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1 VOLUME IX , uA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. MONDAY, JANUARY 'ID.' 1S10. Li Ujlj. . : i. - CHUATAUQUA S i(IW CERTAIN one thousand ' tickets not Isold but backing secured which will tide them oyer ABUNDANCE OF WORK YET RE3IAINS 10 BE TRANSACTED. Hard Bof, Brief Campaign for Support , for Chautauqua Results Favor- ably and Entertainment Will ' , : . - ',.- ,". ' .; - fie Brought Here In July. ' ft v,.. Y''f.'- tV '?:t!"?.1 of 'the deciding Lcur In mutters pertaining to a chau ,t!.': 17., the. Commercial Club found today.' noon ? that "while there Is ;yet , lacking in the total of the tickets dis wnaoA V ...... " - i - J with, backing from. other sources on which to definitely close a contract, , tentatively signed with a Chautau qua agency a few weeks ago." La GrWde is to have a Chautauqua next '"' July, notwithstanding that, there - is yet much work to dp in the way of selling tickets. By dint of .such can vassing as' was done last Saturday by the ladles, and the rapid scurry for promises among the business men by a committee headed by President Collier of the Commercial Club, there has enough backing been found to guarantee and warrant closing the tvmUact with' the cnautauqua peo ple. :-.. ' The work of bringing the enter tainment here is by no means over ut is surprisingly well commenced. Is the same old story, this, about La Grande's merchants and popu lace deciding to have a certain thing and getting it by co-operation and public support. CASE SET FOR TODAY BUT STATE ;i ASKS FOR A STAT. Vt Being Acquainted With the Case ' Posecntor FIckert Asks for Be lay for Short Time. San Francisco, Jan. 10. Upon a motion made by Charles M. FIckert, the new district attorney, the trial of Patrick Calhoun, the millionaire traction magnate charged with brl bery was, postponed today until Jan. 13th. FIckert aBks for the postpone ment on the grounds that he Is unfa miliar with the case as recorded. At torney Stanley Moore for Calhoun has asked that the trial be set as early as possible. The second trial of Calhoun was begun last summer by Special Pros ecutor Francis J. Heney, but only a few temporary Jurors were obtained before the election drew near and - aa the case was the main issue In the campaign for the district attorneyship it was postponed until after the elec tion. San Franslsco, Jan. 10 Patrick Calhoun, the millionaire traction mag nate of the Golden Gate City, will a galn be placed on trial this week, the case having been snt for today. F. J. Heney will hove nothing more to do with the prosecution of the bribery cases, having been defeated for Dist rict attorney list November by Chas. M. FIckert. FIckert will have a clean weep at the cases. Calhoun Is charg ed with bribery and Is alleged to be one of the "men higher up" in the re ' cent carnival of Graft in San Fransla eo. The defeat of the reform or "muck- raking" element in the November ele- ctlons, It is intimated Is an indlcat- CALHOUN NOT ON TRIAL YET ' Sale of Indian Land Muskogee, Okla., Jan. 10 About 24C tracts of i1ch farming land, embracing 18,000 acres, formerly the property of Poor Lo, -will be sold to paleface this week by the Indian Agency. The sales will be held In various towns through out Eastern Oklahoma, beginning to day and continuing until next Fri day. ,.'...', .. , " . Tubercular Dispensaries , , ; Oklahoma City, Jan. 10 At the anti; Tuberculosis Congress convened here today. Dr. J. C. Marlu state Commis sioner of Health, Is urging the estab lishment of state tubercular disuen sarles in all of. the larger cities of Oklahoma, where the' poor may be giv en free treatment for the dreaded disease. Gov," Haskell and- other state offlcla,13' aa well as physicians, news paper men, educators, ciud women. lawyers and clergymen have Interest ed themselves In the movement again st the white plague.' The congress will continue through tomorrow. .