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EVENING OBSEHVEK, LA GRANDE, OREGON,1 'WEDNESU AY, JCNR 17, 1908.
EIGHT PAGES.
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TOUNBERTAKE
EASTERN CAPITALISTS ,
' CAN BEE PROFITS.
Monster Irrigation Kclicnio Started
Lat Hummer U to lie licked Up
Again by Other IiitercwU--Commcr-rial
Club Working to Tliat End Ail
That In Needed lxieally Is Awturancc
From Union Comity Lund Ow ners of
Co-oiHTatliin. . ' i
t .The gigantic Irrigation propAdttoii
Riven impetus Innt year by local tV
minders, has again been arae In ruled,
nnd it is.bclleved by those limn
In touch wltli such niutloTn, ti ;.t ih
Irrigation project' lmiklrlg tun aid u
thorough to Me ' sIimii tot mde
Rondo vari' j', yllUxi suec'civi.fiijl.viii
summated, TM chW'Vaion lor thr
belief tWt will maluiiuiise In the
fact that eastern capitalists have be-
rum Interested In the project as an
nounced In detail by . The Observer
laat a u mm or. ...
Commercial Club at Work.
' Th second huge, tusk to bo tackled
by the now Commercial club la this Ir
rigation qurxtlon. The managers are
working alone lines looking toward
speedy commencement of preliminary
steps to land the very desirable end.
Tha coat of building ths reservoir and
, other matter Incidental to It Is, or
course, (treat, but this will be taken
rara of by moneyed men. Aa will be
seen from th following communlca
" Don from tho Commercial club, all that
' la required of local money Is assurance
from land owners that thoy will us
tha water at prices to be agreed on
later.
About a year ago, the people of the
Grande Ronda valley were considera
bly elated over the prospect of the con
summation of an - Irrigation system
that was expected .to cover a large
part of tha land of th valley. The
scheme wsa baaed upon tha construc
tion, up Grand Rond river, of one
or mors larg reservoirs, In which
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APPAREL
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FOR
GUT SUMMER
,'THfc; WARM WEATHER THIS WEEK IS REMINDING US QUITE
FORCIBLY THAT SUMMER IS GOING TO RE MERE JUST THE SAME,
i: EN IP IT WAS A LONG TIME IX COMING. WE AU EPREPARED
TO SUPPLY YOUR EVERY WANT IX THIS LINE, AND DESIRE PAR
TICULARLY TO CALL YOU ATTEXTIOX TO OCR
Great line of Under Muslins on Sale For
Ten Days AT BARGAIN PRlCESl Ladies'
afiJ mlsxs'Whiiz Czzvzs Shoes !HALF
PRICE. Large Rssorrment oi Summet
Wash Goods at 25 to 50 per cent Lower
than Regular Prices V : : .
HUNDREDS OP OTHER SPECIAL BARGAINS. COME.AND SEE THEM
TriB PEOPLE'S $T0RE
OPERA HOUSE BLOCK ST
wore to be stored the water which an
nually goes to Waste during the spring
freshets, for use during the Bummer
months when It Is most needed.
A company was formed, tho dam
site purchased, and options wero taken
on the land required for the reservoir
alte, and a large amount of money was
spent in having surveys, estimates and
a detailed report made on tho proposi
tion by civil cnglncors of state repu
tation. The company had all Its ar
rangements made for the ' Immediate
commencement of construction work,
when tho unfortunate death of W, G.
Hunter, a member of the company,
occurred. This misfortune, followed
later by the financial depression which
affected the entire country,-caused an
entire change in the company's plans.
At the lust meeting of the directors
of the I Grando Commercial club, It!'" wpull ,d t5.00O.000 to th wealth
was announced that eastern capital- ,ne fortunate farmer, and to Union
Ists, after a careful investigation ' and c"n,ltf' not tnl Worth striving for?
examination Into the engineer s re- Tn 1a Grande Commorclnl club thinks
ports, hod practically decided to fl-l" ' ni Proposes to do all within Its
n5ne- the enterprise and carry It Power to bring tho thing about, and It
throiikh to completion, provided the' Hk" thednflucnce and co-operntlon of
1.n4 .v4,eis of the volley would show
Lt f." : -4 .Interest In tho proposition
V the expenditure. It Is well
iiutirHio.nl, of courso, that no Indi
vidual or company would Invert
money In an" enterprise of this kind,
without reasonable assurances of a
reasonable return on the Investment.
