T"7' li .. y V. mmm V w 7 y--f N ' a i VOLUUEIZ la grands, union county. onuaoiT. FRIDAY, FEB UAItY 25 WO NULXBEH 3 f f 1 ASQUIItil LONGER OUT CQ"EST0 HIS OWN BY FORMING A COALITION WITH HO OMR STRONG POLITICAL ELEF.ILNTS WHEN FIRST TEST COMES . LIBERALS ARE STEOSG CoallUcn formed oat of wrangling masses In London Parliament and it Is now believed that Liberal min Istrj can weather session Danger of ministry resigning is still great however. .,"'' London, Feb. 23. Members of Par liament have today learned that the Liberals can muster enough votes on minor measures to secure control In tie Commons, but the' slender major ity ' has aroused speculation as . to . whether they can carry out the po licle sof the gvernment. The first test came yesterday when Austin Chamberlain's fiscal ; amend ment was rejected by a margin of 11 voteB. . .The result has proved - en couraging to Asqult's supporters. In cidentally he Laborlte members , vot ed with the government ' The Liberals now believe the min istry will weather the storm of com ing legislation. ", '.; ' : ; , Premier .Asquith today surrender td to the. new alliance of radicals of his own party and the Nationalists Jtrre adies see our tfou mil find here the latest ane styles Serges I pie have these popular svits in all ,shrdes. Prices $15. QQ to $39.00 1 A fine assortment c t suits in the very latest, prices $12. to $29, J : , Ifou mil find here some hi ig differ- enV Prices $18, to $30. and' LaborlteB and has agreed to In troduce a reto bill and budget meas ur eslmultaneously. The : premier had originally planned a forced vote on the veto bill before the budgj : was taken up. ; , ' The action of Asquith Is takea t Indicate that he already has the a surance of King Edward to appoint enough Liberal Peers to pasB the ve to measure If the Lords reject tht bill. If the King fails to do this, tin cabinet will resign without passing either budget or' salary list, . Thl" would paralyze business. : .. London Sews and Views London, Feb 25. The most talk td about young man In England to day is Austin Chamberlain, son o Joseph Chamberlain, whose patheti appearance at the opening of Pralia ment last week Is still remembered with the keenest regr et- Although he " has been In the publkr eye fo some time now, new Interest is be ing I manifested in young Chamber lain because It is realized that hit father who played such an import ant part In making the,, history o' Great ' Britain is a wreck, mentall: and physically. The Right Hon. Jos eph Chamberlain, ez-Collonlal Sec retary" and origlnater of the tariff reform campaign, has represented th' West Division of Birmingham for al most 34 years and his recent ro-elec tion was Intended as much as ar honor for his services as an appre elation of his worth. ; When Mr Chamberlain appeared In the nous he was unabl -eeven to sign his owr name and many prophesied with re gret that It would probably be-hi' last appearance. 'Austin, who Is him self a prominent, signed for his' fa ther, then led him away. The seen' was pathetic, but it served its pur pose -of inspiring the prediction tha young Camberlain would continue it the work where his father left off. Jiwited you are invired to advance showing of early Spring suits, It) ehave 1 f . spared neither time nor money 'to place before the ladies of a Grande the best line dj ' ladies suits : W have ever ! Ue urge you to make tour select ions early as iht best stylos will be on display early "i ALTERATIONS FREE J hem weans 7 A jifi li PLEADS F vote ran Polls Open From Qno To Four Tomorrow .'wWhenliotcd'Qcesti6a Comes Up URGENT NEED OF NEW HIGH SCHOOL ADMITTED BY ONE WHO HAi ADVOCATED OTHER f LANS RECENTLY Tn the Editor I have been reaues-1 ied by a number of taxpayers of La Grande to express through yourpa 1 permy views' of the question . of 1s ouelng bonds tor Improving our pub Jic school facilltlss , on which the eople" will be called to vote on Sat urday. ' '.' "' r" " -' ": 'y As everyone who is' acquainted -vith me knows, I have always been t friend of the public school. It is th( -ulwark of liberty, and the commu nity at large Owes a duty to the Ris ing generation, and toA itself, to givt, 'ae very best possible school faclll ea to our girls and boys. . This tUould- be done without any uselesp 'rills or, unnecessary expense, but he best interests of the community' demands that it be done. Prior tc uy appointment on a committee re cently by the president of the Com mercial Club to investigate condi tions in La Grande, J. was of the opln on that our present needs would br met with building a wing on the west if the central school building, but t, careful