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LA GRANDE, UXIOX COUNTY, OltEGOX.. THCIISDAT, MAY 14, 1908. rfjJ
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OREGON REPI BLICAXS
SLIGHT IIOVRNE TERRIBLY.
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Klamath and E. D. Cuslck, as alter-
Junlor Senator's Name Not Mentioned, nates. ." v .
in Morning Convention First DIs- The republican platform as adopt
trlet First to Elect Delegate Ful- ed today fcy the state convention, en-ton-Taft
Men Control Convention dorses the Roosevelt policies and the
Iroer, Easily ami . Endorse Ore- work of the congressional delegation
gun's Congrcstdoiuil Delegation in congress. Ironclad republicans ore
Take Wlmek at Klnglo Tax Amend- for Taft and will bring the entire del-
meilt Blld Wsilt im Pvn1l ntl tn etfntlnn to the wnr errelary' mmnnrt
-Canals and Iocks ut Orexon Cily.
Portland, May 14. The republl-
cuns of Oregon are meeting today In
he state convention, called for the
-purpose of selecting four delegates at
I
large' to the Chicago convention and
allowing congressional districts an op
portunity to meet and select their del
egates to the national convention.
The Fulton-Taft faction apparently
have a predominating control over or
ganization of the convention and It is
not thought that Senator Jonathan
Bourne will be given a place In the
'delegation. . The slate at 1 o'clock to-day
was:
Delegates at large Charles W. Ful
ton of Clatsop county; George H. Wil
liams of Multnomah; A. N. Gilbert of
"Marlon, and W. Kuykendall of Lane,
Second congressional district del
egates Asa B. Thomson of Umatilla
'county, and Dr. Henry Waldo Coe .f
.Multnomah county.
' Bourne Not Mentioned.
Bourne's name was not mentlon-d
An
:'tn the convention this morning.
effort ai made in the cnucus of the
ilultnamph county delegation to hav3
-the Junior senato endorsed as a dele
. gate at large along with Judge Wil
liams and Senator Fulton, but it m?t
with defeat after a stormy debate,
during which a resolution was passed
-endorsing Taft and commending Ful-
You'll be in a hurry
I You can do your shopping easily and quickly at our store.
Our stock will be so arranged that you will hot have to wait and can supply your
wants without delay, and Circu's Day Specials will be displayed in such a manner that
you can select what you want without our assistance.
Circus Day Specials in Every Department
4 Ladies' Suils at Enormous Reductions AH 15.00 to 16.50 Mens' Sui!s $10.85
In Black, Tan, Blue, Gray and Wine At this price will be included all boy's
, colors; short, long and medium jackets, and young men's suits as well as any
Regular prices from 8.50 to 22.50, spec- mens, suit in stick at the above regular
fial for Circus Day - tislf Price prices of 15.C0 to 16.50. Special fcr
' Circus Day - - J 0.55
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f $16.50 to $22.50 Black -Suits fcr $12.50 L ,
...... , A i. o . , One let men s su.ts. regular price to
In hght weight Chcvl0t, Serge Ladies I2-00 Special for Circus Day 4.89
. . Cloth and Herring Bone Worsteds; Box - 3
I Pleated Skirts, strap trimmed; 26-inch '
.J litted and semi-fitting. Jackets, silk Mens' 3.50 hats,' any style, special, 2.95
1 lined -. - $12.50 Mens' 3.00 hats, any style, special, 2.45
Mens' 2 50 hats, any style, special, 1.95
V , Boy's 2.75 to 3 00 shoes - 2.29
. AH Ladies' Wool Suits at special re- Ladies' 3.50 to 4. CO tan Oxfords 2.43
-yr' In ductions for Circus Day. Mens' 4 53 to 5 CO shoes - ' 3.49
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ton and condemning his detractors,
but in which Dournu's name was not
mentioned.
Johnson was made temporary chair
man. A credentials committee was
appointed and the convention adjourn
ed until 2 o'clock.
First Olstrlct Delegates.
