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r . t NUMBER 65. LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTT, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1908, volume vm. DEUYIIIIUC IB'IPIICECIF rmsco's mayor and COMMISSIONERS CLAS1L Board Will Not Apitolnt a Now Chief of Folic Until It Is Assured Tliat Biggjr U Actually Dead Continuous Squabble Between Kelt, Mayor and Commissioners -Some of Blggy's Interview Withheld as Sacred Tay lor Assumes Iovcr, San Francisco, Dec. 4. The board of police commissioners will not ap point a new chief of police to succeed Igffy until It Is definitely established Xlial rilggy la aeau. in vna meantime there Is no. trace of Blggy's body. It is rumored the commissioners have clashed with Mayor Taylor, who as sumes the responsibility of naming a Atv nhlaf whan th HmA Brrlvpa. !The commissioners are becoming dissensions over the statement of Commissioner Kell that Biggy handed ?t.l. hi na I im nUnn frwA tiini hnfrtffk 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ilia iDiguuiiuu . " " . " disappearing. Kell asserts he told Mayor Taylor that Blggy offered his 'resignation. Taylor denies he receiv ed such Information. Acting Chief Cutler who was re ported yesterday as criticising Kell, doubting the Interview between him and Blggy, today denies the remarks attributed to him. It Is reported that Kell refused point blank to reveal all the details of the last Interview with j Blggy,' and states that parts of the In terview are sacred. , if1 liars Blame on Telephone. , admitted that he Is personally re sponsible for the orders restraining Detective Burns, of the graft prosecu tion, from visiting Morris -Haas, who attempted to assassinate Heney. He blames the poorly working telephone for a misunderstanding of his order. He telephoned to Patrolman Attrldge and Charles Kelley, who were watch ! ARRIVED I Our Full Line of New Dolls, I I Toys and novelty Xmas goods Will be on Display Tomorrow F MR "Satisfaction or Your Money Back" ing Haas. but they did not get the In structlons right. A hearing of the charges against Attrldge and Kelley was begun last night, W'lU Not Honor Requisition. Seattle. . Dm 4. Governor M J has refused to honor the requisition f Governor Hart of New Jersey, of Elliot Archer, accused of forgeries amounting to $70,000. Mead examin ed the papers presented by eastern detectives and listened to the argu ment of Archer's attorney. He an nounced' that stronger evidence must be presented to offset Archer's good behavior here. Archer will probably be released. '. ARKANSAS RIVER ON ' A WILO RAMPAGE TODAY HOUSES UNDERMINED AND i DESTROYS OTHER PROPERTY. Heavy Rains In the Up River Districts Sends Arkansas River Over Us Bank Floods Districts and Destroys Property Pine Bluff Suffers the Most . Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 4. A flood which carried the Arkansas River out of Its banks today, tore away dikes protecting property along the river front, allowing five houses to topple into the river. Heavy rains up the river are Increasing the floods. Stores and buildings near the edge are being vacated, all goods being taken to places of Bafety. The court house and the Jefferson hotel are In danger of being undermined. CIRCUIT COURT MONDAY. 1 Two Cases Are Set for Circuit court Early Next Week. The State against John Mlnnick, charged with1 larceny of a calf, and the State against Anderson, charged with violating the local option law, are the first two cases to come up In the circuit court when that body con venes next Monday morning. STORt E NORTH END OF COUNTY HAS FRUIT TREE BOOM Great Faith ami Intecrftt Displayed by Prominent Men of Elgin, Who Now Own' 200 Acres of Fruit Land In Five Years Will Have Enormous Valuation on Large Tracts Pro- v motors Stake All Their Fortunes on Suocenn of Venture - The Elgin Recorder, In Its Issue of today, said: Still the fruit acreage of northern Union county lands Is Increasing and at a rapid rate. A deal was brought to a clone a fow dnys ago whereby the Jacob Long farm of 160 acres, situ ated threo miles north of Elgin, was transferred to J. B. Thorson and H. H. Weatherspoon, who were already owners of a 100-acre tract of fruit land. The Jacob Long farm Is conceded to be one of the best tracts of land In this end of the county, and Is known to be an Ideal ploce of ground for frutlralsing. Of the tract 115 acres ire under cultivation and an add! ional 15 acres will be placed under cultivation at an early date. The Long tract Is situated just across the road from the 100-acre tract which Messrs. Thorson and Weather- spoon purchased some time since, and most of which has been set to apples. The owners are alteady In charge of their new property and will com mence the work next spring of piepar parlng ,the land for apple trees. In the Spring 70 acres will be set to po tatoes and the ground thoroughly cul tivated during the summer, so that it will be In first-class condition for the trees by fall. Arrangements are also being formulated whereby nearly the entire tract will be Irrigated from a large spring located on the place. The tract Is situated within a short dis tance of the O. R. & N. '.Ine and the owners expect to erect a large storage house next season, where next year's crop of potatoes will be housed until shipping