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VOLUME VELI
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1909.
NUMBER 200
CITY HOST
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CARNIVAL OF AUTOS
ARRANGED
ENTERTAINMENT ISPROVIOED
DAY RETLETE WITH ACTION AND
CONGENIALITY.
A GREAT ARMY OF AUTOMOBILES
Imposing Spectacle Will be Furnished
During Monday.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS.
.
Special arrives Sunday 'even-
ing. . . .
Reach Depot 8:30 Monday
morning.
Dalegatlon taken to break
fast
Auto caravan starts at 1
o'clock.
Return and disband ' at 4
o'clock.
Tabernacle doors . open at
7:30. A
Salt Lake choir concert
A starts promptly at 8 : 30. A
That the small army of tabernacle
choir and guests coming here tomor
row night from Salt J-alu, will be
:areu for every minute of their stay
in this city Is plain for every min
ute has been looked out for. The train
arrives with the ' warblers tomorrow
evening and will be run to the Sugar
Factory spur. Monday morning at
8:30, the train will pull up to the de-1
pot, and then commences the day of
events, crammed together to give the
greatest number the greatest good.
Committees at Depot.
1 At the depot at 8:30 o'clock all au
tomobiles will form at the depot. From
there 150 guests will be conveyed as
quickly as possible to the L. D. S.
amusement hall, where breakfast will
be served to that number. Other au
tos will take 100 of the guests to pri
vate homes for breakfast, and the bal
ance of the delegation will breakfast
at the four restaurants of the c ity.
Then at one o'clock will commence
one . of the greatest automobile pa
rades in the history of the city when
a caravan of cars will take just as
many as possible of the guests out to
the fruit orchards, and up on heights
where panaramic views of the city
can be made possible. The auto rides
will end at 4 o'clock.
The tabernacle church doors open at
7:30 and the concert starts at 8:30
promptly. Urgent requests have been
COEUR D'ALENE, Aug. 21. With
more than 1000 lumbermen and far
mers fighting the flames, the forest
. fire which raged nearly 48 hours on
this reservation, Is still beyond control
this afternoon. Probably the loss of
timber Is nearly $4,000,000, although
the lumber mill owners say less.
The report Is current during the day
that Everell Harriman was injured,
but this is said to be false, although
nothing definite was learned as to hl
whereabouts, or the surveying party
lie is with.
There was a high wind last night
The fire has blackened an area that
exceeds eight square mile.
given out by the committees tn charge
that all visitors be seated at 8:30 that
there may be no unnecessary delay.
With such a program La Grande will
be truly at the disposal of the guests.
and it is anticipated mat iiuie otner
! business wlllbe transacted.
The Line of Parade.
Publicity Manager Currey was but y
this morning securing the promts ot
tbe automobile owners of tho cltv fm
the use of the autos Mondav, to t;ike
the "members of the Mormon chcir
over the valley. lie has secured the
promise ot 17 from the city and sev
eral others in the valley will b9 se
cured. At 2 o'clock this afternoou IS
automobile owners weve consulted uud
out of this number . there vraa only
one that turned the, committer down,
the rest showing a proper La Grands
booster spirit. . .
The route that !s planned to be
followed while showing the visitor the
valley is through Frultdale, around to
High Point View north of Riverside
park, and through Island City. ' This
will give them' the best view of the
fruit and grain raising sections of
the valley.
AVIATORS MEET
AMERICA REPRESENTED AT
AVIATI0X CONTEST.
BIG
World's Famous Aviators Ready to
Enter Competitive Competition.
RHEIMS, Aug. 21. "Grand avia
tion work," the most important event
in the history of air shipping begins
here tomorrow. Crafts from America,
England, Austria, Italy and France,
will' be competitlng for prizes aggre
gating $401,000, with every kind or a
machine, aeroplane, dirigibles, hot air,
sperial, balloons. "All the greatest av
iators of the world will be entered.
