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ULUI1E VIII.
LA GRANDER UNION COUNTY, ' ORE., TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1909.
NUMBER 193.
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INLAIIU LIIILO
AWAIT DECISION
INJUSTICE IS
TO REMAIN
If COAST CITIES WIH POINT
EASTERN CITIES RALLY TO HELP
V TERMINALS' AID. V V ' I
Double Rates raid by La Grande May
Remain In Force
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WASHINGTON, June 8. The as
surance that he will have the support
of eastern' cities in j the figlit against
the proposal of inland railroads to
establish new rates" and destroy the
advantage tof water competition 'fen
joyed by Atlantic and Pacific ports,
were received by William R. Wheeler,
traffic manager of the San Franc'aco
Merchants Exchanged who .'will ''ap
pear, before the interstate commission
to present tne arguments. '
When the full significance of the
Spokane rate decision dawned ; upon
Pacffie i-Jasf'tei'wlnal cities, Wheeler
was sent to Washington to fight
against the extension, of their dis
tributing business. ' v '
Atlantic Aids Pacific. ,
Since his arrival in the east Wheeler
visited BoBton, New York. Philadel
phia, and Baltimore, and pointed but
to commercial organizations that they
are as vitally Interested in the mat
ter as the Pacific coast .cities. To
day Wheeler received word that rep
resentatives, of these cities will be
on hand tomorrow to asslBt him.
All the inland empire, La Grande,
Bakr City, Pendleton and Spokane,
are thus pitted against the powerful
coast cities and whither the recent
decision in the Spokane rate case,
which would remove the necessity
of La Grande merchants paying Chi-ago-to-Portland
rates and then lo
cal rates back to La Grande, will
stand unmoved is a matter of doubt.
The coast-cities have fought the
measure unitedly, while the Inland
empire is virtually alone In defense
of the new rates. , It is a matter of
dollars and cents to every merchant,
shipper and buyer in La Grande. '
McCToud Strike Over.
McCLOUD, Calif., June 8 Danger
of trouble in McClotid. where lum
bermen We. on a strike id past. 'The
State militia is breaking camp
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SOLDIER IS Br RI EI).
E. E. Carpenter Laid to Rest With Due
' Military Honor's 'Today.'
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Tlie funeral, of tdward Ei JCarpen
ter was held this afternoon from the
Christian -church under the auspices
of Oliver P. Morton Post, O. A. R. of
I J. Tolls, a representative of the
A- G. Long company, of Portland,
dealers In fire equipment and alarm
ystems and devices, la in the city in
the Interests of his firm, which sev -
erl years ago, Installed a striking
system here .which has never, been
uccessfuL Mr. Tolla says his pur-
Pose In coming 1 to get permission
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organization he has been a
member during the 17 -years of his
residence In La Grande. ' His laud
able life's , history . was , read during
the ierxiw ami, Reflected his high
Btandlng in army and social clrclsa
during, his long Journey through' life
Nearly the entire .post members re?
suonded.to the call of yesterday an
wWe on hand today'' to pay the la
,'respects to the aged pioneer and
civil war veteran. Deceased "s sjr
vlved by sven children, six of whom
live here: ":V ' ' - :
. riTTBURG MAN HERE.
Comes From Coast to Coast to Make
Homestead Entry In Local Land
Office. .-;'
William Jl; H. Ogan of Pittsburg,
Pa.. is: in La Grande today. He made
tioinesetead entry at the, land office
here. It is very rare, indeed that any
one come so far to secure land and it
goes to show that the land in Eastern
Oregon is very much In demand. -
It has been definitely "announced
today that there will be no excursion
train from Wallowa to La Grande on
the day of the Fourth.1 But the sched
ule for, the excursion train from El
gin Is out. The train will leave Elgin
at 8 o'clock and returning leave La
Grande at 10:30. The round trip
from Elgin is fl.bo Imbler 70 cente,
and Alicel 50 cents. While this Is
some discouragement, the committee
will make the best of It. ,
FINE HORSES
FROMfAFAti
Horses will be entered in the La
Grande stock show next Sunday from
peoal.
Trainis
North Powder, Union and Elgin, ac-'tR'sws
cording to notices received by Chair-
mam West Blue and white ribbons)
will be awarded the respective win-j
nere. ' ; ' . . i
With such widespread support, the
afTair' will undoubtedly be the best;
thing ever attempted by this city, or'.'
any other community in Union coiin-
ty and no doubt the, eastern half of
t$e' state,' '' ."-..C i - , 1 , -'.
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Strikers Win Strike.
