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LA GRANDE, WXOTf COUIOT, OREGON, WEDXESDAV, DECEMBER 30, 10H.
NUMBEIl 5.
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MAY DROP OUT
INDUE
SEW TEKBITOnY WILL BE
OVER 12,000 ACRES.
Irrigation Movement Suddenly Jump
Into Being at a Meeting Last Eve
ntng Eipenso of Building: Sand
ridge Canal MiK-h Greater Than
i Subscriptions Would Cover That
Itcgion May Come In Later Xo
I linger loubt About Success of the
Project. I
"Water, water," was the sola topic
discussed at the meeting ot the board
of managers of the Commercial club
lust evening. This meeting was called
expressly for the purpose of " talking
over the irrigation project which the
club is behind. The commlttse with
J. D. McKennon as its chairman, , has
been doing some very effective work
the pant few weeks and it proposes to
have it all In hand in time to report to
the general meeting to be held on the
16th of next month.'
In view of the fact that a large per
centage of the acreage subscribed lies
on the .south side of the river and only
.1000 acres on the Sandridgo, and that
ybadly scattered,' it Is quite possible that
the proposed canal to tne saanuruige
may be abandoned until such time as
Upland Owners
realize the re-l bene-hnei,
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If is unnecessary for us to f?0
to our ability
thing- in our store Isas to go
prices.
Nothing Reservecu
Everything in the house reduced. We are I
the people who keep the, prices down. f
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Ytxit stroke DEADiMDDrn rnrr nt
WOKKV OP LOSING LAST
RACE CAUSES HIS DEATH
Dwlght Griswold, Known All Over Uie
Rowing World, Dies at 'FTlneo
Brokcn-llcartcd,
San Francisco, Dec. 30. With the
body of their son, Dwlght, stroke oar
nf ih YhI "vftrnllv crew, who fainted
in the great race last spring, causing
his college to lose to her old rival
Harvard, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Grts
wold left here today for Erie, Pa.
Dwlght died at the German hospital
here with a broken heart He was
worrying constantly since his break
down. Dwlght soon faded from a
powerful athlete to a weakling.
The death certificate says it was ty
phoid pneumonia tha caused death.
Knt fiHontla Mtf hA WAlllfl not Tl&VG
contracted the disease-If he had not
been sick at heart.
THREE HUNDRED OUR OF -MINE
WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURS
Maybury, W.'Va.', Dec. 30. Over 100
are tieljevnd to l Imprison fcf
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at January price
MINE ACCIDENT
BURIES 100 IN
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FAIR SI
La Grande, Oregon
LUI I LI I LLUUL Ul
GREAT
COVE MEN HX1) WILVT
MAY BE LOST TREASURE.
Copper Ledge Said to Be Fabulously
Wealthy, is Pound Three Miles From
Covo Extent of Find Still Unknown
May Be the Mhlng Mt. Fannie
Copiier Lode Cove ExcitedMany
Go to See tlie Discovery In I'atli of
lYopowed Tunnel.
i Cove. Dec. 30. What Is believed to
,08t Mt Fann,e CPper
lode, has been discovered by two
'young men, Tom Shores and D. G.
: Griggs, with the cesult that Cove and
Its tributary settlements are wildly ex
cited. That a copper ledge of enor
mous wealth has bein discovered is
taken to be true, and many parties
have gone out to the prospect hole1
to see for themselves. , Thoso who t
found it know little more about the
discovery than the public, but a care-i
ful Investigation win oe canieu u i
ascertain f the missing lode of copper
historically said to be fabulously
wealthy, Is the one found.
Northeast of Ccve.
The prospect hole, already of con
siderable size. Ilea three miles north
east of Cove, near the head of Warm
creek canyon, at the Twin Butte of Mt.
rnny. Local parties have been out to
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PROSPECT
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QUEEN FAINTS AT
ESTIMATE PLACE NUMBER
OF DEAD AT 200,000
King ami Queen of Italy Risking Lives
In Rescue ' Work Insane Refugee
Are Praylnjr at Feet of Ruler Re
view ot Devastation Dliows Terri
ble Condition General CondltloiiM
In Southern Italy and Sklljr Ex-
tremely Deplorable.
