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VOLUME VTL
LA GRANDE, UNION COCNfT, OREGOX. "SATrRDAY, MAY 83, 194(8.
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A BOOM ERA
III UWIIDF.
IS INEVITABLE
NEW STRUCTURE ON -, ' ,1
- WASHINGTON IS PLANNED.
JfeW Garage Building to Be Erected
6n Washington Avenue If PUns Fail
Hoi, fesst Other New Strectares Coo
trtMpUted Ut ot Homes That
ttstve Mean inproml. ami- ew
One Constructed "During the Fast
Few Month General Boom Era
' Noticeable Throughout the City To
day. t vt.,;) fvC; .?.';'v srfy 2
0n the 'eve ot election, when the
dry movement will be the prime Issue
the bulWln lever, the pay treet
propaganda and federal ' building
movement. Hells a remarkable, story.
Enemies of the' dry Movement Jon
tend ;that prohibition wll . mean a
dearth of business enterprises in the
city, but the facts Indicate differently.
The entire city 1 In the center of an
improvement era. Homes here -and
there are being Improved, lawns are
being parked, new structures are' be
ing planned, and all In all there Is a
general air of prosperity. .,
A modern and up-to-date garage is
one of the new industries in sight for
La Grande. The La Grande Invest
ment company is now considering
plans to construct a structure facing
"Washington avenue, between Depot
and Fourth, that will be the home of
a large garage, equipped to handle all
the business of a similar institution
of similar size.
The promoters own the ground on
which this building Is to be construct
ed and are now negotiating with con
tractors to do the work. If things
materialize as they give every appear
ance of doing, the blck one-story
structure will soon be under way.
It will abut ' the Blue Mountain
Creamery, building on the east, and
is to have a 68-foot front.
This building and many others that
art contemplated, aside from the gen
eral tone of improvement manifested
throughout the city, has a peculiar
significance at this time. .
Following are a few of the Improve
ments under way, new buildings erect
ed during the past, few weeks, all of
which is 'proof postlve that the city
of La Grande in entering upon a boom
era which is not destined to cease for
some time to come: "
. C. A. Murray, superintendent of the
George Palmer mill yards, ha Just
Completed a bungalow in North La
Grande, on the' old ball ground site,
The Suit we make for
you will set you won
dering why you have
been paying the other
tailors so much money
Hundred of neat, bright new summer
, goods to show you. Come In NOW
and order a Royal Tailor .suit and get
the legal guarantee that every gar
ment will hold Its style and fit until
- worn out. ; ' . , 'f
$17.50
-
the value ot which has been estimated
at about $1800.
C. W. Bearden la 1erecting a new
house on his property In Fourth
street, South La Grande. '
Julius Roesch Is preparing to lay
oment walks around his property at
the corner of Adams avenue and Fir
street. ...... ;
Fred Xnutaon, blacksmith at the
George Palmer mill, has a new bun
galow In North La Grande, on the
old ball ground site, valued at about
$1800.
Jack Childs Is adding to his home
and building a brick store room on
Fir street . .
The members of the L. D. 8.
church are building cement side walks
around the tabernacle, on Fourth
street, . , '
' it red Bcbllk baa lust completed a
new J3S00 residence on N stree, which
la a credit to the city. , ,:
Dr. Hubbard la erecting a , brick
bungalow on Fourth street, which
promises to be a perfect type of the
kind. . i '
' Dr. A, L. Richardson Is putting fo
ment walks in and' around his prop
erty on P street, and 'expects to add
quite an imposing ' veranda ' to . his
house, (
A. T.' HIU Is building porches and
making other repairs on his house.!
J. K. Wright . Is adding a second
story to his1 cottage on P street. I "
A new cement sidewalk is being put
In in front of the Prbebstel property
on Second street, to conform with the
grade of the adjoining property ; of
Arthur Williams and W. H. Bohnen-
kamp, the former being ' completed
last week. . . J
A. Thomas, machinist at the sugar
factory, is erecting a home on the
corner" of Adams avenue and Second
street. - . .... ,.. . '
Several' thousand dollars are being
spent on the old Commercial club for
a modern home for the B. P. O. E
lodge, .' "' " ; 1 , -V'';- "v
Empire Day In England.'
London, May 23. Celebration of
Empire day, the anniversary of the
birth of Queen Victoria, May 24, 1819,
began today In London and through
out the empire. As the anniversary
this year falls on Sunday, most of the
public observances took place, today.
