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. ... .w. .. .... . , . . . .. ... .... .. VOLTJISEI uA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY OHECOIT. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY ' 1. 1S10 UI.IEHH 77 ; . ' '& u , HlfflE IS (lEPfllt'f CONDITION CF THE QRABE BUILD- m m m satisfactory 13 CIST CP THE LEFC2T V 1 MTT HIGH SCHOOL JO BE .RECOMMENDED THE BODY It i meeting tonight report will be nude public in fall Stands for a new building of unnamed amount, , but new features of the report are that repairs to the grade schools are absolutely essential as welL ' Urgent appeals '. for repairs, sanl , tary and life preserving and ,holo- . - . A 1 i y - - - - - w - - of this city and recommendation' for a hew high school building will be Inculcated In a report to be filed with - the CommerclaL: Club by tonight, by the committee appointed some time j . ago. to 'maid reconxmendatlon'.'fela'1 tive to the new high school building. The committee visited the schools, and, according to the report, found Urgent need for immediate1 attention W the grade schools, as well as ; ample reasons - for building a new high school. - The details of the re port will 'not be 'made public ' until at "tonight's meetthg but the men have arrived at a conclusion and that is as stated. . . The amount of . the recommended i bond issue 18 not stipulated for that! fart 'of It Is left to be filled in at tne aiscretion jot. the Commercial , OUb, but that the committee found It necessary- to recommend - a hew acaool building Is apparent The tour PI Inspection revealed the Other 'fea-. JVff Continues to Store Crowded all taring our stofelO fdrclsf best Ameri- 0irh.omvm-&mvmi One lot of children's coats vyf .One lotrof boy's school suit , good colors and sizes from 4 to " ' good assortment to choose from 10 worth up to $6. on sale for a good value for $4. on sale for : , ., S.98 X ': ; ' - ' ,.95 ; "" . . . ;. Mens ribbed underwear, all size Boys heavy fleece lined unda regular 40c seller on sale for ' wear, regular 40c to 50c' selling J6c -f-i J9c Chlldrens $L, to 11.25. sweaters , . One lot of pillow tops, good de sizes 20 to 24. color red. gray. signs, regular 60c to 75c 'sel and white, on tale for f " . lar on ale for i . u m awmi -fit in h ture of tbe report, : that the-ftrado schools are In bad shape. There Is no ventilation In many of the' rooms and sanitation Is bad. The war the young fellows fill the hallways on dismissal is enough to alarm and per ron' who gives the welfare of child life any consideration. 5 4 Everyone Is Invited to attend the rueeilng'of the Commercial Club to u'sht and offer suggMonB and lis ten to the discussions pro and con relative to the school bout, ques tion. J ; ;' ' - ; The. members of the committee to make the report are G.)rge Stoddard J. D. Stout. Turner Oliver, John Sla ter and W.'L. Brenholts. Parents Should Investigate i ; Parents and' taxpayers: In. general need not listen to the arguments of others . In ascertaining conditions. Thescboolroom door latch" is always out and If Individuals are undecided as to the conditions in La Grande's schools and disbelieve the needs of a new high school and grade faclll ties; ; let them Visit the- Institutions One visit would he sufficient for the ordinary mortal. - Taft's Brother III Los Angeles, iFeb.r 1. Henry W. Taft, ' a brother of President Taft. wort lakau ui luo uooa bamaritan hos pital today suffering from erysipelas and it is reported today he is much improved. He paBsed'a restful night and it Is expected he will be abl to travel In a week.-;, " r . . Banquet on the Fourteenth. . February 14th Is - the date of the Commercial Club banquet, , Governor F.' W.' Benson -wll be! in? Baker, City on the 12th to attend a Republican smoker there and on the - y4th will attend the banquet here, which prom ises to be the biggest thing ever at tempted ' here ' In 1 the 1 Club banquet lines. ? v' .',.,. ..";,?'