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VOLUME VII.
LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY SI, 1908.
kumbf.ii 200.
are progressive and are qulcjc to adpt
eiC TRAHSOOII III UIII0S1 COUKTY
IE PROPERTY IS CONSUMMATED
the future, and besides, everybody la
good. .: . ' . ' ..."
TO TUT
the latest methods. There are twice
the attendance in the county today
than there was a few years ago- '.Pos
sibly not twice the number of children
but mnay times over In the number of
The treasurer lias little to do until
the money begins to come In. The
same thing is true In the clerk's of
HEARST CUE
fice, where tho usual busy air is a
trifle stagnant now. The recorder's
attending adults. - The modern Sun-1
day school Includes Interesting classes I
for all sees. .. . . . !
department is n )t over-rushod with
work, either. ' . . .
CIRL KIDNAPPED
BRYA
TMYSTFJIY SURROUNDS THE ;
CnuS EVENTUAL RETURN.
Kidnaped From the Street of a City
"' Near Pittsburg, Taken to a Lonely
Hut and Mistreated, to Story of
Bountiful Girl Her Return a Mys-
. tor-Ions oh Her DlHappoaranoe She
tVa Found at Homo Unconscious
i Organizing,
BALLOONIST KILLED.
Drops Several Thousand Feet and
Mecti Almost Instant Death.
SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOIXAU DEAL CLOSED
YESTERDAY BY LA GRANDE JHNEOWNERS.
Pittsburg, July 31. Kidnaped and
tield a captive for 24 hours in a lone
ly hut, whers she was horribly mis
treated, beautiful Clara Konter, aged
18, was mysteriously returned to her
"home In Shousetown near her.
. She was found In bed at her home
this morning after an all-night search
liad been made to locate her. ,
During the absence of her parents,
-who were looking for her, the girl
Ttuir mysteriously returned to ' her
lifcjie'. She was unconscious and
"bleeding. Later she said three men
-attacked her on the street Thursday
morning, gagged her, and carried her
to a lonely hut
Intense excitement prevails In
Shousetown, and posses have been or
-ganlzed to hunt down the criminals.
Jackson, Miss., July 81. William
Oliver Is dead today as a result of
falling from his balloon. His ascen
sion was made at Vandercook late
Thursday and was witnessed by a big
w ;rJ. " ""M!lnsr "good-bye", he sail
ed 8000 feet, then cut loose the para
chute, which' failed to work. He
struck the ground with such force that
he died a few minutes later.
REACHES
TOP NOTCH
Salt Lake reople Buy Eclipse Mines for 75,000 Will Return and Keep
Three Shifts at Work on tho Property Call It a Rich Proportion Two
Years In Which to Pay Balance of tho Transaction Mine to one of the
Richest In That, Section ot the County.
The Eclipse copper mine was soldiing were the heaviest stockholders: D.
,t A., McAllister, . coiner, w. o.
Sargent, J. a. ,: ?"i
COUNTY CONVENTION.
Sunday School Workers of County to
Meet In October.
The Sunday school workers of Union
county will hold their annual county
'' -convention In this city next October.
J Held Worker Phlpps, who delivered
.. uch an Interesting address last night
' 1n the Presbyterian church, will be
present during the entire two days'
' session. There will be others of na
i tlonal experience present In addition
' ttf nyiresentatlves from, every school
InThe county.
The Sunday schols of thl county
ALL RECORDS OF AT LEAST
TWENTY-TWO YEARS BROKEN.
Mercury Roaches 10, Recording
yesterday to Utah- munu i.
176,000,. and they have returned to
Salt Lake to arrange ' the immediate
opening of the mine with three crews
of men.
This mine Is situated about 35 miles
east Of La .Grande on Copper creek,
and contains one of the largest and
richest bodies' of copper in that , min
eral district.
This mine was owned entirely by La
Grande people of whom the follow-
Jeffries Retires.
Los Angeles, July 31. Jim Jeffries
announced today that he Intends to
withdraw from the club bearing his
name. He will not referee any more
fights because things : are " not run
right.''
. Youth Goes to Prison.
Uklah, Cal., July 31. Jesse Heft
cock, a youth, was today sentenced to
IS years at Ban Quentln for the mur
der of Frits Stelnhart In April.'
and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Williamson. '
Two thousand dollars was paid down
and the purchasers have two years in
which to pay the balance. As they
are mining men of experience and will
commence active work Immediately, it
is expected that within a few months
this will be one of the liveliest camps
on Copper creek, and the Eclipse mine
will soon be a large producer of cop
per. ' .
THE CUIUS
El
thentic authorities, from other sources,
affirm that the heat did not equal to
day's record during that time., This
being true, It Is at least 22 years, and
no one knows how much longer, since
Point Never Attained In La Grande I the city has been sweltering in a'slra
Slnce Records Were Kept Two Do- liar degree of heat
ernes Hotter Than Yesterday Roc- Notwithstanding the high tempera-
ords for the Time Named Complete , ture, no one suffered.