Flags were displayed everywhere and
there were special exercise by school
children, troops and patlrotic organi
zations. '
Toronto, Ont..: May 23. Empire
day, one of the principal holidays of
the dominion will be widely observed
throughout Canada today.; Special
services In memory of Queen Victoria,
whose birthday the anniversary com
memorates, will be held tomorrow in
many churches.
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Bubonic Plague Raging.
Willemstad, May 23. The bubonic
plague Is reported to have broken out
at Puerto Cabello. Messages 'from
that place say the plague Is raging
with terrible result at La Guayra.
AND UP
HI
OFF THE PRESS
DETECTIVE B CRN'S PIC- ' ,
- TURED AS ASKING MERCY.
Book Which 8. A. D. Pater, the Noted
Land Frauder Wrote While In Prison
at Portland, la Now Off the Press
Account of Arrest and Subsequent
Rearrest Differs From Other Narra
tions on This Subject Names Men
tioned la Each Case.
. Portland, May 11. "Don't ahoot!
This la the way that the noted de
tective, W, J, Burns,, pleaded with S.
A. D. Puter, when Puter covered him
with a revolver at the time of Puterts
arrest in Boston, according to the not
ed land frauder" s book, "The Looting
of the Public Domain," which Is Just
off the press. ',' "I ' " , '"
Puter wrote the book While In Jail
in Portland, serving sentence for land
fraud conspiracy. ' Puter's account jif
his arrest by Burns In Boston, his
escape and rearrest In Oakland, Cal.,
differ materially from the story told
by other writers on this subject. Pu
ter's book reveals a number of sensa
tional incidents in relation to the land
fraud game In the Pacific northwest.
A number of these alleged grabs took
place in Idaho .and Washington . at
well as Oregon. Karnes are mentioneo
In every instance.
Hero Given Death Blow.
Fresno, Cal., May 28.- Attempting
to save a crowd of small children from
being trampled to death by a runaway
race horse which was attached to s
j sulky at the race track this afternoon
Principal M. P. Holmes was crushed
to the ground, his skull fractured, anc
he will probabyl die.
FAMOUS EXPOSURE WILL-
MEAN HARDEN'S FREEDOM
Supreme Court of Uie German Em
pire Hands Down Decision Which It
Severe Blow to High Society of Ger
manyFamous Case in Wlik-h Edl
tor Harden Was Given a Farce TrU
Will Again Be Heard Publk
Clamor Will Be Appeased.
Leipsic, Germany, May .23. Edltoi
Maximilian Harden, whose exposure
of the Immoralities ot the Knlwhts o
the Round Table, and Emperor Wll
Ham's "kitchen cabinet," resulted Ir
his Imprisonment for libel, secured a
great victory today when the supreme
court of the empire passed down a de
clslon declaring that his trial and sen
tence were, unfair and granting him t
new hearing.
Harden was sentenced for accuslnf
Count von Moltke of unspeakabl
practices. Prince 8e"u Eulenberg, vol
Moltke' best friend and at one tlnv
Emperor William' trusted adviser. I
under Arrest charged with giving per
Jured testimony in the Harden trial.
The decision is a crushing con
demnation of the methods used In th
Harden trial. The reversal Is expect
ed to quiet the public clamor agalns
the Injustice done the editor. The
court has ordered Hardeh's release
upon bond.
Boiler Makers to Meet.
Detroit, Mich.. May 22. Detroit
will entertain master boiler maker
from all over, the United States an
Canada next, week, when the" secon
International convention of their or
ganlzatloh will meet here. The sos
slons will begin Tuesday and con
tlnue jbrough Wednesday and Thurs.
day. f - ,v ... ,
t . , Emperor Joseph Indisposed.
Vleana. May; 2$. Emperor Fran:
Joseph has caught a fresh cold and
general audience have been suspend
CERMAH EDITOR
SCORES VICTORY
SENATOR PIATT
PROMINENT POLITICIAN
READY TO LEAVE SENATE.
Man Who Rose From Mediocre Posi
tion in Public Life to Be One of the
Leaders In the United States Sonata
Will Leave HI Official Life Next
YeaiwWithdrawal to Private Life
Is Decreed, He Says lYula Sorry
for Mae Wood.
