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LA GRANDE, CXION COt'NTT. OREGON. TIURSDAY, Jl LY SO, 1908.
NUMr.ru ano.
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ARRESTED AND BAYS :
HE "LIVED" IT VP.
clals fall to understand how the bank ;
examiner could get through the
books without noticing they had been
tampered with. '
Farkhurst la 45 years old. and has
been married 24 years. Ho lived a
quiet life, as far as his friends know.
TONIGHT.
Trusted Employe of First National
Bank at Brattle Arrested for Km-
twilling Bauk Funds Remarkable
How Exanitners Missed the Short-
. ' age Not an Intemperate Man In
vested Partly In Real Estate Mid
. 'Thus Bank ts Insured Against Loss.
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Seattle Banker Embezzles,
Seattle, July 10. H. F, Park-'
hurst, first assistant cashier of
the First Rational bank of Seat-
tie, has Just been arrested on a
charge of embezzling the sum of
I48.S3Q, It Is alleged..
Rev. Plitppa Will .Talk on Sunday
School In Presbyterian Church.
t State Field Worker Phipps will ad
dress a union meeting of the Sunday
school workers of this city this eve
ning In the Presbyterian church. It
will be your loss If you let anything
prevent your attending.. Come out and
you will have a higher conception of
the Sunday school In the future.
AVOR HALL CORVEVS HIS FIRST
SPECIAL 1,'ESM 1 ITHil
WAVTS CONTINGENCY FUND AND LASUES STREET
, ; . COMMITTEE MILDLY FOR POOR SIDEWALKS.
In Ills First Message to the Council Mayor Hall Point Out Legislation That
Is Needed Appeals for Co-opcratlon From ' Citizens to Aid Enforement
of Ordinances Five Important Isssuca TouchedCharter Proposition Is
Disposed of. . . "...
Seattle, July SO. Parkhurst was
amwted on a warrant from the Unit
ed skite district attorney's , office.
.charging him with falsifying the ac-
ounts of the bank. Ho gives practi
cally no reason for his desire to get
way with funds. When asked what
he did with the money, he said: "1
lived it up."
Some of it is invested In real es
tate, and this has been turned over to
protect Jthe bank, which, In addition
to IJjAS bonds, sustains the bank
agaltistCu loss. He had been a trust
ed employe of the bank for 12 years.
The discovery of the defalcation
was made about two wseka ago as
result of auditing the books. ' The
cashier has charge of checking up bal
ances with eastern banks. It was
these accounts. It As charged, that he
doctored. At no time did he take a
big oynt, most of them being qf a
few hundred dollars. :' The bank off!-
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ILLINOIS CENTRAL IS
LIABLE TO SUFFER MOST.
Official Expect Outbreak of Ilostlll
ties Between Night Raiders and Ml
Utla Encamped or. I. C. Co.'s Prop
ertyGovernor Refuses to Protect
Uie Company In Preference to the
Commonwealth Property Destruc
tion Threatened. .
Louisville, Ky., July 0. Officers
of the Illinois Central road are today
taking precautions to prevent the exe-
cutton of threats made last night by
night raiders to wreck the company"!
trains unless the mllltla men, encamp
ed on the road's property, are ordered
to vacate. ' ' "" .v : '",'
Officials appealed to the governor
to remove the mllltla, but the gover
nor refused,' saying the commonwealth
should be1 considered first
The situation In western Kentucky
Is growing serious. It is feared a clash
between troops and the, raiders will
occur before the week is ended.
Salient Polnto of the Message.
Legal Scrutiny of the proposed charter before .the election; expediting
sale of bonds to supply city water from Beaver creek; establishment of a
nntln.nv fund: mm-u-uoI L ."TTr J" -W.H In - allavat urging
street committee to repair unsafe side walks; reticency In enforcing street
ordinances by drastic' measures. '
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To recommend the establishment of
a contingency fund.'to Whip the street
committee in mild terms for the poor
condition of sidewalks In some parts
of the city, to appeal for aid from the
taxpayers, to urge the council to take
every possible and legal step toward
prompt disposal pf the water bonds
when they are floated, and many other
Important matters were touched upon
In Mayor Hall's Initial special message
to the city council, read at the spoclul
meeting last night The message was
not a lengthy one, ' but In it were
crammed many admonitions that the
executive and the public alike
reallae should be done. The first por
tion of his communication has already
been complied with, in that the special
meeting last evening turned over to
City Attorney J. F. Baker with In
structions to employ a legal assistant
to learn the legality of the charter as
It now stands, the special charter com
mittee having last evening , reportad
that Its work was done. Mr. Baker
will folfow these Instructions and re
port at the' council meeting next Wed
nesday night If the present wording
of the proposed charter Is legal and
will hold water to the satisfaction of
its inspectors! then the council will ar
range for the special charter election
at Its next meeting. The reason no
steps were taken to name the date of
election at the meeting last night was
that the council felt there might pos.
slbly be Some legal tangles that need.
ed straightening. Hence the post
ponement until the attorneys' sanction
could be appended, to the committee's
report'
The Irregular manner now In vogue
In pitying express and. freight bills
will be remedied If the mayor's mes
sage Is followed out.
