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LACUANDE, X3TOX COUNTY, OREGON. TIIVRSDAV, NOVEMBER 5, 1008.
M'.MBER 31.
LESSER PARTIES GIVEN
ABOUT TEN TIIOCSAXD.
Almost Complete Returns From Bute
of Oregon Show Debs, Cbarin and
. Hlxgen Polled But 10,000 Between
Them Marlon County One of the
Strongest . Republican Coontlea In
the SUte Twenty-five Thousand
Estimate Stands.
Portland, Nov. t. That Taft car
ried Oregon by a plurality of 25,000
Is Indicated by complete returns from
II of S 4 counties containing three
fifths of the vote, giving Taft a lead
f IS, 125. In It incomplete counties
' the count has proceeded far enough to
Indicate an additional 10,000. It ap
pears' the lesser candidates -received
10,000. Debs porbably 7000; Chafln
2500 and Hlsgen 500. Taft carried
every cpunty In the state of Oregon.
Salem, Nov. 5. According to an un
official count nearly 1000 more votes
were cast in Marion county for United
States senator last June than for pres
idential electors last Tuesday. The
vote In the six small precincts Is un
known., Taft's plurality stands at l,
S00 In Marion county. ''"
I Salom Democrat Wins Bet,
Salem, Nov. 6. So far as known, W.
N. Oatens, Chamberlain's secretary, is
the -only democrat In Oregon to win
an election . wager. A Taft man bet
' him Bryan would get no more elector
al votes than did Parker.
t .
, Seven Bkrwn to Pierce, r
'.XWlnnlpcgy Man., Nov. 5.-rSev-
en men were blown to pieces to-
diyhy a'premature explosion of.
dynamite on the' Grand Trunk
railroad, 100 miles east of here.
Five Americans are among the
. 4. , vtr.tlma.. . . . 'v '
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tUWciyz LJUiiiKZiiiiuy uuiity at
the Fair Store. Get in the
habit of watching this space
lust recieved a full new line of Ladies
California Wool Sweaters
YARN OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS G01HG AT lSS THAN
: - v't-'-vH-V : ONE-HAIF PR :
domestic Saxohy
Imported Saxony
Germantown . . .'.
.'Siiosketa
.C skein
, .120 skeln
6regorTWr Bargain Prices
6Se
Knit
Faclnaiors'
Sale Price
28c ea.
$1.251.75
Ladies',
Shawls '
SatePtice
69c ea.
F.&m
AS"'' mm'-- a 4a ui
"Satisfaction or Your Honey Back9
held iuiiv von ransom.
'kUIlct" Broke tlusa and Is Takeu a
Hansom 1-uUl Bill Is raid. '
San Francisco, 1 5rj-Frsncls W
;ng J. Pommer, a keep.... notloii
tore, with kidnaping his 2-year-old
laughter as a ransom for broken snow
windows. The child was In the care of
lioulsa Kobele, a nurse. In a buggy in
front of Pommer's store, when It nils
..d Itself, seised a handle and threw t
'.hrough the window. Pommer took
he baby and detained the nurse, de
manding $12, as the price of the win
dow. Che baby was returned.
SAN FRANCISCO POLICE UNABLE
TO TRACE WOVEMEMT
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San Franclscdt Nov. 5. Failing to
trace the movements of Edna Clark,
sged 10, a student who mysteriously
disappeared from her- home in Oak
land a fortnight ago, private detectives
have abandoned the search today. The
trail was taken up by the local police.
A new light has been thrown on the
strange case by the finding of , ; the
stub of a Pullman car ticket in a heap
of sweeping from the church of St
Mary the Virgin whose pastor, Rv.
Payson Young, had been with the girl
short'.y before the disappearance. De
scriptions of the girl are belnr ent
to the police of all parts of the coun
try.
Second Squadron Sails. .;
Amor, Nov. 5. The second squad-
orn of the Atlantic fleet, after a
week's receptions, sailed jfor Manila
today".'
A man. near Dufur has' harvested
his first crop . from 8-year-old apple
trees.;
:s nam
Spanish Tarn ....... 18c skein
- 1 Shetland Floss . . . .7Hc jkeln
I Ice Wool , ..... .. .ile a bell
' $1.00 i
Chl!drens,
t LrPOnGS
w
59c ea.
