his place In the senate Cham
ber and solemnly announced the se
cession of his state, Mississippi, from
the union, and bis withdrawal from
the senate.
Those who heard the
.
momentous
address of Jefferson Davis, declare
that It wns a masterpiece of oratory,
not Impassioned, not vindictive, but
abounding In expressions of love for
his former colleagues and associa
tions. It brought tears to the eyes
of many senators, and after Its con
clusion nearly every member of the
august body crowded around the tall,
thin, towering form of the Mississippi
statesman and shook his hand In
rewell. The address was arave and
earnest and delivered with all the
courtly grace of a southern gentle-
man' of the old school, but the force
of the orator did not serve to hide
the depths of feeling and emotion
that anlmtaed the man.
The anniversary Is especially mem
orable at this time because of the
fact that the senate Is now the center
of oratorical activities of another
southerner bearing the same name,
Jefferson Davis, of Arkansas. Those
who have had the opportunity to hear
both men, however, declare that the
similarity between the two men stops
short at the name, and that the pres
ent Jefferson Davis, In ' appearance,
actions and speech, is almost the di
rect opposite' of his distinguished pre
decessor. ,
It Is too bad that steps have not
been taken towards the organization j
of a Chautauqua In this city! The
chautauquas at Ashland and Oregon .
City have already contracted for their
talent, which Includes an address i
from John Sharp Williams, the demo
cratic leader In the liou.se of represen- 1
ta lives. )oth Ashlund and Oregon
City chautauquas are successful from
a financial standpoint, and especially j
so to the business interests of both j
places. Talk about your county fiiir
drawing crowds, they are not to be
compared with a well conducted
Chautauqua. There Is Just room In
this part of the slilte for one well pa-
is the ideal' lo-utlnn. If we do not,
either Pendleton or Baker City, or
some other live, wide-awake commu
nity will, and hundreds of our citi
zens will be making annual pilgrim
ages. Instead of hundreds coming to
us each year. Iiut there Is something
of greater value than dollars and
cents. The educational features "of
such meetings cannot but help have
the most beneficial effect upon the
community. Such associations have
, , . . . , . ,
the effect of drawing a high class of
people. There are hundreds In the
United States, two In Oregon, and
there should bo one In eastern Ore
gon. A few of the extreme would-llke-to-be
partisan republican newspapers In
the state nro loud In their protesta
tions of our present primary law and
would be glad to create sentiment that
In time would result In returning to
the good old days of the packed con
vention. Their grounds are thut the
primary destroys parties. He that as
It may It would be much better for
the stuto to have had the republican
party' of Oregon entirely wiped out
than to have continued the system
that had been In common use in this
state for the 25 years preceding the
passage of the present primary law. It
will be remembered thut certain
bosses were opposed to the adoption
of our present voting system, known
as the Australian ballot system, but a
popular vote to return to the old way
would not find enough supporters to
make even a pretense of a campaign.
The primary law In Oregon Is a fix
ture and If It be true as Is maintained
by some that by Its adoption it will
destroy parties, It might be stated ln
rebuttal that If a Just primary law
will destroy a party, there Is little ex
cuse for thut party to exist. No, the
primary law will not destroy purtles.
but It may and, In fact,, has already
unhorsed not a few bosses In this
stuto and It Is they, who are now try
ing to regain their prestlgo by over
throwing the primary law-.
Klsewhere in this issue we repro
duce a number of extracts from an
Illustrated edition of Colon countv.
published by I). II. Stearns of Port
land, which contains many matters of j
Interest and also shows how danger-1
ous it Is to driiu t,. Inavlly on the Here's n lYoblcm.
future. Mr, St. .n ns was undoubtedly j A London paper, which Is far
Impressed with the Idea that the w a-j enough away to lie safe, started a
ter power at On. D. I! woiihl make Mary Ann problem thus: In the Unlt
thnt the leading ton of the cunty cl Suites the Mexican dollar has an
and would eventually become the I exchange value of DO cents. In Mexl
county seat. He n,,t f,. 1ff n , cu the American silver dollar has the
i.u .unci pieuit'iion, however, which Is
rnpldly being brought about, and that i
is that tt was possible for the towns I
of Oro Dell, Island City mi La '
i.nmuo to grow into one large cltv.
A no
oin.r statement which crops to
show how ... us a state, are dcVel
oplng This volume gives Cove the
credit of Imvlnir tl... ri,.i
...... v . . I,.,,,-. J ,
,n' state 2g years neo. Todnv our
dairy Interests aggregate 115,000.000,
land by reference to the quality of
stock the pioneers of this county In
ir.niucvu at tne beginning. It la no
wonder that we are looked upon as
being the producers of the best horses
and cattle of any of the counties in
the state today.
