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VOLUME VJJI
LA CHIANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1909.
NUMBER 287.
ABE-WORN RELIC PRODUCED
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AHN1VERSSARV IS BIG AFFAIR
ASSESS O.R'fiH.
iN SOUTHLAND
ACCOUNT OF .WASHINGTON'S
DEATH CAN BE RE-READ.
MANY GUESTS ENJOY REBEKAH
CELEBRATION.
BIDS TOR DITCH
WORK NEXT WEEK
STORM
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DIRECTORS PROCURING DATA
TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS
Constructing of Meadow brook Ditches
And Laterals Searing Actual Activi
ties Last Bits of Necessary Detail
Hill lc on Hand For Next MiHlui;
of Directors All Finns And Spec',
licatlons Needed For Ads.
By the next meeting of the dtrprtor
of the Grande Ronde Reservoir com
pany on Tuesday evening, plans and
specifications for the south ditch line
will be ready for adoption. At that
meeting bids will be advertised for.
The contract will be let as soon as
.the bids can be gotten in and acted
upon.
The engineer will by the .next meet
ing have a complete and detailed re
port of the yardage and distances all
along the lines and all the data neces
sary to making out the specifications
will be on hand. : The south ditch and
collateral canals will be Included in
the contract.
NURSE UNDERGOES OPERATION.
JIlss Essie Relieved From a Severe
Attack of Appendicitis.
Miss Essie Evans, one of the young
nurses at the Grande Ronde hospital
underwent an operation yesterday af
ternoon. She was suffering with an
attack of appendicitis. The operation
was performed by Dr. Molltor. Miss
Evans comes from Walla Walla and
has been at the hospital four months
taking training to fit herself for the
profession of nursing.
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Local Lady Has Remarkable Relic of
Colonial Times In Newspaper.
A Canadian newspaper, published at
the time of the death of President
George Washington, will be on ex
hibit as one of the rare curios at the
county fair. Mrs. Fred Toufveson ot
West La Grande, has such a paper,
and if it can be encased properly, xt
will be on exhibit during all of the
fair week.
The date of publication ia th' ee
months after the death of the savior
of his country. This is accounted
tot' uy me mi'i mm menus ui tuiu-
munication were extremely slow then.
and as the paper was published In a
Canadian town, the news did not reach
there from the United States until
three months later.
DATE SET FFOR BAKER GAME.
Great Annual Gridiron Battle Novem
ber Sixth at Baker City.
Coach Wall of the La Grande high
school football team received a let
ter today from Manager Meyers of the
Raker City team stating that Novem
ber 6th was a satisfactory . date for
the football game between, the two
schools. The game is to be. played in
Baker.
PASTOR WILL ENTER.
Rev. James Clement Reld Will Be Man
ager of Guardian Life.
Rev. J. C. Held, who hasj resigned
the pastorate of the' First wsbyter
lan church of Walla Walla, has accep
ted the general managership of the
Guardian Life Insurance society of Se
attle and will assume his duties on
October 7.
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Dash that is not found in other skirts.
The skirt that is properly tailored;
the styles are right and made from
the newest cloths.
New Suits
New Shoes
New Hats
New Silks
New Coats
New Sweaters
Royal lailored
THE FAIR
THE FAIR, THE FAIR,
HAS NO BITTER FEELING
AGAINST COMMANDER FEARY
Refused to Admit, However, That be
Will Meet Peary Personally Says
he Will Leave The Controversy to
Authority Higher Than .That of
Peary Peary Will Not Have Scien
tific Data Ready For Announcement
For Two Months. .
NEW YORK, September 22. "Are
you willing to meet Commander Peary
personally, and take up with him the
controversy which is attracting the
attention of the entire world?"
To this query, Explorer Cook re
plied: "That is rather a -personal
question, and I am not ready to answer
it at this time. I haven't a bitter feel
ing against Peary, but he isn't the
judge of my claims. They will go to
higher authority than he."
Cook has announced it will take two
months to get his scientific data in
shape for submission to the scientific
board. He will present his data to the
University of Copenhagen, as the Dan
ish government was the first to recog
nize his claims.
Ho says he intends to lead a quiet
urn hereafter, with no exploring. He
won't seek the South Pole.
