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VOLTJKE IX
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER SO, 1909.
NUMBER 7
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IW dill IS
on nit recliiiE
fifty
BEPBF.SEXTATIVES TUBX .
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EX 10RXEB BCIEB DOWX.
mil Ask for He-Election on the Prom
he that Cnon b Oierthrewn at
The Next Election LNt of Names
Tha Eeioltia? Woall AstoanI t
liar Taft Reaches Jit. Leais Amid
Iti rtc'-jien but i onveatioa
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Chicago, Oct. 30. Det'veen thirty
aud forty royular republican congress
men are rea'J to announce their
"candidacy oa the "platform that la
eludes the election of a' Speaker other
than !t Canson, according to a
special to the Tribute from Bayou
Sara. Louisaiia, which r&ys the party
of congressmen that are with Presi
dent Taft nave now reached that point
In the discuss Yn of men available for
the candid.ic. "From Iut:rmatlon ob
tained fm ue presidential fleet, a
dePnit-4 ptcr:tftt will bo prepared be
fore thy awmWing of tb. coming yes
sion of owvbs. The nmes of the
tentative nrdWates vuuld astound
Cannon is r'Jblished.
Taft at ew Orleans.
New Orleans, Oct. 30 The "Oleaad-
"er7 with Taft abroad arrived at one
o'clock this afternoon. The remaind
er of .the fla 1 raK!S-' Mny
delegates did cot arrive until ' late.
A frand parad- was arianged for the
president, with fully , carriages
In line. The j resident today is the
guest of Arch Bishop Blenk. This af
ternoon he ill speak sr the water
ways convention.
Fire Victims Dead.
Kansas City. Oct 30. .darla Tlrnan
and Virgia'A Owen who were burned
last night by the upsetting of Jack
O'Lanters ia: were beltg used In a
Hallowe'en re:nonstratloi at the Sis
ters of Loretto Academy, died today.
Ruth Mahonoy and Marr Maltby are
probably facallr burned, resulting In
partlcipatl-is in a North Pole enter
tainment whea the draperies took fire.
These young; ladies wee mits covered
with cotton, .hen a lantern upset and
Ignited th! cotton. Ever effort was
made to eU'tulsh the flames but to
no avail. Tne victims were a mass of
flames in less than one becond.
President
President S. R. Rood of the Ameri
can Light and . Power Company in
charge of the Beaver Cieek project
arrived In t'uis city today and will
remain hen tor three or-four days
conferring wUa Manager Dutch. Mr.
Rood exprens: hlmie'f as. greatly
gratified with the progress that is be
ing', made tir the line. He says that
Robber blow! ia yet in the veins of
some of the hab!tan'a n' La Grande.
The Newlin beck store w:is broken In-
to last night but owing o some sudden
fright recou-d by the thef, he made
a hasty gjt-a-wsy through the back
door withoat getting enough to pay
him for hi- trouble.
About t.hrr o'clock this morning,
Night Watchman McLa ihlin saw a
man run from the back portion of the ;
building thrctgh the alley and' gir -
ing chase got one shot at him but
failed t land his man. He got away j
?Ir. t kilJ.Uer-.rV JeweU Rctsrurd.
San Francltco. Oct 10 Jewels tt
the value ot ?18.0d wnica were ac
cidently thrown from a Southern Pa
cific traia ty J. E. CtH :$-irg. president
of the A. Y. P. Exposit'oi. were re
turned to lira. Childber-J at the Fair
mont hotel yesterday. They had lain
beside the railroad trace a day and
a night They were found by John
Clark, a resident of Castella. who
wired the information to Chilberg
and who will reecive $."w reward for
his action.
iAIIESE BilS
ARE CLOSED UP
OFFICIALS O ABLE TO COXDCCT
BtsisESS cis;ht.
Eight ef 'he Tea Japanes Bank In
California ( lod Cp
San Francisco, Oct ".0 -Giving as
the reason, that the Japanese officials
were unable to conduct the business
fof their bank properlv, eight of the
ten Japanese banks in tie state of
California were ordered tlosed up to
day by Bank Superintendent Ander
son. He wtjr-i that bac persist In
violating th very fund?fnental prin
cipals of stai banki-i,? by loaning
money w'thout security and many
times they lean to Irresponsible par
ties. They conducted their business In
an unbusinets like minjir an could
or would not mply w;tu the banking
laws of the tt.te. the Superintendent
has now !ssu'S instructions fo these
banks to liquidate. Theso bank have
not committed any crtnijtal ys other
wise than ff.'lure to c'.nly with" the
law. Leninency has bewn given the
officials ci iLeir promii-j to collect all
outstanding leans and close up their
business.
Several fineness Chaoses.
