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LOCAL ITEM&.
j W. Bush is In Union today.
Guy K. MoCully Is expected home
Jrom Portland tomorrow morning.
Rob Mays arrived lust evening from
Portland and left today for Elgin.
j YV. Oliver preaches at the M.- K.
gouth Sunday, 11 a. m. -.
H. S. Allen of Portland, Is here to
remain Indefinitely with his father, G.
yr, Allen.
Trier Neuman, he timber cruiser.
jg ia 'Wallow county" on businets to
day. Mrs. Brown and daughter, returned
to Elgin today after visiting relatives
in I- Grande a few days.
Attorney J. T. Williamson took his
departure for Wallowa county this
morning, where he will argue land
contest cases In Enterprise.
T. A. RInehart, who. left today to
visit his wife at Walla Walla," reports
that Mrs. RInehart Is some better,
though not yet out of danger.
Back from a week's stay in Port
land, Charles H. Button leaves tomor
row for an indefinite visit In Michigan,
where relatives reside. He may re
main In the cast for several months.
C. D. Huffman returned this morn
ing from Eugene, where he was called
by the death of his sister, Mrs Mary
Barry. He saw the remains interred
before returning. J
Joint Representative Jerry Rusk ar
rived this morning from Salem, where
he attended the special session of the
legislature. He went to his home In
Joseph on the morning train.
Judge J. W. Knowles left last eve
ning In response to a message from
the federal grand-Jury In Portland,
that his presence was required at the
investigations In the Scrlber case.
Secretary Philip S. Bates, editor of
the Paelflc Northwest and also secre
tary of the Oregon Thresher's associa
tion, arrived this morning to, attend
the meetings here today. He was ac
companied by his wife.
Mr. Morrison, jr., of Fairfield,
Wash., is here today to purchase a
carload of horses. He was' attracted
here by the reports of the high-class
stock breeded In Union county. Mr.
Morrison is also connected with sugar
boet seed culture In Washington.
E. Relsland, the La Grande con
tractor. Is building a cement founda
tion for Neil Cameron's boarding house
in the . McDonald addition. The
building will be a good one, being 26x
66 feet in size, and two stories high.
The foundation will bo the first of Us
kind In the city. Wallowa Sun.
Two threshing machine men, Mr.
Sullivan representing the AverlU Ma
chinery company, and Mr. Steel, rep
resenting the J. I. Case company, both
of Portland, arrived this morning to
attend the meeting of Union county
threshers In this city today.
THRESHERS
By electing J. H. Cowan of Elgin
president; Joseph Gale of Union, vice
president, and J, W. Mlnnlck of Union,
secretary, threshers-of Union county
perfected a solid organization this af
ternoon at a meeting In the Steward
opera house. Fifteen leading thresh
er owners attended the meeting called
' by State Secretary Bates.
The rules and regulations govern
ing the organization, are copied after
the state constitution of the order and
follow, in part:
Article I. This association shall be
called the Union County Threshers
association, and regular meetings shall
be held twice a year at such times ami
places as the president of the associa
tion or the executive committee shall
determine.
Article II. The purpose of this as
sociation shall be to protect all oper
ators of threshing machines from un
fair competition, to use our influence
towards the Improvement of roads and
bridges and to generally create good
fellowship among the threshermen of
the state for the benefit of the Indus
try. .
Article HI. The officers of the as
soclatlon shall consist of an executive
committee of five members, a presi
dent,, v lr.-prtttent. -and serreiavy. an
to be elected a i trie first annual m
Ing of each year. The execufve c - '
mlttee shall audit the books of '
secretary each year before the Ir
regular meeting of the term.
Article IV. This association shs'.;
i4 composed of men owning and oper-
atlng threshing machines, who shall
sign the constitution and by-laws and
comply with the rules and regulations
of this association. Applications for
membership shall be made out on the
i
requisition hlnnba fiifn(alint K.. w- I
secretary, and accompanied by thel'"'0 'aClS nd C0n,"tu"8 that -membership
fee. Provided that the 1 ldt" ,nJ t'"' rponslbllltles that now
manufacturers' agents may become j confront ui and see If, - we really
honorary members by paying same fee.