The First district of the Oregon con
gressional convention met this morn
ing and endorsed Taft for president,
and demanded free locks and canals
at Oregon City. The delegates elected
R. E. Williams of Polk county, and C.
A. Sehlbrede of Coos county, as dele
gates to Chicago, with F. A. White of
The platform cornmends the purchase
of locks and canals at Oregon City,
condemns the recall, proportional rep-
resentatlqn, and single tax amendment
to the constitution,
Twenty-Two for John-ton.
, St. Paul, Minn., May 14. All of
Minnesota's delegates to the demo
cratic convention at Denver, 22 In
number, will bo selected at today's
state convention, which was called to
order at the auditorium at 10 o'clock
this morning. Great enthusiasm for
Governor Johnson marked the assem
blage of the delegates and it Is cer
tain that the entire delegation will be
instructed in his favor. .
Alice Hill Meets With Accident.
This morning while attempting to
cross on the Joists of the new porch
being built on the A. T. Hill residence
Miss Alice slipped and fell, striking in
such a way as to cut a gash In her
neck; near the throat. Though not
serious the Injury Is quite painful. The
I little miss Is resting quite easy.and
was able to answer the 'phone and
give the particulars when The Obser
ver called this afternoon.
Rev. Father Whyte left this morn
ing for Baker City, where he will at
tend the Catholic mission now in
progress there.
Circus Day
can't wait otherwise you might miss some of the many things
you will want to see on Circus Day ?
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DRIVE CREW LAST . .
EVENING DISCOVERS BODY.
Fully Three Weeks After the Accident,
the. Body of Uio Logger 'ho Foil
Into Hie Grondo Hondo River at
lillgard, Is DlNcoveretl Lat Evening
Taken to La Grande ami W ill lie
Buried This - Evening Ifaxly In
Bud State of DecouinoKlllim.
The frightfully bloated and some
what decomposed body of Dick Batters
was loosened and an opening in the
who fell In the Grande Ronde
river at Hllgard about three weeks
ago, was found last" evonlng about A
o'clock at the Perry Ice house, sub
merged m the water and held there by
logs. Coroner Hall was called Imme
diately upon the discovery and on his
arrival the body was removed from
its watery resting place and taken to
this city last evening about 10 o'clock.
, The condition of the body Is such
that it fs Impossible to properly dress
It, and Undertakers Henry & Can
were forced to swathe fhe remains.
Interment will take place this evening
at 5 o'clock from the undertaking
parlors. The deceased's former fellow
workmen are meetl-ig the expenses of
the funeral.
Mr. Batters fell from a Grande
Ronde Lumber company's logging
train about three weeks ago, and al
though careful search was Instituted
at once, and maintained for several
days, no. trace of the bocty was found
until yesterday evening when a log
Jam was broken and the badly decdm
posed body came to light. 1
During the three weeks the body
has drifted from Hllgard to Perry, u
distance of fully three miles. It had
crossed the upper Perry dam unno
ticed and on reaching the log drift at
the Perry Ice house was Jammed un
der and held there until the key log
wsa loosened and an opening In the
mass of logs made.
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BODY
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AT LEAST 100
: PEOPLE KILLED
LITTLE ROCK CALLS
FOR AII TO I.VJCRED.
Wires Are Down and Report. From
Tormtdo-Strk'kcn District In the
. South Are Hard to Obtaiu Gilliam,
' La., Surfers the Heaviest Half the
' City's Population Slain Indications
Point to a Death List In Exeeiss of
. One Hundred.
Atlanta, Ga., May 14. Meagre re
ports coming In slowly Indicate that
perhaps more than 100 persons are
dead today In various parts of LoulsU
ana and that considerable property
has been ruined as a result of the tor
nado that swept over the state yester
day afternoon.
it is feared that in Gilliam, La.,
alone, 100 were killed. Unconfirmed
reports also state that Jho loss In Oil
City and Bellinger will bo very heavy,
although not so great as in former
years.
The latest reports say that half the
village population of 200 were either
killed or injured. Definite word from
these places la anxiously awaited. All
efforts to get Into communlcatlonwlth
these places this morning failed. The
tornado is said to have started near
Shreveport, La and moved toward
Little Rock and Texarkana. Late
Wednesday It Is reported to have cen
tered In Texas but whether It subsid
ed before any damage was done or not
In that vicinity Is not known. .
