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r (IPs, VOLUME VIII LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1909. NUMBER 290. r GO WILL BE PROPERTY OF LARGE SYNDICATE Quarter Million" Represented In Deal To Close ' Octobe? First "s . K t PRESIDENT. .PKRC Ills', i! tKl:tfij v? BIG DEAL TENDING FOR MONTHS ' 1 EASTER iTArrr.VLlSTS bRMMrERSONELL OF NUV OWNERS- Investments repr'esenUiig a!T large sum of eastern capital will be con sulted October Ist when the Grande Ronde Electrii company's entire plant will be sold to the Eastern Oregon, .Light & Power company,-a syndicate backed almost entirely by , eastern, money. The transaction completes a deal which has been pending for months, and.it also is the connecting link which completes a chain of light '. and power plants covering an im- mense territory commencing at Olive Lake and terminating in Union county. This enormous stretch of territory is ' already netted with bh power lines. ; hundreds of miles in fact This last ; fact became a reality last year when c the Grande Honde Electric company ', built a 30-mile line over the moun tains to Rock creek connecting with the Olive Lake plant. The , price paid, according to the record Is nominal, but it is under stood on good authority, that the sum Involved approximates a quarter of a million dollars. Frank A. Harmon, who Is general manager of the western office, is in the city today, but his headquarters will be at Baker City. This leaves the local office In the hands of Charles Gore ..who will probably remain as superintendent, of this the extreme west office of the syndicate, under the direct management of Hereon. Miss Gulling, it is understood will continue in the office here as head bookkeeper. The Eastern Oregon Light & Power company is the result of the consoli dation of the Fremont Power Co., Ba MK9ERS-FAG serious turn fiL'TTE, SepU 2i.r-Xhe JVekern Federation ,of Miners is threatened one of the greatest . crises in lts, ca reer. PresidenCMoyer and Secretary. MHls.'are bre l)acklng',up the mn.! Two thousand smeltermen'at, Ana fonUa last rilghtj rtsolujpd 1$ demhd Ing the engineers settle their differ ences at once so that smelters won't he closed,3 throwing them' out of work lAURORA BOREALIS IN tHtioUT OMAHA, Sept. 25.-i-WIr-communI-ration throughout the middle west is Interrupted today. by, Aurora, Borealis, The Northern atmosphere is surcharge ed with stac.leftrlpitr .which, has Interfered with all 'wire" circuits and made wire service difficult Telegraph and telephone1 compa'faUs first felt tire effects ,al 'fy ft' this ;inprnlng. between te Moines, and Chicago . r,. ,i Later the trouble seemed to be mov ing eastward. This natural phenomna m -m U TOl RETIRE TO FARM FINALLY COMES TO A HEAD BIG ther Light" & PoWet" Co.,"' and 'ferande . Ronde Electric Co. It is made up of tthp ownersoi the Fremont company ku wuicn wo, uy isye, president; and A., B., Schneider, treasurer;., are the principal officers of the - Nye, Schneider,, Fowler .Grain company, of Fremont, Nebraska, one of the largest handlers of grain, live stock and lum ber In the United States . - ' Associated with these gentlemen are the Fidelity Trust Co:, Marshall-108-ley Co., and other financial institu tions of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It will be recalled that J. M. Pu Ifc her and Mr. Atwood. riosenta tlng the Milwaukee Interests, recently were guests, of , the Commercial club at one of Its banquets and at that time expressed themselves as being delighted at the evidence of prosperity and progresslveness apparent in La Grande and the Grande Ronde val ley. Walter M. Pierce, president-manager of the disappearing concern, will devote his time entirely to his ex tensive farm Interests and Hot Lake project. He is firmly cemented to Union county and can't leave It, as to him, It is a highly satisfactory com munity. ' . ' '. La Grande and the territory served by the Grande Ronde Electric com pany will be this consolidation have not only the former resources former ly had but will also have available the power of all of the other plants In tie organization by means of the connect ing transmission line heading from Rock Creek near Haines to Union, s , for1 tlree ulpnths. 