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VOLUME VIII.
LA GRANDE, IIXIOM COCXTV, OREGON, SATlltDAY, FEIHUAllY 20, 1909.
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SQUAnER WINS
FIRST BUTTLE
TAMOl'S CASE DECIDED HY
REGISTER RRAMWELL TODAY.
Cuy M. Ryrklfs Application is Sot
Aside by Register In Trefcrencc to
Squatter New Ion Case Scln lYcce
dent for Scores or Other fuses
Muny Families of This City Deeply
Interested Financially Ityrkit Cull
Appeal.
Pointing out In voluminous findings
that legitimate squatters have prefer
ence rights. Register Frank C. Dram
well this afternoon gave the first de
cision In the notorious 4-41 case, that
originated In Wallowa county last
summer when close to 50 tlmbermen
filed on timber and stone claims in the
north 4, 41, after a line-up lasting
nearly a month In this city. In the
test case, Guy M. IJyrklt of this city,
is the protestee, und Flnley M. New
Ion, the profcestant. Standing as II
does, as a precedent for the scores of
other contests filed immediately after
the opening for entry by the govern
ment, the decision Is of 'extreme Im
portance to many La Grande people.
Squatter $lude Improvements.
It was only recently that the noted
contest was heard' in this city before
Register Brainucll. It required li
lays to- take the testimony duly re
corded In something like 350 pages of
typewritten matter. The findings
reached today by the. register point out
In detail how the preponderance of
testimony gave proof that the protest
ant did make improvements and con
tinued to make Improvements until'
the time the land was filed on by Pyr-
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La Grande, Oregon I
STEAMER GOES OVER FALLS.
Realizing His Fate, Captain Mows lib
Drains Out Before Fall.
Antwerp, Belgium, Feb. 20. A
Congo steamer, Captain Selgstrom,
was swept over Stanley fulls and 20
of the crew were drowned, according
to word received here today. Selg
strom, when he realized the craft was
doomed, blew his brains out. The
rudder became unmanageable.
FIRE TOTALLY
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WOODS RESIDENCE IN ELGIN DE-
; . TBOYED By FIRE
Elgin, Feb. 20. (Special.) The
David Crockett property In this city.
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Wood
caught fire at 11 o'clock this fore
noon from the kitchen fire. Mrs.
Woods was 111 and by the time she
was taken out the fire had gained
such headway that little If anything
was saved. The property was partial'
ly covered by Insurance. The fire de
partment responded nobly, but before
the property could be reached it was
beyond control.
Rrlde of Two Weeks Killed.
Chicago, Feb. 20. Mrs. Ida Coop
er, a bride of but two weeks, was
found murdered In her home today.
Her throat was cut and bloody finger
marks were on her face and clothing.
She was also shot in the head. The
body was on the floor of the bath room
and was still warm. The police think
she was murdered by a disappointed
lover, who threatend her life when
she married Thomas Cooper.
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EIGHTEEN ARE
ARREST.
.MOST ARE GAMBLING CASES IX
AND DEFENDANTS WILL
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Several of the Hiuglewdcrs Have Left tho Slate ami Cannot Do Returned by
Requisition TaMrw Is First Rig Dutch of Arrests Coming I'ndcr Grand
Jury Jurisdiction Attempt at High Finance Exposes the Gambling to
Jury. '
Eighteen of those 59 mysterious In
dictments camo to light today when
Sheriff Chllders made returns on 18
arrests made In Summervllle and vi
cinity yesterday.
He had warrants for two classes of
cases, three warrants Indicting John
Stevens, who was up at the last term
of the circuit court for selling Intoxi
cating liquors, and his brother, Jlymen
Stevens' and Donaldson, on a similar
charge, but these three found It out
and took their departure several days
ago, and are supposed to be over In
the state of Washington, where they
are presumably safe, as In cases of
this kind governors will not grant
requisition papers. Donaldson did not
waste any time In making his escape.
for It la understood that he was' to
have been married the day following
his departure. The other 15 or 16 In
dictments charge the defendants with
the. prime of gambling. It Is under
stood that on Tuesday they will all ap
pear before the court and plead
guilty. There Is reported to be a little
romance connected with this wholesale
capture.
