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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1910)
4. -STv r, a f r r Wl Mi1 K ", v yv -Av V0LU1IEI2 uA GRA1IDH. U1T102T C0U1TTY. OUTGO IT. SATURDAY, FEEHUAU Y 23. 1910 H a i I PIIIIOT ON THE WITNESS STANDTDDAY TELLS Of HIS EFFORTS WITH THE - PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY TO GET SOME ACTION BALLLGER ACCUSED OF DU ELICIT! AM) DISHONESTY Sensational point in Ballinger Inves tigation Is reached today when Tin chot takes the stand In his own behalf Sajs storjr will come out from ultnessej to be called at his . own- suggestion Accusations . are jharj. Walla Walla, Feb. 26 The.depar. tore pf F. V. Goodrich, a gOTern- mint official, this morning with Chief Forest Banger Guide for the moan , tains Is believed to be a forerunner , of tbe withdrawal of many more wa ter power sites on the' Walla Walla, Salmon and other streams. .Good rich refused to talk of his mission, bnt it Is known to be connected with the Forestry Department. ' . t-:- -::Z)ZZ Washington, Feb. 26. Gilford Pln choton the witnesg Stan today ac cuse Ballinger of overturning the consgrvatlotf policies of Roosevelt, Jox will find here the latest ane styles ' r Are Mi m s . ..) Serges ls)a have these popular svits in all shrdes. Prices $15.00 to $39.00 i fancy Weaves A fine assortment ct suits in the very latest. Prices $IZ. $o $Z5, JVoveJties you will find here something . differ ent. Prices $13. to $30. and making false statements to Pre: Taft. ' ' He charged that Ballinger entert the office with the Intention of nn! ing short work of the policy of pi tectlng water Bites against monop J listlc control. , . . , . He said he was convinced Glavls was a faithful public servant and Ballinger a dangerous enemy to con nervation, ... r "When the story has been' told" Plnchot said,' "and the witnesses I shall ask you to call have been heai I you will realize that the Interests the people are not safe In .Ball in ger's hands." Plnchot referred to the letter ' sent to President Taft on Nov. Plnchot said he advised Glavls to I the Alaskan matter before the pit dent , .' . . -, ' ,"i He said that Ballinger did not in. " lfy the forestry service of the appli cation had been made to patent the Cunningham claims, though part of them lay within the forest reserves, and later denied access to the records In the case to men representing the forestry department ' , The letter state's that on March 20. 1909. Secretary Ballinger began to re store" to entry without advertisement lands that had been withdrawn b Garfield. "You (Taft)" continues th letter, "said that the reopening o' the lands had been mentioned to yo by Ballinger.but that he had not toP you what it meant and you ; won 1 . see him about it.:'Thereupon'tne pel Icy of restoration was reversed ai " what has been declared to" be ill gal was soon to be within lay withdrawals begun." Plnchot also charged that Ballh ger's unfriendly attitude toward re lainatlon service threatened to ' dls Integrate that service. V I , " County Clf rk and Mrs. Ed Wriglr arrived home last evening from Un Ion where they were called to at lend 'the funeral of Mr. Vfrlg'1 " aunt, the late Mrs. Joseph Wright i Aadies you are invired to see our advance showing of early Spring suits, li&ehave spared, neither time nor money to place before the ladies of 4a Cjranda the best line of ladies suits m. it)e urge uou to make uour select ions earlu as the best styles will be en display earlu t, ALTERATIONS FREE &hem i mans fair 12 INCHES OF ; FALLS TODAV J v " A SUDDEN CHANGE OF RAIN ANE THAW TO SN0VST0E3 FUTS A NEW ASPECT ON AFFAIaS : Z SAST TRAISS 8TALLED 15 CASCADE MOUSTAi: .- Situation In Washington Is growing worse every. ; hour Many pns -gers marooned In mountains ru : can't be rescued Something a! to sllverthaw occurs here wlr trees began to droop nnder load. blockade on the Great. Northern growing worse each hour. A heav snow fell last, night n the mountain : completely wiping out the work" F1' vlously done In clearlnjg the , trail Six passenger trains are still stall'"5 Rains are nbw playing havoc w,itt the coast lines. - ' Two trains we're wrecked last night between Seat tl and Belltogham, Tunning. Into wash cuts. The fireman on one train wa.1 injured. ' ' ' ; Nine Inches of snow fell lri. 1 Orande between, morning and on o'clock and the fall from then unt ' oress time has been estimated three inches. . Of this remarkable, fal three inches fell between the noun of 12 and one o'clock. Weather Ob ervgr Worstell !, takes his, observa. .ions at these hours and "found th above figures. Following on the rupr d thaw of yesterday and the day t .'ore, It has thrown a new aspect oi he general storm conditions of bi section of the statea Silver Thnw Relative Here, :, Something akin to a