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VOLUME IX
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 5.
NUMBER 12
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; OXE WAREHOUSE ALONE ,
BEPRESEXTS OVER $50,000.
Members of the Union Unloading the
Stored Wheat at Island City for
About 80 cents Inch Sack Repre
sents at least $1X0 at Average price
Eigiay tenia Average frice which
Sales are Consumated at.
Profit meaning sales In Union coun
ty wheat are being consumated daily,
and shipments of warehouse grain are
being made Just as rapidly as the cars
ran he secured to do the hauling. This
is especially true at IsLndC!'.r when,
rv-rr.eratfvn Purmer'ii Uniai had !
between 25,000 and ?0,000 sacks)
t. The greater bulk ' ot the
has been stowd there has
Vigh not a'- of this by
., $ a been a iule.1 to n.ar-
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The members of .t!v . Farmers
1'i.lcn that stored their wheat there
commenced to store evjn before the
i)ii'I1Jng'wtt corapletei, and wnen the
rvKt'vas finished, thera va but litiV
rocm left Jit the bulldlci?. From tneu
n the growers turned t'liir iittentlon
t other things and the oflcH!u of the
Union havj put In their ttm mid if
ipution looking afer chs markets.
The prevailing price of wheat is
80 cents. Theresas ;?CT talk . jf
holding out for 90 cents, the officials
Qemed It best to unload now.
Taking the total stored wheat at
25.000 sacks at an average of 80 cents
a bushel it will be found that the to
tal cash from this one warehouse will
few Jtpparell
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OUR LIXE OP MEX AXD DOTS
SUITS, OYERCOATS, FURNISHINGS
AXD SHOES IS LARGE AXD TON
TAIXS EVERYTHING THAT IS XEW
AXD XIFTY.
WE CALL PARTICULAR ATI EX
TIOX TO OUR XEW LIXE OF FILL
OYERCOATS IX ALL WEIGHTS AND
GRADES AXD IX ALL OF THE XEW
STYLES, SOME WITH MILITARY
V COLLARS AXD OTHERS WITHOUT.
A GREAT VARIETY OF PATTERNS
FOR YOUR CHOOSING.
Our prices are Slight
&Pe Make
BOY .CRIMINAL IX JAIL
Contiual Crime Carnival Carried on
By Ten.j ear Old.
Ottawa. Ont. Nov. 5. Cyral Star
mand, aged ten years, began a six year
sentence for horse stealing today. Two
years ago the lad was convicted of
attempting to wreck a Canadian Pa
cific train. Owing to his youth he was
not Bent to prison. Later he committed
a number of burglaries and was let
off on account of his age. The court In
passing sentence declared that if let
go again the lad would turn out
one of the worst criminals on record
and he was given a sentence of six
run up to t50,000 and as the sacks will
overrun two bushels to the sack. This
is one Instance of the many ware
houses and mills in the county that
are taxed to their capacity limit to
hold the grain that has been produced
in this valley this past season. . '.
BOAT
SUPPOSED TO IIAYE
ROCKS IS GOXE.
HIT
Search Given Up Ranchers Still Hope
To Find It On Rocks.
Tomales, Cal.' Nov." 5. The search
.'or the steamer which was supposed
to have been wrecked on the rocks
near Bogeda Bay, yesterday, has been
abandoned. The cutter McCulloch,
which has been scouring the coast
continuously since the wreck was re
ported has been ordered north to
San Francisco. As she steamed past
Point Reyes light house she signaled
that the search had been given up and
that the. life saving crew from Point
BonHa were.abcvriV. s
The ranchers along the coast how
ever, will continue to patrol the shore
believelng that the vessel has been
wrecked among the rocks and can not
be seen from the bay on account of
the fog.
for Men at
prices
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Suits to Mour
Prices S'han Slsewhere
HEADQUARTERS FOB RUBBERS
Now for the rubbers. We have a large stock in all
sizes and styles. Rubbers for every member of the
family. Come in and let us fit you out. Our prices
the lowest.
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SECOIIDTEilTES
TA1T LAUGHINGLY IGNORES
THE HIGH COMPLIMENT.
Ty Cobb the Baseball Player Accused
of Stabbing a Watchman Openly ami
Emphatically Declared a Ylctim of
: a Conspiracy by President Taft
Hopes Georgia Bar WU1 Come to
' His Assistance Taft Eees thi Joke.
Savannah, Nov. 6. At the banquet
tonight given tn honor of President
Taft the guests launched a boom for
a second term for the president Taft,
smilingly replied that the "District of
Columbia was also solid for a second
term but they didn't have any votes
and that Georgia went solidly for Mr.
fryan," ; .
Taft scored a hit with the banquet
ers when he praised Cobb, the baseball
player, who was recently indicted in
Cleveland, Ohio, for the alleged scab
bing of a hotel watchman. Cobb is .