1 I v. The company is unwilling to take part in the Controversy and declares the engineers can work no matter! to what AJnlon ttey, belong. i; . ; j Ccmmirtea of Miners visited the! ompahy,lto ask1t6(discUarge the en gineers in bad Union standing. It 1 believed the company refused this re-jl quest""'" is not uncommon in Canada, and; I often felt in Minnesota, but seldom, so, far south as Chicago. , , AnnlTrrsarr ObsorTed. I ' "T"' f " J Tomorrow tne" Central church will have'' special sfervloes. ' The congre4 gat(ori will commemorate the 100th; a'nniversaryrof the restoration move-; paent tThe church will be decorated and be made to appear beautiful for the occasion. 1 Special -song service SOLD will be rendered by the cboir. The singers have been meeting this week In preparation for the day. Miss Little of South La Grande will render a solo entitled "Come unto Me." Sub ject of lite morning sermon is "Where the Scriptures Speak, We Speak, Where the Scriptures are Silent We are Silent," and the evening, "A Gen eration of Dlble Students." NEW MINISTER HERE. F. WJ -Can field Will Occupy His Pul - pit Tomorrow fa This City. H'-r.f 'v.';.'; it i rv-Wi. jjannold arrived last evening and-mill assume his duties as pastor tof toe M. E.'chtfth,. sooth in this city at onc His' first ai pearftnce In the local pulplt 'to' which' he has beenr as 6ignd t "th; went 'conference, -will be1 tombrro w 'whfln he f-prsac hes "on the 'subject;-' "Workers) with God.". He wltl preach? again to the'veniwr. Mr.i Canfleld comes i:foin Baker" City to this Charge. I" r .r .: . , in- ; LOCAL'-CASESS SET; . ! SnproAiP Curt Will Hoar Union And Wlloa Sffits Next Month. '; II 'Ii. s u -i ,.,; I;:,,;;. V y- News "has 'reached 'LaGrande that the three locaT cas8 have been 'set for hearing nefore the Supreme Court, in Salem, on ;the th 'and 7th"0f next month. The cases " are Ex-Sheriff Blakeley of'Wdllowa county vs. Peter O'Sullivan. 'nvo-v ,ig the ld cuftlon of the location of '.ertion:ti' p; o'jor y for assessment, and t.w Slsic a. Mc Donald and the Banevs.'"LoT)gl two escheat cases appealed from Un ion county; All Recovering. SEATTLE, Sept 25. All injured in yesterday's wreck are recovering to day. UNION PEOPLE 11 TUESDAY TURNED OVER TO THE UNION PEOPLE. ? Special Train From Union And Core On Tuesday of Fair Week. Citizens of Union have demanded that they be given a day of their own during the fair, and Publicity Manager Currey has taken steps to do so. The day to be Union Day is Tuesday, and an excursion train will be run from Cove and Union on that day. The Unionltes are highly excited over the fair and wlll be here in great num bers. J' ' - . I Ambassador Hill Coming Ifome : ' 5 BERLIN, Sept. 25. Ambassador and Mrs. David J. Hill left for Bremen to day, where they embark on the North German Lloyd liner George Washing ton for New "xrk. heGeorge Wash ington was launened "jpndeifDrj. Hill's auspices last ovepblr. "the- State Department hasgranted the Ambassa dor leave, nermljttlng him and his wife tortftnai( i t United" slSatel six wets. Iftis Hr.lHilll first trln lfome In two Veal's anc business. 1 . J v - k: FEW ROOMS LISTED. 0'i' Jj Citizens ' Are LethaVjrlIn Lltrtlnft - ATnilable Rooms Fair Week. - The falr'ainformatlqn bureau, bJ, the Logan-Sherwftod Realty company Is not in receipt oi anylanglhle "quari1 tlty of available rooms, for visitors during the fair. This matter should be attended to at once. WIT DAY Tin SEE FESTIVAL HURSOVFULTOX JUBILEE ' GREATEST NAVAL PAGEANT Admiral Dewey's Reception Is Out classed by Grand Spectacle Today on The lltidsou In Honor of The Memories of Hudson And Fulton "Half moon" And "Clermont" Par. ,ii.,.. I., ...'.-. t--......- Hudson This Morning. 'S'EW Y0fil," Sept." 25. From bat tery to Bronx 'one one 'sldeof 'the. Hudson ftver and frdm"Staten''l8land! to Fort?' George 'on1 the' bttierneaTlyij 2,000,000 lie'rsons 'wef e agalhered'' to-f day' to "witness the greatest ipageantl' Of the eb'tern'ilenaisph'ere; 'A trib-? ute'neve Defofe fexceeded"' is being paid' to 'the memories of Ifihry' Hud son and Robert Fulton." "' ' " . 