. D ANBURY, Coon,. , June .. 8. The
strike of the united hatters was ended
today, ( t Connecticut,., Massachusotts,
New Jersey, strikers winning a co:n
plete vlctoryi f 'Strike called off, when
fridf 22 facfofles against! Vhich a
strike was declared five months ago,
signed agreement with the execut've
board of the union.
j from the city officials to make the
old contract ood. He says his firm
is now postlve that they can '.nstall
j the system so that It will perfectly
'perform the wbrk expected of It; and
that they have never asked for any
money on the old contract, and do not
Intend', to do ao unlesa they can
j make good. ' :. ;
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BRANCH MAY BE
- THINKS GOVERNMENT AGENT
WILL FILE REPORT TO UNCLE SAM
Thomas H. Parker, Chief Ranger of
the Whitman National Foreet',' return
ed Saturday from a; trip a'cng the
route of the Beaver Creek; pipe line,
where he went with Engineer Plckler
jin order to gather dataa on which to
make a report to the government of
the amount of timber, ' etc., which
will be used In construction arrl f?ll
d to clear the right of way. Mi.
Parker will forwatd his report to
morrow. In regard to the ncuvunt of
(imber It will be necessaij' to cut,
he. haid that the majority is lwlge
r je pine, with a little yellow pine,
he yellow pine trees,-however, are
Scattering along the six miles o'. right
ef way through government land land
will be easily avoided - r v '
5 For three' years the forest service
as protected a territory some five
miles; square for the benefit of La
Grande, and the water is absolutely
pure. Mr. Parker sayo that all along
.the streams which furnish the liow
there are springs of the purest wa
tr bublingiout of the banks,' and
t)iat In his estimation no ' city ' any
CIRCUIT COURT DRY AFFAIR TO DATE
The arguments in the case of Lee
vb. Carroll are being made this after
noon. The possession of certain town
lots In North Powder is at issue.;
v Tha case of Halveraon and Phoenix
Insurance Co. yb. th.e .0.' R. & N., Jo
fcephlne Graybill vb. O.. R & N. and
the O. R. & N. Vs. O. F, Cool id ge, were
cpntlnued for the term.
, The case of J. R. McLarln vs. M.
F. - Wilcox, where , church property
ENGINE 199 IN
Sl'LIMEHED ' CARS ' ' DROUGHT
1 - RACK FOR REPAIRS. ' '
Mail Car And Tender Will be Sent to
j . e i-A!l)liia' Shops. '
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; Engine Nd. 199. which went lrt the
ditch taking mail, baggage and ex
poess car and f three coaches with ft
atj Korth- Powder Saturday morning,
IsJ in' the thej local shops undergoing
repairs.' .The .baggage car will also
be! repaired here while the mall ear
ar)d the tender Will be sent to Alblna.
They' are pretty badly smashed tip,
bitt will undergo a speedy 'repair and
the "hoodoo'' engine will again be In
use
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TAPER SCARES U0RSE.
Fluttering . Sheet Starts . Delivery
none on Short Dash. : ,
Startled by, a piece, of paper which
blew .across his breast, the brown
horse driven to one of the meat carta
belonging to the Grande Rondi Meat
Company broke his bridle this morn
lng and made a quick run to the barn
No damage was done.
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TAPPFD JNY TIME &E
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place Jias an opportunity as good as
ours to obtain a plentiful supply of
the bqst of water. In addition , to
the proposed intake, the government
will give permission to the city to
tap another branch at any time It is
needful, and will enlarge the reserva
tion so that the territory drained hv
this second branch will be protected
from Btock. ; ' , '.".."'-";, .:
It 1b his belief that all the neces
sary red tape will be uhwdundandtttat
actual construction, as t far na the
forest Service Is, concerned, nniy be
gin by the first of July. '? '
Mr, Parker is of the oplniiu thai
at least a third of the pl'ie 1 ruuy ba
hauled in from North Powder over the
old Daley road more advantageously
than from here. The grades U1 not
be so heavy, and less road const.ruc
jtibri will fca necessary. In a few days
he Vrlir go over the : North PowrtVr
route with a. representative of the
contractors, and it may be that some
of the material will be unloaded at
that place. ' ;'.'' -;'-.-'. V '-'
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at North Powder la a,t issue, was set
for Thursday. j.Vi'i.;, (.' .
Friday the case of Walter Nledner,
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bank , vs. Turner Oliver, to recover .
on bank stock, was set for trial.
The Eltiier Christiansen ease' Is due"
to follow the present one and it !a
possible that a jury may be drawn
tonight' v;: ','.; ;;; .
OAKLAND MAN DEPORTED FOR
? 0R0S MISDEED, ' .
alt
Tanked" And Forgot Where' He
i Left .His Mainstay. v '
VANCOUVER,. B. June 8--ne-ca,use
Richard Williams,! of Oakland,
California, pawned his wooden leg
for a flask of whiskey, he has been or
dered deported. - He reached Vancotnv
er 10 days ago and got drunk. When
taken to tha police station, Willlatna
forgot what .became of his) wooden
leg. . It was missing. Since then It
was learned that he pawned it for
liquor. ! -; 'V;,v.v; ,,.
fow Is This For Oregon I ,
Jaseph Barton, of South Baker,
holds the record for making sol' p:o
duce quickly and it is douhU'ul if
even . Luther Burbank :m 1 1 ouyote
with Mr. Barton. : On .'.loti'lay after
noon he planted radishes in his gar
den and the next Frlda eventiitf they
were up; he also planted a lawn on
Tuesday and the next Sunday the
grass was peeping through the ground
in nice shape.
