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II ID
EASTERN FINANCIERS WILL VISIT
LA GRANDE COMMERCIAL CLUB
PROMOTERS WILL NOT ASK FOR A BONUS FROM CITY
mtJlTGROWERS WILL ALSO IIVE IMPORTANT
. .. ' ' ISSUE PRESENTED TO THEM AT THAT TIME.
Final Stops in Putting Colossal Irrigation Proposition . Before the LanJ
Owner of the Grande Itonde Valley Are Made -Eastern Men Iteprc
sontlng Money In Abiaidance Will Visit Here Personally Will Warm
lp Interests Among Fruitgrower!, Too.
Some time ago a proposition con
templating the Irrigation of a larg j
portion of the valley was laid before
the Commercial club, and that body
-was asked to 'go among the farmers
sand land owners to ascertain how
rniuch Interest they might have In the
matter. As a substitute for personal,
-and one might say, house to house
. "work, the board of managers will call
-a mags meeting of farmers, fruitgrow
ers and business men of the valley,
for the 18th Inst. At that time they
will have definite figures to lay before
he gathering. The capitalists who
,'havo the project in consideration will
e In La Grande on the 12th, and will
make a proposition to the land own
ers, through the club, as to what they
tare willing to do. It Is known that
nothing In the nature of a bonus will
bo asked or expected. Plenty of cap
ital to put In tho system complete Is
-available, and the whole proposition
will be ptyiced on a strictly business
basis, r
One of the obiects of this meeting Is
i Special
Clearance
Prices
ALL LADIES'
SPECIAL BARGAINS in Men's, Boys'
and Children's Suils ALL WIS WEEK
50c $1.25 to 2.00 25c
't-in Hand Ties Ladies' Waists tAex. Straw Hats
27c 68c 13c
Ladles' Dress Skirts of the Famous "Beverly' Make'
$14.00 Now . . . ... ... .
MEN'S 75c TO BJe DRES8 KIIIKTH. OaTl CV . aTtg
to hold a conference with the fruit
growers relative to a closer union of
their Interests. Although the fruit
growers have already an organization
to which most of them belong. It Is
desired by the majority to effect
plans that will unify their Interests,
and make them more powerful.
Such an organization as Is contem
plated will better marketing condi
tions, and enable them to secure rights
from transportation companies which
they are now unable to obtain. This
question of securing cars and trans
portation for fruit shipments will be
taken up In this mass meeting, and
addresses from men of note and ex-
perlence will be heard. It is planned
by the club to bring speakers here
who have been actively engaged In
these matters.
Twenty Kuhhuiw Killed.
St. Petersburg, July 9. Twenty
persons were kllk'd today and as
many Injured by tho collapse of a bltf
building In tho course of erection.
Fifteen bodies have been recovered.
A half dozen aro unaccounted for..
TRIMMED HATS
ACT Of! VALLEY IRRIGATION PROJECT
FALLS TO DEATH
WAS MEMBER OP ALPINE
' CLUB ON MOUNT EVELYN,
Though Warned to Keep Off the Snow
Young Girl of Alberta Country Tot
ters for S Moment on Verge of
Precipice, and Then Goes Down
Thousands of Feet Mangled Re
mains Picked Up Other Members
Saw Death-Fall Disobeyed Ad
monitions. Belllngham, Wash., July 9. After
tottering on the brink of a precipice
In Mount Evelyn, Canada) Miss Helen
H. Hatch of Lethbridge, Alberta,, a
member of the Alpine club, an or
ganization of explorers, fell thousands
of feet and was Instantly killed before
the eyes of other members of the pari
ty. Wednesday noon they reached
the snow line, and despite warnings,
she Insisted on walking on the snow.
She walked from her companions.
Suddenly a mass of snow began to
slide. She struggled .In vain, and fin
ally slipped over the precipice. Her
companions found the. mangled re
mains In the canyon
ZloiUsts to Gather.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 9. Lead
ers In the movement for tho restora
tion of Palestine to the Jewish people
are gathering In Aatlantlo City today
from all parts of this country, Canada
and Mexico. Formal opening of the
convention of the Federation of Amer
ican Zionists will take place tomor
row and the sessions will continue for
six days. Tho National Brotherhood
of Operative Potters will also begin
Its convention in Atlantic City tomor
row. '
Corner Coeds of all
Kinds Dress Goods, Ladies
Suits, Dress Skirls, Ladies'
IVass in Nett Silk, Lawns
and Linen Ladies Long and
Short Kimonas.