New York, May 28. "I will not be
a tmnuiuaie again lor United btate
senator. I am winding up my affairs
Incident to closing my political ca
reer" . ' ; ; 'r i .,'
Senator Thomas C. Piatt made this
statement today and added that .lie
was sorry for Mae Wood, the woman
who lost her, divorce sult'against'him
and was thrown Into jail on charge of
perjury.'1" ' '' !'"'"
"My withdrawal to private life j is
decreed," said Piatt. "I realize that
age stands between me and 'another
term in the senate.' I cannot tell you
Ith what regret I shall return to pri
vate life." 1
He was elected to the United States
nate In January, 1881, and resigned
that office May 16, of the same your.
He was chosen secretary and director
of the United States Express company
n 1879, and In 1880 was elected pres
ident of that company. He was: a
member and president of the board of
quarantine commissioners of New
York from 1880 until 18(8. Was dele
gated to the national republican con
ventions of 1876, 1880, 1884, 1892.
896 and 1900. Was a member of the
national republican committee. AVas
elected United States senator In 1896
and took his seat March 4, 1897. Was
re-elected In 1903. His term of serv
ice will expire March S, 1909.
SEATTLE SEES
THOUSANDS OUT ON
I
BAY TO GIVE WELCOME.
Tim Atlantic Armada Has Now Reach.
cd .Seattle; Whore Admiral Rperry
Is Given the Key to the City Key
Made of Aluskun. Gold Nuggiti
Japanese Join In Reception Full
Prourum for Entertainment of Of
fleer and the Men.' '
Seattle. Wash.. May S3. In! Its
most vlrukr.t iV.-m, the fieet-madn
vhlch" liii'iagLi u'i a.J tpiuemic iri ttw
Itles of the California count todu
mlzed Seattle In Its grasp and trans-
ormed the populace, augmented by
thousands bf visitors. Into a fair infl
ation of an army of howling dervish
es. All day yesterday ana early inn
nurnlng the trains and boats poured
ilghtseers Into the city In an ever-
ncreasing flood that threatens to
twamp the hospitame provisions, oi
Seattle's houses of entertainment. The
'ush for places of vantage to witness
he Incoming fleet began early and
oontlnued until the . great fighting
ihlps poked their noses Into Elliott
bay to be welcomed by a pandemonl
um of cheer and booming gun and
hrlll, Jubilant whistles from the craft
In the harbor, taken up ' and echoed
oy myriad whistle In factory and
mill.
Two great merchant, vessels, .bear.
lng the reception committee' of the
Seattle chamber ' of ' commerce, the
nayor of Seattle,' the governor of
Washington and executive officials of
all the state and leading cities of th
northwest headed the Una of scores
of craft that welcomed the fleet,
Governor Mead and Mayor Miller ex.
tended to the officers and men of the
fleet the freedom of the state and th
city, and Admiral Thomas wa pr
sented with , a large key of purest
Alaska gold.' ''"
"This evening the '-officers of ; the
fleet will be given a reception by the
chamber of commerce, and the en
ATLANTIC
mm
Leschl park pavilion, and the others
will not lack entertainment, even, let
It be whispered. If their desires should
take the form of Indulgence In the
cup that cheers. ..
Next week's entertainment will
open with a great land parade that
will be one of the spectacular and
most thrilling features of the demon
stration In this city" attendant upon
th present visit of the Atlantic bat-;
tleshlp fleet Sixteen 'thousand uni
formed men marching to the musio of
40 bands, between double line of
everal hundred thousand people, will
furnish the greatest military spectacle
ever seen in the northwest. ' " ;
A particularly brlllUnt feature of
the parade" will be the' Immense re-vle"!--7
stand at Second avenus and
Stewart street before which the
marching men will salute th blah of
ficials of the army and nsrry, the go-
ern-- of Washington, Oregon,' Idaho,
Montana and Wyoming. Mayor Miller
of S"'e. and the executives of many
other cities In the northwest. The
section of the . grandstand reaervri
for the official party will be brilliant
with blue anfl gold lace of the army
and navy uniforms, and will form a
br't central " pk-turo In the sea of
brtg'.it-colqred summer costumes and
striking hats of the women who wllf
assemble upon the stand to cheer the
passing troops.
Three hundred thousand people
welcomed the fleet Into' Seattle today.
8p(!naifl weather 'prevailed, when the
b'gehilps cartif ln.(; Theharbof Iff
filled with small boats and excursion
steamers. . " s '
Daylight fireworks from the Jap
anese colony marked the reception.
