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IHTO VALLOWA
TO BUILD ROAD
GENERAL MANAGER IS f
.J . y. ; IN LA GRANDE TODAY.
That There Will Be a Total I 1000
Laborer la Wallowa Contr to
- CompkHe and Push to JFoaepo the
New Exteoaloa 'i Aarared Cbm.
Iay Hat Approorlatloa Rmu!t
, uaarniDt Fennaiieoc to key.
aata at the Imprancnent Wprk
; Ready to lUol Heavy Loada, I
Tht 1000 mn wJll be transported
from points without to the Wallowa
country o ru the Wallow exten
sion to Joseph, la the- assertion of
General Superintendent M. J. Buck
ley, wno la in La Grande today.
When questioned relative to the real
intensity pf purpose in the Improve
ment work, he reiterated what : was
said several days ago, that the com
pany has the appropriation In hand
and that ' the road Into . Wallowa
county will he completed with tho ut
mot dispatch. The J000 nen who
will do this work will be under two
heads; five hundred being employed
by contractors and 600' by the O. R.
' & N. V 1 y
These, men will be put to work In
two weeks and the force will be
maintained until the work Is done.
Much of the (radlng la done already,
and needs but to be ,; retouched ' 'in
places. The construction of bridges
; will be commenced at once with the
result that the ikying ,of. steel can be
carried oiit without a halt, when once
started, 'it Is .'proposed to tiSo' track
laying machinery as-soon ' the Can
yon stretch of road la finished."' ior
s. manency Is to be trie keynote..',' The
company. realize", thai' the '-loads
hauled -out pf the fertile county will
be large, and the .management has Is
sued 'Instructions to have the roadbed
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The Fair's
Thursday
It Will
. y A monster stock to be turned over to the public, for their benefit as individuals.
A July Sale in June. It has to happen now. Our summer clearing sales usually begin
after July 4th, but this year We are compelled to cut loose early for the ; reason ; that
the stocks splendid, complete stocks throughout the entire storeare entirely too
heavy, and we must hasten to dispose. . .
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Profits
to be raid them as individuals, so that a few dollars spent
the circuit or tne entire family. . . .., ' ; j
Why It will pay you to waif. . in the f rs'. place, this great sale will be conducted 1
for the benefit of ths people as individuals, so that the manv ffreat fta.vino- will majnl
much to them.: Secondly:' Our great stocks of fine merchandise throughout!, every -department
is tremenduoualy heavy, so we are fotced to cut prices with a ferocious
vengeance in order to get rid of our surplus stuffs witnin a period of 16 days.
WAIT1 WAm WAITI for this great sale. It will pay you and pay you well. Store now -in
activelpreparation lor your coming, and the. splendid displays being arranged lor ' your
glad and easy choosing. :c . . ; . ' , ,
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ballasting and track foundation of
such a character that it will stand the
heaviest sort of loads.
Wallowa county Is not the only dla
trlct to profit by the , new road. La
Grande will be the distributing point
and the terminus of the short line.;
According to the earnestness mani
fested by. the general superintendent,
the road will soon be a reality!
CARRIERS IX QUANDARY.
Chamberlain and Postal Dcpartdttn't
' Lock noma Over Auto Races.
Oresham, Ore., May IS. Whether
to run the risk of being killed by 10
racing auto, with certain , arrest if
they escape alive, or to resign their
position and see their families starve
is the quandary two rural mail car
riers here have beea placed, la by; a
ctasa Between the governor and Uncle
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Governor Chamberlain has forbid
den any one oa the base line of sec
tion line roade on (June kC whfn ,the
auto road races will be run. The gov
ernment has ordered the carrier out
on those roads that day aa usual. Lo
cal postal inspectors told the carriers
the government would fight the case
If arrested, but would not be respon
sible for their death of damage to
their .rigs. .' '' , ''' v
HE.VRST IS HOCNDED.
McClcllnn Ioslng Lead In Recount of
Tickets In Mayoralty Election.
