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VOLUME XIL
LA GRANDE, TOrtON COUNTY, OKEUON. WEDNESDAY, ACGUST It, 1908.
NIMBER 273.
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OFFICERS
FEAR SCAf
1DALS
ANNIS DIVrdRCB COMPLAINT
DEPICTS AWFCL DEGENERACY
Society Circle In American Army Are
Shocked at Disclosures That Have
Been Made Since, Saturday The
"Knights of tlie Round Table Ex
posed by German kxiiior Hv
Than Alleged Condition In Army
Posts Officers Alarmed.
- Hoosler Hortlculturlsta.
Greenfield, Ind.. Aug. 1. Eminent
horticulturists from Missouri, New
York, Michigan and other states are
on the program of the mid-summer
congress of the Indiana State Horti
cultural society, - opaned her today.
Fruit growers, truck gardeners and
farmers from all over Indiana are
present.
STOCKTON HAS
TWO LABOR WARS
New York, Aug. 19. Every officer
In the United States army Is rallying
to the defense of Captain Halns, who
shot and killed William Annls, the
journalist, last Saturday.vover troubles
with his former wife, following the
publication of Mrs. Halns' counter
charges In the divorce brought by
him.
Army circles are Indignant at the
alleged conditions . depicted In her
complaint. If true, It would showf a
state of affairs In the American army
nearly a scandalous as the actions of
the "Knights of the Round Table,'
exposed by the German editor, Har
. din, of Berlin.
Her allegations of moral degenera
cy have aroused a great uproar of In
dlgnatlon everywhere.
The Annls funeral took place today.
I
rams i
Engineers May Join Strike,
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 19.
Interest here today is centered
in the report that the engineers
would take a hand In the strike
of the mechanics on the Cana
dian Pacific. The mechanics
and engineers held a secret con
ference this morning, and the
result Is not known. " Unless the
engineers Join It Is reported the
machinists will abandon the
struggle.
TEAMSTERS AND TUB
BAKERS LEAVE WORK.
Because Association of Draymen and
' Express Linos Refuse to Hire Union
' y -
Men Only, AH Teamsters Go on a
Strike Feeling Is Illttor and Fight
Will No Doubt Take Its Coume In
the Meantime. Bakers Dcmund
Higher Wages.
Stockton, Cal., Aug. 18. This city
faces two strikes todaJV one of the
teamsters and the other of bakers.
Efforts are being made to adjust mat
ters, but the men In both Instances
are bitter. The union teamsters yes
terday refused to go to work because
the Draymen's Express association re
fused to sign ah agreement to employ
union men only.
The teamsters Insist that they will
not work until an agreement has been
j signed. '
Non-union bakers are now working
, In the bakeries, the unionists having
walked out because they were refused
an increase In wages to 60 cents por
hour for night work.
UNION COUNTY SETS FAST
'-r.iwr PACK OVER OTHERS.
Remarkable Showing Made by Teach
. era of the County In the Recent Ex
aminations Out of Thirty-four Ap
pUcants Thirty-three I'hkk Nine
State Papers Graded at Salem Mo
Shortage of Xeavtien u CO"
ty, Kays Bragg.
A Eugene man has a new well 148
feet deep, with 140 feet of water In It.
FLEET TO REACH
SYDNEY
SHORTLY
AUSTRALIA'S RECEPnONT
TO BE THE BEST YET.
fleet Ncara Australia Today and Will
Reach Sydney In the Morning Di
plomatic Reason Why Australian
Should Exert Themsclvea to Enters
tain American Armada Would. Br
Wnlnlesa In Case of Attack From
Japan Plan Big Things.
which cannot be lowered by ordinary
pumping. He will ultimately build a
water tank and have a water system
1 of his own.
j Raftja Silks, Novelty
! suns ana vuaisi
Patterns
The high standard of Union county's
common school Instruction force Is
exemplified 1n the remarkable per
centage that passed the recent exam
inations conducted In this city by Su
perintendent Bragg. Out of S4 to take
the county examination only one fail
ed. This highly pleasing fact became
known yesterday afternoon when the
last of the papers were graded. There
were nine to take the examinations for
state papers, but the grading on these
will be done at the state educational
offices and therefore no announce
ment of the success of these applicants
can be made at this time.
When it is known that 10 our SO
failed to pass In the Umatilla county
examinations, which are Identical with
Union county's. It Is easier to appre.
ciate the standard of our teachers.
Mr. Bragg credits the splendid show
Ing to the fact that practically all
teachers In Union county are tried and
experienced Individuals.
When one looks Over the appended
list of those who wera. successful
there Is no surprise, as many of the
most successful teachers of the county
are Included In the list:
Primary. (
Mrs. Stella Ingle, Mrs. Emma Sim
mons.
First Grade.
S. N. Ayers, Elizabeth Sutfln, Susan
Mcllroy, Emma O. Pickler, Mrs.