HALLPRICE
Worth up to
; $5.98
COLOSSAL TRUST
TIMBER OWNERS AND '
MILLMEN WILL MERGE.
A Holding Corporation of Three Hun
dred and Sixty Million Dollars Is to
Be Formed With Weyerliauser at
tho Head Bureau of Corporations
booking Into Alleged Combine of
Manufacturers and Dealers on tlie
Pacific Coast. .
St. Louis, July 9. F. E. Weyer
ftauser, son of Frederick Weyerhaus
er of St. Paul, reputed to be the rich
est man In the United States, was to
day appointed chairman of the per
manent committee chosen by . the con
ference of Yellow Pine Lumbermen to
work out the final details In the or
ganizing of a merger of timber own
ers and lumber manufacturers. The
plan adopted by the conferene'e here
today for a big holding corporation
provides for approximately 9360,000,
000 capital. Four or five men pres
ent will have from 910,000,000 to $20,
000,000 each In the tniBt.. "Among the
St. Louis stockholders are Nelson N.
McLeod, Samuel M. Fullertoiv, C. B.
Johnson, J. A. Freeman and C. H.
Hutting, the bank president.
Start Investigation.
Seattle, July 9. To determine
whether the northwest lumber manu
facturers ara In a trust to control the
production and price of lumber, not
only locnlly, but In the markets of the
east and California, Is one purpose of;
a visit' hero of Charles E. Edgortun,
special agent of the bureau of cor
porations. He has 10 assistants with
him. Four of the latter are digging
up data In Seattle. They will go
through records ond make a search
ing Investigation.
Thousand Drowned.
Constantinople, July 9. A
thousand persons wire drowned
today In u flood Wiping out tlio
town of Tekal on tho Teslill-
irmak lher. In Asia Minor, ae-
cording to u news agency re-
put. .
To Awild Coal Famine.
I Minn. aMj!i, Minn,. July 9. tTi-
ods of preventing the annual fn-1
r.uiilip vl'i.h obtain In the north,
west every year, leaving suffering,
privation n nd death In Its wake, are
under dl:-cnsdon at tin convention
opened here today by the Js'r .
ern Retail Coal. Dealers' association.
Dealers ore hero from Minn. 1. 1
Montana, (he Dakotai, Vi'tsconidn an4l
.Manitoba, and for three days will give I
almost their undivided attention to
the difficult matter of outllnKlng a
system of fuel supply for the coming
winter. One of tho iuttlons to bi
given considerable discussion Is I'm!
.referring to summer freight rates, li
has been tho desire of the association
to have the railroads roneede certain
points In the way of summer rntes
that will enable the dealers to ship
ool st reduced rates to all north
western points early In the summer.
If the roads can be persuaded to
grant a special rate for the three sum
mer months, the companies will Ije
able to get the coal to the northwest
ern points at a cost that will allow
them to sell the fuel at greatly re
duced prices, hoping thereby to get
the consumers to buy coal early In the
year and avoid the congestion which
Inevitably brings on the coal famine
In the late winter.
The matter was taken up last year,
but little success was met with, but
with the working of the Interstate
commerce commission and a special
commutes from the association, It Is
believed the roads will concede some
points to the association. ..'..
HE COL, WILLIAM HUB
BRYAN
PERMANENT CHAIRMAN CLAYTON'S SPEECH .','''-
IS PRICIPAL THING OF INTEREST TODAY.
A.
Convention Called to Order at 11:30 and Adjourns Th Is Afternoon Until T
O'clock Tonight, When Bryan Will Undoubtedly Be Nomiuated-Do Not
Expect Vlce-PreeldenUal Action Unit! Tomorrow Platform Will Be Re
ported and Adopted Tonight According to Plans.
Denver, July 9. The third day's
session of the national democratic
convention opened at II o'clock with
permanent organisation and the
speech of permanent Chairman Clay
ton, The platform upon which the planks
are now being nailed by the resolu
tions committee, will be presented and
adopted by the convention, probably
later In the day.
