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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1908.
NUMBER 312
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ON IDS WAY THERE.
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At Early Daybreak Hundreds Meet
Illm In Nebraska Town Bryan Will
Answ er Hughes Soon Storm Breaks
Over Falrvlew Tafl in Denver To
ulglit He' Makes Several Addresses
Today Sherman at Republican
Rally-Attacks Uie Democrats".
North Platte, Neb., Oct' 2. Judge
iTaft was awakened at 5:80 this morn
ing ty me cneers or uu at uotnen
feurg, his first stop for the day. The
MnniflBTR murnH kju mier im. UHflVHr
speech tonight. . -. ,
He speaks today at Kimball, Neb.;
Cheyenne, Wyo.; Julesburg, Greeley,
Lasalle and Denver, Col.
Bryan Considering Tour.
- ..iicoln, Neb., Oct. 2. Bryan is
cor '''tiering today his tour for the clos
ing' weeks of his campaign. The pro
posed Pacific coast trip has been
abandoned. . ' - -
Falrvlew was hit by a storm today.
The reporters' tent was demolished
during the height of the disturbances.
Bryan says he will reply to Hughes'
charges in the near future. j
Sherman Slaps Bryan. ,.
Rock Island, 111., Oct. 2. James S.
Bherman, the viee-presldentlal- can
didate, arrived here today to attend a
big' republican rally. ' In a speech he
denounced Bryan's policies an1 attack-
d the democratic platform. Other
leaders present were Congressman
Longworth, Governor Deneen of Illi
nois and Congresmen" Frank Lowden
and James McKinley of Illinois. .
Piping Rock Show.
Locust Valley, L. I., Oct. 2. New
York society Is here In force today at
the opening of the sixth annual exhi
bition of the North Shore Horse Show
association at Piping P.uck field.
III LOVER'S lit
PACIFIC GROVE COUPLE QUARREL
INII BLOOD IS SPILLED '
Pacific Grove. Cal., Oct. 2. J. H.
Kocker was arrested today, charged
with murdering Mrs. Grace I. White,
who was found dead In Kocker's home
in Del Monte grove last night, with
a bullet In her head.
It has developed that the woman,
who was seeking a divorce from her
husband, an Alaskan miner, was living
with Kocker, whom she Intended to
marry as soon as the divorce was
granted. Kocker says the woman
hot herself.
Kocker went to the home of An
tonio sAlves, a neighbor, and said:
"Something has happened at my
home; my wife shot herself."
Kocker held a revolver, which he
lropped. They found the woman
prawied on a stairway leading to the
upper floor. It Is said the couple
quarreled over property rights.
Army of Cumberland.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct 2. Look
out mountain, Mission ridge and other
historic spots will again be visited by
the veterans who took' part In the
bloody conflicts In this vicinity when
the Society of the. Army of the Cum
berland holds It annual reunion here
eek after next Old soldiers from all
r the country have announced their
Intention of coming to Chattanooga.
Yesterday's Scores.
Portland, 7; Oakland, 8.
Los Angeles, 2; San Francisco, 1.
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Canadian Campaign.
Ottawa, Ont Oct. 2. From the At
lantic to the Pacific, Canada is now
in the throes of the political Campaign
preceding the . general parliamentary
elections on October 26. The nomina
tions will take place a week before
election, on October 19, and from now
until that date Canadians will havfe
little rest from the importunities of
the politicians. ' ' .. '
' . Military Tourney. .
Louisville, Ky., Oct 2. A military
tournament that will probably equal
anything of the' kind ever known in
the south' will be held In Louisville
next week. United States army offi
cers are in charge of the arrange
ments. V -.. ' : " "'
OIL PIPE PLAYS
HASKELL AND ATTQRNEY-GEHER-AL
CLASH GVEH PIPE LIKES
Guthrie, Okla., Oct. 2. It appears
today that further trouble will fol
low the, efforts of the Prairie OH com
pany to lay pipe lines along the high
ways of Rogers county, which has led
to a dispute between Governor Haskell
and Attorney General West, that has
now become an issue in the national
campaign.' '
The' board of commissioners today
sent an appeal to West, asking if, un-
edr the law, they had power to grant
the company the right to construct
the llnes West warned the commis
sioned that It has hot the pov.er.- It
Is certain that a determined effort
will be made to stop the laying of
pipes despite the attitude of Haskell
and West. West is convinced the
Standard oil subsidiary will be balked.
