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VOLUME VIII.
LA CRA NDE, UNIOX COUNTY, OREGON.
Tuesday, December i, io.
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DEFY RULES OF
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OKLAHOMA FLOOD RIVERS
ARE .SLOWLY RECEDING.
Rcullzlng That Delay Moan Destriie
tlon of Much Valuable, Property,
Citizens or rino Dluff, Arkansas,
Take Hits In Their Own Teeth Will
Cut Government Levee to, Save (lie
Property Number of Known Dead
in Oklahoma is Eight.
CASE TO THE JURY
BAKER CITY BANKERS
" FATE WITH JVROES.
Accused of Mai Ins FaKe Aflidavlls in
Lund Castes, Baker City 1 tanker Now
Auuli Verdict AiioHier Perjury
Cas on TriuL
Portland, Dec. 1. Tne case of J. P.
Parker, former vice-president of the
First National Bank at Baker City,
Ore., accused of making- false afflda
vlu In connection with a land deal.
went to the Jury today.,, ;,
-The trial of Louis - Kohlhagen of
Roseburg, accused of perjury In swear
lng falsely to get possession of land
near Grants Paes, was opened today.
LETHARGY OF
BOOMERS LOST
TEX TItOlSAXI ACHES;
HAVE BEEX SUBSCRIBED.
Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 1. Follow
ing a mass meeting at which it was
TWO VESSELS LOST.
Dover, Eng., 'Dee. . 1. Two vessel
decided to defy the government, citl- re reported to nave collided in a dense
sens of this place are preparing to tog in V est Bay this morning, and to
cut the government levee on the north have gone down with all aboard,
So
side of the Arkansas river. The river
has been caving In for weeks. - Sev
eral warehouses are carried away and
roports of flood waters up the river
have convinced the citizens that unions
the levee is cut a $300,000 court house.
the Jefferson hotel worth a quarter
million dollars, will be destroyed.
Flood Waters Receding.
Guthrie, Okla., Dec.' 1. The floods
which were raging in this section are
receding today, The rivers ore with
in their banks in most places.
- it is believed most of the dangerous
time Is passed. The number of dead
Is known to be eight. ' Property dam
age Is estimated at $1,000,000.
Grocers in Session,' ;
Mansflela, O., Dec. 1. Legislation
beneficial to the trade will be demand
ed from the next Ohio legislature by
the grocers and butchers of the state,
who are meeting here today. 1 J
far little boats are unable to find a
hlgn of the wreck. '
RECOVER MORE BODIES.
Eleven Bodies Recovered Today Mak
ing Total to Date of 135.
Mariana, Pa., Dec; ' 1. The death
list at the wrecked mine of the Pittsburg-Buffalo'
Coal "company ' today
numbers 135. Work of the" rescuers
Is difficult. : Eleven bodies were recov
ered today. 1
Much Snow in Northwest.
Snokane, Dec. 1. Snow, varying in
depth 'from one-half to three Inches,
mantles the inland empire, and covers
the. mountains of northern Idaho and
central Washington two feet. Cattle
have been driven from the hills near
Walla Walla for gracing on the low
lands. -
;ninl::-:E.-i;.
Vastly Different Hue Tinge Irrigation
Horizon Tills Moi'iiinc Run Ire-
' liininary Suriey to Ascertain Exact
Route of Ditch and Laterals -Mc
Ken non Is Calruiait of Committee
Another Meeting December 15 Bin
JlMting in o Month. ' ;
With the avowed intention of run
nlng a preliminary survey from Mead
ow Brook canyon, up the Grande
Ronde river, down the river to its en
trance into the Grande Ronde .valley,
and following the proposed course of
the main channel of the gigantic Irrl
gatlon scheme now being fostered and
establishing the probable route of the
laterals, that the land owners may bet
ter be apprised of the exact course, the
Commercial club is U1ay scurrying
about for competent civil engineei-s to
do this work right away Immediately.
There Is policy In this movement.
When the preliminaries have been run,
John Smith will know how, near his
farm is to be from the main channel
or principal lateral, and Mr. Jones will
have similar information. The, sud
den spurt of interest and determination
expresses another highly laudable fact
lethargy has been discarded tor the
unanimous decision to push the work
until Union county's greatest boon
stands secured.
Reorganise Committee,
When the ' soliciting committee of
nine was originally appointed, it was
under . instructions to go after sub
scribers, but it had no real head. Sub
committees were working haphazard
ly. Now there is a pivot to the work
J Lj, D. McKennon was last evening ap-
OICCY MYSTERY
STILL UNSOLVED
ANOTHER PICTURE IX
PANORAMA OF CRIMES
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Theory of Suicide Keeps Grow ing To
day No Solution to Blgy Dlwap-
pearnnce Slipped From Boat While
. It Was Rei-roHMlng the Buy His En
gineer Exonerated Wits Hounded
by Newspapers Cldcf Appeared
Greatly Alarmed.
