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The .Walla .Walla Statesman says:
"There has been' no sale of the
Nerthwest Corporation to H. M. Byl
'lesby & Company or to anyaotber
company," emphatically declares B.
W. Hardy, head counsel for the North
west Corporation, who arrived in
Walla Walla this morning direct from
-- rviunuu) wur tun unutuwt(ii ui
the operating department are located.
'There Is not one word of truth
ia the article in the Oregonian er
rumors which have been glvon wide
v publicity to the effect that a sale of
the tentlre Northwestern Corpora
tion Ok any of its holdings has been
eoaiumroated. That Bylleuby & Com
panythe Electric Bond k Share Co,
cf New York and the Stone & Web
iter Company of Boston, are looking
over not only, 'all the property
of the 'Norwestern 'Corporation, but!
every gas, water and electric plant
, and electric railway line of any con-
sequence in these States for the pur
pose of Investment, If a suitable price
can be agreed I, upon.,, is generally
known by gas and electric wen. Atl
three of these ' companies have un
limited backing, I understand, ; and
IJfflll undoubtedly enlarge their hold
ings whenever a suitable business
proposition presents Itself.
When any of the numerous nego
tlons now on will materialize I do
not know. Personally, I do not be
lieve that any one of the deals affect
ing the Northwest Corporation will
go through though the corporation Is
human and. will Bell if it gets its
.. price. V,;V.;.;' ' ,'.I!; ;'' -'
"lorfeover, when any deal for the
sale of the Northwestern Corpora
lion or any of Us piant9 is consum
mated, It will be at a meeting of the
Stockholders in Walla Wattft, (is re
Quired by the by-laws of the corpo
ration. The next, annual meeting of
the stockholders will .be held here
" In April," - m,--:'-:):r',
j ytt. Hardy attaches no significance
to the rumor that H. M. Byllesby &
Company has secured a 60-days op
tion on the properties of the North
Caost railroad tor $100,000, and says
' that he believes It Is a rumor pure
. and simple.
Blgr Live Stock Show
Fort Worth. TexaB, Mar 14. With
piospects of a big attendance of the
stockmen from all over, the country,
the National Feeders and Breeders
Show was opened In Fort Worth to
day and will continue throughout the
. week. The exhibition of pure-bred
Animals Is undoubtedly fine and the
prim are large. ''' .;' :;
' ; " Trust Company rays
New York, March 14. An addition
al payment of 15 per cent was made
today by the Knickerbocker Trust
Company on 1U "surplus A" certifi
cates, This brings the total up to
15 per cent, leaving $3,600,000 out
atandlng. ' Two million dollars In new
stock was also issued today, making
the total authorlied capital $3,200,
COO. Of the new capital $1,200,000 Is
ts offered to the holders of the out
standing A certificates. Holders of
these certificates who do not desire
to convert them Into capital stocn
czty dispose of them at full face ta
ce with Interest to a syndicate form
ed for that purpose. The Knlcke-t;-iar
Trort Company failed durlufc
the 1S07 panic, and for a time wu
thought to be a hopeless wreck.
Dcntocritlc Banquet
Detroit, Mich.. March 11. Governor
Harmon of Ohio, ex-Gov. Folk of Mis
souri and Gov. Marshal lot Indiana,
are among the speakers on the pro
gram of tonight's big rally and ban
quet in Detrlot Local politicians as
sort that the Democracy Is ESln'n?
t round in this state and predict uuu
Virhigan will be found lined up In
the Democratic column at ten next
election. . . '
Real Wolves to Howl
Waaiiiugton, March 14. Washing
ton is to have something new. Real
wolves will howl in the production
of Preston Gibson's latest play "Th
Turning Point," at the Belasco Thea
tre tonight. .Two' Of the ferocious
alnmals from the National Zoological
Gardens have been engaged and will
appear each night during the run of
Mr. Gibson's play in the national cap
itoL '':."' ;'. V: v '
In the production, which deals with
Wall Street and Us allied Interests
there Is a scene which depicts a lone
some Virginia hillside, and, with dim
med lights and other pharaphernalia
necessary for damatlc atmospheres,
the wolves will be prodded until their
howls shall reverberate through,the
house.
