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LA GRANDE, t'NIO.V COUNTY, OREGON, THCRSDAY, MARCH 11, 1909.
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i'OCXG BOY CRCSIIED TO
DEATH UNDEH WAGON WHEEL
. fioven-Year-Old Boy Idly Bitting; on h
hog Watching Preparatlona for
Moving Household Goods Team
Bolted, Striking Boy Head Crushed
to Pulp Cudcr Wheel Funeral Held
This Afternoon Entire Community
Shocked.
North Powder, March 11. (Spe-'lai.)---One'
of the most ghastly acci
dent recorded in the history of North
Powder, occurred here late yesterday
afternoon, when Warren Lulls, aged
l years, was Instantly killed by a run
away team. The boys head was crush
ed to a pulp and the body badly torn.
The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Lu
tls, who have lived here for eight or
Tilne years, were preparing to move
out In the country and had backed a
lieavy wagon against the sidewalk,
while loading the vehicle with arti
cles which they wished to move with
-them. A team was hitched to the
wagon.
Warren, their oldest child, was sit
ting on a log nearby, Idly watching the
-preparations for moving. Suddenly,
and without the least warning, the
team became frightened and bolted In
the direction of the log. So sudden
-was the start and so quickly was the
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HOUSE SHOW AT SAIJIM.
Salem Board of Trade Booots Show Sot
for April Firth.
, Salem, March 11. The second an
nual horse show will be held here
April S. Plans are developing rapidly.
The board of trade last night voted
$500 for the use of the show commit
tee. ' ,
Prosecute Milkman. '
' Seattle, March 11. Because the ba
by does not thrive nn milk supplied
by the milkman, W. O. Reward has
sworn to a complaint charging E. J.
Ross, a North Creek dairy farm, with
putting formaldehyde into his milk.
Thlfcls the first time such a complaint
has over been made.
A STDRBI CEHTER
ONE AMERICAN AND FIVE
MEXICANS ARE DEA1.
Southern Country la Suffcriihr From
Severe Storms That Have Lasted
Several Days One Anierkan Foeu
. To Death Shecpherders Lost In the
HillH.
Albuquerque, N. M., March 11.
One American and five Mexicans are
dead and reports of other fatalities
are expected as a result of a storm
sweeping the southwest today. An
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NOTED INVENTOR BACK
FROM THREE YEARS STAY.
Engineer at Canal Zone Home and
Tells Friends I iilercsllng Tales of
Lire at Hie Zone Has Given I'p All
Hocs or AkhIii Tuklng to Flying
Mui-hliies His Stories of Zone Ufe
Are Interesting In the Estrone
' May Return Again.
Back rrom the canal tone, where he
spent three years as a locomotive en
gineer, Grant Keys, the originator of
the aeroplane, though he does not hold
the patent, is in La Grande today
shaking hands with his old-time
friends and has decided to stay in the
Grande Ronde valley "for a day or
.two." anyway. Grant has been taken
up during tne any saying neuo to
hjs friends, but between handshakes
he has found time to explain a few of
the matters of general interew. In con
nection w ith the digging , of the big
canal In the xone. His life there was
not marked by any great characteris
tic except work, for a hospital excuse
is the only thing that keeps govern
ment employes from working every
working day in the year. He is de
iichind with the sone as a place to
make money, provided the -seeker af
ter fortune Is an employe of the ca
nal commission. Otherwise life comes
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ACT Oil NORMAL
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CltFAT EFFORT BFIXG
MADE TO EFFECT ACTION.
When Special Session Sita at Sulcnl
Great Effort Will Be Exerted to
Have IiCgltilnture Act In Behalf of
ShiKl McArtfmr Saya the tjues
tlou Will Be Decided in Caucus Pre
red I n )j KeHlon Regents Will Favor
Keliools. ; ' ,
Salem, March 11. Apparently great
effort will be made to urge the special
session to adopt some measure for the
aid of the Normal schools. Ashland
people will send a big lobby to Port
land and Salem. , , The governor still
stands In the way of any ;, Normal
school legislation, as he has been as
sured the special session willconsider
no new business.
