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VOLUME Vm. LA GRANDE, CNION COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, lOt. number m: i TRAIN OSIIORTHBAI ENGINEER ON DERAILED PASSENGER BADLY SCALDED. Rains Cause Wreck on Now North Rank Road Oipolte Hie Dalles, Tills Morning General Grip of the Flood in Reluxcd In Northwest All Ti::iii9 Moving From Spokane EL gin Slide Cleared California Floods Scrloui -Portland In Isoluled. 444444444444444 4 Vancouver,' Wash., Jan. 23. 4 Passenger train No. 3, on the 4 4 North Bank road, plunged into a 4 4 ditch at Granddalles, Wash., 4 4 early this morning. Engineer 4 4 McLalir was badly scalded. 4 4 The engine, baggage and mail 4 4 cars left the track, which was 4 4 loosened by rains and sank un- 4 4 der the weight of the engine. 4 4444444444444444 Spokane, Jan. 23. Floods have ceased to menace property In this vl clnlty. Tty'. "eat Northern and the Northern pi.flc trains are starting for the rr.';i. The O. R. & N. will start a tjSa for Portland at 7 tonight. The brij?, 200 feet long, was washed out oni.e O. R. & N. road, Portland, Jan. 23. Portland is prac tically marooned today as far as re ceiving news from the outside world is concerned. All wires east and south are paralyzed. It "was snowing here this morning. , landslide Cleared. Elgin, Jan. 23. (Special.) For the first time in three days, the Joseph-La Grande train was able to proceed by the landslide Just below Elgin. While the obstruction was frustrating through traffic,, baggage and pasicngers w;v transferred from one train to the other. The last vestige of the slide! was removed &st night. It Is feared s (Continued on page B.) j CLEAHiH I Our January Sale is drawing to a close. We are mak I ingSpecial Heavy reductions on the remaining winter goods. Here are a few of the bargains gathered from each I , department. LADIES' SUITS MEN'S SUITS MEN'S SHOES Closing out at HALF price. Do you need a Suit? Tills x At Junkcy Prices. Ladies' Hats, closing out at 35.00 Shoes, sale $3.45 LESS THAN ONE-HALF price. Uio time. A larrj ssortmcnt ui ,3.50 shoeg gale 82.68 Eiidlcs" Skirts lit 'a GREAT HLF PRICE. ' 33.00 Shoes, sale $1.98 SAVING. ' ' 1 IAMES' FELT LADIES' WMS1S K New Line to Select From. $1.50 Waists at . .79( Line Shoes . . . .$1.39: Childrens Wool Hoods 28c Wool Toques . . . .29c Wool Gloves . . . Wool Scarfs . . . 38c Misses Outing Skirts . .38 Misses' Coats HA LI PRICE. 32.60 Waists $6. SO assorted Wool Waists at 37.S0 assorted Silk Waists at $4.3 LADIES' BARGAINS Wool Hos 1-' -. Wool Gloves ".2C Wool Underskirts ; $L13 31.03 Wool Scarfs .......28c 44444444444444444444 SLEEPING CAR BURIED. lAiulNllde Raise Havoc' While Labor er Sleep. Santa Barbara, Cal., Jan. 23. Four' men were killed today when a land slide at Punta Gorda, 15 miles south of here, burled an engine and one car filled with sleeping workmen. Many r upvoft-d t, injured. . Advices are meager. One dead is reported to be the -American foreman; the others are Greeks.- A relief train has been sent out. at T PRESIDENT STOOPED BELOW HIS DIGNITY, HE AFFIRMS. World-Famed Preacher Now at Tac- nia, Finds Fault Willi President In Recent Libel Suit Admires Other Policies, but Criticizes New York World Fracas. Tacoma, Jan. 23. Russell H. Con- well, the Philadelphia world-famous lecturer, preacher, educator and au thor vlsltlngf Jiere, today characterized the action of President Roosevelt In starting a libel suit against the New York World as "Childish and foolish to the last degree." He continued.' "1 believe In Roosevelt and his adminis tration, but this action against the newspapers is going too far. The presi dent is stooping beneath the dignity of his office when he meddles in such petty things." The Conwell referred to in the above dispatch will be in. La Grande January 29.. Birth Record. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Stlllwell In this city Friday, a son. i t WHAT MEN WANT Home made wool Sox. . .'. . .45 Good quality, Night Shirts.. 8 Heavy work Shirts 89 Warm Mitts 22 Winter Caps 29 Wool Underwear 8 Dress Shirts .49 at $!.! $298 SEE OUR REMNANT DEPARTMENT It wMT save you money BLANKETS Large ten quarter blankets 79c Oregon Wool . Blankets J5.39 E If FI R T 4444444 4,4,,444.4444444444444444444444C- m I CI IRRIGATION CONGRESS III THE m E CROWD OVER-ANXIOIS AND MEETING WAS HEADY TO COMMENCE BEFOREv SCHEDULED HOUR FOR IT. Judge Stephen A. LovelL, Joseph Bar toil, John Collier, C. D. Hurrniaii, T. A, . Rliieliart and J. T. Iliukle Among the Spcakci'M Greater Siiccoh Than tho Mont Sanguine Had Dared Antk-ipate Full OrgnulzKtlon Details Are Presented to the Meeting. . 4444444444444444 4 The Result. 