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volume vm. LA GRANDE, UNION COCNTY, OREGON, SATl'KDAY, MARCH 80, IBOBl M'.MIIIU 13. cm m j (Qj V. mmm boy DEE!" MVSTEKV STILL SURROUNDS DISA FPE RANCE, Father Will Spend Ills Entire Fortune Seeking to KosUorc His Son News jtapcrs Offer Reward for Informa tion No Hauosiu Money Paid Yet, Says lather Another Letter Re ceived From Kidnapers Raking the Ransom.' Sharon, Pa., March 20. Attorney Whitla. father of the kidnaped boy, Willie, today declares he has no trace of his son for whom a heavy reward has been offered. He asserts the state ment that a ransom of $10,000 has teen paid Is untrue. The case is as big a mystery as ever. Whitla will spend his entire small fortune to re store his son. - Whitla says Frank H. Buhl, a mil lionaire uncle of the boy, will not de fray the expenses of the search. De tective Ward of Phtladelhia, a special ist on kidnaping cases, has arrived (Continued on Page 6.) T WHITE FIANCEE TAR AXD FEATHERS AWAIT . LOVER OF GLADYS EMERY. Natton-Wlde Interest Taken In Pecu liar Cane of Love at Corte Madera, Where Daughter of Archdeacon Is In Love With JapancHO While Gossip Is Rife, I xver lit Relieved to Have Fled From Sweetheart Girl Unde cided. Corte Madera, Cal., March 20. While the town of Corte Madera 1b agog with gossip about the engage ment of Helena Gladys Emery, daugh ter of Archdeacon Emery, of the Epis copal diocese of California, to wed GunJIro Aokl, a Japanese, there Is a growing belief that the Japanese has fled from his fiance.. The mother of Miss Emery today denied all knowl edge of the whereabouts of Aokl. Later she said she knew, but refused to tell. It was openly threatened that If Aokl visits the girl brickbats will fly, and tar and feathers will be applied If the (Continued on page 5.)- Thirty Thousand Dollars Subscribed in Three Hours CO-OPERATIVE PROPOSITION HAS BEEN ABANDONED In less than three hours from the moment It was decided that the co-operative system should be dropped In fuvor of a corporation In manipulating the Irrigation scheme, $30,000 had been subscribed by farmers and a few of the leading business men and firms of the city. There are a score of men and business houses who ar anxious to take stock-but as yet the petition has only been circulated on the streets to accommodate the farmers Vho are In the city today, With a few exceptions the subscriptions up to date are small ones, representing the limited land holders. The $100,000 needed to perfect the fondest hopes held out by the promoters will. be raised in due time. ' BOTH COOPERS ARGUES ACAINST CONVICTED EW BUILDING When President John Collier, of the La Grande Commercial club, palled the meeting to order in the opera house at 11 o'clock this forenoon, there was an enthusiastic audience, who had gath ered for the purpose of furthering the Irrigation project. The meeting had been called by the club, with the Intention of securing further acreage, but after numerous conslutatlons among the leaders of the movement, the past few days, It was apparent that the entire project was without any head or definite poli cy, and that the only thing to do was first to organize a corporation, capi talised at $100,000, all of which Is to n . ri r? m m We want to talk to you about our new shipment of the above, famous skirts lust recieved. The Stylish Skirts SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS EACH, IS GIVEN THEM. After Four Days Deliberation Jury In Famous Cooier Case Reaches Ver- dk-t Defendants Will ApiK-al Their Cases Colonel and Son are Cool, But Daughters Broken-hearted Conviction la' for Murder In Second Degree. JUST PLAIN TALK. . THERE IS NO BETTER LINE OP SKIRTS MADE. ELEVEN YEARS'. TRIAL CONVINCES US. A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU. m 0 W i 1 ine yuaury OKrrs t i , YOU ASK, HOW IS THE QUAL ITY? THE MANUFACTURERS STAND BACK OF EVERY SKIRT, AND AVE STAND BETWEEN YOU AND THE MAKER AND SEE THAT ' YOU GET THE BEST. Economical Skirts . YOU SAY. WHAT IS THE PRICE? WE TELL YOU WITHOUT HESI TANCY, THAT YOU WILL BE SUR PRISED AT THE VERY REASONA BLE PRICES. OUR PRICES TALK FOR THEMSELVES. Engle Cone These are the children's shoes you have been looking for. feet, wide soles, soft uppers. Wt ' jP be paid In regular installments, 10 per cent on May 1, 15 per cent on July 1, and 25 per cent on October 1, No vember 1 ahd December 1. This .money to be used In securing the Meadow creek dam site, which Mr. Walter Pierce who outlined the plan stated would cost probably $25,000, for the placing of engineers In the field and to run preliminary lines so the far mers would know where the ditches would run. This corporation will deal direct with the water .user; In other words, the farmer will contract to tuke the water from the corporation, and will mort gage their land to this corporation that they will take the water at a stipulated price for a term of 10 years. at the expiration of which the land owner will have a perpetual right to the use of the water, paying only a maintenance 'fee to keep the ditches, and running Expenses of the corpora lion. , The mortgage will protect the land owner from anv risk whatever. He does not pay for the water until it Is delivered each year. To illustrate, in case the dam should wash out and the corporation could hot deliver the wa ter, their would be no charga, t.