VOLUME VIII.
LA GRANDE, CMOSf COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY Ot.
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ruiric xoutiiwest is
IX CIUl OF WIND STORM
Zero Weather In Minnesota Denver
Center of Another Hljr Stornv Port.
land Cut Orr lYom Outside World
fur a Time Today Im Grande Of
turn Idhr for Two Hours Terrific
Wind Storm Cripple Telegraph
Wire la the targe Area.
Denver, Jan. 29. A great gale Ih
still raging in the western plains past
of here. All wires between Denver
and Ogden and the east are down un
der the. weight of heavy sleet. The
storm extends from North Dakota to
northern Texas. Railroad traffic Is
not Interfered with except on the east
ern slope of the Rockies.
He ' ' ; ' n trains are stalled
including t. . passengers on South
Park division of the Colorado South
ern railroad In the vicinity of Como,
at the top of the Continental divide,
owing to the blizzard. Passengers are
suffering from cold and hunger.
Portland Wires Down,
Portland, Jan. 29. Since early In
the day telegraph wires centering in
Portland have been downed, general
ly, cutting off communication with
the outHlde world for a brief period
during the day. This afternoon saw
but little improvement in the service,
Meager reports from eastern Wash
ington and eastern Oregon are similar
to those coming from the middle west,
where the gale is general, as well as
severe.
Chicago, Jan. 29. One of the worst
Wizards in recent years is sweeping
Nebraska, and extending northward
Into Minnesota, where the mercury
ban dropped below zero. Telephone
and telegraph communication with Ne
braska and Minnesota is almost en
tirely cut off.
Velocity 40 Mile Per Hour.
St. Louis, Jan. 29. The wind storm
prevailing In Oklahoma has reached
here today, blowing a, gule of 4 0 miles
an hour.
Hie western t.niir -oiiuw im
Grande announced tills morning thar
all business for points east of the Mis
souri river will be accepted subject tc
considerable delay. During a period
of two hours immediately following
noon, the service was at a complete
standstill.
Chicago, July 29. A message from
Lincoln, Neb., says all wires are
lown. The blizzard is the worst
known in 20 years. The sleet storm
here has caused much damage. There
is great suffering among the poor.
Bright
below you win una a lew
merchandise
PRICES: S2.00, 52
NEW
A new consignment iust
shoe down to the old
Women and Children.
THE
MOVE RACt TRACK
EMERYVILLE COURSE TO
UK REBUILT IX MEXICO,
rcsaiem insx Permit Entrance to
City of .Mexico by Torn William
Ten Years lYIvllcgc.
raeramento, Cal., Jan. 29. When
the legislature's vote next week sends
the racing game beyond California
limns it will drive It to the City of
.Mexico, where Tom Williams, presl
aent or the club contrnllimr ili
Emeryville track, has negotiated with
, ..a ...
President Dlax for 10 years' privileges
to hold races, with bookmaklng and
selling features. Wllliums made the
announcement today.
PROCEED WITH SALE
CREDITORS MEETING OX
FEBRUARY 8 TO TAKE ACTIOX.
Relieved by Trustee Phy That Serlber
Building un Adams and Depot Will
Do Sold at Xearby Date.
Trustee Frank Phy, of the J. W.
Serlber estate, stated that the credit
ors will meet on February 8, at
which time It is expected that he will
be ordered to advertise for bids on
the two-story brick building at the
corner of Adams avenue and Derot
street. It requires several days and
even weeks to go through the for
mality of a bankrupt sale. Conse-
tientiy it will be some time before
Scriber's creditors will realize any
thing on the sale of the building, un
officially valued at something over
26,000.
FAMILY STARVING.
Father In Tail ami Family Without
Food for Days.
San ojse. Cat., Jan. 27. The wife
and three children of Victor Sepuveda
suspected of murdering William
Thurston, a grocer, near Willows Is
In the San Jose hospital on the verge
of death from starvation. They had
nothing to eat since Tuesday but
rousted pumpkin. Sepulyeda is in
jail, leaving his family penniless.
Attorney Wilson of Union, spent the
day in the city.
1 .r .M4M"M 1
and
NEW
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that people want .' .' ;
These Hals
represent style
The College
Hat, the new
r Derby the new
Fedora.
