VOLUME VIII.
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE.,
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1903.
NUMBER 235.
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SWEEPS
SOUTH
NINE BODIES HAVE
BEEN FOUND
AUSTIN SUFFERS HEAVILY
SO COMMUNICATIONS WITH GAL
" YESTON TODAY. V
DAMAGE SEVERE, MANY LIVES LOST
Sonth Ylsited by Second Storm of Ex-1
trenie Severety.
GALVESTON, July 22. A party Is
searching today for the bodies of 10
persons who were drowned yesterday
when the Bettlson pter was destroyed
by the storm which swept the gulf of
Mexico. No other fatalities are re
ported. Train Blown From Track.
AUSTIN, Texas, July 22. Buildings
were wrecked and trainB blown from
the tracks and it is reported that a
number of lives were lost In a second
storm which swept the Southern Texas
country on the coast of the gulf of
Mexico laBt night.
Buildings were wrecked here, one
being the city hospital. ' No loss of life
here. '
The storm raged for five hours,
and was the worst in years-. It up
rooted trees, tore off roofs. . The city
suffered heavily. Communication with
Galveston was again svered. by the
storm. Little is known concerning the
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JUST RECEIVED AN ELEGANT LINE
SUEDE
They are the
lowest in price.
OXFORD GREY, BLACK, TAN
We want to show you our nifty patterns in Peters
Oxfords for both ladiss' and gentlemen's wear. It's
worth your while to see them, still more worth while
to buy a pair.
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damage done there. ; !
The bodies of nine who were drown- j
ed yesterday when the Bettlson pier
collapsed in the storm, were recovered
at noon today. Galveston did not suf
fer from the second storm last night.
The railroad bridge connecting Gal
veston with the mainland is being re
paired. CHEJRRY SHIPMENTS STARTED.
Oue Carload Has Already Left Co v
And More Going Soon.
With a carload of Royal Anns and
CententlaU already shipped out of
Cove, and a big shipment soon ready,
the cherry harvest can be said i b?
well launched. Picking Is progressing
with extreme swiftness and growers
are careful to utilize all available
time while the weather Is favorable.
PAfJKF(lRF.flTTFfJ
I fill I W I I.I kll
ABSENT MINDED PERSON IS
DEED FORTUNATE.
IN.
Pants Containing Fat Wallet
W hen Bath Is Finished.
Left
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., July 22.
Women may forget expensive furs and
even their babies, and men may walk
off absent mindedly without hats and
umbrellas, but it remained for a man
in this city to actually forget his
pants and even worse, to forget the
pants In which a wallet containing
$170. (. ;s
Jack, Callahan, a guest of the Ya -
kima hotel, returned from a horseback
ride Sunday night, and after a bath 'in
the bath room near his apartments,
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ANKLE STRAP PUMPS
newest in shape, longest in wear and
COME IN ANY WAY
TUB FAIR
K1TTSCITT
HERE TOMORROW
WILL TAKE A SIDE
JOURNEY
Y HERE TO MEET HIM
WILL BE BRIGHT GALAXY OF
' RAILROAD BUILDERS. '
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I IIIUI lllll ! IlllbkUIIII lllbkkl
Will be Met at Huntiugton And Es
corted to La Grande.
Julius Kruttschnltt, chief lieutenant
to E. H. Harrlman, bearing the title,
superintendent of maintenance on all
Harrlman lines n the United States,
and a man who is classed among the
leading railroad genl of the world,
will be In La Grande tomorrow morn
ing for a brief Inspection of the local
railroad yards and power, and will
then depart for Joseph on a side tour
of Inspection. -
His coming has been the magnet
which has drawn practically all of
the more Important Northwest Harrl
man officials to La Grande today. With
! the peer of them all coming tomorrow,
; there will be such a representation of
- rallroad. builders, and mallsin
: La Grande, as is seldom seen here,
1 First Trip to Wallowa. .
La Grande is honored by Krutsch-
nitt's visits about once in a decade.
but the trip now planned into.Wal
SEASON'S
OXFORDS
EXPRESS MERCER
IIITIC HE
MILLIONS ARE IN
VOLVED ENVOY STARTED FOR MEXICO
II A It RIM AN SEEKS TO BECOME IX
PRESS KING TOO.
