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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1909)
r f VOLUME VIII. LA GRANDE, IXIO.V COINTV, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, lEIUUARY 17, 11(00. ' NCMIIER I0.V f 1 XO ALASKA FAIR COIN'S. 1HEXE WVXX DEAD. Seattle IVIr Will Not 1V Adwrllscd by Victim of Scarlet Fever IjiIiI lo I test litis Afternoon. Treasury Depart incut. Seattle. Feb. . 1J. colli jCiliLPUl IS I innnTrn DV BLOWSAVERTED rN TREMBLOR RMS iimuiP! r it pivtv Tniimfc. ffi MESSAGE IS ST TO j fJIERCHANTS I t WILL ASK lOlillli XU Ul ise or streets free, )nc of tliu n-t Street Carnivals on the Road to lie Here I'ndcr Auspices or IM-al Merc-hunts, it Ih Relieved Jtec-clpls lo Jle Equally Divided Among the Two Xrttlliur Funds: Park and Fourth of July Celebration Will Know TonlKlit. Parker's stupendous street carnival -will be In La Grande and the profits will be eaually divided betwen the park fund and the Fourth of July J fbnd, If the city council tonight agrees tp prayers that will be presented by tjie merchants of this city. The up- t tin-date company has its man In La r- A?randc today conferring with local herchants and It has been agreed to 'ask the council tonight to permit the merchants to engineer the prospect by allowing free use of the streets. ' All-Around Ilonclit. i K'lean, up-to-date and full of Inter est, the carnival company will be In V'i Grande early In May. If the pray ers tonight are answered. The bene- tits to be derived will be both law and well distributed. By commenc ing t" fatten the Fourth of July cele bration fund now, there will be but Uttle burden on the business men next Bmmer, when the event really takes pnce. In addition to the Increased lebratlon fund the park fund will br - " 1 4 (Continued on page 8 ) 1 I What lady is there does not want a waist. Call and them. 9 THE La Grande, 3 I Mill Hi n . mm -A. j9 d lit t i l.'lAtU" U-A'JrTl t jCff n'- t:.n .1 if u;i i n Bfll w i il i)l not be coined by the I'tiitei States minis, according to n letter re ceived today by George E. Rons, sec retary of the Commercial dub In this city, from Senator Piles. Thi club requested the treasury department to strike off a half million souvenir half dollars. KILL OPTION ENEMIES HAVE SCORED ENOUGH POINTS TO POINT TO VICTORY Olympla, Feb. 17. Great crowds packed the senate today expecting: a lively debate In connection with the local option bill. Without debate 13 roll calls were had on the motion to amend the Falconer bill, each result Inir the same, 21 to 21, amendments being defeated. President Ruth ailed Senator Graves of Spokane, to the chair, and took a place on the floor. Falconer's senate bill. Identi cal with MeMasters', which passed the house, was the first bill taken up. A long reading of the Falconer bill be gan. Occasionally Falconer offered an amendment to the measure, but each was defeated by a tie vote. The bill was not read when adjournment was taken at 2 o'clock. The present plan will let the bill go to a vote and de feat it with a tie vote. The houst- met. but adjourned until 1:30. Rep- (Contlnued on page eight. 1 Ill EVEMM GOWNS Just recieved by express GOTHAM LAT EST DESIGNS ! 0 A JU UIW IfWIHIII for the season's social functions WE HAVE THEM In the daintiest Laces, Embrod eres in sheet materia!. t that new see air. More z t t Oregon i(nMiFttr-pjiAtrMUrriiD SALEM IN PERSIA GOVERNOR VETOES TWO MOKE SENATE IULLS. Verbal Struggle That Almost led to Iilous Enlivens .Matters In legisla ture Today AcciiMiitlons of UrllM-ry Freely Passed llctwccn Dliighuiu and Manly Separated, Hut McK at Door and Recommence Squabble McArtliur Settles It. Chamberlain lrods , Senate. Governor Chamberlain this afternoon sent a special message to the legislature calling upon It 4 to put through the amendment to the constitutions providing for state-afded railroads. The amendment has already passed'! the house, but was hung up In the senate. The message Is gen- . erally looked upon'as a hard blow for Hurriman, emphasizing the , state's determination to build Its own railroads. Salem, Feb. i7. Governor Cham