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VOLUME FIL
LA GRANDE, TJNTON COUNTT, OREGON.' MONDAY, AVGT'ST 8, 1908.
NCM11F.R 203.
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H SALE OF
S
CITY WILL HAVE NO TROUBLE
IN DISPOSING OF THEM.
A Cash Bid for Entire Block of Pro
posed Water Bonds Him Boon Bid in
Comiwny Wanted to Close Deal at
. Once Other Bids In Hands of the
Council In to Make Payment In
Construction of the Project Good
Water Seem Assured. '
La Grande will find ready sale for
Its $1(0,000 bonds, which are to be Is
ued at a near date. Though there
lias been a standing offer 'from the
Jtiutiifu r:Tir '"""n" re
purchase all the bonds at par, pay
meat to be made In constructing the
Beaver creek gravity water system for
9157,000, the special charter commit
tee only met a cash proposition Batur
day afternoon. The offer to buy the
tonds at par for cash came from a
.Chicago firm through a Mr. Suther-
WATER
' Jin, who visited here Baturuay, holding
extended consultation with members of
,: the council committee. He was so de
sirous of securing the bonds that he
agreed to close the deal Immediately,
hut this, of course, could not be done,
' as the bonds had not been advertised
and the "railroading" would call down
criticism for a "frame up" In the
council, as It did last year. It 1s pos
" alble, of course, that the city will lose
this buyer between now and the time
the new charter is adopted by special
lection, and the bond ' Issue details
. gone through. But such a condition
. Is not likely to shape Itself.
' Election This Month. ,
f To all appearances, the special elec-
Vlon will be held this month. Could
''the eounclt , have foreseen what the
I Ladies' Dusters at Specially
-$
DUSTERS in all the most popular and serviceable
Materials including mercerized cottons and real
linen,, made mostly in the large roomy ' auto styles
which can be worn with the greatest comfort and
without messing the most dainty waist some made
perfectly plain others trimmed with straps and buttons
others with trimmings on collars and cuffs of con
tracting colors of the most pleasing sort. All at
especially reduced prices this week.
I $2.50 Dusters
rj ; $2.79;
57.50 Black Voile Skirts $1.78
A shipment of these beautiful Skirts
Just received from New York a few
days ago. The most superb values
we hav ever offered. Eleven-gore
Skirts, with pleats and ttt-lnch
satin band around bottom; choose
this week for M.7S
: 5peca Values in
w
SUIT CASES at attractive
prices. In all leather, mat
ting and waterproof Imi
tation leather; In large as
sortment; In price from
811.00 down to .13.50
Brays Canvas Shoes, Leather Sole3 - 95c
Boys Canvas Oxfords, Rubber Soles - 50c
Ladies White Duck Oxfords - $1.29 up
lupreme court would do In the Port
land water case. It would have ordered
the special .election along with . the
general election. As evontually roved
Itself true, the supreme court ruled
that 10 days' notice la sufficient In the
cane of a special election. As a re
ult of this ruling, the council will
next Wednesday evening, If the attor
neys going over the proposed charter
find It legally sound, order the special
election at once, and tt U believed the
date will be set some '.time this month,
lty system of water, that la pure, cool
lty syste mof water that Is pure, cool
and wholesome, will speedily be sup
plied La Grande. :'fs .
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Ill VIIIIK
SCHOOL APPROPRIATION FOR
THIS COUNTY IS 4,187.?0.
The Largest School Apportionment in
the County of Union and the Slate
, at Large Made on August 1 The
State is Growing as Evinced by Re
portUnion County Stands Ninth of
the Thirty-four Counties In the State.
According to the annual apportion
ment of the state Irreducible school
fund, which was made public by State
Treasurer Steel last . Saturday, Union
county secures the highest school ap-p.-
n'.K.'" i. this year In Its history.
T. ; , lns Is true all over the
Bt8-u, ' rti'M apportionment of 88,-
787. 20, Union county ranks as ninth
In the state in matter of population of
children In school age.' The appor
tionment Is based on the population,
and each student of the state Is given
a per capita school "apportionment.
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(Continued on page. 4.).-.
Reduced Prices
for $1.98; $3.50 Dusters
$5.00 Dusters for $3.98
Cotton BlanketsJust
tv r-
ior rour Lamping inp. cacn i jc.
MEN'S WORK SHIRTS, val
ue up to 7Sc, now . , . .45o
In light, dark, and medium
color; special this week, at
each '...4So
HUES ARE DEAD; $25,000,000
III PROPERTY DESTROYED BY FIRE
SPOKANE AND CANADIAN CITIES COME TO :
: AID OF SUFFERERS IX FERNIE FIRE.
Cliarred Bodies and Ruined Property Marks I'lUh of a Fire Near Ferule,
Which Got Beyond Control of Brush Burners and Completely Destroyed
an Entire City Need of Provisions and Tents Homeless People. Living
In Open Air Reports Say Fires Are SUU Raging -Impossible to Learn
Death List as Communications Are Impossible. .