Among those probably to enter to
night will be Louis Louis Belroit, the
Frenchman, who recently crossed the
English Channel; Hubert Latham, ot
England, who failed twice in a mono
plane to cross the channel; Paul Tls
sandier of France, a pupil of the
Wright Brothers. Roger Somner, who
broke the French time record; Glenn
H. Curtlss. American flag defender.
and a score of others.
. Eight Important events are pro
grammed. The chief is a $20,000 grand
prize. It is expected that sustained
flight and speed reocrds will be bro
ken.
Birth Records.
Born August 20 to Mr. and Mrs. Will
Ledbetter of Allcel, a daughter.
Born August 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Tif
fany of this city, a son.
Women Good Fighters.
MADRID, Aug. 21. Moorish women
are Joining the riff tribesmen in at
tacking the beleagured Spanish at Me
lilla. The women are said to be
fiercer fighters than the men. The
Spaniards are resorting to bring hand
grenades In slings. These burst
'among the tribesmen killing and injur
ing seriously.
Fire fighters are reported this af
ternoon to be expected to control the
flames when they reach backfiring.
Searching parties are out for camp
ers and lumber land seekers, who may
be imperilled.
A second fire at the Mica Bay dis
trict is reported to be controlled,
after doing $50,000 damage In a stretch
three miles wide and five miles lonj,
mostly slashing and cut over lands.
Heat from the fire Is intense. A cloud
of smoke Is over the country, and
blazing brands are carried nearly a
mile. Gangs of quenching Incipent
fires. Relief for the fighting force was
organized this morning.
FOB COMPETITION
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JOSEPH SCHEDULE LESS CON
VENIENT TO LA GRANDE
Joseph Train Will Leave Here at
1 2;H5-Main Line Changes
Big Improvement ;
Rumors that the Joseph train would
change its schedule and leave La
Grande at 6 o'clock in the morning
has failed o materialize. , There has
been a radical change in the schedule
however, as after today the Joseph
train will leave at 12:45 p. m. and ar
rive in La Grande at 1:30 p. m. This
is a decldely convenient from a busi
ness standpoint to people visiting La
Grande from the points on the branch.
Visitors from Wallowa county will
have practically 24 hours in La Grande
to attend to business. Visitors from
La Grande to Wallowa county points
are not ''so favored as the train ar
rives at Joseph at 7 p. m. and leaves
a,t 7:15. Nor is it so convenient for
those who go into the other county
to fish and hunt.' They will be com
pelled to stay over night in that place",
where before they could go over and
return on the same day.
As far as the La Grande people can
go and return the Bame day by the
new schedule Is Island City. Those
having business in Elgin will be
compelled to remain, over night,,
The former arrangement was as
nearly equitable as it was possible to
make it. Under the new arrange
ment La Grande people ' planning to
transact business in Elgin must take
all of one afternoon, all the next
forenoon and part of the next after
noon to make the trip in.
The new time table follows:
Joseph Train Time Table.
Leave La Grande for Joseph 12:45,
leave Wallowa 4:45, leave Enterprise
6 p. m., arrive Joseph 7 p. m. Leave
Joseph for La Grande, 7:15 a. m., ar
rive Elgin 11.59, arrive La Grande 1:30
p. m. The trains pass at Island City
at 1 o'clock p. m.
Local time tables are growing more
complicated as new trains go on, and
the rapid changes made this year has
made It quite difficult for local peo
ple to keep abreast of the new train
numbers and their exact running
SALEM, Aug. 21. Penitentiary
guards are 'searching today for four
short term convicts who escaped late
yesterday afternoon "from the brick
yards, adjacent to tne prison. Three
men were employed in the yards as
trusties, while the fourth was a car
rier. The men are Tony Williams,
BAKER SPECIAL ASSURED.
Schedule of Running Time Announced
In This City Today.
