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1 VT A ft Mi !v h Hi v .! 1 : WW J 1:1 vj ' J, -;.-u ... V .... : r , v . . v l VOLUME XXL LA GRA NDE, UMON COUNTY, OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER , 1908. Ncstmat 35'.. ": mm Tipuris EVIDENCE OF FIGIIT OVER GRAZING LAWS. Representative From Roosevelt Con I veys ' Executive's Idea and Wishes Relative to National Issue That Centers on the Coast Trans-Mlssls-aippl Congress Convenes This Morn ingCoast Delegates In the Major ity NOW. San Francisco, Oct. 6. "Go out there and tell the congress I believe n fair play." That Is the . message Wheeler, assistant secretary of the kionartment of commerce and labor, fto deliver today to the Trans-Mlssls- lalppr congress. Wheeler arrived this morning. The delegates are confronted with Khe fact that western stockmen are aggrieved at the curtailment of graz ing lands, and claim they face ruin the (through discrimination favoring i I agriculturists. These ' complaints 'reached Roosevelt and prompted the labove quotation. Explaining Roosevelt's attitude Mr. Wheelur said: : . , . "President Roosevelt's Idea is one that propositions must be accepted as best for the good of the cause. Either these reasons must degenerate into, a kind of plrtk tea affair to fe:clpual ers vie with each other ' in hurling oweetly-scented bouquets, or else they must be forums in which every man may speak his mind with perfect free dom whether It be heavy with real cr fancied troubles or tranquil and content with the administration as it tandB. This Is by no means to be understood as an Intimation that the president assumes the ' protestants' rights. It Is simply the old principle of fair. play. Let a fight be made and the deserving win. That's Roosevelt's Idea. Let no consideration weigh against a full and fair hearing of every protest. That's what Roosevelt de sires." Fight is Apparent. With . the Pacific coast delegations and their demands In the majority, there Is every prospect for a bitter fight on the forestry service, a . de mand for more guns on the coast de. Xense, and a fight for the demand for the next national democratic and re publican conventions, the Trans-Mis slsslppl congress convened 'this morn ing. It was called to order by Arthur R. Briggs, vice-president, of Califor nia. Fifteen hundred delegates .are seated. Contrary to general plans, the Amalgamated sugar factory will not tart until Thursday morning, Instead of Wednesday morning as planned thus far In the Week. The second de lay U occasioned by an accident yes terday afternoon at tho factory during the preparatory work, that did no damage to the workmen about, but has proven costly In delay and" repair expense. An 8-lnch, steam main, hlch Is the principal one of Its kind In the factory, burnt during the try-out nd test. Fortunately no , one was THREIsi FIkES IN BAKER. Fall Sanitarium, Old Creamery Plant and Two Barns Burn. L, n. Russell returned this morn- Ing from Baker City. Last evening or early this morning three fires destroy ed the Fall snitarium, the eld cream ery plant and two barns. Three fires ta TR NORTH POWDER DEPOT. Large Structure Commenced Today to Replace One Burned. North Powder. Oct. 6. (Special.) The O. It. & N. today commenced the construction of a new depot to replace the one destroyed by fire some time ago. The new structure Is to be 2 Ox 50' feet and two stories high. The crew of men at work Is sufficient to mean prompt completion of the build ing. ',. .. '. FEDERAL COURTS GIVEN UNHEARD OF POWER IS RATE CASE Los Angeles, Oct. Judge Well born, of the United States district court, has established!!, precedent by orally deciding in the federal courts to have jurisdiction In rebate cases where the offense charged was com mitted within the borders of one state. He ruled the alleged payment by the Southern Pacific to the Pennsyl vania Fruit - company of money ex pended by the latter in hauling fruit to freight houses, was a matter within the provisions of the Interstate com merce, act. The indictment charged the frutl company with accepting a rebate from the Southern Pacific for hauling oranges from Arlington to Riverside. WHEELS GOING AROUND. ' ' I Fall Work.' t La Gnride Iron, 1 Rushing The La Grande Iron works Is busy with fall orders. It Is making 2500 Iron braces for the power line which the Grande Rondo Electric company is constructing from Union to Rock creek, near Haines. Each brace has two holes in It, making 5000 in all, to be punched. Two large