CiRL STUOEIIT
HAS DISAPPEARED
I $125 III
I Baby
Carriage t
Robes
Sale Price t
$1.12 1 i
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fMlEETIlIC
FflR I ARIFs sFT
BIG MEETING OF ALL LA
GRANDE LADIES SATURDAY.
CoancU IUnds Park Lot Sale Petition
to Wars and , Means . Committee
Promoter Want 28 Actrs of Land
Near Proebstel Bridge for Park
Purposes Urgrnt That as Many La
dles as Can, Attend Saturday Meet'
lng.
Carrying out pre-arranged plans, all
women of the city who have an Inter
est la a public park, are requested to
meet In the Commercial club room:
Saturday afternoon at t o'clock, to dis
cuss the feasibility of the Proebstel
park plan. This is not for the elite
but for every lady In La Grande who
feels she has a part to play in th
molding of public park propaganda
knd can do her little mite toward
bringing to a successful consummation
the plans now being advanced.
The meeting Is called for I o'clock
promptly and a large attendance Is de
sired as many as the room will hold.
' ; Council to the Aid.
TheCity council was asked last eve
ning to play a part in the movement.:
It has been requested to sell the prop-v
erty on Fourth street, known as the
"Park", lot, and' turn the funds In on
the Proebstel property." 1
Want Twcuty-clght Acres, j
It Is planned by the ladles promot
ing the movement, to ,' purchase H
acres of. the Proebstel grove and It
acres of the Carbine property. , This
splendid Joint tract would afford Ice
skating and Ice games In the winter
time, and ample opportunity for park
'n&nd outdooTtSKtatorlum "facilities lir
the summer time. v '
The petition placed before the coun
ter last night was turned over to the
ways and "means committee, and If
that body acts favorably, the property
will be sold, and the funds diverted to
the new project. . : '
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ANOTHER MONEY-SAVING PROJECT
BEING FORMULATED
The county- Judge and Commission
ers J. M. Selder and Ben Brown, this
morning visited the' camp oh Grande
Ronde below Perry, where Bridge
Superintendent Campbell has a force
of men at work making the extensive
( changes In the right of way and the
channel of the river The court was
highly pleased with the "first two days
jwork and are satisfied that they can
i dn . th work better themselves than
by letting It by contract. ' The saving
In this decision alone "will mean con
siderable for the taxpayers. This' af
ternoon the court went Into chambers
1 again, to conslder'several reports from
1 the .county officials and " to transact
other routine business cdmlng before
them. " , , ' ) ' " t
. To Make N ew Cbangee.
There are still; other changes- to.be
made above, Hllgard that will return
to the coffers of the county a heat .lit-"
tie sum. The work will not be done
( this year, but It Is planned to make the
change next- spring. By building a
hatf mile of road, two of the present
expensive bridges near Hllgard will be
abandoned. ' The eonrt also viewed
thVs-'jwJeeV torta en. Its trio up the
Oraade Ronde river.
COURT REVIEWS
iiuivrn ntK
A Newport maa has returned from
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III SESSIO
js'OT A DOLLAR IX FIXES V
COIXECTED IX OCTOBER.
Resolution Pawed Demanding That
City lnnds Dcclted In FarnHirs A
Traders Bank Be Declared Trust
' Funds Petition Preeentcd AsVlug
' That Present Park Site Be Sold and
" Other Property Purchaued1 Itoutlue
v, Matters. j v;
a A resolution was passed unanimous
ly by. the city council )ast evening, In
structing the mayor , and recorder to
make a demand upon Receiver Neld
ner of the Farmers Traders Nation
al bank, asking that the amount of
money deposited by the city officials
be considered as preferred claims for
the reason that they are trust funds.
The recorder's report Is one with
out pecedent; not a single dollar was
received on fines during the month of
October;. There were several arrests,
where the cases were docketed, . tyit
ithe city received no revenue from this
source. , ' ' .'. - ' "
A petition from a number of ladles
was presented asking that the block of
land which they presented to the city
several years ago for park purposes, be
sold and the proceeds applied to some
other location. The matter was1 re
ferred to the street committee, The
deed conveying this block to the city
contains a clause that the property Is
to be used for park purposes. What
effect this may have upon carding
th. -uha nt the netltlonera will
be declared later.
A resolution was passed requiring
that hereafter all officials required to
give bonds should do so. through some
reliable bonding' company; this means
l)it; personal t.onds ,1111 hot be ac
ceptable hereafter."
