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LA CUUNDE, UNION OOClffTT, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1008.
NUMI1ER 62.
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tE.VKS TONIGHT FOIL
SALEM;' FIFTEEN YEARS.
Young Man Who Assaulted Young Girl
Today la Given. Ills Sentence Plea
Was Ex )Ct'ti Court Reprimands
' 4lie Prisoner and Gives Fatherly Ad
vice Cunningham Narrowly Es--aed
Lynching: at Union A Young
Man.
Raymond Cunningham . starts to
night for Salem to serve IS years In
the state prison for assaulting a young
girl between Union and Telocaset.
The heavy sentence followed a long
end pointed reprimand from Judge
Knowlcs, ' after Cunningham had
, pleaded guilty to the charge pending
against him.
No Trial Resultant.
Cunningham was arraigned this
forenoon to plead to the charge. Much
as' has been expected, he admitted his
guilt Then followed the heart-to-heart
talk from the bench, In which
the court mingled sharp .reprimand
and pointed advice. - Cunningham
leaves tonight In charge of Sheriff
Chtlders to do pennance for his crime.
Escaped Mob at Union.
Cunningham Is the man who As
saulted a young girl between Union
and Telocaset several weeks ago, and
who missed a maddened mob at Union
the same evening. His life Is Indebted
to the Union officials, who spirited the
fellow to La Grande, avoiding blood
shed. The sentence Is a heavy one,
but is an object lesson to others. The
girl In question has fully recovered
from the Injuries now.
STUNG. BY POMES
HORSE RACING CLAIMS
ANOTHER YOUNO VICTIM
Young Cashier of Oakland Firm Con
fesses to lllgU-Ilandcd Financing
Now In Jail.
Oakland, Dec. 12. Said by the po
lice to have confessed to the embe
sslement of $20,000 from Hale Bros.'
department store, Alphonso Lebouf,
the firm's cashier, is In jail here. It
Is reported the prisoner attributes his
downfall to betting on races. . One
week he used $5000. He la accused f f
padding accounts and raising checks.
The young man Is said to have start
ed his stealings last September. The
money was spent at pool rooms .'n
Seattle until the . Emeryville season
opened. He Is 25 years of age and
married.
LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES
KILLING THREE INSTANTLY
THREE OTHERS INJURED
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Beaumont, California, Sceno of Fatal
Explosion That Demoralizes Loco
motive and Kills Throe Workmen
Southern Pacific ' Engine Was
Tulllng Out.
LITTLE HOPE OF
REDUCED TARIFFS
v,. Phonographs will be popular for
gift purposes this year. We carry a
fine line and have hundreds of the
most desirable records.
" Nctvlln Book and Stationery Co.
Beaumont, Cal., Dec. 12. Thr?e
men were killed and one perhaps fa
tally injured today by the explosion of
a Southern Pacific t freight engine
while pulling a heavy train out of the
Beaumont yards. Engineer Dave
Donald, Fireman Roy T. Reynold bnd
Conductor G. H. Brockman weru i:i
stantly killed. Brakeman E. A. Wil
liam may die. All lived at Los An
geles. - The locomotive was demolish
ed, i
HARRIMAN AND. RIPLEY AP
PEAR COURTEOUS ONLY.
No PromlHe of Withdrawing Increased
Tariff Sheets on Transcontinental
Shipments Hull road PrcsklonU Per
slnt In Negotiations to Kill Time-
Many Eastern Railroad Manager
Would Have to Re Consulted to
Bring About Results.
San Francisco, Dec. 12. No prom.
lses of relief from the burden of ad
vanced freight rates to and from Cal
Ifornla terminals have been received
from two railroad presidents who were
recently memorialized by the execu
tive committee of a recent convention
of .California business men.
Harrlman replied he hoped a con
ference between the committee and
traffic managers of the two roads can
be held In the near future. "I trusted
a satisfactory conclusion could be
reached," he wrote.
President Ripley of the Santa Fe,
was more explicit. He said his rep
resentatives would be quite" willing to
listen to arguments against the a J
vanced rates, but warned the shippers
In the case of transcontinental tariffs
applying to and from all points In the
United States east of Colorado, a large
number of eastern railroads were the
parties interested, and that they would
have to be 'consulted If the changes
were .found proper.
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Crow and Passengers Drown.
Odessa, Dec. 12. All members
of the crew and 6.V passengers
"ri-e drowned when a big Turk
ish 'nmer from Constantinople
to . t'bastopol sank to the bot
tom of the Black sea In a severe
storm .today.
j Bargains in Ready-made Goods
M m M 'V M M W I -
: r rices Lut in two. Last or me seasons reaay i
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made gooas must oe ciosea out regara
of cost Our stock is being reduc
ed verv rapidly
MICE HOW
REACHED BY LIIIE
TWENTY-FOUR FOOT HEAD
SWEEPS DOWN ON DESERT.
Running of Preliminary Survey for
Irrigation .Ditch lias Reached a
Point or Deep Interest Exact Di
rection of Lines Ixading to it Mil..