Provided further, that farmers not
owning threshing outfits may be
elected honorary members, but will not
he required to pay any membership
fee; nor will the manufacturers' agents
nor. frmr not owning machine Vie
entitled to a yote.
Section 4. It is the duty qf every
member of this association to use his
Influence and aid all persons entitled
to membership to become members of
this association. .
IN JOSEPH NEXT JULY.
Fp worth Ivcasruei Convention to Re
Held at JoHepli.
At a meeting In this city field this
afternoon by members of the board
of control of the Epworth League for
the La Grande district, it was decided
to hold the next convention at Joseph
In July, from the first to the fourth.
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here, today to work on the case.
Scrlpps-McRae league of : newspa
pers today offered a reward of 1000
for Information leading to the where
abouts of the kidnapers. , -'
Want $25,000 Now.
- A letter from the kidnapers raising
the ransom. from $10,000 to $25,000
Is reported to have been received by
the father. The envelope apparently
was addressed by the kidnaped boy
and mailed In nn Ohio town. It Is dif
ferent than the previous ones were
mailed In.
The mother collapsed todny and Is
In danger of complete enrvous break
down. Dr. W. D. McMillan
Painless Denistry
La Grande National Bank Bldg
Both Phones
JAP DESERTS FIANCEE
(Continued from page 1.)
Jap sets foot in oCrte Madera.
The girl is still determined to marry
the Jap if she can be convinced it Is
right for the Caucasian and Oriental
races to mix. She wants to study the
problem for herself. As the matter
now stands the girl is supported by her
mother, but is shunned by her father
and former acquaintances.
VACAHT LOT iS PURCHASED
A deed to the Hilts-Andross proper
ty on ourth street, where stood the
residence property destroyed by the
late fire, has been given to H. F. To
rey, formerly of La Grande, but now
of Toledo, Lincoln county, Ore. The
consideration is $2500. The former
owners were Rachel Hilts, Eva An
dross and Mills Andross.
It Is not definitely known what Mr.
Toreyjntends to do with the property,
but the gentfral supposition Is that the
buyer will build a residence.
The deed was filed today with Re
corder Snook.
Will RAISE OBJECTION
(ContlnuST from page 1.)
schedule, as no mention of shingles is
made In the reports from Washing
ton. The supposition is the commit
tee let the old schedulo of 30 cents
stand. " .
"A 30-cent duty on sv; .gles Is not
enough," Bald Henry 3. sHine, a prom
inent shingle nr--. day. "Canadian
manufacturer. . crowding us out of
our mark?' . now, and are develop'-
le business rapidly.
.d'isiry is, properly pro-
cannot hope to compete
.anadians. Producing shin
way 90 per cent of them are
-.. . jfactured, is done under the hard
m and most expensive circumstance.
Shingle men employ many men, and
are entitled to protection."
ARGUE AGIST HOIK
(Continued from page 1.)
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should burden ourselves with an ad
ded weight to the load we are non
carrying, and in all probability will
have to carry for quite a while in the
future. Fifty-five mills on every as
sessed dollar's worth of property in
'he city.pf La Grande for K'98. with
no prospects of It b'-lng less for JMIS,
or . any succeeding year In the near
future, is quite a high rate of tax for
me to pay. If it were for one or two
years and the money so collected would
reduce our financial obligation to such
proportion that it would not be neces
sary to repeat the act for some time
to come, then it would be a worthy
and commendable one; but as I view
the existing conditions there Is little
hope for a reduction of taxes, espe
cially in the city of La Grande' for
several years on account of our' pres
ent bonded Indebtedness and rapid in
crease In running expenses of the city.
It Is not our purpose to charge any
person or persons with the cause for
this expense, but to simply, show the
facts as they are. We have now ' a
bonded Indebtedness on the city for
$210,000; on the school district fit
$3.600, besides outstanding warrants
on the city that .must be paid some
time, and to Kcr,ease our future obli
gations to such size that they are out
of all proportion , to our values '; or
sources of revenue would be financial
suicide and a hindrance to,. the future
prosperity of our boasted little city
Then, too, is It necessary for us to
have' another High '. school building
at the present time? That is "the im
portant question for us to consider,
Does the increase In number of school
children in the c'latrkt demand It?