. COUNTY COURT MEET TOMORROW The February terra or the ..County court convenes tomorrow. There is littlo out, of the routine,, slated for this meeting, ' nC. 0. Ramsey has returned from a business trip to Boise be1 o hummar. da it- Saturday. IN ' DEI1IES ALL tERY EIT CF EVIDENCE INTEO- ll'CED Bt;T0E, C3TEEKIIENT EEISO DEKIEDBYfiCEFEKSt COSTRADICTIOSS OF COTT.1 ) EYIDIXCE: COXTINlJEa.;TOIAX, Evidences of many governmeBt , wlt- i nesses,, denied , in tote , .by the de- fendant and by other-witnesses call cd4by,the defense Hermann him ; self on the stand in a strong denial , Denials ahsolupte and often. , - , f Portland. Feb. 1. -Dinger Hermann is denying, bit by bit, the case. built op' by 'f1h'e' i gpvernmehl' agalnsthlm. His witnesses have entered absolute denials of; the testimony of Henry .. 1 t a r , Meldrura, surveyor general to the ef fect that Hermann and Mays dlscuss ed the creation of the, Blue, .Mountain reserve ln'Meldrums office. Charles Holstrom . has: , denied the testimony of K. L. Patterson of Baker ' City, wh6- said Hermann, 'Meldrum and Mays were together' to an office: of Holstrum, who with Patterson says he :'never;.'say -either; Mays; pr Her mann in Meldrums office. ' Mrs. Moda Sllversteln denied she had ever been spoken to by Meldrum about buying any' school, lands, thus giving Meldrum's .testimony the ' He, : Hermann himself,; now on the stand has. started In the beginning of ,th government's caset controverting evi dence right down the line. H,e denies he vet : met .Mays, ,1b , Meldrum's oft ce,,, HejlenleS ever having ,dJflCtiBsed thfvBlue Mountain reserve wjIayi denies, the discussion of,,,thefrfr serve with Meldrum. He denies, he ever advised Meldrum to buy school lands : othaJ4ie..d.Iscussed. the , re- serve er its survey with him.,- He de ties Instructing Meldrum to irtve Mrs. pllversteln a chance to buy lands In ."i.t.J ; hi1- luo uuuuunes ai luo reoerre. f ' eiH'fi'l.:? -mt Tllf--.! ,():-) OLDTIMER ' ' DE CLARES " ' COXING MILL 1 AFEAMEUP'" ' 9av15eftrjM''vTto fiot Renter rinil If . In Sanger 'of' losing the faght. , iostpn, ieb. ipThe 'iHat' announce en9t t.ie thought 'that the Jeffries Johnson ; fight, ior ' July '4 1haB been 'fixed",'was made' here today by John h. Sulliyani "I do' not 'think 'Jeffries and Johnson are on the level f about the fight," declared the old thtiYcham ploh. '"Johnson can' win it the bout Is bn the i ievel," 'added John' L., "but in " my oplnlort 1 ' the '' ' whole ' matter looks mighty bad.' ? , "As a "matter 'of fact,' I do not think Jeffries could be ' dragged into ' the ring with' Johnson unless ' it was arranged so that Johnson could lay down.- ;it looks' that way to me and I believe it Is a fixeci fight""" v Another Merger On . ; , Pittsburg. Feb. t. The next ! step reported In' the telegraph merger is to be absorption of the American DlS' trict Telegraph Company, by. the Am erican Telegraph and Telephone Co., according to a rumor In financial circles today. 4 From the same source )the report emlnated that the Postal Company ' win soon vbe' Included in r- 4 r l SENATOR EOLENE NAS IIEASLRE TEAT IS CF EEEP IFCRTANCE TO FEOFLE CF : THIS: STATE SEED KOT LITE ON ROME- ! STEAD BUT MUST FARM IT Radical departure from regulation - homestead ' law to be applied U v Oregon If Bourne carries his mca ' sure Show certain amount of pro ductlveness from the. land, bat need not lle on the place at alL ; Washipgton. D. C, Febi , 1. Edttor Observer Dear Sir. I am sending tins general form of letter to many newspapers, granges and commerce l organizations of Oregon for, the piu,J pose of getting before the people th Idea I .have embodied In, . a .bill, 7 shall introduce in the senate that Production of Crops rather than rts idencc uion a homestead, is ths es- sential ,of succeBsfui and most.eni- clent development; (of our resources. I I have done this in the -hope that, the people of , Oregon , will favor . their delegation here In Congress with their views as , to the wisdom of the proposed legislation.. . , ; I am informed by Mr,. William Han- ley, an,vexfenslye stock raissr in Har ney county .that there are 20,000,000, acres of vacant land In Eastern Ore gon lncapable"of Irrigation but near ly all of jJt usceptable, o cultivation under the Scientific methods, now in vogue In "Dry,; Tanning," ; Mr, , Han ley's suKftertton of substitution 'of crop production rather ian - actual residence as '" "?vi'U!raon . foi obtaining tLin-u-ff,ntivx imnresses my mind. ' . 1 ' " ' " ' If. the bill '.vhl. .'?"