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itoV - Wf , Ht-J'vi.wwsi v ? " .'' 1 Li cvjrrey brothers. EDITOna AND PROPRIETORS. ; . v . " V ' ' . .... " , '. ''-.'' ' ' ' ' I ' ' ... ' fAGF FX ) Hi r i 1 ' , ' , BVKNIXQ OBSERVER. LA GRANDE. OREGON. MONDAY, JTXY . fftr.. BIGHT FACTS. , " Ifl Cronds EVciM OliscrvGf I m v , j , 1 PRICES REDUCED ON Ff FRY RRTICLE " ' Mew and ' Second Hand j lis United Frown Telegraph Service," JDally, per month.............. .65 Daily, single copy. . . ....j. .05 Dally, one year In advance. . ... . .16.50 Dolly, six months. In advance. . .$3. 50 Weekly, on year. In advance. . .11.00 Weekly, fix month, to advance. . .7S Entered at the postofflce at La Grande ' B second-clasa matter. This paper will not publish any arti cle appearing; over a nom de plume. Signed articles will, be received subject to the discretion of the editors. Please Ign your articles and save disappoint ment. ' Advertising Rutce. Display ad. rates furnished upon ap plication. ' Local reading notices 10c per line first Insertion; Be per line for each sub sequent Insertion. . . ... . v. . '"' Resolutions of condolencetic line, Cards of thanks. 5c a line. N It Is not always money that makes Fourth of July celebration. Without doubt, the committee who had the management of the celebration In charge, from a financial standDolnt. had several hundred dollars less than allusion to the services they had given pass some given time. The Kimlne. . The exercises were held In the ta bernacle. This was certainly an in novation from a time honored custom In this : valley, , Without doubt the first time that such exercises were ever held Inside, but It had one groat advantage, the exercises were not dis turbed by firecrackers or the usual counter attraction or hawkers. Those present were there to listen. Attor ney Charles E. Cochran presided. The first number was a song by 'the L. D. 8. choir, accompanied by their large new pipe organ. ' " '.- In lieu of the reading of the Decla ration of Independence, .which is of ten tedious, the large gathering was treated to an address by Earl Kllpa trlck, on the "Causes and Conditions Tnut Led to its Being Signed." Mr. Kllpatrlck added new laurels to his reputation as an orator on this occa sion. Congressman W. R. Ellis, the ora tor of the day. was next Introduced, and It only required a iew moments w mm to win the attention of all. He soon broke' away from the old landmarks of Fourth of July orations and , launched out Into modern themes and Ideals. His remarks were carefully followed and, coming from a man? whose life has always stood for me very principles he advocated, were convincing.' Congressman Ellis la no pessimist Ha believes and knows our cosntry is growing better and to day stands for higher Ideals than at any time In the past, and he believes that every tomorrow takea advanced ground over every yesterday. At the conclusion of his able address he was the recipient of congratulations of hundreds of friends, and the old G A. R. boys simply captured him for the time being, tn appreciation of his n n n n h Our Prices , Tell the Story-Why Satisfied Cus- tomers Throng uur stores. any committee for the past 10 years But while they had less money, no committee ever had a more faithful and ceulous lot oj co-workers. ; Now the Fourth of July Is a thing of the past- The next big patriotic move will be the irrigntlon problem. The Commercial club will ' soon n nouncB the date of Its mnas meeting, where this question Is to be runnl.l ered. Irrigation will make possible' from five to 10 homes where one now exists In our beautiful valley. ' a 1 ' Not a man drunk nor an arret ' their country Following the exerHses the lunch eon hour guve way to all other attrac tions. The, hotels and restaurants were soon displaying the slffn "Every seut taken," and the various lawns and the arbor was filled by little parties who brought their lunch. 