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LA GRA NDE, UMON COUNTY, OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER , 1908.
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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
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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.
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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
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REBATE PROVISO
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LITERATURE Oil
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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
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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. .
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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. -'
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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(
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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
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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 -