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'. S. s7 ' y i i n ny i VOLUME VIII. , LA GRJ1 N0E, ITNIOX COUNTY, OREGON. THl'ISSDW. NOVEMBER 19, !. NUMBFK . 4 GIVE VON BUELQVV 11 THE REINS rilOMIXEXT CIIANCELLOlt GAINS ADDITIONAL 1IOXOUS. Delivers Remarkable Speech In Ger , muii Parliament ou Oddlllomtl Naval and Military Taxation Strong eclliig AlUmlng Now Noted Solon Full Control of Affairs to Dulld U ' tho Shattered Forces of Germany Would Be High Honor. Berlin, Nov. 19. Urging Increased taxation for enlargement of naval and military equipment, Chancellor Von Buelow, who exacted a promise from the kaiser that the latter will limit his , Imperial power, today mode one of the most remarkable speeches ever dellv red In the Oerman parliament. He made a vigorous address supporting his eight finance bills that fated de- feat because of the dispute between the chancellor, relchstag and the em- ; peror. '' ' . ' "Germany is unpopular among the other nations of Europe, he declared. "The only way to regain lost prestige Is by uplifting the military and naval lorces. Our financial system Is the weakest point." There Is a strong sentiment among the members to give the chancellor a ' free hand and allow him to upbuild the forces. ; . . .. ' SMOKES FEWER FflESIDENT'S , DAUGHTER HAS RE REFORMED GREATLY RECENTLY Des Moines, Nov. 19. Congressman Nicholas Longworth has worked ,a great reformation In the character of his wife the president's daughter according to a statement made last night by Dr. L. B. Sperry, Before the T. M. C. A. "Lonsworth told a friend of mine recently," said Sperry, "that Iiu Bucieuiit-u in ifuucing me number of cigarettes smoked by his wife from 40 to 20, daily." Profitable Crop. Lands around Freewater and Mil ton, In the northeastern part of Uma tilla county, that 10 years ago were worth only $5 to $10 an acre, are now selling at from 1300 to $1000 an acre. What has Happened? Onty that peo ple have dismivered how to use the land, and to use available water on It." Several men there made from $300 to $400 an acre this year raising straw berries and peaches. Many others made over '$200 an acre by producing various kinds of fruit and vegetables. A man doesn't need many acres of such land to 'make a living and lay up a surplus. ' The land where these results are be ing obtained Is a wide bottom, part of It of coarse gravel, along the Walla Walla river, but the fruit-growing area Is expanding out onto the adja cent lands, where for many years big crops (of wheat hare been produced, and that cannot be irrigated. Valua ble as this land is for wheat, much of it promises to become far more valua ble for fruit. So In various localities In eastern Oregon, like the Freewater and. Milton distr j the Grande Rotide vail"- nlon county, besides Hood R valley and The -Dalles dis trict, and In southern Oregon, and in the VIMaTrett" jrs'lar, great. desl?p ment of the fruit Industry Is taking place, and there will be greater devel opment still, from year to year. Ore gon ran be, and at last bids fair to become, the best fruit state In the union. Exchange. "WEEDS" 1 DESPONDENT AT FOVEHTY. Young Bridegroom In Bride's Finery aud Suicide. '. Kansas City, Nov. 18. Despondent l'i AftsbV -V r'J "wit: ' the girl he married two months ago, Gordon Kyle, aged 14. dressed' him self In his bride's party clothes, made a noose from two of her hair ribbons and strangled himself to death last night. He was attired In all her fin ery, excepting shoes and hai, when found dead at the bed post. VILL RETIRE ONE-YEAR-OLD TREASURY CERT IFICATES MATURE FRIDAY Washington, Nov. ' 19. In accord ance with the announcement of Sec retary Cortelyou, the one-year . 8 per cent treasury certificates will mature and cease to bear Interest tomorrow. National banks desiring to maintain their circulation secured by those cer tificates, must furnish other United States bonds not later than tomorrow. National banks may retire their circu lation by authorizing the redemption of the certificates and the application of so much of the proceeds as may be necessary to the retirement of circu lation based thereon. It Is understood that this action does not involve any immediate call on na tional banks for the return , to the treasury of any part of their present holdings of government deposits. Owing to the redundancy of currency, many of the banks now having treas-f-y wyrtlOua tea . on deposit tor weenre