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t' VOLUME VIII. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE., MONDAY, MAY 3, 1909. NUMBER 166 FESTIVAL IlliHI! IS CARNIVAL TRAIN ARRIVES AMID BURST OF MUSIC IE JfOOJW OrEX AT SEVEN 1 O'CLOCK THIS LVFM.X, Iwj Indication I'oluts to Slsrnal Suc re M;o Paraphernalia i 8 nr. ? jirlsingljr Large Will be a Week of Fuu And Festival For Old Aud Young Alike. The arrival of the much heralded C, W. Parker shows was proclaimed yesterday afternoon about one o'clock, by the strenuous tones of an immense steam caliope floating over the city. The shows are scheduled to play a six duya engagement. In the city under the auspices of the local business men, and aB the special train, consisting of twenty-seven double-length cars, pul led into the city the sounds of the caliope attracted the crowd, innumer able Bin a boys and girls, and even (elderly people, ucurylng towards the tlepot from all directions, ' . The Parker shows had been' pre ceded by many complimentary notices, indicating and reflecting the enviable reputation established in other lo calities, but it is wholly probable that nut one person In fifty of those as sembled at the station was prepared to see such an extensive aggregation, or one that gave so much conclusive evi dence of its substantial nature. Im mediately after the.arrlvnl of the long train the work, of unloading began, and the wagons, cages, chariots, etc., were speedily transferred to the lo cutions they will occupy on Jefferson street, extending from Depot to Chest nut avenue. During all of yesterday afternoon and today throngs of curi ous people have bloeaded the adjoin ing pavements and watched the corps of electricians, carpenters, decorators and workmen in their task of erecting the various shows, and getting things in readiness for the Inauguration of the bis festival; which will take place tonight. Remarks were rife as to the sytematic manner in which the work was performed. On every hand there was evidence of discipline and system, and capable hands, working tinder the dirction of master minds, speedily brought amazing results out f seeing chaos, and gave the Inter ested onlookers added opportunity to appreciate the unusual magnitude and character of the Parker organization. The shows are all equipped with immense adjustable wagon fronts, em bellished with hand-painted and gold leafed ornamentation, giving much J the nperahce and rivaling in many j 'spectsthe imposing entrances to j b-adiniL theaters in some our leading i cities. On all sides commendable j comments were 'heard, having for j their topic the splendid and substan-j iul nature of the various attractions j as evidenced by their outer appear ing e. and if they prove to be even one half as meritorious as outward ap- pearauces would indicate It is a for-j Viie conclusion that they will am-j Ply sustain the reputation they have j established in other localities as being I NEAR All O.A. C. APPROPRIATION IV f.!.!''.!, May " . F 3, Kf.lspr "'inr '""'""tTie" Vuli;y T.ei'.V.Yf a!A'h!nnd is Tiiftking a tour of the Willamette val- -v s iment on the pro posal to ajiply n.v -pnduni to the PIroprlation made by 1 islature for Oregon Agricultural cr ge. He has nntll May 23 to file th 'tition. Accf.ri'lng to staf is made by the biggest, (leanest and best carni val organization extant, as well as prove a veritable rovelatlon to the people of La Grande in the matter of mm" od, .merit and magnitude. me coin puny carms a tiue concert band, and following the arrival of the show train, the bund rendered a down town concert of appropriate music. which was listened to by hundreds of people, the crowds lining the pave ments for some distance along both sides of the street. The company presents a number of free open air attractions,. Including "The Great Beno," aeriallst supreme, and the two Latllps, in their daring double high dive. This is one of the most thrllllnng acts ever seen any where, and will be given twice dally, as will all the free acts. Everything will be In readiness for the opening tonight, and the various attractions will open their doors to the public im mediately after the band ; concert which will be given promptly at 7 o'clock! BAKER SENATOR WILL ATTEND WALLA WALLA CONGRESS SALKM. May 3. State Senator J. N. Hart of Baker City, has been selec ted by Uovenor Benson to represent him at i meeting of the Washington Conservation Association at Walla Walla, May 13 and 14. The purpose of the meeting is to formulate plans for, concerted effort between the Pa cific coast states to conserve the. nat ural resources. Govenors of Oregon, Washington and Idaho will attend. TAfTS CABINET IIERS FICHT BALLINGER AND WILSON IN WARM TUSSLE OVER LAND MATTERS WASHINGTON. May 3. Clashing over the best policy to Be pursued in the conduct of the general land oiJice, Secretary Ballinger, of the Interior department:, arid Secretary Wilson of Agriculture, declared -war today and linally placed their differences in the hands of the President for settlement. Trouble arose when Chief Forester Pinchet had Wilson request certain j lands In the west be withdrawn from all form of entry, and used as stations i for men who patrol National forests. Heretofore such requests were gran I ted without question; Wilson" and ' Pinehet were dumbfounded when Bal ! linger sent word the law would not permit such action. ."" " Power For Milking, Hugh Wilson last week purchased a 3-horse power gasoline engine from the McCully Merc. -Co. This engine j will be used to supply the power for his milking plant. Mr. itson iihs just completed a milking barn 60., 24 feet rt.d will Install .the plant in the near Inline. At present ! is inilku.g 3 c.ns by hand. Jose') Herald. Kaiser, it is uncertain whether the t.