COLORS:
Bronze, Green
light Tan, Dk
Brown, Med
Buff
- 50, $3.00, $3.50
SHOES
received, from the stylish
ladies' comforts. For hlen,
Hie
FAIR STORE .j
T
KXTIKK PROJECT HINGES OX
STRENGTH OF CJATl'X DAM
Becomes Known Today That There I
Yet 0)Mrtunity to Change Plans of
Building Panama Canal-I'rctddciit
Favors Iock Level, Though It May
lie Abandoned fo rSea Ixvcl Should
Engineering Corw Decide That Plan
the Dent.
Los Angeles, Jan. 9. Possibility of
a change in the plana of constructing
the Panama canal Is foreshadowed in
letter today In the office files of
James D. Schuyler, one of the engi
neers bound to Panama with the Taft
party. Roosevelt has named a com
mission of eight engineers, among
them being Schuyler, to proceed to
Panama to decide upon tne feasibility
of a lock level canal as compared with
the sea level waterway. It is possible
the lock level, which is favored by the
president, will be abandoned if the re
port of the engineers shows the fa
mous Oatun dam would be Insecure.
SPUHXS PLKBIAX IA)VE.
Notorious Society Scandal In Japanese
ouuiiy is raided.
Toklo, Jan. 29. Count Tanaka, min
ister of the imperial household, today
submitted to the demands of the press
and the nobilitiy, and agreed to break
off his engagement to marry Miss Ko
hayashl, a Plcblan. The old count
appears to be heart-broken. lie is 67
and the girl but 20.
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Threatening lietters.
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 29.
United States District Attorney
Oscar Lawler was threatened
with death In a letter supposed
to have been written, by a sym- b
pathlzer of the alleged Mexican
revolutionists. Imprisoned here.
It says: "You will get what He-
ney got, only worse. If you do
not release the revolutionists."
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DISCREDIT DEATH HUMOUS.
Sim FranclM-o Cllnnmen Do Xot He-
lleve Pu Yl is Dead.
San Francisco, Jan. 29. The ru
mored death of Pu Yl. the 6-year-old
ruler of China, Is discredited In Chi
natown here. Local chinamen say
they would have heard of the deatli
had it occurred.
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What the Ladies 1
Meed 2ST.-."
RUSHING !
Vou will find here iust what you
have been looking and wishing j
for. All desirable colors. Price j
35 to 85c a yard J
WE7TS j
These goods are the new thing j
for trimming yykes, wrists aid j
dresses. Cream, white and blk
Collars
Ladies dahty neckwear, the
latest dainty designs. Prices
25, 35, SO and 7 Sc.
VEILING
The newest in wiling.
All
new shades in all widths.
HIT DEAL
IS COIISIffiED
I.AItGE LVMHFIl DISTRICT TO
HE OPENER XKAH KL;I.
Fifty TtiotiMind Dollur Finn Organlsi-d
at I'hilo Will m. ti,u, f u,t, ij,rgc
I.uuilier MMiiitfucturlng Coimhtiih of
Me Fax tern Part of the State Im
incline, limber Holdings Added to
the Film's Wealth All Officers An
Well Known. .
Elgin, Jan. 29. The Recorder said
today:
The Star Planing Mill Co. and the
Uackett Lumber Co. have consolidated
and formed a new company With a
capital stock of ISO, 000. The deal
was brought to a Hose this week, and
Is one of the most important transap
tlons ever recorded In Elgin. The
now company will take the name of
the Hackett Lumber company, and Is
Incorporated for the purpose of manu
facturing lumber. Tne entire hold-
tigs of both companies were consoli
dated, and It makes one of the strong-
st lumber firms in eastern Oregon. .
The stockholders of the new com
pany are , as follows: J. L. Overton
Nelson A. Hackett. Charles Oannatt.
The . following officers have been
elected: President, J. L. Overton;
Nelson A. Hackett, general manager
The secretary and treasurer have not
et been selected.
Aside' from-the cash capital of the
company, the following holdings were
put Into the concern: Twenty million
feet of timber, planing mill ana saw
mill belonging to the Star Planing
.Mill company, and 3.000,000 feet of
timber, sawmill and logging outfit be
nnglng to the Hackett Lumber com
tinny. The timber holdings of the 8.