Kuffragbits' Crusade. ,
New York. May 23. Plans have
been made by Mrs Harriet Stanton
Blatch and other leaders In the suf
fragist movement for a trolley excur
sion and crusade to follow the stats
convention at Seneca Falls next week.
The Seneca Falls meeting will com
memorate the anniversary of the first
woman's suffrage assembly, ; which
was held at Wesleyan church at that
place In 1848. The convention will
close next Thursday evening, and the
following day the suffragettes Will
board trolleys there and work their
way toward New York by easy stages.
stopping at every town of Import
ance along the road, where demon
strations will be held. ;
Prohibition Election. ' V
Raleigh, N. C, May 23. Whether
North Carolina will Join Georgia In
the ranks of the totally "dry" states
will be' decided next Tuesday, when
the prohibition 'election called by the
legislature will be hold..' A hot cam
palgn has been waged by the temper
ance people, Governor Glenn leading
In the fight for a "dry" state.
. : V; Off for Portland. ' ':'
rentneton, May 23, A number o:
Pendleton people will leave today for
Portland as witnesses In . the land
fraud cases against prominent Uma
tilla county and Pendleton people. A
great deal of excitement wa occasion
ed by the announcement of th calling
of a grand Jury, and the outcome Is
awaited With Interest j ; .
T0UCI1T TO BE THE
I every citizen to so live and a at Wit lit fel
low citizens will esteem him for his goodness,
his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of
good citizenship should
for every kind of business
x
This applies particularly to the drug business, be-
cause, owing to the limited knowledge of the qualities
of drugs by the general
liability of the druggist
good service. ,
La Grande
ST00EIITAFF1S
MEMBERS RESICII
TROUBLE IN RANKS OF "
STANFORD OFFICIALS,
Incensed Over Criticism Brought
Against Student Affair Committee
at the . Stanford University Two
' Members of It Resigned Reseat
' Action of a Majority of the Keaa
ora Conslderabte ' DlasMbracUos)
'Throughout Over Method.
... .....
Stanford, Cal., May ') $$ Raiher
than continue to bear th criticism of
th student for the act of th stu
dent affair committee, and ha placed
In the position of having approved of
the course of, the committee, ; Prof.
A.'M. Cathcart of th law department,
and R. "A. Swine of the chemistry' de
partment, have announced that hey
were unwilling' to 'continue'- on 'the
commute and handed In. their resig
nations, ,. ; '
The resignations from the commit
tee will take effect on June 1. JCt Is
believed that the action of the Com
mittee In refusing to allow Harold
Fitch, ,edltor. of the Dally Palo Ito,
the .student daily, his degrei from; the
law school, because he took a stand
with ithe students In' the present diffi
culty, brought about the crisis, "i
The minority on the commutes
have long' been fighting thu method '
of Chairman Clarke and the majority
members on the committee. r
Fitch's offense consisted In editori
ally condemning the radical action of
the student affairs committee. " His
course was acknowledged to be very
conservative, however, and th action-
of the committee in his rase was a
great surprise. It was openly opposed
by Prof. Cathcart :'
BONAPARTE NOT RESIGNING.
UoiieevcU Sets at Rest Any , Rumor
Current to Tills Krioel. 1
Washington, D. C, May 28. Pres
ident Roosevelt declared today ; that
ho wished to act at rest any rumor
that Indicated that Attorney General
Eonuparte had threatened to resign,
and that there was ' a difference be
tween them over the suit filed against
the New York, New Haven ft Hart-"
ford railroad, !.. The president, an
nounced that !) has no Intention of
suspending proceedings and that Bos
ton had been" selected a the city In
rnkh the hearings should be held.
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Asleep for Four Days, . j"
' San Francisco, May 23. To lay four'
Cays and nights partly asphyxiated by
gas. conscious, yet unable gto speak or
C"7 out far assistance, was the... liar- '
rowing expsrlence of Henry Cook, an
employ of the Hotel Atherton. Mon
day Cook went Into the cellar to' mend
a broken gas pipe and h was over
come by fumes. When hs awoke he
attempted to rise . but was .too weak.
Ha lay thore until found Friday night
He may die. . ;
HAPPINESS AND GLORY
constitute the code of rules i
whether, public or private.
i
public, it follows that the re
Is the chief guarantee of r
,
Oregon t
lUUd men will bs th guest of the
ing much uneaalenetaj '
city fire department at a grand ball at
sj-r
ed.- His age and III health are caus