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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1909)
MONDAY, AUGUSTUS, J909. VOLUME VIII LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, NUMBER 261. 11 MONEY IS READY COUNTY IS RAPIDLY PAYING DEBTS HEADY SALE FOR WARRANTS! WHAT SINE YEARS AGO SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE IS SOW AS . ACTUAL FACT. COUNTY ONLY If MONTHS BEHIND Improvements Hare Sot Been Ne glected in Meanwhile. What a few years ago seemed to be an Impossibility is now a reality. With a county indebtedness of $250, 000, the time was when the taxpayers neve rexpected to live to see the day when Union county would entirely be out of debt and warrants worth their face value. It has been a long pull. Nine years ago it required $148 to pay off a $100 county warrant, the $48 being interest thereon. By referring to the warrant call by County Treasurer John Frawley, in to day's issue it will be noticed that he has cash on hand to pay -all county indebtedness contracted prior to June 1, 1908, which means that the county is only 14 months behind and county warrants are in ready demand at 97 cents on the dollar and at our present rate of payment, the warrants will soon be taken at their face value. At our present rate of liquidation warrants will soon be taken at face value. While our present county court has made a record of debt reduction, this has not been by sacrificing county Im provements. The roads of Union county were never in better condi tion, and during this administration, many wooded bridges have been re placed with substantial steel struc tures, new roads have been opened and improved and several, thousand dollars have been expended for im proved road machinery. A beginning . has been made for macadamizing the principal thoroughfares of the county. Our county court has made a careful study of scientific read building, Its members have attended numerous Good Road conventions, have vtolted counties in this state and in Wash ington, where many miles of maca dam road hasbeen constructed, and if thepresent policy is carried for ward, in after years the present ad ministration will go down In history as the pioneer substantial road build ers of Union county. Read the Observer. Detailed plans for the barns and exhibit ctalls for the county fair have been prepared by J. L. Slater under the supervision of Committeeman W. B. Sargent, and when the board meets tonight these plans will be presented to t!i m. The plana are ready. They showed the details of walls and their support There will be 47 stalls on each side of Washington avenue from Fir street to Greenwood, with' en tr.Jices and exits at either ends. The main entrance will be on Fir street Excellent Comedy at Pastime. The antics of "Job Jenkins" and.tne eccentricities of "MarthaJane Bogg4n as played by Russell Harrison and BBertha Natlno, respectively, go, a long toward making "Struck Gas" the success that it la at the Pastime. The other partsare all strong, and well played. This excellent comedy will be given tonight andtomorro night Insurance Convention. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 24. Addresses by 'some cf the' best known insurance men of the coun try will mark the national convention of insurance commissioner-, opening in Colorado Springs toda.' for a ses sion of three days. Sell Copper Property. . PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 24. All of the Pittsburg & Montana Copper coia npny' nrnprtv In the vicinity Of Butte, including lands, mines and smelters, will be sold at auction at a trustee's sale here today. There are 680 acres of land In Jef ferson county, Montana, and twenty three, lode mining claims In Lewis and Clark County, and a great many let ters patent and patent rights, foreign and domestic to be sold. Local Option Election. Harrisonburg, Va., Aug. 24. As a result of the Virginia Anti-Saloon league's crusade ,to make the Old Dominion as "dry as a bone, a local option election was held here today, and was attended by scenes of great excitement upon the part of the worn en and children workers of the league. The town is now "wet" and has six saloons. The "drys" are claiming certain victory, but the.'wets" have not yet given up hope of holding the fort and worked valor ously today to bring out the full liquor vote. WILL TAKE THE FLOOR OF NEXT CONGRESS. Replies to Fowler's Attack With Great Hurst of Anger. CHICAGO, Aug. 24. Aroused b aspersions caHt on him by Congress man G. M. Fowler In an open letter yesterday, Speaker Cannon today said he would make "fur fly" when con gress meets again. He said hewould take the floor andtalk at length. Cannon said: "I Intend to call a friend of mlneto chair, take the floor, speak as long as allowed, and I tell you fur is going to fly. Some people who profess to be Republicans will get the severest castlgatlon you ever heard. I intend to call a spade, a spade, and to some 6f these people ranting about the present tariff bill. Your Old Uncle Joe Is going to talk in language any one can under stand. I promise that for virility it will rank as a masterpiece. It is time some one showed these malcontents Just where they stand." near the Thorne store and on reaching Washington will Join with the main team entrance. A canvas covering will shelter stalls for stock. Proper entrances tothe exhibit hall in the skating rlnkhave been provided. The exits are on Washington Just east of the A.L, Richardson home, and Just opposite Prof Day's home on Green wood. The atter will be the pedes trianexit, and the former the team exit The Btalls are 4x6 with good shelter and excellent protection. AIRY WED MILL W MS OWEREMEMY HARKMAN ENJOINED FROM ENTERING THE DESCHUTES Hill Scores Signal Victory over Adversary By Decision in Circuit Court PORTLAND, Aug. 24. James J. Hill the empire builder, gained a great vic tory today over Ilarriman, the rail- roadKing, In the fight between the Hill, Harrlman interests for the con trol of right-of-way of the Deschutes canyon, the keyto the mastery of Cen tral Oregon and California valleys, and assured outlet at San Francisco