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VOLUME vin.
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE., WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1909.
NUMBER 223.
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MISSOULA LIKE
ARMY CITY
FIFTY THQUSANO FILINGS!"
EVERYTHING IX READINESS FOR
OPENING TOMORROW,
LITTLE GIRL TO DRAW TIE- LOTS
tracts Great Hordes.
MISSOULA, July 14. At least 5000.
strangers are lodged In the hotels
and rooming houses of this city to
day in anticipation of opening to fil
ing on the Flathead Indian reserva
tion lands tomorrow. It is expected
that 50,000 will register.
Lands comprise 750,000 acres, all
told. After the registration, a draw
ing will be conducted by a committee
appointed by the government. Miss
Christie Donlan, aged 12, and the
daughter of Senator Donlan, will be
'officially chosen to draw the allot
ments. WI Coming Too.
very train brings hundreds of per
sonsfKAlready tents are pitched In
vacant Tots.
By Thursday the place will re
semble an army encampment. Tem-
fporary buildings have been erected
as sleeping quarters. By special or
der the city administration has Issued
a mandate restating operations of
falters during the registration period.
Special deputies hare been added to
the force under Sheriff Graham.
yon buelow
QUITS POPITICS
I ,HE SHEDS TEARS
fht.WHEN HE LEAVES
i?r Jtpptlnt9 Successor to Famous
Statesman.
BERLIN, July 14. Chancellor Von
Bulow today formally tendered his
resignation to the Kaiser, who
New -.lines- Arriving
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0 all the newest styles. Suede .and
Price
NEW ELASTIC BELTS.
All colors and styles. . . . . v50c to 75a
V ELEGANT LINE OF BACK COMBS.
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promptly accepted it, and. appointed
Dr. Von Betham Hollweg, present
vice chancellor, as his successor.
Tears were rolling down Buelow's
cheeks when he entered the Imperial
audience and handed the resignation
to the Kaiser, who was dressed as a
field marshall. The Kaiser broke
convention and grasped the retiring
chancellor by the hand, and Bald:
"Berbard, you have always served n:e
well and faithfully; we have always
been friends."
The Emperor arrived here early
this morning from Kiel City, and took
a holiday. The streets are thronged
with people eager to get a glimpse of
on Buelow as he drove from his
(home to the palace. ,
MILL BRING JOHXSON.
Will Bring Got. Johnson to Seattle on
Swedish , Day.
. SEATTLE, July 14. Armed with
a document purporting to be requis
tion papers signed by President Chil
berg, of the exposition, the Swedish
Vice Consul, Andrew Chllberg, is to-
ua CU iuute u ex.. rttut lo Ol'Ulg tiov.
John Johnson to attend the Swedish
day celebration July 31, when 50,00
Swedes will be present. Johnson Is
now ill as a result of an operation
for appendictls.
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EIGHT DOLLARS AND A QUARTER
FOR FOC'B LAND.
Sheepmen's Animosity Tushes Price
to Exceptional Point.
Animosity between Iieppner sheep
men was nickels and dimes for Uncle
Sam and amusement for bystanders
this morning when an isolated tract
Bale at the local land office doorstep
brought a record breaking price. Land
for grazing purposes usually sells for
$1.25 or $1.50 per acre, but due to
rivalry between two Heppner sheep
men, 40 acres of Isolated land this
morning brought the enormous price
of $8.25, and the land in question is
poor grazing at that. D. O. Justus
had advertised for a particular tract
which lies in D. McCulogh's territory,
as is often done between sheepmen,
but the latter was advised of the sale
and this morning appeared at the
door of the land office when the sale
was opened on the "bid in" plan.
Glaring at each other in right royal
manner, ferocity and chagrined at the
rapidly increasing prices, the two
men continued toralae the bet Fin
ally the 40 acres were knocked down
to McCulogh for $8.25, an exception
ally high price.
Rains did great good throughout the
Willamette valley.
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EXECUTIVE MEETING SOON
HARMONY IS SUPFORT OF EVERY
MOVE MADE.
GftANDY LOTS IS LIKELY SIGHT
Hustle For Arrangement of Details
Already Noticeable.
The Executive Committee.
President Collier today ap
pointed the following executive
committee to control and en
gineer the district fair which
was ordered held on the streets
of La Grande, this fall at the
meeting last evening: Mac
Wood, C. S. Dunn, George H.
Currey, William Miller, Will
iam B. Sargent, William Ash
and J. E. Reynolds,.
With the Commercial club and the
Fair Commission working hand in
hand, the citizens of La Grande guar
anteeing the expense of the affair and
everybody boosting with spirit, the
district fair next fall promises to be
the best one ever attempted in Eas
tern Oregon, and certainly the best
held in Union county.