Sheep Taken up.
About 90 head of sheep branded star
on the right shoulder have been ta
ken up September 15, on Whisk v
Creek, seven miles west of La GranJo
by the Scholstrom brothers. Owner
must pay all charges.
BARNARD SCHOLSTROM. (S-22-fit)
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DEATH LLST REACHES UP
NEAR THREE HUNDRED MARK
Entire Coast Struck Scores of Fish
ermen Drowned, While Pleasure
Seekers on Beaches Were Swallowed
up In Tidal Wave Damage to Prop
erty Was Enormous Hard to Get
Details Indications Say Many Un
known Dead.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 222 Refu
gees arriving here from the south
west coast of Louisiana, state no less
than 300 lives were lost in the tidal
waves which swept the gulf coast
Monday night, and Tuesday. Scores
of fishermen wer caught, and it is
believed the list will be greatly in
creased when the reports of other
districts are received. Forty are
known to have lost their lives, ac
cording to reports received at Mem
phis, v. Property loss will exceed $5,-
000,000.
The Louisiana coast is irregular and
uouea wun plantations which were
leveed to protect them from the gulf
waters. It is feared those escaping
destruction now hold starving colonies
of planters, and their families, and be
difficult to reach them .
The tidal wave inundated homes of
5,000 fishermen and planters. Few
telephones are working, but these few
tell of disasters worst than has ever
visited this coast.
In New Orleans alono 300 city blocks
are submerged.
A score of lives were lost, but only
a search can reveal the number. Yes
terday's 30 dead will be Increased to
day. Property loss in Alabama is almost
as great as in Louisiana. Later today
the death list was increased to 40. It
Is certain that scores of vessels ara
lost.
The storm reach'ed a velocity of 80
miles an hour. It is feared a number
of pleasure seekers at - the beaches
were lost. Many were out on gulf,
and also the Mississippi river, when
the storm struck. One house was
lifted from its foundations and blown
into the river. The French section of
the city is almost entirely wrecksd.
Four hundred passengers are maroon
ed and half starved.
KILLED IN FALL
BODY HORRIBLY MANGLED
BY
COLLAPSED MACHINE.
Well Known Frenchman Meets Instant
Death in Attempted Flight.
PARIS .Sept. 22. Captain Feber, of
the French army, was inEtantly killed
today while attempting a flight In a
Volsin bl-plane at Boulogne Sur Mer
on the French coast. The machine
collapsed and Feber was horribly
mangled.
When Feber's machine collided with
the ground, it somersaulted, and he
was burled In the debris. He wp.s
breathing when found, but livr only
a few moments. He was : of the
best known French av'r"- : i. He as
sumed the name "D-SLv u ;" because his
aristocratic family objected , to the
use of the family name on his trips.
The machine was flying along the
ground when the front caught in a
Hillock. When the machine somer
saulted, the motor fell on, Feber's
chest
FB M AVIATOR
Stirring Program Carried Out Follow
ing Ritual Ceremony.
Last evening Crystal Rebekah Lodge
No. CO, entertained at one of the larg
est social affairs given in lodge circles
this season when they celebrated the
58 anniversary of the founding of the
Rebekah lodge. The lodge was open
ed and closed in the usual manner. The
guests were then Invited into the as
sembly room where they listened to
tha Ritual anniversary ceremonies,
which were carried out in a very
rt uuiiieouive manner, ioi-
lowed by an able address by H. E.
Coolidge, Grand Master of Odd Fellows
of Oregon. Setting forth the embolism
cf the three links of the Odd Fellows
lodge and the Rebekah degree show
ing what the orders stood for, and
also stating some of the work car
ried on by the local lodge in caring
for a reception room In the I. O. O. F.
hall in Portland. Following Mr.
Coolidge came Miss Kathleen Thomas',
who pleased the guests with. a piano
solo. Miss Zella Robinson gave a
reading and Miss Lelah Wilson con
cluded the program with a selection
on the piano. The lodge and their
guests were then escorted into the
banquet hall, where delicious refresh
ments were served. The decorations
of the dining room were asters, while
the same flower of the lodge colors
were used In carrying out the em
blems and color scheme of the Ab
sembly room. At a late hour the ga
thering disbursed each going to their
homes with n feeling of loyalty to the
local orders. Among the out of town
gueBts were Miss Helen Keeling of
Farmington, 111., Miss . F. I. Roberts
and Mrs. Herbert Hall of North Pow
der.
