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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE.,
FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1&09.
NUMBER 221.
RECORD PIES
FOR II
VALLEY LANDS
SET MARK
UNO ALQHE WORTH BIG SUM
CONSIDERABLY MOKE THAN $100
PER ACRE PAID.
TRACT WAS. OWNED BY J, McCQY
Alllnson And Chandler Buy 160 Acres
For Bfgr Price.
It leaked out from an authorathe
source this afternoon, that the. tfuin
Involved In this transaction was an
Ten $125 per acre.
Stupendous Increase In Grande
Ronde valley realty values is reflec
ted. In a deal consumated yesterday
evening In this city, when naked land
brought such a price as has never
been equalled. The land in question
lies in Frultdale, and comprises 160
acres. It Is known as the McCoy
"160" and the purchasers are William
Alllnson and J. W. Chandler, both
well known here. Some idea of the
exact price can be gained from the
knowledge that J. D. McKennon rec
ntly purchased a tract adjoining this.
paying $100 per acre, but this sale
price Is considerable better.
Merely Naked Land.
When naked land without orchards,
houses or crops can bring consider
ably over $100 per acre, land values
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are necessarily high. In this In
stance, there are a few Jap quarters
on the tract, one acre of orchard
land, and the beet crop now growing
on it. not Included in the sale. It
is, according to realty men who have
followed the advance of land, the
highest price ever realized in Union
county.
This deal was consumated through
C. J. Black agency". -
While there are no improvements
of any kind with the land, there does
go with it, excellent water rights
which Is the root of the enormous
price, for, naturally fertile soil, wa
ter has made It so productive that it
can ' command the highest known
price In the history of the country.
In a few years the Observer ventures,
there will be sales innumerable of
this sort, for land now selling at the
$50 mark will not be on market for
anything less than $100 and running
above that often, as this piece has
done. 7 '.. ; : '.'
TAUT CALLED
IU IHtblAKl)
KNOWS NOTHING OF GINGLES
WHITE SLATE SCANDAL.
Was Excused Immediately After Giv
ing Brief Evidence.
CHICAGO, July 9. Tom Taggarn,
a former chairman of the Democra
tic National Committee, toik the wit
ness stand this morning In the trial
of Ella Gingles, the 1 rish lace ma
ker, accused of stealing lace from
Miss Agnes Barrette, her employer.
In previous testimony given by Miss
Gingles It was Btated Alias Barrett j
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LAW SAI NULLED
PILL SMOKERS
HAPPY
WASHINGTON LAW IS KiLIED
DECLARED CXCOXSTTTUTIOXAL
IX SUPERIOR COURT.
PASSED RFTFR ,HARD SKIRMISH
Great Rejoicing; Among Smokers of
Washington Today.
TACOMA, July 9. The antl-clga-rette
law passed by the last legisla
ture is unconstitutional, according to
a decision by Judge Miles Clifford,
rendered n the Superior court this
morning in the case of the State
against T. E. Snook and J. R. Murphy.
The court said the law is in re
straint of interstate commerce, and
therefore contrary to the constitution.
The defendants were released.
The case decided today was taken
up from the police court to the high
er tribunal for a test.
"Pill Fiends" from all over Wash
ington have awaited with deep an
xiety the opinion of the higher court
In this matter, and among them,
there has been great rejoicing this
afternoon. The law was passed after
the moBt Bensational warfare in the
legslature, where the reformers were
spurred on by thousands of consti
tuents. , f
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MONEY.
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BANK SUITS ARE
III COURT
BANK FILED DE
MURRERS TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT
WANT CASES TRIED BEFORE A
JURY SOT COURT.
IS PART OF ASSURED LITIGATION
Only To of Four Demurrers Arc
Argued by Ramsey.
Demurrers to suits recently filed
against Walter Nledner as receiver
of the defunct Farmers & Traders
National bank by the Grande Ronde
Electric company, in two instances,
the Hot Lake Sanitorium, and Frank
Phy as trustee for the J. W. Scrlber
estate, were in circuit court this
morning when two of these demur
rers were argued by counsel for the
parties interested, T.H. Crawford ap
pearing for the plaintiffs. Attorney
Ramsey, counsel for the receivership,
filed demurrers In each of these four
cases, which cases had been brought
In equity. During the course of the
arguments, however, only two demur
rers were argued, namely the Grande
Ronde Electric suit of ,$1470 which
the lietit fomany wants cancelled
from the tank books alleging previ
ous settlement, and the other was
the sanatorium suit for $3000, which
the receiver will attempt to collect on
a note said by the company to be an
accommation with out consideration.
The company asks for surrender and
cancellation of the amount. ' The
court took the matterunder advisement.-
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The purpose of the demurrers is to
compel the plaintiffs to try the cases
before a Jury, rather than before the
Jury, rather than before the court
court alone.
These cases form a portion of the
approximate $50,000 of alleged bank
assets which are tied up In litigation
and cannot be touched until, the
courts pass on the merits of the cases.
Until then the depositors will receive
no additional dividends. ,
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SEND BILL
TO HOUSE
WASHINGTON, July 8. The house
this afternoon..; adopted the previous
question on a rule to send, the! tariff,
bill to a conference by a' vote of ;i79
to 153. - Seventeen Republicans vo'ed
against the' question; '" r ' ; 1 ;
At 12 ;30 this afternoon wthd Sec
retary of the), senate presented the
tariff bill to te house, and requested
a- conference. receBS was then ta
ken. ' . ' ? ; ; v ; ' ' . I
Considerable' unfavorable comment
waj made today among the members
of 'the house (Over the action of the
sepate, .at 'the instigation Of Aldrich
la appointing conferences, for the tar
ic bill before the measure wan re
turned to. the. bouse. The ordinary
procedure Is to send an amended bill
to the house, and await its action be-
T
fore appointing confrees. AUruh
dalftied his course was adopted . to
save time.
