VOLUME VIII.
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, QREGON, MOXDATV FEBRUARY I, ItOB.
NUMBER l.
CIRCUIT COURT I
until in prppinn
BOHKEKKMP IS FOREMAN OF THE
HEW " GRAND jilRt
TERM LIKELY A SHORT ONE
THREE JURORS LATE IX" '
REACHING THE BUILDING,
Mural Caws Set for Trlul Early An-,
dci-son Contempt Case Tomorrow
Full Set of Court Officials Named,
and Grand Jury la Heady for Its
Grind UiiIchs Grand Jury In Ex
tremely Busy, the Term Will Be
Completed Tills Week.
11 le Grand Jury. 4
r W. H. Bohnenkamp. La
Grande, foreman.
J. A. Homan, Island City.
J. P. Hawley, La Grande.
Peter O'Sullivan, La Grande.
T. B. Martin. Medical Sprlngsi
T. B. Flcklun, Union.
8. A. Day. Island City.
J. Perry Clarke, grand Jury
bailiff.
L. B: Stearns, Jury bailiff.
. Fred Duncan, Cove, court bait-
iff. ,
Wheels of Justice for the February
term of circuit court were set in mo
tion this morning by Judge J. V.
Knowles. The grand Jury has been
drawn, the Jury Is present, court offi
cials chosen and everything in readi
ness for actual commencement of bus
iness tomorrow morning.
Unless the grand Jury, with W. H.
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FOU HTH w:k of trial.
Only Eight Juror TcniMrnrily Select,
cd hi Calhoun Cam.
ban Francisco. Cal., Feb. 1. The
trlaj of Patrick Calhoun,' president of
the United Railroads, arrusod of of
fering bribe to the boodllng beard of
supervisors, entered upon Its fourth
week today, with eight Jurors tempo
rarily selected. Five hundred have
been examined. At the present rate
It Is expected It will be 10 weeks more
before the Jury is complete. Probably
1500 veniremen will be examined,
Children often pull on the heart
strings of a parent's life like two pup
pies pull a rag.
TO RETALIATE
I'l'T BAX OX PRIZEFIGHTS
TO OFFSET. AXTI-BETT1XG.
Ucform hi California Will Be Turned
Into Farce if Antl-Haee Bill Is
Passed Many ''Blue Laws" Ready
for Premutation. J
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 1. Driven to
seek revenge by the indicated passage
of the anti-race track betting bill, race
track legislators are preparing to turn
reform into a farce by the presentation
of a number of "blue laws."
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A bill will be Introduced putting the
ban. on prizefights, making It a felony
to hold fistic exhibitions. Many strict
local option bills wiil be presented In
retaliation If the anti-race track gam
bling bill becomes a law.
Savings Bank Closed.
Greenfield, Mass., Feb. 1. State
Bank Examiner Jay today closed the
Greenfield Savings bank. Deposits to
tal $2,000,000. No reason has been
given for closing the institution.
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THE CITY COURT
1HE SAME OLD CHARGE OF BOOT-
. 'LEGGING IS BROUGHT
F. HOLSTFEN CHIEF W1THESS
WELL KXOWX FACE SEEX
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IX POLICE COURT AGAIN
Charged With Selling Llguor to Olie
Frank llolnteen, Charle Aadersoa,
of the Palace Saloon, l Arraigned
Tills Afternoon Witness Come
From Kamela Two Canes . Have
Been Filed Against Anderson Dur
ing Punt Few Days by Police.
Anderson Pleads Guilty.
Late in ' the day Anderson
pleaded guilty to the chargf and
was fined $200, which he paid. 4
He affirms he is now. selling the
Palace 'saloon, and Is going to 4
leave the city.
Police court records are again
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blotched by the name of Charles An
derson, the periodical visitor to police,
Justice or circuit courts on diver
charges principally selling liquor In
a dry town. Though Ink used to rec
ord proceedings in the last trial when
H. Cole was the principal witness for
the city is yet fresh, he Is up before
Recorder Cox once more, and again on
a similar charge.