1 he day was Ideal neither cool nor hot. Amusements for everybody The 1 urgent crowd that has ever at tended a game at the ball park this season was there to witness the game hetwevn the IlUHlnesa Min and Roost ers, the former winning by only one tally. The display of horsemanship by the competitors In the roctte con- Cut Uil ad. out, bring to our store nod we will show you Uic articles here advertised, while, they last, and present you a beautiful framed picture with a purchase of $10.00 or more. Ladles Writing Desk. t7:50; reduced to $1.00 Ladles' Writing Desk, $16.60; reduced to $11.95 Bnmboo Hall Tree, $7.60; reduced, to $2.50 Quartered Oak Hall Tree, $18.50; reduced to $11.00 2 Box Couches, $U.50; reduced to..., $0.15 Quartered Oak Library Table, $10.00; reduced to $1.00 Kitchen Tables, -$3.25; reduced to. $2.25 Two upholstered Couches. $4.50 and $3.00; reduced to $2.50 and $1.00 Bike Tires, single and double, $3.75 and $3.50; reduced to $2.75 All oda and ends of my stock, both In FURNITURE. HARDWARE and LAIUifc ASSORTMENT OF GRANITEWARE and CROCKERY ( GLASS and TINWARE, will be sold at ONE-HALF PRICE TO CLOSE OCT. Our Prices Tell the StoryWhy Satisfied Cus tomers Throng l Our Stores. :: It See Our QUEEN Quality Mattresses r. B. HAISTEN 'Phone Black 641 213 FIR STREET Thone Red 1161 , Mil Mlt lie AM a- ii ' tt made on the Fourth ol, July.. nor ,h, ta.t w a Bove, ,uture Thu day foilowlnv th tr,.nfih tkl t- - oay i omitting the Fourth. This Is a record that we may all feel proud of. This was our first "dry Fourth,", and It easily stands on record as the best celebration ever held In the city. - . La Grande will always be under ebllgatlon for the beautiful float and the prominent part Blue Mountain Grange took In the parade In the cel ebration. The eyes of the country are now on . ... . j.T-nvrr nu win oe, until the demo cratic convention adjourns. ... i STUPENDOUS PARADE SETS (C'oiillnuiil from p:nte 1.) go-round, the two moving picture shows, all added to the enjoyment of the day. The usual horse races, fool races on the streets during the after noon, and In fact, everything that goes to make a joyous day, whs on the program. Nothing marred the -happiness of the great throng. ' Not a drunk nor an arrest. NoC a rirecrucktir was In evidence during the parade. ' . , There wns dnnelng In tbe afternoon and evening at Elks' hall. The Ice cream stands had all they could do and by 10 o'clock at night the cream-1 ery holsfed the white flHg "iiu more Ice iTcHin." They hud prepared more than enough for the uunl crowds but ithls proved to lie much larger than even the most entliiiKliistlc hoped for. At nHibt the many siring of, el. r- HkMm llllltl!mit.i! the hee transformed the usual in.i-i- f fairyland. I o'clm-k :non .,.,,., IrK i . I and own native born, accomplished and ...c...r., young muus. was Goddess -f of trade Into dream . Liberty ami received many deserved I and It 'wu estimated at compll..,..,,,.. Mr. WrlBht of rnlon, ; there were n I. than ts"" aatw-jon the street, flrln off fireworks f"C,,"n "f " i throwing confetti nd having r. n-' The ninn-l.T pnrude wns divided ln',., ,i i two .ill. .lis. the first hen, led .y the La Grande hand, and the other by the L. D. 8. hoys. lloth their n,,tl (inlforiiis .l.ilii)f patriotic airs even made the old tl. A. I;, h . catch t!i- sin it or in Tier days mid as th.y 'hri, , ,M. Ijiin. stepped up livelier than Is their usual Ki.lu'its nn.l l.i.l! r.isniiu me ci.iw.Is eiuxtil It and they received npp!.ue from th.iusan.ls of lug ti e final. hand. ' , , m The Industrial f;ia of the IVople's Ivl... v..i ...r....i ,.. l'ld j Grand.. ( elelir.ile? "XVell. I quess yell" Tile ladles lii ehni'Re of the float of the Ls.ly Maccabees, Mm. Louis Vetr.l, Mrs. Frank tkr und Mrs. lh - tn than!; the i who. es-Ni.