IS" CROP
OF SUCAR BEETS
THE WALLOWA
CROP FINE
FINEST SHOWING IN HISTORY
SMALLER . ACREAGE BIT FAR
GREATER YIELDS.
Outlook Remarkable Everywhere
Beets Hare Been Planted.
"Simply marvelous," Is the way
Field Superintendent F. S. Bramwell
characterized the . 1909 stand of su
gar beets In Union county, before
taking his departure this morning
- for, Enterprise where he ha ,' ten
tative yield. His c rops over.' that
county are reported to be ei
well. ; . , ..... , - ;J
"Never Before In the hist
gar; beets in this county," afurmea tne
. superintendent, "has the yield been tsq
prolific as right now, and with any
thing like favorable weather from this
time on, the output of sugar this seas
on will be enormous."
Of course the acreage is lesB this
year than in the past years, but
where greater acerage 'prevailed in
years past, greater crops will be the
rule tltlB year. "' ' '
In view of the fact that the factory
was about to be moved last Bpring be
cause of profit-killing business,' the
promise of an excellent output this
year has a double meaning for it not
NEW
FANCY
Bfoken
ITYSHOE.
THE
only ln.ures determination of the fi
nancially losing career, but will' go
""rus noiding the factory here
when the question comes up again
next year, it I8 yet too early to es
timate the crop's total, but it will be
remarkably large, unless, of course
subsequent weather Is detrimental to
proper maturing of the beets. '
UNIQUE MARRIAGE RECORD.
Married Once Every 11 Years of 77 he
Has Lived Is The Pace Set
FRESNO, Calif., June 28.-Vhen
Sylvester B. Breese, Is married tomor
row to Miss Melinda Goodsie, of Santa
Rosa, he will have establish! a
unique record of one marriage for
every 11 years on the 77 he has lived.
His first wife died In 1880. The next
Ave were lost by divorces, secured by
him.
LLtAH-UP DAY
PARK CLCB WILL ELECT A TREAS
URER. Important meeting of Members Next
Wednesday Afternoon.
A meeting of the Park Association
will be held at the Commercial club
rooms on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
to elect a treasurer and to decide on
what day they will hold their clean-up
day at the park site. All members are
urgently requested to be present and
also those" that desire to become mem
bers are invited to be in attendance,
ami cast, their voter-
Xleanup day will be n notable event
in the history of parkdom, and unique
methods of securing the desired ends
will be resorted to.
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CA
ES MEETING
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Minis
SHIRIWAISIS
STYLES, LONG SLEEVE, WHITE AND
PATTERNS, 68c AND UP. ,
SHOES
, A LINE THAT IS SURE TO INTEREST YOU, .
FOR OUR BROKEN LINES CONTAIN NO SHOD:
DY SHOES BOUGHT FOR A SALE, BUT EVERY
PA9IR IS A GOOD STYLE AND A HIGH QTJAL-
LADIES SHOES 93c AND UP. W 1
CHILD'S SHOES 89c AND UP. x
"MEN'S'SHOES $lT95DUP.
BOY'S $1.68 AND UPT f
COME THIS WEEK AND SEE THEM. YOU
CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS THIS BARGAIN
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STORE THAT SAVES YOU
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE.,
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DLYMPIASO
I!! FIJBUSTER
LFTLE DONE IN
SENATE
TWO NEEDED VOTES MISSING
SCHIVELY IMPEACHMENT PAPERS
; WORK SLOWLY.
BOTH HOUSES PLfcV WAITING GAME
Slim Attendance at Meeting of Leg.
Isiature Today.
OLYMPIA, June 23. The latest
phase lu the Impeachment trial of
Schively this afternoon Is a concerted
movement to Induce lilm to resign,
thus relieving the legislators of the
promising long session.
OLYMPIA, June 28. Indications are
that little will be accomplished . by
the legislature which convenes at .2: 30
this afternoon. Both houses will prob
ably play the waiting game, and hope
has been abandoned by the admin
istration forces that the two need
votes to pass the Palmer bill In the
senate, abolishing the office of the in
surance commissioner, can be secur
ed. Meigs said today he had .not yet
made up the cor.miittee of aevt n to
prepare the articles of .Impeachment
underFriday's resolution. A slim at
tendance is predicted.