LIES IN STATE
THOCSANRS CROWD ROTUNDA. OF
CAPITOL BUILDING.
Funeral Services Proper Will he Held
Tomorrow Afternoon.
MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 22. The body
of Governor John A. Johnson is ly
ing In state today in the rotunda of
the capitol, where thousands of ad'
niirera are coming to view it. It will
lie there today and tomorrow, guarded
by officers and men of the militia.
Brief services were held at the
capitol this afternoon, and the final
services will be held at the St. Peter'3
Presbyterain church tomorrow .
TAFT NEARS COAST.
Royally Received nt Renter Today
With Public Functions..
DENVER, Sept. 22. President Will-,
lam H. Taft was welcomed to the
centennial state today with western
cordiality. Crowda began gathering In
the forenoon. Taft was formally wel
comed by Governor Shaftoth, other
state officials and city authorities.
A public reception at the state capi
ta', rial :..:.uiuet tonight, are plans.
Tomorrow he, will visit Pueblo and
Clorado Springs. 1
Attempts Mnrder And Suicides.
BERKELEY. Calif., Sept. 22. Philip
Decker, a carpenter, lay in wait for
his former wife near home here today
and shot her in the left breast, prob
ably fatally. The shooting was wit
nessed by sveeral persons. Becker
then sent a bullet through his own
brain.
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TAX ROLL COMPLETED
BY TIME FAIR OPENS
State Tax Commissioner Eaton In The
City Conferring With County Asses,
sor Rluehart Today no Danger
That County Will Lose Financially
by New Method of Assessing Lo
cal Property Railroad Heavily
A completed tax roll by the time the
fair opens is the aim of Assessor Rine-'
hart The board of equalization meets
on the third Monday In October, which
is Just two weeks after the exposition
opens. The tax roll, therefore, will be
open for Inspection In . its. completed
form two weeks before the board
meets. ;- ..
State Tax Commissioner J. B Eaton
Is in the city today conferring with
Asessor Rlnehart Mr. Eaton Bays the
Btate commission will take up and
adjust all Inequalities of assessments
among the different counties of the
state. All county assessments under
the new law were sworn to assess on
the basis of actual cash values. Soma
complaints have been made that this
has not been done in some of the
neighboring counties. -
As a result of this difference of as
sessments many tax payers of Union
county have expressed fears that Un
ion county would get the worst of the
bargain when it comes to making up
the state levy, Thte, however, will not
be the case a?vthe state commission
created by thf recent legislature,, na?
for its duty the equalization of the por
tions of the Btate taxes that each coun
ty must pay. ,
The O. R. & N .company has been
assessed slightly over a quarter of a
million dollars in Union county. On
tho main line Mr. Rlnehart has assess
ed the roadbed to $37,000 per mile and
the rolling stock at 3,000 per mile.
On the Elgin branch the roadbed was
assessed at $23,00.0, and the rolling
stock at ?2,000. The Improvements
and property of the company in La
Grande alone was fixed at $200,000.
OUT OH "POLICY"
SAYS PEOPLE WILL DEMAND
THAT TAFT REVERSE.
Roosevelt Policies Must be Abided by.
Is Plnchot's Theme.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22. Chief
Forester Plnchot today made an In
direct reference to Taft's recent de
cision in the Plnchot-Balltnger con
troversy when . he declared Roose
velt's conservation policies are the
policies people will demand of the
present executive and that they will
be carried out.
In closing he said: "As a nation
we are coming to a realization that
Roosevelt policies are the real poli
cies. Further, President Taft is
pledged to support these policies and
hii administration ia called upon to
see that they are carried out"
Imperial Wedding Soon.
SPEAKS
LISBON, Sept. 22. The engagement
of Kirig Manuel of Portugal, to Prin
cess Alexandra, daughter of the Duke
of Fife, will be officially announced at
Windsor Castle on November 15, ac
cording to Lisbon papers. -
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