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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1908)
U'-iUJI-V VOLUME vn. ; IA GRANIE, TJXIOX COtrWTT, OREftOX. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1008. KCMREK 861. BOIKB, THIUD TEKMFRS" THINK ' - A VICTORY IS AHEAD. Tart's Meimirlal Tny Address at Gen eral limit's Tomb, Where He R(t '.' furred to the Groat Soldier's Drunk--eruiem, May Reult In the Defeat of Ohio's Favorite Son Taft Enemies 'and Adherent of the Third-Term Idea Working Hard. .. , , Chicago, June J. President floose "Velt may be the next nominee of the republican party. A sudden life has een Injected Into "the presidential booms of favorite sons by the belief that Taft can be defeated on the Issue W ICIIkHl KUWIQ MVIUUI MI Utt nw stress at Grant's tomb. In-which he referred to Grant's drunkenness. "Second elective termers" are busy xrying to rorce Kooseveit to accept the nomination If he sees that Taft is sure n be defeated. , , The fight la on today In a dozen different quarters. News from In dianapolis this morning shows the plans of the alliance to defeat Taft Hitchcock sees breakers ahead. He Tiurrled here personally' to direct the Tight Speaker Cannon, who was on Ills way home tn a touring car, heard the news and hurriedly left his ma chine for a fast train. Hemenway, Fairbanks' manager, : with Cannon, also abandoned the- auto. Hughes boomers and the Knox managers are -using every means to make the most of the peculiar situation. The speech Is to be mentioned at every opportu nity on the floor of the convention. the lid on" Reno, the largest town In the United States 'whis is run wide open, started at a secret meeting. ? the open element. The gamblers are willing to spend a fortune to keep the town openN The city council has de cided to submit the license question "to the people at a special election In October. " . , Mikado Buys Paper.. Tokio, June 3. Editor Bethell, the Englishman, who has been publishing the Korean Daily News at Seoul, has been bought off by the Japanese gov ernment. The paper was objectiona ble to Japan, which could not do any thing because Bethell claimed the pro tection of the British flag. A money consideration waa finally the means of I ' PRESIDENT'S HORSE FALLS. While Riding Teterday Roosevelt Has Fall But Is Not Badly Hart. "Washington, June t. It has become known here that Roosevelt was thrown ' from a young horse and narrowly es caped death yesterday afternoon In Hock Creek park. The president waved his life by quickly turning to one side, as the horse fell. The pres ident, when the story came out, said: "It really didn't amount to much and la hardly worth printing. I am not Injured at all seriously." Mrs. Roosevelt was with the presi dent and saw the accident. She Is an expert horsewoman, and would have aided her husband If she could have reached him In time. Sergeant Mo Dermott, an orderly, was closer. I fihit against lid. Reno In Throes of Bitter Fight Over Saloon Question. : ( .Reno, Nev., June J. An organized campaign afMnst an attempt to "put wlli be closely watched. 1PK I if to run CABINET STRUGGLES WITH PANAMA ELECTION WAR. Much Interest Manifest la the Trou bles In the Republic ot Panama Over the. Coming Election More Marines to Be Sent May Become Necessary to Send Controlling Pow er Into the Republic Danger to Canal Works Great. Washington, June I. The publica tion by the United Press of dispatches telling of the crisis in the republic: of Panama has aroused', great interest here. It has been announced today that 200 additional marines have been ordered to the Isthmus immediately, with order to protect American prop erty and to help keep order at the election. It Is-alJio planned to have a detail of sailors If conditions are not Im proved before election time. Almost the entire cabinet meeting yesterday was devoted to a discussion of Panama and the possible necessity of the United States taking control of the country, though nothing was given out. - ..' . ' The danger to the canal works Is' ot utmost