The enumeration for 1907 shows we
had 1501, and In 1908, wo had 1369
which includes 15 acquired by annex.
Ing a part of Island Cily district, a d
crease of 132. Our school superb
tendent's monthly reports for the first
six months of 1907-08 shows the aver
age "number belonging as 878. Aver
age dally attendance 833, for the same
period of 1908-09; average number
belonging, 907; average datly attend
ance, 869, an increase In average num
ber belonging sof 29, and In dally at
tendance, 26. The1 Indications are
there will not bo a very noticeable
change of these figures In the next
three years, and should the -Increase
then require more school room we will
no doubt be In a better financial con
dition to meet the demands.
Our present bonds are all ten-twenties;
that means they may be paid In
10 years and must bo paid in 20; $17,
000 of these bonds mature In June,
1909, and $5500, June 15, 1910; $12.
000 June 15, 1915. The annual In
terest on" these bonds Is $1825, or a
fraction over $150 per month. Should
we bond for $25,000 more it will In
crease our school ' bond interest to
$256.25 a month; then" add the city
bonded indebtedness to that amount,
nnrt H wtll mnlro nont 1lHi onm
we are compelled to meet each month.
Instead of bonding the district for
125,000, let us arrange the buildings
we now have, to meet the require
ments of the present and begin ac
cumulating a fund to pay the bonds
that are nearly due.
Another question of Importance Is,
if the $25,000 bond proposition car
ries, where will we locate the new
building, with only that amount we
would necessarily have to put In on
the same grounds where our high
school bultding is now, which in my,
opinion would be absolutely "foolish
and would be an Injustice to the school
children of our city.
At present we have four empty
rooms that can be fitted for use. Why
not use them and relieve the conges
tion In the High school, and later on
erect a building In the Third ward to
accommodate the children who live In
the northwest part of the city.
We admit that better facilities are
needed, for high' school work and I
know that I express the sentiment of
every member of the school board
when I say we are ready to do any
thing reasonable or feasible to pro
vi.io h Tiecensarv eoulnment and be
lieve we can do so under present con-1
ditlons as well as our neignooring
cities have for their High schools
I believe the White building can be
moved onto the High school grounds,
where it will be under the direct su
pervision of the superintendent, and
i can. .b.e...remode"!.ed, anij 1 furr.ished v;.ln
the necessary apparatus for use in
teaching chemistry and other sciences
that are taught in high schools and
will accommodate our high school stu
dents very nicely for quite a while.
HKNRY HENSEN.'
ohool Director,
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We also have the Krippendors-Dittman and other specialty
lines. And last but not least-A Boy's Shoe guaranteed not to rip
Opera House Block
WAl.TKIt tJ.YM.OWAY IllitT.
rails From Tubh Plm-ed on Toy Wag.
V. on uiitl it IlrulslHl.
' Walter Galloway, aijed 8, Win? quite
badly hurt this morning in an acci
dent to a group of boys near the Cily
livery barn. On a miniature truck
wagon the boys had placed a heavy
table, and on tills Master Galloway
had perched himself. ' Two nttier boys
were hauling the wagon an1 its load
along a cement sidewalk, when, In
turning a corner, the load upset. The
heavy tabhs fell on Walter's ankle and
hurt him severely, though no bone,
were broken. . "
nrSIF.SS STAGNATED.
Destroyed by Fire Today.'
Portland, March 20. Business was
nearly stagnated today when fire,
starting in the most vital part of the
Paelflc Telephone & Telegraph sys
tem, put 14,000 telephones out of com
mission. Probably by Tuesday the
system will be repaired. It Is sup
posed the fire started from crossed
wires.
