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a. V: volume ni. ' - IA GBAXDE. CXIOX COCJTCT, OREGOX. WKDXKSDAT. APRIL 13. IW8. " ' r. ; . ; XCMBEIt 118. S T BE ' DEMON MAX LOSES LIFE WHILE WORKING ABOVE DAM. Haystacks and ptock Canned Away by K Terrific Floods Which Follow Uk nrcaklng of Hnuaer Inm Towns Covered With Water In Many In '. stances Butte Feds Its Effects-p Town of Craig J5 Feet Cnder Wa tcr Jret Destruction of Proper. ' ty Over a Large Area, j ' Helena, Mont, April 15. Dispatch er received' from Cascade early this morning say that the flood occasioned by the breaking of (the" dam at Hauser lake yesterday, la doing great dam ago, sweeping everything before It and driving the people In panic to the hills. The surface la dotted with haystacks, livestock and -every other thing that could be moved by therushing waters. jj One report Just received here Is that the big steel bridge af that point Is doomed to be. destroyed, and that nothing short of an aA or Providence can save the, lower sections of Great Falls from being engulfed.. " . Similar conditions prevail along the river towns of northern Montana. Reports-from Craig, In Lewis and Clark county, 46 miles north of Helena, say that the town is under 25 feet of wa ter. Inhabitants numbering 400 fled to the hills, where they 'remained all night. - " : Estimates place, the .loss at Hauser lake at $000,000.- The loss 6f cattle and sheep will be very heavy. ; It was learned this morning that the power house at the' dam escaped de struction. ' Wat r tore away a por tion of the dam J00 feet long, releas ing a wall of water 70 feet high, and draining a lake covering 22 square miles. j , Groat Falls Doomed. Butte, April 15. With a wall of A PETERS SHOE WILL ADD cine AND TONE ' TO vera ' NEW eastek OUTFIT. o , NOW,; Carefully J . " : ' - V No matter !mw clccnnt?) you arc ctotl; Uow perfect yot!r ,t:lt or rtrr.s fit; how bfcon:liiK yotir hut In, your attire I not complete without a puirof rETEIiy DIAMOND BRAND SHOES. Why? " Bccasflte they combine blinpcliitcs, Stjle, Character Kit nnd Com fort. Our Sjprln: Block 1h hi anil tool. better than ever before. . Wc vent an ojijioi'tuiiliy to demonstrate lo the most critical thut we can witlsfy them beyond their foiidcft cp tnllon. MISSES' .OXFOKDS '. . .JI.T3 to S.1.00 LADIES' OXFORDS .; 2.60 to $4.50 MEN'S OXFORDS, $3.00 to $5.00 DEPENDENT ELUE 32 m I. water rushing on towards Great Falls, apparently the only thing that can save the city Is the blowing up of the Great Falls days.. This Is being con sidered by engineers this afternoon. The crest of the flood will reach here at 4 'this afternoon. The water at Crnlg, 0 miles north of here, Is now 23 feet above the normal, and It is thought that the town of Cascade and other mining towns are under water. All communication Is cut off between Helena and Great Falls. A man was drowned at Great Falls today while taking soundings above the Cam. -1 ' , ' Primaries In Memphis. Memphis, Tenn., April 15. Demo cratic primaries are being held this afternoon In Memphis and throughout Shelby county for the nomination of candidates for county offices. ' Nom ination Is usually equivalent to 'elec tion. , - I Ct.'.;ii IS"- : SUITABLE CITY CIIAHIMAX NEW FINDS ' ', . -, . ',. FACLT WITH PREPARATION Chairman New of thOj National Rc publican Committee, -Scores Chicago for Its' lethargy in Preparation tor 'Coming National Convention No ( Room Suitably Large to Accommo date the Delegates Other Cities ."Better. Equipped for It. . Chicago, April 15. Chairman Har ry New, of the republican national committee, gave vent to his feelings today when he criticized Chicago for its conventibn failures. ' ' "Chicago snouid have never been given the convention," he Bald. "There arc several other cities in the country that could have given us better facili ties. Chicago promised us room for 14,000 people. I. will give a cash Donus to any man who can seat more than 11.000 people In the Coliseum, which Is the best building here. I am sorry cnicago got the convention." CUR Some 13j f April 10, 1008, Is a day that will be looked forward to with great 1 anticipation by thousands. Why? Because It Is Easter Sunday, the day Uiut murks the formal opening or Spring. It Is then we put on our "best bib and tucker'' nr.d march, forth In glad.wiite attire. A common text for ministers on this occasion li: "Solomon in nil his' glory 'was not arrayed like one of tliese." Of course, refercn.