It Is now a mooted question wheth
er the charter amendments recently
passed at a special election In Baker
City, was done legally. In fact any
legal doubt existing as to the legality
n
ft y-KssssssSL
. ..
charter makes such
charter of
. . ,K,
little utility. If there Is any doubt
whatever about, the legality of our
proposed new charter, In cuse It re
ceives the required number of votes,
it had better be withdrawn or defeat
ed. The present doubt Is a result of
a decision of Judge Clcland of Port
land, whose decision as yet has not
been sustained by the supreme court,
neither Is it likely to be prior to our
city election.
Oregon City is waking up. The
city council, at Its luHt meeting,
passed an ordinance compelling the
electric light, telephone and telegraph
companies to put their wires under
ground on the principal streets. This
i will do away with the large unsightly
poles that are a curse to all of our
cities. They are not only unsightly,
but are a menace to life and proper
ty. California is preparing to do the
wise thing. The republican state
central committee will permit the
vot",s ln tlu! r'l'"hll"" Primaries to
express their choice for the presiden
tial nominee. This is right and proper.
No committee can properly represent
an entire state on so Important a
matter, no matter how honest and
sincere they may be.
In case the jury disagrees or ln case
of conviction and the supreme court
giants a new trial or two, and Kvelyn
recites her story a few more times,
this case will be like "I'nclo Tom's
Cabin" we all know when little Eva
will appear, so we can prepare to
cry.
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MEET TOW
Creditors of the Insolvent Hall-Damon
company have been In meeting
the entire day, In the. office rooms In
the rear of the Eastern Oregon Trust
& Savings bank. During the morning
session, bills and claims were filed
tnd arranged. This aftornoon they
went Into session again and at press
time were still working with the busi
ness needing attention. Ilefore the
day ta over a trustee will be elected.
wiio will take churgo of the bankrupt
affairs.
same value. On the frontier of the
I'nlted States. where 'exas . loins
Mexico, there are two saloons,
one on
each side of the frontier. A cowboy
buys a 10-cent drink of whisky at
the American saloon and pnvs for It
with an American silver dollar, re
ceiving a Mexican dollar as ciiange.
With this he crosses the border, goes
Into the Mexican saloon for- a 10-cent
drink and receives an American do)
lar as exchange. It Is evident that
the limit of his purchasing power Is
the length of time he can stand. He
finally wakes up with a bad head
acne ana tne American dollar with
which he started. Who paid for the
whiskey? "
NOTICE OP FINAL arnrurrvr'
Notice Is hereby given that the un
dersigned have filed In the county
court of the state of Oregon for Union
county, their final account as adminls-
.muim oi ine estate of John Peach
oereasea, ana tnat said court has
CREDITORS
JANUARY 20
23
Ranges
175
Iron
1 35 Mattresses, all kinds
28 Heating Stoves and
15 Dressers
300 Chairs and Rockers
50 Center Stands
A large stock of Granite and Tinware, Lamps, Crockery, Silverware goes at cost. Snaps
in Trunks, Suit Cases and Telescopes. ,
"Phone Black 441. C f" HAICTPlVJ TOon Red 11,1.
SIS FIR STREET. I La 1 lftl J 1 Li 1 1411, 1418, HIS Adams Avenue, '
fixed Tuesday, the 4th day of Febru-
ory, 1908, as the time, and the court
ho'use m La Urund!i 0regon, tta tne
place for hearing? all objections there'
i-
to and settling the same. ,
WILLIAM G. PEACH, . j
JAMES S. PEACH,
Administrators of the Estate of John
Peach, Deceased. wl-3-31
COCHRAN & COCHRAN.
a"? W? ''stA-r-io- r.m,rnm :-c'v
There's many a successful business,
man w!io sits in his city office and lets
his mfnd slip back to his boyhood days
on the farm. How goocl jj felt to live 1
What an any he had! How good
everything tas.t.. ! How sound his sleep
was I How eagerly he rose witli the sun
ami raceil with turn through the long
(i ay. And now he's a successful man.
But he can't sleep. He doesn't enjov
his food. His stomach is weak, Irs
nerves are shaken, and h.e no more rises
with the sun to race eagerly against him.
His vitality is low and now and agaiu
his heart seems to plunge in his breast
as if it would break loose. That's the
price he has paid for success.