Except In Two Years No Knowing j air Is refreshing,
The mountain
a fact wnicn no
n. rn, Kim, th Record We doubt saved prostrations. Following
Equalled.
are the records for the past 23 years,
July, 188 . .
August, 1888
in in hsat annals In La July, loo I .
Grande for at least 13 years were ' August, 1887
broken this afternoon when the mer-July, 1888
enr at the lovernment weather od-, August,
servatory registered 10 degrees in the
shade. With the exception of two
years, the records furnished herewith
are authentic. During the years of
1898 and 187 the records were not
maintained In proper1 order, hut au-
1888
July, 1889 ...
August, 1888
July, 1880 ....
August, 1890
July, 1891 ..
August, 1891
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97
88
88
9
94
95
92
99
93
98
98
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CooK Comfortable Hot Weatherl
Necessaries
AT MOST ATTRACTIVE PRICES
Men's Wear Section
Men's "Porous Knit" Underwear
Just what the name Indicates. Open
knit Underwear, giving the maximum
comfort Shirts made with short
sleeves; most sanitary and comfort
able; regular 75c values; here at 65c
per garment; the suit .$1.25
Men's While Gauze Uuderwear.
Athletic Skirts, Knickerbocker Draw
ers, made from fine white combed
yarns; hot weather comfort In full
est measure; per garment, 5c; the
suit W-M
7 So French Balbrlggsn Underwear,
fine combed yarns, silk finish; nat
ural Balbrlggan collars; special,
, 5Jo
now
Men' Comfortable Shirts 38c up
In Golf and Negligee Shirts, Id Per
cale, Madras, Mercerised Cotton, Mo
hair, Pongee Silks, and fine light
weight Flannel; regular prices 7Sc
uo: soeclat now ..SHo op
ill
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July, 1892 99
August 1392 94
July, 1893 ......102
August 1893 ..,,..100
Julv. 1894 95
August, 1894 ........ l.. 98
July, 1895 98
August, 189S 97
Juyl, 1898 9
August. 1898 .'. 103
July, 1899 99
August. 1899 :. 89
July,' 1900 ........no record
August 1900 . ...( 8
July, 1901 98
August, 1901 101
July, 1902 " . .'. ; . . V.S ;'; ..'.'. ..T.'.'tl j
August 1902 .100
July. 1903 98
August, 1908 99
July, 1904. 99
August 1904 98
July, 1905... ......103
August, 1905 100
July,. 1901 : ....101
August. 190 ...... 101
July. 1907: 99
August 1907 109
July SI, 1908) 1M
ALLEGED PAC KING OF
CONVENTION IS MOTIVE.
Startling Allegations Made by Ncbras-
ka Delegate to IndrpomloiK'o Con-
ventlon Are Tame Compared With
What to Coming From Bryan
. "Mum" on Humor Tlmt Hearst and
, Bryan Are Swapping Support Which
Would Mean Aid to Bryan Thte
.Campaign. .
Bi ROPE
DOUBLE HANGING AT SAN
QUENTIN Tins MORNING.
Gas Ple Thugs of San FranctHCO Are
Hanged Before Large Crowd This
Morning Both Converted to Cath
olic Faith Before Dootli One Is fil
k'lit Both Tremble at Sight of the
Death Machine and Uie Crowd The
Two Have Killed Three Men. .
Ladies' Wear Section t
ladies Shirt Waist Suits
In white and colors, made from fancy
ginghams, Batistes, Indianhead Mus
lins ond "Hyde" grade Galatia
Cloths, all at special saving in
price ' "P
Kimonas and Dressing Saques
In dainty Lawns and Dimities, In Jap
anese and Empire styles, long and
short HI t a saving of from 20 to
30 per cent
la lies' Summer Vests
In Cotton, Lisle and Silk, Jersey and
Swiss ribbed, In gauze and medium
weights, with and without sleeves;
plain and lace-trimmed, 15c, and all
Intermediate ' prices up to ....11.50
65c Ladies' Umbrella Pants 50c
In the "Set-Bnug style, loce-trlmmed;
special Fair Store price 50c
$1.00 to $2.25 ladles Waists 68c
In white only, In Lawn and Linen,
plain and embroidered fronts. Only
a few, slightly mussed and soiled;
to close out Just the thing for
vacation wear ...98c Z
THOUSANDS EAT OPIUM.
At Least 5000 New Yorkers Are Ad
dicted to the Opium Habit
Washington. July 81. At least 6,
000 persons In New Tore city are
slaves to the opium habit according to
a statement made today by Dr. Wright
one of three representatives of Amer
ica on the International commission In
vestigating the opium traffic through
out the world. Ho says there are
from 600 to 1000 Chinese residents of
New York who are addicted to the
habit The commission Intends to In
vestlgate the conditions In every big
city In the United States.