-e is not miulc to mcmlx-rg of the oon crcsntton, but the Application would n t be at all amiss. 'LlS'PEN LA GRANDE, OFEGCN A NEW SCHOOL TO BE OVED ROOSEVELT TO HEAD A HEAVttV ENDOWED SCHOOL. Correspondent of. Portland Journal Says That Carnegie Has Offered to ' Endow a" National Cnlverslty and, President Roosevelt Is to Be its Head To Bo Organized After Year of Travel Abroad 925,000,000 Promised. . V ' Portland, Ore., April 15.-r-Presl-dent Roosevelt as the chancellor of a great national university; endowed by Andrew Carnegie for $25,000,000, is the future predicted for him by a correspondent of the Evening Journal In a Washington special dispatch, to day. Hs declares that the Informa tion was given out by one whom posi tion Is such as to give It great weight The correspondent said that ' Sec retary Ellhu Root prevailed upon Mr. Carnegie to make the endowment The plan 4s that the president shall travel a year abroad, and then re turn and organize the university. ' Rale of Public Lands. ' ' ' Pierre. S. D.," April 15. A sale of South Dakota public lands will be commenced tomorrow 1n Beadle coun ty and will be continued In 14 other counties. -In all but three of the coun ties, the offerings consist , of state school lands. The sale Is undertaken under a legislative provision by which the state land board is required annu ally to offer not less than 50,060 acres of Btate land for sale, until a certain stated portion of such lands Is dispos ed of. -."'"" " ' i. ' ''. Taft Gets Two More. , " Somervllle, Mass., April Is. Taft will probably get two more delegates In the national convention through the action of the Elffhth dintriet j Hon here today. The Taft candidates 'are opposed by "unpledged" delegates, but the former will likely be success- ful. : ' Thoughts on TEE j IT ISN'T LONG TILL l'Ahl F.R A fOD IDEA ni:;i. . TO PREPARE NOW. PACIFIC STATES BLACK 1301 STOCK SHOW IS VEBY POPULAR SATCRDAY J1LL BE . BANNER DAY HERE. No Longer Any Doubt of the Success of Stock Show and Marker Day for 1st Grande Local ' Business ' Men Meeting With Success) From Every ' Point Expect T5 Horses in the Pa ' rade Something Really . Groat In Store for the City. . .'All. over the Grande Ronde valley, farmers and stockralsers are . taking exceptional interest In the stock show and market day, which- Is' to take place here Saturday, under local man agement. It s the conservative be lief of the business men whp are be hind the project, that 75 blooded ani mals will he In the nsrode. which im to- traverse the principal streets and avenues of the city 'in a spectacular manner Saturday afternoon. A com mittee appointed by the promoters "to secure horses and -stock for the pa rade, have been out In the Union-Cove section of the valley and Were ex tremely successful. The Elgin, Allcel, Sumraerville and Irnbler. sections are being visited by Messrs. O. A. Coffin and M. H. Kirtley today. Ranchers are signing promises to have their livestock here, without coaxing. They are enthusiastic over the event "f-At a meeting tonight of La Grande business men, the details of the pa rade will be formulated. Aside from the array of horses that will pass In review will of course be the La Grande band. . Effort Is being made to have a large list of lady riders en tered. Civic bodies will be asked