Terrible Disaster.
Fernle, B. C, Aug. . Seven
ty blocks of smouldering ashes
narlr I.,. .....L ?!?" "
a well built, thriving k city of
Fernle, with 000 population.
But 14 residences and on busi-
ness house remain. Between
700 and 800 families are home-
less. Twelve bodies have been
recovered. It l feared 100 sre
missing. . ;
The conflagration is the result
of a brush fire which got beyond;
Control last Saturday afternoon.
Vancouver,' B. C, Aug. 8. It Is var
iously estimated this morning that 170
were burned to death in the Fornie
fir, and the property loss Is placod
at 88,000,000. The figures are given
by Thomas Biggs, secretary of the Fer
nle Miners' ualon. The towns of Hos
mer and Michel, which were reported
destroyed, are saved. Building were
dynamited at Hoamer.
Sixty men and four women camp
ing In the lumber district five miles
from Fernle, are surrounded by fire.
and all are reported dead. -
This Week 1
for!
Ladies Dainty Embroidered Front
White Lawn Waist $1.75
With pleated fronts, short sleeves,
lace edging on collar and cuffs. ,
In all colors and all styles, with fancy
and plain buckles, worth regularly
up to 11.85; choice for 4 So
the Thing to
f Tr
take
Man's, boys and ladle toe
Straw Hats, suitable for
Outing wear 85c
76c to 11.(0 Straw and Cloth
Hats, for, choice ...... 45e
ifncl'iftid iy.', "ft ("
Sixty thousand dollars' worth of
groceries have been distributed at Fer
nle. Hundreds are sleeping out of
doors, many of them without cover
ing , Constabels have been sworn In
to guard what la left of the town.
In Fernle, the Western Canada
wholesale house, occupying a concrete
building which was saved, has stored
groceries which are being given to the
unfortunates. This distribution Is a
blessing to the people. The house has
been converted Into a retail store. Or
ders are promptly delivered.
President Llndsey estimates the loss
of the Crow's Nest Coal company at
(100,000. The Trltes Food company's
loss Is 8259,000. A. McDonald, whole
sale, and the Crow's Nest Trading
companies lost heavily. . Relief com
mlttees have been organized.
Fire Still Burning.
Winnipeg, Aug. 8. Reports re
ceived over the railroad wires from
points nearest the great Crow's Nest
valley fire 'today, Indicate that the
flames are still roaring over the coun
try, and that the damage will probably
be greater than expected last night
It la estimated that the full amount ol
loea.ln the whole burned district will
be 828.000.000. Thf total loss of life
Is variously estimated at from 400 to
700. The suffering and destitution
Is horrible. . . '
Acting Mayor Harvey has called s
meeting of the board of control this
morning.
Already subscriptions and a relief
fund are rolling In, It Is possible that
a full extent of the loss of life and
property will not be known for several
days yet.
Provision Exhausted.
Nelson, B. C, Aug. 8. A thousand
refugees, the overflow' from Cran
brook, arrived here this morning, most
of them destitute. ,There Is great dif
ficulty In getting provisions here. The
big Canadian cities have wired money.
Loss to Appalling.
Spokane, Aug. 8. A carload of pro
visions was sent from Spokane yester
day. Three thousand loaves of bread
were sent this morning, the mayor and
chamber of commerce responding
quickly to appeals. Reports say that
tents and bedding are also needed. A
relief committee Is swamped with con
trtbutions. Reports also say the towns
of Olson and Sparwood are destroyed.
The loss Is appalling, but It Is difficult
to obtain figures and facts on account
of wire Interruption.
WIRES VP SOON.
Special Crew Healrlng Damage to
' Wire at Island City.
Ever since the conflagration at Is
land City, th linemen of the Home
Independent and th Pacific Tele
phone companies have been at work
straightening out th tangled mesa of
burned wires In th vicinity of th fire.
Both companies report that all their
wires will be In working order by to
morrow, due to exerted efforts by both
firm. Men were kept at work all day
yesterday.
Hundreds and hundreds of people
viewed the ruin yesterday. From La
Grand there wer scores who walked
out to th seen In th cool of th eve
ning.
WALLA WALL MAKES GOOD.
Subscribe Liberally to Make Whit
man the "Yale of tlw West,"
Walla Walla, Aug. I- A canvass of
th result of th ten days' campaign
among business men of Walla Walla
to raise 1200,000 with which to start
a subscription of 88.000,000 for
greater Whitman college, revealed
the business men of this city $180,- j
000 up to date, while there yet re-
mains 120,000 to be raised the com
mittee assured Prof. A. W. Hendrick,
who has charge of the work, that sev
eral who will give toward the cause
have not yet been approached, - and
that the remaining amount will be
raised with a few days mora to work.
Among those who came to the res
cue of the cause yesterday was Sena
tor Levi Ankeny, who pledged 110,000
for the new college, and promised to
give more If It Is needed.'. This sub
scription along with several other sub
stantial gifts went a long way toward
reaching the required sum. ;
FIVE KILLED III
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION . 1 " !
