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n .i ; iJ 5' .. ' r yr ; j.:' it? i 9 "V.- T f ' V VOLUMN XI. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. .OREGON. MONI) A Y. APIilL 23. 1910. NUMIiER- 110 I! 1 A -J Li ',--1 fc On n 1ZZL J it. 1 AY Tl '; n EZRA ffilitil HERE AGAIN MAKING SECOND TRIP OVER COX TINEXT TO SECURE. GRATIS GOYERXMEXT DATA. TERMINUS WILL BE KANSAS CITY , GoTerjjment wHI be given all, data required for proper expenditure of appropriation In bill now pending, " f wnen trip is .cwmpieieti Itns iu rsame oxen uhlch were her four years ago on first trip. . ; Undaunted by untold hardships and obstacles which '."'beset'- him on his . journey across the continent - four years ago, Ezra Meeker,, the intrepid travelor reached Lai Grande this mora , ing at 9 o'clock, and bivouacked en " , the government biulding site where he will rest until Wednesday jnoru- , ing When he and his c ompanion, V. : B.' Mardon, another traveler of not? .though younger in age, will continue !":' their ' Journey toward Kansas City. 'Mr. Meeker is re-traveling the Ore gon tcail over which he first came to Oregon " in 1843, 'but "Vhich was dotted b striking ' mopumentsyon hts, "trip four years ago, 'for the. .purpose 'of Vcuiing data sought; by- the Sec retary of War In connection 'with a he tub nShoe Surprises The surprising feature about these high class shoes is the remarkably Bmall prices. It is an art to keep quality v.p when- figures aru on the downward fliding scale. But there downward sliding F.cale, tut tho art is understood here as in no other shoe store. - 1 For &Q 'adi& ' Ladies, you want to dross your f?et wtill We can do it with these 'dainty strap 6aadals, oxfords and slippers. See our Tans, Patent Calf Gun Mfctals and Vicis. . f or the Men .i i'-V-.'r..'-: "'--.' " '' i- Men;'; your lady sees your feet ev ery time, she Sees you and she' no-' tices whether you are well dressed or not.' ; You had . better. .wear, ..'our.; shoes: . , ',' . ' ' .... .-. ... ' Boy's Strong Hold shoes stand the wear that a boy only can give them. They are bound to hold together. Try ; them. ,. .-. : ;.: ir' .'- .. ",. ', , ' : '; For the rfer'v; .We have .dainty Sanctis.- Os fords? ami Slippers and. High .Top -Shoes..-, ' ''"'"" ' il bill now in both houses of Congress, to set aside J30.000 for permanent and federal marking of the old Ore egon traij. In the bill is a proviso that If the stipulated sum is not enough to do the work efficiently, other arrangements will be made and before the Secretary can act Intel ligently, he must know how ' many monuments are needed and where they will be located. Mr: Meeker volunteered to make the second trip to secure this Information, and as he is not receiving any remuneration from the government for It, he la de pendent entirely on public subscrip tions for financial assistance. With one of the oxen which were used in crossing the continent four years ago, and another . which' was picked up at Omaha en route to Wash ington, pulling at the prairie schoon- wW.U mn Mt'. ' wHIIa rt the march, and which carries provi sions as well,' the travelers arrived in the -city today; VThey averaged 15 miles a day coraiug across the Blue Mountains, nothing out of the ordir nary marking the trip. When watsr and fuel Is abundant there 13 pleasure in the journey, but whsn ; the "brci lands" are reached, things are re versed and it . requires an Iron con-stitution-.to withstand the hardships: Though, his hoary locks flutter in the wind, and his body amies too weight of almost 80 strenuous yeai a Mr. Meeker is alert, active and agile to a point surprising In the extreme. He intends to walk up to the La Grande monument on the Oregon Trail through South La Grande and will photograph the temporary, moa nent of stone already there that La ;, (frais de m ay belpiven ptoperT recoght tlon in a book that Mr. Meeker U compiling with data secured on . hi3 Ns h ' -' IM" : J I' Eestiii-'Slloes. - .1 . , .... .m (wc s -s- n. -"wTtA. .f,.j.M. .. tin-, m rm i ii i i il i n irrmr- inr n m, iiim.wh.i wwwmwb i, ...... . second trip across the continent j Four years ago he went direct to: Kew York and to Washington and conversed with President Roosevelt : at the White House. The entire Jour ney was made with ox team. This tlme, however, he will only go to the end of the Oregon Trail at Kan sas City and there put his team in winter quarters and proceed by that more modern mode of transportation, the railroads", to Washington. He hopes to reach Kansas City by Octo ber. Four years ago this month he was camped under similar circum stances on the same spot where he Btaya while In La Grande this time and Judges his itinerary by his for mer trip. .'