Groceryman H Poli.xk will move
his store ir.to the adjoiaing room in
the Soraaie- building, which will give
him more loom.
J. E. Cot'ey will move his tonsorial
parlors from t is Adacn Avenue lo
cation to Liepo. street nd his present
room will i e occupied by the Wiley
B. Allen Piano Company.
kite Dead.
I . .Xashvlll Oct 30. Ft L. C. White,
'for the pist 22 years the Supreme
Keeper of Records anl Seals of the
; Knights of Pythias, died today at the
! age of 65 yeirs. He has been 111 only
five weeks and was not thought to be
'serious.
Root In City
prospects are brighter than ever for
The snow In the ni.uatains is lit
tle cause i-jt alarm, according to
President Root!, because the line Is
completed over the worst section of
the right-of wt y. The contractors are
working ahad of schedule tfcne owing
to the es )ia'ly fine weather by
! which the btve been favored.
II ACT! V E
; In the dark.ie i? of the at ley.
- Mclhtit catled N-lin to the
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store and ffcv starehl ".he but'umg
! with the rvn't thar rrer found the
laree back 'virdew hal Uen smash eJ
' and an ent-arce had !-iea effectM
i through th cf-c!n?. It is thought the
s falling of .fc- heavy $rast xa.le so
much noi that It rvd the thiff
away befo-e h.9 had time tc go through
the tills. Ta? lack door as unbolted.
showing thai escape bad been made
by that ro u
MUD COMPLETE
IfflD!
C0U5TT ASSISTED TALC
' ATIOX ABOCT f UVXW.
Ceaity Bearl ef EaaliiatWa D1 eai
its Wert tkU Afternova and CeaBf;
Clerk Will CeaiMeiee es Bell Ex
teI si MJa----After ' All
Ckanzet are M4e tke Jsw4 tal
ati Serbia at aa Iaera4
PeiBt
Judge Hear.- r fcai-rnaa of the
board of cqualiiation., said today that
the work of tLe board would probably
be wound ay this afternoon, ' that the
roil might br ttrued ovir to the ceua
ty clerk M.iufo. morning. While there
may be some changes yet the assessed
valuation will remain at something
over flSJ':0,fWC.
The clerk will begin the work of
extending the rcll next tek. separat
ing the fund? ef the :c!ool aistricta.
the Incorporated cities, road districts,
etc. The tax levy will be male at the
(Irst meeting o the eourty court iu
January when the roll vitll be turned
over to the sfertff.
Last yeir's assessment showed
$7,109,833. This difference which is
more than double, Is accounted for in
the rapidiv ircreasing wealth of the
county, aut the new ba.sis, of assess
ment which s bound 'j reduce the
tax levy. - -. . '. v '
EXHIBITS WILL
BE EYtOPENER
prBLinn JiAxaceb rram to
ACCOMPAXY EXHIBIT.
(oBferenee t be Held Here Monday
MorUj f Make Plans.
A confe.t-nca bet wee j W. H. H.
Weatherspoon of Elgin, Hubert Withy
come of Caio'i and the La Grande
Commercial Cab will bo held Monday
morning ut th'j citr to complete the
arrangements for the felon county
exhibit at Spckane Aptle show. The
exhibit will be one that will be an eye
opener. Fred P. Curey, 1 1 tlicity man
aged for the local club will attend In
person, anl the fiance i for the La
grande part cf the exhibit will be
carried by the real estate men of this
city and ;ha' Coinme.rcir.1 Club. Mr.
Currey's txiRIon of Union coun
ty backed bv the exh'Mts will ; be
materia advertising medium.
Japs dti ttivatiiti; 1 ort.
Portland. Cct. 30 T.mt. the Japa
nese are sili securing nil 'the data
tha tthey i-ai regardiis the cost of
t fortification end the plans of same
is the bei'cf here.
. A Jap Wds iscovere(! yesterday in
J the Amerl an Toot Worfrs making a
j sketch of the propeller cf the engine
(designed i..'d lefng built for dirigib'e
i war balloo is H r the iavy department
! after the of Co-ntv Zeppeline's
pattern. The Jap was seized and
;a search f hi person revealed that
! he had nu.n.?rvus sketcj-?3 of the var-
i ious parts of the air '-hit and not j.
j in a note --vk in his po tet was found
complete data necessar for the build
ing of the tlr -ship The government
has now placid a couyiete line of
guards arj.'ud the wori.
vOI BY
LUURT SEVERS
ORIEHTALTIES
AXOTHER CASE OF FAIirKE '
IX IXTERRACE WEDDIS6S
Xete Japaae-ie Prefeer Les HU
Wkite Wlf- Crwel a4 lakaaua la
HU Treatment Ha bet little la
f wrtk Tklte Kce Separat
ed Hm. :.. M;- -
. er White Ctrl' TemxHrament En
tirely Diilettat
Chicago, Oct. CO. Aft -vr Eve years of
married I'fe v.ith' Japnese. ' Mrs.
