MONDAY, AUGUSTUS, J909.
VOLUME VIII
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON,
NUMBER 261.
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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.
Yet elghty-slx people out of every ,.
hundred have headaches at least at
occasional intervals. We can offer
offer you a prompt and certain rem- . .
edy in our !
NEWLIN'S INSTANT
HEADACHE CURE
A remedy that will cure a splitting
headache or relieve neuralgia in from
20 to CO minutes is worth knowing
about and remembering. We believe
it to be an absolutely certain cure in
practically all cases and for all kinds
of headache.
PRICE 25c.
NEWLIN DRUG COMP P
LA GRANDE, ORE.
lOv ED
III BOATACCIBEIIT
BUENOS AYERS HAS
CATASTROPHE
JOLLITY CONVERTED TO CRIEF
GF.RMAN STEAMER RAMMED BT
ANOTHER BOAT IN THE
' MONTIVEDO HARBOR.
CaPTAiH ATTEMPTS TO END LIFE
Fete Ends In Terrible Accident Early
This Horning.
BUENOS AYRES, Aug. 24. 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.
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