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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
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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.
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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.)
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.'
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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.
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