1 Efehty luge' warshlps'many ' great ocean liners and': hundreds!iof 'femall craft were In the naval parade. Even tLe hisVorIcarv'welcAme" to Admiral Dewey was surpassed. ' " : Beside the warships1 leading the nation's feature" naval parade,1' there was a reproduction of Hudson's vessel "Half Moon", and also 'a reproduction of Fulton's "Clermont The1 latter was able to make seven knots an hour at its best. On shore, the feature was Vi5uhfuriing of rainbow flags of all nations while the Trinity Chimes re frained "Glory to God In the Highest; Peace on Earth and Good Will Toward Men." Tomorrow there will be religious observances . . III MRS it HEXRY STOOP ALLEGES MAW CRUELTIES. Husband Responds With Denials And Many Counter Charges. With frequent bursts of weeping Mrs. Flora Stoop, plaintiff in the di vorce suit now on at the, court house, told her story to the court It was a tale of unusual abuse and brutality which If substantiated in the mind of the court will secure for her a di vorce and other concessions prayed for . , That Henry Stoop, her husband, beat the little children with a horse whip and when she Intervened to pro tect the little ones be hit her with a stick of etovewood, wounding her so she suffered for weeks; that he built for her a cabin In a remote part of Gordon canyon above Elgin, where she was forced to live alone while the fitnfrms and, rim teat tnxouehlhe roof aniklarge cracks In tAte h,ouse; And rnai ner cuunren- Buircreu irom pneu monia because they had no clothing kto kee themtwarm, were among the lllegatlcfcs f edified to by Mrs. St$p. One ofHheNdost sensational charges brought against Henry Stoop by Oils wue 13 mat hi one ume ne stoie mx sacks of wheat and b!x sacks of Mpr- jey. from Charles Hahn. v When remonstrated she' said- he 'cui- i d and told her, If 'she told it woold v tHJ U be the'worst day In 1" ' Mfer To these charpes Henry Stoop, dr direction, of iiia attorney. L. Den- pirn, deelaied al the allegation of the complaint were raise ana were brought at the Instigation of meddle some relatives, who have "had it' In" for him ever ilnce he took the girl ST DIVORCE and ran away to Idaho to marry her. At the time of the wedding Mrs. Stoop was Fiora Woodell, and being too young to be married without her parents' ronsent she eloped. Stoop declared on the stand that ! Joseph Woodell, the woman's father, ! employed him to work all summer and "sklnued" him out of his wt,ges and that deal made it hard for him to ; catch up in his finances. After that j he said the Woodell's tried every other I , way to break up his family. J " In answer to the charges of deser- j tion last February, he says his wife knew he was going and consented to his effort to earn more money. Hill Gets Into Frisco. PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 23. James J '.Hill today made good his promise to Jcll.n iluuu&ti passenger business by combined rail and water lines, from Eastern points to San Francisco in competition with the Harriman lines, when the final arrangements were completed for the sailing of the Elder from this city for San Francisco next Tues.day.f arrylng the first through passtiigels to California. The ci gives Mr .Hill access to terrltary re garded as exclusively, under the con trol , of Harriman Interests, and re prlsafs'are likely T Some More Mixed Pickles. "''The laughab'le comedy "Mixed Pick les" will be given its last performance at the Pastime theatre, tonight The play has been drawing full houses, and giving the best satisfaction,- and will no doubt., close, with a bumper house tonight. . Tomorrow night tlie, poppiilar stock company will be Been in the exciting story of the west "Golden Giant Mine" with , Miss Luclle Tucker as . "Bess" and Mr, George RoRuth as "Jack Ma son". Mr. Russell Harrison will play "Alec" arid the large supporting cast will be strong. " , Ed Thomas, convalescent from In juries received In Coeur d'Alene wreck is now able to walk about hia resi dence yard. His recovery Is speedy. COAST LEAGUE TO STAY THUS EWING ISSUES EDICT TO THAT EFFECT TODAY. Also Opposes Portland Club in