wheels, technically called pulleys, have Just been made for the Palmer Lumber company's box factory and a 50-ton barley chopper Is being built for Mr. Bryant of SummervUle. Mr. Fitzgerald believes he has one of the best feed choppers on the market, and he says he will never change his belief until he finds a better mill, and when he does, he will manufacture It. Feed Stock Here, A tralnload of stock from Nampa to Tacoma, was held In the city today, while the cattle were fed at the stock yards. More Coal for O. R. & N. Another consignment of coal reach ed the city this morning for O. R. & N. supply. Local dealers are still without the fuel. hurt In connection with this Manager Taylor wishes It publicly announced to the employes that they need not report for work tomorrow morning, but are asked to be on hand tho fol lowing morning. ' Beets are now coming to the fac tory by rail from the Hall ranch near Union, and other farms that adjoin the spur from Hot Lake to the large farm mentioned. From the La Grande side of the valley, the beets are rap idly filling, the factory bins, but are being hauled In by teams. to give the flro boys aoout all the ex ercise they need within sny one tfiven ti hours. 1 - Funeral Today, funeral services over the The re- mains of the little eon of Mr. and Mrs. J. Stiles, was hold this afternoon from Central Church of Christ, Rev. O. H. King offlrlsttng. The Interment took . 1 . c-iutUij. REBATE PROVISO S T LITERATURE Oil I PEN AND CAMERA STORIES IN 82-PAGE BOOKLETS. After Weeks of Time and When Boost Club Is Swamped With Letters Sock ing Information, Booklets Arrive . Splendid Affair, Teomlng With Cuts and Conservative Reading. WIU Be Sent Out by Club to Thoe Asking lor Information"-.-. Fifteen hundred copies of the order for several t j.snn 1 3? t ege book lets to bo used bv ti e ummercla: club for advrtW -'m punv.', rtache.' h. lv thU morn I nor and today the enormous stack of letters that have1 been held by the secretary's office In the Commercial club, were answered. Rather, the office' commenced to an swer them. For the past two months the club has been forced to write let ters of some length,' t'o send papers or anything else they could lay their hands on. Now the club can send out the attractive booklets that tell the story conservatively and effectively. The workmanship 1 excellent and the material first-class. From cover to cover there Is crammed facts and fig ures that do not He, and to aid mat ters, photographs that never did He, are freely Interspersed with the read ing matter, to make the booklets of high value. ' ' The process which the club will use to distribute the booklets Is well cal culated and destined to bring the very best results. The others or . . ', the order WAR CLOUDS HAVE BEEN BLOWN MY TEMPORARILY SULTAN DECIDES TO POSTPONE DECLARATION Following Advice of Eastern Powers, Sultan Delays War on Bulgaria Natives of Bulgaria Think Inde pendence Assured and Celebrate Hold Conference. Parts, Oct. 6. Heeding the advice of France and England, the sultan of Turkey today announced he had de elded to postpone a declaration of war against Bulgaria, pending a confer ence with the powers. The postponement of the declaration of war Is believed to mark a great turn for the better In the situation, and Is already considerable relief. All dis Interested powers except . Germany agreed to the call for a conference, lllxh Elation In Sofia. Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 6. The per manent Bulgarian Independence Is re garded as assured today throughout the country. The event is wildly eel ebrated everywhere. A great crowd paraded the streets. The populace Is Indulging In revelry, speechmaklng and music. It Is expected the czar, Ferdinand, will make a special decla. ration of Independence at the Phllll popolls within the day. Shoots Wife and Suicides. San Francisco, Oct. 6. In view of 100 persons, William ' Peterson, tailor, shot hi wife four times and killed himself on the street here to day. Peters int his wife on the street and holding her by one hand, he fired with the other. The wnmn broke nway, Titers i ' m-. nut lets took effect. Fhe Is In the hospital In a critical condition. Train Late Again. The Wallowa train continues to ar rive On Jmnroir ;.n S,h-"',-. Lrftsi oight the mixed train did not arrive until after I o'clock. It been on time but seldom '.ce l ttf Into ecrUce. . DM ARRIVES CROP IN THE VALLEY IS FIFTY PER CENT SHORT. Where .Seventy Carloads Were Grown Last