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COURT TARES VITAL QUESTIOH
1 UNDER ADVISEMENT
;
".'' ACTION ONLY ONE LEFT
Court Meet This Morning and Spend.
J the Day In Hearing; Evidence and
J Arguments Disponed of . County
. ! Court, County Clerk's Regularity
') and the Sufficlttrtcy of Iho Petition--
,j Only Thread Loft for Rocwh to At
Jy, tacu His Hopes.
? Court met at 8:30 a. m. today to
hear testimony In the Roesch injunc
tion case. Julius Roesch, plaintiff Iv.
the case, was heard. . His testimonj
was a reiteration of the alleged fact
contained In the complaint as to hie
business, eto. . The testimony of Coun
ty Judge Henry. Deputy County Clerk
Ed Wright and Sheriff Chllders wae
'.- lthout Interest, being a mere state
tnent of their official actions In r
'iRurd to the election. Mr. Banford of
HUgard, was put on the stand. He
testified that he posted the election
ftotlcea May 15. Sanford was com-
. felled to testify to this because In the
affidavit sent to Sheriff Chllders as to
(he time of posting the notices, the
date was left blank.
,4 Argument on evidence was begun
at l:to this afternoon. Attorney Frank k
Vllion, for the plaintiff, 'consumed
hours, ouotlnsr RuRmrmn mthnH
, tyi to uphold the contention that the
injunction should be made permanent
1 Blows at Roracii.
i When Attorney Wilson had finished
tils arguments, the court took up the
allegations of the complaint separate
ly, and made It plain what his final
eclslons will be. 'This-was done, one
y one, until the entire Issue had sim
mered Itself down, to the question of
Vbether or not the fberttt was In duty
bound to post the notices himself.
. -'i Petition Waa Sufficient.
v -
. Relative to the petition for a liquor
license, signed by more than 800 vot
. rs, and which Julius Roesch main
tains waa Insufficient, the court ruled
that the petition was sufficient
; County Court Regular,
, Then, picking up the allegation that
the county court's actions were Irreg
alar, the court ruled that they were
' tegular.
County Clerk's Action Proper. '
', "fiext came the action of the county
tlerk. The allegations set up that the
slerk should have signed them In per
son. This the court held to be unnec
essary. j The Last Thread.
! These questions disposed of, the
late of the Injunction then hung by
ine tho sd. that of the legality In the
ictlon of Sheriff Chllders In Instruct-
(Continued on page f.)
(TOMAN PARINO CORN
' 1 CETH FATAL INJVRIES.
ialle) Accident a Remarkable Ono
j V-tsnan Lost Her Balanr While
j ying a Corn, and In Ai-t lo Itr-
eover Her Balance, Inflicted Trrrl
; Me Wounds oa 1 1 mrl f A triMm tvx
Cornea, Bat Too Ite to Stop fkn
j of Dlood la Tune.
f Vallejo, Csl Juas II. Mrs. T. M.
S D EC I S i ONS FAV O R P R 0 H I B S
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FATAL IIIK
mi in
I HodgmM of., this city,' ! lylnff' ner, r 1 1 Ifl n ITPr rtrtll 1 r-r t . . . . . ."T. T P rzs
Hodgman of . this city,' Is .lying' near
death today from a severe raior slash
Inflicted In u singular accident. She
was standing (n her hpmei one foot
resting on a chair In the act of paring
a corn, when she suddenly lost her
equilibrium. In her' efforts to recov
er her balnnce she slashed her left
firm open to the bone from palm to
elbow. In snatching the razor from
the wound she. nearly severed one
finger of the right hand. The wo
man's cries brought assistance, but be
fore the flow of blood could be stop
ped, she was In a serious condition.
There Is little hope fdr recovery.
; 1UCJ3 MEET STARTS.
The Meadows H vtex Horse Than
. Ever Bvforo on Opening Day.
Seattle, June 20. the. summer
meeting of th King County Fair asso
ciation was started C the Meadows
this afternoon for the annual 71-day
meeting. A card of six horses was
presented. ' II Is doubtful Is ever on
the 'coast a higher class of horses has
been represented on A dally program.
