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CELEBRATION PUBIS
S U PRI SIHCLYFf i fSH ED COLOR
EVERY CONCEIVABLE COMFORT
PROVIDED FORI CROWDS
Entertainment of Visitors Here July 5
Is Now Provided For in Detail
Practically every detail for thi
Fourth of July proram. fr
executive committee is concerned,
was completed at last night's meet
ing "f the committee. The commute?
Is making, arrangements to handle
the largest crowd that has ever as
sembled at one time in Eastern Ore
gon. From outside estimates there
will be probably 10,000 people from
Union and Wallowa counties that will
visit La Grande on the 5th of Jul.
The large tent purchased by the
committee will go up on Elm street
between Adams and Jefferson av
enues where barbecued meat and cof
fee wil be served to the crowd free.
The citizens of La Grande have
showed their appreciation of the
work of the committee by the dona
tion of their lawns for picnic parties
and resting places for those who par
ticipate in the celebration. Thero
will also be chairs all along the
streets and rest rooms for ladies and
children with lavatories and toilets
for their convenience. Plenty of free
water will be furn''""' so that nil
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IRE OF BOTH ENLIVENS DEBATE
ON LUMBER TARIFF
WASHINGTON, June 23. Senators
AMikh und Tillman engaged in a
battle of words on the floor of the
. senate this afternoon. Aid rich read
a l.uler from a Vermont firm statins
it tost $2.50 per thousand to dress
lumber on both sid':s with a tongue
and groove, Tillman arose, ami
shouted it cost no more to tongue
and groovy lumber than to -dress it,
because-, it was done In the same op
eration, only a litlle more steam' be
ing required. Turning Tillman said:
''But everything the' 'eenattor from
TERRIBLE CONDITIONS PREVAIL
IN NEW YORK CITY
Streets and Sidewalks Strewn With Suf
ferers During
Awful
NKW YORK, June 2;!. Fourteen
ai' dead and scores proatrated today
fia the result of the three days of
sweltering heat here.Suffering is in
'"'se in the crowded tiast side where
th poverty 'stricken Inhabitants are
U'labl- to buy ice at the prohibitive
l"i,,e of 43 cents a hundred pounds.
Thousands sleep In the parks, on the
, roofs and sands of Coney Island last
nl8ht. It iB estimated that'fully twen
lo thousand slept at Coney Island
""t night. At three this morning the
LA GRANDE,
ASSUME A
uuy uoi ue Dotnered with thirst. i
Tlo ciiy council will grant all the
concession that the committee see
fit to ask for. The matter of grant
ing special licences for refreshment
stands has all been turned over to
the committee and In order to give
the merchants all the benefit possible.
It was decided that no special licen
ses will be issued.
There is no doubt but what this
will be the biggest, grandest and best
arranged 4th of July celebration that
has ever been attempted in Eastern
Oregon. Already people from two
counties are inquiring about rates
and traveling facilities and making
other necessary arrangements in or
der that they may reach La Grande
on that datje. La Grande will certain
ly give all due honors to the 4th of
July.
The committee has made a conces
sion to Grider & Row to allow them
to put up a merry-go-round on the
Gth. If they bring It they will put It
up on the vacant .lot opposite the
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Rhode Island says goes; he is the
senate." A hot exchange of .remarks
followed, ldrlch commenting upoti
the delay nnd urging the work ou
bills to be hastened. Tillman finally
declared the statement made by the
Vermont firm was untrue, and that
any person who ever has been in a
planing mill knew it was untrue.
ROM.K, June 23. Reports from
Abyssinia states that King Menelik
is dead. Empress Tallu Is in charge
of the government.
Last Night's
Heat
mercury mounted to 81 degrees and.
kept climbing. ' '. .
At no time during the nlsht were
heat stricken people relieved, for
the temperature was high even at
midnight. Conditions on the Kastside
beggar description. At every win
dow a head on a pillow could be
seen and hundrds of mothers to
save their babies slept on the side
walks. Mattresses were strewn on the
streets until they resembled a mon
ster bedroom. Many horses fell from
the heat.
