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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE MONDAY, OCTOBER SS
NUMBER SIS.
ICItl'S FUTURE
IS ffiOE CLEAR
LOSS OF SHIPPING CENTER
TO BE SO DETRIMENT.
Qsitow At
'Show At Elgin Reveals the Pleasant
Fact that Elgin Is not to Suffer be
cause Its Railroad Terminal Reve
nues Were Removed Stumycd-off
Land Is Becoming Popular as Fruit
Center and that City's Pestlny i
Weil Cut Out
I-a Grande's representative busi
nessmen turned out by train, automo
bile aud rig to take in the great big
show at Elgin yesterday. The hall
was kept open and musjc waa fur
nished by the Elgin band". One of tha
important results of the day was the
formulation of a scheme to get up a
county apple show in Spokane next
0
nonth. Elgin. Cove, Union and La
xirande are to join In this effort.
Earn community will have Its own
exhibit separate but all will be in a
Union county booth.
. One of the big Ideas being worked
out by the Elgin promoters is to
make Elgin a fruit center; a vast
acreage of stump land is being now
cleared off and set to orchards. This
'and is said to be the cheapest land
for its instrinslc value In the coun
try and people are rushing in to
grab it as quick as possible. Prac
tical demomstrations prove that the
stumped off land raises the best of
fruit. This increase in the acreage
of the orchards is one of the big fac
tors in the making of the city of El-
tn.
When Elgin's incoma was curtailed
Jhe J air
NEW
as is to
sldered,
styles
We have Just received another
shipment of felt Juliets and
slippers which now make our
line complete. .Prices range
from 75c to $2.00. '
Our Shoe Department con
tains all the new and popular
lasts in footwear at prices to
suit every purse.
COUNTY FILES
lANK CLAIMS
11 E 4 RING HELD BEFOP.K REFEREE
IIODGIN TIIIS MiWNING.
All Persons On Bonds Most Bo Held
Liable According to Action.
Union county has , filed her claim
against the bankrupt 'estate of J. W.
Scriber on the treasurer's bond up
on which Scriber was scurlty. The
case was heard this morning before
Hon. John S. Hodgin, referee in bank
ruptcy. This is simply another step
in theendeavor of the comity to ex
haust . every posstbln unnr rc
turn for the county funds dissipated
in the failure of the Farmer's and
Trader's bank. .
The county has taken the view that
all persons on the bonds should be
held liable and no preference shown
anyone. The four- solvent surlties
have acknowledged their liability and
have agreed to pay at s. '.ted intervals
and Scriber alone has denied his li
ability and this hearing 1b to estab
lish that liability.
The matter has been taken under
advisement by Referee John S. Hod-gin.-
The county was represented by
Cochran & Cochran and Judge Craw
ford represented the trustees.
as being the gate city to all of Wal
lowa county by the exterslon of the
railroad, considerable justifiable
alarm was experienced for the wel
fare of the city's future. Necessity has
always been the mother of Invention,
but-thlstlme it was the mother of
discoverey, and ' where previously
shipping was the prima source of El
gin's revenue, fruit is now destine 1
to step in. Elgin's future as a fruit
growing center has been clearly de
fined. SSS I
3he f lir
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Wt want to call your attention to the fact that wa have as large and
complete stock of ladies suits, coats, skirts, petticoats, millinery, etc,
be found in the city. Also htat our prices are lower, quality con-
everything that is new and popular as well as the more staple
will be found here In great variety. We Invite your inspection.
et us fit your feet
riORES
PEW!
NO ACTION WILL LIKELY
FOLLOW EUGENE EXCITEMENT
Unless Board of Regents Decide to
Act, Alleged Denial Divinity ot
Christ at Engcne InstUulhn h a
Member of the Faculty, Wili go by
Unnoticed President Campbell Is
Sot Going to rush Investigation
Lecture Given Afte Hours.'
Eugene, Oregon, Oct. '15. Heferrms
to the possibility of Prof. Ferbart
Crombie Howe, lnstructuro of fint;il3"n '
literature at the University oi Ore-:
gou, because of his alleged expressed
doubts of the divinity of Christ tud
other unorthodox views, President
Campbell thl norning uld i it un
less the mater is taken up officially
before the board of regents and ac
tually acted upon by rhit b"ty and
their action should be fully sanction
ed by the entire member jf e 'ac
uity, there would be io attention
paid to the matter. Tho lecture was
given outside of the regular univer
sity hours and really w3 a matter
that did not concern the university.
"You can say that no official occ'.on
Is contemplated and that Professor
Howe's private opinion on religious
subjects are his own affair, as well as
every other professor In the Univer
sity." 1
Rev. S. N. Mount, pastor of . the
Presbyterian church, levot.e.i almost
the whole evening in his sermon last
evening to criticizing Professor Howe.