The message as read to the council
lost evening,, follows: ,
To the Members of the City Council:
I beg to submit for your considers
tlon certain recommendations which
I deem it my duty to make at . this
time. ; .
First, It Is my belief that It would
be wise, before submitting the pro
posed charter to the voters of th.e city
for their adoption or rejection, to sub-j ,n tl-,(f0rt to
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aaie&wnaermus
Greatly Uttderpriced for This Week:
hml
Hundreds of Garments of the "Royal Make"Undermuslins splendid y made, of the very I
best of materials, perlect In fit and finish to the minutest detail-Dainty, deslr- I
able garments at a liberal saving this week. J
i
85c Ladies Gowns 68c
Made in circular and V-shaped yoke,
trimmed In lace and embroidery In-
sertions and tucks; extra good values
' at regular price. Special this
week ...-680
$2.50 Ladies Gown 1.98
Made from fine Nainsook, with square
and circular yokes and short sleeves,
trimmed with Swiss Embroidery and
Bilk Ribbons. Special this week at
each
I-
75c Corset Covers 58c
From fine quality Muslin, trimmed In
lace and embroidery Insertion, and
Interlaced with silk ribbons . ...B8o
$1 Ladies' Muslin Skirts 79c
Made from good quality Muslin, 10
Inch embroidery founce, with I rows
of tucking. Special this week.. 1o
75c Ladies' Short Skirts 58c
With fine India Linon flounces, with
clusters of tucks and hemstitched
hems. Special Mo
50c Ladles Muslin Dra'rs 39c
From good quality Muslin, with 1-inch
flounces, tucked and hemstitched;
positively worth 0c; this week 9o
Misses' and Children's Undermuslins at Spe-l
Cltfl ri .tea i in j
i
S3.00 and $3.50 Ladies' White
, ,, . - Suits ' ' - ;
In neat Tailored effscta, made from
Indian Head Linens. Chose now at
v omy ..
mlt K-for final examination to the at
torneys for an opinion as to whether
its several provslons are In accordance
with the fundamental laws of the
country, and In case some are not,
for Information aatto how they may
be corrected. ' " .
The proposed charter has been ably
compiled by the special oommlttee ap
pointed for that purpose, and the
thanks of this council Is due to them
for their labors. Expert opinion
would, however, I believe, add to Its
value and help to establish confidence
In the minds of those te whom It Is to
be finally -submitted. I would there
fore recommend that the city attorney
be Instructed to employ a consulting
attorney, to be selected by the former,
and that they two carefully examine
the proposed new charter as drafted
by the special committee, and that the
Ity attorney return a report to said
special committee as soon as possible.
Second, I believe It to be the duty
of this council to adopt any and all
reasonable measures which will be
conducive to expediting the sale of the
bonds authorized by the people of this
city for the purpose of obtaining t
water supply from Beaver creek. 1
would therefore recommend that a
committee be Instructed by the coun
cil to advertise these bonds for sale
at once, pending (he adoption of a new
charter, such sale to bs conditional
upon the city legalizing the bonds
For the same reasons as given above,
I would recommend that a committee
be Instructed to advertise for bids for
the contract of constructing the pipe
line, etc., for bringing the water from
Beaver creek to the city reservoir; and
that such advertisements shall ask for
I bids for a contract under wnicn pay-
ment shall be made by the city In
T cash and also for a contract under
which payment shall be made In bonds
direct
I would also suggest to ths council
that In order that all due expedition
may be used the completion of . the
survey work for the ditch should be
carried out soon, as suggested by
Councilman Williamson, In order that
ths exact location of ths ditch may be
estsbllshed In the regular way, and
right of way matters attended to.
Third, I would recommend the es
tablishment of a contingent fund,
from which payment of freight bills,
express bills, and such others as re
quire prompt payment may be made,
This plan might profitably supplant
the Irregular one now In use.
Fourth. I would recommend the
adoption of an ordinance prohibiting
the burning, or othnrwitte dlsposlnfj of!
rubbish on the streets or alley within
the city. '
Fifth! I beg to call the attention of
the street committee especially, to the
condition of mnny of the sidewalks.