. A. (Yfttadests "Cassed"
;' Oregoa Agricultural College, Co"-.
rails, March '14 (Special) Because
they were found guilty of violating
"thf College jregulfJUon Jjroltf biting
the -w ot intoxicating liquors, tour
students save been suspended from
tbe Oregon 'Agricultural College for
one year, four others have confessed
and, apologised' before tbe faculty and
student body .andJour '.more are still
under 'investigation. .-.',? -;
President: Kerr ' arid the faculty
have expressed themselves as being
determined to protect both the stu
dents and the Institution.,
There are no saloons in the city
and the Investigation that has been
carried on .germed, to iurjIcMe t.h,at
there hare been very few Instances
In which students have been guilty
of using Intoxicating liquors : in the
past. The faculty will attempt . to
put an end to all such, practices In
the future.;' -t)-'1 ::"':
: Moves llefor mof LonK '
Lohdon, March 14. -Lord Roseber
ry, who occupies an "on the fence"
position in the present political war
fare, today moved in the House of
Lords that "this House resolve1 Itself
into a committee to consider the best
means for forming its organization
so as to constitute a strong and effi
cient chamber." The resolution was
received by the lords with a mixture
b! applaiiBe and derision. Some of
the lorda prOfeBS their willingness to
be "reformed" so long ' as they are
nfct reformed out of xtetence while
bthersConslltutlng a majority
stand pat on ancient privilege of the
Upper IIluBe to do fte they please.
In the House of Commons, consider
htlon of financial exigencies was re
sumed. For the next ten days the
Commons will devote Its time to pas
sing bills for temporary borrowing
war loans, and other routine mat
ters. On March the House will take
a brief holiday, to resume on March
29. The government is safe until the
latter date when the truce agreed
upon expires. After that Premier As-
qulth will have to look out for him
self. The budget it Is generally
agreed, Is dead, and the cabinet may
soon be dragged down with it.
Strike Crowd Grows
A Chicago news Item of Saturday
night says: '
Admissions have been made on
both ' sides that the controversy be
tween 30.000 firemen operating on
100,000 mile of railroads, west, south'
west and northwest of Chicago and
the railroad managers had become
critical and that the . queatlon of
strike tying up practically all the
systems between here and the Pad
fic Coast would be settled within 48
hoars, ."
President S. W. Corter, of the Bro
therhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Engineers on behalf of the firemen,
today sent In to the general mana
ger's committee of the railroads i
request for a clear statement of the
employer's posllton. , , The Brother
hood asks for Information on three
points raised, as follows: ,
Three Points Raised. ,! .
Increased wage Scale which the
railroads say would amount to an in
crease of 22 1-2 per cent, but which
the. firemen say would equal only
11 1-S per cent
The tight of the Union to repre-
J sent the fireman aftor be has been I
nromoted either la the no&t of u-1
gineer or to any other capacity.
The right of the union to base au
thority on the question of sonoriority
or the promotion of old-time em
ployees. '.'-' ' '
In pr?,riO'J3 ifsotiatlons the bro
therhood said it was willing to sub
mit the wage question to arbitration
under the Erdman Act; provided the
other two points were settled with
out jttae aid of t third party.
., , j Ferty-scven Roads Involved
, It Is said that the recent vote show
ing more than 80 per cent of the men
to be aealnst acctDtlnc: the Offer cf
the I railroads w-ould enable the Na
tional officers to call a strike at an;1
time. Negotiations hrve ' c en on for
six weeks.