The old Willamette valley, noted for
sio
lECFiDRII
leiisons ficm
Eastern Oregon,
City Herald. '
titer i all.
Baker
'taffies fct Walla Wali.u
The iuy8trtous ,Mr. , -Raffles. who
has established QUlta a, reputation ns
a quick change artist,, and , who was
recently captured' Poitland while
doing his.etunt for tjf tiournal. will
trythe same scheme, at Alalia Walla
for the Morning .Union, In all prob
abilities he", will not last long in so
small a town.; , - '
Hard Work 'on Program.
The sports , committee, for., the
(ounn of July celebration , is hard at
work arranging a program, that will
ecllpBe all previous record for sports
on the Fourth. Arrangements . have
practicdlly been completed for one or
two races with the hose team from
Wallowa and one with the team from
Elgin provided the executive commit
tee can secure the special train over
the Wallowa branch.
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ID)
ifaces
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' The bakers of the city, Herman
Roesch and Fred Dutli, haye-announced
that they can no longee aellbread
at a less price than five cents a loaf.
They assign as a reason .' for their
' action that flour "has advanced so
j in uch that they are unable to make
la' living profit at the old price at
jwhith tickets were sold,
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Special Agent Here.
A M t of thJ r&l jand
offlM , hM0 tran8actlug DU8l,
ne8s in the local land office. He Will
leave tomorrow.
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PORTLAND, June 8.20.000 voters
railed to go to the polls yesterday,
with a result that Simon was elected
mayor by a plurality not exceeding
4fl00. The new charter was decisively
defeated and the McKenna Excise and
the Gohtenberg Amendments were
its Tegetatlon, can tafi
PORTLAND
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tyorth Powder Ih lM Uight
.NORTH POWDER, June 8. (Spec-
iai; jwo ooys presumably trampn.
utiiween uw ages oi n ana 19. broke i
into thA l.inrtw ,. u..linem- an '"ey were loagea in jail.
last night and stole a watch ahd sv-They wlu be brought to La Granae ;
eral other small trinkets After .com- tonight; AH the goods were recov-
mining the theft they weni lo the'Iered. ' ',V ' -
Two girls who have been making
their headquarters , in La Grand3 of
late went , to Joseph recently, "and,
according ; to reports coming from
there, shot up town In fine shape.
They imbibed freely of the flowing
bowl, If the reports are correct, and
while they escaped from the Jre c(
I the officials there and came to La
Grande last night, the boys In thai
IEV POLICY
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TO ENGENDER
MORE "GET"
HEED COMPANY
COMMERCIAL. CLUB FEED SET
- FOR MONDAY JflGIIT.
Waat
Alt Members te Rely Wleli
Destinies, Tee.
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At a meetjng of the Merchant
Association, held last night in the'
banquet room of , the: Model restaur
ant, announcement wj ade of a
similar, function, of d i,;lv, I ' '
club membership, for -next Monday
night. , As in the merchants' meet'
ing last night every, fellow paid for v
his own meal, and the same plan will
be followed at the club supper. ,
During the past year the club haa
accomplished a great deal of good. '
but most of the work lias Jbeen done
by the board "of managers. ; ' ' H
;' President Collier says' that a ntw
policy will be followed In the future,
Sjnd the membership will be asked to
more actively engage in the various
projects to be undertaken during tha
coming year. A. reiort of the past
year's work will be1 made by Mr. Col
lier, and afterward .he will outline tha
plans, purposes and objects to the "
next season's work, j ', , " .
' The board of managers has not ob
jected to doing work for the club, but '
they feel that more enthusiasm will 1
be engendered and consquently good
be engendered and consequently good f
tivltles of the body Is general among
the membership, instead of being con
fined to-the few; .-'.. 'fi ,.;-;'t; t;,
LIQUOR LAWS DEFEATED
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lost : By a maioritv f
voter ratified the Broadway Bridge
project The Madison street bridge
is to be constructed at the present
site as against the Market street site.
The entiri Republican ticket was
elected. . : ' ' ' . ' , .
hotel, ' where they were
found this
tnorning.
The goods were found 911
case were not so fortunate ani will
be put on trial tomorrow at Joseph
for violating dlvious ordinances. The
girls are not exact strangers, having'
drifted In some time ago. A few daya
ago they were sent to Joseph to work
in a restaurant by a local employment
agency which believed the girls were
honest In their search for work.