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VOLUME vu. ... . y . v." ; , : ; ' IA CRAXDR.' UNION COUNTY. OREGOX. THURSDAY, APRIL 83, 1008. . 1
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in I UnNIIL III 1 him Innae. with u'V, I I I I ' I I I I 1 1 1 ' 1 11 J I 1 1 I I O O I "k I 1 1
ill PUBLICITY
BY BOOSTING
OVER 3,330 WERE SUB- .
- SCRIBED IN ONE HOUR,
-A a Result or the Effort of Tom Rlch
''; to Form Live Boost Club
in This City, Business Men Coma to
.. .the Front, In Commendable Manner
; .Last Night and Pile Up Over Thirty,
f, three Hundred Dollars for Tills Pur.
pose Oreat Address bjr the Booster
; ' Imperative That ChUdren C Helo
oost ;- ' :
' Xa. Grande was primed and shot off
tlaat rilght by Tom Richardson, man
ger of the Portland Commercial club,
following; an earnest, straight from
the shoulder discourse, in- which he
. Said down the dire need of conserve
: lve advertising and the means by
J" which It can best be prbouredi he at
tacked the Durse strings of tha bunt.
3iess men present Figuratively speak
''Stig, gold was heard to ollnk noisily,
; land before his campaign for boost
s -.funds was closed the roll showed $3,
. 350 dollars subscribed. This amount
Is to be paid In monthly Instalments
: for 12 months. - The- La Grande Na
tional bank was the heaviest subscrib-
, er, with ISO per month, but the Amal
gamated Sugar company promised to
4ake up the matter with the head of
fices, and until then, would pay 125
-monthly. The remaining 12E will" nn
doubt be forthcoming. ;
; After Still More. i
A special committee was appointed,
on motion of Mr. Richardson, to camp
- n the trail of the business men who
-wore not there, and to bring the total
rsubscrlptlon up to $6000 for the year.
A Remarkable Man.
Tom Richardson Is a remarkable
-.man. Those who heard him listened
., "intently for great truths were coming
; from the mputh of Oregon's king of
boosters. He laid stress on the great
importance, of securing the co-operation
ot school children in all boost
: movements.
"Make every man, woman and child
(shout, for Oregon, for Union county
and for IX. torande," he said, "then
'.you will get results. Every child,
-every man and Individual In this city
ubhoald be as proud of the fact that he
: lives in La Grande, as he prides his
Ihlghest fancy. .
"Get the children writing letters to
eastern friends,1;! he advlsod. "But
rfirirt tell them, acquaint them, and In
struct them thoroughly In what' the
resources of the county are. To do
this business men should at frequent
intervals speak to the various rooms
-In the city's Bchools.
Get Good Secretary.
'"The Importance of having at the
"head of this movement a new man, is
-paramount There is money in this
city, and there Is boost; but what you
' need Is a head a leader. Get a live,
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WHY NOT BUY
GUARANTEED CLOTHES
DOXT BE SATISFIED WITH ORDIXARY CLOTHES,
XfHEX tOUB MONEY WTLL BUY A ROYAL TAILOR SUIT,
LEGALLY GUARANTEED TO HOLD ITS FIT AND STYLE
UXTIL WORN OUT.
1 Think what Such a
It prows to yon that yon win get months of extra wear
oat ot your Suit and you'll have Uie MUlsfattion ot knowing yon
are n-ell droswd every tl'ne yon wear It
" W take all tlie reapopMblUty of fitting' you. If you don't
way It's the best fitting; Jbeat looking' Suit you ever woredon't .
take It.
THE ROYAL TAILORS ARE THE ONLY TAILOR8 IN
' AMERICA WHO GIY A GUARANTEE UEGALLY DRAWN 1
t AND SIGXTED WITH EVERY .SUIT THEY tMKE THAT IT '
wriABSOLUTELY HOLD- ITS STYLE AXD FIT UXTIL
-.worn our.' ..'V- nTr::-'v ; '
a FIVE UUNQRED NEW jsUTIS Jt) SELECT FROM J Jt$Q -
TUC - Cil f D i cTlDC ; V : , to r
Mil- J fllll, Jl
certain
. "But, beware of fake ' secretaries.
They are numerous. To get a man
who. will not squander the money on
Irresponsible methods, requires a good
salary. Albany, Eugene, Medford.
Roseburg and Grants Pass have all
Passed the tentatlva itan In this mil.
ier ana are securing results."
. Space forbids publishing all the
strong arguments ' presented ' by Mr.
Richardson, but tha subsequent action
of the meeting In raising the sum
named, testifies to the reception which
the address received. . '
' " ' Campbell Speaks,
Briefly, President Campbell of the
Bute university," spoke of what'Eu
gene Is doing. Healso touched, upon
the . appropriation question,- laying
forth several Important reasons why
the state cannot afford. In the face
of the notoriety that has already been
secured by the attack on the appro
priation by granges of the state, to
wreck the institution at Eugsne. '
Following the addresses, and a pop
ular song, by the L. D. 8. quartet, the
(Continued on page 8.)