Ifew York, May t g. After dodging
a process server by boarding the LubI
tanla at 4 o'clock this morning, Wil
liam R, Hearst is bound for Europe
to avoid testifying in the famous re
count case now In progress, thus up
setting, the plans of Mayor McClellan.
The mayor had planned to put the
editor on tHe stdnd.' Hearst learned
of the "scheme arid made his escape.
The recount of the first two ballot
boxes has reduced Mayor McClellan's
lead by 27 votes. ' , . ; '?
, Father of Artor Dead. '
Washington, , May fSLevl Han
ford, father ot Actor Charles B. Han
ford, died here today. He has ' been
clerk of --the' pension bureau, 'for a
quarter of a1 century. He Is a Califor
nia forty-nlnef. . .' . ;..-. . : ,. ..
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Great Unloading Sale Starts
Morning,
Pay You to Wait
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Entirely For the
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I.T.
IDS SHITEIICE
FIVE YEARS IN PEW AND
ENORMOVS CASH FINE.
Portland Banker faces a Penitentiary
Term of Five Yeari and a Fine
Which, Served Out in Jail, Would
Mean 800 Years Stay of Judge,
meat Granted and New Bonds Are
Named Puntalimrat foe Converting
School Funds From His Bank. ,.
Salem, May t$.J. Thorburn Roes,
-""!-Ci mm9 ouiuni wi lar
ceny by the conversion of $810,000
state school funds, while president of
the defunct Title Guarantee Trust
company bank in Portland, was sen
tenced this morning, to serve five years
in the penitentiary and pay fine of
S57MS1.74.
In default of paying this enormous
flne he must spend 188,000 days In
the Multnomah county Jail, which is
more than (00 years. The Jail sen
tence is. aside from the penitentiary
imprisonment.
A stay of Judgment was granted by
the court and bail, pending an appeal,
was fixed at $8000. The total ball
now required by Ross Is $20,000.
, Railroad in Trouble.
New, York, May 28. Another por
tion of Gould's trans-continental sys
tem is In trouble. The Wabash-Pittsburg
Terminal company faces the pay
ment of $800,000 Interest next Mon
day. It is probable that a committee
to protect holders of the company's
$30,000j000 first mortgage bonds will
be formed this afternoon.
Pastime Change.'.
The change at the Pastime theatre
tonight Includes the- following new
pictures: "Parson of Hungry Gulch,"
';The Venetian Baker: or the Judlclal's
Dream," "Johannesburg by ' Electric
Tram." Sherwood Williams will sing
two songs and Nate Ardrey will per
form on the banjo. All commences
af the usual hour tonight
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La Grande
Oregon
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TO PASS SOIATE
CURRENCY COMMISSION
: ' IS PROVIDED FOlt
Senate Thle Afternoon Will Likely
Pass the Main Provisions of the
Faith Cum Currency Bill Provides
for Cash to Banks In Time of Emer
gencyCurrency Commission of
Nine From Honae and Nine From
the Senate.
Washington, May 11. The main
proration of the "faith cure" cur
rency bill agreed en by the house
yesterday, are slated to pass the sen
ate this afternoon. ' "
The emergency currency may be is
sued to the extent of $500,000,000.
subject to a retirement tax of six per
cent for the first two months, and one
per cent per month thereafter until
10 per cent is reached. Btate. county.
and municipal bonds are to be accept
ed as secure? at to per cent of their
market value: other bonds, commer
cial paper at 7! per cent of their mar
ket value. ' ' .' " '
No bank Is to be allowed emergen
cy currency in excess of 30 per cent
of Its capital stock and surplus, on
commercial papers. None will be al
lowed unless the bank' has already
aken, under the present law, curren
cy equal to 40 per cent of the capital
and surplus. '.' ,
A bank holding state, county and
municipal bonds, with approval of the
secretary of the troasury, Is allowed
additional currency, directly upon
them, at 90 per cent of their market
value on individual and Initiative re
sponsibility. . ; ..'Y i, .
Commercial paper will bo used as
a basis, of Issuance .only; by banks af
filiated with, groups that aggregate
a capital of more than $5,000,000, and
whh'h. are to bo. known as "National
Currency associations." i. j , ,.i,t ,
The bill creates a, currency, coin
mlJBlijn of 18 members; nine from the
house, and nine from the senate.
