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ri MWaIyvv fill !0 "kv volume ra. ( " ' 7- Offi! coithil m am kotprobable ABOIT H3,og H.WE BEES COLLECTED TO DATE. I But One Store Day for Taxpayers of Union County to Pay the Whole or ! Half of Their Taxes After Monday Penalty and Intern Will Be At-J-, turned to Account Where No Pay- ; went Haa Been Made Until Octo- ber to Pay AU. There remains but one day more In which to pay taxes, or half of them, unless a 10 per cent penalty and 12 1 per cent Interest Is to be attached. ' ' According to the regulations of the tax department In Oregon, either the ; whole or half of the taxes must be in ';-the hands of the tax collecting de- the penalties named will be attached to the tax account. Many have taken advantage of the half-payment plan as Been by the large amount of tax money on hand, and consequently not many will have to put up the penalty. Approximately $165,000 Is the amount the depart ment has Issued receipt? fgr. Those who paid half the taxes have until October to produce the balance. V Aprons and Cooked Food. '. The ladles of Central Church of f !hrlst will hold a sale' of aprons, etc., , and cooked foods Saturday, April 18. ...; Place of sale announced later. I fJLtt T Ill Hi PJ'.t TW"TU7ViiL-J Ifl I'J IV'U ZT '1 ( I NEW 'ARRIVALS New Beverly Skirts ; Blacks, Browns, Tans and Novelty Suitings $5.00 up New Dress Goods In wool Panamas, Voiles and novelties in stripes, checks and plaids, at the yd 50c up Hew Waists In beautifully sheer trimmed New Wash Dresses la Lawns, and Toiledu Horde Wash St'ting ia stripes, checks aai s$1id colors J4.75 up WE STIR CACHED BY BOB EVANS' SLURRIXG REMARK. When Rear Admiral Evajis' Said Things About Congress Yesterday He Laid Himself Open to Serious Criticism, But Threatened Court Martial WIU Not Materialise Naval Officer. Has Right to Say Such Things If He Desires. Washington. D. C, April 4. Con trary to the hint that Admiral Rob- ley D. Evans might be court mar tlaled for his remark In regard to the vice admiral commission. In which he said tnat congress could "bury it in the stoke hole of hell," as reported In an exclusive Interview with the Unit ot Pi ytrd, mireested In the morning papers, Evans Is In no dan ger of, such action. Naval officers have a perfect right to express their opinion of congress when they see fit to do so. The general opinion here is that Evans will not get the com mission. RVEF IS ANXIOIS. Walling for Supreme Court to Decide Whether He Must Stand Trial. San Francisco, April 4. Today Abraham Ruef Is looking to the state supreme court to sapxe to his rescue with all the fervency of a dying man grasping at the proverbial straw. 1973 lams, lace and mscnion $1.25 up FAIR i LA GRANDE, CMOS COUNT, OREGON; SATURDAY, AI'IUL 4, 1908. Unless this court grants him the writ of prohibition asked for, he will have to stand trial Tuesday on the charges of offering to blrbe Supervisor Jen nings Phillips in the Parkslde trolley franchise case. Judge Dooling made a ruling late yesterday afternoon in spite of the flood of affidavits, objec tions and technicalities put in his way by the defense. The decision of the court of appeals Is not expected be fore Tuesday. The examination' of jurors, will begin on that day. FINANCIERS WIN POINT. Portland Bankers Are Given a Change In Venue Today, Portland, April 4. J. ' Thoburn Ross, T. T. Burkhardt, J. E. Aitchlson and O. O. Hill, of the Title Guarantee tt Trust company, charged with fraudulently handling the funds of the suspended Title Guarantee A Trust company, won the first 'round In their fight for liberty today, when Judge Cleland granted the bank offi cials a change of venue. The case will be heard In Marlon county proba bly, either Juuge tturueii or uuti Galloway presiding. . GERMANY INTERESTED. Would Like to See Uncle Ram Step in and Restore Order. Washington. April 4. German Ir ritation at the continued misrule of Havtl Is finding expression In the frank wish that ' tho United States would take advantage of the situation and step in and apply the "big stick." The complications growing out of the Relbold claim against the Huy tlan government has excited general Interest throughout the nation and the prospcts of more trouble make the situation Intolerable. REORGANIZE THE ARMY. Washington, April 4. President Roosevelt started a campaign to re form the army , organization today when he appointed a special commis sion to draw up a complete plan of reorganization. The commission was appointed on' suggestion of General Bell, The. president's wish Is to bring the efficiency of the army up to the German standard. MANY STATES WILL NOMINATE THIS WEEK. Xew