Year, Thirty Will Include All . Tlila Year's Crop Market Price Is Not Established, . But One Price Is Quoted at 75 Cents Urgent Need of Irrigation In This Coming Phase of Local Farming. The potato harvest Is about to be launched in this valley, and the fact Is now well known that the entire crop will be less than half of what It was ut wir in th Tmhlor vlolnttv lack of water has reduced the crop to ap proximately SO carloads, 'where last year ,70 were shipped out. This same ratio holds good over all parts of the valley; What the potato growers need Is. water water in a regular manner such as Irrigation will afford. A Coming Staple. . , Potatoes are rapidly forging to the front and will soon be classed along with the apple and grain products of the valley. , A few years ago potatoes were raised, not as a principal crop on any ranch, but as a side Issue. ' Now it is different for, as was demonstrat ed last year, there Is enormous profit In raising "spuds" In this valley. But it Is Impossible to do it along extens ive scales without Irrigation. Imbler is considered to rank as one of the best potato producing sections of tho valley and what Is done there : in v' Contrived otTpage' g. MORRISON JURY PICKED AND CASE PROGRESSES FOUR REPORTS FROM THE GRAND JURY MADE TODAY. Twelve Men Selected to Hear Evidence In Noted Morrison Cote WltnctwcM Called Late In the Afternoon Sev- eral Canes Have Been Disponed of Already. A jury has been secured In the Mor rlson escheat case and late this after noon the case went to trial. The day was spent In 'securing a jury, and be ing successful during the afternoon, the state and defense each presented Its arguments. At 1:30 the first wit ness was called. True Bills Reported. Four true bills have been returned by the grand jury late today, though only two have been made public as yet. One of these Is an Indictment against Lewis, who was arrested re cently, charged with stealing liquor from a box car in the local yards. The other Is against Frank Ross and Geo, Evans, charged with stealing $40, from John Henderson of Elgin. The Morrison Jury. In the Morrison case, the following men will hear the evidence to be ad. duced in the most sensational and far reaching case that has ben tried in circuit court for several years: Henry Weymlr, J. B. Wolfe, W. B. Butter- fiold. Frank Zurbrlck, G. W. Allen, Samuel Parker, Harry U. Meyers, A H. Parsons, S. M. Haynes, W. A. Og; den. Earl Jones and W. R. Hamilton, Cases Disponed of. The following cases have been dis nosed of slnre the court convoned: Farmers Meat Co. vs. Minnie John son, dismissed. Marshall Wells Co. vi, B. F. Webb, settled and dismissed. D. FlUgerald vs. Henry Cochran settled, and dismissed. C. E. Cochran vs. Central Railroad of Oregon, demurrer overruled ' and defendant, given until October 20 to (Cjuiinuert to ; Disputed Game Settled.. Clrclnnatl, O., Oct. 6. The board of directors of the Nation- al league, today declared the dis- puted New Tork-Chlcago game a tie, upholding the decision of f the umpires. This means the game will be played over on the New, York grounds if the New Torkers so desire. -' c l BAIL C1IDSTAI CHILD BORN DURING CU8-P1TTS-" BURG GAME SUNDAY Chicago, Oct 6. The youngest baseball fan on record attended the closing game of the season between the Cubs and Pittsburg Sunday, It has been made known today. The child was born In the grandstand at a cru cial moment of the game. A faint yell joined the thousands as the Chi cago pitcher, Mordecai Brown, made a hit, bringing In the winning run. The mother and child were taken from the grandstand during the ex citement. Today the Cubs are looking for the Infant as a mascot - SEVERAL ROAD ACTIONS. When Court Convenes It Will Act on River Rood. County Roads will occupy a goodly portion of the attention of the county coo "'. it meets tomorrow mo'-t;it( ..