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. o volume rn. LA GKAKDE, UNION COUXTT, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 108. NUMBER S3. D HOBS' FIVE LOCATIONS ALREADY WANTED FOn BUSINESS. JTew Enterprises Seeking Locution In La. Grando -Pluces Sought AreNow ' Used as Distributing Stations for ; Booie Town Will Improve Rapidly Wages Will Be Spent for Bread, Clothed and Education. In spit of the howls of those pub- tic benefactors (?) who are ready to . consign La Grande to the demnltlon t sjow-wowe, It Is very evident to any - lair-ratnoed person who will take the trouble to investigate the likelihood of the town being forced through, the ; bankruptcy court, that we are not dead yet. The prohibitionists have een charged with wrecking the town ; financially, and with confiscating pii f rate businesses and property. As an evidence that we will continue o grow and that business Interest will not shun the city,' we are authorized 3by one of the leading firms of the city ta.'say that already five new enter prises are seeking locations here, and that If the Interests In question fall to come to satisfactory agreements with the owners of the properties, that the options will be immediately snapped up by others. Three of the desired lo cations are on Depot street The other two are on Adams avenue, here the ffjer bar now is, and where the Lit tle. Gem pool room Was formerly, v . INSANE YOUNGSTER 6IIOOTS, Minneapolis Youth Runs Amuck With Gun anil Shoots First Man He Meets. Minneapolis. June 4. A strange tragedy occurred In the street here to day when Jamea Montague, aged it, possessed of an Insane desire to kill the first man he met, shot A. P. Cam den, a Chicago elevator man. : ' ' The, police found an entire outfit of women's clothes In Montague's room. He evidently masqueraded as a woman part of the time. . v TROUBLE IN AUSTRIA. Universities Closed Quarrel Between Clericals and Seculars. " Vienna, June 4. The leading uni versities of Austria are closed today on account of the strike of the clerical an4 non-clerical students. . The ad dress of Prof. Wahrmund at Innes bruek caused the dlssentton. He criti cized P.ornan Catholics. IIBEWIH CONCRATUUTED PEERLESS LEADER SENDS MESSAGE TO NEW SENATOR. Certificates Lawful. Washington, June 4. Treasury of ficials have decided that the new cur rency law does not prohibit the use of clearing house certificates. They be lieve that certificates Instead of highly taxed emergency currency should be used. ' . . . It Is understood that Cortelyou does not consider the failure to make cash ier's certificates Illegal a serious de fect in the new 'currency bill.' His opinion Is that any bank resorting to issuing the certificates with new cur rency available will meet with public condemnation sufficient to cause a change of tactics. Ono Time "Boy Orator of the Flatto" Sends Governor Measure . of Con gratulation on Ills "Great Victory" Mnny Politicians ItaKtenlng to Give the- Glud Hand Many Friends Remember Old Times. ; Salem, Ore., June '4. William J. Bryan this morning wired congratula tions to Governor Chamberlain. All the morning messages were . pouring Into the gubernatorial chambers from old friends, politicians and governors of other states. Bryan wired from Omaha: "Accept my hearty congratulations. Tou have won a great victory." 1KB SEE T BIG CROWDS VIEW 60 AND 100-MILE RACES TODAY, Visitors at Portland's Rose Show and Celebration Are This Afternoon Watching With Bated Breath the Thrilling Deeds of the Contestants in the Automobile lUccw Twelve Cars Entered in the 100-Mile Race. Increase Oregon Postmasters' Salaries. Washington, D. u June 4. Oregon prosperity has paid Its postmasters. Forty-seven of these governmont em ployes In Oregon will receive an In creased salary "July l. Postmaster Mlnto of Portland will draw 16000 a year Instead of $5000 as In the past. and the other 4( will, get from to $500 more than before. ' 1100 I. R. Rnook