At last night's meeting of the Com
mercial club board it was definitely
settled that the next fair will be held
on the streets of La Grande. While
no definite street was decided on, It
will probably b at the corner of
Grandy and Oak. At this place the
whole of block 9, Grandy addition
will be available and B. W. Grandy,
the owner has made a liberal offer to
the club and in all probabilities at
the meeting of the committee tonlgh-.,
this place will be decided upon.
This place is in a very desirable lo
cation with nothing that, will hinder
the handling of the stock and ex
hibits and is very easy for the visitors
to reach. It Is Ave blocks from the
postofflce.
lSeveral of the prominent citizen
of La Grande have expressed their
willingness to guarantee the expen
ses of the fair should the attendance
be too small which is not very likely.
The committee appointed last night
to select the place will probably meet
today and decide and then nothing
will stand in the way of a district
fair that wil blreak all rceords in this
section.
ATTEND FAIR FREE.
Crowd go Through Tunnel to Expo
sition Grounds.
SEATTLE, July 14. Beating the
exposition out of several hundreds
of dollars admissions dally, the em
ployes on the. North Trunk sewer
completed through the grounds, with
f riends and relatives have been en
tering the fair through! a capacloiw
tunnel of the new' sewer us the man
'hole. "The secret passage was disco fr-
ered yesterday.
For some time, men
and womeii have been
seen coming
frorn the north east section of th$
grounds brushing dirt from their
clothes. 1 '
Other entrances to the tunnel .out
side of the grounds are from the
University Campus. It is said to have
been freely used by several members
of the fraternity houses.
W. C T. U. to Meet
The W. C. T. U. will meet tomorrow
promptly at 2:30 at the home of Mrs.
C. ft. Tharntoti at tfcs corner of
Vain and Cia ftreet. !l raemteri
ar? urged to be present.
FIERCE SIRUCClE
III THEJAR EAST
WAR CLOUD IS
OMINjUS
HUNDREDS KILLED TODAY
WAR BETWEEN TURKEY
GREECE TROBABLE.
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GREEK ARMY .MOBILIZING HL
Troops Touring Into Salon lea From
Remote Sections.
TEHERAN, Persia, July 14.-Can-nonading
today resulted in the heav
iest loBseB in both the Royalist and
Nationalist armies since the rebels
Biormea mis city earlv venforrtnv
Hundreds of soldiers killed, and fight
ing is Btill on. Rebels stormed bar
ricades which Is the last hope of the
Royalists.
Rebels are determined to overthrow
the Shah, and re-establish the consti
tution. The trouble la the
the withdrawal of the constitution
granted oy the ruler when he
cended the throne.
Declaration of War Expected.
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Declaration of war against Turkey
by Greece Is momentarily expected,
ana troops are being mobilized by
both nations. The immediate cause
Is the result of a recent order issued
at-Constantinople for the troops to
drive all Greeks off the Turkish fron
tier.
Greeks made a formal complaint
to their King, the result was a secret
order to mobolize the Greek army.
This was discovered by the Turkish
government, and similar precautions
were taken here. The troops are
pouring into Salonlca from every
part of Turkey.
ST. HEWS CASE
SEIIT TO TRIAL
BLOODY AX AN EXHIBIT IN THE
COURT.
Defense In Noted Harder Trial Will
Prove an Alibi.
ST. HELENS, Oregon, July 14. In
the presence of the bloody axe Bald
to have been the instrument with
which Robert Livingstone, aged 62,
was murdered at Goble, last Decem
ber, the Jury began hearing the evi
dence in the sensational trial at 11
this morning. Assistant District At
torney Miller made a plain state
ment '
W. H. Abel, ' for the defense, de
clared he would prove George T.
Murgatroy, the defendant at Astoria,
was workng at an oyster house at
the time of the murder, and was
there seven days after. ; . '
I. H. Bro8s, a section foreman, who
found the . body, was the flrBt .wit
ness. The blood bespattered cabin
where (Livingstone lived, and Mas
murdered was described. 40 witnes
ses will be examined.
The witness detailed the occur
rence of the night and forenoon of
the fatal day when the little town of
Goble was shocked over the awful
tragedy. Livngstone had lived many
yars In the cabin, and was respec
ted by all who knew aim. His bo!y
was found lying In poo! of btooti
that the grain sack would hardly
Vover. Details of the circumstances
of the killing occupied the time of
the jury until the noon recess.
ROM AXE IS COURT.
