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rfV: O mo J: W.Y. VOLUME VIII. LA GRANDE, UlflON COUNTY, ORE.; FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1909. NUMBER 179. VI' 0 Li FILE ON BIC I Hur.lESTEADS 1 ' WAV GET 320 ACRE HOME- 1 V STEAD IN THIS DISTRICT List of Lands Open to Entry Under f Extended Homestead Law Includes ' l.'J 1-2 Townships In Morrow And ) IniatilJa Counties Land h Soppos- ed to be Xou Irrigable Lint of i Townships Given. Xotlce has been received by Reg ister Bramwell, of the local land office, fciviug list, ul uie ituius hi tniB dis trict which are open to ntry under the 320 acre homestead law. There tire all told 13 1-2 townships, three of which lie in Morrow county,, east of Heppner, and the rest "in Umatilla. Beginning with township 3 S., 27 E, which lies Just east of Heppner and -six miles south, the list includes th'e land north to the. boundary of the lierm'ston project, and on up to the Columbia river, east almost to Free water, and south'to the north boun dary of the Umatilla reservation, then southwest back to the vicinity of Hep pner. A small portion open to such entry Is included in the reservation. hut this land of course must be taken subject to the regulations of the In dian affairs department. The descrip tion is not accurate, but describes roughly the lands open to entry under the 320 acre law. Beiow wo give the townships.' T. 1 .V, Rs. all 27,. 28, 29, 30, 31 E., W. . -M. .. - - NT. 2 N.. Rs. all 27, SVs 28, all 29, 30 v . 31 e. " ' T. 3 X., Rs. all 30, 31, 32, NV4 of 33 E. T. 4 X., Rs. all 30, 31, 32, 33 E. , T. 5 X, Rs. Sy2 and XE4 30, all 31, 2, 33. 34 E. T. 6 X., Rs. all 32, 33 E. T. 1 S., Rs. all 27, 28, 29, 30. 31 E. ,T. 2 S., Rs. all 27, 28; 29, 30 E. T. 3 S., Rs. all 27, 28 E. None of this land is supposed to be 5- AT THE ho at Two for the Price of One X 1 25c Staple Todth Brushes 15c " '.. " : " 25c Boxes of Soap 25c'Gream Lotion 25c Talcum Powders , 25c Tooth Powders 50c and 75c Boxes Writing Paper 25c, 50c and $1.00 Staple Gombs . 25c, 50c and $1.00 Hair Brushes " ' 25c to $1,00 Purses and Pocket Books Red . mug I Irrigable, and is necessarily of little value exceyt for spring pasture or for dry farming. . DEATH OF 0. B. CHAPPAT. Well Known Cove Man Succumbs to ApiendlriU. O. B. Chappatl rural mail earlier out of Cove, returned from his work Mon day evening complaining of a pain in his side. On Tuesday his condition was so bad that itntas considered best to remove him to Hot Lake, where be could hav hospital care. There It was found necessary to perform an operation; but'' the' disease," appendi citus, had made, such progress that Mr. Chappat could not recover from the shock of the operationl'an l he died in the afternoon. The burial took place yesterday at Cove. He leaves a wif tH four moll oMMmn '' 1 WAGERS WIFE AND CHILDREN IN EXCITING CARD GAME Indian at Fort Jones, Calif., Is Today Enjoying Possession of Wife And Children Once Belonging to Brother Red Man Put up Money Agaiust II ii in a n Chattels After Winning Ranch, ff ' ' ' ' '' PORT JONES,' Cal., May 7. Jack Dau an Indian Is today the possesoi of a wife and children, once the prop erty of John McCash, as the result of a card game in which McCash staked eveiything he owned. The game was played in the Indian village of Quartz Valley. After all McCash's money wns gone he put up a small ranch against a stipulated sum and lost. He also lost after putting up his wife and children. ross more ross R. de n im mm SfOK PHES1DENT 111 DECIDE DISPUTE SECRETARIES BALLINGER ! . I AND WILSON CLASniNS Ballinger Refused to. Withdraw Cer tain Lands as Requested by Wilson ' Land Was to be Used as Siutious For - Forest Senlce Emplojees Taft And Cabinet Listen to Argn . meatsDerision of Great Impor ' tanre. ' ' : ' v"Artiistioi, - u. c.. May T. Roosevelt's conservation policy was on trial today whu the cabinet lis tened to a discussion of the differen ces