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:' . asphalt bids will net be more than
$1.80 The Warren people threat
,!lieD to enter a bid that will be con
' slderably less than the average"
JrTot paring. . ''.-,
' That the Barber people "will make
ift bid in th oonnMl V.'ciZCC
day night for paving Adams Avenue
vand Depot Street with asphalt at a
cost Dot to exceed $1.80 per yard and
i? that the Warren Construction com
pany of Portland ; will make a bid
ithat wilf make the prices paid by
"Baker City and Pendleton for bithu
7 letlc paring look sick, are some of
' the new phases In the paring situa
i tion in La Grande, following a visit
Uo La Grande yesterday of represen
tatives from both companies. ; The
"Warren people are almost exclusive
-constructors, for blthuletlc paving,
".and have filled the contract with Ba
xter City and Pendleton. However, It
? Is evident that by skilful ' manipula
tion the committee of the council
a having the matter in charge, have op-
v ened the way for. a paving war ,and
, .-. as a result La Grande stands an
excellent chance of figuring in some
thin? like Portland has. that of in
With new Shoes and i Oxfords just received, still warm,
right from the factory; with a style that won't grow old
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citing such a war from competitive
bidding-circles," that the price" ;whi
fin hdtow tTiat .-iiflua.llv nald "ami h&'
Quality of the- work "the very bes
KepreseniauveK m pom or inese com
panies 4 drifted lnio J La" G rande ' ye
rterday "and ' conferences wefefieid!
with the council committees: Whiie
the- Warren ' people" bavi no'i Intlmiifr
nat'ttel;bMyli;ttcleAA
from' statements ',madf by the repre
BentatiVethat prlceaare cto .be ''ci
Prope'r'br "owners "who are'to pay1 for
the Improvement, cannot fail tot be'
elated' over the Tprbspect ".'.,:.;!'
' Tjiat asphalt 'is -to be carefully con
sld'ered by1 the r connciLv 1 assured.'
Every city In the Northwest that
ni! 'aiswTj correspondence f roHlf
cal' 'couhcTlmen;4 wllHtell l? wba'tne
know of .the-Tarlona IndS"f Taking
and the council here' will1 be 'bene
fitted by the -; experience of other
towns when the different' kinds' of
paving are In vogue.
Excavators Wan! Increase
. New York, April 1 Ah increase of
15 per cent in wages is the demand
made today, by the Rockmen and Ex
cavator's Union with a strike which
may effect 25,000 men and tie np all
building operations in New York as
the alternative of the proposition Is
not accepted by the employers. : "
Slaiichnrlan Posts Tact
.. Toklo, April lwThe postal agree
ment between China and Japan, based
on Postal Union rules and chiefly af
fecting Manchuria, went Into effect
today. China, by Its terms, regains
its monopoly of ' mall carrying V on
Its own railway,-together with equal
rights.; over " the Japanese . railroad.
China recognizes all of the Japanese
treaty port postofflces and, also six
excanges offices in the treaty marts
of Manchuria. 'Provision is made for
relations with other Japanese post
offices In Manchuria in accordance
with local . conditions. , China con
siders the agreement advantageous.
STRIFE BE1
EflMMITfEl
JONES' TESTIMONY GIYEN SHARP
; . BEKIAL:
GLAYIS COUNSEL' FAILS TO
. EE3UDI TOE TKQEBLE8
Investlgatiea f the Ballfar affair
rends ttt ; cmialttee : bot Claris
' eanUngenl bested whea final rote
: eomes Atc8Uons against' Glailj
start strife - that creates a wild
seeae, ' : , . ,: "
Washington, April i.Chalrman Nel
son' of the congressional committee
today accused Attorney Brandels,
representing Glavls, with concealing
T . l ! TT
tee. Brandels indignantly denied the
-tween : members 1 of jthe committee.