York. Mu.m'liiinettJt, Delaware, South Dakota and Others Will Se lect Their Delegates lii State Con vention the Coming Week Gov. Hitches One of the Men' Who I Awurcd of His Nntive Stole New IVIniBvy In Pennsylvania Next Week. Washington, April 4T-Rcpubllcan itate conventions will be held next A'eck In New York, Massachusetts, Delaware and South Dakota, when jarh of these states will select Its del egates at Irtrge to the national conven Mon In Chicago. The Empire state, ot course,,' will be pledged- to Hughes, while South Dakota Is certain to In- Ururt for Taft. The Massachusetts leleg.Ulon will. In all probability, go to Chicago unlnstructed for any par 'Icular candidate. The same non committal policy may be adopted by the Delaware state convention, al though heroic efforts are being made by adherents of the leading candidates 'o capture the delegation. The New York state convention will be held on next Saturday In New York city, the Massachusetts' convent Ion on Friday in Boston, and the South Dakota and Delaware conventions on Tuesday, the former In Huron and the latter in Dover. . The New York convention will as semble In Carnegie hall oa next Sat urday morning. By a peculiar coinci dence, this is the birthday of Gover nor Hughes. According to the politi cal wiseacres, the "big four" to be chosen to represent the state In the Chicago conventtoa will be General nVEHTHK Stewart L. Woodford. President Jacob! Gould Schurman of Cornel university. former Mayor Seth Low, and ex-Gov- ernor? Frank S. Black. George von L. Meyer, postmaster general and an ardent Taft man. will be chairman of the Massachusetts re publican state convention, which will meet in Tremont temple, Boston, next Friday morning to select four dele gates at large to Chicago. Republicans of the Sixth Indiana district will hold a convention in Shel byville on Thursday to nominate a1 successor to Representative James E. Watson. A half dozen prominent re publicans of the district are seeking the honor and the' contest Is a lively one. The district Is overwhelming re publican, so that nomination will mean election. On next Friday, h) Gales burg, the Fifteenth , Illinois district will select two delegates to the na tional convention, who will probably be pledged to Cannon. Taft will likely gain jtwo more ' delegates when the Fifth Minnesota district convention Is bold next Thursday. ' The first real test of Pennsylvania's new Ttrtmarv tfm will take place next Saturday, when the voters of the ) various parties will have the selection of the national and state legislators In their own hands. If the people take advantage of their opportunity, the day of slates and corruption In Penn sylvania politics Is past. Delegates to the state conventions will be elected In tho same primaries.' The personality of William J. Bryan "Will play a part In the primaries as the democracy will battle over the question as to whether the national delegates will go to Den ver unlnstructed. ' A national conference of colored men will be held In Philadelphia on Tuesday, when an attempt will be made to puncture the Taft boom. Roosevelt and Taft are bitterly at tacked In the call for the meeting, which was signed bj Bishop Alexan der Walters, the Rev. William H. Scott, and other leaders of the negro race. It is Ukely that the convention willteek to swln the Influence ol me coioTea voters to Foraker or Hughes. Cambrldce the Winner. London, April 4. The Cambridge eight defeated Oxford In the annua! boat race today by three lengths. BEETS YESTERDAY SPRING SEEDING IS ON IN EARNEST. .limilKuniatcri Sugar Company Haf Oixned ItH Kiikui- Beet Planting La Gramlo District See Flrnt of the Work Approximately 2500 Acre? to Bo Planted Before Spring Work CraHfK Plowing on la Varloui Pot ts of the County. The first feeding of the 2000 acre approximately, whloh will be planted to sugar beets In this valiey by the Amalgamated Sugar company thlc year, was done yesterday v and from now on until the work Is completed, crews of men will be actively engager1 In this work. The ground upon which the Inltla1 ! seeding was done Is located 4o the Urn not; district. Of course, there art patches of ground which arc still to wet to be worked and prepured foi the seeding, but there Is plenty of drj ground on which to commeneo th spring work. Plowing Is In progress In varlout parts of the valley and It the warn-, weather continues, each day will sei large quantities of beet seed placed In the ground. REBUILD CLIFF HOUSE. Rained Hotel Will lie Reconstructed at a Cost of $57,000. Ban Francisco, April 4. The fam. ous Cliff House will be rebuilt at cost of 117.000. This was made pos slble today by the court order 'allow