North west Leairue. LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept 25. The Pacific Coast League will con tinue next year as a six-club organi zation the same as this year, accord ing to President Cal Ewing. If It is considered necessary to add two clubs they will be Seattle and Spokane, but that Is hardly probable. Ewlng said he was decldely opposed to allowing the Northwestern elague to maintain a club jn Portland next year. Preset-ring Game. i: " in order , to , prewerve what game ther is leff. on Lower Powder river I farmers of that section have signed i an agrPMuent to keep out all hunters ! for a period of two years. The area i embraced in this agreement extends j from Miles to Keating., This was for- j merly the abode of prairie chicken, quail and grouse, but of late years so t many from Baker City have used this ' as thIr ground! that the game- Is al most ovtii'.'t.i. IH 1 v' 1 ft Tho fai .aers believe If they keep hunter) ou or twq eats the gami will return- and It will be ia a measure something like It was formerly. This agreement applies to everyone, and no one can go to Lower Powder expect ing to hunt because he Is a friend of one o ftha farmers, for the rules will be strictly observed. , City Attorney J. F. Baker is home from Baker City. He attended the fair while there. FILED TO QBJECTlOriS R. & N. ANSWERS COMPLAINT BY LA GRANDE ,111 Eastern Merchants Form Coali tion With Railroad Companies lln Fighting The Request For Churtge of Rates to Inland Towns Attorley Oliver Will Leave at Once For .Sio kaue to Attend The Rate Ueariig Tuesday. . I That Spokane and the Inland I u plre cities are to have not only lie railroads, but all the beneficiaries of the rallroad3 to fight in'the rate he r Ing before the Interstate Comme ce Commission in the Falls City n xt Lweek .was the statement of Attorney Turner, Oliver this morning after' re ceiving news that the Merchants' as sociation' of New York had been per-' mittod to intervene in the case, u 1 The statement': filed, by : the '.New York merchant make ipractlcallyi the same allegations as do the railroad companies, defendants in the case. It Is not dlfflcult.:ta tsea why this should he, said Attorney Oliver, for Newfork is greatly .favored by the freight rates. Goods can be shipped from. New Yors to Portland as cheaply as .Xrom, Chi cago to Portland. ; . , . Another Important, document re ceived by Attorney Oliver Is the an swer of the railroad companies to the complaint filed by La Grande. The answer , denies practically every al legation made In the complaint, At torney Oliver and Expert "Witness Gaines, representing the La' Grands Commercial club will leave for Spo kane" tomorrow or early ' Monday morning. They have their plan of evidence In hands and will go before the hearing that they may have time to look Into the other lines or evi dence being filed. , '."',' Among the railroads to be 'repre sented by counsel and high officials are the Harriman' lines, Denver and Rio Grande, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Chicago and Notrhwestern, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and Missouri Pacific . Number Seven Late. Yesterday's No. 7, due here at 9:25, was delayed on the extreme east end of the Union Pacific during the mid dle of the week and did not arrive in this city until 7o'clock last evening. No. 7 today was late, due more to the excess colonist travel than anything else. '..') LINCOLN, Neb., Sept 25. The Ne braska Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of the Sibley, law, reducing express rates 25 per ceat on Intra-state business. t DURING STRIKE ONE MAN FATALLY HURT INRIOT 1 r' It mr iirt. ' v a. V4waa r j Street Car Strike Growing Serious ( ,' More Officers Needed. OMAHA, Sept 25. Extra officers I have been sworn in by the chief of ; police to prevent a continuation of the ! riots which have marked the progress of the street car 'strike for the past three days. . ., While the authorities are attempt I ing to disperse a mob last night Pa trolman Frank Rooney, was struck on the head with a rock, and la dying to day. an III J II 1.11 SERIOUS T 'I ' -'Xi "r v