SUIT WILL BE USELESS.
Contender After Share In Millions Suc
cumbs Tills Morning.
Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 2. Mrs. Joan
Dunsmulr, mother of Lieutenant Gov
ernor James Dunsmulr, died this
morning, aged 82,aecordIng to a spe
cial received from Victoria. Mrs.
Dunsmulr has juststarted another suit
for a share In the 130,000,000 repre
sented by coal mines, railways and val
uable timber on Vancouver Island,
held by James Dunsmulr. It is said
Mrs. Dunsmulr forfeited all rights to
the estate for $400,000 In cash.
Golf Tournament In Portland.
Portland, Oct. 2. November 14 has
been selected as the date for the great
est gathering of golf experts ever seen
on the Pacific toast, It being the first
annual northwest tournament on the
Waverly links, for a $500 challenge
trophy. Each of the visiting clubs
will be represented by eight players,
the out of town clubs being Tacoma,
Seattle, Spokane and Vancouver, B. C.
The elimination play to select
members of the Portland teams Is to
commence tomorrow afternoon.
Millionaire Mlno Owner Bend.
Santa Cruz, Cal., Oct. 2. J. Q. A.
Packard, the multimillionaire mine
operator, with extensive properties In
Utah, died here last night, aged 87.
SEATS ON SALE.
Many of the Rest Seats Are Already
Taken From Uio Plat
Tickets for the Conrled Metropolitan
Opera company's appearance In this
city next Tuesday, went on sale at Van
Buren's cigar store this morning, and
already many of the best seats are
gone. The prices for this musical treat
are reasonable and the way the assault
on the plat has been conducted today,
speaks well for a well-filled house.
We want 1000 families to come In
northern Lake county, and can fur
nish to each family 110 acres of choice
tillable land, says the ' Silver Lake
Leader. This opportunity Is not going
to be open long, as every day Is bring
ing in nW settlers.
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MAULA n safety
EPIDEMIC FRUSTRATES
" LANDING OF JACKIES.
Though Great American Armada Is
Lying at Anchor in Manila- Bay,
Natives and Sailors Cannot Ex
change' Greetings at Close Range
Sperry Under Close Orders to For
bid Landing of Men Cholera Serl
ous Menace to Business Interests.
Manila, Oct. 2. The Atlantic fleet
arrived at S o'clock this afternoon, but
the sailors were no allowed to go
ashore, as health officers object. Craft
of every description met .the fleet out
side the bay. The shores were black
with thousands, The elaborate wel
come has been postponed on account
of cholera.
, 'On the same account people were
compelled to give their welcome from
barges, launches and all manner of
pleasure craft ., "
Several thousand people came out
when the searchlights flashed a notice
of arrival of the armada. The sail
ors were disappointed at not being
able to land. The fleet sailed by Cor
regldor island a little after noon and
were accompanied to anchorage by
hundreds of boats.
Refuse Landing of Men.
Admiral Sperry received word from
Secretary Metcalf 4hat under no cir
cumstances were the men to' be per
mitted to go ashore until the danger
s over. The fleet will remain off
breakwater until October 10, when it
will go to Yokohama. The epidemic
Is a soil us blow to the business in
terests. Reception at Japan.
Toklo, Oct. 2. Baron Saito, minis
ter of naval affairs and his wife, gave
a state dinner tonight in honor of the
wives and daughters of the American
fleet, who are here awaiting the ar
rival of the fleet at Yokohama Octo
ber J7.
TRUAHTi OFFICER
FEW INSTANCES OF FLAGRANT
VIOLATION OF SCHOOL LAWS
Dire trouble Is In store for certain
parents in this city, and other less
vicious In their encroachments of the
compulsory school laws, will be warn
ed of approaching trouble unless things
better themselves in the truancy de
partment of the city schools. Super
intendent Hockenberry has turned
over to I. W. Faulk, truant officer, a
list of names of children of school age
who are kept out of school, or who
purposely evade their parents' wishes
and play "hookey." The list of chil
dren will be rounded up and the cause
of the trouble located. Sometimes It
Is the parents themselves, and again
It is the children who break the strin
gent school laws of this state. Heavy
jail sentence can be Inflicted on par
ents who leave their children out of
school.