and Joe Campbutl, re turned from Elgin on the afternoon train, after having delivered the fine driving horse Dr. Klrby recently pur chased from If r. Snook. iicces, : The FAIR S BIG SAVE Certainly Brought the People. They Came,-Saw,and Made Many Purchases. All were Delighted because they Found Eveay-thing AS ADVERTISED, -and So Uuch to Select From. The Entire Sales Force is Compelled to Work Until Late Tonight In Order to Place the IMMENSE STOCKS 1H SHAPE FOR TOMORROWS BUSS1NESS INDIVIDUAL BARGAINS IVU GO ON SALE Extra Special, In the Dry Goods Dc- .' " ' Out at J. ,i ... .10 portnieut. . Ail Hahakerehlef, In lot t, to close Staple 8tuff of world-wide reputa- Out ul . . i . . , . , .lo tion. Limit, 10 yards to a customer. All Handkerchiefs In lot li to elose A great sale to take place, counter No. out at lo 2. Take advantage while the limits All Handkerchiefs In lot 4, to closa . last. Tou cannot afford to miss them: . out at ..go Regular Regular American prints, best All Handkerchiefs In lot 6, to closo 8 He and 10c values, now, per yd 5c out at 7o 10c Apron ginghams, the famous , , ' All Handkerchiefs In lot , to close Amoskeag and other brands, per out at g 3-"ra i.5o All Handkerchiefs In lot 7, to close IBe Lonsdale Muslin pf Superior qual- . 'out at 3 lty. per yard Dc All Handkerchiefs In lot 8, to close JlegulHr 20c Lonsdale Cambric of re- ' out at .,..18e markublo texture and purity, " per All Handkerchiefs In lot , to cols 3'rfl 12e . out at' .'. S7o Limit of 10 yards to each customer. All Handkerchiefs fn lot 10, to close Look for these, counter No. 2, dry out at ..47o goods department. - . The qualities Include specimens from fine quality Muslins through to the SPECIALS FOR MEN different and substsntial grades of In the Great Unloading Sale. Linen and splendid qualities of Bilk. Bandana Handkerchiefs now ...... 4c - A Handkerchief event of great 1m- JOe heavy wrok Box now '. . ,7c portance on sale, tabl. No. S. 15c "Wterk Sox now to He black and tan Sox now lie SUM ME It MILLINERY J 5c and 15c Suspenders, now ,...lc At Much Leas Than Half. tOs Ruspenders, now ....o Splendid creations are now on sale Bummer Ties now le here beautifully Trimmed Hats that 15o and ISo Four-lnlland Ties .... I8o represent ths leading shapes and tOo Four-ln-Hand Ties now I7o styles Including the famous "Merry, 7 Be and tl Four-ln-Hand Ties now 4o W idow Sailor," etc., etc.. etc. 75e and tl Balbrtggan Underwear B3e, All former $(.00 and $1.60 Hits $1.4 60c and 75c Underwear now 43c All former $7.50 and $11.50 Hats $4-S 85e and 40c Belts now Slo au former $11.50 and $11.00 Hats SOe to 75c Belts now Itc now M.7S The Millinery Section shows a great 5000 Drummers Sample Handkerchiefs ' many styles, magnificent specimens, For ladles and gentlemen the most . eailly worth their regular prices. All notable gathering of ' Handkerchiefs will sell quickly at much reduced one could expect to choose from. Look prices during this great sale. ' for them and share In this splendid . distribution. Divided Into 10 great $10 IIAND-TAILORF.D SKIRTS M.M lots, to be sold at the following prices: All Handkerchief, la lot 1, to close tl.00 CORSETS NOW .17o " ' . : , , . ' ' ... 'TWILL PAY YOU TO COME EARLY - Portland, June 4. Thousands of persons waxhed the eight big cars whizz down the base section line roads in the 50-mile road rao this aftw. noon, expecting each moment to' see a" fatal accident. Thousands of dot dars were bet, : Boon as the race is finished, the second contest, the 100- mlle race, will be pulled off with 12 machines entering. . More than 7000 people saw the big cars glide into place when Starter De camp called the 50-mlle race. Harry Johnson drove a White steamer; Wil liam Sllmmon a White steamer; W. F. Dodd a Pope-Hartford; Howard Co vey a Cadillac; William Wallace a Pope-Hartford; W. Gill a Thomas; S. Chiistopherson a Stoddard-Day ton; Dr. C. B. Brown a Kessellkar. The Oldsmoblle car scratched because of