The opening, handicap Is the feature
of the afternoon. Public choices for
the race will probably be Sugar Maid
and Rntrenous.
The abolishing of the pool sellers
who formerly preyed on the women in
the grandstand is a move which meets
lth great favor.
EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE ' ' - ,
OCEAN LINER ARCADIA.
Paido Follows ExplotUon on Board the
Hanbury-Anierkn Liner Arcadia
Near the Water Front at.Phtladr.
phla Ambulances lUuT 'Wounded
' to Hoiqiltala, Some fat Dangerous
Condition Body of One Victim Is
Found Prompt Aid Saves Ship.
Philadelphia, June JO. An explo
iton on the Hamburg-American liner
Arcadia, arriving from Hamburg to
day, set the ship afire and caused a
great panic along the water front The
ship carried a general freight cargo.
Many of the crew were Injured. The
body of a negro has been removed and
he Is ths only one known to be dead.
A general alarm was sounded for am
bulances. When they arrived 11 of
he injured were taken off and rushed
to the hospitals. In a .serious condition.
When the explosion occurred long
shoremen were hurled In every direc
tion. Quick action of the waterfront
Ire department prevent destruction
of the ship.
Many Fatniits.
After further Investigation, It Is be
'leved that six men lost their lives as
i result of the explosion on board the
Arcadia today. The ship Is practically
destroyed by fire. Chief Officer Kro
ger was badly burned about the face
mi hands while rescuing the Injured.
He saved many lives. He rushed Into
the flames and carried out two dead
negroes and 11 Injured. At roll call
this afternoon It was shown that a
score are missing. Many were seen
to Jump overboard, and It la believed
they were drowned. Twenty-five men
were below the hatches when ths ex
plosion occurred, and It Is not known
whether sll of them came up. Thirty
ire known to have been Injured.' The
tteamer, which carried much freight
tettled Into the mud and It Is believed
the entire Interior la destroyed. The
'Irs boats are pouring water Into the
hold, but the flames have spread be
yond control.
Ths only explanation offered It
that the explosion was caused by gas.
The Arcadia steamed up ths bsy thlr
morning after completing the voyage
from Hamburg, an dwas near the
dock at ths time of the accident.
Hitchcock Declines.
Cincinnati, O., June 10. Frank
Hitchcock was today offered the
chairmanship of the national republi
can committee but declined. Bo far
there Is ao aetectloa.
I V ' . I death today from a sever, mnr.i,,.i, L n If 1 1 1 1 1 I I l 1 1 SI II Hill I llllllli I 1 1 If 8nu lurn " 7000 to 10.000 pounds
Indicted In . singular accident. She' I f i 1 1 1 M I V AlWi f H I Hi
OCEAN LINER III
1DACCIDEIIT
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M!WUIL UUM 1 I IIUI I III Mllkl 9 II 1
WELCOMED lit
TAFT AND SHERMAN IN
CINCINNATI TODAY.
Oration That Sounds Like National
Convention Given Both Sherman
and Tuft as Uie Republican Stand
ard Bearers Enter Ohio City Sub-
' Committee Is Conferring on Man to
ftlanage CampaignBands and Big
Multitude Await Leaders.
i Cincinnati, O., June 10.' The center
of republican. activity has been trans
ferred to here from Chicago. Today
this city has ths appearance of a pres
idential election time, so rreat In the
enthusiasm. Taft, the presidential
nominee, arrived from Washington at
8:30 and was greeted at the station by
a tremendous throng, who : cheered
and made a wild demonstration.
' J. S. Sherman. Taf't'e runnlnir mm.
arrived from Chicago 15 minutes ear
lier, with Charles Taft, and a sub
committee of the national committee
which confers here on the appoint
ment or a permanent chairman to
manage the campaign.
Ovation for Sherman.