-liHtffl wiil. t" !i!e'i. J'e: ici.S' .HHiY"'. henslon has arisen as to the purpose of the petition, which toot for its pur pose the holding up of additional maintenance appropriation, which Is now $0.000. but for a totally different appropriation of 1210.000 for Improve ments. . BENSON APPOINTS HART BP BAKER TO John S. Hughes, field representative of the Board of Control of the Seven teenth National Irrigation Congress, which Is to' be held In Spokane, Au gust 9 to 14, Is In -the city for a few days, . Mr. Hoghes' purpose In visiting La Grande is to Interest the people In sending the local band accompanied by a marching club, to represent this city In various parades . which will be held during the meeting of the Con gress. . ' " "' -;" ' . Much will be made of these parcdes this year, as they are-designed to take the place of the exhibitions held In connection with former Congresses. No exhibits will be allowed this Mear, owing to the early date at which the congress is held and', also because of the fact that most Northwestern Ir rigation districts will have very com plete exhibits at the A.-Y.-P. fair. To prepare another exhibit of surh char acter as would be worthy of the ex hibitor would be burdensome. Hence, the 'only way a community can advertise Itself at the congress Is by representation in the parados. Mr. Hughes said, "If you send a fine band and an unique marching club, you will attract the attention of visitors at the congress. Some of the parades will WASHINGTON, May 3.-Secreary of the Interior, Ballinger, today restored to entry '92,000 acres of land in Oregon and withdrew" 178.000 In. the same state. The' land restored is in the La Grande distiTct aud was withdrawn on March .10, 1909 for the I-ower Powder river reclamation project. These tracts of land represent 'such portions of the district. as were not nniinn iMTuroc nUHUII 1IIUIIILIIJ Mnthpr'n Duv will relieve due prep- aration at the Presbyterian chure.', fle'vt Sundav. Dr. Seenian has apnoin- , ted committees and the morning, jnd evening services are being curerullv arranged.' It is the-purpose to sho.v due respwet to the mother's who are .cone, while the mothers who ;im with us are to be shown how great lv they are revered and loved for the u;-it things they have done for the we'.':re of the world. It is Dr. Seeni.m s wuh C. W. PARKER ' 4 ? , t t lilSltHMXS AI3I0F.Y CO ffl Include floats and this feature will help greatly as an advertising factor. The band will be placed ahead of the float and the marching club will fol low. The parade given on Tuesday the 10th will tell allegorlcally of the de velopment of the West. Thursday's parade will be tlje march of the; Ir rigation and Industrial army. . The Congress wll lbe especially In teresting for the notable mqu who will be present. The govenors of all the states have been Invited and many will be present with their staffs. Of course, the principal Interest will cen ter around President Taft, who has promised to come If possible. "As you will see." said Mr. Hughes, "it Is not a question aB to whether this city will be represented. Of course It. will. It cannot afford to be left out. It is a duty It owes itself. The only question Is, How will yon be represented? By all means send your band and a good big marching club and uniform them appropriately. If possible, send a float which will show the resources of this district. The Board of Control, which la com posed of the business men of Spokane, urge you to share with them the bene fits of this great occasion." needed in the irrigation scheme, being tost red by Baker City people. The withdrawal from entry men- tinned above Is utrder the reclamation i act and Includes 30,000 for the Lower Powder river project and the remain ; der is in connection with the Malheur ; project In the Burns land office dis- trict. Tliis land was first refused by , the-department for reclamation pur ' poses. HOT CATIIDnAV ii la I jniununi that all mothers not connected v!ih 'other churches may have a cordial ii- citation to be present at the q-rvlce:. next Sunday. At the same litre it is likewise desired tlmt soii3 and daugh ters attend these services in honor of their mothers if living, and as ;t w in oi lal if dead. George Ferguson returned f:ni Un ion this morning utter spendi:i'.' Sun i"n,y at home. " 3i X: TIMM. THE BIC CARMVAI- '' Money .Hade Xo Change. SA FRANCISCO. May 3. Follow ing the example set by other members of the