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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1908)
.1 , '. iv- i .-7 nr-.'v 'V' V V volume m. LA GRANDE, CXIOX COCNTY, OREGON. MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1008. NUJfilia: 239. v-V, XSvf : tt rwi YA,Y tS 1 jf! : gtIM ( US vAJV .-A. :;. ' ATM m 4 X 1 L1RGEST VOTE IX YEARS AP. PAItENT T1IIS AFTERXOOX, Anti-Saloon League Hag Challengers at Every Poll lu the City, But Noth ing Out of the Ordinary Has Oc curred Both Element Laboring Tooth and Nail to Win County Pre ' etneto AU Say Dry. Sentiment In Otrrytng Strong. Union county la going to cast the largest vote today that It ever hat, it the rlln MtaMMid ki. ...... . oth. ia La Grande and ..out of La Orande, la maintained. From the min ute that the polla In thla city opened thla morning, until press time, the clerks have been actively engaged in attending to their, dutlea. This la es pecially true In precincts Nos. 2 and 1. Both Elements Working. Early in the day the principal Issue In )the election proved itself to be the prohibition question. Challengers from both parties have been stationed ' at the polling places, but no disturb ances had occurred at three o'clock The . elements are "plugging" hard, both working silently but seemingly effectually. . ' . ia Grande, No. 2, Going Wot. Even the anti-saloon league con precinct o. Z going wet by a large majority. This precinct Is the hotbed of all the county as far as the wet element Is concerned, and If the anti-saloon men can - hold the lead own in this precinct to something like 175 or 200, the county will go dry. This Is the claim on both sides. No. S Is another place where crowds liave hovered about all day, and the prohibitionists are claiming an even 'fcreak there. The other three pre cincts of the city ars claimed to be even breaks ss well. ; The leads the saloon element Is having in La Grande will be offset. It Is believed, by the fanner vote, and the sma.ll majority expected for the dry Issue In Union. FAIR- Starts Thursday Morning, at 9 .'.-' MOST GIGANTIC CXIXADIXG OF SIERCHANDIHE TAKEN PLACE HERE. Prices on Every Thing Low Enougn to Pay I You Well for Coming. BIG REDUCTIONS REDUCTIONS BIG Store earned Tnewlay and Wednesday while prfa-re are Immense stork Is being arranged and placed where yoa rltmiee easily. ' n T ' BE HERE THURSDAY SURE, In Nq. 2 at S o'clock, the vote stood 280. In No.' S 225 had voted at the same hour with the votes coming in at the rate of 80 every hour. In South La Grande 100 had voted at thut hour. Many a ttwu took a Hample ballot home at noon and during luncheon perused the. contents of It. t So knotty question Is the , voting proposition this year that It often requires 15 min utes to cast a vote.. In No. 2 this af ternoon one nun wrestled with the Initiative and referendum measures for 25 minutes. .The usual number of challenges are being made by Judges of electton. . From a candidates' standpoint) it Is hard to prognosticate. Cake men claim comfortable leads In all pre cincts. The others are at a stand-off. each candidate being positive of his election. Chamberlain Gets Some. outuinervuie. June l.8peclal.)- The vote here Is exceptionally large, the splendid weather and high Inter est in several Issues being responsible. On the "dry' county Issue Summer vllle, like the other outlying districts. are going dry by large majorities If the present Indications county for any ming. inamoeriain is running a strong race here, but Cake Is holding his own, from all outward appear ances. . . ... Imbler Dry. . Imbler, Juno 1. (Special) Imbler Is going dry. Chambeililu ia running considerably well, according to demo crats, but republicans are claiming a nice majority for Cake. Union a Puzzlo. Union, June 1. (Special.) Inter est Is running high on both sides of the prohibition Issue, and It Is hard to draw a line. Friends of the "dry" movement claim this city with Its two precincts will go dry by something like 100 majority. Cake has a strona hold here. - Terry Dry In Appearance. Perry. June 1. (Special.) "Perrv Is going dry," say the leading politi cians here. Republicans claim a large lead over Chamberlain. nig'Voto at Alicol. . Alice!, June 1. (Special.) Cham berlain and Cake, are running about even here, say leaders on both sides. (Continued on page 1.) IP BIG THAT Tl:e WlKtle Store a warn of Manners ami Signs, announcing the Bur gill ii and slum lug ilto BIG REDUCTIONS IF Am PRESIDENT SICfIS GUILDINCS BILL LA GRANDE PROVISO IS , INCLUDED IX LIST Last Saturday Afternoon President Roosevelt Appended Ills Official Signature to the Public Building Bill for La Grande, and the Struc ture No Longer In Doubt Mayor Halt Congratulates Delegation on Honest Efforts. Nothing can forestall a ' federal building for La Grande. President buildings bill last Saturday night ' Xn a telegram to Mayor M. K. Hall and others of this city, Representative W. R. Ellis proclaims the glad tidings to the city of La Grande. For a time It looked as thought the public build. Ings bill, which provided for many new federal structures In the Pacific north west, was doomed to death In this session of the 60th congress, but at the last