P. ML company are situated about 10
miles east oi mis cuy on tne norm
ork of Clarks creek, and Includes
800 acres of timber land, or about
0.000.000 feet. Aside from the ttm
ber the S. P. M. company owned a
large planing mill in this city, which
s one of the best plants or Its Kind in
eastern Oregon, and has a dally ca
pacity of 100.000 feet. Th timber
holdings of the original Hackett dum
ber company are situated southeast
f this city on Shaw creek., and In-
lude some 3,000,000 feet of timber.
The new company expects to com
mence active operations and will cut
the timber on Shnw creek during the
resent season, after which they will
move to the heart of their extensive
oldlngs on Clarks creek.
Install Band Mill.
.T T.. Overton, nresldent of the com
pany, stated yesterdny that a new "band
mill would be Installed on Clarks
reek. The new mill will be strictly
n-to-date. with a capacity of 30,000
Vet daily. It will not be definitely
nown for a few days, nut tne com
pany may commence the work of to
talling the new mill this season.
.Means Much to i-.icin.
fhe oreanlzatlon and operations of
his company mean ijmch to Elgin In
financial way. The industry win
furnish employment to many men
nd create a payroll that will add
nuch In a material way. The great-
st help, however. Is the fact that a
ew timbered section Is to be opened.
Hody of Victim Returned.
New York. Jan. 2. The bodies i
Arthur Cheney, the American consul
at Messina, who Was killed in the
Italian earthquake, arrived this morn
ing and was stmt to New Haven, Conn.,
his former home, for burial.
IHY VETOES
VOTI.Mi MACHINE RILL
ONLY ONE NOT TO PASS.
After PitKKlng All Rut One of the Ve-Kx-d
Rills, House Adjourns for De
velopment CongreKK.
Salem. Jan. .29. In the house all
'..t,,.,tf f I IiiVMrnnr f 'hji ill herln 1 n filed
after adjournment of the last session
were ovcrnouen looay nun iaiw-u,
except the Reach bill for voting ma
chines, which , was Indefinitely post
poned. ft... ti,,,,u., iuu,i.il a l.ltl iri'iitln? Hil-
ditlnnal Judges In Multnomah county
at a salary 01 5tiu" .1110 Mujnuniru
until 1 o'clock. When the house h ' 1
considered routine matters it uiln il
the oregon-ldaho Development con
gress to occupy the chaml!".
Senator Smith's bill .iiig arte
sian well districts in n Oregon
passed alth 27 voti - ' lavor of the
hill exempting all i: ,i- bonds from
taxation passed the senate after being
amended so it would apply only to fu
ture issues.
FAIR APPROPRIATION ALLOWED J
The 9NM annual appropriation for
the county fair in La Grande Is in
cluded in the list of vetoed hills thai
D R ADDED
LOVER IS FOILED
FIAXCE AWAITS IX
VAIX.FOK HIS FIAXCFK.
Daughter of Xotrd Palmer Invert
Father and Folbi Isivcr by Wedding
. Matt of Short Acquaintance.
Phoenix. Ariz., Jan. 39. While on
her way to her fiance, Joseph War
ner, a wealthy Colorado mining man.
Miss Itumona Rollins, daughter of the
celebrated painter of Indian life and
Grand Canyon landscapes, left the
train at Kingman, near here, and be
came the wife of Ralph Wylle, the
violinist. Rollins bade his daughter
good-bve. believing she was going to
marry Warner. Miss Rollins had i n
ly known Wylle three weeks.
It Is reported Warner attempted
suicide after receiving the news.
OANGER IN CHINESE
. LAUNDRIES IS FEARED
MOUTH-SPRIXKLlXd SYSTEM
SAID TO SPREAD DISEASE.
Raker City Health OffW-ers look Into
Conditions No Cause for Alarm In
. 1 Grande But I'robe Might Re
Well.
City Officials In various cities In
eastern Oregon have followed the foot
steps of eastern health officers by
probing' conditions In Chinese laun
dries. Raker City leads In the move
ment. It Is said by health officials of
that city that the mouth-sprinkling
system adopted by all Chinamen
spreads tuberculosis.' Spread of lep
rosy germs in the east in this way has
been unearthed. To what extent the
Baker City officers will carry the In
vestigation and Its subsequent munici
pal action, remains to be seen.
Lack of patronage to Chlnemi laun
dries In this city has dwindled the
number t a few. but there are some
still doing laundry work for whites.
So far as known there is no startling
need for investigation in La Orande.
but a study of conditions might reveal
defects that, should be remedied.