Hereafter it will be unlawful for
anyone to burn rubbish or distribute
a3hes In the street. By referring to
.r.. un. nrrtPi-ert
illC . liai w . uiiib "
Bald Is the salary list
of the mayor
iind councllmen. This Is . authorized
under an ordinance passed luBt spring
jirlor to the administration now In ex
isting. Each member .receiving;
for each session attended. f .
Much of the session, last . ewnlng
was occupied with ordinary routine
work. . The following claims were
paid. -- ".. . .'' ',..'. . '. .,
- . . General Fund.
Arthur Curtis, city engineer
$ ; 9.oo
229.00
28.00
.15.75
66,00
70.98
CITY "
Lighting city ... . .',..',.......
Lilly-Foster Hdwe'Co .......
La Grande Iron Wks . . . . . .
C D. Goodnough, . . . . . . ......
Palmer Lumber Co., ...... .... .
G. E. Fowler, street sprinkling
Morning 8tar, printing. .. .. ..
Chas. Montgomery, labor....
John Flanery, labor . , . . ... ... .
Cleve Montgomery, labor .'.
John 8utman. labor
John Ladd, .labdr. . ...
J. E. Carpenter, labor . yV.'
Frank Carpenter, .labor .
B. F. Lamm, labor ... .. . .. . .. .
Chas. Fall, labor a ,
J. O.. Mills. labor . v
E. Monsell, labor.' '
J. K. Wright, salary . . ,
rii W. -Walden, salary. ,,V. . . . .
J. H. McLachlen,., salary ",
E. R. Carr, salary . V..V'. "
J. F. Baker, city attorney ... .
Boarding prisoners, .". ... ." '
Mayor . and councllmen salary,
. six ; months . , .,. . . i
J. A. Matott, street Supt. '. .
. V, .:, - Roa I'and.
Oeov Palmer Lumber Co.' , . . .
; Pound Fond. ' "'
J. XV.. Black, poyndmaster '. .' .
FoJ 4 j. ,
Water Fund.
N. K. West, mdse. . ......
Lilly-Foster Hdwe Co. mdse.
Warnstoff, wood 9 14.20 ... .'
O. R. Cash Co.. coal $7.75. .
3. Jones, caring for hose house
Springs ..... ... ......... i
Lumber
Advertising Beaver bends . . .
Bay Zweifel, plumbing.
T. M. Brannon, wood ........
81.65
11.94
15.00
21.85
80.00
.45.00
70.00
57.76
'44.70
87.50
11.65
r 55.65
lUrM
30.00
85.00
75.00
75.00
90.00
8.71
$54.00
75.00
97.3Q
' $5.00
12.35
' 40
21.75
45.1$
103.03
$.00
i$.r
7.3
$.00
4.30
9.40
La'Orande Iron Wks. rvpati., 7.75
Joe Santos, wood 123.55
Standard Oil Co., oil 6.00
(.'has.'- Knnup. labor 23.60
Jt E. Gllman, water Supt. .... 85.00
John Allen, pumping ... 77.60
J Miscellaneous bills 12.00
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To Change Motive Power.
San Francisco, Nov. 5. Berkeley
university trustees are today consid
ering an offer by the Southern Pa-
clftc to spend 12,000,000 In Improve
ments In exchange for permission to
change the motive , power of Us road
and extend the system Into Berkeley.
The road desires to use electricity In
stead of steam In operating trains on
the Interurban lines.
DISSOI STEPS
- in TAFT CDLUnii
PLURALITY .'If; )Mm BUT
LITTLE OVER II
- St. Louis, Mo.r Nov. 6. This
afternoon returns show Taft
carried Missouri by 085. The
state ticket is democratic.
Byan Congratulates.
Lincoln, Nov. 6. Convinced by
more complete returns from the
doubtful and colse states that Taft is
elected, Bryan today sent Taft . the
. .
following telegram: . .
"Please accept my congratulations,
tnd best wishes for success in your ad
ministration."
Harmon Get 80,000.
Republican Chairman Williams to
day concedes the election of Harmon,
democrat," as governor, with a plurality-of
20,000. The legislature will be
republican, ' j . : ..1 .
J- ScAllim AVanlng.