The mischief of the whole business is
that he buys "tablets" of one sort or
another to "aid" his digestion, and in
dulges in bromides and otliT nerv'e
stimulants, just to hokj himself together,
snd wonders why he seems to be getting
worse.
The whole trouble with such a man
generally lies in what is called a "weak "
stomach. The food he eats does not
nourish him because it is only partially
digested and assimilated. No man can
be stronger than his stomach, because it
is in the stomach and allied organs of
digestion and nutrition that strength is
made from the food which is eaten.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov
ery cures diseases of the stomach and
other organs of digestion and nutrition.
It restores the strength of the body in
the only way strength can be restored,
by food which is perfectly digested and
assimilated, when the diseased stomach
(with its allied organs) is cured of dis
ease. It is a blood-making, body-building
medicine, inasmuch as blood is made
from food and the body is built up by
blood. It is not a stimulant, containing
ueiuicr aiconoi or any oiuer narcotic.
MO OTHER OOOTOR FOR ME.
Uut spring, esrly, I wrote you my frelingt
snd conditioa," snva Mr. A. T. vanderwstrr, s?t
Wert Division Street, Chicnio, III.. .nd von
Wert Division Ktft-et, Chicago, HI., "and yon
ailviwil me Ui take Iir l'icrce'a Golden Medical
Discovery la lew hnltlMl ana lh,n writ
how I felt. I am happy to any I am genius to
feel fine. In all I have taken six bottles of the
Diftcove'ry ' and four or five viula of the little
' IH-lleta.' They have done me worlds of good
All my friends my: Vanderwater. how well
you are looking, what in the world have yon
been doing r I tell them I hare been doctoring
with Dr. R. V. Pierce, of BuuhIoi N, V. VV hy"
they say, 'you haven't been there?' No, 1
aay, hut I took hi ' Golden Medical Dlacoverv
and his little Pellets These medicines have
wrought the (rreat chanee In me. From a slow
mojie of a man that could hardly crawl, tired
and sick all the lime, and could, do no work
to a man who can work, sleep, eat, aud fee)
fine, and that tired feeling is ail going awav
I am very thanklul tltnt I wrote to Dr"pien.r
m 'Golden Medical I liscovery and his little
liver l-elleu li.ive almost made a new man
SJ m.u Lfwl y:mi'K 1 "lid at thirty years.
No other doctor lor me, only Dr. pierce."
HAD GIVEN UP HOPE.
wVh""1! Pr tny thanks to you for the
k'ndly advice v.mi have given me In regard to
rny case." writes Miss Carrie J. Wharton of
pnnavant, Spottsylvania Co., Virginia. "When
state of health. Had given up all hope of ever
being better I ,,i Up my food all the time
and it eeme,i army, yTnegir. I would havV .
bad sick headache every other week; in fact
E?. h',d. ne,r fru '" nd I ... 'perfeJlly
broken kiwa under the strain of losinr ray fcoS
constanUy. I had read . great deaf In yur
o?h-l7ht y-r mediclw hid dcmey fo
! 1 "rnte y snd got your advice
err' and the first dose 1 fook I felt titiZr
pitting up had entirely stopped and mv he.d
was much better. I believe your medicine. .
lust sahai ; ,-ou h.idof thinT
.i. ""'"v read the books yon aro i- and
aJSlicsnwSj.' foe 0".
edical IHseovery whenever I have a chanc-
-n,',"" Vik lLU woTth
wniie. it might inxvaee some one else tn trv
ttSSi 'S lP ,'L r1 '"w.yj're'ly'u"
s-vic. and feel safe to do a. you teU me,"
vnut.ii
Dr. Pierce's Ple.tan p-u
stlatioB, its causes and consequence
1 1'feM msfaM
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DIRECTORY
OF THE
FRATERNAL ORDERS
LA GRANDE, ORE.
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Woodmen of the World. Feres ters of America.
La Grande Lodge No. 169, W. Q. Court Maid Marian No. 22 ku
i V., meets every Friday of each each Wednesday night In Elks'halL
1 month In the TC. of P. hall In Corpe Brothers are Invited to attend,
building. Al visiting members wel- NERI ACKLE3, C. R,
; come. " N. I ACKLES. Q. V. HENDRICKS, F. S.
jj. H. KEENEY, Consul Commander. Board of Trustee: Dr. G. L. Big
I Clerk. gers, Oscar Berger and Herbert Pat-
. terson. ,
A. F.&A.M. ' "
La Grande Lodge No. 41, A. F. & M w
'A. M holds regular meetings first Orande Camp No. 770 J meets
'and third Saturdays at 7:30 p. m. every Monday evening at I. O. O. P.