About' 47 westerao rr. Ito1 :h are In
volved, i 1( a strike wera called. It 1b
said 23,000 other empleyees would be
forced to quit. ,
At the close of the session a mem
ber of the committee said: , '
"Although we confidently hope to
reach' an agreement on arbitration
the situation la mose critical,". , ,
"A .strike at this time certainly
would not bo wise. We do not wish
to alarm the business interesets of the
country and we shall exert every
effort to Induce the Brotherhood to
continue to act is a friendly spirit
We trust the whole case will be set
tled by Monday." ;',, ,,',',
X. L. Dickinson, secretary to the
nrMnt of th Prim W,uriitrtnn
& Qulncy Railayw, gives out a for
mal statement as follows:
"We believe the public seed have
no fear of suspension of business on
account of a great railroad strike."
. Art Exhibit la Berlin
Berlin, March 14. Final prepara
tions were completed today for the
opening this week of the American
Art Exhibition of the Royal Academy
Only pictures of American artists will
be shown, among them a remarkable
collection of Whistlers, and portraits
of Taft and Koosevelt The exhibit
is awaited with the llvllest Interest
by German art lovers.
Kurne BeverldgeV ' sculpture will
also be exhibited at the Berlin show.
Several of her works, which have
already heen shown at LepBlc and
Munich, have beep sold to German ad
mirers at high prices and who have
loaned them for the show.
Her startling ; nude group, "The
Vampire," has evoked a cyclone of
criticism, pro and con. All observ
ers are in agreement on one point,
however, namely, and that It the ab
lute limit in artiBtlc boldness. .'
1 Strike Orders Disobeyed -Philadelphia,
March 14. A general
order iBBued by the" Central Labor
Union to milkmen, bakery wagon drtv
ers, and others who deliver necessa
ries to quit wa snot generally obeyed
today, a majority remaining at work.
It seems possible that a conflict of
authority between local and national
labor leaders may result from the or
der. In moBt trades the interantlonal
organizers have ordered' the men to
remain at work. ,'.; . V
STOUT IS 1NTEBJESTISG
At the Steward on WedensdaV the
ICth of March F. Lawrence Walker Is
preaent Charles B, Hanford in
th4
The American", Lord
lift V, IU,
' The Princapal personage is John
Breuater, a hotel man and goodfellow,
BreuBter In cn out-and-out American
So well is he liked by his fellow men
that he is about to be sent eo congres
but while his friends are yelling at
the mention of his name she is in
formed of that he is a decendant of
Lord Breuster and heir to the title
and estates of that porsonage. The
entire thing is considered as a Joke, j
"What! Qlve up Congress for a Job
like that!" Not much of It Is his op
ion of the matter.But he takes the
offered wealth and he goes to Kng
and the fun he has is best told by a
a visitation of the performance when
A Land Snap
A 164 acre farm, 1 1-4 miles from
town and 1 1-3 miles from rallraod.
Running stream of wated through
p:ace, 65 acrea under ditch and that
Is tollable. The rest can be farmed
as soon as the timber Is taken off.
Best situation in the county for trait
60 trees on the place. House of S
rooms, two story; ham 8tx48. Price
IRIKft tnnnln
K. M. DITTKBRANDT '.
Ind Phone 37A. SummervQle Ore.
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& fEOFESSXOSAL BIECT02I. Q
BACO ft HALL .
Physicians aB Sargeoua,
Oluce L Orcao ' .National Sank
. , Suadang. Thon Main 19.
T, Bacon, Retidmoe, Main 18. .
M.K. Hall, Residence. Main 5;-
j J. H. HUBBARD. M.D.
; .Physician and burgeon
Offlc in New Bank JDuilding Kouu.
llhtU 'Phones: Reldu:it. M
.... '. b; urftce 7
N. MOLITOR, M. D.
. Physician and Surgeon. 1
Corner Adams ae. and Depot kt.
Office Main 68. Residence Main
; DR. L. H. UNDERWOOD
. ; Fhyaiciaa ai.d Surseon , v ;
la Dr. RlcbArdson'a offlca ove
Hill's Drug Store. Special attenttoi
to diseases and surgery of the ey
Phone Black 1362, and Ind. J53.
: j a H. UPTON, PH. Q. M. D, f
Physician and Surge n. '
Special , attention given to Eye. ' E
I , Nose and Throat
Office In La Grande National.' B.