Sherman and the National commit
tee were given almost as great an ova
tlon as Taft received. , Two bands were
at the station and a carriage was pre
pared for a parade through the cit
The line of procession was through th
whole city In a continuous triumphal
march. The street were block'ed all
along and everybody was out to cheer
"Our next president
Our Next President
Cries of "Cincinnati's . president'
and "Our own president" wera heard
all along ths line. The crowd took up
the yell of the convention: "Taft Taft,
William H. Taft." The parade, led
by the bands, made its way i to the
residence of Charles Taft at , Fourth
and Race streets. A big bunch of
American Beauties were thrown Into
Tart's carriage, where they were re
ceived with apparent pleasure. A
street hawker playing a fluto phone,
near the carriage, in a moment of en
thusiasm, threw the instrument Into
the carriage, where it fell Into Taft's
pocket The crowds and bands drew
up In front of Taft's residence, where
ademonstratlon lasted several min
utes. The candidate bowed, smiled and
waved to the crowd and then sprang
out of the carriage with a surprising
agility for a man of his 'site. He
walked lightly up the steps. At the
door he turned and again waved to
the crowd. It la understood Taft is In
a quandary regarding the appoint
ment of a campaign manager.
The Ohio contingent holds perma
nent chairmanship of the national
committee should go either to Arthur
f Vorhys. the first Taft manager, or
former Governor Myron T. Heriick of
Ohio. Many members of the commit
tee Insist that Hitchcock, manager of
Taft's cnmpalgh for the nomination, Is
not entitled to the place, but Is the
best equipped man yet -suggested.
The members of the sub-cntnmlttee
are ,'Oeenral Powell Clayton of Ar
kansas; former Governor Myron T.
Herrlck of Ohio; Frank B. Kellogg of
Minnesota; Charles Nagle of Missou
ri; E. Hart of Iowa; Snatnr Borah of
Idaho; E. C. Duncan, of North Caro
lina, and Frank O. Lowden of Illi
nois. NEW RECORD AT SEA.
BatUmhlp Georgia Establishes New
Record In Trip Booth Friday.
V. S. & Georgia, at Sea, June 10.
(By wireless to Unltsd Press.) The
Georgia Is stilt the sea queen of ths
At'antlc. - Under her natural draft.
.-&!ig through a moderate beam of
sea, the Oeorgla In a speed trial south
from Cape Flattery. Friday averaged
U.0J knots were hour on a nine-hour
run and ll.Of knots under a forced
draft on a four-hour run. This rec
ord beats ths builders' trial speed of
the ship, though on the run Just com
pleted the Georgia waa more heav
ily loaded, and was drawing three feel
eight Inches mors water. No othet
battleship In the navy has squalled
this record.
IN GRANDE RONDE
LEADING FHCITGltOWER
GIVES PROMISING FACTS.
After Giving Figures Tliat Are Con
clusive I'roof of the Valley's Fertile
Fruit Soil, the Writer Affirms Only
One-Fifth of Fruit Soil Is Now Cul
tivated Resume of the Crop of the
Post and What is Expected for This
Season.
. (By Karl J. Btackland.)
The Grande Ronde valley has tor
many years constituted one of the
leading fruit sections of the Pacific
Northwest and like a half doxen riv
als, to. Importance, Is rapidly Increa
ing In both the output from her older
orchards and ths acreage of new
ones. . . .
For the season of 1908 we expect to
market nearly one and a Quarter mil
lion pounds of Blng, Lambert Royal
Ann, Oregor and Black republican
cherries; 6000 crates of strawberries,
3000 crates raspberries and 2000
crates blackberries; ' SO to 40 carload;
of the different kinds of plums, pears
and prunes for shipping "purposes
about 400 tons of Italian prunes for
drying; six to eight thousand boxes
peaches, a few grapes, apricots
quinces and nectarines; S00 carloads
of No. 1 apples for shipment, and
quantities of crab apples, etc., for vin
egar purposes.
The above crops will come, main
ly, from the orchards planted eight
years ago or more, and represents only
about one-fourth or less of the pres
ent acreage. ,
The total number of cherry trees
now planted number over 15.000. or
about 850 acres, full stand; 12,000 pear
trees, IS. 000 peach and plum trees
27,000 prune and nearly 200,000' apple
.trees.