- VWl - - t ..... - - ior its regular uciooer term. . ur cnie; Interest to the public at large Is what will be done to the Hilgard road. The county surveyor has made a report as to cost of diverting the channel of the Grande Ronde river from Its pres ent course to a path 100 .feet farther south that the county road may be continued on the north . side of the river, doing away with two bridges that are a source of much worry and considerable expense. It Is practically assured that the court will order this change made. 1 By It, the government of the county will save close. to $3000 to the taxpayers. Two road petitions will be presented and acted upon. In fact, one has al ready been given consideration. It Is the public easement road on Fox Hill which was petitioned for by John Blu menstetn and Frank Blnehoff. The road has been surveyed and will be thrown open when court meets. It will tap many timber claims on the mountains lying In that direction from the city. R. D. Hamilton has petitioned for a road from Black Flat to his ranch This petition will also be acted upon tomorrow. Other than these matters, the business to come before the court will be routine in nature. IT. SCHOOL Seventeen thousand, six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty cents Is the October apportionment for Union county schools, making a per capita apportionment of approximate ly IS for the year. This Is the second apportionment for the year, the first bring Made last April when practical ly the same sum as that apportioned by County Superintendent E. E. Bragg today, was distributed, This lucrative suia of money to promote and carry on the schools Is such that It places the county of Union under the tenth In the state In amount re- AFTER TWELVE YEARS, Former RcHldent Return Did Not like the La Grande of Today. X II. Callender, who left La Grande In 1I9C, wncn tir- wr the hardest that ever struck this valley, .eturnv.d last night after an absei ce of It years. H eould not' realise the chanires the ti'; uau uutitrjca- iiu:;.. ,,.;;. ID TRUST m! Ill LIMELIGHT ATTORNEY KELLOGG IS CILARGED WITH COMPLICITY Latent Gun From Democratic Ranks Is Charge Against World Reknowa Trust Buster Klogg Said to Have Been Affiliated With Several Trust WhUe Fighting the Standard Oil and Other Trusts Charge Comes From Minnesota. : Chicago Oct. . Frank Kellogg, President Roosevelt's chief trust bust er, Is the objeto of a severe attack by ; tho 6cniocrH : national committee, charging Kelloaa that while acting as., the governn-ent's chief counsel h: the suits agutixt the Standard Oil com pany, he was the Minnesota attorney for the steel, beef and sleeping ' car trusts, the express companies, J. J. Hill and other Interests. George 8. Loft us, of St. -Paul, com missioner of the Minnesota Shippers & Receivers' association, Is named as authority for the statement. ; It Is alleged that In 107 Kellogg as sumed charge of the forces of the steel ' trust In the battle to bring about the destruction of labor unions on the Duluth Iron Range railroad. -' Men Plead Guilty. Thomas Moffatt and Van Goodlln, indicted by the grand jury' on the charge of soiling liquor contrary to the local option law, : changed .their plea ofj not guilty to guilty on two Indlct-'n-fnts eah htiiiflftrnopn,,'Rirt will be sentenced Wednesday morning "at 9 o'clock, .fcays the Pendleton East Oregonlan. ' It is understood that a compromise has been agreed upon, whereby plead-5 Ing guilty to two counts, the defend ants will be permitted to pay a fine for the first offense and will have their jail sentences sspended during ' good behavior. The other cases wilt be held over them. What will be the final disposition of the cases against the remainder of the defendants Is hard to determine at this time as it seems neither the attor neys nor their clients have reached decisions or can agree. Indeed, the two men who entered pleas of guilty this afternoon, did so without consult ing their attorneys, which fact caused a mix-up and considerable delay In court proceedings this afternoon. The attorneys In the case were Raiey, Richards & Raley. ' Some of the other defendants have declared they will fight the cases rather than plead guilty, even If It costs them every cent they have. It Is therefore probable that some long drawn out legal battles will be waged In the circuit court and state courts. THAT'S AT FERGUSON'S. APPORTIONMENT LARGE eelved. The October apportionment comes mainly from the state funds, while the spring apportionment Is generally ' made up in largest portion from the county funds, for at that time the taxes are being paid In greater quan tities than now. . ' ; Included in this sum of money Is the work of apportioning to each re spective , school Us quota of the amount. ' The work requires close fig uring and voluminous work, hence the superintendent's office has bt:n an extremely busy one today. He tried to find the house he occupied but It had been changed Into a mod ern cottage since then. Mr. Callender ' has lived In many places since leaving La Grande, but while having bees quite successful financially, ha bn lleves he mode a mistake by leaving -