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UNION COUNTY, ORE.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. .
Sort hern California "Visited by'Sev.
eral Trunnion Last Sight
SAN FRANCISCO. June 23. Two
severe earthquake shocks were felt
In northern California late last night.
Inhabitants of . several towns were
awakened, but there was no damage.
The tremblors were felt most plainly
in Grass Valley and Nevada City."
ofsSall
WILL ESTABLISH EAIX AJiD
SX01V STATIO.XS.
Weather Bureau Seeking Address of
Mountain Men. '"'.
The Unitted States Weather Bureau
has written to the Commercial Club
asking for the address of men living
near or at the head of streams at the
top of the mountains near here, so
that they may find observers to take
the measurements 'of the snow fall
in the mountains. It is the object of
the bureau to establish Mountain
rain and snowfall stations in all the
principal mountain ranges of the
country.
The Commercial Club will take the
matter up and find observers for the
bureau.
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Frank Mizogiiehi, secretary of Grande, is fortunate to have this treat
the local Japanese colony, has rc-'j through .the courtesy of the local
reived word that the . pyrotechnical Japanese, ' as no other organization
day and night fireworks will arrive I or. people' can secure them.
here next Saturday or Sunday. ; They j ' i- ,
were shipped direct from the Orient! Club Buildings Burn.
through a San Francisco house to ! . '.
Mr. Mizoguchi at this place. TACO.MA, June 2.1. Country club
The goods is similar In quality to building of the American La.ke, four
th daylight fire works that was ! teen miles from Taroma, are a. mass
shown' at Porihnid din ing the Uose oC ' nshes today as. a result of a fir1
show and which was declared to be ; that, started in the 'kitchen late last
the finest' ever seen in that city. 'La 'night. .The loss is $23,000.'
What Are YowWortti
From
The" ordinary unskilledlaborcr 13 worth from $1.50 to $3.00
per day from theneckdown. If you aro capable of doing
head work planning anddirectifig the work of qthers. your
services are worth from$l'.0() to, $10.00 ' per day upwards.
Two flty to seven dollarsa day represents the difference from
a financial standpoint between the trained and the untrained
worker, or In other words if your value Ilea from the neck up,
or neck down. .
..... .rIa.n!. who today is down in the mire of over work
and nnder pa')r with acouiBe of truining such as the I. C. S.
is able to give, would become a leader in his chosenwork. If
you are ambitious and willing to utilize-your spare time for
advancement',, drop me aline and tell me something of your
ambition and what you would like to prepare for. The I. C.
8. will meet you morethan halfway. You are pdtting your
self under no onligationby writing u ami we are willing to
give you every opportunity of investigating our methods and
after it has been explained to you.' act on your own judg
ment. Write today.
Address '
J. E. Martin,
Representing
International Correspondence School,
BOX m, IVAlLAIVALLA, WAS H
WEDNESDAY,
HOT IX 'FRISCO.
Greatest Heat In 'Five Years Esperl-
' faced at Bay City.
SAN FRANCISCO," June 23. This
Is the hottest day San Francisco has
temperature of the same day last
the thermometer . registered 92.5.
which is an increase of 32.5 over the
tmperature of the, same day last
yean ..
AT
OXE OF THREE BOBBERS STANDS
GROUXD FATALLY.
Eilensburg Scene of Shooting Follow
' Ing Robbery of Stores.
ELLENSBURG, Wash., June 23.
Posses are today searching the moun
tains In the vicinity of Cleelum for
the ttwo desperadoes who escaped
after a third member of the gang
had been Bhot and killed by Marshal
Frank Halght, following the robbery
of several stores by the trio at Clee
lum last night They attempted to
hold up an automobile stage between
Cleelum and Roalyn, but the machine
outdistanced them.
Halght and his deputies encounter
ed them at the railroad yards. Two
of them ran, but the third tu . nl
fired, and was killed.
the Neck up?
ROBBER KILLED
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JUNE 23, 1909.