silver thaw occured here this morning during the blinding' snowstorm that prevailed during the morning. Limbs of the trees are hanging low from their load of wet snow. The shubbery tree? are hanging low and there is dane to the larger trees unless the snow is removed soon. : Agent Jones Repudiated. " Seattle, . Fb, .26. Federal pudga Hanford and District Attorney, Todd today deny the testimony of Special Agent JoneB before the Ballinger in vestigating committee . In Washing ton yesterday. "The statements of Jone sare absolutely false" said Todd this morning. "I didn't say Judge Hanford was constitutionally. opposed to land fraud cases. The reason 1 did not want to prosecute was be cause he didn't want to be humili ated by having them turned down. Jones was a perfect stranger to me and a personal friend of Glavls and Istrylng to shield him." : ' "The statement that I am opposed to land fraud cases Is utterly false" said Hanford.' Murphy out of Jull Philadelphia, . Feb 26. President Murphy of the Central Labor Union, who was arrested yesterday for In citing a riot following publication or an Interview threatening trouble for theauthories , was released on bonds today. ; Murphy denied the statement Indications are that little trouble will occur during teh day. 'The com pany offers to take back the Btrikc should they return by Tuesday. Dual Wrestling Meet Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 26. A dual wrestling meet with the . grapplers from Conrell Is' the principal event ' on the athletic card of the Univer. sity or rcnnsyivaaia. - I1LUTIH OF FOUENSIfc 11 GRANDE AND BASER ERE:: j EVEN AND THE CHAINS!:; IS STILL UNKNOWN V SEGATIVE TEAM MAKES BE MAEKABLE SH0WISO Till ' Decision of two ta one for' Baker ( " ; c om; :'a . a snrprlse--FInc h g . most polished speech of any of tb . visitors herel-Wilt krw n B f '. ' days where thetlo is to be decl.! : : by dual debate. ' , fmamaln ohtmnlniiahln of this (V ' "t""r" ; : r-"!'... , ... - ' -trlct is no nearer solution today t . t was yesterday. &t .' this time. Grande wonrTtt Baker City yestert by a two to. one decision, and Ba". . . City.HWon , frpm ..La Grande : by t' same count, making an even brc; The conquerors, Joe'; Ingle. ' Meyers and Will Hamilton returi t noon today," with Prof. Stout, i s report . that no solutlonCof the dlcament has been reached. It ,, probable, however, that each tc will send only one team against other to decide the tie, . i ... Prof. Stout reports that, the i Grande team at Baker City behav . In an extraordinary clever man in the Baker rostrum, Joe Ing? rebuttal was one of tlie features the evening and Meyers aud Hai. , 'on ..each did their parts without: '3aw, The decision was a popr' one, even In Baker City. The affair will be straightened civ In a few days The Debate Here. Baker City pinned Its argumer almost entirely on the assertion tu ' public service corporation were t' basis of corruption In municipal pr! Itlce, advancing the argument thaJ there is no relief In the commissto; plan of government. "The root l all evil,", said leader Finch, "mus: be removed before the desired in crease In efficiency can be secured ' This basic argument was convinclns ly picked to pieces by Kerr, win, with chart aid demonstrated how Uk ward was used as the tool for car rylng- measures and seating offlcerr of questionable character, under th present ward system, but showed the relief in teh commission plan, which has no wards, and therefore makes it impossible for bosses to work any one series of wards. Because pub lic service corporations muBt hav some unit to work with they will bo foiled in the general election of the city as a whole on every candidate for office of any kind. The keynote of the, negative argument was in this phase of It, and was conclusively knocked to pieces by affirmative ar guments. Leader Finch followed Roy Currey with a brilliant oration. He placed the basis of the negative team's ar gument In a clear and concise manner and outlined that each of bis col leagues would do. He gave but lit tle attention to argument himself, spending most of his oration In an eloquent , portrayal of . what others would do. He did, however, adopt premises and conclusions not stipu laed In the puestlon, and these ma hnve had some effect on the Judges' As for example, he denied that tin affirmative show that the coinmiRH Ion plan would root out and abolish forever the existing 'graft. Tlv pttestlcn only stipulated that an li. creased efficiency be proven His iip ening address was superior to th-il of Leader. Currey on the afflrma(,vf bide and it was In this one addrcsx oniy that Baker City outclassed Us opponents on delivery and concise ness. Ueorge tu; rey .followed with t-. . emels oi the affirmative argument i rtis delivery, his line of argum::i ils-presentation and his originality -vas superior in every way to his sue r es3or, -Mlfes Cote who dwelt entirtl., -vith xlstliig" conditions In the lava ; Itlec attempting to prove that hi )ubllc service corporation is t;. ' Ind all tbe .graftl ; , The urgument of Mls Cole st re...