Conductor J. E. Conners returned
from Portland this morning. 1
Albany. Ore.. Jan. 29. News has
Just reached here of a tragedy at a
dance in Brownsville, 22 miles south,
on the farm of Charles Powell, who
shot and killed A. Rupert, as the lat
ter was leaving the dunce. Two
months sgo Rupert ran away with
CIVELL LECTURE
Russell H. Con well will reach La
Orande this evening at s:3V, and nis
famous address, "Acres of Diamonds,"
will commence Immediately afterward
In the Baptist church. He missed
train connections at Walla Walla,
where he addressed a great audience
last night, but a trifling event of that
kind has no effect on the great doc
tor's determination. A similar - Inci
dent occurred near Newberg recently
and he spent $.10 on automobile hire
lo reach his appointment.
Advance reports by the dispatcher's
office here affirms that the evening
tr:iln from the west Is running on
schedule' time and will arrive, very
likely, lit X:30. To convey Mr. Con
well to the Baptist church will be hut
COLO-BLOODED MURDER
IF YOU KNEW
Ifwecould talk rt over, if we could show you the vast
number of prescriptions that have been fHled here wjthaut
an error, if you could examine our oaikages of im
portant drugs and chemicals and knew the reputations tke
makers have tor reliability; in short K you could fully
realize the superior service given throughout, we would
not hare to urge you to bring your prescriptions here.
We do not urge, but simply remind you that our exper
ience has been very ample andthat wetake pride in the
purity of our drugs and medicmes.
WE PROTECT Y0URPURSE ALSO
NEWLIN DRUG STORE
LA GRANDE,
BEET QUESTION
AT
IV GRANDE OFFICIAL OFF
FOIt WAIJiOWA TODAY.
li nd Owners Must, Make Dcflnll An
nouncement Saturday or ComMtf
Will Withdraw. Says F.nterpriw
IaHr New Field SiijM-rlntciuloal
in Union and Walltma Count
Aiicnrn to Re Some Control
Over ProixMwd Venture.
Enterprise, Jan. 29. Land owner
of (his vicinity must turn out to the
sugar beet meeting next Saturday af
ternoon at 1 o'clock, and enough ftina
offered to make the experiment worth
while, or the movement will be aban
doned this year, say representative
of the company,' as It Is Imperative
that definite offers be known by Feb
ruary 1. While a number of farmer
have made offers to lease their land,
the greater number are holding back.
If all will come out to this meeting,
acreage and price can be ascertained
and submitted to the company.
The article In last Wednesday's pa- .
per has stirred up some controversy. '.
In reply those In favor of sugar beet
culture say the company backs Its be- .
lief In this valley as a sugar-growing
country by being willing to assume all
the money risk, the land owner rislc .
nothing. . They will be paid a fair ren
tal for the land, and the land will be
benefited, as It will be thoroughly
cleaned.
NEW FIELD SUPICniXTEXDENT.
Temporarily, ot least. David Prln
gree, of Ogden, will have the superln
tendency of the Amalgamated Sugar
company's fields in this and Wallowa
counties 'to succeed Elner Sebbelov,
resigned, Mr. Prlngree is the son of
General Field Superintendent Job
Prlngree, Prior to coming here h
held responsible positions for the com
pany at Ogden. His appointment to ,
this factory is only temporary, hut
while here he will visit the prospective
beet fields In Wallowa county and ac
quaint himself with conditions here as
best he can during the' inclement'
weather.
In company with Manager F. O.
Taylor, Mr. Prlngree went to Wallow
county this morning to confer with;
prospective beet grpwers in that dis
trict.' ''
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Powell's daughter, aged i. .
Despite previous warning the Ru
pert girl appeared at the dance, and
the murder followed. ,
Powell at once surrendered to th
authorities. Much excitement pre-,
vails. . .
All ASSUHED FACT
a matter of a few minutes' time. ,
By keeping In touch with the
rival time of No. 2 this evening, th
public can learn definitely when tha
doctor will arrive. The opportunity
to hear him Is so rare that ticket
holders can well afford to spend an
hour or even more to hear him.
The management has no apology to
make for the late appearance, for'
Providence Interfered with the lec
turer's travels.
The seat sale has been rapid, and It
Is believed that the seating capacity of
the church will be taxed to accom
modate those who will hear -the na
tion's foremost thinker, lecturer and
"doer." ' "
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