According to Speaker McArthur the
Normal school matter Is expected to
come up, but It will be threshed out
in : caucus, preceding the special ses
sion. If it reaches floor of either the
senate or heuse, It will be in such a
shape as to receive Immediate atten
tlon. If action ,s not agreed upon In
caucus nothing will be done for the
Normal schools. V ,
Tomorrow Is the last day upon which
the Normal schools may remit nub
scrlpttona to the board of regents con
ducting the Normal schools to the end
of the year. No money has been re
ceived antde from tuition, fiom either
Weston or. Ashland, but J1000 has
been reeolved friwn' MonVnoulH, ,It Is
likely the time for remitting may be
extended by the regents.
JEFFRIES DRIVES
ALLD0U8TAVVAY
WILL MEET NO OTHER
MAN THAN JOHNSON.
iitirr)iiK tn I'Iijmk-hI Miiiih to .Meet
Hie (liiunpioii Would Fight No
Other -Man Tlmn Ncjsto JoIiiinoii
an Confident an Ever leaves for
"Chi."
New York. March 11. Jim Jeffries
came nearer making a direct Btntfi
ment of his Intention to fight John
son today than ever before. .There Is
no further doubt but that he In doing
his best to get Into condition. The
question of Kuecesx In thiH direction is
the only barrier in the way of a chiil
lenK'"'. He k.i Id:
"if . ever fight fiKiiin, It will be a
negro, and then only to win back the
championship to the 'white, race. I do
not care what offer Is ma.le. It would
not tempt me to re-enter the ring for
any other purpose. 1 will not fight
KHufman or any other white itian. I
will never think "f righting HKaln If
ntirnw had whipped Johnson, whose
victory inspired ins to see If I could
get into condition HKfiin,"
JohiiHOii Rcndy to l.e:ic.
Vancouver, 13. C, March 1 1. John
son, the colored . heavyweight, h aves
this afternoon for Chicago, nnl then
to Galveston, Texas, to visit hi par
ents. Johnxon t-)io( no eff'1' ts from
litu fnt ly-rfilin.! hont With Vlrt.-.r
ilcI.!i(jK n, the .Taeonn' heavywel!ii. j
last nlKht. Johnson almost c '. .1 the!
fiifht in the. first round slashing!
opponent in th - r':;""'-. . H;
says he will fight .f 1 . P' r
to the wlnn'-r a'i.1 4n lo the loser.
Johnson npp-ars to be anxious for
a fight with J-rfiies. II said:
"I fought Jeffiies' brother, his own
flesh and Mood, then v.h;- should lef
rrles not naht me? ITe Is no hiter
than I." Johnson declares he is will
ing to agree to any conditions to get a
fight. . .
BIG RACK SWIXIH.K
It4kgn Hoo Raeit Take Mratcy From
Ey Vk-tlni fjiilck.
Los Angeles, March 11. Accused ol
swindling W. G. Mitchell, a wealthy
rancher 1f Sprague, Wash., out of
110,240 by a fake horse rare, Jamet
D. Ward, known as J. D. Giiswold,
was' arrested here today. According
to the police Mitchell was Induced to
bet money on two home In a "pasture
race," near Arcadia, Monday night
The horse upon which the rancher bet
stumbled, and the jockey fell and was
apparently hurt. A red aubstance on
the face of the Jockey supposed to
have been blood, la believed to have
been red Ink. The stakeholder ran
for a doctor and as yet has not -re-
turned. ,
COMPETITION If!
JOSEPH LIKELY
APPARENT THAT TWO LIGHT
COMPANIES WILL BE ALLOWED.
Mayor McCully ' Vetoes Franchise in
New . Light and Power Comiwny
Remedied lit Part and Will Pass
Tonight Old Company to Get Nov
Franchise, Too.
Joseph, March 11. (Special.)
