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VOLUME VUL-
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON,
TUESDAY, MARCH ie, 1909.
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LOVASSESSHENT
JLMBLER MEETING BRINGS
- JXRT1I EXCELLENT RESULTS.
JJy Levying an Assessment of 10 Cents
' S'ct Acre, Farmers of tlie Sandridge
m Extoud Survey Started Some
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"Time Since, to Ascertain Exact Lo-
cation of Canal and Laterals All
.Agree to Subscribe Liberally Next
. .'Saturday.
Imbler, March 16. (Special.) To
complete the preliminary survey of the
main canal and laterals of the pro
posed irrigation system to cover' the
entire Sandridge country, by the as
.cessment of 10 cents on each acre of
Jand subscribed, that amount to be
ipald at the organization meeting in La
Grande next Saturday, is the plan
sprung and generally accepted by pro
moters and Sandridge farmers alike
loday.
Phe La Crande Commercial club re-
vontly ran a preliminary line out from
Oro Dell to -determine if it would, be
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W'Have
We are ready to show you the very best to be had in all men's wearing ap
parel. . For style, quality and economy you need go no farther.
Clothing
The best clotning man
ufacturer supply us
with our stock. Just
Recieved
$8.00 to 25.00
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Shoes
Shoes that please is
the inducement that
we offer you for your
money. Nothing but
standard makes
$2.50 to $5.00
Hats-Caps
GET UNDER OUR HAT!
All the very best shapes
in the very best shades
$2.00 to $5.50
Shirts
WEAR MY SHIRTS
and you will be up-to-date.
See window
disp'ay for samples of
dress shirts.4 Work
shirts just inside ,
50: to $1.50
For
Quality
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INFANT GIRL DEAD.
Daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Ilriggk Died
Last Evening,
The week-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Brlggs of North La Grande,
died last night and this afternoon was
burled from the family home. The
child was born a week aeo last nleht
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PBIVATE SEDRETAflT NOW LANDS
SAFELY IH POSTOFFICE CHAIR
Washington, March 16. The senate
this afternoon adjourned until Friday
after confirming 10 appointments, in
cluding the nomination of John C.
Young, private secretary to Senator
Bourne, as postmaster of Portland.
Thomas J. O'Brien will remain am
bassador . to Japan, according to the
statement of Senator Smith of Mich
igan, after a conference with Taft to
day. ,
The Young confirmation ends the
bitter conflict waged between Fulton
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LECISLATURL .
DOES BUT UHLE
SENATE HAS SCHEME TO
KEfcl SCHOOLS UNTIL JUNE.
If House Can Settle Normal School
Matter Today, Adjournment of Spe
cial Session Will Take Place Tonight
Abraham After Secretaryship
Senate Would Give $10,000 to Last
Until June and Thou Leave Thetn
Alone. ' '
Salem, Ore., March 16. Besides al
lowing themselves salaries and mile
age and appointing a conference com
mittee on Normal schools, the house
did little business this afternoon. The
house conferees oh Normals are Rep
resentatives Mahone, Hawley and Bu
chanan.
The senate is offering the schools
each $10,000 expense money to run
them until July, when they will be
turned over to local school districts.
Salem, March 16. At 1 o'clock this
fternoon the house went into com
mittee of the whole on the question
of protecting game. At the same- time
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TUFT PRODS AT
SPECIAL iSESSION
SENDS HIS MESSAGE ON
SPECIAL TARIFF REVISION.
In a Brief Communication That Points
Out Plainly What the . Executive
Wants From This Session, TaR De
mands Revision of Tariff Business
Interest Await Settlement of Tariff
The Less Other Legislation the
Better. .
Washington, March 16. President
Taft today' sent to congress'a special
message calling for a readjustment
and revision of the tariff. It says:
"I called congress In extra session to
enable it to give immediate considera
tion to the revision of the Dlngley
tariff act, and the prospect of a change
in the rates on import duties always
causes suspension and a halt In busi
ness because of the uncertainty as to
the changes to be made. Their ef
fects, therefore, are of the highest im
portance. The new bill should be
agreed upon and passed with as much
speed as Is possibly consistent with Its
thorough consideration,"
The president points out "conditions
affecting the production, manufacture
and business generally Is so changed
In the last 12 years as to require a re
adjustment of the revision ' of ' import
fltirtes imposed by that act.'- Contlrtu
Ing, the message says: ',
"More than this, the present tariff
act, with other sources of revenue,
does not furnish income enough to pay
the authorised expenditures. By July
1 the excess of expenses over the re
ceipts for the current fiscal year, will
equal $100,000,000. The successful
party at the last election pledged a
revision of the tariff, and the country
and the business community especial
lv, expect It. For these reasons it Is
deemed the present to be an extraor-.
dlnary occasion within the meaning of
the constitution. Justifying and requir
ing the calling of en extra session. In
my inaugural address I stated in a
which, in my Judgment, the revision
of the tariff should proceed and in
dicates at least one new source of rev
enue which might be properly resort
ed to to avoid a future deficit. It is
unnecessary for me to repeat what I
said then. I venture to stipeest the
vital business Interests require atten
tion of congress, and thnt this session
will b chiefly' devoted to a considera
tion of the new tariff bill. The less
time given to other subjects for legis
lation this session, the better for tho
country."
