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LA GRANDE, UMO COUNTY ORE. FRIDAY, AP1UL 2, 1909.
SOBER 111.
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STOCKHOLDERS
BUSINESS NEGLECT THEIR
PERSONAL AFFAIRS
Most Realistic Effort lo Secure Sub
scrlptlons Yet, Made today Success
Will Brand The Efforts Within A
.Few days Amount Subscribed
Withhold For The Present Untlr
lug Canvass Contiucd Through The
Day By Committee.
"Success'' spelled with staccato let
ters, and applied to the sale of shares
in the Irrigation proposition is but 8
few days hence as the result of the
most realistic effort to secure sub
scriptions among the city's merchants
that has yet been made. Some of the
leading businessmen were called to
.the commercial club this morning at
the Instigation of Publicity Manager
Currey and there Informed of the plan
cf procedure, namely to "get busy."
J. D. McKennon, Fred Oeibel, W. M.
Tierce, Wm. Miller, Mac Wood, J. K.
"Wright, John Collier and P. B. Currey
Jorsook their business completely and
went after shares among the business-,
men. The amount subscribed has
fceen withheld, but it can be said with
out fear of contradiction tlytf within
fortnight, sufficient stock to mean
.successful culmination of the scheme
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Street Hats
Ladies9 Suits
Our large sale on this season's
suits is convincing that we
have the line that pleases.
Neat Wool Novelty
Suit - $12 50
Fancy Stripes 13.50
The Latest Solid Golor
suits - - 20.00
some of our very best
suits - ;
25.00
JUVENILE AND YOUW'S SWTS j
If you are looking for springsi i s for the j
boys you
hero
uooa v ooi
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Double Breast
f;';N'v ;im Knicker pants
" 10.00
Also a good line of cordu
roy pants. .
as previously outlined, will have re
suited.
The committee was on the run alll
day long, resting but briefly for
lunch.
OBJECT TO HOSE TAX.
NEW YORK, April 2.Prepaiatlona
are being made by directors of the
city federation of woman's club to
hold a mass meeting Thursday at
hotel Astor . to protest against the
proposed Increased tax op kid gloves,
hosieryand, other articles of woman's
apparel, proposed by the Payne bill.
"Increase discriminates against lower
priced necessities."
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DECLINES TO REFEREE
COCK FIGHT EXHIBITION
Homage Fa Id to Former rresldentas
He lands at Gibralter N'arrQwiy
Escapes Falling Into Ocean While
Descending to Gang Flank Shoots
W ild Birds.
GIBRALTER, April 2. Col. Roose
velt arrived here at 10 this morning
as a guest of the British authorities
for two hours. The Hamburg touched
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dressed. We have the
great street uits. Also
a fine line of Waist suits.
Drop in and inspect them
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ACRE AT BAKER
MILL BUILD ELECTRIC
LIXE THROUGH DISTRICT
Money Deposited at Salem to Guar
antee Preliminary Survey Under
. Carey Act Price to be Cliurgcd Will
be $81 Per Acre According to Con
tract Survey Will be Made Wlthlu
Six Months May Yet Adopt a New
Method Maybe.
SALEM, April 2 As an indication
of his sincerity, O. C. Flnkelnburg,
agent for the Evans Almlral Land Co
has deposited $10,000 with the state
land board yesterday and signed
contract by - which his company is
pledged to complete preliminary sur
vey for reclamation of lower Powde
river valley within six months.
It has been agreed that at the
completion of the survey that Evan3
Almlral Company may contract to re
claim the entire tract from 30,000 to
50,000 acres at a maximum price r f
$61 per acre.
State engineer thinks this contract.
Is the most t.voroble ever vutered
into by state undir the Carey act.
Evans is contemplating building an
electric line thiMig'i the territory, tu'l
within 30 days tho company promises
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Hats $5.00
mem
Children's Dresses
New line of up-to-date '"wash
goods. Saves you time and
Money.
75c to $2.00
NOTIONS AND FANCY C00DS
See our line of Rushing, Nets,
Veiling, Belts, Bags, Gombs
and small articles.
