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LACRANBE, TOIOW OOCWTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1B00.
NUMBER 71.
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TATE REQUIREMENTS
HAKES HEAVY TAX LEVY.
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FJleotion Year and Many Other Feat
ures Figure in Making State Levy
A Heavy Ouo Ono Year From To
day County Indebtedness Will 1
Reduced to Twenty-Five Thousand
School Taxes Make Coat of Run
jiing County Ucavler.
The county court this afternoon
made the county tax levy for the year
1909. This Is a very generous way of
cutting: it however, as a matter of
fact more than half of the levy Is fixed
by statute or state requirements. For
Instance, the state tax, the school tax,
library and soldiers' tax are all fixed
Ijy statute. Several months ago it was
thought the tax levy could be material
ly reduced, but it was ascertained that
the state requirements were much
larger this year than last. This was
a election year, which means $7000
xtra expense, and larger court ex
penses than usual. It was found that
an order to reduce the outstanding ln
dMedness that nothing- less than 27
mills would provide sufficient money.
I Tlio Levy.
State ; ..041
County . . . 058
Call warrants 055
Road .... .085
Contingent .............. 005
Library ....001
Indigent soldiers ....001
Total mills levy .... 27
' State tr.ies are crawling higher and
higher each year. Four years ago
$11,000 paid the bill; the year follow
ing it jumped to 124,000; the next
year $25,000, and this year it Is $28,
35. M
School taxes are also higher. Two
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HARRIMAN fi AYED
1LVRRIMAX CAUSES GRAFT
...l;..-: v;; a jFKJiJtrv mis- m'jttct.
Frances J. Honey la on His Way to San
Francisco -Accused lUrriman of Be
ing Decidedly Hoggish." ,
Chicago. Jan. 8. "E. H. Harriman,
through his control of the Southern
Pacific, Is responsible for the graft In
San Francisco. He wanta to control
the water front'of San Francisco and
wants to control everything he can
lay his hand on," declared Francis J.
Heney today. He says he has abso
lutely nothing to retract what he has
said about Harriman. Heney leaves
at 6 o'clock tonight for San Fran
cisco,, where the Patrick Calhoun
graft case haa been postponed, pend
ing his arrlyaf.
Anderson Will Hear Case,
hicago, Jan. 8. Judge Albert B.
Anderson, United States district Judge
of Indianapolis, will preside at the re -
hearing of the $29,000,000 fine case
against the Standard Oil company, ac-
imnffioiat o nnminpcmnn 1
V. W 1 V. I m .V, M.av&.a.w.
today. Both sides prefer him.
HOUSE DEFIANT
ROOSEVELT DEALT WITH
IX REBUKING MANNER, i
House Committee, Headed by Perkins,
Jlurln Insult at Prealdcnt Roosevelt,
in His Report Both Message and
Answer Recommended for Ignoring
by House.
Washington, Jan. 8- Declaring the
language of Roosevelt in his annual
message, referring to the secret service
be Judged according to the accepted
Interpretation of the English language,
was unjustified, Representative Per-
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With us Means
wviuu owe
Furthermore it Means
opportunity to buy vinter goods
LA GRANDE, OREGON
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TAIEII1 HE FIERCE
JANUARY SIXTEENTH TO E
AN HISTORICAL BAY
Portland, Pendleton and Raker City Ir
rigatlon Men to Address Congress In
nil City January 16 Committee
..Will Meet In Near Future to Discus
Plans.1
Irrigation men. from Portland, Pen
dleton and Baker City will be In La
Grande January 16, when the Union
County 'Irrigation congress la called,
according to plans being formulated by
the special committee of Commercial
club members, who are preparing the
program. A week ago the committee
held a meeting for this purpose and
sent letters to various irrigation men
Some of those thus written had pre
viously signified their willingness oi
attending.
At a nearby date the com
. mlttee will meet again, as Chalrmar.
Miller Is now home from Portland. At
such a time further plans will be per
1 f rted In rthe bin affair. From th(
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country come many reports of deep
intprPHt In the congress. Those whe
have subscribed are, of course, anx
lous to attend as the first idea of what
the corporation by-laws will read like
will be gained at that time. But spv-
clal effort will be made to have thos"
who have not BubBcrlbed for water
here, to listen to the addresses ant
witness the formulation pf final o.-
ganlzatlon plans. January 16 will be
the date whereby Union county history
will shape itself, for it will mark th
real beginning of Irrigation alon
scientific and suffilccnt lines.
WRIGHT IN DIVORCE SUIT.
Paris, Jan. 8. Wilbur Wright, o!
Dayton, O., the champion aviator o
the world, was named as co-respond
ent by Lieutenant Goujarde of th
culrraslers, stationed at Champagny
In a divorce petition filed today.
Hme. Goujarde Is an ''enthusiastic
aoroplanist. She was present during
the many flights made at Lemars by
Wrieht in his wonderful flying ma
chine.
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Reduced
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.MERCURY SEVER FALLS TO
ZERO MARK) WARMER AGAIN.