- l then: in the work of :- Iti i ritt mi l .ler.ii.it- Ing the most worthy would have been very difficult. If one were to try to pick the best he would Immediately think of at least 20, and who could Judge? SMrta of the Dayi The sports, while not elaborate, or especially thrilling, were enjoyed by everyone who could gain a view of the contestants. The relay race was won by the La Grande high school team against the Cove boys. Medals will be given to each of the members of the successful team. The sack raci was won by Kenneth Carpy. In the football-kicking contest, Arlo Meyers made, two splendid kicks, winning over hla competitors by a handsome margin. The rosette riding contest was eas ily the most Interesting of the sports of the day, bring new to most of the spectators, and marred only by the foolhardy act of one-man who was so eager to Bee that he got In the way of the horses and suffered several ruts a:ul bruises. Dan Murchlson, by the splendid work of himself and his horse, won the prise. Frank Gabhnrt Is something of a rider, too. and had the rare lasted half a minute longer, would have been the victor. The other contestants were Benge. Winn. Murchlson and Farris. The hoi sjcs, ' taken ' all together, were a nice a lot of saddle animals as one will see In n long day's Journev. The half-mile running race was en tered by Len Oliver, Leo Hansen, Charles Cross, Hubert I'ark.- and A. Duvv, und finished In the order n imed. Cross and Paik. r dividing third money. IliHotcTH vs. Ilu'-liii'-s Men. Now. then; that was a aame! the Jury had been out since 6 o'clock last evening, says a Portland paper. More than six hours wer required to reach this verdict, and the num ber of ballots taken Is not known, the Jurors agreeing to give out no Infor mation. It Is known, however, that for several hours the Jury disagreed. After retiring, on hearing the charge of Judge C. E. Wolverton, the Jury debated until 10:40, when It returned to the court room and Foreman Allen reported that no verdict had been reached. Judge Wolverton then re read his Instructions, and the Jury re tired to deliberate further. Within five minutes after the Judge departed for home the Jury had taken a ballot, which was unanimous fur aoiulttal. There wu:t no one present to receive the verdict, so the Jury was locked up. nar'.y this morning word was sent out (hat the Jury had come to an agree ment and wished to report. Mcssrn- grrs were sent for the defendant, Booth, and his attorneys, and at 9:15 the verdict was read. James Henry Booth thanked each Juror personally and his brother, ex- State Senator Robert A. Booth, was equally delighted and gratified at the result The acquittal of Booth came three years nn.l six months after he was In dicted oh testimony secured by W. J. Burns for Francis J. Henev. tor represented 'i Grnn.le's flist street car, Th.PV store, with Its "ee-i", Itv i.jii ration, und Fred IMlsten. i&ji.l N. K. West Added much to the sure. V of the' psra.W'. It was lei'sanly a drop from the In spiring and sul. I line, when' Allluson's , t:l.;ade of misfits moved In slaht. Carrie Nsllon was with us also, and when It was found Knowlrg was the first, Kr.il Autos-G. M. ;hhe Holmes, seeon.1. Cob . Mid Indlenf. No. . FrnnV Gnhhnrt. Indian, first; No. io, C. to iand, cowboy, second. The Lady Maccabees, the Blue Mountain grange and the O. A. C. floats were each given $S. In the saddle horse division Miss Gaskell and Johnny Starr were tmtrhrt. lint a few. construed It that Jt might be Interpreted that all "boot-J.