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mm 1 ! A Ai r. 7 i i ! J- i v I V LA GRANDE, UNION COCNTT, OREGON, TUESDAY ArEIL -12, 1510 YOL. XI 'I: IIIH WILL ETTLINQ AlHD PART STATE WILiM AWAY IAND IN : i "WO PATS IRRIGATION COSTS j ; : -A w ' Oregon as a state will aoeju' bold '-4Lt an Inducement to be settlement ef arid districts in' Eastern Oregon : that should draw .thousands within . short time, following the action of wjTohn H. Lewis, chairman of the, state 'water .'board; in filing on' 44,505.55 ' Tjtcres of land in Baker county which '.Had been "Withdrawn from entry by n the oraaiment Interior department ; ora tSrne since. The purpose Qf ; lib vtate land board's action U to 'provide ' Inducement! for i settlers by j . a very modest expenditure of money . m the settler's part. " The results of - 'this action will be somewhat similar ito Che Tjjrln Falls, Gooding and other Idaho projects under the Carey Act, but there is boweyer a very mater ial dm ejence ' In the procedure - be tween the Oregon and the Idaho pro jects. As far as can be learned to 'day, the State of Oregon is not, go Sing to icharge anything for the land, Jbut -"sill give it away to homestead ers r who will reclaim it under the . rules laid down by the state. V A: .This enormous tract of land will be 'ilnfeated Just as soon as the state can ttet the contract for " the con struction of the irrigation ditches, "and the charges to,, homesteaders on this Hand will be very nominal, be . fiifg merely enough to pay the cost of rriatlon. It is. "undoubtedly the ysaroBt stupendous Inducement forset '."ttlement of arid districts, that; has ever been attempted. Previously .the ' otate has" filed on approximately 21, SJ00 acres in the same county, mafc ; Sng .-a very large area to come under i tthls 'project The filings made at ;s he land flke here last evening, f tshow the exact locations of this . Band, all embraced tn what theIn ; rterior Department once withdrew but Hater turned over to the state be cause the state was; anxious to ex erclse a portion of its filing rights Buy tfour fere : We have made a special effort to select our Spring wear for the Chil - . ren. . Tou will. find the prices lower on the Ready-to-wear goods than you can afford to take the' time to make them yourself.: , ... (jiris 'Presses Ao' Jils Mothers spend your time with The newest- and best to be . had the girls instead, of sewing when you will find here.( Eloused Sall you can" do it for the same price, v ors, Norfolk-and other styles up to . .. , '. young men. v. -:..':-',;.'.. :; .. : - ' ys aid Misses' Shoes :; ' You po Bltlvely owe it to yourself to see these excellent wearing and '. .- ''' stylish shoes." '";';. : . ,r; '.' " : - .-.i. . 4 ,t i" 'a Plau it)ash At thh season the " children witl need thler overalls, . sailors, romp ers, creepers and norfolks. positively Jee Us First AID IN ASTERN ORE GUN 1 r:. BARER COUNTY TO BOHESTEADER. on the one million acres, that- are open, to entry by the state sof the Northwest for torelopmeht purposes by reason of the act of June 17, 1902. ; This remarkable' development Ti ms will drive Union county to speedy action with 'her low. priced Irriga tion. With irrigation' carried on in a scientific manner West of her, and a Tery. desirable project pending to the East Of her, Union county will bdve to fill up the gap by supplying water to Us own land holders or the results :viu be lagging, ana tnat in no small digree of logs q tWl nl- ley.-,';'V-'.-.--:;.-;rv.; . Certlflcates Costly Wall Paper. San Francisco, April 12. Henry Brink' of Melrose is today engaged in laboriously removing a quantity of mining stock from the walls of his room where he pasted them af ter an investigation which showed the "mine" was a, useless hole In the dessert. Yesterday he found out that rare porcelain clay had! been discovered at the old mine site and he wall paper was worth several thousand dollars., i r y ; Racing Sotwlthstaading Seattle, April 12. It is announced that racing will be held, at the Mea daws this summer. The meeting is to lasted days.";; The ibraj betting sys tem will be. followed,. ; Debate Tomorrow Night The Observer received a pbone mes sage late this afternoon - that . the date for the debate between th La Grande and Pendleton high schools bad been fixed, for tomorrow even ing at the L. D. S. Tabernacle In this city. The Judges agreed upon are to be from the faculty of Whitman Uni versity. Remember the time, place and. the object and be there. THE & & o o o o o t AR31EMASS SUFFER New York, Airil Jl Twelve thousand Armeni ans are suffering and many will . die" unless aid". I? from thli country, bcci-1t Ing to 'a eablegrain recelv- o o o "ed today bythe American PellefAssoclation." The. ap peal for fupda has been sent A out by the association, - v' - A'... A,;. - A... i A; GIYB UP IASILT. Claim hotel rates increase' bit berth ;;:;' irates remajn a? always, V -H "' s " '':v' - . ... J ' Chicago, April 12.