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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1909)
A VOLUME VIII. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 10C9. NUIIBL'R 156 IS 9 t f 4 S Oft! STARTED iy AT IT niniiin lb II CBEW DEAD ED TOWABD MMMEBVILLE IS REPORT Preliminary Surrey For Extcusloa of fnloi-fOTe Boad to La Grande And ' Over Mountains Commenced This Jlornlng Management Eetlelent la Hiring Hns to The Public Will Boa Along Bant Grade From Bant Siding. Reporta received by the Observer ; from Union a couple of days ago in regard to a surrey of proposed ex tensions of the Central Railway of Oregon were confirmed thla morning ky the actual beginning of the work. A surveying party left Union and be ginning at Hunt Siding, will follow the old Hunt grade, and run a line toward Summerville. The present work will take about two weeks, probably longer. Although the management is keeping their plans quiet, It Is believed that sur veys through the mountains into Walla Walla before the end of the summer. Wild rumors that the Cen , tral Railway belongs to Hill are in circulation in Union; but cannot .be verified. Some say that Hattlman was the real purchaser at the sale on the 22nd of March, but if any one in Eastern Oregon knows, they are not telling. ' . Gil IMS PASS IX USE. CHANTS PASS, Oregon, April 21. Grants Pass will have a float in the ; Portland rose carnival parade. Ar rangements for it were made by the Commercial club and Ladies Auxil iary. The citizens have subscribed the necessary money. The crowning feature will be a beautiful Josephine .:ounty girl to act as "Queen." She has not been selected. Mm A i the COME Ma FiNB GUT SALE of course TUtSDiy'S SPECIALWAS $1 and $1.25 long sleeve Embroidered white waist for 70c Something start be told until the next so you had better COME AND FIND OUT what it is for Your self. " :-; ' MeMS 02J-W j OLD LAWS RULE TAFT WILL CARRY OCT FOB.MEB FOItESTKY POLITY Fears of Westerner Allei fated by Announcement That Tuft Mill ( nr. ry Oat Old FLius. . T ASH1NOTOX. April 21. Forester PInchot has officially announced to day that Taft heartily sympathizes with the Roosevelt policies regard ing forestry and conservation of nat ural resources. This la the first an nouncement that Taft will not undo the -work accomplished by Roosevelt, as waa feared In the Weat Mrs. Oeorge Acklea left for a vlsJi In Portland this morning. . . DISLIKE HARBORS STRENUOUS OBJECTIONS TO HARBOR USE PLAN'S Willamette River Harbor Plans Are ' Not Wanted by Those Who Lire on Eat Shore Near St Johns Are Mill Hen And Need Water For Their Pond. PORTLAND, April' 21. Strenuous objections were raised against the proposed establishment of harbor lines in Willamette river from a point opposite St. Johns to Nigger Tom Island at the mouth of the river. The objectors desire harbor line, but not a tentative one drawn by engineers. Excepting, one, complainants are ow ners of "property on the east shore of the river where the water is shal low some .distance from the water line. Many of them are Identified with lumber interests which plan big saw mills along shore and want to plan for log ponds. Where? o pecm You my;.- IA ORMDE, OREGON BITTER ID III S U ILL AN I ST. PAI L ROADS HAVE LOCKED WAR HORNS St. Paul Road Is Said to be Aggres. sor In Greatest War Ret we a Rail ! roads In Railroad II In tor j Will Start Surrey from Fargo Kerthlnto Coveted Territory la Canada Will ' Tap Hill's Minnesota Bread Basket It l Said. MBaassaaaant ' CHICAGO, April 21. That the rival Hill and St Paul road interests are locking horns in what promisee to be one of the most bitter territorial fights in railroad history ia attested to by additional facts made public here today. According to current re port the St Paul ia the agg ejreasor in the latest move. It is stated the St. Paul Is surveying a line from Fargo N. D., in the direction of Win nipeg. Several surveying parties have been fitted out here, and dis patched west over the St. Paul roaa. ffl.t- . . rnlf.urii 1 j . u a 1 1 II I ir til thft 'announcement that St. Paul is Invad- l ing HiHstronghold in the Crows Nest , Pass territory, British Columbia. The jRed River .valley, through which, the new survey is being made from Far go, is geenrally known as the "Hill's bread basket." . ' . STORMS SWEEP EAST. CLEVELAND, April 21.A terrliTic storm is sweeping over Indiana, Illi nois and Western Pennsylvania