Greta Cho To ha se-ju-ed a divorce
from PtoC5!t Kajsn Ch.o Vo today.
She says tfcat Japane3s husbands are
cruel and of x tempera-T.ent such as
they cannot understand". "American
Girls," she raid "shouli never take
Japanese hus bards for they are cruet
I thought thjt I would te happy, be
cause we had so many vrews in com
moa. but I wis soon dissiliusioneLHe
could not bear music of any kind ex
cept tke iesthjg ef a tern torn or a
drum, while I lived for tuusic. I shall
now devote thyself to my music and
my littfe ?irl Isona." 2 '
She declared that her husband took
Steat plesu-i in submitting her to
Jiu Jitsu toroties. whic almost des
troyed he health. To was a former In
structor in thVt'niversH of Tokkv
EASY CAME IS
III PROGRESS
LIXCOLX I ABK SCEE OF LIYELT
S-'BIMMAfciE.
Liae-ap Ptactitally Samr As Pretloa
Game.
At t'alei-l. 23, L. 0. tm4 0,
The first half ended in score of
15 to 9 In fevo- of La Gtande.
By the time the aecaid half was
one-third ovr the score stood 23 to 0.
La Grande made her fourth touch
down and Chiidera ki'ked goal. A
few minutes Uter a Of h touchdown
was made.
Final sc-.ts to 0.
That La Grs-nde would need careful
attention his ffternoon to its details
became evi t wt twlay whna the Pendle
ton 'Aeadn-Y . football Uaax reached
here to mist th high school this after
noon. The team Is composed, of agile,
stnmp anl ative (hiyers. whose
weffhl u. pphati not i.s heavy as
that of Ia Grande, th-meh there wilt
be but IK.le iJifTeren,; either way.
Coach Whie has a grS-.p of players
r!iat would be" wort 'iy "opponents
asuinst any F.- rtern Or"?r)ti team.
The li!t-up of the tw. t- :rr . fcltow
Peadlet m m DonaM, cent?'
v)i
liver, right giard; Coon-, irt in-f.
Crow, left t.-i lie. W. Oliver. r;k!n
takle: T:viar, risbt en: IJu;tII-
left end: Clark, quarter Wilson, ris :t
half: ITamhu. lft half; a.d Weather
tspoon, futbicr. Prof. Wfc'te. coarh.
La GranJ Bolton, le: Hfdenrh-h.
It: Bean. ! Pean. c: Gr ,tit. rg: lnei
rt: Myer. r Irwin. c,.;artfr; Knri
full: ChU.Ter.. Ih; ITamHton. rh.
Attempt iu Reerne A"'i,'
Seul. Ovf. l) Arou.-Mv! b- 'V assr
tlort of th sovernment '" ,i they arv
to make 3a tsampl; t," :',a assassin of
Ito. over 'ht?-- hiindr! K:or"ans t
nlght att u ked the sta'.'n In an ef
fort to rea.vie the murderer. The sta
tion was bombarded wlm all kinds of
mlsslls ant the Jap.tnette offclai
driven outofter which the station in.
the city wai burned as well as all the
other Jajjjse official houses. The
fate of the Japanese oSUials are un
known and ft la feared tat they have
been kMjL A small detachment of
Japanese triors offer"-! what resist
ance they could and la.- at the last
report be.iu separated and are flee
ing. Trains -re being 3.d ready to
dispatch tiDrn- to the scene of the
trouble. It feared that this may
arouse th Koreans aain to resist
the rule of the Japanese
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A IT EE klLI H; A SALT LAKE LAU
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Bwlj f EuIjUJ. and IVa-l Xaa runt
o i P. Tracks.
Ren. Nev. Cct 20. Th police tt
the city 4oiay searching for the
ninnlerers. of Joseph Feel, a young
man Itcxa &ilr Lake Citv, whose body
w as found ttr'ped, an.l placed on the
tracks of 'he Southern Pacific rail
road. He ind evidently fcrea killed and
then robbed. When he left I'tah he
had a large roll of bills and when his
body , was femd there were neither
money nor pa pers on his person.
Former JuJire D Lara's Attraejr.
Los An?;ef, Oct Johu S.
Weeks, formerly a Jn-lR of the Cal
ifornia Supreme Court will act as the
chief advuory counsel fc De Lara in
the Cght fijc,ai)st De Lfta's deporta
tion. He 44 anonunc! that he will
work with Attorneys Sittly and Hol
ston In the Uhalf of IK Lara. In
spector RMgeway as fit has not an
nounced thi date for fae hearing but
it is thougnt that It wttl be sometime
next week.