Ran Quentln. July 31. Louis Dab-I
ner and John Siemsen, the San Ffan
Cisco gas pipe thugs, were hanged elm
ultaneously at San Quentln prison at
10:30 this morning. . Two hundred
persons witnessed the hanging. 'The
priest who converted both murderers
to the Catholic faith; remained In the
cells praying with the doomed men
until the warden appeared shortly be
fore 10 to make preparations for the
death march
Everything was still In the old fur
niture factory where the gallows are.
Their arms were strapped to their
Ides and two rows of guards took
their stand on either side of the con
demned men, and tho march began,
led by the warden and the priest,
Both Fear Death.
Both men trembled visibly as they
faced the crowd In front of them. Al
most Instantly, as they stepped on the
trap, guards drew he black caps over
their heads. - The hangman adjusted
the nooses. Tho warden raised his
hand and the guards In a hidden box
released the cords operating the traps
and three murder wer avenged.
Just before the cap was put on
fllemsen said to the crowd, "Good-bye,
all." Dabner went to his death with
out saying a word.
'".Mln. Neh..Juiy.j .,!. Bryan Is
expected to make a sensational
on the motive behind the Independ
ence party immediately following his
formal notification of his nomination.
The filing ot an affidavit In Chicago
Thursday by. Joseph T. Marshall, one
of the Independence delegates from.
Nebraska, In whlcb he alleges W, R.
Hearst "packed" the convention In the
Interest of the republicans, is said to
be but a forerunner of the revelations
expected from Bryan. ,
Bryan declined to discuss the report
that Hearst had made him an offer
whereby Bryan was to receive the sup
port of the Independence party this
year In return fof Bryan's support of
Hearst's aspirations to the democratlo
nomination In 1912. - '
Contributions are pouring into Fair-
view from every section of the coun-
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Ready for End urn one Run.
New York, July 31. Automobile
racers are today preparing for the en
durance contest from New York to
Ban Francisco and return. Cars leave
New York August 22. According to
the Itinerary the cars will reach San
Francisco on September I and arrive
here again October 8. Drivers will be
required to run to tho coast over one
route and return by another. Each
car must carry four persons, a driver,
mechanic, observer and a newspaper
man.
Boys' Canvas Shoes - 95c
Men's Ganvas Oxf's - 6Cc up
Boys Canvass Oxf 8 ' 50c
Ladies White Duck
Oxfords - - $1.29 up
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Weyrrtiaujwr Keep Oat.
St. Poul, July 31. F. P. Weyer
hauser, son of the millionaire lumber
man, denies his father's Interests are
connected with those of the 1300,
000,000 lumber merger. He ssys he
will keep what yellow pine he has.
San Quentln, July 31. The crime
for which Dabner and Slomsen were
hanged were a series of cold-blooded
murders, causing a reign of terror In
San Francisco Immediately after the
earthquake. The two men dashed out
the brains of three men, with robbery
as a motive. The first slew J. Pfltx-
ner, an humble shoe merchant, in a
little establishment on 'McAllister
street. Three weeks later he mur
dered William Frlede, a haberdasher.
Soon after, M. Munakata, president ot
the Klmmon Gtnko Japanese bank.
was murdered and his clerk danger'
ously Injured. Dabner and Siemsen '
took 32800. It was for the Japanese
murder that they were hanged.
Tho thugs Interspersed their mur
der with many ' robberies. The ex-
cqnvlct was sent to prison for one of
the robberies, but was reelased when
Dabner confessed.
Mother Bid Son Good-Bys. '' "
Dabner poor mother visited ' her
son for the last time a few days ego.
She wept bitterly, but Dabner paid no
attention to her.
Dabner and Siemsen died friends. '
A reconciliation was effected last
night, Siemsen extending his hand in
forgiveness. . Before Dabner retired i
last night Slomsen wrote this note and
handed It to Dabner for bis signature:
- "Mother dear, forgive Dabner; you,
mamma, forgive and forget all. This
is Dabner and I. ' May you In your '
grief, feel for Mrs. Dabner. What you
suffer so will she. Pray for us In
this, our time of misfortune."
The note was signed by both men.
Slomsen was angry at Dabner for con
fessing. Slemeen's mother is now In
Honolulu.
Take a Little Soda
For Your Stomach's Sake 1
QUIET ABOUT COURT HOUSE.
Tax Money Not Coming In and Only
Two Offices Are Very Busy.
The county school superintendent
and tho assessor' office are the most
busy office In the court house this
week. In the sheriffs department
there Is but little to do as the time for
receiving tax money la yet a month In
This Advice Certainly Holds 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
tho stomach.
Our Soda is absolutely' pure, strengthening,
reviving, 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.
MILL'S DRQQ JTiOKE i
LA GRANDE. OREGON
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