VOLUME Vm.
LA GRANDE, CNION COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, lOt.
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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.
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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
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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
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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. ' '
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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-'
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Wool Gloves ".2C
Wool Underskirts ; $L13
31.03 Wool Scarfs .......28c
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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.
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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.
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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
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IRRIGATION CONGRESS III THE
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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. .
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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
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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
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COAT
SWEATERS
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RECEIVED
RUBBER GOODS
Men's Rubbers 50c
Boys' Rubbers, Rooledge ..40c
Seclal prices on
Slickers
v Roots,
Overshoes, and
Rublter Coals.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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