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EIGHT PAGES. 4" t-i 4f '"1 .i 1 ta uiouur; LYeilill IMSWH Published dally except bunday. ' CURIIEY BKOTUKK8, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS! United Preas Telegraph Service. ally, per month. ... .. Daily, single copy.. M Daily, one year In advania. . ... .M-50 Cally, ,lx months, In advance... I.t Weekly, one year in advance. . .11.00 Weekly, alx months. In ad ranee. .75 Knterod at ' the . postoff.i at . I. Grande as eecond-claee matter. This paper will not publish any ar-! Mela appearing over a nom de plume tlgnad artlclea Mil be received sub fact to the discretion of 'he edlt.irs Please sign your artlclea and save dis appointment Advertising Rate. Display ti rates furnished npon application. Itfcal reading notice lOo per line drat Insertion; So per line for each subsequent Insertion. Resolutions of condolence, 6c a line. Cards of thants, to a Una. M smsss m sassssssa aai ssss ssessssssssssssss COMMERCE OF PHILIPPINES. ' Consul Jacob E. Conner of Balgon, Cochin China, sends the following summarised report upon the commerce of the Philippines for the year 1907, as shown by the annual report of the bureau of customs: ' ' The total value of Philippine Im ports last year was $29,668,140, an Increase of 15 per cent over that of the preceding year. The total value of exports was S34.127.253, an increase of 4 per cent. The Imports from the leading countries were as follows: United States $5,664,254 England 6.028,040 Germany 1,655,422 8pnln .' 1.756,667 Chinese Empire 2,759,715 Japan 1,010.043 British Australasia 1,753,874 British East Indies 1,626,299 French East Indies 3,474,236 French East Indies, of which Balgon Is the chief port, for some years at the head of the list, dropped from- first place In 1906 to third In 1907, on ac count of the decline In importations of rice. This decline Is In turn due to the fact that the Philippines are supplying their own needs more completely In that commodity. Also that wheat flour Is taking the place of rice, as In dicated by the growth of Imports of the former. , ' It Is to be noted that Imports from the United States have gained In about the same proportion as have those of England,, tn spite of the fact that the carrying trade of the United, Suites shows a marked decline, while, that of England has noticeably Increased. Of the $900,000 worth of wheat flour imported, less than $400,000 worth came from the United States. Austra lia's percentage has risen gradually to -.68. The report states that "It can hardly be doubted that the application of the coastwise trade laws In 1909 will probably give this entire trade to Australia." The race for supremacy tn the Im port trado of the Philippine Islands lies between the United States and England. e- i i ' v VOt'XO MEN IX)1I CHINA. I Wilbur T. Oracey, counsel at Tslng tau. transmits the following report re garding business opportunities In Chl- na a warning to young men In America who believe that thoy can se cure better positions In the Far East than In America: I am continually hearing of young men In China who have come from the accident expecting to secure positions here, and are either stranded, or forc ed to enter uncongenial occupations, and believe that a warning should be puhlli-hcd In American papers. China may bo a land of opportunity to the business man with money, but any young man who Is willing to work will find better opportunities every day 4 i" i TRY SHEPHERD FOR " All bills cirrying appropriations originate in ti e House. Triere are no conflicting interests to prevent a Multnomah man Irom giving a Square Deal to any part ot Eastern Oregon, l.i the large American cities. Manyj young men leave their homes In the United States, ship as stowaways, work their passage to China, or spend their last few dollars for tickets, in the hope of stepping Into good positions on their arrival in the Far East, and are surprised to find alt positions filled. Most of the positions with respecta ble firms In China are filled. Each firm which has its business here hat. an agent In New York, London or Bcr. lln. a the care may L. and In the event of further assistance being need. ed In China, is able tV: rough corres pondence with agents f tecure young men from home who are familiar with the business In which tfle firm Is ln- terested. -- v Tomorrow the bollots In the state of Illinois' will decide the fate of 3000 saloons, scattered In 84 of the 102 counties of the state. It is not ex pected -that the tempi lanco 'element will make a clean sweep, for activity along these lines 'dors ivit date back farther tbfun last November, when un der the local opilun law 16 counties uhmltted the uues.t'jn. resulting in six of these ooiritirs golnsf dry and th clnHlnc of saloons. It was a campaign not uv.Xtc V.'allowa county In uregon two : ..t.