circulation will retire so much of their circulation as Is thus secured. This will relieve the secretary from, the necessity of paying out any considera ble sum of money at this time. Belated Honors for Hero; Paducah, Ky., Nov. 19. Today is the 158th anniversary of the birth of one of America's most heroic men, General George Rogers Clark, who un furled the first American flag In Illi nois and, was largely responsible for makln gthe great northwest an Ameri can territory. Dying In poverty and want, the great soldier was forgotten for nearly a century. A few years ago a movement was inaugurated to rescue from obscurity the name and fame of thA olmnt fnriitlfn hwt patriotic project had its culmination this month In the dedication "f a hand some monument at Fort -Slaiae, near Metropolis, 111. Some of the most no table events of American hlsto-y .'vesi-j .tered about this old military posrt.- it ! was here, nccori'.lnir to history, t. Aaron Burr plotted his treason. Fvaus td Live In Buy Male. N Los Angeles, t'al., Nov. 19. f. J. Arkell, an assistant to the p-psldent of the Los Angeles Harbor company, today announced that "Fighting Bob" Evans will make Los Angeles his fu ture home. Evans yesterday was elected chairman of the board of di rectors of the Harbor company, which Is planning extensive Improvements about the San Pedro harbor. i - Ascertaining Defalcation. au Francisco Swindler's Action Being Investigated. , San Francisco, Nov. 19. Experts are working on the books of the Mer chants' association to ascertain the ex tent of the alleged defalcation of Frank V. Smlthson, cashier and confidential man of the association. It Is known the $3009 are missing and the amount may reach $10,000. Confiscate Opium Shipment. Mr.a, N r -.n-?Vim .mvr-. gllng plot was thwarted today when 03 cases of the drug were discovered In barrels supposed to contain ce ment. The barrels were a part of a ihipment from China to Corregidor island. The opium was confiscated. CERTIFICATES BUYING STANDARD SIlffiHSILL MANAGER OF 51. C. & O. IS . IX PORTLAND MAKING BUY. Mammoth Oil & Gas Company, With Many Shareholders lu La tiraiidc. Will Have a Slaiidurd Drill on Oil Field at Vale In 20 DaysManager : Davidson Is In Portland Today Vi lli Hurry Work lVotn Now on, Suy OffklaU. t ' The Mammoth Of! & Gae company will have a standard drill on its hold ings near Vale within 20 days, accord ing to announcement made by. La Grande men who are heavily Interested financially in the new company doing preliminary operation work at the scene of the oil developments In the Vale section. ) ' Buying Drill This Week. Manager T. W. Davidson of Union, who Is the managing head' of the company, passed through this city last evening en route to Portland, where he will buy a standard drill and have it erected on the company's claims within 20 days if possible. The com pany Is very fortunate In Its purchase, Tor It has an option on a drill at Port land which has been used slightly, but Is as good as new. The option will consummate in final purchase today, when Mr. Davidson reaches the me tropolis. HjtnnI for Activity. Renewed activity will follow the ar rival and erection of tho derrick on the property. Mr. Davidson Is an xious to carry out the instructions of the directors In hurrying the wtrk as nattily as possible. The purchase be ing consummated in Portland this week in one Indication that the com pany Is Intent on making every possi ble haste In its development work. La Grande is largely Interested in this company, many local men hold ing stock. There Is a lively sale of shares at 15 cents a share, much of which Is being taken by those already Interested, and still more by new par ties. ., To Publlxli Memoirs. Berlin, Nov. 19. The kaiser's court is In a state of uncomfortable appre hension today following the announce ment of Prince . Philip Zuelenberg, that he Is preparing an elaborate book of memoirs to be published after his Tr. r.icitiolvr completed thus far. It will be sent abroad. A number of letters from the kaiser are said to appear In the book. ' Swindler Adjudad Bankrupt, r'snv Francisco, Nov. 19. James T:vidwell, who is facing 'trial, on fl r.vpr-'of embezzling securities on the U.ifornia Safe Deposit & Trust com pany, of. which he is a director, was adjudged bankrupt on the complaint of Daniel. O'Connell, representing various depositors who claim Tread well is transferring property to his wife. . Has New Band Orjciui. Messrs. Huntlock & Matlock, the new proprietors of the skating rink, have Installed a new band organ that can be heard several, blocks. It will supply splendid muBic for skaters. CREDI10RS OF J.W.SCRIBER WILL MEET TO SELECT TRUSTEE Tomorrow is the appointed time the meeting of creditors of the J. Scriber bankrupt estate. At this time It Js .Tpecfdthat .rna.tpe .wL be selected. Mr. Scriber wrote the ref eree In bankruptcy that he did not hare the means' to pay car fare fi o.