-ggrrs" might expect the limit of the law when appearing before him for entenre. The people would have been de lighted with an opportunity to have wltn,eecJ ths parade a' second time. nd niany regretted that It did not out ' that Judge 'riven the nrl... in th- artist with the I For drlvlne rlirs th. ...-.i. ..i. .1 to Charles MeCrary, his little son. and to Mrs. Storey. The floats In the parade of states were many times prise winners, but the ladlee In charge derided at th be ginning that no prises re to be given In this section. Ths judges say that they are exceedingly glad thai such ws the case, for ths duly of selen itic Business M.-n there were Williams. .Mcsrlst. Miller. Van Burcn. Will Stod dard. Kay Lnu.in, l Dunn. (!e(.rt;e Cleaver und Kcrgut-on. The Boosters ..insisted of Allrtolt. Bruce, M.-Chire. I I. loch, M m , 1,1 ..ii. st., ice, Clin. r. Graham and I'. The batteries wi re Williams and Megtist; Coin.-.-, G.a f'"ni n nd .'.ilce. The only liultScii: t'nit tn.irreil he pleasure of the game was the ttciUcht In wilcli I'lnih .;ur Insen. ri.iink tf to catch I..n.-an it home, collldi d with Mm and w.i iflte s. rlonsly hurt. Many th.uixtit '"" a time that .Miitctils..n's leg vias Si.'kin. but his ph)ntilaii wiys t'.iut iilv a very severe bruise resulted. As r.ir as plitylng Is concerned, nelthei leam shone with much brilliancy, and not one of the players has yrt heen drafted by ' MiCredle. Joe Keeney's -core book shows the score to have teen I to 15. In favor of the BikI ness Men. KXPOMTION HAS I'l.KVIV MONEY faplliil ti k if SNOP.kihI I ally KuU s-l-ilictl Bron-dns linplilly. S.ntlle. July f.-. (i-(i:il rorres I'on.l. nce.l Wlin in ru tlan 1'' montliK In whMi to work b. f. irA Ih, For opening day of the Alaska-Yukon erles Industry. The remaining $350, 000 will be expended for the collec tion and Installation of exhibits. Work cn the grounds is about 60 per cent completed. Two of the larg est exhibit palaces, the Manufactures and Agriculture buildings, twin struc tures, ore entirely finished. The Ma chinery hall, one of three permanent brick buildings, Is completed, while the auditorium and fine arts palace, the other two permanent structures, are rising rapidly. The administration building, emergency hospital and fire station have been finished for some time. The Mines building Is having Its staff put on and the Fisheries palace is far beyond the foundations. The Oregon building w ill soon he com pleted, while work on the Wsshlng ton, California, Missouri. New York ana vtah state buildings will be started some time next month. Already the landscape architect. are making the grounds beautiful, a nursery has been maintained for more than a year and millions of num. nowers and shrubs arc ready to be set out. WHAT WAS DONE AKOUOli Too mapy measure their means by their meanness. MMiTII At Vl lTTEH. Miarge of I and Fraud Not Sunstan- tinted bf Uic. lYuwutltm. With a verdict of "not guilty" to the charge of bribery against Jsmes Henry Booth, the government this morning lost th first of th lane fraud rases brought In Oregon through Francis J. Henry. This verdict n returned at $:1 this mornlna after rarlflc exposition, the 1909 fair Is In an advanced static of comtiteiiim .. r,.i there Is pl.