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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE.,
TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1909.-
NUMBER 179.
ARRANGE
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COUNTY EXHIBIT
WILLIAM HALL LEAVES TONIGHT
fOHaiiTlAfO
GET VERY BEST
EXHIBIT TO BE EXHAUSTIVE IS
THE SCHEME. ' '
Tart of Exhibit Is Already on The
Ground at Seattle.
William Hall, the well known fruit
raiser, and a booster of the first class,
will leave for Portland tonight to meet
the Oregon Commission of the A-Y-P.
exposition preparatory to taking up
his work of installing the Union coun
ty exhibit in the Oregon building at
the fair. Mr. Hall has had experience
and will look after the exhibit to the
very best advantage. His work will
begin in the near future, for grains,
grasses, fruits, vegetables and prac
tically everything raised In the val
ley'will be shipped to him as fast as
it matures. The fruit exhibit is parti
ally ready, for 160 boxes of our finest
apples are in cold storage at Seattle,
, and will be used as needed. ,
Another ENcape ut Salem.
SALEM, May 18. -H. V. Harvey, a
one eyed convict, escaped this morn
ing from the gang employed at the
institution for feeble minded. He Is
the eigth convict to escape since the
force waB put to work.
rapke-Ketchel Fight Negotiations.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18. Failing
to match Billy Papke with Sam Lang
ford, Promoter Coffroth is conducting
negotiations with Willus Britt for an
other Papke-Ketche fight.
Fas
's
New Lines for Spring and Summer wesr have been arriving daily and
we are certain that never before have we had such an elegant showing
of new and up-to-dats merchandise. . ' : " '
New Nash
,in all the newest colors and eery one from the cheapest to the most ex
pensive is elegantly tailored. . :
Wash
Suits
from
$4.00
to
$17.50
Come in and see
1MB
, HEADY FOR IXSTITITE.
Thursdays Institute Mill be Full of
' " Excellent Thing. . . "
Things look bright for the W. C. T.
U. institute in this city next Thursday,
when Mrs. Shepard the noted lecturer
will be heres' Locally ail arrangnients
have been made for the affair and the
institute should prove of special worth
to all concerned. The day will be re
plete with good things.
John Brown of Wallowa is , here
transacting business today.
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NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB MEETS FOR
LAST TIME UNTILL FALL
At one of the most pleasant, har
monious and in every way enjoyable
meetings in the memory of La Granda
club women the Neighborhood club
gathered this afternoon at the home
of Mrs. M. Anthony and elected ne
officers for the coming club year They
are: " ',,' ' ' , .
Mrs. J. D. Smith, president; Mrs.
Ed Kiddle, vice-president; Mrs. D. E.
Cox, recording secretary; Mrs. W. A.
Worstell, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. J. T, Williamson, treasurer, and
.Mrs. Williams, librarian.
Of the new officials Mrs. Worstell,
Mrs. - Williamson and Mrs." Willams
succeed ' themselves. 1 Mrs. Ivanhon
was elected director. ;
The retiring officers named In order
if. their positions were, Mrs. Ivanhoe,
Miss Margaret Anson, Mrs. E. Polack,
nd the three ladies who remain in
lieir former offices.
One of the pleasantest features of
he afternoon was the speech of Mrs.
.. T. Hill, in which, eeganty and
(Continued on page 6. .. .
C holcest .:
Suits
SKJRT
them.
CUIUS
mi
ml MC1S :
Engineer Humphreys Will go Directly
to Meadowprook
IS INITIAL CONSTRUCTION STEP
. .-- I4ual tuiu complete reports as to '
the precise location of the Meadow-j
brook dam, the contour of the reser-
voir.' volumes of data dealing with the !
strata of rock underlying the dam site
and reservoir site, and a mass of other
details in a way supplementary to the
report made by Young and Kelsey on
the Meadowbrook proposition three
years ago, will be laid before the di
rectors of the Meadowbrook Associ
ation within something like 10 days or
two weeks. Engineer Humphreys of
Ogdeh, who will be the engineer in
charge of the irrigation project, will
arrive tomorrow morning, and, after
consultation with the directors will
j leave with a small corps of assistants
for Meadowbrook, where he will re
main .- untlll the . notes mentioned
above are located. This la the initial
step of actual construction of tha
Meadowbrook irrigation propositon.