Edith Owens, Lydla M. Hug, Edna
Mason, Fred Shopman, C. M. Hale,
Sarah Chain. Mabel Gibbons, Pearl
Park, Nell Young. Stella Severs.
Second Grade,
Harriet West, Elizabeth King, Mol
lis Snider, Irene Krlngle, Mabel Gal
loway, Elmer Cuslc, Pearl Woods,
Anna Brace, Beatrice Brown, Mar-
PoUee, Chief Meet.
Providence, R. I., 'Aug. 19. Heads
of police departments " throughout
Tankeedom are In attendance today
at the annual session of the Chiefs of
Police association of New England.
Business matters occupied the con
vention today. Tomorrow will be de
voted to eight seeing. The organiza
tion has a membership of 200. .
lie moi
KILLED III IIE
PYPTinMON IN COLLIERY REN- .
DERS MANY FATHERLESS.
Sydey, Aug. 19. With the cherish
ed ambition of eclipsing all previous
welcomes to the American fleet, the
people of Sydney and of Australia arc
awaiting with bated breath the ar
rival of (he great Armanda tomorrow,
when the enthusiasm that has been
pent up through months of prepara
tion will break out In a veritable pan
demonlum of noisy and tumultous
greeting. Millions of dollars will be
expended for the entertainment of the
visiting tars during the visits of the
flett to this city and Melbourne.
Australia, still an infant In the fam
lly of nations, entertain a great ad
miration for the land ot Uncle Sam.
The enterprise that has made the
United States a leader among nations
Is expected, In the course of years.
to accomplish the same result for the
Yankees of the Antipodes.
There are diplomatic reasons, ton,
why Australia Is anxious to cultivate
and maintain the friendship of Uncl
Sam. The policy of "A White A us
tralla" cannot always be maintained
--'-' t.s Australian government has
t-"ng backing. . England has no
lett In these waters and dependence
upon the mother country, tne Aua
trallans realize, might some time
leave them In sad straits If Japan
should decide to Insist upon the ad
mission of orientals. With Uncle
Sam In possession of the Philippines,
the United States Is forced to act
a buffer for the Asiatic menace which
Is the nightmare of Australia.
The great Yankee fleet la sched
uled to arrive off Port Jackson to.
morrow morning. The flagship
Powerful of the Australian station
will meet the fleet and extend
naval greeting. In the evening Lord
(Continued on page 4.)
BODIES
Values up to $1.50 - - - per yard 78c :
Rahjas in Tan, Brown and Blue, suit and
waist patterns, in stripes, plaides and checks
and dainty patterns in the popular new shades
of blue in two tones black and whitefffects
a splendid assortment of this seaons best
silks to choose from at the extraordinary 'ow
mice. Va ues ud to Sl.bODer yard, now
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78tEftf5
; Ladies' Vasfy5uits 1-2 Price
I All white shirt waist suits in plan tailored,
' also embroidered effect at Half Regular Price
I Galatea Cloth Suits, $10 Values $6.50
In tailored jackes and skirts made with long or
I . short sleeves. This season's most popular
styles in stripes and checks. For Choice
$6.50
TO BITS BY T
MOTHER STABS CHILD TO
DEATH WITH 1LVTPIN.
MIMinnlre Li -nop and His wire in
stantly Klllou .1:11 -i : Hurt In
Accident Neur Minneapolis Bodies
Hurled High In Air by a Fast Train
Another May Die Chicago Moth
er Jabs Hatpin Into Her Baby and
Tlien Commits Suicide.
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A DALY
Sad State of Altai In Wlgnn, Eng-
land,. Today, as Result of a Disas
trous Explosion Lost Night Rescue
Parties Forced Back Unable
Reach Entombed Miners City at a
Standstill One Rescue Party Over
come Other at Work.
Wigan, England. Aug. 1. Between
80 and 100 men are known to have
perished in an explosion in tne May
pole colliery last night Twenty burn
ed bodies have been recovered, and It
la estimated that not less than 60 are
still beyond reach of the rescuers.
The men who were looking for them
were driven back by the flames today.
All hope of taking the men out alive
have been abandoned. ' A party ot
seven entered the shaft, but were
overcome by gas and had to be res
cued by a second party, after they were
nearly dead.
The city has a population ot 99,000.
Business Is at a standstill, as practl
cally the entire town was supported
by the colliery before the disastrous
explosion. '
Another party succeeded' In getting
half way down the shaft, but the roof
caved In, blocking the entrance to the
part where the men are entombed. It
will require several days to remove
the wreckage and there Is no chance
of the entombed men living that long,
If they are not already dead.
DONE TO TERRIFY THEM
INTO PERFECT OBEDIENCE.
Japanese Government Haa Issued Or
ders to Hang Rebels la Korea
Soldier Take Pleasure In Follow.