Mayor Fred McCully last night used
his vet powers on the 30-year fran
chise for an electric light 'and power
plant that wba unanimously voted to
the Wallowa Lake Light & Power
company by the council a few nights
ago. The reasons ' assigned by the
executive were that ktho Instrument,
which was drawn in LftyCffande, s.was
Illegal in that It had no enacting
clause, and because restrictions which
the mayor deemed proper, were not
Included. The council unanimously
sustained the veto and another ordl
nance was Immediately . Introduced,
which partially met the demands of
the mayor. :
At' the same time an ordinance ex
tending the present franchise to F. V.
McCully for the same length of time,
granted to the new company, was In
troduced. Both were referred, to the
light committee and the. council ad
journed to meet again tonight,
Both were read twlco and referred
to the light committee.. i. .
It is thought that, both ordinances
will be reported favorably tonight and
passed by the councll.,7 In their pres
ent shape the franchises will be passed
and If the mayor uses the veto ax
again, the council "will pass them over
his head.
Tn the event this becomes a reality,
Joseph will have two light and power
companies, giving sharp competition
In that inspect, and Insuring cheap
lights for consumers.
SAVE
YOUR
TEETH
Nature provides us with two sets of teeth and
it pays to look carefully after the second set. -
Proper care of teeth requires ; proper tooth
brushes add dentrifices. We have them, the
very finest grades of imported brushes and all
the reliable tooth, powders, soaps, etc. We aim
t) pro vide the people of La Grande with the best
of everything that Druggist sell a;d it pays to
come to us not alone for drugs out for these oth
er items of sundries and toilet goods like tooth
brushes, hair brushes, etc.
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MONDAY AND TUESDAY AT
ALICEL AND IMBLER CHOSEN.
The Suitdrldge Mass Mcetfujts JMunuedl
for SMiulridgo Country Are .Set for
Early Next Week Many Prominent
Speakers Will Attend targe Dele,
gallon of Business Men Will Go
From I a Grande and Other Point
lu the Valley.
On Monday and Tuesday of next
week the widely discussed SanUrldge
mass meeting will be held at Allcet
and Imbler, respectively. The meeting
at Alice! will be called at 11 o'clock
and will be attended by leading Com- .
merclal club men, members of the ir
rigation subscription committee, prom- .
Inent farmers from the La Grande slds
of the valley, and leading business men
who have the Interest of the valley at
heart. They will leave hi Grande on ,
the-mot-nlng train, attend and take
active part in the program, returning
the same evening. The same rule
will govern the Imbler meeting set for
Tuesday. . . , '' ,
Personal Invitations.
As many as possible of the Sand
ridge farmers will be asked to attend
this meeting through personal letters.
All the platform talent In the county
will be on hand to diffuse enthusiasm,
and those who know the details will
explain them to the farmers of the-eml-arld
country. , . ,
The meetings are the ones which
Sundridge people have asked for. and .
no effort will be snared to s v r2i--f T
every detail and secure as much a
possible of the required 5000 acres.
The La Grande end of the valley. feela
that the Sandrldge people rhould be
given another fair opportunity to get
on the plan before 'the following
Saturday closes subscriptions- at the
extremely low rae of ?20 per n"',-
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. Probing Lumber Steal,
riolde, March 11. Attorneys' for the
government and defense In the case
of the United States vs. the Barber
Lumber company. In. which effort wn
made to conceal the entry of 40,000
aeres of timber land In the BolBe Bit-,
sin, valued at $1,000,000, have left for
Seattle today to take testimony befor
a referee, They will also go to Port
land, San-- Francisco, "Los Angeles,
Minneapolis and St. Paul. .
Impetus for Woman Suffrage.
Sacremton, March 11. If Collier'
bill Is passed by the senate and signed
by the governor, woman's suffrage In
California will be given a decided Im
petus. , The bill prohibits weurlng of
plumage, the skin or body of any bird
not a game bird or hawk. -
OREGON
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