Complaints are continually being mad'.;
by residents of the city and probably
In many cases-justly, that sidewalks
are unsafe. I would urge upon this
cptrmlttee that they take some de
cisive action towards the improvement
of these conditions at once. The
United States postoff Ice department Is
about to Install the free delivery sys
tem In this city, but only on express
promts of the executive that all pos-
slble would be done to get the side
walks In good condition, and ths house
numbering completed. The privilege
of making this promise was taken not
only with the knowledge that the
cduncll desires the enforcement of all
ordinances, but with the belief that
there will be no retuouuiu u u
of property owners to co-operate with
the street department t nan effort to
make street- Improvements general
throughout the pity. If each property
owner will make needed Imporve-
menta' the general result will be such
as Jo convince the most reluctant that
It was worth while.
The city council Is powerless to
achieve good results In street Improve-
ments without the co-operation of
property owners, unless drastic meas
ures are resorted to. The use of such
measures Is undesirable In the ex
treme, if avoidable, as advancement
that Is not voluntary and In response
to a spirit of progresslveness, is not
real. The city council may force one
step, but cannot force a steady pro-
gresslvencss.
I would therefore suggest that the
street committee give Iti careftil at
tention to Improvement of" sidewalks
and also that each councilman take an
Interest In this matter and try to get
the property owners In their several
wards to co-operate with the council
Improve conditions
Bit STICK NTS
OUST 0FFICISL
ROOSEVELT STIRS VP THE
RANKS OF IMMIGRATION MEN.
SuppoHcd Titat Politk'al Beenpitntloiu
Will Be NunieroiM and Fearkns)
Over Alleged Combine Existing Be
tween Government Agents and Ort- '
ental Smugglers Toll Charged by
Officials to Let Japa and Chinese)
Into States. '" '
generally on our Streets.. ,
Respectfully submitted, ' ,
M. K. HALL, Mayor.
San Pranclsco, July JO. The "bla
sUok" in the . haads . of 1 President
Roosevelt Is about to swing amia hw-v
ranks of the Pacific coast Immlgra-,
tion bureau, of tha government. - It 1
reported that heads, both big and lit
tle, will fall In the basket" An Inves
tigation which has been going on for
over a year undor the direction of a 4
special commission named by the pres- 1
Ident It Is said, revealed the evidenced
of alleged connivance on the part of
mmlgratlon agents In smuggling Chi
nese and Jap coolies across the MexlT
can border Into the United States.
Ths Investigators have the data
completed and will make their- report
to Roosevelt In a short time. . The
government agents In San Francisco
are working on the finishing touches.
A staff of Chinese detectives was em
ployed by them. It Is further charged
that orientals were smuggled under
ths eyes of the government Immigra
tion officers. Prosecutor Heney and
Detective Burns are aiding the Investigators.
Toll Is alleged t ohave been exacted
from each alien crossing the border.
Smugglers had an agreement with Ira
migration officers. It la alleged.
LOiiDOIIiBS
iTTini i niir inii
Al IAU LlHiUtV.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND .
COMPOSE HOWLING MOB.
With No Other Provocation Than That
the Plaintiff la a Jew, Mob Forms
Outride of Police Court and Clieors
Defendant Who la Released Lone
Jew Worms Ills Way Out to Eree-
dom Police Club the Mob and
Bkiodi4icd la Averted.
London. July 10. A mob of JB.000
persons engaged In a monstrous antl
Semitic demonstration outside of tha
Bow street police station today, cheer
ing for Robert Slevler, who was ac
quitted of tha charge of attempting to
blackmail J. B. Joel, ths millionaire
nephew of the late Barney Barnato,
ths 8outh African diamond king.
Joel Is a Jew, and this was the only
provocation for the demonstration.
The mob tried to reach Joel, who
fought them, off and escaped. Tha
angry crowd then knocked down all
Jews In sight A hundred police re
serves were summoned, and by using
their clubs freely, beat the crowd
back. Bloodshed was narrowly avert
ed. , '
riPE ARTIST ACTIVE.
Attempts to Dig- H'e Wy Out of Jalf
Before Ckrfnr to Scaffold.
San Quentln, Cal., July 10. John
Slemsen, one of the gas pipe thugs,
who will hang tomorrow for a long
lint of crimes In 8an Francisco, today
Is sorry he was unsble to escape be
fore he was taken to ths death cham
ber. Guards last night found evidence
of a plot to burrow his way out of Jail.
He secured a nail, gounged out a hole
In the wall, replacing the bricks every
night so as not to attract' attention.
Louis Pabner, the other condemned
man, was unconcerned.
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Take a Little Soda
For Your Stomach's Sake
This Advice Certainly Molds Good with Everyone
This Sort of Weather
Soda served at our fountain Is more than a
tasty thirst-quenching beverage. It is tonic and
refreshing and every glass a strengthener.for
the stomach.
Our Soda Is absolutely pure, strengthening,
revi'vine. refreshing and healthful. It "lands .di
rect" on the "dry" spot and 'quenches thirst as
nothing else will, because we serve it at just the
right temperature.
HILL'5 DRUQ JTOKE
LA GRANDE, OREGON X
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