- .hened to affirmative. If the corp.: atlons by the ward methods can tcxi rol municipal affairs, that evil wH 'a removed by eliminating the basU 'ool, -with which they 'can work hls was brought-,, out in rebuttal Jeorge Kerr drove ,home . the . ward lans of transportation, of .yoters an I ierrymapder In general. With.. thi dd. of a chart he showed how foi lgn elements were transported from ne section of a city to another, m 'ler cover of the municipal Improve jnent plan, taking voters from over whelming corrupt precincts to oth - s Jess, secure. The commission lan J removes the wards, hence the root" was pulled out by by the 'neg 've, had. been 'discovered and "le .,nvi Hl reiimnt. htw i hv :hose of his preducobsors, was suffi cient at that point to. carry the bat tle, according ; to general accepte I cp-nlon. '.' : ': . . :. '' Donaldsrecapitulated for Bake.' ' Ity. His UriiitTwo mjnjitesof ar- ,-ument were, excellent, producing H Mibbtltute for the present plan, sk rt$ the Wisconsin plan as a panicea. . p his , recapitulation progressed ht .. got his speech and finished I0i i poor lapse of. memory, that i.m Mely spoiled his effectlveneBj r.l he first He said, all he had to say i the first two minutes, If h had jitft then, he wouud have ; carrle-' oi r vlction. ; ' Finch's rebuttal was a flat failure. He said but little, and in these few vords affirmed . Boston ' had not ad opted the commission pjaa of gov srnment, while -In. reality it had.fHe pent considerable time showing now the bosses would manipulate the vote in wards under the commission plan the same as It is now done when as every one knows there are no wards In that Bystem and that the city as a whole votes on every commissioner Roy Currey closed for the affirm llve and produced as fine a rebuttal s has ever been heard here' It was iplendid, pronounced In clear, unmis takable terms. He picked up many -Jf the misstatements of his opponents and summed up in a general way His rebuttal made It evident to the audience which by the war ' was fairly large-that La Grande had tin debate at leaHt two to one. "Unanl- You like to trade at a store where yu are so treated that you have n de felre to come again. We try always to provide that sort of treatment for our customers. We appreciate the trade of the pub lic and this appreciation finds exw preBsin in a constaU endeavor - to make our customers feel at home and to n.ake them feel that we are endeav cring at r.ll times to furnish the best possible goods at the most reason able prices. ? fucifnif uiixv j)t a I il. :f tUNYWEN' BRAVE SNOT TO COT "' icholastic adyancemenl or stand-. Btlll was the allabsbrbing topic in La Grande today and not daunted by storms, women taxpayers of the city took no small part in the attendant activities, ; .. ,. Immedltely upon the hours for the polls to open for the special bond Is sue settlement, voters were onhap d to cjist their opinions. The vote pro gresed at steady Intervals durnlg the afternoon, showing thegrea t amount o flnterest which the ne"w high school building has Incited in the city. Both factions were hard at work, and while there was no violation of the Corrupt Practice Act as applied to general election, there was never theless strenuous effort to get a rep ranmuun' vuw ... ".".,.,. .. .,. , , , At a late hour In the day, friends, of the new building grew confident and feel sure of tht success of tW vote. ' ' ' - -1 r v Vote Unusually .iHrtvy At the end of the first hour, 164 votes hacf been c:.st, and 25 moT were in line waiting for an oppor tunity to , vote. At the Bame- time there were besides those , actually in line, scores headed for the scool house lnrlgs and on foot. . ' ; - 6how Company Here ' r The . "House of the Thousand Can flleB" company arrived on the delay i ed No. Seven from Baker City and H will appear at the Steward this ev ening. The curtain will rise at nine o'clock thus; giving' the clerks -nd - , " .'v Fencers In Contest V r..5, ti'.w..,tn)v.'.' Went Point, N Y.t Feb.26.The Columbia University fencing team Is here today for A contest with the swordsmen of the Military Academy mous for La Grande" . was the out spoken opinion as Currey sat down. Others gave Finch and Miss Colt credit for Bplendld oratory in the op ening and second speeches, and ad mitted a two to one victory. The hush of astonishment that fell over the audience when a two to one for the negative was read off can be well Imagined. . , L. , aOTl(Dj (S3DGD I :' . . ; .. t t ... V 9 h " -JT . . ' " - ...... . ... I,, ' ...