4 4 The securing of liberal sub- 4 4 scriptlons for more acreage, and 4 4 the fulfillment of preliminary or- 4 4 ganizatlon along lines recom- 4 4 mended by the special committee 4 4 for that purpose, were the direct 4 4 results of the. highly successful 4 4 meeting. Following Mr. Craw- 4 4 ford's appeal for land, the sub- 4 4 scriptions came forward to the 4 4 preliminary list In a rapid and 4 4 highly pleasing manner. 4 4444444444444444 No better criterion of the vast In terest taken in irrigation for Union county could well be Imagined than the group of 450 farmers and land owners who were assemoiea in tne Steward opera house today before the Irrigation congress, to bring to an ac tual being the proposed Meadow Brook project, convened. Before the actual hour to commence had arrived, the house was well filled and by the time the stragglers had filled the rear seats, there were extremely few unoccupied seats in the house. . Without that cus tomary delay, the meeting proceeded with the business in hand. Collier Calls Order. Before, the appointed hour, Presl- dent John Collier, of the Commercial club, rapped for order. First explain ing the purpose of the meeting he delved Into the broad purposes of the La Grande Commercial club. To the i i in i m t X t COAT SWEATERS JUST 4 RECEIVED RUBBER GOODS Men's Rubbers 50c Boys' Rubbers, Rooledge ..40c Seclal prices on Slickers v Roots, Overshoes, and Rublter Coals. tt II farmers who perhaps do not follow closely the varied fields of activity which the club enters, the brief dis course was entertaining and instruct ive. But Collier wasted little time with details. He Introduced the first speaker, Stephen A. Lowell, president of the Northwest Irrigation associa tion, with headquarters at Pendleton. : Others on the Stand. On the rostrum behind the speaker were Secretary Fred G. Taylor, Mac Wood, T. H. Crawford and William Myier. These took active part in the program as the meeting progressed. Lowell's Address. Judge Lowell Immediately cemented the skeptical element to. the general tone of the meeting by affirming that he was there, not as a promoter fi nancially Interested In the project in anyway, but there for the general de velopment of irrigation be It In Union county, Washington, Idaho or any other great semi-arid country of the northwest In the next breath he created a sensation by affirming that Idaho was leaping forward with great er Btrides at greater speed than Or egon; because Irrigation had been adopted as the great elixir of life on semi-arid land. Running through his entire speech were frequent assertions that are.niy too true, but often dodged because of the altruisms they repre sent. Lowell's speech was given the audience at the psychological moment, for there Is no gainsaying that his address won over many a doubting Thomas. Mr. Barton's Address. Joseph Burton of Baker City, is no stranger to Union county or La Grande. He was here u an official for the su gar company and knows what diffi culties Mo in the path of raising beets without water, The speaker reviewed JiOW a little band In 1847 in Utah made it grent community out of the dis trict. Irrigation was the life-giving (Continued on page 5.; CAUCUS CALLEU TO El DISPUTE SUCH IS PliAN OF EAST ERN 'OREGON DELEGATION. Ikikcr City mid Pendleton Solon Un able to Settle Among TIiciiincIvcm Call Caucus ami Allow Caucus De cision Ixicallon Undecided; Bill Is Certain. Salem. Jan. 2. The Umatilla house and senate legislators at-Salem are lay ing plans to call a caucus "to be at tended by memfers from the districts east of the mountains to caucus on the question whether the branch Insane) asylum shall be located at Paker ('!;.-. or Pendleton. j Representative Barrett alre-dy has a large number of slgn-i- jf-s to the! caucus call. The asylum question promises to be the eaue of one of the biggest fights of the legislative session. The main j institution at Salem is badly over- j crowded and the eastern Oregon dele-; Ration Is working hard to secure a branch at this session. The location is the principal fight, the Institution being practically assured. KM HUNGER VS. LAWHHEAKING. Tacoma Family 'Starving, Yet Fine Is ImiioMtl on Son for Misdeeds. Tacoma, Jan. 23. Sympathy is ex pressed here for Jeso Vhly, aged 16, who was fined $50 yesterday for killing deer out of season. It was shown the Uhly family Is In straightened chcuiii- stances, the young children suffering j, rrom nunger. Trie motner pieacieu in court 'hat her son was trudging through the" woods cevry day seeking game for food. BEFORE CROWDS TWO THIEVES CAUSE COMMOTION AND DISASTER Regular Western Theft and Running ' . Fight Occur Near London Tills Morning Attempt to Steal Pay Chceks-Aftcr Wild Dash for liber ty Bandits Suicide. , London. Jan. 