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VOLUME VIII. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE.; WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1909. NUMBER 144. I3AY-WHUT SELL AT $1.25 3-4 PER 1VILD EXCITEMENT WIIES TATTEN HAMMERS DOWN "ew. Record Set For May and July Wheat Id Chicago Market Opened ut $1,24 3-4 And Then Climbed up lo One Cent Higher Worse Than CJatcs Trices. CHICAGO, April 7. May wheat started soaring this morning at the opening and jumped to $1.24 3-4. By leaps and bounds it reached one cent higher, which is 3 3-4 cents higher than the highest point reached by 4he Gates corner in 1905. The sudden advance is due to the efforts of the shorts to cover, follow ing a disposition on vhe part of "bull" campaigners, headed by James Pat ten, to take profits inMay and July -wheat,. It is believed that after the opening Patten sold nearly a half anillion bushels of the May to advance prices. This hammered May down. Fifteen minutes after the opening it dropped to 1.24.3-8. This was one of jthe liveliest session ever seen here. HIGHS TO COVE. High School Adepts Mill Visit Cote Very Likely Friday. Manager Meyers and Captain Rals ton are negotiating with the Cjve high .school team for a game at Cove, on Friday. The Cove team gave La Grande a close rub last year and the outcome of this game, if it Is played .as planned, will be close no doubt. 4,.4.,.,,4.,mh..M. to visit this at the time ! You OurS in every detail, and should you want any thing from a yard of calico to the newest tailor-made spring suit, WE HAVE IT. will soon be here. Now is the time to get your new suit and hat. Just received a delayed shipment of hand tailored suits and skirts. GOME IN AND SEE THEM. HEY. J. R. X. BELL. Well knonn Eastern Oregon Mlohter Passed Through City. Rev. J. R. N. Bell who was the pop ular pastor of the Presbyterian church in' Baker City for 14 yearspassed through on the morning train en route to Baker City where he delivers the principal address of the annual meet ing of the Commandery. Rer. Bell Is now located at Corvallla where he Is building a $30,000 church nine members of his congregation giv ing $1,000 each, the Sunday school and the Ladles Aid Society, $1,000 each, the latter having $800 of their amount raised. Corvallls enjoys a population of 4.500, is building a $30,000 high school and in common with other points in the Williamette valley is keeping in touch with the era ot progression. The county court met this morning. They will probably be In session until late tomorrow afternoon. T PETITIONERS ALLEGE INCOMPETEN CY ON PART OF EXECUTIVE SAN FRANCISCO, April 7. Peti tions demanding the recall of Mayor Taylqr are being prepared today. by the county committee of the Inde pendent party. Alleged incompeten cy is the basis of the movement. Hugh J. Mslsaae, chairman of the ommittee, stated movement was start ed f '""st night's meeting. store at any time to or not. RECALL TAYLOR Are lock Is Complete 1 EASTER If Lie a i , Sl'MMERYILE GAMBLING CASES HEARD SA1TRDAY Members of Grand Jury Were Sum moned to Appear Next Friday Hellered Other Things Will Come rp-SummerTllle Cases Will Be Acted on Too. Members of the grand jury have been sumoned to retiort at the court ( cause for calling the probers together is to dispose of the Kit Carlson case but there will be other duties to perform it is believed, though it Is said at headquarters that "such other duties may be needed" covers the reason. At any rate the Jury will examine the Union stealing. Cases Saturday. Saturday will be gambling day at the circuit court. Judge Knowles has notified the defendants in the Summerville gambling cases that he would be ready to hear the argu ments to the demurers on next Satu-r day, at which time the case will either be put in a position ready to try at the June term of court or possibly some, if not all, will plead guilty and receive their sentences. I MILWAUKEE WORKING HARD FOR HOMECOMING. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 7. Plans for Milwaukee's big homecoming cele bration on August 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 gradually are assuming tangible form and the various committees are able to report work in various de partments to be well under way. . T I ravite inspect our GREETS VISITORS T1IOIGH NINETY-FIVE YEARS OLD, IS EXTREMELY SPRY. On The Aunhcrtury of her ."tn Bitliday, The Grand Old Ludy of La Grande Is able to Receive Callers rode ou First Railroad Able to Sit up Today. Either proped in bed or sitting in her chair, Grandma Palmer re ceived callers this afternoon , but otherwise passed the last day of her 95th year in quiet. April 7 Is al ways, a notable day for Grandma and for her children and their offspring. Few attain an age so close to the 100th mile stone as she and still less often do they boast of as much mental and physical vitality as does she. She conversed freely with those who called but because she Is weak ened by several weeks of sickness, visits were brief. Grandma Is the pride of La Grande. Living through almost a century, she has United States history on the tip of her tongue better than most historians and she can relate the in cidents of her trip across the plains, the family's landing at La Grande, of the growth of this city from nothing to its present size, of the experience of riding on the first railroad that was ever built in the United States, and being a passenger on the first train, niore notably than one would iiuagiiie from any one woman. She came to this valley 43 years ago and is known and loved by alll the pioneers of the state. She was born in Pennslyvanla, and.has enjoyed the friendship of many eminent men and women of the early days. She lives not at the home or her son, Joseph Palmer, and her declining veais are made happy by the love be stowed upon her by children -and grand children alike. Has M Descendant. Late this afternoon the relatives who spent the day with Grandma, listed her children, grand children and great grand children who are alive and the list totals. There were dozens who called iate in the day. DEALS BLOW TO HARNEY VALLEY BALLINGER WILL NOT IRRIGATE ORY LAND UNDER CAREY ACT WASHINGTON, April 7. Secretary of the Interior Ilallinger today de nied an application for irrigation of Die Harney Valley Improvement com pany for H2.000 acres of land, in Har ney Valley Oregon, under the act, on the ground is not of desert character. The decision will dan. pen the ardor of promoters of the arid section had hoped to cope with nearby sections that are rapidly become populated on strength of promised Irrigation. FATAL DOSE OF MEDICINE I : :MM'HiKl.l';i?"r :';!::i. .. V.'i!.".