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LA GRANDE, JNION COUXTT, OREGON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1908.
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TH1VT FIGURE IS burh auto to kill COflFEREtlGt OF i0AV,D tcCLES S
I TO BE REDUCED !Ci m BUB'S PdWERSil "
I SANTA ROSA AUTOIST TO I -V
COST OF COLLECTION AND
RECEIVERSHIP TO BE ADDED
Us Far as Ascertained, Liabilities of
c..vnndid Bank Are Such That
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They Compare With Asset $7.70
eio Gatch Will Repay Those
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Wronged After Insolvency as Far as
jstble -Stockholders WW - Lose'
Everything.
Less than 77 cents on the dollar
will be paid to the depositors of th
Farmers & Traders National bank.
This Information is obtained from Uio
dlapatch from ' Washington, based on
figures obtained from the report of
Examiner Oatch. The bank has aa
wpts. 1166.231. while the' liabilities,
as far as ascertained, are $213,515
By dividing the assets by" the liabilities
the ratio of paying powers can be
learned. Tills is a little more than 77
cents on the dollar, or as $7.70 Is to
$10 at the date' of report. The short
age to date is $47,281, considerably
more than first reported by The Ob
server. Before the cost of making required
collections, the cost of settling up the
estate, and the cost of conducting the
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Before Inltmate Friends and Negh
bore He Will Born Expensive Auto
Is a Hoodoo to Owner; ' :
Santa Rosa, Cal., Oct. 22. J. L. Up
pold, a prominent business man of this
city, has Invited his friends and neigh
bors to a bonfire on Main street on
election night, when he will burn his
red touring car, which has brought
him bad luck. He expects by thus de
stroylng the machine he will kill the
hoodoo which he thinks is associated
with the car. He says every time he
goes riding in his auto something
goes wrong. He is not sure anything
will come out all right. When the
fire Is at Its height he will run the
machine Into It.
JAPANESE PLAN AND
FOSTER A NEW SCHEME,
HE AND OTHERS BUY
ENORMOUS NEVADA RANCIL
CARS IN ABUNDANCE.
Great Northern Will Have No
Shortage Tills Season.
Car
Seattle, Oct. 22. J. M. G ruber, gen
eral manager of the Great Northern,
is here for a semi-annual inspection,
and says the road will be ready to
swamp the shippers with cars if they
ask for any. The company hag 20,
l 000 cars on the road. ,r
To Bring Heads of AU Powers To
gether for a- Conference on- Prob
lems of the East is New Scheme-
Would Be Master Stroke for Ja
pan America to Head the Confer
enceTo Form Alliance Similar to
Anglo-Japanese Treaty.
Toklo, Oct. 22. A convention of all
powers Interested In the far east,-to
be headed by America, England and
Japan, for the discussion of Questions
in the far east, and for the possible
formation of an alliance between
America, Japan and England along
the lines of the Anglo-Japanese treaty
was proposed today by Japanese
statesmen, , .
The sentiment , for the convention
has been cryataltelns the past wiek
It becs.me known' today that several
officials of the cabinet expressed them
selves to the high officer's of, the
American fleet as earnestly desiring
such a conference. One Japanese of
ficial Is quoted as having said he
favored "Open discussion of the east-
W1U Put 100,000 Head of Sheep and
' 60,000 Head of Cattle on New Farm
r Cost One Million.
Ogden, Utah, Oct 12. A deal was
closed today by which a million dol
lars In cold cash will be paid for the
biggest ranch in the Intermountaln
region. The purchasers " are " David
Eccles, M. S. Browning, Joseph Snow
craft anl Adam Patterson, all Ogden
capitalists. They obtained title, to
the famous Sparks-Harrell ranch In
Nevada, covering hundreds of square
miles. The owners will put 100,000
head of sheep and 50,000 head of cat
tle on the ranges. .
Ill 1IIIC III
THE HEAR EAST
BOSNIA AND HERZEGO- ;
J Vina scene of revolt.