L. H. RUSSELL, W. M. nal1, A" vl8ltIns neighbors are cor-.
C. D. HUFFMAN, Secretary. ' dlal'y invited to attend.
E. C. DAVIST"
PyUilan SlsU?ra. D. E. COX, Clerk. V
Rowena Temple No. 9, Pythian " ,
P O V
Sisters, meets every Thursday evening "
at 8 p. m., ln K. of P. hall, ln the Grande Aerle No- 259' F- ' B-
Corpe building. Visiting members cor- meeta every Frlday nlht ln E11"
' dlally invited. haI1 at 8 p m' vl8lt,nS brethren In-
LIZZIE HAWORTH, M. E. C. V,ted t0 attend- J- H- EARE, W. P.
EUNICE PROCTER, M. of R. & C. GEO. J. ABEGQ, W. B.
I. O. O. F.
xr. x, , t o,' m . stap Encampment No, 81, I. O. 0.
r Hive No. 27, L. O. T. M meets , , , .
. . . F- mets every second and fourth
every first and third Thursday of each ,. . . , ... ,
..,,,, t Wednesday In the month In OddPi
mor. h at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. haU y ch JJ
Visiting member, made welcome, weIcoma D. E, cox c, p
SADIE KLINTWORTH, L. C. W. A. WORSTELL, Scribe,
MAGGIE REYNOLDS, K. of R. pv-r.ue.
5L B. of A.
Brotherhood of Owls. - Meets first and third Thursday eve
La Grande Nest No. 17, meets In at I. O. O. F. hall. Visiting member
the K. of P. hall every Tuesday eve- always welcome,
nlng at 8 o'clock. Visiting brothers J. A. ARBUCKLE, President,
cordially Invited. C. J. VANDERPOEL, Secretary.
N. I ACKLES, ExecuUve. :
B. L. LEAVITT. Secretary. B- p E.
La Grande Lodge No. 433, K '
K. of P. each Thursday evening at 8 o'clock la
Red Cross Lodge No. 27, meeta Elks' hall on Adams avenue. Visit-
every Monday evening ln Castle Hall,
Corpe building. A Pythian welcome
to all visiting knights.
HAROLD HERRON, C C.
R. PATTISON, K. of R. ft S.
Robekalis.
Crystal Lodge No. EO, meets every
Tuesday evening at the I. O. O. F.
lodge. All visiting members are In
vited to attend.
LAURA STILES, N. Q.
irvvtr c vtttit te .
JKIE SMITH, Secretary
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ORCHARD GROVE
- ""' rropnetor, k. . D. No. 1 , La Urande, urerjn.
SwSseeeseesse4esseZ
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
Land Office at La Grande, Ore.,
December 28, 1907.
Notice Is hereby given that Barn
hard Seholdstrom, of HUgard, Ore.,
iiu mcu inline oi nis intention
in
make final five-year Dronf in unnm-t
i via; nnmesteaa entrv no.
HI0.??- .md. March 80, 1901. for the
BVV IWU. 8WU Son 90
NW NW4, Sec. S2. township t 8.!
FEBRUARY 10
for CASH ONLY
to $47 00
to 15.00
to 10 00
to 18.00
to 15.00
to 5 00
to 9.00
'444.4s
444W44-444444444444t
lns7 brothers are cordially Invited to
, attend.
W. B. SARGENT, Exalted Rul(.
Q. E. M'CULLY. Reo. See.
I. O. O. F.
La Grande Lodge No. It, meets la
their hall every Saturday night Vis
iting brothers cordially Invited to at
tend. Cemetery plat may be seen.
Model Restaurant. .1.
T. J. SCROGGIN, N. O.
D. E. COX, Secretary.
C. J. VANDERPOEL, Fin. Sec.
DO NOT DELAY
Now is the time to pur
chase breeding stock.
.lilt IIU DIUWIILf'
horns and Buff Orp
inglon. Strong line of
Cocks, Pullets and
Hens to select from.
Correspondence solicit
ed. Eggs in season.
POULTRY FARIVI t
range 87, E. W. M., and that salil
proof will be made before the register
and Receiver of the V. S. land office ,
at La Grande, Oregon, on February
12, 1908.
Ho names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon
Rnd cultivation of the land, vis: N.
H. Anson, of La Grande, Ore.; Frank,
Seholdstrom, of Hllgnrd, Ore.; E. H.
DeLong, of Ln Grande, Ore.5 George
O. Gekeler, of La Grande, Ore.
E. W. DAVIS, Register,
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