Misses9 Suits
The Girls! They must be
TARIFF TAIICLE
AFTER
PAYNE'S VOLUMINOUS BfLL
CONTAINS UNHEARD OF NAMES.
Careful Reading of Great Payne Tariff
Bill Reveals Conditions Both Tri
vial and Funny Many Articles
Mentioned Separately Unheard of
by Common Lawmakers Whole
Stale Alarmed Over One Word,
"Munjeet" Few Common Words.
WASHINGTON, April 2 (Special)
They say that there will be strenuous
opposition to the passage of the Payne
bill as It nows stands. Certain Infant
industries plead that their existence
is imperilled by a paragraph here and
there in the bill, and it Is known that
lobbytuts are as thick at the Capitol
as bee i around a hive in clover time.
Therefore the bill merits careful
attention. But as a precautionary
measure, it is recommended that the
seeker after knowledge provide him
self with a dictionary, an encyclo
pedia, a pronouncing gazetteer, a
glossary, and a pharniacopea.
Then, when the daily press re
counts the desperate struggle on the
floor of the House or Senate as to the
duty on binotrotoluol, myrobolans,
fenugreek, mangel-wurzel oiulbear,
malts-bockings, or zaffer, the subject
under discussion can be better under
stood.
By careful readiug of the bill one
finds that it is possible to purchase
dragonJs blood in foreign countries.
Heretofore one might have supposed
that this commodity was exhausted,
and that the animals themselves had
become extinct, along with the dodo.
For those who want it, Balm of Gilead
is obtainable abroad at least the
tariff bill says it may come into the
United States free of duty. Blues
are also a foreign commodity, so the
!;!!! !" forr.12 V!? nortinna fnr thoBP
prone to mental exhalation. Apparent
ly lakes can be Imported. Then there
Is bibulous paper, while he certainly
ought to be popular In dry communi
ties. But just imagine what wild debate
will ensue when that paragraph of
the bill is reached letting In without
a cent of duty such thinks as anpatto,
toucou and rocoal! And what a bitter
fight will doubtless be waged on the
floor against dlvl-divl, gambler, cer
ium and rescorin on the free list!
Then there, Is paragraph 501, which
lets In absolutely and entirely without
any levy, the following: "Iridium, os
iiiium. palliadium, rhodium, and ru
thenium and ' native combinations
hereof."
California, so some members says.
Is already up in arms against the
awful possibility of the passage of
one paragraph, which, it Is asserted,
will flood the nation with a cheap
Oriental product. That paragraph is
the one admitting, without reserva
tion, the obnoxious munjeet.
The worst catastrophe of all, how
ever, will occur if paragraph 675 is
permitted to remain in the bill. It
admits the common variety of Euro
pean "punk" without a cent of duty.
Almost Is disastrous would be the
adoption of tho paragraph admitting
xylol, tuluiuine, xj li Jin, cumidia. : ini
trobenzol, dtanisidln, a; lamin
and benzaldehyde.
Incidentally the-? n : 46 additional
tongue-twisting words In the same
paragraph, the entire set of linguistic
hurdles being taken by the reading
clerk of the House In exactly 28
seconds. Previous to tackling the job,
the clerks spent several hours with
a dictionary, going over the bill and
NO BOOTS FOR HI 31.
llauglng Bee Given Sensational Color
By Prisoner's Fad.
KALI SPELL, Mont., April
Frederick Lebeau, who was hanged in
the county Jail yard In this city today,
created sensational scene on the scaf
fold by kicking off his shoes, and
trying to break away from his guard,
"I am no murderer, and will not die
with my boots on" he shouted 'n the
presence of 250 witnesses, guards
Anally pacified him, and the hanging
proceeded. v
WITH OELECATES
OVER HUXDRED DELEGATES
TO LOCAL BOOST COXORESS
Last Convention of Idaho-Oregon De
Telopiirut Congress Will be Held in
La Grande Among Leaders Will be
Hofer And Col. Wood Both Live
Boosters.