Little Hock Wants Help.
Little Rock, May 14. Another dis
patch asking for help has been re
ceived from Gilliam. The first meg-
sagu.'was received Wednesday night by
the Postal Telegraph" Company and
staed that the town had been wrecked
and half the population had perished,
ENDORSES TUFT
IOH.V II. M'faltAW IS
IX COMPLETE CONTUOI.
i:cpiil,IUai) lit the State of Washing'
ton Have K Trouble In Coming to
Viilck Agreement on Wlllium II. Tail
as the I'n-Nldetltlul Endorsement
llooi-cvclt AdiiiiiiKlruUon Kmlorsuf
Meiraw Iro-s 1 lulit Again!
Tul't and VIim Ills l'ljhl.
Spokane, May 14. John II. McGraw
I KJngs county Is in complete contro
f today's republican Htiite couvrntiun
Oilch was called to order this morn
rg. Taft will lie endorsed, as will In
:he. rtoiwevelt administration.
J. M. AiOitnn was made temporary
l'Ulrmnn with the iinderutntHilng tha
McOraw was to have tho gavel when
the permanent chairman In selected
this afternoon. On tho slate for th
delegates to the national convenlloi
nie Frank T. Post and D. T. Ham of
Spuknne; II. A. Ralllnger of Bi attle;
Person Hammer of Snkglt county
'i rid Hubert Mornn of P;in Juan. Mc
Oraw won l-.la fight largely through
'lopping all plans to fight the Taf
endorsement.
iiei:ki m:i:ms winni it.
K'c.Sit III r.llfoinlii l Xevli and Xcl
ILfc THk Afterneoii.
Rwmmpiiio, May H. There i
my IndUatl n of the liveliest kind o
s fight here during the state convtn
'l 'n called for this afternoon to selec'
'elevates to the national convention
(loth tho Lincoln-Roosevelt league am"
ilrrln control organisation, claim ful
control. Although tha Irsfuers arc
making a breve show It Is believed that
Herri will dominate th convention,
Itamor of AssnMtlnatlon.
Bt. retersnurg, May II. It Is ru
mored hers that Amaer Hablo Ullah
Kshn, ruler of Afghanistan, has been
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of
, Swindler Arrested.
Los Angeles, May 14. Wanted In a
doxen. cities of the United States on
swindling charges, James J. Mulliall,
part proprietor of the Ship' hotel at
Venice, was arrested last night by
United States marshall Youngwort,
and locked up in the county Jail. He
will be held for extradition papers
from Minnesota. '
Strong Bank Fall.
Cleveland, O., May 14. The Reserve
Trust company filed a deed of assign
ment this morning to the Superior
Savings & Trust company. ' All de
positors will be paid in fuN. The ac
tion caused great surprise here as the
Reserve was supposed to be one of the
strongest In the city.
What Is proving to bo one of the
ongest drawn out contest cases In
some tlrne. Is still in progress at the
land' office. The Umatilla people who
are Interested are producing yards of
evidence. This 'is the fourth dav of
the hearing.
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TO FOREST DEffl
IIAILHOAD KIX HILL SPEAKS
OS WESTERN 1XKEST.
I'iiIiish Something Is Done Toward lie.
forextratlon Immediately, the West
Will ExIiaiiHt its Supply at Several
S:-ie. of Tlmlier tioveriurrs' Com
fcrenec Listen to Aide SikwIi From
Circttt Xortliru Mugiutte ltXMxe-
clt lu Um Clmlr. ... i V . . ,
Washington, May 14. James- J.
Hill, the railroad king and head of
the Great Northern, sounded a note of
warning at today's session of the gov
ernors' conference at the White House I
wiien, in a carefully prepared address, I
he.declnred that if Immediate tcp
for the conservation of the forests on
the Pacific coast are not taken, some
varieties of timber wguid be exhaust
ed within 10 ycar.