this afternoon. It Is reported that several persons were killed. Houses are de molished In this city- V ';,;,V ''eastern LEAGUE. BEGrSS. PROVIDENCE, R. I., April 21. The baseball season of the Eastern League began today with Montreal playing Providence. In this city. RAILROAD RANK Here? Each V INVADERS SIGHT CONSTANTINOPLE I ASSACKES CONTINUED AND 2HH ARE DEAD Young Turks, so Near CoaNtaatlnoplo That Troops ( aa be Seen From Capital Will Beach The City With in a Few' Hours No' Reporta From The Saltan Has Kept Within BU Palace t'eatluvally Fanatic Still Slaying. " " ' CONSTANTINOPLE. April 21. The complete fall of the SulUn la near at hand. Though he has kept within his palace walls jtoday, it is believed that he is ready abdicate as soon as tho Invaders neter the city. Youug Turk's advance against Con stantinople waa renewed today. Ad vices say the invaders are plainly visible from the outskirts of the cap ital, they, are' expected to reach the city within a few hoiira. lassacres Renewed. Massacre tf chriBtlaus by fnn.vicai Mohammedan hordes was renewed in large part of Asia Minor todiy. ' Massacre dispatches tonight say the loss of life in massacres in the valley Of Aleppo number over 5000. The pop ulation of Aleppo is 1,000,000. JUDGE kNOWLES BACK. Judge J. W. Knowles returned this afternoon from Enterprise where he has been holding court parens to RECEIVE NOTICE BIG GATHERING OF OPINION MOUL DERS AT SEATTLE FAIR SEATTLE, April 21. (Special) As a result of a letter received by Di rector of Exploitation' James A. Wood, of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, frpm George "Putnam, uuiui w i'u. luwiuiu I luuiitt ttuu President of the Oregon Editorial Association, the exposition, chamber of commerce and the officers of the Seattle Press club will shortly hold a Joint meeting to discuss the enter tainment of the members of the Ore gon Association when they come to Seattle to the Fair. President Putnam's letter announc ed that the association would make the trip in a body and would either copie in a Pullman special, which could be used as quarters, or rely upon tho local hotels. In his reply. Director Wood advised that the 'Pullnian Scheme be carried out for the reason that it may be difficult to make reservations at the hotels so rfar in advance and that, during the summer months, it is very probable the hotel capacity of the city will be severely taxed. The National Editorial Association meets at the Exposition on July 19 and it la understood that the Oregon Association deslrea to be here at that time. Pending, further advices from Oregon, Director Wood will take the j matter up with the local hotel men's association to see U their nara anu fast rulea as to reservations ennnot be suspended in favor of the visiting newspapermen. It is very likely thut the Washing ton State Editorial Association will '.dfVteisJS .wKUJhs Chamber of Ca- I merce and Press club In tho matter President Albert U Tllt.T V" - Johnson of that association is a vlce nresldent of the local press club and I it is known that he has been planning an elaborate reception program for visiting brethren. SCARED INSANE BOY WITH BEAD SNAKE FRIGHTENS COMPANION: Seven Year Old Boy no Doubt Hope lessly Insaue by Beaso i .of Com panion's Antic With. Suaktv TACOMA. April IL Raving beiMid, all efforts to quiet him, the seven-year-old son of C D. Soele, living at Merrit's ranch, and a.'ouud whoe neck . a companion wound a dead snako a week ago, may never recover hla reason. The tad waa so frighten ed that he went Into hysterica. ' Fred B. Currey and Advance Agent Lake, billed Elgin today with, tho carnival bills. . II COL. BOOSE YELT LANDS TO YISIT SIR PEASE Ship Admiral Toarkes Laud at 3om bassa And Roosevelt Lauds to Spend Some Time With Hunter Fried Town Suddenly Jumps Into (Srcat Prominence. . MOMBASA, B. E. Al, April 21. Ex President Roosevelt arrived hero to day on the steamship Admiral. -Mombasa is a squat island city, the largest seaport of British East Africa, basking In a hot, tropical sun, its Moorish walls reflecting the light and contrasting brilliantly with the state ly palms and the gold mohur tree, with its rare red blossoms.