. SUMMAUY OF HORROR.
The following ts a summary of
the main events in the 'quake
district of Italy, up to tonight;
Estimates of the number of
dead have been pluced as, high
as 00,000.
Ultra-conservatives
say 35,000. r
' a( least 20 cities of southern 4
Italy and Sicily are burning. ,
Another shock was felt today
at Palermos, . but' little dumage
resulted. , .
General De Cassato Is burning' 4
the bodies In the streets at Mes-
slna to prevent a plague. 4
All, wagon roads and railrouds
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to 1he city have been destroyed.
The volcano on the island of 4
Stromholl Is shooting up great 4
volumes of smoke. 4
A hillst'uils at. present 4
sweeping theislands and wound-
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ground. 4
The devastated region In Cain- 4
brla and Sitily Is believed to 4
cover 60,000 square miles.
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Palermo, Italy, Dec. 30. Queen Hel
ena swooned when she and the king
approached Messina today. After shi'
revived both wept like children. In-
sane survivors fell at the feet of th'
royal couple, moaning piteously.
ilany tried to kiss their hands.
The uut'on, terror stricken, clung to
the klng's'arms. The viftfms p.tiyed
around them aa If they were Mints.
The h'jri UjU suli'eiins IB gradualiV ,
(irtvinfeT those who survived, Insane, j
Days and iil&lu3 without food, In lh j
Willi I'd pos.it ilHy of wleep or rest, hn
lv.it tle living as helpless as the dead.
The kl!it will tak.-. charge of rescue
work. Tir.lns vith supiilieM and vol
iiiiti: rs . re arriving.
ui- n Near t'lIai".o.
The ('ieen is constantly n-iip c-iil-l!ip.-:f.
With ."0,000 dead, anu the 'itj'
hi ruir.s and buniti;;. It In ulrnost im
li.jw.ible to Oi'u'ii:.!; for ri!iif w.)i U.
It Is frnrod tv.any are still lU'lng tin
ikr the ru!r.w. ' I'niotlcnlty 1 f-'0 n.
:,..; u and children are ein-i mped on
the hillsides ou'.side t'le illy.
The Horror at Ket. io.
Cantan.aro, Dee. 30. ltc;:!-io, with
a population of 35.000, was entirely
submers'-d by the tidal w ave. If
than 1000 escaped, according to a
statement of a captain of a company
of carbineers, arriving here today. He
"The sea rolled in like a mighty
wall, sweeping over the entire city
Not a building remains standing. The
low.r part of the city Is settling. It
Is feared It will drop Into the sea."
The earthquake relief committee to
day received $10,000 by cable from J.
Plerpont Morgan.
New Year's celebrations V. r ;iighout
Italy have been aband t '. All thea
ters and other pubiK- pi.u'es of amuse
ment are closed. I'.allroads and tele
graph lines are under the government's
control. .
'iTtooo Surplus Fund CJlvew.
' Washington. Dec. SO. The execu
tive aommlttee of the National Red
Cross at a nvsetlng today, derided to
send the Italian Ited Cros $50,000
which is the turpi ua on hund from
fORAKER IS BLUE
CHAHLKS TA1T SKKMS .
A CEKTAIX WINXEIt.
Senatorial Contest In Ohio I.lvens Up
by Approox-h of larty Caucua on
"(x: aturtluy,
Columbus, O., Dec. ' SO. Republi
can chieftains of Ohio are gathering
today to discuss the senatorial situa
tion, In advance of the party caucus
on Saturday, which will definitely de
cide the Issue. Unless all signs count
for naught, Charles P, Taft, the Cin
clnnatl newspaper owner, capitalist
and brothur of the president-elect, will
succeed Joseph Benton Foraker.
Friends of Forakor have not yet given
up hope of his re-election, but It Is
generally admitted that the tide has
turned strongly against him.' The
rank and file, of the party favors Taft.