-. , ' . LAD OF 10 inn&urnuAN 1ULLU lIUHinil HAD BEEN PLAYING WITH t THE LOADED WEAPON '.'SUNDAY Youngster Boasts he Would Shoot the Port Costa Woman and Hlg Call dish threat Results In Death. Of Woman. Port Iosta, Cal. Jan. 10. Joe Crow ley, aged 10, charged with the murder of Mrs. Patrick Sullivan, the mother of six children presents i the most perplexing problem to local officers In the county's history. .. "Look out, Mrs. Sullivan I'm Going to shoot you," cried the little boy as he pointed a rusty revolver at the wo man as she stood on the platform of the railway station. Mrs. Sullivan, half-smiling, half- frightened started toward the boy to sieze the weapon. The little fellow tightened the grip on the revolver A loud report, a flash, and Mrs. Sul livan lunged forward with a bullet in her brain. In a few minutes she was dead. The boy was frightened near death. He had been playing with the re volver along through yesterday. It was along toward dusk yesterday af ternoon when Mrs. Sullivan appeared and the little fellow concleved the fatal plan of pretending to shoot her, Officers are trying to learn who is re sponsible for leaving the loaded re volver where It could be found by the children. ion that the prosecution of Calhoun will not be as determined or vindict ive as In the past. . Goldfield Consolidated Meeting . Evanston, Wyo. Jan. 10 Stochold ers of the Goldfield Consolidates Mine Company met here today for the an nual meeting. The annual report of the manager will be submitted iird will embody a complete descpr'ntlon of the years' operations, showing the exact tonnage mined and treated, to gether with the value of ore from ev ery separate part o fthe vast work ings, which are now In excess of 2? miles, and will contain estimates of the available ore reserves, based upon exhaustive surveys that have been In progress for some time past Heretofore the management has al ways refused to bet committeed on estimates of ore reserves, and It is freely predicted that the figures glvou will comd as a s rprlse to many who are unfamiliar to the magnitude and richness of the deposits already block ed out In these mines. ; Northwestern Issue at Par Chicago, Jan. 10 Stocholders . of the Chicago and Northwestern Rail way Company of record at the close of business today will be permitted to buy at par a share of the new $30,000- 000 stock Issue of the company, their purchases to be limited to 25 per cent 0f their present holdings. ; PIIHOTTO 01 REPORT WILL DEFEND HIMSELF FROM THE i LATE CHARGES MADE AGAINST HIM WHEN HE WAS DISMISSED JN COM JICNI CAT1 OX WITH . ROOSEYELT PAST MONTH. ' Considerable Interest Cetners .'About ' Statement to be Issued by Pin . chot In the Near Future and ' ' Callers are Numerous. ' Portland, Jan. 10. LouU II. Glaii the ex-special agent of the Interior department arrived here today. He fc fused to discus sthc removal of Pin. chot or the Influence it Mould have Washington, Jan. 10. Gilford Pin- chot Is preparing a statement which he Bays will vindicate his ' position la the controversy which led up to his dismissal as chief forester by Pres ident Taft The Btorles that Piuehot has been In communication with Ex Presldent Roosevelt Blnce he went to Africa has not been denied by Plr chots friends today. The Taft admin istration supporters appear to be very much disturbed over the po?sl bllltles that may arise from the con tents -of Pinchot's statement wheti. It la made public. It is expected that the document will -point out in strong terms what Plnchot considers danger-; out attitude of the Taft administra tion toward the conservation of.our natural resources. .Plnchot is prepar ing his statement In the capacity of a private citizen. The wok so far has been slow as he has been constantly interrupted by a perfect stream of sympathizers who have been visiting him for the purpose of expressing re grets that he has left the government service. He is being almost burled under an avalanche of mall matter and telegrams from sympathizers from all over the United States. Pinchot's friends declares that he is sure of the position that he . has taken and that he did not act without long and careful conslderalon of the final results; The former chief forester spent most of the day with his former asso ciate Assistant Forester Price, who was dismissed at the same time as Plnchot They were bulsly engaged going over the papers when they were not Interrupted by slsltors. , "Country With riuchot" Ihlcago, Jan. . 