Folberth'a accident. The races were the greatest event of the kind ever pulled off on the coast. Folberth's ac cident had keyed the spectators to the highest pitch In the fear pf a repeti tion of the disaster. Members of the Third Infantry, Oregon National Guard, were patrolling the course. , Enthusiasts believed that the 100-mlle race this afternoon would be mt&s in less than wo hours. ' T$i Eatrlc. ' The entries for the 100-mlle race this afternoon are Bllmmon with a White car; Covey with a Cadillac; Dodd with a Pope; Wallace with a Thomas; Harrison with an Oldsmo blle; Dundee with a White; Gill with a Thomas; Chris to pherson ' with a Stoddard; Cooper with a Etudebaker: Page with a Locomobile; Bell with., Itudebaker, and J. Ogansen with a White. .i '; LAXGEST EVER, i Union County Cherry Crop to Break All itecortli). Fruitgrowers who have kept a care ful watch upon the fruit condition In this county, state that the cherry crop Is now assuredly safe and that the 1908 crop will be the largest Ini the history of the county. There are two reasons for this. One, that the trees are old er and therefore able to produce more, and then, again, many hundred young trees come Into full bearing this year for the first time. , T III VII iM TAFT AND ANTl-TAPf FORCES LINING rr. Taft Mut Fls.ht for the Nomination Both Sides Are Confident Brown. llle Affair Will He Used AgalnM President-, Favorite Negro Ques tion Will Cut Considerable Figure In Struggle for Nomination. Canvassing the Vote. The board of official canvassers ara at work today making the official count. They expect to have finished their task by Saturday evening, tit la expected there will be a few minor chance. In the total mm mw nn . the official returns as heretofore pulK ashed. Thcro Is evidently a mistake In the Union vote on sheriff and also an error in thb published vote on United States senator In the first La Grande ward. The total for the wet and dry In Union county should also read 090 majority In favor of dry In stead of 690 as published, ' ' r ' - " Land Office Business. William E. Abblt and William H. Hardy, both of Elgin, made proof on homestead filings yesterday. They were accompanied by George E. Kel log, Charles F. Garrett and Ira Stewart-Charles W. Kelley of Wallowa, Is transacting business a the land office today, D. C. Brlchoux, the timber cruiser, returned from the Uklah country last night, and la now confined to his home with Illness. THIES TO KILL DM DREM FRUIT OF FAMOUS TRIAL OF PERSECUTED OFFICEI. M. Gregory, Old-Tlu-.e Enemy of Drey fus, Han Aner Rekindle! by Cele bration In Honor of Dreyfus' Frlcml and Defender, Emllo Kola Wmm.U Are Not Serious Three fcots Fired Grcftxwy Tries to Efpe Moh Trie . to Get Gregory. Boise Boy Loan, Eye, Boise, June 4. Earl 'Harvey, the n-year-oia son of Els, Harvey of South Boise, had the sight of the left eys entirely destroyed while playing at noon yesterday with a "whirligig" which he had been sailing up In the air and which In Its course downward struck the left eyelid of the lad, al most gouging ths eyeball out Circuit Court. Nothing of .. special Interest toojt place In the circuit court today. The (rand Jury Is still In session, but up to the time of going to press no Indlct nents have been made public. Bev eral days' work still confronts tlie Jury, and several cases of Importance are still to bo acted upon, Chicago, June 4. Major F. C. Bry an, counsel for the anti-Tart allies In tlie contests before the national com mittee, arrived this morning and charged the Roosevelt administration with being responsible for the alleged effort to disfranchise negro republi cans of the south. Following ths line. J , of the Brownsville agitation, the allies re using ins probable defection In the negro vote from Taft as an argument. Bryan talks confidently of affairs and allege, that Taft agents In the south are preventing the negroes from naming delegates. Hitchcock, Taft's manager, Is not worried. II, Is confident of Taft'e fomlnatlon on the first ballot, and claims $4 delegate for Taft, 17 In structed. $$ pledged and II who have declared their Intention to support Taft. . - mm. V?) La Grande ! ii m Oregon Belmont Not Dannicd. London, June 4.