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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
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OLIVER ELECTED BY 1 34; STATEMEffT I WIHS; 1 8 DRY
W Ith full and compolte returns from
every precinct in the county of Union
and hut one preolnrt mining In the
report from Wnllowa county Ihnt
precinct contulnlng but 15 Totes In all
The Obs'-rvc-r con now state the
complete totals of majorities, and Jum
who Is elected. 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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