of opinion between Secretaries Wilson and Balltnger, who clashed recently over interpretation of the land laws concerning the withdrawal of public lands from entry. Ballinger declined to withdraw crtain western lands to be used as stations for. the forest rangers. Taft told them to present their statements at ' today's meeting. " v - . v The president's verdict will hav a bearing of the utmost Importance up on the future policy of the adminia trationregardlng public lands. It is hard to write an iuti'oc'.iK tion of the story of the perfoi pi&nc e of the La Grande high school boys at Walla Walla today, for w know very little, of What they have ac opi'lisli'd. Til half mile, in which Will t'eure bioke his record by ' eigat seconds and lost first place by a few measly inches, must have been heartbreaking. Frank Millerlifg and his brother, with rrSM MP" A part of the official members of the Union County Pioneer Association met at Imbler today . and selected July 22 as the date of this year s re union. Not many were present, and a fact to be regreted. is that no one from La Grande responded to the re quest for their"' presence at today's meeting, although they had written notices. Commltees were appointed as follows. On transportation.' T. II. WILL CONDUCT SUNDAY AFTERNOON SERVICES IN OPEN AIR Y'i The Ministerial Association of the city, composed of the pastors of the Presbyterian. Methodist. Baptist, Epis copal- and Christian churches, have planned a Berles of Sunday afternoon open air services, which will begin next Sunday at 4 o'clock. The ser vices will be conducted at the corner of Adams and Depot. Each Sunday during the. series, some one of the different ministers will be in charge of the service and It is hoped that the meetings will result in much good. 0 E MEET KC ON JULY 22 MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION MURDERER GOES TO HIS DEATH SEWARD HANGED IN BOISE PENITENTIART TODAY Remarkable Nerve Enabled Murderer (t Walk Calmly to Gallows Joked With Wardt-n as Light of Day Was Forever Hidden From Sight Hud ' Murdered Woman of The Under. ' world Because She Would Not Re. form. . ' iiOJSE, Idaho, May , 7. Displaying remarkable nerve, Fred Seward, the murderer of Clara O'Neil, of the un derworld, at Moscow last October, was hanged in the Idaho penitentiary this morning. , "Do a good Job," be said to the warden as . the cap was placed qver his head. 'After failing to induce the O'Nril woman to lead a better life, Seward delivered her a blow with one hand, .nd fired a bullet lulo her heart with the other. His attempt to coniitit suicide was unsuccessful. Mrs. John Weaver, of Elgin, la visi ting in home of Pastor Gibson for a few days. . Fred Young, took six out of nine points in the pole vault. Below we give tliev results as received here up to 5 o'clock. Frank Mlllerlng won the pole vault. Jay Millering and Fred Young tied for third in the same event. Will Peare lost, first in' the half mile by five, inches, time 2:00. Crawford, Hermann Rotchlld, Henry Rinehart, W. T. Wright and George H. Holmes. On general arrangements. J. L. Woodell, 8. L. Brooks, O. W. Ruck nian, Mrs." J. A. Woodell and Miss Anna Brooks. Dunham Wright was appointed a committe of one to se cure a speaker for the day. The reunion will be held In Biuga mcn's grove, near Imbler. ' IS IN BOISE TODAY BIG CAR HAS HAD NUMEROUS AC- CiDENTS AND IS BEHIND TIME Word has Just been received from j Baker City that the "Pathfinder" car. searching out and mapping a course for the big trancontinental Automobile race to take place durlnir tbef Seattle fair, today reached ' !;...6c, where it will be laid up for repairs during the next few days. Th car is more than a week behind schedule, owing to nu merous breakdowns; and unless a re markable run is made from Boise to Seattle, It will reach that city nearly two weeks behind the time set at the beginning pf the Journey. PATHFINDER BETTER LOOK OUT B01S, OR CRUMB WILL GET YOU J. R. Crum. a husky 200 pounder. 