Georgian. Continuing, Taft saidr "He
is a gentleman that fisures more
largely In the affairs of Georgia than
does the president. I refer, gentlemen,
to the hero Ty Cobb. I saw a public
statement that he was being made
the victim of a damnable conspiracy. I
haven't seen the results but I hope the
bar of Georgia will rush to bis defense
and by a writ of habeas corpus, if
no other means Is available, restore
him to the people whom he loves and
who loves him." '
Everybody eo t othe football at la
ker City train leaves 7:30 a. m.
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Order
TO
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O'BRIEX, COTTOX AND
OTHERS FORM CORPORATION.
Central Idaho to be 'lappea By a New
Road Which Ends the Hlll-llarrlman
Fight In that Section Present Of.
ficlals of Xorth Bank and fl.lt'.
Go Together to Form New Company
Headquarters to be In Lewlston.
Portland, Nov. 5. Closing of the fa
mous railroad war in Idaho between
the Hlll-Harriman lines tapping the
rich Central Idaho territory by the
four transcontinental lines, articles of
Incorporation have been filed in
Washington, Idaho and Oregon, by
the Camas Prarle Railroad Company.
The Incorporators named are: J. P.
O'Brien, Vice President; W. W. Cotton
Gential Counsel for the Ilarrlman in
terests la the Northwest; J. B. Kerr.
General Counsel for the North Bank;
F. XL Fogarty, Generul Agent for the
Northern Pacific. F. N. Finch was ap
pointed general manager and is now
in Portland selecting assistants.
The new company will make their
headquarters in Lewiuton, Idaho. This
will bring into operation 150 miles of
road from Texas Ferry, Washington,
to Grangeville, Idaho.
J. P. O'Brien Js now general man
ager and vice-president' of the Har
rlman lines In Oregon. The coalition
means that the bitter railroad war is
now over, but the arrangement is un
explalnable here, even when the set
tlement of the strife Is considered.
Just why this combination of local
railroad men who keep track of such
affairs are unable to explain. ,
POLICE UNCOVER
PIPtS ID OPII
NEGRO BOUND OVER TO GRAND
JURY.
Evidence I Contllctlng When Dcfcn.l.
ant is Culled to Stand.
Last night Chief Rayburn searched
the house of Mabel McLain for ev
idence to shed additional light upon
the conections which she may have
had with the robberies committed by
someone believed by some to be Fre.i
Taylor now In the county Jail await
ing the session of the grand Jury. No
definite statement of the result" of the
search will be made until the hearing
before the grand Jury.
As predicted In the Observer yester
day the trial of Taylor before Justice
C. A. Williams ended at C o'clock by
the negro being bound over and place:!
under $1,500 bonds. The witnesses for
the defense who had the stand during
the latter portion of the afternoon,
brought out some evidence of value to
Taylor.
While Taylor himself was on the
stand he t bowed by authentic papc-a
that up until a year ago he was serv
Ing in the U. S. messenger service anl
that he was forced to leave this work
on account of a broken leg. The leg
is yet stiff and he cannot run. Yet
Mrooks testified pnsl'lvely that the
man who was in his house ran away
at a great rate of speed.
That there was another negro ' iio
city answering the. descriptor"' i, the
man Brooks saw In his hourfo was
established by wlineKsr-q , from the
Queen restaurant. A man came In to
eat shortly after the story of the ar
rest of Taylor came out In the pa
pers. He consumed about an hour eat
ing a stake in order that he might
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get the paper that another man was
reading,- and when he got hold of it
he read the story of the burglary very
carefully. This negro had no mustache
and Brooks could not say that he saw
a mustache on the man lu his house.
Mabel McLane corroborated Taylor's
story that he was at her house from
the time that he left the barber shop
at 9 o'clock until 11 o'clock. From
there, Brooks walked up the lighted
track toward home. When he heard the
command to halt he was scared, be
cause he thought he was to be robbed.
He said that he heaved a Blgh of relief
when he saw that the men were offi
cers. ' . '
Whatever may be the connection of
Taylor and Mabel McLain with the
burelarv of the Brooks rMHnr
has been established beyond a doubt
'.hat they are dope fiends of the first
degree. In the search of the Jefferson
Avenue house three sacks of "Dope"
were taken '"from Mabels "rat", Dur
ing the search Mabel requested that
she be allowed to go out behind the
scenes. Officer Weldon was delegated
to watch her and caught her In an
attempt to conceal her rat In a can.
Upon seizing the hair puffer the officer
cut It open and found the sacks of
dope.
In both the woman's house and the
house of Taylor full sets of hop pipes
were found. In the negro's house a
large quantity of clothing and shoes
wsre stored .Letters were also found
to which Mabel has signed her uarae
as Mable Mclin, Mabel Taylor and
Mabel Donovan. All the letters were
addressed to her at Spokaen from
which place she and Taylor came.
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PENDLETON" MAKES IT CLEAR HE
IS TO ACT.
Pendleton Citizens InsUt on Slier Lr
Attending to his Duties.
