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VOLUME VIE
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE., FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1909.
NUMBER 230.
HBO VISITS
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CONSUL CUtST OF
THE CITY -
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ACCOMPANIED BY ASSISTANT HE
YISITS JAPANESE.
tin IS HONORED WITH HES VISIT
One of Four Japanese Consuls In
America Yislts City.
Jasutaro Numano. bis Imperial
Japanese Majesty's consul at Port
land, with bis cblef assistant L. Nlsh
zaki of The Dalles, are here today
compiling data which the consul will
report to his majesty at the king
dom's foreign- office. During his brief
fctay here the consul visited several
of the influential business and pro
fessional men, and granted audiences
to newspaper representatives and
others. The consul speaks fluent
American, having acquired his Eng
lish education n the schools of Japan
His conversation reflects a thorough
knowledge of American things and
American principles.
One of Four in Country.
There are four consuls in America
and keia. pue jf themlately promo
ted to the consulate at Portland from
London, where for five years he was
vice consul
Until last September, Portland and
Oregon Japanese were protected by
a vice consul under the consul at
Seattle, but now the consulate' is at
Portland and Hon. Numano is the
noble who holds the .office.
Of splendid physique, pleasant ap
pearance and fluent of speech, he is
an excellent entertainer, and his
views of the labor question are in
tensely Interesting. .
"Xp where in America, and especi
ally in Oregon, do we have trouble
with Americans, except at San Fran
cisco. There It is due to the fact
that the better classes of Japanese
live at Oakland and Santa Barbara,
while the laboring classeB rub shoul
ders with the white laborers of San
Francisco."
"We are not a warlike nation," af
firmed the consul. "We are-industrious
and self:protective. That It
our aim, self preservation, and oui
steps in the past have been In carry
ing out that national policy"
"Our war with Russia can be ca
talogued In this same category. Our
New Lines
JUST
BEAUTIFU LLINE OF HAND BAGS JJ
all the newest styles. Suede and Jett trimmed.
Price $1- to $4-50
NEW ELASTIC BELTS.
All colors and styles. . . 50c to 75c
ELEGANT LINE OF BACK COMBS.
Shell combs in beautiful designs .2oc to 75c
A new grape design on old gold back ground, ea. 75c
New Tailored Linen Waists ....... .$3.00 to $3.50
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natural freedom was at stake and we
fought for it "The remarkable pro
gress toward higher civilization made
by Japanese in the past decade has
alarmed the world but It is a caiiB-'.-less
worry. As long as our preserva
tion and personal liberty is not in
fringed on, we are a peaceful nation."
He was Korean vice consul during
the troubles there and naturally has
a wide and broad knowledge of Orien
tal and occidental political affairs.
An American Lawyer.
During his official stay In London,
he studied law and was admitted to
the English bar.. '
Driven (her Valley.
Jasutaro Numana was today taken
through the fruit orchards under
leadership of Frank anil Charles Mi
zoguchl, secretaries of the local col
ony consisting of 140 Japanese. He
leaves tonight, laden down with facts
and figures carefully compiled by
Publicity Manager Currey. From
here he goes to Baker City, where he
will visit Japanese colonists and con
tinue his careful study of Oregon In
Its entirety. There are 3500 Japanese
In Oregon, and when ils honor has
completod the present tour he will
have much valuable statistics regard
ing their whereabouts and occupa
tions to report to his imperial ma
jesty. FOR ALL ELKS
STITENDIOUS PARADE SEEN IX
LOS ANGELES.
Los Angeles Outdoes Itself Entertain.
. in; Elkdom.
LOS ANGELES, July 16. The
nearest approach to a Mardi Gras pa
rade ever seen In this city passed
through the streets today between
banks of thousands waving flags,
cheering. Allegorical and floral pro
cession In honor of visiting Elks,
numbering thousands of marchers,
countless decorated floats, bright
with pretty girls and gay colors, pas
sed in review before the newly elec
ted Exalted Ruler of Elkdom and his
officials. '
Every phase of California life was
represented, mining, farming, fruit
raising, traders, professions and arts.
Mexican Vaqueros, Indians, Cow
boys, Mexican Senoritas, golden hatr
ed California beauties rode past the
grand stand.
Preceding the spectacle was mas
red a band parade comprising all the
lands in attendance on the conven
tion. Haunt, assembled at the temp.
TilocITand started at 9 o'clock.
24-Hour Man Here.
C. A. Pheeney, 24-hour man for
the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus is in
the city today contracting for meat
and food for the people and animals.
Arriving
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ORfKETT CUE
WIFE NOW AT HIS
BEDSIDE
ELECTRICIAN WL RECOVER
HIS WIFE AT HIS BEDSIDE BUT
SO STORT TOLD.