FOLLOW ELECTRIC STORM.
Terrific Electrical Disturbances and a
Cloudburst Fills an Entire Valley
Near Reno With Wator Several
People y Rescued Cattle Waslied
Away DlspaUitea From Other Sec
tions About Indicate Heavy Dam
ages Elsewhere,
Reno, Nev., Aug. . 3. A terrific
electrical storm broke In Washoe
county last night and left death and
destruction in its wake.' The extent
of the damage Is unknown, but It Is
thought that at 'least five were killed.
There was a cloudburst of rain. Etta
Plxley, daughter of a wealthy logging
camp owner in Dog valley, was Killed
Instantly by rushing water. The body
was found at the bottom of a gulch.
There were many thrilling rescues.
An unknown woman was also killed
with Miss Plxley. The bodies were
found , together, A white cook and
two Chinese were swept away. Their
bodies' have not been found. Twenty
head of cattle and all the livestock of
the valley were killed. The valley 1
full of water. . , ' ' '
Miss Clcereaut, daughter of a Judge,
of Verdi, was rescued from death by
a laborer. 8h was swept away from
the mountain pat and carried down
stream, when she was pulled out.
New -from Spanish gulch say the
entire gulch I flooded by a cloudburst
Hundreds of men are searching Dog
valley for the bodies of the men sup
posed to have been caught In the
flood. Th valley I a seen of utter
devastation. The only house stand
Ing are on th hill, high up from
where th flood occurred. Mis Plx
ley was a school teacher. Luke Smith
a laborer, la also dead. All told, five
were killed, three of whom were Chi
nese.
Stole Thousand In Stamp.
Chicago, Aug. 8. After terrorising
the postmaster of a northern Michigan
own for 10 years, stealing 880,000 In
stamps and money, George Ross an
French Rocach were arrested today In
a hut In the woods near Escanaba.
Postal authorities found 810,000 In
stamps and postal orders In their pos
session.
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REIIO LAST U
lake a uttle boaal
For Your Stomach's Sake
This Advice Certainty
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,
reviving, refreshing and healthful. - It Viands di
recr on the "dry" spot ana quencnes thirst as
nothing else will, because we serve it at just the
right temperature.
illLL'S DRUQ JTORE
the
LA GRANDE. OREGON
the
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111
UTRRYING TO OREGON
TO (SPEND THE SVMMRUV;
In a Brief Interview 'KIiig" Harrl-
nian Says There Will lie No Almu.
donment of Traffic )'-aii DuhIiicmi
SIoHtiy a Dream, Anyway AMm
panied by Army of Operator and
Stenographers and His Family If U
Trip Purely Enjoyment,
Chicago, Aug. 8. In an Interview
granted on his way to Oregon, E. H.
Harrlman declares there will be no
combination of railroads,' and that
there will be no abandonment of rail
roads. ' ,"
I
TTMCOEI
! was discussing a . deal., wherebjr w
a' syndtoats of bankers recently too
up for. 88,000,000 about 818,000,000
short time notes of the Wheeling & :
Lake Erie road, Which belongs to the
Gould system. He said:
"Anything done in this connection
not for the purpose of making
money. It Is bad business for a rail
road to go Into the hands of a re
ceiver, so we try to prevent it when
ever possible." Speaking about th
oriental trade, he said:
"Oriental trade Is largely sentlmen- 1
tal. The hope of building up a large
Asiatic trade through the Pacific coast
ports was mostly a dream.. It turned
out, to a great extent, to be a fake.
This Is not my dream. . I knew condi
tions from the start."
Mr. Harrlman Is accompanied by
his family, telegraph operators, serv
ants and stenographers. :
Merely oil Pleasure Bent.
Guarded with utmost secrecy the
Harrlman special cars were at Evans-
ton, a suburb, today. .Offlcials'of the
Oould and Harrlman lines are in
structed not to give any Information
a to the movement of the special.
Harrlman remained In his car alt
night to avoid Interviewers. He was
driven to th general headquarters of
the Harrlman lines this morning, and
held a conference with officials there.
All he would say was: "This Is not a
business trip; just a vacation. Oolsg
to Oregon to ranch and along the Pa
cific coast where I have large Inter- .
est." . i
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Castro May Respond.
Wlllemstadt, Aug. 8. Following the
arrival her of the Dutch cruiser Ool
derland from LaQuayra, Venezuela, It
I feared that President Castro Is pre
paring to make a show of armed
force. News of an outbreak is hour
ly expected. ' t
Folson Drinking Water, "
Los Angeles, Aug. 8. Travelers ar
riving here from Mexico tell of an at-,
tempt to exterminate the entire pop
ulation of a the town Mexlcala, near
th border, by poisoning the water
supply. Most of the dogs In the town
died. Several persons drinking the
water narrowly escaped death. Revo
lutionists are suspected and President
Dlax has ordered wholesale arrests.
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Holds Good with Everyone
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fact that there ha been pledged by
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