VOLUME vtl
LA GRANDE. 5IOS COUNTY, OREGOX. FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1908.
MMBER 108.
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ALE OF
ELKS PLAN TO PURCHASE -THE BUILDING F0RJ.I5II AND TO
' RE-MODEL IT
S PLAN TO MAKE GYMNASIUM FLOOR LARGER AND BETTER
Members of the Elks' Lodge Soliciting Shares Today and Will Buy Com
mercial Club In. Five Days
The La ' Grande Commercial club
will be In a position to pay every cent
of Its Indebtedness and In addition to
that will pay the stockholders an In
terest on the stock. Thus the club
dies an honest death.
This was all made possible through
the efforts of the La Grande lodge of
Elks who. without a practical doubt,
will purchase the building for I9D00.
At their meeting last night it was de
cided to take this move rather than to
. build a new home on the site pur
chased by the lodge recently. Hun
dreds will be expended on the building
after the purchase is made. In this
way the large structure will be con
verted Into a place of beauty. Today
a committee and tlte board of trus
NEW ARRIVALS.
New Beverly Skirts
Blacks, Browns, Tans and Novelty Suitings $5.00 up
New Dress Goods
In wool Panamas, Voiles and novelties In striper,
checks and plaids, at the yd . 50c up
New Waists
la beaatifully
trimmed
sheer
New Wash Dresses
In Lawns, and Toiledu
checks aad solid colors
THE
WILL MT
ITS INDEBTEDNESS
tees of the Elks' lodge are canvassing
for shares and before the day expires,
It Is practically certain that sufficient
stock will have been raised 'to float
the proposition. ' ' '
. The transaction, if consummated,
will mean two desirable features:
gives the Elks a home at nominal cost,
where the public can secure an amuse
ment hall, and last and by no means
least, the transaction means a clear
ance of all debt outstanding against
the Commercial club Itself. Not alone
will the club be able to pay Its debts,
return the money to shareholders with
Interest, but there will no doubt be a
few dollajre as a neuclus for future ac
tivity on the part of the club, which Is
(Continued on page 8.)
lawns, lace
and insertion
$1.25 Bp
9
Horde Wash Sa t:i in stripos, j
54.75 up
FAIR
BOB EVANS BETTER.
Thinks He Can Rejoin His Fleet Be
fore It Reaches 'Frisco. '
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Paso Robles, April 3. Admiral Ev
ans Is confident today, in view. of the
marked Improvement In his condition,
that he will be able to rejoin hi fleet
before hi flagship passes through
the Golden gate. ' '
' "I have never failed to do anything
yet that I set my mind upon." he said,
"and I won't do so this time."
The admiral Is under the car of
Surgeons McDonald and Phillips, who
state that after Evans has . had his
first sulphur bath ho will respond
readily to their treatment
Milk Famine Averted.
Chicago, .April t. The threatened
milk famine in Chicago was averted
today when employers met the de
mands of the men by giving them $1
a week raise to be based upon the rate
of wages now In force. The drivers'
week Increase. '
SPEAKING AT IMBLER
- AND THEREABOUTS.
W. F. Amlci-Non, n. D. Hamilton and
J. W. KiiohK-8 Each Address Audi
ences LuKt Evening at Itiihler and
Siimnicrvillo Knowles In Elgin To-dny-"-(5a!iies
of Pendleton, Will Lcc.
ture on Lower Freight Rates at Im
bier Tomorrow Nlsht.
Imbler, April 8. (Observer Special.)
Stump-speaking, almost on the eve
of the primaries, is the order of the
day In this section of Union county.
The rest of the week will see several
political addresses by candidates who
aspire to nomination at the primaries.
In this village last evening were two
addresses: R. D. Hamilton, candidate
for representative from Union county,
and W. F.' Anderson, candidate for
nomination to the office of county
cler. Both meetings were welt attend
ed and each speaker laid down his In
dividual platform In logical style.
At Summervllle Attorney ' J. W.
Knowles addressed an audience. Mr.
Knowles Is candidate for circuit judge.
The La Grande attorney goes to Elgin
this evening on a similar mission.
Talking Railroad.
F. W. Gaines of Pendleton, will ad
dress an audience In this place tomor
row night on railroad questions. He Is
working for the people's Interests In
securing lower rates In eastern Ore
gon, and has several measures which
he wants brought before the voters of
the state. He was scheduled to Bpeak
'ast evening, but postponed It to give
room for the candidates. '
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PREDICT CONTINUATION
UNTIL JUNK SOME TTMH.