28 years old, has promised to throw every one of Lincoln's Amateurs Sat urday night in the animal show tent within an hour, without hurting any body. Mr. Crum is a big genial fellow and certainly looks able to tarry out his part of the contract. The exhi-. bltion will take placo about 9:U0. ' PECULIAR ACCIDENT ONE HORSE KILLS ANOTHER Yesterday a wild horse belonging to Ilorton brothers, who have a farm near Cove, reared and with Its front feet struck-another horse In the back of the h-ad, killing the scond horse instantly. Just a few days ago Hor ton's were offered $75.00 for the ani mal that was killed. " ilTSlfilCE NEEDS BUGUY FOR FOR THIRTY-FIFTH BABY Associated Charities of San Francisco Advertises For Carrluge to Hold Youngest Baby of "0 Year Old Span lard, Once .Millionaire Land Owner of California Is Dcscendunt of Spanish Grandee. SAX FRANCISCO. May 7.Kath erlne Feltou, of the Assoc iated Char ities of this city, today advertised in the newspapers for a buby carriage for nine months old Dolores Grijalva, the thirty-fifth, child of Juan Manuelo Grijalva, a descendant o a punish grandee, und formerly owner of th6u sands of uci'es CaHIornia land. Gri jalva was married' four times, and is now 70 years old. Two of his chil dren are grand parents. IIu is irr.v oo poor that he is icuiijHjlod to 'appeal to charity for th pri e of a baby car riage. r J if . escheat Case GOiiS TO SI.EAI District Attorney Ivanlioe retnrnetl last night ftom Peniileton. wher? he appeared In nine cases before the su preme court, three of which were transferred to Salem ' for argument. One of the three is that of the escheat proceedings in the Morrison estate case. 0 NY THE SEASON'S DAINTIEST OXFORDS Trim footwear is the key to good . dressing. Our Oxfords are 'iinex. celled in both style and quality. . PETERS DIAMOND BRAND OXFORDS iHE mm LA GRANDE, ORE. II fill AT CITY DRAYMAN STRUCK BY TRAIN THIS MORNING , SeemUgly Careless Driver Tries f Cross Track Is Fatally! Injured' Team Killed Outright No Blame ' Attached to Men lu Charge of En gineImpossible to See Team la Time to Prevent Ae eldent V As No. 1 . HAitrvwt . HbVp ei .;- morning half" an hour late, running at a good speed with Engineer Given and Fireman Fred Shields oa the engine, the train struck a team .' being driven by Lee H. Wallace, drayman, and bo'h horses were killed outright. . . Wallace Was thrown against the sidewalk and his head was crushed. ' He was at once removed to the hos pital and made as comfortable as pos sible, but he has very little chance to live. Those who saw the accident at tach no blame to the enginemen. for neither Engineer Given, who was on the opposite side of the engine, nor Fireman Shields wre able to see the team until less than 100 yards away from the crossing where the accident happened.. All engineer's blow the whistle at that point, once for the crossing, and as the train nears the crossing, once for the station. Mr. Given had just released the whistle lever when the ngiue struck the team. . Mr, .Wallace, who Is about 30 year of age, .and has. a wife and a little girl, had the reputation,' according-to' ' recoils from Baker City, of being a raielosa driver. The track is straight for 'more than, a mile beyond the point of the accident, and the PPly expl'V. .nation or the Hecldeut is that he tried . to cross in front of the train, which according to Fireman Shields, was a physical impossibility. The engine whs very clos as was said above, v.hcn Wallace drove onto the track. , Persons neciunlnted with the loca tion snld In a telephone message to the Observer this morning that It Wjould have been impossible for the enginemen to have seen the team un til within less than a ; block of the ; crossing. . v-'V... ' Want ads flud things. , We have them in all cok ors and all' sizes. They are .wonderfully snappy and at tractive. ' ! I.