"The Pacific coast," he said, "has d
mnslder&ble body of merchantable
uinbor still standing, but we are con
lumlng yearly three or four times
uj much timber ns forest growth re
stores. Our supply In some varieties
will be exhausted within 10 or 12
years, Without reforestratlon the
present cf'ntury will see tho wiping
out of all these forests."
negnrdlnir .the Unsettled lands In
t-6 west, the speaker said that practl-.-rlly
the whole Interior had been set
led within the past 50 yenrs and ask
(1 what the country will offer next.
"It Is no longer possible," he de
Inred, "for us to say that Uncle Sam
'ins a farm for all of us." .
President Roosevelt presided at this
morning's sosslon, but Announced that
fJovernor Charles S. Ieneen of Illinois
would preside this afternoon
"jOUCHT TO BE Tilt
IT I' every citizen to S3 I
might load to partial occupation
Afghanistan by the 'British.
r.iow emzens u ill esteem him for his goodness,
his kindnes?, and his usefulness.' The principles of
good citizenship should constitute the code of rules
fcr, every Kind cf business whether public or private.
This applies particularly to the drug business, be
can:,?, rv:ig to the limited knowledge of the qualities
of rims lj ilr general public, It follows that the re
liability of t;tj druggist is the chief guarantee of
good sci vice. '
HILL'S DRUG STORE
La Grande
LIST OF
PROPERTY SALE
MANY ARTICLES FOR
SAIJi ON MARKET DAY.
Ah Announced by the AsHoeiatum Some
Tlmo Ago, All Goods to lie Sold at
Public Auction Next . Market IHly,
WUI lie Published Spinning Wheel,
. OdtU and Ends ami Many Hplendld
Horses Included In Uio Lint More
Abo Coining.
The La Grande Entertainment
Market Day association, through Auc
tioneer Larsen, announces today for
.fern 4M .
which will be put on the block one
week from next Saturday and sold at
public auction. Everything Imagina
ble from a spinning wheel to blooded
horses will be knocked down to the
highest bidder on that day. .Represen
tatives of the association have toured
the county and tho list published In ;
this connection, represents he thing
which are now listed. . ; "
There is room for more and any
one wishing to dispose of articles can
do so by recording the fact with mem
bers, of tho association. The list la
full follows:
Horses. ;
; I young Clyde mare, eligible to reg
ister; weight 1500,,
1 Hamilton stallion, 9 years old;
weight 1380, Has record of 2:14 as
a S-year-old.
1 bay driving mare, 7 years old;
weight 1300. , . : ; ;
1 span of bay mares, 8 years old;
combined weight 2000. Well broke
and gentle.
1 span bay geldings, 10 years old;
well. broke and.jroud wprk team; gen
tle; weight J700.
1 bay gelding, 3 years old; weight
1250. -
1 bay horse, 9 years old; weight 1100 .
1 bay mare, 7 years old; weight 1,
000. 1 bay mare, 7 years old, with colt
( at side; well broke and gentlo; weight
1100.
1 sorrel gelding, ( years old; weight
1290. . . f '
1 brown mare with colt at side;
weight 1200.. , . ,
Velik-ii ami Mtu-lilncry. 5"
1 buckboard. ! , itl
1 3 '.4 -Inch wagon. A. ) ;
1 delivery wagon. V A
1 3'j-lnch new wagon, if: '
1 set bolster springs, ' S : ''.. i ..' ,
1 hack.: . ; : . :!',',.
f two-seated siirrey.
1 walking plow.'
1 l(-lnuh walking plow,
3 Iron beds, , '
1 sewing machine.
1 orgnn. ;; , ,i , . ;
1 top buggy.
2 sets harness, ' " '.
spinning wheel.
1 set hock harness.;
Axes, chains, '-'saws, ' gTltidstones,'' "
shovels, picks,' and other articles too ;'"
numorotis to mention, ' - j.i ' : ?
IUPnES AND GLORY !
vj rii a;t t!i it Ij.v fel-
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assassinated. It Is Impossible to ob-
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tala eoaftrmatloa bow. If true
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