- lug EdkH Nearly a Thousand Jap .
Killed In Battles With. Rebels, But
Death List In Latter Class Reaches
it,'.??'""""" r'sand, v ....
Seoul, Korea, Aug. 19. In order to
terrify the Koreans Into obedience to
the Japanese regimen, the Japanese
government is dally publicly hanging
rebels In every city outBlde of the cap
ital. , The order of execution was sent
out three weeks ago, and Jap soldiers
have carried It out gleefully.
Japanese authorities tell the for
eigners who mRke inquiries, thot those
punished are brigands.
Official reports say Korean revo
lutionists have murdered 841 Japanese
In the past year, besides a number of
Japanese killed In battles, but In the -
meantime Japanese soldiers have slain
16,000 Koreana in the field in the
same period.
No progress has been madti toward
the establishment of order In the In
terior of Korean. The Koreans' are f
still armed. They are in possession of
the highlands and other Inaccesnlbl.
parts of the country. ,
(Continued on page 4.)
EY
ROAD
IS
ACCEPTED TODAY
IMPROVES DRIVE EAST TO
HOT LAKE MATERIALLY
. Ready for Ocean Race.
Boston, Aug. 19. All the power
boats entered In the ocean race from
Boston to Shelburne, Nova Bcotla, ore
at the Hull station of the Boston Yacht
club today, In readiness for the be
ginning of the race tomorrow. The
affair will be held under the Joint
auspices of the Boston and Shelburne
Yacht clubs. The prize will be a $250
cup, presented Dy tne tunnacio ciuu
of Harvard college. In addition the
Boston Yacht club will offer a prize
to each boat which completes the
course within 16 hours after the fin
ish of the first boat. The distance l
280 miles. The race Is open to sea
worthy boats not over 66 feet over all!
nor under SO fuct over all.
Minneapolis, Aug. 19. John Cluck.
a millionaire brewer and his wife, were
instantly killed, two children seriously
injured and Mrs. Gluck's mother prob
ably tatally Injured today 4vhen a
Mlnneapolls-St. Louis train struck the
Gluck's mlg auto at Lake Mlnncton
ka.
The bodies of the millionaire and
his wife were horribly mangled and
No Longer Neccmary to Crone Rail
road Track TU 6 When Driving
East of Hut Lake New Road Tliree-
Fouitlis of a Mile long, Is Accepted
as Flint-class Cut Goes Through
Klci'p Knoll Near Sanatorium Road
Ih Improvement nn Old Highway,
The new county road which has l;een
under process of construction cutit
Hot Lake, wi.n a't-rnoan reviewed
by County Judge Henry and found
highly satisfactory. This road fol
lows the foothill of Hot Lnk.), re.
duclng the Kra.'.- in wmi Instanci s and
tending to r,:.no road, more
straight in several yiticn.
Hereafter the old road which crews.
ed the O. R. A . rark Juat fM of
he sanatorium snd then recroased
hurled through the air. The machine j the south side, will be discontinued
was ground to pieces, all of the occu
pants being thrown many feet.
Doable Tragedy.
' Chicago, Aug. 16. After killing her
baby by stabbing it with a hatpin an-!
throwing the body Imo a vacant .
Mrs. Fred I. Goldberg went to the
woods, where she hanged herself,
near Evanaton today.
for the road will lead straight east
over the steep knoll that was f.ji.ner
ly dodged by driving around It. The
grade In the new cut la reduced to
'.he minimum and the public win find
a much bolter road. Farther along
the hlghwny, where the turn tovvrrd
Union la nums the road runs over th
hilt again, cutting off a big bend.
NEW COURSE OF STUDY.
State Board of Education Complete
Important Work.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Js H. Ackermnn has Just com
pleted the revision of tha- courses of
study for the elementary and high
schools of Oregon, which will be ready
for distribution to tho county superin
tendents in a few days, sfcys the Salem
Journal. '
Several Important changes have
been made this year, among which
may be mentioned the two-year com
mercial course designed for the 11th
and ISth year pupils, and the teach
ers' training course, designed to be of
assistance to high school students, who
Intend to follow teaching, but who
feel they cannot afford to leave home
to fit themselves for that work.
' A change has also been made In the
classification of high schools. Here
after the high schools will be classed
according to the courses adopted and
the number of teachers devoting their
entire time to the teaching of high
school subjects.
A Heppner man sheared over 6000
sheep by hand this season, finishing
up last week In Montana,
lake a Little Soda j
For Your Stomach's Sake 't
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This Advice Certainly Holds Good uiMi Everyone
This Sort of Weather
Scda seved at our fountain is more than a
tasty thirst-quench' r2 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 "lands di
rect" on the "dry" spot and quenches thirst as
nothing else will, because we serve it at just tho
right temperature.
HILL'5 DRUQ JT0RIE
I LA GRANDE, OREGON
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