I
I IIIIIIIII ll-.l II II I I -'II-. . - . " w-tistiliJ5. I W Mfc. wm ' ' ' ' ' - '
Nino More Have Entered High School
a:id Are Stuck Of r in Corners to lk
. Admitted Eighth Grade Students
Suffer From. Want of Exit During
School Hours Cannot Iave Dur
ing Entire Session Works Hard
ships on Students and Teachers as
i WellWhere Will New Arrival at
, High School Building Go?
fikst school week
DIVULGES IXCO iVENIEXCES.
The first week of school came to an
tnd this evening, and Incidentally,
nine more 1 pupils, have .come to the
high school. As the Inadequate quar
ters were crowded to overflowing be
fore, the teaching staff has been forc
ed to borrow seats of any description
from grade rooms-where vacant chairs
could be obtained, and today the high
platform in the so-called assembly
room has been decorated with chairs
where high school students are forced
to spend their study periods. Where
will other students who enter Inter,
be placed?"' . -" ..y
As the week comes to an end, teach
ers are beginning to realize the enor
mity of their cramped condition. To
maintain any semblance of order and
avoid confusion that would be both
harmful to the school, sd irritating
to the teachers,. Principal HocJnK-rry
hns been nrtcefl to stilftly' adhere to
the ruling adopted relative to 'pupils
f the Eighth grade leaving the room.
The students in that gratle are boxed
National CluinsiiiDiishlns.
New York, Sept. 18. Under the au
dioes of the New York Athletic club,
the national senior and Junior cham
pionships of the Amateur Athletic
Union commenced today at Travers
Island. Many athletes of world-wide
repute are entered In the contests,
which Include the regular track and
field events. The finals will be held
tomorrow,.
SCHEME IS CHEAP
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(Continued on page S.J
ETCH .
STs attack
HASKELL AND FOHAKER ANSWER
HEARST'S ALLEEiinON
Cincinnati, Sept. 18. Senator J.
ii. oratcer today gave but a statement
saying he supposed the letters from
John Archbold of the Standard Oil
company, to him. read last night in
ColUmbus by W. R. Hearst, are cor
rect, though he is not positive. Fora
ker explained his -engagement by the
oil trust In connection with affairs in
Ohio, when the Standard was being at
tacked In the legislature. He denied
anything In the letter referring to
pending legislation. . .
Foraker explained: "At that time to
be employed by a corporation was- not
discreltable." He pays his employ
ment by the Standard ended beforf
the first tern of the senate expired,
and he-has not represented the Stan
dard since. The letters read by Hearst
from Archbold to Foraker. bearing
dates of the spring of ISOu, were relative-
to legislation then pending, am:
gave Instructions regarding bills thf
.atun,xA-..'ll owMan vfrru d killed:
It mentioned 'two enclosure s one o!
$15,000, and the. other $14. 500; - Mr.
Hearst said the bills referred to were
bills before congress, and he made n
(Continued on page 4.)
Out of the exhaustive table of Irrigation projects in the appended ta-'
ble, covering leading projects In 1$ states, there is only one. instance that
compares with the momentous 'irrigation project now being promoted in
thla county, and which has already ra.'clvett subscriptions for close on to
half of (he entire acreage needed.' ; , :
A glance at the cenvprehenslve table .will allay fears that the drande
Ronde Irrigation scheme Is being promoted as a direct money-maker. The
tablo is authentic and mentions the estimated cost which invariably runs
much higher compared with 'the', acreage. Involved than the proposed
project In this valley. Study the figures In the last column. They don't
He, and drive homo a salient point. . In no possible way could the Grande
Ronde project be conducted along cheaper lines. , .''''
Area in ' . Estimated
Project and Location acres' cost.