-n Portland and return. and that he could not be present At the meet ing tomorrow It U quite probable that 3 ATTORNEYS FULL OFF LIVELY VERBAL TILT. Inquest to Determine Ilcpoiudbltlty for Suicide of Morris HaaM, Was ' Mrted Today Coroner , Will Dem onstrate Practicability of Carrying a Deringrr In SHoo Top of the Iead . Man Defense hi Sparring for Time, It Is Charged. San Francisco, Nov. 19. Bitter per sonalities between Attorney Ach and the attornej for . the prosecution marked the beginning of the Abe Bucf trial today. The wrangle was . cut short by Judge Lawler who declared he would take some measure to pre vent a recurrence. The quarrel arose over the questions propounded to Jair.es Gallagher, chef of the boodllng board of supervisors, as to the details of signing the Immunity contract be- .tween Rudolph , Spreckles and the members, of the boodllng board. Attorneys lu lively Tilt. ; Attorney Johnson, for the prosecu tion, objected to Ach delaying the trial by repeating his questions. Ach re plied he was saving time. "That la like Satan rebuking sin," declared ' Johnson. . , ' "AVe can show- that the very ques tion Just asked was . answered ; five minutes ago, ' We can show that the counsel asked such f?uestUiu tlmo and agnin for the very purpose of delaying the trial dishonorably, we think." . "I ,take exception to the remarks of the special counsel," stammered Ach. ; The ire of Attorney Sullivan, for the people, was aroused and he de clared:, '' ' -. ' "While we are on this subject 'we object to being designated by the op- j posing counsel as 'special counsel.' I We are here for the people of the i state, and If the counsel Insists tipon making personal remarks I suggest that the court administer a little con tempt medicine." ' s Here the court declared that no more personalities would be tolerated. The condition of Francis J. Heney Is much Improved today. , ' Inqum Is Now On. . The coroner's Inquest to fix the re sponsibility for the suicide of MoitIh Haas, who shot Heney, Ji as begun. Tt la tio thoorv of tVir. ,illi. Hint l-.n hud a Derringer pistol with which he committed suicide when he shot .He ney. Deputy Coroner Tom Davis will put on the. shoe of the dead muh to determine whether It was pnssible for Haas to carry the pistol In the top of his shrie. : - i 5- Ofriceis Expect Trouble. Manila, Nov. 19. It . Is be- lU-ved here that Admiral Harbor, commanding the United States Philippine squadron, ; has re- reived Information direct from 4 Pekin, causing- him to expect trouble, necessitating the pres- enee of American vessels In Chi- nese waters. It Is thought the officers will continue to hold the fleet in readiness awaiting de- velopments. . -natters may develop to such an ex it that the referee will be warrant ed In ordering him to attend here In person' and ex'amine the claims ano assist in straightening out a numbei of matters. The estate. Involving $97,000 may present a number of In tricate details which will require hl presence. E.ltS!TIO,V BUYS BOAT. Fastest Steamer In Fruit Sen lee ' Aliunde Conduct WcM, ' In , Seattle. Nov.. 19. It was announced tuukjf iWieiiier 'Admiral Hump, son, one of the largest . and fastest steamers of the United Fruit company of the Atlantic, will be brought around the horn to run between Seattle and San Francisco early next year. The vessel was purchased by H. F. Alexan der, president of the Yukon exposi tion. ' ; TO HAVE LI INSULATORS BEING ATTACHED AND NEW POWER SOURCE SGDN Vh?a the night came on la the mountains between North Powder and Union today It found a crew of men at a spot four miles from North Pow der toward Union, and to that spot Lthe three heavy conveying wires arej Hv f nr v Bf-rvica bv the Grande , . . . t ,u Ronde Electric . company from the been strung for Borne time, but it Is only this week that the final work is being . done placing the Insulutors. The work was commenced at the Rock Creek plant and the men are working