POLICE CAN'T CLEAR UP MYSTLRY
Portland Police Baffle In Attempt
to Locate Trutfu
PORTLAND, July 16. The poller
have failed to find proof of the story
told by Rae F. Brackett, the wealthy
electrical contractor, who was my
steriously shot on a street corner
here Wednesday night, that the shoot
lgn was done by John M. Main and
Louis Qulmby. A dispatch from 'Se
attle today shows Qulmby wao In
Victoria, B. C. at the time of the
shooting and another from Ashland,
Oregon, says Main reserved a room
in a hotel there Wednesday, but did
not occupy it The police are unabla
to understand why Brackett named
these two men.
,Mr8. R. M. Brown, who conducts a
roomng house here, says she wafc
with Brackett before the shooting
but was not pieseut when the shot
was fired.
The mystery Is as deep as ever. It
Is now thought, sure, that Brackett
will recover. His wife is at his bed
side, and far as known, he has not
made a statement to her.
. PAY DAT TODAY.
Employees of The O. R. & N. Receive
Pay Check Today.
This is the day that every railroad
man In La Grande looks forward to
all through the month. Today the pay
checks are distributed and no one en
joys it more than the ralroad men.
AYERS Al HILL
SEEMS CERTAIN SUITS WILL BE
INSTITUTED.
Ajtrs, First Willing, Now Loth to
Sell His Property.
After being in negotiations several
times today with the Meadowbrook
directors, it seems that Messrs Ayers
and Hill will both 'have to be sued
by the directors in order that the
irrlgationlsts may secure control of
these men's lands for reservol site.
Mr. Hill has flatly refused to sell at
prices stipulated by them.
Mr. Ayers who was willing to sell
at agreed prices, for a time, has now
become reluctant and unless he
changes his mind tonight, will, like
Mr. Hill, be sued.
The cases will be heard In circuit
court In Jury trial, should condem
nation proceedings be Inaugurated.
JOSEPH HERALD SOLD.
Newspaper Mas of Portland Par
chases The Joseph Paper.
Alt T. Kinney editor and owner -if
the Joseph Herald has sold his pa
per to M. P. Shutt, of Portland, a
newspaper man of 25 years experi
ence. ' ,
RELUCTANT
SUPERIORM
FROM LOCAL YARD
QUALITY IS BETTER
THAN OTHERS
TWO BIG CONTRACTS CLOSED
PENDLETON AND BAKER CITV
ORDERS WANTED. ,
ONE 0RD3 TO BE FILLED AT ONCE
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Million Aud a Quarter Brick Mad-;
This Summer Now Idle.
In the face of sharp competition,
La Grande brick has been selected as
ere most desirable material for con
struction of the new depot at Pen
dleton, at Baker City and the depot
which Is to be built next year in tais
c'ty. George Krleger, proprietor of
the local brickyards, has closed a
ontract with the O. R. & N. people
for supplying brick to the first to
named depots, and delivery will start
to the Pendleton structure within sev
en days.
The contract calls for something
Ike 100,000 brick, and a similar
amount at Baker City. The Baker
City delivery will be made when the
Pendleton depot finished, as tne
same ,contvrct!cn crew is to build
both.
Samples of brltlc made here were
compared with other makes of Eai
tern Oregon, and Mr. Krleger won the
deal hands down
Vnrd Temponiilly Idle.
Due to lack of space facilities, the
brick yard 1b temporarily idle. Al
ready this season the output has
reached 1,250,000.
Boy Tile Machine Soon.
Manager Krleger has lost three
weeks' time on account of sickness,
but In a few days will place an order
for a tiling machine and will turn
loose a large force on that line of
production.
DELEGATES
NATIONAL CONVENTION ONE OF
PLEASURE AND PROFIT.
Major Portion of Local Delegates
Have Returned Today.
A major portion of La Grande's
delegation to the National convention
of the Epworth League at Seattle, re
turned this morning when a large
number of Eastern Epworth Leaguers
went home. The party reports hav
ing had an enjoyable time, and re
ceiving much profit as well as pleas
ure from the convention. The A. Y.
P. with all its attractiveness was
viewed by the delegates, following the
convention period.
Those of the party to return to
day were Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Deal
and daughter Irma, Misses Belle Fur
guson and TesslesMcMurray.
8. J. DORRANCE DEAD.
Brother of Mrs. Anna Brooks Died at
Enterprise Tuesday Evening.
Mrs. Anna M. Brooks returned to
day from Enterprise where she had
been attending the funeral of her
EPVVORTH DO
brother, S. J. Dorrauce, Mr. Dor
rance died at the home, of his broth
er, on Crow Creek near Enterprao,
Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock af
ter an Illness of two months.
He was burled Wednesday at the
Prairie Creek cemetery.
The deceased was born In Cand:..
and is 29 years of age. He has been
in Eastern Oregon for 20 years, a
part of that time In La Grande..
He leaves three brothers, D. W.
Dorrance of Walla Walla, W. a Dor
ranee of Wallowa county, and Joseph
A. Dorrance of Manitoba, Canada,
and two sisters, Mrs. J. M. Brown, of
Vancouver, B. C, and Mrs. Anna
Brooks of this place. Thy were all
at his bedside at the time of Ins
death, but the brother and sister in
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WILL SERVE ICE CREAM.