to participate, and If all these plans ma ture, which they should, the city of La Grande will see one of the great est horse shows of eastern Oregon. : Market Day Afterwards. The parade Is set for the afternoon to give the farmers from outlying districts time to get here with their entries. . Immediately afterward the big parade comes the Market day sales. This, too, will be conducted by local promoters hence the money stays at home. '' There has been much' more Interest manifested since La Grande business men took hold of the event. The mer chants are preparing for a banner day oil next Saturday and the thousands who aro expected to visit the city from the valley points, will, of course, do their week's shopping on that day. ' FIltST OF ITS KINO ON PACIFIC CO.ST. TrrttH-t'diitiM Crouds Ph,nt Joyful A- pktUKi as C'oluiiniH of Marine Sol diers nnd Ml!j;ia Traverwe the llior oiitHilurcs of Bun IIt Notlilnp Unillar In Point or Kntl)i:Nl:'Mii since Um I.ato Wur Thoiicinds Se Crew Muke Their First Landing. Ssn Diego, Ap;-l 15. l-'un Diego li navy mad. Net since the days of th Spanish war h:is tlvr been such a tremendous outburst of patriotic en thusiasm. Until "Rood ' night" was "lashed from the ships, thoimands of men and women crowded the fhorfs ot the .Corodano with strained eyes, looking at the brilliantly lighted ves sels that heaved and tossed In the offing. 1 Throughout the night. In cafes and on the street, men gathered togethc r to talk of wars and ships nnd flghtlnc men. Before the grayhaze of morn ing had been dissipated by a flood of golden sunlight, the streets ' were thronged with surging crowds, all headed toward Coronado to witness tho landing of the bluejackets and ma rines for the great parade. Under command of Captain Schroe der of the battleship Virginia, the bri gade with full regiments of marines, FLELT PARADE - MONSTER AFFAIR - r .-, - . .I . I. landed at Fpreckles' wharf at noon, As the boats, towed bv three -tun landed load after load of the men. their blue uniforms lending brilliancy and color to the scene, the watching crowds cheered wildly. At.2:S0 p. m. the procession began to move. Again the crowds cheered madly as the bov In blue, veterans and a regiment of the California National Guard stenned along with martial sir. The loud crash of the many bands, the roll of the drum corps and the constant colley Ing applause stlrre dthe blood of the most torpid witness of the day's events. j Filled to Overflowing. , Ban Diego, Cal., April 15. Unable to find sleeping accommodations, nearly S00 sailors from the battleship fleet, who had been granted ' shore leave, were compelled to t tramp the streets all night, The headquarters of the committee MINNESOTA'S EXECUTIVE ' : ' ENTERS FIGHT TO FINISH. Angered by Statement of Bryan's Man , lvcr Thai John A. Johnson's Cau- dlducy on tho nemucratlo Ticket Is ..Impertinent, the Norwegian Waxes Warm and Starts Out on Dignified But Determined Fight to Donu the vuiuinonrr. Chicago. April 16. "I don't think my candidacy is Impertinent, it's not of my seeking, but now that I am. In, I am going to make a determined but dignified fight for the nomination to the presidency on the democratic ticket." " :- -:.-. ... ... otirrea by literature sent out by (Continued on page I.) JOHNSON IIS i UP CONSIDERABLY TTM It . . . . ' more wisely, but now that I am In the matter, 1 am not going to run away My presence In the field Is hardly im pertinent, as I see It." ' ' Confederate Monument. ' Atlanta, Oa.; April " 15. Final ar rangements have been completed Jor the unveiling at Eatonton of one of the, handsomest "monuments ', ever erected to the memory of ponfedo.-- ates In the south.' The monument. Is surmounted by a- figure of a so'ldlun in ('nnfcdcratd unlfo.