. ' V ;.' Mr. Marden was married ' during the trip which commenced at Taro ma, but Mrs. Mardon ,has -gone on . Seekg Aviation Prize LondonApril 23.-M. Faulhan, the French ?vlator, will'try for the Lord Northcliffe prize of ' $50,000 . for, a flight between, Manchester and Lon don." He arrived last Tnight and is today busily engaged in preparing his biplane for the voyage, while the British aviator who nearly, mrifio the trip Saturday will try again ne::t week. It is reported that ha and Paulham will race to Manchester. . . Ku?hes ou Bench Washins-ton April 25. Governor Iliurlies of New York,, was toda v arnDointort to thcvTTnitod .Statos Bn rron;p Court and ; has ns (o)ic( ; "": HoTills " tll' vp ('hf: o v eansod hv the deatli c, r 'Tustice Tirewer. t-3 '.a . ..' Iri i . LOW. SHOES M UMATILLAS ON VARPATH CEXSUS EX UMERATORS FIXD THE RED MEN REFUSE TO AXS WER ; THEIR QIESTIOXS. ARRESTS MAY PRECIPITATE WAR Situation is critical for the red men are Jn u ugly mood and will re , jent.. arrests which haTe. been or dercd mado-i-wiii hold council next - Wednesday night AH Information , about them withheld. r ; ,: Pendleon, Aprli 25, Some appre hension fa 'felt here today at the at titude bfj hostility displayed by the Indians on tho reservation towards the census enumerators, and Capt. Applegata is hurrying from Warm Springs denervation to attempt to pac ify the .beligerent red skins. t . The Indians have called a.', council for next Wednesday night, when they may don war paint.. They have re fused to give the enumerators any information. If the Indiana , persist in this attitude the United States Mar shals , will be sent into the reserva tion to make arrests.' ';' ;;.-,'.- .SucKctlowlll.likctycipitate serious troublo as the Indiana are In aa ugly mood and' It needs but a spark to touch off the situation. They should not be counted, merely refus ing to answer the census questions qut to them. PACIFIC XORTHWEST TO l'BOFIT. BY WILSON'S SCHEME. Strenuous Effort to be Made to Settle All Homestead Lau,!:-). . Denver, April 23 The Pacific North West Is to be the scene of the great-; est activity In the campaign inaugu rated by Secretary Wilson through the forest reserve, to induce Ameri can homeseekers to take "up., home steads within the national forests In stead of emigrating to Canada. This was the opinion expressed today by Paul Reddington, Assistant District Forester, and Is with the Idea of pro moting settlement.. Chief Forester Graves has started on a trip .through-' out the west. His efforts will be cen tered on Western Montana, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Nothern Cal ifornia as ideal locations for working out the homestead plan. LOWER WATER RV'II.SV Arrnngemont 3Iuy be Mnde for Wnt erJng Shade Trees Cliejoly An important Issue relative to the cost of watering fhadi trees on- the otrcri jiairviiiK;a irtll till .liiwusi' come up next: Wednesday nlpht nt the count II, roeetlnsr I' pn&slblo iwv. e arfangetrJTOt'-wJll. be mrtdo- 'vhfrbV property owners n -rct-'r tter- pf . 'reaso'nabI. flgme vid ( i is anxious to continue the lir)r..i.!,yini" plan-of havliig' nm'eroni .t 0 tt"i If a loww&t'M rste can be secured. lliiH will Ivt of great aid tn-nuMc shadlns; ct resldeno sbl-wlk."