May Nominate Tonight.
The possibility of nominating
speeches gnd the vote for the presi
dential candidate is that It will occur
tonight. The vice-presidential situa
tion Is still uncertain.
Two-thirds Is 621.
The total vote In the convention Is
1006, four votes being added through
me increase of the Oklahoma vote
from 14 to 18; a two-thirds vote Is
necessary for a choice for president
and vice-president, Is, therefore, 821.
Carpenters Null Down Plank.
In tho hope of being able to report
a complete platform to tho conven
tion Immediately after the Conclusion
of Clayton's speech today, political
carpenters took an unusually early
breakfast.. The general sub-committee
of the full platform commltteo so'
together nt 8:30 to receive reports of
the various little sub-commutes, which
wero In session all night. They have
agreed on-practically all the planks.
Thoso on Injunction, railroads, cui
roney, trusts are not yet agreed, upon.
Before tho national convention was
called to order at 11 o'clock. Indica
tions were that there would ln consid
erable debating In the full resolutions
committee
Unit Itulo Adopted.
The New York dclcK'.i'lon nt a cau
cus this morning re-elected Jormnn
U. Made, national committeeman, and
adopted tho unit rub"!
McNeil's Nil mo to Appciir.
The Connecticut delegation held a
caucus and decided Hint John WaMi
of N'orwnlk, should present the name
of Archibald McNeil for the vice
presidency. .
Mlr-Msim Wants Tiiilns.
The Michigan delegation In caucus I
voted In favor of former Gorvernor
V. L. Douglas of Massachusetts, for
OUGHT TO BE Tilt HAPPINESS AND GLORY
ol every citizen to so live ond act that his fel
low citizens will esteem him for his goodness.
m
his klntfncss, and his usefulness. The principles of
I gcod citizenship should constitute the code of rules i
for every kind of business
This applies particularly
5 cause, owing to the limited
of drugs by the general public, it follows that the re- X
I liability of the druggist
good service.
HILL'S DRUG STORE
La Grande a
AT: IM . IE JFIIIIir,
Vice-president. " ,
Hours of Nomination. , .
Ollle James of Kentucky, announc
ed this morning that it was the Inten
tion of the loaders, if possible, to put
through a permanent organisation of
the convention and adopt the plat
form during the afternoon. The meet- .
lng will then adjourn until tonight
to nominate Bryan. The vlce-presl-dentlal
candidate will be nominated to
morrow. The convention Is to adjourn
sine die before tomorrow noon.
The "democratic pile driver," as
Colonel Ouffoy and Patrick McCar
ren call the Bryan machine, Is work-'
lng smoothly today. Its managers,
Ollle James of Kentucky, Jim Dahl
man of Omaha, and Chairman Theo
dore Bell of California, have several
ropes and fixtures prior to setting the
convention In motion and found them
all right.
Heat Is Intense.
Despite the Intense heat the crowd
plied Into the hall, filling every seat.
Tlfe opening . proceedlnss . were de
layed, It being after, 11 o'clock before
Bell began the regular 10-mlnute
struggle to restore order. Ho called
the convention to order at 11:30. Kab
ul Emmanuel Koch of Peuttlo, of
fered prayer.
Clayton 'Addresses Convention.
When permanent Chairman Clayton
was Introduced, ho immediately com
menced his speech. Illti voice held
out well nnl was heard plultily all
over the auditorium. Ho wm lmid'y
cheered. Tho band then p!ayed
"Dixie," bringing the 'delegates t
their feet. A moment later tho doors
opened and the marclilnif club from
St. J.ouls entered, carrying banners
bearing tlm Inserlptlon: "Bryan and
Fmiiels spell victory." '
A mention of ex-I'resldcnt Crover
Cleveland's namo by Clayton was
gsecled'by Applause.
I'idlovliiir Is part rf t!io onlt-ln-Junctlon
plank adopted;
'Questions of judicial practice have
. arisen, especially , In connection with
Industrial disputes; we deem that the
parties to nil Judleiiil proceedings
should be treated with rigid Impartial
Ity; that the Injunction thould not be
Issued In any case In which Injunc-
(Continued on page 6.)
whether public or private. : ;
to the drug business, be : ;
knowledge of the qualities
Is the chief guarantee of I
Oregon J