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VOLUI IE VIIL CELEBRATION RAMIFIES TO i N C L U E j R R I G ATI O N : JOLLtFICATIQN : EXCURSIONS TO ; CITY THEN ; ; Already after, being out a, part of today the committee In charge of the .financial arrangtnents for the Fourth are throwing up their hats, figurative ly speaking, and yelling with all their iulght, "Hurrah for the Fourth!" Why bless you, they did not get a single lemon In all the round they made this morning. They have a right to feel Jubilant! for although they ex pected royal support from the busi ness men, they hardly hoped to. get money from every. one they approach ed. . They expect to;be out again to morrow, and that funds for a cele bration. Buch as the State of Oregon never before witnessed will be forth jrowlng there is no doubt whatever. The knockers In La. Grande are so few and far between this year that they are virtually a wtnr.s quantity. Tbeydo aot exist. ( ...-'t - "; It seems. Judging from the Informa tion now at hand that there will be I Uf a lava e t nmri'tmi r 1.' In n- nlsirwv nlwmt I the Fourth of July, and that upon one pf the days ground will ;be broken for the Mfmdowbrook Irrigation project, find that a big free barbecue will be .provided for the hundreds of visitors and all the natives. Half a donen big beeves, with all the trimmings, will Season JUST ARRIVED With the tapering sleeve effect An elegant assortment of They are just the thing for, Summer wear. .. ' . . S ' r ; TA1L0RKI WAISTS. ' ' HAVE YOU SAW THOSE NEW TAJL ORED WAISTS WITH THE.GtBS'ON' PLEATS AND SIDE FRONT CLOS ING. "iN ALL THE STRIPED,! DGT TED AND CHECKED MATERIAL. I THEY ARE ONLY I-0and $LJ.1. - ' Beautiful Embroidered Patterns ,.. ; You must see them ' to rii'ec'ate the style and beauty' of this line. A splendid showing of strictly new patterns from $1.00 $7.50. ' ; i r be roasted and when President Tafi reads of It, if he does not consider the feed above. "' "oossunVanrt taters,' the celebration committee will, be disappointed. .", ' ' ' Excursion trains 'will be run from; every Irrigation district in the Nortbj-! west. If arrar.gnienta can be made, and there U no doubt that. they cau.-La&t year's celebration; fine as" it was, canU not compare with wrhat' will be done' this year. Hi .-:M V: - i Oil II. P. SYSTEM Hi- I" , '. SPLESDia EQUIPMENT " EFFECTIVE AT OSCE TIME . SAN FRANCISCO... May, -20.The passenger traffic department of the Northern Pacific' railway will inaugu rate a new f and greatly improved through passenger service, effective on May 23.' Summer tourist fares to the coast may go Into effect today and the new service is designed to cater to' the tourist travel, which promises ; to be very heavy tflis Beasou on' ac-I mm M M m mrnm mm) mm count of the Alaska-Yukoh-Pacliio ex-1 Joaquin va,,ey San Luis Obispo is position at Seattle; the Rose Festival i a'60 making good; shipments. . New at Portland; the National Irrigation ! han'8 Guaaloupe rancho at San Luis congress, at Spokane; the many ati ; 0b,apo has. sent 78 cars of live stock tractions of Tacoma and the Pugei to, Oregon nd AVashington since Sat4 Sound region, coupled with numerous 1 uray- , , . i ; , . . conventions to be held "on" the Pacific! ! Chicago markets too. feel the effect coast during the summer. The North-' ! of the layy northern demand. ern Pacific is planning to equip Itself ; . "T; ' . : V." to handle its large share of the trans- ! - - r i- , I continental traffic : ' : ' I' ., . -.i r.i;:K..,.., ..?;.. j , There yi- be three dally, throupbx;.:if art Sot-, XwYtr Xayftt Kcrt en eieciru- uguieat sieam neatea, sona ; 0 - , ; , , , . vestibuled: trains between St. ; Paul,! r0'n nnA ; Minneapolis and North Pacific coastj ; ; t ; ;. points. - These trains will provide j . CHEHALJS, Wash., May 20f-r-There standard and drawing-room sleeping ; la little hope for the recovery of Itay cars, commodious leatber-upholetered i'; '"ond Geisslef, aged 22, -who 'shot iira tourist sleeping cars, buffet, library-!' self' at his1 home after 'shooting his observation cars, new and thoroughly jj sweetheart, Llllie Cassada. The girl modern day coaches, and exceptionally ;; may live.'; They were standing on a high grade dining car service, a la I bridge whert the girl was' shot' In' the carte. ' ' - t; v - f 1 back. Oeissler was jealous, y1 Daintiest i4j&sn vo l mmmm AVITH TJKllNISt IN PAGN - i t J LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OEH, BEEF SHORTAGE I II ll QUI ll!EST LARGE.AREA