1 COT JEWELS
SAX FRANCISCO POLICE
HA VE CLEVER SWINDLER
George E.
Llttell, the - Most Darin?
and Cunning Swindler on the Coast.
Plays on Woman's Love and Then
Robs Victims Got Nice Sum From
a Seattle Woman Secret Service
Men Find He Worked Similar Game
lu .Other Cities.
San Francisco-, April 2S. George E
Llttell, said to be the most daring and
cunning confidence operator In' the
country, appeared before United States
Commissioner Heacock today for ex
amination for removal to Seattle foi
trial on a charge of Impersonating
federal officers. . - ' , - :" '
Llttell was arrested in Oakland a
week ago on complaint of Mrs. Jose
phine Daubney of Seattle, from whom
he secured $740 while representing
hlmsel fto be In the federal service.
Llttell, according to secret service
men, has made a trade of wooing
women and getting money and Jewels.
Women are said to be relating to se
cret service men In New Orleans, Chi
cago, New York,, Boston, Denver and
8an Francisco, facts of former swin
dles of this nature.
Union Draws Color Line. ' ,
Jackson, Miss., April 23. The Far
mers' union of Mississippi, one of the
strongest bodies of Its , kind In the
country, has gone on record as oppos
ing the admission of negroes to mem
bership or of having any affiliation
whatever with organizations of col
ored farmers.
HM.MMM.g
Guarantee Means
VftL $45.00
a
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ii worn
LAND
CITS
LOWER HOUSE IXDULGES i
IX BITTER DEBATES.
Southern Land Grants of Oregon Is
Topic of Most Bitter Fight In Tills
Session of , Congress An Amend
ment Introduced to Protect Inher
ent Purchasers Enemies of - the
Amendment Say It Woul dLet Il&r
rlmaa Out on tbe Valuable Grants.
Washington, April IS. One of the
bitterest fights in this session of con
gress occurred in the house today over
the SrinntfAVt flf tH HliitU an1otnw
Instructing the attorney general to in
stitute a suit to wrest the land in
southwestern Oregon from the Bar-
rltnan Interests, which are alleged to
navs violated restrictions under which
they received the grant .
The land lies along the Oregon-
California railroad an dthe grant was
made in 186. Representative Ford
ney " of '' Michigan, introduced V an
amendment to protect the "Innocent
purchasers," Including inhabitants of
the small towns and 45,000 acres pur
chased by lumbermen. This amend
ment Is savagely attacked, the charge
being made that it would operate to
let out E. H. Harrlman. '
Asleep Seventy-Eight Days. '-'
Los Angeles, April 28. This Is the
78th day of continuous sleep of Mrs
Beulah Hawkins, and physicians havt
?iven up hope of ever awakening hei
by artificial means. Nature will bi
mowed to tdke Its course. There h
no change In the condition of th
woman, except a slight variation Ir
weight
MURDERER SWUNG TO
A TELEPHONE POLT
Free Trial Taken From a Bud Ma
in tlio Sklililoo Mining Camp In N
vala When a Mob OvenniwiTS U
Deputy Sheriff and. Guards, an
Swing to Telephone Polo a Ma
Whntllad Committed Murder Sui
. day Victim of Mob a General Hoi
Character. . '
Rhyollte, Nov., April 23. A mob r
:he Bklddoo, Nev., mining cam'
ynched Jos. Simpson, last night,' .
jambler who shot and killed Jam
.Vmold Sunday. Simpson was beln
ield a prisoner In a vacant bulldlii;
Tuarded by a deputy sheriff an
uard. The mob swooped down earl
'ast night secured the prisoner an
within 10 minutes his body was hanr
'ng suspended from a telephone pol.
Simpson was a hard character. Bur
lay he went on a rampage and, aftc
ittacklng Cashier Dobbs of the South
rn California bank, went to Arnold';
thop and In a quarrel killed him.
Fire In Belllngliam.
"Belllngham, Wash., April 23. Fire
supposed to be of Incendiary origin
lestroyed the Independent Asphal'
olant this morning and by burning
'.he wires carrying electricity form the
lower plant of the Whatcom County
Hallway company, shut off the cltj
it all power, and traffic Is paralyzed
N'ot until noon were street cars an
many of the Industrial concerns abl
to proceed. The lou was about tS,
000.
Naval Officers Entertained.
Los Angeles, Cal., April 23. After
three days of continuous round of so
cial duties of a formal aaiure. Admiral
Thomas and 250 of his officers threw
off sill "fuss and'feathers'. today and
went out on an informal automobile
spin through (he beautiful' foothill
towns near the city. The trip included
Pasadena and San Fernando valley.