towards Union rapidly, plunnlng on reaching their destination next Wed nesday, '.' ' V Rub-Station at North Powder. v Contractor J. J. Clancy leaves to morrow morning for North Powder, where , he wllU construct a sub-station il'mllar to the'-ou a Union. A He will have It ready for occupancy by De cember While he Is at work on that phuse of the work another crew will have wired North Powder In detail and when the company desires. It will turn the switch at Rock Creek, elec tricity thut will illuminate North Powder brilliantly. " A 1m Grande Surplus Supply. : North Powder will depend entirely on the Rock Creek plant for Its light. Union and La Grande, with Its sub sidiary stations, will not be In that category. Morgan Lake and the Cove plant will be held In service as long : ... . , . , . ' as possible, but when sufficient power Ls not at hand, the mountain power will be hitched on at Union and the that is now obtainable at North Powder, will be sent through', the wires that form the La' Grande network. Prolonged darkness Is prac- tlcally out of the question In this sec- tlon of the county. Relative Ixwtitlons. There is some obscurity generally, as to the location of the plants that hereafter will light North Powder and be emergency power for La Grande. Olive lake, or what was formerly f Desolation lake, ls hid away In the high mountains between here and Ra ker City, and the company on the nrolect there has a 1280 foot head, the largest In this section of tho north-1 west. The company, aside from sup- STOP THE FIRST COUGH Early fall coughs often pave the way for many later ones, by set ting up a chronic Inflammation of the air passages. - Cure the first cough promptly and rightly and you will thus be taking precautions against liability to later annoyances and danger. For any kind of a cough at any time, we know of nothing better than Newlin's White Pine Expectorant It la a remedy that we can highly recommend, because It cures In the right way, and Its value has been demonstrated by years of use. Price 23 and 50 Cents. NEWLIN DRUG CO - .- LA GRANDE; ORE. OLD OIL KII1C dinmitu : TELLS COMMISSIONERS HOW HE BUILT UP HUGE MACHINE. Great Crowds Hear John D. Ilocketel Iur Tell tho Commission in Dissolu tion Suit, How He Took Money From Vcimsylvaida Railroad as Itclmiew Goes Over the Facts of Organizing Crude Oil Producers Into a Mouu- . mental Trust. New York, Nov. 19. Rocke- feller created a sensation In the federal court today by admitting that he formerly accepted rebates from the Pennsylvania railroad. Ho carefully explained the record of expansion and absorp- tlon and 'development. He told ho ' In ow, under the direction of his ron hand the must marvelous business machine of . modern times was built. v , V New York, Nov. 19. It was noces- sary for a larger room to accommo- ' . i date the curious ones when the ex amination of John D. Rockefeller was resumed today In the suit to dissolve the Standard Oil company of New Jersey,-', j '. .. ; V .-'. Attorney Milburn, for the trust, nak ed Rockefeller. If the uncertainty of the cost of raw material had any bear ing on the expansion of the Standard . Oil, and he replied: "It certainly did. U exerted a ie.t Jufiuonc th r., and . stilt has an Important bearing." : Most of tho testimony was not in- , .te'resting Y .,:.V'! ' - Review Early Operations. ; Rockefeller explained the associa tion of refiners was organised for the purpose of conserving the supply of... crude oil. He explained that In 18TJ the need of a better understanding among the producers of crude oil re sulted In the formation of an agree - ment for the purpose of Insuring a higher price for the Crude oil,; thus maintaining stability of markets. He , said it had the effect of preventing, "overproduction" of raw material. He-" could not recall the number of pro- r . but was sure there was a "very respec table majority." plying the Red Boy and other mines. haa a wire to urns, about halt. war between the two points, another plant, .known as the Rock creek plant, h lot-atc,d Jt u at the. junction of the two mounU, streams. From this , P""t here the Grande Rondo electric built Its line to Union town, The distance is 28 miles and the route foilowfy bv tne conveying wires Is di rectly through North Powder. One reason for the ofOclals being positive of no future light famine ls that the local company hag. both the Rock t reeK ana uuve lane rmni m from. . nun o I