boodllng board of supervisors, John J. Furay, In taking the stand In the Calhoun trial today, declared his vote feuulu liive tnieu Ciizt fur th trolley franchise even had he uot re ceived a compensation. He testified he received $400 dollars for his vote. WHITWORT1I 1IEAO "HANGED." .students Vent Spleen on President by Hanging In Eftlffy. TACOMA. May 3. I'nrest, dissatis faction with the administration of President B. H. Kroere, of Whitworth college for several months, manifested itself In 1 startling form today when Kroeze was hanged In effigy from the flagstaff on the cupola of Mason li brary. A placard readable for blocks, bearing "B. H. Kroeze" was attached to It. Stuffed suspended last night was ordered down this afternoon. TURKS WITHESS TO RECENT PLOTTER SUSPENDED III AIR UNTIL STRANGLED CONSTANTINOPLE. May 3.Thlr teen plotters were executed today, and several soldiers and leaders publicly shot, and acohipllces hanged. Thousands witnessed the executions. The condemned men were led forth, clad in white trousers and jackets, and upon efu-lvVHi fastened a placard bearing the name and the crime of which accused. A cordon of police controlled the crowd, Kadi victim was raised by a pulley, suspended un til he'was strangl"d to death. ; .. j ' IS ATTElPTtO TWO WITNESSES HEARD IN PORT- V LAND SUIT TODAY . PORTLAND, Oregon. May 3. Refe ree S. G. Williams today began the araignmeut of the Harrlmau railroad in behalf or the United -States Gov ernment, which wants the I'nlon Pa cific to show legality for Its merged interests or submit to a dissolution. Two witnesses D. C. O'Reilly formerly General Trotlic .Manager of the O. R. & N. and William C. Mclirlde, former traveling passenger agent of the I'n lon Pacific were evamined this morn ing. The' purpose of the government, through Us witnesses is to show coin petition between the two lines in ev ery department of traffic was destroy ed after the stock transfer. O'Reilly said when he left the O. R. & N., there was a bitter fight between that line and the Southern Pacific for freight and passenger business. Adam Roys, the well known barber commenced this morning working for Christiansen Bros", which now gives their new shop three chairs. TILLAMOOK. Ore., May 3. Circuit .linlK" Yia;'iiiviW. 'anitoYtf.Vfil in. .ten court today that he was threatened with ossaslnation If he convicted cer tain parties In Tillamook rounty. He was warned not to be out late nights or attend public resorts. FVelipg 4s Intense here ovtr.the attempt to In II i T AOATUER CLUBS LA GRANDE WINS ; FIRST GAME UNDER SCHEDULE PERRY AND COVE WINNERS AMATKi K BALL SATISFIES VXMi IX THREE CITIES, La Grande Perry And Cove Hold First Places la .New Amateur Baehall League Perry Springs Surprise a Huker City, Doing The halsomlalng Stunt. ' . , .' STAMI.G OK t'Ll'IIS. v.- v. ju r.c La Grande ..............II 1040 Perry ......... 1 t im Cove !" 10 lulon ... tt 1 JM Baker I'lty ............... 0 1 M Huntington ........ . . . . . . 0 1 JM Eastern Oregon's amateur baseball league was formally opened yesterday at La Grande, Union and Huntington, and the leaders are, outlined above.. So far, the venture has proven ex tremely popular, for fans and bug look forward to some interesting bulr this summer. By winning at Hun tington, La Grande showed Its caliber. Perry clearly out classed Baker City and Cove rattled the"pan twice mora than Tniou. at l'loiij'ei'ierday,. La Grande Wins Handily, , Seven to nine In, La Grande's, favor Is the story of the. La Grande Hun tington game ut the O. R. & N. gate way city yesterday. . . (.'ore Trims 1'nlou. Cove defeated I nion In the first game- undt r the prepared schedule' at I'nlon yesterday H to . The game was full of sensational plays and pleased the audience well. Perry Too Stroiitr. . , Perry outclassed Baker City at. ev ery stage of the gain played at La Grande yesterday, winning by a score . of 6 to 0. Nelson, , the big stellar mound artist, was altogether too much for the visitors. Perry's fielding wns the feature of the 'game. . STOLE CHIEF'S TROCSERS. Oregou CI!) t ulef of Police Awake To Find Garment Allxslnir. OREGON CITY, May 3. A burglar entered the home of Chief of Police Burns last, night, and nc tried away the thief's trousers. When he awoke this morning he missed the trousers, but secured another pair and started in search. He found foot prints lead ing to the gate pout, where ho found the garment hanging. (0ri!L'S MOTHER ILL. Senator's Mother, Aged 97, l.s Ij lug nt l"n mil j Home In Lust, s . WASHINGTON, May 3. United States Senator Bourne today received a telegram that his mother, aged 97, is dying at New Bedford. Mass. The Senator left tills evening for the bed side. He had prepared a speech on lum ber, but will withhold It to revise It owing to the later matter at hand. timidate justice In the prosecution of iiUbteroUd u!l"W't !Ki'.!lr;; i:ti&.. i'ase, The judge's announcement is the climax to a bitter fight made in the case of William Langworth, charged with bootlegging. Many cases have been, trifd since local option becoma effective, , 11 It' 1 j" .' i ' '.r.t - if 'i t 1 t - t ?