Chicago'.'-Noc 5. Secretary Bftrnea,
of the notional socialist committee,
said toda hi tptal vote Vould not ex-
I ceed 525.000. The Illinois vote
will
i ,v. .
barely reach 6U,cduv,v"xne vKianoma
vote made a gain compared with 4400
at the last election. : j
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 5. The elec
tion results are swinging Missouri back
Into the republican column, where it
took a place four years ago as a "mys
terious stranger.'' Attorney General
Hadley, republican, . U undoubtedly
. . . y-' u -A Aa.-
Cieciea governor over vuwmciu,
ocrat. ; The noailnatlon of Senator W.
J. Htone anci hi r-ei?:uu r
ernor Folk Is assured. Stone's major
ity Is estimated at 16,000. ;
Returns from all parts of Missouri
today indicate that Taft carried the
state by a small plurality, probably
.100. Early returns showing a bfg plu
rality . for,.Br,van, Is , decreasing, con
tantly. ;V ;;..,, '. :' r- ' .
i Wanier Re-elected, ,
' Detroit, Mich,, Nov. 6. Practically
complete returns from the state today
assure the re-election, of Governor
'Continued on page 8.
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yout Elbow
. By use of our telephone and our
iree delivery system we are almost as
near to 'you s though we
the adjoining, building. '
t. I .
. We are developing this portion of
eur business all the time and gaining
new and permanent friends by the
prompt and satisfactory way we han
dle telephone orders. -
If you can fr'eeino, 'phone, and thai
portion of ou atock you need will tx
sent to you. If f s a prescription, w
will both send for It and deliver th
medicine. .
llewlihl Drug Co
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FEARED
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COL. WATTERSOX OICES
. SEXTIMEXT OF CEXTEItJ.
'Dollar, Tiioufih TtalmxL In the TLusJt,
, la BeUcr Than !Jii.h Ff li of Pstrl-
Mia AbntracUuns" Tsrt Stood fov
- v ,-
Rent While Bryan Represented tjs
rest and Aggravation, Says Couiiet
1. Journal Editor, of National Repute.
Louisville," Ky Nov. 5. Reviewing
the election, Colonel Henry Watter
son, of the Louisville Courier-Journal,
says the result shows' conclusively that
the great majority of the controlling
sections of the union, were contented
with things as they are, and that it l
better to endure a conceded shortcom-r
ng of the party in power than to em
bark upon an unknown sea of continu
ous aggravation; that Bryan meant
this, while Taft meant rest.
He says, in short. "A dollar thoai
talned la the hand, is worth a busa
full of patriotic abstractions." The"
Idiosyncrasy of the times is commerce.
As In the Inst centuryy when It wa
liberty reaching out affer Institutional
freedom, measurably attaining it now7
it Is materialism reaching out after
market s. '
"The result shows we are overslxed
spiritually and undersized materially
In the hearts and minds of the people
. . . ...... .
and they are dear alike to preceaeni.
reason and' eloquence;" ' for nothing
could surpass as nothing has ever
equalled the personal canvass of Bry
an. Its wondrous lucidity, power of
statement, splendid Intellectual and
physical endurance and unanswerable
arguments. Nor' did Ignatius of Loyo
la jweep through the world of Incar
nate evil bearing the cross of Jesus t
triumph with greater force or ifispira-
1 Uon and tru'h than && the heroic son
with curiosity. . , ,
. "There Is something better than be
ing a president," and that is. a real
sense of duty. . . . ..
"Tllden will live Jn hUtory whea
Hayes Is forgotten. ; History will say
of Pryan, that In three great popular
movements; clouded sometimes by er-;.
rors of Judgment, obstructed alwaya.
by corruption, he led sublimely, and
that: he went down ,beaten with clean
hands. In high repute, and carrying:
with him the. homage of patrlotl
men."- . ' ' , .-.-.,'' .
' I tctptvt Woman Rob Ilusbnnd.'""' . '
Oakland, Nov. 4. R. C. Blake, a
stepson of Michael Halllpan of Baa
Fanclsco, the well known politician.
Is In Jail here as the result of a con
fession made by Mrs. C. R. Bright,
that he aided her to chloroform and
rob her husband. She says she acted
on a suggestlbn of Blake. After the
husband retired, the drug was admin
istered, Blake securing $176.
The new county of Hood River ha
about 1600 voters and 9000 population.
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oecupled
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