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THE PAVING YiXU
The Democrat doesn't care to be
Inveigled Into any' war over the mer
its of different paving, or-the roan-at,)-
in .which the ''rival paviag'co.
rWnloa. aTt&Wc'..'i'tuii
alder ltse!f Suftoiwrjtly ! advised to
fshl battles either ; for or agalntt
tim. It doesn't care .whethor the
sc&lot of 1 o&9 : of tefcm . to submit a
Md; on proposed ! work ; waa ettirtkKf
r acoKWal.' 7 .'"'' '; .'. V
. Cut 'it UojsVbelleve Jhat the sigtis
J'at to the extension f the"pavm
;bt which la now being waged la
: Portland, to th'la dimrici.' i,It lis
. dpue that the Barbor company is
jerlously attempting to get bjislnoviB
... la la Grande tuid there, are. Imita
tion 8 that it wtnld like to ' I'lvclf
Taker City. '. : '''." -,v-
' - The roBitlt of the paving ,Tvr in
Firtlud 1ms been a swepf tig reduc
tion In tLa coot of pavement "in that
city. Both kinds of paving are now
lower In Portland then they " were
at the time that Baker's first paving
- contract was let '".'
To repeat, this paper doesn't care
to quarrel over the merits of either
paving. But if the two companies
enter into a struggle for business in
this city and that struggle results
to a reduction: of the cost of paving
iere, then the Democrat in common
With the people who have the im
provements to pay for will rejoice
Baker City Democrat, v
Will Increase Freight Rates
Chicago, April 1. Western rall
Iroada belonging to ; the Western
Trunk Line Association' are prepar
ing to raise the rates on many com
modities. Among some o fthe com
modities mentioned are bf Ick, cem
ent steel, Iron and other products',
agricultural implements and drain
pipes. '
Jeffries lteady to Leave.
Lob Angeles, April l.Jeffrles and
his party are scheduled to leave Los
Angeles Sunday for San Francisco
from where they will leave in a'day
or two for Rewardennan, the train
ing camp. He declared today that
his weight was between 225 and 250
pounds and he says he is in excel
lent trim. '
As usual, the largest stock of Bulk and pack
age seeds in the county. Alfalfa, Red Clover,
Timothy, Red Top Blue Grassf White Clover
and everything in grain seed,
Garden Seed in Bulk. Hay, Grain, Feed an Flour
Phone Main 57, ndepenpenf 1481
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CHASDLEII GETS BIIMMUII
Sentcuced to thrre years in the jtcal
tentlary flits morning.
Orley Chandler, sometimes called
"Rube" was brought before the cir
cuit court again today to receive sen
tence for perjury of which he was
convicted Thursday ' morning. At 9
o'clock this morning he appeared
before Judge ICnowles and bearj th
petition for . hfs parole signed by nil
members of the Jury who .convicted
him, and by many others in and about
the city.
; Counsel for Chandler . niad? a
strong appeal for parole." and because
of this sentiment and the recommen
dation of the Jury Chandler received
the minimum sentence of three years.
No notice of appear was filed by
counsel for Chandler, end it w?s
learned this afternoon .though not
confirmed that, it is probably that
the young man may be paroled be
cause o the growing sentiment in
court circles : in favor of the sus
pended sentence. - '
DEALING 15 1XFAXTS
Iowa .officials believe organization
ifals la Infant trafflc "
Des Moines, April i.With the au-
tl39r?U??.9f a score of Iowa cities
aroused by ihe recent discovery on
doorsteps of , very yoanx babies who
are packed In ventilated suit cases,
The police of Des Moines are work
ing on the theory that the infants
have been left by representatives of
an organization that is reaping a
rich harvest by trafficing in babies.
The humane officials 'estimate that
more than CO babies have been dis
posed of by the suit case method In
the last three months. ' .
; t Flghi Bets Are Even. '
New York. April i.r-Betting is ev
en o ' the ten round , fight between.
Abe AUell and Owen Moran tonight.