The trouble jas precipita ed
the examination of United States
District Attorney of Washington, by
BrandeiB. -
Representative Graham moved that en,nS following k-what . city officials
Chairman Nelson's remark "be. with-j Ba haB Deen a disposition on their
dawn. , A hubbub followed Jill the , part to te latent with Farquharson,
committeemen talking at once. Fir he waB lven the ultimatum to either
nally order was,rektored and Sena-J P8 tne or be Jailed. He failed
tor Sutherland and the committee-1 t0 do the former and was therefore
men seemed evenly divided in ,the,vJaUe(1 and ls BtIU 1 nthe city Jail.. ".
matter. The committee, -however, f Ila attorney, Charles Hyde of Ba
practlcally sustained Nelson when it ker Clty was hastily summoned and
voted 6' to 3 in favor of Representa- j w,th ,ocal attorneys he ls working
tlve Olmstead's motion to lay the out some form of procedure at pres
Graham motion on the table. ' ent a mystery. v "
; " ' ' " ' ' ' r At tno tIme Benenc6 was read on
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IN cm JAIL
REFUSES TO PAY FINE AND IS
I JAILED
HIS ATTOBXEY IS MAPPIS6 .
, ' OCT SOKE COtSTElTlIOYE
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One hundred dollars north af liquor
destroyed and solf drink dealer ar
rested following; neglect 'to "perfect
:' peal from lower coart to circuit
( court The next more Is Farqn
; harson's.' O.; ""5 - 'v'
worth '6f "alleged wnlsky and other
liquors,' and the incareration of Jas.
Farquharson, a soft drink dealer oq
Flrl Street t0 contempt of court in
jUk to pay a $50 line pronounc
ed on , him by City Police Judge Cox
flva tha arteotfsn at Anfhnmna M
ln tne 0,lce c0urt
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son was charged and found guilty of
selling intoxicating lqiuor. ,; Last ev
X urquuarBon loiiowjng nis convic--tlon
of the notice was neglected. The
formal notice of appeal, but perfec
tion o fthe notice was neglected. The
outcome Is as noted ,and city police
and court drcleg ftro awaiting the
next move, which Is distinctly, up to
the Jailed man. - : V ,"
EYIDEJfCE SESSATI0XAL
Women and girls not allowed to hear
: the Sajlor Scandal
j ' ,vSatseka, III, April l.--Evidence
In the Saylor murder trial today was
'Such that before permitting witness
es to testify the bailiffs cleared the
the room of women and girls. Wil
liam Claussen testified that he had
seen Mrs. Saylor enter Dr. Miller's
office alone at all hours of the day
and night Claussen's story was in
troduced by the state in support of
the theory that Miller killed Saylor
in a, quarrel over his relations with
the woman.
Water BOls Dae.
Washington, April 1. A large
amount will be added to the govern
ment treasury today by the payment
today of the water bill by water us
ers from public reclamation projects.
The payments were to have made on
Dec. 1st last, but were deferred until
today. .' . ,
Zlon Recelverslilp Ends
Chicago, April 1. The receivership
of the estate of Zion, the city found
ed by late Prophet Dowle Is sched
uled to be wound up today.' It ls ex
pected that the report of Receiver
Thomas . will shor that all assets
$400,000, which would make claims
worth 29 cents on the dollar. '
Aged Pedestrian Starts .Hike.'
Valdez, .Alaska, April "l.-Jamea
Fish, aged 70, sailed for Seattle on
a Journey to England, covering the
land portion of the trip from Seattle
on foot. He returns by wav of ihn
Philippines on foot.
Mario CorolH Yery III.
London, April 1 Marie Corelll the
novelist Is seriously ill nt her home
at Stratford on Avon, according to
news received here today. She is
said to be suffering from pneumonia.
Beseats Charaeter AUaek
Chicago, April 1. When question
ed today regarding the . report ,.that
he drank enough wine to float a bat
tleship at a birthday dinner last ev
ening, Jack Johnson snorted. ,
"Them bubbles was only , mineral
water" he said.f J'l don't mind what
you say about me speedin' but you
want to be mighty careful about re
flecting on 'man' character."
Clntlnuing, he said. "1 want to
say fight right now. Almost all the
statements giving the impression I
am not taking care of myself can be
branded as false,"
, Two Boys Freeie to Death. . r
Loveland, Colo., April l.Two boys
were frozen to death in the blizzard
that has prevailed here for the past
three days, according to a . report
from Greeley today.' They are Rust
Nasuas and Willie Hayworth. The
bodies were found hear the Hayworth
ranch, frozen. ' . . .
folleye at Tor jlrthon
Tui.ii, Ayrii iwnat was tne prin
cipal Russian barracks at Port 'Ar
thur has been transformed into an
Industrial ' college and was formally
opened today, with a Japanese fac
ulty. The students are to be taken
from the middle and high industrial
schools and the periods of study will
be four years for the general course
two years for the practical ' course
and four years for special courses.