April 26 and 27 have been selected
for the La Grande . meting of the
Oregon-Idaho Development Congress,
and a committee consisting of Will
iam 'Miller, Mac Wood and Tod Rine
hart are making preparations to sur
pass all other meetings of this body
of public spirited and enterprising
citizens of these two states. The
general purpose of tho congress Is to
arouse a sentiment among the people
that will secure the building of rail
roads, highways, etc, and In particular
to co organize that if railroads re
fuse to provide adequate transporta
tion facilities for any section the peo
ple of that section shall be enabled
to do 'something for themselves. Meet
ings are held once a month during
the winter. The meeting scheduled
for La Graude will probably be the
IflfU nn held until fall. Last mouth
the congress met at Ontario, and the
mouth before at Boise. Invitations
will be sent to towns' as far east as
Boise and west to Pendleton and
Walla Walla. Wallowa county will
be well represented. Judge Lowell,
who Is president, will be present, and
a prominent Portland member, the
gifted C. E. S. Wood, Is expected. An
Invitation will be sent to Editor Hofer,
of the Salem Capitol Journal. Colonel
Hofer is vice-president of the organi
zation. In all about 150 delegates are
expetced to be present.
D D ROFER
PRESCRIPTIONS
CARED FOR
Prescriptions brought to us are never lost or
destroyed. If you have ever had a "prescription
filled nere, no matter how long ago, we can pre
pare the same remedy for you agab.
BRING THE NUMBER
Upon the label of each bottle or package con
taining a prescription we place a number. Keep .
tiiis number, we will always preserve the original
reiipe- All the prescriptions that we .have ever
compounded are carefully filled, and by help of the
number we can refer to any of them instantly.
Our method of filing, like everything else about our
. prescription department, is perfect
NEWLIN DRUG STORE
LA GRANDE, OREGON
LATEST
TIT
ACCUSED OF HAVING MIXED
WITH SPIRITUALISTS
Trial In Los Angeles Ilrlugs Out
Startling Facts Coucernlug Senator
Fulton -Was Connected With Fak
Seance at Astoria Helped to Drum
up a Crowd to Witness Fake Se
mice Where He Could Guin Glory as
Exposer of Fake.
LOS ANGELES, April 2. Declaring
that former U. S. Senator C. W. Fultoa
cf Oregon, was once the dupe of a
fake spiritualist medium, and later
assisted In organizing a bogus seance '
so he could participate In the glory re
suiting from the expose, Bishop Gar
rlson a sworn enemy of psychic cult,
has created a sensation here today.
Garrison is the star witness for
plaintiffs In a suit pending here to
nullify a codicil will of the late Robert
C. Smith, who bequethed $10,000 to
Dora Bennett, ft local medium. The
Bishop sayr, he has been fighting
spiritualism all over the country since
he was swindled out of money In
Wichita Kas., years ago.
The Bishop says he visited Astoria,
Oregon, one day, when Fulton, his
brother Dr. Fulton, Angus Gore, and
the editor were sitting at the feet of
a boy medium. For $10 I exposed the
boy. The Bitters agreed to assist in
organizing a fake seance to be ex
posed. Fulton assisted in drumming
up a crowd for the seance.
PECULIAR t:8TRUUEMV
Non-Cancelled Staniu of Old A (re eu
Document on File.
George Lamoreau tol.iy left In the
recorder's office foe tiling f. mortice
made out nine years .tgj In Connecti
cut. There Is nothing strand in fie
-ecltal of this fact, but soma liuU Irt
tereRt mnv be attached "o the Incident
when one learns thai: u lwei'tis stump,.
never cancelled, was UHxed to the
Instrument The stamp was of the
value of one dollar. .'
KING EDWARD ILL.
King of England Suffers Slight Para
lytic Stroke Today.
BERLIN, April 2. According to a
dispatch published here in the Frank
furter Gazette, King Edward of Eng
land Is suffering from a slight stroke
of paralisls.
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