investigation convinced me hat this would not be adequate and '.hat we needed a new high school building -and need It bad. Wtlh separate building for the high school ho" grades can be better taught and -overned .han under the present ar nngement Every department of he school is now overcrowded and 'he school board is compelled to use fhe old White Building and the Ut ile Brick, both of which are unfit for school purposes. The Little Brick ought to be sold and the White l)u tiding kept only for emergencies. With a separate building for the high school there would be sufficient room In the' other two brick build ings for the grades. For the health and comfort of the . grades and to reduce to a minimum - the danger from fire, $10,000 or $12,000 ought to be expended in improving the cen tral building and the north side building and in installing a heating plant on the north side. From care ful estimates made, it will cost somewhere from $60,000 to $75,000 to make these Improvement and build a new high school building and to equip this building with the apparatus and laboratories necessary for teach ing students in the high school and giving them the equipment for lift which will not plfce them at a dis advantage In life's hard struggle. : am assured also that the board of directors will not Issue any bonds not absolutely necessary to meet the requirements and if we authorize the board to issue $75,000 of bonds, and on cempetltlve bidding they find they they can accomplish the necessary purpose by Issuing only $00,000 that no more will be issued I have the utmost confHenui J:i V - and judgment of our present school board and believe that no unneces sary; expenditures will be made by them, but I believe, also, that what ever expenditures are necessary should be made even If it takes the .whole of the $7!i,000l. . We ought to have such high school facilities in La Grande that our own students may be kept at home and other high school students from the county may be kept within tho . county. This would not. only be a matter of eco nomy to our own people but sound j ethics requires that boys and girls OS in school of the high school ake oueht to' be kpiB; mb asXossible at bonn unaer tne watenrui care of their par ents.' : It is also good business polic. for the district as a whole, becaus. the high school plan adopted by tb last"' session of the , leglslatur which will surely be utilised b this county, will bring into the dis trict i treasury about . $1000 .a yea' which will very materially lessen th expense of the high school to the dis' trict, and give every high school stu dent of the county who wishes to at tend; here, the advantage of free tul tlea,- '..".. : - ;. v. . Our public schools should be the pride of our town, and the better w can make It the better it will be fo our , community' and our 'state. W cannot afford not to keep our publl school in the van of progress and w ought to have the hest high school ir Eastern Oregon. This will tend mon than anything to make La Grande f city of homes and. cause well-to-d people to locate- In our midst and be come citizens among us, thus sharlnr the advantages and burdens inclden' to the highest grade of community life. Every citizen of the school dis tritt vrho pays a tax in the .school district whether male or female, ov er 21 years of age, can vote on thte question. No others can, and it I my Judgment that these taxpayers ought to voe "YES". The law pro ldesthat the polls shall be open at one o'clock and. remain open until four p. m., and while It may be In t envenient for some voters to get there within these hours,, the law of the state and hot the school board is to be blamed.. The only nolline place will be at the high school building. Respectfully yours, TURNER OLIVER. , Three-cornered Debate Philadelphia, Feb. 25. "Resolved That the commission form of gov ernment should be adopted by the American municipalities." . This question will be settled for all' time by tonight's debate in -which eight man teams representing the Uni versity of Pennslyvanla, Columbia, and Cornell will take part. Trials have been held at all three Univer sities to select the best oratorical talent, and a spirited verbal war fare is likely to result. v Twenty Mile Ruce Chicago, Feb. 25. William Hilton the New York distance runner, and several other famous men will com pete in the twenty-mile race and other events of the Rivervlew Speed way games tonight. Utah Wool Outlook Good. Salt Lake City, Feb 25. Utah wool growers anticipate a highly prosper oue season. Losses .among Utah Bock have been light this winter, hut in Nevada and Wyoming the sheep men have suffered