! MARK TWA1X AT REST. Riiln Fulls Dnrin? Funeral (crenio. nlcs of Xoted Humorist. Elmira. N. Y. April 25. Today, Mary Twain lies sleeping in a grave In Woodlawn Cemetery, piled high with flowers, the tributes of friends. The interment took place yesterday under a tent with the rain beating against the canvas covering. Rev. Samuel Eastmen, pastor of the Park church, conducted the brief and sim ple service. Only members of the family and newspaper men wore pres ent. ' SAVES PASSENGERS BY STAYING AT THE THROSTLE Xortli YnMmn Engineer Dead but ti:c Passengers Escape Unhurt. . " North Yakima,. April" 25. In an ef fort to save the lives of the passen gers entrusted to his care,-Engineer William Gorden, of 'llensburg. yes terday gave up his own life when ho stuck to hiB post and applied the air brakes as the engine jumped the track near Selah station. The locomotive toppled over - tho embankment and Gorden and Fireman Meyers or Pas co were crushed to death. None of lUB .ine cars leu ttie trafcK mail clerks were slightly hurt. , . , FyXERAL TOMORROW AFTERNOON W. II. Bull, Funeral Arranged When , Word Comes, From South The funeral of W, H. Bull,' aged 53, who died suddenly in the J. W. White grocery ptore Saturday even ing wlll.be held at 8 o'docH from the Bull home at Summerville, ; The date of the funeral was not announced until word was received from a sis ter In California. Deceased '"sur vived by a wife ' and four grown ! children. " He came to the' ritv Sat urday In' excellent health, and had Just finished unloading a load of po laioeH , wnen ne ren dean. He has been a resident, of the vnlly for 10 yearB. -r; r -yy-'.--. ,.: MRS. XANTZ OPEKATEI) UPON ,;: uoctors tropp.' of; Walla ' .Walla, J. H. Hubbard' of this city, and Jfa'r tin, of Cove, this , morning operated upon Mrs. J. K. Lantz of Cove. The patient r is in a satisfactory condi tion this afternoon.- Mrs, Lantz ', Is one. of, the pioneer and hlKhly, es teemed . ladles of Cove. , The opera tion was performed at the Grande Ronde hospital. u; .-.':. -. f : ' -y : ' ENGINEER DIES ThqroyglfnbusecSeaning v'V - It is more than a Blmple campaign against dust and dirt.' Tho spring cleaning should Include the exclusion of, germs and insects and the renewing of varnished . work, etc., that ; has become marred or , dulled. In other words, spring clenn ing should be a, general overhauling, cleansing, purifying and brightening. ' ' - If jou need such materials as our stock affords thorough work cjn bo done more easily than the "lick and a promise" kind of. work can be done without thorn. ' ' , Ammonia. Borax. i PotaHh ' Disinfectants Fum'sitis. H h i,- :' 14 ' K 11- R $ IF"" i'l CSRKDE. Ok. ' b iir r or nvn ERE HAITI (OXfLl SIOX OF FEDERAL SEARCH FOR TWO XORWE GIAX GIRLS SATURDAY PACIFIC COAST COBBED BY AGENTS Girls who left Norway for La Grande failed to advKe their oprent of -their arrival here and Consulate on the I'acilic const are put on (lie ..v.. .v., Mv.v , ral ugenis Sr'nrdny. Long and diligent sc-arsh for two Norwegian girls, believed to litre been waylaid by white slave traders,' came to a happy conclusion in this city Saturday night when R. P. rinn ham, an immigration officer in the employ of the anti-while slave traf fic bureau of the government, learned that tho two girls sought were em ployed in a local boarding house a'sd that months of alarm and. search had all been for naught. ' Last January two ! .: flaxen-haired maidens left their homes In far off Norway, ticketed through to ' La Grande. As later development d'a . closed, they j-eIi,".' their destination-here without . a mishap of 'the slightest marring incident, but evi dently had neglected to write to their relatives in-far off Norway. Corres pondence between : the relatives at home to consulates along the coast was commenced some time ago and Immediately agent were set to work to ferret out the mystery. As thno progressed the Norkegiau counsel at San Francisco came .to the conclu sion that the girls nad -fallen - into ' the hands of white slave traders and working on that supposition sent a man here to work from this end. To locate the two- girls in question was but a brief work; once the man ar- rived here. The ungrounded fears twere Immediately allayed and the agent has returned to his headqimr- ters. This Is but an lnuuent In the tire- less war .against this practice :Bnd since the n,w federal law became ef- jfective three girls have been exiled' from America.- after their capture In Northwest cities. , , r Fire at Oakland. Oakland, April 25. Tho Hall Ware house company's warehouso and nine cottages were destroyed by fire yesterday.-wilh .a Iors of $125,000. The orltrln"of the fire la unknown. , ' Insect Towders. ; Moth Destroyers. Sponges t' Chamois i.--r Rn''en .-,. ' ; -., a. 1