In some Instances the parents seem
to lose sight of this fact, but It will
be brought vividly to their memory In
a few days when, the truant officer
gets on their trail. A few Instances
are known to exist where the parents
themselves are to blame for the fla
grant abyse of school laws. It Is
thought, even In some Instances, that
arrests of parents will follow unless
the present practice of keeping chil
dren at home, Is let up with. 1
The Heppner public school started
out with 25 more puylla, than last
year.
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THIRD DAY OF FAIR
STRIKES BAD WEATHER.
Hard Luck Runs Parallel With Fair
Practically No Attendance Today
Judges Fall to Show Up and That
Department Js Curtailed In Force
Children's Day Tomorrow Expected
to Bring Out Large Crowd Good
Spirit Dampened by Winds.
With the moving spirit better than
several years' before, with several ob
jectionable features ,, removed, and
things looking bright for a fair far
above the customary In this county,
Old Sol ' hid his lace today ana tne
cold winds blew. , Yesterday the rain
kept the visitors away from the coun
ty fair and today the chilly and highly
disagreeable weather Is duplicating
the conditions of yesterday.
The crowds at the fair this after
noon were extremely . limited. This
cold weather has put an effective
damper on additional appearance of
exhibits and but little was added yes
terday to that already placed the Tlrst
day. ' ' V
. Children's Day Tomorrow. ,
Tomorrow Is children's day, and If
the elements will aid the fair manag
ers, it Is believed a bumper crowd will
attend. I if the weather continues as It
Is today, the fair will pass by with
j but a few hundred visitors aside from
those having exhibits.
' - Auction Sale Saturday.
An auction sale will bo held tomor
row afternoon and this feature may
draw a good crowd. Blooded animals
will be sold under the hammer during
the afternoon.
Short of Judges,
The Judging of stock and fruits was
to have commenced today, but hard
luck has seemed to follow the man
agers. Those who were scheduled to
do this work have been unable to at
tend and those who were at the fair
grounds today capable of dJng the
work are all connected In some way
with the exhibits. However a corps
of men will be set to work tomorrow
to pass judgment on all exhibits In the
pavilion and In the stockyards.
Bryn Mawr Dog Show.
Bryn Mawr, Pa., Oct. 2. Bryn
Mawr Is today the mecca of aristocrat
ic canines of every breed, who will dis
play their good points at the sixth an
nual bench show of the Bryn Mawr
Kennel club tomorrow. Seven hun
dred classes have been provided and
more than 200 valuable cups and spe
cial prizes will be awarded to the
winners.
Auto Race Meet.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 2. Prelim
Inary preparations were completed to
day by the Kansas City Automobile
club for Its third annual race meet,
which will be held two weeks from to
morrow. The feature will be a 10
mlle free-for-all for a $600 cup of
fered by a local newspaper.
pnoinns WITHDRAW.
Tcxns Democrat Favored by a State
wide "Dry" Plunk.
Dallas, Oc't 2. A formal announce
ment was made today of the withdraw
al of the prohibition state ticket In fa
vor of the democrats, who have a
state-wide prohibition plank. J
Fire In Kenwood.
Santa Rosa, Cal., Oct. 2. Reports
say the pnstofflce and several other
buildings at Kenwood were burned
this morning. Wires are down and
the origin of the fire Is not reported.
O'Meara Wins Marathon.
Brockton, Mass., Oct 2. O'Mesra
of North Cambridge, won the Mara
thon rare today In 2:18:24 4-5; Ed
ward O. Rider, was second, and Henry
Lynn, third.
' .'.'.'' Bankers Flying HIglf.
Denver, Col., Oct. 2. A palatial
special train on the Moffatt road was
provided today for the delegates to
the American Bankers' association,
and the entire day will be spent at
Corona, 65 ' miles distant' from Den
ver, at the crest of the Continental di
vide, at an altitude of 11,660 feet. The
excursion is the closing feature of the
week s'conventlon of the nation's fi
nanciers. .'