-.e land owner paying only for the value he reeelve. This entire irrigation project was really the brain work of the late Wll Ham O. Hunter. At his suggestion a corporation was organized a few years ago with such men as incorporators as Mr. Hunter, George Stoddard, Wal ter Pierce, F .S. Bramwell and a few others, .who expended between $6000 and $7000 In securing a portion of the site and had competent civil engineers examine and report on the project. (Continued on page 4.) Nushvllle, March 20. Colonel Dun can Cooper, and son, Robin, were to day found guilty of murdering former United States Senator Carmack, In the second degree, and were Immediately sentenced to 20 years each by Judpe Hart. Four Days Deliberation. When the Jury filed In after a four- days deliberation, the Coopers were pale. Near the colonel sat hla two daughters. The father and son show' ed no emotion when the verdict was read, but the daughters were broken hearted. The court Immediately com- (Continued on page 4.) DIRECTOR 1IEXSEN GIVES HIS VIEWS ON SUBJECT. Goes Into Details of Taxes, AdUning Deferment of Action Explains the Bond Issue Realises Need of New Facilities Would Install Laboratory In the New White Building After It Had Been Moved From Present Lo cation to Brick. La Grande, March 19. (To the Ed itor.) If you will grant me the priv ilege I should like to have a chat with the taxpayers, and others who are in terested. In our district public schools, through the medium of your paper, and I want to talk about the propose bond Issus that will be voted upon Saturday, the 27th of this month. Now, It appears to me this Is a verr Important question, and every good cltlxen should give his or her atten tion to it before casting vote for or against the bond Issue of $25,000. Let us Investigate, let us dig right down (Continued on page S.j SPOKANE JUDGE SHClEIiniL 1 MUST ANSWER RAISE OBJECTION IS OUTCOME OF HOOT-GORDON GRAND JURY FRACAS. Superior Jailo Huiicke Muxt Show uuo for Refusing to Allow Prose cution to Take Stenographers' Notes nl .ihik1 Jury Hearing I lour Case Fliduy, v 2414 Scuffcr They are made to fit the lime Shots For Quality SEETHE SHAPE THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO ALLOW THE CHILDREN'S FEET TO GROW NATURAL. SEE WE STYLES -. W3 .. HAVE ' THEM IX TANS. BLACKS AND PATENTS. Oxfords and Shoes F we MR For Style miQ UIOI c I ill j 0 I f W1CKKRSIIAM WILL NOT PROSECUTE SEN. BORAH, Ulympla, Wash., March 20. Super ior Judge Huneke of Spokane county, has been cited to show cause here next Friday why he prohibited the prose cuting attorney from taking stenogra phers' notes of the Spokane grand Jury proceeding's In the Root-Gordon scandal. A writ of certiorari returnable Fri day was issued by the supreme court after the petition was presented, and was argued by ; Prosecuting Attorney Pugh. NORTHWEST MANUFACTURERS . AFRAID OF COMPETITION. , Claiming Duty Is Not Hlnh Enough,. Shingle Men of This Section Will Carry Fight Into Omgress Over the Rates No Definite Announcement of Hiatus. . , Seattle, March 20. Lumbermen are not only going to carry the fight , for $2 on lumber into congress, but the shingle men are not satisfied with the present schedule, left Intact, by ths -new tariff bill. They will ask con gress for an Increase of 20 cents per 1000. Many shingle men are still In the dark regarding what the ways, tsnd means committee did with the shingle (Continued on page 6.) MoiiiIk ih of the llai Imt LiimlM-r Com pany and Several Prhule IndltUlii all Will Not Suffer Prosecution lleliiiii Intercedes With Tnft fur Fulton. Washington. March 20. A formal statement regarding the dismissal of the land, fraud cases In Idaho In the Jurisdiction of the federal court, was published today by Attorney General Wlckerfham. The statement says Wlckersham directed the dismissal of the indictments against Senator ivi: ';. members of the Barber Lum' . rom pany. and others. Trial con- r.eiti'.n vre to be ! -t Portland next week. He) burn WciU for Fulton. Senator lies-burn of Idaho, today In terviewed Taft to recommend the ap pointment of General Warren Prultt, of Idaho, to the new fourth district judgeship in Alaska. Heyburn also urged the appoint ment of former Senator Fulton to the new Judghlp of Oregon. CIGAR FACTS We have the constant patronage of a large share of the critical smokers of the city. Sometimes they drift away for awhile, but they are back shortly and seem glad to come. We have no corner engced cigars, and believe that the se cret of our hold on is that we pay more for our ci gars than most dealers think necessary. Once convinced that a brand is exceptionally fine, we stock it no matter if the margin is slender. While we pay liberally for our cigars, we see to it that we get full value for our money, which means tnusual quality for our customers. NEWLIN DRUG STORE LA GRANDE, OREGON i: ;i i. 11 I M