10-The. country will stand by Gilford Plnchot, right or wrong Is the opinion of the Chicago Tribune, which today says editorially: "Without enpuirlng Into the technical for the dismissal of Plnchot, the Tribune must repeat that the coun try will stand by Plnchot, right or wrong. It does not understand the legal technicalities nor is It prepar ed to accept the president's statement that Balllnger has acted within the law. But long since the country has become able to distinguish the men who are "law honest from those who are moved by moral wave of zeal for the preservation of the public's Inter ests, agalnBt the privileges of . the few." '.- :"' Carter Case In the Supreme Court Washington, Jan. 10 Hearing of the arguments was commenced in the Supreme Court, today n Its rule re quiring Judge Kolsaat, of the Circuit Court of the Seventh Judicial District sitting at Chicago, to show cause why the Circuit Court should not be pro hibited from granting further allow ances for attorney's fees from the Car ter fund In the suit of. the govern ment to recover money in the posses sion of Capt Oberlln M. Carter, Capt Carter was convicted of de falcation in connection with the har bor Improvements at Savannah, Ga. AIRCRAFTS IN LOS ANGELES AVIATION MEET COMMENCES TO DAY IN CALIFORNIA CITY WITH ! MANY ENTRIES OF PROMINENCE CHIEF PRIZE IS EFFORT TO CROSS THE . CONTINENT. Flfteen Big Prhtes . Set Up for A via . tlou Meet To Be Held on .the t . ' . Pacific Const Soou World . Famous Jlcu There.. Los Anifdes, Jan. 10. Aviation meet vm officially lieirun today ot noon Ttlien the balloon ' .New York" piloted. by' Clifford,- the New York millionaire aeronaut, , shot up from iter niooringv . ftt linutlngton Park while thousands cheered. Besides Mr. Harmon, the basket was occupied by 'Mrs. Dick Ferris, the wife of General Manager of the aviation meet, John Off, Mrs. Off, George Dreussler, Geo. Dreussler and George 15. Harrison. A few seconds after the "New York" had been loosened the "Peoria" pilot ed by F. J. Kenna, of Peoria, Ills, fol lowed the "New York". Both sperlc als rose rapidly after attaining an al titude of about S0O feet, they bore toward Hie Northwest by the breeze. Los Angeles, Jan. 10 Aviators and aeronauts from all over the .world will compete for the $80,000 in prize money to he given away by the pro moters for the aerial meet to be held here during the next ten days. Nearly three-score aircrafts ot all kinds are entered and the list of entrants are "Who's Who" of the 'flyers. It Is ex pected that the contest will develop many spectacular and record-breaking flights, and that the City of An gels will become the Rhlems of A merlca. " The grand prize of $10,000 is offer ed to the first spherical balloon of any capacity leaving the Los Angeles avi ation field and arriving at any point on the Atlantic coast in one contln ous flight Another prize of $5,000 Is offered tor any spherical balloon breaking the present world's record for distance. Other prizes for a spher ical balloon are for a contlnous flight from Los Angeles to any point east of the Mississippi, and .for breaking the recrd made by Dick Ferrls's bal loon ,the "United States," which on November 23 last, flew from Los An geles over the Seirra Nevada Moun tains to a point In Arizona. There are fifteen prizes offered for aeroplanes, ranging from $50. to $5, 000. The latter sum Is .for the aero plane which breaks all of the world s records. In order to accomplish that purpose an aviator must remain lu the air for four hours and thirteen min utes, ascend to a height of 1645 feet fly .120 miles wlthoiif trt,",ti'n' ground, and make a speod of miles per hour. A $1,000 prize will go tothe machine of any type that will soar without engine power for twenty minutes. For dirigible airships seven prizes will be given. The prides rang j from $25. to $10,000. The latter sum is to be given to the pilot that will make a successful flight from Los An geles to San Franslsco. ' The conditions drawn up by the promoters for the contest declare Vt at there will be no sanction of exhibition flights for the dirigibles or aeroplanes. Contests of aeroplanes will be sanc tioned providing thnt they will com ply with teh rules of the International Federation and that the Aero Club of America will finally approve of teh decisions of the Judges. The prka, the conditions state, shall not be paid over before the period required by the Federation after the official accept ance by the Aero Club of America of the awards. It is also stipulated thai pilots of the Aero Club of America cannot compete in contests when pilots who are not licensed by that C!ub are drivclr.g. AH amnKmients