-'m'' made '.b'v.'an Itallun Selllllthr. Yln'r,' mt,ia ,t .V... timrntumeht Is dedicated.' to southern soldiers, living and dead, and the other to the women of ' the ' south, Funds for the, erection of ' the ' shaft were collected by the Daughters of the Ccnfuderacy. I I3UCHT TO BE Tift IT I every citizen lo ihis j. ADoott,-w. j. Bryan's repre- western portion of the state. Eugene, sentatlve at Washington, which .Intl. Roseburg. Albany, McMlnnvllle, Coo' mated that Johnson of Minnesota, was Bay and other places have raised largo an Interloper and that his candidacy sums of money during the past year was Impertinent, Johnson today re-; to advertising purposes, and as a re- : moved his candidacy from the passiva ult of this effort are now reaping the stage and declared himself 1 in the harvest. That portion of the state Is above terms. . , , . .. I today receiving more than two-thirds "I did not bceome a candidate un-! ot 'he population that Is now coming til my friends and democrats all over,1"1" the state. Eugene and Lans the country Insisted,? and even now I county Talsed over 112,000. Albanyj think that they could , have chosen ' Medford, McMlnnvllle and other .'ow citizens vutl esteem him for his goodness, t his Kinfnes, and his usefulness. The principles cf I good citizenship should constitute the cotfe of rules 1 for vcty kind of business Thiscp;lics p:rlicularly cause, owing to the limited of drugs by th: general public. It fellows that the re- f I iiDiiiiy ct me orugsist good service. HILL'S DRUG STORE La' Grande m MASS MEETING ARRANGED FOR TO BE CALLED SOME TIME v EARLY NEXT WEEK. When a Real Live Commercial Club U UtjBe Organised for Oomcrclal Pur poses OnlyOur Business Men Havo Ik-en Interviewed Tliey Are Ea UniHUNtlo This WIU Mean Mom People and Sore Payrolls. . Early next week will see the for-! mation of tho reorganized Comrar clal club, organised With the express purpose of fostering the business ln- terests of, this city and county. At .'; meeting of the board of directors of '; the, Commercial club last night sev-f' era! plans were discussed by that - ' '- -" ' ' " UUkWW W a mass meeting early next week of ths . business men, and perfect an organl-r' xation.' T. J. Ormond todav hn hwn-: Intervlewlng a number of our business; men and every one Is enthusiastic, and : will respond, "it was thought at first: to have the meeting this week, but ' owing to. the fact that the nrlmarv t election la to be held Friday that early - next week would be better. There Is no disguising the fact that ' for the past two years it has been up hill work to keep tho old organization i going, which combined athletic and commercial matters, and as a result both were neglected. - Now w, are to'"' have two separate organizations: an athletic club, pure and simple, and a': commercial club exclusively. Both- --"-' mviuDimj, uuwi J organizations will" be strong and will cover the field for which they are In-; tended. . Those who are conversant with ex1 Istlng conditions know "that eastern! uregon is not keeping up with the Places have" raised all the way frrMrv $3500 to 17500. Those who know ths actual facts realize that these locali ties named have 'no advantages over ; ' the Grande Ronde valley or eastern' Oregon. It. Is but, concerted energy; put forth In the right direction. Our j' soil produces more:, ws ars. closer tat ' the markets of the world; on a direct trans-contlncntal line. Everything Is , ln our favor. - It is simply another fl-l ' -(""'ration 0f going out to get the bus-) tness.,The people of the ," east aral coming wesh you can't head them off ' hut thnv ran Ua Aiant,A pt.i- ls only one of the functions of a good' llvo commercial cub. Does a single' reader of this paper have any doubts whatever but thnt from i50 to 75 bus. "'-', ' rcniitlnned on pn;o 8.) ' ' '. t HAPPINESS A!D GLORY so live tnd acl that his fcl- whether public or private. I to the Crug business, be cs knowledge cf the quaiitic is u:e, chief guarantee of , m Oregon