moment It passed both houses and as far as La Grande Is concerned, was signed by the president, thereby making the bill as good as cosh. . Telegrams of Thanks. ' Brief messages of thanks and com mendation to tho Oregon delegation In congress have been sent by Mayor Hall today, and by President Collier of the Commercial club. v Congressman TV.' R. Ellis and Sen ator C. W. Fulton have worked tike heroes on this matter for La Grande and for this reason, principally, the bill was passed and signed. Messages have been received and sent at regu lar Intervals between Ellis and Ful ton and Mayor Hall, Postmaster Rlch- ey and the La Orande Commercial club, while the fate of the bill was In doubt. Now-It Is passed and La Grande Is assured beyond a Question of doubt, that a federal building will soon be added to the features of this city. Thrice armed la he who hath hli advertising displayed Just right HAS EVER rluuigln and the can see all, and ' DOORS OFElf AT A. M. La Grande Oregon "SALE- IME lEHET HE B! CI WESTOX CRIME FRUIT OF DRUNKEN 8ALOOX SWAMP. Rahy Girl of Three Years Outraged by Drunken Degenernlo Who lias Mudo His Livelihood by Swamping Out ; Saloons Weston Cliln'ns Talk of Lynching, But Officiate Take Fiend Away Daughter of County Clerk ' Frank Saling. .;. Charged with the crime of attend ing to rape the t-year-old daughter of county Jlern Frank Baling, John Beh renaen, a German, who has been swamping at the Corner saloon I at Weston, was arrested there yesterday afternoon and brought to Pendleton a few hours liter for safekeeping, (ays the Pendleton Tribune. Never has a more loathsome, revolt ing and dastardly crime been recorded In the police records of Umatilla county that that with which the drunken degenerate from Weston faces. A criminal attemot to nn(r mere baby has never been known in Oregon where the Incidents were more aggravated than incidental to that committed yesterday. As soon as the news of the deed reached the people who had assem bled ln-Weston to attend the old pco pies picnic, a mob quickly formed and marched to the city Jail when it was found that the man had been hurried Jo Pendleton for' protection from' (He rage-crazed citizens. The deed, which was committed in vacant house adjacent to the Sallna home In Weston, on Water street, was first discovered about 2:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Frank Baling, mother of the baby girl, and Liuy Marshal Dave Lavendur, who happened to te walking along the street at the time the mother began her search for her child, who had been gone for nearly an hour. According to the reports from Wes ton, It Is evident that the brute was In the very act of attempting to out rage the Innocent little girl who had been prattling on the . doorstep , and playing with the flowers, when he waa surprised. He did not make the least resistance, merely mumbling: In his fright that he did not mean any thing, and- that he would get out of town as soon as possible, if the offl- cors would let him go. Almost prostrated with horror at the affair, and the awful Jeopardy and Insult to which her little one, less than I years old, had been subjected. Mrs. Saling carried the child to the Salina home, In the adjoining lot, and a doc tor was summoned. The little girl who was the victim of the arfalr, Is the youngest daughter of Connty Clerk and Mrs. Frank Saling. She was considered one of the most besutl.ful children, both In face and mind. In Pendleton, and has often been referred to as "that beautiful Saling baby." She had b-in playing about the yards during the early affrnoon. and It Is supposed that sho wandered Into the neighboring vacant yardx when she was espied by Bvhrensen. and cunningly appropriated as an ob ject of his hclllxh designs. The man whose blood was sought by the people of Weston In expiation of the awful crime, and who is con sidered the moat- damnable wrotch lhat ever smirched the blotters at the sheriffs office, Is a low-bred, In-bred looking German. His forehead Is low, with the head slanting to a peak be. hind. Ills eyes are green, mottled with flecks of grey, and are bleary and filled with water. Indicating pro tracted dissipation. It Is understood that nehrensrn was In a drunken condition whn he com mitted the outrage. He seemed to be In a stupid stste when fir taken to Jail, and only mutters when he Is asked what he did. He says he was drank. County Clerk Haling ts one of the most prominent of the county official. Hie family a considered with the highest re)t In Pendleton. Last Ight the awful affair was the ae sorWsg theme of conversation In this eftr. While ma violence wee tftreate. first heard of the' crime,' Indicated with what degree of leniency the pub lic will demand that 'punishment, bo mctud to the man. The first rumor came as a shock to tho city, and many refused to believe the awful dutall until a verified report confirmed the rumors. - i , "Billy" Sunday Weakens. Sharon, Pa., June 1 At the conclu sion of a strenuous sermon vrnterrisv "Billy"' Sunday, the ex-baseball player, who closed a series of revivals, col lapsed from exhaustion today and Is so weak ho Is confined to his bed. Dur- Ing his sermon he pounded the