Salt River, Arizona ...210000 ' $ 6.JOO.O00.O0
Orland. California' . : J. ... .C:.;C5 - i,wv.uuu.Utf
Yuma, California-Arizona ........ . . .100,000 4,500.000,00
t'neompahgre, Colorado .......,...140.000 ' 6,600,000.00
Grand .Valley, Colorado ........... . 50,000 - : 2,250,000.00
Minidoka, Idaho ...... .V. ........ i j6O,000 4,000,000.00
Payette-Boise, Idaho .... ,,100,0(fl " J.000,000.00
Garden Aty, Kansas ( . ' 8,000 : - SCO, 000.00
Huntley. Montana 30.000 $00,000.00
Milk River, Inc. St. Mary, Montana V.t 80,000 . 1,200.000.00
Sun River, Montana ,' 16.000 500,000.00
North Platte, Nebraska-Wyoming ..110,000 8,850,000.00
Truckee-Carson, ' Nevada .,160,000 ,: 4,800,000.00
Carlsbad, New Mexico .V 20,000 640,000.00
Hondo, New llWlpo V. 10000 870,000.00
Lea3burg, New Mexico ............. 1.0,000 200,000.00
Rio Grande, New Mexico-Texas 160,000. 8,000,000.00
Buford-Trenton, North Dakota ... . . 40.00Q . 1,240,000.00
Lower Yellowstone, Mont.-N. D.f ..... C6.000 2,706,000.00
Umatilla, Oregon . . '. 18,000 .1,100,000.00
Klamath, Oregon-California ..120,000 8,600,000.00
Belle Fourche, South Dakota ..... . .100.000 -8,500,000.00
Strawberry Valley, Utah ........... 80,000 1,500, 000-rflO
Okanogan, Washington ............ . 8,000-- 600.000.00
Sunnyslde, Washington 40,00 v 1,600,000.00
VMnmy Washington .......... . ;' 24,000 1.500.000.00
Wapato. "Washington ' 20,000 600.000.00
Shoshone, Wyoming ...100,000 ' 4,500,000.00
V f
' " ' ' , r
. . 1,910,000 $"
Grande Konrte, Oregon (proposed) . I . 0,000
Al'Proxlmate.
0,000,000.00
400,000.00
Estimated
cost per
- acre '
.130.00
- 40.00
45.00
40.00
.45.00
25.00
" 30.00
48.75
; 80.00
40.00 .
3J.25
85.00
,. 80.00
82.00
37.00
20.00
50.00
' SL00
40.00
61.11'
30.00
rr,.oo
50.00
62. 50
40.00
62.50
30.00
45.00
$36.65
20.0(.
To Ijiuneh North Dakota. ,.
Washington, Sept. 18. Reports re
ceived at the navy department state
that the North Dakota, the giant bat
tleship now building at Fore' River,
Mass., Is nenrlng completion and will
b ready for Iftunehtng within two
months. The new vessel will be sur
passed by but few In the navies of the
world and will be one of the' speediest
battleships afloat. . - -
IT TO LIEET
jjlacfes
eee
Week
af the
I PA PI 10
FAIR 1 ,,nnLI UMLLJ
L2 1 STilBIISOLOIS
THIS Week we, intend to reduce all Ladies VJear to the
Price that should interest every Lady to oin. in and
l reap a harvest of Bargains. Below we quote a few of the
:: many.
b hIso we have iust received another large shipment of ::
jij Ladies new Suits and Cloaks. We are now shovmg the :
?:S most complete line of ' millinery in the city. :
::
!::
;::
::
i.e
l::
Li.e
"JJ2 ,4 0 Heatherbloom Un-
f ; lersklrts, this week, each
1e .........?2.0;
i.e
o 25c ladles' fast black Hose,
this week, a pair 1(
h
! tl.50 la ill. .a' miiDlIn .Ina'.
83.50 and 14.00 odds and
ends of ladles' Shoes, C
pain..... $2.9.-i
.98c
,3.50 to 84.00 Indies' Shirt
waists, special, each $2,011
120 Chambrey remnants,
specials this week, pet
yard !i1
Limit: n yds to customer
82.00 to 82.50 lai'lfs' Nain
sook nlsrllt robe.; special,
earn 1 1. .IT
11.75 ami 82.00 Bedspreads'
full 10-4 size, special, each
I1.4H
$1.75 and
mercerized
Skirts, this
82.00 Indies'
black sateen
week, each
$1.19
81.75 ladli-s' I'nlnn Under
wear, this Week, the suit
1.1U
.
81. DO and 81.25 odds and
ends of Corset Covers, spe
cial this week, each . .Iflh
81.50 to 81.75 jnlfscs
Shoes, special this week
a pair $l.l
$1.25 odds anl ends of la
dles' ribbed Underwear,
this wek, a garment 0I.
83.50 to $4.00 ladles' Mus
lin Skirts, slightly soiled:
while they lust, each ti.HO
ers, special, a pair
2
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;j:i-T I.MPOKT.VXt E IN"
SPIX1AL SESSION CALLED.
.Vatlonal Election Will He Afcfrtod h
Hie Lo'.-ul Optlen Ijiw Wlildi (ov
oinor llanly Is Trjln to I'orrc
Dc'iiot rul.H Hedur c Hepiililli-au Ma.
J r;t;-H y Cleans of Local-Option
Cineiillo:i One of llltlerct i'l(;litv
In IINIory. -
Indlanupolls, ind., " Hept. 18.
Itocsler lawmakers gathered In the
capital today, at the call of Governor
Hanly, to begin what will probably b;
the most Important upeelal session ol
the legislature ever held In Indiana.