Finuactat Measare aad Bill Are Still
ta ths Haade of Ooouniuena, Vara
ported oa and Work Has Iliad Up
Wh It Will B Wimwrf ta Onav
Haas the frslua Osanoai Gives
Oat laforssaftiss Pair Oa Fhwaa-
Wsshlsgtoa, A art! I. It la it a
Usvsa that tha drat sessioa af ra
! will ot adjoara sattt Jus I.
fjpaaksr Caaaoa dsoUres that If hard
veVk la dose. adJoanasBaat mar Uks
place at aa earlier data, but it Is
ttfllsvsd this Is hardly possible.
At arsssat, Ova aparoortaaoa hUta
ramaut ta fee restart, aat ataara are
to Tartan HUM at lasUtattoa. Te
CAIIOATES TAKE
TO THE STUMP
BOTH CO R SS
ALL nun
MAKE WIUTMAX BETTER.'
Walla Walla Gives Large Sum to the
Garden City University.
Walla Walla, April 3. Determined
to make Whitman college the "Ya:e
of the Northwest," Walla Walla city
and county has given the college 3200,-
000, and has started In a campaign to
raise $2,006,000 for that school.
New buildings have been projected
that will cost $1,000,000. . Promises of
large sums have been secured from
cltliens In Portland, Seattle, Tacoma
and Spokane, It Is said. ,
Clri Adopts Mao of 4 s.
Boston, April 3. By ths action of
the superior court at Lowell, James
Butler, aged 48, legally becomes the
adopted son of Miss Wllhelmlna Craw
ford, a young woman of 18. Butler
was raised by Miss Crawford's parents
and the girl declares that she enter
tains a most motherly feeling toward
htm. rioontt th rilnnnrltv In their
ages. .
WRESTLE FOR WORLD'S
' CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT,
The American Heavyweight Wrestler
Will Face tlte Terror of Enrio on
a .Mat In Chicago Tonight Ixioks
Like a Square Tiling and Retting Is
Lively With 3 to 1 oil the Russian -Latter
Outweighs Gotch and Has
Never Been Thrown.
Chicago, April 3. There , certainly
can be no cause for complaint on a
score of "lack of condition" by the
loser in tonight's mtach between Geo.
Hackenschmldt, the "Russian lion,
and champion of the world, and Frank
Ootch, American champion. Both men
are fit as a fiddle.
All Inside Information has It that
tonight's match la absolutely on "the
square." The men will wrestle for a
purse of $10,000 split, 80 and 40 per
cent. The Russian is a 3 to 1 favor
Ite, but at that price Ootch looks good
to many bettors. ,
Ed Smith will referee the match.
ContixuiNoiM of Two Men.
Hackenschmldt Is five feet, 10 In
ches In height; normal weight, 210
pounds: age. 31 years; nationality,
German-Russian.
Ootch Is five feet lift Inches in
height; normal weight, 200 pounds;
age, 30 years; nationality, German
American.
Referee Hodgln conducted a meet
ing of creditors In the Hall-Pamon
bankrupt estate today. Various mat
ters of Importance to the bankrupt
company and Its creditors were trans
acted.
ISSUE IS
VEBY I1HT
CONDITIONS IN PORT AC.
PRINCE STILL CRITICAL
BapiKMed Friend of Revolutionary
Geaveral Haag Up ta Tree and Rid
dled Vila Balk While ItesJdrals
Keep Onsaortng for More Marlaes
M ttsa Otj Reports Do Not
Aotaal fleiliimsj l Afaatrw TV
Maria Dally erwwlag Boldrr.
rart aa Prtaca, April 3. Whits
residents ara vtasnortajr for Tend leg
of an arises fross tha warships m ths
harbor. Assartaaa, Carman and
ffYsach Mslaaas asaa tastsl that ths
daagr is inw than -n rally
thouabt try f nuesata rives f govara-
ausls ears. Thay assert tha blacks
ara a,lly growing herdsr aad mora la
soil Us aad sssjaaws will sarailaly
1
VERSUS
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SEA SWALLOWS
3Z SAILORS
COLLISION OF SHIPS Dl'R.
ING SE MANEUVERS.