IK FNflnW FYPTF TFRRITHRY
Deal to Merger Mexican And American
Lines With Wells Fargo.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 22. Depar
ture of Andrew Chrtstenson, general
manager of the San Francisco depart
ment of Wells Fargo express for the
city of Mexico today, led to the circu
lation of a report that Harrlman has
arranged a merger with the express
business of the Diss republc with
companies he controls In this country.
It Is belelved Christenson will be met
there by C. E. Stockton, the New York
general attorney for the Wells Fargo,
and Dudley Evans, president.
Three big companies, the Mexican,
National and Inter-Ocenalc express
companies will be absorbed by the
Wells Fargo if the reports are true.
The 'tleal will run into the millions.
Under the new arrangement Harrl
man would control the express busi
ness over 10,000 miles of railroad in
Mexico, and giving him express privi
lege over about 160,000 miles.' 1252
miles of stage lines, 1300 miles of in
land steamship lines and 14,000 miles
of ocean steamship lines. -
ER'S VISIT DELAYED
REACHES HEKMISTON LAST EVEN
., , IXO SAYS TELEGRAM.
Not Known Yet When He 'Will Pass
t'nrotigh Thifj City.
Word wrap received this morning
from F. C. Bramwell, the land office
register who Is at Hernils'on, that
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger.
arrived there last evening, Instead of
yesterday morning, as first announced.
It Is expected that Mr. Bramwell will
return this evening.
It is not known, either, when Mr.
Ballinger will pasB through La
Grande, though irrlgatlonlsts and
others have been making strenuous
efforts to ascertain this fact. Tonight
Is the logical time for the trip.
Big Price For Hogs.
PORTLAND, July 22-Uogs advanc
ed to $9 per hundred pounds in Port
land market today, being the highest
value ever obtained within the recol
lection of the trade. The record price
was obtained for 77 head shipped by
he livestock firm of Albany. The hogs
averaged 181 pounds each and brought
the unusual price of better than $HJm.
Iowa county will be the first visit of
the big general to that fertile terri
tory which his chief punctured with
steel rails of late.
Many Officials Here Now.
General Manager J. P. O'Brien of lite
O. R. & N. and S. P. lines In Oregon,
G. W. Boscke, chief engineer, General
Superintendent M. J. Buckley, of the
O. R. & N. and S. P. lines In Oregon
and Superintendent W. Bollons, of the
O. R. & N. These men spent moBt of
the day here Inspecting the show and
whlllng away time until the arrival of
the general.
Meet Him at Huntington.
Kruttschnltt will be met at Hun
tington gatevay by this galaxy of of
ficials and escorted to .a Grundn la
morrow morning! '." ' "' '
SPLENDID NEW OATS.
Stand Orer Flte Feet Five Inches
And Carries Proline Heads.
Oats grown by .Charles Plajle of
Allcel, is now on exhibit in the Ob
server office. It stands five feet five
inches high and Is the perfect speci
men of prolific yields. It is a sample
of oats on his fields and would grace
the exhibits at A-Y-P. n a splendid
fashion.
Four Killed.
COLUMBUS, Ohlo July 22! Two
women and two children were killed
today when a freight ran down a car
riage In which they were riding.
Storms in Duluth.
DULUTH, July 22. Three persons
were drowned here during a rain
storm last ' night. Property damage
will amount to a million and a half
In this city and vicinity. '-. '
5EHT RATES
COMMMERCIAL CLUB WILL TRY TO
GET BETTERMENT.
Impossible to Attend Both Big Fairs
on One Ticket Now.
Misfitting excursion rates to the Sa
lem fair and to the Portland fair and
stock show the week . following, is
worrying habitual and prospective
state fair visitors this week. The O,
R, & N. ha- announced a one and one
third 'far,- to each of the big fairs, but
it is not possible to attend the Salem
fair, and stop over at the Portland
fair on the same ticket, under the
present arrangement. The attention
of the Commercial club has been call
ed to this condition of affairs and that
body will take the matter up with the
oftlcala. ' ' ' ";
Several have complained of the sys
tem and It is hoped that the club will
reap fruits from its efforts.
