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VOLUME VIII. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE., FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1909. NUMBER 164. ATHLETES !N FINE FETTLE TO CAPTURE HEET A LARGE SQUAD TO ENTER FIVE TEAMS IN UNION MEET Locals Think Downfall of Were Is - Near at Hand hi TWO EMOIMAf DACES IIP Tomorow morning La Grande high school fleetfoots and gladiators leave for Union to compete In the first track and field meet of the season. Besides La Grande, Union, Cove, Elgin and Island City Contestants will be entered. Aside from the usual In terest lu picking the county tham jiIoiih, thre are two side Issues that are looming up with more than or dinary size. Can Carpy and William sou put the first crimp in Watelrs, the formdlable sprinter from Cover Can Reynolds defeat the undefeated quarter mfler, Walters? It Is believed here that Walter's days as peer of sprinters and middle distance man are counted. Chaperoned by Captain Carpy ihe following men, with their , entries, will leave for Union on the j morning train: j Dashes Caruy. Williamson. C. Bol- : Jtou, V. Bolton, Harry Frawlcv. Middle distances Reynolds, F. Mill- j Mile Peare, Green. Hurdles Reynolds. Heldenrlch, In gie,. Young. Williamson. Weights Geddes.Heldenrkh, Ingle MUlering. Pole voult and high Jump Carpy, v ran ana Jay Mlllerlng, Youne. Broad Jump Corpy Williamson and Aiuierlng. FOR SALE A piano In excellent con anion. As good as .new. Easv terms. A snap. Inquire at this office. Fire 1'lne Yaudcvllle Tonight. Owing to the non arrival of nlctuies. an all-vaudeville performance will be put on at the Pastime tonight. Grham and Norton will nut on a new singing act, and the Pattersons and Drews In their new acts, received un limited applause last night. MERCER, Pa., April 30. The trial of James Boyle, accused of kidnap ing Billle Whitla, was today postpon ed until Wednesday. Boyle's wife will be tried first, the trial starting Tues day. 1 EER IS KILL REQUIRE SEVERAL DAYS TO CLEAN OFF TRAFFIC --P Today the spring homeseeker's rate from the east expires, it will be sev eral days, however, before the trains will cease to arrive with their hun dreds of west bound passengers, and then it will only be a few week until the special rates from the east to the Alaska-Yukon exposition will be- j come effective and many will avail 1 themselves of the opportunity. I SALEM, April 30. The Stall Rail road Commission today Issued an or der making wholesale reductions In the rates enforced by the Pacific Ex press Company. The "mercbandlm class" rate between Portland and Huntington, now $4.00 per hundred, is reduced to $3.00. A rate of $2.25 be tween Pendleton and Portland will be substituted for $3.00.' The rate to Baker City from $3.73 to $2.80; to La Grande from $3.60 to $2.25. Tha re duction applies to all points on tin O. R. & N. road. A corresponding do crease to The Dalles being the only exception. The order becomes eftc tlve lu twenty after the order was srerd on the company today. Several months hare been soent by the commission in Investigating and comparing the rates of the express compouy In Oregon and the rates (en forced la other states. They learned that rates are far lower la Missouri, Texas,' and other States than In Or egon. ' . , A similar Investigation Is being con ducted by the .commission relative to the rates of the Wells Fargo Com pany's Express on the Southern Pacific. CLIP: 'BRINGS - v- . ENTERPRISE, April 30. (Special to the Observer) Ed Rumble, of La Grande, has been In thlB county for the last several days and has bought for a Ban Francisco firm practlonlly the whole of the Wallowa countv wool in., approximately 180,000 fleeces, at prices ranging from 18 to 20 cents per pound. About 20,000 fleeces brought 18 cents; C0.000 sold for 19 to 10 1 2, nd the remained the owners will re alize 20 cents for. ' . About $350000 will be disulbuted in Wallowa county by these deals, and the sale of spring lambs In the full .i ( " ; House Cleaning time Is Mere Will You Need Nev Curtains? . 3 DAYS SPECIAL. ! 8 MVS SPECIAL. 3 DAYS SPECIAL. A Uautiful line of 3 yd and ' Another line of all 32 yd ' A special price on every cur 3H yd white lace curtains for ! lengths in elegant patterns and , tain In the store this week, that 8.c per pair. ' materials for $1.19. j will save you money. Thursday, Friday and Saturday 1 o day We CORSET COVERS, WORTH UP TO 75 CENLS FOR - At the COME AND FIND OUT SALE 5zeC A NEW SPECIAL TOMORROW THE FAIR--STORE J w ill bring the total receipt o Wal lowa county sheep men up to n good half million dollars. The: wool sales day will be don away with this year at least .-& : . HENEY ON VERGE OF A Cooked Food Male. ' The Woman's Relief Corps wJU hold a cooked fowl sale tomorrow, lasttnr all day, In the room formerly occupied by the Eastern Oregon Trust and Savings bank, I Grande National building. ' All kinds of cooked food will bo on sale, jles, cakes, bread, baked beans etc Taken to Spokane. OAKLAND, Calif.. April 3D.