- Officials of the Pullman company intimated. today a stubborn fight through the. courts to test the right of the' Interstate Com merce Commission to regulate the sleeping car rates may result from the Commission's' action in lowering the charges for berths to the coast. ,The officials claim the berth rates are practically the same as 20 years ago, while the hotel acommodatlons are increased from ' 50 to 100 per cent :' : ,::-.'v' ' "'. , ; . , FOUND NOTHING A SewariOAlaska, April 12. A party of ten men from Fairbanks who left last fall to climb Mt McKlnley and to recover recorda alleged to have been left on the summit by Dr. Cook reached ' here tonight. A. message from the party wasVecelyed saying they had reached the summit but did not find the records.- ; ' v! ; Walla Walla Nominations . Washington, April 12.The presi dent today nominated Jesse Miller receiver of public moneys and John H. McDonald register of, the land office and Edward T. Burton post master at Walla Walla, , i- 'j,i',l!L:'i J: Ml W1 "4 iOe Jf atfe the (foods We have 'the greatest selection for your choosing. Silk Hoods. Straw, Bonnets, Straw Bailors, Caps dress hats and felt hats. ftate the (joods FlGHTBEuTH HATE 10 COAST PASSENGERS SAVED iPHOM LOSTBOM ''A "' , 1 r . ,- Mr- ' WIRELESS STATES SEATTLE SHIP ; v SAVED STEAMER A J GEORGIA $IIIL FLOATS J; BUT IS BADLY DAMAGLD Crew ef ten drown off F ranch ccatt ; today la f Ht boat Wireless flj details to Seattle people - of ioff : -.-. ' '. ., . f the. ship was bared when it stuck '" " " '-;.'- ' " reef eaar the recent wreck of . Seattle, Aprii 12. A wireles frflfi the steamer City' of Seattle was'.fa celved today saying '! the steamai Georgia went on the' reef yesterday near the recent; wreck of the yuca: tan. The steamer Santa Crus brought the Georgia along Bide the' Yucatan and took off the passengers' and mall later transferring to the City of Seattle,-which is now on Us way to Juneau. No lives were lost. ' The Georgia la badly damaged but is still afloat.'.;'"..,.';. :'A.AA-, ,? : ;.',-'' Crew of Ten Drowns,' Paris, April 12. The pilot boat Hirondello' sank today between the St Brleus and Freshel and ten of the .crew were drowned. The. details have not been, received. i f NEW PIANQ FIRM,; RJnehart. Little, froprletors. Se ycnre room onf Depot St : H. C. Rlnehart of Summerville, who will soon become a resident of this clty and E. E.: Little, now with the Sherman-Clay piano dealers, have formed a 'co-partnership and have secured ' the room formerly occupied by Bay & Zwelf el on Depot street A car load of goods Is being un loaded today and other consignments will son follow,; r ; . Six Miles Through Hod Rowardennen Training Camp, Apr. 12. Jeffries did' six miles on a mud dy road today as a constitutional. He was hardly winded when he return ed to camp. After a rub down, he went through "gym" stunts. Wood chopping is on the program for this afternoon. '.' : Print Shop Wrecked. " Juneau, Alaska, April 12. The U. S. Marshal's office believes . It has information today which will lead.i to the,' arrest of the miscreants who early yesterday morning wrecked the plant of the Dally Record. The lino type was wrecked with sledges and the presses badly damaged The pa per had Incurred the enlmity of a number of residents of the town. Bcllngham Man Electrocuted ; Belllngham, April 12. Touching the. 'aame wire from which he had been warning others, Oscar Brown, an employes' jof the Noonsack Pow-, er Plant was electrocuted today. Jle was set tor watch, the transformer, and prevent anyone from going near it, but accldently touched the wire himself. ' 1 '-.''' . " Socialist in Trouble . Chicago, April 12. Joseph Medlll Patterson, the millionaire socialist author, Is today defendant in a $50, 000 damage suit brought by Eugene Quirk a newspaper man. Quirk is claiming that Patterson's successful play, "The Fourth Estate" was pla garlzed from a book called "Drift ing," which be wrote In collabora tion with bis wife. ; ; ; . .y. AAA jZ. '- . STRANG II STOPJI FREAK fln,e Dluff. Ark., April 12 ileavy damase vas done, by ft tornado that Rti ULk this city last evenlssr A I-"-' r?. i: ilS' houses 'were'-' wrtii i -ft, i trees . were yipnutij. O . 