Xlie I rewle KiPea.
St. Johnnousy, Vernw-bt, Oct SO.
At least nne persons were burned to
death or VII. ed by falling timbers and
walla while to lug to eccape during
the burnln? of the Citiio-i's bank build
ing with several other pructurea ad
joining. The fire was discovered at
night and spread rapidly and before
the people looming in tee structure
could mak ietr escape the block was
mass of taaes.
RBBBERS BUSY
Constitution Adopted
The Commercial Cluo Rooms were
well filled this afternou with poultry
mea who rret to effect a permanent
organization .A constit ition and by
laws were adopted. At the time of
going to. Ire r. stron corps of offi
cers and ;Ur l of directors were be
ing electeL -
Plans fof a l oultry h."w the last of
December or , the first of January
were discussed. Tt was (ietermia-
j The a' tunl work of n:ai adaxuiztug
itUioth vv .;"' bKin -vlocd&y morn
', Ha. A; ;.in the f.'tmers of the
vii inity vi; ynt on a force of teams
; and mn o Yuul the. n k from the
.crusher at tin" f-nt of ;h Carbine hill
aUoitt a mi'j north of the Pwbtel
j bridee. TLs (-timers rave donated
j their services in hauling the rock so
the niaratf-tmuing will be cheap to
j the' county. Superintendent Campbell
has been busy this waet with a force
of men plowing and grading the lane
I in preparat'.Mi for r Ktlng on the
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JECfl CARS Will
IBBILTCf
50 ACC1DEMS S IR TPE
FAXCS ACT0X0SILE RACE.
Several X arrow E Heweier
Darfoar Prefress ef the Race Event
Is Eat Loinf Its Ltalarity ai
U (rij lti Sin".Il-1 Lit car
Take $eciMl' rive SiDates After
The Ale Crr Race We la lear
Honrs Twcptj-Flve Xiaates anl
Ferty Seteutb.
Vanderbi't tace Cou-:, Lonj Isl
and, 0.-t jO. Harry F. Grant, drlvtn 1
the AIco car captured to VaaderiLit
Cup at the rotes this afternon. He
drove his machine 2T5.(!$ milea in 4
hours, 25 a mutes and 41 seconds.
Parker, driving a Flat car, was so
ond. comlns in only Bv j minutes be
hind 'Granr. Although no person ai
Injured ani th' the race wa3 not mar
red by accileita to persons there were
numerous, accident to the machines
and seevrul o the driver's as well as
others had narrow escapes. Although
the day at? Ideal one for the race
there were iTy about 5 000 people
on the course. Strong was the first
starter and th-, other cars followed at
intervals of every 15 seconds.
Whether numerous rccldenta have
i caused a revtson of fewKng and lra
I pressloRS. au" racing la no longer
fthe Mrtli eent, tak'ng today as a
criterion, but fcaa degenerated " mta
merely advertising scheme for the
i manufacturers of the machines.
I There was a noticeable decrease In
the interest rtsardlng the attendance
' to the VanderbHt cup raes today.
The wea'her was perfection, being
cloudless ar.d spring-like. Heretofore
there have always bee l tally half a
t million at rhev races whereas today's
attendance did not number more than
half that macy. Fifteen automobiles
started anl wtth the exception of one
German and four Italians all the
drivers were Americans.
Xsrrlare Lkeasew
A marrge license was Issued to
day to Roy Ci sskk and Myrtle Ethel
IHulL Mr. nssick la son of Mr.
land Mrs. Frr-nk Cussu-k of Clover
Creek and Miss Hull is of Portland.
ed that printed copies r the consti
tution and by-laws shout 1 be sect out
lover the omntiy to he farmers for
. - " . . . .
tne purpo ci arousui interest in
the poutry ren't organization. A mem
bership campaign will conducted
with energv as it 1 hop. I that a great
number of tnese enga'ji In the bus
iness of rams: chickea may become
members" c tin; organisation aud reap
the benefits to hV galtfl therefrom.
ID" (III
cturius; ot! rn,f'e'i tnn. Considerable)
trouble li.'S ii-'en extjrfVm.ed from in
tti ! t "i; : by tbe 'triUV; nlor.g the
This phaso of rojid ja!v.i:t is vnm
that has bti wcght b toid bnilrfej
of all country j. for wioi the Ijiiv ,
tttded by morcy and eriipmut !l J
plied by the at thorttles, taks to lai
provement of the roads the bsst of
; results are sine to folio v. Rurot 'd i
what has ra U the ht! vaya of On
many, Denmark. EnglmJ and other
Kuropean countries.
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