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STOOEBfiEED
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ANOTHER INSTANCE OF PLAYING
WITH DANGEROUS WEAPONS
Santa Cruz, Cat., Dec, 30.-r-Thomas
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lUtehle, a student In TtV.fl Snivnnlt
here, was shot in the heart and In
stantiy killed last night by W. Cock
rost of Oakland, a follow student, In
a mock duel, according to- work re
eelved. Both men were handling re
volvers before they retired at the sunii
mer home of Dr. II. P. Curieton of
Oakland, where they were guests.
The. two men thought the revolvers
were empty.
the contributions to the fund for the
relief of the San Francisco 'quake vic
tims. ' ,
1 ( onxtilate lluildlns lliiined.
Berlin, Dec. 30. The American and
(acrman consulnte buHdliigs at Messi
na,' were destroyed by the 'quake- and
'ildal wave, according to a telegram-received
by the government, via Lome.
Washington, Dee, 30. The utnle- de
partment today received the following
Uspatch Iron) Co.isul William dale at'
Malta: "Consul Arthur S. Cheney find
u-ife both Oeul at , i- t-.io.i. 1 todies
not. recovered."
New- Turk, Dec. 30. "Little Italy."
the home of the thousands of It.illans
and Sicilians, today -subscribed
n,ni f-ir their compatriots. Tammany
con'rilioteil $20oo.
taeeii ItUlj Her Mfo.
Catania, Sicily, i.ec. 30. The kint
('en'mueil on pige 5.)
DUEL
i fjFT rillYl PLERSES
is not always the expensive one. Something bezu
tiful and useful and in gcod tatte suits best. One
thng that is always acceptable, and which will re
main a plhasant reminder ot the giver, is good per
funey We have a nice line of
CHRISTMAS PERFUMES
put up in fancy gift packages or we can sell you.
the same odors in bulk. When you are at a loss
what to buy thin of these. Just what yon want for
iusl what you can pay. The quality is the very best
Newiih
La Grande, Ore.
MASS MECTINC
JANUARY 1 6
ADOPT COKIOR.TIOX liY-
" LAWS AXD OUGAXIZE BODY."
Every KuWriber and Any One Iutor
CKtexl in the Assured Irrigation Pro
Jwt, Called Together January 16
A 'Committee f Five Will nefwrt
All Detail of Organization at That '
Time Meeting IIa No Equal ' la
City's History.
Subscribers to water In the Irrlga- .
tlon project that Is now a'n assured
fact, will . be cabled together In this
city January 18, according to an
nouncement of 'the Commercial club
board of managers, which met last
evening. That wlll.be the day'and
hour when irrigation for a vast area
In this county will be made possible
through the formation of a corpora- - '
tlon of all subscribers. . The matter la
now; In the hands of a committee.
The Banner Event.
Never yet has there been a meeting
called that had greater or broader ef- -
fects on the development of the coam-"V
try than this same meeting onJanunry
18. It wilt be open to those Vh have
already subscribed, and Co those wh-J
are interested in the freatcKt public
enterprise ever attempted In eastern
Oregon, ' , - '
What Will Bo I'Miue.
Lust evening a committee of five,
namely, William Miller, George Stod-
duid, F. L. Meyers, Walter M. Tierce
and Fred G, Taylor, was appointed to
draft the corporation. These men will
liave direct supervision of the meeting
in question. It Is their purpose to have
i complete set of corporation by-laws
and perfected plan for procedure, to
present at the meeting. Detweep now
nd then, thesp responsible parties
vll go Into nil the details, arranpo
t hi-m In. their logical semienoe, ami
when the meeting Is called, the men
present will be given a chance to vole
on the adoption of the report. '
Of .Grout Jiunortaiice.
Tills meeting; Will mark two epochs
one, tiiiit of the passing of the ten
tative Irrigation p'Tlod; the other, the
(.pelting of the actual inig'illoii era.
Anynan up to date on the alue of
water will readily inrce tlit to rio( at
tend, will be u wrong both to himself
-lllfl the public.
MeeHua; rhiee- I'lulei-lrtcd.
V.'hllo the day Is January Ifi and
the h'mr " o'ejock, there has been no
'i lettlo'i of the me-iijng place. Tho
f.'liserver will unnomn'e In amide time
t:v, pjirtk'ulars comei" inp the minia
ture congress.
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