C. Lu Lwis, the Hllgard postmaster,
came down from the mountain - city
this morning to transact business.
MONEY.
1I0NDAY,
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FALL FH1 HORSE
lil PROVE FATAL
UNION BOY IS
INJURED
IS STILL
FAMILY CALLED TO HIS BEDSIDE
TODAY.
SKULL FRACTURED B THE FALL
After-Horse Race Accident, at North
Powder Is Serious.
NORTH POWDER, June 28. (Snec-
lalj Frank Harris aged 22, and the
son of the well known Harris family
Union, Is at the Radium Snrinirs
sanatorium this afternoon, hovering
between life and death In an uncon
scious state as the result of an acci
dent yesterday at this place. Mr.
Harris and Leo Mann were returning
from a horse race meet just outside
town, and both were riding one
horse. t Making a sharp curve on the
corner, the animal fell throwing the
riders. Mann was considerably, but.
not seriously bruised. Harris how
ever, has sustained a fracture of the
skull, and it may be necessary to
perform an operrtlon to lift the bone
eff the Jia'.i., lie was taken to the
hotelln ra- 3 c" Dr. Irwin, and this
morning Doctor .Meyers of Union, and
May of the sanatorium took the young
man to the sanatorium for reatment.
At a late hour this afternoon Harris
had not regained his consciousness.
and his family has been called to his
bedside, s Hopes for recovery are not
entertained. ... . , ,
North Pawder Boy Dies. -,
Glen Olson, eight-year-old son of
Mr. and Albert Olson of Clover Creek,
near North Powder, died yesterday,
and was buried this afternoon.
Tariff Schedule Ended.
WASHINGTON, June 28. The end
of the tariff schedules was reached
this afternoon and adjournment' ta
ken until tomorrow when the corpora
tion tax will be considered.
BULLETS1IZIS
STRIKERS SEEM TO CONTROL THE
SITUATION. ,
Not a Car Running In The Rig City of
Pittsburg Today. '
PITTSBURG, June 28. Fourteen
strike breakers employed by the Pitts
burg Railway company were driven
from one of the company's barns by
a mob of armed strikers today, a full-
sade of shots was exchanged. Court
Detective . Englebert j was seriously
wounded.
,. At Complete SUndHtllL
Not a car is running today, and the
strikers seem to control the situation.
Both sides are holding meetings in
hope of reaching a settlement.
OLD DIAMOND DEAD.
Family Driving Horse of A. C Hun
tington Died Saturday.
Diamond, the well known family
driving horse of A. C. Huntington, died
Saturday night Diamond has been in
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JUNE 23, 1903.
over twenty years, and was purchased
at the Sterling sale at Island City, be
ing a get of Anvlll one of the best
stallions ever brought to this valley.
He was only sick a tew hours. He
was Just a littl over 29 years of age
and fr reliability and a general util
ity family horse had few equals.
Former La Grande Man Pies.
Mrs. Hanna Rogers writes from
Santa Crui that Russell Hlgglnson,
who at one time was a druggist in
La Grande, died at Bellingham, May
It, of typhoid. Mr. Hlggiuson was a
partner with Mr. Rogers in the drug
business here.
Buys Impounded Hon.
At the sale of an Impounded horse,
conducted by -Chief Rayburn this af
ternoon, E. E. Grout was the highest
bidder, paylnor t4 '''r:.:"".':':'':'
f. H. FINN, FIRST MAYOR, TO CO
TO METROPOLIS.
Blazed .Trail In Local Attorney His
tory, And as Executive.
La Grande will lose one of Its pion
eer families and the pioneer attorney
of the city on August first, when C.
H. Finn will move to Portland to open
an oBlce in that city. His office will
be closed permanently on July first.
Was The FIrt Mayor..
C. H. Finn was the. first mayor ot
La Grande, and Incidentally is the
only man to hold that office three suc
cessive terms. In addition to that he
is the pioneer attorney of the -city
Twenty-seven years ago he came here
to open an office. J. D. Slater, who is
also one of the first lawyers, was not
then admitted to the bar, and present
City Attorney J. F. Baker waa at that
time practicing in Union.