3 he fair
V A IS
OUR MEN'S SECTION.
Wecan supply your needs
from head to foot. Everything
you happen to want will be
found here in immense variety
and at saving prices. Our shoe
section shows - a large line of
men's footwear ranging -,. from
the heavy working ' shoe
the vne dres,s shoe.
to
FACULTY I
TAFT GUEST OF
ST. LOUIS TODAY
LATE IN THE DAY PROCEEDS
TOWARDS NEW ORLEANS.
Enthusiastic Greeting Given President
Taft at St. Lonls Early This Mori).
Ing Delivers Several Sneecttcs--One
Important One Largest Con
course Since the President Came
Down the River to Call on St
Louij
St. Louis. Oct. 25. Governors and
other high officials of a score of
states, thousands of lesser lights of
officialdom and hundreds of thous
ands of the common people of Illi
nois, Missouri, Iowa and other states
were guests of St. Louis and Joined
with the citizens of the city in giv
ing a hearty welcome to the great
guest, Wliliani Howard Taft.
Not since Col. Roosevelt arrived
here bn his trip down the Father cf
Waters has such a concc .rse assem
bled to pay honor to any man or
set of men. " The name of Taft was
today on the tip of every tongue,
and graven in the hearts of his coun
trymen of "the Mississippi and Mis
souri valleys. From early morn ex
cursion train after excursion train
has crawled Into the Union Station
and deposited their human freight.
The river is filled with craft of ev
ery variety and presents the most an
imated appearand ever witnessed In
years. The,' torpedo boat flotilla
which will escort the president down
the river is the center of interest.
East St. Louis, the Illinois city,
across the river, will have a share in
the program of the day. Tha new
535,000 federal building will be dedi
cated in the presence of Taft, Vice
President Sherman,r Speaker Cannon
and the entre Illinois delegation in
Congress.
President Taft arrived early this
morning and was given an enthusi
astic greeting. After breakfast he
proceeded to the Coliseum, where he
delivered one of the principal speech
es of his tour, touching on the cub
ject of waterways and other toi.ics of
Interest to the people of the Mississi
ppi Valley. Later at the Hotel Jeff
erson he was the guest of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf
Deep Water Association
at a banquet. His engagements at
East St. Louis follows.
Late this afternoon In the midst of
a 'shrieking of whistles and general
Jubilation, the Presidential party will
board the steamboats which are to
convey them to New Orleans. The
fleet will be Joined at Memphis and
Helena by others uteamera-
The schedule provides for an unin
terrupted trip for the exdedltlon dur
ing the night of October 27 and the
greater part of October 28, on the
stretch of 265 miles between Helena.
Ark., and Vlcksburg, Miss. The fleet
will leave Helena at 7 p. m., October
27, and. will reach Vlcksburg at 3 p.
m., October 28.
During this stage of the trip It Is
planned that the governors shall f ive
a diner on board the steamer St. Paul
to President Taft, and that the mem
bers of Congress shall entertain tho
President's party on board the steam
er Qulncy at luncheon.
The speed of the fleet will be as
follows:
St. Louis to Cape Girardeau, 10 mil
es an hour; Cape Girardeau to Cairo
11 miles an hour; Cairo to Hickman,
11 2-3 miles an hour; Hickman, 'to
Memphis," 13 miles an hour;. Memphis
to Helena, 12 1-2 miles an hour: He
lena to' Vlcksburg, 12 4-fi Vi k-s an
hour; 'Vlcksburg to N'v '.jrt, 12.1-2
miles an hour; Natchez to New Or
leans, 12 miles aa hour.
C. V. Todd, the well known horse
buyer of Portland is expected in La
Grande In a fw days.
DEATH CALLS
OLD PIONEER
ELI BA1RD, ISLAND CUV HOTEL
MAN DEAD.
Was a Member of the County's First
Band Died In Portland. .
Ell Batrd, pioneer hJ?el nun und
a respected erstwhile cititoa . of
Union county, died in Port.'uM yes
terday and his remalus will be
brought here tomorrow for Interment
In the Peach cemetery. Mr. Baird w!ll
be remembered as the proprietor of
the Island Pity W.i -h:rc JS
he was one of the active and boncved
citizens. He was also a member of
the first band ever organ!??! In this
county. - '' ;
Mr. Baird moved to FortUnd a tew
months ago. He is su'Vivxl by ' a
brother.
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Sisters Celebrate.