berlain sent two vetoes to tho senate this morning, one against the bill ex tending the per diem mileage to sher iffs for conveying persons committed (Continued on page 5.; III EAGLE VALLEY GREAT DEVELOPER WILL TOCCH SNAKE AT ROBIN ETTE. Baker City Democrat Announce ;l gantk' Development Scheme That Will Mean ExK'iillture of Over a Million Dollars Will irrigate Uinil Tap Timber Belt. lictkei C'ily, KeO. 11. i he iJemoci al published the following this morning: The extension of the Eagle Valley railroad through to Snake river, where It will probably connect with the Northwestern at or near the hew town of Uobinette; the tapping of the vast bodies of timber which lie back of Loose creek; and the developing of u iMst Irrigation project watering thous ands of acres of rich land in eastern (ii-egon, these are presaged bv a call for a meeting of (hi- stockholders of the Eagle Valley railroad which iv:n issued in this city vesterdav. (C'ln'tuu il on pag X 1 EDF10RS 1ICTE0 Washington, Feb. 17. The grand jury of the District of Columbia, this atleinoon ii turin d imlii luenls g:ilnst the owners and I -sponsible editors ol the New York World and the In-lian-apolls New, charging tin m with crim inal libel, on account of articles alleg ing Improper dealing in the purchase D IS Find Bodies in Ruins Newcastle, Eng.. Feb. 11 Eight bodies were removed today from the ruins of the Stanley coal mine, wreck ed yesterday by an explosion. Thirty two were frightfully burned when SHORE OF PERSIAN GULF feTREWX WITH THE DEAD. Conflicting Reports of Earthqiuikt Tliat MapiHiicd Iist Month Reach . Tvlierau Today Death List Esti mated Ret ween live and Six Tbous and Sixty Villages Destroyed One Province Practically Devastated b Terrible Catastrophe. Teheran, Persia, Feb. 17. Sixty villages are reported destroyed by an earthquake and the loss of lite Is be tween 5000 and 6000 in the province of Luristan and western Persia, ac cording to advices received today Thousands are reported wandering on tho mountains, homeless. The tumbler occj-ied on January 23, but owing to delays the news was not received here ymn ii day. Tht government has l.-isu-;l orderr to varl ,1,'ous departments r? j n t;i g further In formation rt gardl.n; th necessity o! food and clothing. Seismic Instruments showed th tremor was more violent than the one occurring in Sicily and Culubiia, ii southern Italy. At leust 12,000 head of cattle were killed. It is r. ported the greatest loss of life aws along tin shore of the Persian gull OVERT ACT WILL START TROUBLE I XCLE SAM SHAKES FIST AT WARRING REPUBLICS, Diplomatic Relations Broken Off Be tween Four South American Repub lics Overt, Act Will Bring Down Armed Prevention From United States, Is Decree. New Oiicuiia, Feb. 17. following the withdrawal of ministers of Guate mala and Salvador from Honduras and Nicaragua, It was learned today from an authoritative source that the I'nitcd States government has warned the Central American republic that any overt act would Immediately call down armed intervention from this count ry. Washington. Feb. 17. All diplo aintie relations between Hie countries InvoUvil a:e broken oi'f. Despite the winning from Washington, the situa-1 lii n I.- ; -;.. iie! as serious. There ha been unrest In Central Ann lieu since July lat. BY GRAND JURY of the canal. tine indictment with five counts. Is directed against the Woi Id, naming Joseph Pulitzer, owner and editor-in-chief. Caleb Vanhnmm, managing ed itor, mid Kobert H. Lyman; another, naming I'elavan Smith. eiiitor-l:, chief nf tin- Indianapolis N'i-:. and Chai lex l. Williams. rescued today. One hundred and eight men and boys are unaccounted for. The death list. It Is feared, will reach 250. to occur during the slight i''!' "l prevalent this month, occurred at th William Wynn home In North La Grande this morning when Miss Irene Wynn, aged 11 years, succumbed to the ravages of the disease. The fune ml was held this afternoon. SIC BRIDGE AT E FALLS BLUE LAW WAVE SWEEPING OVER IDAHO LEGISLATURE - Boise. Idaho, Feb. 17. The highest suspension bridge In the world will be built over the