Luncheon was taken at the Annadale
NMf'
AFTER
HI HOLER
ABE RUEF CLAIMS TO .
BE TARGET FOR BOMB.
Following the Attempt on the Life of
Ex-Supervisor Gallagher and the
Destruction of His Oakland Home,
Comes a Story From Ruef That the
Bomb Throw-era Are After Him
Thought to Be a Crank Who Plans
to KM Off AU Alleged Boodlera. ...
San Francisco, April ' 23. Abe
Ruefs life has been threatened ac
cording to a story by the ex-boss.
ma nuiMutttui, viMiiiuM nuuivuiawiv
after blowing up of Gallagher's horns
yesterday In Oakland, leads to the be
lief that some crank has decided to do
away with the graft regime In , this
city. . -: .."
Ruef and Gallagher are no longer
friendly, Gallagher giving the prose
cution all the aid he can, and Ruef Is
lining up with the higher tips.
The Gallagher affair is , causing
much apprehension among other ex
supervisors who have testified in the
graft trials.
' Attempts Gallagher's Life.
Oakland, April 23. The mystery o
'.he attempt to bio up the home an
person of James L. Gallagher, chief
witness In the prosecution of the graf
cases In San Francisco and the for
mer go-between for Abe Ruef, hat
hot yet been cleared up by the police
The entire force of detectives in Oak
land is employed on the case, and sc
far there have been no results. Crowdt
of people are about the house all day.
The front of the house Is efefctually
wrecked. . -
TWELVE HUXDRED ADDED
TO LAST NIGHT'S SUM
nio Special CominlUee Wlilch is Can
vawtlng the City to Double the Sub
Hcrlptlon of IjBt Evening for Boos
ler Purposes, Meets With Groai
Smyiras More Plucea to Hear Vnm
and Subscriptions Coming Easy
Everjbody EnUiuslastlc.
Twelve hunJrtid tlollart subscrlbet
'n addition to the which wert
alsod last night, and "seVtrnl pre
Incti to hear from," is the highly1 in
ouraglng repuft the special sollcltlnt
ommlttee ptbinted last evening, re
ports at S o'ClUek this afternoon.
Early today, when th virus ot en
thuslasm injected, last evening wt
Jtlll active. Messrs. F I. Mvai-s.' .-
W. Scrlbsr, Oeorge Stoddard and Ma
Wood commenced a i-anvana tn Am-
)le tbe amount raised last evening fo
boosting purposes. There luck an
.'ortune thus far has been of extrem'
loy to those who believe In boosting
Their object is to raise the subiUflP
tlon to 8(000. and this sftoftniin i
tands at 34600. And they will sue
eed. The gentlemen who are Inolud
id In the committee are Indlvduali
who will not rest until their goal I
reached, and Judging from today';
luccess, they will not have so tre
mendous a task as might be thought
Here Is a crisis where th busine
men have arisen nobly and will stan(
shoulder to shoulder In the movement
united, and Imbued with one aim to
give the county resources th right
kind of publicity.
MORE ELECTRIC LINES.
WUlamette Valley to Be Gridironcd
With AddJUonal lines; ?
Portland, AprU 13. Work Is . to
commence, next week on the exten
sions to th present line of th Ore
gon Electric company, which will lay
a network of 101 mile of new track
In the Willamette valley within th
5K!lEB
Ure northwestern portion of Orn
from Eugene to Columbia, and from
Tillamook bay to the Willamette river
In direct touch with Portland. : New
lines will cost 310,000,000, and the
capital of the company has been In
creased, to meet it. George Barclay
Moffat. William a. White and A. C.
Bedford are handling the financial
end of the deal In New York city.
. The Interurban roaa extension will
open up some of the richest dairying
and fruit country In Oregon.
HORACE KNAPP HOME, ,
Accounts for Action ot Pet Dog Whk-h
i StMrted Worry Yesterday.
Horace Knapp is horn again and
all the anxiety occasioned by peculiar
circumstances pertaining to his trip
In the mountains are cleared. ' This
morning he returned to his hom. t
Bouth La Grande and account for"thslB' lted of horse stealing by a
unusual behavior of tha do, which
heretofore has' never tett, by saying
that he had whipped the animal and
it had gone home. He was somewhat
surprised to learn that th dors api
pearance tn South La Grande yester
day without his master occasioned
much worry, 'J . ' -
PAID FOR VOTES
MANY SUPERVISORS ON
STAND IX FORD CASE
Dr. Charles Boxton on the Stand to
Complete His Story Relative to tlte
Boodle Board's Action In the) Over
head Trolley Affair Many Ex-Sn
pcrvlsor Say They Would Have
Voted for it Anyway, But That Gal
Inghcr Paid Them AU.