Austrian Insurrectionists In Two Coun-
, trice Attack Troops Guerilla Tac
tics Adopted With Telling Effect
, All Balkan States WIU Be Involved
la the TaW'0. Thinks Agent AU
News Censored Cloeely Taarlua Is
111 From Worry.
SUSPENDED CASHIER IS
RELEASED ON $5000 BAIL
TI M LOST
SEiRCHISE PARTY: BELIEVED TO
BE OS FUTILE TUSH
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UP TILL SATURDAY NIGHT, OCT. 24, Our eulire
stock of blankets and comforts go at SALE PRICE
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BLANKETS
Going at
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each
2 to a customer
Hot Springs. Wash., Oct. 22. Al
though two searching - parties have
scoured the mountains in this vicinity
for a trace of Fred W. Kloeber and
Julius Klummle, chief clerk of the
Oreen River Hot Springs, missing
since Monday, one have been found.
The men were lightly clad and carried
no food. They Intended to be absent
from the hot springs for but a few
hours. Bloodhounds are unable to
pick up the scent. It Is feared they
are dead. A
All fOMCADTC DrnilrFh Lot 1 $4.50 Wool Blankets, Our entire stock of Cotton
ALL LUWrUAl J KCUULCU Blankets cut into three prices,
, 8ale prIce so hurry and get the Blanket
Lot 1 $2.00 Comforts, sale t Bargains of the season:
. 53.69 a pr - :
tf-f CO pnrlt Lot 1 All 41.00 and $1.25
av.ll Cotton Blankets go at
'm" lmmmmTmmmmm Lot 2 $.50 to $7.50 all-wool
Lot 2 $2.25 Comforts go at RQf 3 WY
'if A - r Blankets go at OVC a l
$1.79 each
m jr Lot 2 All $1.50 and $1.65
Lot 3 $2.50 Comforts, sale DVD Blankets go at
nc l $JJ0 3 Pf
' Lot 3-J10.00 and $12.00 .
" Union Wool Blankets go at Lot 8 $1.85 and $2.00 Heavy
Lot 4 $2.75 and $3.00 Com- Cotton Blankets go at
forts, sale price . FQ OJ? '
52.29 each $8.35 $jm a pr
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Satisfaction or
your money back
The Store That
Undersells
The Rest
To Improve Ohio River.
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 22. Several
hundred Influential citizens of six
states Pennsylvania. West Virginia,
Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois
ongregated today at the Seelbach
for the annual convention of the Ohio
Valley Improvement association. The
sessions will be occupied with discus
sion of the Important problems con
nected with the securing of a nine-foot
stage of the Ohio river from Pittsburg
to Cairo, III. The gathering Is the
largest and mont Important In the II
years' history of the association.
Never before has the Ohio river boon
ut so low a singe as It has this sum
mer. or remained at a low stngo for
uch a length of time, nor did the agl-
tHtnrs of the slack water system hnvc
such a good argument In favor of the
nine-foot stage to Cairo.
The Ohio river has been placed, by
the direct agvnts-of the congress of
the United States, at the head of all
rivers demanding Improvement by the
federal government.
The fact that the two dominant par
ties are committed to the work of
Improving the rivers makes It alto
gcther likely that the next session of
congress, no matter what the outcome
of the election this fall, will see the
passage of appropriations sufficient to
carry out the plan of the Ohio River
Board of Engineers, who have recom
mended improvements such as.wll ef
feet a nine-foot stags all the '.year
roond.
London, Oct. 22. Open warfare has
been In progress In Bosnia and Herze
govina for 10 days, and scores have
been killed, according to information
brought to Montenegro by, an agent
of that country. About 120,000 troops
were attacked by . Austrian ' insurrec
tionists In the annexed territories and
the fighting still continues.
The guerilla tactics adopted by the
Insurrectionists are proving effective.
The Austrian, government Is rushing
reinforcements to the scene. Owing
to a strict censorship by the AuHtrlans,
true conditions are unknown.
Anarchy , exists In the eastern and
southern sections of the annexed ter
ritory. An agent is trying to learn
what course England will pursue in
the event that Hervl and Montenegro
declare war against Austria. He says
the action of Austria amounts to an
att(MiM4.iiarjrfvrlj?e- Bosnia and Her
xegovlna Into submission by force of
arms. Tito people will never submit
to the annexation. .The agent says he
Is convinced the war will Involve all
the Balkan states.
Czarina In iMYiou Condition
St. Petersburg, Oct. 22. Unless the
czarina
the
mind, according to Information con-
eyed to the czar today by physicians.