In all probability a canvass will be
mudo sometime during the next month
or two with a view of finding nut what
encouragement will be given to the en
terprise by th land owners of the val
ley In th way of agreements to pur
chase water when It la delivered to
them. ' 1
Nothing has yet been done, and It Is
very doubtful If any other thing coul 1
be dona, that would so enhanc th
valu of. farm lands In this valley, as
to place'fhe land under a ditch carry
ing a plentiful supply of water for ir
rigation. At the present time, the best
quality of land in th valley sella at
from HQ to t "5 per acre, according to
Its location. The same land placed
under a ditch carrying plenty of wa
ter for Irrigation, would sell with far
greater readiness at from $100 to t!0n
per acre. See what has been done In
the sagebrush - desert in Umatilla
county, in Oregon, and In th Snake
River valley and the Twin Falls
country In Idaho, Land that In Its
natural state was absolutely worthless,
has been fairly anappel up by buyers
from all section of th country at
prices ranging from (100 per acr. up-
DAYS
word, Just as soon as water was put on
It, and sometimes even before the wa
ter was actually put on It In conver
sation a few day ago with a mdn who
has had a great deal of experience In
the Lewiston-Ctarkston, and other lr
rlgated sections, he said:
"Put water on your land in this
valley, and I predict that within three
years land lying under the ditch will
be selling for 1300 per acre."
To those who know .the prices at
which land sells in the Hood River.
Yakima and Lewlntsin-Clarkston sec
tions, the above statement Is entirely
within the bounds of reason. If it Is
true, think of what it means to the
j lucky man who owns land that would
come within the scope of such a sys
tem, and, in fact, to the whole county.
J Twenty thousand acres put under wa-
Property owner in the county
I l 10 Bnn oout.
May we depend on you?
LA GRANDE COMMERCIAL CLUB.
(Continued from pag 1.)
sub-committee on resolutions took a
recess until 3 o'clock. Members of the
committee said the entire session
would be taken up with th antl-ln-;n
matter.
It Is practically certain ihat the
'.ub-rommltte will not be ready to
report to the .regular committee be
fore i o'clock this afternoon.
TAFT CnXTI.Cl.H COXVEXTIOX.
Credentials Commute Itatiries Na
tional Committee's Action.
William H. Tuft has clinched abso
lute control of the- national conven
tion which wa called to order at 11:11
today, when, after a session lasting II
hours the credentials committee, by
an overwhelming vol ratified the ac
tion of the national committee In ever)'
contest over seats. No real fight oc
curred in th committee, Th , pro
posal to sudors th action of th na
tional committee by single Vote op-
po..d on th. ground that It would ap-
naniis
pes r to stifle a fair hearing of al!
cases. So committee went over the
110 contests offered by the counsel for
Cannon, Fairbanks,. Hughes and Fora
ker. The first vote on the Alabama
contest was 38 to 7, favoring Taft,
showing how completely he la in con
trol.
Over 700 for Tnft.
a he committee decided to submit
the report to the national committee,
recommending: . .". , ' ' . ' ,-: '
''Thnt the temporary roll of dele
gates to tho convention us prepared by
tho national committee be made per
manent." t
; This makes If, certain that Taft will
have over 700 votes on the first' bal
lot. 1 A small majority threatened to
day to support Mayor Charles Book
waiter of Indianapolis In demanding
the contesting delegates from Indian
apolis be seated. Taft leaders assert
ed today, however, th'at such an' effort
will be subdued quickly. There Is lit
tle prospect of a fight over the seats
on the floor of the convention.
Committee Out AU Night.
After Temporary Chairman Bur
rows had called the convention to or
der for the second day's session at 12:
19, Chairman Daugherty of the cre
dentials' committee announced that he
would be ready to make a report in
about an hour. m expmmeu ut uir
committee was In session all night un
til I this morning. ' Otherwise the re
port mould have been ready.
Henrle Baker of Minnesota, and
Judge James D. Connor of. Indiana,
who are attending their first national
convention, were Introduced.
Loud cheering occurred when It was
announced that the resolutions com
mittee had rejected, by a vote of 25
to 17. tho resolution Introduced by
Representative Burke of Pennsylva
nla, "jSettrtsMing the representation of
the r$yh& tatcs."
5'qre ,rrre.ciiitutlvcn From .South
iFurkt-Oie.n announced h would
carVy -flie TigJit tor the resolution do
creasing the southern representation
to the floor of the convention. He
said a minority report would be made
favoring thc rc-tdlntlon. The rules
committee deW'lj'ti.Hierenso the rep
resentation, if nf, Mexico. Arizona,
Hawaii frotatiitfftfr'ttlx delegates each.
, Prayer Offered Ajraln,
Prayer was offered by Rev. W. O.