UNABLE TO Fill NORTHWEST DEMAND ! N0REI2AX-YET JIONTAXA AX WYOMING l.XABLE TO KELP IP TACE. t SeTenfv"-fe!Kht ;SlcVlaI ('arV 'Sliced i ; Shire Saturday. " SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. Short age of beef in the Pacific Northwest has resulted in large shipments of dressed beef and live stock from Cali fornia to Oregon and Washington, during the past 14 days. Montana and Wyoming are unable to nieet the de mand of coast states.. Air parts of California are drawn upon by Northern buyers, ,arge Portion '"of. beef left While a the San aisfs materials to choose from ; ; ,; : v ',t ' . f i J i i i JSILK EMBROIDERED PAT- ... WHITE LAWN, CHAM- EAND FANCY EFFECTS.-ALL- CRAIIIS FROM $3.00 to $".0. i . i ) ) 1 O 'I 3 i. i ' iM'i THURSDAY, MAY NEARBEER TOPIC OF IMPORTANCE SIX-J0NTS ORDINANCE IS MATOT 'NAMED WILL WOUK 0 1IAUDSIIIP TIIOSE SOW' RVXXISq.';'. OS Terr Likely The Ordinance 1VIU be . s l'asised st Time. . . Among several occurrences of gen eral interest at last night's counci! meeting wasthe Introduction . of. a rosolution to limit the number of near, beer Joints in the city to slxl Th3 resolution was referred back to the committee which it came, the judici ary, and will undoubtedly be pastod at tho next meeting. The resolutUit, while making it the sentiment of the council tlmt no more than slx.siiih pfaccs be allowed, provides tlmt no one now holding a license be comm;! led to go tint of business, except "for cittsey whjle his license runs. , ' Some .lime. ag6 an ordinance' to compel dwners' 6f, near beer Joints to lower their windows and prohibitii' ? screens or othet t)bBtructlona io a clear view, of the inside waB inu duced, ,but by sorne roembera of the i.rAil itls consideti unduly radlffll, and is" still in the hands of the com mittee.: It i3 probable that some such measure will be passed, but in ti modified form. ' ! ' ' ' " ..-.'"'. ;'-':.- ' Matott Street Siiitcrlntcndcjit During art executive ; session last night J. A. Matott. the present incura bont, was appointed street commis sioner by Mayor Half, and the appolnt- ment was at once ratified by the con- c... ,Mr. Matott wH ill. his ,bonl -': 'Wi4; ..l.'A'i' ,' The Ordill.'.nro I'liirnl'iiino- t,. ... iimj, viir iiuin. ler of exits, Are escapes etc;,- In all public or semi-public buildings war IJ'psed. On North Fir atrest betwueji .Vonroa and Jefferson avrues, pro,j 1 rty owners will, wheu roccing slde nulks, be compelled io use cemenL A resolution providing .'or a live foot hoard walk on Pennsylvania aven-.ie between Second and Fouith streets was also passed. . . ALBANY, Oregon, May 20. The Crand Lodge of Odd Fellows this mor ning elected the following offlf ers:. Grand iJlaster, H. E. Coolidge.1 La prande; Deputy Grand Master, Thom as F. Ryan, of Oregon City; Grand Varden. A. Wl Bowersox, of Albany; JOSEPH. May 20. (Special) The Wallowa county grand Jury ' hue fin ished its work and made its report Out of 17 true 'bills 'mm tied four Wo against .one, ti Emmons for boot legging. One not true bill vt found. Yesterday Joseph Allen, a farmer living near Joseph, was fined ?:JOO.f0 j on complaint of : W. H. Gibson, who j had worked for him and cammed tha he was unable to collect tlw wages ! -v;--.;.. ',.':,,.,;,-.. it', 'Uj": 'iUCUy-: r , . ' .. .'.....".-..... . .' 20, 1CC0. TiIOTSADS CillfLT TAFT,: Kxecuthes Visit l Soulhiand Marktd VVKh D(iiou.tratJea.s. CHARLOTTE, N. C, May 20. Fifty thousand greeted Pre sldent TaTt when he arrived here at I f) o'clock this mor ning to participate In the celebration of the anniversary 'of Mecklenburg dcilaratlon of independence. A troop of cavalry was the President's guard. IE CELEBRITIES OF' LOSS DISTANCES ' "-ML'riiiTicipitE :;" CHICAGO. May 20.--ln order not to interfere with baseball the American Baseball League grounds will be filled tonight with a great crowd drawn to witness a Marathon race in which the most noted professionals will appear, Including Hayes St. " Yves, Shrubb, Longboat, Maloney, Svanburg and Pat. White. Doraudo, having had five weeks rest, will also run.. .. The race will be run on the turf out side of tbe Infield nt the White Sox grounds. ' There will be six laps to the mile. Coinlskey at first declined to let the promoters have his park, as it would prove a rival attraction to the Cubs m that day, but finally compro mised on the night stunt, suggesting the acetyline system himself. SALEM May 20. A ipferendum po tltlon was Med with th ftocrefnrv nf .State U(lliy t0 nu,iV Vw &u (j, th, la8t legislature IncreHaingthe .salary vof the 'circuit' judge in. Baker county ti iftrt irt ti firtft " luui 90, uw KV ijvyv . The additional thousand was to have been paid by P-aker county, coraprl sing all the elgth judicial district,1 as la the practice In some districts where th6 circuit Judges draw more than the $3,000 paid by the state. District Attorney F. S. Ivanhoe ex pects to return from Enterprise Fri day. - . -- . :', Grand Sec'retary, , E.