for Inland coast lines. Hill was given at least one year's WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. That the Federal forestry Bervlce is bitterly op posed to the policy of Secretary Bal Unger in pushing to a settlement the so-called Alaska coal land cases in1 volvlng lands worth nearly a billion, has deveoped today when Taft turned the matter over to Attorney General PITTSBURG FATALITIES BLAMED TO ANARCHIST QUE EN. If Police Can Find Her She Will be Sent From Town. PITTSBURG. Aug. 24. The police today are charging Emma Goldman, the noted anarchist Queen with re sponsibility for the Sunday night's vicious rioting at McKees Rocks plant of the Pressed Steel Car company. It is known she has been In this city several days, and the police say she made speeches urging the strikers to burn the plant, an dlncited acts of violence. Emma Is being Bought, and if foundwill be "Railroaded" form the city. Authorities are controlling the situation. (IE Ell E WIRES HIS INTENT TO YISIT THE LOCAL PARK. Interesting Event In Park Marked by Ills Coming. W. F. Chace the Portlan.1 lard scape gardner, will arrive tomorrow morning to Inspect Riverside park. EJaSA WAS THE CAUSE OF ITS TOMORROW SUR start over his rival by a decision of Justice Robert S. Bean, in the Federal circuit court in which Harrlman In terest were temporarily enjoined from occupancy of the disputed right-of-way , in the canyon. Attorney Cotton representatlng Harrlman, appeared, stunned by the decision and announc ed he would ask an injunction com- 'pelllng the Hill men a 200-foot-wide strip which the court gives them as ! an absolute right Wlckersham for a decision. It is charged Balllnger didn't head the pro test of I. B. Glavis. the chief of field division. Asssistant Forester Price said today that the forestry bureau believed with Glavis, that the claims shouldn't be settled until the charges are fully in vestlgated. HIS VESSEL TOUCHES LANDTHIS AFTERNOON. Railroad King Hurried to His Coun- try Home at Once. NEW YORK, Aug. 24. The Kaiser Wilhelm, with E. II. Harrlman aboard Is expetced to arrive In quarantine at 1:30 this afternoon. The liner is re ported to have passed Nantucket at 4 this morning. Thevessel will prob ably dock at 2:30. It is jindeeided whether Harrlman wil lremain aboard until docked or board a tug at the quarantine station. His private car is waiting at Jersey City, and he will be hurried to Arden, his country home. and to give estimates and produce plans for Its beautlficatlon, according to a telegram received by Mm. W. H. Bobnenkarap this morning. The gardner will be taken out to th-j pirl: Immediately after his arrival here, and he will be given a chance to view the place whene It Is at Its worst, for the grass is drying up rapidly, and the general aspect is anything but a pleasant appearance to the passer bys. Deep Interests centers In his p-o-posed plans. Just what action he will advise, If his services are contracted. Is of public Interest, nml his coming tomorrow will be o:ie of the awaited Incidents in parlulom. As stated before, some time ago, Mr. Chace Is the man who designed and carried out the beautiful depot grounds at Eugene and did the park work at Salem. He is a genius in his line. Missionary Tea. Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J.W. Bush, who now resides on the corner of Second andAdams, the Home Misslonaiy society of the Methodist church will hold a business session to which all of the members are requested to be present. Follow ing the business session, from S until 6 o'clock, refreshments will be served to which everyone is cordially invited. JOSEPH TRAIN DELAYED. Cars Fall to Arrive From Baker City on Time For Joseph Train. The Joseph train was greatly de layed this afternoon in leaving La Grande on the account of a delay in returning the passenger cars from Ba ker City this morning. The cars of the Joseph train were used in the special from Baker last night and the freight that was to bring them back did not arrive in La Grande until 2 o'clock this atternoon. Marriage Licence. A marriage license were today is sued to Alfred Bocrso of Baker Cltv and Maude Coon of La Grande. Albany will have a chrysanthemum show in connection with Its apple fair late next month. . FAMOUS MISSOURI RIVER CASE IS SETTLED. Court Makes Permanent the Restrain log Injunction. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. The cir cuit court today made permanent the injunction restraining the interstate commerce commission from enforcing the order to compel railroads to give proportional through rates from the Atlantic seaboard to Missouri River points. This is the famous Missouri River case which is a distinct victory of the western Jobbers over the Jobbers of the east This will effect Jobbers west of the Missouri River, controlled practically by the houses of St. Louis and Chicago as well as those of Kansas City and Denver. There's No Need of VESTEntl JOBBEhS 1 DECISION HEADACHE at least no need of enduring them. 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Two hundred and fifty excursionists aboard a German steamer lost their lives to day when the vessel was rammed at the entrance to Montlvedo harbor and thousands of excursionists were bound for that city. ; When the collision occurred there was a great panic on board both of the vessels which the officers and sailors tried in vain to suppress. . Immediately after the collision the German boat backed away from the other .tfljse I (and immediately com menced to fill. In a few moments she had settled to the waters edge and hundreds of people leaped overboard and were drowned.The life boats were useless as the German bark sank so quickly that all assistance was un availing. The captain of the German boat was saved and then attempted to take his own life and was only prevented by force. The city is today in. mourning and instead of a grand celebration, the cathedrals are filled with friends and relatives of the dead, offering their prayers for the lost onos. The vessel sank in a few minutes, preventing escape. Misunderstanding of signals Is re ported to be the cause. 3