Waters. During the Interim Mrs. Bea
trice Flslv-r Erlnnger sang a solo
from the balcony. '
A larjte supply of Taft banners were
distributed throughout the hall.
The report of the commlttae on cre
dentials was made, recommending the
temporary roll be made permanent.
The report on permanent organiza
tion wns next received and adopted.
General Stewart L. Woodford of New
York, and Governor Dencon of Illi
nois, were appointed a committee to
escort Senator H. C. Lodge, perma
nent chairman, to tho platform.
CTMMIXS IN THE LEAD.
Dolllvcr DropiHxl, But John Hay
Hammond Has Fllillng (linnce.
The vice-presidential boom of Gov
ernor Cummins of Iowa, was formally
launched today under an agreement
with the factions of tjo party In
Iowa; with an official White House
stamp of approval. Senator Dolllver
Is said to have been eliminated from
the race at a meeting of the Iowa
delegation at which tho delegates
pledged themselves for Cummins. One
of the Iowa delegates announced that
he had received positive assurance
that Roosevelt Is willing for Cummins
to be nominated. This, following the
assertion of Roosevelt and Taft, when
they notified their mnrfagcrs at Chl
enjto. that either Dolllver or Cummins
would find favor at the White House,
Is taken by many to mean tho admin
istration has settled on Cummins as
the running mate for Taft.
llamnmml Confident.
John C. Montgomery, manager for
John Hays Hammond said today:
"Hammond will certainly be placed
In nomination. He will be voted for
solidly by several western states. He
will be strongly supported In the east,
as well as the west. It t Is probable
that the nominating speech will be
made by a Colorado orator, as Ham
mond lived in that state for many
years."
COAST IS SLIGHTED.
AU lint One Delicate Optoed to Anil
Injunction From Northumt.
There will be nothing doing for the
Pacific coast In resolutions adopted by
the convention. Washington, Oregon
and California will go on - record
through their members of tha com
mittee a opposing the president In
the matter of the anti-Injunction
plank, through Richard A. Balllngtr
or wasmngton. nta coast Is renr.
eented on the sub-committee of 1J.
Balllnger 1, m,mo,r t Roosv.if.
' - BODY RACKED -WrniPMII -'
No oUier (liseaRG causea audi wide
n nerve racking torture, and so thoroughly does it dominate the system
when, it becomes entrenched in the blood, that its victims are usually com
plete s!:ivl-3 to Dain. Rheumatism is due to ail excess of uric acid in th
blood broticrlit on bv stomach troubles, weak kidneys, Indigestion, and a
slujri.sh condition of the system.
of passing off thron.ijU the ordinary
ferment in the system because of
which ia absorbed into the blood, and
blood circulated through the body
stances with which it is saturated,
and bones. Snarp, biting pains commence, the fieslt becomes levensnj
swollen nnd tender, the muscles and joints throb and jerk, and the bodyj
is literally racked with pain. Plasters, blisters, liniments, etc., can never
- . , - cure the disease: they relieve the pain, per-
t)o tootsy
PURELY ' VEGETABLE which are causing the pain, and strengthen-.
' Ing and enriching the blood, cures Rheuma
tism permanently. S. S. S. is the greatest of all blood purifiers, just what
is needed in every case of Rheumatism. Book on Rheumatism and any
medical advice free, THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
tennla cabinet Since his arrival here,
Bellinger learned that coast delegates'
Would not ariher in th intLlnlnn.. '
tlon plank, which, It , is understood,
""'"w wtll ndeavnr tt wot ihnu,.h
In behalf of the president and labor.
Therefore Balltnger will be recorded In
the discussions of the ub-commlttee tne Gnt4 Pass people prove sat
as opposing the anti-injunction plank '"factory to the business men, let ua
and, there will be nothing in the plat-jnave the thing settled at once, and add
form regarding the demands of the' 9ne more stack to those we now have.
coast for Increased fortifications and ' .. , "'
naval strength. There will be no spe- Notice to Creditors,
clal reference to the Pacific and Its Notice is hereby given to all whom
demands. Washington requested a It may. concern, that Mertie Aid rich
change In the interstate ' commerce nas been appointed by the county
laws so as to require a decision be- j co"rt of Union county, Oregon, admin
fore the increased rate can go Into ef-'8tr,tr,x tne estate of Mary A. AI-'
feet, when objected 'to. will be omit-) ,rlch' deceased. All persons having
ted. It is a good guess that labor will I claims against the estate of said de
be defeated In its demands and that 1 ce8se1 are required to present tliom
the coast delegates will, be. with the ' wltn propr vouchers 'within' sis
victors when the fight is over. I months from the date hereof, to the
TEXXLSSEE DEMOCRATS
Will
Send Rrynn Delegation to Den
ver Convention.