WEISER. July 12. The case of Ed
ward W. Laug, charged with perjury
occupied the attention ots the court
all day Saturday. Lang lived at Dur-
kee, Oregon.' He was engaged to a
young lady of that place by the name
of Leonora Crisp. Her parents objec
ted to Lang and forbade him to come
to the house. The young lady was
not of age. They had arranged to
elope as scon as she was of age. On
May 30 she told Laug that she was
now 18 years of age and they could
now marry. He consented and the
next day they ran away and came to
Welser where they were married by
Probate Judge Ayers. Lang was com
pelled to dispose of a saddle and
bridle in order to secure money to
pay his bride'B expenses to Welser.
and the expenses of the wedding. He
procured a marriage . license and
swore the girl was 18 years of age. j
The day following the wedding a
brother of the bride appeared in
Welser and made a charge against
Lang with perjury, charging the girl
was under age and that Lang knew
it. Lang was arrested and bound
over to the district court. Ha was
held in jail until he, could secure
bonds. He testified in court yester
day that his wife asked him to mar
ry her, that he never proposed to her.
She said: When I am 18 years of age
we shall get married. When she told
him she was of age he testified that
he knew nothing of the contrary, as
he had never asked her when she
would be of age. Th jury appeared
to take the ground, that he had been
tempted like Adam of old, and ac
quitted him.
Building Site Purchased.
The federal building Bite at the cor
ner of Alta and Garden streets has
been formally accepted, by the treas
ury department and the money for
the property is now upon the way to
Pendleton. ,
NORWEGIAN SHIP WRECKED.
Captain And His Family And Fifteen
of Crew Is Drowned.
LONDON, July 14. The Norwegian
bark Errol is a total wreck on Mid
dleton reef.' The Captain, wife and
children, and fifteen members of the
crew was drowned, according to a
report issued today by Lloyds agencv.
Birth Record.
Dorn, in Baker City, July 11, 1909,
to Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Sheet, a son.
EX-MAYOR LAW CASE DISMISSED ,
FOR LACK OF GOOD EVIDENCE
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A DUCK A DUCK ORAMUDHEN
IS LEGAL TANGLE
FEATURE TURNS UP
UNION, July 14. (Special) "Is a
mudhen a duck, or Is a duck a mud
hen, or what Is a mudhen?" is a point
in blrdology' which Justice Maxwell
was called upon to decide thts morn
ing when Ex-Mayor Law was put' to
trial on a'. charge of. shooting duck,
out of season, j . .. (
Joe Jolly' was the first witness
called by the 'estate. He testified that
he had seen Mr. Law, the defendant,
on one side of the lake in question,
and the defendant son on the other.
He heard shots fired and saw some
thing resembling a muskrat rather
than a duck. Mr. Jolly's son gave
the same Insufficient evidence as his
father.
C. H. McCorckle was the second,
and a more Important witness. He
saw boot at a mudivu
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LUMBER
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NORTH SIDE IS
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YARDS MUST BE MOVED'
SUPREME COURT HOLDS FARM
ERS MUST HAVE ROAD.
1MB COURT UPHELD Bf DECREE
Vacation of County Road .For Yard
Purpose Set Aside.
"We might as well dismantle ear
mill as to vacate this property la
question. The Commercial club prom
lcd us when we came here that the
road would be vacated and since then
we hare built dry sheds and unload
Ing platforms, besides piling thou
sands of feet of lumber, on what we
thought had permanently turned over
to us. It cuts us squarely In two. In.
surance permiums under such con
dlttous would be prohibitive. George
Palmer, president of the company.
The Supreme Court has upheld the
Union County Circuit Court, Judge
Bean of Pendleton presiding, where
the vacation of the county road
near the Palmer mill vas set aslj.
Al Good, Mrs. Proebstol and Mrs. Ry
nearson were the parties who,
through Attorney J. W. Knowles. at
tacked the action of the county court
In - vacating a piece of county road
which the George Palmer Lumber
company heeded for lumber yard pur
poses. ' ,
The Circuit Court ordered the va- .
cation set aside, on grounds that res
idents of the north section were put
to inconvenience in coming down the
river to find a crossing to reach Oro
Dell. Union county appealed the
case to the Supreme Court and yes
terday a decision was reached, which
upholds the Circuit Court.
Thousands of feet of lumber are
now plied on what has been ordered
opened for a public road.
IN PRATT-WOLFE FINES
who was on the other side of 'the
lake, shot twice. The bird was dead.
The witness saw the boy wade 'out
after the fowl, but refused to testify
which ope shot the bird.,, ' (," I
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. Then followed a Jong word batttla
oyer' what a '' mudhen is and at noon
court adjourned until It 30 this after
noon, after. Attorney .Leroy, ' Lomax
had 'moved for dismissal 'on lack; of
evidence by the state.
Law Case Dismissed. i
en court reconvened at 1:30, the
court ruled that the case should be
thrown out of court on lack of evi
dence, and Law la now exonerated ot-
the charge. ! ' 1 ,
Other Case Unsettled..
Pratt and Wolfe, special officers,
were yesterday fined $5 each for as
sault and battery, on hs ;n:. ..' .
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