1$ed lic'sresit whs?' c r: M-.tha wind ir.io sr:. - - r & ' . , MM . a. .1 .. A " the ground, and was low- ered by ropes, unhurt. , - -AGGIES TO fNYESTlG AXE HIGH cost or iivixa ; ; Several; track and IcU neeis io u Akeli at 0 A. C tiU year 0. , A, C, April 12 (Special) The Oregon Agricultural Collega Wrest ing team ; won the Intercollegiate Championship again , ibis " year .:'. The OTgoq team, won five of the six dec'ISlV .contest was with Washing, ton . University;' v In this 'meet tha boats, only losing the one on a very narrow margin. The personnel of the team $ the same as that of last year with the exception of one man. The team was coached last year by Eddie O'Connel and this year has been under the direction Of J, G. Ar buthmet, formerly of the Portland Y, M. C. A and now a member of the college faculty. ' A Joint committee of student and faculty members will investigate the problem of the high , cost of living for the students of the Oregon Agri cultural College with the purpose of making recommendations tending to the Improvement of conditions. , For tha, purpose of stimulating In terest ' and ; making athletto; activity more general within the college, a number of track and field meets have been arranged within the various clases, departments and military, com panlea at the Oregon Agricultural College. These contests will enlist several' hundred men. ' ; Chinese General Died Poor. Vallejo, Calif., April 123,It was learned today that Wooh HI, a porr ter In a local saloon who died Sat urday, was a retired general of the Chinese army. His identity became known when the coroner received, a cablegram from tbe Chinese govern ment requesting that the body, be shipped to the family at iPekln. No reason was known for Wooh to labor as he was wealthy. . V It Was a Daisy Seattle, April 12. A Japanese cal led Matsuda and Harnded a white man of Belllngham, wrestled three hours to a draw last night. - The Jap showed superior science but" Ilarn den was the strongest f AA V V ? V V V V V v rWh Our Business Grows- That our business is constantly growing is obvious to all our customers. However the fact that Jt grows lsf of less importance than the cause of this growth. Stores don't grow by chance; growth is always the operation of some vital principle, and in this case the vltel' principle la quality quality of goods, quality of . service. ':;'::'" ' ''.'..', For, 25 years this store has been doing business on the basis of quallt y each year ; showing an increase over the previous one; each year adding new customer and continuing to hold the old ones. All of them have . stayed because they found it paid to trade here. They find here a larger stock, a bette rassortment better goods than are to be obtained elsewhere for the money and better esrvice throughout ; ; - '..', imiullihD ia C2ic& as; a mmm- 'V m m -m ( -; ; ...... i. i ti ROOSEVELT AGAIN INDICATES FIKCHOT ESTBMTDT- JVHeM BALLiJitiEil fi&WSE9 . . . FLINT 'lUY BJS NlKtV. Frank ratnam Flint of California U pushed forward as the next Sccre ' iart fit Jhe Interior to succeed Eal ; linger when the latter rc8lgns j from office Koosetclt nCl adJress " censemtloa club' ,AA'V ',Viv.J Washington, Aprii U iii mored today that Senator Frank Put-r nam Flint o"f California will be ap polnted Secretary of the Interior to succeed R, A. Ballinger. , According to tha report, Ballinger will resign as soon as the attacks againa him cease. ,. . . " 1 . ;, Then Flint will resign from tho senate to become bead of that de partment Mi'i'fe'ivJ Boosevclt Accepts Speech InTlte Porto Marlzlo, April 12. Roosevelt today accepted PInchofs lavltatloa to deliver an address before the Na tional Conservation league upon his return to America. This Is taken as an Indication that Roosevelt's' sym pathies are with PInchot In tbe Bal linger' controversy. Signification is also attached to the report that Francis Ileney and Seta Bullock will meet Roosevelt In Eur ope. WT'dlscuss "political matters. ; PInchot was in conference with. KVoseveU until midnight He re turned to Carewvllla this morning, and later departed - with- Roosevelt on" a long walk. PInchot wore a broad smile.' Hyde Jury Panel Exhausted ' 'Kansas City, April 12. The panel of talesmen drawn to serve as u rors la the. trial of Dr. B. C. Hyde was almost exhausted by elimination today. It Is probable that several days wll elapse before a tentatve Jury a selected. - : . . Wedding; in nigh Life. 1 Washington, April 12. France Dyer Clark, daughter of U. S. Sena tor Clark of Wyoming, was married at noon today to George H. Chap man at the Church of Incarnation. President Taft, members of the cab inet an da large number of senators attended the wedding. " The senate was adjourned to allow the members to attend. ' ma Co. !