A special from Baker City this af
ternoon affirms that the special train
which is to carry the Baker City mu
sic lovers to La Grande next Monday
night, has been definitely assured, and
that 105 passenger tickets have been
sold. The city is much worked up
over the prominence of the concert
and will come to La Grande to pay an
Informal visit to this place, and to
enjoy the concert as well.
The schedule as arranged for the
Baker City special train, follows:
Leave Baker City 5:30; Haines 5:55;
North Powder 6:15; Union 7:00; Hot
Lake 7:10; arrive at La Grande 7:25.
LEI
MBit
nlng time of all trains, as announced
after tomorrow. 12 o'clock, Pacific
time, two overland trains will go Into
effect on the Union Pacific, The run
ning, time of al ltralns, as announced
by the new time cards, follows:
Westbound No. 5, Oregon Washing
ton special, arrive La Grande 10:10 p.
m.; No. 9. Portland Express, arrive
8 p. ni.; No. 7, Portland Special, arrive
9:25 a. m.. (no change); No. 11, Pa
cific Express, arrives 5:25 a. m.
Eastbound No. 10, Salt Lake Ex
press, arrive 7:40 a. m.; No. 12, arrives
8:55 p. m.; No. 8 Chicago Special, ar
rives 8:30 p. m.; No. 6, Oregon and
Washington Limited, arrives 4:35 a.
m.'
The new schedule is rather com
plicated and It will remain to be seen
what trains will bring Portland pa
pers, and as the new trains assume
regular running order, fame will ad
just itself to it.
This new order of things is merely
a better arranged schedule than the
one now in effect By comparing the
following' table which is the leaving
and arriving time at. Portland, trav
elers can readily study the main line
train service from Its various aspects
leaving Portland: ',
John M. Scott, assistant general
passenger agent for the Harriman
lines, yesterday announced the chang
es in the schedule necessitated by the
new through limited service. Under
the new schedule, beginning Sunday,
trains will leave Portland as follows:
No. 12, 7:30 A. M., instead of 8:10
A. M.; No. 8, 10 A. M., ,(no change);
No. 6. (new limited), 6:45 P. M.;
No. 4, No. 10, (new Salt Lake Express)
8 P. M.
These trains will arrive in Portland
as follows:
No. 9. (Salt Lake Express), . 8:15
A. M.; No. 5, (new limited), 8:30 A,
M.; No. 11, 6:30 P. M.', No. 7. 8 P. M..,
(no change.)
of Yamhill county, forgery, one year
and a half; Fred Relslngton, Washing
ton county, larceny, one year and a
half; Frank Weyer, Gilliam county,
larceny, one year; Clarke Davis, Co
lumbia county, larceny, one year and
a half.
They escaped through the tall grass
when the guards were not watching.
Returning' the train will leave La
Grande at il:30. ,
Gardner to Come Soon.
W. F. Chase the noted Portland
landscape gardner, will be in La
Grande next Wednesday to glre fig
ures on the Riverside park improve
ment. If his figures are accepted, the
work of improving the place will' start
at once. Mr. Chase is the man who
laid out the splendid new depot park
at Eugene and did other feats of un
artist in this state.
Rumors that the O. R. & N. Is go
ing to build a park near the depot,
has led the park association to the
statement that the ladles of that or
ganization will lend aid with all 'pos
sible force, 1 nthls movement.
COIIIT ESCAPE GUARD
BARNEY OLD FIELD WINS. .
Takes 25-Mite Race With a Bern Ha.
. chine This Afternoon.
INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 21. Barney
Oldfleld in a Dent machine captured
the 25-mile race this afternoon on the
motor speedway, thereby capturing the
first trophy to be offered to drivers.
Heretofore the trophies have been of
fered to makers of the machines.
LCCKY APPLICANT BEAD.
Holder of No. 61 In Flathead Laud,
: Killed Coder a Freight.
SPOKANE. Aug. 2L Frank Kelly
of Spokane, who drew 61 tn the Flat
bead reservation drawing at Coeur
d'AIene, recently, was killed under a
Northern Pacific train this morning.
