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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1909)
f.J LA GRANDE UNION COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 10. NUMBER 113. volume tin. 7 iSmtion SUBSCRIBERS OF MEADOW BUOOK IRRIGATION PROJECT AX ASSURED FACT. In Two Weeks Tiino All Present Sub ' scrlbcr Will Bo Called to La Grande to Perfect Organization Meeting at ' Aliccl In the Interim Project Will Go Along Some Line, Fcrliaps 15,. 000 Acres, Unless Sandridge Comes In. More encouraging than anything yet announced since the Meadow Croek project was launched several months go, is the decision of 'the board of managers of the Commercial club that all subscribers to water under the pro ject will be called together In two weeks to perfect a permanent organi sationthe size and nature of which Is yet undecided.. But organization and Irrigation along some dimensions Is assured. This meeting of subscribers, which represents in the aggregate, between 14,000 and 16,000 acres of land on' the La Grande side of the valley, will be called, If possible, two weeks from tomorrow in this city. Permanency Is the keynote of the meeting.. Those who have taken water rights will pro teed to form an Incorporation, start the project and commence to realize accruing benefits as soon as possible. Meeting) In Interim. But before the meeting is t'eld here, the J recently ' Announced mass (Continued on page eight) I il Dainty Waist What lady is there does not want a I waist. Call and them. THE Fair La Grande, Oregon TEACHER EXONERATED. Jury Say Did Not Injure the Buy in the Ieast. Salem, Feb. 26. Word was received here that J. R. Clarke, principal of the school at Scotts Mills, O-e... who was driven from the town by an Irtle mother who accused Clarke of beating her child, was exonerated by a Jury In Sllverton. Physicians testified the boy was uninjured by the professor. Tho school directors and public sentiment are on the principal's side. ; YET STAY II NEW TURX OF EVENTS BY t IRRIGATION STATUS. Armed With Assurance of Water for Big Area Where Beets Are Grown, Mr. Braimrcll May Be Able to Have Ec clcs Change Hist Mind Telegrams Sent to Bramwell, Which Will Be Potent Force In the Efforts to Forestall .Removal. Epoch-marking events that have vastly Important bearings on the fu ture industrial history of Union coun ty, have played tag In La Grande since last night Last night F. S. Bramwell received an urgent invitation from Da vid Kccles to meet him in Ogden Sun day morning. Matters of pressing im portance are to be taken into confer ence at that time, but the one which perhaps Interests La Grande and Union county most Is the final action to be taken on the matter of retaining or 'removing the sugar factory from this (Continued on page I.) eiEAIIAl: FACTORY C!fVHvvJ GOWNS Just recieved by express fiCkTUIlM I AT. W i in nil , EST DESIGNS You are wanting these gowns for the season's social functions WE HAVE THEM X In the daintiest Laces, Embrod- tries in sheet material. that new see ore 5? STATEIILT IS TOPIC OREGON-IDAHO DEVELOP MENT LEAGUE CONVENES. Bols Filled With Boosters Who Talk State Built Road From Boise, to Coo Bay Monitor Meeting lu Boise To night to Hear Prominent Sneakers Discuss the New Road Iduho Leg islature to Be Asked to Provide for New Road Scheme. Boise, Feb. J. "A railroad from Boise, Idaho, to Coos Bay, Oregon," was the slogan at the meeting of the Oregon-Idaho Development congress. which convened here today for a two- days session. The Idaho legislature, now In session, will be petitioned to make provision for the creation of railroad districts, for the purpose of voting bonds. An effort will also be made to have an amendment to the constitution, making such a provision, submitted to the people at the next general election in Idaho and, Oregon. A big public meeting takes place tonight. Prominent men from both states will speak. Col. C. E. S. Wood of Portland, who represents the largest owner of land In the state of Oregon, and who has been one of the pioneers of the move ment toward state aided railroads, will address the meeting tonight Colonel Wood is one of the foremost lawyers of the northwest and is a remarkably able and eloquent talker. It Is several years since he first suggested that the people build their own railroads and the Oregon-Idaho congress is largely aYesuIt of his work. He Is thoroughly