Electricity, Mining Metallurgy and
industry In aeneral will be the main
subjects in the elrrlcutem. , 1
- Won't Ylslt Alaska
Washington, .April 1. Tatt today
definitely decjded not . to carry out
his plans to visit Alaska the coming
"summer. It is announced he will
go directly to his summer home at
Beverly, when congress adjourns, y.
. Get Brnss Band Taster
New i'ork, April I. Grace Metho
dist Episcopal church of Harlem has
secured the services of Rev. Dr.
Christian Freisner, Denver's brass J
band pastor, the engagement becom-i
lng effective todayA, jn. Denver he
rentsd an : unoccupied square last
summer and hired a brass band that
gave concerts nightly. Thousands at
tended these concerts and listened to
Dr. Freisner preach and pray be
tween the numbers. He increased
his church membership from 200 to
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PEES. SMITH OX CARPET
Salt Lake... April 1. Sub- A
poenaea ' were served today
oa President Joseph Smith Q
of the Mormon church, Dav A
Via secies and other officials :
$ of the Utah and Idaho sugar
companies to appear before Q
tne grand Jury at Pueblo,! Q
Colo., to testify in the gov- "Q
Q '( ernment investigation of the " Q
J?. sugar trust, i: ;
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A HMR TRAGEDY"
In the -healthy scalp when a hair falls out it is soon'
followed by a new one. This process goes on all the
time. ..
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But there may come a day when the falling hair
is not renewed; the hair bulb has loBt its vigor. Un
less this vigor is promptly restored the bulb will prob
ably never be revived. Multiply these torpid or dead
. bulbs - and permanent baldness ls the result.
Don't wait when the hair begins to thin out Use
Shlek's Golden Hair Tonic in time and It will al-'
ways prevent baldness. ,. ,
, It makes the scalp healthy and the hair soft, glos
sy : nd thrifty.- . ; ,.
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LA GRANDE, GR.
COAL STRIKE!
: SHU UVEff
EVIDENT THAT SETTLEOT Will
I EE CECILY mil ; :
SO CALL FOB COXFEBEXCE
- ORDERED AT N003T TODAT
Officials believe that gigantic coal
Miners' strike will be settled with
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I in thirty days Many thoosand mb
; en returnlag to work because tha
i wage dlfficclty Is being settled rap
idly.- ,
vnicago April l.-r-No can for ; r.r.
confereoc between tub ming ojiPr!,' :
tcra and the mlnws who stxuclc at,.
madnitit Las been iBSticd so far ft ".
ksuM ba.--alM:rtaiaed f The miners' ,
oflicialesitotie tor, au,.. amicable.' set"' '.r
tlcmoat ru'Jv 50 i tyV.. , A
Slr!'o Xear i.ad
Incwcaprlls, April :-Three trour. f
and tLmera- o.iiouthern Indiana loots-..-.'.-tinned
work toJay -owing to tbfr iap- v
idity with h5'h the octoisand, ,
the m?ne workers racbod an ajtree ,
tnerr a tflo tKc v.? (jlon.
Tl;e end of a strike -of 17.000 Jala
crs la. that soctioa-is in tiRht -aud, !
will probably bo brought'about todan A
Indiamvi'oUa, Arnl i
Lo-is o hti Mini loikvrs ty e
timates that 300,000 miners are Ott.
on a strlko in the idtumteous rflgion "
He said taht In nearly every dli '
trict a call had been Issued for an
early conference between the miners '
an doperator? tQ settle l9 llffl5W-
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Helena. Mont., April l.-Leading
Northwestera coal producing states
are not affected by the general ory
ders to Btrike, as Montana contracts"
between the miners an doperatort
do not expire until September and '
in Wyoming and Washington on the
first of August A conference be
tween miners and operators in Mon
tana has been called for early in Aug
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Thursday Baseball Scores
' : At Oakland Portland 2, San Fran
cisco 2. (Called in 16th Inning, dark- .'
ness)
j At Los Angeles Loa ' Angeles 4,
Vernon 10. . . , -'
I At Sacramento. Oakland 8, Sacra
mento 2, , ' . .
Contract Published A gala - '
The signing . of. water users' con
tracts Is the sole topic of the day In
Unon county. The Observer haa
been requested to again publish tha
wording of the contract It la to ba
tomi on 8nother page.
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