Change TItut Cross Line Main Line
. Now One Mile East of Iowa School
Houno No Work Today.
Ten and six-tenths miles of prelim
inary survey for the Irrigation scheme
had been run last evening, when the
3nowetorm sent the engineer's corps
back to La Grande to awaiting a sub
siding of the storm. Engineer Pick
Ier will again return to his work to
morrow, but Monday night will make
a report of his work to the Commer
cial club.
Runs Cross Lines.
The main lln(s extends one mile be
low the Iowa school house. This Is
eight and three-tenths miles from the
starting point at Oro Dell. But he has
run a cross line that will, when fol
lowed up with a pipe'linu, Irrigate the
sandrldge. This cross line runs down
the Iowa school lane a distance ol
two and three-tenths miles, sweeping
out on the rldee with a head of 2i
feet, ample for irrigation purposes.
Mr. Pickler has a plan of shortening
this cross line that will mean bo much
to the most arid region of Grand;
Ronde valley, but by doing so he will
lessen the head. He Is undecided as
yet which he will recommend.
The course of the main line Is great
ly Interesting, but the line that holds
iha ereatest attention of them all Is
the Handrlilee survey. With a head of
24 feet, laterals can be run in both
directions, throwing water on a great
area of land, much of It now practi
cally worthless. Right there Is where
the greatest boon of the irrigation will
come, because of the difference be
tween arid and Irrigated lands is more
marked. .
KILLED BY SHAFT
SEATTLE MACHINIST MEETS
FRIGHTFUL END YESTERDAY.
Uody Shorn of Its Clothing, Ono Arm
Torn Loose lkinea Frightfully
CruMicd.
Seattle, Dec. 12. William Preston,
a machinist of the Seattle Lumber Co.,
was killed late yesterday by being
twisted about a revolving shaft near
v con-- of the shop. His body and
i:v u;..'.i'om which the machinery
tore every vestige of clothing, fell at
the feet of Blacksmith Jensen, who
rushed Into the shop upon hearing a
peculiar thumping noise. The bones
were rightfully crushed.
HE STROM
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TO HOUSE THE
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100 Soldier Killed.
Odessa, Dec. 12. One hundred reb
els were killed today In a terrific bat
tle with the royalists of Persia near
Tabriz.
ladies' Suits
We have only a few ladles' Suits
left to be closed out at ridiculously low
prices.
1 $15 black Serge goes at....
212.50 black Serge goes at . .
J25.00 black Cheviot goes at
$18.50 black Cheviot goes at
$47.60 brown stripe goes et
..$1.93
. .$2.33
. .$9.85
..$9.85
, .$29.85
Millinery
All ladles' Trimmed Hats Half
Price.
$10.00 Hats, to close, at $5.00
$8:50 Hats, to close, at $1"5
$5.50 Hats, to close, at .'. ..... .$3.25
$4.00 Hats, to close, at $2.00
$2.00 Hats, to close, at . .'. $l-"0
ladies9 Waists
$8.50 wool and silk Waist, reduced
to
$6.50 all-wool and silk A'alsts. re
duced to 2 9i
Wash Waists, lot 1, reduced to .... 85c
Wash Waists, lot' reduced to . . . .$1.5
Misses' Coats
Our stock of .VIs:3' Coats Is very
large and we have 6cided to make
prices that will move them.
Lot 1 Children's Coats, values to
$3.50, at $1.00
Lot 2 Misses' Coats, values to
J 6.50, ages to 14 years $2.85
Lot 3 MIhsos' Coats, values to
$3.50, ages to 14 years $1.85
ladies' Skirts
You know our reputation on the
famous "Beverley Skirts." To buy
these at the prices we are offering
them is surely an inducement.
Skirts, in value to $5.00, to close $1.95
Skirts, In value to $8.50, to close $1.85
Skirts, in value to $12.50, to close
at $7-65
ladies' Coats
Lot 1 Ladles' Coats, values to
$10.tC ....... i $2.50
Lot 2 Lt dies' Coats, values to
$15.00 $183
This Is a reminder. If you want a
coat, decide qulck'.y.
1HE FAIR
TOR
La Grande, Oregon.
SENTENCE RUEF
NEXT SATURDAY
DEFENSE ILS BATCH
OF MOTIONS TO MAKE.
.Mutual Agreement Reached Over the
Postponement of Sentence Ruef
Hears History of Proceedings in a
Careless Manner Winks at Friends
and Chews Gum During the Proced
ure Ach Has Not Retired From
Rucf's Service, Says Ruef.
SIX DAT RACE IS
ABOUT TO BE FINISHED
PACIFIC COAST RIDERS
PROMINENT AMONG LEADERS.
Great Six-Day Bicycle Race Is Draw
ing Near the End Trailers Resort
to Use of Drugs for Stimulation-
Leaders Did Not Use Drugs Sprint
at Finish.