.Since the city's ordinance prohibit
ing sale of liquors went Into effect,
the officers have beeiwin the track of
all soft drink dealers, but principally
Anderson, where the most flagrant
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35 to 85c a yard
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for trimming pVss, w lists aid
dresses. Cream , white and blk
Collars
Ladies dainty neckwear, the
latest dainty designs. Prices
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VEILING
The newest in' veiling. All
the new shades in all widths.
10 I
CAN CULL VOTE
PETITION MOST SPECIFY AMOUNT
OP EXPENBITOBE v
URGENT HEED FOR ACTION
NEXT YEAR WILL FIXI STV- "
DENTS OCT IX STREETS.
By Presenting Pet I ton tu School Hoard
Next Friday, Properly Signed and
Brawn I'p, Clllacn Can Procure a'
Xew School Building at Once Size
Mud Amount of Expenditure Must
Be Ascertained In the IVtltlon Filed
With the Board.
If La Grande is to have additional
school room to provide for Its grow
ing high school when the next school
year begins, it Is time that steps were
being .taken to bring It about.
The first step is to determine upon
what is needed at present and for the
Immediate future. There are 167 stu
dents enrolled In the high- school and
today there are In attendance 144, and
these are seated In the large assembly
room from which six other rooms lead
off." TRK' present arrangement, which
Is the best that can be secured under
present conditions, thwarts the work
of the entire building. There Is no
opportunity for the school to assemble
as formerly. Ingress or egress to any
of the six rojims now leading out of
this hall in which is seated the 144
high school students, attracts more or
less attention. This is riot all next
vear, Prof. Hockcnberry today stated.
the high school would be Increased un
til the enrollment would reach neajv
-if not quite to the 200 mark. There
ire no equipped rooms for work In
hemlstry and laboratory work.
Many are of the opinion that there
hould be a high school building
. rected. built especially for high school
work, and while the city Is building.
let it be sufflcently large to accotn-
modate no less than 3011 students, 50
per cent more than we will have by
the time the building could be readj
for occupancy.. This building would
probably be 10 rooms and would cost.
completed, with heating apparatus
and plumbing, and from $1500 to $2,
000 for suitable apparatus, running the
figure to probably $25,000. The dis
trict has ample ground on which to
build In the block where the present
high school building Is situated. Thin
would mnke it easier for the superin
tendent to look afttr matter, than If
it wei-t- built somewhere else.
It Is understood the sch-ool board
meets next Friday evening, and 1f a
petition l signed by 10 taxpayers unk
ing the board to cull a special school
meeting for the voters of the district
to vote for or against bonds for build
ing purposes, the board is directed by
!uw to cull this meeting.
Any one could get this petition
iirotierly signed, to present to the
board. The only thing is for the person
to consult a number of the Interested
citizens and agree upon what kind of
building should be constructed. . and
about what It would cost to meet pres
ent and future requirements. Then
the matter could be voted upon snd
If favorable, the time is none too short
to sell the bonds, let the contract, and
have the building completed In time
for the beginning of the school yea
next September.
A hill- is now before the i-:atnre
to have the county pay h high
school within the com-' . .hi provides
a 12-yenr course. ? -cr scholar, for
all students attending, who reside out
side the district. The Idea I to give
the students of the county an oppor
tunity to attend any high school they
may desire, free of charge. It Is es
timated that $30 will pay this expense,
and It will also stimulate th various
SMCGGLE JIAXV RIFLES.
American Warshljm on Their Way to
Quell Disturbing Moros.
Manila, Feb. 1. Three gunboats
left today for the Island of Jolo, In
habited by fieri Moros, as a result of
a report tfiat 000 rifled had been
smuggled' into the Island from the
Dutch East Indies. If the Moros have
two thousand rifles' the situation Is
most serious, since the fighting began
several years ago. At that time only
400 rifle were on the whole Island
when General Wood made his famous
fight. American troops have been
taking the rifles, one by one. The
Moros paid $350 for a $1 rifle, and
io cents each for the cartridges.