San Francisco, Dec. 1. Develop
ments are today Increasing the support
of the theory that Chief of Police Blg
gy, who mysteriously disappeared
from a launch in the bay last night,
while returning to Sun Francisco,
jumped Into the water with suicidal
Intent while smarting under the bitter
criticism, fearing investigation' of his
offilcal conduot In connection with the
circumstances surrounding the assas
sin, Morris Haas.
Ever since the attempt to assassinate
Prosecutor Heney, the police depart
ment was In a state of unrest. Blggy
was serevely criticized following the
METCALF HAS QUIT
TRUMAN NEWBERRY IS BONA
HUE NAVY SECRETARY.
Resigned Secrettiry Was Coii-ldcrably
n Figurehead Roowetelt Ignored
Hlni In Many Iiitmi-e New berry
, Competent.
BAR OKI Flu
COAST PORTS
Washington, Dec. 1. Another
change in the Roosevelt cabinet took
place today when Victor H. Metcalf of
California, formally rellnulshed the
portfolio of secretary of the nnvy, and
was succeeded by Truman II. New
berry of Michigan, who had been as
sistant secretary in name, but secre
tary In fact, since November, 1905.
Secretary Metcalf has been a stick
ler for his prerogatives, but has found
himself on repeated occasions practi
cally Ignored by the president In Im
portant matters affecting naval policy
and the conduct of his department. :
Lack of health and the sense of iso
lation and estrangement between him
self and President Roosevelt prompt
ed Mr. Metcalfs resignation.. " He has
been HI for a year, and during the last
two. months he has sacrccly been able
to sit at his desk. Just before election
SWEEPING ORDER MEANS
DRt'G FAMINE SHORTLY?
Ktartllmr Order Issued After Under
standing With Iresldciit and filter
nutlouul Coiumli-Miou An Enormous)
Amount of Drus Used In Pacific
Suites by Chinese, Mostly 3000
Pounds of Opium, 35,000 Ounces of
Morphine In a Year.
-Opium was
the Pacific
San Francisco, Dec. 1
today barred from all
coast ports by an order Issued by Col
lector of the Port Stratton, after re
ceiving a secret message from Dr.
Wiley, the' government's" chief food
Inspector. . t
Wiley said he had arrived at an tin-
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GQVERMENT VIOLATES
SAFETY APPLIANCE LAW
Our Full Line of New Dolls, I
Toys and novelty Xmas goods
Will be on Display Tomorrow
pointed chairman of the committee of
nine, which has been the recipient of
criticism for not displaying more gin
ger in the appeal for subscribers to the
20,000 acres required. In some re
spects the criticism has" been war
ranted, though the most sanguine
Ished to hear from the committee's re
port last evening that approximately
10,000 acres have already been ' sub
scribed. ' But the last half Invariably
is the more difficult to secure. With
this encouraging Information to en
'Iven Interest, the board appointed the
rf.lrman and gained assurance from
tiM men of the committee that per
sonal matters of deep importance to
the members had been attended to
and that from now on, such men as
WASIUNGTOX COMMISSIONER ,
UNABLE TO REMEDY FAILT.
Both the State of Washington and the
Government to Blaine for Violations
of Its " Own , Laws Neither Hand
Nor Power Brakes on Flat Cars at
- Navy Yard. V , . ' ,"
dei standing with President Roosevelt
he had to cancel an engagement ' - to ! am1 ,ne membora of the international
speak in M'est Virginia. Since that j opUim commlsslon. The order will
tlme.he has been able to be at the de-,haie .bespread effect, particularly
partment parts or only two days.
Mr. Metcalf left Waslngton In the
middle of last April, going to hIhome'tne ,Mt year pror to August. ' 3009
m caitrornia wun a hope that he could pounds of oplum and 33,O00 ounces
regain his health. He remalned;of in0rphlne had been sold through
there until September. He believed tf.n,nri1lB An,pra , An nri..m rftn,m
among the Chinese of the larger west-
em titles. Statistics saow thut during
himself Improved whe nhe came back!
to Washington. ''
'Continued on page 8.)
Tacoma, Dec. i 1. State Railroad
Commissioner Parley today announced
that as a result of his investigation at
the Puget Sound navy yard, he Is sat
isfied the state and government are
violating In a flagrant manner, the
safety appliance laws under which it
collected during the last few years,
thousands of dollars in fines from the
railroads. ; ., '. .' : .