( E. . Sharon, . re i- . ' ' - " - - ; . ; elected; Grand reperesentatlve, E. D. Ifosetler, two years; Grand repre- sntativeK' S.Stryker,)ofjgalpm,pne y$ar; Grand fTreasurer, O.. I). Doan, UbAiVi.iiJ.i. y$"electe(L due tor the work. i In thu Jangle en suing Gibson claimed that Allen chas ed him off the place with an ugly looking revolver.,; The twi , men di rectly concerned were the only wit nesses, and It was up to tht Jury to decide which of the two wcu telling the truth, and they convicted Allen after being out o short time. . , Only civil business Is before the court now, the criminal cases having III WINDY CITY 11 been disposed of. , ." flUP.IBEPy 131. IIED TALK ; AT IfiSTITUTE Tr U. V,OBKf;BS, HER MANY;; TALKERS . 1 4 "I MRS. SHEITAIiD filVES SrLl.Ml Local .Speaker Figure In Tbe' Talk-' ''. :; febt TedJr."; T The W, C. T. IV Institutes convent this morning at the Christian church The meeting was called to.' order by County President Mrs., Wolfe of Cnion, and this was followed by a short ie votional service led; by Mrs, C. R. Thornton of this city. The first busi ness transaction was the "appointment of the following coramittnes by the presiding offlcera; . Mrs. Stephanaou, . courteBlesJ press reporters, Mrs. Clark of Union, Mrs.' GUlllan of La Grande, Mrs. Pomeroy, pro. tern., of Elgin, membership, 'Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Clark; subscriptions, Mrs. Thorn ton; White ribbon recruits, Wca, Sadie Clark. Under tliobead of, "What do I need for successful work" Mrs." Thornton spoke of need of. much planning, and of the helplessness of the periodicals, saying that people when asked fo help, often say iiy have so much to do at home. ' ,. ,j M is. , Wolfe spoke of the need of more 'spirituality and zeal. x . Mrs. Stextttsou 'related In her re- ; niarks how1 she had been a metnLer for the past 2? . years, bl inking out many omcuragiiiK wouls (luting thu course of her speech.' ' ' ' ' . . o Tie letttire of the first sfissiou of the most .iwportatleo, howovtr, was that. of. Mri. '. K, fK. Sjiepvird o Salt Lake, who arrived last evening. What I have seen" was the toplq of the ad dress,. She gave many helpful sug gestions for the tneeting anil related how the work had grown among the mormons of Utah, and how they had helped in the work. Undenominational work was the keynote of her lecture. This can not always be adopted as a feasible plan in all kinds of work, but inthe fight against intemperance.it is the only plausible plan to, follow. Need of organization and system ala came In: for discussloi. . She told of her work In Oregon thj I last two weeks, organizing four lo v'. caia in Utaatllla county and the w.-Ci ; T' U. at' Milton.' Th'e sessicn ' waa closed by Mrs. Thornton and meeting was adjourned to meet at 1 : SO thi afternoons i A splendid dinner wna served in the basement of the church; Immediately afterwards. ; J Programs at W, C. T. U. meeting should be made more Interesting ofteul times, and the attendance would bet-! ter. was Another thought broilght outf ' Parliamentary law .is ofenN'slack and 1 unniasterod, she; aald, jisd tQ)get thi best results, 11 woman's ,ofganiza tioiis' shduidb wblt Versed fu theses This , . youjK help! to biiogy -fptlts h W." fe!f. . Vork aa'w'elfaa'ilub ac-J tivities; 'omnn Suffrnge " has aideiF in the fight against Intemperance amk Mrs. Slieppard averred that the tighC -is harder in this state than some ofj the States where she has worked. Iwt the latter statesthe fight is carried 01C with thetbullotj" Women are 'lookedj unUoy with mre reayfeeling tere, and "by displaying soniethfng llke( fa- miliar zeal to that shown by the sa loon men., they get results qufckly., t J ,This evening Mrs. Shepard will lecture on some appropriate theme' and the people of La Grande cannot well afford to let this opportunity slip. She is h talented speaker, and an active -worker In club work of all descriptions. X 1 lie nuciuuuii jiusrui 01 m 111KU- tute was no less interesting than the morning. It was carried out about as announced. " ; , an