Planting orchards "on -a Veal com
merclal scale has only Just begun, a
ever one-fourth of our present total
acreage has been put out the two last
planting seasons and much larger or-
taard enterprises are now In contem
plation than ever before.
The quality of the fruit grown here
la, on the whole, equal or superior to
that grown In any other locality and
In some lines we lead or beat the
world. Our cherries of Just ordlnsrv
packing for market have regularly
received awards of 100 points (or
perfection) at every fair where ex
hibited and Etackland Bros, of Cov
hold gold medals from all the last in
ternational expositions. Our plums
are also unsurpassed; In -apples an.',
pears with modern Intensified meth
ods end care In growing, grading and
packing, wa equal or excel! moat othet
sections with a large numoer of thi
most desirable varieties, of which most
if the late plantings here consist.
As to yield per tree or per acre, and
egular crops, or total yield per acre
'or a scries of five or 10 years, wi
'enow of no other locality anvwhnr.
iquallirig ours.
When It comes to returns and mone)
tblnlned for certain crops, the wh.ili
las been very satisfactory, as tin
'arge orchard plantings or tbo Ian
few years must convince any oni
Numerous Instances of fancy price
are on record which will show what
has been and can be done.
Boms years ago ths writer, acci
dentally, had 140 boxes of Bpltxen
burg spples, moat 4 -tiers pack, bal
ance 4-tler, sell late In February foi
?J.I7 per box. f. a b. shipping point.
The apples Were grown on 14 olC
trees standing II feet apart There
fore, at the fabulous rate of 14400 per
acre.
The crop of Royal Ann and Repub
licans In the orchard of John Msrtln
at Cove, from 14 to 17 year old tree
for several years brought him at the
rate of 11640 to 2; per acre. Three-
fourths of an acre of Jocunda straw
berries yielded for flvs years from
211 to 814 crates per season, that sold
for from 11.80 to 12 per crate, al
home. One smsll patch of the splen
did strawberry owned by Oscar Lund
of Cove, ths second season yielded at
the enormous rate of 140 crates (24
quarts each) per acre, that sold for
81.70 per crate at the patch. Red
raspberrlf yield Immensely every year
ana turn off 7000 to 10.000 pounds
per acre; blackberries, Logan' berries
and dewberries do almost as -well;
ail berries bringing splendid prices,
for the laHt seven years, regulnrly.
averaging pver 82 per 24-pound ciutv
at home,-,
Records of 830'j to JBOO per acre In
come fiom 8 to 12-year-old apple or
chards are numerous, in splto of the
fact that the Ben Davis and Gano have
constituted the varieties. While 1.4T
acres of Rome Beauty apples, 10 yt-ar
old trees, last year yielded 700 boxes,
packing fruit that, by buyer, sold for
81225 f. o. b. Cove; 84 trees, 14-year-old
trees of the Hyde's Kirnr. last ,r
yielded 600 boxes, that at a lumped
price, sold for 8900 here., .
Our Blng and Lambert ; chnrri..
from three orchards In Cove have net
ted the growers 10 cents per pound
above picking and packing exoenae
on the average, for the last three
ed! for most of our white cherries.
Royal Ann, Centennial, etc., at 4o to
bo per pound, delivered, here.
With practically no pests to eon
tend with, most of them never having
maae an appearance here yet having
tne brightest, cleanest and healthiest
looking fruit trees ever seen to grow,
an almost Inexhaustible soil, and the
records and conditions above stated. II
Is no wonder that the Grande Ronde
valley Is rapidly expanding Its fruit
Industry as less than 5 per cent of
the best fruit land is planted yet
PEiWOFF
THANKS THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE FOR FAVORS.
President Roosevelt Clowe Vp 61kop
ana runs Down Angling Panplier.
nana. tweretary Loeo and Asebrt
ant will Keep Feet Todcr Desk
During the Vacation Teddr Had a
"Corking Time Daring His Term of
ouiee as President.