La Graude YlHltcd by Blizzard of Short
Duration That Caiw the Climax
Reports Front Other Sections: Indl-
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cato Continuous Cold Snap Traffic
Delayed. . '
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A cold snap and blizzard this morn
ing combined to establish a new record
for the last decade. During the period
of a few hours this morning La Grande
exnarienced a blizzard of Dakota fero
city but when only commenced, and
residents were scurrying to cover, a
break came. Since 10 o'clock neither
cold nor wind has been unusually se
vere. At 6 o'clock this morning the
mercury in the government glass stood
at 6 above. The sudden cold snap
which gripped the city at 8 o'clock,
lowered the fluid to 2 degrees above.
By 9 o'clock again it was raising and
by 10 o'clock had reached the normal
6 degrees above. It hovered around
that point the rest of the day.
School attendance was at a low ebb
today. Few children were allowed to
breast the terrific blizzard that raged
luring the school-going hour. The af
ternoon attendance wna some better.
The storm was not confined to L
Grande alone, for telephone communi
cations from other towns affirm tha
the equal of this morning's blow hat
aeldom been felt anywhere In Unlo:.
county.
Wide Territory Snowbound.
Butte,' Jan. 8. The Northern Pa
Iflc and Great Northern railroads ar
stormbound, a wide sweep of territory
In the Dakotas and Montana being li
the grasp of a severe blizzard.
Cun.idinn Trains l4te.
' Vancouver, B. C, Jan. - 8. Traln
on the aCnadian Pacific from the eas
are running a day late owing to sever'
weather in the mountains and on thi
prairie. , In Vancouver the coldest
weather so far was six above.
King Winter Grlim Kalama.
Kalama, Wash., Jan. 8. The weath
er record Is broken here. Twenty-on
Inches of snow has fallen the past few
clays. This was the coldest morning
In 15 years.
Flint Imp. 1 ,
The musical specialty team at thr
Pastime this week made a decided hi'
last evening with a travesty on Roose
velt hpnr hunting. Th Tilrtnro nrf
sood and the large crowd which bravet'
the storm last evening to see them for
the second time demonstrated thel'
entertaining qualities. The muslci.'
specialty team will give an entire
change of bill tonight. '
FI1AH KILLED
WRECK AT BELLi.VGIIAM
CAUSED UY YARD CREW.
Great NorUiern Train Plunges Into
ISellinliam Bay Part of Train Re
mains on TreHtlo 0en Svtlh h Uie
Cu Two Injured Train Wreck
ers W ere HiMt AecnMed,
Bellingham, Jan. 8. An Investiga
tion today Indicates that carelessness
of the yard crew, and not work of train
wreckers is responsible for an acci
dent in which Edward Stuart, a fire
man was killed and two Injured last
night when a Great Northern passen
ger train struck an open switch, th
engine and baggage car plunrln; into
Bellingham bay. The tn-.'.u was
wrecked.
The pnttlne and bapnge car are
now ia sc-verui Znl of atr. John
Daly, who was clinging to a pile in
five feet of frigid water when rescued,
is suffering from a mutilated leg. He
was brought ashore in a row boat by
passengers.
George L. Rhodes, mall clerk, had
his shoulder broken.
The smoking car went off the rails
but remained on the trestle. 1
ARREST SUSPECTS
FATAL (SHOOTING SCRAP
'; 'IN RESTRICTED DISTRICT.
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Throe Soldiers Arrested Cliargod With
Killing San Franclmo Folic Sor
gouiit Another Badly Hart.
. San. Francisco, Jan. 8. Three sol
diers, ona of them fatally shot, are In
custody of the police, suspected of be
ing concerned In the death of Police
Sergeant Anton J. Noltlng, who was
shot to death In the redllght district
'it 2 this morning. He attempted to
arrest a soldier and his two compan
ions, who were wrecking a house on
Commercial, street. Th(j sergeant was
knocked down and his revolver taken
from him, and while scuffling with the
two men, the third fire the shot, kill
ing Noltlng.
Thomas Jordan and Richard O'Con
nor, privates of the Coast Artillery at
Fort Baker, were arrested.
The slain officer's assailants fled in
the darkness. Later Jordan and O'Con
nor were brought to the Central hospi
tal to be treated for bruises, appar
ently received In the fight. Later an
unidentified soldier, suffering from a
gunshot wound, was brought to the
hospital. He 1b unconscious and will
probably die. '
NEVER WITHDREW FROM
THE SENATORIAL FIGHT.
Oregon Senator Affirms In Interview
That Chance Favor Him Ten to Our
Says He Never Withdrew. From
Senatorial Race Denies Hltdieock
Work With Him. ;; . - - -
Washington, , Jan. 8. Senator Ful
ton of Oregon, today denied lie sent
letter to a certain Oregon lgtlator
(leclaiing lilniHc-lf out of (lie senatorial
race against Chamberlain. He says lie
!h convinced that if ho nwkes a fight
in the Ongon legislature lie will hut
coed In liaving a.jrepubllcan elected
"Kniator. He unyn It in a betting iro
sltlonof 10 to 1 in his favor. He said:
"I know nothing about Hitchcock
intcrcHiing lilniwlf In my iM'linlf. I
never conferred with him on the eub-
iy-t. If he lit doing anyllilng it Is
without by knowlwlge.". -
l'ortlund i(mts iirlnted what rur-
Mrte to be a letter from Fulton, do
liuing IilniK'lf out.