-nty of funds In the treas ury wltli vvl.l, h t. compute It. All International expositions re ceive Tivee or 1,.,, adverso crltl.'bun is to t'-e progress of th wvrk and the r'nir.li! rond.'ilon of the org.inlza i"::. In some Instances this ciltlclsii' i .'ii-:l: l.le, bet In the case of tlx Vi.;-?.l lilr f'e officials hav. cirrled omi their tasUs so iicccs--riiMv fiat there ar ro foundations ft In--Iniiatloiis that the ixposlllon will no. ! n hit in every way. The Cr.lt. .1 Stat, s government U !!. p'trlng to ei-mt Its iM.iinii,rl;.n.,n f I". Vi. tim. As r.vuiir.,,1 i ii,.. i.io pas.e.1 by congress, the exposition management has now more than s million dollars In ussets. The total tltnl stock of Isna.ono hss been fhlly subscribed. With IUO.000 In county appropriations and a dons Hon of $:i.000 by the Arctic Brother hood, a fraternal organisation, the as sets reach more than a million. This Is exclusive of the 1I.000.000 appro- pnaled by the state of Washington, the various other state appropriations for participation, th sal of conces sions and exhibit space and foreign appropriations. Of th total government annronri. tlon, $150,000 will be used for th fol lowing buildings: Main government. Alaska. Hawaii, Philippines aid fl. EASTERN STARS GATHER. All ( luimcrs of U,o County Are Guest tf IxH-nl Order Wednesday. One of th.'lca.llng fraternal fnc Hons t.f the year will be enjoyed by many In this city next Wednesday nlng when Hope Chapter No. j, )(r. d. r of Eastern Star. w!l entertain Jll the other chapters cf that order In fnlon coumy. The ilttullstle w.uk1 win oe connrred l the rnl .n chap t. r nnd the floral n. len. la ,v n. yj Kin chapter. The evening will l. of mi Int. resting program. Th.- out si Te chapters to attend will h, K;;:r SummervllU nnd Cnlon. Hlrth officials or the Masonic ,,. , In Oregon will i.,. ,, ., , ,.. ,.. K y die of Island file .. I.. , . . ' ' or.niji: I Trnmi master of Oregon n, ,erl o;her honors n.s a Ma-.i ' p. s. :, and St.n.. fonductrei . '. .Mneluirt ..f Siimm. rvlli,., v, i active part In the program. Th tddress if Welcome ulll I.. ... , . , .I..., h..l.. BRIEF SUMMARY OF IM- IDRTANT EVENTS TODAY.. Tammany Sat Inl Trains Arrlv. 1.1,1 I llt.il From Denver nnd siinduy Room Hows Fwly No' Merry Widow HutH hi Conveiitlun Hall '1'lfly-sevcn" VariiileM ..r vi, I'rcsi.leiiilul iHtMlldaleH Fiittem d by Name of Olllo .lani.-s f Kentiteky. Denver. Juy 6 Today s convention: In n nutshell: National committee Is threshing out Its contests. The executive council of the Amer ican Federation of Labor Is framPig; "P Planks for the platform. - Johnson managers say he has no chance to w in. The Pennsylvania 'delegation Is ex pected to oust Col. James M. Onffw as national committeeman, favorlnr Jnmcs Kerr. A caucus of the New Tort ,i..i... Hon Is being held to declare for Bry n. and to name a m.md for second puuv. The ariansemenls decide 1 to .xcinde the hiits from the hall. 'n .Mitch.il nys llR 'opt second ni,,,... -The Tammany special trains arrived ('lay. " -Mirations are pouring In. ;'"" Mayors, , ami S. ; "",,M9 """- a--...- as o week l.r, s. ;,,k vanetu.;. ;,r l''"-.res,,eI,ll. candidates. committee hon "Merry Widow" cannot ac hy C. K. Coihnin and W. T. AXrigh' "f Union. Is slated fr sn a,,,r,,.' M K. Hall Is to act as toustmustrr evening. Members of Hope Chapter extc.i cordial invltvdon to all m-mhers .,t the order who are In the city, to n tend. That It will be something elab orste Is promised. of til. Will Wrk on Aurclla. Some time this w..k .... Thursday morning, a party of mo WM start for the Aurella mines to do de velopment work. r. R. raulk, a stockholder, will ,rrlv tonight from Spokan to acromnanv th. ,hpr rdng are Mr. Oldenberg. J,.w ' ana jimmle" Rnu. Faith In Ood la best ivu..J u.. J fellowship with Dien. Advertised Mi's Grarc Aman. Miss Binrt.he i-ryan Mr'- - I.. K. lly. Mrs. .M.,,y Uni;lt I- Itany. 'm.s Hail,r. W. 8. tlrahain. H. 11. LiiKRitn. J- B. .Moore. M- J. Murphy. I'-tinl, .M,-cu,U(fh T. My, r. - J- Itnowiman. fonrad siia-nsbutt Frank Hiik. Hon. J.,,h A K. T. Wit...- J- Welch." - W. WallHce. - . IHCHF.T .etters. Wist. Postmaster. Itlnl. li . ter. " 1U,y F"urh. Oau, f " wholly vicious. ''