VOLUME vn.
LA. GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY S7, iWH.
NOUiEH 255.
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OFFICER AXD TWENTY ;
MEN SHOW BRAVERY.
Novel Experience Gono Through on
Hie Lower Chesapeake Bay Today,
When a Naval Officer and Twenty
.," Men Remain on Target Boat, While
Shells Are Fired at It No Damage
' to Ship or Injury to Men Real
Color of Open Sea Battle.
Thimble Shoal, In Lower Chesa
peake bay, by wireless to Fortress
Monroe, May 27, Disregarding dan-
l annarently anxious for an ex
BUTREA
perience of 'open war at sea, Com
mander Qulmby, Lletuenant Taussig,
and 20 men remained on the monitor
Florida today while 11-Inch shells
were hurled at the ship from guns of
the monitor Arkansas, anchored 800
yards off broadside, with the battery
In full play on the target ship. ,
; Flans were suddenly changed this
morning when Qulmby and hi men
f ) volunteered to remain on the Florida.
They didn't take their places in the
turrets where it was necessary to man
ipulate the guns In rase of firing, but
' remained Just behind the turrets while
the projectiles were' flying., They
Were severely Jolted whenever a pro
jectile struck, j
Harry Dcnbaugh is commander of
the Arkansas. The first shot was
fired at the screen target hoisted over
the flotilla. It pierced the center.
Then firing on the ship began, the
shells hammering the plates. Glasses
'"" failed to show the Florida crippled by
'' the bombardment, but experts say the
projectiles had a terrific effect. No
Signal of distress has been seen from
tho men aboard the Florida, and they
to all Intents show no, signs of beln$
sorry for their dare-devil experience.
Thirteen Sailors Drown.
:f Gloucester, Mass.; May 27. Thlr
"jitecn sailors of the schooner Fame lost
!helr lives in a collision between the
Fame and the steamer Boston, of the
' Dominion-Atlantic line, off Mamachu
' setts coast. T&e Fame was run down
by the steamer with suddenness and
..only six of the schooner's crew were
leaved, ! ! ' I !
MOHB SOUTHERN STORMS.
Oklahoma, City, ; May 27. 4
Seventeen killed and many In-
J ared by tornado which swept
Alva, Okla., this memlng. Prop-
erty damage la heavy. Houses
were swept off their, foundations
by Uie twister.
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The Suit we make for
you mil set you won
dering, wliy you have
been paying the other
tailors so much money
. ! . ,- ';
Hundreds of neat, bright new summer-
, - goo ls to show you. Come In NOW -'i
'. - i i and order a Hirjtl Tailor suit and gr(
the legal guarantee that every, gar
ment y.y hold its style and fit until
' - ' ' worn out ' i .
$n.50i
THE
393BS
CITY MARSHAL WOUNDED.'
Town Near Mitlford Sccno ol Whole
sale Looting mid Gun FIht.
Oakland, Ore., May 27. City Mar
shal John Bockley was wounded in
the shoulder by bandits who last
night attempted to steal all the city's
cash. The men had .stolen stamps
from the postofflce and looted a hard
ware store of guns. Thejr were rifling
the till of a furniture store when In
terrupted by Beck(ey.- The men ran,
but when the officer fired, they
turned and poured a fusllade at him,
one bullet taking effect, , effectually
ending the pursuit. : 1
COVE LOSES CHAMPIONSHIP.
Local High Scores Decisive Victory In
Baseball Game Yesterday.
, By taking the deciding game from
Cove yesterday afternoon by the score
of ll to , u Zjtfc C.Cc rtWl
baseball team, won Just claims to the
championship bt 4the county.' TheJ
game was fast most of the time, only
occasionally got loose. ' '
Birth Record. ,
Born, to Mr. . and .Mrs. Ray Logan
of this city, Ms. 26,., aon. .
BRIDGE BUILDING IS TO
COMMENCE JUNE FIRST.
Positive Proof That Tliore Will Be
Some Work on Uie Wallowa Exten
sion In Uie Near Future,. Now at
Hand Tenting Sent Out to the
Front Tills Morning Bridge Build
er McCoy Will Come Early In June
to Commence Work.
The symptoms of a busy summer
on the Wallowa extension appeared In
La Grande this morning when a car
load of tenting went out to the front
to be erected in villages for the ac
commodation of the laborers when
Harrlman drops the flag and says ''Gil
Into Wallowa with the new road.'.'