heavily. Thumb Amputated j J. H. Evanson an employee at the ralmer planing mill, injured his hand in saw yesterday, which result ed the amputation of the end of one thumb. Dr. Molitor dressed the In Jury; ", . . Bank Looter Arrested Boston, Feb 25. George Coleman &ccaed of looting the Bank of Cam bridge of nearly $250,000. was ar rested today, upon return to surren der, himself. The affairs of the ban' are being Investigated by the Ban: Examiner. Many . Harvard student ;iud tholr money tied up In the bant To Count Life Stock, Washington, Feb, 25. Farmers an' i'nehmen all over the country ar appealed to by the census bureau t -Id in the gigAntic task of countinf U the live stock on April 15th next The bureau hopes to obtain the mos omplete and accurate figures eve' gathered on the subject embraclnr tfcL only tha number but the appro htate value of all animals. , and 1 iHks owners to prepare such statis Me In advance, as far as possible.' The bureau will try to assure the ranchmen ana farmers especially of the Western range states, that thel interest will not be affected by frank ana tun disclosure of their live stock possessions, v The Information that it athered by the census bureau will be held Btrlctly confidential. It wll! not be imparted even to other de partments of the government . PRACTICING DIPLOMACY King Edward gives a series of so. cial functions . lionaon, Feb. 25. The KIna and Queen are holding a Diplomatic and 1Ticial court at Buckingham this ev iing and it will . be an unusually Hliiant affair. It would eem that verything possible is being done to i fuse hospitality and good feeling 'hto all public functions in the hope, perhaps, that some of the amiability generated will find its way into the Parliament, Their Majesties have also announced a court at Bucking ham Palace for next Friday evening which will be more generally social in its characer than this evening's function, i ' Tajette Beat Baker Clty,, Baker. City High lost to the team from Payette in the basketball game last - evening in the last half of a most exciting game. Although in the ;r8t half Baker clearly outplayed the visitors and finished at 'the call of time with a score of 17 to 13, Payette came back strong In the opening of the second half and after a few for tunate plays coupled with some bril liant work secured the lead over the locals. Then did the five from Baker High lose their poise and foul after foul by the locals counted for the visiting team. Baker Herald. " a ' -'.'-,. ft You like to trade at a store where yu are so treated that you have a de Blre to come again. We try always to provide that Bort of treatment for our customers. We appreciate the trade of the pub lic and this appreciation finds ex pressin in a const aut endeavor to make our customers feel at home and to make them feel that we are endeav oring at all times to furnish the best possible goods at the most reason able, prices. Newlin uium TENTATIVE DEAL CLOSED BY TEE CITY FOR A LARGE ASIOUNT CF BEAVER CREEK WATER THREE aOXTHS TRIAL TO BE GITEJT rROPOSITIOS. About three thousand dollars reve nne In sight for the city if water can be nsed la boilers of engines . Reduced water rates make it feas r. fble that contract can be success fully filled. An experimental contract was en tered Uito today betwee the city and the O, U. & N. whereby the city is to furnish thecompany water on a basis of 250,000 a day for $259 per month. Tho city will Bend for a meter and in due time will know ex dy what the company requires. The company for some time has been hav ing trouble with water In their en gines and until they try the Beaver creek brand does not know exactly whether they can use It or not. Un der pment circumstances this looks like an equitable contract for the city has an abundance of water, which is now running to waste and will have ' for many, years to come, consequent ly if the city can realize' an adltlonal reveune of practically $3000 annually with practically no expense, this will be no small item. Last year the reveunes from the" water plant averaged about $1000 a month. , Since the rates have been ad Justed it ,1s natural to expect that the" revenues -will be "somewhat re ' dnced, unless the reduced rate will Increase the number of patrons which"4 will be the natural result In time.' However this contract if continued, after the three months experiment, will more than make up for the loss; caused by the reduction in rates the' first year. .Roy Standiey of the contracting firm of King ft Standiey, employed by the Palmer Lumber company and lo cated at Rondowa, wetn to Portland this morning. Dmg Co. -I. i'-- i ft 1 1 ' v ' i