Baltimore, Oct. 25. A -"celebration
to last three days in honor of their
founder. Blessed John Eudes, was
commenced tortn.y by the Sisters of
Good Shepherd, ' '
- Utah Tostuasters. -
Suit Lake City. Oct. 25. Postmas
ters of Utah .have been granted leave
of absence by the department to at
tend the convention of their State
League at Parowna today. ; '
Cliuloner Case.
Charlottevllle, Va. Oct. 25. A hear
ing is scheduled for today in the
case of John Armstrong Chaloner,
who Is seeking to recover the large
eslutfl of which he dwfcres he-waa
unlawfully deprived, Chaloner is
prominent lit New York and Virginia
society and la a brother of Stuyvesant
Chaloner. Tls wife, from whom he
la divorced, was Amelle Rives, now
Princess Troubetzkoy.
OFFICER STEALS
ill PRISON CELL
ON THE EVE OF PARDON JAMES
OFFICER FALLS AGAIN.
Startling Announcement Received
Here In Letter This Morning.
A letter from Governor Benson to
Charles Cochran,' attorney for James
Officer, contained a mild sensation this
morning. Just on the eve of being par
doned from the penitentiary tho
crooked fool, Officer, stole a broach
from the warden's wife and is now
fated to serve out his entire time of
two years.
It will be remembered that whlle
here, working for Cherry's laundry,
that he stole a watch from one of the
women In the restricted district for
which he was convicted. He also
w rked a number of the business
houses for something like $250 worth
or goods. He then ran away but was
followed to Arkansas by Sheriff Child
era and brought back and convicted,
and sent up for stealing the watch. ,
A short time ago the business men
of this city wrote Officer that if he
would pay up his bills here tiny
would -do all they could to get him
pardonH AW tbi money desired was
sent by OHicers .wife's people and the
Mils were squared. The petition was
forwarded - to 8alem, and, the details
for the. man's pardon were about
complete when he seized the oppor
tunity- to grab a broach out of the
warden's wife's. laundry In the busl-
n ;s where he was working and se
creted It In the yard. When confront
ed with the charge and a threat of
taking away his liberties he dug the
jpwelry up and returned It.
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STRICKEN BLIND WIIE
PRONOUNCING BENLMCTION
l'r'U':.
Paflor at Petaluma Eplsropni chart !
for past Eighteen Year i Had pro
nounced closing Services When dis
aster Overtook HIra Tottered and
stood Dased and then Calmly An
noncced His Affliction to Ills Con
err gauvu. ; - . . "
Los Angeles, Oct 25. There has
been no change reported In the con
dition of Rev. John Partridge who
was suddenly stricken blind yesterday
while he was pronouncing the bene
diction at his services in the St. Johns
Episcopal church. ,
The old gentleman bad just .. com
pleted the services and stepped for--ward
to the altar to pronounce the
benediction, when he was seen to sud
denly totter and almost fall. He Rtood
aa one paralyzed for a moment, and,
then turned to his congregation and
announced: "By sight Is gone,"
His blldnesB, according to his phy
sicians has been caused by a hemorr
hage of the brain. He has been the
pastor of the St. John's church for
the past eighteen years.
Look Into Lewlston Frand.
Lewiston, Ida .Oct. 25. The Fed
eral grand Jury convened iji Moscow
this morning to consider the prosecu
tion of C. W. Robinett, Burt Chap
man and others, held on the charge
of embezzeling funds to the amount of
$135,000 from the Lewiston National
Bank of which they were the officers.
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JEWELRY VALUED AT f 18,000 LQST
FROM CAR.
Wife of Exposition President Meet
With Heavy Loss.
' San Francisco, Oct 25. Mrs. J. EL,
Chlldberg of Seattle, the wife of" tha.
president of the Seattle Exposition,
while enroute from Seattle to this city '
last night, had the misfortune to lose "
diamonds valued at $18,000 from her
drawing room window. The gems
were placed in a glass and set on the
ledge of the window. During the even
lug It became necessary to close the
window and In doing so the glass con
taining the gems was knockjed from
the ledge, rolling to the outside.
I'pon arriving at the next station
Mrs. Chllberg chaptered an engine and
returned t othe scene of her loss but
a thorough Beach failed to reveal the
lost gems.
InK iran"! Men Meet.
Donver, Oct 21-Member 'of the
Joint superv'srw committw of firfa
I'lrVtrance ' li t'.c Rocky M'Mintatu
t'tM met .k"Z talay In annua' sen-.
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, SI-. ffciri Cnwlii-J."' .;.:
l-.crl In :--' ltavM fulfilled
his engagements In Germany, Slgnor,
Caruso leaves today from Hamburg
for New York. During his European
engagemnts his golden voice has
shown no Impairment of Its marvel
ous qualities, and the stories circulate
ed In America that the alleged oper
ation on his throat will affect his en
gagements is denounced as a canard.
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