Tlilrty-Two Sailors Drowned as Re
sult of an Accident at Sra Between
a Cruiser and a Destroyer, Both
Enjdbdi Ships Some Battle With
Death All Night and Filially Roach
raiore Twenty-five of the Crew
Rewued MbtJ udged DlsUnce,
Plymouth, England, April 3. Ac
cording to an official .report filed to
day, 82 sailors were drowned and 28
rescued as a result of a collision be
tween the British destroyer Tiger and
the cruiser Berwick during maneu-
fara oil liia lain oi VVigiit.
After fighting death all night, four
sailors were rescued today, while an
other died or the Injuries sustained
during the collision. All told, 33
deaths have resulted from the acci
dent. Mlsjudgment of the distance
caused the collision.
Tammany Conventions.
New York, April 3. Democratic
assembly district conventions will be
hold today, It Is likely that the pro
ceedings will be carried through with
out a hitch, In accordance with the
Tammany program. .
FUSION NO
CO SAY POPS
KEEP IN THE MIDDLE
OF POLITICAL ROAD.
Popullxt Convention Adopts s- Plat
' form Along Clean-Cut Line No
Change for Hybrid Politician With
Them PoMiU Savings Bank, Par-i-1h
Post, Public Isuid Legfclntlon
and Ownership of Public Utilities
Among the Features.
St. Louis, Mo., April 3. The popu
list party haa had enough of fusion.
In a platform adopted today they de
clare for the old "middle of the road"
policy and Independence from all fu
sion entanglements.
The platform declares for the aboli
tion of the national banks and tsu
ance of money direct from hte govern
ment to the people. , .
The populists claim their platform
Is one which will drive the hybrid pol
iticians from their camp and leave
none but "Simon pure" populists In
the organisation.
Other features are ' postal savings
banks, parcels post, parcelling public
land direct to the settler, government
ownership of all public utilities, em
ployers' liability law and the Initiative
and referendum.
OUGHT TO BE THt HAPPINESS AND GLORY
of every citizen to so live and act that his fel
low citizens will esteem him for his goodness.
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his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles cf
good citizenship should constitute the code of rules
for every kind of business whether public or private.
This applies particularly
cause, owing to the limited
I of drugs by the general publit. it follows that the ro- t
liability of the druggist
good senieo.
..aeW a,.. , a. ,.. M m i r
HILL'S DRUG STORE
I La Grande
SACRIFICED LIFE
TO HELP SISTER
TAKES POISON AND GIVES
HER SISTER THE INSURANCE.
St. Louis Has Remarkable Case In Ma
rie Lehman, Wlm Counted Her Days '
, to Bleet Requirement of Her Life
Insurance Policy To Suicide Within
the Year Meant Loss of Money The
Year Up Yesterday and Today She
Llca Cold In Death.
St Louis, April 8. For on year
Marie Lehman, 38 years old, counted
the days which must pass until she
could kill herself and leave a helpless
Invalid sister with 31000 Insurance :
money. A clause In the policy provld- . .
ea that If the holder committed ml r
cld within the year, the policy be
came void, but self-destruction ' after
that would be no bar to collection of
the money. Her year expired yester
day and last night the woman killed
herself by taking carbolic acid.
Went Virginia University.
Morgantown, W. Va., April 3. -Tha
baseball nine ot .the Carnegie School of
, Technology, at Pittsburg, will be tha
j opponent of the West Virginia unlver
I slty squad In Its first game. of the sea
' son tomorrow afternoon. The sched
( u!e as a whole Is the best arranged by
the State university for many years. .
JOHN MITCHELL MEANS , '
TO STAY WITH PAPER.
Former President of the Amerkua
Federation of Miners In Cousultatlosr
Wlth President Today It Is flak!
That Ho RcfuHed an Offered Position
as ComniUKloiier to Investigate Pan
ama Labor Condition Talks About
Labor Class.' , t. . ' v, ;
-
Wasnlngton, D. C, April 8. Ex
Prcsldent John Mitchell of the United"
Mine workers, conferred with the pres
ident today. It la said he declined ait
appointment as commissioner to Inves
tigate the condition of labor In Pann
ma because of his plans to establish a
paper in Indiana. ' .'
, ."The laboring man will vote re
gardless of party affiliation," de.
dared Mitchell toduy. "He is no
longer afraid of being called a mug
wump and he will support a ticket
best calculated to give him the legis- '
lotion he desires.. ,The laborers are'
studying personalities . of candidates
rather than their creeds, and I will
support the candidate most friendly. "
A cockerel Is a ;nale bird less than
a year old. . ' ''
to the drug business, be-1
knowledge of the qualities
aV
Is the chief guarantee of z
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