-Depte his failure to win the Derby, August Belmont hss decided to go Into English raring extensively. He Is now looking for stable. In Ireland where be may train steeplechasers. Parkinson. Croker first trainer, will manage Belmont', UbW' Belmont Went, Dann$r Matter Justice Court. Police Judge Cox hod a very light days business today. One man only was caught In the net of the law. This one specimen belonged to tho "Strong man afraid of work" class, ana cr,,ur'1 'irlng work by the nM,r,A.L,!r. "1 IloB'' "' out of mornln mown aiong (He line a a good place to pass by the traveling trim Inal. (Copyrighted by United Press Assocla a tlon, 190s.) . ., ,.u -m. rf-v,ry, mutuary editor of La Gaulols, with whom b had been standing today, suddenly quitted a crowd of newspaper men, walked up to Major Alfred Dreyfus and fired point blank at him twice with a revolver. Both balls took ef fect In the right arm. Dreyfus, though startled, uttered no exclamation. Greg ory darted into the crowd In an at tempt to escape, but M. Mouquln, , hend of the municipal police, pounced, upon the fleeing editor and hurried him to Jail. The affair took place near the close of the exercises In cole-1"1 br.ttlon of the transfer of the rfimain, of Emlle Zola, the famous novelist and defender of Dreyfus, I, Uin Mont Marte cemetery to thi Pantheon, the French Hall of Fame. A tremendous crowd was present. Dreyfus showed the greatest presence of mind, begging ths people to be snH "c tt to let it be known what bad happened. H, enterud &n automobile unassisted and was rushed home, where surgeon said the woundsVwsr, not necessarily serious. Gregory stood within three feet of President Falllores. As a pa triotic song was being sung, Fallclresv closely followed by Dreyfus, started down the steps to review the parade. As they paseed the press table. Greg ory rose with others and as Dreyfu, approached he exclaimed: "Here's for parade!" The shooting followed. A mob attempted to take Gregory from the gendarme, and a fight followed In which several were badly cut. ' In an Interview Gregory said: "I didn't fire at Dreyfus; I fired at Dreyfuslsm. It Is revolting to see tho nnhle"French army mixed up In an affair of this sort. , At best. It con cerned only the' government and the Dreyfus family." - The stirgeous announced that the first bullet grazed Dreyfus' 'arm nd' did no damage The second fie nut ml. ed the forearm a few Inches-tlbdyo the wrist, bnt 0ll not loii(;lj (lie ljrjijj, '-' ' Cardinal Visits Oil Klujr. : trrjton;N. T.. June 4. Cardjnat town In a hurry" 'ear? tkti j I-?": ,h. r.Hd Irish, prelate of the g. The La Ortnde police iorcef J'-umaf CfttfcnltQ Church, left Tarry, vn along the line as a .fi'nu.. 7..:. ' "r Yllln John D, Mrs. A. E. Merchlson returned freszi aummcrvlll, this afternowa, where she hss been visiting friend, for seversj lays. .. . ., Cl Jutne "n toaay a. Rockefeller at the honu Puller. Logu, complimented feller on America piled that b loved this country very, touch The two celebrities pos.d to gether for the newspaper photographers. toe magnate re- IT OUGHT TO BE THE HAPPINESS AD GLORY ol every citizen to so live and act that his "fel low citizens vvlll esteem him for his Joodness. his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of 'cod citizenship should constitute the code of rules for every kind of business whether public or private. This applies particularly to the dru hnini. h. V 'a-i WV" cause, owlnl to the limited knoulede of the qualities sss m I of drvti by the lencral public. It follows that the re liability of the dnntflst is the chief Juarantee cf food service. HILL'S DRUG STORE La Grande ' i r 'MMMMMMH$MIMHMIMMMMMIM4Ht rid, for nlm exclusively.