time, and which In after years will be used for a fruit storage. The newly acquired, tract places Messrs. Thorson and Weatherspoon in possession of over 200 acres, all of which will be producing apples, and other fruits within five years at a pro lific degree. v Both gentlemen are op timistic as to the outcome and confl dently expect large' profits from their investments which by the time the orchards are In bearing will represent a large sum of money. Mr. Weather spoon stated to a Recorder represen '.at'.ve that he thoroughly studied the motions In northern Union county, in-1 x& thoroughly convinced that no sretinn of the northwest offered better opportunities for fruit land Invest ments. He says he will stake his rep utatoln, his labor and his capital on the outcome. The operations of Messrs. Thorson and Weatherspoon In this section Is going to have a telling effect and will be the prime factor In starting a fruit land boom, such as has never been witnessed In Union county. The fact that they are Investing large sums is already offering incentive to others to follow in their course and ere an other year passes by we will have wit nessed plans formuluted for the set ting of thousands of acres to fruit. It means a new era for northern Union county and one that will bring addi tional people and wealth. Carlisle at Denver. Denver, Col., Dec. 4. Denver will be afforded an opportunity to se the Carlisle Indian school's football team In action tomorrow, when the eastern redskins will play the eleven of the UHverslty of Dnvr. This ! th flr-t time that a football eleven represent ing an Important eastern college has come to Denver, and a large crowd will witness the game. The Denver players do not expect to defeat the redskin, but hope to be able to keep the score down. ODD fflC EE E II PARTY AT LEAST RICHARDSON AVOWS IT IS GEORGE" OR CAKE FOR HIM. Before a Group of Politicians Last Evening Representative Richard son Takes Stand That Brands Him as a Real Representative Patton is Organizing Statement No. 1 Caucus Preliminary Skirmish In Reality Over Proposed Caucuses. RepreBentatlve-elect Stephen F, Richardson Is known to entertain a view of the coming senatorial squarble which will in a comparatively .short time attract the attention of the na tion's political eye, which heretofore has not been made known through the press at least, and that Is, that If "un desirables" break up the present slate which places Governor George E. Chamberlain, democrat, In Une for the United States senate, he will not vote for any other man than H. M. Cake. This will be disheartening news to the Fulton and Wilcox factions who are making strenuous efforts to forestall the will of the people of Oregon by placing In the United States senate a man other than the popular choice of the whole people of the state. In making this statement before a group of politicians yesterday, Mr. Richard son did not Infer that he would vote for Cake except under a condition that would require him to cast his vote for some other man than Chamberlain. The representative-elect Is at Perry today knd could not be brought Into communication ' ' ' Organiser Here. Representative-elect H. D. Patton of Salem, who returned last evening from Joseph' In company with Joint Representative-elect Rusk, was In eastern Oregon for divers reasons, the principal pne of which was to organ ize a caucus before the legislature meets to devise means of procedure. While Patton Is an avowed candidate for speakership, he realizes that there is much organization to be done first. Regardless of the fact that he Is a candidate, he will make strenuous ef fort to sign up a majority of legisla tors to go into a statement No. 1 cau cus. It tney tail m mis mere win oe no caucus by the statement element, but the crucial hour for work will come on the floor of the house, after having enlisted democratic members This In the rough. Is the plan ad vanced by Patton. His Success Here. In Union and Wallowa .counties, he procured favorablo promises, but as yet no actual tlgnatures. Messrs. Richardson and Rusk ' have both re quested more time to think It over. The Antls Plans, When Representative Beach was In La Grande recently he, too, was seek ing caucus signatures, but for the anti- statement element. The slate la to get 27 anti-statement men into a caucus and select an anti-statement No. 1 speaker and the official router of the same faction for that matter. Either one or the other element Is go ing to fall, that Is apparent, and which of the warring factions gets the- cau cus, will have much to do with subse quent legislation. The senatorshlp la not Included In these advance skir mishes. Rk'hnrdxon Makes Assertion, It was In this connection last eve ning that Richardson Is ' alleged to have said that If by some hook or crook' the will of a majority of the people of Oregon Is to be defeated, then he will carry out the wlsen of the majority of Oregon repvb'i.-vns by voting for Cake, the chc!.-.? of the re publicans at the sprlnj primary. Cosgrove No Better. Paso Robles. Dec. 4. The condition of Governor-elect Cosgrove of Wash ington continues to show no Improve ment Today he shows the effects of his Illness plainly. His physicians are recommencing constant attndance of a trained nurse. The. patUnt In sists upon his wife attending. 