It is believed he was riding on a
freight and fell. His number entitled
him a fine quarter section of land.
nnrninriiT in I
rlitbllltlll HLL
SLEEPS IN HAY STACK BECAUSE
FARMER IS UNHOSPITAL.
Presidency of Great Northern no Aid
to Him In Th Case.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Aug. 21.
A hard hearted settler last night re
fused to shelter Louis W. Hill, son of
James J. Hill, who is President of the
Great Northern, the young man was
forced to spend the night in a hay?
stack. Hill was making a trip from
Helena to Great Falls in an auto
which stuck in the mud near Fort
Shaw. He trudged many miles seek
ing help, and found a settler, who
said he was too busy to leave the
house. When he said he was a presi
dent of a railroad, the settler became
skeptical, and refused him lodging.
C. & G. W. Sold at Foreclosure.
ST. TAUL, Aug, 21.- Representing
J. P. Morgan, the financier, Fred II.
Gardner and George W. Stevens today
at foreclosure sale, purchased the Chi
cago & Great Western railroad for
$12,000,000 Morgan paid the secre
tary of state a personal check of
$9G,047 for articles of Incorporation,
the company will be reorganized with
capital stock of $96,000,000.
WAIT HERE FOR lOUR FRtENDS
THE HOME Of QUALITY
OCR CONSTANT EFFORT LS T 0 MAKE THIS A STORE WHERE
THE IDEA OF QUALITY IS AT ALL TIMES PARAMOUNT.
IN SOME LINES OF BUSINESS THERE MAY BE GOOD REASON
FOR HAYING A VARIETY OF GRADES NOT SO IN THE DRUG
LINE. WHEN DRUGS ARE NEEDED ONLY THE BEST WILL
DO. ANYTHING LESS THAN THE BEST IS DANGEROUS.
WE CARRY THIS PRINCIPLE OF QUALITY THROUGHOUT
OUR ENTIRE STOCK. IN SOME LINES, LIKE BRUSHES, WE
CARRY, THE FINER GRADES WHICH CANNOT BE FOUND IN
THE ORDINARY STORE.
NEWLIN DRUG COMPANY
LA GRANDE, ORE.
LEAVE YOUB PACKAGES TO
CALLED FOR
PUT F1CHT
TO BE RtOPE
CONGRtSS DRAWS
. BIG CROWD
SEATTLE CONSERVATIONISTS
BALLINGER HOME TO BE SCENE
, OF FIGHT.
PR0M1HEHT SPLAKEHS TQ ATTCKO
Fight
SEATTLE. Aug. 21. Delegates from
Utah, Oregon, California, Idaho, Mon
tana and Colorado, now in this city
to attend the First National Conser
vation Congress, which will be held -here
AuguBt 26, 27, 28, say that they
intend to take up the BallInger-Pla-chot
fight started at the sessions ot
the , National Irrigation Congress In
Spokane, and thresh the entire mat
ter out In this, the home city of
Secretary Richard A. Balllnger.
Although officers of the Washington. .
Conservation association, under whos
auspices the Conservation Congress
will be held will make no statements,
It is understood that they are trying:
hard td prevent a repetition of th
Spokane fight It la the general opln
Ion that a clash between the followers
of Gilford Plnchot and R. A. Balllnger
Is inevitable, and that any session In
which both sides endeavor to put the
congress on record as. for or against
either the Balllnger or .Plnchot pol
icy is bound to be a stormy one. '
Plans are being made here to re
ceive at least twenty-five hundred,
delegates to the Conservation Con
gress., At entative list ot speakers
haa been prepared, among whom are
the following:
Senator Chamberlain, : of , Oregon v
Joseph N. Teal, Chairman of the Ore
gon State ConBeravtlon Commission ;
W. K. Kavanaugh and E. F. Saunders
of St. Louis; Senator Dixon ot Mon-
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