Washington, June 10. President
Roosevelt accompanied by his wife
and daughter Ethel, and son Quentln.
left Washington at :16 this morning
tor their annual summer visit to Ovs.
ter Bay. The president waa accom
panied to the depot by a crowd of of-
flclals and friends. He was guarded
by secret service men.
Secretary Loeb and Assistant Secre
tary Latta. remain at the White House
to be chief poo-bahs "until the presi
dent returns. A friend reminded th.
resident that he had earned e, vaca-
lon.
"Don't waste any sympathy on me."
he president replied. "I enjoyed every
-ninute of my term In office. My
thanks are due ths American people.
not theirs to me, for ths opportunity I
had to serve them. I have hvd a per
fectly 'corking time."
Birth Record,
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
In this city today, a daughter.
OUGHT TO BE THE
IT
on uii
ol every citizen to so live and act that his fel- f
low citizens u ill esteem him for his Joodness, i
his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of ; ;
ood citizenship should constitute the code of rules
for every kind of business whether public or - private. ; f
This applies particularly to the tini business, be- ; ;
cause, owing to the limited knowledge of the qualities ; ;
of drui by the teneral public. It follows that the 're- If
li ability of the drus.lst is the chief juarantee cf ;:
t toodscr::e.
HILL'S DRUG STORE
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I J-a Grande
BID ACCEPTED
BY TilE BOARD
CONTRACTOR SLATER WILL
COMPLETE SCHOOL BULBING.
At a Meeting of the School Board Last
Evening Several Bids Were Opened,
But Mr. Slater's Was the Lowest
Full Asolpnmcnt of Teachers to the
Various tirade n t, Three School '
Building or the City Was Also M4da
..Last Night.;
Two thousand four hundred slirhtv.
one dollars and fifty cepta Is the sum
to be expended on Improvements ot
Grande, according to the bids present-,
ed to and opened by the school board
at Its meeting Jast evening. The flgnre
name Is one presented by Contractor '
J. I Slater and It means the comple
tion in detail of the upper floor of the
brick building in North La Grande.
The school population has Increased
In so large numbers that all available
school room Is needed to give ad.iquu.te
seating room for t pupils.
Other Bids In.
Aside from the bid presented by Mr.
Slater, there was one from 3. 3. Clan
cy at 12490. This was the next low
est bid. Still others wore offered by
Louis Wright at 82750 and Splker
Bros, at 88270.
Teachers Asnlgned.
Aside from disposing of the matter
of bids for the completion of the
school building, the board made lie
assignment of teachers for the com
ing school year. In the first rrsde
In the Central building. Mrs. Stella
Ingle will be the teacher; In the sev-
ond. Miss Lydia Hug; In the third.
and fourth, Mrs. Ellratteth Sutflni In
the fifth, Miss Mary Harris; In the
sixth, Miss Ruth Bush; In the seventh.
Miss Byra Kuhn; In the eighth, Rob
ert WUkerson.. . ...
In the Whits- Building. , ' "
Fifth grade, Manuel Snider; fourth
grade. Miss Susan McIIroy; In the
sixth. Miss Helen Vehrs. i
In the Fourth Ward.
First grade, Mrs. Nellie Nelll: first .
and second. Miss Gertrude Blever: sec
ond, Miss Nell Toung; third. Miss Elix.
abeth Burnell; third and fourth. Mute .
Qusle Fisher; fourth. Ella Blakei
firth, Miss Elisabeth King; sixth. Mm
Emma Pickler.
Hlffh School. V
M. J. Mansager, Alice McKlnley and
Pauline Helllard.
I Los Angeles Dooming Taft,
Los Angeles, June 20. Los Anretee
started the national campaign today
when the whistles of 250 local manu
facturing plants joined at noon In a
great "prosperity blast" Banners
bearing the words "Taft and Bher-'
man" were strung across the mala
streets, while campaign buttons wars
distributed liberally. The first meet
j Ing will be held tonight wben the re
Geddes, publicans gather to ratify ths nomi
nees. e
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