Importance and the situation m mm PITH HE MAY MAR ATTRACTION OF TOMORROW'S EVENTS. Scattlo Automobile Racer Meets Fatl Aucldeat While Running Over the Coarse of Tomorrow's Races The . Wheels Strike Soft Ground and ; Turn Turtle One Other Driver In Hurt But He WIU Recover Fol- borth Not Expected to Survive. . ... Portland, Ore., June 2. Pinned In to his seat by ttte steering wheel. Wil liam jroioertn, a pruivowiouau uunuu bile racer of Seattle, was fatally in. Jured when his car rolled confplete. ly over three times lost night, and. be Is not expected to live through, the day. , George McCartney, another racer, was also seriously injured, but Is expected to survive.'. jtroiDerui sit i Mcuartn were fin ning over inn cnuvs or tn t regon ro;ul races to e ! ten nr v when i'i; areM-n" iiiurrvd r i ill, bad driven over ib i'8-j 'n ee J mes, mi. I was ru'-aine hi, imi.ijii i at a f mile an 1 Mir c'.ii vhen lis at tempts!, ti n a ..ur-i lh road to the ll-mlle road houe. Workmen who had been puttlngthe course in shape bad plowed the road. Intending to roll It and lessen the dan ger of the curve.' The Seattle driver knew nothing of the newly plowed ground and ran Into It The wheels sank and he rolled over. , '. , . FoIberUt 'could not escape and was crushed under, the heavy , machine three times. Four ribs were-broken and ha sustained fatal Internal injur ies. k McCartney was crushed but once, having his collar bone broken and an arm broken. '' It Is feared the many ac cidents may' mar tomorrow' races as the course Is said to be even more dangerous than Briar Cliff road. COMPLETE RETURNS.'. Of COUNTY VOTE W!r' CANDIDATES. 5 1 4i 2 42-$ 'it314i4 mmm mm to I This Sale is for the Benefit of the People as Individuals The Fair's Big Sale Starts Tomorrow Morning . At Nine Oclock It Will Be By Far The Biggest Selling Event La Grande Has Ever Seen It Will pay You To Be Here Early To Share In The Grand Choosing 4 THE FAIR STORE'S Doors Open Promptly, ; At Nine in La Grande OrcjiJon inr Cuninx ,12 Ellis ;13 Jeffrey .14 Sanders IS , Shaffer Supreme Judge - 1 Bean ,17 Bright "18 Brlx !nlry ami Food Commlmionei 1 Bailey 20 Emery i , . . . 21 Hosklns For United States Senator . 22 Amos , 28 Cake ...... v, ....... . 14 - Chomhorlaln ... j r Cooper ....... . r. ; . .-. , For RulliMMd Commissioner 2 Aitchlson 27 Hamilton 28- Newell 2 Young For Circuit Judge .20 Crawford . , 21 Knowles ...,.',, For State Senator SS Oliver 33 Rumble For Joint ItciM-esentadve - 34 Rusk ., For State Representative 85 Barnes 36 . Richardson ........... - 37 ' Rothchlld ,.. For Sheriff 38 Childem , ,V, , . 39 ' Davis , 40 Fltigerald For Clerk . 4t Tunis 42 Wright For Commtofuoner . i , 43 Blumensteln , 44 Klch ,. 45 Selder For .Recorder 48. Gassett 4T 'Snook 48 v Simmons IVmt AsMesaor ' 4t Hug 80 Mayvllle H' Rlnehart For County Superintendent 62 Blsh6p 62 Bragg ,., For Treamirer 64 Frawley Et Warren For Surveyor i 66 Curtis 67 Thornton For Coroner 68 Monk ' 69 Yoder Loral Option so Dry 61 Wet 5117 19 110 14114131 8!! 18 4 16 87 105 25 22 70 6 2 11 4 20 28 8 6 6 4 12 18 8 3 6 54 17 29 182 217 180 4 148 13 J 4 20 29 '28 7 12 4 2 15 4 28 JO 4 6 89 IT "21 110 123 134 26 89 19 3 21 83 112 90 26 (7 14 2 S 13 24 21 4 7 812 7 21 72 3 38 10 17 8 122 124 27 55 87 ltil 18 185 lit 80 1(12 2 1 1 1U jo 2 - , J8 IB 19 97 123 107 22 77 7 4 4 24 89 4C 14 19 9 3 4 18 16 17 2 -6 19 1 18 76 98 77 14 58 80 11 24 93 148 127 30 99 42 12 22 121 1(0 135 28 .69 2 10 26 99 141 117 86 97 46 13 19 104 143 135 22 70 61 20 26 149 200 176 35 121 4 - 6 12 70 14 81 2 6 36 It l 91 142 121 89 74 31 6 19 116 120 99 19 84 14 11 31 115 141 138 38 110 49 9 9 97 136 111 29 54 4 2 6 43 11 16" 2 6 , 8 1 11 18 34 48 11 20 62 22 33 183 213 135 43 137 40 8 17 114 186 151 25 98 6 8 10 14 12 23 4 26 16 21 88 90 68 27 64 '17 4 19 93 121 100 19 48 68 18 19 112 145 123 31 116 2 .. 10 3 16 61 6 3. 81 15 14 76 129 112 29 57 6 8 11 6 8 16 6 6 . 