It will be Mr. Humphrey's purpose
SPOKANE. May 18. It is apparent
today that the county authorities are
making no effort to capture the iwo
bandits who held up the Great North
ern train Saturday night, near her?.
Selections
and Dresses
Wash;
Dresses
from
$2.50
to
$27.50
You are always welcome at
R
to locate the dam site minutely His
task will be, an ardent one and the
team that takes him to It will return
and leave the. engineer and his crew
there until the work is finished. Di
rectors and promoters -tn general, are
elated Ovu the initial steps of con
struction are about to be taken.
The directors held a meeting last
evening and aside from appointing
, J.D, McKennon and F. S. Bramwell
a committee of two to receive and wait
on the engineer when he arrives to
morrow morning, little else was done.
Mr. Humphrey's will come out of the
mountains with the figures in hand
whereon can bo started condemnation
suits where necessary, wheron can be
let the contract for construction of
the dam site, and the purchase of land
required to permit construction of the
reservoir. It will be extremely valu
able information which he will seek
there and come out with.
Detectives seem to have little faith in
the railroad's offer of a big reward,
because of the treatment received by
the raptors of McDonald and Frank:
hauser, train robbers. Not a single
'captor rweived a cent of reward ot-
SALEM", May 18. L. M. Mahan, the
Salem attorney Is. preparing to bring
action in the circuit court of Marion
county, enjoining the state treasurer
from paying over $100,000 appropri
ated by the last legislature for con
struction of the Crater Lake road.
rhe reasons are those which prompt
FORESTERS I
GRAND LODGE MEETS WITH LARGE
ATTENDANCE :
HOOD RlVICn. Oregon, May 18,-
The oj)nilng session of the (iVand
Ujdge of Forrsteis of Ovrv,,,a was
held here this mornlnjr Delegates
p the number of 75 ace attending from
Portland. Salem, La Grande, Oregon
City, College Grove, Grants Pass, Al
bany and other points In the state.
The session was devoted to the
Consideration of the reports of 'com
mitters and other business relating to
It he order's history for the past year.
CRATER LAKE MONEY ENJOINED
' ATTORNEY InClnAHON OF SAEEra
T
s T IIOfiO RIVER
IIAHUIMAN INEASI.
Railroad Kin? Fours - Competition
When Canal Opens.
. SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 Antici
pating competition In the colonist
trade when the -Panama canal opens,
Harriman is negotiating for the pur
chase of half a million acres of land
on the west side of the San Joaquin
valley Including ' the entire water
rights of the'valley. This is to be
part of u vast colonization scheme on
the Pacific coast. The land lies in five
different counties. t -
T
II
MESSINA DISASTER VICTIMS RE
TUBS TD STRTCKEH CITY
RO.MK. May 18. It 1b feared that
the return to Measlna of refugees,
who are supported at various Sicilian
and Italian towns by relief funds will
be. marked by rioting. The present
population of the stricken city is
twenty thousand and returning refu
gees number fifteen thousand. Yes-
terday the Roman earthquake relief
committee paid the final gratuities to
MeBBina and Regglp refugees and clo
sed the temporary shelters.
fered. The matter Is still in litigation.
The local police seenAo make no ef
fort to locate the robbers.
. YOTIXfi NOW IN ORDER.
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Interest lu Friendly ContoNt O'rous
Rapidly bh Time I'r(tretNes,
Voting for the Rose Show Queen be
gan today, Vut "votes', will uot be coun
ted before some time tomorrow. , In
terest continues' to grow, mid by the
end "of the week It is expected that
several thousands of votes w ill be cast
for the various candidates. .
ed the same attorney to bring suit
against Former Secretary of State
Dunbar and Former Senator C. W.
Filton, and both cases failed.