It was decided this morning to make
no fillibusterlng effort to block ' the
passage of the currency bill. This Is
taken to moan final adjournment will
be taken Friday nlg"ht, and the bill,
as adopted by the house, will become
a law.. : - , .
NEW CASES FILED.
Circuit Court WhMi Opens Tuesday
" ill Not Have Long Docket.
As Saturday Is m holiday and the
Monday following la election day. It is
very probable that the clork of the cir
cuit court, J. B.; Cllham, wllljiave
the June docket prepared by tomor
row some time. The list of cases Is :'
short one. . However, a few new one
have been added today. Among them
are suit for divorce and suits for re
eovery of damages and money allrced
to be due. , ' ; '
Walter M. and Samuel South against
Martha Sutherlsnd. et el., to quiet
title to land located near Medical
Springs, to one of them. ,. , . .,.
.Hanson rBos. of North Powder, tc
recover $720.2$ of, an open account
with H. B. Rankin," ls'snothe'r.
Catherine C. Rogers of this city, vs.
the O. R. U ?r.. iThle is a suit to re
cover 12E00 as damages. Mrs. Rog
ers owns land near' the main line that
hr now Isolated by tracks and she
wants damage money. , 'r
Lodeha Tucker against W. U Tuck
er, Is the title of 4 divorce suit j In
which It Is' alleged desertion. Mr.
Tucker was formerly, principal of the
Elgin schools.
KCHPECT IH RELEASED.
Man Who Was Snspeutral of Connec
tion With llold-t p Was Let Co
" Today. ' ' ,1 '
The suspect arrested last evening in
connection wMh the hold-up at the
lntersectn,ot,StiCf4 etreet with the
main line of the O. R. K. wss re
leased this morning when Prank Prlt
chard, tho victim, came to the jail and
found the one-armed man was not
one of the Individuals sought.
The hold-up took place last evenlnir
about I o'clock, when Mr. ritchard
was coming to La Orands frem a visit
with friends Dear the "Palmer mill.
He was accosted by two men. thrown
to the ground, and robbed of $24. in
the scuffle one of the men spoke,
and Mr. Pritchard declares he can
identify the voice if he hears it again.
A careful search wss made for the
two men by the night police force, but
It Is believed the men got out of the
City early in the night, ..A suspect was
taken in by the police, but was releas
ed today. Police authorities In other
cities are on the lookout for the hold
up artists.
Mr, Pritchard to an employe of the
Grande Ronde Lumber company.
y FOUND INSANE MAN.
Train Crew Picks Vp Man Who
. Ready to Make High Dive.
The train crew on an .. extra
vuna treignt - train this" afternoon
found an Insane man two miles west
of Bingham Springs. Sitting beside
the track, naked, he talked ' freely
when the crew Interrogated him. He
maintained he was preparing for a
high dive off eome imaginary bridge.
At Kamela the crew left him In com
petent hands, after supplying suffi
cient clothing to the maniac to make
him presentable. Sheriff Taylor; of
Pendleton was notified and he will
take charge of the fellow this evening.
The man could give no name and ap
peared, ta be about 40 years of age.
:i MISSING EDITOR FOUND..-
Fnrnier Ehtin Editor Has Come to
Light In Tacoroa, Wash.
Former Editor H. H. Palmer of the
Elgin Leader, who mysteriously dis
appeared from La . Grande several
weeks ago. and who It was feared for
a time had committed suicide, has at
last been found. He made his Iden
tity known from Tacoma to his former
partner In bUKlness at Hoqulam, Wash.
The discovery of the whereabouts was
brought about by .. urgent . need- of
funds. Thlmer wrote to Mr. Snyder,
his partner In business, asking for a
''lift" of $20.
No effort will be made to bring the
man back. to, Elgin, as practically all
the bills against the firm were taken
care of by Mr. Snyder.
' The discovery relieves the anxiety
entertained by friends .of the editor,
who harbored fears that he had taken
his life i
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED.