Contractor McCoy,; who constructed
the coal bunkers In this city last
summer, and who Is now on the Rl
paria Job, la scheduled to be In La
Grande about June 1,, to go to the
front, where he will build bridges.' 4
His task at Rlparla will need about
a week's work yet, and then he comes
here to go Intf Wallowa county. H
wilt build the bridges where they are
needed.
All this advance news gives positive
proof that the summer' will see some
activity on the line. Whether or not
it will be completed this year to Jos
eph Is another question.
SEND TENTS IIITO
WALLOWA Kin
EI1HSTC IfJ III THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FDR UNITED STATES SENATOR MAKES
: IIS POSITION ON THE TARIFF
IN UP A
Hon. H. M. Cake, completed his
tour of the1 valley with a rousing and
enthusiastic meeting at the Elks' hall
In this, city last night 1 The distin
guished, candidate showed some signs
of fatigue on account of the Intensi
teo ntu Cri cam
paign In this cojinty. having made five
speeches in as many different, pre
cincts Monday and three extended ad
dresses yesterday. The speaker han
dled the Issues of this campaign In an
extensive and able manner, and show
ed up his opponent In a light ' that
cannot do otherwise but aid tlie voters
i.i uiuua county mat me repuoucan
party still holds for them and for the
country the better policies and prln-'
ll.. ft,.- ..... .1 ... 1
7 man niij. unitrr parly Ul me ua
tlon.
Owing to the efforts of certain dem
ocratic publications in the state that
claim Mr. Cake had changed his atti
tude upon, the great question of state- J
ment No. 1 principle, the speaker took
occasion to say:
,,
When I was a candidate for the
uuiLvu oitues Benin o in ivub, 1 De-
came so under the provision and by
virtue of the direct primary law. In
the direct primary law Is contained
the great principle of the election bt
senators by the direct votes of the
people, and although defeated by 400
or 600 votes, yet, nevertheless, frpm
me piaiiorms or tne principal cities' . . . .
... v wood floors have been orderod. A
of this state I upheld ana advocated , , . .
' . "".platform large enough to accommo-
the election of my then successful op- date 60.p,ece orcneHtm hM been
ponent as being the best means of ex- Du,u Tne .4flcond gtory be flo.
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containedin the statement. No. l'
P,..ug. i,ur.ng ,ne summer ot 1,07.
when I considered becoming a candl-
date In the campaign of 1808 for the
office of United States senator, I an
nounced In Interviews to the press of
the state, I should stand upon this
principle as a principal part of my
platform and when I became an ac
tive candidate about the first of Jan
uary, In the primaries held this year
I again advocated from the platforms
of the principal cities and precincts
of the state of Oregon, the principles
contained In statement No. 1, doing
everything within my power to estab
lish that principle In the public minds
of the state of Oregon so that It may
be permanently a part of our political
and civil history. ,
"From the first of January to the
17th of April my distinguished oppo
nent renaincd absolutely silent. He
certainly was not ' thoroughly con
vinced of the correctness of this prin
ciple. He gave no utterance that tho
public could hear as to where he stood
on this great question, but after the
supremacy of the principle had been
establlalied and after It had been dem
onstrated that the people proposed to
rrtsln all of their power that was pos
lllo and after the battle had been
fought and victory won- then It was
that the distinguished gentleman, with
a holier-than-thou attitude et a
time whvn I desired to disci-r with
the peoin of this state the great ra
tional question, embodied In what' l
known as the Roosevelt ptillcv
mounted the plntforms In the princi
pal cities and precincts of Oregon nn'
proclaimed himself to be the leadlnr
advocate of the people's rights all of
these years. It Is certainly gratlfylni
that the governor, at last. If he Is sin
cere In his campaign, has found th
correct principle, but he run not es
cape from the proposition, that where
I have been advocating this doctrine
o our people at all times when It
needed Advocation and when It was
being atta'cked by some of the press
and people of this state and sdvorst
ed It because It was right that the gov
emor remained silent until It had been
established, and then took up the hu
end cry for the purpose of votes only."