Smiles Under Gallows) Shadow,
Dawson, Yukon Territory, Oct. 2.
While the gallows are being erected
for his hanging on October 6, Edward
Elfors is sitting in his cell listening to
the carpenters, reading his,. Bible,
smoking cigarettes and joking. He
killed David Bergman. " . '
RAILROADS YET HAVE CHANCE TO
ESCAPE LOW LUMBER RATES
San Frandsco, Oct. 2. If the de
murrer filed In the Oregon lumber
rate case Is overruled, the court may
examine the railroads' contention that
the low rate fixed by the commission
Is confiscatory, thus resulting in a
lopg hearing. Attorney Teal's argu
ment on the motion was a caustic ar
raignment of what he termed Illegal
methods of the Southern Pacific, and
attacked the allegations In the rail
road's bill that the company Is being
deprlved'of property without due pro
cess of law. No attempt was made
by the railroad to get the commission
to change the rate.
Rich Seldom Stricken.
"Today those nations having the
highest rate of wages and the short
est hours for work have the lowest
death rate," said Dr. Woods Hutchin
son of New York, speaking on the re
lation between Income and tubercu
losis. "Consumption ,1s the price of
civilization. It Is paid by the lower
two-thirds for the benefit of the up
per third. There Is sound biologic ba
sis or our modern determination , to
acquire wealth, since those who ob
tain it can reduce their chances of dy
ing from tuberculosis 50 per cent.
Funeral Today.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Ira
Klrtley was held this morning. The
funeral services were held at the Cath
olic church, Father Whyte officiating.
The interment was made In the I. O.
O. F. cemetery.
Died.
R. D. Rollln, of Wallace, Idaho, who
came to Hot Lake Wednesday, died
there yesterday afternoon and the re
mains are now at Henry & Carr's un
dertaking parlors, where they are be
ing held for Instructions from friends.
The
Exact
Doctor
COURT MAY DIG
IIITOAILECATIS
PURE.DRUGS
Our Prescription department or
ganized along modern lines and
our reputation is sufficient guarantee
as to care and quality .'. , , .
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LA GRANDE, OREGON
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WEALTH LESSENS THE
SPREAD OF WHITE PLAGUE,
Several Experiments Performed la
Wanhlngton Show Consumption Huh
Been Acquired by Human Beings .
Through Tramm button ; From the
Bovine Eminent Doctor Says. Rich,
Have But Ono-thlrd at Much Con- I
sumption as the Poor and Hard
Workers.
Washington, Oct 2; Caucus ' dole
gates to the tuberculosis congress la
opposed to the theory of Koch that
the transmlsslblllty of bovine tuber-
has been called for the purpose of at
tempting to force a positive declaration
upon the subject by the congress. The .
state a majority of foreign delegate "
are against the Koch theory. Koch's
opponents are elated today by the an
nouncement of 11 adult patients Inoc
ulated at Washington with tubercu
losis affected with human tuberculo
sis bacilli, and one with the bovine
type. According to Dr. Detre these
experiments absolutely demonstrate
the truth of the claims that human be
ings may contract the disease from
animals. The final t general session
occurs tomorrow.'
ACCIDENT NEAR PORTLAND.
Six Killed and SI Injured on Logging:
Train Wreck.
Portland. Oct. 2. Six men- are dead
and six injured as a result of a gravel
car plunging backward on slippery
rails of the Portland-Southwestern
logging railway near Scappoose, late
yesterday, due to a heavy rain. The
locomotive carried five men who es--caped.
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Not one of the 12 men on the car
escaped. They clung to the car as It
flew down the track, the car leaving,
the rails at a curve.
Three were killed outright and two
died while being taken to Scappoose,
The sixth succumbed In the hospital
at Portland. The train was operated
by the Chapman Lumber, company.
Within 100 yards from the top grade
when rain fell, making the rails so
slippery that the brakes refused to
work. The load of gravel became the
motive poweri
Harrison Monument.
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 2. The 27th
of this month Tias been definitely de
cided upon by the Harrison Monument
commission, for the unveiling of the
memorial to the former president A
program of an elaborate nature is now"
being prepared. It Is expected that
Vice-President Fairbanks will deliver
the principal address.
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