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VOLUME VIII.
LA GRANDE, UlflON COUNTY, ORE.; FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1909.
NUMBER 179.
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Li FILE ON BIC
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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
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Two for the Price of One
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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
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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 ''
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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.
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PHES1DENT 111
DECIDE DISPUTE
SECRETARIES BALLINGER !
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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.
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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. .
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