Although other vital matters are ur
fr consideration, the fight for nn
tigelnst enacting a county local option
law will likely be the feature of tin
fii-Blon. Governor Hanly Is a pro
nounced temperance advocate and his
highest ambition Is to place Indian
In the rnnks of the "dry" suites, fu
ller the Moore remonstrance In v.', r
large part of the stale Is nln-adv
of saloons. A county l"cal c" law
such as prnpospd by Oo-Ttv Hanly.
would likely drive t- 11 -t -.r dealers
from all but a lnr:;e cities, and
would serve t- t .i e.erltig wedge for
state-wide r -ih!b!1!:n.
That the ri'Vcrnor's attempt t
force the '-iJ option mensurp mny
have grave results on the national
election Is admitted. Many politician?
believe that the arreptuncp or rejef-.
tlon by the legislature of a county lo
cal option bill Is likely to change th
entire political complexion of th
campaign now In progress. The
TWO LEADERS WLLL EAT FROM
SAME TABLE 1H CHiCAEO
Chicago, Sept. 18. It ww an
nounced at republican headquarters
that it has been decided to charter a
special train to bring Taft here the
night of October 27 for the Water
ways convention banquet, to prove he
Is not afraid to meet Bryani Taft is
engaged to speak that afternoon at
Galesburg, III., at the semi-centennial
of the Lincoln-Douglas debate. Taft
had declined the Invitation to meet
Bryan at Chicago,. because he thought
he couldn't reach there in time. The
special train will allow him to reach
Chicago. : '
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APPEARS tN THE
Attacked by Thugs,
Bellingham, Sept. 18i Pounced up
on from bohind by two thugs while In
the walling room of the Great North
ern depot early' this morning, J. A.
Gdsen was brutally slugged and rob
bed of J50,
IIM1I CASE
saxioiu) Aiuu:sTi-:i am
HAS 'PLEADED GUILTY.
y -
fcanford of Hll-anl Plead Guilty t
, Crime Which Holvcrsou U C harscl
1 Second Complaint la Having Pcr
liftrutwl If Adlieml to Wilt Ke
icase Holvcrson 1'rom IHysslblc Jail
Sentence -Mlx-up Affair la f;eieru
Im rim I na te 11a w es . Vlu fientMtu.
.' Adversely n therStand 8anfofd''
Case 1 Hound Over. ; '
An entirely new light has been
thrown on the Holverson. et ol., boot
legging cases by the confession of one
Sanford of Hllgard, that the bottle of
liquor over which hinges the second,
arrest and - waived-to-clrcult-eourt
cuse of Nels Holverson, was hla and
not the property of Holverson. This
sensational outcome became known
last evening when Sanford was arret
ed at Rock creek by Deputy Comita
ble Black and arraigned before Jus
tice Stewart. He pleaded guilty to the
charge. This muddles matter up
greatly, but Is a shlnglng light for Hol
verson, as It will mean he has dodged
the shadow of the county cell. Th
cases are now Complicated.
A POTIiENT MAGISTRATE AND
. . POLITICIAN SUICIDES
, Los Angrlee. Cat., Kept. IS. Vhas.
(1. Van Fleet, a former superior court
Judge of Colorado, end once a candi
date for congress, committed suicide
yesterday after receiving a letter
from his wife at Snn Jacinto, ttiytng
she was hungry, and his son of 8 years
refused to go to school because he
had no shoes. Van Fleet failed In an
vfofrt to Hi i lire funds to develop his
Nevada mining, property, prink Was
the cause of his downfall.
lintteliall Score.
Oakland, 2; Los Angeles, 0.
Portland. E; San Francisco, 4. K
(Continued on page 8.)
HEROIC ACTTO
SlFpill
EN El K EE B SAVES CIS AST E R AFTER
,'; ' LEG WAS BROKEN '
Berkeley, Cal Kept. 18. A a re
fult of efforts to avert a boiler ex
plosion threatening the lives of the
employes In the factory of the I'urra
flna Paint company, W. T. Lewlw Is
suffering with a broken leg. After
hh leg wan broken Lewis crawled to
the boiler, opined the exhaiiHt valve
and hanked the fires. The luJri'tor
which feed the water into the boiler
f.illid.to work and the uuler went
low. In his hiiMo to extinguish thi
fire Lewis fell ever some Lrtcks and
brokh his Ug. Despite this he avert
ed a disaster. ' He was later found
unconscious beside the holler.
IPUREDRUGSl
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lThe
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Exact Kind That the
Doctor Ordered
) escripthn department is or
ganized aiong modern Vines and
cur reputation is sufficient guarantee
as to care and quality ,
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HILL'S DRUQ JTtOKE
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LA GRANDE, OREGON
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