Sir. Kutspll Improins.
Word was received here this morn
ing from the Russell camp that Mrs.
James Russell, who met with an ac
cident while riding In the hills rec
ently, was considerably better today,
taking the first nourishment since the
accident. It will possibly be several
days, however, before she can be
brought home.
MAS TEX TilVES.
"Go Ccter" In Trouble at 'Frisco
Over Wives Question.
SAN, FRANC I SCO, Calif., July 9.
Twenty-four women are involved to
day in the strange case of Christian
C. Johnson, the alleged bigamist,
whom the police believe is John Mad
sen, with wives In most of the large
cities. Ten wives were found who
believe they were all . married to
Madson In the past four years. Others
think he handled them through prom
ises of marriage..
The purtsoner is a puzzle to the
police. He is fi2 vnr nlri nrt a
professed woman hater.
Lane Connty Wins.
SALEM, July 8. Lane county was
awarded the sweepstakes trophy to
day.';, ORECQH DAY AT
TWEMT-FIYE OREGON COUNTIES
REPRESENTED TODAY.
Great Bustling lu Oregon Building at
A.T-P. Today.
SEATTLE, July 9,-r-Thls is Oregon
day , at,thefvwr,iV Oregon
building is bustling' with activity.
Women who made it possible to en
tertain the , thousands .,who passed
through the building, predominate.
Exercises began at 11 o'clock, with
nn nrlilrnKH delivered hv Archblahon
I Alexander Chlratte. of the Catholic
J diocese In Oregon, and Governor Ben-.
' son. Twenty-five counties were rep
' resented among hostesses, nearly ev
'ery woman a member of a woman's
club. Wives of Oregon Commission
ers entertain the clubwomen at a
reception and- dinnr in the New York
building tomorrow afternoon.
all
Rlverside park's street car vjhich
made its initial trip at 1 o'clock this
afternoon with Joe Woods doing the
motorman stunt, was loaded to the
guards with women and children.
They were hanging on to the "straps."
on the "Cow Catcher" and some with
a little more' courage were on top and
In serious -danger of striking the trol
ley wires. It was kept very busy dur
ing the. afternoon, for'as" fast as one
loadjwas taken to the park,, another
waited for It at the street car station
(Presbyterian church).
;OesDite the Intermittent showers
th. people' have got the spirit of
clean-up day and are res61ved . to'
work, rain or; 'shlW.'' '-Already- there
are a large crowd of women an htl-
.dren at . the park and at 4 o'clock,
there was a . stampede, at t the busi
ness men.;. . , : ... .
The ice cream for the workers Is
furnshed by the Blue Mountain
creamery and Is certainly a treat for
the workers.'' Coffee will be served
and after .the work Is finished, it
the dampness does not prevent, there
will be a large bonfire of the deorls
TOTAL LAUDS OF
IIA
UNION COUNTY
VERY SMALL
69,040 ACRES UNSURVEYED
BAKER COOTV LEADS IX SIR.
TETED PUBLIC LANDS. ,
EXHAUSTIVE TA8LE IS COMPILED
Union County Among The Lowest of
All The Count!
Receiver F. C. Bramwell has Just
completed his annual report of the
area of lands unappropriated and not
reserved in this land office district
This does not include the land hi the
Forestry reserve nor that in irriga
tion projects. It is a very difficult
job, as all of the records in regard Xo
land taken up, have to be gone over.
and has tonsumed considerable time.
The following table was compiled:
Surveyed Lands.
Baker county, 405.230 acres; Grant,
197,160; Morrow, 61,800; Umatilla,
149,760; Wrallowa, 117,960; Union, 63,
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Unttnrveyed Lands. . ,
Baker, 27.2G0; Umatilla. 530.
Total Surveyed And UuNurvejcd.
Baker, 522.210; Grant, 197,160;
Morrow, 61,800; Umatilla, 150,299; .
Union, 69,040; Wallowa, 117,960. '
Total In All Counties.
Surveyed, 1,090,970; . unsurveyed,
27,799; surveyed and unsurveyed, l,
118,789. ,: :
AH of this land Is pncipally moun-
talhous.tflniber, grazing and" farajc
Ing. There Is some fruit land In Ba
ker county.''; 'f '.'f
. This - is the only approximately
correct report made out in several
years. - - ,...,:-.-;.. , ',
"Work Done,.
County Assessor Rlnehart reports
that' the work of asseslng the prop
erty is all practically finished and, by
the last of the week all the stragglers
will have had their property assesedL
VETERAN i
SUICIDES
2 NORTH YAKIMA, July 9. The
mangled remains of Levi R. Ledua,
veteran of the Civil war,. was found
on the main line of the Northern Pa
cific today. In a pocket was found a
restraining order from the superior
court of Yakima county, prohibiting
him from visiting the home occupied
by his wife, who started divorce proceedings.'-
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It' is supposed- the old . man was
heartbroken, and committed sulci je.
Last Day Tomorrow. '
Tomorrow is the last day for dis
count on electric light bills. ' i '
collected, tonight
While it rained Jn town it was sev
eral hours before the park site actu
ally felt the showers. . . '. '
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