acquainted with the history- of state aided railroads and can give facts as to the results accomplished by this In other states. He took a prominent part in the work In Oregon which re sulted In the passage by the Oregon legislature of an amendment to the constitution of that state enabling the people to vote bonds for railroads. C. C .Chapman was associate editor of the Chicago Daily News for a great many years and has been engaged ex clusively in publicity work In the northwest since 1906, and will also take part tonight. He Inaugurated ' iiie puuiiciiy system uscii by me wpo-, kane Chamber of Commerce which is acknowledged to be one of the most successful methods followed by any commercial organization In communi ty advertising. He is an expert on publicity work and the value of adver tising, Is one of the most prominent men In the Portland Commercial club and has been associated with Tom Richardson, manager of' that club. In a non-official way since his advent In Portland. Delegates from Oregon, principally the eastern half, commenced to arrive In Boise last evening, and this morn ing's train brought scores from south ern Idaho. MOTHER AND CHILDREN flurned Willi the Home Living Alone Since HiislMtnd Pied. Bakersfield. Cat, Feb. 26. -Mrs. M. W. Beekman, a widow, and four chil dren, were burned to death early to day in a firo which destroyed their home, seven miles from here. The mother arid children were asleep when the fire started. Tliey had b;en liv ing alone on the f;irm since her hus band died. The origin of the fire is unknown. The bodies have not been recovered. WIFE MURDERER Salem. Feb. 26. Without making a statement '". T. Tlmmons. th wife murderer, was hanged here tod.iy at 12:30.' Weighing only 140 pounds, his neck was not broken by the fall. It v.is a ghastly Mght w hlch followed the opening of a healed wound on his - . BREAD. MAY SO.UL Seattle Rakers Think of Inrrea.slitg the lYire-of Staple Fttud. Seattle, Feb.. 26. The question of raising the price of bread', in this city la being discussed today. ; At a meet ing of the Master Bakers association tomorrow night, the advisability of taking such a- course will be ' deter mined. . Several favor boosting the price of 25 loaves to It. One dollar now buys 26 loaves. FILIBUSTERS waterways commission Remains in existence; House at Washington Remains In Se. ion Until 3 O'clock This Morning Struggling With Sundry Appropjia Uons Bill May Expunge Speech Atvacblng Roosevelt, Washington, Feb. 26. The demo cratic filibuster against the provisions of the sundry appropriations bill last night ended at 1 o'clock this morn ing. Representative Tawney announc ed that as. punishment for the attack the house would not adjourn until 3 o'clock. ,- Adjournment was finally taken at 3:30 this morning. The bill (Continued on pa go 5. Chief In Interest In the constitution a reported are: An executive committee of five two student and three faculty niem-lx-rw will eoiiMtitutei court of appeals and control entire coiifercwc. Presi dent and secretary to he students, and other ., three, fuculty members. Tills rule permanently adopted. Age limit at SI yearn. Strenuously objected to' by delegates from second ary schools. Will he amended, proba bly lo reatl m nrst-cluHs wiuans oiuy. Ineligible when once entered In higher school. (Minority report) and will I Hi amended. i Kuch school to stand pro rata ap portionment of expenses Incurred. orensie conies! come under athletic jurisdiction. t EntraiK'e dates October 15 and Feb-j ruury 1. Alhlclic career limited to four years. Will MISS. ' Drawn together by bonds of confer ence government, high school athletics of eastern Oregon pre as near perfec tion tonight as they well could be. The initial eastern Oregon athletic confer ence has been held and the results In tended for It were secured with less effort and greater success thin the promoters had dared hope for. Here after1 nil athletic contests will be be tween boys that are bona fide stu dents, and conducted aloiiR business lines, and bound to be incentives to clean, healthy contests. For the first time in history an or ganization of real worth Is now per fected In this section of the state. College sports are no more perfectly anil closely guarded or cemented to gether than are the schools of eastern Oregon. tn attendance, the conference was HANGED IT" SALEM neck, as for 1.1 minutes later breath came and