-", Juu one reallut d whi.'t was about to hap pen until Efter tVin Vitus' were counted and it was found to be l:t the dry list. After their great victory In Illinois last November, X'.n Umperance peo ple took on renewed courage and a general campaign all over the state was the result. . The' Anti-Saloon league leaders claim that they will carry 900 of the 1200 townships and the liquor Interests sent out, as their last, pre-election statement, that they will be able to hold all of the larger cities of the state In the liquor col umn. Under the Illinois law saloons must co'lse within 30 days after the election In the territory going "dry President Joseph Smith, In his opening address to the 78th semi annual conference, now In session In Salt Lake City, made this statement while touching upon the temperance question: "There is a movement througout the land for local option and I hold that every Latter Day Saint will co-operate with the move ment, that we may curtail this mohs ter Intemperance. We think and feel that the people should be per mitted to say If they will have drunk enness, riot, murder and kindred crimes, which too often come from the use of strong drink." Other church authorities spoke In a similar vein and the people generally recog nize (hut It Is only a question of wait ing for the first opportunity, when Utah will pass a local option law, as will also Idaho and Wyoming. -e The Interstate commerce commis sion seems to be divided on what is known as the Spokane rate case, to the extent that there is no possibility of a decision until there Is a change in the opinion of a number of the members of the commission. At present a majority decision Is impos sible. The question Involved If Spo kane wins, will revolutionize the en tire theory of railroad rate making. Whether or not S.ioUii-.e wins this time or not. htr premises are correct, and will win out in tl.m. ' There is no valid reason why Interior points should be compelled to piy tribute to the terminals. If the l tllroads can haul merchandise from Chicago to Portland for ti'.SO pe;- 100 pounds. It l Ilit'.e lfs than hl.f'.'.way robbery to chorge La Grande merchants $3.46 per 100 pounds from t'i-.lcugo to La Grande. Advertising pas. punt two years the ' towns h.ivr t u..' thmisuttC f l !' i vertlslng t'.t. !.- r. ; the Willanv.tto v.-." ; much largi r shire o; flux of hoTiti"-e::i r- F r the past ii';.:uette valley ; .. usanN and f literature a 1-i- As a result getting a .! o present In ;':m eastern this same -v along this Oregon. wVleV perl-id him CONGRESS ROMADKA KEAPY ACCESS TRUNK RAISING the cover brings ever? corner within reach without re. moving trays. Saves X the time of w ordinary trunk to pack pack. Easy to operate. fc'h'f get out of order. Will stand al the knocks and hard usage of traveling. Costs no more than a common true x. "'UStyUmt $5.00 andou 3444S4i4K4$4S4-'H line. 1 It Is safe to say that the west ern portion of the state spent $10 to (n.tnm, n.t(wn'. An ' In advertising I during the past two years. However, we believe that from this time on bet ter results will follow from an effort to secure payrolls. Olve employment and people will come. -e The next 11 days will be strenuous ones for the candidates. The primary election takes place on the 17th, and from now on the campaign -will be active. One and all agree that It Is more difficult to- secure political in formation this time than usual. Statement No. 1 occupied the center of the Btage In the beginning of the campaign, bif as all of the legisla tive candidates have subscribed to It, there is no chance for an argument along that line, and as there are a number of good men running for all of the offices, it Is difficult to get ex pressions. . There Is little possibility of the sc lection of our next United States sen ator being thrown into a general leg islative mix-up. Of the 158 republi can candidates In tho state, 66 are re ported as having signed statement No 1, 56 modifying statement No. 1 to the extent that they will support the republican candidate receiving the highest number of votes, and 36 are not pledged. The people are deter mined that the legislative "hold-up" problem In Oregon shall become an cient history, never to be repeated. Oct a small fruit tract and become Independent, Is the trite and truth ful saying sent the rounds of tho press of eastern Oregon and Washing ton, by the Milton Eagle. The proof Is not far to seek, In that an orchard Ist, In speaking of the profits In fruit, said: "My wife and self spent six weeks' vacation In California from the returns of 10 trees. That's all." We may not be very good Judges of human nature but we venture the assertion that the subscribers of the Pendleton papers will be mighty glad when the primary election Is over. Statement No. 1 Is not In It with the boys over the hill. They are making strenuous work of what might be a pleasure trip. see It seems almost too bad that there are not enough offices to go around. There arejso many fine follows In so many Instances, after tho same place, but we presume If there were more positions It would simply mean more applicants. If you have not registered, step up to the court house and do so. Tou will undoubtedly want to vote one week from next Friday. -e - ' Tomorrow Is the last day to regis. ter in order to be permitted to vote at the primaries. e This Is the last day to pay tuxes and. save being penalized. . , - - : 4,,4. .r 4' For Constable. - 1 hereby announce myself a candidate before the republican primaries for the office of con- stable for tho La Grande jus- tlce and constable district. I. W. FAULK. , For Rale, Four good half Jersey milch cows. Must be sold at'ohce. 'Phone Farmer Something . ... arid Suit Cases. Call at Our Stores and Examine These Lines This week we will show new patterns in Carpets and. Linoleum. We have a new stock in Feather Pillows, Feather Beds, aid Feathers in bulk for sale, any , quantity. Trade us your eld stoves and securs an ACME RAGE, full: warranted, v Good Plows, a barftli in tr ese. , V ' 'Phone Black 641. 