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CANYON CITY
AGED
MINER KILLED AND BURIED
IS SAME BREATH
Canyon City, Ore., March K .De
spondent because he faile! locate
the mother" lode of a i-' .t r ore In
Canyon creek aftfr - ihing for 44
years, Harry Martin, jiged 84, suicided
ftiturday. The liouy haa J'ist been
found under tuns of earth. He left a
note in the cabin, saying:
"No use to look for me; I am dead
and burled."
He arranged a device so that dyna
mite, pulling a part of an old tunnel
town, and a rifle, killing him, were
discharged simultaneously.
SUICIDE
CARLOAD GLASS.
Shipment for M. & M. Comimny Build
lug Received Today,
A solid carload of plate glass was
received today for the new M. & M.
company building. When we build
structures that require carload of glass
we have cause to realize that we are
almost In a class by ourselves, -
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BRANDS LA FOLLETTE AS A FAKE
AND SHAKES FIST AT CLARK
Washington, March 16. Speaker
Cannon let out a little steam today
when he met Champ Clark In the
White House after a conference with
Taft. Clark asked Cannon how he
liked yesterday's proceedings. Can
non shook his fist In Clark's face,
saying: ' :
"The house Is virile becauso it can
operate by the will of the majority.
Talk about the speaker being a . czar
is tommyrot. What they attempted to
do was to create a committee of 15
ccare, dominated by Champ Clark and
La Foltette. La Foliette is a fake."
Cf nnr: 'thim dashed away.
All of the La Grande boosters are
home from Imbler and they are de
lighted with the Interest that the
Sandridge is manifesting on the sub
ject of Irrigation.
CLARK
li TARIFF RATES ARE ANNDUHCEI
Washington, March 16. The Payne
tariff bill, which will be introduced In
congress late today or tomorrow, Is
suld to positively contain the follow
ing: lux on. tHjiiue, iuiuuer ivuutuu
from $2 to 1 per thousand; free hides;
The maximum and minimum will be
applied on some articles. Many new
classifications are made to correct er
rors of phraseology and construction
cessions granted to Cuba and the Phil
ippines; wool schedule will be aimed
lower scehdules on shoes and leather
goods; steel materially reduced; du
WOMAN'S
GLORY
is her hair, and she seldom neglects it. Times
come when something. is wanted to stimulate the
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growth, to stop its falling out, to giye lustre or in
creased softness.
Hair preparations are easy to find, but it will be
hard to find one so good as
SHIEK'S GOLDEN HMR TONIC
It is perfectly harmless-can do nothing but good.
Stimulates the growth, increases the lustre and
softness, steps all falling out. Price 50. cts. ard
$1.00.
NEWLIN DRUG STORE
LA GRANDE, OREGON
TO
IS DECISION
DAVID ECCLES WIRES DECISION
HERE LATE TODAY '
MEANS THOUSANDS TG '
CITY OF LA
INTEREST REVIVES
WANT AS MUCH INDIVIDUAL
ACREAGE AS IS POSSIBLE,
Will Leave Factory Here Another
Year Will Not Seed Fields to AUai
fa But W1U Plant Beets at Ooce
Farmers Should Raise Beet Gen
erosity of Ecclea la Due the Credit.
F. G. Taylor, Manager AnwtgaroV
alcd Sugar Co, La Grande, Ore.
. Will, not, jive ; factory j ;ure
all possible Individual acreage and,
retain all leased land.
(Signed) DAVID ECCLES.
No message hn recent years ha
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ties on sugar undisturbed, with con
at the amount of scoured wool In
fleece, permitting cheaper grades of
wool to get In at less duty; woolen
slightly reduced; Iron ore reduced.
The bill will specify the duUes lor
articles made dutiable by the treas
ury and court decisions since the pa
sage of the Dingley law.
in the Dlngley bill.
Fltgerold a Traitor.
Representative J. J. Fitzgerald, a,
democrat, who introduced a substitute
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