' Bulldlns. , u '.
"hones: Office, Main I,' ; Residue
. '. . Main a. .'.'-.;--
) GEO. W.
j OSTEOPATH rillSin AN,
Phonea. Home W2, Pacific Main l
Residence Phone, lack 651, bccesso
to Dr. W. B. Htnn
DE5TIST3.
, J. C. PRICE, D. M. D.
Dentist
Hoom 23, La Grande National Bank
Building; Phone Black 89M
1TT0OEI8.
' C. IL CRAWFORD.
Attorney at Law.
Practices in all the courts oi ute
ana United SUtes.
Office in La Grande National Bui
Building, La Grande. Oregoa.
Chas. B. Cochran Geo T. Cochrai
COCHRAN ft COCHRAN.
;.' ';. Attorneys.
La Grande National Bank Building
La 'Grande ' OregM
IflLUAM M. JUMSJKTT.
Attoraey and Counsellor at Law.
i.iw. ig and 16 Sommer Block.
. w ., ' .: . : Oregoa
VETERINARY 8URGEONS.
DR. P. A. CHARLTON.
Veterinary Surgeon.
Office at Hill's Drug Store, La Grae k.
Residence Phone Red 701.
Office Phona Black 13 1.
taiaysmdent Phono u
A Both p :',j.v ,v ' "Mtldence.
, DR. W. H. RILEY
Graduate from the- Ohio Stat DBS
verslty. Vaccination, Dentistry aa
Surgery of all kinds. Country CaUi
Promptly answered. Agent tar Ma
ional live Stock Insurance Assoe
tlon, Portland, Oregon.
Office) 14 Adams Ave.
V I Phones. Pacific; Black MM
v". Independent 173
' ESLAOABLOCX -Teacher
at Piano
PopU of Pierre Donllet of the te
Jos Conserraiary.
For chU4ri the Burrows
of music sxacy and musical
larten. Btadtv in the Mahatfcy btssi
; Bargains la Real Estate.
NO. 1. 157 acres 8andrldge land,
near Imhler; a' good five room
: house, harna and other out build
fnes. . 10 acres food orchard of
which Stem good hearing; 30
acres In fall wheat. 10 acres in hay,
' balance all good grain or potato
land, all under good fence, one mile
from the town of Imhler, 1-3 mile
from school. About 11000.00 worth
"'jot nearly ne household goods and
I
farm lmi
placa ru. "
tatsfti,
No i
goes with the
fllJSI. Easy
v,' '.;' ;,.'..' cnRtvat
'.(" Af '.; . 'gsjoi tarn . -.V;
, f landings. A ', ';',
u.'iy orchard, CO 4cm
tad timothy hay, good wa
ight R. F. D. by the door,
. of a mile from school. About
' 4 400 worth of personal property
r goes with the place at the price of
iMOot, v:;...'--;,-.v
No. 3. 30 acrea adjoining the above
tract; splendid land , vaS adapted
t frft growtng or uyf&ng else.
Complete equipment for resetting and repairing ,
rubber buggy tires.
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
,"":'; D. F K GERALD, Proprstoi. -
Omolcte Macbfn? Shops and Foundry
P. LHVERLNCE WALKIU AXXOOCES
.': ' WAV T OF .
OmRLES B.
Accompanied
I y .
MiSS MARIE DROFNAH
TS A MODERN
THE AMERICAN ICRD
i I
BT GEORGE II BROADHl'RSf AND CHARLES T. DAZEY
.'::''.'.'.' '. , ' ' AT THE' ' :-';', . ' . '''
STEWARD OPERA HOUSE
Wednesday, March 16
rSICESOrehestra Seats $U0
cle 76 eta,; CaUery 25e and e.
OEOROE PALMER, Pres. W. L. BRENHOLTS, Asst. Cash.
F. J.'HOLMES. Vke-Pres. SULRW CCD VMLLIMS, ?Bdcst: Cash
; ' ; F, L. MEYERS, Cashier. -
LA GRANDE
OF LA GRANDE, OREGON
United States Depository .