Pendleton, Nov. 6. The East Ore
gonian said last night:
"It is now up to Sheriff T. D. Tay
lor to enforce the local option law
In Umatilla county, if it cannot Iv j
done by the employment of detectives
and the co-operation of the district at-1
torney and the county court. The
show, down came yesterday afternoon
about 4 o'clock at the. termination of
an exceedingly Interesting moetlu 'U
which the above officers and about a
r'oen members of the Law and Order
League, all of them taxpayers anl
representing every section of the conn
ty, took part. The meeting occurred in
the Jury room at the court house.
Incensed at the reports that 'aa'd
been spread broadi afit to the efei t
that the local option law was Ixi'.ng
openly and flagrantly violated, ec-
peclally In Pendleton, that blind pias
were flourishing, bootleggers doing a
thriving business and that no attempt
was being made by either the couuty
or city officers o enforce the law.
these men came to Pendleton, by pvo-
arrangement, on the opening day of
the November tetm of the Circuit
court, to ascertain why the law eyas
Dot being enforced and to demand of
the officers that It be enforced.
; It was first deeidede that as the re
sult of . investigations conducted by
men present It wan found there was
not so many nor such flagrant viola
tions as has beUi ic ported. It was in
slsted that not a great deal of intoxt
eating liquors Were being sold in the
city of Pendleton, but It was admitted
(hat more was being sold here than
should be.
The general, opinion prevailed, how
ever, that tm 1"' cnuld be enforced
and should be, t r;ii if it should be nec
essnry for every man present to go
rVnwi Into his pocket to secure the
funds necessary . to secure a strict
obodleme to the statute. With a resolu
tlpn calling upon the county court to
furnish the sheriff with detectives if
It was found to be necessary, was be
ing considered, some one moved that
the district attorney, sheriff, county
judge and commissioners be requested
to appear before the meeting and to
hear and participate In the discussion.
SHERFF
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FLAYED BYJUDCE
TRIAL AT PARIS OF MRS.
STEIXnElL IS PITIFUL, ,
Man Who Confessed to the Murder yes
terday Admits that He Bed Woinaa
.Suffers at the Hauds of the Court
, ... mui rroten lone
cent She Withstands the Attack
Wonderfully Well Trial Becomes a
Mere Farce.
Paris, Nov. 5. Under a heartlesa
examination, suffering nothing to be
withheld and showing no 'signs of
mercy for her sex, Madame Steinheil
Utterly submitted to a "third degree
in public , today. Displaying bravery,
such as few, women possess, now
pleading for mercy and again striking
bak fiercely this wonderful woman
has won the pity of the French na
tl6n. as public sentiment - that has
heretofore been against her has now
turned in her favor.
'When Lefebvre, who arose In the
court room and confessed to the kill
ing of Steinheil and his mother yester
day, was cross examined in prison to
day, he collapsed and said that his
confession was a He and was made
through the excitement of themoraent
caused by hysteria and was engender
ed through his sympathy for the pris
oner A,, thorough Investigation will V
be made, however, despite his denial, f
The; woman is being tried In the Na
poleonic code, which presumes that
the prisoner is gutlty until she ha3
proven herself Innocent. The actions
of the French court Is Indicating that
they are pushing this presumption to
the extreme. , , , ; .
The public generally expects an ac
quittal, not because they think that :
she Is Innocent, but because of, the
pity In the minds of the public that
she has aroused in the fierce fight she
Is making against overwhelming odds.
' Prosecutor Devalls today ' became
more brutal than ever and with the
assistance and under the direction of
the prosecutor general became more
brutal than ever In their relentless
Joint questionings. The examination
finally became an Inquisition. , .'
Devalles questioning frequently was
the cause of the woman Jumping in
a hysterical manner from her seat and
shouting at the top of her voice. Again
he would shout his questions nt her
In a mighty roar and the woman would
simply huddle down In her seat quietly
crying. When she would protest to
the Judge against that kind of an ex
amination her protests would be rul
ed down and on such occasions she
was bitterly rebuqued for losing her.
temper.
Many believe that Devalles secretly
sympathises with the prisoner but is
using this brutal method for the pur
pose of arousing sympathy for ths
prisoner in the minds of the Jury and
assure her an acquittal. ' ;
RUMORED THAT TEDDY
ROOSEVELT IS DEAD.,
New York, Nov. &. -Officers of W all
street Corporations and who have ex
tensive interests in Africa, ore be
lieved to be the source of the rumors
that has beon going the rounds today
that Roosevelt has been killed in
Africa. The United Press lias been
unable to get into lu niedifite eomnun
Ication with its correspondent now
with the Roosevelt' expedition. Di'1
gent Inquiries, however, at the Nai :nl
headquarters have brought forth
strenuous denial.
The state department has not, -
celvinl anything Indicating any rr tin
or basis to the rumor that Roose .'t
has met with a mishap in Africa. In
quiry, .at the Smithsonian Institute,
which the place that nil Information
of any such a mishap would be sent.
has revealed the fact that they know
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