.A sound discretion is not so much
Indicated by never making a mistake,
as by never repeating It.
ITALY TO REBUILD
lililCHTi .ST PROSPECT SINCE
DA V OF C ATA.STRCr :iE.
RoHcuo Work Progwwlng IMU-r To-
duy Than Any Time Since MeMdna
and Regglo Fell Little Need of
Amerk-an Ships When They Arrive
at Scene of DlNuiter.
Rome, Jan. 8. The earthquake sit
uation is Improving rapidly. It Is
probable that "there will be nothing
for the American battleships to do
when thf-y arrive at Messina.
111.- i;a.iiin government has lotl-
n:atcd it did not need any more bat
tleships at the scene. Reports from
Reggio and Messina and throughout
the stricken district, say the relief
work Is gaining headway, but there
Is still much suffering.
Mr. lil UiM-iuutgeiL
Valctta. Malta., Jan. 8. After a
careful investigation of the strait of
Messina and adjacent channels by a
British warship. Rear Admiral Fisher,
at this station, reeclved word today
that the recent trembler haa caused
no change In the strait.
The chamber of deputies which con
vened today will probably vote for
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ANDERSON
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IS OUTCOMK OF PURLHTTY
OF CIGAR STUNT RECENTLY.
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Charlca Anderaon LnHt Evening Ap
prised of Action nrouglit Agalaat
Him for Tamiterlng With a Juror,
While Doll berating on Evidence ia
th cAndersou Bootlegging Case -Punbduncnt
for Such Offcnao Quito
Sovero Stmlencc Tomorrow.
According to a complaint swora'to
by District Attorney Ivanhoe at th
instigation of Circuit Judge Knowles,
Charles Anderson, tha soft drink dis
penser, will have to be held to account .
for contempt of court, because of hat
ing given a box of cigars to a Juror In
the recent bootlegging trial. The af
fidavit was read to Anderson late yes
terday afternoon and he asked for a
few days' In which to consult his at
torney, whom he supposed, wfi out of
the city, but was In reality here. The
action followed the publicity given tt
presentation of box of cigars lo a
Juror recently while 12 men were'"
wo-lghlng evidence in the Anderson
bootlegging case. The law In tha .
case provides a punishment of fine or 1 1
imprisonment, or both. The fine must
not ( exceed $300, nor the linprlaon
1 ment six months. It Is probable that
Anderson will receive sentence tomor
row. ' . . : V
The Indictment and affidavit filed,
reads as follows: ' ' .
The Complaint.
State 'of Oregon, County of Union.
l, V. a. Ivanhoe, l"i''g f.'tsj duly
sworn, say: I am the district, attorney
for the Tenth Judicial district of Ore
gon, and that I acted as such In an
action pending on the 21st and 22nd
days of December, 1908, wherein th
State of Oregon wag plaintiff,, and
Qharles Anderson, the above-named
defendant, was defendant.
That after the Jury had been duly
empanelled and sworn, to try said ac
tion, and during' the progress of said
action, the defendant, Charles Ander
son, without the knowledge or author
ity of the court or of this affiant, fur
nished to one of the Jurors so em
panelled to try said action, a box 'of
clcnrw for ih nr- of ..o
they were deliberating upon a verdict, .
and that he so furnished to said Juror,
for use of said Jury said clgara with a
corrupt motive, and for the purpose o- '
then and there corruptly Influencing
satd Jury, and to bring upon said Jury -V
and said court disrespect and con."
tempt of said court and Jury, and' all
contrary to and In violation of the stat-
utes In such cases made and provided,
and against the peace and dignity of
the state of Oregon, '
That I base this affidavit upon the
statement sworn to and otherwise
made to me by members of said Jury, '
and at the Instance of the Hon. J. W. '
Knowles, Judge of the above entitled
court. F. 8. IVANHOE.
the rebuilding of Messina and Rcgglo.
Commissions will be sent to San Fran-
rlsco and Japaneso cities that they may
profit by their experience In rebuild
ing. KETCHEL ARRESTED.
Famous Prizefighter la Accused
Breach of ITomlxo.
of
Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 8. Stan
ley Ketchel, the middleweight world's
champion, Is defendant In a $10,000
breach of promise suit started by Eliz
abeth Houman of this city. Ketchel
was arrested, but furnished ball. The
girl says he promised to marry her
in January, last year. She asys the
engagement was broken last July. She
Is the daughter of a worklngman, and
is 19 years old.
J. T. Williamson accompanied the
La Grande debating team to Pendle
ton today. He says he hopes to be able
to assist In bringing home the laurel
wreaths which the boys hope to win.
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