MATERIAL FOB
PRO ECT
WILL CONSTRUCT TELEPHONE
LINE UP THE LINE AT ONCE
How to Get Material to the Scene Is
One o Knotty Problems
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vo minute j i it became .
vn last ulghtfhiU U'tj tiew char-
Two
knnu-
ter Had uassed .' J Jrit lJ rv. th
local representatis ieteiV American
Light & Power Coi legraphed
for material, and lt . 1 rushed to
La Grande , that con ,'.'. Jem of the
Beaver Creek project li -t commence
at once., While the " matterlat is
reaching here,' several momentuons
problems will ; be solved by the en
gineer, W. A. Dutch, who is soon
to arrive, probabtytonight '''
' The building of a telephone line the
full distance, and decision as to how
to get the material to the scene, are
two of the knotty questions to be
solved. The telephone line, of an In
dependent nature, likely, will be built
TED OFFI'JL '
..'J. ; HELPING FiiO
SAfN PRAN'ClSqO.: June 23. Barn
ey Lagan. Jr., a piouiinent bufeint-ss
man of this city, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded . eurly today by
the Police Captain -Michael Con boy.
Latum was on his way ' home when
he saw a drunken Inan fall. ' ', lie
stooped to pick him up, 'but Conboy,
who it Is cliared, was. '.intoxicated,
saw Lrtgan anci 'started for . bitn,
thinking Lagan w:ib holding a man
up.', Lur'au' resented the charge and
started to take otf his coat to fight
the captain. Conboy threatened to
slioot and when Lagan approached
tKHirer, Conboy fired the bullet pierc
Lagan's luiigs, Conboy, wlto Is
DASHES THROUGH A-Y-P GATES
AT 12:55 THIS AFTERNOON
Shawmut Car Ahead of Ford No. 1
Which is Now in Snowbanks
In Cascades
SKATTLK, June 23. Ford car No.
2, Pert Scott driving, arrived at the
gates of 11k exposition at 12:55 this
: iificrnooii, and won the great trans
continental automobile race for a
1 trophy donated by M. Robert Guggen
heim. Thousands cheered the win
ner. No word has been received from
the Shawmut car, which last night
was seven hours behind Ford No. 2.
Danked about the entrance to the
exposition and along the streets
leading through the grounds, there
were thousands .who waited for
hours for a sight of the racers. When
the Ford car, dust covered aDd bat
NUMBER 210.
BEAVER IIEK
IB TO LA CUBE
Immediately. -
Thero are several ways of getting
provisions to the scene; by railroad'
up front Hllgard on the Perry Lum
ber Co' line, by team from Hllgard,
or by team from North Powder.
Which of these three will be decided
on,' is now worrying the agent and
his engineers.
In any. event, things will movo
right along from today and' It will
not be surprising to see large crews
of men actually laying the pipe
along the line surveyd previously,
within three weeks. A $146,000 task
is no small one and much of the ex
pense money will percolate back to
the pockets of the taxpayers In this
city.
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arrestted, is sttill under the iufluenca
of liCi'f v , -", ; I
I'AdlONS STILL FIGJimC.
WaHhlnsrton LeirNlature Mow lu
Meeting Due to I'ltrht.
OLYMPIA. June 23. Factions are
seeking control of the legislature and
they are still hghtnig at 2 o'clock
this afternoon. It Is not likely that
the special session, called together to
probe' into the-scandals among the
"liigliervj a" of , the administration,
will' be allod together 'until a late
hour in the day,. pesalMv 4 o'clock, .
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tered from a 2U0Q mile run, flash -u J
through the gates, a mighty cheer "
arose. It is thought the Shawmut Is
laboring through the Cascade moun
tains. Ford No. 1 was delayed i i
Snoiualinie puss by, snow, which Is
five feet deep in some places.. ' i
Slianmut Slakes Fine Showing.
SEATTLE, June 23, Ford No. 2,.
tthe car leading in the Ocean-tc- i
Ocean auto race, was reported to have
passed Is'aquah at 10:30 this morn-.;
Ing, 12 minutes ahead of the Shaw- ...
mut car which has made a remark- '
able gain on Its arrival. The racers
'fare expectted to reach this city about 5
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