213 FIR 6TREET. IF1I PASTOR IS AKUESTS FOLLOW AN ATTACK OX MINISTER. Two Women of the Free- Methodist Church Now in Jail Awaiting Trliil on a Charge fo Horsewhipping the Kev. Coffey Trouble Grew Out of an Ousting of J. F. Goode From tho Church The Minister Sura Tills Is the Fourth Assault. Salem, Ore., of an Incident April 6. As a result Saturday night "Mrs. Nettle Rhoades and Lulu Qoode, sis - tcrs, were arrested this morning, charged with breaking up a religious gathering, and brought before Judge Webster, where they pleaded not guil ty. In the preliminary examination It developed that the two women, ac companied by the husband and broth er, met Presiding Elder W. H. Coffey, of the Salem District Free Methodist church, and horsewhipped him. The women allege Coffey made cer tain statements about them they die! not like. Rev. Coffey states the trou ble grew out of charges against J. F. Ooode, upon which the latter was suspended from the church. He as serts that this Is the fourth time he has been asasulted since November. MORGAN REPORTED ILL. Xow York Stovk Murkct in a Flurry Over the Dispatches. New York, April 6. Advices from Rome state the serious Illness of J, Plerpont Morgan, but local relatives have no further Information. Reports of the serious illness of Mr. Morgan caused a flurry in the stock market. A formal denial that Morgan was seriously ill was put in the ticker tapes at noon today by Morgan's of flee here. Asleep Two Months. Los Angeles, April 6. Two months of steady sleep, without any sign of awakening Is now a record of a cata eptlc patient at the county hnspltrtl Mrs. Beulah Hawkins. Her condition Is almost identical with that when she was first brought to the hospital. i GRANDE MEAT FH0E US :TVV0 City Meat Fir Street : ,Quf large t-ade permits everything to be found in a ,Try'our,home made PIPPED Trunks Good in E D. HAISTEH Killed by Falling Structure. j London, April 6. Nine persons were killed and five fatally Injured uml S3 Wll !.- flefcr's nex to the Tork hbtel, an old struc ture, colalpsed. Quick work saved the lives of many. Vuke Coming Wednesday. As announced In The Observer last week, Hon. H. M. Cake Is to be In La Grande Wednesday and Isto visit Elgin and Union on the same tour. He speaks here Wednesday night and goes to Elgin 'Thursday, returning In time to reach Union and address an nudlence there that evening. At El gin he will not likely address an au dience. Kstray Notice. I have taken up and now have In my posseslson five head of hogs which 1 1 make no clal mof owning, and which will be delivered to the rightful own ers upon payment of charges and the proper proof of ownership. The said hogs are described as follows: Two sows marked Bwallow fork ' In each ear, two shotes unmarked; one sow, marked split and underblt In each ear. Said hogs are now at the old Frank Mitchell place at Cove, Ore. April 6, 1908. A. B. CONLEY, dt-6-5-6 Cove, Ore. Xo Use to Die. "I have found out that there no use to die ot lung trouble aa long as you can get Dr. King's New Discov ery ," says Mrs, J P. White, of Rush- boro, Pa. "I would not be alive to day only for that wonderful medicine. It loosens up a cough quicker than anything else, and cures lung disease even after the case Is pronounced hopeless." This most reliable reme dy for coughs and colds, la grippe, asthma, bronchitis and hoarseness, is sold under guarantee at the Newlln drug store. EOc and $1. Trial bottle free. Don't wait till your made of money. Ill week does it. See Davis-Jordan Music Co. All makes of talking ma chines. FOR SALE Five-room house with bath and -pantry. Terms to right person. Must be sold at once. Phone Black 1032. Call . 1503 M street. WANTED Boy to act messenger Apply at for the office. Western Union. RONDE ! COMPANY j YOUR ORDERS SHOPS: Market Main 50 Market Main 48 us to handle only the best of first class market. Bacor, ; Hams and Lard. 4 Thono Ked 1161. 1411,' 1413, 115 Adams Ave 444M44t4m4444)4s)44i.4i4 MAIN IN WE CITY Now you liavo the opportunity tot consult ' ' ' t . DR. W. H. KEATIHG EXPERT EYESIGHT SPECIALIST, of Suit Lake, Utah. If you have defective eyesight or Im properly fitted doctor is not' stranger ant can f u r n i'l h many referenc es In La Grande -; j as ne nas vib-i-ip i itcd here for iJ&J' S the past five w'J.'rf . years and will visit here regularly In the future, ev ery three months. The doctor grinds and makes every pair of glasses he fits, himself, so you you will be iwr to get a perfect fit, and carries tile latest Instruments for making a thir- ough examination of the eye. One Thousand Dollars Reward will be paid for any case of defective sight not totally blind, which he can not Improve with his special ground lenses. Don't fall to consult him If you have defective eyesight or Im properly fitted glasses. Now at Summer Hotel. Room t WILL REMAIN THIS WEEK ONLY. LET ME X and 1 examine your eye fit ' your glasses, glasses fit and 'give isf action. Myl sat- 0. M. HEACOCK At the same old stand 4 4 If you want your watch to run right, let Heacock t repair it, at the same stand. old 44444444444444444W4 ED STRING HAM, AUCTIONEER. Sales cried co short jvptlce., . i . - Satisfaction guaranteed. r- -' No extra charge for distance. ' LA GRANDS . t . . X5REG0N Route No. t, "Phone No. l6xS 4 194. W.' O'. Sherwood. 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