Every instrument on the west side
of the rlver.'excepting automatic tele
phones, are useless. The firemen ex
perienced a hard time extinguishing
the flames because they could not
forced the watur through the tangled
net work of wires. Six hundred ca
bles, earrylng 36,000 wires and several
sections of switchboard were burned
out
Indictments netiirnod.
Portland, March 20. Six Indict
ments charging fraudulent fencing of
public lands In Oregon, were returned
this morning by the federal grand Jury.
William Hanley of Harney county, Is
the principal defendant. .
Similar Indictments were found
against O. C. Jennings, Joe Vcy, An
tone Vey, John Boyd end Frederick
rnnnps.
HADT.NY MAY ItESIGV.
Governor Mlwouri Anxious to Go to
th IVderal Bench.
. Jefferson City, Mo.. March 2. It Is
rumored here that Governor Hadley
will soon resign and accept the r.p
pointment to the federal bench in the
northwest. The climate here dis
agrees with him. Tsft is said to be
pleased with Hadley's determination
MhUi Ties
All the nifty, natty things in ;
Ladies' Oxfords-20 kinds, as well
as the new things in Ladies' Boots
Men's In Every Style
Made by such "manufacturers as
The S Hamilton Brown Shoe Go.
who turn out more shoes from
their sombined factories than any
other concern in the world. 100,.
000 pairs every working day.
PeopMs
to go on the bench and Is ready to ap-
point him,
Hl'NMXG HEVOLVEIt Dt'KIi.
Dynamiter Cru'k Safe Near 8n
lYaiH-isoo and l-jwiipe,
an Francisco, March 2 0.- Burglars
dynamited two safes, looted cash, reg
isters at the "Bix Mile" house on San
Bruno avenue early today. After a
running revolver battle with thcli
pursuers they escaped with several
hundred dollars, The dynamiters were
caught red-handed by the proprietor
who, with his bartender, fired at the
robbers fleeing, in a buggy. A posse
Is on the trail.
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It (saved Ills Ixg.
"All thought I'd lose my leg."
writea J. A. Pwenson, Watertown, Wis.
"Ten years of eczema, that IS doctors
could not cure, had at 1a.t laid me up
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eruDtlons, ecxema, salt rheum, doiis,
feve rsores, burns,' scalds, cuts and
piles, 25c at Newlln Drug Co.'s. ',
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TUB WOCTOU'S QCESTION.
A(ll c AgiiiiiHt tho Use of Harsh Purs
ativei and Physics.
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A doctor's first question when con
sulted by a patient Is, "are your bow
els regular ',"' He knows that 88 per
cent of illness in attended with lnact
iv Uoweis tiuti toriui liver, in is con-
dltlon poisons the syfiem with nox
ious gases and waste mutter .. " which
naturally accumulates and which must
be removed through the bowels before
health can be restored.
' Salts, ordinary pills and cathartics
may be truly likened to dynamite.
Through their harsh, irritating action
they force a passage ,; through the
bowels, causing pain and damage to
the delicate Intostlnal structure, which
weakens the whole system, and at best
only produces temporary relief. The
repeated use of such treatments cause
chronic Irritation of the stomach and
bowels, hardens their tissues, deadens
their nerves, stiffens their muscles
and generally brings about an Injuri
ous habit which sometimes has fatal
results.
We have a positive, pleasant and
safe remedy for constipation and bow
el disorders In general. We are at
certain of Its great curative value that
we promise to return the purchasers
money In every case when It falls to
produce entire satisfaction. This rem
edy is called Rexall Orderlies. V
urge you to try them at our entlro
risk.
Ilexal! Orderlies are very pleasant
to take, they act quietly and have a
soothing effect, strengthening, healing
Influence on the entire Intestinal tract
They do not purge, gripe, cause nau
sea, flatulence, exces.ive losseness,
diarrhoea or other annoying effect,
and they may be taken st any ttoia
without inroftVenlen?1.' "
Ttexall Orderlies overcome the
glng habit and cure constipation
all similar ailments, whether acut
chronic. They are especially good
children, weak persons or old folv -,
Price. 3 tablets, 25c. and I! tablet
10c. A. T. Hill, drugrM.