- Nestling In this tropic ul luxuriance are the European bungalows, or native vil lages. Mombasa has two hotels, and In the public fardens standB a statue og Sir WilMam Macklnnon, one of the greatest benefactors of East Africa. Leaving -Mombasa, the . Unganda railway runs past Kilindini and dips down to Salisbury bridge, a fine via duct 1700 feet long, connecting the Island of Mombasa with . the main land, and then begins the steep climb to the small station of Changamwe. The flrnt leg into the wilderness Will be made -by the Roosevelt hunters by train to Machakoa, some 200 miles from Mombasa, where Mr. Roosevelt will visit for a fortnight with Sir Aifrpri Pns. who has hunted with htm tn A morion fi)r AHrort Hvt I twenty mllej from the railroad. ACCIDENT WON HIM BRIDE. NEW YORK, April 21. The mar riage of Frank Bernard York, son of ex-Police CoinmiBsiioner York, and Miss Genevieve Marie Daly, daughter of former Commissioner of . Public Works Daly, took place today at St. Stephen's church. This la the cul mination of a romantic incident. Mr. York and Miss Daly met firHt In the Adirondack three summers ago. One afternoon Miss Daly was riding horseback with an uncle on a mountain road. :They came upon a young man unhorsed, at the side of the road. The uncle recognized Mr. York and gave him assistance. The acquaintance begun that day between Miss Daly and Mr. York grew into frlendnhlp and then into love. DISLOYAL IIISBAND. Because Hubby Woo Id Not Kls Her She Suicides. HAMMOND, Ind., April 21. Be cause her husband, to whom she was married a month, denied her a kiss when ho left home this morning, Lena Adelsperger shot and killed her self with hla reveolver. : " id START WHABF. ut4ti.AnKl.PHlA. Anril 21. The transfer of land at tho foot of Dock street will be effected today and the construction of tho new dock will be begun at once. It will have three decks. oi T Ill LOST lil P08TM HOTEL DARK MYSTERY SIRROINDS A SIDDEX DISAPPEARANCE Husband Searching Portland For Bin Wife Who Has Xysterleasly Dis appeared Ber Trunks Are Xissisg Also Bad Considerable Money When she Pat ap at Tke laiperkl , Uokl-Ber Traaks Were Frlskei . A boat The flty. VORTLAND. AprU 21. Believing his wife waa murdered, abducted or hypnotised in Portland on her way to Bangor, Maine, on a visit, H. W. J Mix. a mvmber of the board of dl- ' rectors of Commercial club, and vice- ' president of the Seattle Italian club, . representing the Pacific Coast Supply company ia here searching for tho woman. .' : ' '. .8he arrived here Weduesday with $2500 and remained ei the Imperial hotel for two days, then dropped from sight. It developed later her trunk was taken to two different placea about the city. A man giving his name as E. L. Carrol waa arrested and accused of larecny. An express man identified him a sthe man who received hen trunks.. James E. Birdsell of this city was adjudged bankrupt In tho United States court at Portland yesterday. The hearing of creditors will be held on May 4th at Portland. L -.... .. , .. jt PILES OF WASHINGTON ANXIOUS TO TAX IT AT 4 $2 RATE WASHINGTON, April 21. Senator Piles of Washington, today offered au amendment to the tariff bill impos ing a $2 duty upon rough lumber. It is the understanding that it is more tho Senator's favor of a restor-. at!onof a $2 rate than hia favor of free lumber. He replied, it would bo difficult to get that rate unless tho oil men make a trade with lumber, lead, oil, barley, free hides men, as done in the House when the free lumber was defeated. ( II AN CE FOB ELECTR1CI A N S. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 21 The United States civil service, com mission announces an examination today to secure eligibles from which to make certificates to fill a varancy iu the position of assistant ulectricul engineer, expert In wireless telegra phy, in the signal service at large, at a salary of $1500 to $1800 per annum, depending up the experience and qualifications of the appointee. Tho person appointed to the position for which this examination is held will probably be located for the major por tion of his time in Washington. D. C, but will also be' required to travel about the United States visiting wire less telegraph stations, which viBita may bo of a few days or several' months' duration. PITTSBrRd STRIKE. Metormea And Conductors at Out With Bull a j Conipunles. -PITTSBURG, April 21. Motormea a&d f&sirturters of street ra.lway ia this city today voted to" strike. This afternoon officers of"-the carmen's onion conferred witn officials of tho railway and demanded either an agreement to new wage schedule, or settlroeut of differences by arbitra tion. ROUGH DISCUSSED Ul -