36 4 23 186 161 139 26 104 30 6 28 60 97 110 22 62 40 1419 160 184 128 28 116 63 20 29 192 220 187 37 142 7 8 13 22 80 48 13 15 38 8 22 121 144 133 96 106 34 16 24 93 136 116 21 61 63 20 27 169 217 186 28 186 8 3 15 18 23 42 10 14 64 18 21 147 182 162 31 120 12 8 24 62 91J07 23 43 10 It 2 27 1 119 8 10 1 79' 4 7 2 17 6a o! 88 4 3 46 96 65 76 18 10 18 57 78 64 4 15 121 64 10 75 42 94 78 8 67 68 79 . 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The principal propo sition of doubt since Inst evening has been the stnt-! iiHtmlnl qutwtlon. That Is settled this afternoon when prsetlrnlly full returns from Wallowa cims In ami the I'nlon county pre cincts camo In. Oliver's mnjorltv over Humble In botti counties 1h 1J4. In I'nlon county Oliver lost by 166 votes, b'lt Wallowa hns gnn foe Oliver by an even 200. The Jifferem-o will not be lessened much, as only 15 voles re main to be arrounlcd for. Cnkn carried I'nlon rnunlv hir s and Wallowa county by 75. In Wallowa county the democrats elected a sheriff, clerk, assessor snd tressurer. The court house stays at Enterprise by a majority of 200. The republicans elected a county ludzn. commissioners, school superintendent and surveyor. Knowles carried the county by a trifle more than 400. Statement No. I Carries. Portland, June 3. Governor Cham berlain will be the next t'nlted States senator from Oregon. This was de termined today when the returns showed 62 statement No. 1 members were elected to the next legislature a safe majority of sis over the num ber required to elect a senator. Chsmberlnln now luads H. M. Csk 1y 1672, with three or four counties to hesr from. Chamberlain stands. 38,78; Cake, 17,117. ... F.lghteon Counties Iry. The prohibitionists won their bat ties In 18 counties. According to pres ent flnires Union, Wsllowa. tTmaMIL . Yamhill, Lane, Doiiglss, Polk, IJnn, Klsmath. Curry, Qllllsm and Sher msn counties are absolutely dry. Crook, Baker, Multnomah, Jack don and Josephine counties sacrificed large slices of wet territory to the "drys." FITZSIM.MOXS'IS GAME. Old-Tuner Now In Pwtlend, Anxious lo SlnUli With KctclH-ll. . rortland, June 8. "I want to meet this man Kctchc-ll. Tho rumor that I hove retired from the ring Is wrong. I am still the middleweight champion of the world and ready to fight any and all comers." said Bob Fltzslmmonn the pugilist-actor, who opens a short engagement here Monday. Filsslm mons, accompanied by his wife, Julia' May Glfford, the singer, who works with the fighter In vaudeville. Flts slmmons Is going lo open negotiations with Ketchell next week. , . Wind Hurts i rult, . Mosler, J"une Still. WiU'm Wt-'ather would certainly be welcome to most every one Jn Mosler as this wind la ploying havoc with the early frolt Mr. Bntheman, our lnrg.nt strawberry grower, says he won't hnve more than half a crop of berries, because of tha cold winds. The small green ber.fes on the vine in place of ripening as they should. sr drying up. Soma of the cherry rn leers say this wind la causing lots of cherries to fall. A few apple growers are waiting for a calm day lo spray so It seems as If this wind Is injuring the fruit Crop In general, and calm weather would be mojt weU , Wliolraalc Klauclitrr. Athens, June Y. A body of pant. ilrlcken telugees from Tamos,' wh have arrived ber, report that 80 wo men and children were sinln by Turk ish troops during the first days of fighting at Vsthy. the capital of the Island. . They declare also that ,tne troop fired persistently oa tha for- elgn consulates. The refugees are all Greeks and as they have In bora, hat- t rea of the Turks, their statements are I lov OUGHT TO BE THt HAPPINESS AND CLORY every citizen to so live and act that his fel- Iow citizens u ill esteem him for his ioodncss. his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of tood citizenship should constitute the code of rules for every kind of business whether public" or private. This applies particularly to the drui business, be cause, owing to the limited knowledge of the qualities Of drugs by th3 general public. It follows that the re liability of the druggist Is the chief guarantee of good service. y . 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