Ladles of The Church of Christ to
Serve Refreshments Tomorrow.
The ladles of the Christian fhurch
will serve le crm nnA pV .
morrow In the basement of church
of Christ, at the corner of Washing
ton and .Depot street, from 10 o'clock
a. m. to 7 p. m., a large banner Is
being placed across the side of the
walk to tell the people of It
WASHINGTON BAR ASSOCIATION
YllLl HEAR CAUSES.
Bar Association In Washington Stir
red to Action by Charges.
....Aue.uue.eiiM, .uasn... July. At a
meeting of the State Bar Assocation
July 29, -31, Herbert N. Dewolfe, of
Tacoma, the attorney whose charges
against members of the supreme
court resulted In an Investigation by
the house committee of the legisla
ture, will be asked to appear and
substantiate his charges. If he fails,
disbarment proceedings may be
brought against him. Judge J. W.
Robinson, of Olympla, will be asked
to furnish the association proof of
the accusations he made against the
supreme court in the primary cam
paign, .. .
In addition the association pro
poses to lnqure into the causes .of
retirement of Former Supreme Court
Judge Milo Root, the indictment at
Spokane of Judge Gordon on a charge
of embezzlement in connection with
his former service wth the , Great
Northern and the. relations between
the two while Root occupied a seat
on the Supreme bench.
WOMAN CHARGED WITH BIGAMY.
Mrs. Anna Selka Arrested at Nun
Francisco Charged Wth Bgainy. ,
SAN FRANCISCO, July 16. -Mw.
Anna Selka, wife of an Astoria Jew
eler, was arrested here today, await
ing extradition, to be taken to As
toria, charged , with bigamy. When
thirteen years of age she married E.
P. Durand, an employe of the South
ern Pacific, who put her on the stage,
and took the money she earned.
Eight years ago she married Selka
supposedly divorced which she ob
tained a month later. She arrived
here a week ago accompanied by her
daughter, son and brother.
ANNUAL FLOWER CARNIVAL.
Third Annual Flower Carnival to be
Held In Elgin In August
The Cemetery Association of El
gin will, In August, conduct the third
of the annual flower carnivals which
have proven & feature of such beauty
and attractiveness In the city's ad
vancement In the past, says the El
gin Recorder.
nirt While Diving.
While diving off of . the Proebstel
bridge while swimmng yesterday,
Will Rush sustained a severe scalp
wound by striking a rock.
iiKRAKERSTO
PRODUCE GOODS
PORTLAND PAYS
RECORD
II
NEW WHEAT IS VERY
HIGH
BLUESTEM DEMANDS $1,05
CHICAGO PRICES HOVER NEAR
$1.22.
PORTLAND PRICES NEVER EQUALLED
Many Small Sales Recorded in Poll
land at High Price.
PORTLAND. July 16. Portland's
prices for new wheat were the high
est ever made in this or any other
Pacific coast city tor new crop to
day. Initial quotations just given
out by millers show $1.05 a bushel v .
for Bluestem, 1 for Club, and 98 cent
for Red Russian. 102 and 03 for J
Forty Fold. .
Several small lots were purchased
around these' figures. -
Patten Baying Heavily. ;, v t
July wheat hovered about $1.2 ;
forenoon. Traders generally belevjT
that Armour and Patten are plannu'jf L
a big deal In September wheat
they bought heavily today. wi'f''.
ROWE MAKES BOND.
Man Round Over to Grand Jury
Makes Bond Today.
King Rowe, the young man who
was bound over to await the action
of the grand jury for striking Clair
Crossen over the head, made bond
last night and was released. Hi
bond was J500.00.
NEW DEPUTY RECORDER.
J. C. Stearns of CoTe, Is Given The
1 Connty Recorder Depntyshlp.
X C. Stearns, of Cove, will arrive
In the morning and take up hie du
ties as Deputy Recorder, of Union
county. TJ. J. Davis, who has been
the Deptuy since the resignation of
Forest Ivanhoe, has resigned.
WILL DECIDE
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IMPORTANT MEETING OF COM
MITTEE TONIGHT.
Will Decide Just Where Next - Fair :
Will be held.
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The committee appointed by the
Commercial club to assist the fair
commission in the selection of a site
to hold the next district fair on the
streets of La Grande will meet to
night and definitely decde where the
fair will be held. It will either be
the Grandy block at ' the corner ot
Grandy and Oak or the block be
ginning at the corner of Fir and ,
Washington. The latter is the most
desirable and will probably be selec
ted by the commission. - In case they
do the skating rink will be used as
an exhibit hall and the tent will
cover the block east from Fir to '"""
Greenwood and probably tome of the'-
block on Fir to Spring.
Telephone directories for the Home"
Independent has just been complete!
by the Observer Job Department
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