ing that amount of money to be taken front the Butro estate tot that pur PLANTED SUGAR lUI'S LIFE IMTES ISEIIIICEH PLAN AH ATTACK AMERICAN FINANCIER IN ROME, BUT IS SECLUDED. J. P. Morgan Visiting In Route But Brooding Trouiilca There Makes It Impractical for Him to Leave His , Hotel Constant Fear of a Clown Between Soldiers and People En tertained Troops Being Rushed to the Holy City. : Rome, 'April 4. J. Plerpont Mor gan, who Is visiting here, was warned by the police today that they could not guarantee his protection if he ventured out on the streets, due ' to the excitement caused by a general strike, following tho attack, by, the police on the funeral procession of an anarchist. r Troops have been rushed Into the city, but serious trouble may come at any moment. If the people and sol diers should clash. . ' " The anarchistic element that Is swaying the mob might attack Mor gan and he Is staying close to his ho tel today. As a result of the attack by troops Thursday on worklngmen, threo are dead, four dying and eight seriously Injured. TMrty-ono soldiers and policemen were Injured. HACKENSCHMIDTlVES T"" UP HIS TITLE. The Russian Cliumplon and Former Champion of the World ax a Mat Artist, Gave Up to the Iowa Wrest- . ler I-ast Evening After Two Hours of Hard Work Says a Sllek Yaa kee Trk k Beat Him Acx-unch Gotch of Being Greased. Chicago, April 4. Hackenschmldt tne "itusstah lion," who lost the championship of the world In a COVERED ra wrestling match with Frank Gotch the ravages of the coyote last year, last night by surrendering after over the board of sheop commissioners ask an hour's attempt to throw the iowa ed the state to put up a bounty on the man," today declared he lost because, animal, In a report filed today, of a "slick Yankee trick.;' The board declares thnt ; a ' war He declares that Oo'tch took a body against the scourge has been conduct massage Just before the bout and that.od by means of pamphlets to sheep when Gotch's body becamo heated, I men, showing how coyotes can b massage cream poured Out of the 1 killed, but It Is believed nothing ef pores and made his body so, slippery I fective will be done until the state nis opponent could not get a hold. Chicago sports who saw the bout laugh at this and say merely met his match. the " Russian A broiler Is a bird weighing two mum's or less, and from six to 12 weeks old. I WUGHT TO BE THt IT of every citizen to so live end act that 1:1$ fel low citizens villi esteem him for his goodness. his kindness and his usefulness. The principles of good citizenship should constitute the cote of rules for every kind of business whether public or private. This applies particularly to the drug business, be cause, ovvinfi to the limited knowledge of the qualities of drugs by the general public, it follows that the re liability of the druggist good service. . - . V HILL'S DRUG STORE La Grande Jt kja4BB&BS4BBBa4 XU.M1JEU 109. OREGON COMMISSION IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS. Western Railroad Managers ia. Meeting at Chicago Decide to Bring Concerted Fight Against Many of the Commliwlons ot the United States Say They Would Bnnkrcpl the Roada if Present Rates, to Many Instances, rWere Allowed o Stond. ' Chicago, April 4. What may be a foreshadow of an early attack by the railroads upon the Oregon state rail way commission, was the outcome of a meeting of leading men ot western -railroads today when It was ' decided' that for their protection - a vigorous fight must be made against all at tempts on the part of state oviumu slons to reduce rates In either freight or passenger departments. : ' .. A fight on the Illinois two-cent rate was decided upon, at once, and other legal battles' will, be joined with the state commissions ot other states. ' B. L. WlrtcheU of, the Rook Island road, was .chairman of the meeting, i The reads' rVp'rcHen'ed. declared they would be bankrupted if the rates were allowed to stand, as scheduled by com missions of the various states In' th west and middle west. ASK 0 DOT OEDTOTESCALPS OVER ONE MILLION LOST BY SHEEPMEN YEARLY", ' Sheep Commission Flics Report WltA Secretary of Slate Today, Wbk'h Pleads for a Bounty on Coyotes Pigs, Calve and Colts Among the Animals Natural Prey to the Coyote Bounty is Only Effective Measure to Exterminate Them. - , j Salem, April , 4. Declaring that" sheepmen of Oregon lor-t between 51,- , 000.000 and $1,600,000 dollars from puts a. price on their head. It de Clares tho loss Is not only among the sheep, but among colts, :. pigs and calves as well. a: V A oaster weighs four or mors poundi, HAPPINESS AD CL0RY is the chief guarantee of t Oregon f e-tnra Mimimu iMsMinsjsxvmM-..