Nashville, Tenn., June 17. The!
democratic state convention opened .
here today and developed some strong
support for Governor Johnson, but It
s not thought to be sufficient to pre
vent the gathering from pledging for
Ilryan. Twenty-four delegates will be
sent to Denver, all conceded to favor
Bryan. .
ROYALTY IX DANGER.
Plot IMseovorcd to A-wt-loato King
Mlten Ho Comes to Liabon Cele
bration. '
Lisbon, June 17. It Is likely that
the king will not publicly participate
in' tho celebration of the great rellg-
lous festival tomorrow, owing to the'
recent discovery of a plot to blow up
with bombs all the membors of the
roynl family on the occasion .of that
celebration. Every Possible safeguard
has been placed about the king to
protect him from the wrath of the
malcontents. 8eores of arrests have
been made as a result of the plot and
the leaders of the Society of the Black
Cross are now In prison and will
probably be executed. Correspondence
found by the authorities Indicates that
the society had relations with an In
ternational organUntlon of anarchists,
with branches In Madrid. Barcelona.
Paris, London and other European
cities.
REMEMBER IllWKEH HILL.
City of CharWiown Ok-brntlng Annl-
ternary of Bunker 11111 Rattle.
Boston, June 17. A booming of'
guns this morning awoke the people'
of Ch'arlestown to a realization thnt '
today Is the IJSd anniversary of the
battle of Bunker Hill, the great holi
day of Ihat suburb. A big celebration
has been arranged for the day and
has attracted thouxunds of vlxitors to -
the scene of the historic conflict. Th
program Include, a military and civic
i"" me auernoon and a mag- w
nirirent eelctrlcal parade this eve-
nlng. Oratorical exercises and pa-'J
trlotlc songs comprised the program'
at'the Bunker Hill monument grounds
during the day. Fireworks and x-!
plosives have been left out of the pro- t
gram. In an attempt to make this a
"aafe and sane" festival.
Iclkte Building. ,
Grand Torks. N. D.. June 17. -With
elaborate exercises the new school of
mines, assembly hall and gymnasium
and library of th University 0f North
Dakota wer dedicated today.
Only ths most delicious chocolate Is
- m -.
fountain. 0"TnorI, ;ck'
- spread suITcrinsr as Rheumatism.' II
The natural refuse ol the body, instead
channe.ls of waste, is left to sour an
these irrecrnlarities, forming1 uric nek
Rheumatism irets a foothold. As thej
it deposits the acrid, irritating sub
into the different muscles, nerves, tissued
hnps, temporarily, but do not reach the
trouble, which is in the blood. S. S, S. is the
proper treatment for Rheumatism. ; It goes
down and attacks the disease at its head, and
v.. Arilirr the nni.Qon and acrid fluids
II LOCATE HERE
(Continued from page I.)
administratrix at the office of Arthur
C, Williams, rooms 1 and 2, southwest
corner of Depot street and Adam
avenue. La Grande, Union county,
Oregon. '
Dated June 8, 190S. '
MERTIE ALDRICH,
Administratrix of the Estate of Mary
A. Aldrlch, Deceased. ,
dJ5-12-19-2SJuly3-10
Cong for. Sale.
Two good, gentle family milk cows
for sale. Inquire at 14l7 Washington
avenue. . a-l2tr
In which paper do
news?
you read the
0 U:um Pici&c
Arrival and Departure or Ttalns at ;
L Grande.
No. 1, westbound Portland Special, I
arrive :25 a. m.j departs, 8:30 a. m.
No. 6. eastbound passenger, mall '
and express, arrives at :4S a.' m.j de
parts 6:50 a. m. ;
No. , eastbound Chicago Special,
arrives 1:06 p. m.: departs, t:l0 . m,;
No. I, westbound passenger, mall
ana
p. 10 p ro
' BrilIlrh
n,ru,ar mixed train leaves La
Gr",u,e at 1 o'clock and returns at f
'cIock m- The " logging tralK
Grande at 1J:0 p. m. and
returns at 7:45 p. m.
J. IL KEEXEY.
I Grande Grcgoo.
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Persons dasirintf neat
and comfortable rooms
and wholesome meals
should stop at the
PALMER MOTEL
Board anH rrnm U 1
tJOaTO and TOOmby the,$
ween : : xs.nn
By the day : : ... .00't
; The only First Glasst
$1.00 per day house in$
La Grande. Whita hin' l
only Employed.'. .' '; . '. .?
; Two BljrVfrom Depot'
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