liare been mada lo stage the Mights on the old rarr track near Ixs Angeles. Slnf Pralsei of FrmJtful Hens ; Wichita, Kas Jan. 10 Singing tl. praises of the fruitful Hen, the poultr fanciers and farmers of Kansas aiu Oklahoma are gathering today to be come the guests of the Prcud Princes: of the Prp.lries during the week of th' Sunflower State Poultry Show. Ernes ndmlrers of the hen declare that sh will soon become . the rival of th; wheat and Corn as a soirtce of wealth Facts and figures that are staggerin.; are given as to the value of the Kan sas egg crop. During the show experts who are, wise to the ways of the hen will tell how to make her lay all win ter,, how to make poultry pay in 2x'. back yards, in city homes and other secrets. ' . . ; Tfl Pi1 I V iu nun MS COK STORY OOKS GIVEN " NEW SHELVES. Taken From Travel Shelves and Put " On Those Holding Fiction. ' Boston, Jan. 10'. Discredited at home and abroad because of the ad verse findings of the University of Copenhagen consistory that examin ed his polar records, Dr. Frederick A. Cook, may not feel the thrust made at him by the board ot directors ot the Boston public, library. In pursu apt to the orders Issued Ty the board of directors the library attendants today transferred three of Dr, Cook's books from the "travel" shelves to the "fiction" section of the library. These books are "Through the first Antarctic Night." "The Dally Work on an Arctic Explorer," "The top of the Continent" - Watson Will Not Speak Tonight Philadelphia, Jan. 10 Watson will not speak tonight. The poet with the caustic pen, who achieved fame . with "The Woman With the Serpent's Ton gue," Is far away and there Is ajrlef In the hearts of the members of the Contemporary Hub. Some .months ago the poet promised to come to Philadelphia and speak before the club composed of some of the foremost highbrows of the city and university. January 10 was the date set and all was apparently settled, signed and sealed. The came the unfortunate epi sode of the poet's attack on the As qulth's and Mr. Watson withdrew his acceptance of the Invitation to nd- dress the club. WHY PAY $1.50 Fill TRAIL ::. i-.:;,.;v,, :--,-.'." When you can get one of ours and BETTER SERVICE for I Ask our Subscribers about our TV Independ il ome Telephone Company FORIHS TRiAL LONG LIST CF EXCUSES MAKE IT ; DIFFICULT TO SECURE JURY - COURT EXCUSES CHEAT I1ANY TRLL WILL BE LONG A XI) .--.TEDIOUS 'ARE INDICATIONS. Getting a Jnry Will be One of the Chief Difficulties hi the way of Bringing Dinger Hermann to Trial in Portland. Portland, Jan. 10 Dinger. Hermann faced the opening of his trial for con splracy to defraud the government of public lands before Judge Wolverton 12:30 the court was busy hearing the , excuses of the veniremen called for a jury to hear the case. . Saturday the attorneys began the task of selecting twelve men out of the remainder left' from the original 301 men called. for petit Jury. When Clerk Marsh had finished calling a long list of names they found that there were 105 aa a number had failed to put in an appearance, re ducing the actual numer to 103. The court excused 45 more of these for Illness, business and any old plea that would get a Juryman off the list. This afternoon at 2 o'clock the ac tual work of- selecting a trial Jury was began but It 'Is expected hat a . day or two more will oe filled out In the selecting of a trial jury although the attorneys hope that the box may be filled from the first few names hat are called. " It is evident that the trial will be a long and tedious one. Aran gem er.ts have been made between the prosecu tion and the defense by which that portion of the evidence that was giv en In the Hermann trial at Washing ton, when Hermann was accused of having destroyed public records of the land office will be read and re corded here. This Is done In order to save the defense expense and iue de lay of bringing witnesses here from Washington, D. C. How much of this transcript will be read is now unde termined &nd It probably will depend upon the course of the trial as it de velopes. It Is expected, however, that at least amonth will be consumed in getting the case to the Jury. Miss Mabel Counsel of Ladd Can yon Is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben W. Grandy. OR EVEN $1 .25 ent .1 j ? - ,"' :'V'r- - . i I, .-, " '- ' -. -,..v - . " .-