MtMahon's contention Is that tho
act appropriating the money la local
and a special law and thereby In vio
lation of the constitution.
f?6 far ?.g f !n he. karned at. this
time th? hi;jluHt price ever paid for
Grand lUmde ' valley fruit land wes
I ....1,1 ... xiri-n 1 ii ..1 i ii., . 1 ji ' . '
ljiiu iu muwm uitii iiiis Hi U'l lluon,
wlien the' ' It;.rnti-Fherwood Realty,
company .'completed a eala of Mr.
Hull's ten' acre tiact to Locke H. Moe,
of .Nebraska, for $8,000 or' $800 per
ntfe. Mr, tiOB lias been Investigating
til 1 .this interior country for the past
month, nnd has been in this valley
for the psi'st two weeks. He found
nothing to compare with the values
offered lit rtj, and consequently paid
hir. I'-.iix y vhere it would bring him
t!)f' greatest returns. The Meadow
brook irrigation project' had a good
deal to do with bis final choice of lo
catiou. .
Incidentally It may tie said that Mr.
Hall bought the place In 1900 for $500.
Captain Halns Jailed. .
NEW VORK, May 18.-Captaln
Halns was taken to prison today. He
will ierve time while the case Is
being carried to appellate division of
FEARS
(If fill
the supreme court. .
AHOFACTURERS
BELLICEREiiT
PRFSIQEHT VAN CLEAVE CDMMEXDS
'FEISTS TO BEST 11333
SCORES LEADER
CHARGES EFFORTS TO OBTAIJT
otottAli (At WM!V
Refers to Menace of Influencing lot
migrants NEW YORK, May 18 In a strenu
ous attack , upon unions, "President
James Van Cleave today opened th
to frighten tho National Republican
of Manufacturers. In his report he 1
defended the aggressive, policy pur
sued by officers In the contest wltb
labor leaders. Referring to the sen
tences Imposed on the labor leaders,
Mitchell, Gompers and Morrison, he
said: "We defeated them In Washing
ton and then the conspirators massed
their forces In Chicago and attempted
to frighten the National Repubilcaa
convention , Into sanctioning an un
American propaganda, t
"With a cunning engendered by a
quarter-century of duplicity the labor
leader, then transferred the fight to
state, legislatures. Let me warn this
association, that under the cloak of
legislation for defense, pretended de
fense of working women and children,
'Insidious attempts IjjJl ' ' r.tidouotodljr ;
be made by polulclanB of the trad
unionB to get spe iul favors for their
organizations.
"Van Cloave favors hii amendment'
providing a tariff board, as suggested
'by the finance committee of .the sen-.
' ate. He referred to tho "Menace of
pfii-mlttliixr .immigrants to become in-
fluncod by the fodaioUon. which de
Jen ea iia leaders to be ub'ove laws."
Mm. Taft Improilii?. ' '
WASHINGTON, May 18 Mrs. Tart
and Bon, Charlie, are reported to be
resting well today. M rs. Taft haa
completely recovered from her nerv
ous breakdown yesterday,, and Charlie,
who was operated on for tonsllltls, la
Improving. "', .
Eddie Craney Married.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18. It wua'
learned today that Eddie Craney, the
referee and fight promoter, was mar
ried on May ,6 to Agnes E. MUhoan,
aged 25, a former, stenographer of Abe
Ruefg office. Craney's first wife died
a year ago.
E PAID
RUSSIAN OFF
CZAR FINALLY SIGHS HERCT TO
' MEN WROKSFULLY ACCUSED.'
ST. PliTERSnirUG. 'May' lS.The
Czar today ordered the rlease of Ad
miral Nebogatoff and General Stossel,
who were coviTned In Fortress Peter
Paul under a sentence of life impris
onment Nebogatoff suiienderd the
Russian fleet to Admiral Togo. Stoes
sel surrendered Port Arthur during
the Japanese war. Both were tried
for cowardice at the close of the war.
.Stoegsel is belived to be dying aad
IHS
TO BE
a o
j NelKtgatoff Is sick. ,