Several days before the convening
of the grand Jury, "Coal Oil Johnny,"
which Is the title the Sutnmcrvllle
boys have given Mr. Wllber of Union,
who appeared In their1 midst selling
stock In one of the oil companies now
prospecting In the vicinity of Ontario
Chief of Police Walden made the
remark yesterday In a casual way thnt
the police records did not show 'a
single arrest for drunkenness made
during the month of January, and only
one so far during February. When
questioned as to the accuracy of the
statement, the chief remarked that
before he would make the statement
to go before the public he desired to
SEA BULL DOCS
GRAND UECEITION TKVXNED
FOR ATLANTIC SQl'ADRON.
Reception lo llomc-Comiii Squadron
Will Do l lals.rale Will lie Ciiloiin
allou of Most Notable Event hi Nau
tical History Dig Trogrum Is Set
for Monday.
Norfolk, 'a., Feb. JO. Out on the
broil. 1 blue bosom of the Atlantic to
use the most approved sea-sloiy iali
guage lt great bulldogs ot tile sea
arc plowing their way ustuiil, head
ed for Hampton Roads and toe great
est ho:ne-i oiiilng celebration ever ten
dered a wandering fleet. Hy tomor
row morning, it is expected, the war
vessels will be visible to the nude eye
on the eastward horizon, aitliouyli
they will not make theii' grand entry
Into Hampton Roads until .Monday.
What has bapj m J in the pust
when Johnny came marching home.
wiii u-.t be a e;tvt.'ii.i:anc.t to tlo-i
warmth and wealth of greeting that Is
FEW ARRESTS TMDE IN EICIIT MONTHS
II 1 THE FOLD BEFORE 1H
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VICINITY OK Sl'MMEHVILLE,
Tl.EAD XEXT TUESDAY, IS RETORT.
and Vale. He evidently met with
splendid success and it Is alleged sold
stock to the amount of about $1400.
Cpon reaching SutnmcrvUle It Is stat
ed that Wllber thought he would open
up a banking game and fleece the
Summcrville boys out of their hard
earnings. If the story reported Is
true, Wllber had trouble In securing a
room to open his game In, until John
Stevens could not resist the offer of
$25, and permission was given Wither
to open his "21" game. His display
of gold and checks offered a tempting
bait to get a little "easy" money, and
In due time one or two of the most
venturesome sat In the game. It did
not take the players as Well as the
sightsers long to ascertain that Wit
her did not have any too much knowl
edge of the game, and It was a snap
for the players to get rich and Wll
ber's bank roll, ns the story goes, be
gan to dwindle and he closed his "21"
game. He thought he understood draw
poker better and after a few hours
nil his money and checks were gone.
He then began to realize what condl
tlon he was In and took steps to miS'
pend payments on the checks and no
tlfled the different banks of the conn-
ty not to cash them. The grand Jury
found out and after investigating the
evidence of a dozen or more witnesses,
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look over the records. He not only
found that that statement was true,
hut 'also that the record shows that
during the eight months since the
passage of the local option law there
have been but 28 arrests for drunken
ness, and that the eight months Just
preceding the date of the local option
law taking effect there were 133 ar
rests. E
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SLIGHT SHOCKS IN FRANCE
TARTIAI.I.Y S I" DSTA NTIATE HIM
I'leiiiiiiiian Several Days Ago Tre
ilieleil Set ere 'Oiiuke III Frur.ee
slight Shocks Felt Already and A
Iriolniiier oufiileiil of Disuslroiis
Trembler Tonlaht.
Paris. Feb. 1!0. Astronomer Mar
ehiimi's prediction of a terrific carth
mtake for today as partially vindi
cated by shocks felt at St. Gem gen, a
village near Grenoble, with little dam
age. Marchand predicted several days
;iko, that the earth would be sli;:' li
today by a 'ipiake leaving cfi! !:;i'ins
similar to those at Siui ; . .iK'ieo,
Valparaiso, Kingston hm-: . ii sslna. He
said this afterni"..; uas confident i
a great shot It would come before j
midnight. j
He bases his prediction on the psl-
tl n of th' sun und iii'mn -.tSiii n fi-r-j
elite to the meridian. He says it is
such as to cause maximum Influence
of the rays of the sun and moon to af
PREDICTS OUAK
.XTLOITIN(i SEATTLK FAIR.