San Francisco, April 23. When the
T. L. Ford trial opened this morning,
Or. Charles ' Boxton, ox-supervlsor of
the old boodle board, again took the
itand to finish his testimony, his story
being uncompleted yesterday when
court Bdjourned.
Yesterday Daniel ' Colcrpau, Max
Hemlock, James F. Kel)ey, , , Har
?l!'Jfyr.'.i Edviard Walsh,
iX-iuperviors, all testified. AU re
ported that they were In favor of th
iverhefld trolley ordinance and would
have voted for it whether money was
?old them or not. All admitted that
3upervtRor Gallagher had paid them
'or their vote. I . , .
Wife' Murderer to Hang. '
Sparta, ; Ga., "April S3. Porter
Cooper, a negro who killed his wife
ast month and was given an Immcdi
ite trial, convicted and setenced to
leath, will b barged tomorrow
hooper after crushing hls'wlfd' ku'l
with an arfi dui, v.,.
k "t t,J uie . uuuy,
evered th Bead and lower limbs
rom the trunk. He Is said to hv.
placed the fragments In crocus sacks,
juried and fired his house to conceal i
me evidence. In the cot room h
made" a full confession.
i
FUGHT TO BE THE
every titli en to so
IT
Jlow clH'cns will esteem him for his oodnesI
his Klndncs, and his usefulness. The prln&lpcsor
tood eiuzensnip should constitute the code of rules
for every Kind of business
Thlsappiies particularly fto the dru business, bo
cause, owln to the limited lwowlt6it pl iwquallUes
of druis by thefencral public. It follows that the re
liability of the druiilst Is the cWcf guarantee of
good service. ' ; "," ' v ' '
7 HILL'S DRUG STPRE H
La. Grande
DEAL IS FOUND
GUILTY BY III
JURY OUT SIXTEEN
vV HOURS BEFORE AGREEING,
R. W. Deal ot La Grande la Found
Guilty of Horse Stealing Before
Umatilla County Jary DoUbecaw
for It Honrs Before Ileavhhig
Verdict Will Appeal for New
Trial la Out on Bonds Argaiamt
Early la May. - . ; ; - " . '-
Pendlsten, April 24. Observer spe
cial.) R. W. Deal, lh pipoeM.' rssi-
aent ot union countv. ni thW
Jury which wu out th ia tmuM
Ut last evening th Jury went: Into
retirement, and commenced to ttallot
at nc. After th first thnt - nr
taken th you stood to Jt for. eoib
vlctlon, Later on th vata tnt it a
for convlcnw, and this morning b
came1 unanlmoj, xt I ' o'clock th
foreman reported a verdict of guilty.
The horse which Deal is accused or
stealing was the property of Ed Hal
ley ot Union county. Th theft waa
made about August last year) and th
horse was found at Salem recently.
Mr. Deal Is said id have taken th ani
mal and aold It..;. , , , v. ' p ' '
Following a change of venue th.
trial was heard here with F..S. Ivan
hoe of La Grande, as prosecuting at
torney. .,;'. ( ;:-
Appeal for Retrial. ',
A motion will be tiled by the de
fense tor a new trial. ' Hence, if the
motion is denied, the sentence' will
hot be pronounced on Mr. tDel until
early in May, for the arguments in
the new trial wilt not be heard befora
the supreme court 'until the first wee
In May. Mr. Deal Is out on bonds. The
mjUmunu iMte-Ut-can be )m
posed Is seven years,
CONFESSED TO THEFT,
Officer Made . No Mistake 5ii
Goods Located.
.Smith, the box 'car thief, confessed
yesterday afternoon to having en- V :
tered .the box car and taking there
from. He Informed the officers whem
the rest of th booty could be found"
and this morning 0'?!or McLachlln
went to the designated spot and sue-'
ceeded in finding three grain bags full ; i
ot tadte'shoe. .Smith 1 still n th; . "
r'ty Jnlt wltlng the tunhtt ctSf..''T . i
. - . ' " " W
th officer. , v,
President Alexl Angry. - C .
ort au Prince, April 33. AlthougBT 1
affairs iq Haytl are tranquil at nres-.' i
ent, hostility again. -the gove'rnm,.
C , T. , I
,n.cr.w!fl "y Bnd . th9. bettir:
class of citizen ar hoping for lritii- '
ventlo by the United BMiir.fa fhjt .
Is attempted President Alexis, dectare;
he will saturate the.Wand'wIth-blo-d :.
of foreigners on. ihn inland "tv,;
, i r w
may send mf a Kilrl'" htlsaid 'tJ
i inmi no, , put i . wont1
alon," ,'i-.T ' W A'W
HAPPlhiESS AND CL(?RY;
li ve and act that his f$ J
whether public or private.
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