The speaker then took up the 4ls
etnadoa of recUmatloa service and ad
ELKS HALL LAST EMI
CLEAR
TREE ON STATEMENT HO. 1
vocated Its early and active extension
and the forest reserve policies was al
so discussed In which he advocated
more attention on the part of the of
ficials, of the needs of the stockmen
and that more equitable division of
the early and late . range could , be
made among those who use m pub
lic range.
The speaker favored the revision of
the tariff and aald: .
"I believe that the tariff of ; this
country should be so revised that the
clement of profit, derived solely from
Its existence, could be tak.en sway bih
at the same time maintain the prlnct
pies of protection to American labor
and American homes and Industries
that has been the means of building
this country to Its present condition.
HOME NEAR.S COMPLETION.
Ixx-al Elks' Building Rapidly Nearlng
Time for lt Dedication,
1 "
. The work on the Elks' home Is
progreMlnB rapluly, the carpenter
work being practically finished. The
paper hangars have been busy for sev
eral days. By the last of the week It
Is expected they .will be ; ready for
their carpets, which arrived ssveral
days ago. .: :
Tho first floor will be used exrlus-
Ivalu trxw kali n-W l.. I.
votod t0 the Elk only
Iar(fe receptlon and b
and contalnt
billiard room,
- readng room M ft
Bd Janltor., quBrtc.
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are finished In soft shades of brown.
while the reception room Is done. In
the bolder shades of red and green.
When completed the local lodge will
have an up-to-date home and a vlBlt
Ing Elk will know where to find a
warm welcome,
AUTO BEHIND TIME.
Fernando Nelson Confident of Making
Speed Record Yet.
Medford, May 27. Fernando Nel
son's party arrived here at 7:40 thtr
morning and left for Portland at :35
this morning, expecting to arrive there
at 10:10 this evening. Considerable
time was lost In the race from Ban
Francisco. to Portland on account of
a 40-ml stretch of bare rock road
In the Pitt River country. At Hlxson
the machine became lost on a lum
ber road and went (0 miles out of the
way. Nelson Is confident of making
his schedule time on a second trip,
when he knows the roads.
EliOOD LET IXK)SE.
I'niatllli Project Now Completed and
Water Hows Over l'lihU.
Hermlston, Ore., May 17. The
treat Umatilla Irrigation project cost
ing a million, and comprising 22,000
teres, was formally opened this morn
ing. The floodgates were opened and
the water was poured from the reser
voir Into the cannls at 11 o'clock.
'An Immonse crowd of Pendleton
people are In attendance, as that city
will be directly benefited by tho enor
mous sum of money which, will neces
sarily come Into her coffers by the re
clamation of these lands, -
Tlirnngh Grading Papers Hoon.
The board of examiners, which Is
grading the papers handed In on the
recent eighth grade, examinations In
country school, v contemplates com
pleting Its work tonight and by. to
morrow noon the number of .success
ful "tudents should be ascertained.
One hundred and twenty took the es
aeaiaatlona.'
DEAD ENtaXEEIt AT THROTTLE. !
Chicago-'Frlsro Flyer Iircwk Kpc-fd
Record With Dead Engineer. '.
Chicago, 111., May;,; 27. For Vniles
the Chlcago-'Frlsco Flyer on the C M.
& fit. P. road bounded along, break
ing all speed records last night, with
a dead engineer at the throttle. Aged
Albert Cauvlns' life departed while the
nan was at his post at the throttle,
and the fireman was unaware of It
until the train dashed across' a ' dan
gerous mase of tracks at Byron. 111.,
with unabated speed. He stopped the
train just In time to save the lives of
the passengers.
Rosa Wants New Trial, f
Salem. May 17. When J. Thorburn
Ross called before" Judge Burnett to
be sentenced this afternoon, ex-Oov-ernor
Lord started a long argument
for a now trial. Following . 'Lord's
motion, an arrest of judgment will be
argued. At the end of the arguments
T.i rV' !" "tcw,i. He was con
victed of larceny by conversion of the
state school funds while president of
the Title Guarantee & Trust bank of
Portland.. ' '.
EXPRESS CHINKS
BUI ALE DIED
EVADE IMMIGRATION LAWS
lll'T THEY SUFFER DEATH.
New Method of Evading Immigration
Laws Proves Fatal to Twelve Chi
namen Ilodics Reach Now York by
Express, lint Are Dead Shipped
; From Mexico Border Unearth riot
; to Smuggle Orientals Long Voyage
. Exhausted Human Packages.