'Mrs. Finn will accompany the at
torney to Portland and during ; the
summer and they will make their fu
ture, home there. During their long
residence in the city, both have won
places of distinction In matters legal,
and things society.
In Portland Mr. Finn will form b
partnership with Leroy Lomax, for
several years district attorney of Ba
ker county, and well known in La
Grande.
THE DALLES MAN FRISKED OF
FAT ROLL.
Two Thieves Oct" Away From Peace
; Upholders After Steal.
PORTLAND, June 28. Hundreds of
persons in the main waiting room of
the Union depot today witnessed a
melodramatic robbery of F, A. Seufert,
the millionaire canneryman of The
Dalles, Oregon, followed by a rough
and tumble fight between the victim
and the thief. Seufert took a roll of
hills from his pocket to buy a ticket
home. A moment later a thief seized
the roll from his pocket, and handed it
to a pal, who ran, Seufert seized
the other man, and engaged in a fight.
In the .meantime a policeman caught
the man who had the money, and lock
ed him in a temporary Jail. While the
police and Seufert were looking for
the other man, the prisoner kicked
his way out of the temporary Jail and
escaped. Both are missing.
PIOHEER WILL
CO TO PORTLAND
ROBBERY AHD
FICHT III EEPOT
NUMBER 21
WILL PLAT ALL
DARLEY COMES
BACK
ESTABLISH SOUTHERN GRADE
SELECT DEFIMTE ROUTE THIS
"'"": EYENING.
PLAT WILL PflDVE VALUABLE ASSET
Noticeable. Reviving of Irrigation Fev
. ' et Every where,; ,v'-
Engineer Darley Is in. La Grande
ready to curry ou the policy of the
board of directors of the Irrigation
project to hurry matters with utmost ;
haste. He arrived this morning, and,
when tomorrow morning's expresa '
brings the required instruments from
Portland, he will commence the final
and permanent settlement of data rel
ative to the district to be covered by
the south ditch leaving the river ft
Oro Dell.
He has already run preliminary
lines for the canal and laterals, 'but
the directors have not accepted- tils
recommendations. This will be don
at a meeting tonight, and th;n, know-,
tng which of the proposed routes will
be adopted, the engineer, will establish
the gvfute and plat the entire region.
In this way, the. directors can, go to
a farmer and make It clear to him,
Just what "40", or "80" is under tha
reach o fthe laterals, and supply any
information the buyer wishes to know.
In the Meantime, preparations for
running the north ditch survey will
be laid. -. , -, ,;.'"'-; ''.' '
Things are humming In irrigation
circles, and from now on, it will be a
constant rush toward the goal-actual
realization of water on thousands of
Grande Ronde valley land.
TWELYE DIE OF HEAT.
Terrible Suffering From Excessive
Heat In Chicago Last 24 Hours.
CHICAGO, June 28. Twelve per- '
sons died in Chicago as a result of the ..
heat the last 24 hours, according to a
Coroner report today, mrcury hov- V
ering about 90 all yesterday, and. 89 ;
this morning. ... "ri . ;-, :, V -. .
5 Heney to Portland.
PORTLAND, June 28. Heney Is
en route to Portland, accompanied by
his wife and a physician, in accord
ance with his promise that as soon as
a verdict in the Calhoun trial was re
ported he would, come .north as ad
visory attorney for the Portland Dally
News, which has been sued for libel
by "William Hanley. The latter's at
torney Is C. E. S. Wood. TheNewa
charged that Hanley illegally fenced
I one thousand acres of land In Harney
county, Oregon. -
Error In Score. , f ;
In writing up the base ; ball scort
in the game between the Barbers and
the Band Boys this morning we er-
rored in saying that the score was 22
to 2. Harry Meyers ot the Barbera
says that the score .was 17 to 2 and
pretty near 3 as he, Meyers, almost
made a score and would have, had
there not been three out. !
Quits The Circus.
II. S. Clarke, who has been "with
the Sells-Floto shows, left the clrc.ua
at this place and will probably locate
in La Grande, y
Suffers Operation. ' ;
Mrs. Do Llle Green underwent usL
operation at the Grande Ronde hos
pital this afternoon to have' a tumor
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