Dig Excursion With Tcople and Lit
erature to Ios Angeles.
Tacoma. Feb. 20. The Great Cali
fornia excursion from the Tugc-t
Sound left here this morning for Los
Angeles. It will take seven days to
make tho trip, which Is made to boost
the Seattle fair' and Sound titles.
About 100 are on the train, which is
loaded with literature.
HAIIDJ FIGHT
LOCAL OPTION LAW. AS FAR FROM
SETTLEMENT AS EVER BEFORE
Olympla, Feb. 20. A sensational
address by Hay In Seattle last night,
Is the solo topic of conversation among
the legislators, who are as widely di
vided In expressions of opinion upon
Hay, the acting governor's attitude as
they are un the local option bill. The
wets assert the executive had no right
to "butt In" on tho legislative depart
ment, and predict Hay will be rapped
on the bill he favors. '
Another plan Is to hold the senate
bills In public morals committee of
the house and concentrate efforts to
force the senate to take the McMaster's
bill from committee and pass it
through the senate. A third nltornr.
tlvc Is to make the senate bill In the
house and amend It to conform with
the league bill, except as to the unit.
It is practically conceded the drys are
willing to permit the amendment to
the league bill, making separate units
of first and second-class cities, Instead
of having the entire county as a sin
gle Hint. ( ' ' y
So many legislators were absent to
day that It Is impossible to predict
what the next move will be In the lo
cal option fight. One plan Is for a
Joint committee of three senators and
five representatives to frame an en
tirely new bill.
TAKES
RDBIN COOPER TAKES THE STAND
Nashville, Feb. 20. Robin Cooper-
took the stand In his own defense in
the trial In which he is accused with
his father, Colonel Cooper, and John
D. Sharpe, with the murder of for
mer Senator E. W. Carmack. He told
his life history.
The witness described the excite
ment following the shooting. It was
shown that the report of Robin Coop
er's escape arose from the fact that
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LA GRANDE, OREGON
IHSSILATE
DYING HOURS OF LEGIsLA.
TCRE GRINDS OCT DH.IA
Finish Will Re Written on Work of
Dying Legislature I -ate Tonight
Some Time- Ashland Xormal Got
the Sumo Way Weston Did Eat
rrn Oregon Soloiis I'nable to Fore
stall Ik-feat of Weston School
Muny Money Hills Ghen Tassae.
Salem, Feb, 20. It was nearly t
o'clock this morning when the son
ate adjourned after passing the defl-
clency appropriation bill, carrying
$104,000. The house bill setting aside
$75,000 for removal and a site for
deaf mutes, the general appropriation
bill with $70,000 for supreme court;
$17,000 for state treasurer's expenses.
These two figures were restored after
being reduced.
Repeated motions to adjourn were
Ignored by Hurt, who was In the chair.
The latter finally put a motion to
adjourn and It carried, President
Bowerman was presented with a gold
watch by the senators.
Weston Normal Doomed for Certain.
The house that went on record for
three Normal schools, compromised
with the senate today to save from
utter defeat, and voted to retain on
Normal school at Monmouth, conced
ing the abolition of the schools here
tofore maintained at Weston and Ash
land. Members of the eastern and
southern Oregon fought fiercely to
save their schools, but failed on roll
call.
The house rejected the state print
ing bill as tt came back from the sen
ate, which Ver substitute to amend
the fee schedule. The house passed'
the general game code with a few
amendments. Two Important bills are
In the senate committee on Industries,
the Campbell eight-hour law, and the
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! he was taken to a surgeon to have the
t bullet removed from his shoulder af
' ter the shooting. An .effort is being
'made to locate the bullet, as upon It
I hinges one of the most Important
' phases of the case.' The prosecution,
j claims the bulct was . from Colonel
Cooper's revolver, and that Robin wa
I wounded by hlB own father. The Ca
I fense contends the bullet was fro:n
Carmaek's weapon.
now ready for the prodigal Jack f
the Atlantic fleet, now neaiing home
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