Washington, D. C, May 27. Twelve
Chinese lives Is the rrlce paid by smug
glers In experimenting with a new
scheme of evasion of the Immisrtion
laws. " The government has discovered
a dozen orientals who Attempted 'to
enter the country by having them
selves '"crated and expressed to New
Work, were dead "upon arrival.'
Acting Commissioner of Immigra
tion Larncd, admitted this morning
that a gigantic . smuggling plot has
been unearthed on the Texas border.
Inspector Babcock has gone to New
York, hunting Quong Dou Yen, who
received the corpses from the Express
company. ' ' . ;
A telegram from Quong to friends
19 El Paso revealed .the plot. . Inter
preter Ftng Ming overheard the mes
sage read and Informed the govern
ment officials, who notified Washing
ton authorities.
It is believed the smugglers crated
the men on the Mexican side oi the
line, and hauled them across the river,
expressing the boxes from this side.
Fleet Leaves Seattle, ,
Seattle. Wash.. May 27. The bat
tleship fleet sailed for Tacoma this
morning In single formation. All men
SKhore were ordered to the ships at
1 o'clock this morning.
?
OUGHT TO BE Tilt
jl every citizen to so
IT
low citizens will esteem him for his goodness,
his klnrjnessand his usefulness. ' The principles of
good citizenship should constitute the code, of rules
for every Kind of business whether public or private
This applies particularly to the drug business, be
cause, owing to the limited knowledge of the qualities
of drugs by the general public. It follows that the re
liability of the druggist Is the chief guarantee of
good service. '
I HILL'S DRUG STORE
.V If)
HE TfflE IF
inner
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IIUUJL WIlElhE.!!
SECOND ATTEMPT ON
GALLAGHERS PROPERTY.
Police Have Information Whkh Will
, Lead to the Arrest of the Party Who
; Dynamited the Vacant Houses Be-
louglngr to Ex-Super-viwor Gallagher
Believed to Be Deep Plot Agninet
: Ex-Bupearvteor by His Enetnie Ex-
poe t Arrest.
" Oakland. May 17. Arrests are
expected today as a result of the dy
namiting of three unoccupied house
owned by former' Supervisor- Galla
gher who turned state's evidence la'
the graft trials, last night. It la intl
' police have Ipforma
tlon that may lead to the exposure o-'.',-a
plot of surprising character, laid:
against Gallagher by his enemies.
The explosion last night was the
second attempt,' Gallagher's residence .
being wrecked by dynamite April 23.
The police have a description of the
suspect whom they' expect to capture
with little trouble.
Frank McVaugh, a watchman, wa
silting In a fool shed when the explo
sion occurred. He says he made an
inspection 10 minutes before the ex
plosion and saw nothing of a suspi
cious nature.
, Gallagher had a deal pending to
sell tne houses today for $25,000. .
TRACK TEAMS GOXE.
. .Some' Changes In the Linc-Up for
Ls Grande Track ArtlKla,
There was some change In the pr
sonnet 'of the La Grande high school
track team that went to Corvallls this
morning to participate In the prelim
inaries on Friday and, the finals. If
possible, on Saturday In the lnterscho
lastlc. '
Three'went this morning and two
more go tonight or tomorrow morning.
Those who went and the events In
which they enter,' ere: Carpy,: broad
Jump, 100-yard dah and Veloy; Earls,
quarter and relayi Peare, high ' hur
dies, half mile and perhaps the relay.
Those to go tonight are Reynolds, In
the quarter, low hurdles and possibly
the relay,' and Williamson. In the 100,
.220, broad jump and 'relay.'
For Island City the following went
this morning, Walters having preceded
the team: Perry, mile run; Swebke,
weights; Irwin, half mile and low
hurdles.
Fred Young's sprained ankle keeps
him at home and thereby forestalls at
least a place In the pole vault for Le
Grande. . '
NORTH CAROLINA IS DRY,
Raleigh, N. C, May 27. A f. 4
tcr January 1 next year, there
will he no liquor manufactured
or sild lit Oil state. Hie prohl-
hlUoiilMtrt won Uie eleeiiim by
40,000 majority hero ycatcrriuy. 4
HAPPINESS AMD GLORY
live and ast ttiit fil f el-
itiiifijlV Oregon!
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