Capital and Surplus $180,600.00
' " i DIRECTORS '
George Palmer - C...C; Penington
k'. j. Maimer. G. L. Cleaver
7. Chm F. M. Byrhit
ti j. Meyers W. L. Brenholts
W. M Pierce
With our ample resources and facilities we can ren
der you effickat service and handle your business
to your entire satisfaction
lisstitBSBfS)
A small honse and under fence.
Price $1300.00. . "'
Hi. 4. 0 acres, 7 miles from i
Grande. Good new 6-room house,
good barn ant other outbuilding.
Two good living springs, and a
stream of water for Irrigation; all'
under good cultivation. R. F. D.
by the door. Telephone line. Prico
No. B. 163 t-3 acres near the Con
r.ely ware houses, all In fall wheat
and aUalfa hay; good Improve
ments. If sold at once can be pur
chased tor 1A4M.
No. tV A modern 6-room house and
lot 00x120, In a good location aad
on eash terms for $2300.00. "
Na 7. Two lots on Fourth street, 4-
room house, small barn, city water
, and good welL Can be sold en the
Installement plan for $700 00. .
No. For 1775.00. one of Ue best
houses in Old Town; 7 -room bouse,
stone foundation. Two lota, a snap
tf taken at owe,
No. tv Three roosa bouse and one lot
oa Jefferson at Bouao farnished,
: sjsjoi van; wood shed on the alley,
all tor the very low price of $313
No. 10 A five room brick modem
bouse, bam, wood shed, two lots,
134x134; small ercbard, shade trees.
in fenced far tU,
Ho. 11-A tow room cottage on "O"
at, eloss) In, two hsta, city wutar,
aad wool shed. On sjany tanas at
tho fumarkabb low price s 11400.
I wfQ be pleased to show yen any
el the above Vargntu at any tfana,
whether you buy or nt
, Tours resrsctfaSy.
C I. SLACK, tho Real Kstato tfan
5etlca ef Street Improvement
TO WHOM IT MAT CONCERN: No
tice Is hereby given that In pursuance
of n resolution adopted by the Com
mon Council of the city of La Grande,
V
THE EEJfGAfiE-
MNFORD
COJffEDI DRAW A
Orchestra Circle I.lt; Bress Cir.
Seats ea Sale Kendeay. Mar. 13
Oregon, on the 15th day of December,"
1909, creating improvement district
No. 2, and designating Pennsylvania
avenue, as such district and in pur
suance of a resolution adopted by
said Common Council determined and
declared its intentions to improve all
of that portion of Pennsylvania ave
nue,' is said Improvement district as
hereinafter described, by laying there
on macadam pavement and construct
ing curbs, the council will, ten days
after the service of this notice upon;
mo uwuer oi me property aueciea
and benefitted by such improvement,
order that said above described im
provement be made, that the bound
aries of said district to be so im
proved are ea foliwwc: All that por
tion of Pennsylvania avenue from the
west side of Washington avenue, to
the east side of Fourth street Notice
is hereby given that the council will
levy a special assessment on all the
property affected and benefitted by
such improvement That the estimated
cost of said improvement is the sum
of $2264.80. That the council will on
the 16th day of March. 1910. meet at
the Council chambers at the hour of
8 o'clock P. M., to consider said esti
mated cost and the levy of sair ass
essments, when a hearing . will be
granted to any person feeling ag
grieved by such assessment
Grande, Oregon, March 3rd. 1910
City Council ef La Grande, Oregon,
. By D'-EL Cox. ;. ..'.'- .
Recorder of the City of La Graade
Oregon. ."',:.'' '. ' V:' -'.;'
4-5-16 ' ;: 'v. "
FOUND Ladles gray leather purse.
Owner can haro same by calling -at
this OfflCO.',. '.v.-'"' ":;v 8-14-tO
Te sewarge beads mast be golig la
without eppesltlea, Just for fun ask
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