23. Surrounded by a mob and policemen, two bandits, both Poles, shot themselves in the head, dying instantly this afternoon at Tot tenham, a suburb. They had Just killed a policeman and wounded five others In an attempt to escape with the pay envelopes for factory employes. During the excitement, an unknown bystander seized tho satchel contain ing the money, and fled. The bandits fired at the police, then boarded a street car, shot the motor man and conductor, and . fired Into the midst of the passengers. One ban dlt took possession of the car and run It at full speed, while his companion held the passengers inside with a re volver. ' leaving the car they jumped into a moving van and whipped the horses Into a furious speed. Reload Ing their weapons they fired at their pursuers until surrounded by the po lice, when they suicided. Disaster Narrowly Averted. New York, Jan. 23. A sea disaster was narrowly averted today when an unknown vessel collided with the White Star liner Republican, 26 miles south of Nantucket. All the 450 pas sengers are enfe, The revenue cutter Ralilc. a short distance away, went ti the rescue. . .,..!;: ;gfjj WoodHholo, Mass., Jan. 23. The steamer Nantucket, on Its way to aid the Republic, ran on the rocks and 1Tltf how Hotvn rtfoif'"-Hnfrvw Tinn punched In. the sides of the vessel. The crew, and seven passengers reach ed shore. ' ' Slide ut Corbet I. Paxsenger train No. 2 was delayed mvernl hours at O'orbett on the sandy division, by a landslide that hit the engine. . j Worthy 1 SUICIDES these goods come to us. By picking the best goods and buying direct from the -mak-n LL CfS' we msurt xcurY aiJd saving. We can, RUuuQr seH em at r'9ht prices and aJso gmrantee the qualify. We have Hot Water Bottks in all the new styles, colors and sizes. Y will get your money out of one many times Goods NEWLIN DRUG STORE v LA GRANDE, OREGON TO IMMUNITY BATH WOULD MEAN FULL "REIMBURSEMENT. Story Given Out ' In Portland That Coolldge Is ledy to Pay Depositor Dollur for Dollar If Full, or Even Partial 'Immunity Is Given Sillier ITcccdcnt Alleged lo Exist In Pen dleton, W here Wade Has so Ear Ew es pod Punishment. Portland, Jan. 22. (Special.) There Is a great possibility that the creditors of the wrecked Farmers ft Traders' National bank of La Grande, Ore., may receive dollar for dollar, it hinges on whether or not government prosecution can be forestalled. It 'I rtate(, by th0Be who have knowledge-' of' the Inside workings of the frame-. up, that nothing will be done In Union county, all that the people there ire ' interested In la that the creditors dr not lose their money. There have bcen several meetings here in this city between Attorney McMahon of Salem, who Is the defaulting cashier's attor-.-ney; Cashier Coolldge of Spokane, wh " i, Very wealthy, and a brother-ln-la w of J, W. Scrlber; and Cashier Thorson of Elgin, who held the first discovered forged note. Receiver Niedner ha also been In the city .several days and has been . In conversation with Mr. Scrlber, but whether or not he Is a party to the matter of squelching gov ernment prosecution cannot be stated. Scrlber Is known to have made the re mark today that he committed . no crime for his own personal, benefit, but . to save the bank. Coolldge, the man who Is to put up the money, sent a rep resentative to La Grande to look int affairs of the closed bank, and when-' he ascertained the shortuge was In the neighborhood of 3120,000, , and that there was forged paper In evl dence In many places, and that Scrl ber had made a full and cpmpiete cun fesslon to not only the government bank examiners, but to the deputy United States district attorney. , and that the family had been disgraced to such an extent that .he considered It Impossible to prevent Mr. Seriber fron serving a period In the penitentiary, h refused to entertain a proposition t make up the deficiency. It h? stated lhat Mr. Coolldge was disgusted at the start but is reported to have said that had Mr. Scrlber came to him and confessed the true condition of the )banlt before it became public, he would have covered the bad paper and would have purchased the bank, and sotd it later at a profit that would have re duced the actual hiss materially. Scrlber has been In the city for the past six weeks or more, and he has been very active and has enlisted some very strong and Influential friends In-' his, behalf, and there Is little question i Continued on page 5.) TR FARE WELL HAYBE There fc probably no one line in whkhthere is so much deception as in rubber goods Much of h is almost worthless. None of before Spring. We have every kind of syringe you ever saw and some kinds you haven't seen. PRICES RIGHT ON ALL f r