..' should become a, ' ; "'.oincstua er on nbnJrfigsWe laud In' what' Is known an' the arid- region need not live upon his, land at all; but must live within .'.the state. ' He nrast' cul tivate" it "either personrialy' of by representative and he must show by annual proofs that Within $ porloa of five .years .the land ' has produced I '. Assumlnt: that Mr. Hauler's esti mate; of .i6,b66,000,racres,'of " vacant' lana . in , iasiern 0uregon, is .correct ana utai.ine. same, can oe prougni under cultivation by .adoption of 'what Is f knon!as "jpry','rar4i"ng, jthlsf aW ea..of' .land . 'would furnlslj "opportu rltlea for 60,000 homewead .entrjr mei who before they could '' acquire Jia, .'wpuld be '-'obliged ' io' produce Vropsj to a , 'total value of 190,000,1000. Thus. It will be seeii that (the( nation, state and fommunity would "be bene fitted in the. development 'ot our nat ural resources, wealth increased, arid what rls ,more Important, a class of citizens gained who woyld be obliged to r reduce rather , than merely live cn the land a population of workers. , In Its present condition: and in its present state of settlement and of transportation facilities, moat of this land is not, suitable for.homeraaklng, though it could be, .cultivated by men who would make .their homes , else where, or upon i the land ..through only a part of the year., , .. . , , . ; My bill is . based upon the . .theory that if a tract of land is made pro ductive it will f provide some,, family with a home even though that family lives in a town near: the land rather than upon the land, itself, therefore, all of , the essential , objects , of , the homestead law will be accomplished. The great difficulty under the present homestead law la ,thut a great . many men who settle unon.land under. the'i homestead act do as little. cultivating as the law will permit and svo'd ss many; as" "posqlble.ff of ihe- jOovern- ment's requirements, and their land s not made productive.1 Believing that production is th real essential, I made that the mos Important feature of my bill. Lam' suitable for "dry farming" is fr quently such as a man would not wish to make, his home upon for 12 months in the ( year, but the present l&w permitting an entry on S20 Srre requires actual residence, and, T be Ueve, without accomplishing any do slrable end by such requirement. Under the plan proposed by ' ni hil! an entryman under the 320-arr homtead act could koep his faroV' in any town of Oregon, where hi' children sould go to school and al members1 of the family have the Vantages of t attendance at churc' and" social functions, and, at the snm time, by complylng..wlth the law re gardlng cultivation and production he could secure title to the land. Th would be no opportunity for frav' because the law ..requires that nn nual proofs must be submitted show Ing the amount of land cultivated nri the , character, quantity and value o crops produced. I , believe that . the average farw on 320 .acres of. land subject to en act would, be able to produce cro" bf much more than $1500 In vpIup I" a period Of five years; but the( minimum! list Is fixed as a Btpndir to - which . the entryman must 'worV and, ,1 believe , that even Minder.' a verse circumstances any man who i enterprising and diligent will be nbV to produce crops of this value. " The theory of the homestead Inw is that the Government should vide, cheap homes for, the neonl This theory Js In no way violated ' my bill. Land taken' under this m sure will maintain homes for the e trymen even though these homes b" a few miles distant rather thanSiw-r the" land itself." " I. The resident requirement of - t- homestead law is in the nature of penalty! J the punishment' bein ' f"" lcted not only upon the1 entrymn" but upon his wife and children. : A present the entryman takes his w''? and' family Into isolated, regions which vacant lands can bo found o-1' keeps them, there to live, for a period of f ti '-?9i'-''?';.''t from us- i jcdaUb'a with fellow-Iieiagi.' ';... ' In a great many cases the hon steader .performs Just as little . wor upon his larid as possible, and. s soon ! as he gets title . removes, W family to town where they, can hnv (the ; advantages of .school,, and.. social Intercourse. j.The real object of pro viding homes, is pot accomplished by the requirement ; f actual