The czarina has been reduced to a
nervous wreck by the terror of the
revolutionary violences. She Is suffer
ing constantly from hallucinations.
For days she has refused to utter a
word. ',
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SURRENDERS TO THE FED
ERAL AUTHORITIES TODAY.
Financial Clerk of Portland Foetofttoe
Hears Complaint Filed Several Days
Ago Four Thousand involved." '
Portland. Oct 2$. Charles A.
Straus, the suspended cashier of the
Portland postofflce, , In hearing the
complaint, charging him with embe-. -.
alement. which was filed' " In ' federal
court, surrendered to the federal, au
thorities today. He was released on
$5000 ball. The charge Is, that Mr.
Straus, as financial clerk, failed to
i;rn over remittances for stamps and
othsr sums received from the post--masters
throughout the state, amount
ing to $4000. -
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leaves soon on a sea voyage to
Mediterranean she will lose her
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BESIOEHTIHL CANDIDATES PHE
PARE FOR THE EHO .
Denver, Oct: 22. A canvass of the
probable electoral vote for president
by John ' E. Osborn. former goverrtor
of Wyoming, now in charge of the
branch headquarters of the national -democratic
committee here, has de
veloped an interesting political feature
that the Mormon vote of Idaho, Utah
and Wyoming might determine the
election. The electoral votes of Utah,
Idaho and Wyoming are absolutely In
the keeping of the Mormon hierarchy,
according to Osborn. It . should be
made clear to Joseph Smith and
other Mormon leaders that It Is rea
sonably certain Bryan will win If the
Mormon church can be depended up- .
on to throw tne weight of Its Influ
ence to him. .
Osborn says these votei were thrown
to McKlnley over night to defeat
Bryan by agreement ' betweun .the
church and . Mark Hanna. "The
church gives , Its vote to the party
showing the winning qualities." said
Osborn.
Giving the republlran party the
states conceded to It, with New York
and Wisconsin.' the republicans would
have a total of five short of a major
ity, according to figures here. Giving
the democratic candidate the con
ceded democratic states snd others In
the republican column, the total would
fall eight short of a majority. In
either of these event the Mormon vote
may decide.
HUME NOT DROWNED.
Salmon King LUre, But Ills Root Is i
Total Wreck, Say IUKrts.
Point Pleasant, W. Va., Oct. 22.
Referring to Roosevelt's letter to Sen
ator Knox, In which the president said
Bryan has not mado plain his views
on the labor questions., Bryan said to
day, If the president desired Informa
tion, nil he had to do was to read I
Pryjii's labor day speech In Chicago.
Bryan -will reply at length to Roose-
icii .-.n- LTjnn uuiiyi-iru matlon of the report that the gaso-
addresses today and yesterday In West jine schooner Enterprise was wreck-
Virginia. 1 He will start tomorrow for ,d and that'll. D. Hume, the salmon
New Tork. - kng of Rogue river and the owner and
Taft Off for Indiana. crew were save$ and brought here to-
Clnclnnatl. O., Oct 22. Taft- left' day. At first It was thought Hume
Marshfleld. . Ore., Oct. 22. Conflr-
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Michigan Carried by Taft. .
Chicago, Oct 21. A straw vote
Michigan, conducted by the Chicago
Record-Herald. Indicate Taft will car
ry Michigan', by a plurality of from
MOO to 100.000.
Few maxims are'
standpoint.
true from every
here at 7 this morning and spoke at
Lawrenceburg. He. will spend three
days In Indiana. His throat Is im
proving. ; .
Aurora, III.,' Oct. $3. Taft declared
that If It Is being, re ported that busi
ness men are giving orders to be filled
In case he la elected, and not flUed In
case of Bryan's, election, It- As only
another Indication that the election of
Bryan will not restore confidence. He
tpoMii to a Mg crowd.
and members of the crew of the En
terprise had perished when the boat '
struck, a bar while trying to ' enter
Oold Beach. . '
Famous -Ship lor Honeymoon.
Lpp don, Oct $0. Rome dispatches;
say. the fitella, polare,,, the ship oa
which. th., duke of Abrjsal made his
m)ra'or.a famous Arctic expedition.'
la uaderewlnf extensive,, renovation,
probably for the hontnon trip af
ter tils dukelets weds Kathetine El-kins.
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