-New York, Dec. 12. Walter Demar
of San Jose. Cal., a member of the
transcontinental team; Floyd McFar
land of San Jose, a members of the
Pacific-Atlantic team;. Waller Rutt of
Germany, a member' of the German
Holland team, will probably decide the
premier honors In the six-day bicycle
race at Madison Square Garden at 10
o'clock tonight : ' .
These men, with their team mates,
aire leading today. A mile sprint !s
being planned, which Is expected to
?lve one of the teams material lead.
Early today all Were tied for the
ead. Some of the trailers were stim
ulated by use of strychnine. sThe
leaders have not resorted to the use
of drugs, drinking blapk coffee and
champagne broth, ;,
SCHOOL TAX LEVY IS
FIXED AT EIGHT M1U&
San Francisco, Dec. 12. At the re
quest of the defense Judge Lawlor to
day postponed until next Saturday the
sentencing of Ruef for offering bribes.
Ruef lawyers said they are preparing
a number of motions which they wish
to offer. The prosecution. has agreed
to postponement.
Attorney Dozler represented Ruef.
Ach being absent. Dozler explained
the defense desired to interpose mo
Hons before Judgment was passed. He
expects to base the motions on the
record of the case, which he considers
Is "well clogged with errors."
Ruef was ordered to stand and hea?
the formal reading of the hl.xtnry of
the proceedings. His hnr U were
thrust In his pockets, nn : ho winked
at his friends while cli. Aing gum
Ruef denied the report that Ach re
tired from the case because of a mis.
understanding.
Smallpox on Battleship.
Colombo, island of Ceylon, Dec. 12.
The battleship Georgia arrived this
:nornlng at forced , speed to brhig
smallpox patients to this port : for
treatment. She Is 24 hours ahead of
other ships. Smallpox broke out on
ihe Georgia shortly after leaving Ma
nila. . .
First Stf Taken to Secure a New
Scliool Building In Tld City Nt-xt
Action Will Come la the Way of
Petition to Board .Then Special '
Election Taxable. Iroperty Consid
erable More Than a Million Many .
Tnxayera Attend Meetlug AU Ank
for Immediate Action by School
Board to Get Building.
It looks like a new high school build
ing for La Grand in the near future.
A tax levy to cover school expense
and enough to provide for approxi
mately $2000 In emergency funds wis
levied by the school board of the La
Grande district this afternoon. The
levy In Itself la interesting, but a side
Issue has even more Importance on
the public.
, j ,. Taxpayers Present.
A representative group of taxpayers
were on hand and a resolution was
unanimously adopted by them that It
be the sense of this meeting that th
school board take sufficient steps to
procure a new school building In the
Immediate future. While not binding
In Itself, the resolution paves the way
for prompt action. A petition from
taxpayers to the school board, if it la
broad enough and sufficiently signed,
will mean that the board will call a
special election and procted by pre
scribed course to allow the city as a
whole, to . vote on the question Indi
vidually. The first steps hav1;. beea:
taken and it Is apparent that subse
quent action will follow In logical se
quence until a new building Is assured.
The Report
According to the clerk's figures filed
before the meeting, the taxable prop
erty In this district Is $1,574,326. The
levy was fixed at 8 mills. That as
sessment will bring the school district
$12,594.80, while the expense of run
ning the school 'next year Is carefully
estimated at $12,273. As Is readily
Been, there la a slight balance, from
which the interest on the first bonds,,
the cost 6t a special election, and the
emergency fund can be drawn. Many .
reports were read and everything
points to satisfaction except In the
high school building, where the chil
dren are harrassed by cramped conditions.
May BeAnother Victim.
Vallejo, Cal.,' Dec: 12. Mrs. August
Rose, wife of Bandsman Rose, who
was poisoned at the Mare Island lun
cheon a week ago, lies in a dying con
dition today in a local sanitarium. She
suffered a severe relapse late yester
day and is unable to take nourlsn
ment except through Jnjectlons In the
veins.
MIR flFflPFR IS mum
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. James B. Officer Is guilty.
Late this afternoon the Jury re-4
turned a verdict of "guilty as
charged" larceny from a dwell-
ing. He will be sentenced at
9:30 next Tuesday morning. This
evening a Jury Is being chosen
for the McCoy, Vandermuellen
and Rynearson case. '-'
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Masquerade Rail Tonight.
Grand masquerade ball tonight.
Prof. Harris will see that all KuesU
have an enJoyaMe time. Separate
prizes for fcett sustained charact rs.
Important Holiday Facts
First: You save money on everything purchased here,
at a time when such saving is apt to be appreciated.
Second: You find an unusual assortment of those
goods which make practical, sensible gifts. Third:
You get quality. Vhateves it is, large or small, it is
worthy and contains real value lor every cent of cost.
Fine Perfumes, Imported and Domestic, in pack
ages of all sizes and in bulk. Toilet articles, Brushes, ,
Mirrors. Combs, etc. singly and in combinations.
Latest goods direct from the maker. Pocket Books
and Purses infancy leathers especially suited for gift
purposes. Better see first whether we have not what
will answer best. If so you can buy yourself a gift
with what you save.
Mewlin Drug Co.
La Grande, Ore.
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