residence iipon the land. This object would be accomplished, however, by the re quirement that , a . man. should birtnit his anJ int9 productiveness. . Jo 'prp duee, j aome. onef must cultivate the landr1 , To , cultivate", economically, vi ? lnity, labor and Intelligent attention' a,re required ,pf .the ' entrymat) or Lis) representative., i Th' entryman's de sire. Is the acquisition j and ownership ofhe land'; .tltlefican only be obtained through production production ' nec eisltatea increased popuiatlpn? either of the entrymen or their representa t)vea.7f The value of the lanii acqiVlred by.' the i entryman depends upon con tinuing production. Thus,. it' Is cer tain that the land once acquired w'll. under normal ' conditions, ' cont!n" productive, as .otherwise there is no Incentive for entry nor to purrh" after title is acquired. NncessltPfl production eliminates the ev'l of land, due to ; non-resident ownerti 'n ; , My bill rennirea that the entrvn should . cultivate , ait least on-e1(rV ' Of, , his land the. second year, o"" fqurth the third, year, one-hnlf fourth snd ffth roars nnd Ihit v must file in .the local land office hv charge of, burglary "not from a dwel the flrRt of necemrer of Bch venr ; ling" seems the most likely outcome sworn statement" verified bvrthe of the case wherein Detective . Wood davits of two oersonn hflvlne' Vn. : Is appearing, as , private prosecutor edge of the facts, showlnsr t" cn; acter, quantity and value of the cr produced hv him. J, ' ( , I would be nlensed if th(,neon1 f. Oregon would sdvlse their tlon in Coneress of their view rt - this meaflure. J J V . .Torirs very tn'ly, 1jp lit iiUiiiiUL n mm i if PilIKEM, CGLGMC3 SCEFI It a'FVFV PMVF T",'? A' I""?! ' pANT ARE KILLED .'. TQlV TOiBTTOSE lARE KX0YJi TO ; ' BE DEAD AT 5005 TODAY. 'Ifty-thrce escape from mine ani more than that number are st'li un accounted for Fire breaks out but is disposed, of in short order pre venting ' . general . ' conflagration Many may be entombed yet Piimero, Colo.. Feb. I. After more Isaster of the Colorado Fuel and ;ou Company'a "shaft near here, in hlch 32., men are known to have ost their Uvea, officials declare their belief that there, are , still 110 men la he mine., i The only known aurvlvor s Dlanado VIrgen. ...,; 4 ! Primero Mining ; Camp Is ' of the Western type. Almost every building and home Is owned by the company. This morning , when the sun arose, icores of women wrapped in shawls were gathered as near the tunnel en trance as the officials would, permit. Many of , them had been there nearly all night ' v ' , , The cjproner stated today tlathe heiteyedj there wrb little choice of ' any of the , Imprisoned men being', taken from the mine alive. He per-' mitted but few relatives of men who are known to be Imprisoned in the' tunnel to view the bodies. ' Tonight., he : said, when other ? victims are; brought ;to the surface; further, at, tempts at veilflcation will be made, . Primero, Colo.,' Feb. .1 With the discovery of ' seven more bruised . and '" Medics tbdpv- tSo. number, o mens known to has lost their lives In an, explosion -of a coal mine of the Col-r oradO Fuel and Iron Company vraa Increased to 31. When the explosion, occurred' there were 180 meh.'ln th' mine. ' Seventy of these ara unac counted for and are either- dead or are' -entombed !in the tunnels under , tona of eartbv i , , , ' ,Fiftyt-three of the miners escaped .with slight injuries.. Soon, after tho explosion, fira broke ou In the , main, tunnel. i-Iti- waa quenched;, it la b. lleved.1 before ft, penetrat the three other. t.unpelsw.herie the, pen are Imk y-. v-:') TRIAL OF TWO BOTS MUST BB ' FROM INDICTMENT . Information filed with Justice of the Peace late this afternoon 1 ' That ,the.- grand Jury; may soon be called together to. consider the case of Lester West . and Harrr Holmea,. the . two local boys , arrested on the IIS ;;.'.. t, Tor the 0. l, & N.,'. District Attorney .Ivnnhoe late, this afternoon filed in formation with, the JuBtlce of thej Peace,. A. 'C. WMMams, and the i will cither be bonded out until fur ther action : in the matter, or, held la the - county Jail until the grand Jury .meets.';; The hoys, were arrested for T ulleped theft; from, a box car, t - ' - -: :. :,-l ... ' . , ... s r, i