IHUE
IN LIGHT WIRE
ELEVEN HUNDRED VOLTS
CHARGED TIIROl'GH MEN.
Tacoma Has Peculiar Accidents
Crossed Wires Send Heavy Charge
of Electricity Fulling Timbers Tan.
gle Power and Feed Wlrea.
Tacoma,1 Feb. 1. Arthur W. Charl-
son, aged 22, a blacksmith employe of
t,he West Coast Wagon company, was
almost Instantly killed, nd John R.
Ohstrom, aged 45. a shipping clerk In
the Younglove Grocery company, was
fatally Injure Athls mirnlng-:lu. 1-
100 volts of electricity passed through
their bodies. The crossing of tt heavy
power wire with a city feed1 wire In
front of the Harmon building, under
construction, was responsible. Pieces
Of lumber falling from the building
Saturday night caused a short circuit.
sending the heavy voltage through the
ordinary light circuit and when the
two men attempted to turn on the
Ights ,the shock hurled them to the
floor, ,
Charlson was found lying beneath
i socket In the rear of the wagon
ompany's plant. He died before a
physician arrived.
Ohstrom was found unconscious In
the shipping room of the grocery.
Several others were shocked when
they turned on lights, but none seri
ously, '
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Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 1. A special
from Montreal this morning says that
three distinct earthquake shocks were
felt there lust night. The first was at
I J:3f), the second at 11:45, and the
hurt at 3:20 this morning. People
wero awakened by the shock, falling
dishes and glassware. Big cracks are
IF YOU KNEW
It weco uld talk it over, if we could show you the vast
number of prescriptions that have been 'jlled here without
an error, if you could examine cir ,c phages of im
portant drugs and chemicals and knew the reputations the
makers have tor reliability; in short if you' could, fully
realize the superior service given throughout, we would
not have to urge you to bring your prescriptions here.
Vie do not urge, but simply remind you thst our exper
ience has been very ample andthat wetake pride in the
purity of our drugs and medicines.
WE PROTECT YOURPURSE ALSO
tiEWUN DRUG STORE
LA GRANDE, OREGON
LIBEL SUIT IS
POLITICAL CRISIS
WALTER WELLMAN PREDICTS PUB
' LIC STORM OF PROTEST
MAY MEAN SJORMY END
lUTZER-SMITH LIBEL '
SCIT NOT ORDINARY CASH
Walter Wellmaa, Writing to Chicago
Record-Herald, Believes Roosevelt
WU1 Be Forced to Retire From Pub
lic Life I'nder Storm of Publlo Pro
test Would Bo Wrong He Say to
Drag Editor to Washington for
Trial Could Stop Action.
Chicago, Feb. 1. Walter, Wellmaa,
writing to hi paper, the Chicago
Record-Herald, from Washington, D
C aay: .
"I Roosevelt about to , make the
greatest mistake of his public career?
Is he In danger of being forced t
retire to private life amid a storm of
indignation sweeping from one end of
the country to the other, caused by
his effort to over-ride the right o
private eltiaens? Some of Roosevelt'
best friends believe this danger exists.,
and they do not hesitate to tell him
so. It In his efforts to prosecute Pub
lisher Joseph Pulitzer of the Nesf
York World,- and Delavan Smith, of
the Indianapolis News, for libel In the
publication of certain tale about the
Panama canal purchase that the men
ace lies. - ; . ,
"It fa rumored that the prosecution
may be dropped entirely, at Roose
velt' behest. ' Other rumor are that
the accused will be indicted and
brought from their places of residence
to Washington for trial In the federal
courts. If President Roosevelt suc
ceeded In his apparent purpose to
bring the edltois from New Yor.k and
Indianapolis to Washington for trial,
and convicts them, he will, in the opln-
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visible In many buildings.
v Felt t Bclllnghaiii.
Kelllngham, Feb. I. A slight earth
quake shock was felt here at 1:45 this
afternoon. No damage is reported. '
Second Shock In Mexico lately.
Mexico City, Feb. 1. A Blight quake
occurred here today. Buildings were
slightly damaged. This Is the second
trembler within 48 hours.
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