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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
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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. '
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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-
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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.
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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
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j.T-nvrr nu win oe, until the demo
cratic convention adjourns.
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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
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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.
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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.. ...
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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.
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