Proposed Ceremonies for 0)cnlng of
Ball Season MatcrlulUe.
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The proposed ceremonies to cttend
the opening of the baseball league
season here for next Saturday, have
materialized and the mayor will pitch
tho flrot ball. It will be caught by
Judge Crawford. The La Grande band
will lead the players to the grounds
and be la ftUenrtttoce when the fir?'.
Inning e&lll. ' i. . ' fc" " '
J '.) . '-'- ' ,J Ing the two fobbere wno' looted it
Cleveland Sinking. ' ' ' business houses here, and . shot Mar- -Lakewood.
N. 3.,' May There. shal Beckley In the shoulda vaetotW
were renewed , precautions today
against the public learning the condl-
tlon of ex-President Orover Cleveland
and it Is believed the end Is near. One
n f Sila .Ttarlnlt.1. Uam I - . .
(. m much in tuuimni
attendance. Last night tyn y were i
with the I ax of. Princeton J , V-
OUGHT TO BE TH
IT.
of every ;cltlzcn to
low citizens will esteem him for his goodness.. 1
his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of X
'gobd citizenship should constitute the code of rules I
fojj every Kind of business
this applies particularly
x cause, bwlrif to the limited knowledge of the qualities t
aKjffaaaatav liei Alt ...l.lA la aa a a eaV
2 u3 uy l,,c c't;i1i puuue. ii ioiiows mat tne ,re-
a iiuuuiiy vi iiic uiuiiai.
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S1YSTERY AT K6RTII
POWDER REKINDIjKD,
Though Dcod, or Mlwdnx. for Twenty
Two Years, Willis Silff's Estate Will
Be Probated Eoco FLini Ao.miuC
. Wea Filed by BfcAllster Today Re
calls Mysterions Murder of f'oc-mt
County Clerk 'at North Powdar ta
188.
yie .wmie Bkiff murder at Nort""
Powder 11 years ago, was brought
vividly to mind today, when D. A. M
Allster filed the final account in the
Skiff estate, with the county clerk.
The action has started pioneers gos
siping about the eupposed murder at
that. time. Dates conflict slight!?,
but nevertheless, the fact that Willie
Skiff disappeared In the year 1888,
and that a body Identified later to be
his, was found In the North Powdur
river the following year, Is well known.
History and pioneers say that Skiff
was murdered on the steps of a North
Powder hotel In 1S8. The following
year a body waa found In the river and
was identified to be that of Skiff.
Others refuse to believe this and say
that It Is possible Skff is alive or at
least lived after the finding of the
body. In any event, 14 years ago saw
administration of the personal, proper
ty In the court of Union county.
From that day to this the court
have not dealt with the Skiff estate.
The final account as filed toduy, speci
fies that the estate, though Inventoried
at H240, has .badly depreciated and
is not worth that amount now by a
large margin.)
Suspicion pointed strongly, at the
time. .to the proprietor of the hotel
near which the alleged murder took
place. Long and sennatlvnnl triula
followed; but no 'one was vr ' con
victed of the-.crime. The proprietor
ns Soon after Incarcerated In" the
Insane asylum. '
. Snf peeled Dynamiters Arreted,,
San Francisco, May 2S. OffU'lalSM
of the "graft prosecution nre positive
that the men Who '"dynairilted ex-Su-"'"
pervlsor Gallagher's home, were trying
I to Intmldate grift witnesses. ''Kid"
Isclson, Tom Groves, A, H. .Middle- '
man, and Jim Hayes were arrested ,
early yesterday morning berati ther
trailed Detective ' Burns in an auto
yesterday. No specific charge hit
been entered yet.
Town Out With Guns., 'i7
. Oakland, Ore., Msy jj.jhfl entipe
town, has turned tut With guns hufieT"
day. Thera ma bs a' Ivnchln fi,-
mob la lnmn..i tt... '
destruction of property by the thugs,
.They burned the stamps in the posU
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omce ana smarned v'ndo and
show faiii In the ' steree where butt
him. t a - " ' "
HAPPINESS AND'GLORr
so live and act that his' f el I
whether pubtl& or private.'
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