Snake river, Just be low Shoshone falls. The structure will be 700 feet above the river, and Is to be 2000 feet long. It will cost $500,000. ' Blue Law Wave. Following the passage of the county local option law, a wave of "blue law" legislation Is sweeping the house of representatives. The latest Is a bill which. If put through the house, will double the stute license for saloons. The state-wide, prohibition bill Is not pending. Probe Capitol Extravagance. At the direction of the state senate, i special committee is making open Investigation of the charge of misrep resentation and extravagance In con nection with the erection of capltol buildings. .It -vtn . announced th? structure will cost 2,000,000, which Is three times larger than the original estimate. There la also an Investiga tion of the charges against the state land board. Defendants Given Jolt. Nashville, Feb. 17. That the late Senator E. W. Carmack "ought to have been In hell long ago" was the statement attributed to John Sharpe. who with Col. Duncan Cooper and hh son, Robin Cooper, are being tried fo- murdering Carmack, by W. J. Smith. on the stand today. Smith said Sharp regarded Carmack as a disturbing fig ure In politics. SPECIAL SESSION DATE. Congress Will Meet In Stf4iul Session on March IS. Washington, Feb. 17. At a confer ence between President-elect Taft and Speaker Cannon, Senators Knox and Male, It was decided that the special session of congress will be held on March 15. HANDY HEAT WHEN NEEDED A hot water bottle is indispensable in every home. Heat is nature's cure for pain and when applied promp tly will often prevent serious ills. We Make a Specialty of High Grade Rubber Goods, the Kind Worth Having Our fall stock of hot water bottles is the most com plete we have ever carried. All kinds and sizes and at prices that can't be beaten anywhere: The Better Grades are Guaranteed for a Year. A New One for the Ask ing if Any of These Prove Faulty. NEWLIN DRUG STORE LA GRANDE, OREGON SS ENGINEERS' REPORT FAVOR. ING LOCK TVPE APPENDED. . In a Special MeHsagc to Congress To day, President Roosevelt Pays High Tribute to Thoe Who Decided on 1 ' the Lock Typo Makes It Plain That to Crltlciio Plaits Now la Attack on Policy or Building Any Canal lie Also 1 "raises Workmen. Washington, Feb. 17. President Roosevelt today submitted to congrets- In a special message, a report of fi board of engineers endorsing the pres ent plan of construction of the Puna- ma canal. Roosevelt says It would b Inexcusable folly to change the plan to sea level. The message says: "I am happy to report the aceoui panylng document shows In the clear est fashion that congress was wlso 'n the position it took. In fact the ie port not only, determines definitely th type of canal, but makes It evident : that hereafter attacks on this type of canal tho. lock type Is In reality merely an attack upon the policy of building any canal at all." ; ' Referring to the engineers' report Roosevelt says: , ,. . . "I recommend the most caro'ul consideration of their report. It , shows only that It can be niaJo u,i work that at times has' been almost an excess of caution, providing against , possible troubp,Aria the Gatun dant,. Itself, the engineers snow that th dam Is not only safe, but on the whole) the plan already adopted would mak It needlessly high and strong.' Ac cordingly they recommended tho height be reduced by 20 feet, which change I accordingly directed. Every American citizen should feel In It not only satisfaction, but keen pride la the statement by the engineers on th way the, work has been done, and la now proceeding. The American peo ple are to be heartily congratulated upon everything of Importance don In connection with the canal." The engineers' report favors th continuance of the construction of th lock and dam system. Norwegian In Marathon, Seattle, Feb. 17, Norway will have a representative In the big Marathon race to be pulled off Monday after noon over the mile and a half track; of the Western Washington Fair as sociation. He will be .Fred Walby, now a member of the Y. M. C. A. at Oregon City. WwHfWtWWW