Parley says he cannot Interfere be
cause the alleged defective cars . are
operated on government property. He
says the flat cars at the navy yard
have no power or hand brakes, and
I have to rely solely on the locomotive
'brakes. This Is contrary to federal
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Filiform Bill of Lading.
Chicago, Dec. 1. Following slmllat
action or. the part,, of eastern roads, the
western rallroaifs -today -udopted th
uniform bill of lading. Shippers who
refuse to accept the innovation are in
formed that 10 per cent will be added
j to their freight charges. I
Texas Masons.
W.aco, Texas, Dec. 1. Texas Orand
Lodge of Masonic fraternities con
vened in Waco toduy, with a large at
tendance of delegates. One of the new
j matters coming up at this session will
be the report of the committee on re
vision of the Masonic laws. This com
mittee, for the Grand Lodge Is headed
by W, S. Fly of San Antonio as chair
man. " - .:..'...',.!..-. r. v....
ft ".Pacific coast is certain.
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OFFICER RELEASED AND REARRESTED
J. B. Officer, charged with Jarceny
by bailee, for disposing or attempting
to move a phonograph which he had
purchased on a lease from the Davis
Jordan company, was released this
morning by Justice Stewart, who after
taking the matter under advisement,
decided that under the contract the
light district,, to deliver some laundry.
She asked him to remain a moment
while she gathered some other laun
dry. After Officer's departure she
missed her watch and chain. The
watch contained the engraved name
of "Alice." as did also the fob to the
chain. She immediately notified the
J j phonograph was equivalent to a sale, police, she thinking Officer was the
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"Satisfaction or Your Lloney Back
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therefore Officer was at liberty to do
as he pleased with the property.
Arretted on Another Charge.
No sooner had the order of the
court been given than Constable Mc
Faulk placed him under arrest again,
the charge this time being the larceny
of a watch and chain from Alice Clo
ver. As we have been Informed, the
story runs about' like this: .
It seems that several weeks before
he severed his connection as delivery-
. i man lor tnerrrs new uiunary, ne
j called at the house of the prosecuting
witness, who keeps a house in the red-
guilty party, but no clue was ever dis
covered until Sheriff Childers went
back to Arkansas, when he secured
the watch In possession -: Officer. The
name In both places l.-d been filed
out.
Officer- claims that he found the
watch in a bundle of clothing and he
kept It watching .the papers for some
one to advertise for It He was ar
raigned this forenoon before Judge
Henry and the preliminary examina
tion was set for tomorrow morning at
i:30. In default of $500 bonds Officer
is In jail.
Archbold Ready for Kellogg.
New York, Dec. I. John T. Arch
bold resumed the stand in today's
hearing in the government suit to dis
solve the Standard Oil company. He
appeared worried. Morris Rosenthal,
the Standard's SlOOO-a-day lawyer,
asked his last direct questions.
Kellogg, for the government. Is pre
paring for a cross-examination.
law, which demands all trains be
equipped' with enough power to ena
ble the engineer to control the speed of
his train without being necessary to
set hand brakes.
EXPOSURE Or ALLEGED
CORRUPTION IS PROMISED.
State Bar of Washington is Examining
Resignation of Supreme Judge Root
Important Witness Is Called
Leading Figures In Affair Are Prom-
Inent Men. "
opoaane, two. - 1. 'i ne etate -tKr-commission
Is today examining L. C.
Oilman, western general counsel of the
Great Northern road, in the Investiga
tion following the resignation of Su
preme Justice Mllo Root. J. J. La-
vln, secretary! to M. J Gordon, a for
mer Great Northera counsel, is tha
next witness. ;.; . ,;.
Gordon is reported to have threat
ened to expose the corruption involv
ing J. J. Hill and Root, if prosecuted.
The deepest secrecy concerning the
examination is maintained. The Gor
don shortage Is now reported at $200,
000. Gordon was once a member of
the Washington supreme court, ,.
WAYS OF CURING PAIN
First Drug it away; Second: Coax it away by the appli
cation of heat. Heat relieves almost any pain, anw when it
will answer it is the better remedy. Every home should
contain a ' ' -
HOT VATER BOTTLE'
Heat can then be applied anywhere, at any time and in the
most eitective manner. If the bottle bo wrapped in a wool
en cloth it will remain hot fort hours. There are few
things a home can contain that will be more ' useful than
this modern convenience. Those we have are made of the
highest quality of Para Rubber, will lost for years and cost
but little
' .NewHri Drug Co.
La Grande, Ore.
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