111 REPREStifl VERY LOW HATES. TranHContlncntal Lines, Will Reduce lares for Seattle Fair. Seittle, Dec. 4. After giving a rate of . ISO for the round trip from Mis souri river points and SL Paul to the Seattle exposition. The Transconti nental Passenger association has now made what Is considered an extremely low rate from Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis. Word was received today from A. M. Cleiand, general passenger agent for the Northern Pacific, that round trip tickets, good from May 25 to September 30, will be as follows: From Chicago, $68;. Peoria, 150.15. and St. Louis, $68.25. OBSERVATION CAR MAKES ITS FIRST-APPEARANCE PALATIAL FURNISHINGS AND COMFORT CIUEF FEATURES. No. 1 and No. a Will Hereafter Carry Is Great Improvement Buffet Car to Be Taken From These Train Fine Furnlxhlngs. A thing of palatial beauty and real comfort is now provided on all west bound trains that pass La Grande In the morning. The first observation car, "Ben Tomond," since the service was instituted, passed through La Grande today. It Is half standard sleeper and half , observation. Thts last named part of.lt resembles an ordinary buffet car, though . more roomy and more elegantly finished. The rear platform, which resembles General Manager J. P. O'Brien's car, from a standpjnt of finishings. , The railings are polished brass, and give more than ordinary room on the plat form Itself. Comfortable chairs and settees stand on the platform, which is roofed over by an extension of the car roof. This service makes No. 1 a splendid train, being equipped with standard and tourist sleepers and din ing Icar In addition to the observation car accommodations. The buffet car, used by men only, has been discon tinued on this train. The same service will be maintained on No. 2, the train which reaches here from Portland In the evening. An All-NIght Bank. Philadelphia, Dec. 4. Despite the general belief that the Quaker City goes to bed at 9 o'clock, Philadelphia Is soon to have an "owl" or all-night banK to accommodate litotra io i'' about during the night watches. The new Institution will be conducted on the continuous plan and xwlll' have counting room and offices In the northwest corner of the Bellevue Stratford. It will have a capital of xsno.ono and number among Its stock holders and . promoters, treorge Boldt of the Waldorf-Astoria, and the Bellcvue-Stratford,' and Laurence Mc Cormlck. Directors In well-known fi nancial Institutions In this city are nlso among the backers. Grand ball FrlCay evening at Elks' hall. THE WAY OF CURING PAIN First: Drug it away; Second: Coax it away by the appli cation of heat. Heat relieves almost any pain, a d when it will answer H is the better remedy. Every home should contain a HOT WATER BOTTLE Heat can then be applied anywhere, at any time and in the most effective manner. If the bottle be wrapped in a wool' en cloth it will remain hot for 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 cos but lit tie Newlin Drug Co. La Grande, Ore. 4 IIICTUEIITS I GRAND JURY DISCILRGED; NUMBER OF BILLS UNKNOWN. Small Batch of Bills Given to Sheriff for Service Four Indictments Now Against Officer -Raymond Cun ningham Subject of One Indictment Charging a Statutory Crime WW Not Make Known Xu Bills UntU the ' Victims are Caught. The grand Jury, after being In ses sion one day, completed Its labors and filed Its report before Circuit Judga Knowles this morning and wer dis charged until some time In February prior to the session of the February term. ' Four true bills made public were returned. How many others there are- Is not' known nor may not be until the parties are In the custody of th officers. ' , A true bill was returned against Raymond Cunningham, charging bin with a statutory crime. Four Indictments were returned against J. B. Officer, one charging him with the larceny of a watch, an other for not returning a rented gun; another for the larceny, of ' a phono graph; another for a suit case. , CHILDREN ESCAPE DEATH. Blind, Deaf and Dumb Children of Boie School Ewapr Fire. Boise, Deo. 4. Forty-four deaf dumb and blind children, attending the state school here, and living In th old Central school building, had a nar row escape from death at 7 o'clock this morning, when fire attacked tha latter building while they were being, marched from the third floor to their breakfast on the lower floor. The children left the building In perfect order and not one of them wa Injured. It', Is said that If the fir had started while the children wer sleeping, many of them, would hav perished. The fire started on the third floor and burned downwards. A defective flue Is supposed to be the cause. One part of the building was occu pied by state officers. The record were damaged by water, while the to tal tuna is siu.vuv. - ..,- The building was a three-story brick. ' "' .' ' To Wed Chinese PupIL New York, Dec. 4. One of the most novel weddings ever witnessed in this) cosmopolitan city. Is scheduled to tak place tomorrow, when Miss Belle Le roy, a refined and accomplished young white girl, 'who has for some time acted ns a missionary and teacher In Gotham's Chinatown, will become tha bride of eKe Sing, a Chinese washer man of 24 Mott street. The full Chi nese marriage ceremony will be used to unite the loving pair. " T OFFlEII o