Under the present schedule, Salem
visitors will have to return Saturday
forenoon, atid come direct to La
Grande or lose excursion rights.
But it is believed that when the
club does take the matter up, the of
ficials will see the city In the requests
and grant them. ' '
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ARE TO SUFFER
LIMBER RATES FROM MONTANA
A UK SLICED.
Coast Cities Fail to Get Material Re
ductions.
SEATTLE, July 221 Sweeping re
ductions in rates on forest products
from points in Montana to the con
suming markets In the north, South
Dakota, Western Minnesota, Nebraska
and other middle western states, with
no corresponding reductions from the
coast shipping points are contained In
the new transcontinental freight bur
eau on lumber and shingle tariff,
which Is effective August 15. The
new tariff shows the Oreat Northern
and Northern Pacific made sharp re
ductions to the points In the middle
west to which Chicago, Milwaukee &
Puget Sound road cut Its rates on
lumber and shingles. .
Lumbermen declared today the new
rate will be disastrous to coast mills.
As the days grow hotter and hotter,
we clothe ourselves as lightly as pos
sible, but still we are thankful that
our country is not as other countries,
it is not too warm.
HOT SUITABLE
1ST IMPORT
TO CHIEF'S VISIT:
INDIAN AGENTS ARE
IN DANGER
OREGON TOUR IMPORTANT
WILL INSPECl AND THEN RE COM
' MEND EXPENDITURES.
RECLrMRTIOH HfcHDS mlakce i;
AH Oregon Looks to Present Ton 'K,
With Great Interest.
PORTLAND, July, 22. Secretary ot
Interior Ballinger la today touring
Oregon to make a general Inspection
of government reclamation projects
through the state. ..The trip bears the
utmost significance to the people of
Oregon as It will result, accord jig to
Ballinger, In determining the govern
ment's atttude toward reclamation, la
deciding what projects will be pushed
to speedy completion and in naming
places where the ' largest apportion
ment ot Irrigation funds will be made.
Settlement of troubles long existing
between Indians and their superinten
dents is assured. Rigid Investigation . '
of conditons on reeervatons ts one of
the secretary's special duties during
the trip."'. .. '"T;';'; .'-',''
Numerous .Indian agents may be
summarily discharged as a result, Bal- "',
linger has intimated. Approximately
IW5.000.000. will-constitute the ap-,,
proprlatlons made for 1910, pver 18i-
000 employes doing the work. ' Fifty;
five million are already spent by,gov V
IMItLER EXCELLS AS HOSTESS TO
- PIONEERS. . " '
Trail Blazers Hold Couthlal Gather
Inur at Imblcr.
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IMBLER, July 22. (Staff 'Correspond.
dence)-i-Nearljr 1100 people are today
shaking hands, rehearsing pioneer
scenes, lunching in the shade of grove
trees, listening to the band, witnessing
the baseball gume, and through It all.
runs a spirit ot Jollty such as only
those who have made the history ot '
Union county can create and partlcl-
pate in.
It s one of the most representative '
gatherings in the history of pioneer
associations. Big Creek, Union, North,
Powder, Cove, Summervllle, Allcel, El
gin and La Grande are only a few of
the central points sending delegates.
Eighteen hundred and seventy-eight Is .
the time limit which s exacted by the
assocation for membership, but there
are many who come earlier than even
that date. There were several "62"
badges here.
Old War Horse Present.
Captain Williams who participated
in the Indian battle of July 17, an
even 53 years ago, was present and '
J his genial countnance and hoary locks
were the central figure of attraction.
Uncle Ben Brown, the first white man
to settle and buld a home In Union
county' was present, too. There were
several pioneer ladies who vividly: re
member the time that Grande Rondo
valley was a barren waste. )
Due to th lateness of the train, 'the
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