Koth express", the utmost
ot- winning. Tw y ''-'''t..a
confidence i
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I WILL BE
LOCATED HERE PERNANENTLY
AFTER APRIL 6TH
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OVER NEVLIN S DRUG STORE
REMEMBER, MY GLASSES OIVEISATISFACWN
ASK AUYOfiE
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GRIND ALL
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Corner Greenwood and Jefferson
DLSAGIiEEJIL.M SIESS SCEE
Jloore Jury returned at noon to in
rberate again May disagree.
Portland, April i. The Jury In tht
case , of W. H. Moore, president of
the Oregon Trust and Savings bank,
who Is beln gtrted on the cahrgs of
receiving money after . be knew the
bank to be insolvent reported at .10
today that they ' "could not agree.
Judge Bronaugb sent the men back
for further deliberation although
there is little hope that a verdict can
be reached. The jury retired at ll
a. m. yesterday. - ' -
An interesting ruling was made oa
sending the Jury out : ' 5 '-
. The Judge in his Instruction brush
ed away some of the legal cobwebs
that were made prominent during the
trial by attorneys for the defence,
He told the jury that it was hot nec
essary for .the -State to' prove that
Moore was in the bank on the af
ternoon of August 20th, 190T, when
the deposit of Minnie Mitchell was
received, and he Instructed the ju
rors that the issuing of a deposit
book or slip by an authorized agent
o fthe bank, delivered to her with
authority to check against , the ucr
count constituted' a deposit within the
meaning of the law. To these in
structions' the defense took . excep
tion. , ' ' '7 ' :''''? '"';'"
X legislate aa to Cable Service. :
Ottawa, April 1. The Canadian
Commons last night passed a: meas
ure introduced by Postmaster Gene
ral Lemiux giving the railway com
mission con tro lpf the . rates and fa
cilities of cable companies. The
measure Is tantamount to govern
ment control of all cable companies.
Call for Statements
Washington, April 1. The Comp
Iroller of the Treasury, today called
for a statement from all ' National
Banks up to the close of business on
March 29th.' - " '
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SPECIALIST
MY OWN LENSES
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HALL GAME TOMOEltOW
rnlon high school to cross bats witr
La Grande hltrli here.
1 If anything like decent wathc:
prevails next Saturday afternoon
high school baseball will be Intro
duced to La Grande fans when th
Union team meets the local .team
Locally thee is more excellent meter
lal on hand with which to form t
nine tahtn there has been in many t
year and the confidence of. the asp'
rants for the team is running big
There will be no announcement "
the'llneup until the game starts e:
there are- many -after the .first tea?
hqnors. The game will be call?d f!
2:30 o'clock on the Lincoln grounds
Brick Prices Go Tp5 -Chicago,
April 1 A minimum pricr
of $6 per thousand -brick was pv;;
into effect today in nearly all 'of .the
leading brick manufacturers of th.'f
section... - ; - ".
Todd'B. testimony, was to the effect
that he never told Agent Jonec
that Fede'ral JudgeTlIanfard of Wash
ington 'was :"eonBtltutIonaJly , oppos
ed'V to land-frauds cases ani: it was
no use (o attempt prosecution. Todd
branded- Jones' testimony as absolute
ly false. :a : ':. '-
Faltoa jtfemorial Contest
New,, York, . April' L A decision "will .
architect, whose design will, be; used
lor the 2,B0O,000 Robert Fulton mon-
uwer and Watergate, owe of the ,
greatest memorials In, marble , ever,'
hnllt. : Sixty-two architects aubmlt-'
ted plans, and all but ten of these
were recently eliminated. Today the
choice will be made from the ten.
Elgin Visitor here .
Women of Woodcraft from Elgin
who were here last night and who
reelstered at th Savov are? Effln .
Brcwn, Viola Smith, Mrs. Brown; Ha -
zel . Brown, Mrs. Tuitle, Mrs. Torret,
MrB. Hendricks, Mrs' Patten Mrs.'