wnel through the gap. Twenty-six minutes later physicians pronounced him dead. The murder for which Tlmmons was hanged was a cruel one. He cut his SESSION EIFEREI wife's throat while she lay In bed beside him and then attempted suklde. t - late M DESKRT RIDER FINDS HEAD OF NEAR HERMLSTON What la Believed tu Be Solutlou of Recent Mystery, Discovered Near Fen dlctou Last Night Hedberg Lrit Tralu Last Fall to Secure Cub of Cof fee and Was Never Seen Aftrrwardrt All Evidence ' Points to Murder and Robbery. Pendleton. Feb.26. J. M. Scarbor ough, a merchant of Hermlston, while driving across the Umatilla irrigation project last night, discovered ft man's head lying on the ground near Uma tilla 'Butte, two miles north of. Her mlston. TW examination of the head leads to the belief that It is V. H. Hed berg, of Cumberland, Wis., who on August 6 last, disappeared. It was supposed Hedberg met with foul play, as his relatives found no trace of his whereabouts. The body was found where It had been ' dragged Into the sagebrush. It is believed the man was murdered for his money. Last summer G. H. Hedberg, a HERE MONDAY NIGHT. Tom llk-hardson Will Address Ctllwim In Opera House, Tom Richardson, who hus done more, for Portland while nt. Its heal as publicity man, than Any fiber man in the metropolis, and while he has been upbuilding P-v'Iand he lias great ICE beyond criticism. Not only were more here than had ben planned, but they were here early, permitting prompt convention. The morning session was held at the Commercial club rooms and to all appearances there will be little if anything' to do tomorrow morning. Bragg TeniMirary Chairman. When the delegates had assembled at the Commercial club rooms, tempo rary organization was effected by the election of E. E. Bragg, La Grande, as chairman, and G. M. Mlckelson, La Grande, as secretary. To facilitate matters, credentials were handled In a committee of the whole, the follow ing being seated: Pendleton Prof. J. H. Landers," Cress Sturgis and Harold Warner. . j La Grande Prof. G. M. Mlckelson,; Joe Ingle, Joe Williamson. i Ontario E. B. Conklln, and proxies, for two. k Vale Three proxies In hands of E. ' COMPLEXION BRUSHES Nature and a complexion brush can undo most of the havoc that time and weather works. Nature re news a complexion when you take pains to. stimulate the circulation and to brush out the worn out tissues. These brushes do make good complexions and sooner or later you will use one. We make it easier for you to use one now. Our prices are very lo and we carry the sort of brushes tnat have recieved the highest approval. NEWLIN DRUG STORE LA GRANDE, OREGON ysreiy, is MISSING MAX " LAST NIGHT AND BODY NEARBY. nephew of the supposed dead man re ferred to above, , was in thla city. Ik seems that his uncle had left Cum berland, Wis., en route- to Ashland, Ore- and got off of the train at Uma tilla, to get a cup of coffee and the train pulled out leaving him. Since that time nothing has been heard from him, notwithstanding the fact that his relative made diligent search. The lost man was 63 years of age and carried checks la his pocket to the value of about $1000. Hermlston Is about eight miles from Umatilla, and It la altogether probable that the body found will prove to be Hedberg and that he was decoyed Into the sagebrush south of Umatilla and murdered. ly assisted In the upbuilding of the en tire state, will be in La Grande Mon day and has been Invited to addres our citizens In the evening at the op era house. ' Enough said, No one can afford to miss hearing Tom Richard son. He will probably tell us how things are accomplished in other com munities. Remember the man and the time and place. B. Conklln, honored. . , .; Elgin Proxies In hands of G. M. Mlckelson, honored. Baker City Prof. Churchill, Geo. Jett and Elmer Hall. Cove Prof. Roy Conklln and prox ies for two. Enterprise Ernest French and proxies for two. , With these delegates seated and proxies honored, the temporary or ganization commenced to wane. How ever, before actual adjournment, one of the new features of the conference became evident when Mr. Conklln of Ontario Introduced a resolution that forensic features be classed under the same head as athletics. No final ac tion was taken, the matter being left to the disposition by the constitution and by-laws committee, moved ap pointed. - ' . (Continued on page 4.) RULES - v ' 17 i