-"." T;r Coroner's jury In t!:.' ia.se of Miss Mabble Purns. who died suddenly at North Hend several days ago, met today but adjourned pending examin ation of the woman's stomach. It is suspected she was poisoned or killed by medeclne sent through mall. Let teis show the girl was taking some kind of mysterious drug without knowledge of her parents. I'NIOX GAME ASSURED. Local Uulieatens' Will Face Union Aggregation Sunday. Union's baseball team will be in La Grande uext Sunday to play the local team which ns played two winning games already. Manager Lincoln has been given assurance that the team will be here at that time. ;iMm TREES PLANTER. WASHINGTON. D. C. Aprlll. The trees used in the natloul experiments in reforestation are grown at eight overnment nurseries out West. These eight stations now contain 9,000,000 trees from one to three years old. 1 The preliminary stage of forest planting within the national forests Is now past, and several of the plant ing stations have produced trees of sufficient size to plant directly on the permanent site, About 700.000 trees were planted during the winter and spring of 1907. ' . ' ASTER SHOW FOR " E NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB DECIDES TO IMPROVE ON ANNUAL AFFAIR The Neighborhood Club met in reg ular session yesterday afternoon and It was an exceptionally interesting day. The program was out of th usual order, the life and character of George Bancroft our greatest his torian was told by Mrs. J. K. Wright in a very pleasing and attractive man ner. , Mrs. H. H. llanua read a learned and able papper on the qualifications of a historian,. thus abounded in much food for rellection and thought. It was decided by the club to give another Aster show this season which is hoped to equal if not surpass the preceding exhibits of this character. A new departure for the coming year is to be taken by the Neighbors Club as from now on it will be a Department Club. It will start out with 3 departments, history, literature, and domestic science, and this the wish of the management that all mem bers of the club will notify the lead ers which department they prefer to work in. if literature is preferred ring up or call upon Miss Anson; if his toryMrs. Turner Oliver, and if do mestic science Mrs. W. H. Rush. It was also decided to arrange for a lecture to be given on "More Beauti ful America' by Mrs. Howard Evarts Weed of Chicago, this to take place on or about the 10th of , June and further notice will be given later. Ml FLESH AS F STARVING IIDIU WOMAN SAVES HER CHILDREN'S LIVES PORT ARTHUR, Out., April 7. C KIvt, of flesh from her own body, a heroic Indian woman, living north of lire, baited her hook with it, end caught fish to pave her chil dren from starving. The story is bK;ft h-fe hy wos,kmk- whose comrades are caring for her. The first Ilaii caught wa sthe first food the family had for many days. J. K. Wright went to Cove this morning to superintend the construc tion of 9000 rods of woven wire fenres around the 10-acre tracts which the La Grande Investment company owns there. mini! I BUT i FULTOH ED POST IN HAS ASKED FOR TEX DAY TO CONSIDER OFFER If Fulton Accepts, he Kill be Sent te NOT China us Envoy Extraordinary And Mlul.ster rientlpolenliarj FrleadS Had (ilren up Hope of His PuMi . future. ' " " WASHINGTON, April 7. The Taft administration Is anxious toprovlde for Charles W. Fulton, late genator from Oregon. Foiled In his attempt to land the new" federal judgeship in Oregon, Fulton and his friends, too. were becoming discouraged, at the -former's ability to . pluck a federal plum. It was definitely announced today however, that President Taft haa decided to Make Mr. Fulton envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo tentiary to China. - Taft made the offer, It is learned ou good authority, but Fulton has net accepted as yet. Me has .asked 19 days' time In which to consider the proposition, ANSON'S TEAM IX PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, April 7. "Pop'' Anson's ?'Colts" play today. This semi professional team, which Btarted from Chicago a few days ago on a 5000 miie trip, meets the Athletics and the Quakers today, Anson's Chlcaog Colts are having a good time, and will ap pear at Sprinfleld on the 15th, Hart ford 16th, and Worcester 17th. 8KCI RITIES MATURING. NEW YORK . April 7. The Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin has compiled exhaustive data showing that between March, 1009, and Decern- , ber, 1910, inclusive, the railroads ancf Industrial corporations of the Unite States must meet matured short terms notes alid bonds aggregating not less than $731. 921, 000, of which Just over half a billion fall due in 1910, Includ ing $:127, 560, 000 notes. FIRST TERM OF unit nniiivr nnirr T1LW LUUill Dilltr FEOFHAL COURT - FOR - .EASTERN OREGON SITS AND ADJOURNS Eastern Oregon's first term of fed eral court was convened . yesterday morning at Pendleton, though the judge to Bit on the bench is yet ta be appointed. The court was called to order by United States Marshal Read, who came up from Portland for that purpose, and who read the proclamation creating the term of court until June, says the East Ore gonlan. Te then adjourned court un til June, by which time It Is expected the Judge will have been appointed. If the Judge Is nut appointed by tliis time the court Is scheduled to contiue Its sessions, the same .offi cers will meet here again and will again postpone the session. KEEP DUTY ON BARLEY WA.-MilNtiTOX.- A,.: !! 7. - Jku;s to-... clay in a coniiniitfe vl "wie whoie," retaining a duty of 1.1 cents per bush el on barley. Humphrey. Washing ton, lout his motion to put barley on (tie fiee list. Representatives of seven Flint Michigan, families w.ent into the Wal lowa country this morning after apen ding the night in La Grande.