pulpit to pieces with his fluts and picked up a large splinter and waved It through the air as though he was lining out a three-bagger. ''..' San Francisco, June 1. Five war ships of the Atlantlo fleet are here preparing for their trip around the world. The fleet ts to assemble here on July S. Admiral Sperry has Issued orders ot officers and men to partici pate In no more festivities. CHINA A PEACE MEDIUM. China Made Greatest Progress In 1007 of Any of World's Nations. " ; San Francisco. Cat. June 1. "fllve China lo years more of peace and at the end of that period China and the United States make a combination which would Insure Peace ' In the world," said N. Poon Cho. a Chinese editor, while delivering an address on "Progressive China" at Hamilton Square Baptist church. He declared America Is China's only ally. "America Is the only country that has not taken, a slice of China, and If the only one that China can depend upon to be a friend.' TJurlng 1K07 China made more progress than any other country In . the world. It sent 1,000 students abroad to be educat ed, established 17 newspapers, com mencea many new railroads." , , Floods in Montana. . Butte, Mont., June 1. The North ern Pacific road was washed out at a half dozen places in the state, and also a large bridge near Missoula, Mont., and four smaller ones went out. The Helena branch lino Is also put of business, II trains being stalled at various stations on the line. . It Is estimated that 2000 passengers are being held up In the state. Four Inchea of rain fell In the last three days and a foot of snow In the hills melting during that time are respon sible. The worst of the flood will come when the sun starts shining. Many Ir rigation dams threaten to break un der the terrific pressure. This Is the heaviest rain In 10 years. Big Kunh at Twin Falls. M U JIM I- When the reentra tion books closed nt Twin Falls at midnight for today's drawing under the Twin Falls,Salmon River- Irriga tion project, 4020 applications had been made for acreage ranging from iO to 10 acres. Applications were made for 600,000 acres, and there aro but 20,000 acres available at this time. 4t14 OUGHT TO BE TM HAPPINESS AND CL0RY ol every citizen to so live and act that Ills fel low citizens ulll esteem him for his goodness, IT his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of Jlood citizenship should constitute the code of rules for every kind of business misapplies particularly cause, owing to the limited of drugs by the general public, it follows that the re liability of the druggist Is the chief guarantee ' of i good service.1 HILL'S DRUG STORE i La Grand nfinrrimiH itiuunuiv urti, III ALL CM CRUISER CHARLESTON AND ' ' MANY GUNBOATS HERE, Second Annual Rose Fiesta In Port land Opened This Morning Reg Oregonus Hat Received the Keys of Portland, and Will Hang On Until Friday Night Of fleers of Fleet to Be Entertained This Evening by the Coast Ad Men's Association. Portland, June 1 The second an- '" weMVM when ReX Oregonus landed from hta barge at the foot of Stark streot and was escorted to the city hall where Mayor Lane presented htm with the keys to the city. , Now the question which Is bother ing the curious Portlandcre Is, "Who Is Hex 7" for his Identity la concealed behind a mask that will not be lifted till the grand ball Friday night The guesses range from J. Wesley Ladd. the millionaire, to A. Mutts Goat. 'The cruiser Charleston and gunboat Torktown, arrived In the harbor yes- . terday morning. They will be Joined by torpedo boats Perry, Petrel, Farra gut, Davis and Fox today. Tonight the Pacific Coast Ad Men entertain tho officers of the fleet at an annual banquet. KILLED BY PASSENGER TRAIN. Father and Daughter Killed Near Stockton Wlillo Crowing Trestle. Stockton Cal..' June 1. The Inquest over the remains of Henry Daus Scott and daughter Lillian, killed on the railroad trestle across the Mokleum- ne river yesterday by act overland train Is being held here this afternoon. Engineer Shankey testified that ha saw Scott and four children near the end of the "trestle, but seemed tc be getting off all right and he did not stop the train. When he saw the lit tle girl get her foot caught he was ' about five feet from the end of the bridge, and he applied the. break, but was too lata. , The engineer la on the verge of collapse ' ' ' ' - . The father was trying to extricate his daughter's foot from tetwecn the ties when the train bore down upon" them and killed them both. ' - i . . Gallagher Soils Property. San Francisco, June 1. Former Su pervisor Gallagher will dispose of his Oakland property, which was dyna mited, tomorrow. It is understood he sold out to his former partner, Archl-, teef. George McCrea, to protoct him self from attacks.' 11 ' Snow In Nevada. Ely, Nev., June 1. Twelve Inches of snow fell ' here Sunday. This is the heaviest snowstorm of years, but ho reports of serious damage have been received. The storm waa gen eral between here and Cobre. '' t 0 M - W4 ey whether public or private. to the drug business, be- knowledge of the qualities t Oregon J ; m ttfimttitrtHittt rmmom I 4. we nsserke mats ry nwsi efc ' t . . . . . ImtmHmttmiiiMmftrtmttmwiel: .a.