Graham, Mrs. Mc Kennon and Hazel
Smith,;, o; V AV"' 'r;v;- '"';' '.':
The Elite Dying and Cleaning YJorks
H. H W G(JENK. PeprleUi.
Steam and French Dry Cleslna
caiied for anl daltvere I.
Phone Wain 64, Mafiaffey Building
Depot Street
Complete equipment for
rubber buggy tires.
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
D. F ( GERALD, Propnon.'
G)inplete Machine Shops anH Koundry
New Shipment of 0ms
Swiff's Sugar Cured Ham
and Winche U r Bacon
Shipment Has Just
Reached Us
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InaisDensable
For Home Bfimns
s Sun t dltor Sate Jhegent. . , '
V New. York, April .1. Chester Lord,
managing-editor of the New Yoii.
Sun, whose term as regent of th.
New York State University expirtt
tomorrow, has been chosen Jo suc
ceed himself for a term of 12' years.
MUCH NEEDED IMPKOVEMEXT
New
hitching rack at court house
will be great convenience
Those , who have been driving to
the court house and have been forc
ed to tie their horses to' a -telephone
pole will note with pleasure.', that
Contractor John Mara began work
today on a hew hitching rack in the
front of the building, which will con
sist of 10 cement pillars set about
eight feet apart and connected with
heavy chains. This makes a
sightly
and much needed improvement which
will last for years .and'help to
sooth' the tempers of out of . town
residents who drive in to pay their
taxes- ' ' :: !'' ;:A
tadlss n'li a up tallt, Ooodn
resetting and repairing
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.Ladles Attention
House cleaning time te here. For.!'
get. the old way of whipping youj
carpets. Save half the cost and af f
of the work by getting the Vacum
House Cleaner. Clesaa everythiii s
from floor to eclllrg. , Carpets.'Rugfe '
unholstered Furniture, Bedding, Cur- J
bolstering, mattress making and fur- I
nlture repairelng nicely and neatly
done. For; estimates call at lt)6 Fir
Street or Phone Red 3941.
8-7-tt v J. M. BOWLSBY, Prop.
Annual Stockholder's Meeting
The annual. meetLng of. the stock
holders of the Grande Ronde.Reser
voir company win . be held on thf
11th day of April, 1910 in their ofllcJ
at La Grande. Oregon, for the pur
pose , of electing nun directors an?
for the transaction of cuch other bu
iness as may come before the meet
ing. ;;.'..: - :.-,;;, i
3-31-4-11 ' , i ;, J. . E. REYNOLDS,
BARGAINS
Farm, Fruit end Improved lan
The following will attract the
tention of the home seeker..
SO acres improved, 65 acres un
der cultivation ........... $3,001
10) acres all imnroved. 1-2 i V
mile from Summerville ... . 6,5W
4C acres all Improved, 2 1-2 1
miles from Summerville ....3,00)
100 acres imcroved. 40 under ' '
cuKlvation . .. . .... . , . , . 4,500
40 acres adjoining Summerville "- - r
- choice frn't or alfalfa land. .
can be Irrigated. A bargain. 0,000
240 acres, well improved, un-
der cultivation. Hay, grain
and fruit ......... i . .16,000
160, acres, 30 acres bearing or-
chard. DO acres new orchard,
all ; apples; 100 acres pas
' ture. Terms on application
Choice stump land, particular-
ly adapted to fruit industry.
3 to 6 miles from Summer
ville.- Per a:re. . . . . .$12X0 to $2
Timber and other property.
U. C JJlTfEHART.
l:caL Estate i, , Gnminervllle, 0
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I fiJercianW Save; g
$W,QQ0
In i907 the Merchant
o Oregon saved on
$W,Q00 by carrYiai a pad J
of their Insurance in their f
own comoanY. the Oregon
Mercfeanfs Mutuat Fire t
surance Association, 4gM
suranrr . hssulisiiuii v
Dayton, Oregon. In im
they wilt save W. km
During the same p tnod , m
their neighbors vmehW'
In the: Oregon Merchants J Q
Mutuat you get: iw
INSURANCE AT C0SVR! C
A UMIT TO YOUR UABI- j C
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