-F. H Hilliker, accused of embezzlement In Washington. Is enroute to Spottam, to day lu the custody of Sheriff Pugh. Hilliker was Indicted for the Oiefc of eighteen thousand dollars while agent of the defunct Pacific Livestock Association pf Spokane. . Novelty at Da ace. At the big Carnival Ball, those at tending may dance a few times if they wish for ten cents a number. In this way you can dance awhile with out paying for the whole dance. ' A Real Candy Sale. On. Saturday only we will sell the famous McDonald choclates for 25c a pound. Regular 40 C value. Silverthorn'e Family Drug store. E GREAT PROSECUTOR THREATENED WITH COMPLETF COLLAPSE . SAX FRANCISCO. April 30. -Heney is believed to be on the verge of a nervous collapse. For a Week he has been lu poor . health. Jt is thought that the persistent worrying tactics of the defense In the Calhoun trial have brought him to a condition where breakdown Is Imminent. When the proceedings were resumed today Heney turned the greater part of h's work over to . his assistant, John O'Gara. Cornelius J. Harrlgan, cnira- ber of the old boodlinng hoard of supervisors took the stand and told of accepting a bribe for his vote on the trolley franchise. REPETITION OF RECENT - SUCCESS -TONIGHT FEW ADDE5 FEATURES TOO Below Is the program that Is to be rendered this evening, at the opera ' house by the "Meadowbrook" band, with the exception that during the In termission Mr. Adkius ami Mr. Suod gross will give a clarionet duet. This will be one of the finest numbers on the entire program. . Overture, "Poet and Pcasuiit" Suppc Cornet solo, "Hour do Lis".. ...... Carl Calton Mr. Robert Carl Selection, "Marltana" ...... .Wallace Soprano solo, "Attlnata" Fostl ' Miss Etta Fotcy , (a) . Sextet from "Lucia" ....Donizetti (b) March, "Sars and Stripes TOSS BABIES ESCAPE BLAZE HOLOCAUST IN NEW YORK SCORES HURT OR KILLED Tiny Babies Slip Through Saws' " ' , ... . Arms to their Death SUFFERING ITALIANS PAN!CCRAZED NEW YORK, April 30. Eight per sons are killed, six are missing and I are in hospitals as the result of a fire which destroyed a tenement In tha Italian quarter here today. Two ba bies were killed. ., Five were aav whose mothers threw them from tha upper windows in the arms of 0Iicer Brossner. The two that were kllk-i slipped through the policeman's arms. After catching the babies Brossner joined Officer White In a dash through the flames and smoke to the upper floors of the building where they found 31 panic stricken Italians huddled Into one room all of them were rescued. LIKES STATE I SUCCESSOR TO LOWELL IS SEIHG ' DISCUSSED AT WEISER SPOKAXE Sl'SI'KCTS ARKLSTFO HOLD I P .XOHTHLKX I'.HIFH; SPOKANE, Wash., April 30. Four suspects have- been arrested as a re- j bu It of the holdup last night of the Northern Pacific passenger three miles I west. ofiCithdmni. Two bandits sep U in led the engine and mail car from j the rest of the train, and compelled the engineer to rundown the track 'and stole valueless mail, ovei looking valuables in one cdrner of the oar. I MOX HAN DECLARER 1XSANE SOX OP If I SHOP EXOLAXO George . x England of lulon was brought to La Grande late thla afternoon suffering with avlolent at tack of Insanity, brought on. no doubt, from long mental sufforlnir and grief u?.r' tklP-d'rt?asi?vf'Si?- .?.-?,.i.o.. He took treatments at Hot Lake fo.' a time, but today became' violent and bad to be removed to the jaiL An ex amining board declared the fellow In sane late this afternoon and an asy lum guard will hurry here to take the demented man away. He la a son of Ex-Bishop England of In Ion and baa a large circle of In timate frlenda. lutermiasion Waltz, "Wedding of the Winds'.... ... ...Hall Violin solo, "Polonaise In IL.Bohm Mlsa Bertha Yong.. Clarinet solo, "Fifth Air Vaire" " .' Prepsant Mr. F. G. Adkins. Overture, "Sky Pilot ..Laurens (b) March, "American Republic,, Thiele In order to drum up interest the hand was out at nontlmo dispensing some classical stuff gratis. WEISER, Idaho, April 30. There I no division of sentiment regarding ntntA aided conatruction of railroad apparent among the delegates of the Idaho-Oregon development congrest assembling here today. William Han ley, of Burns, Ogn., Is talked of as successor to president LowelJ, who re signed. Welser made elaborate prep arations to entertain the congress. The streets are decorated. . Every train bringing delegates Is met at the depot by the band. JIEADOWHROOK, TI1E THAT MADE LA (iKAXDE FAMOUS CUES IF STEALING BROUGHT T RESIDENTS inn HIDIITS imii n court in nui ior (mm 10 CUKES Al Paulsen and Fred Day, residents of the Summervllle district, were ar rested yesterday by Sheriff Cbildera op .chnrseji ..pr?fe,rred b Ambrose and Louis Wright, aliegiug that they have been cutting wood and posts out of timber belonging to the Wrights. Paulson and Day appeared before Jus tice Stewart this morning and plead not guilty. The examination waa set for Monday at 3 o'clock. The affrlr is considerably mixed, for the two men aay tbey were directed by John Hawthorne, of Summervllle, to cut the timber. It seems that Ambrose , Wright, according to the story of the defendants, was formerly partner in the sa-ysn'!l business., wjtb. Mr- .Wale. of Sumuierville. and sold his interest j In the mill to Wade. Wade then transferred bis right to Mr. Haw i thorn e, who Is responsible for the i cutting of the timber. In other words, while they do not : deny rutting the posts and wood, they ; claim to be innocent third parties, antf ; will conduct their defeasa alon( that lint. ' 4 J v r - f - . t-r:.. t :
